Arizona silver belt., 1906-08-02
Personal and News Items Of
Interest to "Silver
Belt" Readers
RECORDERS BIG BUSINESS
Activity Is Largely in Real Estate and
Mines. The Phenomenal Growth Of
Globe Indicated by Erection Of 600
Houses During Past Year

A brakeman named Henry Curtis
was brought here Monday suffering
from broken ankle sustained by fall
ing from a freight car.
A. Lofgrin, driver on the Mesa
Roosevelt stage line, was overcome 10y
heat on the road and died soon after
reaching a station called Tortilla.
During the past year, according to
well known real estate man, over 600
residences have been erected in Globe
at a cost of from 5000 to $500 each.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will serve
refreshments in the shape of ice cream
and cake at the auditorium grounds
Saturday evening, commencing at z
o'clock.
Excitement in the pool tournament
now in progress here is steadily on the
increase. 1t is expected that the finals
will not be played off until Saturday
night owing to the number of entrees.
Mrs. p. A. Phillips and children
arrived from Oklahoma Saturday night,
and will make their home in Globe.
Mrs. Phillips is the daughter of New
ton Hackney, an old resident of this
city.
Globe is now supplying Roosevelt
with ice, the demand having grown
beyond the capacity of O'Rourke 4
Co.'S plant. The heat has been intense
at Roosevelt and ice has become a
necessity.
July was an active month with Re
corder Fisk, there having been filed
1888 instruments in his office. A large
number of these were mining deeds,
although there were quite a large num-
Der of transfers in real estate.
E. H. Lusk has accepted a position
with Lynch Bros. Dry Goods Co.,
Monroe, La, the largest dry goods
house in the city. He left Wednesday
for Monroe, accompanied by G. E.
Davis, whose home is in Monroe.
Leroy Scholl, superintendent of the
Arizona National Mining company, is
expected back from Denver, Colo, the
first of the week. His business in
Denver was the purchase of machinery
for use on the company's property.
Twenty men are now at work on the
new court house. The scarcity of
stone cutters has to some extent inter-
fered with the progress of the work,
but Contractor McGinnis is sanguine
that the entire outside work will have
been completed by October l.
The G. V. G. & N. R'y is building a
spur track from Thatcher out to a
gravel pit recently located distance
of about two miles from town. When
this track is completed it is the inten-
tion of the company to work crews OF
men both night and day taking out
gravel with which TO ballast their en-
tire line of track from Bowie to Globe.
Stafford Journal.
Roadmaster Callen was seriously in
jureI Saturday forenoon, while at work
repairing the damage done by the
washout eight miles from Bowie.
Aside from other injuries, he sustained
broken leg. Three Mcxicans were
more or less hurt at the same time.
The accident was due to the caving in
OF the bank where they were at work
repairing the roadbed.
News has just been received of the
death of b. +. Lacy, of Globe, in Los
Angeles, about the middle of the month,
of dropsy and pneumonia. Early in
the month he was taken sick in Globe
and went to Los Angeles, hoping for
Improvement. Mr.. Lacy was well
known in Phoenix, having lived here a
number of years previous to going to
Globe, and was also well known in
various mining camps as he had fol
lowed mining for many years. AT the
time he was taken sick he was boss
in one of the mines. He is survived by
wife and three sons William, Her
bert and Ray. Phoenix Republican.
Bailey & Company, green grocers,
is the title of one more new firm that
has decided to embark in business here.
This concern will make speciality of
fresh fruits and vegetables of all
kinds which they will receive at their
emporium every day fresh from the
Valley. By new cooling process just
inaugurated, Messrs. Bailey & Co.
guarantee to servs patrons with nice
crisp vegetables at all times and just
as fresh as when picked. They have
made arrangements to deliver &c o Is to
any part of the city to meet require
ments of customers. Give them call
You will find their prices reasonable.
Their store is located on Broad street,
opposite the depot