The Glenwood post., 1905-06-24
FESTIVAL WAS
GREAT SUCCESS
Eighth Annual Strawberry Day
Goes Into HiStOry----Bie feed
and Free Swim We're
Leading Attractions
MUSIC AND DANCING GALORE

Glenwood' $ eighth annual Straw
berry festival held last Saturday was
a hummer, and easily demonstrated
the great popularity of the most sue
cessful festival event now in vogue in
Colorado Many towns much larger
than Glenwood have instituted spe-
cial fete days only to be obliged to
abandon them after two or three
y ars' effort while other festivals are
continued with but Indifferent success.
but Glenwood why Glenwood's
great Strawberry feast is always a
success. There is a reason for this
The people enjoy coming to Glenwood
and partaking of her attractions and
the entertainment furnished by the
committee. This condition is the key
to the success of Glenwood's annual
fete.
The fact that the attendance from
nearby towns was very small was
more than compensated by the splen-
did delegations furnished by Aspen,
Grand Junction and Leadville. espe-
cially the former. making the entire
attendance almost equal to former
years while the merchants almost
without exception claim that the com
mercial results were better than ever
before. Thus it is claimed that the
visitors were better spenders than
those of former years. However, the
results of the event are most crafty
ing to all our citizens.
The special trains from Redstone,
Aspen, Leadville and Grand Junction,
each bearing the local band, brought
crowds of visitors such as those towns
have never contributed before. They
were all escorted up town by their
bands which later in the day under
the direction of E. l. Peisar were sta
toned in different localities to furnish
sweet music for our many guests.
The famous Redstone band under
the leadership of Prof. l.. E. Lanzi
was an especial attraction and the ar
tistic skill which they displayed in
rendering "The Holy City," The
Nightingale, and other selections
brought them more than ordinary ap-
plause from the people.
Professor Boyer's twenty piece
Grand Junction band was another de-
lightful attraction as was also Schill-
er's orchestra of Leadville which fur
nished splendid music at the opera
house while the hungry reveled in
Strawberries and cream.
A special feature of the day and one
not heretofore included in the arrange
ments was the work of E. L Peisar
and included miniature park in
which were many mountain animals
showing the skill of the taxidermist'
art while at one end of the enclosure
stood the tree from which Terrible
Teddy shot his first bear and Peisar
insisted on Jake Borah beng here to
identity that tree, which he did.
Under the tree was live bear in
cage while in its branches were seated
two baby cubs mounted by local taxi
dermists These with the bobcats,
coyotes, mountain lions, deer and elk
placed about the little park drew
big crowd from morning till the close
of the day.
The big feed at the opera house and
the swim in the big pool-both free
attractions, we're literally patronized
and greatly enjoyed by the visitors.
The free outdoor dance in the evening
was another attractive number on the
program and when the big canvas was
spread at the intersection of Eighth
festoons of bunting and the profusion
of vari colored electric lights, the
square was filed, almost at the first
note of the music and there was no
lack Of dancers from that until the
music ceased near midnight.
At three clock in the afternoon
special train on the Midland brought
in an excursion of 100 Iowa school
teachers enroute to the Portland fair.
Upon the suggestion of Mayor Parki-
son, these were piloted to press head
qu arters at Odd Fellows hall where
they we're made to ENJOY GlenwOod's
hospitality and all declared that the
treat of strawberries. cream and cake
to say nothing Of the punch-was a
surprise which they would remember
as one of the plea experiences
of their entire journey. In order to
make 1t impossible for them to forget
us the committee then conducted the