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NEWS Discover 125+ years of comprehensive Alberta news coverage Build Your News Collection with Important Regional Titles Newspapers are an essential primary source for students and researchers across the curriculum: ? "Money for Nothing," a New WHO READS WHAT? Serial, by P. G. Wodrihouse. By Stephen Leacock. • Explore Perspectives Across the Span of Time I See Page 4. THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD See page 2. , A FORTY.STYTH YEAR Nn U CALGARY, ALBERTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1929 SUPPLEMENT SECTION, PAGES 1 TO 8 Coverage spans more than a century for in-depth insights into how stories and perspectives evolved over the decades. Search and browse cover to cover into local and regional views, events i i and people. Calgary Exhibition Ahd-- • Key source for missing historical information tampede Will f L . A n' fJ'MM Thrill Thousands J from the Cattle Districts of Canada and United Cowboys PHOTOS SHOW States Will Battle for Big Cash Purses and Trophies BIG At Calgary's Revival of the Last Great West Old THRILLS OF right 40 head of the worst horses in another thrilling contest, wild steer Looking for details omitted from other historical publications? to Timers, Native Sons, Veterans of the Mounted Police, STAMPEDE DAYS the province for use in the finals. decorating, the programme last - contest all the All .of these famous outlaws are to year. This has thill's Ranchers and Local Business Men Co- of the old bulldogglng contest with Farmers, Top picture depicts some of the be reckoned with. Leading the herd out the of to twltt in are Alberta Warman, Sundance necessity having in Great Week Famous the World thrills store for Exhibition and Kid, the animal down. Here is what hap operate Making Stampede patrons. Steer riding, and Yrllow Fever. Then there's in Sal. Not Too pens. The steers are penned a bucking horse riding and steer Greasy Coffee Grinder, chute. The decorator, mounted, takes Over. decorating is depicted above. B if. Oh Matilda. Scar Face. Honor a on one side of the able Patches. Bones, Dawn, Sliptiv- - up position at- and his hazer, also mounted, The morning street displays Ity, Mare, Desert Buzzard, Big chute, tract thousands of This Night guards the other side. When Lie persons. Smoke, White Cloud, Grey Ghost. cut is quite a time Yes Bow-nes- s steer is loose, the decorator rides cowgirl having Duck Lake Kid, Maybe, down on h.s with her fiery mount on Eighth Buck. 0 7 Coon, Pop Again, madly after him, drops of in avenue. horns if he is lucky engugh to get As the fame of the Stam- other to "tie that bunch of veal," in the of the Plenty Whoopee Calgaty Badger, Calamity Jane, On Time, red Calgary up championship, presence You there on time and then slips a pede across the world, writ- don't think for a minute that he is Duke of Connaught, Princess Pat- The class of livestock which Faw Down, Paleface, He'll Do, ribbon over the steer's turns spread will be shown at the Exhibition Creek, Broken Box. Funeral horn, ers from two continents flocked to trying to purchase meat for supper ricia and other distinguished visi- Newspapers are an excellent record of fine points and facts that Flat him loess and signals for time. to see cele- the big western The is with tors. Week of 8 to 13 and Stampede. The big modern Wagon, Tar Baby, Little Red Satan, deco- Calgary cowboy merely pleading During July At thr 1928 show, one of the bration and within a short time, the other to make fast time in the 1919 another cattle pavilion will house several What's Wrong, Shimmle, Blue Dog, In sec- it championship live- rators nailed his steer five English, Scottish, American and calf contest. A horsa Is Stampede was held and then In 192 J hundred head of purebred and scores of others. a new record will roping "rope" of live- not content to- onds, world's that even newspapers on the continent a horse used exclusively for calf rop- the directors of the Calgary Exhibi- stock. The exhibition And with gathering take tome is Great Exhibition Purebred Livestock, Manufacturing stock is a of exhibi- a trainload of beating. were soon carrying stories and ing purposes. A "pick up" horse tion Board decided to Incorporate it ,of big part the gether equine dyna- There a a romance and ex- tion. mite, the management sent to Texas glamor photographs of the championship one trained In the art of getting as a feature event of the annual Cawboy about cowboy sports that beckons to cowboy contests. The fame of the close to the outlaw horses after hibition. was a for Exhibits, Running Races, Championship and secured four carloads of the old all the they It hnppy thought, fa.ous Brahma steers for use in the young and from parts of Stampede has been embodied in song have either bucked their rider off, since that year the Stampede has Fireworks Display, Vaudeville, Midway within the grandstand enclosure, and steer and world The Duke of C'finaught a:id and story Peter B. Kyne, one of the or are running wild at the end of a been held continuously as part of the Contests, before a which is the riding steer decorating Baron of Vimy, former gover- grandstand contests. And maybe these salty Byng best known authors in the United qualified ride. Cowboys also skilled Exhibition, and it reached the spot Ball and the second largest in Canada, the cham nor generals of Canada, Viscount States, came to last to In the of bronks, where it is now the most successful Entertainment, Band Contests, Cowboy cattle from the Southern States can't the Calgary year part ."p.cking up" pionship cowboy contests attractEbuckdmOf theoonenhundredtonhead JcfoWillingdon,urnal (Erepresenta-dmseeoonenperformance.ton,He Astayedlbthe eare rknowntaas, "pickCup"anmen.adaaffair) of· its kindFonrithe, continent.Aug 11, 1905 · Page 1 of the tive of His. the King, tn Stampede Parade Scheduled During the One Big the "Top Hands'' Canada and Brahman sent out of the bucking Majesty, whole week and before he left he If a cowboy grabs for a saddle MOST UNIQUE United States. From Ismay, Mon- chutes at the last Canada, the late Sir Douglas Haig. mad a reservation at the Palllser horn on a rough horse he has "pulled Stampede year commander in chief of the British Co-bu- PROGRAMME PROMISED Glorious Western Week. tana, will come Bobby Askins, the less than ten of them were success- hotel for the 1920 show. Walt. leather," "grabbed the Jug handlt" forces In the World War, have in an- The annual western celebra- are overlooked elsewhere. world's bronk rider for y the author was or "hunted leather." If he sticks his champion cowboy fully ridden, and the cattle, which turn been of the Caln-- Ex four seasons, and such noted riders have been wintered in the foothills guests other visitor. Frazler Hunt came up spurs In the cinch in an effort Ui tion in Calgary is featured by as Mike hibition board at the annual exhibi- from New York to see the show. He the mark him as Stewart. Tulare, California; west of Calgary are In prime shape stay aboard, Judges numerous unique events. For FRED KENNEDY Ear- - tion and Stampedes in days gone by. a a ranch "ridden or "failed . https://www.newspapers.com/image/468731102 By Paddy Ryan, Ismay, Montana; for the contests this year. stayed month, bought having tight" Downloisasche-ded on Jan 23, 2020 Is days before the big event " time-honore- d win Collins. Miles City. Montana; PRINCE OF WALES south of Calgary and now he one scratch." If a roper throws his ropes IDE 'EM COWBOY the THRILLS AND SPILL3 of snd he has duled to take the modern Floyd Stilling, Marshfield. Oregon; DONATES TROPHIES the Stampede's best boosters, and misses, "spilled a loop." place, battle of the western will Walter Heacork. Burley, Idaho; EVERY MINUTE his Alberta ranch is the pride of hio These and scores of other expres- western eity reverts back to the cry ranges, to No less a than hesrt. Scores of other writers also sions are heard minute of the Breezy Cox, Salmonville. Arizona; Every contest known the personage every old cow town days. Merchants resound through the streets and avenues Lawton Champie, Prescott. Arizona; cowboy wor'.d will ba on the pro-cra- H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales, visit Calgary yearly to attend the day during the big contest. build false fronts on me the has a to Cowboy contests, known their shops, of the Chuck Wilson. Kayce. Wyoming, this year. Heading presented trophy go Stampede. formerly depicting the log cabin stores of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, during and Bob of Kenna, New list is the buckina horse riding with the bucking horse riding The cowboys have a language all as "Rodeos" have been held for Crosby of their and visitors vie with In district where the early days. Citizens, young week of 8 to 13, 1929, when the Mexico. championship with saddle, for championship and trophies for own, years bark every and old, don the hat, July July , each other In and cowboy Canadian cowboys will strive for th North American champion- other events have also been during Stampede week cowboys cattlemen foregather, and colored shirts and scarves, sum of $4,650 E. W. presi- talk of the If an but was not until 1912 "The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, the riding and roping honors with their ship for which the by Beatty, learning the range.