The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-10-24


 collection of jokes that have not been tarnished by the passage of time. With words of congratulations to the people of Clifton concerning their residence in a section so blessed with natural resources, the mayor concluded to the applause of every member of the audience.
 Following the address of Mayor Kelly came an eloquent oration on the part of Hon. c. c. Mcdonald, the official orator of the party, and who formerly served the commonwealth of Texas as secretary of state. MT. Mcdonald developed various thoughts during his address, admitting frank ly that to remain with the theme as signed him, The Boosters" would not be in order. He took occasion to remark that his native state is Texas, thereby having claims of fra ternity upon the major portion of his hearers. With outbursts of the rarest eloquence, he pictured the blessings enjoyed by Clifton He spoke briefly of the present and fu- ture of Fl Paso's commercial career, in this connection reminding the au- dience that the moving cause of this commercial importance is the dispo- sition of the men of commerce of the Pass City to immediately take ad- vantage of every opportunity pre- sented, adding that Clifton was akin to Ell Paso in having for it's conner cial leaders men of the same tenden- ,cy MT. Mcdonald is an orator of ability, his voice being strong and clear,and his command of diction en- viable His admiration, for Clifton was well illustrated in his statement that he refused to join the boosting excursion until assured that Clifton Irr hA fr1ol lrrdo o6 in route.
 violin solo, by MT. Holquin, ac- companied by Prof. Bond, was an in- terlude between the address of MT. Mcdonald and that of MT. Freeman, whose business is oil, with the Texas company, and whose theme assigned, was 'El Paso" MT. Freeman, for an appreciated time, spoke with such >point and interest that regret was caused by his conclusion, He illus, trated his remarks that reminded one of a story teller's corner, prov ing himself to be a speaker of un- usual ability He provoked the humor of his hearers by referring to that portion of MT. McDonald's speech in which was stated the speakers ad- miration for Clifton, MT Freeman declaring, by illustration that the good fortune of every town visited Dy the excursion was in having frou1 the lips Of the official orator expres- sions that were at least similar Mir Freeman is well acquainted with the various towns and sections of the West, having spent many years of his life in sccessfui commercial rela- tions with the interests of those sec tions He spoke of Fl Paso from the standpoint of one who knows his subject, having observed the pro gress of the town from the days when it was scarcely more than a frontier trading post, and it's deni- zens of the character that western life of the frontier develops. While admitting the natural advantages of the city in it's location between two nations, and between the East and the West of the United States, MT. Freeman also brought into promin- ence the meaning of Fl Paso's devel- opment through the united efforts of her spirited commercial managers, and with the assistance of the rapid ly growing and wealthy mining and pastoral districts tributary.
 Following on the official program was musical enjoyment in a rendition by the quartette of the Boosters Glee Club, but because of certain reasons not admitted, this feature was omitted, and the vacancy was filled by the rendition, by whist ling, of the "Mocking Bird" by the publicity man of the Fl Paso Morn ing Times. This was the old inter pretatfon of the melody, with plenti- full variations, and was whistled by an artist, to the accompaniment of the pianist.
 MT. Reeves, secretary of the Ell Paso chamberof commerce, while not officially slated to speak, yet was patriotic enough to yield to the de kires of the audience that he do so, delivering an address typical of the leader of the commercial organiZa- tion of city such as is Ell Paso. MT. Reeves was complimentary to Clifton in his remarks anent the lib erality and progress of her mer-
 Another address not on the official program, was that of MT. Clai-1 borne Adams, one of the energetical- ly progressive men of commerce to the fullest degree, of the Fl Paso spirit that has for its great aim the of progress. He reminded the listeners that Clifton is the cen ter of the oldest and most prodctive copper region in the world, and that daily it's reptation is being increased in the worldof mining. He was of the opinion that familiarity with con stant conditions of resources in this respect had probably resulted in the peoples forgetting of the pride of resi- dence in such a favored region. MT Adams speech concluded this feat ure of the entertainment
 Athletes Entertain.
 Prize fights and wrestling matches occupied the remainder of the even ing. Chief and foremost among these features was the contest to a hard-fought end, between Al Wasem and Ed Duffy, the former the cham pion light weight wrestLerof tho East and the latter one of Fl Paso's champion light weight boxers Oth- CT number in this direction were a