The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-05-18
NOTES ON CHAUTAUQUA

Ashland and Gladstone chautauqua
at Oregon City, Oregon, are the pio-
neer chautauquas of the West. They
have been established 90 years.
The assembly at Red Bluff, Cal,
is the only one within sight of the
only active volcano on the American
continent. Col. Miller puts it cleverly,
in speaking of his lecture there when
he says, MT. Lassen and l were both
spouting at the same time.
The governor of Idaho and many
other prominent men of that state are
behind the gathering at Boise, which
has been reorganized.
| Modesto, Cal, will give Father P. j.
| MacCorry warm reception. as will
other cities on his route The Cath
Ollie priest in that city was a school
mate of the author of 1.-THE Story
Beautiful"
Modesto, Cal, claims they will have
one of the most successful gatherings
on the entire circuit
Frank Graus and his Swiss Alpine
Yodlers, the best company in Ameri-
ca, will soon visit this city They are
now rehearsing in New York for
number of weeks.
Ciricilo will carry 81 people with
his band this year. Last season there
were "a.
Roland A. Nichols, who will lecture
at chautauqua here, is full of humor
and good stories and is an orator sec
ond to none. His subject is 1.-The Man
Worth While"
Col George w. Balm will lecture
here on IF l had Life to Live Over"
He has lectured 23 times at the chau-
tauqua at Ocean Grove, ~ j.
Ever hear the old Scotch recitation
and song, "Bibbity Bob?" H. Ruthven
Mcdonald sings it on request and if
any one here ever heard him give it,
| it will be requested
A special train leaving Chicago May
18th, will bring the chautauqua tai
ent of the west to San Francisco, and
after seeing the fair they will start
| filling engagements in 10 towns.
| No city in Montana ever had chau-
tauqua until the Ellison White system
went into that field and there is now
much enthusiasm in every town in
which they will be given this sum
mer.
The entertainers of three chautau-
quss in this system can this summer
| look over into the Yellowstone Park
from the platform. These towns are
Bozeman, Mont, Red Lodge, Mont
and Idaho Falls, Idaho
Two towns in Southern California
are so close to the immense orange
groves that the fragrance of the bios
| SONS will be waited to chautauqua
| audiences, which are Ontario and
| Whittier
Lewistown, Montana, is the last
town to close chautauqua week Los
| Angeles is on the same chautauqua
| circuit and yet Lewistown is further
| from Los Angeles than it is from Bos-
| ton.
! A chautauqua will likely be held
next year in the heart of Glacier Ma
| tional park, that wonderful and but
! little frequented region in the north
west corner of Montana.
| While at Bakersfield, Cal, the en-
tertainers may visit the greatest oil
fields in the world. Kern county, in
which Bakersfield is located, produces
one-siXth of the worlds oil
Puget Sound will have two chau-
tauquas. One at Anacortes, and the
other at Bremerton, where the busy
navy yards are located
| Moscow sounds rather cold, but the
lpeople of that Idaho town are warm
enough on the chautauqua PROPOSE
ton.
Lindsay (Cal.) will be the first town
to serve their own oranges to the
chautauqua entertainers.
The first prominent college town to
be visited will be Palo Alto
Reno and Winnemucca are both live
chautauqua cities.
| Poison, Mont, is one of the small
est cities to hold assembly. Success
is more matter of energy than of
size.
| No chautauqua bureau serves as
much territory as the Ellison White
system, which books talent for this
city. From Los Angeles to Lewis
town, Mont, both on the same circuit
of this bureau, it is further by the
most direct route, than from Boston
to Lewistown. zig-zag route of all
the towns cooperating with this
agency makes an itinerary for the tai
ent of 5000 miles.
| The Ellison White Chautauqua sys-
TEN will during the present summer
pay transportation on members of at
fractions and of employees totaling
two and half million miles. To COW
er this mileage one person would have
w tldNCA CONSTANTLY lOI ScVeTdl years.
A list of the towns on the western
chautauqua circuits shows 10 of the
most desirable home cities west of
the Rockies.
Gray's Harbor, Wash, has a chau-
tauqua which draws from other towns
in all directions.
Aberdeen, Washington, enjoys the
support of many surrounding towns
in her annual chautauQua
: kalispell, Montana, boosts her chau-
tauqua in the surrounding territory
and people come from long distances
to attend the sessions
Many San Francisco people go tC
Palo Alto for chautauqua week
Ogden, Utah, is a central chautau-
qua point and the suburban towns
send many people for their assembly.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION