The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10
MOUSE RIVER CHAU-
TAUQUA AT JOLlEY

| IAUQUA Al lOLlEY
Popular North Dakota Summer Resort
is Well PatrOnized-Chautau
Ends Sunday.
! The Chautauqua at Mouse River
| Park, located along one of the most
beautiful spots along upper Mouse
river, four miles from Tolley, has been
in. progress for two weeks and will be
concluded with Sundays program.
The management as usual secured
some very good attractions this year
and the patronage is excellent. The
roads for motoring are good thruout
that district and every day one can
see cars from across the line in Can
ada and away out in Montana.
The Park is only 60 miles from Mi
not and the best road to take is via
Lansford and Mohall. One can easily
make the run in three hours.
The Mouse River Park Chautaqua
was organized in 1913 and it has been
huge success. The association has
/ never declared any dividends, but in
stead has put it's profits back into
buildings. There are now buildings
that cost more than 5000, which if
constructed today would cost fully
$60,O00. These include the immense
| auditorium, which was built on a solid
concrete foundation. There's a fine
, dancing pavilion with hardwood ma
pie floor and dance is held nearly
every night. The best Of music is fur
nished by the Coteau orchestra. The
young lads with their charming las
sizes who would grace any ball room
floor, dance all the latest steps.
The Coteau band has been engaged
! for the season and this is fine mus
ical organization.
The bathing is excellent. The river
is wide and hundreds of loads of said
have been dumped into the river, fur
nishing perfect bed. A motor launch
and row boats are at the command of
the crowds.
The river banks are heavily wooded
with beautiful elm trees, mainly. The
, Chautauqua association owns more
than 200 acres in the park proper.
{ There are about 81 bungalows and cot
tages built around the park and one
Of the provisions when the lots are
sold is that the buildings must be
, painted white. The entire place with
the white auditorium, cottages and
tents, looks like beautiful little white
!, city nestled in the valley Of the MUIR
!, muring Mouse.
s. H. Sleeper is the secretary of the
Chautauqua ASSOCIATION. Mr.. Sleeper
is man with remarkable executive
ability. He came to that section of
the state in 1902 and started in the
banking business at Mohall. Mr..
Sleeper has been engaged in banking
and farming extensively ever since.
7 He owns 5000 acres of choice farm
land in the vicinity Of Mohall and
during the summer resides on his
splendid farm which is located short
distance south of Mohall. He has his
!: own elevator and has one of the best
sets of farm buildings in Renville
county. Mr.. Sleeper maintains a Win
ter home at Miami, Fla, where he has
spent the past four winters, looking
after choice tract planted to grape
fruit. He is also interested in a West
Virginia coal mine as. we'll as an oil
project in Wyoming. -Altho he has
good many irons in the fire, he does
, not slight any of his lines of business.
Mr.. Sleeper is very ably assisted by
his wife, who appears to know as much
about her husbands work as he does
himself. The Sleepers have beauti-
full summer home with all the modern
cOnveniences, including electric lights,
at the park and during the Chautauqua
season, they are forever entertaining
someone. They recently had for their
guests number of the Minot folks
who were in the cast, "Are You Ma
son 2" and in spite of the fact that
Mr.. Sleeper had his hands full with
the affairs of the Chautauqua, he
, found time to stir up batter of ia
nous buckwheat cakes, from -four
from Indiana, which were served with
delicious maple syrup from York
f, state. Yum. Yum. Then there were
June berries which may be found in
plenty in the woods on the grounds
and they were served with genuine
thick cows cream.
Another moving spirit of the Chau-
| tauqua is Percy M. Cole, the old time
Kenmare banker. Mr.. Cole and family
maintain home in Grand Forks most
of the year where their children are
attending the University, but each
summer they live in their cottage on
the grounds. With two such
/, men as Cole and Sleeper at the helm,
the Chautauqua could not help but be
a success. Mrs, Cole, who is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Millar, pio-
neers Of Warl county, formerly re-
sided at Burlington. The Coles have
a beautiful cottage on the Chautauqua
grounds.
| Former Sheriff Haugen of Renville
county, one Of the members Of the
Chautauqua association, Geo. Phelps Of
Bowbells, Atty. Bach Of Minot and
many others own comfortable summer
homes on the grounds.
Those who own cottages will remain
at the park until September. After
| the Chautauqua is over, they give card
parties and get much enjoyment out OF
life.
I Very few residents Of Minot and
vicinity realize what beautiful park
there is % close to Us. Take tip
from the writer, jump in your car next
Saturday afternoon and spend Sun.
day ct the Chautauqua. You can rent
. . tent for song and get good meals
served at the dining hall.
The attractions last Sunday were
i verv rood. Li0ut. Howard q. Knots