Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-27
GLOBE, AR|z., TO
SEE MRS. F|SKE
WILL GIVE GREAT ACTRESS A
HUGE RECEPTION
She VIII Play in Skating Rink-More
Than 1000 Tickets Already Sold.
Tenderfoot's Impression of
the Big Camp

Over in Globe, Ariz., which is one
of the richest and biggest copper CEN
ters in the territory, they have some
thing else to talk about just now be-
sides the output Of ore and the rise
and fall of mining stocks. The town
and the entire district surrounding II
are in a state of excited anticipation
over the engagement of Mrs. Fiske and
the Manhattan company, who are go
ing to stop off for night on their way
to Los Angeles and give perform
ance of 1.-THE New York Idea"
Philip Jacques, Mrs. Fiskes advance
representative, arrived IN Los Angeles
from Globe yesterday. He is an east
erner whose views of the west had
been gained by visits to larger cities.
When he reached Globe, he says he
felt as IL he stepped into the pages OF
a magazine story. The wealth ana ac-
tivity of this little town Of some eight
thousand people, situated in a hollow
among the mountains, We're reveal
ton.
.oThere is no doubt that Mrs. Fiske
will be greeted with enthusiasm In
Globe" said Mr.. Jacques, "for L have
never seen greater appreciation and IN
terest than is displayed there over ner
appearance. Everybody is talking
about ii and the majority of the seats
had been sold when 1 arrived there.
The railroad which connects Glope
with the rest of the world Is to run an
excursion train that will bring hum
dreds from the towns in the Gila val
lev. Besides, there are no end or peo-
ple coming by stage and wagon from
other mining towns and ranches from
which there Is no train connectlon.
One order came from seVenty-nVe
miles distant and the writer has to
come by wagon all the way.
"The theater in Globe is made to
serve the additional purpose or sKat-
ing rink. 1t is an immense structure,
hut the indications are that 1t will be
f1iIed to it's capacity. The commercial
travellers who make Globe are aiding
Manager Alexander in boosting the
engagement and are taking posters OF
the play to the towns ROUNDABOUT tnat
they visit Every settlement in that
section of Arizona has, am told, lts
poster of Mrs. Fiske.
"To get to Globe you leave the
Southern Pacific at junction point
called Bowie and ride for four hours
to the end of the ella Valley, Globe
& Northern, which runs sone train
day up and down the line. First you
cross fifty miles of the worst sort OF
desert, then through fertile irrigat-
ed district, then past the Apache res
eryation, where Geronimo used to
make trouble, and then wind among
the mountains till the train stops In
a sort of gulch and there is Globe.
The principal street straggles or down
the gulch. You see an imposing mod
ern court house and new hotel, both
of which would do credit to far larg-
er places, and a miscellaneous mass of
buildings of adobe, brick and wood.
Houses one above the other, straggle
UP the hills in every direction. 1t is
a chaos of the old and the new; of
the temporary and the permanent.
"For an idea of the size of Globe
you must follow the main street along
it's tortuous way. The people have
been so busy taking copper out of the
hills that they are only just beginning
to take the kinks out of the street,
and level it and lay sidewalks At
night especially the picture the town
presents is to an easterner the sort of
thing he reads about and sees sketches
of, but never expects actually to come
into contact with To make headway
along the street you have to elbow
your way among crowds of miners In
dians, Mexicans, italians, Chinese and
Japanese. The lower end of the street
is an alienation of saloons and short
order restaurants. How so many of
them, can exist is a mystery until you
realize that everybody makes money
in Globe, and lots of it.
mingled with this fiotsam, there are
well dressed men and women whose
appearance shows education and re-