The billboard (May 1910)

MAY 21, 19ia Xne Billboard 29 COMING FAIR EVENTS News of the Agiicultuial and Amuieinent Events that Are to Be Held by ihe Maoqr yAsiocM^ '. KNOXVILI.r« )MiNQ KXP08I- Sudford U. Cohen, uiliUot to Preildeot OllTir. of Uw AppalacbUa Expoaltlon, called on Tbe BllllMMrd, malslr (or tbo purpoM ot luaort- Inc ■■> aTdcrttsement. Mr. Cobeo Mid mucta obTlsed to 700, don't Mj uytlitiic aboat me. 1 want to aay aometblaff about Mx. OllTer, who la at tba bead o( the expoottlon. It U headed by Wm. J. Oliver, today one ot tha brlfhtcst aenluaea In tha Dnlted Statea. Mr. Olirer la the man who madt tb* towaat bid oo tha Panama Canal and who^ H^J^SfLS'^ ^' Prealdent RooMTcIt, put W • tS.000,000 eaah saanutee. Thoncb the coatnet was not bItm to Mr. Oliver be waa slvaa a coatnet (or 1800.000 ot dump eat> to b» ahlpped to Panama, which he la now dellTcrlng. OliTcr la today tbe bigceat rail- road contractor In tbe United Statea, and la bead or tbe KnozTlU* Ezpoaltlon. Ue la backed bT maaj multl-mUllooalrea and the Applacblaa Exposltloo at Knoxrtlla ia dsatlncd to be one of tbe biggeit erenta cTcr bald In tb* Scath. The rallroada are sItIiw ramarkably low ntea and witbia a tadlna «r Mo boadNdjaUaa ot KaoxTlUa that* ia a popalattoo_ «t ^ aUllon Tha ezpoaltloB la IMm Sapt. IS to Oct. A BIG FAIR FOR WINNIPEG. The Winnipeg Indostrlal Exhibition, which win be beld tnm Joly 13 to 23, Inclnalre, la coaaMarad on* ot tbe bte armita ot ttte aeaaon la Uw OoBlalaa at Canada. Tbrra la more In- ttfaat taken la tbis (air tbaa aar other In tbe Dominion ootalde ot Toranto. The Winnipeg - Mr drawa Ita patronage tram a larger aectlon M territory than any other coantry In tbe world, extending from the Great Iiakea to the Coaat. and alao to tbe coatlneotal dlrlde. The dlrectora hare gooe to an enormooa expeaao In rebuilding and redecorating tbe graunda and balldlnga. More than $SO,000 wlU be offered In prlxei. One of tbe richest race meetlsga ercr held on a one-halt mile track wlU be a fea- ture. The attractlooa hare not been booked aa yet, as then la much bidding being done by the different boofclns agencies, so tbe dliactors have decided to wait awbUa to aa* on wbleb to de- cide. Tba attnetlaaa wm IWMly anppUed by tb* Waam TatriavUla Uanaicir .AaMcla- ifon. One «f tb* faataiaa for tb* (air baa been tbe esgagcsMot *( ThariB and bis band at 45 Blecea. Sfaiytblaff la gettlag Into, abap* rapM- r, and It Is bopra to auke this Mg annual ereat ot Northweatetn Canada a grand aoeccas. FAIR FOR PETERSBURG NEXT ■ YEAR . \ : Petersburg. Ta.. Hay U.—^Th* certlflest* at lb* charter ot th* Seotbsld* TiiglaU Agrlenl- laral and Industrial Bxblbitlai, Ineorporatad, was admlttsd to raend In tb* aOe* at th* Clerk ot tb* Bnatlins Court ot P e tw a bu ig, last week. Tbis la a ueal flcganlBtica wucb Is maklnc aa affert to bald aa agxicultuial cad Maitrlal (air in Petacaborv nest ran. The canpaar baa aakad tb* dtj eaoaell for aa ap. preprlatloD of 38,000 to pniehas* 30 acres ot the land of the Rlreralde Clnb In Dinwiddle eoasty, two miles from Petersburg and erect OMtMaijr boildtnca toe (air FOR A 'JUNtON. ibjl^ mo. Ea roalc B Editor Th* Billboard. Cincinnati, O. Dear Sirs—I bellere that a the street aalesmen, either gL men. throoghoot tb* V. 8. read Tb* I hare beea In tba plteb bnaloeaa for a num- ber of yeata and wbetcrer I meet two or thre* ot my class ot peopl* gatberad togetber thar* la tb* midst of the eonrnsatisa la anra to com* ap a QBestloo Ilk* tbia: "Say, da*, wbafa tb* reader llcenae In Anderson. Ind., or Klewa, KanaV (I thick It'i (3.00 a day Id Anderaon and I kDow It'a $10.00 a day In Kiowa). Now, Hr. Editor, tbis «cf7 Uetaa* toistloa Is k*ep- las lots of us poor. A metebaat ia saaie country town with a stock. BOO times Isrger than any atreetman's I bar* star aacn, would cloae hia doors If he bad to pay $10.00 a day license. Teal hot, aaya Mr. Country Town Merchant, "He's only In town s day or two and he doesn't pay any rent." Truel but be pays hotel bllla and raUroad fare. Lota of these hotels are aomethlog like the one I got Into In Blackwell, Okla. "What'a Kur rate!'' I aaked the clerk. Slxlng me op, replied "12.00 a day, air." "No. by tba weekr* I aald. "Ohl" h* r*pll*d. "34.90," Again many ot thaas. Ueanaca ar* Ulegal and the Aldennaa Bad OaMWatoaera ot tbaia Utile coiwiry towns kaow II. Ta glr* yon an Instance, one day in tbe latlar part of last month I was ia Aniaeay. Kaask Taa tawn has a commission form of goTenuaant. I irent to one ot the com- mlulooera, the other two being out ot town, and told LIm that "I sell on the street comer, a llttte 20-paKe receipt book for which I own the copyright." He aald "$S.00 a day." That la 33.00 a day over my Ilccnia limit except for Satnrdaya and, moreoTCr 1 told him that the great State of Kansaa had a law ex- empting lieeaaaa «o tbe aala at **own pradnetioa" and on tba aala o( Utatanv^ paaa. paper aial other edaeatioaai awttar. Oa taii Be flatly that he didn't gieo a d— Cor tb* atate tawa. that they had a ei^ wdlaaaes and It I worked I'd certainly pay ^00 a day to tbe dty or they wotdd arrest me as soon ss I <vened np. liiey know that we. IndlTldoally, can't afford cither the time or the money to flght It. Ton wUl noUce that I said "IndlTldaally." In anion tliere Is stnngth. Then let's organise. Then It they Illegally arrest a brother nnlon man let a eoUcetlTely flght them and make them pay tor It. One aet ot dty oOdils well ahaken down In a good damaca aalt tha others tor a ladlona ot a cai milea aroaad ba wy nad. Tboa .anaaajmtr.^lMlHr. bad a. tawr to hang ao u cannc* «r alHM. tbat adflt. "THIS a A' inadnB xn srsnr BAusMCM'B mnoN AND WOBTBY THE PATROMAGS OT ONION HKN." Bow's that, high pitch man! Woiddlrt Halt b* worth a dollar a month to yonl Mr. Editor, it you would ear* to ptibllab tbIa letter I bellere that quite a nnmber ot th* bogra wotdd Ilk* to contrlbnt* snggestlona along tbia * ot as would lib* to itid tb*m Very T*idy, H. J. ISAAC. Oklahoma City. Okie. wUl nak* Box 2S3, FAIR OFFICIALS MEET. Tb* atoAboMsfa *C tb* lUsalaalpiri and West Alsbams Fair AaaeeUtiaB. Colnmboa. Hhm.. held a meeting last wcdb The meeting, which waa presided OTcr by FreaUent C. W. Brans, wss well attended, a majislty ot tbe stockboUsis baring been represented. The annual fair wlU b* held during tb* last week ia October, and tba dbeetacs bop*_to_ mak* BIDS »1Q,00 0.000 FOR FAIR. San rrsnelaco will ralaa 310,000.000 to se- ctue th* Panama Canal Fair, Oor. lamea M. OlUett. ot the Odden State, declared In ex- patiating on tbe adrantages ot hia Stat* tor th* Panama>acilic International Bxposltlon ot ISU to celebrate tbe opening of tb* great waterway. The ts.000,000 San Frandseo snhaeilhcd th* ~cr day was halt tt what tb* dty woold do it were gl««a tbe diaaee, ba aaaartcd. HONOR SECRETARY. Tbe hoard of dircctora ot the Penlnsnla Fair AasacUUoa, Saltabaiy.. Mala*, wblcb paid IS per cast, last year, pru wtit Ht. aadllii. S. King White a hsndsome sOrer serrle* ia i«eo«- nltloo of Mr. White's aerrlces to the aasocla- tlaa as secretary. NOVEL FBATURB POR FAIRS. w. «. mramnas, saa SWr.. wbkh wmte Ml Batcabms, a, <l*d sareral aorel _ wMeb ia a aebool «m bb dWMM tba WINNIPEG, CAN., CONTEMPLATES HOLDING WOR LD'S FAIR. AtTangements are now being made to bold a World's Fair In Winnipeg, Caiuda, ia 1>I3, and if tbe plan la socceastm Wlnitlpeg WlU bare a big boom In the theatrical line and one which will mak* It rank In- line with mast Ot tba on tbe continent. FAI R NOT ES. At a meetlns of tbe Wayno Coanty Agricultural Society to ba held la Haaaadale, Pa. It was fsTorsbly disetioaad to aaemo tba lAwience Band, of Scraatoa, Pa., (or tbe fair. An appropriation ot 31,S0O waa made tor the raeea. Mr. E. W. Oammell waa elected secre- tary: T. B. Clark, U A. Pattetaon, T. T. Boyd. J. V. Stames. B. C. Klaaawn and R. J. Mnrray were named directoca. TIee-pnaldent Jonea presided over tbe meeting'. A three-day aviation meet will be held in Topeka, Ksn.. June T, S and 0, at OarOeld Park, st whldi Olenn H. Curtlss and eitbar BMbUton, Wlllard or Mara will make flUttK' Sba State Fair managera are behind tbp.aalMpdse^ : CARNIV/U. NOTES. pbnuan; free ' TSl Slnjuisdi^^ e aet bdow. • spiral tower act es " the Cosmopelltaa Canl- Uy, tbongb aot ssrioas- bla balaaaa aadMlto St'naeatB'.^L'^Bt The aeddaat week. Cimt Fkanels la tbe general agent and traffle manager o( the Boblnaon'a Famous Showa. riuke J. French ia transportation managi r with the Boyal Amnaement Onmpany. Eli and Jane ComiMtny, managed by wHl not doaa the present aeaaon NEW FIRE WORKS CATALOO; A cataloc showing all that la new In flreworka baa lecantly been Issued bT Oeocce Newton, president the Gregory fireworks Company. Mr. Newton predicts thst th* season ot 1010 will be one ot the most prospe ioos In th* his- tory ot tbe bnslncas and baaea thla oplnioa on the orders snd Inquiries h* has slt*ady lecetred. It Is hto Intention to put on tb* road aareral of his large spectsclea and to play fair and park datee In conjunction with othtr time. A HANDSO ME C ATALOGUE. Mlaa Bo* McOlary, booktng managreaa ot tbe United Pairs Company, has gotten np an ex- ceptionally attractiT*. iUnstrsted catalogue In seTcrsI colors. It U sboat tba bandaomaat book- let seen la sooie time: It consists of sixty pages, descrlbinx and ITlnstTatlnir the follow- &g headline acts: | QEa R. BELDINQ 1 W aecretary Arkaaias State hlr. wUcb «UI be NUsoo'a Famous Aerial Ballett, Wm., O'Briea Troupe ot advanced acrobats. Introduelnc Mlaa NaomU the human cannon ball: Mile. Valudta'a trained leopards. Mile. Paula, aerial coatortlon- 1st: Fred Glanett'a famous eqneatrlaa act. John Whit*** Comedy Circus. Lnken'a _pertarmlns naalaa, lIUTlott Twiaa Troupe. Handy, tbe iBaieuBMdlBi Vbar lAhMs,. aerial aurrala; Iinia OriMaaay** cackatoo eaosdlana. Doomsdsy. The Bad ot the Wodd: Adones Brae., desplaera ot death; seroplsne*, airships snd ilteworks dis- plays; Makarenko Bnaslsn Troupe, The Brosd- wicks. famous aetooaota; Doblado'a trained sheep, Oe'Oora'a Golden Globe. Captain Sorcbo^s deep sea dlTcrs, Barlow's Breakawaya, The Dainty loleen Sisters, Hoeg'a Spanish Boaine CiKO, Tbe Thre* Clrrer Newaom*^ ABM^a heara, lapaneae cntertalneta. etc.: Tb* IMaS Weaveia, Mile. Bergcrat. In the deatb eras: The Great Patty Brothen. Dnnedin TTCopo of blcydlats, De Eenso and Ladue. The Sensational BaSOIOtSL Mile. Mocrtslnl's trained animals. Ala- hama Comedy Four. Oealaeiu of tiw Desert. Tbe Uoyds. bounding tope artists, Qnlna Meer'a. eqaaatrlenne; Prof. Welsh's whippet nunlmr dogs. I«ura Morris, ss Cynthia: Dare DerO Sehreyer, Manuel Bergoa and Mile. Koobek. mllitmr stallions: MlUman'a airships, Oemarest'a New York Eqnestrlenna Oomblaatioa, Oalttania rtank'a Western Attxaetbma. Gcsat Oddn Ttanpe. Dnde Dsn Bwlastoa and hia twdte trained mulea^ Josle CMe^a^ tl^t'Wtia.mlfeWt Chester B. Johnson, dsr* cydlat: SIX nytng Bssaarda. Danny Iowa's Jar rid^ Baaa Mder. Tbe Water <lneea: Tbo HMb iBtacae. tlooal Trio, double aooMrsatdt antomobUo. Tompkin's wild west exblbltton. I>nkea's aeren beers. Mile. Braehard and Company. SchlaToola Tmope. Captain WInaton'a educated sea llenSk Tbe Boston Fadettea. The HenkrUts. high dir. en: Gerard, the Hercnlean lusKler: Doaegaa Slaters, The Six ConeDas and BUI Hneha. WANTED—Empire Candy Floes Machlnee. aee- ODd-band. State condition and bow long need. Addrpsji J. H. SHOWN. 3T0S Pirk Are.. KanssS City. Mo. WAN TED—CONpE98IONS |OF AU. KINDS Fw tta CARNIVAL CELEBBATION ts bi hcU ii tti CITY OF^CHICAGO, ot oooK w»a CO B ftr aaa «( atnati snated. This la the Biooatrii A. r. W. Slebd, Ptcddeat: H. I. Feck. Secretary: BOHOBABT XEXBEBS: Fred D. Grant, MaJ. OaaVL U. E. A. John P. BOey, Hon. IT i Fa lonaib Bos. BIchard S. Tnthni. Hon. Milton J. IbiaBaa. Hon. J. HamBton t«wi». Hon. Abel Darts. Hon. Wm. E. Msaon. Hon. Barlow N. Hlirlnbotbam. Address an commtmirstlona to r. K. BAKHES, lac, M« Chtaaga ever giren In Chlesgo. CheiOey R. Perry. Treasuier. ry. ixessoier. j I., G. A. B. \ FINE CHOCOLATE 'Made by Darby of BaltiOMMTe^ PARKMEN! SHOWMEN! WHEEL-MEN! and oth,ers who sell Candy will save 25^ and more by ozderine direct from *'DARBY of BALTIMORE." My economical factory arrangements, combined a direct miul order businen, - assures you of Fresh Stock and Lowest Faitory Prices. As an added inducement, I MOLL PAY THE FREIGHT east of die MiiriHippi «ni all CASH ORDERS ainounting to $10.00 or more on the following goods:— Sc.PfeaB4MI>.CMMlMaa,a«lg.ktaib S .7S Xat.I'fcgs.WBIp.CreaainwcolHg.ilog. $1.00 IOC •• •* ' 1 -- .7S Kih.n«s.Aast^dmcoiiNes, »i.aoioSSjOO<loz. .Mc » " . «•'. 1 ■■ .um^—M.-:-" ■\- . - - ntnwtiTf mn All my tramaetibm aie'hohertaiid irdiiiile^rdobadMM M odMrmr. Otdeis packed fcesh as received with the Government Pure Fotid Label and my wiimilil WMf lllUm llf (pi)^l*..ni Cidl.' For this reason I make no C. O. D. shipments. Alt ORMR rixMiId be secompamied 0}* .IM>ftt ' Check, Post Office or Express Money C>rder to receive prompt attention. Se«d $1.00 to covercoMollK>eralassortineat of Samples " Dtlox BMk sf Caafe UsSsA.