Billboard advertising (Feb 1900)

THE BILLBOARD. Il Money Needed. Oklahoma Fair Men Meet. FAIR NOTES. Toledo May Lose the Ohio Centennial Ex- poxition. Till- liPojcft of celebrating, in 1302. the one liuiKlTciUli jMialwraary of the admission of ' l)lito iirto-Hie Untou scenre Hkcly to be aban- doiiicd by the city of Toledo. Tb* directors „f the oirtcrprtee have for over a year been trying to raise 1500.000 by subscription, wtoieh iiiiTOUiit is necessary before appropriations from the Govcrnmeot amd Staite are availa- ble. AlthotiBh they have worked hard, the IX suits have been notWnB like -what thty simuid have been, or what was expected. The liiiblic do not se«m to be in full accord with the movcmcDt. which probably aitcoumts for ttte fact that in all the Ohio OenlenTOial Co<u- pany has only been able to collect about JI65,000. If the present company can not se- ,ur^ the required $500,000. it has been pro- posed that a new company be formed to try and d^^•orce the Toledottes from enough of tlwrtr coin to make up the deficiency. How- 'vS- it is very improbahae that a new com- lany" would meet with any better succese than the first. Honever. later news tcUs us that Hon.. Charles P. Gr<ffln. of L.ucas, and others of promineni* in be l>esiElature who have To- ledo's interests at heart with regard to the iiroposed Ohio CenmioiBl Exposition, have aereed upon a new plan to secure the rouch- ,^nted money upon' »-Mch the fate of the project hangs. Gmernors BuElmt.l and Nasli reccmraended an appropriation of but JoOO.OW lor the expoeitloni because a larger sum »-ould muse a deficiency. A half million dollars iiidebtedness for exposition purposes would be unconetttutional. The plan ta get _the tuil miHon dcMare is to enact a law auaiorizing the Ccntenniai Commission to expend Jl.UW.- U(|(». of wMtll amount one-fourth is to be at^lable frcm the State Treasury next year, oiie-fouilta the year following, and the re- malElDg half mtllion is to be met witii cer- tificates of irdebttdcess falling dnoe in the four or five years succeeding 1902. The prop- osition has been- submtUed to State Auditor Guilbrrt for an opinion as to Its legality, and he ttllt has it under consiideration. New York State Fair Agitation. •n«> State Pair at Syracuse has for the past few years not been as: successful as it might Inve betnu ParticulaiJy was tMs tba cose with the lust fall fair. Many reasons have been volunteered as to why this is the case. Hut matt ptomlnemt among Uie criticisms upon tl»e policy of the present management IiBvo been those upon tbe aotiion in refusing to allow horse ntHng at the fair last fall: thrir idea being to dispenae with the races and sutwtitute a horse show every y^ar, iii- tu-ed. This plan has encounltorcd severe op- l>otltio«i. and a roownwent headed by a for- mer Secpotary of the New York State Racing Association and the President of the State As- cociation of County Pairs is on foot to dc- IWBc tiie present managenieirt and Board of Uirvctors, itnd to gain cwntrol of the fair. The management defends Kb course by stat- ing that gambling ijad become loo prevalent and tlittt the races were many times "flxed," to the detriment of tbe flair. No matter which faction is right .tire fact rciiiiilnB that fairs ha.ve been flnomdal fail- ures and mat the taxpayers fumteh each year jai.ooo with which to pay premiums. 11 vsxHild K<vn> that when ttrfs is tiie case there is an urgent iieed ftw reform, cither in policy or inanugenienit. or both. . Petition for a National Park. Tl;i- following Is the subttttiicc of a memo- rial to Cmigrtss from the Appalachian N'atiJn- ttl Ilark Association: "To the Senate and the House of Ilcpresenta- tlvcs of the United Statss of Ameilca: "Tile petitiott of the Appalachian ^^Iltlonal I'ark AssociaUoii respectfully sbows: "That your petiitioncr Is an organiiatioii iiimiKKcd of citizens from many States in llif Union, and was fomwd for the purpose '<f bringing to the attention of th« Coii«ress i>r the United States the dotirabillly of es- UibllijlHiig a National Park at seme place in tlie Southern Appalachian region.- "Tlie headings of the facts given why sui-h a inirk should be eitabliBbcd arc: "The rare natural beauty of 11k> South Ap- jialacWan region; the supvtb forests of the Stiirthem Appalachian syt'tom; the necessity "f l>reservlitg the headwatem of many rivers i if'iirg in these tnountalua: the Ijealthfulness "f live region; thk? climate Is fine the whole .vmr; the iocatlcn is cci.itrni; tire Eastern htak'S arc enultkd to a National Park; the l>i.rk would pay as a forest reserve: thvj lltl« I" itoc land can bp easily acqulrtd'-at.d then ">nw Ewme suggnticms as to the loinlJon of tlie park. Al^^d^! from the fa** vaiuc of the priltion, f!^'"f'"?''*' ■ ^'^T saoi sumple of icr- rilOTial adverl'istDg. especial Oorrespondenice.) In answer to a call niadie by the Secretary of the Garfield County Fair A'ssociatiou, the nrprcsentsiitlves of tire several fair associatioDs of Qklabonm. Territory met at OklahODua City on Jan. 8 and perfected plans and ariange- mcKts for the fonr.'ing of an organizaticn to bo kuown as the Okiaboma Racing and Fttir Cireuit. Its membc>rs are as follows: The Garfleid County Klair AeBociatiion, at Emid; the Kingfls'her County Fair Association, at llomiessey; thte El Keiiio Fair A'ssociation. at El Reno; Kramer's Driving and Base Ball Park, at OMuboma Oity; the Oklahoma State FJir Aseociiaitlon at Girthrle; the Noble County Poir and Trottinig ASBOtlation. at Perry, and the Kay Oounty Fair Association, at Newkirk. The circuit Ppesldeot is Mr. M. C. Ford, of Periy .atld the Secretary and Treasurer of tbe circuit is S. H. Alien, of Bnid. It was agreed for each member to open up six stake events of $500 each in the following classes: Trcittinig. 2:40, 2:30, 2:20; racing, 2:35. 2:25. 2:lj>. Ea<rh atiscvciatloa is left to add to the picgiam amy purses it may desire, aside ficm the soakes almve mentromed. Altogether, this will mean tlmt this circuit will offer alM>ut seven weeks' racing, wttli prizes aggre- gaWr.B $30,000, within a radius of less than iSO miles. Meeting Indiana Fair Managers. At the meeting of the Indiana Association of Fair Managers, of which Mr. H. L. Now- lin as President and- W. M. Blackstfick, Sec- retary, many subjects of great interest to fair n:uniagei8 were discussed and many interest- ing speecibea were diediveirEd. This united <»- cLange cf ideas between UiDse connected with the fairs lends a powerful influe'nce over the policy of the managements of these eexposl- tJons. The subject, "Successful Management of Flairs," was dflscusBcd at length in a gen- eral way. Mr. Robert MitcbeOl led the dis- cues'Icn and presented some very valuable in- fcrmation. J. D. WIMiams told mucb about "Tfce' Duty of Citizens Toward the State Bcaid." Mr. CWae. Downtng read a pajier upcn "Things Neglected by Fair MonBgers." Ev B. Martinidale ^loke upon t&e duties of the creizene of Indlianapcrils in relation to tiie State Fair. Tbe election of officers of the Sji'Lc Bcaid of -igricultupe resulted as fol- lows: Prcsidient. Aaroo Jones. South Bend: Vice President. JWm C. HaineB. Lake; Secre- tary. Chas. Downing, Greenfield; Treasurer, J. \V. Legramge, Franklin. The wwk of Sept. 17 was recommended as the date for the next State Fair. C. R. Beil't!S and O. C. Latfcanner are, re- tpectiveiy. the Presidienit sad Secretary of the Williams County Agriculturel Society, which has l>een formed at Miontpdier, O., for the puipose of holding an annual fair. Tlie first frbow is booked for Sept. U, 12, 13 and U. Buffalo Bill Must Have Indians. It was recently announced that Uie Indian dcpaitmeut liad withdrawn from tbe Indians the privilege given of appearing in public ex- hibitions. This notion caused much conster- nation among the circus people, and especial- ly among the Wild West show managers. Major Burk, represen'ting Colonel W. F. Cody, called upon Commissioner Jones with a view to having tbe order reconsidered. . He declared that such; an order would simply mean the ruin of the Wild Wfest show in which he is interested. Commissioner Jones said that personally he was opposed-to In- dians being taken from the reservation for any but educational purposes, and that this would be the tmlicy of the Interior Depart- ment. 11c. however, said that applications for permission would be lons-idered on their individual merits. Even if this rule goes into eirtt-t, it will not debar Ccloncl Cody from getting Indians, for many have received ali lotmentR of laud and are privileged to go w\lierever they please. But .Major Burk con- tended that the Indians In this advanced po- sit'icn were of no value or interest to his exbibiticn. Th"? Indians for Wild West show puiTM>et»s must be as near like the original as it is pctsible to find him at the present time. Since no dt-fir.ltp order has been pro- mulgated and i^incc tlie applications will be ccmidyixd cn thiir merits, we arc not in the least apprehensive that the Colonel's Indians will be taken fiorn him. Paris Exposition Notes. Tire t'ispla.v of autcnifcbilcs at th-? Paris Ex-iMiEition win be a brilliant one. Tire sum of lOO.OOO francs has been allotned to that de- pastmtnt. TMs mw.icy wIM be expected for tiacks. stands ami for prizes. These prizes will bo giveu In a^ki'illcn to medals and dip- Imias awuTMd by lihv expctlWon, to the wln- nviB cf four nu vs which haw been arranged B«id of thi? foilowing competitive tists for va~ I'itus tviMs of hvjrseitss vehicles: t- Ptivat«« QUWmicbllis uf all desttiptior.B. 2. Cabs aixl FimWar wliiclcs wvigWng r.iot mere thai\ .">Ott kiioginimmes. 3. Heavy automobiles an4 transporfcition and delivery wagoms up to t.'Jfli* kiloRraramr» in weight. 1. Light vetiti.'leg <)t all deecripttou. A facetious eorresipondieat, writing of the officers of the Uniion Agricultural Society, of Tinmansburg, N. Y., observes: "J. T. Howe, the Pr€*>id'ent, is a merchant prince: Viw; President J. G. Conde is a gentleman farmer; H. A. Mceher, Treasurer, is a Methodist, while Secretary Myion Boardman is a grace- less scamp much given to piactical jokes." The dlire-ctors he disposes of as follows, viz.: E}; W. Prager, hotel man; D. S. Rappleys, horsoman; Ossain Sears, farmer; Walter Me- kocil, a Quaker former; C. S. Wixom, a dog and chicken man; C. C ^nixom, a Quaker farmer. Ttic Carnival Association of St. Paul, Miiin.. has decided to build an Ic-e Palace, and will c^rect oi>e ai Hie foct of Capitol Hill. The palace will have a frontage of 250 feet and the t-etter tcwcr will be 100 feet high. Tlie palace grounds will extend for 600 feet, on whlcti skaters, polo players, etc., may amuse them- selves. A double toboggan slide, which is to be erected, will be 900 feet long, with a height of 100 feet from-^'ber end. The old Wincbester Fair, Went Uaion, O.. Is a~ thing of the post. Tbe srounda are to be transformed into a poultry fasm. At a meeting of tire Indiama State Board of Agiiculture a discussion was IkIA upon "Tbe Indiana State Fair and Recipioesl AelatJons of -MonageTS and tire Citizens of Indiamapo- lis." E. B. Martindale, who led the dSscus- ticn, sevei-ely cricic-ized the street car serv- ice, and said that the board should demand better faoUitles from the con^iany. This same condition exists in Cincinnati and in many either towns. Paiir managers should look to tbis point, for tbe success or failure of a fair often depends upcn the good or poor facilities for h'and^Iing the crowds. Pair managers of CBliforma, Oregon. Wafh- ingtoo, Idaho, and Briti£<h Columbia will lioid a meeting at Sailtm^ Ore., Feb. 6, to arrange for a fair circuit thioughout these States. It is desired ciiat the dates be arranged so tbat exhibitors can attend tth<e fairs at Sacramento, Saltm, Noith Yakima. Spokane, Bdse, New Wtetmiiuiter aird other points that may be decided upon. A combination live stock sale during tisie fair week will alio be arranged. Batiy this month a wictter carnival will be h^ild at Roseland, B. C. The program will include curling, cuasting, snow-shce skating aiid ski racing, hockey matches, fancy skat- ing, a grand masquerade carnival and a ball; The Dollcwlng axe officers of the association under the auspices which the carnival is to be given: Piesideot, Mayer A. S. Gcodere; Vice PreeideiDt, Mr. C. <3. Iialnnde: Treasurer. A. B. Mackenzie; Secretory, Mr. H. W. C. Jack- son. Stan Diego expects to ^ve a water carnival during tbe week of F^eb. 22. providing Admiral Kautz and the Paciflc sqiHtdroo are tbare at that time. Admiral Kautz has alrei^dy agreed to do everything in bis power to nake the carnival a success. Fair Secretartee—As soon as your dates are definitely fixed, send them to "The Billboard." This monlrh is tbe month of the citrus fairs in OiliforLla. TWs year the exhibits will probably surpass those of any previous year, for tt is said mat the citrus ciop is almost double the usual size. The bulldlns erected in Cincinnati for tbe Intemational Sangerfest last June seats 14,SOU : people and cost over $90,000. It would make an ideal place in whlcb to hold a national po- litical convention. TWe offlcnal catalogue of tine Parts Exposi- tion, it is reported, is to be in marked con- tract to those of the last Intemadoraal Expo- sition. It wiN be an exeellest example of French publ'ishing and yet will mot be ex- pensive. It will be composed of elghiteein vol- umes, one for each geneial classified group. X general plan of tlie grounds and exposition win be found In each volume, besides a spe- e"ial plan of the dass to which the book be- longs and B historical notice of the produc- tions of that'Class, a catalogue of tire retro- spective exhibitions, catalogues of French and foreign exliiibits, ajnd an alpbabetical list. Great care is to i>e taken in tbe compil- ing of tbe book and the work is to be given only to persons wbo are tllDrougibly oHnpe- tent and con\'er5ant with tbe special subje.ct cn- which- they write. -V poetc-T gill with angels' wings and red drapery is proclaiming in scariet ornamental iLtoera tliat an iB<dustriaA, mining tend litrus cxpociticn will be h«ld in Ijcs Angeles from Feb. 14 to March 12. The pester represents a young, beroic woman, standing with a wicath in ber right band, which is extended upward to a tree. In hier left band she holds a. lighted tbrcb, rE6tli!<g on tilie ground; lem- ons and crunges lie at her feet, with aa or- ■otuid ami Wbtlel of industry in the back- gTGUiid and a stamp mill and mining scene in a medallKin at the rigbt. Tha work is well executed, and the pester as a vdiole embodies the expoelilon idoa. A report recently submitted by the Treas- urer of the Pan American Bixposittou showed tlie- fcllo^-ing finQn<:ial stan-drng of the com- pany: Received from subscriber, $636,901; in- tei^Eit ficm banks. $2,734; photographic cou- ceseioiis, $2,000: total. $641,636. Disbursements, t2-4.213; balance on hand. $367,122. • The Allegany Oonnty Agricultural Society ■will hold its annual fair Sept. 11. 12 and 13. The officers cf ,tbe association for 3900 are: Picsidcnt. E, 3. F.ai«'.ett: Vica President. Chas JLounsbury; Secretaiy, H. Dudley; Trens- uter. P. H. Jackson. The dates for tbe i>ext Ohio State Ftair were recently set far Sept, 3 to S. These dates will piflMbly remain uncluurgcd. The wcmiifii's national airxillary to tbe Blue an* Gray {..egion- sent a. comouunii-atJon to Washington asking that-Mrs. Fetter Palmer be appointed Clrectress of tbe .American Woman's Detvptmetit at the Paris Exposi- tion, and It has Ixvn annouoced that their request hc«} granted by President M?- Klntey. Probably tbe biggest regatta la the coun try durins the comlBg year will be one wtalclt wlil be held under the auspices of the Colum j: bia Yacht Club, on July 4. All the yach- Clubs of all of the Great L>akes and the mem bei9 of tlie In^aind Yacbldn^ A-sejoeiatlon havi been invited to pattidpate in thr3 grevit races Tbte fair grounds at Tcpeka, Kan., were re- cenely visited by flre. $10,000 woith of prop erty was destroyed. Kent's tioining stables were bunied. and ten Koo&eA uuck hcr^ie! lott.- Mrs. K. (\ MoOall Travis Is tbe mouugn rat -the Omaha ExposiUou Midway Carnival and Is wetl known tbioug^out tbe country a: a pKDfesBlainBl organizer aaid maioager u flower parades. Mtsi. Travis oonducted thi flower parades at the Onsialia Expceitlon, a New Orleans, Milwaukee, Saiotoga Spring: and other places; ' She has met. wlHi greai success with ber Midway, whicib consistK o atttactfioDs from (bt> Omaba Greater Ameri- can Bxposttton. Wherever slie has taken hei e.<cbibit she has been crcclted by tbe peopii with having que of Hie deuoest and pretUesi Midway eIkows of tfae day. ' The Oblo State Dairymen's Assooiation ap-li pointed a <?ommit!tee of tlnee to arrange foif an exhibit of dairy products at its next meet ing, which win be h'eld this motath at Town- sisiDA Han. Ol^ Siiaite Uaiverslty, Columbus. O. The committee conEists ol Prof. TboBi F. Hunt, Blcion F. Smith and F. M. Wilson. Tbe committee bas arranged for a number oAx- cash premiums. :t The Republican convention will be held aliii: Philadelphia on Tueicday, June 19. CliicagoJ St. Louis and New York were Philadelphia'q 4 nuKt promlnoit rivals. St. Louis proposes to tear down her big ex pc&ition building ai.d will erect a puUic li- brary costing a million and one-half dioilars This CarbOD Oounty Industi4al Society ok| LeUgliton, hes etccfed the following officers Iter the new year: Presidient, Henry Miller; Treasurer, C. E. Brinkman; Secretary, C. W. ii BDW>er: Directors. C. W. Obelt, C. E. Brink- ; man. I. a SeideJ. P. J. Obert. W. H. Obert, } D. Bbbeit and W. &. Ash. J .\chille Philion and tils wife sailed on Jan- 1 uary 4 for a three months' pleasure trip to f Europe. He has signed with t^l. Frank Gas- (- kill ttor thiity weeks, beginning May 7. This t takes Uin tliFougb an euiire seasnu wKhout s a vacant date.; - ?^ St. Louis has ftlicwed the example set by '« PUiladi^phia aind l.uffal'o. Every letter which t Oow leaves St. Louis bcais an announce- t ment of the Louis'iana Purchase World's Pair. ; The OOi'er propoeed expositions will no doubt j be in line tiefore long- s Sept. 12 to £0 are tbe dates decided upon by I the No>va ScoUa provlncttt exhiblttca ccm- mteelon for tUs yitir's ^biw. Hon. J. W. LDDgley is again President and Mr. J. B.\ Wfcod -bos been a^ipolDted manager, wMcli po-j slticin is 03W a permanent and a salaried one. Tie Ohio State Pair wlH probably be heldfc Sept. 3 to S, at Odumbus. O. >A pure food exposition was beid in Youngs-G town. O., Jan. 29. MansBeld. Unm and To-K ledlo foUow In the order named. Beccy Ton-Q ges is tbe mansgcr. Tbe dajtee for tbe spiring meeting of the On-ft tario Jockey <3ub bive been fixed IromH Thursday. May 84, to Saturday. June 3. cov-i ering a period of nine days. Tbe Queen'sE Plate wHl be run on the opening Oay. whicbQ is -Her Majesty's birthday. ^ fi 'A plant fkir generating electricity witht wbicSi to charge the accumulators of electric^ autODEfobiles, is l>eing buHt and will be ready,! at the proper time. A unique feature of theli races will be their reproduction by electric- ally-moved miniature automobiles. Tlie ex- act relative posftions of tlie conteelacts at all tames will )>e given. The news -will be brought by means of optioal and wlreleeB telegraphy. A Cycle Show in Cermany. By J. GRIANT CRAMER. When a cycle show is held In the United States, promXittera and exhlUtiOis do all in their power to make it sttradilve to tbe gen- eral pubfic. The naauufacturers and dealers meet. business and cxcbange ideas, but at thte tame time .the people are by no means forgotten; informajtnon is gladly given them; they circulate freely tbrou^wut tlie sluow and have every opportunity bo compare tbe vari- ous naakcs of cycles and sundries. In Ger^ many it is entirely different. An air of deep raysbeiy bipeds ^over Oie atOKK; the exhibits are carefully protected from the vulgar gaze of tbe cycling public, wl» are rigidly exclud- ed from the show, or ^'Pah r ra dm es s e." as il is called. Last year tije German cycle sbow was held in Leipzig—the iftlird largest city in Germanj axA in commercial importaajce taking the precedence ovtT Berlin. When I entered th< Crystal Palace, a grult "IVtot <»> you wantr greeitied- me. "1 want to buy a ticket to th< cycle sbow," I replied.' i'Go upstairs to th< •offlc*." Entering the offlce. 1 saw two oi three men atid a woman seated at a loni Habte: tbcy Woked at me as if I were som< queer animal, and finally tbe woman cami slowly towBids me and asked what 1 wanted HtaiTOg my repl.v. she asked for-a J^'^, ttott, " or some Idintlfitation. J_^Bhowcd m. paseport—that was worttolessi Was I _^1b tbj iycte bueiniees?" If not. 1 co«M not vU* «he sbow under any t-ircunietances.—L, A| W. Bulletin.