The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-17

in charge the task of providing a de-
hghtfUI entertainment for those who
attend. Some unique and jolly features
are planned. At the meeting, too, the
officers and members of the Wards
of the Wizard will outline their plans
for the big carnival for next summer
and viii receive suggestions from their
guests.
The present plans for next summers
carnival contemplate a jolly festival to
last one week. This week will include
July 24, Pioneer day, which will be the
feature day of the week and for which
elaborate festivities are planned. The
Wizard of the Wasatch will arrive in
the city on the opening day of the
week, and will reign during the week
On the final day of the big festival
he will be unmasked and his identity
revealed.
The carnival planned for Salt Lake
will be the first of its kind ever held
in Salt Lake, and one of the most bril-
liant affairs ever held in the west. It
gill rank with the Mardi Gras of New
orleans, the Priests of Pallas of Kan
sas City, the Yelled Prophet of St.
Louis and the Ak-Sar-B Ben of Omaha.
In order that the carnival may be as
much of a success as it is hoped that
it will be, preparations are begun thus
early for the big event. The carnival
will be under the direction of the
but in the work of planning and eXecut-
ing the details of the festival all of the
people of Salt Lake and of the state
will be expected to cooperate.
The carnival which will be held here
next summer is the result of the con-
vention of the United Commercial
| Travellers held in Salt Lake in the sum-
meT of 1905 SDlendid entertainment
a carnival was provided for the travel
ing men. They were greatly delighted
with the entertainment and immedi-
ately began boosting for Salt Lake,
The effective advertising given the
city by this little entertainment salts
fled those who had charge of it that
an annual carnival on a more elaborate
scale would be an effective way of aid
ing the progress of the city
Some of those most interested in the
plan met year ago and began to make
plans for a carnival for this summer.
They decided that the carnival should
take the form of annual visitation from
the Wizard of the Wasatch. the ruling
spirit of the mountains and valleys Of
cave in the mountains once a year and
come into his most pOpulOus city and
there reign for a time.
The First Visit.
Though the first visit of the Wizard
was of an informal nature the show
ing made, especially considering the
! lack of time for preparation, was de-
cidediy creditable. Harry L. A. Gull
mer, the famous artist, made an ideal
Wizard, and his address was dignified
and eloquent. The parade, which con-
sisted of mounted and masked horse
men, was an excellent one. The entire
affair was a very pretty pageant
Immediately after the first visit of
the Wizard of the Wasatch it was de-
cided that the annual carnival should
be made a permanent institution. The
Wards of the Wizard of the Wasatch
began to perfect their organization,
and they will this week file their ar
ticles of Incorporation.
James G. Ledry, whose connection
with similar carnivaIs both in Salt
Lake and elsewhere makes him the
ideal executive head of the carnival
is president of the Wards, 3. F. Red
man is vice president; George W. Cod
dard, secretary, and S II. Love, treas
urer. On the board of governors are
II. Vance Lane, formerly member of
the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben of Omaha
Fisher Harris, w. A Leiblein, Z. f.
COlburn. D. G. Bolton, J. r. Duck
worth W. Z. Bailey, DR.. Ned Hewett.
w. S. MEGA Shy. II. L. A. Gunner and
sam c. Park. All of the officers and
members of the Wards of the Wizard
are satisfied that the carnival of next
summer will be a great success, and
that as permanent Institution the an
nuaI carnival will contribute much to
the future progress of the city and the
state.
Tentative plans for the carnival of
next summer have already been made.