The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-13
Tuesday Had a Rich
Chautauqua Program

qua, brought an attendance above the
usual daily increase noted this week.
Getchell Prairie and several other pro-
gressive and enterprising rural COM
munities were represented at the park
during the day.
The program included an hours con-
cert by the Valkota male quartet, fol-
lowed by an address by Hon. Ben
Drake. Miss Martha E. Dewey, of the
department of reading and expression
at the Normal school appeared and
gave a number of readings in her u.s.
ual delightful manner.
In the evening the program was
again opened by the Valkotans. After
a quartet number, DR.. G. E. Hunt
sang "The Courier of Moscow" He
was recalled and responded with my
Little Grey Home in the West" Miss
Josephine Wright played the accomp-
ailments for the solo numbers on the
evenings program.
Following these splendidly render
ed solos, the quartet gave the audience
a dose of Mother WinsloW's soothing
syrup and somebody else's chatting
remedy. The composer was not an
nounced, but, there being two reput-
able physicians in the quartet, nobody
questioned either the prescription or
the dosage 1t tasted good; they call
ed for more, and then "Mamy's Poo
Little Lamb" was rendered.
Miss Dewey then read "The High
way Man," by Alfred Noyes, one of the
prominent present day writer's of Eng
land from whom literary critics are eX-
pecting big things. Prof. Meyer capt.
ally sang two more solos and then a
couple more of quartet numbers closed
this part of the program, to give DR..
E. T. Mathes the platform.
DR.. Mathes launched at once into an
interesting discussion on the fish in
dustries of the west and Alaska. His
lecture was not only entertaining but
instructive. He told of the habit of
the salmon, and how they are caught
and prepared for commercial Iur-
poses.
Salmon, he said, were Matched in the
rivers of Washington and Oregon,
emptying into the Pacific. When these
fish have grown to fingers length
they disappear for four years. Where
they are during this length of time
has never been discovered. Various
theories have been advanced, taking
the fish to the bottom of the Pacific
even as far as Japan. But at the end
of four years, they return to spawn in
the identically same place where they
were Matched. This has been proved
by marking the fish.
Rules governing the fishing of sal
mon were discussed, as we'll as the
manner in which they are trapped.
Numerous slides showed the habits of
the fish, the great industries and 9TH
er interesting details. DR.. Mathes has
lived in the midst of the salmon in
dustry and spoke from actual obser-
Vatfon.
Dr.. Mathes promised to give an
equolly interesting illustrated lecture
this evening on Mexico, a country he
has also visited. He will touch upon
the geographical nature of that land
and tell something Of the situation eX-
listing there. This lecture has been
much looked forward to.
An unusually interesting program of
movies closed the program of the day.
The morning programs are showing
an increase in interest. Tuesday, Mrs.
S. A. Zimmerman spoke on Mothers
Meetings and Better Babies. Wednes-
day morning, Mrs. F. w. Heidel was
scheduled to speak on sabbath Obser-
vance, State and National" Thurs
day morning, Miss Emma Lockwood
will discuss MEDAL Contests and Their
Results" as phase of the work of
the w. C. T. u.