Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15
CHAUTAUOUA WILL
BE big Event
Begins Next Tuesday and
Will Furnish IL Interest
ing Entertainments. War
Events Will be Treated by
Able Lecturers.

Mountain Home is beginning to
take on the festive air that betokens
the coming of some special attraction.
1t is the chautauqua, which will be
here all next week, the first enter
tainment occurring Tuesday after
noon The second advance man is
already here and will stay until the
platform manager for the season Is
ready to take charge. The sale OF
tickets is proceeding with rush and
within a few days the chautauQua
season will be in full blast,
Some interesting facts In regard
to the lecture OF Sergeant Gibbons
who comes to our Chautauqua on the
second day have just been received
and you will be keenly Interested In
this number
This Canadian soldier has been
through the hell of the German
Iprison camps Has been over the top
more than once; has been severely
wounded and returned home. The
Canadian Government has released
him to the Ellison White Chautau-
qua in order that you may have
better understanding OF actual con
ditions as they exist on the other
side. You will not dare to miss this
number
On the first afternoon of the pro-
gram the best male quartet on the
platform will render one OF the most
delightful entertainments ever held
on this circuit. Again In the evening
they will render the first part of the
program to be followed by Captain
Wood Briggs, of the U. s. Army.
Captain Briggs has a lecture that will
thrill you to better efforts In winning
the war He is one of the most
forceful speakers on the American
Chautauqua platform. On the cir
cult this summer he has held the
close attention of the largest audi
ences ever under tent.
Secure program and become fa-
miliar with the events OF the week
and you will need no urging to lay
aside all cares of the week and get
on the bright side of the street and
live once more In the atmosphere of
the best things to drive away the
blues-a good laugh and a good time.
Have you purchased your ticket?
Get them OF the local committee or
at any of the stores in the city.
When you buy season ticket you
are helping the Government pay the
war cost On all admission tickets.
whether season or single admission,
used by persons over twelve years of
age. the Government requires tax
of ten per cent. On all tickets used
by people under twelve years OF age,
the war tax is one cent per capita.
In other words, child ten years OF
age buying child's ticket pays a
war tax of just one cent A child OF
Fourteen who buys a students ticket
at s15O pays war tax of fifteen
cents.
, Remember that the public spirited
men and women of our town have
signed contract to make this Chau-
tauqua a success and they must have
your support and cooperation in the
I sale of the necessary number OF sea-
son tickets to put 1t over the top.
They do not make any money of the
. effort but are doing their bit In order
, that the people OF Mountain Home
may have the same educational op-
portunities as other towns are getting
! through the Chautauqua system OF
bringing you the very best there is
, In music, literature and art.
President Wilson has strongly
| endorsed the Chautauqua this year
and has rendered every possible as
, sistance In order that the men and
women doing this work may cover
: every part of the country In bring
ing his message to you
The President says: Let me ex-
press the hope that you will let no
encouragement weaken your activi-
ties, and that the people will not fail
, in the support of patriotic institu-
, tion and may be said to be an integral
, part Of the national defense.
: Buy your season ticket today and
, do not make the committee hunt you
up two or three times to assist them
in this effort of Mountain Home to
put over the obligations they have
: assumed in order that you may have
q week of cheer and know something
] of what the men of this land are do
, ing in these war times in which we
are all interested