The Billboard 1900-05-01: Vol 12 Iss 7 (1900-05-01)

Death Blow Dealt. As “The Billboard” goes to press, it looks as if the death blow had been given to the Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition, better known as the Toledo Centennial. The Griffen bill, which originally prov.ded for State aid to the amount of $1,000,000, is dead, and on the night of April 14 the Senate rushed through a resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a new commiss.on to spend the $600,000, to which amount the State appropriation had been re duced. The appointing of a new Centennial Commission on top of the reduction of the appropriation is going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back It is what the friends of the centennial, who have been trying to keep politics out of centennial affairs, have been fighting against, and they predict the worst “There will be no centennial now," *said Hon. George Hull, of Toledo, when seen in regard to the matter “Dirty politics has killed it.”’ The commission of twenty-one gentlemen who have heretofore watched over the Toledo Centennial, was appointed by ex-Governor Bushnell, and its members were not closely allied wit the present chief executive Mayor Sam Jones, of Toledo, former Mayor Guy Major, Representative Charles P. Griffen, Colonel Kent Hamilton and many others who were conspicuous in connection with the exposition, were regarded as somewhat inimical to Nash's future; indeed, with Mayor Jones as a possible opponent for re-election, and such an event as the centennial celebration in progress, it was especially desirable for Nash that its management be closely identified with his political ambitions and in terests. The threats by the old Commissioners that they would resign if the Legislature d.d not allow the appropriation of $1,000,000 were just what Governor Nash wanted. The appropriation was cut Governor Nash can now go ahead and appoint the members of the new commission, which will consist of eleven men, to suit himself The Kurtz-Bushnell men are enraged at the result of the fight They regard it as made by Nash against the old Commissioners because they were appointed by Governor Bushnell, and take it as an insulting refle tion on their chief Governor Nash is unfeignedly pleased with the result, but when approached by To Billboard” he refused quietly but firmly to say anything for publication in regard to the matter Mayor Sam Jones, however, was more outspoken, although he declined to say very much It's dirty polities,’’ he signed manner remarked, in a re“You can't guess what turn factional politics will take next Between Nash, Hanna and the Legislature, the centennial is about ruined Such is the opinion of the real friends of the centennial, and there is condemnation on all sides that politics should have been dragged into the centennial affairs to such an extent that the success of the great historical event is more than jeopardized. The conspiracy of the administration and of a partizan, selfish and narrow-minded legislature against the Ohio Centennia! will leave an impression over the entire State that will not scon be forgotten Sawyer, on Fairs. Speaking of fairs, and the street fairs in particular, while awaiting the arrival of committeemen this morning, somebody asked, For What? What good does it do? Who gains”? et This brought Doctor Sawver to the front. ‘‘Humanity has always had fairs, he said ‘It began in the Garden of Eden with a fair. They had apples, snakes, beau tiful women and raised Cain Fairs came along regularly with the development of ev ery race and nationality. The Egyptian. hie roglyphics show that there were several pe rennial fairs where the people got together, xot acquainted, showed themselves And what they could grow, make and do. Caesar, Napoleon, Peter the Great, and all those mo culs, celebrated their conquests and their greatness with fairs There have always been fairs The Pheblo Indians have their settled and their extraordinary flestas (fairs) And the Centennial, the Columbian and the great coming French Exposition are the out growth of the definite desire of all people to show, to see a show, and to be shown It is an inborn instinct, as true as the love or the desire for revenge Simple Simon met a pieman, going to the fair Of course he did Now, everybody is Simon, and as simple and as purely human Simon had to go to the fair If there had not been a fair, there would have been no pie man, there would have been no fair, and if the whole world had not been Simons (sim ple) there would have been neither pieman nor fair So there you are. If you sit still and vegetate in a little vegetable pot all the days of your life, you will be and become only a little, undersized, dwarfed excuse for a potato cr a turnip; jf vou reach out into the sunlight of the world’s gaze, enjoy its beams, take in its renewing moisture of ap prec ation, submit yourself to pruning eriti cism and friendly comparison, you may be come a navel orange And so I say a fair is all reht. and am thoroughly in for it Riverside (Cal) Press passion of The Warren County Fair. At the annual meeting of the Warren County, O, Fair Association, lately held, H Bone was elected President; J. M. Hayner, Vice President; F. M. Cunningham, Treas urer; George W. Carey, Secretary, The date The American Newspaper THE BILLBOARD. of the next fair was set for Sept. 18 to 21, at Lebanon, O. The association has one of the best half-mile regulation tracks in Southern Ohio, and all horsemen will. receive a cordial welcome and good treatment Mr. Carey's re-election to the Ser retaryship of the fair certainly goes far to insure another fine showing this season He is Secretary also of the Ohio State Association of Presi dents and Secretaries, and is one of the best known and most experienced fair Secretaries in Ohio Hle is perhaps best identified as Secretary of the Warren County Fair Assolation, which vosition he has held Is65, a record of which to be proud He has, however, also served in various capacities with other fairs at the same time as with his own, such as with the Dayton Fair, the Ohio State Fair, the Carthage Fair and the Mid-Continental Fair at Oakley, and his advice and experience is always sought after since Congresses at Paris. Many congresses are to be held this year at Paris in connection Among them are Congress of Stock Companies, June & to 12 Mines and Metallurgy, June 18 to 22 Ac dents to Workmen“and Insurance, June a to w with the exposition Aeronautics, June 25 to 20 Commercial Travelers and Representatives, July 8 to 11 Automobiles, July 9 to 12 Strength of Materials; Methods of Testing: July %to lt Steam Apparatus; Surveillance and Security July 16 to 18 Applied Mechanics, July 19 to 25 Commerce and Industry, July 23 to 28, Photography, July 23 to 28. — Proprietary Rights, Trademarks, ete., July 22 to ZS Applied Chemistry, July 22 to 21 Electricity as Applied to Medicine raphy, et July 27 to Aug. 1 Navigation, July 28 to Aug Architects, July 20 to Aug. 4 Custom House Regulations, Aug. 4 Chemistry, Radiog July 3 to Aug. 6 to 11 Technical, Commercial and Industrial Education, Aug. 6 to 11 Mathematics, Aug. 6 to 11 Physics, Aug Bibliography, Aug. 16 to 18 Electricity, Aug. 18 to 25 Gas, Sept } to 5 Railroads, Sept. 20 to 2%. ¢ Southern Inter-State Fair. Plans for additional features to the big Southern Inter-State Fair, to be held at Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10 to 27, are still being perfected It has now been decided that racing and a poultry show will be added to the attractions, and though the racing dates have not yet been fixed, they will be neid for one week during the period of the fair. The dates of the poultry show will probably be October 12 to 1%, though this also is not yet definitely settled A large horse show, modeled somewhat after that held in New York and other large places annually, is planned for the last week of the fair In a word, the management is sparing neither pains nor expense to make the fair one of the biggest and finest ever held The New Orleans Fair. The Second Annual Louisiana Industrial Exposition, which opened on April 14, and will continue to May 6, at New Orleans, is proving, and will prove, to be one of the best xpositions given in the South. Large crowds have been in attendance, many people coming in a bedy from neighboring places to visit the fair. On April 29, Military Day, an excursion of over 1,000 people came from Bayou Sara to witness the exercises, and that is only one instance. Following is a list of some of the leading features of the fair: e The great Trades Display and the Trades Parade; Military Day, with its cavalry and artillery drills and exercises; the Horse Show, under the charge of J. R. Gentry, which has many fine entries and is proving one cf the best shows seen in the South; the Dog, Live Stock and Poultry Shows: the Midway, which is very large and complete and very popular; Children’s Day; Orphans’ Day; “Society in the Saddle," and the Flower Parade. These are a few of the many attractions at the fair. The Topeka Street Fair. Preparations for the Toneka Street Fair and Carnival, to be held May 28 to June 2, are progressing favorably A large amount of work has been done bv the Executive Committee in charge, and everything is propitious for a great fair. The citizens and business men of Topeka are doing all they can to aid in forwarding the cause. and Dr. Cc. D. Gray, of the International Exhibition Company, has been working hard to make the fair a success. President Holman, of the Commercial Club, some time since appointed the committees, which are now co-operating with the Executive Committee in the arrangements for the fair. The chairmen are: Promotion and Publication—Chas.P. Adams. Exhibits and Booths—Otte Kuehne. Construction and Decoration—M. Heery. Music—J. B. Marshall Press and Reception—Dell Keizer. Entertainment and Midway—J. S. Coe. Electrical Parade—Albert M. Patten Transportation—W. A L. Thompson Finance—R. S. Brigham Auditing—William Green. Sportsmen’s Shows. It is only five or six yerrs since the ,rst “Sportsmen's Show’’ was held in New York There was a small collection of live game, and a large one of dead game; but firearms, fishing tackle, new and powerful powders and the latest thing in bullets were the most noticeable features. The most recent exhibition of this sort disclosed a radical change. It contained a small display of firearms and a large collection of living animals. bear, wild boar, Rocky Mountain goats, coons, beaver, muskrats, mink, squirrels, rabbits, birds of many sorts and all the principal game fish Thousands of visiters came to see these interesting children of the woods and waters, and the majority of them undoubtedly went away with more desire to know and less desire to kill. The number of those who ling There were moose, elk, deer,’ ) \ ered before the pictures of wild animals wa: a also a significant and encouraging sign. Mr. Ernest Seton-Thimpson, whom every wiid animal in America regards as his per! sonal friend, lately told of a Western guide 5, who has laid aside the rifle for the camera | His pleasure in this more difficult kind o ! hunting is as keen as was his former satis Hd faction in shooting; nor does he feel himsel * ; any the less a man because his trail is me «| longer marked by bleaching bones and the ’ scent of carrion.—Youth's Campanion. The greater the exposition the more poten | World's Fair: 4 As such! its influence upon the future. are indeed peaceful competitions. the results of the Paris Exposition of 1900 are 4” | awaited with interest and impatience. But ,, on the other hand, peace permeates the en= | tire fabric of an exposition, and throughou \e its formative period we acknowledge with th: utmost satisfaction that the Paris Exposition with millions of dollars staked upon its suc , cess, has appeared constantly amid dark ane troubled scenes as a blessed peace factor in “f the recent history of France.—North Amer | ican Review i ‘ a t Send Them In. r ‘ah f Managers who are sending out catalogue: 7 and booklets descriptive of their parks ane ' | fa.rs, should not forget to mail copies tq':, “The Billboard.”’ A well printed, artistically j arranged and prettily illustrated booklet al + ways attracts attention—and the attention o .!* “The Billboard” is worth having. Wha -*. kind of park or fair are you going to hav«’ ¥ this season? Let “‘The Billboard” know! . ' Bigger and Better. ¥ ctiltniendaiaal 4 As announced elsewhere in these columns | “The Billboard” is to change to a weekly, and become bigger, brighter, better and more | . essentially the fair paper for the fair matf , than ever. Issued weekly, with improves. |; and greater facilities for getting ail the faiy:, § news, park news and all the happenings if.) the great outdoor amusement world, “The Billboard” will be without a rival in this/)? line, and will no doubt win on its own t mer.ts even more recognition than it has! |} heretofore. The paper is now read by prac | ii tically every fair manager, circus, park anc; outdoor amusement man in the United State and Canada, but in its new form, with it. |? new service, and its new position as the’ # great outdoor amusement journal, it shoule';, be on the desk of every manager, promote) and advertising man, and in the hands 0} #4 every outdoor amusement follower in the. country. 3 The subscription price will be $4.00 perf? year, $2. for six months, and $1.00 for ¢ f three months’ trial subscription, and the pa ‘5 per will be found to be well worth thd)# money. The advertising rates will remair/# the same, ten cents per agate line each issue; bd with no discount for time or space. Adver; | tisers in the future will find ‘‘The Billboard’) ’) > an even better medium in its field than ivth | has been heretofore, and that is saying) enough. } The full list of fairs will be printed on th¢ uf second week of every month; but additions’? and corrections will be published weekly ang 4 inserted. in the full list when it is printed ? The list of parks, pleasure resorts, ete., wil ' be handled in the same manner, except tha’ } the full list will be printed on the fourth week. } inn A Familiar Street Fair Scene. Ditectory gives “ The Billboard” a circulation of 10,308, ee ee ee ee ee