The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-13
BALLOON wRNT UP.

BALLOON WENT UP.
And Came Down = Brass Band and
Special Trains The w. o. w.
Carnival.
Corvallis is having its w. 0. W.
carnival, The show began Wednes-
Srlay afternoon. and is to end at II
O'Clock this Saturday evening. The
chief feature is the Arnold show
which serve to attract mu1titudes OF
epeople. Ever since the arrival of
the latter the town has been full
of strange faces. The rains of
Thursday served as dampener on
the attendance during the day, but
in the evening the crowds in the
xcarniva1 grounds were far larger
than on the opening evening. 1t
is probable that, rain or shine, the
attendance today will be by far the
greatest of all. 1t is to be hoped so
for the sake of the Woodmen, who
have expended much time. labor
,and trouble in an effort to
make the affair a success.
The carnival opened We'd
nesday afternoon with a
parade that occupied several
blocks. 1t consisted of Woodmen
of the World, uniformed and other
wise, of the queens carriage, the
Philomath and Bel1fountain brass
bands and the movable features of
r the Arnold shows. The route was
north On Third south on Main, out
to Fourth and thence North and
west on Madison to the Carnival
grounds on Sixth. There in a
mammoth tent, occurred the cere-
mony of crowning the queen, the
presentation to her of the keys and
hospitality of the city, all witnessed
by tent full of people, after which
occurred the regular performance
of the Arnold shows.
A parade programmed for Thurs
day afternoon, in which Woodmen
and the cadet battalion were to take
part, did not take place on account
of the muddy condition of Main
street. The day brought special
train from Dallas and Monmouth
drawn by the little motor locomo-
tive used on the Independence and
Monmouth railroad. It brought
about fifty people. In the early
evening another special arrived
from Albany, bringing a1arge num-
Der of people. The arrivals to-
gether with townspeople and visit
ors from the country filed the big
tent Thursday evening and the
shouts Of vendors, ,murmur of con-
versation, the playing of bands, the
Turkish bagpipes and drum and
a thousand other noises made a
babel of sounds which carried out
with precision the carnival idea
During the evening occurred the
competitive drill by the Woodmen
teams, won by the delegation from
Monmouth, over the Corvallis men
as close second. The judges in
the contest were Captain Hardin,
commandant at OAC, and Captains
Beattie and Johnson of the cadet
battalion.
Yesterday the attendance was the
largest of any Carnival day. The
weather was more favorable, and
many people were in from the
country. In the morning occurred
the balloon ascension, which was
very successful. The balloon with
Prof. Miller in the basket, rose
swiftly from the Carnival grounds
shortly after II O'Clock. 1t rose
steadily on slightly easterly dir
ection until it attained an elevation
of 3, 900 feet. At point that
seemed almost directly over the
Whitehorn block on Main street,
the parachute was cut loose and
balloon deserted by the aeronaut.
The parachute quickly filed, and
the descent was easy. graceful and
successful. It moved in several
directions as it came down, and
seemed to be under the control of
the ba1loonist. 1t finally landed in
the street near Abbots barn, two or
three blocks north of the business
portion of town. The event was
witnessed by vast crowds, who
formed a dense mass around the
carnival grounds, and occupied van
tage points on the roofs of build
ings in various parts of town,
The carnival comes to an end
this Saturday evening. The
day is expected to be by far the
greatest one of the carnival.
At the carnival grounds the Ar
mold shows offer much to interest.
There IS a huge Ferris wheel, a
merry go-round, main tent in
which there is platform on which
acrobats. trapezists aid wire rope
people do difficult stunts. besides a