The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-06
Great Canvas Aggregation to
Make Usual Spring Opening
in Albuquerque With Big
gest Company in History.
F BILL A v
WITH SHOW THIS YEAR
William +. Cody and His Fu-
nous Wild West Show Part
of the Program; Contract
ing Agent Here Today.

w. u. Hains, contracting agent OF
the Sells Fioto shows. asri"ed in Al
buqucrque last niEht and will spend
several days here making supply con-
tracts Tor the provisioning and equip
ping Of the great circus aggregation
which VIII spend tour dnys In Al9u-
querque next month Ia lis usual spring
organization and initial performance.
Mr.. Hainos Is the FIRST OF the Sells
Floto organization To- reach Albu-
querque this year. While contracting
for hay In tons and grain In car lots.
bread In thousand loaves aud meat In
thousands Of pounds this morning. he
told a story of the growth OF the Sells
Floto circus that II Surprising. The
circus or the bulk OF a. viii arrive In
Albuquerque March 90 and % and
viii give the opening performance
here on March 2sth. The circus this
year carries "a total of six hundred and
nifty people, requires thirty-oight FUN
length circus cars and It's average
daily operating Expense is S3,50O.
Added 20 the circus proper, which
last year was conceded 10 have been
the best ever brought 20 Albuquerque.
Is Buffalo Bili's wild West show. now
a part Of the Sells Fioto organization
William r. cody, himself. travels with
the circus In his eighty foot private
car, and viii be seen leading the par
ade here next month.
w are getting 10 be a pretty big
organization as %circuses GO" said Mr..
Haines this morning. In fact. from
a very mail circus. Of one. then two
rings. and "a hundred and fifty or two
hundred people, We have become ono
Of the greatest circus organizations
on the road.
This year w have u total Of $50
people. and about as many horses and
animals. II Is a huge aggregation 10
feed, n no one knows the enormous
quantities Of provisions We consume
better thai yours truly. the contract
ing agent. ! am Just going out 10
make one of your local bu keries smile.
with an order for hfteen hundred
leaves Of bread. That order viii last
the mess tent about two days. then
We will hayc to order more. The
bread order Is a fair sample Of the
way We have to buy everything. from
salt to pickles.
The show this year carries thirty
eight cars, including two large private
cars, one FOR the road management,
and the other for Col. Cody who trav-
els In state. The Sells Fioto shows
now own Bunalo BUS Wild West
show. which Is just as good and Just
as brilliant an organization as when
travelling alone. The expense Of car
ryinR the added show. which makes
us really two shows IN one. IL cnor-
NOUS, and Il takes biz audiences 10
US by al cur price Of 70 cents adj
mission. But the admission price re-
mains the same. and sc demonstrated
last year that with "a sufficiently high
class program. the people Will come
in sufficient numbers To support the
organization.
~ think we can promise you not
only the biggest. but the most novel
and In every why the best circus that
has ever come 10 Albuquerque. our
people like the town. II IS u convcn
lent ORGANISATION point and a pleasant
place for the preliminary assembling
and rehcarsnls and we viii be with
YOU four days neN month"
Mr.. Haines this morning closed "a
contract for the Hopewell field lots az
Tljeras avenue and the Santa ne
tracks where the show was located "A
year q