Arizona republican., 1907-07-05

flags were in evidence. It Is impOs- sible to give list of the decorations 'of the various places of business to- gether with the announcement of prizes but 1t is hoped to do this to- morrow.
 The opening number of the days program, bomb shooting from the butte. came off as per schedule. Enough noise was made to call at tention for miles around to the fact that Tempe was celebrating. This was followed by an hours concert by the Mexican Industrial band of Phoenix This band supplied music during the day at the dancing pavilion and proved to be a very able organization and furnished some highly creditable music. It became evident early in the forenoon that it would bc impossible to carry out the program in detail as had been planned-there was entirely too much going on. The horse race was therefore indefinitely postponed. It was most too hot for racing anyway and the crowd was being well enter tained in the shade of the big arbor where 1t was much more comfortable and pleasant than 1t possibly could have been watching a horse race. The sack race. was also put off for the same reason. Considerable sport and amusement for the crowd was sup piled by ten boys who participated in the battle royal. Five being on each side. The young fellows took the mat ter entirely too serious. however, and gave signs of making a battle of it in the truest sense of the word. It was accordingly called a draw and the prize money was equally divided among the boys.
 At 10 o'clock there was a short pro- gram at the arbor. There was too much noise on the outside to permit of great deal in this respect, but Chaplin Scott as orator of the day was introduced by Chairman Nielsen of the committee and made a short but inter- esting address. He congratulated Tempe upon it's patriotism and spoke at soire leng.h of the4roubles and trials of the original thirteen colonies that eventually led to the signing of the Declaration of ;u|ependence. the cele- bration of which is annually made each Fourth Of July. Chaplin S,olt address was listened to with interest by all who were able to hear. Other features had been prepared but like other parts of the program were post poned for good reasons.
 From then until noon the dancing pavilion occupied the center of the stage. In fact, t was we'll patronized all the afternoon and evening, orches- tra music being supplied during the time the band was resting
 At II: 30 the chief feature of the day commenced; that was the serving of the big barbecue. It had been ar- ranged to have the meat all carved by experienced butchers previous to the time of serving in order tha. no time be lost. The serving shed was so fenced that a line was formed down which passed these wishing meat It was all served in a neat an orderly manner and some idea of the size of the crowd may be gained from the fact that the eight steers that were barbt cued were inadequate to supply the needs of the large crowd who de- sired beef and those who unfortunate ly arrived on the later train from Phoenix got left. There is not a great GCal else to be said of the barbecue, The meat was done to a tur'i s...u was said by many experienced parties to be the best they had ever tasted. It was done full justice by all and no one who got there in time went hungry
 After the barbecue was ended and all had rested uo little after such hearty meal, the hose contest was billed to take place. It so happened though. that the Phoenix team which was to contest with the Tempe depart ment. failed to put in an appearance. The Tempe department. however, rath- CT than let that number fall entirely flat, gave an exhibition run that was considered we'll worth the effort.
 Again during the middle afternoon the dancing pavilion demanded the at- tention of most of the crowd but at 3:30 procession was formed, the band leading followed by the two baseball teams and a big party of spectators. that marched to the ball grounds north of the railroad track. Here a good and interesting game of ball was played between the New York store of Phoenix and a picked team of the Tei1Pe players. which resulted in the defeat of the former by score of Is tf. ,.
 sThe early evening trains took many Of the visitors home. but hundreds re- mained to witness the fireworks from the butte in the evening. This grand spectacle began a little after o'clock and lasted several hours. A splendid display had been secured and with the high elevation of the butte from which they were set off tyara soon to tho hacf possible advantage. It was the best set of fireworks that has ever been displayed on the south side of the river and when the last figure good night" In letters of fire died out. the greatest celebration in the history of Tempe went down in the chronicle of history.