Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1906-03-21

III The club, and serve 20 develop a plan
Tor making Il useful TO the commuu.
ity.
W. 4. Drake spoke upon the rela.
'Ions of the railroads TO the new crn.
ihc interests of the railroad are idcn.
'ica' with the prosperity and adj.
Vah'cmcnt of the country. There
should be more cordial relations be.
tween the railroad and the community.
ana people should not get the Ohio or
Iowa idea or the Texas fever ms re-.
CARDS the treatment Of railroads. acct
all the facilities you want" said he.
'bcforc you call in the interstate
commerce commission. Get railroads
IN every nook and corner of the coun.
/ " first The railroad is distributing
100000 month at this point, and IL is
all spent here. BE good naturcd with
these railroad fellows; NEE, them half
way"
Judge sloan, the next speaker, WINS
heartily chccrcd in compliment to his
rc.appoin,mcnt when he arose. lie said
he had been deeply interested from
the star. In the success of the club,
and likewise in the community. lie
had been n resident Of this territory
since 1884 and of the county since
1894 and he could not help thinking Of
the changes that had been wrought in
the past ten years when he came
here there were only two mines in on.
Grafton. the United Verde and the
Little Jessie. 7, was no, uncommon
then 10 hear pcssimistic remarks cv.
crywhcrc even by those who had pros
pcrcd. Year 10y year new people and
new money came in and conditions
have changed. He predicted n re-
mnrkablc development In the next
ten years. lie had just returned from
California, where he had nm object les
son of courage aud faith. Faith hcgc,'
faith and enterprise bcgc,s enterprise
what had been done in California. h'
believed possible here. Tho basis ~
This lies in the membership of the Ya
vapai club.
Judge Moore was introduced ~
rcnl hrizonan. he said that N
could look back from Dec. &c. 1879
the time he arrived here. and sec tina
the county Is continually pushing FOR
= ward. ~ times there were section
that had their ups and downs. lie 70
fcrrcd 10 the condition that cXistc
then as regards access TO the country
tho only railroad then being fror
Yuma 20 Casa Graudc. Tho only mi
running then was the Tip Top. The pee
pie here then were free and open-hcar'
! cd. and the door Of every house was n
. WAYS unlocked. As real estate ma
' he had received hundreds of letter
asking for information ns TO our r.
Y sources ami climate. lie mad nothin
Il 90 send them. This lack of htcraiu'
haudicaps tho county. and anoth'
II handicap was the knockers. Anoth'
u drawbncl, 20 the county is the hic
!, taxes. They were less when ~
n county wns much larger. although II
r shrrin's expenses incurred in trnvclin
Y 'hc lorc distances were much create
When intending settlers learn fhat n
r. rate is 4 pcr cent. that cooks the Coos
Il he said. This high taxation he attr
70 lu,cd 10 the character Of mon clcct'
70 office. The best business me
\. win no, 20 on the ticket, because th'
d do not want 10 buy their election Wi
y whisky. Such n condition should N
II hc allowed 10 exist.
Leroy Anderson wns asked 10 gi
VI b,s inprcssions ms n "ncw conner.
NJ occurred 10 the speaker that fhc inn
n gurotion of this series Of dinners "
" rhc beginning 81 n new era. lncidc'
onv he added that good, live, up-t
M date newspaper is most potent fact
g IN the progress 81 n community. 7
institution ~ the smelter was anot'
So factor of inestmable value. He en-
~ here ms n single man and named ~
be- en- others who were wont to dine
M gcthcr in that room "A couple of YET
ago. Since that time all hsve he
he married and taken their part IN
n community life. The young m
would do their duty in aiding the
ID vnncernont of the county whenc'
IT. called upon. In conclusion he add
Of that he had received n telephone m
Iul sage from General Manager CLARK
an the United Verde, who was on deli
mt cd train, stating he would he una'
70. to bc present but that he was he'
so. and soul in the movement and wo'
me assist In every way possible,
in. movement undertaken by the club