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About The Ashland advertiser. (Ashland, Or.) 1893-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1896)
The Ashland Advertiser. flonarch of the Amateurs. VOL. IV. ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, HAY 13, 1896. ASHLAND STATE NORMAL. Program of Commencement Week, June s-11 Field Day Sports-Oratorical Contests. The Commencement exercices of the Ashland State Normal School will begin Friday, June 5, and end Thursday, June 11. All exercises, except those of Class Day, will be held in the Chautauqua , building. Class Day exercises will be held on the Normal School grounds and in the building. Admission to all exer cises of Commencement week will be free, with the single exception of the evening of Field Day, when a small ad mission fee will be charged to help bear the expense of the prize medals. Field Day will abound in athletic sports and contests. Following is the order of exercises of Commencement w’eek: Friday, June 5—Class Dav. Saturday, June 6—Field Day. Saturday evening—Oratorical contests by members of the Junior and the Sen ior class. A medal will be awarded to the best in each class. Sunday morning, June 7—Baccalaure ate Sermon, by State Superintendent. G. M. Irwin. Sunday evening—Annual Address, by Pres. T. L. Campbell, of Monmouth Normal. Monday evening, June 8—Exercises of Dtqmrtment of Music. Tuesday evening, June 9—Program of Bellview Lyceum. Wednesday evening, June 10—Lecture before the tw’o Literary Societies of the Normal, by Pres. C. H. Chapman, of the State University. Thursday morning, June 11, at 10 o’ clock—Graduation Exercises. Arrangement« are Completed. Arrangements are now completed whereby the Ashland-Klamath Falls mail service will be executed on sched ule time. R. K. Su’ton & Sons have contracted to perform the service from Ashland to Parker’s Station—about midway betw’een the two ends of the route—and B. Grubb performs the ser vice from Parker’s Station to Klamath Falls. The amount received by each is $1800 for the year. Mr Sutton informed an A dvertiser reporter that they would lie prepared to carry all passengers. The fare from Ashland to Klamath Falls is $7.50, and the same from Klamath Falls to Ager. The contract with Sutton & Sons dates from Saturday, May 9,1896. And all the strange things that, to us, seem so new; The wide-spreading eagle, the arrows below it, The stars, and the words with the strange things they tell— The coin of our fathers, we ’re glad that we know it— For some time or other ’tw ill come in quite well, The spread eagle dollar, The star-spangled dollars, The old silver dollar, We all love so well.” —Exchange. Salvation Army Leader. General Booth-Tucker, wife and son, accompanied by several staff officers, passed through Ashland on Saturday evening’s train. General Booth-Tucker is head leader of the Salvation Army in America, and news of his passing natur ally attracted a large number of people to the depot to see him and his wife. During the latter part of the half hour that the train stops here, a short ser vice was held. Both the General and his w ife are pleasant talkers, and the in terest of their listeners is easily secured. Thev w’ere on their w ay to Portland to assist in the Army work there. Special Council Meeting. Public Schools Commencement. The Ashland Public Schools Com mencement will occupy four nights, of the follow ing dates: Sunday evening, May 17—Baccalaure ate Address, in the M. E. Church. Thursday evening, May 21—High School Graduating Exercises, in the Opera House. Friday evening, May 22—Grammar School Exercises, in the Opera House. Saturday evening, May 23—Alumni. Exercises of the High School class are as follow s: Music. Invocation. “ Monroe Doctrine,” - B. A. Spencer. “ Mountain Heights,” D. Ray Matthews. Male Quartette, “ I Love the Path of the Free.” “ Our Native Land,” - Margaret L. Stanley. “ Military Life,” - Sidney F. Foster. Piano Solo, “ Song of the Mermaid,” Charlotta Pracht. “Arbitration,” Ferdinand A. Strange. “ The Girl of To-Day,” Birdie M. Millsap. Scarf Drill. “ Looking Forward.” Maude E. Patterson. “A View of the Heavens,” - Charley E. Wagner. Male Quartette' “Agnus Mariae.” “ Lynch Law’,/ - Roy R. Robley. Presentation of Diplomas by Prof. C. A. Hitchcock. Music. At a special meeting of the City Coun cil last Saturday night, it was voted that the City of Ashland deed to Virgin & Co., the four-inch-tap and pipe that is used to furnish power for the mill. A deed was accepted from Virgin & Co., Satisfied at Last. giving to the City of Ashland one hun dred inches of water for domestic pur poses at all times, and the entire flow’ of It is a notable fact that the farmer is a water in the creek for irrigating purposes hard man to please and satisfy; no during the dry seasen of the year. sooner is he thoroughly complaining of too much rain than the* necessity for ir rigation stares him in the face and starts , Bimetallic fleeting. him investigating the latest practical and profitable methods. Experience The Bimetallists of Ashland and vicin now’ confirms the claim that a Hercules ity inet in the City Hall last Saturday Gasoline Gas Engine solves the problem evening, to discuss the “ money ques of economical, reliable pow’er; and for tion.” There w’ere about a hundred once the farmer is suited, for a Palmer people present. The League’s invita & Rey Pumping Plant so operated gives tion to the representatives of the differ him a chance of clearing his overflown ent political parties did not appear to lands, and, later on, of flooding his be very largely accepted. Some very parched fields, besides using his engine good speeches were made by Nat Lan- for cutting feed, sawing wood and run gel, W. B. Colton, A. S. Barnes and M. ning churns, etc. F. Eggleston. Advertised Letter Lilt. List of letters remaining uncalled for in the Ashland, Oregon, Post Office, May 4,1896: “ How’ dear to our hearts is the old sil Clark, Miss P., Graves, Mrs. A., ver dollar Larretee, Mrs. W., Rose, H. When some kind subscriber presents it Persons calling for same will please to view; The liberty head without necktie or say “advertised.” W. H. B runk , P. M. collar The Old Silver Dollar. NO. 8. A Great Change. Says the Manchester, (Iowa,) Herald: “ Our sister city, Waterloo, has under gone a great change within the past few weeks. The recent revivals closed with 1000 conversions; within a few hours 700 persons signed a remonstrance to close the saloons, $1900 w’as raised for Evange list Williams and $5000 has been sub scribed tow’ard a Y. M. C. A. building.”