Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-23
CLUB ENDORSES
 THE MOVEMENT
Plan of Organizing a Chamber of Com merce Meets With Hearty Support
 At the Business Mems Dinner
From Sundays Daily.)

of Fair Commissioner Johns, Who hau been billed to recount the achieve ments of Yavapai county and de scribe its agricultural possibilities, the Business Mems Dinner at the Yavapai Club was something akin to the play of Hamlet with that person age out of the cast. However, the evening developed into soeiable Oe- easion, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the ninety in attendance.
 4 eolored orchestra, with music and songs, added zest to the occasion, and the guests frequently broke forth. into melody and mirth that en- livened an excellent and appetizing dinner. There was, of course, speech making after. the dinner was served.
 A. W. Edwards, president of the Club, undertook to explain the ab- senee of MT. Johns, and then recited how Yavapai had wrested the laurels from county that was purely agri- cultural He bestowed credit upon the Fair Commissioner for his work in collecting the exhibit and likewise gave the proper need of praise to the produeers-the men who had faith in the best climate, the best soil, the best fruit and the best peo- pie on earth. Then he introduced General Thomas as the man who had sown the first crop in Arizona, or to be more explicit he explained that the Apaehes had sown the crop and the General reaped the Apaches. This was a bit of circumloeution, but no one entered a protest, and the Gen eral gallantly arose and spoke as follows, his remarks being frequent Ey greeted with applause:
 Incidentally, and as a prelimin- ary to this extended oration, from notes made on the spot, that l am about to deliver before this body of business men, and in advance of the organization of a Chamber of Com merce, for and in the interests of the incorporated city of Prescott, l wish to thank the good people of Prescott most sincerely for their con- siderste politeness to myself and my military companions during my many visits to your charming mountain me
  tropolis and sanitarium. Also to the two gentlemen who invited me here tonight, well known to you all; well preserved relics of former days, relics of the bygone past-I wish to say to those two, that I appreciate very much their Christian charity in in- sisting that l attend this dinner. However, I bear no i'll feelings to- wards those notwithstanding the fact that I have been severely tor tured since then, and now, by their thougntless feelings towards myself. We'll meaning, their actions, it is true, but fearfully ineonsiderate of one's knowledge of commercial eti- quette and supremacy, business ca paeity and national economic condi- tions, except as to what applies to the defensive conditions of our do. main and the future integrity of the world-widely known Republic.
 "I have been most agreeably en. tertained here at all times, shown the most generous hospitality by the citizens of this commonwealth and the railroad officials of the Prescott & Phoenix road were at all times most courteous and extremely polite
 "My business experience has been I am free to confess, very limited too much so even for my own good as I have been in the army nearly all my life; therefore, far removed from the maddening influences anC surroundings of superhuman strug gles for monetary supremacy. How ever. a well to do citizen, living il southern town in the Territorl (soon to become a State), was S, well pleased from hearsay and in terviews, with my business capaeit. and knowledge of worldly affairs that he kindly offered to make m superintendent of the water work in his town. The offer was made t me on one of my periodical trip through your Territory. appre ciated the compliment, but had t decline for the present.
 "My first introduction to Prescott was in '73, when it was a youn mining center, full of excitement 1T cident to a town far from the raj roads, but animated with the though that sudden and enormous wealth wa soon to come to owners of place