The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-07-19
NEW PLANS FOR
LIBERAL FAIR
Managers Have Decided to Do
Away With Some Exhibits
Due to Lack of Interest.
Will Spend Extra Efforts on
Amusement Program-To
Be Held Sept. 5, 6, 7.

The managers of the Fair Asso-
citation have deviated from the usual
plans of county fairs this year. There
will be no agricultural exhibits and
the textile, fancy work and kitchen
departments will not be found on
the grounds this year. The change
has been made because of lack of
i support in these departments and
for the purpose of getting something
new. There seems to have been a
lack of interest in these lines. Folks
seemed willing to visit the agricul-
tural hall but few of them seemed
willing to contribute anything for
display. The women of the COM
munity, as a class, manifested some
thing of the same spirit. The poul-
try department always was patron
i lied and supported best of all, but
most of the exhibits came from two
or three individuals. And since
many Of those who paid admissions
to the fair have expressed dissatisfac
ton with the general makeup, the
change of policy is brought forth.
To Increase Amusement Program
The first plan proposed was to
organize and run wild west show
or frontier exhibition, similar to the
one staged the. last few years at
Garden City. Then on account of
the great expense involved, the
necessary extra pens, high wire
fences, and other changes necessary
to be made in the grounds, added to
the great expense of getting the
necessary long-horned cattle and
bucking horses in numbers, it was
decided not to stage a show of this
ikind on a, large scale. However,
since there was quite a strong sem
timent in the community in favor
of this class of entertainment, the
managers Of the Association finally
were successful in getting a con-
tract with company of wild west
performers to put on regular wild
west program on a moderate scale.
The contract was made with Cy
Perkins & Company, who have been
participating in all the big wild west
shows all over the United States.
They have shown in Convention Hall
in Kansas City, as well as Garden
City; Ell Paso, Texas; Las Vegas,
New Mexico; Fort Logan, Colo. !;
Cheyenne, Wyoming, and in fact all
the big wild west contests. They
will produce some clever performers
in fancy shooting, broncho busting,
bare back riding, wild steer riding,
roping, bull-dogging steers, and
trick riding of all kinds. These
people are carrying with them Babe
Tinker, one of the best and most
widely known lady riders and expert
rifle shots in the world.
A Slack Wire Artist
Another big feature planned for
the entertainment of the people is to
be produced by Mr.. A. W. Dickey, a
slack wire artist who does some hair
raising stunts on clothes line, such
as riding wheel on slack wire,
climbing a ladder balanced on wire,
walking wire in wooden shoes, eat
ing at table while balanced on a
wire, juggling hoops, balls, and other
articles, and doing other almost i'm
possible feats. He is a native Kan
san, but he has toured the United
States number Of times, drawing
large crowds for some of the biggest,
circuses in the business.
Sure Enough Balloon Ascension
The one act that the board of di-
rectors made special effort, to get
this year was good balloon act.
Last year the balloon man failed to
arrive although the balloon laid at
the express office ALL during the fair
So this year the managers of the
fair association decided that they
would have a real balloon ascension
| if one of them had to go up to put
on the exhibition. A number of ap-
plications have been received but on
strict examination and investigation
they did not meet the requirements
A great many balloon jumpers have
gone to work for Uncle Sam this
summer and they are hard to get.
However contract was finally made
with Thompson Bros. Balloon Mfg.
Co., of Aurora, Ills. They are repu-
table manufacturers of balloons and
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