Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-29
SPLENDID DISPLAY OF
CURl0S ON EXHIBITION
THE CHAMBERLlNS WERE ORIGI.
MAJORS OF ALL STAGE
LASSOlNG.
Frank ChamberIin Punched Cows in
the West for Six Years and Act Has
Appeared All Over World.

There is splendid exhibition of
owboy, Indian and Mexican curiOs on
display in the windows of the HOskins
Stationery Company, that have been
collected on ranch, reservation, and
hacienda, during the past twenty-five
years, by the Chamberlins, who are
appearing the first part of the week at
the Grand Theater.
The central figure is a squaw's dress
made of moose hide. This was made
on the Flathead Indian reservation in
western Montana. 1t is ornamented
with over a thousand bear and eagle
claws and bears teeth. Mr.. Chamber
lin refused $3.50 for the dress and val.
ues it at $1,000. There are also vari'
Gus other garment pieces. One vest
in particular is of individual bead
work, each bead being sewn on the
garment separately. There are also
vest of calf skin. and one of beaded
buckskin, a pair Of elk skin trousers,
an old time bowie knife from Texas, an
old as calibre frontier revolver. a pair
Of chaps. and other horse rigging.
The attention OF horscmen is direct
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hibit. The hackamore is made of the
sorted name hair of colt spun into
strings and worked into the finished
article. 1t is a very exceptional piece
of work. The bride, which is made of
horse hair, is considered one of the
best ever exhibited.
Frank Chamberlin punched COWS up
and down the littele Missouri, the Vel
lowstone, Powder and Moreau rivers.
He worked for the Hash Knife, Turkey
Track, Three V, Flying V, BXB,
and Laurel ranches. He also
worked on the Flathead Indian reser-
walton in western Montana, and the
Standing Rock and Rosebud reserva-
lions in the Dakotas.
Mr.. Chamberlin was the originator
and introducer of auu lassoing and
whip handling, and has had many imi-
tators. He and his wife have played
for fifteen years in the best theaters
of the world, from Vienna to Victoria,
b. c., and from Los Angeles, Cal, to
Halifax. N. S. They spent five months
in South America. four months in the
West Indies, and from there went to
Mexico. When one remembers that
Mexico is the home of the rope and
that the Mexicans are noted for their
dexterity and skill in it's use, it seems
especially creditable that two Ameri'
cans, the Chamberlins, were called
upon to give exhibitions in the bull
ring at Mexico City as an introduction
to the bull fight.
They are now en- route to the Pacific
coast, where they have thirty week
engagement. Manager Temple of the
Grand theater is especially fortunate
in securing this clever act to show in
the capital city The date was Sc
cured as the performers wanted to
break their jump between the Sullivan.
Considine Chicago time and the same
agency's coast time. They played at
Fargo last week, which is on the east.
ern wheel of the Consdine circuit, and
from here jump to Butte, where they
will open on the western wheel of the
Considine circuit
The foundation of the act is rope
spinning, what is Unknown as "circle''
work. Mrs. Chamberlin alternates
the spinning tricks with her husband,
Mr.. Chamberlin also handles four.
teen foot bull whip, cutting paper from
the fingers. His most famous trick
is cutting a piece of paper which has
a projection of only one inch from the
fingers to within one-sixteenth of an
inch from the fingers.
In addition to the curios which they
have on display at Hoskins', Mr.. and
Mrs. Chamberlin have collection of
22S souvenir spoons which they have
secured on their travels. They have
many more articles of interest to dis.
play, but lack of window space pre-
cluded the use OF all. 1t is well worth