The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-07
WILL RIDE At HEAD
OF PAGEANT
DR.. COOK WILL TAKE PART IN
BIG DEMONSTRATION IN
ST. LOUIS SOON.

St Louis, October 6.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook. north pole discoverer. will
ride at the head of the educational
historical military pageant in st.
Louis next Friday morning, Octo-
Der S.
As snoa as ii became known that
DIR. Cook would participate in the st.
Louis centennial celebration October
60 to the extent Of delivering,
Wednesday night. october 6. at the
new coliseum. his first American lee
ture with stereopticon views of the
north poe and vicinity, the Business
Mems league. which is paying him for
this one lecture Il sum known to cx-
coed SO. 600 and estimated at $4,000,
begun to realize that public sentiment
favored a great Cook demonstration.
Despite its enormous seating capac-
ity. the coliseum can accommodate but
5000 of the 100000 St LouiSians and
100000 or 100000 centennial visitors
who want to see Cook.
James +. Smith. president of the
Business Mems league. called a special
meeting of the executive committee.
and DIR. Cook was asked to meet the
public demand by consenting to ride
in one of the centennial week process
sons. preferably the educa tional-his-
tnricai military pageant. The leagues
invitation was supplemented by a tele-
gram from the Hon. Frederick II.
Kreismann. mayor of the city and
president of the st. Louis Centennial
association. the municipal institution
in charge of the centennial celebra-
ton.
Cock Consents.
Although disinclined to make any
move which might give the erroneous
impression that he Is seeking noto-
riety. DR.. Cook consented to these
plans. whereby every person in the
city will have an opportunity to meet
him face to face. DIR. Cook will be
escorted by a committee of distin-
guished citizens. The welcome which
he will receive is destined to go down
into history.
At Twelfth street DIR. Cook will
leave the procession and take his
place in the centennial court of honor.
There, surrounded by the other nota-
BILE guests. including the mayors of
LOCO cities and the officers of the
visiting United States torpedo boat
flotilla. he will review the great pa
geant. which, as its name suggests,
will illustrate the educational progress
of the city in the 100 years since
its Incorporation.
The coliseum, where DR.. Cook will
lecture, was built by public-spirited
citizens. whose prime motive was not
profit, but the welfare of their city,
Like builders of a worlds fair. they
hoped to recover eventually at least
part of their present investment No
dividends have been declared. and per
haps none ever will be. But the stock
holders find consolation in. the fact
that st. Louis has one of the finest
public halls in the world. 1t is doubt
ful IL there is another hall in America
with such an enormous seating capac-
ity. in which a lecture could success
fully be given. The perfect acoustic
properties of the coliseum will enable
l5.eo0 people to hear the DISTINGUISHED
speaker. whose lecture will not exceed
one hour and fifteen minutes. This
great seating capacity will insure suf-
ficient revenue to justify the payment
of the fabulous sum which Dr. Cook
will receive under the terms of his
contract. and which is conceded to be
the largest fee ever paid to any person
for single public appearance in the
( United states. and probably in any
country.