Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-27
THE FALL FESTIVAL.
The Big Show Will occupy Twenty
Acres Of Land.

entertain as many visitors al one
Anne as will attend the coming fall fes-
eivities. Never before in the history
pf the city has there been SO large an
outlay of money for advertising pur-
poses as has been expended this year
IN heralding the Fall Festival Elk
position, which will be held under the
auspices of the Kansas City Retail
Merchants Association from Septem-
Der 20 to October IL. The site chosen
for the big show is the twenty acres
Of land east of the Paseo to Woodland
avenue, and from Fifteenth to Eight
eenth streets, and is in the heart OF
the residence district Of the city.
The Exposition will be the biggest
show of its kind ever held in the city.
To enumerate the hundreds of things
to be seen there would occupy col
umns of space, but reference to few
of the main features will give one an
idea of the magnitude of the great
two weeks carnival of genuine enter
tainment and instructive exhibition
The management has closed con-
tract with the Bostock-Ferari Mighty
Midway Carnival company, which
carries eighteen big shows, each COM
company include the entire "Bostock
No. L" famous trained wild animal
shows, but added to this is the most
gigantic street fair entertainment
ever transported from one place to
another. One OF the features of the
animal show department Is a perform
ance by twenty-five trained lions in q
forty foot steel cage. An ordinary
circus, or combination of circuses.
carries from five to fifteen lions.
Then there are trained elephans, mon
keys, goats, kangaroos, dogs and other
animals enough to satisfy the widest
dream of a child fond of that sort OF
amusement.
The street fair and Midway" de
partment of the Bostock-Ferari shows
will be a revelation to Western peO
pie, as this combination has nevea
before showed farther West than Chi
cago. A Streets of All Nations,
''The Beautiful Orient "a Trip to
the Moon" a japanese theatre, the
Ferris wheel, and the Original Wild
Girl are among the attractions to be
found in this department of the ex
position.
partment, which will occupy about ter
acres inside the Enclosure, and which
will be in charge of Judge S. w
Hudson, of Buckner, Mo-, will be on
larger scale than even the fairs held
in the palmy days of the old Elk
position building. Everything to be
found at county fair will be there
with the added features of various
sorts of entertainment for the wo
men and children. From prize pump
kins, apples, peaches, corn, and Other
products to the fatted cattle and
blooded horse department, nothing
will be omitted from Judge Hudson't
show, and the management of thu
exposition has provided tempting
prizes for each and every class, which
will not fail to bring in many an ex
hibitor. Though this department has
been named the County Fair" it will
in no wise be confined to that, for
indeed, many exhibitors from all oveI
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiar
Territory and other places will enteI
their stock and products, and will
stand the same chance to win prizes
as though they lived within the cor
porate limits of Kansas City. An
agricultural department, women's and
children's department, and an old
fashioned country store and postoffi cl
will be found in the county fail
grounds.
The Western Bench Show Associa,
ton, which owns the finest kennels
of blooded dogs in the entire West
has joined forces with the Retail Mer
chants, and instead of holding an in
dependent exhibit, as they intended
will show all of their fine animals
during the two weeks of the exposf
ton. Besides these kennels, many
others from various points will enter
for the purpose of pulling down some
Of the handsome prizes.
A poultry and pet stock show will
be among the larger features. The
Kansas City Fancy Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will have general
charge of this department, which viii
be personally supervised by Charles
Hunting, secretary of the association
Fine chickens, pigeons and other
birds from all parts of the Middle
West will be entered, and this depart,
mont alone will be sufficiently large
to interest visitor for a whole day.
A fruit exhibit along the most mod.
ern lines will be on the grounds, and
entries from as far away as Arkan-
sas have already been recorded.
In short Kansas CITY hoc povor h..