Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-23


 survived the nardships of prospecting and trail work, and incidentally, the dangers of unexpected and unsought encounters with marauding bands of cheerful, but somewhat obdurate, scalp seekers, known as Lizards of the native tribes.
 "Under so many impossible eondi- tions that this Territory has labored under (not counting a Constitutional convention), the improvement and progress has been remarkable. You are now burdened with a parcel of the followers of the creed Of New Nationalism, who seem to be in ab- solute control of foreign and inter nal affairs of your well known and extensively exploited commonwealth, but happily, this condition of indif ferent political aequiescenee will be, it is thought, remedied in the near future by the intelligent and drastic efforts of your best citizens, here and elsewhere, throughout the Ter ritory.
 "Cut out the doctrine of false pro- phets and rabid agitators and boom the city of Prescott far and wide, and I am with you from 1872 to 1911; then I quit the active life of an army officer, which has been my portion for forty-nine years, upon the plains of Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory, Arizona, the Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico and the State of Colorado, in command of the Depart ment of the Colorado. Many incl dents in my career in Arizona could be enumerated, but the time would be too long to detain all you good people at this dinner, and I dislike to detain you any longer.
 "The Territorial Fair I enjoyed immensely and the only objection I had to the affair was that too many Prescott people were there and were calling upon me at the Tavern, com monly known as the Ford. And fur | thermore, MT. Doyle of the Bank of Arizona will further enlighten you upon our experience at the Phoenix Club. We afterwards recovered, be- cause it was only the second day of our visit to Phoenix.'
 The chairman then read a written statement from Milton TregaIles, as sistant fair commissioner, and said 152 prizes had been received for fruits and vegetables, in comparison with s2 received the year previous. Including other prizes, Yavapai had won a total of ITO prizes.
 H. NJ. Maus, the apple king, was next called upon. He stated that his exhibits had received thirty first prizes and two seconds. Two of the blue ribbons were for Golden Grimes and Missouri Pippins apples. He had received many inquiries from per I was any more land that was suitable for the apple industry. The Fair Oaks Oaks farm embraced 160 acres, with twenty acres in trees of diff ferent varieties ranging from eight to thirteen years old He said there
 would be more farmers here if the
 business men would give them the
 full retail price of the produce in
 trade, this being the Eastern GUS. Il tom.
 President Edwards suggested that some action should be taken to ex'
 press the friendly spirit of the Yava pal Club towards the new Chamber of Commerce. The idea instantly met l with favor, and T. G. Norris moved that it be the sense of the members of the Yavapai Club, individually and collectively, that they tender and render their hearty cooperation tC the movement for the organization of a Chamber of Commerce. The mo ton unanimously carried.
 7 Judge Doe was the concluding , speaker, being called upon to select 3 his own subject. He explained that 5 couple of days ago he was notified ) by one of the directors that he would s be asked to speak upon the Consti b tutional convention, but he had learn 9 ed just prior to the dinner that th'
 party in question had spoken with t out authority. In the meantime g however, he had prepared a speeel l. (so full was he of the subjeet), tha l. would consume three hours. Whel t told that it would be inadvisable t, 8 deliver it be was nonplussed as |, T a substitute subject. There wer