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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-
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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
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' 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
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: 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.
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