The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-15
THE FESTIVAL IS OVER
Annual Season of Display and Mer-
ry Making Closes.

FRIDAY evening witnessed the clos
of the 1914 Fall Festival and tn
scheduled historical illuminated pa
geant of the Return of Chief Mahas
ka" was illustrated by a portrayal o
levents which had much to do will
the early history of Mahaska county
The order Of the parade was: Mar
lshal, Max O'Brien, Iowa Brigade
band, and THESE were followed in or
der by Chief Mahaska on horse back
represented by Floyd Thomas, tOgeth
er with his faithful band of Indians
and squaws.
| Following these were the early set
tiers of 1874, represented by the ira
ditional prairie sChooners, Iowa OF
Bust" two in number. The soldier
boys of Co. + were in this section
and represented tne army life OF
those days. In 1886 the Quakers be,
gan to settle in the county and these
were represented by three large fiat
wagons of Penn students in Quaker
costume.
The balance of the parade was
made up of the most attractive
floats which had appeared in the
grand parade of Thursday. Several
of these were prize winners and were
as follows: Victor & Turner's float,
Overland Auto Co, Hamilton & Ham
ilton and Baldauf Rosenblatt Co, and
others.
The line of march was formed on
Market street and turned east on
High avenue to First street, south on
First street to First avenue, and west
on First avenue to South Market ST.,
thus making a complete circuit of
the public square. After reaching
South Market street on the west side
of the square the Indians gave an ex.
hibitiOn of a typical war dance which
involved the capture of a settlers
outfit The west side of the square was
Illuminated by the burning of red
fire and by the new lighting system
about the square.
Prior to the main parade the men,
bers OF Company f gave a vivid rep
resentation of sham battle in whicn
considerable firing and brisk gun
work was manifest. The boys also
gave an exhibition drill which was
of great interest to the crowd. All
sides of the square on both sides of
the streets were packed with people
and these were kept in place by
lOpeS anu SpeCldl "
the best advantage.
There was some delay in getting
the parade started but the crowd and
all were in the best of humor and
very orderly. After the parade was
over, the band entertained the peo.
pie with their fine music until the
festivities of the evening were com.
pleted. Thus ends the Fall Festival
till 1915, and in spite of the handicap
of unsettled and rainy weather tne
festival as a whole has been a great
success and 1t has been attended by
delighted crowds. All departments
were a revelation of the great resour.
ces of Mahaska county. Great in its
moral possibilities and great in its
commercial and industrial future.
Old Mahaska has right to be proud
and long may she prosper.
Most of the Indian costumes and
head dress were furnished by local
lodges of Red Men and Degree Of
Pocahontas, members of which par
ticipated Penn College students
and the high school boys contributed
largely to the makeup of the parade.
Old settler outfits we're contributed
by Buckeye and Lincoln oranges.
Outfits had been promised by several
other oranges of the county, but
these were unable to come on account
of the bad roads. This made impOssi
BILE the staging Of the wagon train
attack by Indians and cut out other
Some of the equipment of historical
character seen in the parade was loan
ed by Phil Kearney Post G. A. r.
The committee responsible for the
evening parade was made up of Max
well O'Brien, chairman, Ewing LOT
land Hassel Hedge and Arthur Wall
ing, and they deserve great credit for
the success of their efforts.