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THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 2, 1911.
TOWN LIKE JONOLTS GOURD
Story of the Boom Day. ia Dakota
Head Like Romance.
TAIEBA1TK THRIVED AND FADED
Ball oa rrtitti, It Drew Tko
4a of RMUrili mmi Died
a Qaleklr Wki Proa
rets Palled.
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PIERRE, 8. D., July 1. Place your
fl riser oa the map of South Dakota at a
point where a Una drawn directly north
would Inter ct tha Mlaaourl rlvar and
there you will b abl to locate tha site
of tha town of Falrbank, a city that had
muahroorn growth for a period of six
month! and died almost aa auddenly ai It
came Into existence.
Aa the crow files, Falrbank waa located
thirty-five mllea north of this city and waa
Conceived purely aa a real estata booming
achema and within sixty days after the
first lot sale waa held. It had a population
of close to 1,600 people. Now nothing re
mains to mark Its greatness, aside from an
excavation over which stood a building that
remained for close to twenty-eight years,
but which waa destroyed by fire a few
reeks ago.
Tha city of Falrbank, or rather the two
Falrbank, attracted tha attention of the
public for a few months during the spring
of 1884. At that time tha Western Townslta
company, a subsidiary company of the
Northwestern Railroad company, secured
title 'to 10 acre of land due north of
Pierre and thirty-five miles distant Albert
Keep, then president of the railroad com
pany, waa president of the townslta com
pany. About the same time tha Falrbank
Townslta company of which Charles
Walker, a real estate man of Pierre, was
president and Judge Hartlett Tripp, then
of Yankton, S. ., but subsequently
minister to Austria, waa vice' president,
secured title to 160 acres of land adjoining
that of the Western Townslta company.
In addition to the btgh standing of the
officers of tha two townslta companies,
both officially and financially and tha
further fact that a few weeks after the
town plats were filed with tha secretary
of tha then territory of Dakota, that tha
North western Railroad company sent out
Its map showing a contemplated Una of
road from Red field to Falrbank, town lota
aold at fabuloua prices and In great num
bers. On the lame day, offices for the sale
of lota In Falrbank were opened In New
Tork, Chicago, 8t Louis, Omaha, Bt. Paul
and a dosen other cities, where capitalists,
business men and laborers became pur
chasers, seeing In the purchases an
enormous profit within a short time.
Boomed aa st Capital.
This was during - Jan nary, -1884, and aa
a part of the same real eatate boom
scheme, a bill waa Introduced In tha South
Dakota legislature, tha last session aver
held at Yankton, providing for tha lo
cation of the capital at Falrbank. Bis
marck, Pierre, Mitchell, Huron, Aberdeen,
Sioux Falls, Jamestown and a dosen other
towns were In the list, so that It waa be
lieved that Falrbank stood an equal show
with any of Its competitors, considering
the fact that It waa proposed to- donate to
the then territory of Dakota 1,000 acres of
land adjoining tha town and $600,000 of its
bonds, the proceed to be used In paying
the coat of tha erection of territorial build
Inge, Tha Falrbank capital boom never got
beyond tha boom stage, but it served. weU
tha purpose for which it was intended, for
on April 1, thirty days after the first
lot sale was held, there were 300 buildings
In course of erection. , Additions to the
original townsltea had been laid out and
platted, a park and boulevard system,
mora elaborate than those of moat of tha
older' towns, bad been provided and an
election bad been called for - the1 purpose
of selecting officers and voting bonds for
Improvements. Tha territorial legislature
had enacted a law, declaring tha mushroom
town a city and all that remained for tha
people to do waa to ratify tha act. The
law designated the data and the manner
of holding the election.
Caadldatea avad Cltlsens.
Candidates for tha various offices came
out thick and fast and tha only one who
waa without opposition was V. D. Percl
val, publisher cf the pnpor that waa .enter
lug upon the st.cond month of lis career,
which waa to be short, but interacting.
After giving the required notice provided
for by law, the' election was held, Just two
' months after the first stlok of lumber was
hauled upon the townslta. Six hundred and
forty-three votes were 'cast' and It Waa
estimated that this Indicated a population
of a little over i,(no persons. , They acre
living In tents, board shanties and even
caves. A bed for a nbiht In any ens of the
many hotels was worth tl and S3 waa not
an unusual price. Meals went up from 28
cents to tl, and were hard to get! at tven
that. Yet. all the time more oeople were
coming to town to take part in the boom.
They came on foot, by steamers up and
down the Missouri river, as there were
two Unas, each operating three boats,
which touched at tha Falrbank landing
usually three times a week.
In addition to those who walked and came
via the river, hundreds were coming In on
tha stages, three and four coaches operat
ing dally out of Pierre. All who were des
tined to Falrbajik and came to Pierre over
the Northwestern road had a stage coupon
attached to their raUroad tickets. This
waa a part of the regular railroad ticket
and waa good on any of the stags lines.
If not used these coupons were redeemable
at any of the Northwestern offices.
Bonds Were Pleattfal.
At tha election for city officers numerous
bonds were voted, there being little or no
opposition. Capital bonds aggregating tMO,
COO carried without a vote being cast against
them. Besides these there were 1100,000 of
aewer, $10,000 of grading, $50,000 of electric
lights and $26,000 of school house bonds
voted, none of them meeting with much op
position. Lots commenced to jump In price. Lots
on Broadway that the townslte company
two months before had sold for $300 to $&00,
- went up to $1,000 and $6,000 and were sold
and resold. It was nothing unusual for
choice lota to double In value over night
and It was nothing unusual for a man to
go to bed the owner of a lot having a
market value of $1,000 and the next morn
ing before breakfast, sell his holdings for
$3,000 to H0J0. Real eatate office were
on every corner. Many of them kept open
all night, and while the boom was at Its
height, aa much business was being dona
at midnight aa during the day. Every man
who bad tha price, wanted a lot In the
town and If he did not secure It, he felt
that he had lost the opportunity of a life
time to make 100 and perhaps 1,000 per cent
on his Investment. Saloons and gambling
houses came by the score and for thirty
days, Fairbanks waa as tough a place as
there waa on the map.
Bad of the Been.
Along about June 1 the more conservative
ones commenced to realise that there waa
nothing to sustain the boom that bad been
. growing and sweeping on. Mayor Pcrcival
called a apodal meeting of the city council
and In secret session. It pa decided not to
Issue the bonds that bad been voted, there
being but little opposition to the prop
osition. It waa argued that If the town
was to continue to grow, there would be
time enough later on to prepare the bonds
and offer them for sale. If tt did not
(row, there would be m necessity for the
action, as they would not be marketable.
About this time the first blow to Indicate
the death of Falrbank came. The capltot
commission, after visiting all of the towns
that were applicants, decided to give the
prlxe to Bismarck. The more conservative
ones declared that this was a good thing
and that Falrbank never really wanted to
be the seat of Dakota's territorial gov
ernment. . .
But disappointment to Falrbank did
not come. Along In the summer of 18S4
the Northwestern Railroad company Issued
a new official mn and the projected ex
tension from ned field, across the country
to the Missouri liver, was omitted. This
waa real grief and a committee of promi
nent business men hurried to Chicago,
where they held a conference with railroad
officials, who assured the visitors that
leaving the Une off the map was "Just a
mlHtake of the printers and that It would
appear next time." However, It has never
appeared and after twenty-seven years, the
townslte Is no nearer a railroad than when
It waa platted.
Getting Away from Town.
With the return of the committee from
Chicago and the report being made public
the exodus commenced. People commenced
to realise that there was no way of keep
ing the boom alive and as the country west
of the river was an Indian reservation and
that to the east occupied by homesteaders,
who then were mostly poor, there was no
Immediate future for the town.
Perclval. as editor of the paper, the Head
light, filled Its columns with inspiration.
He boosted the country and painted word
pictures of the future of the town, pointing
that the Missouri river was one of the
great commercial highways of the country
and that Falrbank would eventually become
the metropolis of the central west.
By September 1 the boom had completely
collapsed. Even the stage line had been
pulled off and Instead of stopping at the
Falrbank landing, the steamers whistled
disdainfully and passed by without .even
slackening their speed. It was then that
a ' final effort waa made to breathe life
Into the dying town.
Laat of Falrbank' Effort.
If Falrbank could but get the county seat
of Sully county, then located at Clifton, a
town of 100, It could pull through until a
reaction would occur. It went Into the
fight, as did Onldav'a small town In the east
end of the county. In an attempt to confi
dence the voters and secure their support,
fifty scrapers were borrowed from a grad-
big contractor at Pierre. Along about the
middle of the month these scrapers were
brought up from Pierre and with a band
accompanying them, they were distributed
through the county along the line of a road
that the townslte company had surveyed.
Money waa raised by subscription and by
taking what little remained in the Fair
bank city treasury and grading commenced.
This worked well enough and would have
won the county seat fight had the money
held out
The day before election, the money having
been all expended and It being Impossible
to ralae any more, grading waa auspended
and all of the men discharged. The town
was behind with the contractor and this
Individual Immediately commenced, to
spread the Information that there waa
nothing behind the railroad building and
that it was simply a scheme to get votes
for Falrbank for the county seat. That
ended It, for Onlda won hands down.
Falling to seeure the county seat, the
exodus that had for a time been stayed
started anew and famlllea by the score
ought new locations.
Editor's Efforts In Vain.
Again, Perclval, In the Headlight, at
tempted to stay the tide that threatened to
sweep the town from Its foundation. The
morning following the election. In a double
column, double-leaded article, an extra edi
tion of the paper was pulled off the old
Washington hand press. This scored the
people for their lack of confidence In the
future Cf Falrbank. It referred to the
"recent landslide of purchased votes" and
consoled the reader by assuring them that
It was "better to 190 the prlxe than have
won it 'by such disreputable methods aa
were adopted by the compSUtora." In an
other article, front page, top of 'column,
be called attention to the possibilities of
the town, predicting that It had a bright
future a a) manufacturing center, picturing
coal fields to the west, which have never
yet been discovered. He also told of the
vast beds of clay In the bluffs east of the
town and told how by bringing the raw
products to Falrbank It could be converted
Into a metropolis, one Into which the vari
ous railroads would build their lines, thus
adding wealth and building up a city that
would be the pride of all Dakota.
Tarns to the Indians.
Again an effort, waa made to bring the
town to the fore. Late In the fall Hump,
the head chief of the Cheyennea, and Little
No Heart, hereditary chief of the Two
Kettle band of Sioux Indians, were Invited
to a feast. They were requested to bring
their warriors, their squaws and pap-
dooms along, the idea being to cultivate a
friendly feeling and secure the Indian trade
of the' country tributary, It then , being
occupied by between 1,600 and 3,600 families.
Subscriptions were taken up- among the
Inhabitant of the town and several hun
dred dollars raised. .This waa expended In
buying, a dosen tat steers, hundred of
)oaves of bread and barrels of dried apple.
For two days and two night preparations
were in progress getting the barbecue and
feast ready for the guests. Then the In
dians came almost 1,000 of them bringing
along ths most ravenous appetite. Roast
ox, potatoes, other vegetables, apple pie
and dried apple sauce disappeared like dew
before the morning eun.
At last the feast having been finished,
the oratory commenced. As chief execu
tive of the municipality If fell upon Mayor
Perclval to deliver the address. Not being
proficient in Sioux, he spoke In English,
which was interpreted by James Pear
man, an American who had been raised
among the Indiana and who had married
into a half breed family. The good quail
ties, bravery and honesty of the Indians
waa dwelt upon. The Indians were told
that Falrbank wanted them for Its friends
and that when ever they vlalted there, they
would be received aa honored guest and
made to feel at home.
Hasan Tells What.
With grunt of approval. Hump replied;
he assured the mayor of the dying town
that he and his people fully understood
why they had been Invited to the feast.
It was for the purpose of attempting to
secure their trade and beat them out of
their money, as had been done by other
Americans for centuries. He expressed the
opinion that this was the entering wedge
in an effort to take from them more 'of
their land and that the whole scheme was
too thin to hold even air.
This waa the last straw. Before the
Falrbank cup of sorrow had been full, but
now It waa overflowing. To be publicly
humiliated by an untutored savage waa a
little more than the average falrbank man
co uj a stand. Silently merchant, banker,
Isnd agent, editor and every day cltUen
stood around and watched the Indiana take
their departure, an ugly, but wall filled
company.
Shortly after the Indian feast the farm.
era living In the eastern part of Sully
and adjoining counties discovered that
Falrbank buildings could be bought for a
fractional part et what the lumber In them
orignally cost. They came to town In
large numbers and aoon tha disheartened
resident who remained commenced to sell
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their buildings. Two story structures that
cost $3,000 to $5,000 were sold for $200 to
$300. They were loaded onto wheels and
aoon commenced to move onto farm where
they served for dwelling houses, barns or
stables.
Bad of the Metropolis.
Families continued to leave town In large
numbers, having disposed of all of their
property, except their lots, for which there
was no sale. Week after week, and with
out enough advertising to wad a gufl, the
Headlight continued to appear. In one
column It chastised the people for their
disloyalty to the town in abandoning tt
In it hour of ill luck and In another It
made the prediction that they would come
back and eventually build up a bigger and
better Falrbank. But this failed to have
the desired effect. For days and almost
weeka there was a continuous string of
building moving off the townslte and out
over the hills and for days and weeks
there was a procession of cltlsens leaving
the town. Some came to Pierre, but more
ought other localities. This continued
until late Into the winter and when the
only inhabitants remaining were two
Postmaster D. C. Ntcol and Perclval,
mayor and publisher of the Headlight.
The postmaster had little to do, as the
patrons of his office had gone. However,
he busied himself reading the exchanges
and forwarding mall to addresses that had
been left behind. Each week during the
winter the Headlight was Issued. White
paper stock ran low and a the Headlight
treasury waa lower than the stock, week
Iter week the regular Issue were printed
on wrapping paper that the editor found
round In the vacant business houses. As
there was no advertising, the size of the
paper waa cut from an eight-column folio
to a four-column, . two-page sheet. But
each week, while the editor lived on venison
bought from the Indian for 60 cent per
quarter carcass, In his paper he boosted
Falrbank and told the story of the bright
future, aa he saw It. He sent his family
away to Uve with relatives, and friends
urged him to "let go the corpse." Indig
nantly he spurned what he designated a
an Insult and Insisted that owing to "geo
graphical location and a natural railroad
crossing of the Missouri river, at some
time in the near future the town must boom
again and become the future city of Da
kota."
A spring returned the Headlight lost the
last of It paid subscribers, death having
called him. Then there were but fifty
papers printed weekly. There was one for
the tiles, one for the Postofflce department
and forty-eight for the exchanges.
Mayor Perclval Forever.
The call to civilisation became louder
and stronger. Finally one bright morning
the editor of the Headlight decided. On
the first page, first column, ' as mayor
of the city of Falrbank, he Inserted that
the following Saturday night, there would
be a special meeting of the council, at
which his resignation would be presented.
In another column, he announced that with
the "current Issue, the Headlight will
temporarily suspend publication." And In
still another column he devoted himself
to booming the town, expressing the opin
ion that the time would oome when H
would rank among the great cities of the
land. That week the paper went to press
aa usual. Saturday night came and In his
office. Mayor Perclval convened the city
council and called the roll of members.
Name after name waa read, but there was
no response. Not a man waa present, they
having gone to probably as many slates
as there were names. The resignation waa
read, but aa there were none to move the
acceptance. It was . put back into the
mayor's pocket, where It remained until
dimmed by age. Thus Mayor Perclval,
now a resident of Omaha haa become a
perpetual mayor, probably the only one
of his kind n the country.
The following morning, Editor Perclval
went out upon the deserted streets. There
he met a farmer who had come in to pick
up a load of driftwood along the river.
To this farmer the Headlight office build
ing that had cost close to $1,000 waa sold
for $50 and later In the day, the lot on
Broadway waa traded to a half breed, even
up, for a polished pair of buffalo horns,
he getting the property that only a few
months previous had a market value of
$3,000. The next day the plant of the Head
light waa loaded Into a farm wagon, hauled
to Pierre, where it went onto the market
aa old junk. ,
The Hall of Fame.
Representative Irvine L. Lenroot of Wis
consin wm a court stenographer In his
early days.
Senator Watson of West Virginia is a
horse enthusiast and exhibits and takes
piizes at horse shows In this country and
abroad.
Former Representative John A. Keliher
of lioelon can tell stories in every known
delect and has a lew on tne side that be
invented himself.
Among various other valuable posses
sions. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati.
brother of the president, has heavy inter
ests' in a strinc of big hotels.
faVeveral slates can claim that all their
representatives In congress, except one or
two, were born in the states they serve:
but Utah haa the unique oUtinctlon of
having an entire natlve-aon representation.
His nai.ie la Joseph Howell and be was
born In Bnxelder county.
Wilton Lackeys, the actor, has an actor
brother who seys his name Is Jtmton
Leckaye. The explanation :a that Wilton
Lackaye's name, was originally W,ll an
and that nia name waa o-ik nany James.
Htnce. if Will can be chanK, d to v llton,
Certainly Jim can be changed to Jtmton
HatuiUajf advening feat
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Amusements
The Ingraham Stock company ha
reached the final week f Its engagement at
the Gayety and after next Saturday night
the company, as an organisation, will be
no more. Both Miss Fischer and Mr. Pot
lard have shove most convincingly that
in the leading rolee they were easily equal
to every emergency and demand. The
same might be said of every mem
ber of the company, which is a remarkably
well balanced one. A pleasing feature of
the engagement ha been the fact that only
play either new to Omaha or play that
had never received stock production in
Omaha were presented, and for the .closing
week, which opens thfs afternoon, "The
Belle of Richmond," while not exaotly new
to Omaha, It haa been so many years since
tt has been seen here that it presenta
tion waa considered a wise choice, especi
ally so as there are so many excellent
parts, thus affording each Individual mem
ber of the company to appear in a role
peculiarly suited to his or her talents and
so leave in the mind of the most generous
public only pleasant memories of their fa
vorites. Miss Fischer will be "Nellie" and
Mr. Pollard "Gerald." and it i said that
not since their coming to Omaha have
these two excellent player been cast so
happily.
Aside from the matinee today there will
be a holiday matinee Tuesday (Fourth of
July) and the customary and exceedingly
popular shirtwaist matinee next Thurs
day and Saturday. The final and good by
performance will be given Saturday even
ing when the usual tears, flowers and part
ing speeches will be much In evidence.
The seat sale for the week 1 very brisk.
By no means will the closing of the In
graham company next Saturday night place
the Gayety on the "dark" list of Omaha's
theaters, the management announcing, that
on Saturday afternoon, July , . promptly
at 1 o'clock, the Gayety will resume IU
policy of the last three summers that of
"coatless vmidevllle" a form of summer
entertainment which became o popular
before that there Is no question of Its
again becoming the vogue. In addition
the the vaudeville number there will be
the Gayety' own brand of photo plays.
The hours will be from 1 to 5 and from 7 to
11 daily and the admission but a dims.
Heading the bill at the Rome Bummer
Garden this week are the Hlrschhorn
"Alpine Entertainers," a clever pair who
nreaent an act In musical novelty that Is
decidedly original. Miss Hlrschhorn haa a
beautiful soprano voice and In the pretty
Tyrolese music, shows to magnificent ad
vantage. Mr. Hlrschhorn Is the master of
the either, both are splendid yodlers, and
the two make a strong team giving a very
refined list of musical numbers.
One of the principal entertainers of this
week's bill Is Vlfflord, a refined black
face comedian, who tells some very funny
stories and sings some good parodies. Gil
bert c Gilbert present the one act play,
"The Minstrel Man," which Is full of
comedy and sparkling wit and keep the
audience in continual laughter.
Leo D. Hickman, the favorite baritone,
will sing several new Illustrated songs.
The Rome orchestra of sterling musicians
has been augmented in numbers and will
continue to play the latest and most popu
lar music. A special Fourth of July matinee
will be given, starting at I p. m. Five big
vaudeville acts and bulletins by rounds of
the Wolgast-Moran prize fight will be fur
nished.
Don't miss the Fourth of July celebration
at Courtland beach, for tt will be a hum
mer. Manager Munchhoff ha provided an
elaborate display of fireworks to be set
off during the evening, the display em
bracing nearly everything the dealers had
to sell. It. without doubt, will be the
finest dispay of fireworks anywhere in
this vicinity on this occasion. Corns early
and avoid the crowds.
Aa the hot day increase, the bathing
beach Is becoming more popular than ever,
and hundreds are dally taking advantage
of the cool waters of the lake. The fishing
has been excellent all the season. Extra
attractions have been secured for July 4
and there will be band concerts, afternoon
and evening, by Hui tar's well known con
cert band. Other numerous attractions,
such as circle swing, roller coaster, roller
skating rink, bowling alley. dancing
pavilion, stuffed bird and animal exhibi
tion, etc., are becoming very popular with
the erowds that have visited the Beach
this season. The management haa ar
ranged to have music for dancing from 1
p. m. to 1116 p. m. on July 4.
Additional street cars will be provided
on Sunday and ths Fourth to accommodate
the throngs who will desire to spend the
day at Omaha's ideal report.
The) Order of Exercise.
The school room practice of a half cen
tury ago are Incredible to a modern pupil.
It Is well that they have not been con
tinued; but an account of them by an eye
witness is often amusing. One Incident
from A. II. Hall's "Old Bradford School
Pays" brings up a teacher who clung to
the old principle, "No llkin. no larnln'."
Horace Walton, at recess, climbed to the
top of the highest nut tree, and, losing his
hold, fell to the ground. He struck on
many of the limbs In his descent The boys
were terribly frightened a he struck the
ground. Just aa we crowded about him
to see If he still lived, our races as white
aa hi, the bell rang for the resumption of
studies.
- The last boy in waa Walton, and just as
fell rather than sat down in his seat the
master ebouwd; "Come out her la-
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stanter!" He gave htm a flogging that
made the fall from the tree seem the lesser
of two evils.
A fsw year ago, meeting Walton tor
the first time In many year, he remarked
that he well remembered how that master
at last succeeded In bringing things into
routine order In the school. Each morn
ing, as the school assembled, this order
was observed: "First bell, come to order;
second bell, attention; 'third bell, lick
Walton." Youth's Companion.
BARNUM AND BAILEY COMING
Greatest show on Baurtfc to Visit Thta
City on Tuesday, Joly
11, Next.
Final arrangement have lust been com
pleted for the visit to this city of the
Bamum St Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth. The date is Tuesday, July 11. Two
performances will be given. They will be
the aame In every particular as those pre
sented In Madison Square Garden. New
Tork City, where this circus opened Us
season last March.
Added glory attache to this show be
cause of Its new equipment, which cost the
management $3,600,000. Its new parade la
described aa a marvel of pageantry. Its
enlarged menagerie Is the center of inter
est, and the company of 400 world-famous
artists presenting the program have
brought 100 surprises from Europe. This
circus Is over fifty years old. It was
founded by P. T. Barnum, the father of
modern advertising and big circus ideas.
Barnum was born 100 years ago. He waa
over a century ahead of his time. Were
he alive today he would still be looked up
to as the greatest amusement manager in
the world. It waa bis brilliant mind that
made the modern circus possible. He found
the circus a disorganised Institution, oper
ated without system, intelligence and not
a great deal of Integrity. He lifted it up
into the fine arts. He established it on the
same systematic standards that make rail
roads a success. When he died his only
successors were James A.' Bailey and his
Immediate staff of associates, then young
men, who were able to perpetuate his won
derful policy because of long schooling
under him.
Bailey has been described as the greatest
showman of his day. He grew to be an
other Barnum. Under hie management the
world's greatest circus became even
greater. No other circus In the world ever
dared to attempt the gigantic projects that
this great genius carried through to suc
cess. He took the great ahow to Europe
and Asia. He visited every city of promi
nence Jn the old world. Like a rolling ball
of snow It gathered and grew. On its
return to America It was a world' fair of
ten thousand wonders. Today Its has
reached a point of slse that taxes the rail
roads to their utmost. It covers fourteen
acree of ground.
The organisation of this year numbers
1.IS0 people, TOO horses, forty elephants,
thirty camels and 1,200 wild and semi-domestic
animals. It travels on a train ex
actly 1121 feet in length. This la over one
mile. The train haa to be handled In five
sections. The circus performance is intro
duced by a new and costly spectacle. Tb
10$ acts that follow begin a new era In
circus ldeaa. .All Is novelty. Charlie the
First, a chimpanzee, walk to on of the
stages and there present a bicycle and
Juggling act surpassing In skill the efforts
of the best human performer that ever
lived. A company of beautiful cream stal
lion enter the ring. Walking on their hind
feet. At a signal from their director they
Une up and play real muslo en sweet toned
beils. Jupiter, a white Arabian horse, rides
to the dome of the tent In a balloon and
come down In a shower of fireworks.
Thrills are added to the performance by
.the Konyot family of equestrians, the Sie-grlat-Sibon
family of aerilista and Oeor
getgr family et acrobat.
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