Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-05-30
Talent And Vicinity
- - -

D
Last Friday evening the school as
a whole put on a program for pub
lie entertainment as a closing feature
OF the school year just ended. There
was a large crowd in attendance and
the evening was enjoyed to the full
est extent possible, as it would have
been impossible for children any
where to have done better. One
feature particularly noticeable was
the singing done by the children and
shows that the work done by Miss
kirkpatrick has been of great value
to the school, and no doubt music
will be taught in the school again
next year. Miss Kirkpatrick trained
the pupils in music and the other
teachers trained their respective
rooms for the other features of the
program. The teachers elected for
next year are: Prof. F. c. Smith,
Parthena Smith, May Smith and
Mrs. Jennie L. Hogue, the music
teacher not having been obtained yet
as Miss Kirkpatrick is going to teach
school the coming year elsewhere.
G. A. Gardner was favored with a
visit from his mother, Mary j. James,
of Ashland.
The baseball team is much encour-
aged by the success of their game at
Phoenix. The boys have new uni
forms and won the first game in
which they wore them, the score be-
ing to and 10 innings were
played. The Phoenix boys play good
ball and have a nifty team, but there
would not be any odds between them
and the Talent team. The people of
the vicinity are taking quite an in
terest in the ball team and are going
to give them good support during
the season. The team was going to
give a social dance last Saturday
night. but owing to the death of C.
w. Wolters, the dance was postponed
until Saturday night, June 1. The
team will go to Gold Hill June 2 to
play that team return game
Mrs. F. c. Smith has been quite
ill for few days, but is said to be
improving.
j. ]. Pellet returned from Los
Angeles Monday, having been sum
moned by telegraph owing to the
death of his father-in-law, Mr.. VOL
ters.
The NJ. E. church gave a turkey
banquet in the packing house last
Tuesday evening, which proved quite
a success. There were 140 served to
most bounteous dinner, after which
program was rendered, the instru-
mental music being given by Miss
Pellet and Mr.. Peterson, both of
Ashland, Mr.. Peterson giving some
excellent violin solos. Mrs. j. H.
Fuller sang some vocal solos which
were much appreciated, she having
had great deal of experience in the
haps the most striking feature of the
entertainment was the fact that the
leading candidates for national presi-
dency were present. The disappoint-
ment was that Mr.. Taft was not able
to be present, owing to his hard cam
paign in New Jersey. However,
Teddy was present in the person of
Rev. G. H. Way, and told of the nard
fight he had been having to carry on
the battle for the common people,
and he said he felt sure that he had
the enemy licked to a frazZle and in
terms most denouncing showed why
Mr.. Taft should not be reelected
and heartily apologized for having
endorsed him as a successor in Of
flee. DR.. Bailey having personally
known Governor Woodrow Wilson,
and being a strong admirer of him,
gave good representation and could
see no reason why his progressive
and moral character would not
promptly promote Mr.. Wilson to the
chair in the White House. Bert r.
Greer of Ashland, who looks much
like a possible presidential candi-
date, and having come from near
Missouri was naturally able to
champion the cause of Champ Clark
and told in strong terms why he had
been so successful in the house of
representatives for the last 20 years
in saying nothing and doing the
same. He was happy to think that
he had so easily gotten the people of
Great Britain to swallow the sug-
gestion that the United States is try
ing to take over Canada, and thus
cause the defeat of the reciprocity
bill, and was sure the people of the
United States would give him a big
majority in November if he could get
the nomination in June. Mr.. Nc
Fayle being a natural born reformer,
was able to act as Mr. La Follette
and fully showed how his policies
had been carried out in Wisconsin,
how he had controlled the railroads
in that state, reduced the fare from
3 cents to 2 cents, and how he could
handle the affairs of the United
States if he could be elected as it's
president, Mayor Breese acted as
Debs and fully described the situa-
tion of the laboring people and fully
denounced the present methods of
handling the government affairs. G..
A. Gardner was introduced as Our
George" and told all about his Geo.
e. Chamberlain career and pros
poets for nomination to the vice
presidency. G. F. Billings gave a
general discussion of the evening,
giving the ladies considerable praise
for the good things he had to eat,
and gave a general idea of the COM
ing events in the Chautauqua to be
held in Ashland June 2 to 12. We'll
born Beeson being native product
of Talent, gave a booster talk for
Talent and vicinity, and at the con-