JtKAUKK. IK VOO WANT To
laise Fruit, Grow Stock
1 Mine or Lumber.
I Or BRR( )D any (H'fut4ilnn lit
1 itilw i Kuri' -ecu. D ) in d u(
:f ftlHUWl liiii.UllU'U OI'tKtrtUu ttfi
Mall.
0RE00N LEADS
la the prodoctlo oIKlne mm
The Rogue River Valley
THE MEDFORD MAIL
MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1908
NO. IS
0 ' U.J. oreoon and Msdford, i
O IU luslropvli, sad tradsssalsr, T
Q Is best reiirseented ey
S Ssm it To rocs sum n
r
I I iiunuraiuuimu Si VDI YY
i
The Central Store
Medford the Trading Center
Medford's Busiest Store
Sioi- stsrii-d thl store in MeJfnrd linndreile of men-hants ud tray
ling mm have asked at how wei-onld run .lore ol this kind In plaoe
.mall a M.dlnrd. v UK ANSWER this; It ws had to depend on
Medford alone we could ni rim. Although Medlord Is our strong sup
port, we are drawing trade trum every part of the valley. People who
trade nt-rt onoe get satisfaction, aud wo see thein oomiiig beck again.
With a etook nl alnut 110,000 in iadiaa' and ohlldren' ready-lo-nae ear
mums mIi.ob ami a stock mora than hall aa I ante ol dry gouds and notions
we are prepareil to serve yon aod well, too
Sale Prices Now On
You Should See These
Piece Oocds Specials
7c American prim 6o IOj Blohed Mu.Uds. 7u
10i! Apro UlncUm fw 12ic Blt-acht-e. Mmlim Vo
15.; Jr!M Gingham.,.. I-io Km Hi cat bed Mit-lin- 121c
SWi Drr Ginifhm- I6e llii D Lr..a Ut "c
loo !' uuiKtiain
Hoc
Shirt Waist Sale
Regular $1 SO Waists only
Valui ioi60 in Waiste (or
Va nes t t'-ViO in Waist lor ....
Values to :l.00 in Waists lor ... .
Values to to 50 In Wiints for
Fine Millinery Sale
Evt'rv hat in the store over (10 00 Is now on sale at exactly half value.
10 l Hate lor to 00 915 (10 Hats for 4.7.60
,12.00 Hats for (GOO 120 00 Hats for. $10.00
$8.00 SkSrts for $4.00
A lot of fine Panama Dreas Skirt In black and color, worth
t, 97 ami W, now. choice for $4.00
Hosiery Sale Now On ;
15n value for.
2i- vi.ltiei fur.
3.'ic THiut-i fur. ,
Sale of Umbrellas
75V Umhrellas
(I (.0 Un.h.elhi
1 25 Umlirellas ... .
H 50 Uiubreila
.. .69c
...753
.. .!ISc
.$1.12
Medford's Money Saving Store
Baker-Hutchason Co.
C St., Just North ot Jaokson County Bank
The Southern Oregon
Exclusive Tea 0 coffee GomDany
la now opened and ready for business. Our coffee is fresh from
the roaster and carefully blended. Our si n is to please our cus
tomers, and you will get etriotl) high-grade Tea and Coffee by
buying of us. We 1sd carry a complete line of spices, extracts
and b king powder
J. H. Henselman Prop.
81 1 St. Karnes Building, Medford, Oregon. Phone 687
The Crawford
1 i
Wear a Shoe of Quality. Wear a Cool Sum
mer shoe, Wear Crawford Oxford and get
true value of your money In style- and feel
$3-50 to $5.00
Smith SL Molony
We will dlivwr loe cream to yoar
Boa. Pbon. yoar order to tte
Bogus Rlv.r Creamery of Medford
Book Store.
-For sale by owner A assail pleeaj
of wood land sloes t town. A aoae- 1
aod let la Madiera, with as war ooa
aestloa. also vaoaat lot Address
postoffles baa, SM Medford. ;-.
Mi
16u DrvbH Lawoi lor 120
...1.00
.11 25
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..(1 8
. $'-MU
2'is valutrj tor.. .
btv values tor. . .
tioo value.) for ...
19c
35c
47c
t'J.OO Umbiellas..
:00 Umhrellas..
$4.00 Umhrellas..
$5 00 Umbrellas.
ill HllllllilTTT
Whits Lea-bora sras for oettlaa.
SO cents for 16, frow) flock of 18 nana
picked from 600 Standard Bred White
Las-bora eblekeo. Or. Ooble, pbons
No. 193, Msdfotd. Also psstore for
cows inside city uauae. is st.
When yoa are la "wa doa't for
get to oall st the Emeriok Cafe en
ds aew suassjsmsat.
EUGENE'S MAYOR
LIKES MEDFORD
"Eagsas Is doing vsiy alosly and
ws ars on ths frow" each was tls
sabs tan oa of aa latsrrlew created by
J. D. Matlock mayor of EagsBS, to
a rtprtssntativs of Tbs Mall, whlls
t .e mayor was la this oity oa last
Mondsy. Mayor Matlock expressed
surprises! ths growth of MsiSford
which sxotsdsd tbs storlss hs had
bsaid regarding this city.
'Too bars a flos llttls olty here"
said Mr. Matlock, "and It is second
only to Eoaens. Of soars 1 have to
say that tor it I did not, all my good
friends would 'jomp on as' attar my
retain boms. Bat honestly, I believe
that Medford has a gnat totnrs snd
I am always pleased to hear of ths
advancement of sn Oregon city, ss
peclaby Southern Oregon.
'Medford Is living op to bar repu
tation of being a 'live town' and I
am glad to ses that It It so. Bom
,1ms sgo. Tom Rlobardsnn, Oregon's
ohlet booster, cams through Eugene
end tnld as of the steps being taken
and the step that had been taken to
advertise Medfoid It was a revela
tion to us. I notice that several
other oitlea of Oregon are pattern
ing after this oity and I am glad thrt
you bare ett them the example you
have.
'We aie getting for Engene some
at the beat people of the East, men
with families and capital aod the
strides w are making in tbs war of
Inoreaslng'our population la wonder-
fa 1. We speod considerable money
in advertising our section but we And
that every dollar thus expended
comes baok to as multifold. There It
a great deal of truth In the saying,
'It pays to advertise' that la, if yon
have something worth advertiaiog.
'Eugene la progressive, but cannot
r.ay that ws ats doing a great dea
battel than you are. All ot; Oregon,
in faot, is 'on ths grow' aod all of
our cities are progressing in many
ways. I trust that this oounty will
be 'dry' after ths Juns election and
I believe you will not regret It after
yoa have given prohibition trial"
Bishop Hogue Coming.
Hlshoo W. T. Hcgue, who is now
holding tbs annual confeience of the
Krs Methodist church on the Paalflu
coast, will stop in Medford en route
to California, May 17 tb tor the pur
pose of holding s five dsya meeting
and to dedicate the new Pies Metho
dist church on tb oorner of 10th and
Ivy street. Toe church will be dedi
cated on Sunday, May loth, at dues
o'clock p. m.
Bishop Hcgue needs no recommen
dation, lis Is s workman that
todies to show himself epproved
and, who needetb not to be ashamed.
Aa an orator, as well as a minister of
tb Gospel, with blgb spiritual at
tainments, baa but few equals. Us I
tbs sutnor of Hoguea lloaieletios snd
Psstcisl Theology. He has proven
himself an educator of uonausi abil
ity, wblls seiving ths church as its
honored president of tbs Greenville,
111., College tor twelve consecutive
yesrs snd ha proven bi xo.llent
literary talents whlls editing the
Flee Methodlat, the official crgan ot
the oburob, for more than -eight
year.
lie ha also shown bis marvelous
exeoutlve strength In the wise and
judiolou manner In which he has
served the church so falttfiillv as
past presiding cider, member ot the
executive board, and his seven year
of abundant labors as Bishop,
All who oan will find it g-eatly to
their loterest to attend these ser
vloee.
Commercial Club.
A special meeting of the Commer
cial Club was held on Inst Thursday
evening for tbs purpose of taking
necessary steps to form a 25. 006 club,
the purpose of whiab are to gain a
population la five year for Medford
of 25, 000 people. A committee con
sisting of Mean. Stalker, Welsh,
Signs, Reddy and Daniels was ap
pointed to look into the matter.
A oommlttsa consisting of Messrs
Rosen beam, Ray, Page, Hoot end
Flndley was sppointed to oall upon
the aohools sod nddisss tbs school
children to snlist their services In
olesnlng op the eity This eommlrte
will also investigate the feasibility of
equipping a special ear with frul'
snd sxhlblts for this section snd
sanding It East.
Msnsger Baielrlgg took up ths
matter of oew uniform lor ths band
with ths olub Tks msttter we post
poned until tbs regular meeting of
tb elnb whleb will be oa Wsdusa
dsy, May 6th Messrs Root. Utslssr
sad Daalsls wars sppointed to talk
ths matter over with members of tb
band to Mod oat what was wanted.
for Sals Preeb milch sows for
sale. Isqnirs of J. W. Boaar, oa
Orllfla crash, four mils fro Med
forrd. 'Psoas 833. Is-la.
IN MEDFORD
Tbs small buys of tbs olty and tbs
torroMdlac oounty sst on bsrd
beach- last Tossdsy, maaobsd pea
ants, drsak pink lsmoaade and pro
claimed to all who aero there to bean
that "the cirou has earn." Tb
youngster wwt bsppy sad maay a
sun's thought turned backward to
tb time wbes be ass smstl ard
eoald snjoy a elroos as it should be
s Joyed.
It oa a large crowd that greeted
Sorrls A hows' elroos sad for the
most part everyoae earns away sati.
Bsd. Tb postere bed proclaimed for
omstlms that it was b lager sad
larger than ever and so It ass found
People froja lbs surrounding oounty
Hooked to tbs elty ana at ths after,
nooa and evening psrfnrmsnoes tb
large oircu tons was crowded. It
ws a good orowd too, for the elroos
manager's standpoint, for tbey sew
11 there was tu ses and oonsumed
fast quantities of the standard clrcua
edible. Circus day waa more Ilk
a holiday than any thing else.
Loog before the big parade started
in tb morning tbe streets of the olty
weie crowded and late oomer expei
lsnced om difficulty In finding
location from which they oould gain
n unobstructed view of the parade,
The vaoant lot along the line pel
ade were crowded with automobiles,
can luges and diver sorts of vebloles.
The oirou waa good. Two large
ring and an elevated stage were in
evidence and the management kept
tbe large crowd amused for nearly
tbies hour with on attraotlon after
anntber. Tbe menagerie was good
aod larger than that of last year.
The aide show gave for the most
part a new list of attractions. Aa a
whole the show waa good snd not
many were disapooirted
' Wins Great Price.
Word ha Just been received from
Minneapolis that Ml. Arthur l.eelle
Stuart baa been swarded a prize for
original composition or ths Stanley
Hall Conservatory of Muslo of that
city opn to alumni. Mrs. Stuart
graduated from tb conservatory In
1905, later continuing ber studio In
voice Blooe ber comintg to Oakland
he ha bean prominently Identified
with musical circles, frequently be
ing heard at musical fanot'ou. For
eevetsl months put she ha been
director of the eholr of the First
Christian ohuroh of Oakland. Mrs
Suart hsa s ohsrmlng contralto voloe
with aurpriaing richness ot tone snd
onuausl range tier many friend In
tbe bay cltle will learn with much
plessurs of hsr euoeeM In the eon
teat,eapeelally a tb prlz I awarded
with added distinction of "cum bo-dlssimo"-
Oakland, (Calif) Tribune.
Mr Stuart waa formerly a resident
of Medford, la fact aba passed hsr
childhood In this city, end many
time have tbe eitlzena of Medford
enjoyed ber mellow strslns of that
magnificent contralto voles A Mis
Mabel Jones abe ranked with tbe beat
of tbe ainger of Southern o"R30,
even before abe bad received the ad
ditional polish of teabnical educa
tion. Brown Inman Nuptials.
On lsat Tuesday evening at the
parsonage of tbe Christen ohurab by
Rev. M. P. Horn. Mis Ann In
man, of Eugene, was married to Mr.
Arthur Brown, of tbe staff . of Tb
Mali. Ml Inman 1 a slater ' b Mrs.
M. r Uorn, of tbla city. She ha
visited In tola olty at varloua time
and baa a anmcvr of filenda bere.
Mr. Brown has been connected with
tbe Mall for some 'time and Is well
known In the city. The Mall cxends
it heartiest congratulations to Mr.
Brown and wishes n long lifs of bap.
plness to Mi. Brown,
To the Public.
Having Installed maoblney for tbe
manufacture of High tirade lee
Crsam wt aollclt your order for
eame la any quantity. We make
dellverlee to any part of tbe olty.
U ire ua your order large or small.
Rogu River Creamery,
Madford
At the atroke of twelve, mid
night, A pi 11 30th, tb commission of
Charles W. Torpln a chief of polio
of tbla eity terminated. rJ. U.
SI esrer st tbst tlms took ths otfio
snd will be the guardian of tbs elty'
peso In to future. There sss ooa
idaisbls talk about towa to ths
(Scot tbst Mr. uhesrer would not
serve as obief, tbs Influence trnught
to bear a poo blm osased him to oca
seat to be chief far s period, tboagb
for bow losg it ts set yet known.
Mr. Bbssrsr states that be was aa
looklag for each a position, bat
tees so maay of bis frlsads urged
blm to tabs It be would de so for a
tlms. ,
s
Tbe Good Road msstiag st tb
opsra boos oa last Kriday svsnlng
aa wall attends! aad a very solans
Isstle msstiag easasa. The huge
aambsr of speakers showed that great
Interact waa maalfssted oa ths
part ot tb rssldsots of tela valley In
tb matter of obtaining batter high
ways for tbe valley. Aa orgsalsatioa
was slsstsd with WUllam M. Oolvlg,
aa presides!, Ed. Andrsw as ssere
tsry aad J. B Eeyart as treasurer.
A oommltt oa tbe organisation of
local leagues la various Kogue Hirer
Valley towas to co-operate wltb the
Medford organisation was appointed
aa follow: Ed. Andrews, Medford,
Jos Hammstalsy, Gold UIU, F. M.
Eaaleston, Ashland, J. J. Root, Med-
ford, a A. Pattlaon, Central Point.
R. T. Burnett, Jacksonville, ana H.
von dsr Uelleo, Wellen. Tbe Med
f;rd band was la attendance with
savors) -i (elections snd tbs vocal
program i-ir te svsnlng ws well
ustalned Tb vooallsta ware
Mesai. Andrews snd Fish, Mrs . Ed
Andrews snd Mis Uraoe Brown, ss
ised by E. J. Blown, violinist, and
Mr. Alve-n on the flute, snd Mr.
Isaac at the piano.
Judge Colvig presided duilog tb
evening and called upon n larg num
ber of tie business men of ths city
to addiesa the meeting. The oon
senau of opinion seemed to be to
the effect that this valley needed
good load and that all of to bud
nee man favored tb endeavor to
obtain them. All of tb speaker
were not ownoraa of automobile but
they eaob and all were agreed upon
the matter of better roads. The taet
that good roads improved the value
of shutting prooerty ws pointed out
time and again. Tb speakers for
tbe evening included Judge Coivlg
W. I. Vaster, J. U. Hammeisly of
Gold Hill, Judg Dunn, W. 11. Stalk
er, John M Root, Judge Crowell, J
E, Enyart, F. Oaenbrugg and
others.
It is the Intention Inter to oall a
county convention In whlob repre
sentative from ell of the product In
tne oounty will be present nnd the
matter thoroughly discussed The law
will bt investigated relative to ob
taining good highway throughout
tb county.
James Whltcomb Riley.
Th rendering of Riley' poem by
tb Rev. U. LeKoy Hall at tb First
coptlst ehurcb t rldsy evening, April
24, 1908, under the auaploe of tb
100 Club waa th beat ever. The very
large and appreciative eudleno clear
ly demonstrated the fact that Bra.
Hall waa master of the eltuation
f 3m tert to finish. Just such eve.
nings as this mixed In with th bam
dium of lite make it run rloher and
smoother snd mors wottb tbe while.
The muaio rendered by Mr. DeLsy,
MiJuues Butlsr snd Mr. Fred
Metz was secured snowing Its good
effect.
We ire certain that ths memory of
the evening will long be rememoered,
and will serve to make tbs people
welcome soother evening like it
Dear old Whltcomb bas written many
poem and ws are satisfied that Bro.
Ball can make good wltb any of ble
writing, so let u hop to soon have
the 100 Club duplioate the evening.
Unas. Hoover was declared by tbe
committee ss tb on entitled to a
volume of Riley's poems for selling
the highest number of tiokete.
He Wins Some,
Th Portland Journal oritlciaee Par
noil, tb craok Southern Oiegon
pitcher. "Pernoll would win more
game it he wound op before deliver
ing tbe ball to the batters, says s
Frisco writer. 'Piano Leg' stands
on ths slab and slams tbsm over with
out trying to aeoeiv ths bsttsr
psrtlols. Tb objeot of s wind-up Is
to puzzle tb batter snd nlao to give
th ball more steam. There srs very
few successful pitcher without th
wind up Leever of th Plttetmrg
team bringe hie band to th top of
hi bend before delivering, but Per
noil don't even go as far as this some
times." Nevertheless Peinoll woa
tbe Brat game thi Beavtr plaved
against Lio Angela tbla yea, abut
ting them out to the tune of 1 too 0.
He mad a creditable showing list
yaw and would do batter If MoOredle
gave him the right kind of n show.
Sunday School Picnic.
Tbs 8onday achool of tbe Chlstlan
ohoreh will alve a plenla Saturday,
May aad, oa Madford Height, oa
nd on half mile aat of town, on
th O. H. Plane term. Thi will be
flow pises for tbs oblldrsa. Chil
dren and older on to pis y ball snd
other games. Lsmonads ssrvsd at
a ooa. Ios sold fwater fall day. Ibis
tncnle to act ooly for the Boaday
(oboot scholars, but all others who
wsat ss ootlsg. Brlag soar lanehes
snd SB Joy yoarsslvss.
L
MITTEE MEETING
At a mssUaf of ths Hspubllnsu
County Csatral Committee of Jaok
aoa oouoty, held Saturday In this
olty 1. U rJsmiltoa snd P. W. Hollls
of Msdford. J M. Wsgnw snd E. T
Stspls, of Ahlana, J. D. Heard, of
Sterling, J. a Bellinger, of Jack
oovUle, J. U. Pendleton, of baa
Vsllsy snd W. O. Leaver, of Cntr il
Point, were oho ss delegates from
Jackson eoonty to attend tb Kepah
U oan Stete Convention to be held st
Portland, May 1Mb. Taere was as
strife la tbe elect loa of dwlegstee aad
so. liu ware draws, bat It to gener
ally understood that th delegates
will favor a Taft delegation from
Oregon to ths Republican National
Convention.
N. L. Narregan, of Eagle Point,
waa chosen as eoonty chairman for
ths ensuing two year aad J. H.
Hrvy of Ashland, sss r-lcted
Secretary. A subsequent meeting of
tb committee will be called eely la
th coming month at whloh time
va anoles on th committee will be
fllled provided by law, and other
butinesi In relation to tbe campaign
taken pp.
The following precincte elected
committee men at tbe recent elec
tion, nearly all of whom were repre
sented la person of by proxy nt Set-
uidey's meeting.
East Ashland, J. A. Harvey, West
Ashland. C. II. Gillette. South Ash
land. J. E. Young, Barron, G. W.
Barron, J. M. Wagner, tie vote, Ta
lent, H. H. Goddard, Phoenix, U A
Rose, Antloob, K. D. Jone, Apple
gate, M. A. VanUordan, J. D. White
head, tie vote. Central Point, W. J.
Fieeman, Eagle Point, M. 1 Narrs-
gan, Flounoe nook, o. s, Aiken,
Uold Hill, J. L. Hammersley, North
Jacksonville, J. H. Bellinger, South
Medford, Horaoe Nlonolaoo, Moood,
W. H, Nororoas, D. W. bee be. -tie
vote. Sam Valley, J. U. Pendleton,
Trail, A. A. Hall, Too. O. Spangler
tis vote.
In the following preolnots no com
mittee men were elected, snd ths
law provide that suoh vacuoles shall
be filled by tbe oounty committee.
Big Butte, Climax, Foot creek,
South Jacksonville, North Medford,
Lak Creek, Meadow, Rook Point,
Koiy, Sterling, Union, Watklns,
Willow Spring. Wlmer snd Wood
tills. The committee also decide
tie.
Towa Wake Up.
Th following fiom ths ValleyRe
cord shows what a lUtle thing in th
way of excitement it require too
mak a somnolent oomnrunlty lm
agin It Is s "live sn."
"A bull from tbe Joshas Patterson
plan put op a wild west exhibition
la ths oentei of Ashland yesterday
morning tbsl created aa mnob flutter
aa tbs arrival of the battleships. Tb
two farm hande In obarge bad not
properly equalized the power in tbe
three principal parte of tbe outfit,
consisting of n pair of the famous
Patterson mule, n farm wngon and a
bull tied behind. Tbe bull didn't lite
tbe miscellaneous society ha bad to
associate with on tb streets of Ash
laod, got madder than a bull aed In
a bull beaded manner proceeded to
ahow the boy io th wagon what a
horizontal raise of 60 per ceot from
a bull' neok would produce, The
mule got s Statement No. 1 hint that
omethlng was wrong somewhere snd
proceeded to make s wild run for It
with tbs reeult tbst tbe wagon was
pitched over on Its aide by the bull
and tbe rope, end tbe two boya were
thrown out. All beaded up In front
ot the Cnmpa block where tbe
Raoket Store eod Millinery dlaplay
were loet alght of while the ball put
up the battle of hia life. The prlnoi;
pal problem waa the rope that held
tbe boil to the vehicle which began
to ahow algoa of breaking. Tbe
atreet waa full of bull experts and
notwithstanding the primary elect
ion bad Just passed by nnd seeming
ly ail tbe advice In towa had been
ei blasted tble Patterson farm bull
opened up all tbe advloe duet and
glsnd in th towa and tbst srtlola
ponied in freely aad profusely. Two
faction spiung into th gam Im
mediately with their rsmediea, oa
hollering to shoot tbe bull and the
other to brlug more rope. Henry
Provon saved the day for th rope
faction by brlngng to tbs scene lops
enongb 's enobor s bard of bulla sod
last as ths battle waa seek snd nsok
between s batted rope ball snd n
free-foe all ball fight the "thoot'em"
faction we deprived ot their remedy
by eomeoody laming ths boll with
s nsw rops sad fastening It to the
telegrsps pel. Plat glass Insor-
anee rat bad aot takan a diop until
mors rope bsd pulled the lege oat
from under the ball and be waa roll
ed Into a alt trook aad hauled off to
bis destination, affording mors fus
aad ezoltenseat than bad aappsasd
la Iowa for loag tlms.
PAVING WILL 500H
E
Tb oily sogtassr bas eomplsted tb
apsclnbstioaa for tbs paving of So,
atb strsst. iTbs apsoUoaUoas will
be aabmltted to the olty; oouscU ok
tbe Beat regular meeting of tbe body
whloh wil be oa next Tossdsy svs
nlng A aooa aa tbe spsslftoelloaa
are accepted tbey will be painted us
booklet form aad lasosd is part tea
who wish 10 pot a bfd la oa tbs
work. Tbs Basiaeer aiU pcobabbjr
tora hi atteatloa next to the sewer
system of tbs olty, aad got oat spsol
floatloa for tbe Improvement of tost
same,
Tb offl.'s fores of tbs saglBsor'a
otflee heeved a mighty sigh Thursday
s' hsn ths work oa tbs navlng statis
tics wsa completed For over sis
week bas tbs fores tolled dally and
for tb most part nightly over plan
lines, figure, aad the like. In work
ing oat lust what wa needed oa Sev
enth street before tbe pavement west
laid Aad thsa wbsn tb work stem
ed almoat completed the engineer
found tbst hs would havs to await
tbe arrival of the eonatruotlon ngl
neer of the Southern Psolfle Com
psnyiln order 'to bar tb track or
tb eompeoy raised where tbey crose
Seventh atreet. But at last b earn)
and th work bas been oompleted.
And not tbe least pstt of ths engi
neer' work lay In keeping a 00m
pllnlng publio from hi otBo. Re
sident of Medford "want the strsst
paved and they hare not understood
why there ws a delay. But it wlU
not b long before tbey see tbe
ground broken for the work.
Tuesday svsnlng ths eouncll will
consider the matter. In tbe course of
two weeks tb bid should bs lo, one
of them accepted, and tb work:
started befoie tbe last of May la here
Silver Wedding Celebrated.
From Ann Arbor, (Mloh.) Timed
A moat delightful social gathering;
in this city was the oslenratioo of
th twaay-flfth wedding anniversary
ot Mr. and Mr. Henry Billon, 917
lOllvin Plsos, held Saturday sit el -
noon from 1 to 7 at their borne.
mhmr aeventv amaata aaaamhled to
observe wltb them their Oliver wed- -ding.
Among th gassts was a com
pany from Salem, all of whom bad
attended tbe wedding twvnty-d vo
yeur ago.
The home wis prettily decorated
fur theloccaalon with out Bower nnd
ferns, nnd great qnantitls of thus
sot by friends la remembrance of
tbe dsy sdded tc tbe beauty.
A supper waa served and eaob gueat
oa leaving tne dining room was pre
anted with a carnation.
During tb afternoon a dellghtol
program of music wss furnished by
Mr. Sidney Smith aad Mr. Keeeio
Dloken-Kesd, who eang several silos.
seoompsnled by Miss Mlnnis Davis,
snd plsso selections by Miss Una
Beeghler. Mi Esther snd Alio
Bllton, daughters of tbs host sod
hostess, also sdded msny prrtty sel
ections to th program. There wre
many handsome snd appropriate gifts
signifying ths high esteem In which
Mr. and Mrs. Blilon are held by tbs
many frlenda who koow them.
Mr. and Mrs. Bllton have resided
In Ann Arbor the 'pest twenty-Uve
years, coming hers dlrejtly nfter
their marriage, which took plaoe
April 9, 1883, in Nortbfleld, at tbe
home of the bride' father. Tbeophl-
lus Lamed. Mr. Bllton ha for sev
eral years beenjone of the prominent
buildere end oontractor In tbe city
Ibey are tbe parent of foul daugh
ter, Misses Eunice, Esther, Alloc
and RsobeL Ml Eunice Bllton,
who I teaching sobool In Knnknkee. .
Ul., wss here to attend tbe wedding.
Among other gaeats present a
were Rev, Jacob IJortoo snd wife,
Mrs. J. T, Berry, of Ypsilantl, O. F.
Learnod snd wife, Jaokson, W. B.
Thompson and wife, E. 1 Learned
snd wife, Herber Smith and wife,,
Gilbert Thompson and "wife. Ml..
Judson Thompson, Dwight Peeblee,
Mrs William R. Hamilton, of 8a
m. ; Henry Bllton, above mentioned,
I a brother of the editor of tbla
paper.)
The Margaret He Company,,
whiob la appearing nt the oper boo
I glvlog a good ahow for tbe money.
Wltb tbe exoeptlon of circus night
they are drawing good audience nnd
they deseiv tbem. Th clss of
play that tbs eompsny I putting oa
cannot bs said to bs art, but they srs
plain, unadulterated amusement.
The melodrama wito Its soubrstte sod
oomediao 1 jworth seeing nnd oa
ooossds la getting In many s laugh
wbm the two mnymakr are as
suooeeetul aa ere thoae with tbe Mar
garet II Company. This oompaay
may not bs frl'tag a elae of plays
that ars U rating, Intellectually, bat
they cse make a psrssa have a good
etosa healthy laugh, aad there arav
startllafl oUmaxs for tboso who lo
tb etreoaou la Its active lair.