have spent the past six weeks at or near the…

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. Osmer, have spent the past six weeks at or near the Gila Hot Springs. The party spent one week on the west fork of the river, near McKinzie’s abandoned ranch — about 27 miles north of the springs — fishing and exploring. Between 200 and 300 fish were caught on the trip. The ladies of the party gathered wild flow- ers, of which the woods abound, and decorated the lonely grave of J. J. Baxter, who was killed at McKinzie’s ranch by Indians in 1887. A great deal of large game was killed, there being no hunters in that section as yet this summer. When the Enterprise representative, accom- panied by William Swift, arrived at the springs, a dance was in progress in honor of the party which had just returned. This part of the fes- tivities was joined by Mrs. Lou Gatton and Miss M. Drake, who are summering at the spring, and Messrs. Hill, Rodgers, Swift, the reporter and a number of others. The dance was given in the dining room of the hotel, under the auspices of James Hill, and was a very swell affair. The music was furnished by Prof. Anson Weimer, and was of the very finest. Croquet, fishing and hunting were the order of the day, while dancing was enjoyed at night.