The Arizona copper camp., 1920-05-22
SPECTACULAR PAGEANT PRESENTED
BY RAY SCHOLARS DELIGHTS huge
AUDIENCE At BALL PARK TUESDAY
FIVE EPOCHs OF ARIZONA HISTORY PRE-
SENTED TN MATCHLESS WAY BY FIVE
HUNDRED PUPILS OF RAY SCHOOLS; A
TO TO-BE-FORGOTTEN EVENT.

The ball park on Tuesday evening
spectacular pageants ever witnessed
by Rayites
In five epochs the history of the
state Of Arizona was enacted before
an admiring crowd of over a thousand
people. After the weeks of training
by the children, naturally something
unusual was expected by the adults,
but their expectations were more than
surpassed
With no one to conduct them, the
children came forth and went through
their parts without hitch. Co-opera-
tion between the pupils and teachers
spelled success.
That part Of the pageant depicting
life in Ray was especially interesting.
Haley, Souffrein and Bullinger were
there. With the coming of more
white men, Johnson erected general
store and postoffice, with E. w.
French as clerk and postmaster
Years pass. Arizona has come forth
and is keeping progress with the
states. Ray is thriving mining
camp. Arizona asks and is admitted
to the Union by Miss Columbia met
tie Penny, who pins another star on
the flag.
In the Time of the Navajo
The first epoch represented the life
as /exemplified by the Navajo Indians,
When the first white man came to
Arizona. The scene opened with the
beautiful hills surrounding the ball
park as background; there was a
darkness relieved only by the stars
overhead and the camp-fres of the
Navajo natives which showed the
various tribes. engaged in their re-
spectiye occupations of basket MAX
ing, weaving, pottery making, and the
children playing their games. Truly,
that was a most remarkable setting,
worthy OF the film of a Pathe, and not
soon to be forgotten. This represent
ed the situation as it existed in Ari-
zona at the coming of Fra Marcos in
the year 1886. He was accompanied
by three companions, one of whom
was a negro named Estavan Estavan
was sent north to investigate and re-
port on the existence of the four won
derful cities. BY prearranged code,
the Importance of the cities was to be
conveyed to Fra Marcos by the size
of cross that the messenger was to
send back. Evidently the size of the
new communities was not very strik-
ing as the cross was about the size
of mans hand. Two days later Fra
Marcos leaves the original site en-
caravan to the new discovery. This
concludes the first period.
Coming of Jesuits
The dawn of the second period re-
vealed Father Kino, Jesuit mission
ary, coming to what is the present
site of Casa Grande and holding the
first religious services in the state,
namely, in the year 1894.
The second section of this period
depicted the medicine man taking
care of a sick child which he sue
ceeded in restoring to health after
many uncanny manifestations and
pleadings. This was followed by the
laying of the cornerstone of the San
Xavier Mission at Tucson in 1901.
This was followed by the raid of the
Apaches, which caused a general mas
sacre and destruction.
THE Third Epoch
The third epoch opened with the
entrance of Father Garces, Fran
ciscan who was sent to the San Xa-
vier as the Apache raid provoked the
Spanish king to Danish the Jesuits as
inefficient
The second section of this period
indicates the arrival of the white set
tiers in typical olden-day fashion and
the arrival of the whites, followed by
the real stage hold-up by the gunmen
concluded the third epoch.
The First Prospector
The fourth epoch narrates the be-
ginning of local history, particularly
concerning the old camp at Kelvin
and the present one at Ray. The first
incident that is chronicled by the
pageant was the arrival of Prospector
Bullinger, VINO located a claim and
named it Ray in honor of his sister.
We next have the appearance of the
Pima Indians, whdy being. friendly,
permit the white men to remain, and
in the year 1875 and 1878, respective
ly, arrived Messrs. Tom Haley and
William Soufferein, who years before
had known each other in other climes,
but who met first time in many years
at Ray on Mineral Creek. These two