Arizona republican., 1900-10-23

remaining four. making the splendid record of 24 out of possible 25. He shot in the first squad, and as the other crack shots fac the traps for the
 trial Walter watched the score board with his heart humping like a yellow hammer on an old stump. till the last possibility had fallen down. The wis itu,.s from the level lands of Arizona
 were placed at q disadvantage by the
 lay of the land where the trap is To- cated. The background is a range of dark hills, and by the time the birds are above the hills and outiin=d against tn sky they are almost out of reach. The ground slopes from the trap to the canyon. and falls over 300 feet in half a mile. At the end of the days pro- gram there Were only three p=rsons who had not won a prize. and who
 were therefore entitled to enter the consolation stalk s. Carlton. who was shooting out of luck all day. won the
 prize with 19 out of 20. It was con so,ing to know that had he shot as well earlier in the day he would have won
 everything in sight. The first day of the shoot was q successful one. In the ev ming there was d business meeting of the shooters.
 The second day of the tournament is over and the Jerome boys carried off
 the team championship with d hand some majority in their favor. There were four teams of four men each. en- 1 tered f,- the contest. Jerome broke l57. Phoenix 145. Tucson 144, Bisb-e l42. The Jerome team broke T. more than Phoenix which was second. The hlnlsam diamond medal valued az g@CO. will be k5r, in our progressive
 town. There Were several money events shot in the forenoon. and the team z1o~t was th- first after dinner. The trap fused ,o work at all about noon. and ;he sports looked blue for d
 time but horse doctor got at it and soon had it throwing pigeons right and left When the first squad lined up for the fray the Jerome boys looked wisa and declar.d they were going to get the medal. The bes, individual score in the team shoot vas 43 out of pos | sihle %. madz by Carlton. of Bisber. 1 He was not backed up in his score by the balance of his party, so was up against the al thing. The wind blew most Of the day and rain descended for ! q tournament. but il was only little squall. This morning the whole layout i of shooters and rooters ara down to Kirwagen X HaskelI's ranch shooting
 at live birds Tn re are a good many hundred birds to be released during the day. Every rig and saddle horse are out of the stabl s. and even burros were chartered t1 take people to the
 .1s,, l,,. given by the members of the clubs at which all kinds of eatables and drinkabIss will be partaken of lavish | ly. The tournament has been most successful one. No hard feelings have ! been made. and he visitors feel that they have be treated with the ut most courtesy.
 1 F. D. TreadweN will go out t0 the ! Verde King group tomorrow morning 70 survey the claims. In doing the as ! scssment work on one of the claims some fine copper ore was struck. IL was exhibited in town this morning and created considerable favorable com ment. The Verde King property is cer- i tainly a valuable group and will turn out 70 be l producer unless all pres nt ! indications. which are llastering. prove 1 to amount to nothing.
 | The announcement that Geo. Ruff
 uer is out for sheriff on the independent i ticket has caus-d a furor in the party ranks in Jerome. While the people 1 here are certain that Munds will be elected. they are hot in the collar to
 think that one of the party would get out and go against the regular nomi-
 nee. They are now congratulating
 themselves that there was no republi- can nominee for the office of sheriff. ! Up at the works things are moving along in the normal course. The build ! ings in the scope of the cave are being moved and put up in other places. The mine is working full force and part ot the furnaces ara in operation. Soon ev- eryth.ng will be repaired, and the shops doing business as before the cave.
 j. J. Fisher has made a deal with the | Lit-le Daisy property whereby com pany is working it under lease and bond The prop rty is well located and
 looks good.
 The News company is applying for
 patent on group of mining claims
 near Jerome The advertisement ap- pears in the Mining News this week. D. D. MCDONALD.
 
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