El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-12

fine buildings. finer residences-like
Tucson, the mission type predOminates
their wide palm lined drives, their
paved streets, their beautiful capitol
and grounds, all viii be shown to the
visitors, for the people Of Phoenix be-
lieve there is no prettier place on the
face of the globe than PhOeniX-and
few viii disagree with them
To see Mines and Penitentiary.
Leaving Phoenix at midnight, the FL
PasOans will make a hurried run east
ward to Winkelman, where they VIII
awaken at o'clock Saturday morning
Winkelman is one of the Oldest min
ing towns in Arizona and is still
prosperous, active place, supplying a
large section of country
Returning towards Phoenix, after an
hour and a half at Winkelman, the
train will stop for half an hour at
Hayden, the home Of the new smelter
of the American Smelling and REIN
ing company and the new big cOncen-
traitor of the Ray Consolidated copper
company, all of which are told about
elsewhere in this issue.
Continuing back towards Phoenix,
the train will reach Ray Junction, and
at S:45 leave for Ray, the home Of the
mines of the famous Ray Consolidated
Half an hour viii be spent getting &C
quainted with the people of this live
town, community surrounded by Tlch
mines, and then, returning to Ray
Junction, the train will proceed west
ward to Florence, the home OF the
state prison of Arizona, and the center
of a fertile valley. for a short stop.
Home of Famous CantnIOupe.
Mesa like many of the ella valley
towns known as a Mormon settlement,
will be visited for 40 minutes shortly
after noon, and the eXcursiOnlsts VIII
see the place from which are shipped
the famous Mesa cantalOupes. The val
ley surrounding Mesa, which is large
enough to have daily newspaper and
all modern city cOnVen1ences IS a Ier-
tile. irrigated region, with many valu-
able fruit farms, including olive and
almond groves
Returning to Phoenix at . o'clock. the
excursionists will leave at 2-15 for the
north, visiting en- route Glendale, a rlcn
and prosperousi suburb Of Phoenix,
home of a big Beet sugar factory and
producer of much fine fruit; W1cken-
burg and Congress Junction, both IA
nous in the annals Of Arizona mining
Short stops viii be made at each place
Former state Capital.
Prescott. for many years the terri
tOrial capital of Arizona. the Cloud
croft of Arizona, nestled up among the
pines in the mountains, will be reached
at s o'clock Saturday night and the eA-
cursiOnists will remain until midnight
A reception will be rendered them at
the Yavapai club, ore of the finest IN
the state. and they will be privileged
to visit Fort Whipple, nearby, or II
there is a show in town, they can see
il at the Elks' tneater, as commodlous
as any in Arizona. A good street car
service. some exceedingly large stores
end handsome residences are features
of the city. A monument to the ROugn
Rfders-this was the home OF capt.
Buckley O'Neill-stands IN the court
house square in the center or the city:
and the name of Bob" Rinehart, OF
FL Paso. will be found on one of It's
faces: at least it used to De there-
Prescott is in the center Of several very
rich mining districts, Poland anu
Crown King being among lne pest
known 1t is the headquarters OF Frank
Murphy. general mana ger for Arizona
for the Santa Fe railroad 1t DoasJs
the biggest general store. IN ARIZONA
When Arizona tolerated gambling.
PrecOtt boosted that it was the widest
omen town in the territory; now il is
reckoned one of the most law-abiding-
To the Grand Canyon.
Leaving Prescott at midnight the
excursiOnists viii sleep through ASH
Fork and Williams, and reach the
Grand Canyon at 6.15 Sunday morn
ing, where services viii be conducted
before the members Of the party make
the descent to the bottom OF TINS
greatest Of the worlds great canyons.
The day viii be spent at the canyon
and during the night the eXcursiOnists
viii cover the territory between the
canyon and Albuquerque.
Day in Rio Grande Valley.
Spending an hour in Albuquerque, the
train will leave for FL Paso Monday
morning at S:35 and the day viii be
taken up with stops at Los Lunas, Be
len. SocorrO. san Antonio, San Marcial,
EngIe, Cutter, Rincon, Las Cruces, Ne
silla Park. BerinO and Anthony, reach
ing Ell .Paso at 9 o'clock in the evening,
after a pleasant day, the last Of the
trip, in the wonderful Rio Grande val
lev. visiting the towns that have been
made prosperous and are still being
made prosperous by its waters. which
are spread upon the fertile soil in
irrigation. The longest stop Of the
day viii be made in Las Cruces. where
the FL Pasoans viii visit from 5;35 to
o'clock.