Show BINfORD is THEATER Home In Every Department From Supe Sure to the theMan theMan theMan Man Behind HA HAS OWNED THEATERS THEATER S Penchant for Jor Recognizing T Tal Talent Talent alent al- al ent Wherever It Is Is' Is Found v. v j I- I I f y r w F FI I a a W. W T. T BINFORD New Manager of the r Grand I Theater r Genial Bill Binford Tint This Is t 4 name namo that the new manager of the Grand theater Is hs known by In a a. dozen I Western states who are not so EO well weB acquaint acquaint- acquainted ed address him as Mr r. William T. T 1 Binford But BUI as us his friends know him And Mr Air Binford as us others call him Is not new to tho the amusement game gamo He has been In It since tho early curly seventies covering all branches from circus to toI r I v J rand grand opera and from performer to roan manager er If It there Is any part of business that Mr Dir Binford has not been through It has hag not been made known In his new position as manager of oC the Grand as 33 a popular price vaudeville house houe Mr Binford Is not entering a business ss that Is new thew to him In the amusement line Ho Is one of the pioneers o of popular priced amusements amuse amuse- amusements ments menta of the West Recognizes Recognizer Genius In addition to having been In ce every part of or the show allow bU business from a Go supe to playing a leading part Mr r. Binford has the honor of having discovered dis dis discovered covered coveted at nt least two five stars stare In the tho theatrical world One night In 1891 Mr Binford dropped In to tho the little playhouse In this city known a as Wonderland a playhouse that willbe will willbo bo ho remembered b by many of the people of ot this city who hC were here In the carl early On this particular nl night ht a n. little lit little little lit lit- tle comic opera was being presented at tho tio admission slon 1 price of 10 cent cents In Inthe Inthe Inthe the chorus of ot 81 six sis or seven voices was one that struck Mr Binford as being worthy o a a. better place The Thc next day ho he met the owner of or the tho voice and then and there a a. contract was wal signed A few tew weeks later the tho chorus girl appeared In ono one of or the tho leading roles In opera In San Francisco Stlla Still Stilla a a. few weeks celes later this little chorus j girl Irl was wag the star In an opera presented I In San Francisco This was Alice Alicei f i ellson I About this time Mr Binford saw ayoung a ayoung young oung lello fellow playing a small part In one of the man many shows then running In the tho Coast cities clUe In Iii the language of ot the I stage Binford Binford Bin 1 ford made a discovery In III Al Leach who Is now playing tho the leading part In I Girls Will Be De Girls Leach wa was playing a a. small part In Ina ina a a. stock company compan when Binford first I I saw Raw him and offered him something better Since then Leach has been on Etsy street I After Arter a few tew y years ars at the game In I tah fah and other Western states Dill BUT went to Colorado where he built anc and managed the Empire theater at Colorado Colo CoJo- rado Springs an and the Lyric theater I In Denver Later Mr Binford became becam associated with AL At H li now nou booking agent for tor the Independent Vaudeville circuit and together they built the Lyric theater at nt Lincoln Nob and the Empire theater at Topeka lopeka Kas Kaa A. A little A-little little later Mr Ir Binford was wan one of the leaders In the fight made on the tho Crystal circuit then operating extensive extensively In to the tho Middle West cst In this fight Binford and his y associates won out with the tho result resul t that that section of or tho the country got gota go goa t a 0 better class clues of ot theatrical attractions attraction l I Int at nt a n. lower price than they had ever eve r had before Those who vho know Mr lr in this city and they are numbered by hundreds hundreds hund hand reds predict that ho will make malco a n. bt big 6 success as aa manager of at tb the Grand thea thea- tor ter |