The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05
NEW WOMEN In THE WEST.
oxr DR. THEN PLANNED AND Is
DrILDING A SIxTp-MILE RAILRoAD.
,,o,h.r has Made n Success OF n Butcher
N". I'D m slnnrhter Hnnhn In Prnnnntf.

A-aNhNT INnA NHNlo y outNNbA WI - uNCn
shop and a slaughter House In Prescott,
ArI.-Utica Girl Running n sawmiIl
10 Cnlifornin-One n Mining Expert.
1os ANGELES, Cal. Jan. PA lot OF new
-auon here in the West are hewing out for
themselves pretty large inches In the temple OF
80 and human enterprise. Their achieve
-.ots wiz the attention and discussion OF the
Lynrists who come every winter from the East
80 Etstes TO this region OF sunshine and low
=, The Western new women have entered
s.nr,v every commercial and Industrial field.
InJecd, ono who has investigated the subject
r,cently says that the only pursuits for livell-
,ood in the West remaining to mans Role oc-
o,rnncv are s~teamboatinR. running railroad
,ralns and street cars. and the military and
r.val seryices. Every month there comes
Rvs from some locality in the Southwest Ter
ritorIes and in California that a new woman
has broken down the barriers to some avenue
- andeayor where mono OF her sisters has
heretofore gone in search OF glory or wealth.
The way that Mrs. Julia NJ. Camp became a
butcher in Prescott. Ari1., illustrates the spirit
which possesses some Of the ambitious new
women in tho West. and her experiences have
been somewhat similar to those OF a large
number OF her sex in the s~parsely settled Ter
ritories, Among the immigrants to Arizona at
about 1893 were a young couple and their
three DnDy CnlIuTeu' hwy Cah0 lIOm hhEOn,
O The husband and father was George d.
Camp. He had been a butcher In Ohio for ten
veors. and had moved to Prescott when his
MUSICIANS had told him that the only chance
NJ life for him was by living In q dry, clear
climate. Possessed OF several thousand dollars.
n sturdy heart aud a cheerful wife. he fol-
lowed the PHYSICIANS advice. but not until
his consumption had progressed into the second
stage. Mrs. Camp was a Jolly. pretty Ger
man woman. not yet "a, and the way she took
hold TO help her sick husband Won her golden
opinions among the residents OF the little city
among the mountains OF northern Arizona.
The Camps opened a meat market and q
slaughter house in Prescott. Over half their
capital was invested in the new business.
Trade was good for a few weeks and the bust
ness proposition seemed a good one. But 1t
was the year Of the bank failures and the
period Of the cattle industry's greatest dis
tress. When summer came and all the ranch
men in Arizona had cattle to give away
the CAM meat business flattened out sudden
". During this business depression Mr.. Camp
dropped dead with hemorrhage.
Many women similarly situated would have
drawn the few hundred dollars remaining in
the bank. gathered together the babies and
the household effects and started back at once
TO the old Ohio home to relatives and friends.
But the young widow was OF different mettle.
She had known all about her husbands invest
ments and plans, and she had faith that she
could carry the business to success. Moreover.
the bespurred and buckskinned ranchmen
from the ranges showed o desire to help the
piucky little woman. and the creditors OF her
husband came forward and agreed to give the
widow ample time to pay them back. That
was the beginning OF the business career OF
one OF the most successful and ceaselessly in
dustrious women in business in the South
west. She did not run a butcher shop and
slaughter house from a pedestal or with kid
gloves on her hands. She went to work to mas
ter the business. She hired a nurse girl for her
children and for three years she gave sixteen
and eighteen hours out OF almost every day to
her meat industries. Her bay horse and her black
sulky were familiar daily objects on the roads
about Prescott and among the ranches. She
mastered a full knowledge OF the slaughter
house. While she never actually took a hand
In the Strengthening operations, she learned to
know what was necessary in a careful and eco
nomical MANAGEMENT OF such an institution.
She soon got to Judge beeves. sheep and swine
ir saushterihs PURPOSES as weh us any man
in the locality. and she found that her success
snod s,orias y onrran, in yaranoi ,onntx ~
the ingenious bargains the little widow effect
tor ano o hssuss
ior nhe pee'es'
In two years Mrs. Camp had not only paid of
all the de BITS that she inherited at her hus-
ha.a,S Sa..h 49, - 80. -. IT.. =,
eaha $ death, but mad doubled the capacity OF
had several thousand dollars mt a waya as work
inc o,ritaI IT, 80 ~ 49, arritn ~ -
ing capital. lhe sense oil lncongrulty at atem-
mime butcher had worn away among the Pres
colt people- md her business had become an
;ns,itntinn H. ~ oi,, CT .."hiiaLoJ athn.
Iet"ulon Il 'ne Guy, one es'aoiisheu o'her
markets in the little mining towns OF that re-
gion, and got her Young men brothers and
oaU.iaa o. r"N
cousins out from ONO TO manage them under
her supervision. The cattle industry improved
in lste and that made her evan mora
N 10 no ~
prosperous flhdihg her greatest pront
was in buying cattle. she accepted an
offer for hcr mo%kets hnt resarved tho
riah, ~ wv ,e'eu Sno
IGht 70 sci! the marketmen their stocks.
saw the possibilities Of money making in buv-
- "o' ~
,ns WOOL. Many a sagaclols ana rich ranch
MANN the lerritorles-some bankers. even
aId h9t see me future Tor wool under the new
ttorln law: Wool had gone down 70 three and