The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-31
SALMON CHAUTAUOITA
VOTEDATOP-NOTCHER

can,to aSSocidtlon. With these ex
.ep.lohs MI. Herbsman was mako
.eIihg blows all through his timais
anu splendid address, not forsst,;na
70 commend the woman's chm as !
i've force full OF public spirit ana
CIVIC pride just as strongly as he con
ueuihed some other evidences az ~
iaek OF public spirit in the com,,,n-
ny On the part Of mere men. Amnne
these evidences he catalogued the NJ,
cesslty Tor modern public school inn.
proVements. These things cost mn
ey' OF course" he declared "and yn,,
YOU must tax yourselves to Drovid,
euuGatlonal facilities you know"
we can't tax ourselves any
more declared President Abbott ot
the school board, who arose in the
audience, for we have reached the
unit OF eleven mills already
but the limit is not eleven mills
as l am informed" stated the sneak.
er, the limit in independent school
districts may be raised to I5 mills F"
and the speaker intimated that a
school board ought to be Of the sort
10 go the limit in educational ex.
penses as afording = money to be-
spent to the best possible public
good. The colloquy aroused wide in.
terest and the next day was verified
the cOntension of Mr.. Herbsman that
eleven mills is not the limit of the
school levy but that Is mills is the
limit
From the tickets sold II was esti,
mated that the average attendance
at the numerous lectures, concerts
and other entertainments afforded
ran around the thousand mark all tn
time. On occasions such as the
great sermOn-lecture by Sherman
Wallace, the McMinnville college
man, on Sunday afternoon, when he
spoke on Education and Democracy
the young women Of the Treble Clei
in the concert performances of or,
chestras and the stories from the
trenches by Ada Ward, following on
Tuesday and other days there
after, and all the head-liners of the
Chautauqua, the attendance ran TO,
ward the two thousand mark, On one
such occasion II was RuthYen Me
Donald, the man of personal appear
ance, somewhat ungainly. perhaps
but whose marvellous richness OF
voice enraptured and held as if in a
spell all who heard him sing Mons
who heard Miss Ward could fail "a
love their country and humanity
more and more as they recall in
memory her thrilling recital of the
actual trench life OF the men defend
ing their country. Certainly every
available square foot of space in the
big tent was filled on these inspir,
ing occasions.
The country people and the town
Deople met together as never before
in common interest. why, ! would,
mt have missed that for twice the
cost OF attending every feature was
the expression frequently heard after
lecture or song or noble address.
JUNIOR cHAuTAUoUA.
In the exercises planned the young
people were not overlooked. The Jun
ior Chautauqua was organized for
them. and rs children took advantage
of this training This work was in
charge OF Superintendent Grifeth,
who is prominent in. the playground
movement in Salt Lake City, and was
assisted D5 MIS. L. IL Sta'A''AiL' - -
Salmon. The net result Of Mr. Crit
fith's weeks drilling of the young
people was shown in demonstration
OF some of the outdoor games and
drills on the stage Thursday after
noon. Mr.. Griffith in an address
strongly recommended the play
ground movement to the school au'
Thorities and the entertainment ne
was able to provide was not the least
pleasing Of the features Of the week
doings.
| One OF the best features OF all Inc
Chautauoua week came at the enc
when lust before the curtain was
ring down, Red Cross coltec'loh
was taken up by score OF women
;dantifed with that noble work ID
salmon. In ten minutes they were re-
ouired to pass the hats and caps VI
soldiers through the assembiagt '",1
,,sre weighted down with coin III
ton minutes longer the receipts N't'
counted and announced. The amoul'
~ the collection was ascertaiheu -
he S29s so At the last also "el,
n,ors names added 70 the con'Ia''
toT nsxt years Chautauqua, maAiht g, q
to,ai of over a hundred on the Fo.,
Tben everybody went to d aaIe' "a
,be music Of the Hawaiians: no .'-.,o l.-,,.
n-ovided the last Of the Shau'"H"' ''
~ f--..,g an the stage.