Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-04-01
THERE IS NO KICK COMING
March Has Been a Most
Profitable Period--The Pri-
vate Car of General Man.
ager of Ray Copper Com
pany On the Siding.

Kelvin, March 31-(Special cores
pondence Of The Republican -There
seems to be NJ kick coming to anyone
around our camp at the wind up of
business tonight and we feel safe in
SAYING March has been a profitable
month in all lines of work here The
Ray Consolidated Copper company has
made many minor improvements
around the plant and it looks as II
our camp is to be winner Mr. Jack
son, general manager of the Ray COM
pany. also the Utah Copper company.
arrived day or two ago in his private
ear. accompanied by other members of
the executive board, and has been over
the works and on hand for the close
of business this month ore is now
coming out of the mines Just as fast as
the company's new engine can run il
down to the mill at Kelvin. the old
engine being practically kept busy
shifting on the yard at Kelvin. I'm
provements around camp can scarcely
be stopped by a heavy rain. The Her
cules Mercantile company has had an
entirely new front porch put I'D in the
past two days, about seventy feet long.
removing the old one entirely and re-
placing it with better timbers and two
inch flooring. Although no new gold
strikes have been reported this week
the Hercules Mercantile COMPANY re-
ports having equipped two more pros
pectors yesterday for their STAY IN
what is supposed to be the strike re-
glow
Joe HackWag. one Of Kelvin'S old
timers and a good prospector, equipped
himself today, getting quite a bunch
Of grub under the name of Hackwag
& Company We do not know who the
company is, but Joe goes forth again
with the best wishes of his MANY
friends of Kelvin and surrounding
country
The host Of friends of Chas. McNee-
", general manager of the Hercules
Mercantile cOmpany's stores, will be
truly sorry to learn that greener pas
lures have claimed him and that he
has resigned and will soon be succeed
ed by T. l. Edwards of Colorado. Mr..
McNeely came here several years ago
in the capacity Of general manager,
and stuck it out during the slump and
shutdown Of over a year. During this
time he seems TO have won the hearts
Of many. and since the camp opened
up last fall the business of the Her
cules store both here and at Ray.
shows that he has continued 4 winner
and never a loser. The writer is conf
dent that should little procession
start to the depot with him the day of
his departure, singing:
Charlie, boy, we hate to see you leave
US
Charlie. boy, we hate to see You go,
that there would be four-score- and-ten
Of US before we reached the train.
There were two three by six foot pos
tiers put up in town this evening an
nouncing the baseball hop for Satur-
day night as a sure go. All We fair
damsels who read The Republican, !
harken unto this bidding for the get
ters-up Of this dance state that il will |
equal, if not excel. the St Patrick's |
ball and should it even equal that /!
turnout it would be going some. Then, /
too. it is for the benefit of our base |
ball team and you know how much |
nicer our boys would look licking that |
big New York Store mans picked team |
in suits than in khaki and blue over |
alls. | am often asked What do you |
know about those overalls and khakis, !
with horseshoes in their rear pockets, |
going after than Indian Mexy- Ameri- |
can New York Store Phoenix team?' /
but I can't answer it,
Vice President Zachery and Cashier /
Cunningham Of the Bank On Kelvin \
seem TO be well satisfied with the |
amount Of business done and accounts
opened up since the opening of the |
banks doors for business only week
or two ago. They can reasonably ex-
pect quite a number Of new accounts
after April 10, the copper company's
pay day, as heretofore the men had no
convenient and safe way Of caring for
their money and were obliged to send
IL 10 their home banks. Cashier Cum
ningham makes his daily trip to Raw.
where they have a branch of the Bank
Of Kelvin, and is doing a nice little
business there also.
Ira White, the popular solicitor of