Arizona republican., 1902-06-23
NEWS OF THE " N Q R ' H
PRESCOTT

Prescott, AriE.. June 2l.-(Speciai Correspondence of The Republican)- Well. well. well, Prescott is getting ready fer the greatest Fourth that the old town ever had in its history. and that is saying a great deal; for she has certainly had some hummers. Staid old business men are getting their heads together and talking the plans over every night till late hour. The committees are drawing up plans for the celebration and everything is running as smC othly as a stream of water. Of course the drilling contests will not be sighted, fer we are all in terested in mining here, and there would be no mining if there was no drilling. Some of the best hammers men of the territory are employed in neighboriag mines, and they are all getting teams to compete for the prizes. There is great honor attached to winning a drilling prize. fer it takes skill, determination and great amount of muscle to be able to thus send the cold steel into the depths cf hard rock Fireworks will be in ovi- dence in great plenty. The heavens will seem to be alanIe with all-cciored lights on the evening Of the Fourth. The celebration will last for two days, and will be hot thing all the time. This year the finance committee has already collected over $3OO0, while last year there was only $1,S09 collected. There will still more money roll into the coheTs of the committee.
 Last yea. the celebration lasted three days. ana this time we will only take two days t. spend all that good money. There wifi be about $2,5G0 in the pot when the committee gets through collecting. C. outdoor sports there will be no dcarth- Foot races, sack races, greasy pig races and all kinds of human races ~iu be in eVi- dence. The young boy will have q chance to roll up his trousers, spit on his hands and sprint a hundred yards for couple Of pig dGl!srs. The little girls. bless them all will have . chance to air their running qualities. and the miners will set some money.
 The pride of Arizona. the abused burro, will be in the celebration. as he always is. The Bones boys have a burro that has won every race here for the last ten years. with the e:.cep- ton of one time; and then the boy rid ing him forget to cinch the saddle and fell off in the middle of the blcck. The old burro was so mad al the mis- hap that he would not bray at break Of day for week afterward.
 The plaza around the court house will be covered with spectators as thick as feas on summer re-ort strand. There will be shooting at the grounds of the Prescott gun club and the old cranlls that like to smell pow der burning will he out there all day the 9th, where they will not bother other people with their tales Of things they never did with the gun. The com mittee has donated S10G toward the shoot. The Jerome cracks will be here with their good eyes Fand will take some of the money home with them. Johnny Aitken, Of the city noted for the publication of The Republican, will be here with his gun at halt mast. They do say that Aitke1 is getting plumb crazy about hitting bluerocks. He is getting Ee hardly ever wastes a charge of shot. He breaks all that get up in front of him. In all proba- bility he will get about $93 out Of the