The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-10
Comes to Arrange for Big
Show in ! Garden. City for !
July 3, 4 and s.
,sWlTZLER DIRECTOR
Oregon Man Has Been En-
gagged to Conduct Arena
Performers Many.

Charles Allard. who Is helping stage
the Missouia Stampede 1t the fair
grounds on July 8. and S. is in the
Garden city. brimful Of information
about the Stampede arrangements.
Mr.. Allard has just come back from
a Pendleton trip. and is on his way to
his Poison ranch, the home of the big
buffalo herd he owns. These will
come to Missoula soon to browse in
readiness for the STAMPEDE. t
The Pendleton trip was made to
complete overtures begun by mail with
W. r. Switzler Of Umatilla, Oregon.
Mr.. Switzler is to be the Stampede
aren't director. Last years he d.
.rected the events Of the big Sleeps
head Bay Stampede In New York city.
Fay IeGrove has signed up with the
Stampede as assistant to Mr. Switzler.
Bert Thompson and IT'LL" Taylor.
both Judges Of the Pendleton Roundup
events. will come to Missoula to assist
with the judging OF Missoula STAN.
pede winners. A third Judge will be
appointed from among western Mon
tana men.
Crack Performers Coming.
scoop" Martin, who rode bucking
horses and in the relay. event last yenr
at the Stampede. Is here for the big
show this season. Scoop" did q big
flop last year az the events Of the last
day were concluding. but he Is a good
rider. and so good natured that the
crowd Of spectators is with him all
the while.
This year the Stampede will have
chariot racing on its program. These
will be more or less spectacular exhi-
billions. hut they are interesting and
overflow excitement.
Lee Caldwell. OF whom it has been
announced that he will lead n division
OF cowboy cavalrymen into battle. per.
haps somewhere in Germany" for the
United States, told Mr.. Allard in Pen
dleton that he will be Mt the STAN.
pede this year. Caldwell won tn.
bucking event in the 1916 Stampede
and IL considered the champion buck
ing horse rider Of the world. "Sun-
down" jackson. who won last years
Pendleton bucking contest, also will b,
here for competition with Caldwell.
Women stars Signed.
Katherine Wilkes. winner of tn
Cheyenne and Pendleton bucking con
tests for women last year. Is ais
: signed up. Sammy Garrett, cham
!. pion trick roper. who defeated Tex
Mcleod in this event at both San An
:. tonic and Fort Worth. Texas, this yea
s. will spin his rope in fancy manner TO
. Missoula Stampede crowds. TEX
Mcleod may also be here. and ar
rangements are being attempted will
George Weir. considered. to be the bes
practical cowboy roper in the country
Ruth Parton, winner of the 1915 cow
E girls relay event. will come from Top
penish with her speedy string Of re-
lay horses.
A big Indian camp will be at the fair
grounds and the biggest Indian pa
rade ever staged in Missoula is pre-
dicted by the Stampede management
Mecarty Here Next Week.
Eddie McCarty. Of Chepenne From
tier Days Celebration fame. Will b.
in the Garden city next week. to make
arrangements for the care of STAN
pede stock he will bring to Missoula
"A car of horses will also come from
Fendleton soon.
James A. Walsh. secretary Of tht
1871; Stampede. announces informa
ton that Butte will attend the STAN
pede here in strong delegation, ant
Z the reservation country. he says. will
he heartily and almost wholly repre-.
scented. Only enough folks will bt
) left in the grain district to insure
safety from a grasshopper invasion. Of
the crops. he states.
Advertising Is going strong on the
Stampede, and inquiries are already
coming in from interested persons who
want to make reservations for the
stampede in advance.