Weekly journal-miner., 1911-01-25


 Mrs. E. H. Meek, president of the Monday Club of Prescott.
 After the singing of "America" !" came the invocation by Rev. Jenk- ins of the Episcopal church.
 Hon. E. S. Clark was then intro duced, and on behalf of the city extended a welcome to the members of the Federation to Prescott. His address was in happy and cordial mood, and was favorably received. He eulogized the splendid work of the Federation since its organization and created a decided interest by mentioning one specific matter that pleased the delegates, and which should be needed by other bodies formed for a specific purpose, say ing that it was his opinion that if the various commercial organizations of Arizona would form a state wide organization like unto that of the Women's Federation, their usefulness would be greatly increased. MT. Clark's happy mood was pleasing incident of the gathering of the Fed eration in annual convention, and his address was well received.
 Mrs. Meek, in a pleasant and sin eere manner, then extended the wis iting delegates a welcome as guests of the Monday Club of Prescott, ot which she is president.
 Responding to the addresses of wei come by former Attorney General E. s Clark, on behalf of the city, and Mrs. E. H. Meek for the Monday Club, Mrs. John B. Wright of Tucson, said:
 gro the club women of Prescott, we, the representatives of the club women of Arizona. desire to express our honest appreciation for a hearty welcome. Many of us are visiting your city for the first time, and our admiration is great. In ten hours travel we have passed through a desloate yet fascinating stretch of desert, on through farm and dairy lands into orange groves, then through mining camps and mountain passes into your beautiful Mile High City, In this rare little town of rarified air, delegation of rare women have assembled, to do, they hope, rare things. A glance at our program of three days session shows that we have to do things, to form plans, which only time and our united efforts can accomplish, and that our interests are varied as are our clubs.
 Whether it be the uplifting of art, domestic education of our poor, beautifying of our town. purifying of politics, establishment of scholar ships for girls, starting of libraries for the infirm, whether it be one club or one division of a club, It is the Arizona Federation striving to put forth its best efforts, to ben eft A few or benefit the many, Tn a quiet, persevering way, accomplish ing and getting results, which man, in his bustling. mad rush through nolitics and press cannot attain Tn a like degree. This last remark does not bear on suffragettes nor suffrag- ists. I hope some interested person, before these sessions are ended, IS going to give us the latest unabridged definition of these two similar and dissimilar words.
 "With the great expanse Of terrl- torv. maximum of sunshine, minimum of poverty. unrestricted as We are in comparison to our Eastern sisters who must labor in overerowded fields. minimum of sunshine, a maximum of poverty; great and greater should be our work.
 I'll fares the land, to hastenlng ills a prey; where wealth aeeumu lates and men decay
 "So sure as the copper and gold be hidden in the hills, awaiting time and need to be unearthed, so sure as a perfect soil awaits the farmer and irrigation to unloose it's stores so sure is a well formed Federation of strong women awaiting their op portunity to put their seal on Ari zona. the Great A fitting symbO would it not be, of our State, thu tripod of Arizona, her mines, he, soil, her women.
 'Toiling. rejoicing, though smal in number, great in purpose, eael club, living its club life, is doini it's fullest. protecting when need be, Gods lowliest creatures, the duml animals, and helping always God