The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-11

w in ever-ncreasing numbers witness the festival
OF fun at Blackfoot, and have successfully OBJ
served the nnteen Don'ts which we published week
ago for the prevention Of accidents at the carnival and
which reprinted in column four Of page two of this
: edition, and
WHEREAS people pronounce the festival a scream
of delight from the start and hope will continue so to
the finish, and
WHEREAS the Indian dances were DELAYED and did
not get into operation until Wednesday evening and are
now in full swing, and
WHEREAS the free dance committee had troubles Of
their and allowed the dancing street to get filled with
and did get cleared all on Tuesday night as
expected and disappointed the dancers for the evening and
WHEREAS his Royal Nibbs and our Royal Imps,
Forest Kennedy and Mer Boyle have undertaken to clear
the way for masquerade ball for Friday night and pro-
pose clear the and keep clear and to clean and
file Oft the rough places with their nail files something and
fill in the dents with imported from the moon and to
do these said wonders with their hands and those they
hire, and
WHEREAS the rest Of the fun1nakers have given
their permission and have told them to go to it,
NOW, therefore, /, the Royal Gink, congratulate all
my people upon their dispositions and unity Of pur
pose and the patience of the public in waiting till Friday
night to dance, and urge them continue to practice the
nineteen donts printed page two and to get their
systems full of fun at the carnival Thursday evening so
they spare Friday evening Ito witness the thing con-
nected with the masked ball in the open air known also
the Mardi Gras (graw). 1t also commanded that
they remember that the Bacot round up closes on Fri
day evening and the carnival and Indian dances close on
Saturday evening.
!, your Royal Gnk, congratulate the weather clerk
his having gotten the storms of his system last week
50 he could give such perfect festival days and fine nights
this week Because of his good behavior and kindly CO.
operation invite his Weathet cekhp+o be present at the
Mard Gras and to costume of his own selection
so 1T be dry garb, and promise him that the people
will all rise and bow low and cheer when he passes thru
the gate into the dancing park part of the grand march
1 your Royal Gnk, desire inform all my good peo-
pie that on Friday evening" the eleventh. the known
as Pacific, from Main to Broadway will be blocked to the
traffic by slight signs sufficient for oblgng people and
permitted to tread upon from curb to curb un-
less they costume and mask It matters not what
the costume where they get it, whether the mask any
thing but piece of cheese cloth covering the face or
whether they get the full outfit from Mrs Connolly the
Salt Lake al No sixty West Pacific street whose
office will be open all day and all evening, Thursday and
Friday The dancing privilege will be free all maskers
who dance and make all the fun they can in proper and
innocent ways Five floor managers will be on duty with
instructions to- the dancers see that none but
maskers enter the dancing park. To discourage fun
makers from offending.
The musicians will take their places on the bandstand
at S5s and the music begins nine. The masers will as
sembe as early they wish in the westerly end of the