The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
FOR A BIG
STREET FAIR
BILLINGS WILL LIKELY HAVE
ONE IN JULY.
A MEETING WILL Be HELD
Tomorrow Night by Council and
Business Mems Committe
to Decide the Matter.

Street fairs are becoming the rage
in Montana and the city that does
not have n will not be in the push"
Billings is n of those cities which
expects to be in the list this summer
and arrangements looking to this will
be started this week. The movement
is a result Of a letter received by
Mayor George yesterday, which was
discussed at the special meeting of
the city council last night, and which
is given below.
The aldermen expressed themselves
as heartily in favor of such a project
and a meeting of the council and
Business Mems committee will be held
tomorrow night, which will be adj
dressed by Manager Hutchins, who
will arrive tonight from Butte. 1t is
proposed to hold the fair in conjunc-
ton with the Fourth of July cele-
bration.
Butte, Mont, May %, 1901.-To His
Honor the Mayor, Billings, Mont:
Dear Sir-Billings ought to be in
line and hold a street fair and carni-
val the last week in June or the first
week in July, including the patriotic
Fourth. l have had years of expert.
ence in building street fairs in the
east and helped manage the Portland,
Ore, street fair last fall that was
such a grand success. The county
fair draws visitors out of town and
benefits no one. The street fair
brings people to the heart of the city
and puts them in touch with the mer.
chants.
"A street is enclosed temporarily
with fence. A small admission is
charged and everybody attends fire.
quently.
1.-THE rail roads give cheap excur-
sion rates and visitors are attracted
from a distance of 500 to 400 miles.
Vast sums of money are always left
with the business men who build
booths in the enclosure and make ex-
hibits of their wares and goods.
Products Indigenous to your locality
are shown and the fair is made as
attractive as possible. At one end
of the fair is a Midway P%laisance.~ The
public demands to be amused. AS
there is but one main entrance and
visitors can get into the grounds in
no other way they are compelled to
pass the exhibits twice every time
they attend.
Il am business manager for the
Jabour Oriental Carnival Circus and
Menagerie, an aggregation of 10 sep
arate and distinct shows of high char
acter and superior excellence. We
travel by special train in our own, SUI
perbly appointed cars. We carry 1875
people of all nationalities. They robe
themselves in their native costumes
and form in parade a mile long. We
have in our trained animal show an
exemplification of Aesop's Fables.
We have two dens of performing lions,
a boxing kangaroo, a wrestling bear,
a dancing bear, camels, donkeys from
the Holy Land, monkeys, birds and
many other animals of great interest
to students of zoology. Each show
is given in it's own tent and is worth
easily four bits, but we charge only
10 cents.
eff you will please confer with your
citizens committee, board Of trade,
chamber Of commerce or some ener
getic fraternal organization and put
this matter before them l will appre-
ciate the favor. If you or a committee
Of your citizens may desire it l will
go to Billings at my own expense and
explain the street fair business to
you thoroughly. My vast experience
along such lines would save hundreds
of dollars to any street fair associa-
ton. Experiments often are costly.
l would gladly give you the benefit
of my knowledge along these lines.
| Hoping to hear from you by return of
mail, 4 am yours most truly,
GEO. L. HUTCHIN,
"Care Butte Hotel, Butte, Mont"