Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-30
FEAST AND ENJOY LOT
 IF FUN TALKS
From Tuesdays Daily)

giving turkey together. And after the banquet Sunday afternoon, some of the achievements of that year were talked over through the thick tobacco smoke. A few glances were taken in a forward direction, par ticuIarly by Chief Bob Cornell, who announced the arrival of equipment for the new heavy fire truck, and A. A. Johns, who, as an ex-chief of the department, bespoke the considera- ton of the council for the needs of the department More and better equipment, he declared, was greatly needed
 A good record was made during the past year, Chief Cornell said in his welcoming address. But one house had been totally lost and it was situated outside the city limits and above the range of effective work for water derived from the city reservoir.
 Former Chief Bert Hilton, whose long and faithful service is still fresh in the memory of all, was presented with a handsome ring by the depart ment. Mayor Morris Goldwater pre- scented the circlet with appropriate remarks about its significance. MT. Hilton responded with a graceful little talk in which he expressed the desire to pass that ring on to some successor of his after he has gone south to build instead of put out flies. MT Johns denied the impli cation of his fellow ex-chief and said rc man who spent his life putting out fires could possibly have any thing to do with fires in his after life
 Governor Campbell, an old-time member Of the department, respond ed to an invitation from Joe Morgan of the program committee, by send ing a letter to the boys MT. Gold water read the letter and said 1t was not every fire department that had a governor on its roster, and darn few governors who could boast of mem bcrship in as good fire department.
 R. N. Fredericks, who turned his carly seafaring experience to good account when he spliced the first rope on hose cart for the Toughs way back in history, could not be present, but wrote letter which was read by the chief.
 Mayor Goldwatcr sought to efface himself as toastmaster, but instead of approaching the ideal of a toast master as defined by one authority, merely succeeded in being his own kind of a presiding officer-render- ing assistance to the speakers and injecting into the meeting a quality of wit and flavor of humor that is characteristic. He had two happy introductory talks in particular-one introducing Harry Heap, president of the Rotary club, and one for Dr. C. E. Yount, president of the chamber of commerce. MT. Heap outlined the central idea of Rotary to the firemen. Dr. Yount expressed the appreciation of the county's chief civic organization for the splendid work of the fire department and top ped his remarks off with a number of excellent and timely stories.
 But the toastmaster's introduction of Francis Viclc was far from satis- factory-to Mir. Viele. And he said so. He thought it was hcluva in troduction. As he began speaking, a boy about so years old in the ex- treme rear of the hall was moved to ask one of the listeners: He's say ing bad words, isn't he?"
 MT. Viele spoke with ill-suppressed feeling respecting Maricopa county That community, he said, was com posed of the most mulish people who lived in any similar community in the world. They had had the tcmcr- ity recently to send delegation to Prescott to tell this county how to spend its road money. And after that happened, it was then necessary for Yavapai county to send another delegation down to Phoenix to tell Maricopa county to go and take a long running jump at itself and so forth.
 Statistics concealed in a report of the state tax commission explained to Mir Viele's satisfaction the rcas- ons for Maricopa'S acting that-a-way They had such a preponderancc of mules and swine and bees down there. Yavapai, however, had thou sands on Maricopa in the matter of bulls and bullthrowing. So, it was even.
 LcRoy Anderson was not called upon to make a speech, and he did