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The Burtis annex in Water street, Auburn, is opened for the exhibition of moving pictures and vaudeville. It is proposed to give six performances a day and the admission will be five cents.

A new company, to be called the Progressive Amusement Company, of Dallas, has been formed, with a capital stock of $10,000. The incorporators are L. A. Harris, Ike I. Lorca and B. Benno.

Arcadia Amusement Company, Arcadia, Los Angeles (Cal.), has been formed for the purpose of establishing a resort in which a large theater will be set aside for moving pictures. Capital stock, $200,000.

Dwight Elmendorf gave the last of his illustrated lectures on travel at Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburg, recently. His subject was "The Land of the Midnight Sun." The motion pictures were excellent, one showing the sport of ski running being one of the most amusing aver seen by a Pittsburg audience.

It is announced that S. Z. Poli has purchased the St. Mary's church property on Church street, New Haven, where is now located his Bijou Theater, paying about $130,000. It is centrally located and happens to be the ground on which Mr. Poli made his first venture as the manager of a vaudeville thater fifteen years ago.

Rocky Glen, Scranton's first amusement park, has been sold to a New York and Boston syndicate. The consideration is not known, but is claimed by Mr. Frothingham to exceed $260,000. The new owners will take immediate possession and, it is claimed, will spend $50,00 in improvements, this year. Mr. Frothingham gives ill-health as his reason for disposing of the property. 