Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-03
MAY DAMNED
At KELVIN
And Found The Camp Pros
porous and Cheerful
MUCH BUILDING GOING ON
Business and Other Changes
of the Week---Extensive
Preparations Have Been
Made for Summer Amuse-
ment Season.

Kelvin. May 1.-(Special Correspon-
, dence of The Republican.)7The merry
month of May has failed to catch any
of us mapping. May Day dawned bright
and beautiful on our rapidly grow
ing camps of Kelvin and Ray and the
wind up of the months business seems
most satisfactory in ali lines and
few are more than pleased. Although
no particular doings were in evidence
yesterday still everyone seemed happy,
welcoming May time with open arms.
The sound of the builders Hammer has
almost made us forget the quietness
at the mill while temporarily shut
down for a few days last week. OF
course the Ray Copper company's
| work sets the pace. but other lines of
| business are holding their own splen-
didly.
Dame Rumor says several changes
are on foot which, if developed will add
considerably to the attractiveness of
our camp and do away with some OBJ
| jectionable points. Numerous real es-
| tate deals have materialized recently
at both this and our sister camp. Ray.
| The Arizona Central Copper comany
has its large new hoist set and ready
| for business. 1t will have eleven car
| loads of lumber here, to be delivered
by teams to the property at Ray at
once, which means that Ray will have
many new houses under construction
! in the rerya near future, From the sur
| misses and those who are quite sure
| they know, we gather that within sixty
1 days Kelvin will see its greatest day of
! prosperity as the standard gauge line
! to Ray will be under construction and
very probably ground broken for our
company's new mill.
L. NJ. Hartman yesterday left his
position in the supply department of
the Copper company, taking up his
new work as a partner in the Kelvin
Lumber company. The lumber com
pany has done an exceptionally fine
| business for the past few months and
we trust Mr.. Harrimans change will
| be for his good The company has al
ready begun tremendous improve
ments. A large new lumber shed is
nearing completion and the latest i'm
provement is another big roof cover
| ing four portable houses close to the
yard The space between the four
| houses, which are set in the corners
of a square, will be floored and used as
dance pavilion and probably be much
| cooler for such amusements than the
opera house during summer months.
| As dancing is the chief amusement of
the camp it is regrettable that we
could not have our recent good musi
clans secure work at the mill and be
on hand for summer months. The
| dance on Wednesday night at the OPP
era house was one of the smOothest
| of the season. The music was all it
| could be and coming a little high only
made the boys enjoy themselves the
more. Even our sober-sided, dignified
agent went straight up at the sound
| of a ragged quadrille section of Mex
| lean production and he made all of US
who were not in it wish we were. No
one has been seen today who attended
the dance at Ray, billed for last night,
| but we can safely say they had their
| usual well conducted and enjoyable
| little affair.
We see from the Florence news in
| The Republican this week that the
Hercules popuar exManager Charles
| McNeely, took up some land in that
vicinity He claims to be Missouri
cornfield bred, so perhaps he is going
to try his hand in the old line again.
| Many regrets are still being expressed
/ at Mr.. McNeely's unexpected depart
ure. Even the children are heard to
say they wish he would return.
Not a hitch seems to have occurred
| in the hustle about the Hercules stores
at either camp. under the new man
| agement and there seems to be no
doubt of Mr.. Edwards ability to make
| things hold their own.
Mr. Nall is again spending several
days this week in Phoenix on business
and back to the dentist He left Thurs
day with one of his chops four inches
out of line, caused by an liberated
| gum. We trust his swell time has
kept up while away, although not in
his face
The Hercules Mercantile company
will soon begin work on a large new
warehouse back of the present main
store building. This new storage place
is to be one hundred feet long. The
present most commodious quarters for
storage purposes will be taken over by
the Ray Consolidated Copper company
| to be used as a hospital The poles
are set over the hill from the mill for
an electric line to the new hospital
and the large adobe, originally the
hotel building, will be lighted by cleo
tricity The company's chief surgeon.
DR.. ]. E. Brown, finds the work of
both camps rather more than he can