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PAGE FOm AsnrAxn tidings. Thursday, November 12, 1014 Monday, Nov. 16, Vining Theatre No Waits! No Drags! ' Everything goes with a rush Benefit Trinity Church Girls' Gjub Under Professional Direction Ticket Sale open all day Monday. Make your reservations early. 25c, 35c, 50c; Boxes 75c. I In the Social Realm tIMHfll l ttlll MMMMMMMM IMMM4MMMMM Stieiuetx-IJoals. A quiet wedding was solemnized in the parlor of Hotel Park last Sat- urday eveninB, when Miss Lydia Heals became the bride of Mr. Arthur Stiemetz. Jasper Loomis acted as best man and Einora Beagle as bridesmaid, while Uev. J. A. Lemery officiated. The beautiful, impressive ring ceremony was used. The bride was gowned in blue mes caline and shadow lace, with corsage bouquet of pink roses. The groom wore conventional black. After the ceremony the guests were invited into the dining room, which was profusely decorated with flowers and autumn leaves, where a dainty wedding feast was spread. Among those present to wish them a long, happy and prosperous life were Mr. and Mrs. Vroman, Mr. and Mrs. Beagle, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Iowell, Mr. and Mrs. Lemery, Mr. Hodge, Mrs. Bristoe and Anna Stie metz, mother and sister of the rroom; Einora Beagle, Hazel Clute, Mrs. Emma Earle and daughter, Jas per Loomis and Percy Daggett. Otto Winter, Paul and Frances Win ter, Mrs. Daniel Walker, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gillette, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gillette, Louise and Margery Gillette. Parents, if you wish your chil dren to receive individual instruction you should arrange to place them in Mrs. Hardy's private school. Call be tween 4 and 5 o'clock. 37-tf Ladies' have your suit made to fij you by an expeiienced ladies' tailor at Orres' shop. THE CLUB ( nnmtn:tnttKmstms8tt Kurpriwe Party. Irs. M. L. Gillette received a very pleasant surprise Saturday afternoon, when about fifteen of her relatives fuddenly burst in upon her, In cele bration of her eighty-first birthday. They brought many pretty and useful presents In token of their love. The I vnlnvlted guests "then prepared a "huge least and it was served up In! a most savory manner. It was cer tainly a jolly family dinner with fif teen gathered around the table. The ! decorations consisted of beautiful au-1 tnmn yeaves, red apples, etc., every thing suggestive of the fail of the -er. All the party stayed and spent a most enjoyable evening, conversing about their eventful history. ThoBe present were: Mrs. M. L. Oillette, Mrs. Mary M. Dunn, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Sant, Mrs. A. H. Uus fell. Miss Mabel Russell, Mr. and Mrs. The Union Missionary Study class is meeting in regular session at Mrs. Caldwell's on Main street this after noon at 2:30. The program con trasts the condition of children in our country with the conditions of those in non-Christian lands. Also the ef forts to better the environments by the institution of playgrounds and the Improvement of our , Sunday schools. Yesterday afternoon witnessed an other delightful meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Club at the home of Mrs. W. W. Caldwell, with Mrs. Harry Mathes and Mrs. J. R. Robertson assisting. During' ..the business session' it was decided to make an attempt to eliminate the high cost of living, for a time at least and the club will serve a penny sup per the 28th of November. Four new members were added to the list, Mrs. L. A. Stewart, Mrs. C. L. Loo mis, Mrs. G. M. Frost and MIbs Ir vine. The next regular meeting will be omitted, owing to its proximity to "turkey day." The necessity of every woman voting next Tuesday on the amendment to the city charter was also presented at this meeting. Don't Be Sidetracked Ashland Record, 11th. Ashland people should not falter tn their Bupport of the project to de velop the mineral springs contiguous to tbiB city and create here a great resort for the attraction of tourists, tbe rejuvenation of humanity and the upbuilding of a prosperous com munity. Personalities should not ob fir the greatness of the project mr the greatness of Ashland's need lor something, more than she now ban, on which to base future growth. Tbe Idea that Ashland is naturally udapU'd to become a great resort is nld. It was held by, many of the pioneers. The idea has been part of the official records of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for a quarter of a century. The idea has occurred to every thinking man who kias located here or sojourned here in that time. The idea Is old. The movement to make the the Idea a reality is new. The idea Is not based on one man's Judgment it Is bound on an accumu lation of judgments, spread over a tteriod of many years. Since the movement was started to put these Indguients into executlonrthere have been a multitude of other judgments added to the I int. From sources al most innumerable have come en dorsements of the project. They have come from great resort experts, from great business men, from great thinkers in varied lines of human ac tivity. In tbe face of the mass of favor able opinions It U presumptions In the extreme to deny the possibility or feasibility of making a resort here. In the face of the existing economic conditions, under which we are laboring, It Is preposterous to RDggest that we should lie down and not attempt to real Ire on this great asset of climate and scenery and healthful waters. In the face of either or both of these it la absolute ly childish to allow personalities to stand between us and realization of all that adeouate develnnment nnri exploitation will mean to us. Any policy, therefore, that alms at the defeat of the project now started, should be summarily rejected by the thinking citizen. Mineral springs development Is Ashland's salvation. Any argument that aims to defer ac tion should be analyzed carefully for its motive, before it is accepted as gospel truth. Personal prejudice against individuals should not he al lowed to weigh against a great prop osition mat in itself is highly meri torious and of vast Import to the Community. Criticism nf nnv nhom of the present development program, mat ib not backed up by facts and does not carry with it a logical plan of correction or a constructive policy of replacement, may be dismissed wun me mental observation that mere criticism is the cheapest thing In the world. Ashland has voted to spend $175, 000 on mineral springs development. A firm of New York hnnrl crnsrtu have examined our bond issue. They declare that we nibst amend our city charter in order to make these bonds legal and salable. This is not at all unusual in fact it is the history of bond issues that they are seldom flawless. Next Tuesday we will be called upon to vote a charter amend ment mat win make these bonds le gal and salable so that we can go ahead with the work of d nvelnnlnir our springs. The call for the election Is in this Issue. There Is nothing mysterious about it no nigger in the woodpile. It provides for nothing new. It merely makes legal the bonds that we have already voted. The Record fails to see any reason why a citizen who voted to issue the bonds should . not , vote to legalize them. Mrs. Russell Tells Of Church History "There is no friend like the old friend That shared our morning days. There is no place like the old place Where you and I were born. There is no time like the old time When you and I were young. There are no times like the old times, They shall never be forgot." With these words as her inspira tion Mrs. A. H. Russell, at the Meth odist church Golden Jubilee Wednes day night, entered upon her theme of telling about Ashland before the day of churches. It might be said also that she took as her "text" the seventh verse of the thirty-second chapter of Deuteronomy aptly ap plying it to the relations of white man to redskin in the days when Ash land was a savage wilderness: "Remember the days of old. Con sider the years of many generations. Ask thy Father, and He will show thee. Thine elders, and they will tell thee. When the Most High gave to the nations their Inheritance. When he separated the children of men." Expressing her gratification at be ing asked to join in recalling Ash land's church history Mrs. Russell said: "I have watched Ashland grow from one bachelor's cabin- until now from April fourteenth, 1853. This cabin was near the ford on the then nameless creek Just below where the ice plant stands the home of A. D. Helman and Eber Emery. Mrs. Helman and --Mrs. Emery were still In the states as we called east of the Mississippi river. My father's donation claim of one section of land Included .what is now called the Kingsbury Springs a tract cut into seven farms .now. Our home was a home for preachers of all denominations. .,', y "The first preaching services; in this part, of . the valley were at-'ray father's home. Rev. Stearns, a Bap tist minister, preached there .'the summer of 1853 before the Indian, war, which began in August. After that the services were changed to Mr. Dunn s, where Samuel Grubb and family lived. .Young men came from a distance to join in and hear the singing, which my father led. ,He had once taught music. J. M. McCal) led the bass, C. K. Klum the tenor, A. G. Rockfellow, some of the Grubb family, my two sisters and myself are the only survivors of those who attended the meetings held in these homes. "Later on a school house was built near Mr. Dunn's. The summer of 1857 Rev. A. M. Williams, a Presby terian missionary, came to this val ley from Yreka California. He stopped at father's and promised to preach in the school house next Sun day. Father and his hired man rode over the neighborhood on Saturday to announce the service. Many came In ox wagons, or walked miles. This was the first preaching, I think, in that school house. Later it was reg ular every three weeks at eleven In that school house and In the Ash land school house at two. These meetings alternated every three weeks, with Revs. Sharp and McCain and others of the Methodist church and a Rev. Peterson of the Christian church. "Then began a hungering in -the hearts of a few Christian women for BULBS WINTER AND SPRING ..FLOWERING BULBS.. Lilies, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Iris, Tulips, Allium, Sparaxis, Crocas, Etc. S. PENNISTON Cor. N. Main and Granite streets UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT East Side Blacksmith Shop Cor. Iowa and Lincoln Sts. . GENERAL Blacksmlthing and Horseshoeing Come and see how we do it. Work Guaranteed. . Prices Right something better than a school house to worship God in. In the year 1865 Mrs. Gillette and Mrs. Giddings col lected about thirty dollars by sub scription to buy an acre of land to build a church at the head of Church street thus naming the street. Women moved first in good works in those days. Later a few women again made a new start to raise money to build a church. We planned a fair and put in several months of hard work soliciting and sewing and otherwise preparing a house of worship being our hearts' aim. "We succeeded in time and used the new woolen mills, before the ma chinery was placed. It proved to be the largest affair ever given in our village. Our good men gave time and money to help make it a success. We had a variety of booths, one a millinery, booth filled with goods 6ent us . from Roseburg. We had ready-made clothing, a grab baer. fish ponds, and innocent or ignor ant gambling. I myself was eulity of baking a huge cake with a hidden rive-dollar ring in it. I felt so glad to know it brought in twelve dollars and a half. One friend bought a share, then sold it, to add another fifty cents. I boastingly spoke of it to Father Williams. He remarked, 'I would not like to preach in a church built with gambling money.' mat ended my gambling for ever. About 1200 was cleared and put on interest for a time, then was used in building the foundation of this Methodist' church. However, a por tion of the work was gratuitous. I recall how two boys, with teams. vied with each other in hauling the most loads of stope per day without any expectation of pay or reward the pioneer spirit." Illustrating the conditions with excerpts from records of the day. Mrs. Russell told how the church foundation had begun to crumble to decay and had become inadequate for a church big enough to accommodate the growing church population of the village. She told how tbe ladies again became astir planning a fes tival and 'enlisting Father Williams to help interest his people over the valley in contributing and attending. So. another great day in the little village brought scores to enjoy the occasion and leave the workers riches. From a record of eventB in March 1877 Mrs. Russell showed how an earnest effort was being made to complete the church building on tbe foundation near the Academy. Tbe old record stated that there was not a building in town capable of seating the congregations which assembled weekly to hear church services. Thus again the work of building on the foundation was started but the money was soon exhausted and an other standstill of several years fol lowed. Continuing statistical history Mrs. Russell said: "In 1877 Rev. J. B. Donaldson of tbe Presbyterian church came from tbe east. He made arrangements to build a Pres byterian church. The acre of land on Church street was sold and the present site bought of the Odd Fel lows Lodge. The cornerstone of the church was laid June twenty-fourth 1878 and the edifice was dedicated December twenty-fifth 1881. On AugUBt twenty-fourth 1879 the first church bell rang in Ashland. "Tbe first Sunday school in Ash land was held at the home of Mrsr J. R. Hayworth now the W. C. Myer farm. This Sunday school soon outgrew the capacity of Mrs. Hay- worths parlor. Then it moved to the school house. Mrs. Hayworth insisted that a man ought to superin tend, so A. G. Rockfellow and J. H. Russell were elected Joint superin tendents which meant cleaning house, building fires, etc. This union Sunday school moved to tbe Presbyterian church after it was completed. Then its hive swarmed and swarmed, as congregation after congregation built their church homes. "The pioneers of sixty years ago underwent all the vicissitudes ot frontier life. The very necessities could not, at times, be obtained. They were surrounded by savage tribes that let no opportunity pass for murder and robbery. In fact there was no part of this coa6t that suffered so severely as Rogue River Valley. Many of our most noble citi zens were victims of tbe savage ar row, cut off in the day of usefulness. "If you of today feel inclined to criticise the 'slow pioneers,' picture a wilderness, then a rude log cabin. Next a email garden, then the un plowed and un fenced Wheat field. Flour twenty-five cents per pound and other thlngi in proportion. No postofflce or store nearer than Jacksonville elxteen miles and re quiring six months to get our mail from tbe stutes. Then you can. im agine how we hungered for churches and schools willing to sacrifice other comfortB to obtain them." Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! Then Soothe Your Feelings With Sweet Melodies The Vining Tonight ..and Friday Night.. ADMISSIO.V 10c A XI) 20c. The Roaring Farce Comedy SEVEN AYS A photo-play that is a real treat. 99 By request, ELKS QUARTETTE In their tune ful comedy sketch "THE HUSKIN' BEE" Song numbers: 1. "Huskin' Bee," Quartet; 2, "I Want to Lin ger," Strickland and chorus; 3. "The Valley of the Moon," Rasor and chorus; 4, "Baboon Bungalow," Quartet. High School Football Rally at The Vining Friday Night. ALL STUDENTS 10 CENTS. Miss Calkins Is giving a course in story-telling and gymnasium for the children of our . city. All are in vited. Classes are held Saturday at 1:30 p. m. at the East Side school; Saturday. 3 p. m., West Side school. Anyone wishing instruction in public speaking and physical training, phone 9-F-2. 39-tf Phone news items to the Tidings. Ira Dodge left Tuesday for Red Bluff, Cal., where he intends to spend the ' winter.''"'- ' ' ' "-' 3 r Miss Porter MILLINER SO SECOND STREET MM ttlll II II I , IIMIIIHII ,, ...... - - - - -TT.iiv'r I Twilight Sanitarium Devoted to Painless Childbirth According to tho Freiburg Frauonkilnlk piw mmm0 mm Quietly and Delightfully Located on tho Outskirts of Gl.ndale. IN THE MIDST OF DOUGLAS FIRS. Large sleeping porch for convalescent and waiting patients who desire it. Steam heat, electric light, every modern convenience. Trained nurses and physicians in constant attendance. Open for in spection at all times. . .. . . For Funthn- fnfrw.maf,. i .. . Geo. C. Knott, M. D., Glendale, Ore. . 'ftntimiiiiiiiiniiniinmim)m, Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy COMBINE TO MAKE THE Eagle Meat Market POPULAR Inspect our market, and your confidence will be be hind the pleasure of eating our meats. The knowl edge ot cleanliness and -a sanitary workshop will aid your digestion. 3. & H. Green Trading Stamps N.Main L. SCHWEIN neW 81 I. HI JIUIM. mi,, HARNESS GOODS Everything for the horse. ( , s Green Trading Stamps PRICES SLAUGHTERED Curry Comb .'. 10c Team Collars $3.75 nruHhes . ,. . .' 15c Hoi-m Blanket 05c VVhrps . . . , , ." .10c Axle Greaae . . . . , 10c " Bw Pad . ' . "'. 30c Leather Halter. ... i .... . $1.00 Eastern Supply (to. EAST MAIN NEAR ENDERis