Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-25
Disturbed by The Southern
Pacific Excursion
CROWDS FROM THE VALLEY
An impromptu But Interest
ing Base Ball Game. Con-
tinued Speculation as to
the Ray c Consolidated Com
pany's Road.

Kelvin, Ariz., May 24.-(Special
Correspondence of The Republican,
The week past has been remarkably
quiet, that is, nothing particular stir
ring until yesterday, when the S. p.
railway excursion from Phoenix, Mesa
and Tempe rolled in at 1850 a. m.
The three principal companies now
operating in our immediate vicinity
are all rushing work, apparently as
fast as possible. The Ray CONSOLE
dated Copper company's new reservoir
of $4,000 gallon capacity is all in
place and practically complete. KEEL
vim can boast of quite an observatory,
as the walk around the big tank on
its fifty-foot pedestal affords the
best view of the entire camp, and
some very attractive snap shots
were taken this week from that point
Almost every imaginable kind of
material for mining purposes is being
rushed by all available teams from
here to the Ray Central, or better
known as the big Lead mine at Ray
The Arizona Hercules Mining COM
pany is also getting itself in good
shape for business, and will soon
start their large Star drill on a
prospecting tour over the hills. We
understand that the Hecules Mer-
camille company will furnish them
with a large amount of coal, several
loads having already gone up.
1t is generally conceded that the
Santana, the Eagle mountain and the
London Arizona will all be having
heads up in the near future. Cen
eral Manager McGrath, of the Eagle
Mountain Copper company, Of this |
place, arrived in camp yesterday, ac-
companied by his daughter the lat |
ter attending the normal school at |
Tempe. Mr.. McGrath has been east, |
as stated some weeks ago, in the in |
terest of his company at this point, |
and many of us old timers look for /
considerable more stirring on the |
Eagle Mountain conpany's side of the |
ella i'll the near future than just |
the welcome breezes. superintendent |
Hall, of several groups of claims
near Wooley Siding, has again put on
more men and seems TO be going |
after some of their good dope.
Much specializing is going Oh around
the loafing places of the camp as to
when the Fay company will begin
actual construction on the standard |
gauge line from here to the mines.
The gentleman to take charge of the
work, Mr.. Seager, is on
the ground, and material is reported
to be at hand in a short time.
But, to return to that Southern
Pacific railway excursion The ex-
curS.unists were not quite 81 nulner-
Gus rs they were tie last time. but
we presume this is accounted for by
the fact that the Sauna lSe cXcursit
FROM Phoenix TO Prescott, also on
took quite number to the
high timber who otherwise would
have visited the high cactus. A good
many people seemed to enjoy seeing
the concentrate plant here and rus
ticating around the hills and on the
banks of the ella Picnic parties
were numerous.
No other baseball team having
to our call, our sister city
Of Ray had an extra to run up over
the narrow gauge with a gondola
and return in good time, with a
great bunch of Missouri and other
good players. The game was called
at 2:3O, in time for the visitors to
see the two teams clash. Yes, clash,
for all the rivalry ever shown by
two teams in the same town our
town put up the classiest. They
played in all sorts of regalia, which
only put a more attractive rustic
tinge to it, but the question still go
ing the rounds is Where did Kel-
win get her team?" Well what do
you know about those boys, anyhow,
with only two practice evenings be-
fore the game just putting it up to
Ray with her acknowledged good team
in such a style that they couldn't
handle her stunts for victory even
after it was apparently their game.
Kelvin went to bat first, and for five
innings they practically went out in
one two three order with Raw fol-