The daily sentinel., 1905-07-31
THE GREATEST
SHOW ON EARTH

Monday, July 81. 1905. viii 20
zosn ln local history as Barnum &
Bailey day in Grand junction.
The greatest show on earth" ad-
Fefilsed for months past TO appear
10 Grand Junction today. has come
mas given its mighty and marvellous
performance. and this afternoon the
great amusement city is being load
Cd onto the trains. and By nightfau
every portion Of the monster tented
city Of wonders and marvels viii
nave departed from the city.
DID the show come up 70 the eL-
pectations Of everybody
Wen, if It didn't, we heard no one
say so.
Not many there are who saw the
performance this morning that doubt
the truthfulness Of the claim that
BaFnum & Bailey have the greatest
show on earth.
yesterday morning at an early
nour many a small boy was seen
vending his way TO the depot yards
TO see If the show trains had arrived.
and not few of the larger BOYS
grown up boys-were out pretty ear
ly also. But the trains were late
getting into town.
The circus gave two performances
in Leadville Saturday. and the first
section Of the four biz sections left
that city some time after midnight.
and shortly before IL O'Clock YES
terday morning this section. carry
ing the monster tents and other
housing apparatus and long cars Of
animals, pulled into the railroad
yards and was welcomed by a crowd
Of not less than 1000 people The
FIRST section was made up Of about
2s or 30 cars Within two hours
the three other long trains had ar
rived and the work Of unloading be- l
gan about noon
The trains were placed on the new |
tracks laid across the site of the new /
depot, and on the second siding north I
Of the old depot.
me hrst wagons reached the show
grounds al the corner Of Twelfth I
street and South avenue shortly after /
noon, and all the afternoon the work 4
OF erecting the monster tents-the I
largest ever made.-placing in DO /
sifiOn the scores Of tons Of parapher- /
MALTA, locating the scores Of animal /
tents, was in progress. By night a /
mighty city Of canvas had sprung up
as If by magic on the erstwhile bar
ren hospital grounds
Thousands Of people watched the
work Of unloading and thronged the
show grounds all the afternoon. see
ing all that was to be seen and mar
yelling ar the perfect system OF work
carried out by the 500 emploves Of
the show Nothing Is more fascinat-
ing or more interesting than the
sights 10 be seen around a big circus.
Every workman with the Barnum &
Bailey shows knows his duty and he
knows it well, and every piece OF
work is done with a neatness and
-apidity that makes the head OF the
onlooker swim.
And now about the crowds.
saturday night people, outside OF
he scores Of homeseekers coming to
he city, came in from neighboring
owns for the purpose Of seeing the
show. Yesterday and last night 9th
sr hundreds came in.
But this morning saw the coming
lf the greatest crowds. Truly an
roads were leading to Grand juno
ion. BY daylight the country peo-
lie from far and near came pouring
INTO the city, some on horseback.
iome in buggies, some in wagons.
ome In vehicles that were original
n their makeup, and many on foot.
Every portion OF the county. every
.ection Of the valley sent in its del
.gation.
At O'Clock the first special train.
.
iyed. il was made up of a long line {
II cars and carried nearly a thou {
and people, residents of Glenwood, Z
iitie, DeBeque. New Castle and ev-
ry little hamlet along that line (
hen came the special from up the
arrow gauge. bringing hundreds Of a
eople from Ouray, Montrose, Hotch- ,
iss, Paopia, Somerset and all the {
owns in that section. The first train .
Hraaf - H. l..
iidland and the Denver & Rio q
irande, while the second was Den {
er d Rio Grande train. The regular T.
morning trains were also crowded Z
'lth passengers for Grand Junction. q
From Fruita came about 200 peo- 4
le. and Green River. Mack and 9TH v
r points west of here sent In many L
eople G
BY O'Clock there were several 4
thousands OF visitors in the city, and
he streets were crowded. Every "
ody was out for a good time and II II
.as goOd-natured, well-ordered d
rowd.
The free performance given on the q
how grounds between s and am u
as witnessed by several thousand u
eople. II was one OF the finest eNhi-
irions Of its kind ever seen in the a
ny and we'll made up for the alb =
-utt VI thhN plu-l4lAt anu luuth~
.issed feature. the colossal mag a
ifcent. glttering. dazzling pageant. n
80 miles in length" o
At O'Clock the doors OF the big y,
lows were thrown open and the big ~
cket wagons We're the centers OF W
IMMENSE crowds for the next hour n
# course the ticket sellers were p.
richly onto their job and the clam "
ring thousands were handled with a.
ise. ~
Reserved seat tickets had been ~
laced on sale at Smiths drug store -,
an early hour and hundreds of -.
sople secured tickets there before y,
ping out to the grounds.
For an hour and half the people ~,
1ured into the main entrance. and.
hen that wonderful and enchanting -
pening spectacle. "The Durbar at ~
elhf." was announced. in the neigh ~
1r hood of $1,000 people occupied IT,
ats in the immense canvas coli
.um. making up the largest crowd a,
lat ever gathered TO witness cir ".
~ performance or any other kind y
entertainment ever given in the 55'l'
~ of Grand Junction N'