East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-20
CONTEST ANSWERS
ARE POURING IN
MANY CHILDREN TAKING AD-
VANTAGE OF CHANCE TO
GET CIRCUS TICKETS.
East Oreeonlan Offer to Riddles of
City Is Arousing Great ErihtIsi-
slsIn; show Promises to lD tliC Fig
Sest and Best Ever Seen.

Did YOU read the conditions Of he
East Oregonian Wild Animal Prize
Contest now on, in which YOU may
win free tickets to the AL. G. Barnes
Big Four Ring Wild Animal circus
which will exhibit in Pendleton On
the afternoon and evening of June
%? The particulars Of tho contest
We're in Mondays issue ot the East
| Oregonian. Better get copy at once
and read ii Already answers are be-
ginning to come in, and by p. IN.
June %, 25 boys and girls of this
city and vicinity will be the happy
winners of prizes.
The Barnes Big Wild Animal Cir
Gus is greater this year thar ever he
fore. Besides the two sawdust rings,
Il big elevated steel arena has been
built. in which the most dangerous
acts, featuring 80 ferocious. full
grown African lions -tndcr com .n;tnd
of the celebrated Herr Louie Roth,
do amazing things which lions never
in history did before.
And kiddies. there are the cutest
little baby elephants anu baby mon
keys and baby Llamas ana tiny baby
.."nies, baby goats and a baby tiger
:uo. It's simply side splitting to
watch them try TO INITIATE their
mammas and their manlmas treat
ii EN- just like your mamma and pa
na treat you; they sco,d JheIa when
hey are naughty. ana caress them
when they are good and play with
them To keep them happy and are
just as anxious to have them taught
TO do tricks and learn rev thiI:gs as
your own mamma ana daddy as for
YOU to go to school 1ni remem bcr
ail the things the teacner tells yuu.
Just think of it, two hIs rings an
steel-barred arena 50 arranged
that you may see ALL tho acts. no
matter in what part Of III big tent
tney are taking place: 30 animal
clowns. the funniest y"u eVer saw:
$50 beautiful ponies ana horses the
smallest and the largest and most
finely trained i'm the WI II 30
trainers, the most expert n this
globe: careful proficient vet br,ve
and fearless: six cnncer; AMI rti'i-
tary bands. four cali0pes, q big pie
organ; SOC attendants in brilliant
uniforms; 65 big sensa'ht1f nHts,
each and every one - u'.il! - -
side-splitter; lions nor =. p"ars.
dogs. pigs. tigers. all .yrrl''ig TO-
sether and good friends - iasUH 1t
think of caravans o. ct"rots,
groups of elephants. sac""d v TIL,
seals. sea lions chimpan;n''. "r'u1a-
outangs. apes. monkeys. k'ngarros,
zebras, goats lions, tigers leGpards
rumas. iasuars. bea-s, dogs clIrk-
ems, pigs. all working together,
marching, doing high dives Jug
Cling fire. riding each other. posing,
tumbling, making music. eating.
drinking at tables. doing trapeze
work. Why it's the most wonderful,
most thrilling. most glittering, most
rib-tickling show in the world, and
all the while Al G. Barnes, the Edi-
son Of Animal Science, is right in
that tent. ready to step in on the in
stant and quiet the ANIMALS or make
them do their act.
And YOU can see ali this free II you
enter The East Oregonian contest
and think up the names Of wild ami
mails Get an East Oregonian Of
Monday and read up on the contest.