Arizona republican., 1907-07-31

| -FOUR or nve hundred OF them, and 9TH
ers cominS-are no different from the
| ones that make up the community life
of settled towns. But the conditions
under which they live are different.
Many of them single men and practi-
cally all of them without local family
ties, they i've in transient quarters. in
| tent houses and rooming places. When
the days work Is over, whether it be
at four or seven, there is no hone 60
| ing to a welcoming circle. no sitting
down to the family table, the chances
are about nine out of ten that there is
not even the opportunity to rest salts
! factorily; the room is close and to stay
in II is probably to begin to exude
prespiraticn at every pore. What
| then? A walk out and up on an efeva-
ton to view the wondrous eeffcts of
the setting sun? May be. If the tenn
permanent is such that the individual
realizes the uplift from such a scene.
But sunset parties are not the fashion
and besides a man who has been grind
ing away for eight. ten or a dozen
hours Graves the society OF fellow be-
ings.
Kelvin is a law-abiding place. And
there are men here. lots of them, who
viii live right under any sort OF con-
ditions-but at present the only points
Of gravitatIon for the weak and care
less are the saloons. Churches and
church societies would present the
good old standards and offer occa-
sional places OF meeting: would offer
something to look forward to-but the
organization that would instantly Gre
ate an ever widening influence would
be a branch Of the Y. NJ. c. A. No one
doubts the value of this associations
work in the cities. And IL the work be
OF value there where there are home
libraries. front torches, lawns. rock
ing-chairs. churches, lodges. lectures.
concerts, what would the value be
where there are none of these things
all of which are in part supplied by
this association. The question OF fin
ance is one that IL would seem give
little trouble. at the start or for main
tenance. The business men. the cop
per companies and individuals would
doubtless be found ready to subscribe
the funds 10 begin with and the men
could be counted on to keep ii going.
Material building has been the BUSH
ness of the west.
Paul Riedel OF Globe Is completing
a frame salesroom and brick bake
oven: in a few days he will be ready to
supply the wholesale and retail trade
with Kelvin-made bread. His place is
next to that Of the Kelvin Produce Co.
and adjoining hin; on the north is the
frame work of a store building and
living rooms that are being erected by
T. 3. Borrowdaie OF Tombstone. Mr..
Borrowdale has not definitely decided
on the line to be carried bat will prob
ably conduct a racket store.
G. W. Arnold. formerly of Mesa but
who has FOR two months run an ice
cream parlor and news stand here. is
just finishing a two-story building in
the rear of his business place. The
lower part will be Occupied by his fam
lily; the upper part will be fitted for
roomers. 1t is Mr.. ,Arnold's intention
to enlarge the store and extend the
new building out to the street line.
Next door. Charles MCGEE. proprietor
of the Southern hotel, has put up Il
store-house for his own use.
The Ray Copper company. owner of
the tovnsite. have cleared the bould-
ers away and of them framed a border
for an avenue one block east Of the
main street. This avenue runs up and
over quite a hill and affords a good
location for number of houses. AL
ready Oral MacCormick. recently of
Phoenix has completed in wood cas-
tie in the air and leases have been
taken by DR.. JEANNE Lynch and ]. l.
Coleman.
John Ii. Seprean and Ray winans
are operating a steam laundry at the
confluence of Mineral creek anG ella
river.
The Hercules Mercantile Co.. Henry
Lovin. general manager; Charles W.
McNeely, local manager, has opened
it's doors for business. This estab-
lishment Is the third general store
here. Like the other two mercantile
companies. il has a branch at Ray, six
miles away-so that there are really
six general stores in the canyon and
the lines carried are about as compre-
hensive as the catalogue OF some of
the mail-Order houses. The postoffice
has moved into the new store and
where once the .eople bought postals
they now buy pills. as the PIMA Mer
camille company has installed a drug
department to the space formerly &C.
cupied by the postof'ice.
c. f. McGarr has reopened the White
House restaurant, while A. J. eleven
ger. Grant Nicholson and Ira White
are running a short order chop house.
c. E. Cook, late of Phoenix. has
hung up the BARRIERS colors and not
70 hEa mn haS
in second chair.