The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-08-28
BUFFALO
BILL is
IN TOWN
Wild West Exhibition Seen In
Arena
Enormous Crowds Witness
the Street Parade
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lem at an early hour this morning, ant
In few hours the tents were stretched
covering several acres Of ground OF
the depot commons.
And II Is good show, an entertain
ment worth anybody's money. being al
educator, in It's way The Wild Wes
presented by Buffalo Bill" is not II
any sense a circus, and should not b,
confounded with the ring show. Il Is
primarily. an exciting display Of horse
manshlp, or, rather. rough riding In
the literal Interpretation Of the
phrase Instead Of an immense tent
with three rings, a couple Of plat
forms, slack wires and other gym
nastic apparatus, and a menagerie, the
Wild West entertainment is given in
an immense arena enclosed by a can.
vas wall without top. A canvass roof
protects the spectators. but the riders
operate In the open air
Within the arena are performed
marvellous feats OF horsemanshlp that
must be seen TO be appreciated. There
Is no delay In the program, and the
whirl OF the acts is exhllerating. Cow.
boys, soldiers and Indians are all
there, each with special brand OF
riding, each possessing equal interest
for the thousands OF eyes which are
watching every movement.
Those who expect 10 witness a cir.
Gus performance. or anything partak
Ing OF that form Of entertainment will
be disappointed In Buffalo Bllrs"
show. II Is an exhibition of horseman.
ship almost entirely. The show is gen.
ulne In every particular The English.
men are from England; the arabs are
from Arabia; the Cossacks have their
passports from the Russian military
authorities, and 80 II Is with all the at
taches of the show. They are exactly
as represented.
The crowds in Salem today were
enormous. Throughout the forenoon
there was constant travel over all the
roads leading into Salem. There was
a continuous stream Of farm wagons
and vehicles over the big bridge dur
Ing the forenoon beginning at an al
most unseemly hour this morning. The
morning trains brought many strang
ers 20 the city from the valley towns.
and by noon the town was filled to
overflowing. In fact, as one merchant
was heard TO express himself. II ap.
peared as though every resident OF
the valley within radius OF 80 miles
N Salem was here.
The Street Parade.
The street parade. a mile I'm length.
eft the depot grounds shortly before
10 o'clock, and trayersed the principal
streets OF the city. The sidewalks
md streets In many places were I'm.
lassiblo, 30 dense was tho crowd. But
10 one was disappointed. Scores OF
inely groomed horses mounted by ex.
'ert horsomen, passed In review down
he street, TO the admiration OF the
pectators The sterotyped features :
4 the circus parade were missing. and
he spectacle was pleasing substitute I
hat was enjoyed In lts entirely.
Some Statistics.
The Buffalo bin show requires az /
caches for its transportation. The {
consists OF about 600 head
horses, but OF that number the visl.
lr to the arena sees not over SEQ
cad The others are OF the Percheron
nd other heavy draft breeds. that are s
sed for teaming purposes on the n
rounds. A visit TO the tented stables h
Rows the visitor some OF the finest Il
peclmens Of animal nesh. A carloadi h
haled hay is used daily for feeding. I,
he show carries 600 persons. aud tho N
department is by no p
cans an unimportant part OF the n
'mpany, A Salem bakery last night s,
'ked 500 large loaVes OF bread FOR the 81
anagement, that amount represent, a
x days consumption. The daily IA,
'penses OF the entire aggregation n
~ probably average $4,000. W
Afternoon Performance. n,
The afternoon performance was civ. m
today before one of the largest JC
owds that ever gathered under can. Al
50 In this city Every feature OF the
ngram was warmly applauded. and
certainly got their moneys worth. all
iging from the many comments OF eff
,ise that were volunteered at the III
nclusion OF the performance. IA
Tonights Program nl
The evening performance will he. su
promptly at s O'Clock. aud the pro m,
ian will not be abridged OF Curtalled re-,
the slightest particular This am. cul
lncement was made by Press Agent me
lows today, Mr. Fellows SAYS that su
Cody has taken pledge to give an,
the evening an exact reproduction l
he performance as Il Is given in the iml
'rnoon not emitting a single fea tar
p so that those who hnd il mcon. chr
ient 20 attend this afternoon may trei
nd tonight and see the same pro IN
n, The company carries its own ma
.ric lighting plant which enables cep
properly light up the arena IN bus
siaetory manner. insuung sue, stri
ful evening performance. Those Quii
failed 10 see the exhibition this ton