Show REX 11 II fust nocle moun mountain carnhan to be 1 held at anden utah til SIBS at jelf 0 to ix Ri produced or ibe file great fait alt os i the lh ibm 11 JUT any 1 I 1 to I 1 5 new vw orleans picayune march 29 tile elaborate and splendid celebration of tho the carnival in in new orleane orleans has certainly served many purple purposes the fame of the crescent Creet city haa has pread throughout this country and kalope the pageants pageants have attracted thousands a 8 of 0 strangers citi iene sens of every state in the union ami and exerted a powerful influence from an educational and literary standpoint stando many of the great cities of the united have at different dil ferent timea m e consid ered the feasibility of orli organizing a ni za lug similar celebrations celebration but u up 0 to o quile quite recently no favorable g decision acia ion had been re reached bed by any of them the tile city of ogden in utah ternary Tern Terr bry itry bere here enterprise end and rood good taste dwell together has attracted the attention of hie ilia MAje majesty fity ilex and ball led thi happy to kelech i aa as the I 1 royal 0 I 1 capital of bis his western domain don iain I 1 an and yd T has by and with the consent of his council issued the following edict CAPITAL CITY OF NEW W ORLEANS mardi gras 1890 f t to all our loyal subjects greeting know ye by this royal mandate that we hex king of the car diw do create und r our sovereign power and during true allegiance in in au ili requirements of eute state and pleasure protect and encourage a new dependency to our crown to be hereafter known ae as the kinga ni of the west with capital city located at ogden utah and with faith in in the loyalty and u wisdom worn of our cousin rex II 11 near lo 10 our throne we do invest him with royal pren natives to so rule and fo govern yern with moderation justice and 11 intelligence t el the tile great and loyal sub ejects of our newly created kingdom that air approval and commendation may foj follow 10 W fly the king it REX TA lol 1 II 11 ab official ersy aih ili sol Soc mary rotary so that differing from all other a attempts t outside of new ew orleans to bold a carnival on a grand scale 1 in this in stance the tile selection is made mad e after due consideration and examination by bis his rna majesty jety who e hae have been lathe inthe west for the purpose of a capital city for that vast omain that hei liei between the missouri river and the pacific ocean the tile rocky moun mountains ins is t the e most romantic portion of the united ni d S states and bis lis maie mai estye suba subjects will enjoy and make grand the cooling wing ol 01 ilex rex 11 II inexhaustible beds of iron are in the immediate vicinity of ogden coal gas aad and oil are also found in I 1 large quantities two ners rivers the ogden and weber form a junction there and bountiful bountiful flowing artesian weita wells abound at a depth of 75 feet the fertility and productiveness of the valleys leading to the great silt salt like lake baem are unsurpassed A circle como o 0 the 11 great mining campson camps of viii virginia gi at C city ity and eureka in nevada butte and lillens in montana leadville aspen and ouray in colorado and those of idaho idabo wyoming and arizona has oden ogden for a center park city with a mining population of la only a few hours from the city it t is is here that the tile great ontario mine mine which baa has declared over in dividends dividend ie is located buildings are needed more rapidly than they the y are being built ies and store rooms are crowded money is plentiful and business ie is cooj the streets are thron ged w ith people and the city is is growing for I 1 or scenery and beauty of location aiden is knur passed from the wasatch range of mountains capped with snow in the summer to the blue waters of the lake like no grander scenes exist in in any portion of the united states they too are ae as varied as they are beautiful one can rest in the shade of the wooded copse among the catl canyons where tile finest trout abounds climb hills and mountain peaks bathe in the lake boat upon its smooth bosom visit the island enjoy the medicinal properties of the white sulphur r Ep rings or in a thousand ways find a diversity of amusements ogden is a chosen spot combining as many attractions tr for health wealth and the well being of the human kind as any other city in the united states now that one has a faint idea of what the carnival city of the west is ie like and of the many advantages it has of becoming be comine one of the greatest grea teat centers in in that part of the tile country COD consideration of the pro gramme for the july celebration is is in order on june 30 the crowded city will witness reception of civic and military bodies and distinguished visitors on jolyk I 1 hie ilia majesty rex II 11 will arrive on oa a roal royal train from new orleans accod accompanied palled by bis his elder cousin rex dates dakes of the realm courtiers knights knight 0 and bis big own royal guards special trains train e will follow carrying the soldiery and attendants of the kingdom the monarch his coble noble guest and his suite will be welcomed by a salute of one hundred guns fired by the fort douglas artillery tillery ai stationed on the high points of land near the union depot the royal proc procession will pass the kings own guard I 1 in n review and the city will be surrendered to his majesty by the mayor standing under a triumphal arch erected forthe for abe PU purpose on one of the principal thoroughfares ous ough fares A magnificent daylight pageant geant la is then prom leed tile people ft it will certainly t bo the he finest thing of of the kind ever seen in the west the king will head the procession and aud alter after marching through the streets repair to carnival palace in the evening hie his majesty and hi his 9 chosen queen will hold a grand reception aften alie lie p palace alace the construction of which has already been begun will w ill be of gi gl gantle proportions and handsome del deign A iy ay very attractive feature of ilia celebration is the tournament of knights announced for july 2 it is a pleasing i representation of an era of the j middle ages when chain armor protected the body and the strong lance aa as the valve vulnerable rable weapon of attack in la the days of the olden kings who lived in their respective castles and dallied tl liel forth to attack or retreated behind drawbridge or castle walls when too closely pressed the knights of the crusade became roving monarchs south of the med and went to redeem the tile giloly holy land from the vandal touch of the tile barbarian it is an era of romance on winch which the brush of the painter and the pen of poet yet loyc love to linger since the days of da de lion L on knighthood has 1 gradually faded away ay as a dramatic figure from the field of battle but in mimic royalty and knightly dash it is leaie a to live again in parts of 0 spain nd in 1 eom of the south ra elates states bogden it will be represented in very cry c elaborate la borate form the knight in froat of mail in helmet and in armor in all things regal and dramatic alln n apse or horsemanship and accuracy K of the liow lance will revive tho the traditions that cluster around the era immor sliced by sir walter 8 ott the tournament ourn ament will take place at 2 to clock in the afternoon on washington n avenue spats for 10 e cepec c gators will be arranged on both arde addea I 1 the street beginning at the curb cetone and receding in twelve tiers taking ap the sidewalks the listfon list for ithe tile tournament will bo be 02 feet wide and about 50 feet long king rex 11 II will w preside seated on a lofty throne feland and bis his marshals mar ehala will conduct the en through the royal trum i peters the knights entering the con test eel will wear coa coet umee in accord with 10 the period and nationality they represent and will be masked each k knight i g bt will have as nany re tl aler lainee er ae as he 11 might desire the tile one who bo wins wine the victory before eo so vast an aa as that which will be in attendance will make no lesa less renowned the ledy y of f hie choice go feet lie lays the trophy of hie his skill and makes her queen of the thorna i ment but a werd word or two about ogden would not be out of place jaet just here the scene of the approaching festivity is about halt way war between omaha and sail san francisco and miles west est of denver it is the first city west of denver ft vi here all the railroads traversing the mid middle a part of the united states come together and it has now reached that importance as a railroad center eliat ell all the railroads building id iii the territory to make it their terminus the roads running into ogden are the utah central the denver and wo rio grande tho thil aden n and park city ilia union pacific the utah and northern the oregon ajor 1 I 1 ne us the central pacific and the ogden and syracuse and tit I 1 reach roach any part of 0 the united sates S ates tea the common of oregon wa hing ton idaho montana wyoming colorado CF nevada and california can empty their in into to oden 1 in less leas than 10 0 hours for it fotty odd years the mormon inhabitants abi tants who have been educated to bo be an agricultural people have been making irrig alon ditches and tilling the soil of that election section itis only in utah that the beautiful agricultural scenes of new england are reproduced in the west within a radius of 72 miles of ogden there is an agricultural a i cultural population of peo P apte the city itself is grow owl in ft rapidly idl and has a pop population ulata of it is situated near the shores of the great salt lake and the wasatch range of the form a background in the rear of the city the contest will be open to all and knights from the south specially spec laUy are expected to take part any inquiries addressed to 0 o the military department of his 08 majesty jest 55 Ca street thi this to cit cily i Y wilt receive att attention elltion captain C 11 II al isaacson ot of the washington artillery who has been seen the costumes hat that win will be worn at this tournament and that have but recently arrived from paris says that they are of very rich fabrics and magnificent ent in design A ball at the palace will close the third days festivities july 3 Shaa has been riven given tot to the a military and the pro gramme will wil R be prepared pa red by the officers of the various 0 commands o man ds participating in tho the affair the tile national guards of the states adjoining utah and several companies ot of the regular army will tio doubt attend the troops will be reviewed by the king and a military ball end the pleasures of the day the glorious fourth of july will be tile most moot attractive day of the gay season A mystic pageant oa geant appearing on the streets shortly after sundown sundi wn will portray r tray some interesting subject and dazzle bazzle razzle and delight the admiring crowds that throng the city no further disclosures will be to made in advance as to the character of 0 the p procession oce i n the came fame rule in this respect t to being 1 g followed for the capital 5 city t Y of the he west aa as is observed in in N new orleans it is safe however to predict that no such sight eight will ever have been witnessed before outside of 0 the imperial city of the be south the ball that is to th follow the pageant nt will take place in the carnival palace the floor at af which aich will dance I 1 couples and around it in the shape of an eclipse will be an am alphi pit I 1 theatre with seats for the a accommodation of people the king and queen will unmask at midnight as well as all other persons present the queen will have maids of honor sel selected acted from lie ilia moat most beautiful women in the country when the royal family assemble in their palace in their capital city of the west it will ill be one of the grandest gal aies of loveliness the eye of mortal man banever ever feasted on the closing ceremonies of the carnival will take place un on july 5 the gentlemen in charge of th the 0 arrangements range ments for this gorgeous try are doing so simply through love orthe of the romantic end and pride of enterprise that every now and then marks the tile american citizen as the architect of unusual situations and surprises and now original in thought ought th and bold in execution a few men with money and enterprise taste tas e and culture cultore propose the rocky mountain carnival to last one week any day of which would make a huge entertainment the he beauty all of wyoming nevada Ne vaIa idaho colorado ol orado california the coast aang the puget sound and pacific Slope will be present to pay allegiance to to the to court of hex rex 11 II it is to be to hoped d that the beautiful women of the south t it will not allow their golden laurels so fairly bonto won to pass from them into other bands hands and that the land of the palmetto ill be creditably represented |