Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-01
VISIT PLYMOUTH ROCK
MFR. and Mrs. ii. G. Gilmore Visit
Cradle of Liberty an Other
Famous Places.

No one can travel through any
portion of Massachusetts without be-
ing impressed with the fact that it is
essentially a manufacturing state.
Mills and mill hands are to be seen
in every direction, and the entire
atmosphere is charged $50 to speak
with incrustGtions that denote the
making of those fabrics deemed es-
sential to the comfort and wellbeing
of the human race. No attempt,
however, is made in this article to
deal trenchantly with the subject of
manufacture, but to note a few way
side facts bound up in the history
and development of the country.
Visiting Providence, the tourist is
impressed with the splendid station
complete and unique in many par
ticulars-that the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad has
thought fit to erect at this, the only
large city in Little Rhody" There
radiates from Providence every con-
ceivable convenience for travelling by
land or by water, and all at reason
able rates.
A visit to Grace Episcopal church
on the one hand and Shepherd &
Co.'S department store on the other,
convinces the tourist that he is
brought into contact with something
a good deal out of the ordinary.
Grace Episcopal is, whether viewed
from the exterior or critically exam
ined in its interior, a veritable work
of art, and its splendid organ (four
manuals with echo and chimes ac-
cessories) and no less splendid mu-
sical services, minister most effectu-
ally to the musical edification of the
large and cultured congregation that
worshipS within it's walls. The Shep-
herd department store, with it's thir-
teen or fourteen hundred employees,
is a beehive Of continuous activity,
and a notice setting forth the fact
that "all grievances and complaints
are adjusted at this office" shows
now minutely everything has been
considered, with the view of render
ing this the Mecca of the discriminat-
ing shopper in search of bargains
without disturbance of any sort to
upset the staid cogitations of the
peaceful purchaser.
Yachts and Oysters.
Bristol and Warren are noted. the
former for being the spot that has
given birth to the yachts that have
vanquished Sir Thomas Lipton's Of
ferings on every occasion, and the
latter as the locale for the produc-
dipn Of the finest brand of oysters
that have ever found their way to
the Pacific coast country.
Made Rich BY Whale Oil.
Fall River, between which place
and New York run those coast grey
hounds-the Commonwealth, the
Pilgrim, and Priscilla-is a great
manufacturing center of cotton goods
as also New Bedford, which in It's
day and generation made its little
pile" in catching whales and extract
ing the rich oils therefrom. Million.
of dollars, from the trade, tumblet
into the Golfers of New Bedford, anC
the splendid residences in the yer,
center of the city tell the story O
successful monetary manipulation O
the monsters of the deep. The bust
ness portions of New Bedford are a
the north and south ends of the city
and the fact must be conceded tha
the French and Portuguese element
have done much in developing tn
material interests of the city.
What Henry Rogers Did For Fair
haven.
Immediately across the river from
New Bedford is Fairhaven, the birth
place and home of the late Henr
Rogers of Standard Oil fame. Thi