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ASHLAND................... WEDNESDAY, IEB.
17. 1897
nilitary Review.
A special review of Co. D, O. N. G.,
and the Company Band will be held in
Ganiard’s opera house next Mondav eve­
ning, February 22, preceding the dance.
A full attendance of the company is
hereby ordered.
The public is cordially invited to be
present at the review. Admission, free.
Grand Lecture A. O. U. W.
The lecture in the interest of the local
lodge of the “Ancient Order ot United
Workmen” was held in the opeia house
last evening. The building was filled
with an audience of attentive listeners.
The entertainment was opened by an in­
strumental solo by Miss Josie Hancock.
An appropriate recitation, “My Pa Don’t
Ride a Goat,” was nicely delivered bv
Miss Gertrude Engle.
Mis* Ada P.
Thomas then favored the audience with
a vocal solo, which was admirably ren­
dered and greatly appreciated. “Trad­
in’ Joe,” and elocutionary selection by
Prof. I. E. Vining, of the Normal, was
the next number on the program. Mr.
Vining did full justice to the piece, and
so pleased the people that he was obliged
to respond to an encore.
Following this brief but excellent pro­
gram was the lecture by D. C. Herrin,
the Workmen’s Grand Lecturer for Ore­
gon. Mr. Herrin is a very able speaker,
and in well chosen words and forcible
delivery, set forth the auvantages of the
A. O. U. W. Not at the expense of any
other order, however, for he is very lib­
eral in his views, speaking of secret
societies in general terms, and specific­
ally of of the Workmen. The A. O. U.
W. is an order founded in the fraternal
and beneficiary advancement of its
members, who receive the full benefit of
charitable brotherhood ; nor is its char­
ity confined to members of the order,
but outsiders have been made to
fee! its influence and kind assistance.
The age of the order is twenty-eight
years, and its membership numbers
four hundred thousand.
The fourth anniversary of Granite
Tent, No. 4, K. 0. T. M ., was celebrated
in an appropriate manner last Wednes­
day evening in I. 0. O. F. hall. About
one hundred fifty people were present,
the Maccabees and their families and a
number of invited guests. Sociability
played a prominent part, in making the
evening a most enjoyable occasion. A
very pleasing program was rendered:
A quartet by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kelly,
Messrs. B. R. Willits and Geo. War­
worth, with Miss Marv Silsbv, accom-
panist; a nicely rendered vocal solo by
Miss Elsie Patterson; a duet by Mr.
and Mrs. Kelly; W. T. Van Scov, C. A.
Hitchcock and E. A. Hildreth, Sr., made
able addresses, setting forth the objects
of the lodge in verv complimentary
light. A lap supper followed the pro­
gram. The remainder of the evening
was devoted to a general jollification,
and all enjoyed it immensely. Many
pleasing compliments are heard from ail
sides regarding the success of the eve­
ning’s entertainment.
The Maccabee organization, embracing
fraternity and beneficence, is an order
of recent origin, yet its merit has been
so conspicuous that the rapidity of its
growth ami popularity is remarkable.
In Oregon, the membership was almost
doubled last year. The local tent has a
membership of sixty-five, which is con­
stantly increasing.
K.
P.’s Observe their 33d Anniversary.
Granite Lodge No. 23, Knights of
Pythias, observed the thirty-third anni­
versary of the order by a banquet and
general good time in Castle Hall, Odd
Fellows block, last Monday evening.
Besides the Knights, there were aliout
one hundred people in attendance, mak­
ing a gathering of the proper size to
spend an enjoyable evening.
The
people were favored with a program of
rich variety and rate excellence, includ­
ing vocal and instrumental solos, recita­
tions, addresses, etc. Immediately fol­
lowing the program, refreshments were
served, after which several very pleasing
selections, musical and recital, were
rendered. A more enjoyable evening
has not been spent in Ashland for some
time.
This order is one that founds its good
work upon fraternity, charity and be­
nevolence, and it is pleasing to note that
so worthy an organization is growing in
strength and influence year by year.
Pvthianism is a recognized power; it
sets its standard high, and spares neither
gold nor effort in its object of the chari­
table elevation of mankind.
A flonument to Marcus Whitman.
Charles Swegle, living on ami owning
the old mission claim of Marcus Whit­
man, four miles southea-t of Walla
, Walla, has agreed to deed to an associa­
tion a 17-acre tract of land surrounding
the spot where rest the remains of the
martyred hero of the Northwest, his
noble wife, ami eleven others, on condi-
dition that a fitting monument be erect­
ed on the tomb within the year,says the
Oregonian. It is proposed to organize
such an association immediately, ami
subscriptions will be solicited through­
out the country for the erection 01 a
marble monument. When this has
been completed, a great celebration will
be hehl at the unveiling of the monu­
ment on the 29th of next November, the
50th anniversary of the Whitman mas­
sacre.
tormal .School Notes.
Prof. Miles went to Eagle Point Thurs­
day evening to umpire Friday's football
game.
Most of the Normal students have re­
covered from the measles and are again
hard at work.
Miss Thomas, instructor in musi •, has
l>een visiting Miss Jessie Wagner in
town the past week.
Several Normal students took the
teacher’s examination both in Jackson­
ville ami Grant’s Pass.
The regular mid-winter examinations,
which have been some what delayed by
the measles, will so-in be over and the
new studies taken up.
The Bellview and Excelsior literary
societies are contemplating changing
their time of meeting from Satuidav
evenings to Monday afternoons.
Friday, the knowledge of Prof. Storms’
chemistry class was tested bv written
work. Saturday, the examination was
completed by practical w< rk in the labo­
ratory.
Misses George, Dav ami Hayes left for
home last week. Though the girls will
lie sadly missed, we have the consolation
of knowing that they will lie with us
again next year.
Miss Rosa Dodge, who for six weeks
last fall, bo successfully filled a vacancy
in the Pho-nix school, has been selected
by the board to fiirsh the term. Miss
Dodge will probably be absent till the
first of April.______________
Athena’s city council has declared
that all gambling games must stop, ami
that all saloons must close on Sundays.
The city election of Athena will be held
March 2 next, when it is ex fiected that
the pros ami cons of the closing question
will lie warmly discussed.—Ex
Miss Bertha Sherrill, of Woodville, a
young
lady who for some time past has
Has Fasted Forty-one Days.
displayed fits of periodical insanity, was
Robert Gardner, of Los Engeles, Cal., committed to the state insane asylum
who arrived there three months ago by Jmige Crowell last Thursday. A. S.
Barnes, county sheriff, accompanied the
from Chicago, has to-day (Wednesday) . young lady to Salem Thursday evening.
completed the 41st day of an absolute
The farewell services by the officers in
fast, and refuses at present to state to
charge
of the local Salvation Army bar­
what extent he will prolong the fast,
racks
were
held last Sunday evening.
also declining to offer any information
regarding the purpose of his experiment; The captain has gone to Olympia, the
it appears, however, to be part of his lieutenant to Astoria, cadet to Corvallis.
faith as he is a constant student of the
Who can think
scriptures.
His condition is perfectIv
of some simple
thing to patent?
healthy and he chats freely with visitors.
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