Williams news., 1906-07-07
WILLIAMS GREAT CELEBRATION
The Best Ever Held in Northern Arizona---A Grand Event, and One Long to
 Be Remembered.

Williams celebration opened bright and early this year on the Sd of July with a salute at sunrise, fired by MT. James Ragan. The weather was warm and threatening rain, but none fell to lay the dust.
 It having been decided by the committee at the last moment to eliminate the street events sched- uled for the Sd and consolidate them with those for the 4th, the only sport for the morning was the shoot ing at the grounds of the gun club.
 A large crowd had been gather ing from the surrounding country for several days prior to the open- ing of the festivities, and that they enjoyed the program was manifest by the enthusiasm displayed dur ing the three days.
 A number of the citizens of Flag staff were present. among them H. c. Hibben, J. w. Francis, T. E. Pulliam, J. E. Jones and Henry F. Ashurst. the two first named par ticipating in the rifle and shotgun events.
 THE RIFLE SHOOT.
 For some reason there were not as many shooters present as usual in events of this kind, but that was due, no doubt, to the fact that some of the business houses would not close till noon. For the rife shoot the prize for the best score was a gold medal, which was won by H. Hicks, while first and second money, $7 and $5, were won by J. D. Raudebaugh and P. A. Melick, respectively. Following is the score:
 Raudebaugis.. II 9 P Is 1S A 13 Is 2O-154 Meliek, P. A.. s 16 0 Is 2I 15 21 14 P 11-1H Wade Chas..2 ? ? IS r 10 B 20 12 I9 15-I3s Adams, A......I2 17 l6 l7 r 20 21 o S-135 Stricklin, Alb 1 IA 8 13 IS 23 12 15 20-125 Neal, C.A....... 13 Il 20 F 10 II r 17-123 Francis, J. w.. .16 Il 12 F 1s 21 14-117 Hudson, J. H.. F o 10 B g 14 9-lO1 Bentley. C. M. 0 I6 10 0 r r 20 15- 95 Hibben. H. c...11 21 IS % 19 12- e4 Johnson. H. D.. lS ? IS F 15 g. 72
 PISTOL sHooT-50 YARDS
 Immediately following the rife shoot the pistol shoot took place For this event the, winner, J. H. Hudson, will receive a gold medal. while the first and second monies were won by AL Stricklin and H. Hicks, respectively. The score fol- lows:
 Hudson,J H. ....l5 r II g 20 20 16 19 19 13-17s Stricklin, AL 2 14 B 20 14 21 21 IA 16 6-17l Hicks, H........I6 r IS 16 p 1s 15 r 10 s-I5s Raudebaugh. ... o Il P P F Il b 21 15 IS-147 Neal, c. A....... g r IS b Il II B 20 10 s-132 Bentley, c. ..16 16 16 2 8 20 12-f31 Melick, P. Alb 10 Il 15 Il IS r 19-123 Barney, G. H.. o Il II 0 -42
 THE SHOTGUN SHOOT.
 Next came the shotgun events, the first being for the medal and sweepstakes on the side. In this event J. w. Francis, of Flagstaff, and Dr. P. A. Melick, of this city, were tied for first place and the medal, but in the shoot off of the tie the doctor won out As he already has several medals, and last year gave the medal he won as a rifle club medal, so this year he will give the shotgun medal to the club, the same to be worn by the mem Der making the highest score each shoot. MT. Francis got first money, however, and J. H. Hudson second. Following is the result:
 P. A. Melick. O01n ll111 11111 O11ll l1l1l-22 J. w. Francis. 11l1O 1l1ll 1ll11 1111l 1llOO-22 J. H. Hudson lOOll O0lll 11ll1 111O1 11lll-2O H. Hicks .1lllO lIllO ll1l1 OlIOI 1llOO-ls c. A. Neal ... .OIlOl OOOll 1l11O 1ll1l llOll- IS J B. Jones ~ 1lOll 1lOll lOllO 1oOll IlOOO-16 H. c. Hibben CLIO 10ll1 l1011 0OOO0 1lOll-l5 Raudebaugh. D. OOOO0 O11Oo 111i1 o1011 O0001-12
 The above shoot, which was at blue rocks. was followed by a live pigeon shoot, in which there were five entries. In the table below the ciphers mean lost birds, while the figures one and two where they oc- cur, mean that the bird was killed, and shows whether if was killed