The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-06-22
| LORDSBURG WILL CELEBRATE
 FOURTH

Preparations for celebrating the Glorious Fourth in Lordsburg are going ahead rapidly and already more than 5000 has been raised for a two-days program of sports and en- tertainment that will make the ua- tional holiday this year notable in the history of the city.
 A big barbecue, baseball, horse rac- ing dancing, auto racing, a children's S entertainment and many other fea- lures are being planned, and commit tees have already started the work of arranging the details for the program. It will extend over two days, Wednes. day and Thursday, July and ,.
 Extensive advertising of Lords burgs celebration will be done in 'neiehboring Arizona and New Mexico towns rrd preparations will be made for the reception of a monster crowd. A meeting of local boosters largely attended and enthusiastic, was held Monday evening and another session On Tuesday morning T. was agreed that rOthing should be spared to rllke tho -r-:'r:' Il "dtri' ic ocra*:0h long to be remembered.
 The committee on arrangements which will have general charge is as i follows: Joe Olney, Harry Farior, B. $. Jackson, Vim. Meaney. s. NJ. Chase and w. H. Graham.
 The barbecue will be made a special feature. C. l.. Rambolt has promised to donate a beef, M. T. Hardin will furnish hog, and other donations are expected The big ''eat" will be given at o'clock on the evening of i July 1. The committee in charge ln- | cludes: Levi Wright, D. Rambolt, J A. Nicholson and Art 1som. | Two Effse races are planned; a free-for-all, $50 yard running race for July with two prizes, $150 and $100 with S25 entrance fee; and a race for saddle horses July 5, prizes of S10O and $50, $15 entrance fee, four horses to enter and three to start in both races. The committee in charge of the horse races includes: R. L. Wright, Joe Ol- ney and s. NJ. Chase.
 : One hundred dollars has been ap- propriated for prizes in the child ; ren's entertainment, July 1. The committee in charge includes: J. $. Brown. F. A. McElgin and J. L. Aug
 istine.
 : Baseball will also be featured and a game has been scheduled for July 4 at
 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The teams to play will be announced later Prizes will aggregate s10O. The committee includes: w. A. Cannon, Earle Kerr and H. Archuletta.
 ioenrteacn noM .erceptb maderJi nHT : It is planned to hold an auto race :from Clifton to Lordsburg, with a first prize of $50 The committee in ! charge consists of l. s. Brown and w ! Chesser.
 Dancing and music will also be fea' tured and $100 has been appropriated for this department. Harry Farior Charles Burch and Chas. Sullivan will have charge of this department. ! Wide publicity and advertising will ; he given in the surrounding cities, both in Arizona and New Mexico : Geo Keeliey and R. E. Heron of The Western Liberal are the committee on advertising.
 At a meeting of committees held Tuesday evening it was decided to make the auto race from Clifton to Lordsburg a contest for the best time Drivers will be required to register at Pete Riey's pool hall in Clifton and at the postoffice in Lordsburg The driver making the best time will get $30 and the second best $20 The baseball game will probably be be tween the Lordsburg team and a team from Tucson.