The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-16
CARNIVAL
ARRIVES;
TENTS UP
Great Patterson Shows BRING. MsrimenI
to Chickasha and Will Attract
Great Crowds

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known as the Great Patterson Shows
arrived in Chickasha at midnight last
night and bright and early this morn
ing the personnel of the show was
astir getting located. II was shortly
after 6 o'clock when Mayor Coffman,
who is on the committee of the Com
mercial and Farm Bureau, was arous-
ed by an officer Of the company and
came down town at once to indicate
the sites on which the various attrac-
tions will be located throughout the
week.
Wagon after wagon passed up
Chickasha avenue to Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth streets with their treas
ures Of pleasure givers and they had
Curley Reynolds guessing in his ef-
fort to pick out the squeezers from
the brightly painted exteriors Of the
big vans.
10 convey the eighteen different at
fractions am the employees OF the big
show twenty-seyen cars were required.
J. w. Kayser calls especial atten-
tion to the Monkey Speedway which
he says Is one of the best attractions.
Others who have seen the show at
Oklahoma City or in some metropolis
declare that all the attractions are
equally good.
Ticket Takers Wanted.
Eighteen ticket takers are wanted
for the big shows by the committee
which is representing the Commercial
L and Farm Bureau in this transaction,
or these only five have so far been
appointed by j. w. Kayser, who is
charged with this end Of the game
81 was rather disappointed on Sat
prday at receiving but five applica-
tlons and these applicants we're all en-
gagged. We need thirteen more and
we want them to report so as to be
ready for duty by o'clock tonight.
Their duties will consist Of taking
| tickets atNthe doors of the attractions
from 2 till o'clock in the afternoon
and from z to 1@ Perhaps on Fri
day and Saturday nights they will be
obliged to remain for while longer"
Ben Morgan believes that there
will be record breaking crowd to-
ward the middle and end of the week
should the weather clear up and the
roads get into good condition.
The Great Patterson shows are
greater and better than ever. The
Patterson shows long have been rec.
ognized as one of the biggest carni-
val companies in the country, and this
year they have jumped far ahead in
the quality and variety of attractions
offered.
The company is up-to-date, as is
evidenced by a mechanical reproduc-
tion of the Battle of Verdun. until the
present drive of the allies, the great
est struggle in history. Then, there
is The Whip, the latest carnival de-
vice made. There are others, each
one Of which is unusually good.
The animal show is the feature at.
traction. There are two rings and a
wild animal arena, and, aside from
the trained elephants. bears, lions and
ponies, there are clowns and acrobates
just as in regular circus.
Leotia is a tabloid musical comedy.
There is a chorus of ten, and princi-
pals and comedians.
The autodrome is another interest
ing attraction Lady drivers are fea-
tured. and besides the race on a per
pendicular wall. there is trick and
fancy driving on a IS degree incline.
The Annex is the side show of the
company. There are a number OF
new human curiosities. each one of
which is bound to attract much atten.
ton. Jungleland is another interest
ing side show. in which the small ami
mails of the jungles are featured
King Kolz' Hippodrome is repro
duction Of Roman stadium, in which
feats OF skill, strength and bravery
are shown.
The Battle of verdun is an unusu-
ally interesting show. 1t is scener-
anna of the great battle, chiefly from
the German side. 1t was made by Cap
tain Palla, an Aostrpllan. who return
ed this spring from the front. Il
shows the Teuronic troops moving,
the 42-centimeter guns. the battles on
the various hills and the night firing.
The Panama canal is an other inter,
esting attraction. II is a mechanical
reproduction of the "big ditch" built
on a large scale. Il shows miniature
boats going from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. the different locks and all the
landscapes on both sides. George
Teasdale. who was an assistant clerk
to Colonel George Goethals, lectures