The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-08

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grounds are. now assembling their
people to get everything and every
body in training for the season.
There are about twenty people ON
the job now. mostly painters, car
penters and laborers who are get
ting the outfits in shape for the
road. The string Of cars in storage
on the siding on northeast Main
street are being treated to lot of
repairs inside and out and are being
reprinted. All of the wagons and
equipment at the fair grounds have
been repaired and the work Of paint
ing them is nearly finished.
Open With New Attractions
They came to town last fall with
eighteen attractions and will open
up on April 10 with twenty or
twenty-five attractions. Manager
Waugh says that by the tenth OF
this month they will have about $50
people in town training for the
opening events the week of April
1925. He reports the following list
OF attractions: The trained ami
mails, The Bug House, Hawiian vii
lage; Sikology, Trimmings Diving
show, Midget mother, Congress of
Fat Woman, Some High Life, Cir
Gus side show, Pet Illusion show, 81
Cullins wonders, Aliens Bee Circus,
Chinese jugglers, the aereal swing,
ferris wheel, carry-us-all, the whip,
athletic show, Laungland, the Mo
tor Dome, some kind of a mechani-.
cal show probably submarine.
Wanted to Winter Here
The Workman shows closed the
season here last fall with their Octo-
Der engagement and said they
thought favorably of wintering in
the town. They stated that it was
for the town where they
wlntered to raise bonus for them
and that if Blackfoot raised bonus
OF $500 that would decide the ques-
tion and they would remain.
Raising a Bonus
This matter was discussed some
what among the business men and
some took the view that it would be
a good investment to put UP $500
to have that much business added to
the town for the winter. Others took
the view that nobody paid them to
winter in the town, that the show
would stay here if they wanted to
without any bonus and that it was,
simply a graft if the money was
raised. 1t was a new question to the
Blackfoot men and some of them
knew that other towns would be
willing to pay bonus to get the
show to winter with them. A meet |
ing was called for the purpose of |
getting the business men together
70 reach d decision on the question |
and only two or three attended the
meeting. They decided that if the
attendance at the meeting was fair
Indication of the interests of the
business men in the bonus, that
t would not be advisable to take
my action. ( The editor of The Re-
publican had promised the show peo-
'le reply on the question by a cer-
ain day and not wishing to turn
he matter down without getting a
lefinite expression from the BUSH
less men he sat down at the tele-
'hone and rang most Of them, ask
ngf what they wanted to do. : He
leaded the list himself with SUBJ
cription of SIS and enough others
esponded to make the sum total
II about $3.50. This was reported
o the show people and they reported
hat some others had already ten :
cred subscriptions of several
mounts to-; them, sufficient to make
ne amount close to $500. III
Returning Good Favor
They expected to have to pay the
hort Line quite a substantial sum
or storage Of their train on the sid
lg where ever they stayed and on
aking the matter up with the sup
at Pocatello they were
fered a place on temporary siding
be especially constructed for them
the mere, cost Of laying the ties
nd STEEL This very generous offer
as made to them probably because /
very generous settlement the
how people had made with the I
hort Line following a wreck of !.
leir, train near yPocatello last year.
he show people were damaged con- D
derable; but still it was lucky &C.
dent and Manager Waugh went to t
ne claim agent of the Short Line
nd voluntarily released them from
i claims for damages. He said
lie Short Line, had treated them so
ice In all their transactions that the {
low would stand their own loss C
lie same as the Short Line stood lr
leir loss. So when Mr.. Waugh went :
, the Short Line about the use of :
le siding for the winter he was
apply surprised and when the q
ork was done the bill was only
lis for labor and no charge was
Iade for the use Of the materials
II the winter.
Pleased With Winter Home a
The show people considered the =
lackfoot fair grounds very suit e
ole place to winter so took up their Ii
larters there and have not been
sappointed. They say they have
I'd very pleasant relations with all
lie people Of the community; the