Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-07
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It was fine for the celebrators. but it was awful on the Eagles throa The Fourth Of July celebration from every standpoint. according to expres- sions of business men yesterday. was the best au raction ever seen in the southwest. Fine events were On the celebration program and hundreds Of people were heard to make the asser- ton thaf they were the best they had ever seen in the west anywhere.
 Biggest Crowd on Record.
 Business men were unanimous in the opinion that it was the largest crowd tha has ever assembled on any occasion in the district. At the soft drink places the "jerkers' and pro- prietors could not begin to wait on he crowds and many were turned away or else took their place in the waiting line It was the same at all of the soft drink places, hundreds of people surging at the counter and eE the tables, waiting patiently-or i'm patientlr.-to be sery ed.
 Liquids Run Out.
 At the saloons. which were open day and night for three days, there was never vacant place on the brass foot rail and when one occurred there was a scramble. Several of the sa- looms, having stocked their places for the celebration with enough beer toI float the ark. ran out of the beveTase| and there was nothing doing n theI beer line until another consignment could be got from the wholesaler.
 Officers say, notwithstanding, that there never was a more orderly Fourth of July in the history of the district Few arres were made and none was made for a serious offeHse. There was a disposition among theI officers to make allowances n ac- count of the holiday, though not many went too far" with the patience of the officers. Several fisticuffs were nipped in the bud by officers aud theI participants usually signed terms of peace.
 4 Safe and Sane Fourth.
 IL was a safe and sane Four CfI July. celebration. too. Only one 9cci- dent marred the holiday and that e. cured outside of the city limits. Mon day evening some one exploded fire cracker under the buggy of Magnus Mainland as he buggy vas going through Bakersville The horse be came frightened and turned the buggy over, fracturing the skull Of little FL wood Mainland, three years old, from which the little fellow died. Win the exception of several inconseq leu'ial powder burns and minor injuries, no other accidents occurred. a remsrsa- ble record considering the large crowds in the city.
 Homecoming Affair.
 One feature of he success If 1he celebration was the homecoming of hundreds of former Bisbeeites. They were here from all over the so Iih west. Hundreds of visitors were in il e city from Tombstone, the county seat, and erery point in the country ard from all over the state of Sonora. Mexico.
 Confetti covered Copper Queen plaza yesterday morning, in some places a half inch iE dep h and in other places where the crowds wore thiekest, the colored paper showers remained to make job for the street department.
 The boards will be cleared Sa' a'urday and the celebration will have become a pleasant memory when the Fourth of July organization meets at 8 o'clock in the evening at the ely hall fer the purpose of receiving the reports of financial committee and other com mittees