The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-06-12
Making a Centennial
Robert MCGre8ors Greatest Revenue Maker, and now
He Created it Out of Thin Air.
IN FOUR PARTS-FINALE
By Four-Double-O One.

His Carrie Nation experience was the
most profitable Robert MacGregor had on
his long list of amusement achievements
and he was quite content to let the follow
ing winter go by without dabbling in any
thing outside his regular newspaper work,
except of course sending out special stun
to an extensive list of metropolitan papers
he represented in his community.
He had joined several secret orders and
became popular and influential member
of them in a very short time. He 'trav-
eled East was robbed and W
"brave,'' so if any of boys know what that
means you will know what organization
he became affiliated with.
During the winter another amusement
park came into existence backed and pract-
ically owned by the president of brewery
who had recently acquired rival street
railway line and the new park was to run
n opposition to the old one, which was
controlled by the rival brewer of the town.
This gave Mac another outlet for his at
fractions. He had refused the manage
ment of the park, and had turned down
several attractive offers to go on the road
with companies, excepting brief tour he
made with the National Marine band of
Washington which was granted permits
sion by congress to appear in number OF
the largest cities. They played only one
night in each town and in some instances
two cities in one day, as was the case at
St. Paul and Minneapolis, giving con-
cert at the former city in the afternoon and
the latter at night.
About the first of April when the trees
were budding and the air was ladened with
that soft southern balm, which inspires one
with the desire to get out into the open
and stay there, the old fever to do some
thing again took hold of Mac. They
were having their usual chat one morning
at the office, when the city editor broke in
with suggestion.
''Say Mac" said he, "why can't l get
in on some of this easy money you're get
ting? was thinking last night that If
one man off each of the other papers and
you and | were to combine on some scheme
and each of us boom it for all we were
worth in our respective sheets, we could
set 'em crazy and make barrel. What
d you think of it?''
"Good idea answered Mac slowly, sit
would be all right if we could strike on
the right thing-something big enough to
go "four ways and be worth the en-
deavor.'
"Well, you put on your thinking cap
and see what you can frame and when
you re ready we II call the other fellows
and see what they say
The next day Macs eye was attracted
by an article in one of the exchanges Civ
ing list of towns that would celebrate
their centenials during the summer. He
threw down the paper and jumped to his
feet.
'By George!" he cried, 81 wonder how
old this burg is anyhow"
He rushed to the other room, took down
copy of the city ordinances from the
dusty book case and hurriedly turned the
pages until he came to the incorporation
of the city by an act of the Legislature.
"Oh Golly!-1S86-Gee I'll be grand
daddy by 1926 and other fellows will be
getting the gravy out of this towns CEN
tenial-but wait-let me see, that means
the CITY was incorporated in l826-when
the duce was it incorporated as a town.
Over flew the pages until he found it.
"Ah! here we are-l8O4-Eureak! the very
thing, one hundred years old; but what
the date? Ugh-as | might have expected
December 23d-dead of winter-nice time
to have celebration. But by gracious Il
MAKE one. 1t would be a downright
shame 10 allow the towns centennial go by
without the proper sort of celebration and
as a patriotic citizen in search of few dol
lars, it's my duty to see that we have it ev-
en- if we do have to 'hunch little
That night he laid his scheme before the
city editor-"I've got your big doings for
you old man," he said.
"Name your poison" said that gentle
man looking up from an article he wa.
writing on better sewerage system.
Centennial celebration = the old towr
was incorporated one hundred years ago
next December 3d."
"And do you mean to tell me that you
propose to celebrate in park at that time
No use to talk hall, for there's not enough
money in it.
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