The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-11-21
WILD WEST SHOW COMING.
Brownsville to Be Visited By Wild
West Show from the 1O1 Ranch

West Show from the 1O1 Ranch
The 101 Ranch Wild West Show,
one of the most remarkable amuse-
ment institutions in the history of
outdoor spectaeles, will visit
Brownsville on December 3, present
ing afternoon and evening perfor-
mances and introducing itself with an
elaborate forenoon street parade.
The life of the ranch and range and
Indian camp will be reproduced in all
its spectacular and vivid picturesque
ness by real, living figures of the
frontier.
The organization comes from the
Miller Brothers ranch at Bliss, Okla,
one of the largest and most famous in
ali the world. Every one of the sew
en- hundred members is a permanent
employee of the great enterprise. pa
rolled to give the public its first truth
full view of the great life that has vi
talized Western history. At the con-
clusion of the tour, they will return
to their duties of the priarie.
There are three of the Miller
Brothers-Joseph c., lack T., and
George L., and they are the pride and
wonder of Oklahoma and all the 9TH
er great Southwest Their lana
holdings embrace more then thirty
square miles, and their cattle an6
horses roam the unblocked range in
droves of thousands. They are sur
viyoTs of the days of the buffalo drive
and the emigrant trail, and are prov
ing that the stock industry, on a gil
gantic scale, is just as immensely pro-
fitable today as ever.
The Millers entered the show bus
mess last year, when the directors
of the jamestown Exposition urged
them, as famous representatives of
the cattle raising business, to give an
arenic illustration of its features.
The show was the sensational tri-
umph of the fair Enthusiastic
crowds flocked to its every perfor-
nance, never seeming to tire of its
stirring. unwonted scenes and move
ment. So tremendous was the popu-
larity and patronage that New York
City demanded an entertainment like
it. The Millers hurried back to the
ranch, recruited another show, and
sent it on to Brighton Beach, New
York City, where six weeks it broke
metropolitan records of attendance
and favor.
The organization which is coming
TO this city is said to be a consolida-
ton of the two which astonished the
jamestown Exposition and also
the people of Brighton Beach.
Its success has been unprecedented,
so it is claimed by the owners, in
every city vicited this season. II is
a living page from frontier history,
without professionalism or theatres.
Every figure and feature is original
with the 1O1 Ranch-cowbOys, COW
girls, Indians. "bucking' horses and
trained COW ponies, champions of the
lariat. the gun and the bow and ar
row; long horned steers, pure-blood-
ed buffaloes, emigrant schOoners and
prairie stage coaches. without varia-
ton of illusion, the sports, pastimes,
hardship, chivalries and routine du
ties Of the ranch are reproduced.
The 1O1 Ranch show, from its
very nature and source, is different
ana QlSAlACk III many ANSpN~to AAOAh
anything ever shown before under
canvass. None of the hackneyed, tire
some. familiar round of other socall-
ed wild West displays enters into
its rollicking and reckless tOurna-
ment. Its owners claim it To be
fresh and wholesome, fairly tingling
with the atmosphere of prairie and
mountain. There is not man or
woman in it, it is said who has not
learned the secrets of the border far
out in the sage brush and the prairie,
and who cannot read the grass and
sky with understanding eyes. The
grand entry at each performance is
a veritable echo of the plains and the
cattle trail
Miller Brothers have aspired to
make their preliminary street parade
a pageant that will remain pleasant
memory to all who view its wonders.
More than one hundred Indians are a
fantastic feature, and every person
and animal with the organization is
required to be in line. The caval-
cade stretches more than a mile in
length and is a moving summary of
the west which knows no barbed
wire or blocked trails.