Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-07-20
LIST OF ATTRACTIONS.

contracted for and will positively
be at the big Baxter reunion. Au.
gust IS TO September:
Capt. C. A. Bogardus, the cham
pion rifle shot of the world. He will
give a free exhibition of rifle shoot
ing each day.
A big barbecue free to all Indians
who attend the reunion. This will
be given on Friday, at which time
there will be war dances, stamp
dances and foot ball game by the
Indians.
Rev. Parham and "a other evange-
lists will conduct an old.fashioned
camp meeting on the grounds all
week.
There will be a monster Ferris
wheel.
The only eltc tric merry'go-round
on earth will be there.
The battle of the sea OF Japan,
where Togo put Rojestvensky to
the bad, will be daily attraction.
The battle at Mukden will be a
leading feature of the week.
Mrs. Pickett, widow of the famous
Confederate general who made the
historic charge at the battle OF Get
tysburg, has been secured at great
expense to give her famous lecture
on that battle. When only IL years
of age Mrs. Pickett was an eye-wit'
ness of that famous charge.
The finest herd of trained ponies
in the world, inclrding the cele-
brated pony, Cupid, who can tell
the time of day by looking at your
watch, will be exhibited on the
ground.
Prof. Conner will walk live wire
charged with 500 volts of electricity
While doing this his head will be a
perfect blaze of electric lights.
One of the finest electric theatres
on the road will be on the grounds,
and no matter how hot the weather
is there will be plenty of electric
fans running in the show tent
The crazy house, or the house up
side down, will be feature.
There will be one of the finest Old
Plantation shows on the road.
Zelda, one of the most up-to-date
electric shows out, will be there,
but we won't tell you all about this
show. You must see it to appre-
ciate il.
There will be a glase show, too,
where everything in glass is made
right before your eyes, and every
visitor will be given souvenirs.
A museum, including everything
you ever heard OF, and great many
things you never heard of will be
there.
A stadium, including everything
in the contortion and trapeze world
will exhibit there.
There will be the famous shoot
the chutes, the fiercest thing of it's
kind in the world, where you take a
ride dawn an incline of "a degrees
for a distance of 700 feet in FIVE Sec
onds. You get your breath before
you start, for it 10 cinch you cart
get it until you stop.
There will be beautiful 40 pass.
enger electric launch and 80 fine
rowboats on the river.
There will be a go and come rail-
road, which will bring You mp the
hill after you have been down to
the river or the camp meeting.
There will be two fine banda
which will furnish music night
and day.
There will be posteflce on the
grounds.
A meat market, furnishing the
choicest of meats, and a big bakery
will be handy.
The ice man will be there. and
the ice cream man and all the other
fellows who have anything to sell
will be there.
There will be orators galore, camp
fres, in the big amphitheatre every
day and night, telegraph and tele-
phone communication with the out
eide world, daily papers. and every
convenience
In fact thske will be everything