Arizona republican., 1905-07-05
FOURTH IN PHOENIX
UnpretentiOuS but Pleas
 ant Celebration
The Fun at the City Hall Plaza-The Amateur Cowboy Festivities at the Park.

charge of a lack Of patriotism and lOaylty can never lie against the pOpu- lation of Phoenix. A people who can be wrought up to enthusiasm over the recurrence of their nations birth when the thermometer stands at no can be relied upon to defend it against all it's enemies whatsoever.
 Yesterdays celebration in Phoenix was a sort of informal affair and de- void of spectacular features, yet, not withstanding the extreme heat was one of the most enjoyable ever observed in the city The credit for it is due to the firemen who sought to organize an attraction for those who were un- able to get away.
 The city hall plaza had been simply but tastefully decorated stands mad been erected and q dancing piatform had been put up. The generosity of the fremen extended to the giving away of lemonade and ice cream and from the beginning until the close Of the festivities last night the populace was made to feel at home
 The carrying out of the morning program was postponed until in the af- ternOOn and on account of the heat some Of the races were dispensed with. At two o'clock the ladder race took place. The crew of the hook and lad der wagon consisted of Porter, driver; Haughey, ladder climber; Norris and Ramsey, ladder pullers, and Mognett and Bowen, at the foot. A run of 15O yards was made and Haughey was at the top in just 2S seconds after the start.
 The hose test crew was made up as follows: UndeThilI, driver; Aitken and Sprouse, pullers; Aitken at the plug and Woods and BeIlas. nozzIemen. There was run of 100 yards; water was got in twenty-six seconds De- ducting for this the time lost on account of lack of pressure the real time was probably about 20 seconds. At any rate all previous Phoenix records were beaten The last incident of the afternoon was the engine test which was entirely satis~ factory and showed that with the new engine water could be easily thrown over the highest building in town The ] members of the engine crew were Sanderson, driver; Cobb, engineer. and Burger, stoker.
 During these tests and throughout all the afternoon the Pioneer band inspired the growing crowd from the gaily decorated stand
 Those who were surprised on seeing the crowd in the afternoon, that so many people remained in the city were amazed at the throng which filled the plaza and lapped over into the streets IF the evening. It was remarked that so many people had never before been seen there at one time
 The ascension of fire balloons in the carly darkness was the signal for the Teassemblng at the plaza for the dis play of fire works was about to begin. It was a generous exhibition ana was 1 continued until after nine o'clock 1 It had been too warm in the after loon for dancing but in the early even ing the dancing stand began to be oc- 1 cupied and all during the night it was | comfortably filled. There was no di- intuition of the crowd until nearly II | o'clock and the early morning hours found many of the merrymakers still On the plaza.
 About 10 o'clock the boom, roar. crack and hiss of fire works which had been almost constant all over town ] since before daylight, began to dimin- ish and thence on to midnight there was only the occasional gIeam of 9 rocket or the burst of a bomb. The 1 patriots had worn themselves out.
 Resulting from this long continued Nt'iC1 there were no reports or serious injury to the person and no fires.
 OTHER FESTIVITIES. Hundreds visited the park in the course of the afternoon and evening" There was the matinee of the Tucker company and Marion AIcCann had de- Nlsed a steer tying contest to be par ucipated in by has beens and would be steer tyers the latter class being large l ly recruited from among the clerks of the city. MT McCann was rushing
 around town in the afternoon trying
 to find stop watch. It was supposed
 that he wanted a watch that could be stopped at the fraction of a second. It turned out though that he really
 wanted one that could be stopped on
 the hour. No time was given: time
 was not taken into consideration If
 a contestant could avoid being count
 ed out by darkness he was regarded
 as having made a good showing As
 matter of fact very few steers were
 actually caught. Alfred Wilson was l adJudged to have been the least awk-
 ward but before tying his steer he let
 his horse run over it and stun it into
 submission. Other contestants were
 H. Ham, Gus Tipton, Bob Cree. Man
 uel Crtega, young Morris, Frank Bur
 ris, Jim Bacon. Marion McCann and
 Frank Butts But the crowd got it's
 moneys worth and that was all it was
 after.