The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-07-05

dreams CT government irrigation an
water storage. He disclaimed any al
tempt at making q speech, but said b
{ wanted it considered as friendly talk
The governor compared our nation
of today with the handful Of patriot
who assembled at Philadelphia y
, years ago: then they offered to Ameri
ca a way to everlasting glory. It wa
followed by the Americans, who hat
confidence in their wisdom that the
. end sought to be achieved could be car
ried out by loyalty to the flag. The
nation that started upon that occasion
said the speaker, today is the greatest
nation upon the earth. From popula
ton of less than 5,G00,000 century anG
q quarter ago we havenow nation OF
nearly 100, 900, 000-and looked up to by
other nations as the model government
of the world.
The governor was frequently inter
rupted with applause.
An Introduction of the next speaker
by the chairman was apparently unne-
cessary, us when Mr.. Millay took the
rostrum everybody seemed to know
him. After paying glowing tribute
to the patriotism of Yuma's citizens in
the way they celebrated the Fourth
remarkirg especially how surprised he
was at the magnitude Of the parade
! he had few remarks to make in com
parisOn Of our salubrious summer eli
mate with that of Phoenix, his former
home. Those who heard him would
advise Jerry to take q guard along on
his next visit to the capital, to insure
his personal safety. After few pleas
antries he gave the audience touch
of what Fourth of July Grafton should
be. 1t was short, but eloquent and
very much to the point.
This closed the exercices, which last
ed about forty minutes.
The most exciting featured event OF
the day was the contest between the
hose companies, which took place
after six O'Clock. The contestants were
companies Nos. and = of the Yuma
fire department, W. H. |uck, chief,
and the railroad hose company. This
was a race of about 100 yards, from
Second and Main to fire plug at the
corner of First and Main, making the
connections, unreeling 100 feet of hose,
aud have the water shooting from the
nozzle. There was strong rivalry
between the teams, and as a conse-
quence everybody became much inter-
ested in the outcome.
The first run was made by Hose Com
pauy No. l in 251 seconds. No time
was allowed, however, because of a
luke made by the chief himself. He
"lost his head" and tsrned on the
water stronger, when he meant to turn
1t off. The pressure was so strong and |
the water shot through the hose, pre-
venting the adjustment of the nozzle,
and it was 'all off" for No. l. The re-
suit was great disappointment to the
boys, as barring the error, they would
have established "a new record for fast
work in the territory.
The railroad boys made the second |
run, connecting and turning on water
in II seconds.
The event was then easily won by
Hose Company No. ,. Time, 81 Is
seconds. The prize won was $50.
The members of the winning compa-
ny are here given:
NJ. o. Archibald, hydrantman leap
-ain).
Henry Levy, plugman.
H. L. Lyon, hosepu Ter.
Mike Levy, nozzleman.
Tom Molloy, coupling breaker.
runners:
Newt Powers, spike
Jimmie Polhamus
Ramon Martinez
Dan Maddox
Ramon Sierra
Billy Baker,
Charles Payne. j.
This closed the amusement features.
he finale being the fireworks display, {
nd grand ball in El6s' hall, under I
he management of the B. ?. O. E. s,
The ball was d great success, as was
very feature Of the celebration |
In order to give my customers %
nance to save money when purchasing
hoes | will hereafter have a specia,
ale every Saturday of Shoes Only, and +
very Monday of mems and boys hats.
'ou will save at least % per cent if
on take advantage of these sales.- !
Ohm RiInpau. +,
ourth OF July Accident. c
FREDERICK Espinoza was badly injured '
tst night by giant irecraclzer which C
EXPLODED in his hand. The hand was i
erribly lacerated and the young mans S
de was quite badly burned also. His Fl
ounds were dressed by Or. Ketcher- t
de. He went to Los Angeles on this a
Mornings train to be cared for at the "