Arizona republican., 1903-07-07
ALL AROUND BISBEE
Fourth of July Observations of an
 Arizona Journalist.

It is a sad commentary on a com munity when a man goes dry on the Fourth of July. Bisbee cannot be held up to this imputation. On the con trary the palpitating air was redolent and the streets were slippery with liq- uid l-.Jhusiasm, and fund patriotism. all of the good natured variety.
 Bisbee is not overdone in the matter of shade and water but in the direction of irrepressible and uncomfortable enthusiasm on such occasions as the celebration of Uncle Sam's birthday. time nor tide, nor dust nor heat. nor adverse weather can ever prevan against her. It was not like unto the old days when boys. and kids of the opposite variety wandered together swinging hands under the boug0s of the umbrageous elms, eating candy dissipating on red lemonade, where the orator of the day aHIhlIN e Scared the eagle, till hit seemed to-
 me,
 Hit wusn't biggern a humble bee" Those old days with the sweet country girls in their immaculate lawn dresses. pink ribbons and everything irresista- ble seem to have slid into oblivion. but they are almost compensated for by the generous, resistless and overpow- ering spirit of the glorious west that prevails against all obstacles. gilds the rugged rocks with beauty and mur- ders despondency as if it had the prince of blue devils eorraled by cy- clone full of broadaxes.
 Bisbee cannot boast of the width or length or regularity of her streets, but a procession can march up toward Tombstone as far as it pleases, then reverse-theTe isn't room enough to turn round and march back tail first. In stead of that they back up the canyon and come back head on, the marshal of the day riding a horse caparisoned till he looked ten feet high. the band playing old Dan Tucker the royal float, in the shape of a boat. with the Goddess locking as sweet as a hot car amel. and many a drink was over looked as the old Hazards rushed out to the sidewalk to view the incompar- able pageant.
 The leading events of interest were | the hose races and the double hand drilling matches. The races were be- | tween the Bisbees and the Cananeas. ! The Cananea boys blow through the at mosphere like a fragment from d hur- ricane. but they were somewhat subse- quent in coupling the nozzle and that settled first prize. For second prize they must have calculated things close as it was declared a tie. and the money was divided.
 The big drilling match is always the event of an occasion in Bisbee. Cham | berlain and Make, Tarr Brothers, Johnson and McIver. and Malley and Ross. constituted the three teams. l This is a species of contest that naur- ally calls out the pride of the average citizen. Unlike the manly art. which consists in drawing beet juice from a pug's Lose, it represents the in- ! dustry upon which the mighty west | depends for material prosperity. the | industry which educates our children and provides all that is essential to q | desirable condition of existence. The rock selected was native granite.
 It is a shade softer than Gunnison, but was pronounced by all those who par | ticipated in the contest, to b. fully as
 uniform as the Gunnison article. ! The big rock was duly blocked up on a fiat car near the library. X plat 1 form running from the car to the bank near by nearly broke down from the weight of brains imposed upon 1t. hav- | HE lO Susldlu dS IL ulu tile blSD@ = press representatives. The omnipres- ent bookseller was there making more
 noise than if he had swallowed a gal | Ion of gasoline; the small boy was | swarming over the rock and between
 the legs of the taller masculine specta 2
 tors.
 | There are just two places where a
 man yearns to be tall-one is at a dog i fight and the other is at a drilling
 match.
 The contest went off without the
 slightest friction in regard to the
 equitable conduct of the match. John
 son and McIver made a good showing
 at 4229-32. Malley and Ross took 1 second money at 435s. while Chamber
 lain and Make went after the big end
 of the pudding with 46-11-32.
 Tarr Brothers steel stuck at 31 in-
 ches. or the end of F minutes.