Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
CARNIVAL PROGRESS
The Committee Secures a Place for
the Festivities.

The committee on buildings and
grounds yesterday secured the use of
the vacant lots adjoining the Lemon
hotel for carnival week. The owner
DR.. Lightburne, proved very accommo-
dating in the matter. requesting that
debris should be cleared away and ex-
cavations filled up, so that the surface
of the lots will be in as good condi-
ton after the carnival as it now is
On these points the committee on
grounds and buildings yielded willing
acquiescence, inasmuch as it felt thai
less could not be done as recompense
for the use of the property.
The fact that this ground has been
secured means that all the night events
and a number of the day events rs
well will be held right in town. con-
venient for everybody to attend. y
grand stand will be erected on Light
burne square. Here the competitive
drilling contests will be held. the bat
tie of San Juan hill. the dancing car
nival, the music carnival and other
events. OF course it is practically i'm
possible to hold the various ball games
or the racing events here and the
park and the race track will accord
ingly be used.
One of the remarkable features of
carnival week, is that general ad-
mission to all the outdoor entertain
ments will be free. The only charge
that will be made is to the grand
stands at the various places of amuse-
ment. The sightseer Will not. there
fore, be burdened and harassed at
every turn by demands for an admis-
sion fee. The expenses of all these va :
rious outdoor features of carnival
week are being met by the generous
subscriptions of the local business
world and will be without money and
without price to the people generally.
A detailed programme of the events
of carnival week will be issued in a
day or two. The compilation of the
programme, treating of festivities eX-
tending through a period of five days.
has been anything but an easy task
but the work of organizing has pro-
gressed far enough so that the carni-
val association can talk with certainty
upon nearly every point. All this has
practically been done in the past two
weeks and speaks volumes for the en-
ergy and persistency of President Nc
COwan.
Mention was made in The Republic
can yesterday of the engagement OF
the Albuquerque and Tucson bands.
The Albuquerque band is a first-class
musical organization. the members OF
which have recently received new I'M
iforms and will present a fine appear
ance After playing during carnival
week in Phoenix. the band proposes 10
stop at various intermediate points on
their return in order to give high-class
entertainments.
The Tucson band is headed by Prot.
Mariner and is composed almost en-
tirely of juveniles. In this respect 1t
is a novelty and will undoubtedly be
the center of attraction. The boys
make extremely good music and are
deserving of every attention and COM
mendation.
There are other bands yet to be
heard from but the engagement OF
these places the quantity and quality
of band music during the carnival be-
yond question.
a number of answers have been re-
ceived from the various mining COM
panies of Arizona, stating that they
will send specimens of ores for exhibit
ton during the carnival. 1t is the pur-
pose of the association to turn all these
specimens over to the board of trade
at the conclusion of the carnival, so
that a permanent exhibit may be
formed.