Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-17
CAPT. HOATSON
 AND GREENE MEET
Sturdy Old Timers Who Have Met and Overcome Their
 Difficulties.

DOUGLAS, May I6.-(Special)-
 Last evening Col. W. C. Greene, Dr. Ricketts ana UT. Gaibraith passed few minutes at Douglas On their way to the properties belonging to Col Greene in Chihuahua. Dr. Ricketts will stop at Fl Paso and return from that point.
 During the few minutes spent on board the train at this point. the meeting Of Col. Greene and Captain James Hoatson constituted an incl dent about which, Tn contemplation of the reflective mind, clusters thoughts of nc ordinary moment.
 The history of the battle so trium- phantly waged against diversity in the midst of every conceivable species of Encouragement by Col. Greene. needs no recounting in connection with this incident.
 An attempt at an adequate portray, al of the mighty effort, or an endeavor to pass a becoming enconium upon the attributes necessary to win in such struggle would be superfluous in the eyes of the intelligent public.
 On the other hand, Captain Hoat. son, sturdy, practical and indefatiga- ble. is entitled to no less distinction, should his hereditary modesty permit the publication of the facts which have been interwoven into the fabric of his splendid experience. For long years successful mining man. divested Of from which the dross of artificial edu- cation had been eliminated, he has driven his way to the heart of sue. cess by sheer judgment, reinforced by that indetinable faith and determine. tinu characteristic of all grand in- dustrial generals in the scope of his tory He it was who investigated the merits of the Calumet & Arizona hold ings in Bisbee, and when all others locked on with expressions of mild derision, gave the signal to proceed He II was who, when 800. 60A. soc 1000 feet had been reached without results. bade his comrades to be of good cheer and strike again and again until. like Columbus with the murmur of mutiny about him, the promised iand was sighted and curses of dis appointment were Sdrned to anthems of praise for the gray-haired soldier who had finally carried their colors to victory
 IL was Captain Hostson who turned the golden tide of Michigan's wealth and enterprise into new channels. to be poured out on fair young Arizona's bosom. He 1t was who mas caused thousands of homes to be reared above the lowly burrough of the creatures of be desert and sent the smoke of pros Psrity skyward, where before naueh out the dustladen winds of heaven 9bstructei the view before
 Now these hoary chiefs have met Met in a spirit of modesty and cor diality, which for the moment invites forgetfulness of the matchless past the past in which their faith, their judgment and determination, were working out problems of profound nc ment, while millions as deeply con cerned as they, slept the sleep of nerveless oblivion, ony to awaken and find that the Iabors of tkese men had for them opened up a new world, glow ing with wealth, resplendent in f sheen of exalted possibilities, batned in an ocean of grand opportunities.
 And their work is not completed. Comparatively young, magnificentl' preserved. as if by the agencies of be neficent Providence. each Is on his way to open up new fields and pave the way to mightier achievement than ever before.