Mohave County miner., 1911-07-08
Kingman Celebrated

one of the greatest celebrations ever pulled off in the history of the old town. From dawn on the morning of the third of July until the evening of the sixth, waves of fun and frolic passed over and through the town in such mixture that everybody partook of it and were happy and joyous
 The first thing on the program on the morning of the third was an Indian horse race on South Front street. Many horses were entered and the race was one of the prettiest ever pulled off in the town. The race was won by a horse from Pine Springs by a nose. After the horse race other races fol- lowed in quick succession on Front street, most of which was foot races, burro races, potato races, etc, among the small boys.
 Afternoon there was a baseball game at the park between Kingman and Union Pass. The Union Pass boys were badly on the short end of the game when the swatfest was over. After the ball game there was a hotly contested shinny game between a Wallapai and a Mohave team, the Mohaves getting away with the money. Foot races be- tween Wallapais and Supais followed, and a feetfooted member of the Supai tribe ran away from the whole bunch of runners.
 In the evening there was band con- cert on the square, and this was fol- lowed by performance and dance at the opera house.
 On the morning of the Fourth Queen de Cacti made her appearance, but so much interest was aroused among the tribesmen that they had rather look on the pageant from the streets than be one of the mbers, that there were few horsemen. The get-up of the queen was good, being a wickeup of the old fashioned kind, with Indian baskets, fire pots, crude blankets, belts and generally as the old time camp wickeup would look.
 At ten o'clock the people of the town and surrounding camps congregated at the opera house, where they listened to one of the most eloquent addresses ever delivered in Kingman. c. R. Rutherford, an attorney and U. s. Commissioner of Jerome, made the ad dress, which was listened to jn rapt attention by the audience. It was re- plete with patriotism and filled the audience with the joy of living under the grand old flag. We are sorry that we are unable to give the address in full, as we believe it to have been one of the best addresses ever delivered in the territory.
 At eleven o'clock the big drilling match came off in the square near the Santa Fe depot. The big opening was packed to its limits with people on foot and in vehicles. The first team to try their skill and prowess wgs Cloyd Richardson and Alex McCaskell, of Union Pass. After fifteen minutes the judges announced that they had penetrated the big boulder 19 II inches; Greedy Clack and Ed Rice made 2O3-4 inches; Ulrich Grill and - Rogers, the Goldroad team, made g 3-l6 inches; Andy Porter and Ernest Goddard, Oatman team, won the money with 26 l-2 inches. The rock was as smooth as Gunnison granite, but was the hardest rock ever used for the pur- pose in the United States. The money that went to the team was 35OS, divided 25OS to first and 100 to second.
 The single drilling contest was be- tween five contestants, and was one of the best contests ever seen in the county. There were five entries. The following contestants entered and drilled the following depths: Pat Dillon l-4; Al. Shaw. F 3-16; - Post, II 7-S; Tom Gonzales, 10 I-4; Bert Pemberton, 10 1-2. The purse of 1908 went to Al. Shaw.
 In the afternoon the base ball game between Oatman and Goldroad held the attention of the crowd at the park. The game was one of the best ever played on a Kingman diamond, the Goldroad team winning by a score of to l. King, of the Goldroad team pitched one of the best games ever seen here. His throwing to first was one of the features of the game. He is one armed and southpaw. Had he two arms and as good as he is now