Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
.HASSAYAMPERS
START JUBILEE
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED AT
FIRST RECEPTION
SACRED WATER DRUNK FREELY,
WITH ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Decorations at Hollenbeck Hotel san-
quet Prove Unexpected Surprise
to the Visitors and Host Is
Loudly Praised

Inc Arizona f1dSSdydInpa cluD IS INV
enjoying itself to the full in Los Ange-
les, its members having begun the 1908
celebration yesterday with reception
by the Los Angeles chamber of mines
In the afternoon and a banquet at the
HoIlenbeck in the evening"
Nearly 400 persons attended the re-
ceptlon, which was given in the rooms
of the chamber of mines, in the Ger
main building. The reception commit
tee consisted of every member of the
chamber of mines who could be pres
ent. The sacred Hassayampa water,
which Secretary John s. Mitchell man
aged to get here on time after much
trouble with the railroad and express
companies, was duaffed, but in cham
payne and grape punches. Fielding J.
Stilson, president of the chamber OF
mines, welcomed the Hassayampans
with an exceedingly happy speech,
which was responded to by Ben Good
rich of Tombstone. Badges of welcome,
picturing a Hassayampan drinking
from the sacred river face upstream,
and with the motto, Hell never leave
the country, save a cent, nor tell the
truth again. were pinned on each
guest by officers of the chamber OF
mines.
official headquarters Of the Hasa
yampa club were established in parlor
16 of the Hollenbeck hotel, and the adj
joining parlors were thrown open at
$3.50 last night for an informal recep-
ton preceding the banquet in the hotel
dining room. The members had turned
the lobby into reception hall through
out the day, and the arrivals were so
numerous that they overfiowed the Hol-
lenbeck and were forced to take refuge
in other leading hotels.
When the banquet room doors were
opened a distinct surprise met the
guests in the decorations, which had
been deliberately designed by Secretary
Mitchell, who is also manager of the
Hollenbeck. The room was profusely
decorated with the national colorS, but
novelty in decorating effects was
presented on the main table, which was
spread 100 feet long.
View Their Own River
On it was depicted, with great fidelity
to detail, miniature Hassayampa riv-
er, from the falls at its source down
through the Bradshaw mountains be-
yond Wickenburg. The San Francisco
peaks were shown at the northern end
of the table, and in miniature, adapted
to the banquet arrangements, were all
the cities represented by the guests
Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaff, Will
liams, Ash Fork, Kingman, Jerome,
Prescott, Congress, Wickenburg Mari
copa Junction, Yuma, Florence, Casa
Grande, Tucson, San Xavier mission,
Benson, Nogales, Fairbanks, Tomb
stone, Bisbee, Douglas, Wilcox, Cliff
ton, Solomonville, Stafford, Globe, Phoe-
nix Tempe-all reproduced with most
painstaking fidelity. The Grand Cam
yon, the Roosevelt dam, Fort Apache
with marching soldiers, the San Fran
cisco peaks, the most kindly and most
dignified mountains in the world, and
other great features of Arizona were
represented, as were the many indus
fr.ia 30 hn far rff fnnIifdi1aor FlY
ing, stock raising, gold, silver and cop
per mining.
Secretary Mitchell was overwhelmed
with congratulations on the decoration
of the banquet table, and no Hasa
yampan who looked for the place that
most interested him failed to find 1t.
Mr.. Mitchell and his hotel associates,
Steward J. w. Dowdell and Chef K.
Thorsen, were thanked warmly for
their efforts to make the first days
event a success.
The banquet menu card was deco
rated with the Hassayampa river
poem, written for the occasion by Ruth
thoress and daughter of Secretary
Mitchell.
jill. B. Alexander, United States dis
trict attorney of Arizona, was the toast
master, and responses to toasts were
made by Col. H. L. Pickett of Tomb
stone Associate Justice Doane of the
ARIZONA supreme court, Territorial Del
egate Marcus A. Smith and w. e. Mar
win, clerk OF the supreme court Of New
Mexico, who spoke in behalf of the
sister territory. The toasts were essen
TALLY informal and abounded in refer
ences to the Hassayampa territory.
Plates were laid for 200 guests at the
banquet, and James Broughty, clerk of
the Hassayampa club, has enrolled 450
names on his register.
Today's program includes a trip to
Redondo Beach, with luncheon in the
Spanish gardens, and speaking, games
and bathing. Hassayampa night at the
Orpheum tomorrow evening will be an
other big event.