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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1925)
Tinier-con STATzASALnr. onEGo:r 1 ; ; i I I I 1 icday Is Circus Day! Cars Already Unloaded Shoir Grounds High School Athletic Field, lith and B streets, v rerformauces-At 2 and S p, m. boor to menagerie open one hoar earlier. . Tickets On sale 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. at Patton Bros' book store, 340 State street. Yellow ticket ; wagon continu ously open for purchase of re served seats at show grounds. Red and. white ticket wagons -.start sell In admission' tickets only wnen doors open. : ' '' YY' " i tnensions -Main tent 700x350 feet', seating 15.000 persons. . Fire flc gi, eight stages, spacious hippo drome OTal, acres of aerial appar- , vFeatures More than 300 men and .women areaic stars. Three hundred and fifty trained horses, one hundred and fifty of this num ber presented in a single display. Fire herds of. performing ele phants. Menagerie of 1009 rare . animals. ' '. ; --VY 'Side Show -All strange oddities combined in one side-show, con tinuous from morning till. night. Arrival -On 100 extra length pecial cars, in four sections, from Portland. Departure Following; night performance for Redding, Calif. Y 4 Special Note -Therf will be no atreet parade in this or any other ,. city this season. . . Yl :J.-:. i The tented city of the circus tlur paradise of the children and not; a few of the grown-ups at 0 dawn : this morning was ' rapidly springing into being at the High f School Athletic Field, the ' usual piece, of real estate for that pur pose,' and hundreds of husky work in gm en under the direction of Jim Whalen, architect of the cir eus city, were functioning with all ; the. efficiency that one commonly associates with ' life, on a man o'war. " By the noon hour, today all will be. in readiness for the first of two-, performances to be presented hers by what is commonly con ceded to be the "greatest show on earth." The circus came here Irdni ', Portland after a successful woMay engagement, and early as theflrst of the four; long trains arrived there was no dearth of Binalrboys on hand eager to wel come the red : wagons and folks 6rthe spangled world. Braving (he-wrath of parents and tumbling ut-of ted while, the stars . were till shining, r scores of urchins made their way to thr trains and the grounds to see "if we can't help'; wages tor such help, aid and . assistance being -one "pass" to the blg top where the won ders and glories of the circus are This, our To get ' :' ' ' " ' ' - " ' ' ' ' 1 i m i i i ! i fin n 9 1 1 5 fenfe V . " J- , L ' ULIU ;;LJ. VJ I i. II II 1 - . , ! i V I IB Mens, women s, boys and children's shoes in all sizes and lands. Hundreds of pairs selected from high grade stock. We carry no cheap shoes. Hundreds of boys' school shoes, regular $5.00 grades go at $2.50 You must be here one of these three days to participate in these prices, as we positively will not make these fiiw umy -v. ; yp: gall-Opepincj; Will Be Bmmediatelv Aftei' This Sale g&JKpM. W EVERY VEDWESDAY. ALL HEELS PUT ON HALF PRICE WEDNESDAY ONLY 25c - - - .-. - !s- - - -, .... . i T : rr r r "i ; ; ; . . - Corn3 and callouses removed without pain; or soreness! Ingrown pails removed and treated Paina in: feet, weak foot, flat foot, foot strains and fallen arches adjusted Dq not suffer. I will give you the best that science can produce in scientific chiropody. Consult ' DR: WILLI AT.IS TV 1 y Hours 9 to 5:30 About Your Feet Y ' Phone 616 revealed to pop-eyed youngsters of all ages. And In many a ho me-this morn ing Dads announced "'Drat it all, how. can any one sleep with that kid galloping around the house at such an unearthly hour," and then sneaked out the bacr door V catch up with "little Willie, half a block from the house, and joined him on his pilgrimage to the show grounds.; - :--'.YY -x- - There will be no street parade this "morning, in fact none has been given by this circus in five years, it ; having reached a size where it was no longer practicable. The entire morning, along with every ounce of horse and man power, will be required to erect the cireus encampment of 30 tents and make all ready for the per formances. V Largest of the tents is the main tent seating 15,000 people. Twelve private dressing "tops" are raised for as many In dividual stars of the circus." Even the clowns, more numerous ; than the reported fiancees of the Prince of Wales, have a private dressing tent in which to iron the wrinkles out of their-smiles. : H The famous 'three rine circus" made famous in history and fic tion is no more, for this circus of RlnKhne'it and Barnum and Ratlpv requires no less than five rings, in addition to six stages an dthe hip podrome ' oval for the space re quirements of the 800 men and women performers, the 350 trained horses and five herds of performing elephants. Since ; the circus exhibited here two - years ago it has been enlarged in every department and the program to be seen here will be practically new to local - patrons. ' -uiet s among the i new features will be the equine ballet, "The Fete of the Garlands," In1 which 150 superb horses take part;" an equi-canine circus in which French poodles disguise as horses Imitate the real horses; police dogs who scale 20 foot high walls; the famous Aus tralian Colleano family. .Includ ing Con Colleano, who throws, for the first time in circus history. forward sqmmersaults while upon the high wire; the beautiful Hun garian -girl riders, the Self fen- rach sisters; the Italian Medinis In a thrilling acrobatic specialty; Mljares and Maximo, wire ; walkers supreme; Berta Beeson, high wire danseuse; the Nelson family , of pretty girl acrobats; five herds of elephants who play at 'London Bridge";? four! groups of trained seals; Anna Stys,. and her girl models, posing with horses, ponies and dogs; Ella Bradna and "the most beautiful act in circusdom"; fifth Month End Sale is leading $10.00 shoes for on me inree DO YOURS FEET HURT? .ft J HUGE CIRCUS TOP "'V ': U I : ;.. - TP ... V- . ' ' : , . ( - f - i , . r w . - - -, . y : : . " ' ( ' 1V 1( .vC T--" "5 ' " . 1 ' - - . W - J - -'i1' - - --" -"':' -,.: - J Hundreds of Small Boys Were oo ' Hand Early This Morning Yhe the Combined Circus Show Disembarked from tb Cars at 4 O'clock Pallenberg's trained bears, and scores of others. Heading the en tire list of champions are Lillian Leitzel, madcap aerialist, and May Wirth, the young Australian girl rider. '."--. f v Clowns? Yes, some five score joi tne merry teiiows in a riotous $5.00 $9.00 shoes for $4.50 $8.00 shoes for $4.00 ena aays or me RAISED IN SALET.l a too which the circus folk sa hasn't been even remotely ap proached since Noah co-ordinated his vast array, and stowed 'em aboard the ark. Albany Pacific Telephone Telegraph company rebuilding line to Lieoanon all others. Each sale has been UY monin. ; Wail Sktea CITY P MOBS GLOSE FOR KI Between 400 and 500 Sa lem Youngsters Partici ,: pate in Program Between 400 and 500 children who have been enjoying the privi- llges of the Lincoln and Four teenth street playgrounds during the summer months participated in the program and events held at the Fourteenth street ground Fri day. Aparatus used will be taken down immediately and stored un til next year. Lestle Sparks and Miss Grace Snook were in charge of the Fourteenth street play ground and Miss Danta Bobbins of the Lincoln playground. Many and varied were the cos tumes worn by participants in the drees parade which- opened the program at 1 o'clock. First prize went to Monica WenzeL as an In dian squaw. She received a box of candy from the Perry Drug store. Other winners were Jack Hosford, cowboy, indoor baseball, Kenneth Brown; Marjorie Shoe maker, Spanish girl, beads, Salem Variety store. Races started at 1:45 o'clock. Winners, prizes and donors in the various eventa were: 30 yard dash for midget Kirls Mary Kelleher, first, beads. J. C. Penney Co.i Dorris Duval, second. 30 yard dash for midget bays- Kelley Wickizer. --first, jazz cop, Anderson Sporting " Goods store ; Millard Groves, second. 50 yard dash fer. Junior -slrls Rita Godsey. first, silk handker chief, Kafoury Bros.; Rose Gab- bart, second 50 yard dash -for Junior boys Jimmy Emmett. first, jazz cap, from Andersons; Clifford Warden second. 60 yard dash for intermediate girla Ruby Roblen, first, hand kerchief, Shipley's; Evelyn Hor ner, second. .60 yard dash for Intermediate boys Kimball Page, first, base ball by Kenneth Brown; Leeland Bassett, second. Sack races Midgets: Mary Kelleher, first, doll. Salem Vari ety store; Dorris Duval, second. Juniors: Goldie Samuel, first, beads, J. C. Penney Co., Rose Gab bart, second. Intermediate: Mar jorie McDonough, first, beads, J. C. Penney Co.; Bernlce' Godsey, second. - Bicycle race Raymond Mohler, first, baseball, Anderson's Sport ing Goods store. ' Swimming Midget girls: Mary Kelleher, Hrst, swimming cap. Worth's; Sedona Keith, second. Midget boys Clifford Baker. JiiErraCAyY SIMM , - Our tne very fJ?f World travelers " '", WHILE W i, 1 .., v v Y' " ' a . J M. H. Crawford, world traveler (on left) with his xnechaxiician, Bob Cruz, who will leave today on their globe-circling journey. . H. M. Crawford, noted traveler, accompanied by his ' mechanician. Bob Cruz, Is'. visiting Salem and will remain today before continu ing bis globe circling tour. Craw ford has made 13 trips to Asia in an effort to complete his tour of the worldand tor the purpose of taking pictures" and chronicling 6trango events. : 4 "Orcson has the finest roads in the world," Crawford said yester day, "but there are not sufficient traffic officers," - He commented upon the many speeding machines he bad seen since coming into the first, compass. Kenneth Brown; Kelley Wickizer. second. Junior Girls Goldie Samuel, first, ewimming cap. Central Phar macy; Rose Gabbart, second. Junior boys Paul Lewis, first, knife, Kenneth Brown; Jimmy Burrell, second. Intermediate girls Marjorie McConough. first, swimming cap. Miller's; Elizabeth Clement, sec ond. Intermediate boys Paul Lew is, compass, Andersons; Raymond Mohler. second. Baseball games durins the morning and a mat exhibition in the afternoon completed the pro gram. Oregon City woolen mill has 700 employes, pays ' $700,000 an nual wages and uses raw wool m-orth $1,250,000 a year. IM'loeif iii-l nHf P rinnr ' Daii ,! a greater success than the one previous, u -i n REPAIR DEPARTMENT shop is equipped with best grade or leather that iwr. jacoDson, in cnarge ot this department, is arK expert in his line has spent years in factories and repair shops and will do nothing but mgn grade work. stop in capital ON MOTOR TRIP. AROUND THE WORLD s ,'-s'"',ir2Ancu:;D)::Ei.::iD ; ' .. - CRAVFOnD state from the south. Leaving Bombay. India, Jan. 1, 1923, he arrived In Los Angeles about the middle of July. -From Salem the party will . motor through the northwest, crossing the United States, with occasional stops before arriving In New York city, where they will ship. their machine to Englenl from where they will continue the journey around the world. Tne machine used by the party is painted white, with the names of the various countries visited LEASEHOLD IS DEBATED EXPERTS VARY WIDELY VALUATION OF TRACT IN OLYMPIA, Aug. 28. (By As sociated i Press). Asserting: that the Metropolitan Building com pany leasehold on the university tract in the city of Seattle la be coming the "football of politics," J. M. Sparkman. Seattle real estate dealer, called by the Metro politan company as an appraisal expert in the hearing before the tax commission here, today listed this feature as one of the factors tending to minimize the value of the lease to its possessors. Mr. Sparkman. who was the last witness called, placed the value of tde leasehold at $300,000. The King county board of equalization valued the lease at $1,200,000 from which ruling the' city ap pealed claiming that the actual n nnnmn n - $7.00 shoes all new machinery. (Vc money will buy. , city Y ' painted In' black letters on hood and body. Crawford started his wander lust career when eight years old. he declares. His object In mak ing these Ions trips is to create and promote interest in travel by writing feature stories of foreign countries, to arouse public later est li the conservation of national resources, the protection of for ests, wild animals and birds, and In a business way. to aid record ing the nature of business and addresses of principal merchants throjghout the world. value of the leasehold should be $6,000,600. Other valuation ex perts called placed worth of the lease at about $800,000. Folio ing completion of testimony attor neys for both the city and thi company waived arguments arid the tax commission took the mat ter of valuation under advisement. RELATIONS RESUMED MEXICO CITY. Aug. 28. 1 By Associated Press.) Official an nouncement was made tonight by Aaron J. Ilaenk, the Mexican for eign secretary, that Mexico and Great Britain have resumed diplo matic relations, effective today. The agreement Is the outcome of negotiations here between Secre tary Saenx and Norman King, formerly British consul, who nam will take the post ot charge d at f aires. for $3.50 use nothing but i, i the . . 1 t V . . -325 txzarmtii.iTtzx
