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PARKER GOT
BUSINESS.
IN THE
Remarkably Story of the IMsc
"America's Amusement King."
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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
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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
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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
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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. .
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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
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HAPPY
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FOR SALE.
A four-room cottage with two extra
corner lots, desiraLIa location, Norl!
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going away.
FRED. O. TAYf.OR:
ID STRING HAM,
AUCTIONEER.
4 Sale cried on short notice.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
No extra charge for distance.
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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
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