Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-24
JIRONE'S WELCOME.
The COppa1 Camp Turns Out Rn Masse to Hear Republican Doctrine
 BIp0laded.
A Correspondent Gives an Account of the Trip. the Welcome and
 The Rally.

uD@Cfl ptioM or tne EFiD to Jercme of the republican speakers might iuter9st your readers | sub
 init tho following: The party num- . beriug about thirty, accompanied by the Prescott brass band left Prescott on the l0:lO a. m. train on the 5. F. F. & r. railroad. On ar irving at Clear Springs it was met
 by r.. II. Becker, chief engineer of the United Nerde aud Pacific road, and seated m oue of their comfort
 able new coaches was soon steaming
 over the narrow gauge towards
 Jerome. For short distance the
 road trayerses the valley. when i. : reaches a mountainous country and
 climbs around sharp curves an1 over
 q comparatively steep grade 70 the summit twelve miles distant from ] Clear Springs. At this point the
 party disem6aTked and were given ! a sumptons dinner by Mir Becker.
 And right here allow mo to digTess Co romark that the road is well built
 and is first class in every respect. ! It's equipm ut is in keeping with | the road, all the engines, coaches and
 cars being new, and supplied wlth | the very latest improvements and
 appliances. The train glides around
 forty degree curve, on the track. ] without 8 jar or apparent friction, much to the surprise Of all, and ! this fact was remarked on pariicu- larly by railroad men in the party. While the party was at the snm- ! mat the band played a number of lively airs, being Che first time that
 the sweet echoes of music were ever waited from the mountain summits | of that section.
 After partaking of dinner the train pulled out to the end of tho track. where the track laying force,
 in charge of Mir. Crowley, one ol the
 best track layers in he west, was at work. Richard Porter the bridge contractor on tho road, has his force near here also. The end of the track is about five or six miles from Jorome by the line of the survey of the road, but only between three
 and four miles by trail. The party was met here by a number of clti zens from Jerome with saddle
 animals and while there were not [ enough to accommodate tbe entire party all reached Jerome very com fortably.
 The great copper camp was | reached about D o'clock and we
 were met by 8 host Of friends who | seemed anxious to extend a hearty
 and cordial welcome to the standard
 bearers of the republican party and theIr friends. On the way the party
 became somewhat separated and your correspondent was among the
 strsgglers who brought up the rear column of the procession. and as we larriyed there we found those who
 had preceded us had oamped at
 "The Bend'' and were being we'll
 cared for by ". O. Harrell, well
 known to nearly all in the party, as
 he Is to nearly everybody m the southwest. Everybody who knows
 "BilP' Harrell knows that nothing
 would be left undone by him, which
 would add to the comfort of the
 party and to make their introduc-
 ton to the camp an agreedbie ole.
 Among the many present to meet
 and welcome us at Jerome might be
 mentioned the name of Contractor
 Mcdonald of the U. V. & P. railroad
 who showed the greatest enthusiasm
 aud the most friendly feeling to
 wards our party,
 As all were more or less fatigaed
 from the trip 1t was thought adyis able to rest a while before proceed ing to the main town further down the hIll so that about two hours were agreeabiy spent in shaking hands with hundreds of miners and others who came to join in extend ing a welcome to the visitors. IT. J, Allen, the financial man of the company was among those present with his usual large stock of hospi- talitY on hand, aud which he dis tributed generously among sthe visitors. During the stay os the party here, a stroll was taken among tho works by some while others rested.
 Right here it might be we'll to mention the fact that scarcely had we reached the camp until Miss Nellie Cashmsn, one of the best known and most popular woman on the Pacific Coast appeared and con- tributed cheerfulness to the other wise cordial welcome and extended pleasant greetings to all and par ticularly so to her many old ac- quaintances in the party. Though arriving. as we dId, at the busiest hour of the day for her, it did not take her long to prepare one of the best meals ever sat down 10 in the territory. The ease and grace with winch Miss Cashman cared for cur party while at the same time caring for a couple hundred men in the large dining room was iavOrably commented on lt was all done so quietly and r sasantly and with out the least liction. She was here. there and everywhere giving atten- ton 10 all her guests, never Tor a moment overlooking or neglecting any of those whom she has lon. since learned to love aud care for the honest sturdy miner.
 About 7;30 the band appeared. and, preceding tho large number of people assembled there. pro- ceeded to the place of holding the ! meeting, Con- O'Kesle's large, new building, soon to be occupied by l him as a store, and which he had i arranged for the occasion. It took | but a moment to recognize the fact | that it would require a hall five or | six times as large as this to hold the | hundreds of people who had come ! together Co participate in the meet ing and it was consequently ad- journed to the open air, in order that all might have an opportunity of hearing the political issues dis cussed. Undoubtedly, Jerome never had as many people assembled be- fore on any one occasion, and the vast audience listened to the speeches with the most interested