The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-07-13
CHAUTAUQUA
Is SUCCESSFUL
MANY PRESENT AT ALL PROGRAMS
Musicians, Singers, Lecturers and Orators
Make Appeal Event Closed
Monday Night

While the affair was not SO success
ful financially as had been hoped by
the orchardists, professional and busi-
ness men Of the city who promoted it,
the fifth Hood River Chutauqua, brought
to close Monday night by Kekuku's
Hawaiian quintet, was in every other
way a great success. All programs
have been we'll attended, and especial
ly have large crowds been present to
hear the musical numbers and speak
ers at the evening performances.
The Chautauqua was begun last
wednesday morning, when King Ar
thurs Court, a feature for the young
people Of city and valley, was organ
ICED. Wednesday afternoon the Ionian
Serenaders rendered appealing musical
numbers and readings we're given by
Ruth Meeker. s. Platt Jones. humor-
ist. appeared with the Ionian Serenad-
ers Wednesday evening.
Thursday afternoon DR.. Elliott A.
B0yl delivered bis remarkable lecture,
THE Seen and the Unseen" Thurs
day evening Victor Murdock lectuied.
Mr.. Murdock. Progressive representa-
tive in congress from Kansas. is ram
pant fire eater. He has a gift of
words and way Of impressing those
who hear him. Mr.. Murdock INDUCED
in an extravagant arraignment of
many of his fellow national law max
ers. He touched on the Japanese stu.
alton. In way his lecture may be
called the plum pudding" of the re.
cent chautauqua. 1t was full of thought
and word condiments hard to digest.
Friday afternoon DR.. Arthur C.
frankie, q minister of note, gave his
lecture-sermon, ''The Matchless Book"
No event of the chauatuqua was more
beneficial to local people than that of
Friday night, when Ernest J. Sias
talked onl"Home Town Preparedness. ="
MIR. Sias' talk was not filled with hack.
neyed aphorisms such as one might ex-
pect from man travelling from town
to town delivering chautauqua lectures.
He spoke on Hood River Home Town
Preparedness.
81 have given your situation some
consideration since have been here,
although | have necessarily had but a
short period in which to do it," said
Mr.. Sias.
Mr.. Sias went back few years and
touched on the orchard boom period.
He saw the potential factionalism that
exists between portion of rural peo-
pie and the man of the city. Don't
expect to sell a newcomer land worth
$500 an acre for $1,000 and expect to
get away with it," was one of his
statements. He urged the men Of the
town to come in closer contact with
those of the country. He advised that
both country man and city man attempt
to view problems arising not only from
his own viewpoint, but as we'll from
that of the other man.
MIR. Sais' lecture will sprobably be
long remembered by the people Of
Hood River who heard it. 1t will have
beneficial effect.
The Gullotta Trio appeared at both
the afternoon and evening perform
ances Thursday and Friday the Lryic
operate Co. was here at both preform-
ances.
The Witepskie's Royal Hungarian
Orchestra rendered Saturdays musical
entertainment. Saturday afternoon
Mrs. Hariett Gum Robertson gave her
lecture. "Success Where You Are,"
and Saturday night popular selections
we're rendered by Fay Morvilius.