Arizona republican., 1911-06-23
LOS ANGELES MEN
 LOOKING OVER VALLEY
GUESTS OF R. p. DAVE FOR A
 FEW DAYS.
An Afternoon Devoted to "Reminiscences
 and Story Telling.

R. P. Davie. vice president and gen eral manager of the Southwestern Sug-
 ar and Land Company. concerned in 1 other large undertakings in this valley. and who was here from his home in Los
 Angeles when the sugar campaign be- gan, returned again on Tuesday to see how everything is going. He spent l Wednesday and a part of yesterday at
 the factory and in riding about the valley with a couple of friends who came with him on this trip. Last even ing he went to Marinette and tonight will return tO Los Angeles. Naturally 1 he IS very much interested in the sugar ;Ici.ry just now, but admits that with such manager as Lafayette Myers in charge, there is little for him to do ex- 1 cept to stand around and feel good at the way everything is going. but that 1 IS enough, for when everything is go- Ing IS smoothly as it is now it is about all one man can do to represent the company in feeling good.
 NIT. Davie is accompanied by Arthur Reynolds and Lycurgus Lindsey of Los Angeles, both being associated with his
 investments in the valley. including the enterprises of the sugar factory. Both are well known Los Angeles capitalists Air. Lindsey is largely concerned in the operations of the Palmer Annex oil company, the Los Angeles Trust Co, and the First National Bank of Los Angeles. Their visit here is to look over the projects in which MT Davie has interest them and to sat isfy their natural curiosity. for the Salt River valley, like the Grand Can yon. and the white house, is something
 that every American should see some time
 Yesterday afternoon these gentlemen held sort of a "hot-air" reception on
 the sidewalk in front of the Ford hotel
 So-called both because the trmpera
 ture warranted t and the event was
 the meeting of various and sundrv
 friends. who grew reminiscent and sWapped stories of other days Among
 them was Patrick Molloy. who knew
 Davie in Cripple Creek when his chief claim to fame rested on the fact that
 he organized R. P. D. hose company
 No. and had Molloy for spike on the
 team.
 Molloy told a great many things '''''"1 4iN plN tHltI DtIOTt nc became such quiet and retiring old gentle lran, and when his vacations were
 seii'ne pills in a corner drug store
 and running to fires. MT Davie on the other hand recalled a number of things that happened to Molloy before his hair
 was silvered and he was weighted with the heavy responsibilities of family life land the career of mining expert
 Among other things. the rivalry be- tween the F. P. D. and another Cripple Creek hose team was mentioned On the occasion of one little fire in the middle of block. Molloy responded SD promptly thac he pulled the cart alone to the place of action. unreeled his hose and gor ready for business. In the meantime the competing team put. in an appearance and did likewise When Captain Davie arrived MolIov SnI fhe other nozzle man stood facing and deluging each other with water each swearing by the god of fires that he was on the job first. In the mean time. someone else had put out the in cipient blaze
 MT. Molloy is now engaged in min ing in the Sierra Ancha mountains. forty-five miles north of Roosevelt. and Is here enroute to Los Angeles where his family resides.