The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-01-03
king CARNIVAL
HOLDS TRUCKEf
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TRUCKEE, Cal, Jan. 3.-There
will be no gayer place in the west
through the first month of the new
year than n this city during the pro.
gress of 'The Fiesta of the Shows,
and it is safe to say that nowhere on
the continent will greater variety
of winter sports be witnessed than in
this snow bound town the high
Sierras. Truckee will this year take
its place as the pre-eminent center in
the west where every conceivable
form of outdoor winter enjoyment
may be hads
| Not in years has the city made such
preparations to receive its winter
guests and never before have the ar
rangements been made on so large
scale. Back in the early nineties
there was an ice palace here, but
the efforts then have been entirely
eclipsed by the outlay in money and
ingenuity this year. tThe Fiesta of
the Shows was designed to break
ali records and it bids fair to do so.
The transcontinental traveller gazes
in wonder from the ear window as the
train pauses here. Far up on the
mountain side he sees what at first
seems to be gigantic Christmas tree.
The limbs of noble pine are picked
out in glowing lights of red and
white, the official colors of the fiesta.
Standing alone on the hillside and
pointing seventy feet into the sky, it
is more sublime Christmas tree than
any ever dreamed of in the nursery.
This tree, with its blazing lights,
speaks the spirit of the carnival It
stands not far from the ice palace
where again great clusters of colored
lights form a constellation in the
winter night.
Leading from the ice palace long
line of lights marks out the course of
the toboggan up the side of the
mountain. Here is where some of the
gayest sport is to be had both night
and day; parties being carried by
steam power to the top of the slide
several hundred feet high. In the ex-
hilarating rush down the incline they
are carried far out onto the meadow
a. the bottom of the valley.
Along the sides of the hill are also
the courses for the ski-runners, one of
the iHOst cANitiHS VI WlHtci
sports. During the fiesta some ski
jumping contests will be held here,
participated in by few of the most
expert ski-runners of the United
States, Canada and Europe.
Skijoring, sport much in vogue
a. st. Moritiz, the famous winter re-
sort of Switzerland, will also be in
evidence here and it promises to fur
nish excitement of the keenest sort.
Tn this game of the ice the ski-runner
drives horse, generally on a level
ice field. Races between contestants
are to be one of the big features of
the season.
In the ice palace itself there will
be several forms of diversion at once.
The big skating rink, one of the
largest of its kind in the world, will
here be the main attraction. Sur
rounded by the ice wall of the palace,
glowing with a myraid lights, and to
the rythmic swing of the orchestra,
hundred skaters may circle at once.
At the same time and to the soft re-
Trains of the Hawaiian orchestra,
dancers may "turkey troto in a cozy
ball room adjoining.
Besides a well equipped cafe and
restaurant there will be huge loung-
ing room in the palace where mas
sive fireplace will give forth cheer
and where light refreshments will be
served.
In spite of all the attractions,
however, the management has laid out
great expense on yet one other form
of enjoyment in the open and it is
doubtful if this will not prove the
greatest of all.
This is the facilities that have been
provided for enjoying the wonderful
sleighing that exists in the Sierras in
winter.
To this end nearly fifty splendid
driving horses were procured in diff
ferent places in California and Neva-
da and a fine array of cutters and
sleighs of all descriptions, ranging
from the simple cutter to the big bob
sled capable of carrying twenty peo-
pic and to be drawn by six horses.
The equipment in harness with the
gay decorations of red and white
plumes, the outlay in good horse
flesh, the big bobs in red and white
of money.
Inc cH'tt sleiSHlHg TRIP VI lHtt'cst
will be the journey up Truckee can
yon to historical Donner's lake, which
besides being a beautiful place in its
silent garb of winter, bears a fateful
historical interest as being tha last
stand of the Inflated Donner expedi
tion in 1S47, when 40 out of so people
perished in the deep SHOWS.
According to advance reports from
coast cities and Nevada towns there
will be many expeditions and parties
to attend the carnival during January
and February. Many clubs and lodges
of California are planning to come in
body, and the management of the
carnival has already fixed dates lor a
number of special events.
| Albert Axt, teacher of the Willow
Creek school, who spent the holiday
vacation in Winnemucca, returned