Arizona republican., 1897-10-06
FIN ROUTE TO GLOBE.
A Trip to Gila's County Seat Via
 Sam Carlos.

Globe, Ariz., Oct. 3.-(Special cor aespondence of The Republican.)- Dr. l.. D. Ricketts, mining expert of the Copper Queen Copper Mining company, and the Republicans cor respondent were the only passeng- CTS over the Geronimo, San Carlos and Globe stage leaving the former place at 40 p. m., Thursday. It was a dreary ride through the San Carlos Indian reservation, sage brush, an occasional bunch of rude Indian huts along the Gila river affording change of scene, to say nothing of big freight trains heavily loaded and en route to Sam Carlos and Globe with now and then an empty freight CT bound to Geronimo, for it is gener- ally known that freights are init out of Globe since the smelter here shut down several months ago. At San Carlos, after six hours run, rather walk, for the road was dusty, heavy and rough nearly all the way, double crossing of the Gila was made. The river is still above the Tow water mark, though safe at the crossing on Friday It was then dark and only the dim lights at the San Carlos Indian school and in the barracks were discernible.
 We brought up at the Indian trad CTS store and there disposed of mail and express. Then the driver housed his four-in-hand and sent his pas sengers to No. s for supper No. 6 was a. Chinese restaurant, part of which was set apart as an officers mess. No. il proved to be the home of the quartermaster sergeant who picks up great big dollar for six hours of needed rest He slows you away comfortably and then de parts for good leaving the stage driver to come around at 3 80 a. m and wake you up, a performance he (the driver) kicks at, and he is en- titled to the kick, for, as he said the landlord gets paid enough to arise and ring you up. I secured two hours sleep, having put in the time until 1 o'clock writing up Stafford and other points.
 Passing Lieut.. Tompkins's quar- ters I found that officer ready for a journey to Camp Grant, at the head of his command, Troop ID. In answer to query, the lieutenant said the buglers were calling 'tboots and sad dles," in other words, announcing early departure via bad trail of sixty-fve miles and fifteen miles of new road, to Camp Grant, where three other troops of the Seventh are sta tioned, besides two companies of the Fifteenth infantry On the 1st of each month the troop at San Carlos departs for Camp Grant, being re- 1ieved in town by A troop Lieut. Averill with Troop B was to arrive the following day and on Nov 1 the next in order will exchange with E. The troop wagons, with outfit start ed to Camp Grant via Fort Thomas kand Cedar Springs, a longer route,
 lt easier for teams. All supplies
 r San Carlcs post come in via Fort
 homas and Geronimo
 Agent Myers, it was learned was Expecting his successor at the Indian department, and further deponent saith not It was then too late at night to make a round up of the post and of Indian affairs, though I may do something in that way on the re- turn trip.
 It was not yet daylight when the stage driver gave his horses the whip, as starter on the run of twenty eight miles to Globe. A climb of the mountains in a northwesterly course and then a finish run of twelve miles of good road is about all that could be said, unless I might note that Dr. Ricketts got down from the front seat to dispatch a rattler which the horses fortunately passed over. The doctor did his work effectuaIly, fin ally landing a twenty pound boulder on the unwelcome customer. I had