Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-17
CITY TURNED OVER
TO ANTLERED HERD
Business to Be Forgotten
While Big Carnival Holds
the Boards.
SEATTLE HERD COMIC
Whole State From Harvey to Clatsop
and Wallowa to Coos Will Say
"Howdy Papl"
SEATTLE HERD COMIC

After gaining the pinnacle of success
;as fraternal organization and acquir.
ing through diligent labors and insis-
tent efforts a beautiful home and one
of the finest and most completely
equipped lodge halls and club quarters
on the coast, the Cherry City Lodge Of
Moose is not content to cease in its
endeavors to show its enterprise, and
4 is now making elaborate preparations
to hold big carnival in Salem, begin
ming Monday the 10Th, and lasting until
Saturday the oath, of this month. In
other words, the Moose members are
making their first attempt to assist
other organizations in the city to boost
.our commercial interests; it being the
understanding that the lodge is not pre-
pairing the weekend program for any
Financial benefit, but planning to bring
thousands of people to Salem and en-
tertain them royalty at time of the
year when festivities are on the wane
and both local and out-of-town people
are generally anxiously awaiting the
time when they can "whoop Ter up"
again.
Fun and amusement galore will be
the orle' of the carnival week. Rep
sentatives from every Moose lodge in
this state and in Washington, Idaho
and California have been invited to
attend, and the secretary, II. H. Turner,
stated this morning that the brother
Moose can be looked for in great mum
bers from these states. The city coun.
Fell has literally turned the town over
to the Moose for the occasion and
beginning Monday, carnival troupes
and their tents will be located at the
following places On Court street. near
the Chicago Store, near Ray L. Farmer
Hardware establishment, near the Cap.
ital City Creamery, near Wells Fargo
building, near the Moose Hall, Grand
yrOpera House and the Masonic Temple.
The Browning Amusement company,
presenting the latest and some of the
best entertainments in the state at
4 present, has been engaged to fill the
amusement bill for the week. Mr..
Browning, the president of the firm,
states Tat he will give several free
attractions every day and evening and
that he has been successful in securing
special acts for the week. The Moose
lodge first secured a written contract
from Mr.. Browning that all his shows
shall be strictly clean and moral, and
that they must come up to the expecta,
tions in every particular, No fakirs
will be allowed on or near the streets
upon which the shows are to be located
and everything must be in order dur.
ing the week.
Members Enthusiastic
Members Of the different committees
arranging the carnival program, whose
pictures appear in this addition, are
enthusiastically working to make the
X event a grand success, and business men
y generally are lending every encourage
ment to the Moose's efforts. Every
man, woman and child having the we'll
fare Of Salem's commercial and social
interests at heart should join the Moose
in boosting the carnival In case the
week Of entertainment is the success II
is expected to be, the Moose will make
the carnival feature an annual event
here.
Eugene, Albany, Dallas, Portland,
Oregon City, silverton, Seattle and
Roseburg and many other lodges locat-
ed outside Of the state have agreed to
send drill teams and take part in the
exercises Handsome prizes will be Of
fered Tor the victorious teams and the
drills will be held in plain view Of the
public in the streets. Many Of the
lodges have attained great efficiency,
it is understood, in drilling, and the