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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1910)
JAGE TWO LA GIZAXEE EVEIvCsCr OLSTTRTT: u FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1910. f' - 1 i i nr-ni u . " j i i i i ii i nmm i n n - iiinimiwiit mvmmimma sMfcfcMMswWBiiiM ' IRIS-' Jnsi; . i a large style, extra high heel, shipm button ent of the latest lace s and ho es and ox rords A -anarew s THE CHAUTAUQUA IDEA The Chautauqua Literary and Sclen Uflc Circle Ja a term well Known to i many of the readers of the Observer. Either as post-graduate work or as the supplement to the high school course, or as the only consecuure plan ever followed in literature there Are a few who will recall the, com munal enjoyment they had In the four years of their studies and the accompanying examinations, and the graduating : among so many, Th$ memebrs of the claBS, they Vlll re call were, of all hhds and climes fcB'Vmaa'e a happy invisible family. The writer and his wife were of the class of '88. ' The founder of the Chautauqua Idea was Rev. Dr. John II. (now a bishop) Vincent. This was In 1878. ' His near associate was Mr. Lewis Miller, father-in-law of Thomas Edi? son. Bishop Vincent says, "To Dr. W. R. Harper, so long and ably the president of Chicago University and was connected with the movement from 1880 on, much credit Is due for the development of the educational .. work." - , Annually the lovers of an' educa tional and real recreative camping- . ... , , ,. out' . meet at Chautaukua Lake in Eastern New . York to spend some time in hearing the best lecturers in the wQrld of learning. ,V So far as' the time will permit, these, men and women teach on every moral, lntellectula and scientific sub ject as yet aiscoverea." -ine ' uem minds of two continents have been heard Oh the platform of the "Aula" of Chautauqua takei N3w, the idea as such",, began to grow si places more or less remote from .hallowed Chautauqua desired a repetition' or a reproduction of scenes and kindred acts. In honor of the, "mother" these were called Chautauquas. Now they 'are wisely everywhere. - Just as good talent as ever graced the h'alls of the New York proto-type are engaged and Just as enjoyable and as profitable exer cises and instructions in our exhil arating West as are had in the re moteness and inaccessable fastnesses of the remote and far-away East, the uncanny land where our fore-fathera were evolved. La Grande Is to be congratulated that she has offered the natural re sources 'of her scenery, air, water and local talent her progressive spir it and energy to the development of a branch of the ''Idea" among her own people. Here at but a nominal cost, can we have the very best; and some of the people I have met here seem to. be fixed In their belief and practice that "the heat is none too good for them." gested than ever Anaconda Standard . Sfore thaft a Million. On the last day of this month the Federal Government will round out another fiscal year.. For the eleven months the figures for Immigration will show arrivals of foreigners in this country In a total that will prob ably break all records that Is the present forecast , by those who are familiar with the subject. .The offi cial figures now at command show that more than 800,000 persons land ed as Immigrants at ports of the U. S. during the 10 month of the fiscal year which ended with the first of May. That month and June always witness the largest number of. arri vals of the year. It is therefore ve ry probable that the total for the year will pass the million mark, All Would be , well If the distribution, of these people over the country were proper, It has not been In the past; the East's centers will be more con at the Oiaiii-Aiimia. -r-.. ... . - ply your every want in groceries I andbakery goods Royal Grocery AND Bakery. m ajtMsli Wiess ' Thrills followed thrills as speeding automobiles shot around the course of the Inglestde Race Course, on April 24th, In the second and final day events of the successful meet promoted by the members of : Thehonors of the day were divided between Barney Oldfleld, with his 200 horsepower Bens machine, and C. O. King, with his Maxwell 30 horsepower stock car. Oldfleld lowered his previous record vt one mile to 51 5-6, which Is a new coast record for the circular track. With the exception of this performance, Oldfleld had to take second place in the list of racing hono8, as the world's champion met defeat In both the five and fifteen mile handicap events; and in both races King and his Maxwell were the victors. In fact, King- proved the surprise of the meet, driving all of hiar races-with' much judgment and taking the turns with his car as close to the fence as did Oldfleld. In the five mile handicap, Oldfleld drove his Knox racer to the utmost, but the handicap was too strong and he could not get the lead away from King. Not only In the handicap events did King and his Max well prove stars of the first order, but In one of the first events of the day, the five mile race for cars costing from $1200 to $1600, which was one of the bestmatcheB of the meet. v The time for the five mile handicap was as f6llows: -Maxwell, King, 4.40.30; Oakland, Nelson, 4.48.25; Chalmers, West. 4.49.30; Auto Car , finished fourth, and the Knox car, Barney Oldfleld driving, fifth." ; In the event number eight, ten miles free-for-all handicap, King and his Maxwell again were the winners, the Maxwell's time being 8.19.30. , , v. - . : . v ..- J. B. Whitemaii & Sbn j 108. Elm Street. : ARE YOU READY FOR IT? Everything points to the coming Chautauqua Assembly as the greatest social gathering ever attempted in Eastern Oregon. Already more than seven hundred people have signified their intention of attending during the entire ten days by purchasing full season tickets. These added to the many hundreds of others who will attend as they can will certainly make a jolly crowd and YOU WILL WANT TO BE WITH THEM. B n Friends and You will want to be as well dressed as your y Our Stock is still Complete in Every Line j U S T . I M A large assortment of Lingerie Dresses, large shipment of Shoes, Oxfords and SlioDers, iment wasn ana other poods. Large smt LET OS FIT YOU OUT Tffi 1 ILli ILiL ij s7nfTrTTi 9 HQUSEBLOGK, LA GRANDE, OREGON. 'f