Arizona republican., 1902-07-07
IN THE MORNING
How Things Looked in Prescott After
 Passing the Quarter Pole.


 respondence of The Republican)- ! "Whiskey Row" is the popular name ! for the gambling palaces O. Monte i zuma street. It is the appellatic1 | given that cluster of business makers l in the old shacktoWn days and the ! name is the only thing in the block l that survives the fire. This historic | fact recalls the remark of q Phoenix man who left one of them at q late hour last night saying the only thing he had left was his system and q return ticket, and for the latter he felt truly grateful to the railroad com pany. appreciating the beauty of it's ticket system in handling excursions.
 It is only a matter of news tC recite that Whiskey Row is the. mobiliZinS point for all classes either inside or on the sidewalk. These places, magnifi- cent in their appointments, are in themselves an attraction to all and the activity surrounding numerous games in perpetual process did not fail to draw the crowd during the intervals between interesting events on the out side Again this locality was the best viewpoint fer most oi the races, the fireworks, etc, made so not by q desire to pay tribute to the saloons but by the topography of the town. The side walk along this block was a perfect jam during the entire celebration Though everything was wide open, femininity was paid the greatest re- spect and the crowds were not confined | to the personnel of saloon patrons. | Within nearly every house was a mass of surging humanity, both day | and night. many of course, being in l search of the novel, all naturally gray | itating to the centers of excitement. The boys in the white aprons were kept busy and there was constant and | heavy speculation, the money market being easy.
 The crowds, both resident and tour | ist. were well behaved and but little disorder occurred, none of sufficient moment to create even passing com ment. Some. of course, miscalculated | on their storage capacity and lost their usual vivacity long before the big show was over and many who went to bed sober on Friday night tossed con- siderably in their sleep and suffered | from headaches on Saturday.
 | The hotels were all crowded and cots were placed in available places for the accommodation of guests. Though your correspondent slept in cellar he resents any inference that he landed there through hole in the sidewalk, | Or was unable to ascend the stairs to airy chambers on the upper floors. The cellar was we'll ventilated and the sleep was that of innocence He was not lonely. for there were fifty others in the same cellar and the nasal l chorus that swelled out on the early morning air was a delight to passersby | whose ears were properly attuned to a harmonious blending of sound. But | in the morning it was different, for
 some of them. They could find them selves. but their clean collars had been cached in various hiding places around
 the town and some of them had even | forgotten who their friends were or
 where they left them. One gentleman
 had to think hard and guess twice be-
 fore he could recall what he had done
 with his little son the night before and
 others were seen to be quietly sizing up
 their pocketbooks and mentally calcu-
 lating how long it was till Sunday
 night, presumably for the purpose of revising the ratio of expenditure. Here
 and there Uncle Silas and Hank Rye
 straw, who left their wives in the val
 ley, were telling each other how it happened and pledging secrecy to the
 llOll OI ldlSI SlGepeTS WHO Hdu one eye open. They had found the , tiger easy early in the evening and
 bought a little too much corn with the
 surplus. Later the tiger scratched
 them, but they calculated to hedge
 during the rest of the show, and cut
 out the horse races so when they got
 home they could say, "It never touched
 me-" What was felt and thought by those so fortunate as to sleep behind a
 locked door might fill book but il
 never will.
 One feature Of the celebration
 pleasing to Prescott people is that
 nearly all the visitors came to see the
 whole show. Practically none re- turned home Friday night and but few
 on Saturday night.
 PERSONS AND THINGS.
 Major Wallack, who has charge ot | the rebuilding of Fort Whipple, is one , of the recent arrivals who never tires
 of saying good things about Prescott He was greatly. surprised at the clear r and attractive appearance of the city
 as well as it's magnificent buildings
 and is enthusiastic over it's future. II
 regard to Fort Whipple he consider:
 the location and convenences ideal } The climate is all right and every re- Quirement is found that the govern ment could desire in the establishment 7 of a permanent post of large proper tions.
 l Territorial Secretary Stcddard ant 5 family were among the distinguished } visitors in Prescott during the cele- bration.
 The south window of Sam Hill:
 hardware store presented the mos
 unique appearance of any window il
 the city. In it was reproduced req I miners camp, tent. cooking utensils