Arizona republican., 1910-07-31
Iron Springs News
 Letter

modern improvements. Up here il
 this far-away bit of Arizona we haV
 one of the very latest and most up
 to-date ones knoWn-the wireless tele
 phone. The camp is a natural one
 The walls of City hill and Boulde
 fling back the sound and carry it t
 the ears of the campers. l do no
 mean to insinuate that a person a
 the end of the camp can hear jus
 what kind of steak someone is order ing at the store; oh. no; but con Versations on Boulder can be dis
 tinctly heard and one can carry or conversation with someone on tol of Boulder from almost any part oi camp, and bits of talk float up from somewhere in a most remarkable way One can talk back and forth between widely separated cottages without raising ones voice, and it certainly behooves one to say the kindly thing about ones neighbor. unless one wants ones neighbor to hear the un- kindly thing. for hear it he is ex- tremely likely to do. One of the joys of the natural telephone system is the ease with which MT. w. J. Murphy phonograph can be heard To sit out 
 cool air, under the stars, and listen 10 Tettrazini and Melba, to Caruso and De Retzke. the strains of crches- tra and violin. to the finest and best of music. is a treat. indeed.
 And talking of elephones-when one first comes to Iron Springs one drops in a chair and murmurs, Thank goodness, no ice man. no grocery
 
 when suddenly b-Z-Z-Z b-r-r-r, and one says. 'One ring, l must gO." and then you remember and sit up. and loi a saucy black and white, red headed bird comes sidling down a branch, and a woodpecker drops an acorn on your uptilted nose and flies jauntily away shrieking 'Stung!"'
 There is a large black cat in camp and since the affair at Reno he has been almost insufferable in his treat ment of the other cats. Those of us who have had the inestimable privi- lege of his close acquaintance can see a strong likeness to Jack Johnson. His conduct in the home circle is ex- emplary-kind, affectionate and al- most pensive. But when he meets another cati Two revolving bodies can be seen, with JoRnson always on top, and when the moving picture is reeled out, Johnson is always there, bland and unhurt, and the other cat is generally a candidate for the hos pital Johnson is at home at present at the w H Robinson residence, Boulder cabin.
 Mir and Mrs Walter Bennett and daughter Marian left for Phoenix on Monday, en route for their Alaskan trip They expect to be joined in Phoenix by their son Paul. They eX pect to sail from San Francisco Au gust 2, on the steamship City of Se- attle, for Alaska. going as far as Skaguay.
 Mir and Mrs. Emory Rays and their son, Mir. Herbert Rays, left on Tues day for the Grand Canyon, where they will be joined by their daughter, Miss Lucille. After their visit to the canyon, they will return to Iron, Springs.
 Mrs. Graham went to Phoenix on Saturday.
 The Sunday afternoon train was late. and all of Iron Springs who went to the train to meet relatives and friends wanted to know why Poor Joe Bradford was asked at least eleven times to the minute why the train was late, where the train was then, and and when it would be in; to all of which Joe patiently replied that the train was stalled somewhere between Skull Valley and Kirkland; that he did not know when it would be in. Everyone looked mOurnfully up the track and had a mental vision of their dearly beloveds starving between Skull Val ley and Kirkland, when someone re- membered the diner, and tranquility was restored. At last it was decided that it was no use to wait any longer, l and Joe would not have been human if he had not heaved a sigh of re- lief as the last anxious and inquiring Iron Springer disappeared over the hill. But about o'clock the honk | of the incoming train was heard, and | joy reigned in this corner of Yava- 1 pal county.
 Mir. and Mrs w P Corbett left for | Phoenix on the Sunday afternoon l train Mir and Mrs. Corbett will nei- | ther of them soon forget Iron Springs. | We hope that they will remember us pleasantly, put We hIOM llldl lHty | will remember our Thursday nights l storm, for they were both caught out in it. They went out to post some l postal cards that simply had to be | mailed, but if either of them had realized just what Iron Springs can do in the way of rain they would | have postponed the mailing of those | cards. At least, that is what they | said when they reached home. drench- | ed and dripping.
 Smith and Dorothy Pickrell left for Phoenix on Sunday. Everyone was sorry to see them go, and Iron Springs hopes that they will remem- Der it as pleasantly as Iron Springs | remembers them.
 MT. and Mrs w. J. Murphy came | up from Phoenix on Thursday night. |
 Miss Mabel Harper, Helen McNeil, | Heighton James and Harold Pember- ton had a picnic supper on the rocks | Friday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank All1ire and family came up on Thursday and | will occupy their cottage for the sum- | naer.
 Ralph Murphy came up on Thurs day.
 Mrs. James H. Griffin entertained | with five tables of bridge on Friday | evening Mrs. c. H. Davidson made