The billboard (Aug 1905)

16 Tt\^ Billboapdl Tent Shows Circus Mus&um Menagerie Wild West Correspondents wltb tbe big shows in all parts of the country report crop oonditSoas unifonnly favorable, the Tcry abundance of rainfall, which bo aertonsly affected business early In the season, taavlns contributed ultlnately to tbe present general prosperity, as viewed from a circus standpoint. The rain was opportune for the crops, while the BonsUne and hot weather followed most anspicloosly and Just at tbe right thoA. ' This has nutde it possible for tt» flumers to take an occaaionaLl boll- diy; "Whidi haa added largely to the itceaB attendance. AH towns located fta asricnitinal d l i trieto are readily atMocgvtlble to the drcna spirit. Yates* borse fell dead in the anna from the rxcesslTf b«at on the same date. The weather h«» been very oppresaive for tbe past month and \VV have iiad soine terrific thanjeratoroi** Mr. James \. Bailey, wti<j CoL Cody juf^riy itjleti the "Little Napoleon ol the Show Busi- ness," with his aiile lleatcnaitt, Geo. 0. SUir, were -wdth as Jaly 3 and 4. Caterer iBalUld tiMtted ns to a line banqnet at Lille, Jolr 4. la bonor at our Natlooal hoUuv. Ibe cattK caeampmeat ma soreeoasly decocXed la M-ettek.- hmtli^. the band* played patriotic atn aad 0*L Oodr nude ooe or Us cbuiMtKMit SMMkM la wideb be wdoclsad tbe B>—eh' aitt«a t*. Ifce eca^lra- ooa pact thCT bad pisyvd IB Jkmmdmm taMgtr. Uttle AlbHta Lioa mtelil—■ «MaM a m- utkm br dMcai&g IB a red, wHtr aaS bhie Crock, aad jflltb OekMa. tt» Anerlean snake cbamw. had a JSMlB^MM-air tbe occasion made v oC tb» nalna dMca PTBA'UfS. FSOX TEE SOSaa ft BOWX SHOWS So man; really aboard paradoxes bappen tliat they noon lose the keen appreciation ot tbe fnnnr bits on account of their freqaeot occur- rence, and if not Jotted down immediately are at once forgstten. Homrar, bcfc aie nine true Incidents that baMSaad Jbs IlHdb A Binre sboir rcccDtiTi nkkk mmi0K Wtt&» daM aat resist teOlBs: We tMmtlr nada a flMdV toa to Wadsaa. " ~ " " " " " it Tbe show was IfeaUHdf at Feixns Falla. Uaa. ti _ tesrlnc to tbe lot. **What*B tba 0t this." yelled be aa he did a srar- aronnd tbe front door. **I won't bare my people boDCocd In this way. Ton ad- Tertlsed to open at 2 and here it Is S, and yoa are jost befflnnlnff.** Then be msbed into -tbe hlg top and yelled at tbe top of bis voioe. "Come on, ererybady; cet your money back; tbe show Is not keeping faith with yoo." How- ever, nobody paid macb attention to blm. Most of them smiled, and one man tamed to Mr. Rowe, who had Inqolred the nproar, and aald with a gTln: "Don't mind Mm. Its oar mayor." Xben Mr. Mayor saw Mr. Bowe. "What's tbe meaning of this?" he demanded. "Too did not parade nntil noon when yon were adrertlsed to ■bow on the streets at 10:S0." Mr. Bowe ex- plained that tbe show did not amre imtU 11, and CDold not very well parade thirty mln- otes Iwfore Its arrlral. However, nothing wonld psdCy the honorable gent, and be went away Towtes Tcsgesoe on tbe NoRts A Bowe Bbow; From the repoets <^ who bsTe recently Inte l i l ewe d the Bamnm A Bailey staS, Tka BonM tbe foUowlnc intercstlBC UfonaatloB: Tbe show bas not nisssd on* esblWtIf this ■eaaoB. Binliiess baa bcaa greater than any year since fnain waa tbe fMitnre. BodiieM in Soatb Dakota was the greatest erer known la that coantry. Watntown, Aberdeen. MltCbeU aod Sioux Falls gave tbe sbow -big tomaway mttlneei. and inrprUlngly good night hoosea. The good resnllB obtained by the ahow have depended in a large measnre npon tbe eAdent : work ot Mr. Edward Arlington, tralBc manager. J He has been praised by ereryone for his ex- I cellent railroad arrangements. Tbe elimina- ' tion ot tbe parade bas in no way affected tba , bosineas ol the show. Carl Clair's Band teealTad PheiM 2ft5l. EM^bUslMd IS4S ThMson & VandiYetr NANVFACTVRERS OT CIRCUSTENTS TENTS FOR RKNT. 818 K. Feau-I St., CINCUVNATI, O. THj MURRAY GO. ^^mJTTi //Ml 1 \Vi!^ CIRCUS CANVASBS, BMssaBdStakoa. BEATS, risn Wta BLACK TENTS. SIDE SHOW PAINTINGS. tor St raa t Wmixn I mr N pad met m If BMMIN IMi UIER I LOCmOD IFS. CO., 415^17 DelarwaraSe.. I City. Ma. SIDE SHOW P/UNTM6S SIEGMUND BOCK, 6? Blae Uiaad Av«., ChiMgt, III. IMK BUiraLO BILL'S WILD pilBtcd in Con- dapwriil to The Blllboud.) : Sink wmt tbe climax WMk aC « caaaplensaBly «c -Aatf aHMMd aa a- ■Mta or ear WIld<«M - - ' to be tbe tat tiaf bait ~ Haental Eorope. Aaoac CoL. Oody'* rtxttors tlie doatng week at.'!Buls «ei» his staaddaogbtac; SUss Clan Baair dC :*artk Flatt. Reb.,. atf 3ba. Mwt. noHicr «r tbe late Uenteoaat Ooreiauc ot n- UDOis..,. ainee' learlog Faitfs ve have been obliged' to add another mIdiBe piece to tbe ald« sbowi "■v'-r It a foor pal* top. TtxlOG teet;' wblch Mlere is the laisMt " ' (Wsddy) men. Oiaa. ^Qdzidee flirtlHn, manager of tbe side •boXra and concert, eclelnted his forty-sixth birthday' at Booen, Jane Id, and recelTed many hswlsfne preseota. among tiiem being a gtdd watch ehann stnddetS witb diamoads and a life nieQtf>ersblp card with booorary artists di- ploma finm tbe intemationAl Clnl> of Phlloso- pbcis of FaKs. AX' IdTBmrn, Jam 17. we bad the flist blow- dowB in three years. LaCkily no one was In- Joied. Jnne- IS. ObaAa Oocder, six horse driver, was throtm from Ida seat and sostained ■k Be la gettli« At ~ ■! MI la ta* eeaMc aC ta ■wiaad which m bad to cicct oar teota. 'vSMb Cmd us St -RObabc In tbe ex- aorlb of ■nance, od tbe Selrlan border. iC tte boa took adrantage of tbe cheap «K the oMur aide and ttie soUtaiy . «peratlnK' tbe-: only ferry aooai the itfvcr was icept: bosr from motainir nn- mt at the «aes- at X p. m. to pack aod get away- TUa did sot aolt tbe t11- Isge constable, buweier, and be came to the lot with blood In bis eye, '""""f tor the man- ager. Meeting Mr. Bowe, be said. "Why In tlrander don't yoa come tip .town and pay yer Ueense?" Bat we are not going to sbow," re- plied Mr. Bowe. "Wal, that makes no differ- ence. 7er came here, didn't yer; snd. dem yer, yer H bare to pay the license anyway. We Goonted on the money." HoweTer, the mayor of the town appreciating the plight the show was in wisely decided to remit the license this time, attd the show went on Its way rejoldng that it escaped another hold-np. A town In Montana famished tbe limit for exenslng tbe high tax on water. Jim Stnart, oar contracting agent, made the town in qoes- tlon and was nnable to secnre a better rate for water than t20 for the day. When the collector presented his bill at tbe wagtm, tbe treasurer tnmed the bill orer to Mr. Bowe, wtio mildly Inqolred why the ezceaslTe rate. "Why, onr water nerer averages orer $S a day, and la often len than balf that" itld Ur. Bowe. ••I know.*' replied the collector, "It is'nt worth it. bnt yon see we have a debt to pay on oar school, and somehow we can't get the balance together, so the mayor said the drcos was com* log that it would be a good time to colleet tbe money from tbem.** The argument was im- aasweratda, and the bill was promptly paid. Aaolher '*waler story" on the aame acder la Ibe CoOowlBc: The sbow made ylnaill^ CaL, aad wbsB the Tery exc«sBl*e bHI was ptaaented the maaaceBnt Imalred tbe mson. "It's no fhOIt of mtne," aald tha cOOeetor. Tt>e bm was ■ade aot tn tbe smeral offlce, bot U yoo want to featnr Cke taaaoa te ttb Ur bO. I wm ten ^ here some Tery Oattering Botleca. Mr. Hagenbeck and Mr. Theodore Bauer, of the Hagenbeck Shows, Tisited tbe organlxatian Joly 19 at St. Joe. Mo. Mr. Frank TSmmen. man- ager of the Floto Shows, and hia general agent, Mr. BUton, were welcome Tliltors to the show at Ranaas City. The ahow scored a record in Denver, C^. At this place Messrs, Tammen, Bonills snd Floto, owners of the Floto Shows, were the gnests of Mr. Bailey. Altbongb this la onr ilnt wNtem trip. Tody Etamllton Is re- celrlng an oratloa in all the towns by the newspaper men and tbe press dobs. Mr. W. D. Coxey, seren days in adranoe. broke an records at MlnoeapoUa. St Paul. Kaiuas City and Denrer. In the Denver papers he bad a showing of foar pages of pictures and foorteen colamna of reading matter tbe Soadaj bafocv the shows' arrival. The shows k TENTS *H KHs art Sim CD. WESTON 6199-6161 WantwerHi Av«., BbleaKa MANUFACTURER OF SHOW CANVASSES . C . GOSS C BU1L0ER5 OF DETROIT. FREE SHOW PRINTING. stock HaoKers, Posters and Cats on band for tlslngeverr braarb of tbe Amaaement Bo^inepn. Sei cataloitae (D) of Dramatic and Show Printing: Catalogne (C) Pair and Carnival Printing: . * Cataloene (B) Billposters, Commerclid Posters. F&st-class Printing of all kinds. GREAT WESTERN PRINTING SIS ELM anuncr, ar. mww. CO.. Lighting Systems For T«nt 8ho«a. Parks, filreets. Halhi. Blc •VB NBW ItlCHT haa baas adopted 111 all Hull—dlinahn ail in llii ilil Ltghta made for all poiposes. —— S P E CI A L — We have fitted up all the largesbows In the country with oarNRW IiIGHTING StSTMM and find an Increaslne demand for a sysbem for smaller t<;nts. We have conatrnctad • SrBCIAIi S¥SXEn at a price within reach of all. Write for cataloene. Yoa ean WKW* ttaeoost of tbe bystem In sixty dajii. TE St WEYKR MIeHlKan St.. aaa - zas CHICAOO, Ikk. FOR TENT LIGHTS ....AND GEO. TAY1X>R. OUTSIDE LIGHTS. .. s I 97 Cliff Straet. New York