Pawnee Bill swooped down on Lewiston Wednesday with a big band of Indians, lots of cowboys and many horsemen of various nationalities. The show is a good one, brimful of action, containing plenty of spectacular scenes, and altogether a wild west show of the wildest variety.

Unlike the usual circus tents, the performance take place in the open, only the seats for the audience being under canvas.

The rain kept large numbers from attending without a doubt, but for all of that the attendance was large and thoroughly appreciative of all the good work.

No part of the entire program was more pleasing than the grand entree in the beginning. It was instructive seeing so many nationalities, while as a scene it was most thrilling. Following this the Mohave Indians gave a representation of the manner in which they cremate their dead, a ceremony weird and strange. Then a cowboy galloped into the arena and showed how the pony express was formerly run. He was a good horseman. Fancy and expert lassoing took up several pleasant minutes.

The best feature of the show was that there was something doing every minute. The horses were all well kept, well trained, spirited and managed.

50 Years Ago, 1954

The curtain goes up today on one of Mother Nature’s greatest shows – positively the last performance in these climes for 197 years – and Lewiston-Auburn residents will have to be up early to have a grandstand seat. A dramatic spectacle will be offered sleepy-eyed citizens between 6:07 and 8:07 a.m., when an eclipse of the sun will take place. At about 7 o’clock local viewers wil be able to see the eclipse at its peak, weather permitting. At this time an estimated 75% of the sun’s disc will be obscured by the moon passing between the sun and the earth. About a third of the world’s population will have a ringside seat to this rare phenomenon.

25 Years Ago, 1979

Royce Jacques of 384 Minot Ave., Auburn, said Friday he is receiving considerable response to his suggestion that individuals join him in putting their motor vehicles away for a week to see what effects that will have on the gasoline service stations.

Jacques had advocated such a move as one of the means of driving down the ever-escalating price of gasoline which now is in this area in the high 80s for regular and in the low 90s for unleaded.