Multnomah County OR Archives Marriages.....Hildebrand, Maidie - Soper, James A October 1, 1904
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Morning Oregonian October 3,1904
Wedded In Secret
Maidie Hildebrand and james A.Soper Man and Wife
Mustery Surrounds Event
License Procured at Kalama and Ceremony Performed in Portland,but Names of the 
Minister and Church are Unknown
The place Kalama,Wash.,the time Saturday,October 1,the principals Miss Maidie 
Hildebrad and James A.Soper,both of Portland, the witness B.L. Hubbell,of 
Kalama,the rest mystery,dark and profund.
Or is it mystery ,or is it romance,but be it both or neither,it is done, done 
for the sanction of the law and the rites of the church,though no relative was 
witness and few friends have heard the tale.
All of which means that, though there is no longer a Miss maidie Hildebrand, 
there is at the present ime a Mrs.James A.Soper,yet no transformation has been 
chronicled in the press or told to admiring and congratulating friends.The 
preacher,whose name is guarded, the witnesses whoa re shrouded inmystery,and 
the silent church,the location of which is indefinite and vagu,alone bear 
testimony to the fact.
On Saturdayafternoon there appeared at the hotel in Kalama aman and a woman,in 
testimony of which fact the register of that date bears the name sof Miss 
Hildebrand and James A.Soper,both of Portland. On the same afternoon there 
appeared at the desk of the County Clerk, in the same town,alovelorn twain and 
this is held in memory by a permit to wed issued to Miss Maidie Hidebrand and 
James A.Soper,both of Vancouver. On the same afternoon,at 4 o'clock,the happy 
young people left for Vancouver, bearing with them the precious paper which 
was soon to open to them the gates of domestic happiness and joy.
But there it all ended and the happy romance passed silently from sight. Miss 
Maidie Hildebrand and James A.Soper came unwedded back to Portland and are now 
unwedded in the public eye.
The romance was concluded on Saturday evening. As th ehour of the witches was 
drawing nigh, the silent church saw two more lives joined forever,the cautious 
minister received his fee and said nothing ,and the secret witness told a 
friend. And this is the story that he told:
"there was a secret wedding tonight.I was the invited guest.James A.Soper and 
Miss Maidie Hildebrand were married, but the name of the minister,or the name 
of the church I will not tell.There were no guests present,non but the 
witnesses,the minister and the principals.The mother of the bride was at home. 
The wedding was secret,and the ceremony will be a secret for a few weeks 
yet,when it will be made pubic."
Miss Maidie Hildebrand, the bride of this romantic marriage,is a well known 
young lady of Portland, the daughter of Mrs.Auguste Hildebrand,who conducts a 
millinery on Washington Street.
The groom is a wealthy young lumberman who has for some time made his 
headquarters at the Portlnad Hotel.
The marriage,so it is said,was not expected by the friends of either of the 
principals,and will be a surprise to all.

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