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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1909)
MUM nttx SUXIXtt 0 BSt'HUB, LA UlUMfc, OlILfctiS. iViDNKSDAY, Ai'iUL il, IMA. ri(.E tEVKX. JOY! JiS LA GRANDE BUSINESS MEN'S What SIX JOYFUL NIGHTS W.jWBMy5 .WWW" iaMj ,.- IBS " .- " - - " ----- - ' ' BUSINESS COLLEGE I C The School that Place You in a Good Fotttton "J ' ? n The Second how PARKER GOT BUSINESS. IN THE Remarkably Story of the IMsc "America's Amusement King." 1 Several years that form of amuse ment known as the carnival was dan gerously near falling Into disrepute, because of unscrupulous managers in that field of the show busluess cater ing to the vicious and depraved ele ment. It was at this time, some 15 years ago, that Charles W. Parker, a man of limited means but fine busi ness ability and keen scent for busi ness opportunities, saw the possibili ties of a clean wholesome carnival at traction. Impelled by the courage of his convictions he secured financial backing and launched bis bark upon the uncertain amusement seas. And thereby hangs a tale. The story of Mr. Parker's rise in the amusement worll as told by thai Rn?3"iiar h.imiM?l f , in the l-.bly of t"ir-Waldrof-Astoria in New York City several years aso, is one that has gone the rounds of the various theat rical Journals, and. each time it Is repeated, carries with it a valuable lesson. . Fred Thompson, the well known eastern showman, and Col. Parker were having a friendly chat after a good dinner at the time Col. ED PROPECK, I Parker was In New York negotiant SPRING FESTIVAL FREE ON THE Under the Auspices of the La Grande Business 3 ATTRACTINS FURNISHED BY WASHINGTON AND TCNTH STREETS PORTLAND. OREGON WRITE FOR CATALOG Hand Dealer with America s foremost magHan for the exclusive rfeht to produce the beautiful Illusion konwn as Pharaoh's Daughter, .and now one of the features with the C. W. Parfcer Shws. During the conversation Mr. Thompson asked Col. Tarker to what he n ontrlbuted his first real success In f!e annwe went lousiness and Col. Prker ire plied in iis characteristic ensmatiosl way: "Well! I atribvte my first auccess to the first and wily titpe I made a fool of myslf in my own eyes." Here the showman puffed several times at the hngti black cigar held tlosely in his determined' looking movth, and then he continued, reminisicently. "It was like this. One evening after a mighty hard days work out there In Abiliene, Kansas, Mrs. Parker in formed me that I must go to the grocery and make purchases for the next day's dinner. I elzed up the bank roll and found there whs Just $5'i in tlifl Parker conVra. So 1 started off for the groceryuiaiia,' ac comswnled by my two eldest children. We had gone about two blocks from the horse when we came upon a wheezy old steam merry-go-round, one of the old fashioned kind that sounded like a train of box cars run ning over a trestler and Immediately the children began begging me to let en them bate a ride I supose I thought 8 -1W II. S. TYLER, Lessee and Manager tlwit $180 was a great deal of money to blow in for groceries, any way I gave them 10 cents each and they clambered into the old contraption. When the ride was over they begged for another. I forgot how small the bank roll was and lot them have it, and believe me, before 1 knew it those youngsters had indulged in cine rides and the merry-go-round man -had all the money. There I was without a cent, face to face with the perplex ing problem, of having 'to confront Mrs. Parker without the groceries. You dontt know Mrs. Parker. Well, the situation was serlouB, but I hap pened to kon w the groceryman quite well, and, after 1 had told him my story, he agreed to let me have the groceries and wait .until the follow ing week for his money. After I had gone home that night, and the chil dren were all in bed I sat down and did some thinking. I finally figured it out that that merry-go-round man was a pretty clover chap to get my last dollar and eighty -cents when I needed It jm badly, and, if he could get )t away from me, aly couldn't I devise some scheme to set it away ll'uiu- OLllClltt. along that 3ine and with the first money I gilt together irtmt summer I bought a second hanfl merry-go-round. In three week 21 paid for itself and before the season was at an end I had purchased a -new one in which my mechanical eye ioted many Imperfections. All the following winter I worked on a plan for a merry-go-nound and in the pring I was able to borrow the money .o start ta manufacture of It. Well It was not altogether easy sail ing after that, hup. I sold seieral of rsy machOies. Eadh year 1 krpt im pBoving it until I evolved theS'arker jumping horse carry-us-all. .About that time Ciere was an awful howl from the putilic about the disgusting features whkh characjerized the so called arnval .shaw. 1 Jiad succeeded with my JumpVig horse carry-us-sll, and I "Weleieved that I was capable f making good yith a carnival oota puiy, so f invested the iw.ney I had made and ut out . show. It was good and -lean'all the way ; through and the people liked It they ate It up and the next year I put . out two rompaeies. We're still mak ing jumirfng horse carry-us-alls. They are featured from Coney Island to Goldon Gate Park, and you know the rest. i The rest is that Mr. Uarker Is a mil'lonalre shovman today and has five mammoth carnival .oomivuii ai which net him an annual in come approaching $r0,000 . He em- J ploys 1350 men In his factories In i Abilene. Kansas. He owns 130 cars J which are stored in Abilene during the winter, and requires more than! a mile of railroad track to place them, j The factories and warehouses cover ( four Peres 9t foupd, P4 ever P'V IS If w m. : 1 : : 1 1 BUY A WHEAT FARM AT $10. PER ACRE In siumyJUberta in the Caudadiau Pacific 's 3000,000 acre tract of wheat laud east of Calgarv a uew district has just been put on the market at $10 an acre on 10 vcars tinie at t percent interest. This land lies directly on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was leased to the stockman for a winter-, range, until two years ago when their lease expired and it is now beiug surveyed and put on the market. The soil is a fine dark sandy loam with "a clay subsoil md last ysar produced ashigh as GO bushels, of hard winter wheat per acre There will be an advaweof $3.00 an acre on this land Sept. 1st.- Fred Holmes and J. Ii Reynolds shipped a car of "horses & farm machinery last week to ibelr section east of Calga ry which they are going to have put in fall wheat. X E. Reynolds Starts Monday to Superintend if The fare is only $17 M from La Grande in Kansas has made Mr. Parker aa If t,n will move bis plant, from Abilene. Mr. Parker la a quiet, unassuming man .typlftng vhat persistent hustling can accomplish and his splendid en terprises and tie fine reputation his shows enjoy are but a fitting tribute to the genius of a man who gave the public credit tie wanting clean, wholesome amusement, and had the ability to furnish. them with it. ' DETECTIVE WOOD IS STILL BI'SY PENDLETON, Or., April 28. James Drew, employe of a grain warehouse at Mission, a small station east of Pendleton, was arrested yesterday morning by O. R. & N. Detective Wood on a charge of stealing coal from the railroad company. He admit" his guilt and six tons have been recov ered. The stealings have extended over several months, he having sacked it and peddled, it out to surrounding farmers. Drew has a wife and three small children. 1ADY MACCABEES WILL GIVE A DANCE Tbe members of the La Grande Hive of the Lady Maccabees will give a grand ball at the Elks' auditorium on Thursday evening, April 29. The price of tickets Is $1 and there will be a charge of 23 cents extra for ex tra !a41i?9... Good music will be In (imaiue dim the public is col il !..? Invited. . A rieaoant PJiyskN When you want a pleasant physic give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets a trial. The jrare mild and gentle In their action and always pro duce a pleasant cathartic effect. Call at all good dealer! for 9 Ir mple, STREETS Men's Association I Uj Before (lie Bar. V TT . Hrown. nn stnrnev of Pltts- field, Vt., writes: "We have used Dr. Kingg's New Life Pills for years and find them such a good family medi cine we wouldn't' be without them." For Chills. Constipation, Billiousness or Sick Headache they work won ten. 25c. Newita Drug Co. F01M. A place to buy goods. The big sala tor the benefit of the High School Is still on at Pennington's. Men's dry goods of all kinds, shoes, hats, caps and the latest In neckwear. Help the HigU School. WHO IS THE ONE. That Wants to own two lots good 5 room cottage, plastered, location good; party can get good terms; let us tell you about it, and show the property. 4-17 tf La Grande Investment Co. Flue Hosiery Arrives. Smith and Green have received a new line up to date hosiery which Includes many staples and new nov elties. Carpet cleaning wiiiinui removing from floor. Phone Red 14 1. 4-19 six T HAPPY DAYS FOR SALE. A four-room cottage with two extra corner lots, desiraLIa location, Norl! Tiriil It U ... K BIU17. VT lit DC11 LllUUp UU aCVUUltl OK. going away. FRED. O. TAYf.OR: ID STRING HAM, AUCTIONEER. 4 Sale cried on short notice. Satisfaction guaranteed. No extra charge for distance. LA GRANDE ... OREGON Route No. i 'Phone No. 196z Treasurers Call For County Warrant Notice Is herby given that th undersigned Treasurer of Union Coun ty, Oregon, has funds on hand witbu whlch to pay all county warrants which were endorsed prior to the 1st, day of April, 1908. No interest allowed on the above warrants after April 22, 1909. JOHN FRAWLEY. Treasurer of Union. Co., Oregon Best Treatment for Colds. -"Most ordinary colds will yield to the simplest treatment," says the Chi cago Tribune, "moderative laxatives, hot foot baths, a free perspiration and an avoidance of exposure to cold and wet ofter treatment." While this treatment Is simple, It requires con siderable trouble, and the one adopt ing it- jRuet .TeawJDv 'n doora.. for . day or two, or a fresh cold Is almost sure to be contracted, and in many instances pneumonia follows. Ia it not better to pin your faltb to an old reliable preparation Ilka Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, that is famous for Its cures of colds and can always be depended upon? For says by Alt Good Druggists.