Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-24
AIRSHIP READY
FOR ITS FLIGHT
This Afternoon And
Tonight Sees The
Opening Perform
Of Big Attrac-
tiOns

From Mondays Daily.
The big Ollepaw fall festival is IN
!, full swing. Led by Mayor T. ]. Phil
lips, both decorated plentifully with
The eolors of the week, the Fifty
fourth regimental band commenced
the weeks celebration this morning
by marching through the business
streets playing sprightly airs.
Kline's aggregation Of shows arriv-
ed in the city yesterday and the nu-
merous tents are being erected at var
ious points in the city today, The en-
gines for the head-on collision also
reached Ottumwa yesterday and the
! track will be completed today.
The final touches to the magnificent
decorations are being added today and
he streets are rapidly filling with peo-
Ajle. With the fine weather prevailing
And the spirit shown by all partici-
ants; everything bids fair for a glor.
tous week OF entertainment.
AirzshiP,s First Flight.
This afternoon all is activity in the
big air dome on West Main street,
where the attendants are getting the
big aiTship ready for it's initial trip
in Iowa Captain Jack Dallas, tha
operator, is little shaky about the
high wind which is blowing but in case
1t dies down little more, later in the
day, the flight will be made before
!. dark.
! The giant balloon, made of oiled
Japanese silk, was inflated early to-
7 day and the mechanism was all tested
SO that no hitch may occur when the
time for the opening of the tent comes
Captain Dallas sits on the triangula;
bamboo frame of his ship, when ir
fight, and from his perilous perch
operates the machinery and rudder
Ii he fishes to soar higher he slides
hack Of the center of the frame
thereby sending the nose of the shiy
up. and If he wishes to descend, ht
! slides forward. The airship will make
one flight each afternoon Of the fes
tival
Sianor Dlablo Ready.
At o'clock this evening Signor D!
ablo, who makes the daring slide fol
life, will give his first performance
\ His long wire was stretched this morn
| Ing from brace erected on the tol
of the Summers building at the corne
of Second and Court streets, dowl
Court street to the corner Of Main
where the big net Is now hung t
catch him at the bottom of the slide
At 8 o'clock this evening Signor Du
yoll, the flaming frebrand, will pull
off his stunt with practically the sam
4 apparatus.
Jumps the Gap.
Signor Tivolli, who makes the hail
raising jump the gap twice day
was unavoidably detained today, an
although he is working hard on hi
Sapparatus and platforms he may no
be ready to show until tonight.
His performance will be given eac
Afternoon and evening and the net
lessary paraphernalia is being erecte
inear the Ballingall hotel. Tivoll
drops down 100 foot incline on hi
specially constructed bicycle leaps
40 foot gap and then alights on hi
8 platform and shoots into a net cree
led for the purpose.
Engines are Here.
The engines arrived at the Burlint
ION round house Sunday and are b,
mg overhauled today and tomorrow
preparatory to the big sma5h-llp !!
which they will participate Thursda
afternoon.
the West End Fair grounds and all
practically In readiness for the reall
biggest single feature of Ollepa
week.
Good Line of Shows.
Two features of the bi
line of shows brought here by tn
Kline festival company are "Th
Model CITY," and aWeadons Zen (
Trained Lions The former will be {
The corner of Market and Sccon
streets an dthe latter near the unio
depot at the corner of West Main an
( Washington streets. Several othe
shows are in the aggregation and wi
i,e erected at convenient places in til
business district.
BY no means the least of the thre
attractions is the aerial athletic pc
former. He will exhibit every afte
hoon and evening at the corner
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