Weekly journal-miner., 1911-04-12

ance that crowded the High School
 auditorium. was the meeting held yesterday afternoon under the aus pices of the Civics Committee of the
 Monday Club Many business and professional men were present, and the meeting was a success in its ob. iect of stimulating a lively interest in the civic betterment of the com munity.
 Dr. Finn s address on Community
 Welfare" opened the program and it was a thoughtful, instructing and in spring production. It contained so | many useful suggestions that by re quest it will be published in these columns within few days.
 Dr. Southworth in his address on "Civie Improvement recommended the cleaning up of the bed of Granite Creek and the planting along its banks of willows and alders, thus re storing it to its pristine condition. As Prescott is inviting people to come here. he pointed out that we should nave clean and presentable city. His idea was so well received that motion was made and carried that a committee of five be appointed to CO., operate with the City Council with view of carrying out the speakers excellent and timely idea. The com mittee appointed consists of Malcolm A. Fraser. Robt E. Morrison, M. B. Hszeltine, Dr. Southworth and A. l.. Smith.
 Dr. Yount spoke Interestingly upon what the Anti-Tuberculosis Society is doing and accomplishing, and Prof. W. D. Baker. city superintendent of schools, urged that the law be strengthened which provides for com pulsory education,
 During the afternoon Miss Vera MeNulty of St. Joseph $ Academy, and Glae Paul of the High School contributed a violin and piano duet which received merited applause.
 A snappy and instructive paper on 'Civic Enthusiasm" by Malcolm A. Fraser, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was read by MT. Norton, the author being absent owing to his duties that day at Jerome Junction with Dr. V. T. Cooke, the dry farm ing expert. The paper is as follows:
 ''Civic Enthusiasm" is the bacillus of national patriotism.
 We of the United States are con tinually giving ourselves and each other the "glad hand" to the ef- feet that we are the watehword among the nations in true patriotism, and the virus of this neverending current of ''hot air" penetrates into our city, town and village life as well. . wonder how much each of us of | Prescott realizes and exploits the many advantages the Good Lord has shOwered upon us; how many appre- eiate the glorious sunshine yet would ! have a barbed-wire fence put around l it, if they thought sufferers might be induced to submit for season to its healing, braeing air. .... |
 l wonder how many and who have been peddling the idea to. the strang | CT within our gates that we are broke and on the verge of ruin because the stream of gold which has flowed into our fair city has lost some of its turbid volume in the past three or four years.
 And often do l ponder which is the more responsible, the salaried man or woman who regards the eata log house list as of next importance to the family Bible, or the merchant | who yearns for the hundred thousand odd dollars that now go out of town each year, yet who buys his neces- saries from abroad in the same hour.
 But most of all, the thought bides with me all day and in the night | season, how can we bind, gag or ehloroform the chronic knoeker, re- lieve him of his fangs and make a clean getaway"
 That is the text of this small paper on "Civic Enthusiasm.
 Let us define what we mean in concrete way.
 One April morning in 'O6, the city by the Golden Gate was wiped out by one of the most horrible cata- elysms of modern times Like a nest of ants, it's citizens hewed wood, drew water and in eighteen months had reared a fairer, sightlier city than the old one. ..-.