Arizona republican., 1902-06-21


 i ing was called Monday morning but was adjourned till their return from a visit of inspection to the company's \ property, which is situated near Har-
 riSburg. a place west of Wickenburg. The company has already spent about S6000O in developing and erection of
 hoistS and mills and consider they | have one of the best mining properties
 in that part of Arizona.
 The ladies' guild of the Episcopal
 church enjoyed a lawn social Thursday
 evening at the home of Mrs. J. L.
 Fisher
 | Through the courtesy of President
 F. M. Murphy a special train in charge of Conductor N. D. McCrae was placed
 at the disposal of Major Charles C. | Wolcott Quartermaster, U. s. A., for
 the purpose of a visit and inspection of
 the Del Rio water supply of Prescott.
 and Whipple barracks. The following
 representative professional and busi-
 ness men were guests: Captain E. E.
 Hatch, Captain G. G. Palmer, Captain
 A. K. Dillingham;, Lieutenant Douglas
 Potts, pr. Watkins, U. s. A; Mayor R.
 H. Burmister, Councilman H. Brink
 meyer, Postmaster A. L. Smith, Super
 visor George H. Scheurman, Clerk J. H.
 Robinson, County School Superintend-
 ent Jolly, County Recorder P. J. Far
 ley, Under Sheriff A. A. Johns, General
 Manager w. A. Drake. General
 Freight and Ticket Agent H. P. Ane-
 walt, Live Stock and Claim Agent A.
 C. Mcqueen, R. N. Fredericks, cashier
 Prescott National bank; w. H. Me
 Murtry, assistant cashier Commercial
 Trust company; Superintendent H.
 Biauvelt; Merchants E. W. Bietzel P.
 L. Warren, H. w. Lask. Nate Levy. D.
 M. F. Weeks, J. E. McCleary, E. Block
 Ray Hill. A. w. Robinson, Ben Bel
 cher. Robert Payor. Joe Dougherty and
 D. A. Burke. While at Del Rio re-
 treatments were served. The trip af- forded considerable pleasure for all
 fortunate enough to be in the party. f If preparations and anticipations
 count for anything, Presscot will cele- , brate the coming Fourth of July in a way that will shake up the mountains
 around here and resound the noise far , over the territory. The citizens are enthusiastic and all working to one end, that of the making it the biggest celebration ever held here. Numerous , contests. miners drilling, firemen' S $ tournament, foot races, base ball, mili-
 tary drill and cakewalks, carnival fea- ' lures and the grand mask ball each
 have been given definite parts on the s programme. The finance committee D has already gotten over $2OOO in cash
 subscribed and expects to raise still , more.
 Wednesday evening the citizens and the various committees met and per , fected the many arrangements and contests. The meeting was enthusias-
 tically successful. Judge Sloan will deliver the oration of the day at the
 court house plaza. The Pioneer band
 of Phoenix has been engaged. Among the chief events will be the , firemen's tournament. The contests ! will be between the departments of Prescott and Jerome. Jerome having decided in a mass meeting last even ing to join Prescott in the grand cele-
 bration, especially the firemen's tour : nament, there will be nothing slow. . The people of Jerome were unanimous r in their decision to join and they will participate in all the leading sports : of the day, which is good news for the people of Prescott. Chief Johns of
 the Prescott department and Chief - Meyers of the Jerome department have decided upon the details of the tour z nament, which is to be on the fifth , The prizes aggregate a total of $525
 as follows: Two hundred and fifty dollars for the wet test, $100 for the [, second best, $15 for the straightaway and S100 for the foot races. The ex- l. ecutive committee has already set T. aside this amount.
 .: The miners drilling contest will be ;- an interesting feature. It will be held |. on the plaza. There will be com Il petitive drill of the military company C. both in squad and in individual drills 70 The drills will also be held upon the i, plaza and promise to be fine. There r. will be base ball. foot races and other $ sports during the day. all having o. prizes as inducements to good work e and speed.
 s Besides the immense number of n sports and electrical display the car 7. nival committee has prepared for nc n. end of fun and unique ways for hav- l. ing pleasure. Large dancing pavilions o will be erected so that all evening the n light-footed of the multitudes may IS dance to their hearts content. On the l- u, evening of the fifth the town will be i'd given over to the masked populace. O1 c. course the carnival committee will see is II, that nothing improper is allowed. The g. grand masked ball will be opened by e. a prize cakewalk and some interesting ,,s costumes and maneuVerS are antici- re pated.
 le Other attractions will be the "hor- n rible' parade and the antics of the to DarktoWn fire companies.
 Id The goodness of the committees in :" tentions is illustrated by their ar.
 engagements for refreshment stands al { which there will be an abundance O / ice cream, cake and light drinks. These
 are free for all ladies and children wht
 can enjoy it as much as they choose
 The men, of course, will have to rustic
 for themselves.
 Prescott invites every one in tn,
 territory and promises no end of eX