Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-11
Eagle Point Letter.

Editor Tidings: When you we're
In our town the last of last month
and took dinner with me at the Sun
nysde, you requested me to drop YOU
a Few lines occasionally, and let your
readers know something OF what is
going on in this side of the valley.
and as we are on the map and are
among the aspirants for the honor
OF having the new court house built
on tract of land within the cor
porare limits of our thriving little
town, | though that perhaps it might
| be of interest to some OF your read
ers to know something of what is
| gong on among us. As many of
( your readers know it having been
| thoroughly advertised. we had a
grand celebration here on the Fourth
| OF July, and by that means came in
touch with large number of stran.
! gers who never honored us before
with their presence. The morning of
the Fourth broke in on us as lovely
as morning could, and before the
average citizen was awake, some of
our enterprising young men had
climbed hill just at the upper end
OF our town, supplied with a liberal
quantity of dynamite, etc, and by
the time the chicks and birds began
to stir they were making. the sur
rounding hills reverberate with the
echoes of their salutes given in honor
of the Glorious Fourth" Soon all
was astir and the screech of the
whistle of the locomotive was heard
bringing in those of our neighbors
who wished to join with us in the
festivities of the occasion, while the
different conveyances of almost all
kinds from the ordinary farm wagon
to the bobtailed pony came rushing
in, and soon every available place was
filled with horses, and the streets,
park and hotels were crowded.
About II O'Clock the Eagle Point
Butte Falls brass band began to play
and soon vast crowd assembled IN
the park, where we had some fine in
strumental and vocal music, then
some special singing by a choir OF
little girls and some recitations by
the Carjerons. Rev. Eldridge OF
Medford was introduced as the ora
tor of the day, and his address was
surely a fine one, many pronouncing
1t the best they ever heard. Then
dinner was announced, and although
1t was announced that free meals
would be served" the hotels were
crowded to their utmost capacity.
have not been able to learn the exact
number who took dinner at the diff
| ferent hotels, but understand that at
the Eagle Point $50 took dinner, at
the Sunnyside 225 and at the Tavern
i was unable to get an estimate
? There were hundreds who brought
their lunches with them.
I Although this letter is getting q
little lengthy, | must mention about
, the baseball games. The Talent team
came up and in the forenoon played
against the Eagle Point boys. They
had hotly contested game and the
score stood at the close to in
favor of Eagle Point, and in the af
ternoon they played another game
| At first it looked as though the sec
ond game would close to O.. bu
= finally the Talent boys made one ant
5 then the locals made one. Thus the,
stood for some time, when Eagl
/ Point made another, and then tn
Talent boys seemed to have lost thei
grip and soon the Eagle Point boy
made two more, and thus it stoo
to the end of the game, to l il
favor of Eagle Point. In addition t,
, the ball game they had horse races
foot races, catching the creased pig
etc. No accident occurred and tn
people were generally quiet and or
derly and all seemed to enjoy them
selves very much. Notwithstanding
the fact that we are cursed with
saloon (bar in the TAVERN, ther,
was very little drunkenness. TIL,
committee caused to be erected
large platform for the benefit of thu
dancers, but they didn't seem to tax,
to it as it was so rough, but Spiker''
Opera House was packed to its ut
most capacity. DICK.