Arizona republican., 1912-09-20
MIDWAY SHOWS
 ARE ENGAGED
BOOstmaster Bets Book s Eighteen High Cla S Shows for Carnival at Fair Grounds and City: Fl PaSOans to Visit

The midway at the first state fair
 will be a conglomeratiOn of the best
 attractions that ever made scarce the
 nickles and dimes of the Phoenix fes-
 uval fan. Not only will new shows
 break the monotOny of past fair car
 niVals, but those old standbys such as
 The Old Plantation" and Glass
 Blowers" will be so much superior to
 the general run. it will seem like a
 new era in COney Island productions
 The contracts for show and street
 attractions for the new state fair were
 signed for the commission by liar
 Vey' Betts. of the Santa Fa passenger
 staff. He has been in Albuquerque
 and Fl Paso in search of just the right
 kind of carnival companies.
 The midway, proper. will be staged
 at the vacant lot between Sixth and
 Seventh avenues and just south of
 Washington street The ground will be laid out with fence and other structures needed to make a proper setting for a carnival An innovation this year will be the additional free act in the grounds. Heretofore the crowds have been doled out one sen sation in return for their dime; now. they get two, and a mighty fine pair they are. Al S:45 each evening the ! Flying SeYmOurs go through antics on a set of rings and trapezes that. in the | words of the circus man. defy the 1 laws Of gravity. flout deaths danger 1 and combine q hair raising duel with | the elements. with an exhibition of ! grace and agility. second to none" As ] a pair of nifty air artists the SeY- mOurS have made a reputation all ov- ! CT the west Not only in aerial acts | but on the ordinary stage, the Twins 1 habitually make a hit. The second act 1 10 take place at 10 is not vet booked 1 That it will be as high in the class of l outdoor attractions as the first, is the 1 assurance of the agent at Albuquerque l In all there will be eighteen separ- 1 ate shows on tap Each will be the ! best in it's line, and some of the lines 1 will be absolutely new. Just as a sample of what there will be, Betts 1 announces a double headed infant an armless and legless wonder. that is a wonder, and especially Carry us l all" Which latter is not guess 1 what -iS-it but new sort Of merry l go- round It is not clearly defined, by i the name, carry all. but Betts says | it resembles d merry go round, a fer ] ris wheel and a set of sad sea waves ] onIy there is nothing sad about it.
 Concerning the chances O. having a l satisfactorily successful street Carni val this year. Betts says yes. He asked about in Albuquerque and Fl 1 Paso for information on crowds, and l found there are as many people out 1 side the state planning to visit Phoe- l nix as there are in it's borcers The | Texas town in particular Wlll send l large delegation to Phoenix. Betts | was present in the pass city when the | trades excursion was organized. Iht men with whom he conversed told him there was a strong sentiment in favor | of a big look-see into the Sait River
 valley and it's jewel city, Phoenix. or ! that hint, Betts is confident tha' | Phoenix fair will be better attehueu | than it ever was before.
 In Las Cruces. New Mexico, which 1 is the central city of the new tie- phant Butte project. the boosters nave l a habit of saving. When onr dam ls 1 done. we'll have city like PhoenlX. | Which as imitation, or the desire TOT 1 it may be considered very flatterihg | And even that live little town says Retts. will contribute a number of Nls- l itors to the Arizona state far.