Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-21
Enthusiastic MeetinO
of TOnOpdh Citizens
Arrangements Were Made to
Receive Members of the
Mining Congress.

One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings in the history of the Tonopan
Promotion association was held last
evening at the headquarters of the
association in the offices of the Des-
sert Securities company. The object
of the meeting was primarily to re-
ceive James F. Callbreath, secretarv
of the American Mining congress.
However, much business was trans
acted, the meeting undoubtedly be-
ing more fruitful than any hereto
fore held.
After the meeting had been called
to order, the secretary read the
names of the committees and the
committeeman, selected by the ex-
ecutive committee. The association
ratified the appointments, as fol
lows:
Executive-H. c. Schmidt, R. P.
Dunlap, A. H. Elftman, ex-officio
members of all committees.
Finance-W. w. Charles, H. E.
Epstine, W.. W. Booth, Tom Kendall,
Dave Holland, Grant Crumley, W.
T. Cuddy, James Hafferon, William
Douglass.
entertainments. p Dunlap, R.
c. Moore, T. R. Harris, Thomas
Lindsay, Malcolm Macdonald, Hugh
H. Brown, Mark Averill, Key Pitt
man, Zeb Kendall, J. B. Giffen.
Railroad-H. C. Schmidt, w. D.
Forster, Charles Wittenberg.
Publicity-A. H. Elftman, w. w.
Charles, William ]. Bell
Decorations-W X. Wise.
Mining-S. H. Brady, E. A. Col
Inns, Fred Corkhill, Nels Nelson, w.
H. Blackburn, ]. G. Kirchen, J. w.
Chandler, Jr.
Reception-Roger Stenson, L. c..
Branson, ]. Morris, W. D. Cole, H.
H. Atkinson, Dr. Hammond, DR..
Mapes, j. E. Mcnamara, Ed Malley,
j. j. Owens, e. L. Kidd, A. H. Nc
Kim, William Pangburn, Branch
Smith, Fred Berry, H. H. Bacon. C.
H. Mcintosh, H. r. Cooke, S. R.
Moore, L. M Kind, Alec Dewar,
Jules Smith, DR.. Cowden, DR.. Clark,
DR.. Cunningham, j A. Falkenstein,
Il. Davis, H. Martin, A. H. Rounse-
veil, Bob Govan, P. E. Keller, j. ].
began, James McQuillan.
The Miners union has been asked
to name member of the finance
and entertainment committees and
two members of reception commV-
tee.
1t is urgently requested that these
committees meet as soon as possible.
The committee on entertainment will
meet Monday afternoon in the Of
fees of r. P. Dunlap at 8 O'Clock,
while the committee on railroad will
meet this afternoon at O'Clock in
the office of w. D. Forster.
The secretary was notified to in
form the mining committee that an
early report from the chairman
thereof would be appreciated.
Mr.. Callbreath was called upon to
address the meeting. He started his
address by expressing the surprise
that struck him at seeing such a
substantial city as Tonopah. He
paid the mother of the southern Ne
vada camps a glowing tribute and
then entered into a talk concerning
the forthcoming session of the con-
gress. He said that many matters
Of grave importance to the industry
would be brought up at the meet
ing, among the more important of
which were the unification of the
mining laws of the different states,
a fight in behalf of better protection
for the white metal and the protec-
ton of human lives from injury in
the mines.
The speech of Mr.. Callbreath was
replete with logic. He handled the
mining question as only one thor
oughly familiar with 1t knows how.
He gave as his individual opinion