Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-24

Others which will be in Rock Island
are now at Cedar Rapids at the 18th
annual exposition of that city, where
they are giving entire satisfaction, as
the following, clipped from the Cedar
Rapids Gazette Tuesday evening.
shows:
"The principal feature of the Mid
way this season is the Parker shows.
which were visited by the crowd last
evening and pronounced far above the
average. The shows, while being along
the same general lines of those of last
year, are different, as this is the No. l
company of the five Parker shows on
the road, while the No 3 company was
here last season. The principal feat
ure is the great Parker animal show,
or miniature circus, which is so far
ahead of the ordinary animal show
that there is no comparison. The great
variety of the program and the sterling
worth of each number has made Il
famous wherever it has been shown
The show is in reality three-ring cir
GUS a steel enclosed arena having been
erected for the wild animals, and there
are two rings for the horses and dogs
Among the other shows well worth
visiting is Creation, beautiful enter
tainment showing by means of electri-
effects the first six days of the world
as near as man can depict it; 'Phar-
aoh's Daughter spectacular attract
ton in which beautiful rhythmic dances
by young ladies dressed in hundreds
of yards of silk, and concluding with
the bible story of Pharaoh's daughter;
Johnston Flood a mechanical repro
duction of the greatest flood since the
deluge; The Broadway Bellies clean
and attractive vaudeville perform
ance; Pearl and Jennie, the largest
and the smallet woman: Hale's
Tours an innovation in the moving
picture line that takes the crowds on
different journeys across the contin-
ent; The Tyrolean Alps mechani-
cal and electrical reproduction that is
beautiful in the extreme; THE Katz-
eniammcr Kastle, house of fun
which keeps you guessing; Big Eli,
the largest Ferris wheel on the road,
and the Parker jumping horse carous-
village, where the home life of the in
habitants of our new possessions is
shown in realistic manner"
For Benefit of Merchants.
| ThDrn n M hnr n ri uyhinh
must be made in justice to the Rock
Island enterprise. While next week s
amusement undertaking here is for the
benefit of local merchants and costs
them nothing beyond the stock in the
company that some of them have vol
unfairly bought, the Davenport carni
val is being supported by the mer
chants under a system which amounts
to an assessment.
Then, again. while the advertising
for the Davenport carnival has been
done through an Indiana publicity con
Germ, the Rock Island exposition has
been boosted Systematically by direc
tors of the company who have been in
Spired by devotion to the undertaking
and to the city. Ally travelling man
will tell you how much more fully and
Ipersistenly the Rock Island undertake
ling has been advertised than that il
Davenport this week.
Some of the attractions for the ex
position are already at the park or
Ninth street. One of the first to ar
rive was the stable of trained anC
lblooded horses belonging to KoOI
brothers, breeders, educators and deal
ers in fancy equines. They have
drought their string here from Crane
Rapids. Mich. One of their specialtie'
lis number of high jumpers which
lclear the hurdles as high as 61& feet
The Exposition companys Officers
have arranged to entertain the Tri
lefty Press club at the grounds Mon
lday evening.
The concessions committee has
little ground left which may be ha'
by applying to Charles McHugh, {
S. Mcdaniel or C. r. Nourse, the com
mittee on concessions.
President T. j. Medil and nun
Der of directors left this afternoon TO
Cedar Rapids to attend the annua
exposition there and view a numbe
of the attractions to be seen at tn
> Rock Island Exposition next week, il
Guiding the c. w. Parker railroa
shows