The Ashland Advertiser.
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A8IILAND,............WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1896.
EDITORIAL.
The political card of W. M. Holmes,
of Central Point Precinct, candidate for
County Clerk, appears on third page.
In hi3 letter accompanying card copy,
Mr. Holmes requested us to announce to
the public that he “ knows a good thing
when *he sees it,” in the A dvertiser ’ s
advertising value.—Many thanks.
An error is make on first page in the
account of the special meeting of the
City Council. During the dry season,
Virgin & Company will shut the mill
down on Tuesday’s and Friday’s of each
week, allowing the City the use of all
the W’ater on those days for irrigating
purposes.
It is with no little satisfaction that
the people of our i tate learn that the
“ Oregon ” is the fastest ship of he”
kind afloat, to say nothing of her ac
knowledged superiority as an engine of
marine warfare and peace perpetuator.
The “ Oregon ” leads the world.
Gold Hill Barbecue.
LOCAL SQUIBS.
Fish every Thursday at Poley & Co’s.
W. 8. Vanderberg will speak in Ash
land in the interest of the People’s Party
Thursday evening, May 14.
Virgin’s Granulated Patent Flour—
seldom equalled; never excelled.
School children are rejoicing that the
end of school is so near at hand.
If you don’t read the A dvertiser , you
don’t get half the news. Subscribe.
The Republican candidate for Con
gressman, Hon. Thos. H. Tongue, will
address the citizens of Ashland in the
Opera House next Saturday evening at
eight o’clock.
Hard wood for sale. Leave orders at
the A dvertise office.
For quick, first-class service, go to the
Ashland Steam Laundry. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Mail orders solicited.
Yesterday was the first day for weeks
throughout the whole extent of which
the sun shone. It is the hope of every
one that more such pleasant days will
follow.
Plain washing 25 cents ¡ kt dozen at
the Ashland Steam Laundry.
Mrs. B. H. Hatch’s sample l)ooks of
I over 400 different kinds of wall-paper
■ have arrived and are on exhibition in
the A dvertiser office.
The trial of P. H. Donoughue, that
was to have come off yesterday, upon
the non-appearance of the plaintiff or
the prosecuting attorney, was postponed
until Friday morning at ten o’clock.
The defendant was released without bail.
Don’t forget to call around when you
want anything in the Job Printing line.
We turn out, without exception , the
best work in the city at the lowest price.
Last Sunday afternoon, Mr. Virgil
Wright, who lives about a mile south of
Ashland, succeeded in trapping a large
coyote that had been catching his
chickens for some time.
Not cheap paper, but paper cheap. If
you are thinking of buying wall paper
this spring, don’t buy until have seen
fine samples of paper for sale by Mrs. B.
H. Hatch at less than half price.
The peddler’s licence will be raised
from three dollars per month to three
dollars per day, and the hawker’s license
will l>e raised Jrom five to ten dollars
per day at the next regular meeting of
the City Council.
White labor only at the Ashland
Steam Laundry.
The barbecue near Gold Hill last
Monday, to celebrate the breaking of
the ground for the large mining canal of
the Rogue River Water and Mining Co.,
was a complete success, with an attend
ance estimated at one thousand. Gov
ernor Lord w’as present and turned a few
shovelfuls of dirt, adding much to the
notoriety of the occasion. The excur
sion train—four cars—from the south ar
rived about one o’clock.
The follow ing program was rendered:
Remarks—Governor Lord
Remarks—Hon. W. W. Thayer, ex-
Governer of Oregon
Music—Grant’s Pass Band
Remarks—Hon. C. B. Bellinger
Music—Spanish Students’ Quartette
Remarks—Brigadier-General C. F.
Beebe, Brigade Commander O. N. G.
Remarks—Rev. Roland D. Grant
Music—Spanish Students’ Quartette
Remarks—C. H. Chapman
Remarks—Hon. W. S. Crowell
Music—Grant’s Pass Band
Address—J. W. Northup, President of
of the Company
Music—Spanish Students’ Quartette
Breaking of the ground by the presi
dent of the company and invited guests
Barbecue.
I
Normal School Notes.
Mr. John Harvey was visiting at his
home in Central Point Friday and Sat
urday.
Pres. Campbell, of the Monmouth
State Normal, and Pres. Chapman, of
the State University at Eugene, were
looking over the buildings Saturday and
were well pleased with them.
Rev. Wm. Hart, of the Episcopal
church, will lecture in the chapel Sun
day afternoon, May 23, at 2:30 o’clock.
Misses Julia Fielder, Maysie Foster
and Lila Sackett returned Sunday from
Medford, where they had been attend
ing the institute.
Miss Rachael Whipp left on yester
day evening’s train for Grant’s Pass.
Examination in Astronomy was held
Monday; examination in Book-Keeping
is being held to-day.
R. E. P orter .
Injured by a Falling Door.
Last Saturday afternoon, w’hile play
ing in the store-room back of the Ash
land House, the little three-year-old son
of F. M. Stephenson, *the proprietor of
the hotel, was seriously injured by a
door falling upon him. The door was
standing up against an open window
and was blown down by a gust of wind.
The door struck the child on the right
side, making an injury, that, although
the child is resting easily, the attending
physician says is serious.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
Klamath Republican, a new’ paper pub
lished at Klamath Falls by W. E. Bow-
doin. The paper is neat, beyond the
ordinary, artistically made up, and, in
Professor (to first arithmetic class)—
all, a first-class country sheet, w’orthy of
“ How many in a family consisting of
liberal support. Success to it.
husband, wife and child?”
Kmart Pupil—Two and one to carry.”
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Exchange.
Tommy—“Pa, what is the board of
education? ”
The third annual meeting of the W.
Mr. Figgs—“When I went to school, C. T. U. of Jackson county is now in
it was a pine shingle.”—Santa Cruz Hi. session at Medford.
Millfeed $12.50 per ton, wholesale;
$14.00 per ton, retail, at Ashland Mills.
President C. H. Chapman, of the Eu
gene State University, conducted the
morning service in the Presbyterian
church last Sunday. He iB an interest
ing and instructive talker, and all sjieak
well of his sermon.
^W“Remember us for J ob P rinting .
Tw’O deserters from the U. 8. Army
passed through Ashland on Friday’s
train, enroute from Vancouver to Aiea-’
tras, in custody of a guard. The penalty
of one of the deserters is five years’ im
prisonment, and that of the other, three
years’ imprisonment.