People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05
Fall Festival.
Daily Journal.

Elsewhere in the Journal is pub
lished call for public meeting al
the band room next Monday evening
for the purpose OF making preliminary
arrangements for fall festival.
The plans as roughly outlined are tC
appoint an executive committee Of
Wellington business men with sub
committees composed Of prominent
farmers in every precinct and locality
in the county, to begin active ar
engagements at once for the festival,
which will probably be held during
the later palt Of August when the
farmers will have the time to attend
and make exhibits.
The festival will be in the nature OF
a wheat carnival and street fair. The
street fair is a new thing in the
west. The first one to be held in the
state will be the one at Wellington in
August. Atchlson is making prepar
ations for a street fair next fall In
connection with her celebrated corr
carnival. The street fair and carni
val is the legitimate successor to the
county fair. The county fair is a
thing OF the past. There is too much
expense connected with it and it is
usually too far away from the bust
ness part of the city TO be of much
benefit to the trading interests of the
town where it is held. The street
fair is street fair 10 name as well as
in reality. The exhibits of vegeta-
bles, cereals, canned goods, etc, are
made on the sidewalks and there is nc
admission fee to anything.
The wheat carnival feature of the
fall festival will probably be made by
erecting a skeleton temple and cover.
ing it with wheat. The inside of the
temple will be devoted to displays of
sample seed grains, etc. Wellington
can easily make herself famous with
a carnival of this kind. We
are 10 the center of the banner wheat
county of the world, and should hold
a carnival every year. The eyes of
the east would soon be turned toward
Wellington AID her wheat carrivals
would soon rank with Atchison's
corn carnival, which was recently the
subject OF an extended write-up with
illustrations in an eastern magazine.
The representatives of the binders
and farm machinery exhibited in the
parade OF the May Day jubilee, when
asked If their houses would take ad-
vantage Of the fall festival to display
their implements, replied: Certainly
we would. You could draw on US for
a handsome amount to assist in ar
ranging for and defraying the ex-
peDses Of the carnival" Thus it is
seen that the eastern manufacturers
would readily recognize the impor-
lance of a display at the fall festival
and would contribute literally toward
its success. Sumner being the great
est wheat county in the world the
festival would naturally attract the
attention Of everybody interested in
the cereals of the west.
The band is willing to do the big
geSt Part of The work of the carnival
for the stand privileges The inten-
tion is to hold the festival about three
days and accord farmers and those
who desire 1t, the use of the vacant lots
in the city for camping purposes. In
this way farmers from even the re-
hottest part Of the county can come
to Wellington, pitch their tents and
remain with US during the three day.
of the festival.
The meeting at the band room next
Monday evening to make preliminary
arrangements for the festival should
be well attended and every encourage
ment lent the movement.