Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-11
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CT The Republican, 1.-The |
dawn Of the glorious Fourth in Jerome
was welcomed by Il salute of one hun
drcd guns which echoed and re-echoel
around the hills and valleys for miles,
waking the inhabitants from their
sweet slumbers to the realization of
another birthday CT American indie
pendence.
The exercises were opened BY Hon.
c. w. Hull with d well delivered ora
ton appropriate to the day. Rev John
Oliver followed with an eloquent adj
dress touching on various subjects rel
ative to the growth and advancement
of free America.
After the speaking came the hose
racing on Main street. Wet test, che
hundred yards to hydrant, one hun
drcd and fifty feet of hose. The Miller
company made the first run, their time
being twenty-four and four-fifths sec
ends. Then followed the Pronto hose
team. which made first-class run but
failed in making the coupling. The
Victor hose team came next, making
the run in twenty-four and four-f.ths
seconds, exactly the same time
made by the Miller team, but owing to
going over to Prescott the next day
to compete in the hose races there, it
was thought best not to run off the tie,
therefore the money was divided
equally between the two teams, each
receiving one hundred dollars.
Next came the dry test, which was
enc by the Miller team. The time
made by the three teams is as fellows:
Miller team. IA 2-5; Victor team, IA z-5;
Pronto team. 10 seconds.
After the hose races had been dis
posed of everything was put in order
| for the horse races. First came a mule
race which was won by Johnnie Sum
mers, Perry Bucket being second.
| The slow burro race was won by Ike
Nihel. Fast burro race was won by
Suffer,
Pete GCrdon's buckskin pony cleaned
| up everything in the way of horse
races and Mr.. Gordon is feeling very
much elated over his success.
| The first horse race was two hundred
yards between Mr.. Gordon's horse and
enc owned by Jack Dwyer. Mr.. Cor
dOn's pony won easily. second race
was matched between Gcrdons horse
and a mare owned by Johnnie Sum-
merS in which Gordon's horse again
| won.
A SINGLE handed drilling contest fol
lowed in which an Italian named Joe
Piela won with s 7-S-inch hole. This
time drilled was fifteen minutes.
Next came a one hundred-yard foot
race in which there were five entries
Lawrence won first and Ross second.
The tank race had five entries, three
Indians and two white men. The In
dams won.
The tug-of-war WIS quite notable
feature o; the days performances
There We're six entries as follows: The
miners team. the American team. the
Austrian team. the Mexican team, the
Irish team, the Italian team. TIL,
longest struggle was between the IrisI
and Mexican teams. in which the!
pulled twelve minutes and twent!
seconds. During this struggle one o
the MeXicans tainted from exhaustion
and was carried to the hospital Th
final cortesting teams We're the Irisl
and miners. Some of the Jrishmen ha,
imbibed a little too freely and th
pull lasted only three minutes and fiv
seconds, ending in favor of the miners
The first prize was sixty dollars, tn
second forty dollars.
display of fireworks in the evenin;
closed the events of the day. but thos
who desired a continuation of the fes
tivities found ample qualification o
their desires in the grand ball given i
the opera house at night.
Thus closed another birthday O
American independence, and althoug
there have been better celebrations i
jerome on the Fourth she did rcmark
ably we'll this time. considering TN
circumstances and the lack of cooper
alton CT the surrounding settlement.
Along the Verde and its adjacen
settlements the Fourth was more
day of picniclling than celebration
There was a picnic on the Lowe
t Verde. one on Middle Verde and ais
, on Oak creek. On Upper Verde, at tn
: Cottonwood postofIice, there had bee
considerable preparation made fer
+ celebration under the management c
e Sam Strahan. but the crowd did nc
show up and the day passed off Yer
quietly i game of base ball and
| few saddle horse races We're the mos
exciting performances of the day. Coz
P siderable betting was done on a qual
[ ter-mile race matched by Charley Di
+ lahay and Ben Marshall for fifty Go
s lars a side. Marshalls horse bore q
the marks of an old COW pony but /
came through a length ahead of tt
other one at any rate. Rev. John o
liver of jerome delivered an Grafton Il
the Cottonwood people at l o'clocl
after having. made a speech in Jeron
in the morning. His talk at CcttoI
wood was short but very impressiV
and full of inspiring thoughts, touchin
chiefly upon the Importance of II
- youth of the land obtaining an educa
ton. thus making them nobler an
more useful citizens OF free Americ
which is but another name for oppcl
I tunity.
h \ large platform had been built fl
d the dancers at night. but before nigf
t came most of the crowd had gone
= Oak creek to attend the dance to
r given at that place. a steady gale
d wind continued throughout the da
= making it very disa greeable, and I
e many of the old settlers remarked. w
i something never before experience
s by them on the Fourth of July.
l. The Jerome hose team left IL