Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-11-13
DISTINGUISHED GUEST
Of PRESCOTT AMAZED
u'rom Saturdays Daily,

those who com" among u~ that W. are
great Territory and II great people.
II must bc iruc for we ADM, il our.
selves. We have everything mere ;or
he making of n great commonwealth.
and all II needs is exploiting. For
iunatcly. he said. We have men in our
midst who do things aud WHO stimulate
the activity % others.
Charles l.. Norton, Of tho North
western Life Insurance company, one
If IN" Maihcr party. spoke Of tbc
pleasant times aud impressions ne had
received on his visit. and was followed
Wy ". u. lInzcltinc, who expressed
himself rs being glad 10 welcome iac
return home OF Mr.. Murphy. Referring
io the financial situation, he declared
that ~ long as the peopl, kent their
heads there will he no trouble with
the banks Of Arizona.
Attorney General Clark. in mis- us
ual fclicitious manner. comment III
humorously upon the sidclights Of n.
occasion, and appreciated the fact that
the gentlemen had come here 10 do Us
good. Usually. he remarked, when u
prosperous looking visitor comes ~
Arizona, We try Ia do him good. ",
] complimcntcj Mr.. Mnrpny whcn he
said: "Wbcn we see Fort Whpplc, y
railroad north and south. railroads to
our mining districts the mines ~ Con.
sress, Tombstone, Poland aud .he
Bradsbnws. and this city. dotted witt
his achievements. II is not necessary
To ask who is III. real pioneer 81 Ari
IONA. the man who has shown his faith
in Prescott and is continually working
for its upbuilding.
Judge 9. T. Ainsworih Of Phoenix
declared 'nat his city had always beer
jealous Of Prescott, not M much Of the
town. but Of its possession II Mr.. Muir.
ply. Whenever h. went Ia New YORK.
he was asked il Mr.. Murphy lived in
Phoenix. aud he reluctantly hal Ia
confess that he did not. lie believed
that Mr.. Murphy had brought more
men 10 Arizona 10 show them the coun.
try than any other ten men in Arizona.
No one IN the east seems 10 know
that anyone exists here EXCEPT Franz
Murphy. he declared.
". l.. Hollis. an expert mining cn.
ginccr. Of Chicago. and "a member al
the Mathcr party. was the next speak.
cr. and declared that Messrs Mathcr
and Norton had expressed his views
exactly.
Paul T.. Hastings. general freight
and passenger agent of tue >. f., u. A
T.. was called upon and stated that the
beauties Of Arizona could not he seen
from the railroads. lie wished tina,
the visitors could have had tho op
portnniiy Of viewing the beautiful sor
csts and streams that Ii" within twc
days ride Of IIolbrook.
Major +. W. Foster Of Fort whip
pie said he had only been in Arizou1
-four years. bat IN his entire experiene,
of thirty years IN tne army, Whippl
I and Prescott took precedence over any
, place he had becU stationed durini
that period
, W. y. stanton, superintendent o
p the Tombstone Consolidated Mimi
, company, made a few pleasant 70
marks, followed by John Mason Ross
, who wittiiy commented upon Arizona
her men and their achievements.
r. n. Frcdericks was the closin
speaker. lie stated that despite III
q financial difficulties in the east, Pres
!, cot, banks made no Limitation. %
g Withdrawals. or checks, and were eaI
4 ing for their customers in tneir usun
4 way. Local banks were always in th
n habit Of carrying strong cash reserve
"a Bankers here had read the signs Of th
= times, some time ago, and had mad
X their resources Joubly strong. tn
financial situation Is clearing and iheT
is no reason why In a short time cvc-,
thing should not be lovely and ~
goose Gang high.