La Junta tribune., 1916-04-29
AFTERMATH or CARNIVAL.
People Like 70 H. ldnnhasscd Oc.
casi0aally. ard tlhe Carnival
Provided the Oppostunlty.

$soAsSees4A1e esa 34~G 49, w.
Provided tlse Oppostanlty.
The carnival has come and gone
but II is BY no means forgotten. In
the minds Of many La Junta citisens
the carnival still rankles. and In or
der to give expression to this feeling
the Tribune has interviewed number
Of business men to ascertain their
opinion In regard TO the matter.
Few Of our leading citissns feel
that any means should b taken to
force carnivals 70 remain away from
La Junta. Az one leading business
man said. The people like to be
humbugged every little while and II
they can't get humbuggsd 1t home
they are likely 70 20 some other place
70 satisfy their dssires."
with only . very few exceptions.
business II L. Junta was not In any
way stimulated. Come nsrchants
noted . decided depression: some
could 80 no differsacs. and some re-
port . slight increase. Il b gsneral-
y felt. however. that the carnival
took away lot Of money that other
wiss might have been put to better
usss..
Some merchants in particular bsar
cossiasrabls snimosity to The Camp
bsll Shows. Accordins 70 their stor-
iss. representative Of he shows 20
licitsd them for advertislag II the
shape Of signs 70 be displayed In
prominsat places. Il was promised
that no other FsOrsssatative Of sim
liar liAs Of businsss would ~ given
~ sdvertissnsat and also that all.
or Il least sqns Of the goods ussd by
the carnival, oe the Kind handled By
the advsrti3eH Aeuid bs puscAassd
Of the merdAstt vhsa he sisns
wsrs put -. hovev6ts uelfybedy had
bsea given chance 70 adtesslss aud
some Of ths merchants ~ hat the
carnival did ~ buy . nieksl's worth
Of goods Of -.
rAsse = ~ - - tqaasss
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hewsvse. sWhIDe ~ df1 (s6i2-GiG
veil stove ~ avs6aos e sseh aE-
fractions. yst there vas sothing W.
lifting about II Gambling. In direct
violation Of the state Law. Was car
rled on. which would not have been
tolerated In . single place Of busi-
ness In Ia Junta. Gambling. to-
gether with the scantilx clad girls
and various freaks Of nature. calcu-
lated 70 pander 70 the morbid curl
osity with which all of Us are moro
or less afflicted. formed about all
there was 10 attract the people.
The only rsdeeming feature Of the
carnival was the fact that II gave the
baseball boys IN opportunity TO raise
. small amount Of money. The team
certainly deserves the support neces-
sary 70 keep Il In the race and "
other means Of securing funds had
been more responsive II In possible
that Il would not have been neceas-
ary 70 seek the assistance Of the car
nival.
Indeed this IL probably the only
reason that the shows we're allowed
to come. for there has long been .
feeling amons IL Junts's better citi-
Gems that such attractions DO not add
70 the we'll being Of . community.
The council on IL own rssponsibili-
y would hardly allow . carnival To
show In this city. They csrtainly
would not II there seemed 70 ~ any
decided opposition 10 H.. However.
when pssilios comes to the council.
With 10 organissd opposition 70 Il.
that body csnaot but believe that the
pstition II the sxprsssioa of The Will
Of the psopls. which thsy srs bound
70 respect.
n ths psopls DO not vast 70 -.
lsslala another carnival. they musl
NEST III efforts of ~ supDestsss witl
ceel hsadsl bet lsssenias1 lisfsvos,
whlch eas ~ bese ezDeesse1 ~ {
counter petitjoa. ousA . uovensa(
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anonoPa ~ IL anPnlvnln Nhan 400.
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