The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-31
High Dive Will Open the
Event at 7::3O.
ATTRACTIONS ARE ON GROUNDS
Tomorrow Night. Miss Wuesteney
Will Be Crowned With
Ceremony.

At 1880 o'clock this evening the
midsummer carnival given under the
auspices of the Walla Walla Military
band will open. At that hour Mr.. Mat
Gay will make his initial bow to the
people of Walla Walla and dive from
a tower 100 feet high into a four
foot tank of water. This thrilling
event takes place in front of the Ro-
man stadium and marks the opening
of the carnival and the commence
ment of all the shows under the man
agement Of the Southern Carnival
company, which has been engaged
by the band to furnish the amuse
ments for the week.
The work of placing the thousands
Of electric lights throughout the car
nival grounds is completed and ey-
erything is in readiness for the big
event There will be lights every
where so that night will be as bril-
liant as day. A large arch has been
constructed at the main entrance to
the grounds. which will be profusely
lighted with electricity, and the en-
tire length of Second street from
Main to the grounds has been strung
with hundreds of incandescents.
The carnival company arrived this
morning from Spokane in its special
rain Of nineteen cars and work of
unloading and placing the tents and
booths in position was commenced
at once. The work was carried on
until late this afternoon before every
thing was in place for the opening.
The carnival company is under the
personal supervision of Nat Reiss,
and is composed CT over three nun
dred people.
Mr.. Reiss said this morning: 1--WE
believe that We have the largest and
best attractions of any carnival on
the road, and We guarantee to he
people of Walla Walla that when they
view our shows they will witness
many featUrC2 that they have never
seen before. NJ the shows are clean
and moral and any lady in the land
can go, as we will not tolerate a
single act that would offend anyone.
We have fifteen attractions, chief of
which is the Roman Stadium, where
the queen will be crowned tomorrow
evening. This place of amusement
is the pride of our shows and the
class of entertainment provided here
is the best in the land. The other
shows include the American theater,
''Dreamland," the "Old Plantation"
dog and pony show, animal show,
Lolita the fire dancer, Electric thea
ter Venetian glass palace and
"Easua the Phenomena" In fact we
have many different kinds of enter
tainment to please all classes
On Tuesday evening will take place
the great event of the week-the
browning of Miss Charlotte Wues-
teney as queen of the carnival. The
ceremony promises to be gorgeous
and imposing affair and the manage
ment claim that it will srrpass any
thing ever seen in Walla Walla.
The Walla Walla military band
has worked hard to make the carni-
val a success and it has been its aim
to give the people of Walla Walla
as fine an entertainment as money
could procure. This organization
has expended great amount OF
money on the affair and they feel
that their labors will be crowned
with success. After Monday evening
The carnival will be opened both in
the afternoon and night, the after
noon entertainment beginning at 2
o'clock ad the evening performance
at 100.