Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-08
CARS0N'S CARNIVAL OVER.
THE AFTERMATH.
Cleaning up the Town After the Fun.
A Few Kicks and Complaints.


The town yesterday morning would
not have impressed a stranger. Nam
street from end to end was a litter
of paper, old boxes, masks, frag-
ments OF costumes and confetti.
The Capitol square was in the same
condition and the task of cleaning up
the town seemed something too for
midable to tackle.
1t was tackled however. and the work
Of tidying up is going on merrily
The Carnival has been a very sue
point. The merchants and dealers
have all enjoyed an excellent business
and realized a good Investment on
the subscriptions they advanced to the
Committee. Some outsiders came here
and ran coffee lemonade and sand
witch stands and made a fine clean
up. There has been some kick at
this from locol people who did not get
the privilege. They seem to forget,
however, that these privileges were
first offered to the local people and
declined. They simply went begging
In handling so large an affair there
are apt to be many mistakes and er-
rors of judgment and there will never
be such thing as perfect managed
Carnival.
All agree that one error of judge
| ment was in allowing a Chicago drum
mer who had been but a couple Of
weeks in the State to act as chief aid.
Of course Fourth of July celebration
is supposed to be for local people
and the ringing in of a stranger ma
! urally CRATES on people.
! 1t was so in this case 1t was urged
that he represented ham and mac
caroni house in Chicago and took Or
ters for groceries during the Carnival.
This naturally annoyed the local mer-
chant who had subscribed to help
the celebration and he was within the
line of his rights when he registered
a kick at the distinction showed a
stranger. Ii is urged on the other
number of local people. The stranger
was tickled almost to death over the
distinction shown him and as he
didn't allow his horse to step Oh
anybody there is no special harm done.
He was given a gentle horse anu
not allowed to hurt himself. Carson
has always spread herself for he"
guests and always will.
There was nothing gained by al
lowing the exhibition Of Dirty Dora
the woman who walloweG in mud and
ate it for the edifcation of the small
audiences who visited her. The Fourth
is very much in evidence as child
rens celebration ard the spectacle Of
human depravity is not edyfying to
the rising generation. The same may
also be said of the booth where PEG
pie for a trhe We're allowed to throw
rotten eggs at q negro whose head
was thrust through hole in a can
vass. The street was running with
rotten eggs and ladies dresses be
came ruined and there We're manI
we'll grounded complaints relative 20
this disgusting exhibition At the next
Carnival things that give offence to com
mon descency should be cut out.
Experience demonstrates that the
east pOrtico Of the Capitol is the place
for the literary exercises. When Mr.
Key Pittman delivered his Grafton he
vas obliged to face the sun which
was streaming down upon his uncover
ed head.
There should have been some sort
of a canopy to shade the heads O
those who spoke from the platform
and pitcher of ice water would have
been very welcome.
Aside from this. during the exercises
the air was filled with the blowing q
horns. the explosion OF bombs an,
fire crackers and the noise Of thu
small boys. A great deal OF this l.
avoided by selecting the east portic'
! and there is shade and comparative
, freedom from the noise OF main street
: 1t was a matter of general common
!, that Governor Sparks was not invite
to occupy a seat on the platform dur
ing the literary exercises. He shou
have been given seat there, alon
V with his staff.
. This was overlooked and the Govern
= or allowed to stand around as bes
j. he could 1t was an inexcusable breac
It of courtesy and slight to the Chic
l. Executive of the State. Lieutenai
= Governor Allen was treated in n
! / same way.