Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26


Mayor A. E. Hinton, himself among
the pioneers He came to Arizona in
1888. He was but a boy then-to be
exact, a boy of II years. He is a
native of Kansas, but the lure of the
great southwest appealed to him more
than the gold and brown of the sun
flower of his native state. He heard.
'betimeS, of the beauties and the thrills
of the then territory of Arizona, be-
cause he had an uncle, w. C. Haver-
| ley, living at Globe This and the
fact that the health of his brother,
w. E. Hinton, was causing some alarm
and the hope for betterment through
a change of climate resulted in young
Hinton leaving the hearthstone of his
parents and striking out into the
great but little settled territory, now
the state of Arizona
A. E. Hinton was thu son of a min
ister, the late Rev. George H. Hinton,
of the United Brethren church and
he. had inherited a careful home
training. He had enjoyed the privi-
leges of schools in Mound City, Kan,
and later had taken a course in the
teachers college in that town. With
that equipment, using his own phrase
ology, he entered the University of
Hard Knocks in Arizona" and got his
degree in this state
Comes by Santa Fe
The trip from Kansas to Arizona
was made over the Santa F'e railway
to Albuquerque, N. M, at which point
he shifted to the Southern Pacific for
the trip to Wilcox where he and his
brother were met by their uncle who
was then engaged in freighting be-
tween Wilcox and Globe hauling coke
and supplies to the mining center and
freighting the product of the mines
back to the railroad town.
Arrived at Globe, it did not take
young Hinton long to start his course
in the university of Hard Knocks >
He entered Immediately His first
work was as helper or nostler with
one of his uncle's outfits running be-
tween Globe and Wilcox. The outfit
used nine pairs of horses or mules,
mostly mules and the driver handled
them with a jerkline riding the near
wheel horse
His So SOmbrerO
One can easily visualize young Hin
ton starting on that first course. He
was from the east for Kansas was the
"east." even then. And Hinton had
come to the wild and wooly," as they
saw it from Kansas. He declares that
he did not come with a bowie-knIfe
at his belt nor any siX-gun dangling
in a holster, but he was arrayed IN
a regalia that bespoke the Importance
of youth, flaming youth at that. For
was there not atop his head one OF
the largest sombreros that could be
bought in Mound City for So or any
other part of Kansas as to that. The
answer is that there was and that
more will be heard about that hat
further along in this story. 1t was
his FRESHMAN" work that engaged his
immediate attention and so he started
from Globe on the trip to- WILCOX
with the product of the mine, a trip
that was to require three weeks to get
back to the starting point with the
coke and other materials.
Handling 18 head OF horses is q
mans Job Taking care OF them at
night is job for a man ana
helper. 1t was the, evening chores
that first afforded Hinton a chance
to earn money for himself in Arizona.
But by the time the driver got his
outfit over the distance it was sup
posed to make, the horses and mules
did not require good deal OF argu-
ment to keep them within reach OF
the wagons and after getting them
embarrassed and cared for, Including
getting them to water, there usually
was little time for the drivers TO
look about and see the country III
which they were camped Those were
davs that it was we'll they do bit OF
that looking, too, for the Apaches
about then were not friendly.
Meets Indian Boys
One of the night stops on the Trip
was on the Gila river across from the
San Carlos Indian agency There
were some Apaches there at the time
the first trip was made and in the
party were a number of Indian boys