Show World (June 1909)

10 THE SHOW WORLD BUFFALO BILL COMING NORRIS & ROWE SHOW TO RIVERVIEW PARK CAUGHT IN A FLOOD N. P. Valerius Pulls Off a Deal Which Astonishes Showmen and Trying Experience of Circus Folks Up in Canada—Show Two Secures Wild West Exhibition for Exposition. Days Late at Calgary—Some Stands Were Missed. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Paw¬ nee Bill’s Far East will exhibit at Sixty-third and South Park avenue (opposite the main entrance to White City) on July 10-13 and will then move to the Riverview Exposition where it will show July 14-18. The experiment of taking as big an enterprise as the “Two Bill’ show to a park will be watched with interest by circus people and there are many arguments which are now being ad¬ vanced in favor of the innovation and many equally strong points which are being brought out by those who do not look with favor on the plan. That Joe Miller, one of the "roprie- tors of the 101 Ranch (a similar ex¬ hibition, though not so large) likes the idea was proven last Saturday when he had a conference with N. P. Valerius, vice-president and treasurer of Riverview, with a view of follow¬ ing Buffalo Bill at that park. If the attendance at Riverview is anything like as large as they adver¬ tise, even half as large as they claim, there is a fine chance for the Wild West to have turnaway business. Out of a crowd of fifty thousand people at Riverview there is little question but that the Buffalo Bill show will prosper, for 10,000 will make Pawnee Bill’s eyes shine with' the pleasure that only big business can give a show¬ man. Just how large the crowds really are at Riverview is a question. The management claims that 153,719 paid admissions were registered at the gates June 6, but that statement is preposterous. It is agreed among showmen that the “ads” would not tell the truth. There may have been 70,000 people there that day; there cer¬ tainly was more than 50,000. It is more than likely that the Two Bill show will make the jump from the South Side lot. to Riverview by rail. Other tented enterprises exhib¬ iting on two lots in this city have al¬ ways made the haul but it is known that Louis E. Cooke, who is general agent and railroad contractor of the Two Bill organization, is dickering with the railroads for this movement. The distance is 18 miles and it would be a considerable haul. The Buffalo Bill show exhibited at Addison and Racine avenue on the north side in 1907, which is about a mile from Riverview. That lot cannot be secured this season. The lot at Diversey boulevard and Southport avenue, which was used by the Ring- ling show last summer, could have been secured but Messrs. Louis E. Cooke and S. H. Fiedler, who repre¬ sented the Two Bills in this transac¬ tion, preferred Riverview. The Addi¬ son and Racine lot is on the elevated line while Riverview is located on sur¬ face lines only and has very poor street car facilities. The first advertising car of the Two Bills show will arrive in Chicago Sat¬ urday. It is in charge of Lester W. Murray, who has about 25 men. Wal¬ ter K. Hill, contracting press agent of the show, is on that car. Riverview has already begun to boom the Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill en¬ gagement in its “ads.” It is probable that the deal calls for the park to do the newspaper advertising. If so the show will profit by this for its South Side date. It is not known what kind of a deal Mr. Cooke made with Riverview. Those who realize the drawing pow¬ ers of Buffalo Bill and the business astuteness of Mr. Cooke are confident that the arrangement is one _ which would make showmen open their eyes. That “Doc.” Valerious, representing Riverview Exposition, has pulled off a “trick” which should make him stand out among park showmen for shrewd¬ ness and sagacity will not be denied by those who are competent to pass on such matters. Messrs. Cooke, Fiedler and George Degnoij (secretary to Mr. Cooke and excursion agent) have desks at the National show print office and Mr. Cooke will probably be here for a month. It will cost the Riverview people probably a thousand dollars to • ar¬ range a lot for Buffalo Bill. The trees will have to be cut on the picnic- grounds for the Wild West must have twenty acres. That Mr. Valerius has confidence in the drawing powers of the attraction is evidenced by his will¬ ingness to sacrifice the trees, which are the delight of everyone connected with Riverview. SAME OLD STORY. St. Cloud, Minn., June 17. Barnum & Bailey have passed up St. Cloud, owing to the excessive license, and will play Little Falls for the after¬ noon only. St. Cloud is heavily billed for the up-river city. Calgary, Can., June 14. The Norris & Rowe circus, which was billed here for June 5, did not ar¬ rive until one o’clock Monday morn¬ ing and exhibited here on June 7. A genuine hard luck story was told by the people with the show. The show exhibited at Salmon Arm on June 2 and started for Revelstroke. About fifteen miles from the second city the train found itself in a flood. The circus people, aroused from their slumbers, found a sea of water and a hundred yards from the track the tree tops just showed out of the muddy water. After eight miles of struggling through the water, the crew decided that the circus train could not make the trip. The train backed out and at one point just crossed a bridge ten min¬ utes before it was swept away. Had the circus been between the two floods and been forced to lay in the middje of the vast expanse of water there is no telling what would have happened. After reaching dry land the engine tried another route, but soon got in the water so far that it was admitted by all that railroading through s6 much water was out of questions' 1 The show missed some stands. It went from here to Lethbridge and made that point on schedule time. Roster of Mackay’s Show. Detroit, Mich., June 16. The roster of the Mackay circus will include Mons. and Mme. Cour- tault, Mabel Hackney, William De Mott, Rose De Mott, Rose Went¬ worth, Robert Whittaker, Maude Bur¬ bank and Aukia Meers, riders and menage horse riders, the De Luxd wild animals, Ranch of the Bar Z wild west, Saunders troupe of Rus-< sian dancers, Oynea troupe of Japsj Ban Abdallah Arabs, Orliff family of Russian acrobats, Himm family, the Ardells, the Frasers, Stallson family, Leftow, McCune Brothers, Charles Lane, Walberti troupe, the Ten Cas- trillos, and Lewis’ military band. JERRY MUGAVIN HAS | TRAINED ANIMAL SHOW. Lexington, Ky., June 17. Justice Bell dismissed the license case against the Howe’s Great Lon¬ don circus management. After hear-, ing the evidence in the case in which Charles Hageman, manager of Hqwe’s London shows, was charged with do¬ ing business without holding a state, license, the court ruled that the man- agement is conducting a trained ani- mal and vaudeville show and not a . circus.—CANDIOTO. BARNUM AND BAILEY v NOT COMING AFTER ALL? Logansport, Ind., June 17, - It looks like Barnum & Bailey were not coming to Logansport after all* Immediately after the Hagenbeckv Wallace show billed this city, Bar¬ num & Bailey started billing “Com- ., ing Soon” but the show is makinf South Bend and going to Milwaukee and cannot' get here “soon” if it is coming at all. — WARD. Got on His Ear. (From Baraboo, Wis., News.) ' Those who have seen the genial showman, Fred C. Gollmar, since last Saturday may draw the inferen<#that he is short of winter wearing and that the supply of ear muffs has been exhausted on account of the con-1 tinued cold weather, and they may) also conclude that he is trying to shut out the noise usually made by an ap¬ preciative audience inside of the Goll¬ mar circus tents, but in either case? the parties would have another-gue^ coming. The muffled ear is the resist: of an accident which befell Mr. Goll-, mar while he was working off a sur-j plus of energy at his home on Satur¬ day. In pushing the lawn mower under a tree a sharp branch got on Freds right ear and when he became untan¬ gled his ear needed the attention of a 1 surgeon. Fred was advised to remain at home, but fearing that the red wagon brigade might questiqg m 5 ! nerve, he started on the road again on| Tuesday to route the Gollmar. He was accompanied by his wife, w| will look after the dressing of tliel wounds until the healing procesjjjis a| little further along. SIZE OF MACKAY SHOW. Detroit, Mich., June If- I The Mackay’s European circus will be a 25-car show, it is claimed,jp e printing is entirely new and is gotten out by the Otis Lithographinf^Ba pany of Cleveland. WHERE TO ADDRESS YOUR CIRCUS FRIENDS Tent show routes. Compiled independently of the circus management. Cut this out and put it in your Route Book. Why pay a nickel for a route card when you can get a complete list of routes in this paper? This list includes every circus large enough to be considered, with the exception of the Howe’s Great London Show. Barnum & Bailey—South Bend, Ind., June 19; Milwaukee, Wis., 21; Tomah; 22; St. Paul, Minn., 23; Minneapolis, 24; Little Falls, 25; Duluth; 26; Grand Forks, N. D., 28; Grafton, 29; Winnipeg, Man., 30-July 1; Crookston, Minn., 2; Fargo, N. D., 3; Dubuque, Iowa, 14; Waterloo, 21; Fort Dodge, 27. Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill—Plattsburg, N. Y., June 19; Montreal, Can., 21-22; Ottawa, 23; Brockville, 24; Kingston, 25; Belleville, 26; De¬ troit, Mich., July 5; Chicago, 10-17. Campbell Brothers—Moose Jaw, Sask., Can., June 19; Regina, 21; Davidson, 22; Saskatoon,. 23; Prince Albert, 24. Cole Brothers—Utica, N. Y., June 21. Gentry No. 1—Cleveland, Ohio, June 21-26; Toledo, 28-30. Gentry No. 2—St. Cloud, Minn., June 21; Little Falls, 22; Brainerd, 23; Detroit, 24; Fargo, N. D., 25; Cassellton, 26; Valley City, 28; Bis¬ marck, 30. Gollmar Brothers—Williston, N. D., June 19; Minot, N. D., 21. Hagenbeck-Wallace—Rawlins, Wyo., June 19; Ogden, Utah, 21; Lo¬ gan, 22; Idaho Falls, Idaho, 23; Butte, Mont., 24; Helena, 25; Missoula, 26. 101 Rranch—Lynn, Mass., June 21; Salem, 22; Waltham, 23; Quincy, 24; Plymouth, 25; New Bedford, 26; Fall River, 28; Brockton, 29; New- • port, R. I., 30; Norwich, Conn., July 1; New London, 2; New Haven, 3. Mackay’s European Circus—Detroit, Mich., June 29-July 3. Norris & Rowe—Cooperstown, N. D., June 19; Valley City, 21; Cas- selton, 22; Lisbon, 23; Oakes, 24. Ringling" Brothers—Springfield, Mass., June 21; Hartford, Conn., 22; Waterbury, 23: New Haven, 24; Bridgeport, 25; Stamford, 26; Glov- ersville, N. Y., 28; Utica, 29; Syracuse, 30; Rochester, July 1; Buffalo, 2; Erie, Pa.. 3; New Brighton, 5. Frank A. Robbins—Biddeford, Me., June 19; Rockland, 21; Bath, 22. John Robinson—Lock Haven, Pa., June 24. Sells-Floto — Palouse, Wash., 19; Lewiston, Idaho, 21; Pomeroy, 22; • Dayton, 23; Walla Walla, 24; Pendleton, Ore., 25; La Grand, 26; Baker City, 28; Boise City, Idaho, 30; Nampa, July 1; Shoshone, 2; Twin Falls, 3; Salt Lake City, Utah, 5. Yankee Robinson—Henning, Minn., June 19. ROUTES OF OTHER SHOWS. Lambrigger Wild Animal Show—Detroit, Mich., May 25-June 19. Parker No. 1—Ottumwa, Iowa, June 14-19; Pekin, Ill., 21-26. A1 G. Barnes—Idaho Falls, Idaho, June 14-19; Butte, Mont., 21-26; Great Falls, 28-July 3. Cherokee Ed’s Wild West—Danville, Ky., June 22. Lachman Greater Shows—Salina, Kan., June 21-26. Smith Greater' Shows—Covington, Va., June 21-26; Montgomery, W. Va., 28-July 3. J. George Loo.s-Shows—Warrensburg, Mo., June 21-26. Johnny J. Jones Shows—Annapolis, Md., June 21-26; Steelton, Pa., June 28-July 3. Gibson Exhibit and Fair Shows—Red Key, Ind., June 28-July 3. Famous Robinson Show—Elyria, Ohio, June 21-26; Wooster, 28- July 3.