Arizona republican., 1907-06-15
THE KELVIN COUNTRY
ITS COMMERCIAL LIFE
The Region Beng ThronGea Ey Those
Who Have Heard of IL, Develo. :
ment.

| train was late in pulling out of Phoe-
| nix. There was extra freight TO load.
While waiting for The coupling bump
we began To feel that We were headed
! for a new country. at least country
/ of new activities. The passengers
We're expectant. The man who had
been there held attention.
High noon. bump, thump. "all
aboard" and the mixed train for Kel-
vim was under way.
The man with an appetite realized
that he had forgotten breakfast and
welcomed the conductors tip that one
might get meals At Mesa time" in a
little eating house beside the track. Ii
is a new and humble establishment run
! by an old soldier but there was moth
ing small about the blackberries that
grew outside the door and that were
ready for shipping down a creamed
pathway past the palate
Mesa's green fields behind us we
We're really ON the way. AT Webster
the train halted beside the long wood
trading station. Then the desert
again. mile after mile of moving BUSH
es until the track begins to follow the
! ella river the waters of which are
here and there drawn off into irriga-
ton bitches that lead TO fields of
golden grain. The mountains grew
nearer, in size a surprise to those on
! board who had heard SO much about
surface mining that they were looking
only for buttes and instead beheld
real mountains of the geography order.
At the Florence station we did not
drop the coach-the old time custom
instead we took on passengers.
Picturesque in the word that de-
scribes the road from there on as it
follows. crosses and recrosses the ella
in its windings between the noun
tains.
A blast of the whistle and the train
was pounding through the mountain
at Iroquois.
Eighty-one miles from Phoenix-and
the stages waiting for us at Kelvin.
the entrance of the Pinal county cop
per country.
On the crest OF the first elevation
four portable houses are grouped.
They are the offices and hardware
room Of the DeMund Lumber COM
pany. The lumber yard nearby looks
it might be mistaken for an exhibit.
On the next hill, "A duff on the east
bank of Mineral Greek. is the town
site of Kelvin. The first buildings to
be seen are the general Offices. mill.
warehouse and roundhouse OF the Ray
and ella Copper companies. These
buildings are all substantial, structures
with painted sides and roofs. The Of
flee building is an adobe structure with
stone foundation: in tn center $ a
court green with vegetation. On To
this court the offices open. On the top
of a nearby rise is another ldobe-the
staff house of the company.
These buildings We're al put up by
the old English company and stand as
n monument TO its judgment of the
hills.
The one mandatory concern here
shows the foresight Of its proprietor.
Mr.. Coleman. A year ago he felt sure
that soon there would be many people
in this section and he built an ice
plant. Shipments are made to many
nearby points. Ice and an abundant
supply of water. which is piped all
over the town-site. are factors that go
far toward removing the disagreeable
features Of camp-life.
The Southern hotel. a frame struc-
ture. is running to full capacity of its
rooms with many cots on the porches.
Two general stores are moving
quantities of goods. The Pinal Mer-
camille Co. Will soon have commodious
quarters in an adobe building twice
the size Of the present room. This
fe, &c
TO increase it's capital stock in order
to conduct its business on larger
scale. The company has a store at
Ray also. 1t is in large part owned
by c. A. Mckee of Phoenix.
The Florence Commercial Co re-
Gently sold its store here and the one
in Ray to Henness and Griffin who
also operate store in Winkelman.
Buildings are being made ready for
a new concern, The Hercules Mercan-
tile Co. The principal stockholders
are II. Iovin and H. p. Durham. The
company will have stores in Kelvin
and Ray. They will be known as COM
pany stores. Stocks for these estab-
lishments are now on the way.
G. b. Arnold and son of Mesa have
just opened a newsstand and refresh
ment parlor. with the Mesa store as
a base for supplies.
The Kelvin Produce Co. was incor-
porated last week. The stockholders
are p. T. Hurley. S. J. Tribolet. Chas.
Tribolet of Phoenix and l.. G. Cittl-
DIM and T. G. Peyton of Kelvin. The
will handle meats and all
kinds of produce.
The Home Savings Bank and Trust
Co. of Phoenix has opened a branch
bank here. For the present the branch
will be in the store of the Pinal Mer-
camille Co. A general banking bust
ress will be conducted. Frank Aims |
worth. cashier of the bank in phns-
nix, was here during the early part of
the week
The business houses in Kelvin and J
Ray are connected by the local tele- |
phone system of the Ray Copper Co. !
The exchange is in the ice cream and |
parlors OF Mrs. Emmett !
The blacksmith shop is kept very busy |
with the public demands. The Ray /
company operates its own FORCES.