The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-10-20
STREET CARNIVAL
ENLIVENS THINGS

The Arnold carnival attractions
were here last week under the auspices
of the Hood River Band and held forth
for four days and nights with several
shows and side attractions. Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday the aggrega,,
tion failed to create much OF a STIR ana
little money was made until Saturday
afternoon and evening when the
crowds came in from the valley and
the shows made a good cleaning. The
share of the proceeds to the band boys
was about S400 and they will net about
$3.50 when expenses are paid. Inc
musicians organization was given the
use Of the streets by the city and they
turned them over to the carnival out
fit for Is per cent of the show receipts.
The usual crowd of fakirs was on
, hand besides the shows. The carnival
was rather tame affair compared
with that it is in wide-open we towns.
On the whole, the affair was very,
orderly. The officers kept firm hold
on things nipping anything, which
bordered on roughness in the bud and
in number Of cases not even wait
ing for the bud
A mix accurred among the coons
in the Old Plantation show and there
was some razor play. After few
hours in Jail the offending negro was
glad to take the first train.
The balloon man made a couple OF
ascensions which lwere successful IN
every detail while tight wire artist
also caused a Stacking up in the re-
spiration .of the Eopen faced crowd; A
bunch Of COW punchers came along
with the shows from The DalIes and
attempted to put on wild west per
formance, but the ''broncks" had been
busted Ebefore, and were too tired to
perform for the edfication of the vii
iage tenderfeet. 1t seems that the
packing house had used up all the pro
missing steers and there was nothing
doing in the roping and tying line.
Something more than lukewarm was
promised in the circus tent Friday
night when couple Of disciples OF
Jack Johnson were going to punch one
another for so cents head from the
spectators. There seemed little danger
that any one was to be hurt, but the
city officials took no chances and the
scrap was called off.
The dog and pony circus, always a
big attraction for the youngsters, was
one of the biggest drawing cards
which the Arnold people brought this
wear. The old reliable merry -go-round
with reinforced music box drew
forth the nickles. More than 42O(
people rode on the dizzy machine Sat.
urday. Another stunt which disheo
out dizziness at ten cents whirl was
the Merry Widow Cottage, which is
squeakier than ever and got just as
many human squeals from its victims.
The Hoyt Vaudeville were said By
some to be good. The Electric
Theater put on moving picture show,
a butterfly dance and promised to have
a couple Of pairs of red shoes dance fol
twenty minutes. They did perform
their act and we're not half as tired al
the audiene at the end Of the period
The Old Plantation Show was differ
ent, but worse than ever. 1t did no
veen have the redeeming feature o
brevity which was a great help t.
some of the shows. The Glass Blow
ers were on the job again this year.
A new feature of the Arnold show
this year was the Aeroplane. 1t wa
very interesting exhibition of
flying machine. The man in the avia
tor clothes had very good story t
tell, and by running the motor a fey
seconds, filling your eyes with dus