Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
Talent Tidings

Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Rodman of Lake
county, California, are visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Glenn.
Morris Jones made trip to Ash
land Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Dona Backtell and father
were Talent visitors from Anderson
creek Tuesday.
The Fourth of July a Howling Sue
cess.
Saturday, July 4, was day of sue
cess and happiness in Talent. Things
started humming at 6 a. m. and did
mt stop until 2 a. m. Sunday morn
ing. About a. m. large shots were
fired, which aroused the whole town.
All the homes were decorated in red,
white and blue and every man, wom-
an and child wore the merriest smile
all day From a. m. crowds COM
menced swarming in from Ashland.
At 8 a. m. they arrived from Med
ford, and about IL a. m as many as
three thousand people were enjoying
themselves at Weidner Park and au-
tomobiles were jammed in and
around that place. At 10 o'clock the
fun began with the races. The races,
winners and prizes are:
Free for all-E. P. Merrick, 81.
Fat map's race-F. l.. Erhart, 81.
Lean mans race-Earl Bostwick,
81.
Barrel race-H. Bruning, 81.
Young ladies' race-Lueritta
Brown, 81.
Girls race under 15-Daisy Ly-
man, 81.
Free for all, 100 yards-Ray Mich
OILS, 81.
Orange race-W. c. Hammick, 81 e.
Pie-eating contest-Willie Crest
81.
Shoe race-Claude Crocker, 81.
Boys race-Harold Bostwick, ST.
From IL to l no sports were going
on, but everyone ate their lunch and
threw confetti. 1t is believed that
more confetti was eaten than lunch.
There were four or five stands in the
park and rushing business was done
all day.
AS soon as l o'clock came around
a large crowd had gathered to watch
the potato race. There were a large
number of contestants, the names of
whom We have been unable to obtain.
The winner of the race was Harry
Mason, a business man of Talent
The reward was So.
At lao the crowd was honored
with, short speeches from Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United
States, and Secretary William Jen-
nings Bryan. j. H. Fuller and c. M.
Thomas were the impersonators and
they were perfect. Mr.. Wilson looked
very stately in his swallow-tailed coat
and silk hat. Mr.. Bryan as usual
wore soft hat, which did not exactly
cover his large bald head. In fact
the impersonations of both these
prominent men OF the United States
was so real that many people believed
that both of the Talent gentlemen
were the real thing. AS the presi-
dent and his company Of men arrived
at the park the Talent band played
Hail to the Chief" Mr.. Hicks, a
veteran of the civil war, recited Lin
coins Gettysburg address, which was
enjoyed immensely,
At 2:3O the ball game commenced
between Gold Hill and Talent. 1t was
the best game ever played in Talent.
Both teams worked splendidly, but
Gold Hill was unable to do anything
against Collie Druhot, the Talent
star pitcher. The lineup for Talent
and Gold Hill was:
Talent-Druhot, Simpson, Vance,
King, Smith, Scott, James, Glenn,
Lilly.
Gold Hill-Lech, Eddings, Miller,
Reed, Upton, Williams, Porter, Mo-
shier, Blackie.
The Gold Hill pitcher, Mr.. Lech,
was knocked out for q while, but he
finished out the game; also one Of
the Gold Hill men had his hand out
of Joint and the Talent umpire,
Chase Gardner, was struck by foul
ball and his collarbone was broken.
At o'clock the big sidesnow COM
menced and also the dancing. The
show was conducted by Ben Lamb
and Will Glein. Great attractions
were shown, some of which we're the
wonderful bearded lady, the eight
footed pig, Siamese twins, dwarfs
and quartet, accompanied by the mel
odious muse of the guitar. All the
features were by local talent except
ing the eight-footed pig, which was
owned by a man near Central Point.
Billie Huston made a very fine lady,
Lewis Beeson and James Hildebrand
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