Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-17
To Show or Not to Show
That Is the Question

/ The City Council make the follow
! ing statement to the public:
To the People OF Gardiner:
We would like all residents of Gar
! diner who are interested either Tor or
against having a Carnival in our city,
/ to attend a special meeting OF the
City Council, Thursday evening, Aug
! ust II, at 40 o'clock. daylight say
! ing time, when hearing on the
| granting Of license to the 10y
! Order Of Moose Will be held, and in
| order that all may know the circum-
, stances before the meeting We VIII
give you the facts up to the present
/ time \ gentleman by the name OF
| Carr appeared before the City Council
| MnndaN. August :, and asked for
permit TO run n merry go round,
Ferris wheel and a small circus with
Is cent admission. lie was asked
10y the council If there were any
goods to he sold or any games of
chance and he said absolutely not.
! and was granted a license for one
week for s25 on Wednesday the
9Th. another representative OF Mr..
. Murphy arrived, went to the city
clerk. paid for the license and was
told INST what the license covered,
ana did not mention any other con-
SESSIONS, or that any more had been
added.
when Mr.. Murphy arrived he had
one Of the largest carnivals ever seen
IN Gardiner and began to erect tents
l..
notified the marshal to close up all
places except those mentioned in the
permit. ana keep them closed. That
evening Mr.. Murphy appeared before
the council and asked to have his per
mt EXTENDED to cover the whole Of
his concessions, claiming he was
here at great expense Through
some error of his advance agents who
should have applied for a different
permit, and offering TO give per
ccntage to the hospital or any char
italle organization and also pay
larger license fee TO the city. Mr.
Murphy himself said in answer to
questions that he had added at least
ave concessions, as they call them. to
his o.,tit since he left Sanford, where
he was tho previous week. In con-
suitatIan Which one of our merchants
had with the chairman OF the board
Of sdcCtm.n of Sanford. he gathered
that tney had some misunderstand-
ing th,rc and he claimed 1t would be
sanford last carnival y delegation
from the Merchants Association was
present 10 protest against any exten-
SION OF lis license and1hc city coun-
.,l voted unanimously against il.
Nnw'tno LOYAL order Of Moose have
presented TIC following petition:
To tie Honorable Mayor ami City
Council III the City Of Gardiner,
Greeting:
We the un!el signed citizens Of
Gardiner hereby respectfully petition
Won - author re under the statute.
tho fu exhibition Of The Murphy
shows. On GAYS Wharf Gardiner,
Tor the remainder of this week, under
the auspices of the Gardiner Lodge o.
Nio0s, II Is understood that said
shows complete shall rot be conduct
- in any way in violation Of existing
law
C. W. Manson. Herbert Goodwin,
Charles II Watson. Harold PAUL,
John " Hilbert, Alfred Hall. Harvey
r. Holt James r. Dill l.. +. jack
son Edward Smith. +. G. Meader. s.
Delaware, Charles A. Holt, Frank Is.
Micro. Clement Page, T. 4. Stephen
son NJ 4 FIalaherty, !. G. Harflng-
ton. James II Stonicr, Wallace Ston-
Ter. Ralph : Jackson. James George,
John Noskos. 4 w. Smith. +. l..
Gondspccd. stanley Hartman w +.
Roberts. 9 F. Bailey. A. w Wake
field. n n Davis. F. Dessler, j. NJ.
Miller. W. T.. Burbank, s. G. Decker.
NJ Shapiro, Ralph Mairs by E. Fred
Wchher, A. c. Trecr, Herbert Perry,
\ J Ryam, c. n. Colburn, Fred
CrCsscv. Ioitie Mcclure, II. G. Brown.
+. y. Watson, \. n. Ross. y. J.. Nc
Phce. c. F. TAYLOR. +. II. Willis, Q.
u Clason, II. s. Currier. w. c. Saw
age g. T. Manson, F. H. Woodbury..
5. II. Monaghan, \. f. Fleming, N.