Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-28
done by the North Durango grocery

done by the North Durango grocer,
store.
Most of the automobiles in the pa
rade were decorated in a way that re
: Elected great credit on the art ant
skill of their owners. The owners o,
scme of the best decorated mobiles
were: Harry Jackson, Charles Herr
j. A. Clay, The Gallotti Investment
company, the Durango Motor Car Co.
Ed Buchanan, Dave Day, Jake Wilson
II. Clark. There were thirteen in all
Chief Dietrich and his men deserve
a good deal of credit for having the
fire department so well represented
in the parade. The hook and ladder
truck and every wagon and hose cart
they had were we'll decorated with
flags and flowers, and on one wagon
was mounted a fine large picture rep
resenting the department rushing to a
| fire.
One of the humorous features of the
parade was the Brunswick billiard
halls large truck wagon upon which
crowd of young men were playing
pool on a homemade table
But the most typical float of all
was the one representing the Demo-
crat outfit. The rear of the float
was very appropriately equipped with
worn out job press, and the front
Of the concern was well represented
by an empty safe and full whisky
jug. In the center Rod and Gary
were trying to cheat each other out of
few white chips playing poker, and
every once in while they beloved
instructions to Bo Dale, who was seat
ed in corner, writing Democrat edi-
torials. Everyone who saw that float
and who was aware of the vain at
tempts the Democrat has been max
ing to express itself in print, felt that
in this last effort it had succeeded
admirably.
Parade Prize Winners
The judges of the parade were Mrs.
W. G. White, H. l.. Lubers, speaker
of the house for the Seventeenth Cen
eral assembly, who is here from Den
yer, as the guest of Senator George
West, and w. W. Parshall.
Last night was really the beginning
of the Colorado New Mexico fair, al
though the big event was generally
announced to open formally this morn
ing with the parade. Main avenue
looked very handsome with its strings
OF colored lights, its decorations and
rows of tents. Many of the attrac-
tions opened up for business and at
tracted crowd. The United theaters
had a big attendance, the band play
ed, and everybody had good time.
One of the best and cleanest shows
brought here by the Beasly Carni-
val company is the one given by the
Schaller brothers. About o'clock last
night they gave a free exhibition on
the platform in front of their tent at
the corner of Ninth street and the
the crowd that followed them inside
came out well pleased. One of the
boys weighs 1856 pounds and the other
154, but their muscular development
is equal to the famous Sandow's.
Their audience was astonished when
they exhibited the muscles standing
cut like whipcords on their arms,
backs and breasts and their weight
listing and acrobatic feats were great
ly admired.
The boys say that they are ready
TO meet any of our local athletes in
wrestling match, and there is a pros
pect that such match will be ar
ranged before they leave.
Anyone who has never seen glass
blowers at work should drop into the
tent at the corner of Ninth street and
see them work their wonders.
For the best business float illus
trating agriculture by fine display of
farm products, Charles Pearson and
son were awarded a prize. The Gra-
den Mercantile company receiver the
premium for the most artistic float.
Harry Jackson's auto was voted the
best decorated machine and the Du
range Democrat won the prize for the
best comic float. The prizes were S25
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