Arizona republican., 1900-07-07

easily They all were sprinters for 2OO- pounders. The prize was $10.
 The burro races were a novelty. The | fastest burro was ridden to victory by Jose Graneo. a little Mexican boy. He won $5 with his Jerusalem cuckoo. l In the 1OO-yards dash for heetfoots. | Thomas. Reese, an Indian and Berry | lined up at the scratch Thomas fell ! when near the goal. Reese took the S21. He is the spike in the town hose team.
 WynkOop won the Horrible horse race. In the heat race for horses. DHleha' $ black crossed the tape first. The tug of war was quite amusing When the rope was stretched. some 200 men grabbed it and began pulling in opposite directions. The south end of town. with nine burly shelter men in the lead. pulled the north end in a walk. The two kegs of beer were given the crowd.
 Nine Indians ran a foot race. and the winner of $5 was Bill Waterman, a 1.-the son of the hills.
 The race to the water tank. high up on the hill which overiooks Jerome was won by Tamborino in six minutes and foty-nine seconds. which was phenom- enal time. considering the distance and steepness of the hill. He earned his $15. Six men entered for the race.
 The barbecued meats melted away rapidly. and were appreciated by the crowd.
 The double handed drilling contest was won by the McCarty brothers. of Bigbug. who were the only contestants. They were here to enter the contest and as no Jerome team would compete they were told to go ahead and give an exhibition of drilling and they would be awarded the S75. They put hole down seventeen and a half inches in fifteen minutes. which was good. for the man ner of rock.
 A. N. Bartholdi and R. H. Johnson paid the entrance fee in the single handed contest. and the latter won. making five and three-quarters feet The prize was S25.
 At the completion of the exercises of the day. it was 7:3O o'clock and barely time to get ready for the social under the auspices of the Elks. A large num- Der of programmes had been sent out. and jollycrowd assembled in the lodge room to enjoy the social. The Exalted Ruler. Joe Morrison, began by imposing fines on all of the stray Elks in the room. all of which were paid with haste, lest the fine might be doubled. No one escaped with less fine than $1. and some fines aggregated $4.50 to an indi- vidual. Refreshments were served. in variety and in plenty. The feast was
 
 were instrumental and vocal selections for the entertainment of the crowd. Joe Morrison called out Dr. Kane and fined him s1.5O on general principles and gave up the gavel of authority to him. The new ruler made a record at once as a financier by lining Mir. Morrison s2 for being too gay in the chair. The ladies social session was pronounced by all one of the incest features of the day.
 When the social broke up. the crowd went below to the opera house. where one of the finest balls ever given in Jerome was going on. The music was good. and all enjoyed themselves until l o'clock in the morning.
 Altogether the celebration was a grand success from beginning to end. and all the visitors felt that they had not made a mistake in coming. There was a large delegation out from Pres colt.
 Word was brought to Jerome yester- day afternoon that there had been a man shot at the Copper Chief mines. and officers immediately went out to sec about the matter. They returned, bringing a man named Gilchrist. who had shot Ralph Clark. well known in Jerome. several times with a 45-caliber revolver He was shot in the hand. arm and body. How badly he is wounded has not yet been ascertained. The shooter is in jail. awaiting the coming of District Attorney Ling. whom Judge McKinnon telegraphed for this morning.
 Alfred DeKuhn and sisters. the Misses DeKuhn. and J. W. Martin. attended the celebration and ball from Cherry