Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1911 — CAN GET BIG CARNIVAL ATTRACTION IF WE WANT IT. [ARTICLE]

CAN GET BIG CARNIVAL ATTRACTION IF WE WANT IT.

Company Will Came If We Want to Dig Up for a Big, Live Show, with Plenty of Attractions. J. H. S. Ellis came back from Chicago Friday night, where he had spent the day looking up attractions for the horse show. It happened that the Wright Carnival Co., the one that came to Rens, selaer a few years ago when the Knights of Pythias gave their first big carnival, was booked for the south side of Chicago for a month, beginning next Monday, and Mr. Ellis looked up Mr. Wright and had a talk with him. Mr. Wright says he has a bigger and better carnival, a whole lot, than he had when he visited Rensselaer. He plays the big cities, and gave Mr. Ellis no encouragatnent until Jim asked him to put a on his show for the horse show week. He did so, but it looks like it is too high a figure, although if *it could be reached there is no doubt but great crowds could be brought to Rensselaer and that they Would be well satisfied with the show. It is up to the people as to whether they want to get the Weights, or tackle something cheaper and not so good. The Wright people want a bonus of >I,OOO, and they will give back 50 per cent of the concession money and 15 per cent of all that is taken in at the doors of the various shows. They will give seven big free .attractions and have a lot of first class enclosed shows. Included among the free attractions is a woman’s band, which would give four free concerts each day. The Clarence Wilson volcart act, and the Mozdll electric act are two more of the shows. . The Philbin spiral tower is another of the shows and the Frank Duffy diving horses, May and June. The boxing kangaroos and Diving Cleo complete the free acts. Mr. Wright also wants the committee to do all of his advertising and to pay for the paper and to furnish the tickets. This would cost about >2OO, based on his figures for the lithographs. It is probable that about >4OO would come back to the committee from the privileges and the admission per cent. Mr. Ellis has received a number of letters from other concerns that are much cheaper and certain not to give the satisfaction. He has received lots of letters from free shows that want to contract, but has not received any proposals from pay attractions. The arrangements for the horse show proper are going on rapidly and farmers are taking a great amount of interest in the coming event. Programs have been printed and the large bills put out. Another bill setting forth the attractions will be put out as soon as the attractions are contracted.