Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
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closely by automobiles to the num-
Der of a score or more, decorated in
variegated hues and designs, all of
which called forth loud and pro-
longed applause from the crowds
that lined the streets from the east
side school to Mechanic street. Then
came a bunch of clowns on donkeys,
followed by the fife and drum corps
of the Grand Army and a squad of
veterans. No section of the parade
ELECTED more comment or applause
than these heroes of the nations S
past
The Goddess of Liberty came next.
appropriately following in the foot
steps of the veterans. Standing
erect in the center of the float.
statue of perfect whiteness upon
setting of white, with the colors of
Old Glory standing out at her side
in the form of a shield, Miss Ger
trude Hicks was an ideal personifica-
tlon of the goddess, her perfect poise
exciting universal comment through
out the course. The human flag.
made up of school children, was a
most imposing representation of the
stars and stripes. Girls dressed in
blue formed the stars and others in
red and white completed the flag
in the form of stripes. Then came
dozen little girls with decorated
doll buggies, followed closely by
boys in their wagons and the young
America" drum corps of four snare
drums and bass and a profusion of
miscellaneous floats of every style
and description.
Gayly caparisoned horses, wagons
decked in greenery, flowers and the
national colOrs, allegorical floats.
floats serious and floats humorous,
were in evidence. In fact, so long
and so varied was the line of these
features that the vanguard was on
its return before the rear had passed
the Plaza. Close to hundred indi-
Vidual features appeared in the pa
rade.
Too much attraction on the street
interfered with the speech in the
Chautauqua building, visitors prefer
ring the noise and excitement of the
races to the more sober entertain
ment of patriotic speech. Con-
gresham Reeder had an excellent
address up his sleeve and was pre-
pared to give his hearers a profitable
half hour, had they appeared a.
Auto races Exciting.
The automobile races proved at
tractive to the large crowd that lined
the course for its entire length. w.
j. SAVERS carried off the honors in
his reconstructed Rambler, winning
every one of the four heats of the
free-for-all as well as the 30-horse-
power event. The race was for the
best two out of three. A. j. Ed
wards, driving Ford, was the first
contestant, losing the first heat by
wide margin. The second heat was
closer and furnished much excite
ment, SAVERS winning by a few feet
only. Keyes of Medford in Chalm-
ers 80 was the next contender and
met defeat in two successive heats.
| giving SAVERS the first prize. Ed
wards in the Ford captured second
from Keyes. The same result was
recorded in the 30-horse race.
The ardor was taken out of the
| A'ONOiSyNlC ldCCS NY Tie unfortunate
accident of the morning and by COM
mon consent the prize money was di-
vided among the three contestants.
George Bassett wen first prize in the
bicycle race, Noble Goettel second
and Jack Backman third.
City Park Crowded.
During the interval between the
races of the morning and the after
noon ball game, the park was crowd
ed with hungry throng with we'll
filled market baskets. A string of
hungry visitors filed up to the booth
whence came the juicy morsels of
Darbecued beef and the steaming cof-
fee. Every shred of the hundreds
of pounds of meat was consumed. and
the way the coffee disappeared
proved conclusiyely that the barbecue
booth was about the most popular
place in the city at that hour. All
available space in the grove was TAX
en- and far up the canyon shady
hooks were monopolized, the beauty
of Ashland's natural park and can
yon proving attractive to several
thousand of the visitors, while along
the streets others availed themselves
of shade, wherever offered. Many
! rested the greater part of the after
noon in the park, preferring the quiet
of this retreat to the clamor of the
ball game and wild west stunts. Ho-
tells and restaurants were crowded
to their utmost capacity, reaping
their share of the harvest from the
throngs of visitors.
Medford Wins Game.
The ball game furnished much ex-
element, being full of thrilling
plays. 1t was the kind that delights
the average crowd, being full of hits
and errors enough to satisfy the
thirst for heavy swats. Medford
won the game in the second inning,
when the visitors raped in seven
runs. Phillips started on the mound
for Ashland, allowing Medford one
run in the first inning. Then the
fun began. In the second the first
man up was famed, the second was
hit by pitched ball and the third
hit safely. At this juncture Wick
was substituted for Phillips and the
visitors received him by lining out
a home run right on the start. fol-
lowed by two two-baggers in success
sion. Before Wick settled down
seven runs had crossed the pan and
the game was lost. Medford did not