Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-22
BIG CARNIVAL
HERE IN JUNE
Race Meet in July, Fair in
August.
Almost Continuous Succession
of Celebrations, Conventions
and Public Amusements
During the Coming
Summer.
CARNIVAL.

CARNIVAL.
Decorah promises to be the Mecca of
northeastern Iowa during the coming
summer, for there is scarcely a week
that she will not be the hostess of
many visitors from all parts of this
corner of the state, people of many
different classes, coming here for
various purposes.
The latest attraction to be secured,
and this the biggest ever held in our
city, is the great CIV. Parker Spring
Festival and Carnival, which will
come to Decorah the last week in
June. Mr.. J. A. Darnaby, associate
owner and representative of the COM
pany, was in the city last Thursday
and Friday consulting our business
men in regard to the attraction, hav-
/ ing come here after extended CORES
| pOndence with some of our business
men. A meeting of the business men
and the city council was held at the
city hall on Thursday evening, and
after listening to an hours talk on
publicity promotion" by Mr.. Dar-
naby and the complete explanation of
his enterprise, the purpose, extent and
expense of the same, it was voted to
leave the matter in full charge of a
committee consisting of Ben Bear,
X. 1. Haugen, G. j. Weiser, L. W.
Brunt and H. j. Green, including
Mayor F. W. Daubney.
This committee investigated the
proposition thoroughly that night, and
the next morning in couple of hours
raised guarantee fund of over SO, 600.
which showed that the business men
were enthusiastic in their desire to
close the deal. Accordingly on Friday
afternoon the contract was signed with
Mr.. Darnaby, and the dates set for
June 26th to July 1st, inclusive.
This big weeks amusement is a
novel feature for Decorah, and will
doubtless attract large crowds here
every day. Many of the larger cities
of Iowa and other states hold annual
carnivals of this nature and they have
universally proven to be big successes.
The 9. w. Parker company is the
largest concern of the kind in the
world, the only exclusive manufactory
of amusement enterprises, and its
buildings cover space OF ten acres
at Abilene, Kas. During the past
three years they have had two MONS
ter carnivals on the road, and there
being more applications for dates than
they were able to fill, they are now
building the third one. which will
come here. 1t will be absolutely new
throughout, containing many new
amusement features constructed at
enormous cost. The company is the
only one of the kind endorsed by Dun
or Bradstreet, with which they carry
ratings of $3.50, 900. The new carnival
is being built at a cost of $50, 600. and
it will take % cars to carry it. There
are $50 people in the carnival, and
everything, even to the train, is the
property of the company. They come
here direct from Milwaukee, where
they have been engaged to exhibit
during the meeting of the Head Camp
of the Modern Woodmen of America,
when it is expected that there will be
$50. 900 Woodmen in Milwaukee. The
past three years the company has been
at Council Bluffs, Oskaloosa, Cedar
Falls, Boone, Iowa City, Clinton.
Moline and Burlington. and every
where the show has been accorded
high endorsements from the mayors,
press, pulpit and business organiza-
tions. Several personal letters have
been received from prominent per-
sons in these cities, speaking in the
highest terms of the attraction.
The company absolutely garantees
that the show is clean, wholesome and
contains nothing which can be OBJ
jected to by anyone. No gamblers and
no fakes of any kind are permitted
with the show, and the company
constantly carries with it Pinkerton
detective, whose business it is to
prevent any fakirs following the COM
pany or working in the cities while it
is in progress.
1t is impossible to outline in detail
all the attractions, but it will be n
combination or carnival of wholesome
amusements of various natures. There
will be five free public attractions,
including two open air band concerts
daily by the famous Lombardi's Italian
Band of Philadelphia of thirty pieces,