The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-02
LIVESTOCK SHOW, YEP-KANUM
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of the days of '49 where the gamb-
lers may gamble and the drinkers
may drink and others may have fun
and frolic as much as they please.
1t is however around Calamity James
dance floor that the social life of
the village fingers longest. Here
all the latest steps are to be seen
as we'll as some not so late.
This attraction is being given un-
der the auspices of the local post
of the American Legion.
Waloucks and Stick Games
There were rs Indians present, 20
from Spokane and the others from
the reservation, divided about equal
ly between the north and south half.
The Indians in spite of all that may
be said about other features of the
big show, attracted much of the
crowd with their stick games and wa
loucks. These games are full of
mystery to the white man and it is
sometimes difficult to determine the
winner because of the expression
less face of both the winner and the
loser. On Thursday afternoon the
stick game was delayed until someA
one could bring blankets from the
camp for the players to kneel on:
After these arrived it did not take
long for the Indians to get into the
swing of the game in which they
beat board with sticks, while they
chant one of the Indian songs. At
certain stages of the game. favored
Indians receive two or four small
cylindrical hollow tubes which they,
with many mysterious signs and
sober expressions, shuttle around in
side their shirt front and then pass
on to another Indian who does the
same thing. When one side gets
all the sticks, the game is ended.
The waloucks game is played nearly
all night and in this real money is
lost and won in way that makes
a white man dizzy.
Rankin Thrills Crowd
Tex Rankin thrilled the crowds
with his daredevil stunts Thursday
and Friday afternoons. On Thurs
day afternoon especially the weather
was excellent for flying and the
crowd was given a wonderful ex-
hibition of skill in the handling of
an aeroplane when Tex Topped the
loop eight times in succession. A
thrilling nose dive, both straight
down and spiral and tail spins were
features of his remarkable exhibition.
Mr.. Rankin shows no fear and those
who ride with him feel perfectly safe
when he is plotting the machine in
the air. Mr.. Rankin has been
carrying passengers each day. Mr..
Rankin has two brothers here who
are assisting him.
Wire Walker
The wire walker, Harry Kingston,
gave a wonderful exhibition of his
skill on the first night of the fair.
No lights were available, and rather
than disappoint the crowd he walked
the wire, using for lights the spot
lights of automobiles parked at the
fair grounds.
Mr.. Kingston is one of the oldest
free attraction performers in the
state. Among his stunts he numbers
balloon ascensions, shoot-the- shoots in
a sheet of flame, and wire walking.
However the wire walking stunt is
the only one he is showing here.
He has been in this kind of bust
ness for Is years and worked in
Spokane in it's infancy, performing
at the first fairs held in Spokane.
He has made all the western towns
of any size and has seen many sue
cessful fairs and many failures. Mr..
Kingston states that the only way
to make a fair a success is for
Everyone to get in and boost"
Band Concerts
The Colville band under the direc-
ton of M. w. Meyer helped to give
the festal air to the stock show by
playing both afternoon and evening
every day of the show. In the eve-
nings the band played to attract the
crowd to the wire walkers perfor-
nance after which it marched to
"Slippery Gulch" village and render
ed several selection every evening.
The Concessions
The concessions are located north
of the grandstand and are rented to
the following: Auctioneer Buckley
who is selling Old Dominion ice
cream, lemonade and hot coffee; j.
C. Hard who is selling soft drinks,
cigars, cigarettes and candy; Kel-
ley Creamery Co., Chewelah, selling
ice cream; C. E. Shelton, Spokane,
selling hamburger sandwiches; A.
E. Simmonds Of the Western Novelty
Co., Spokane, selling souvenirs OF all
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