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ASHLAND,............WEDNESDAY, MAY
20, 1896
Additional Personals.
—L. L. Jacobs visited Ashland Tues
day.
—W. M. Holmes, of Central Point
Precinct, was in town yesterday.
Decoration Day.
Members of Burnside Post No. 23, G.
A.R., and the W. R. C. will meet in
their Hall at 9:00 o’clock a . m ., Satur
day, May 30, and form in procession at
9:30 on the plaza as follows.
1. Ashland Band.
2. Co. D, 2d Regiment. O. N. G.
3. Cadets.
4. Burnside Post and Old Soldiers
and Sailors.
5. Burnside W. R. C.
6. Civic Socities.
7. City Authorities and Citizens.
The procession will then move to the
Ashland Cemetery and decorate the
graves of departed comrades and the un
known dead as per the G. A. R. services:
1. Address
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- by
- Post
- Commander.
2. Music by the Band.
3. Prayer by Chaplain.
4. Music. “America.”
Thirty minutes recess w ill be taken to
decorate the graves. The procession
will then form as before and march to
the Chautauqua building, where the fol
lowing program will be carried out:
1. Vocal Music.
2. Reading Orders.
3. Post Exercises.
4. Vocal Music.
5. Oration by Prof. C. A. Hitchcock.
6. Vocal Music.
After the program, a recess will l>e
had until 2:00 p. m ., when a part of the
Post will proceed 'to Hargadine Ceme
tery and a part to Talent, to decorate
the comrade’s graves at those places.
Memorial Sabbath.
A Memorial Serrpon will be delivered
—Miss Elvera Victor, assistant teacher
by
the Rev. E. P. Childs, assisted by the
of the Ashland High School, intends to other
ministers of Ashland, in Ganiard’s
leave for her home in Hillsboro Tuesday. Opera House, Sunday, May 24, at 2:30
P.M., under the auspices of Burnside
Post No. 23, G. A. R., and W. R. C.
Horticulture.
The members of the Post and the Corps
will meet at their hall at 2 P. M. and go
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in a bodv to the Opera House.
W hereas , This occupation is fast be
All Old Soldiers and Sailors and the
of Ashland and vicinity are in
coming our greatest industry, and one in citizens
vited to join with us.
which the general public is and should
Central Point Pointers.
be interested; and
Miss Cora Brown, of Eagle Point, who
W hereas , It would be a life long ben
has been spending the w in ter at Port
efit to the recipients whether the life’s land and Mount Tabor, returned home
labor was spent in country or city occu last week.
Mrs. A. S. Jacobs returned home from
pation : and
W hereas , It is impossible for the State Ashland last Saturday evsning.
Wm. Holmes now’ occupies his new’
Board in its w’ork to reach the youths of
residrnce on Laurel Street.
our land in this fundamental instruction
Miss Mary Jacobs contemplates mak
as they desire; therefore
ing a visit to Ashland again shortly.
R esolved , That it is the judgement of
Rev. Pratt, of the M. E. Church, oc
this Board that the State Board of Pub cupied the pulpit in the Baptist church
lic Instruction should take measures to Sunday morning and evening. He will
deliver a lecture »in the M. E. church
introduce into the Public Schools of this Tuesday
evening.
State a rudimentary line of instruction
L. L. Jacobs, deputy treasurer of Jack
in horticulture, as the essential elements sonville, was in town Monday.
of our education to fit men and women
Stephen Cornutt, of this place, who
for intelligent labor on the farm and in has been contemplating going to Califor
nia for some time to find a permanent
the orchard.
location, has been detained by the sick
D r . J. R. C ardwell , Pres.,
ness of his wife, who was stricken with
H enry E. D osch , 1st Dist.
heart failure last Wednesday morning,
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but at this writing, is some better.
C has . L. D ailey , 2d
J. R. Sovereign, of Ark, delivered a
J. R. C asey ,
3d <<
very able address at the Fair grounds
E mil S channo , 4th it
Monday, in behalf of the silver question.
G eo . A. H obbs , 5th tt
A. S. Jacobs is confined to his bed
J ohn M into , Secretary. with a very severe cold.
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LOCAL SQUIBS.
School will close Friday.
Fish every Thursday at Poley & Co’s.
General Coxey is campaigning this
w av, from Portland. Put out your “keep
off the grass” signs.
Don’t forget to call around when vou
want anything in the Job Printing line.
We turn out, without exception , the
best work in the city at the lowest price.
E.B. Smith has purchased the Myer
& Gregory stock and will ship to Drain,
where he will engage in the merchantile
business. ;
Plain washing 25 cents per dozen at
the Ashland Steam Laundry.
Mrs. B. H. Hatch’s sample books of
over 400 different kinds of wall-paper
have arrived and are on exhibition in
the A dvertiser office.
J. M. Hicks informs us that out of his
crop of a prospective three thousand
gallons of dewberries, he will have less
than one hundred gallons.
Hani wood for sale. Leave orders at
the A dvertisr office.
Final examinations are being held in
the schools this week.
For quick, first-class service, go to the
Ashland Steam Laundry. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Mail orders solicited.
Street. Commissioner B. R. Willits
has finished the east half of the new
bridge on Main street.
If you don’t read the A dvertiser , you
don’t get half the news. Subscril>e.
Virgin’s Granulated Patent Flour—
teldom equalled ; never excelled.
A recent communication from Kansas
conveys the information that crops
there are nearly ruined by lack of rain.
The weather is very hot and sultrv, com-
fort l>eing out of the question. Surely,
Oregon’s rain is to lie preferred.
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.
White lalxir only at the Ashland
Steam Laundry.
The Graduating Exercises of the
Ashland High School will lie held in
the Opera House next Thursday eve
ning at eight o’clock. The Grammar
School Commencement will lie held in
the Opera House next Friday evening.
The annua] meeting of the Ashland
High School Alumni will l>e held in the
parlors of Hotel Oregon next Saturday
evening.
Millfeed $12.50 per ton, wholesale;
$14.00 per ton, retail, at Ashland Mills.
jD^’Remember us for J ob P rinting .
Last Monday afternoon, a few Popu
lists of Ashland, w ith some of their Re
publican and Democratic friends, as
sembled in the Chautauqua building
and endured a couple hours of an almost
freezing temperature, to listen to a lot
of aged, time-worn jokes and stories
(‘stories’ is used in its double meaning)
from the tongue of Mortimer Whitehead,
the Grange speaker.