The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-26
TERRY COWBOY
BAND TREKKING
WAY EASTWARD
Purebred Livestock Will Fea-
b. ture Agricultural Exhibits
at Pavilion
GIRL TO MAKE j u Mp
Vaudeville Acts From Keith
Circuit Promise Greatest
State Entertainment
GIRL TO MAKE JU NJ p

Everything is ready for the great
est Missouri Slope fair and circus
program and exhibition ever offered
the folks Of western North Dakota,
which opens at Manaan July 81 and
closes August 9
Out at Terry. Mont. the famous
Cowboy Band has lined up its car
avian, stocked its chow wagons and
is leaving Saturday overland for
Mandan. pauslng IN towns on the way
: to serenade the people and alver-
tise the Missouri Slope fair-and in
cidentally Terry.
-. The livestock pens. cattle barns
land poultry pens, all cleaned and
slicked up. await the arriva. Of the
blooded animals and herds which will
be shipped in here from all parts Of
the Slope and from the State Fair
at Fargo, which closed Saturday.
Advance men Of the carnival COM
pany have staked GU the Midway for
the half dozen riding devices and
the various shows. The hot dog
sandwich men. vendors Of everything
from balloons to peanuts are all set
to bark their wares. Two Of the auto
racers are already here. with their
speedy little machines snortlng fire
and ready TO go.
Opens Tuesday
And the Missouri Slope fair and
circus opens at l 80 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. July 81. Headed by the
Terry Cowboy band, the program
offers something every minute. Two
cowboy relay race events. one In
dian pony race. a half-mile and a
five-eighths- mile event for blooded
running horses, two two and one
half-mile heats each afternoon by
the automobile speed demons, are
only leaders Of the track events.
Never has there been such an ar
ray Of free circu. attractions booked
for a fair program here. Roscoe
Armstrong and company present a
sensational slack wire walking, jug
Cling and trapeze act; the Bacardie
Trio, acrobatic clowns. are extraor-
binary gymnasts; Dashington's dogs
educated CANNES. put on whole ami
NAL show Of their own; Armstrong
trick and bucking automobile is
the daddy Of them all in com
edy automobile st, hts, doing
everything but standing on its
nose; the Jack Starry Duo. cyclists
from the Keith circuit, do almost un
believable feat, on their bicycles ant
un:cycles. while the Four Aerial 10
renzcs set new record for DARN,
trapeze work. The Lorenzos' act
performed from the platform alto
two 1l0-foot ladders. Daring feat
of strength. trapezery, balancing
are done by the two men and tw
women with no safety net sprea
beneath them to help avert disaste
Should a grip slip
Ben Hur ..elives
Another big feature is the Roma
chariot race each dsy-Ben HUI
in 1928.
Then there is Jeanne Dura1d, 1e
year-old girl aviatrix and win
walker, who Chambers around tn
wings Of speeding airplane an
| eventually does a 3,0O0-foot para
chute drop.
! n Night programs by the circus act
/ will provide new stunts and ne
thrills, and on Wednesday an
Thursday nights. August l and
!, the best fireworks displays eve
brought to western North Dakot
will be shown. Lindy's flight fro
New York to Paris. from the statr
of Liberty to the Eiffel tower. ar
the destruction of Pompe..i by VI
suvius, are two Of the spectaculs
set pieces. In addit; n there will /
.-.-dozens Of star shells and rocket
An automobile show. an exception
al exhibit, and demonstration of IL
latest farm machinery. includir
the combine, will be an addition
attraction.