The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-01-31
Cowboy Band Secured Cad
mean System for Five
Days Engagement.
HIGH CLASS PROGRAM
Expect Dates to Include July
4th-To Be Announced
Shortly.

Grangeville is assured a Chautauqua
for the 1913 summer season through
the enterprise of the boys Of the Cow
boy band who yesterday closed q con-
tract with Grace Bonner Gillespie, rep
resenting the Cadmean Chautauqua
System Of Topeka, Kansas, for a five
days Chautauqua to be held In this
city early in July. The exact dates
will be announced within a few weeks
1t is expected that the dates will be
arranged to include the 4th Of July.
The array of talent offered by the
Cadmean bureau if Of high class and
being the first year the company has
operated in this part of the west extra
endeavor to please the public Is being
made. The band boys were fortunate
in signing up a splendid list of talent,
including some % entertainers, musi-
clans, lecturers, humorists, vocalists,
dramatic performers and, in fact, near
ly every kind of good talent known to
the Chautauqua platform. There are
four or five lecturers of national repute
headed by United States Congressman
Finley II. Gray, of Indiana, whose lee
ture, THE Underlying Causes of the
European War;" is said to be the sen
sation of the year on the Chautauqua
circuits Hon. Champ Clark, speaker
of the house, classes Mr.. Gray as one
of the ablest, most interesting orators
in the lower branch of congress- S.
DPlatt Jones, who was the hit of the
1916 Chautauqua. will he here again
this year.
Two programs will be given daily
during the five days of Chautauqua
week. The afternoon programs will
be given over largely to music, comedy
and dramatic entertainment. the list
as contracted for including five such
companies, principal among which are
Blands Collegians. company of seven
young men, all of whom are gifted
orchestral and band performers and
singers. Their repertoire runs from
classic music, serenades and popular
music by the orchestra to jazzy num-
bers by the seven-piece jazz band
which is featured, and the claim is
made that never has bunch of Chau-
tauqua folks displayed more pep and
life and genuine good-nature than is
evidenced by these talented young men
from the campus Of one of Americas
best known colleges.
The evening program each night will
be opened by short musical prelude
"" ihe eittl idileTS WHO nave appeared
on the afternoon bill and the balance
of the evening will he taken up by the
lecturers or other special features.
Among the lecturers will he found
speaker. well known in the northwest.
whose address will pertain particularly
to farm life. problems of farm develop
ment. speaker who is practical ex-
pert agriculturist and whose talk
should be heard by every farmer on the
prairie. An effort is being made to Sc
cure this speaker for the second day of
the Chautauqua. which. according to
present plans is to he Farmers Day"
The band boys are to he commended
for the enterprise displayed in sign
ing UP the Chautauqua for the coming
wear. The city enjoyed "A Chautauqua
week in June. 1916. ana this experience
proved this form of entertainment to
he the hest. most accessible. and most
economical omainahle With the great
increase in the number of autos on the
prairie. the desire of the public to be
entertained with good roads practical
Is assured. and with live bunch of
boys leading the boosting for the
Chantauqua. il is safe to say that the
coming session will he successful from
every viewpoint. Watch future issues
of the Globe for announcements re-
garding the Chautauqua. which will
he made from time to time and which
will he of great interest to all.