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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1912)
DAILT CAPITA! J0CB5AL. 8AIEX. OREGOU, SATURDAY, MAT 25, 1912. WILL EXHIBIT AT fv f r WILL EXHIBIT AT AS V Ti2 i DCS Thursday, May 30 SPLENDID FREE STREET PARADE AT 10:30 A. M. TAKE FOUR. T) f DALL T1 (5 il 5 F lotto Circnis pecia The BIG SELLS CIRCUS under direction of William Sells has traveled from one end of the country to the other and known to everyone. Consolidated with the GREAT FLOTO SHOWS originally promoted by Otto Floto, premier sporting man of the world, personifying the circus beautiful of modern times. iflft.V- mmmiu J. . i -rm S iimmmr0miwmit tvfltm nfumm iW'iM Mill I JfMMn i n nMVWmm ihiwwWwimh i m imMW If ( fHMMMMIVWa WWIIMPlMlPMIi illiil iji I ViiyinMnPfM"llil inM'IVW f"W)iHWjJ'iWlpiIWii IK' fKIUM in iiPHPnnw.il, ibwiiiw ijfvf-"! 1 ,.M,.M-M,r...r... .- r..,,n....n.n..M. -r:i1fl .J ,, ii, ,, , m ,. litiMiiiiiJWfciii linf-Trrn f-n..injinAi iWiwm' 4-nMtt;l-r-i n y irtrT-VnirMtfnrYmtfrnwit 1.w. rthii.iin .LMi.lrni-"r"-" 1 "" --ma i-ii !--. ndnwJy Wwniii., t 'm! "MWyA 1001 wonders k .N&jIr ' - "l NVX -VKll .,?fT.. ; .- -- . " 1 ,. i J. uj.TSum f.V- jj.h,; ...'. .. ur- ii.imuii I-- ,. : - .. J AChensi Idea of Our Marvelous Magnitude. All Our Tents Are Water-Proof . Two Performances Daily, Rain or Shine, at 2 and 8 o clock p. m. Uoors upen at i ana p. m. , Yom Mnasi See the New Bom Baby Elephant No man, woman or child ever be fore looked upon a baby ELEPHANT bred and born in captivity. If you think this statement untrue you will confer a favor on us by telling everybody where and when, in America, you saw a new born baby elephant. A tremendous epoch in the annals of natural history. You will never see his like again. He is being n ised on the bottle. He drinks 10 quarts of cow's milk a day. The one great event in the big tents that startled the scientific world. A ,1 i, i ' ,: j-.'th. it I r In Vri of ThU I'mlijtlirni Fmiillr Bred mid Burn oil Anierlnw Soil Siillnws ( HlKornlu Miikrn rresont In Mothrr mid (on, No other circus ever exhibited a genuine baby elephant bred and born in America. He was born at Salinas, Cal., on Thursday, April 25, 1912. He weighed at birth 180 pounds, stood 2 feet high, 3 feet long, and his trunk measured 10 inches. His mother is Alice of the Sells-Floto herd of performing elephants. His father is Jumbo II, also a member of the troupe. The most unique attraction ever offered the public. The Associated Press celebrated his coming by wiring the story to all quarters of the globe. On FREE exhibition in the menagerie. At BhUiiiw Oil nt r. IlO n in.. Aprl US, All, lh gmit f.mmlo louilor of tho flvplimit lit'rd In the Soils-Kioto iliow. gitvo hlrtli to a fine young nmlo liahy elnplmnt. The accomichement took plnce Just nt the close of the afternoon performance, and created great t umnni tha' HttoiiilliiK iiiullltvides. The lively yomiitster weighed ISO pounds, was 24 Inches high and !l Inches long. He was pink all over and the town of Snllnas was wild over this niOHt extraordinary event. Alice was greatly excited by the crowds snd l " to kill tho baby us soon as she could get at It, attempting to trample It to death. Frederick Asplnwnll, the Keeper. niBncci m aim saveu me uaoy, uui was mined 2" feet by the Infuriated mother. They covered the mother's head with larfe sacks so tnai " . . . .... i- All tho nilinr i.li.iilmiil were w Hi v excltod. knowing that some unusual evem was mums ihiu-b. uui uio ueiu i.iuiu.v huhpu, anil, the mother becom nr rei could neither eee the baby nor the crowds. All the other elephant, were wildly i , i.,.. 1,1.1-n furnished for the tiansiioiliilloii of the mother and (ho great menagerie, standing on a plnsh-coveied table, whers he can see hit mother over tho world. to death. Frederic Asplnwnll, me Keeper, ruaneu in anu wru uib una, ui nnnea su im ny trie Inrurlated mother. They covered the mother's head with larfe sack! y excltod, knowing that some unusual event was taking place, but tho herd was finally milted, and, the mother becoming reconciled, the baby was given her and Immediately d sun, with every comfort snd luxury Imaginable, and two attendants will be constantly on guard to see that nothing happens to this 10,0(t0 youngster. The baby Is exhlbl miner and she can see him. If the baby lives It will bo tho first elephant ever bred and born In America, and It's a Golden West product at that. Asoclated Press dispatch began mir' hlhlted dally 'n dispatch printed alt , ania f,,lm the Ran Francisco newspaper.! San Francisco Call. April 26.-The first baby elephant bred and born In captivity In America, according to authetlc records, saw the light of day yesterday afternoon at Ii o'clock at Salinas, where the Setla- . ....rid the baby being the offspring of Alice and Jumbo II, two pachyderm, owned by tho clrcu.. Sun Francisco Pout, April 20.-The first, baby elephant ever bred snd born In America 1. a native of California. San Francisco Bulletin, April 2fll The distinction A being the first baby elephant bred and born In captivity on thl. continent I. no .light one, .. no clrcu. hitherto ha. attempted to breed these animals. San Francisco Chronicle, April 26.-Thl. I. the first authenticated case on record that an elephant was bred and born In captivity. SELLS-FLOTO HAS 40 CLOWNS-Visit the Circus and Count 'Em. If laughing makes you sick, bring a Doctor with yo-