Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-16
from Saturdays Daily.)

es that NIf'Hutu tH' huuuoi DaUVuct
 Ac Yaypai Club last evening.
 ,boni hundred members gathered noJ 'l.c fcstal board, which was ,,,l in thc ball room, which had been 0lsom,l, decorated for the occasion. .,IspJ. of ,milax festooned the walls adorned the tables, which were l in ihr shape of q hollow square.
 n,lm gtnccd the table in front of postmaster and acting president, tiny electric bulbs glimmcred from meath inc mass of grecnery that sur ubled i'
 shortly after : o'clock the members
 their guests were seated around the r,lng array of viands, vintagcs and Anl decorations, and were welcomed fitting terms by Vice President ]. A. epe who acted in the absence of tr.dent r. C. Norris.
 The banquet itself was one of excep. snsl excellence, and its preparation, well as the arrangement of the acces. ktes. evoked favorable comment on s.slf of Manager Chas. Desmond, as |sl as inc Entertainment Committee. After inc third course was served. |rorney General Clark, who had been lcen ,o preside as tOastmastcr, arose el started rolling the ball of mirth bd satire that characterized the re. stses lo the various toasts. There |p mol serious note throughout the fair I, was n session of mirth, jol. y and good fellowship, and the toasts |re given entirely in the vein of satire pungcnt jest.
 The first jester was Paul Burks, who sponded To the toast:
 hs Water Wagon and the Band
 wagon-A Comparison.
 Some of the good things the speaker Inng, in the shape of definitions, of own creation, were as follows:
 Wagon A four wheeled vchiclc--es. sially one built for carrying loads or btkages.
 water--A liquid substance ire. peh,ly used for chasing alcoholic bcv. nges and sometimes used in cold hd solidi6ed state as n means of over suiug the effects of intoxication.
 Band-A company of persons gen. faly Indians of one kind or another, niied in common design.
 Water wagon-An old style of con gance, with one seat, made to accom-. lOiaie n driver and ono passenger -- Al generally difficult to mount or re. baiu upon.
 Band Wagon-1. X commodious bur wheeled vehicle especially built n carrying n company of Indians with fwithout loads or packages.
 :. A popular conveyance in which bose desiring political prcfcrmcnt seek ride
 Elwell on Bridge-Improved.
 In his discussion of bridge whist, C,
 Bray goo1naturcdly lampooned the %al deyoiccs of the game and incl sh'ally philosophical thus; "Bridgc avery catchy game. You catch thun' |" m four volumes illustrated often 'n''-i from your partner, if you don ' APpen 10 play exactly as he wants you
 Bridge is also n courteous game. A elo" Who never, in his whole life, f"a 'hc expression if you please has come lo it if he plays bridge"
 Furious Finance.
 rms was inc subject assigned to II. 'niam stevens, who handled it well, 'a among other comments, delivered following travesty of scenes upon '' local stock exchange:
 While classic Boston originated the |'F'"lon, frcnzicd Finance aS ap' |%mg To inc operators and manipnla Y" 'pon the stock exchanges of State |'' Nall streets, 1t remained for '''"oous' Prescott to originate the ex' '"''n' Furious Finance,' as the "fm applicable and expressive Of | PNi"us of it's stock exchange on |'"''y street, where, during the active ''o"s 'f inc exchange could bc seen |''l otherwise scdatc business and "' professional men inoculated with 'ra@' of speculation, mnuling each 'V Tn their vain cndeavors to buy 'Oo shares of Wash Ariz. or L rosewood Copper at n few eighths "N Inc market price during an un- "S''ul bear raid on what had been rampant bull market.
 II 'n Tact, the trading in all classes of |., ," became SO furious,' that the To- |n ''''s on 'call' money advanced to uhPfecedented rates of { to c per