The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-06-12

whole sermon, and more than that, start il
on the first page under scare" head;-
and say send down proofs to me quick SO
l can do the same Kill it? Why
man, that the best ad we could possibly
get; it will stir the whole state up-send eel
down in hurry"
And the sermon acted just as Mac had
predicted. Created talk where there had
been no talk before, and stirred up new
interest in the celebration. That sermon
was worth hundreds of dollars to the pro-
iect, but it gave the other members of the
committee bad case of ''cold feet and
at special meeting held at the Times Of
fee two days later, the whole bunch of
them withdrew from the scheme.
"We're afraid said they, that some one
will get on to it being fake and purely
money making adventure, said Johnson,
acting as spokesman. ''We're afraid of
the bosses.
ooh that S it is it, said Mac. "Well
let me tell you something boys, I've gone
too far with this thing to drop it now, and
| think your re very foolish to drop out
you cant afford to go back on all you We
said in boosting it that's sure, and you We
gone SO far in that tine you will of necessi-
ty have to keep it up. The towns wild
and they'll make you-or think you are
neglecting patriotic duty
owe are we'll aware of that fact, and
don't intend to try to hurt the celebration
in any way; in fact we II do all we can for
it on your account, but you'll have to
leave us out of it.
alright gentlemen, said Mac-the
committee is recognized and | am chair
man, secretary, treasurer and water monkey
now you just watch my smoke and
smoke there VIZ, from that very moment
until the day of the celebration.
Unhampered by interference, and un-
afraid of anything Mac went in with his
sleeves rolled up. He was going to make
killing now or know the reason why.
He went down to the brewery the FIRST
thing and told the brewer that the rest of
the committee had resigned and that he
proposed going through with it himself.
The brewer laughed nervously but said:
"Well you've got spunk and pluck enough
to make it a winner, SO 60 ahead and blast
me if bon't back you to the limit.
The papers made no mention of the
copy for all three of them. He announced
that in order to get funds the committee
had decided rather than take up popular
subscription, that admission tickets would
be printed at once and placed on sale at
twenty-five cents each, and suggested that
the various firms take number sufficient
to distribute among all their employees.
Then he got fifty boys-hustlng school
lads, and fifty girls and gave them certain
districts to cover selling the tickets, allow
ing them hve-cents for each ticket they
sold. He went himself to the proprietor of
the largest department store and asked how
many employees he had. "About hun
dred'' answered the gentleman not know
ing what was coming.
Chats what l thought, said Bob.
"Here are one hundred tickets, give me a
check for twenty five dollars and I'll say
in the paper that you placed the first order.
10 ,;xh
this incentive the kids had easy pickings,
selling tickets by the thousands all over
town. The result of this move insured
the financial success of the celebration, no
matter if it rained pitch-forks, so Bob de-
cided to strengthen his show; not that it
required it to get the crowd, but he was
determined to give the people more for
their money than they'd ever got before
He went to see Schmalzer the brewer and
made proposition to go half on credit
able display of Japanese daylight fire.
works-something new to that community.
Schmaltzer considered moment. "You
see, said he, GIVE already placed an or
der for a hve-hundred- dollar display of
night fireworks and they are going to send
a man over from Cincinnati to send them
off. But l don't care, June 23rd is my
birthday and we might as we'll celebrate it
right.
Macs next move was to invite the Gov
ernor and other state officials and as it was
to be notable event and good opportun-
ty to mingle with the people, they readily
accepted the invitation. Then he suggest
ed through the papers that all bells in the
city be rung and whistles blowed at mid
night of the 22nd, and he hired cannon,