Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-14
Business Men Assemble At The Banquet Board And Offer Suggestions For The Advancement of The Interests of The City and County.

growth of Prescott, and hc was satis. fled that the railroad would bc bull, whenever the business conditions war. rant it. AS for himself, nc stated that he had tried Co do something for Pres. cot, and that he would not live in n community if he could not conscicn- ,iously boost it.
 The Municipal committee was next on the carpet. and John Mason Ross, as chairman, was called upon to give an account of his stewardship. The speaker wnxcd somewhat facatious, and rriorrcdto the record of the Leg islaturc. the condition of the streets of the city, as to what his energetic committee had accomplished. In n humorous vein. he claimed for the com mittcc the credit of abolisnng public gambling. driving the women from th' saloons and of raising the saloon Ii. ccnsc in the Territory. All these things, he reminded his hearers. had been recommended by the Municipal committee. In fact, in one year, the committee had almost made the Ter. ritory over again. Incidentally, tna, ties. had created mine tax law and had also defeated joint statehood These were some of the most importan, things accomplished, and as for tho other things he referred his hearers to the records of the last Legislature Speaking in a serious vein. Mir. Ros. advocated that the committee should he continued. as it was not expected that they could accomplish much ir one year. He believed that thcs, meetings. from time to time, were of great value. inasmuch as the proceed ings reached n large portion of tn, public through the medium of the press
 ]. S. Acker, for the Publicity com mittec. reviewed the work of tha body, in the absence of the chairman rcciting it's plans for n mineral dis play at Ash Fork, and speaking of tn, preparation of the folders which wer, now being distributed throughout tn, United States. Concluding, nc recon mcnded the inauguration of n thor ough system of advertising Prescott and its tributary territory.
 Charles F. Finney was the mex speaker. II. always has something C say, and says it well. Being essen tially the apotheosis of m optimist, hi remarks are invariably impressive an' inspiring. When he arose, in respons to the demand of the toastmaster, h. was greeted with prolonged applause Nothing. he said, can be accomplishc, by m individual or q set of men, un less the plan is thoroughly mapped ou in advance, and men all work t0gsthe in unison to that end. The member of these committees of this club ar all busy men, and think they nave no the time to devote to the interests O the community. As a matter of fac, said he, the busiest men are those wh
 accomplish the most. They are tn men who think quickest and surssi and they arc the ones Prescott mus depend upon. Being located onl
 twelve miles from the gcographicr
 center of the Territory, he declare,
 Prescott ought to be its business ccr
 ter. The citizens here had opporun
 ties of which they were not availn
 themselves. The committees of tn club, in his opinion. were going naI hazard, and they should get togcth' ! with the idea to make Prescott tl ! Denver of Arizona and the point fro which shall emanatc all information , the Territory. Arizona, he said, W, , destined to bc the greatest miner territory in the United States, , proof of which hc cited the fact thu r one of her mines produced 5000 ,O1 0 more last year than the entire gro Q output of Nevada. Production W,