Arizona republican., 1910-09-04
Iron Springs News
 Letter

l would seem necessary tO complete
 Iron Springs and make it perfect lake and a ruined castle Tho
 one would be fine for fishing ant
 the other as a point of interest anC
 the object of innumerable picnics | The board of directors. however | probably would not deem it advis- able to spend any large sum oi | money on either of these worthy ob- 1 jects, but it would cost nothing tr 1 have a tradition. The tradition should | be at a distance sufficiently far tC | encourage picnics and walks. How | delightful it would be to remark tC | a friend, Would you not like to gC to the Haunted Pine, where tho | Apaches scalped the beautiful anC unfortunate Virginia Dare, the first white child born in Arizona" and | one can imagine the joyful rejoinder | We, in these United States. are not sufficiently alive to opportunities like these. The country around Iron | Springs might be likened to parts of Scotland and all that is needed is a ruined castle, and a ghost or two The castle may be beyond our means but ghost and a few legends are within the reach of the most i'm ! pecunious and would greatly help to advertise Iron Springs.
 MT. and Mrs. John II. Page arrived from Flagstaff on Friday and are the guests of Mrs. I. C. Stacey. b. H. Burtis arrived on the Fri
 day night train.
 H M Kennedy, E. g. Taggart and C. II. Davidson were some of the
 Iron Springs husbands who arrived on the Saturday train.
 K Mrs. Charles w. Goodman and her two youngest sons, William and Ed
 ward. arrived on Saturday and are at the Coates cottage with Mrs Goodman's sister. Miss Shannon.
 Walter Goodman returned to PhOe- nix on Saturday.
 Mrs w. s. Goldsworthy returned
 to Prescott on Saturday taking with her Mary Josephine Ceilings for a
 visit
 w. J. Murphy went to California on Friday night.
 W. s. Coggins went to Prescott on
 Saturday.
 R. G. Whitmarsh and Helen Me Neil went to Prescott on Saturday.
 R. c. Whtmarsh dined with Mrs. H. IT. McNeil and Miss Helen Mo Neil on Friday.
 . O. 1T. Christy came up on Sat urday night
 Ralph Murphy returned to Phoe- nix on Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs. Frank AllIire entertained on Saturday evening thereby celebrating her birthday and christening her beautiful new porch, of which. by the way, A1r Alkire was the chief architect and builder. Mrs. Alkre had a fine birthday cake with a small candle for every five years that were past Mrs. Alkire served the favored guests with d cottontail dinner. The porch was a pretty sight with it's gay adornment of Chinese lanterns, shining bright against the pines Those fortunate enough to enjoy Mrs. Alkires hospi- tality were, Mrs. T. F. Irvine and her children. John, Louis and Isabel. Miss Timmons and Miss Thomson, and George and Ruth Alkire.
 Iron Springs was treated to glorious rain on Friday afternoon, the 2Gth of August. The sky was threatening all the morning and just as Iron Springs was trying to de- eide what to wear to Mrs. Rays party the rain began to come down and decided the question. The rain fell sometimes hard and sometimes gently, all the afternoon.
 i,, camp on Friday afternoon and .left on the night train She was the guest of Mrs. II. NJ. Kennedy Mrs. DeMund dropped into the pavilion and held a reception. as Mrs. Rays guests had not dispersed. Mrs. De Mund hardly knew whom to speak to first, with everyone crowding up to welcome her.
 Miss Laura Dobbs returned from Phoenix on Friday noon. The Dobbs reported the weather in Phoenix as bad, very bad. with nights too hot for sleep. She remarked, as she drew her heavy coat more closely around her. that Iron Springs afford ed a pleasing contrast.
 Another Of the delightful Iron Springs parties has come and gone Mrs. Emory Rays and Miss Lucille Rays entertained in the pavilion on Friday afternoon. The ram came down but >that made the pleasant afternoon all the plcasanter, for there is something. hidden away in almost everyone that makes the pleasant room, the society of ones friends all the more grateful because the rain is patterlng on the roof and the view from the windows gray from the falling mist. There was a coZy corner for those who did not play bridge and there was no doubt but that a pleasant time was going on there, to judge from the mcrry chat and flying needles. There were seven tables of bridge players and there was no doubt at all about their enjoying themselves. After the game was over the tables were drawn to- gethor and the guests laughed and talked over the coffee and other good things. Aren't Iron Springs parties nice" someone said. Each one seems jolIier than the last" It's because everyone is so friendly | and Iron Springs is like one big i family this year." said someone else. | At last everyone had to gather up l umbrellas and coats, the winners their prizes. and bade Mrs and Miss | Rays goodbye. Mrs. H. M. Kennedy |