Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
REEVES SPIRIT
OF MINING CAMP
SIERRA MADRE CLUB GIVES
MINERS LUNCH
ELEGANCE OF CITY BLENDS WITH
HARDY DESERT SPIRIT
Unique Gathering at Hotel Alexandria
Numbers Over One Hundred of
Mining Industry and Bush
ness Men

The elegance of the city and the
hardy spirit of the typical mining
camp were linked as one at the miners
buffet luncheon given last night by
the Sierra Madre club in the private
banquet hall of Hotel Alexandria. This
perfect blending was wrought in
manner unique and symbolical. At
one end of the sumptuous hall was i'm
provised a mining camp bar made of
rough boards and saw horses, upon
which the feast was laid, a feast suf-
ficient to do justice to the most hun
CRY prospector after a long hike over
the desert.
Behind the bar in characteristic fash
ion were hung Winchester rifles, can
dies in miners sticks pictures of prize
fighters, fair women, bills of fare va
riously labeled to attract and please;
cigars, cigarettes, a miners call Deil
and numerous other things appropriate
to the occasion Even the waters lalu
aside the conventional Tuxedo and
appeared in blue flannel shirts, hunting
belts Qminus cartridges), red bandanas
about their necks and brown khaki
pants. The floor in front Of the bar
was laid with sawdust to give tho
real thing effect. The swdust kissed
noses with the rich Brussels carpets
laid upon the remainder of the floor,
where were grouped the fine mahog-
cupied by the knights of the trail, who
in their romantic calling have known
both hardship and luxury. 1t was
amidst such beaming surroundings that
these strong men of the city and of
the desert sat down to a feast of fell
lowship.
Feast Is Also Unique
The buffet lunch, perfect In its APP
pointments and unique like the deco
rations, was served without gloves"
and in true camp fashion-pass 'em
around and help yourself.
The attendance numbered over 100,
and besides mining men was repre-"
sentative of other of the best BUSH
ness men of Los Angeles and the
great southwest
Lee c. Gates was the POSTMASTER
and was introduced by F. G. Tyrrell,
acting on behalf of Sydney Norman,
secretary of the Sierra Madre club.
Mr.. Gates said that there had been
some talk of changing the name of the
organization to the Underground
club" and that probably this name
would be adopted. He said that facts
showed that mining dividends i'll the
United States were greater than those
of the national banks. He pointed out
that Los Angeles was the triangle
point of the great southwest region
and the rightful center of the mining
industry, drawing in the most direct
channels on Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico and the republic Of Mexico.
He made it clear that it was the
motive of such an institution as the
Sierra Madre club to furnish means for
the control of the mining industry at
it's logical center-Los Angeles.
Relation of Bank and Mine
Stoddard Jess. vice president of the
| First National bank, spoke on Inc
Relation of the Bank to the Miner"
He said that nothing means so much
to Los Angeles as the mining industry,
including oil, copper, gold ana tne
rest. He spoke of Bisbee and Dough
las as model communities built up by
the mining industry from tent towns to
cities i'm a few brief years Return
ing to his subject, Mr.. Jess said that
contrary to in part an accepted be-
lief the bank is open to legitimate
mining, and that the bank does not
consider such proposition as hazard
Gus.
"The banks must be conservative"
said Mr.. Jess, but the banker should
approach the borrower with mining
stocks as he does the man with any
other kind of collateral. This cluD
should be upheld by the banking and
business interests of Los Angeles be
cause the mining industry means
more to Los Angeles than any other
one industry"
John S. McGoarty, the we'll known
writer and poet, spoke on the subject
of "What Mining Has Done for Other
cities" 1.-The Outgrown Past was in
the hands of Isidore Dockweiler. The
BUSY Present" was the subject as
signed to Albert Chapelle and "The
Golden Future" was outlined by Jo-
seph Scott. F. G. Tyrrell spoke on
"What We Can Do for Greater Los
| Angeles"
The reproducing interests were
renresented bv THE Man With the
Derrick" who was Mr. McQuig, the
| pioneer oil man.
The menu, strung along behind the
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