Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-08-07

the direct management of c. A. Me
 Rae. The other adobe holds the sa-
 loon of Neal and Gibson. The Ray
 hotel, a two-story frame structure, was
 opened less than two months ago---and
 has since been enlarged. It now has
 capacity for about twenty-five guests.
 The hotel is owned by H. R. Wiggins,
 who is also proprietor of the barber
 shop in the building.
 The back of the first floor of the
 hotel building is occupied by restau.
 rant which is undergoing enlargement.
 The restaurant is owned by A. A. Gib-
 son and managed by Miss Ida Gibson.
 In the hotel building also is the sa-
 loon of Davis Brothers. An injunc-
 tion was secured by the restaurant
 against the opening of the saloon on the ground, but the injunction has been dis solved.
 A new adobe building is about com pleted. It is being erected by the Pinal Mercantile company for it's Ray store, which is now in temporary quarters. James O.. Gibson is local manager for the Pinal company.
 Two meat markets supply the camp with refrigerated meats. l.. Longbot- tom was the original butcher and con duets one of the shops, while across the way the Kelvin Produce company, with L. c. Cittidini in charge, is building a cold storage plant. Cold storage efforts in this climate are entitled almost to Red Cross distinction, 80 important from the standpoint of health is the proper preservation of foodstuffs.
 The other saloon is owned and con ducted by w. F. Schilling. s. R. Fields, formerly of Phoenix, built and is run. ming trst-class two-chair barber shop. The mirrors and furniture are of a character seldom seen during the early days of mining camps. I
 Dr. Jeannie Lynch of Kelvin and formerly of Phoenix has opened den tai office here. Any one who has suf- fered bangs from the teeth in a camp far from a dentist will appreciate knowledge of the fact that dentist is near at hand. A new chop house has recently been opened by Stanley Allen.
 Cyrus Wing and Sidney Bundle are preparing to build a pool room in a building they are putting up across from the hotel.
 On shelves in the mountains to the east are some of the cabins of the camp.
 Formerly these shelves and the flat at their base were the camping grounds of number of Mexican families, but this settlement has removed to a fiat | about three-quarters of mile south.
 Near the stores above mentioned but | a little farther down the canyon is the | Arizona-Hercules settlement; a number of well-kept, painted and airy portable houses set in a fenced enclosure with l some shade.
 A new general store owned by the Hercules Mercantile company. very re- gently opened for business Near it is what is known as the company board ing house.
 On this elevation there are at present about fifty tent houses. The location gives fine view of the mountains and canyons in all directions and is swept almost continuously by breeze. The Hercules store-the "company storeD -is under the direct management of E. w. French. The boarding house is run by Sam Purcell
 While both the store and boarding house are known as company places, they are in neither case owned directly by the copper companies, but they enjoy certain privilege of protection against loss by default of the employees 'f some of the companies. There is no about trading or eating at any particular place and the man who is prudent enough to save from one pay day enough to carry him through the month may eat and sleep as he pleases and spend his dollars wherever hey will go the farthest.
 The finishing touches are being put 'n building that is under construction Tor Dr. Ira E. Brewer, and in which ne will at once open drug store.
 Dr. Brewer is physician for all of he active copper companies at Kel- yin and Ray. Under a contract with .hese companies he furnishes medical attention, medicine and hospital accom- nodations. A small fee is deducted rom the pay of each man to maintain his service. The increasing population las made it seem wise to Dr. Brewer o prepare for the future, and this week. he associated with him an assist mt, Dr. Edwin T. Ward of Los An. 'eles. Dr. Ward will care for a partsof he practice and have charge of the lrug store. The drug store is situated { m the elevation, the new part of the own, If one may so distinguish one art from another in town that might 'e said to be only six months old.
 In the days of the English company q even years ago-Ray was quite a town f ut when that company ceased work | he town disappeared. i The question asked is-Will Ray ,