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.”