Williams news., 1907-05-18
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WILLIAMS
 WILL. CELEBRATE

" ONiN of July with due pomp and glory. The cannon will boom. the fire- cracker will snap, Indians will whoop, cowboys will ride, the Arizona sun will shine and the burro will be there to add what zest he may to the whole joyful occasion.
 For the powers have said A meeting of the business men of the city has been called to perfect the arrangement, it having been mutually decided among a majority of them that the only true a,.d proper way to observe the rites of : the day and the liberation of our country was to do the thing up brown" as has been the case so many times previous.
 An attempt will be made to raise at least 20OO simoleons. Williams business men do not believe in doing things by quarters or by halves, and the more money raised the bigger the day for every body.
 From up the line. Flagstaff being the name of the town, sister celebration is being planned. For this reason some of the local people have said that It was poor l'nhcy for Williams to shoot tine canon. But for just this reason there are q number of others who say that Williams SHOULD celebrate and go into 1t with all the more vigor and enthusiasm.
 A good race meet, alone, without another attraction, is too big proposition to be carried on to financial success in a town of this size. If the Fourth of July is allowed to pass without due observation, the chances of a day or so in the future, whereon those desire a day or so from labor may find enjoyment, is remote. So any arguments that Williams should
 lay down" and show the white feather are quite likely to be cast aside as wailihgs from the timid, while the bolder spirits make hay during the having season.
 Now there is not boy. nor girl, nor a citizen either, of this city who does not heartily wish for the chance to do justice to the day when the good old American eagle first Topped, his wings in the fulfill ment of his desire-ireedom. And such being the case the committee I who will have charge of the move ment are bound 10 receive a con- certed moral support. The Will- jams Cadet Corps especially have signified their willingness to get into the collar and boost and help along the idea to grand and successful finish. And when the boys get together there is always something doing" even if it is not more than a big "holler" and a whoop in Dads back yard and incidentally into his ear to the end that he get busy and put up" the necessary dough to help along the occasion.
 Now the plans for the day are yet in the embryo and not in a condition that allows any very detailed account. Yet from the several talks indulged in by those who are bound 10 send this affair through to a finish. it may be expected that Independence Day, 1907, will not lack any of the sports and thrilling attractions witnessed in other years. Horse races. both for the whites and Indians, are to be salient features. A local man has promised to do
 the high jump from the cornice of the Grand Canyon hotel, ending in a barrel of water-and perhaps death. However it is feared that this attraction may he called off at the last moment. Burro races will also be added to the racing card, and the prizes are going to belarge enough for every lad in Williams to put his animals in training at once. Seriously however the com mittee will not neglect to add everything to the program that has ever been a number before and will promise to provide so many new features that the day will go down in Williams annals the biggest event ever held in this city.
 The town has a good band that ! deserves the support of every , citizen, and the band boys have , promised to do the right thing hy the city if called upon to make the day merrier with their music.