Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11
New Krug Park Thrown
Open to Public This Week
Omaha's Ultra-Modern Amusement Park Ranks With
Best in Country; Thousands of Dollars Expended
in Latest Features for Young and Old.

Next Saturday, May II. will mark
the beginning of the amusement
season at the new Krug park, which
will be thrown open to the public,
for the summer, with the many new
attractions, some of which are
unique in the amusement field.
Improvements and installations in
the park, representing an investment
of many thousands of dollars, are
now nearing completion, and Omer
u. Kenyon, manager of the park,
says that it is hoped to have all Of
these completed during the present
week, excepting the big swimming
pool, which will not be completed
until some time in June. ~
The new features will give Omaha
an amusement park which will rank
with the best in the country. Both
the young folks, who will be par
ticularly attracted by the new big
free playground, and the Older folks,
who will seek diversion>from their
daily grind It the park, will be in
terestcd in the numerous attractions
that have been added to the already
large list otamusements.
Old Mill Is Attraction.
Aside from the big pool, one of the
chief new attractions will be the
Old Mill. Here pleasure seekers
viii be able to take a row boah ride
around 4 half-mile circuit, without
as much as moving an oar. A huge
mill wheel, turning, keeps up cur
rent of water which carries the boat
around this. circuit.
The little folks will have a mod
ern playground all their own in the
park this year. The apparatus for
the grounds, which will be f& free
use, is expected to arrive IN . day or
two. There will be the usual pas
times for the development of sur
plus energy for the kiddies, such as
slides, swings, sand piles, ard other
The monoayer carries its passen-
gers in the suspended aefoplanes at
a radius Of 80 feet. A concrete base
has been. provided for this, beautifcd
with q flower garden, which is now
being put in. The flyer promises
again to become a decidedly popu-
lar feature.
Giant Roller Coaster.
In addition, there will be the giant
roller coaster, than which there Is
no larger, and the Numerous amuse-
ments on the midway. These in
Guide the whilr-o-ball, an automatic
recording bowling game, the fish
pond in which FISH swim around a
circuit inviting visitors to catch
them; wild women" in which the
player attempts to lasso one of the
wild women keeping up constant
walk, and Walking Kelly" In the
last named game. the player at
tempts to knock off the hat OF the
kaiser, the crown prince and several
other characters which are seen In
endless procession. There are eight
figures in all.
The palmistry garden, with from
eight to 10 palpists; the merry-go-
round, which il nowhere surpassed
in size; the dancing pavilion, and
the free acts which will be staged
on the hippodrome platform, are
among the other features, which
form list too numerous to mention
complete.
A bear cage with some members
If the bruin tribe will furnish fur
her diversion for the children.
Provisions have been made this
yssr for a large parking space for
which will be at the
disposal Of autoists visiting the
grounds, free of cost.
The grounds are amply supplied
gith ELECTRIC Light gas, water and