Arizona republican., 1908-12-12
BEAUTIFUL DISAPPOINTMENT
Joyous Confusion of Unboun- ded Success, Exhilirating to Those Who Were Pleas ingly Put Outline Lesson of it is Self Taught.

The Prosperity banquet of the board of trade last night was a real eye opener. It was the most pleasant kind of a disappointment to everybody there, for everybody was disappointed one way or another. The committee which had worked hard for tits ar engagement, found its troubles increas- ing clear to the last minute and the more trouble there was the better the committee liked it because of its na- ture. A week ago the committee which was presided over by Dwight B. Heard, was fearful lest sufficient interest would not be aroused to make it a success Thursday night about 150 tickets had been disposed of, an am pie number to assure success if ticket holders all put in appearance but there was a feeling that too many might consider it in the light of duty instead of pleasure and stop with buy ing tickets.
 The time was extended until 10 o'clock yesterday. to make sure. By that hour fifty more had bought tick cts and it was necessary then to call a halt. Nevertheless the people kept coming and Gass Brothers who served as caterers in most admirable and satisfactory manner told the commit tee they would try and handle anothery fifty. making 25O covers. They were accepted and still the people applied for tickets until it became absolutely necessary to refuse another fifty or spoil the whole game. The result was that about 250. the full capacity of the Melczer hall for such an occasion, sat down to the festive board, though the confusion necessitated nearly an hours delay in the service for which the caterers were in no way to be blamed.
 The proceedings until II o'clock were entirely too comprehensive for other than a general comment. The purpose of the banquet was effected fully and in overflowing measure, that purpose being solely to develop a spir- it of interest in the prosperity of this valley, through cultivating the social side of cooperation. and in this case sOciability should not be confounded with conventionality, for aristocracy rubbed elbows with the sons of the soil and the minor and prOspector in terchanged ideas with the doctor and the lawyer, while the artisan and the cowboy compared notes with the banker. The membership of the board of trade now numbers approximately 400. If it is not swelled to 1000 before mother April morning, there is some thing wrong with the signs of the times and they were not read alright last night
 Comment can be made at this time on no particular speech for there wasn't a bad one in the lot and the 1 appended list indicates the wide range | of subjects, covered as adequately as | they could by in five minute talks | pr. Foss, president of the board of | trade presided in his most gracious way and as indicative of the good | feeling that prevailed, he was called | down by the chairman at the end of 1 five minutes in his own. the initial and | explanatory speech of the evening, as | was almost every speaker who fol- | lowed
 A feature of the evening was the reading of a telegram by Mir. Heard, i following references to | received yesterday after noon from E. L. Hamilton, chairman of | the congressional committee on terri tories, and at one time considered an enemy of the statehood movement l Following is the telegram: l
 Washington, D. C., Dec II. Hon. Dwight B. Heard,
 Phoenix, Ariz
 Matters have not proceeded far enough to enable me to wire you with I such definiteness as to time of action l as you would desire. That the party I platform and the presidents recom- will be enacted into law, however, have no doubt l
 E. l.. HAMILTON.
 It seems almost pitiful that all the