The Ashland Advertiser.
Normal School Notes.
LOCAL SQUIBS.
Published Every Wednesday.
Jerome Fitzgerald went home to Gold
Hill Sunday evening to assist his par
ents in the hotel.
Willis English has been called to his
home at 8 1 verton on account of the ill
ness of his mother.
Miss Maysie Foster, Fred Sturgis and
John Harvey visited their parents at
home last Saturday.
Clarence Clements, who returned to
his home in Drain last Friday, will be
with us again in a few days.
The members of the Bellview Lyceum
who live in town gave the pupils of the |
dormitory a pleasant surprise last Satur
day evening.
Mr. McFarland, of Elkton, Douglas
county, has bought property here and
will send his children to the Normal.
Mr. Mattoon, of Drain, is here for the
same purpose.
Mr. Rice, of Rice Hill, Douglas
county, will soon move to Ashland to
give his children the benefit of the Nor
mal. He wants to rent a five acres
tract of land between the school and the I
city.
The senior class has taken all of the
semi-annual examinations but chemis
try, which will be taken Thursdtv.
The new studies of the senior class are
botany, zoology, astronomy, rhetoric,
book-keeping and school laws of Oregon.
R. E. P orter .
Do you want a mask? Bert Sayles
has them at the Candy Palace.
Two more north-end conductors have
been “let out.” We have not l>een in
formed whether Pinkerton and his force
had anything to do with the job or not.
Fish every Friday at Poley <& Gris
wold’s.
The pay car passed through Ashland,
north-bound, Sunday. The R. R. Co.
paid the employees two-thirds gohl and
one third silver.
Don’t miss the “Mother Hubbanl”
Mask Ball in Granite Hall, Friday, Feb
ruary 21, 1896.
For quick, first-class service, go to the
Ashland Steam Laundry. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Mail orders solicited.
There were eighty delegates in attend
ance at the Peoples Party convention in
Medford last Saturday.
Emil Peil, doctor of sick plows, etc.
Har«l wood for sale. Leave orders at
the A dvertisr office.
rionarch of the Amateurs.
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ASHLAND,. . . .
WEDNESDAY. FEB.
19, 1896.
EDITORIAL.
If there ’s a hole in a’ your coats,
I rede ye tent it;
A chiel’s amang ye takin’ notes,
And faith he ’ll prent it.
—B urns .
Central Point Pointers.
Don’t fail to notice the changes in
Farmers are now quite busy tilling
some of our ads. this week ; also our new
the
ground preparatory to seeding.
ones. There will be more changes next
Rev. David Hood occupied the pulpit
week. Watch B. F. Reeser’s ad.
in the Baptist church last Sunday
morning and evening.
This week we publish a new ad. from
Will Morris, a well known young’man
another eastern gentleman who adver of this place, left quite unexpectedly a
tised in the advertiser when it was few days ago for California.
published monthly and knows its value
Mr. D. H. Hawkins, of Ashland, gave
as an advertising medium. Our ads. us quite an able address on the coming
from eastern parties come unsolicited, issues of the day last Friday night.
the A dvertiser and its superiority and
Miss Nora Sidon, one of Central
Point
’s efficient young ladies, will com
value as an advertising medium are
known all over the Union—the only am mence a four months’ school in Fam’s
Valley the first of next month.
ateur newspaper published having such
The Aid Society of the M. E. church
a wide circulation and recognized value
to advertisers. They want results and gave a Valentine Social last Friday eve
they know that the columns of the A d ning. The attendance was large and the
social prove« 1 quite a success.
vertiser bring them.
Oscar Williams, who has l>een in the
barber business here for some time, has
Medford seems doomed to destruction gone to Marysville, Cal., to become more
by fire. Several fires last-Autumn by proficient in the tonsoyial art.
which a great deal of damage was doue, • Bert Newton, who was removed to his
including the tatal destruction of their father’s house on account of illness, has
magnificent school building and the returned home much improved, now be
ing able to walk around some.
Baptist church, besides damages of
Mr. Riley, formerly of Medford, has
minor importance, and two fires last
week. The fires of incendiary origin recently locate«! here and will com
mence his professional business in the i
have almost invariably been in build tonsorial line in a few’ days.
“M.”
ings containing school property—there
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school supplies stored in the warehouse
Owing to the unusually fine weather
that was fired last Thursday night. The
for the past few weeks, there have been
natural deduction is that persons who very few farmers and country people in '
are opposed to public schools are doing ■ town ; they are remaining at home, get
the fiendish work. Surely, it is not by ting their land into good condition for ;
mere chance that such fires originate in spring sowing. A large crop is antici- ,
those particular places.
pated. The ground is well moistened.
“At the sign of the Golden Owl,” a
new awning is being erected.
Remember us for J ob P rintin '«;.
F or S ale .—Coal, in any quantity.
Emil Peil, Blacksmith.
ood DEERE Bicycles and Plows cheap for
G
cash. Just received at B. F. Reeser’s
Hardware Store. More coming.
Parlor meeting of the W. C. T. U. at
Mrs. A. W. Angles at 7 :30 o’clock next
Tuesday evening. Splendid program in
preparation.
White collars only at the Ashland
Steam Laundry.
B orn .—In Ashland, Saturday, Febru
ary 15, 1896, to Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Whited, a «laughter.
M asks for everyone—grave, funny and
otherwise, at the Candy Palace.
Don’t forget to call around when vou
want anything in the Job Printing line.
We turn out., without exception , the
liest work in the city at the lowest price.
Familv washing 25 cents per dozen at
the Ashland Steam Laundry.
The K. P. celebrated the thirty-sec-
on«l anniversary of the or«ler last Mon
day night.
There were about two
hundred people present.
A banquet
was serve«!. The principal feature of
the evening was an address by Prof. C.
A. Hitchcock.
The Ashland Steam Laundry began
operations Monday with a large run of
work. They deserve the highest degree
of success.
The Norris mine, owned bv J. H. Mar
tin and C. F. Hasty, situated just west
of Ashland at the head of Brittson gulch,
shows evidence of being very rich. The
mine started with a le«lge thirty inches
wide and has now develojted into one of
six feet. The ore betrays the presence
of wire gold. There are now three men
at work on the ledge.
They have
twenty-five tons of high grade ore on
the dump; as soon as one hundred tons
are mined, it will be milled at the Ash
land stamp mill. Mr. Martin says that
this ledge does not run toward the
“Ashland.”