The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-12
ZOO BOYS READY
TO SELL TICKETS
Expect TO Realize Much Out of
Performance
FUND IS STILL GROWING
Letter Received From William Bar
tells In Which He offers to Sell
Nice Young Elephant for
$13oo-Quotes Prices.
FUND IS STILL GROWING

Tickets were printed yesterday for the
theatrical performance to be given by
Mrs. Tolley for tlh benefit of the Child
ren's Geological Park association, and the
boys will have them on sale this after
noon Sam Clabaugh, president of the
association, has the tickets and Will be
at the city hall this afternoon at
o'clock to give them out to the boys who
desire to enter the contest. The perform
ance is to be given on May 20 at the
Jefferson theatre. 1t will consist of two
PARTS: a one-act farce, with several
musical selections by well known artists
and the beautiful cantata, Snow White
and the Dwarfs" Most of the persons
taking part in this performance will be
pupils of Mrs. Tolleys school of ex-
preston.
The money received by the boys for the
sale of tickets to this performance will
entitle them to Just as many votes In the
contest for the trip to New York as II
the money had been contributed In
other words each 50 cents secured for
ticket entities the boy who sells 1t to
FIVE votes. In addition to this the boy
selling the most tickets will be given fifty
extra votes, the second thirty extra votes
and the third twenty extra votes.
Can Get Plenty Of Tickets.
The zoo association will keep regis
ter of the tickets issued and each boy
must turn In the money for these tickets
or return the tickets so that an aceu-
rate record can be kept. If boy sells
all of his tickets he can get more by
turning In the money he has collected
and going to Sam Clabaugh, the presi-
dent.
The boys now feel confident that they
will have more than enough money to
buy the elephant by the time the the
atrical performance Is given. They will
then be ready to have the votes counted.
The winners will probably be able to
start on the trip to New York by the
time school is out.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. schil
ling of New York has offered to sell
$12OO Another letter was received on this
subject last night from william Bartels,
the well known animal dealer of New
York, who wants to sell an elephant for
$1,000 The boys will take these two Of
fers under consideration.
The letter and price quotations from
Mr.. Bartels is printed in full as follows:
Mr.. BartePs Letter.
New York, May ., 1904
Mr.. e. w Barrett, Editor of The Age
Herald, Birmingham Ala:
My Dear Sir: ! am delighter to hear
that the boys of Birmingham are so
much interested In animals as to have
organized a geological garden association,
and you can be assured that l will do all
in my power to aid them in securing a
good specimen of whatever animals they
may elect to purchase at the very lowest
of prices backed up by my guarantee
that all animals | ship are IN perfect con-
dition. l can furnish a nice female ele-
plant, about five feet high for $780, and
a nice young single hump camel OF dfom-
edary for $3.50; also other animals as per
list enclosed. 1t would be advisable that
in case your boys should like to take this
elephant, to notify me, as 1t Is the last
one | have left, and a very nice specimen
You can feel assured that the stock |
will furnish is first class In every way
and particular
Hoping that your boys will come to an
early conclusion In regards to this mat
ter, we are, Very truly yours,
WILLIAM BARTELs.
Single bumped camels suitable for rid
ing, $3.50 each; three large bears $50 each:
one small bear, $40; hyenas $50 each;
timber wolves, s35 each; prairie wolves,
$i5 each; ant eaters, $40 each; racoons, s.
each; odorless skunks, $40 each; Indian
porcuplnes, $25 each; badgers, $40 each;
ocelots, $50 each; deer, tame, per pair, s65;
| Indian antelope, per pair, $500; Nilghal an
telope. per pair, $500; rock kangaroos, $50
each; prairie dogs. per dozen. SIS; mon
keys. rhesns, $40 each or twelve for 500;
ringtails, $40 each; Java, s. each pig
tails. SIS each; balloons, s15 each; spider.
SIS each; Mangabey. s15 each: Marmo-
settles, pair, 81; birds, red macaws, $40;
blue macaws, $40; green macaws. $40;
white cockatoos. IS; rosa cockatoos. IS;
golden pheasants, $40 pair; English pheas-
ants. s10itwo brown leopards, Sl51 each;
one fine calf elephant, $1,000.