Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1911 — FOUNTAIN PARK MEETING FOR 1911 AUGUST 12-27. [ARTICLE]

FOUNTAIN PARK MEETING FOR 1911 AUGUST 12-27.

Judge Ben B. Lindsay and Carrie Nation Are to Be Headliners at Sunder Chautauqua Meeting. ' William I. McCullough, president of the Fountain Park Association, came over Monday from his home south of Remington and paid The Republican office a friedly call. Himself and assistants, including VicePresident Walter L. Gumm, Secretary Charles H. Peck and Treasurer J. A Washburn, are busy preparing the program and making the arrangements for the summer meeting, which will be held from August 12th to 27th: Mr. McCullough is much qlated over the success in securing some of the most talked of people in the United States for this year’s assembly. The most prominent of the speakers will be Judge Ben B. Lindsay, of Denver, whose articles about “The Beast and the Jungle,” an expose of political graft in that city and state, have attracted world-wide attention. Judge Lindsay is greatly ,in demand and it costs a lot of money to get him but the officers are willing to pay a big price because they know that the people are appreciative and come out to hear the best. He also reports that Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas woman who started out to break up the liquor business with a hatchet some pears ago, is to be one of-the big attractions. She will be there the last Sunday. Other prominent speakers will be there and the musical attractions are to be the best ever engaged for Fountain Park, which is saying a great deal, in view of the splendid attractions of past years. The talent will cost $2,000 this year but the managers believe the money they are contracting to spend will be justified by this year’s attendance. The interest in Fountain Park is increasing, both at home and abroad, and the demand for cottages likewise increases. It is hoped to make the attendance this year the greatest the assembly has ever had.