The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-04-25
MAY 6, CIRCUS DAY.

Tucked away somewhere deeply in
the inner most consciousness of every
human being is the remembrance Of
the first circus ever attended. Time
has wrought manv changes but the
circus has not gone backwards. In
the onward progress the al @. Barnes
Big Three Ring Wild Animal Circus
has forged to the front until now it
is the largest exhibition CT its kind in
the world. This big show will give
two full and complete performances
in Heppner on Monday. May 6.
There is not village of any size
in the United States or Canada where
the name of the AL G. Barnes Circus
is not household word. With the
show is carried the greatest and most
varied collection Of animals ever
assembled together at one time.
There are more trained animals with
the show than NAV be found in the
combined menageries of the four Iarg-
est circuses.
The AL G. Barnes Circus is the one
show that's different. It is in a class
by itself. The feats performed by
the man eating forest bred animals
have never before been DUPLICATED in
any exhibition. No better tribute
could be paid to Mr. Barnes than
that by one of Americas foremost
college presidents, who after witness.
ing a performance referred to it in
personal letter to the owner as a COL
lege for the higher education of dumb
beasts.
With the show is carried $50 educa-
ted and trained animals. Among
them are twenty African forest bred
lions, a herd of elephants, a caravan
of camels, including baby "ship of
the DESERT leopards, royal Bengal
tigers, pumas. bears, jaguars, zebras
hyenas monkeys of every known spe-
cies, dogs and ponies. Every animal
carried with the show is a performer
Among the many favorites to be
seen will be Herr Louis Roth and his
twenty performing lions, Maj. Robert
Thornton and his troupe of perform
ing bears, Prof. Emery and his herd
of Siamese elephants, Nine. Florine
and her educated Persian leopards,
Capt. Stonewall and bis sea lions
Miss Ethel Bonde and her trained
Arabian Stations, lions monkeys.
dogs and ponies and Nine. La Monte
and her royal Bengal tigers.
All the wild animal acts are per-
formed in steel arenas weighing many
tons, under the supervision of corps
of the worlds greatest and most cele-
brated trainers. Altogether there are
more than half hundred heart-stilling
acts, each of which has never been
duplicated with any animal exhibition
in the entire world.
Soma idea of the magnitude of the
show may be obtained when one takes
into consideration that it requires
twenty eight specially constructed
railroad cars to transport this zoolog
ical paradise. Three hundred EN-
ployes are required to operate it.
Everyone of whom has an especial
task to perform for it must be remem-
bered there are no drones with cir
Gus. The amount of feed for the
animals for one month is equivalent
to small fortune.
AL G.. Barnes is familisrly known
everywhere as "the animal master or
Americas greatest Snowman. He
prides himself with the clean and high
tone standard he has always held for
the show. No gambling is allowed
upon the show grounds or city streets
on the day Of exhibition.
A gorgeous glittering, mastodontic
street parade-one mile in length
headed by two trumpeting military
bands will leave the show grounds at
10 80 O'Clock on the day of exhibition.
Two performances will be given IN
the water proof tents at 2 and 8
p. m.