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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1906)
4X OS ' o SI jLTZ2IE JfODGE spokime. MAry Bessemer. Only S9 days more and the greatest contest ever conducted by any ncwspa Fcr on the Pacific Coaat will some to a glorious end. Only 29 days more and then the voting will cease. Only 29 days more and the hundreds of candidates will have closed their campaigns and await with great anxiety the final returns, which will bring gladness to the hearts of many and disappointment to many others. So much Interest has been taken In the contest that the manager of the contest greatly regrets that he cannot take all of the candidates along with him on that splendid trip. He regrets that the final returns will bring disappointment to some. He has decided to spare no expense or pains to make the trip delightful and en joyable In every respect. His original plans for the journey havo been greatly enlarged upon so intense and general has been the Interest In the contest. It -Is truly a prize worth striving for say the candidates, who are exerting all their energies to win out. Many side trips hRve been arranged for the party, and many more plans for the entertainment of the party will be put into effect. Will Sec Portland. All of the contestants who win out will be given an opportunity to see the beau t'ful City or Portland. It does not matter nhere they live. For Instance, some of the candidates live at Boise. They will first be brought to Portland, where the party will be made up. The party will bo complete when It leaves this city, and there will he no picking up of perrons hero and there after the party leaves Portland. All the members of the party will be given nn opportunity to become acquaint ed with each other in Portland- before starting out on the Journey. They will be guests at the finest hotels In Portland, and many entertainments arc being ar ranged for them. They will remain In Portland several days at least and will visit the various points of interest In or near this city. Then all the commercial organizations In the different towns that will be visited will give entertainments for the young ladies. In many places they will be met at the depots "by representatives of the commercial bodies, who will be accom by their wives. Many Side Trips Planned. Many side trips liavc been arranged for the party when It reaches Salt Lake, aft er it has seen all of the wonderful sights of the Yellowstone National Park. The young ladles will see the wonderful Lu clen cut-off of the Southern Pacific across Salt ljtke nnd will tour the smelters of Murray. Utah. Then there are scores of other places that will be visited at Salt I-ake. such as Saltalr. the great Mormon Tabernacle, the Salt Palace, etc. The Oregonlan will charter a spe cial train for the young lady winners in the contest who aro to be taken to the Yellowstone National Park, Salt Lake city and many other points of In terest. A whole train will be given over to The Oregonlan party and they will occupy It exclusively. The train will consist of an engine, dining coach. Pullman palace car and an observation car. It will be one of the most splendidly-equipped trains that has ever been seen in the Northwest. No expense will be spared to make the trip pleasant, delightful and in structive In every particular. All the disagreeable features of such excur sions will be eliminated. Evidently from the splendid manner in which they are securing votes they appreci ate what a thoroughly enjoyable time the party will have. "When The Oregonlan began the .con test It was planned to give the winners '-HfflWH 111 is a i i -1 ( ssssssssssssssssssss-srf m sasss-a.-- jKimi - ssssssssss. i - .--a-B-B-B-L'T.l:a--w-p w i i imr ' - ---sssssssat'::- i i -.-a- 1 ftfiKT . k 1 "BBlM tspienaia inp, oui ine original pians l " rms nw mc i-uhicm uc Yd ajuL x atm belBs twlarced.JLjpu'tBeBt f Jh OregonUa la. fro&tsr splendid trip, but the original plans r8Bfy m. t Afire 2TOhMOUTfS- ( o r&lRIE NICKBJLZT At first It was planned to go In a spe cial Pullman palace car attached to the regular train. But the young lady" contestants have worked so faithfully and have done such splendid work that the mnnager of the contest de partment has decided to leave nothing undone that would possibly add to their enjoyment. Interest in Contest Grows. And while The Oregonlan is tank ing more elaborate plans for the enter tainment of the victorious candidates the interest In the contest continues to spread and to become more Intense. In most localities it has reached a white heat and even the most sanguine, ex pectations of the manager of the con test department havo been exceeded Every day new surprises are In store for him in the way of the great and almost unprecedented enthusiasm that Is being manifested in all the districts embraced in the. scope of The Orego nlan Yellowstone Park contest. From the very Inception of the con test the Portland people were Inter ested, but It took a little time for the people in the outside districts to arouse enthusiasm. But the interest spread rapidly, and now you will hear the con test talked as much about In the min ing towns of Idaho, farming cosamu ci ties of Washington and Oregon as tou will right here ,in Portland. Interest In the contest Is everywhere. Of course, in the larger cities of Idaho, Washing ton and Oregon, such as Walla Walla. Boise, Baker City, Pendl.ton, Astoria. Xugene and Salem, the interest mani fested is .equal to that. in Portland. Votes Are Pewing Im . Votes are rolling -into the contest de- m-: WW JOSISHOORHEAD. r- 0 k c0 -no TCHSNC numbers than at any time since the contest was started. The department is swamped with work. Each day shows an lncrfie In the number of votes cast. From the thousands of votes that are being received dally by The Oregonlan it is hard to believe that the heaviest voting will not come until the last few days before the con test closes. But the candidates to a certain extent save up their best ener gies to the last moments. The contest will become more hotly contested now than before. The hun dreds of candidates are beginning to realize that the time is fast arriving when they must put In their best licks if they hope to come out -victorious. Many of the candidates have been work ing Just hard enough to keep up with their opponents and have been conserv ing their energies for the great battle royal which always comes at the close of any contest. But now the time has arrived for them to put Into vigorous use the energies that they have been saving. Hoqulam Ieads Centralla. Only a few weeks ago something was said about the lack of enthusiasm dis played by thte people of lloqulam In The Oregonlan Yellowstone Park contest. From later developments It would seem that the contest manager has been mis taken and that there was Just as much enthusiasm in Hoqulam as In other cities only;, that It was slua-berlng. But Hoqulam bf&s come to the front arid now her most popular candidate. Miss Xabt Kellog. Is ahead of Miss Myrtle Work man, of Centra Ha. For, weeks Central la was so far hi the advance that it .was thcragfet that Ho qulam hna no show. But the latter city has showed, wonderful enterprise of late and everybody Jtatereste- 1& the conte.it has been surprised. Miss Xellog is only a few '-thousand votes aJsead -of Miss Workman, feat'the .Hequlam -pee say she Is: in the first place to remain. Mfca Workman, however. Is confident of victory and-belltre-s -sfec will -win est ta this particularly mterestfeg race. WaTTa, TraTlaaHtf 13e.ee 0656. Wtlfa " VVsTvi nd Boise are still bat tling for supremacy, bat the first city lavBUooei is stiU la jfc lata Ssfjj V i is. since the contest started the two cities have, been running neck-snd-neck. but Walla Walla manages to stay In the lead. But the people of Boise say they will overcome the lead and that when their candidate takes first place she will remain there until the close of the contest. No one candidate is sure of election. The leaders in the various districts are constantly shifting positions. None of the leaders havo a lead over their op poaents that cannot be overcome. District 16 offers an example of the closeness of the contests in the different district. Miss Ona Gilliam, or Heppner. had last Wednesday about 32.000 votes; Miss Ltxxle Macrum. of Forest Grove. S.0W: Miss X. Coad. Dallas. 31.O30: Miss Xsora EdmUten. -McMlnnvflle. 32.0O-. Ia nearly all or the districts the contest is Just as close as in" the ICth district. Big SabscrlptloRS Jfc-cclvca. Big subscriptions are quite numerous. Miss Ona Gilliam, of Heppner. has Just ent In one ten-year oubscrlptioa to The Oregonlan. For this subscription 10.000 votpi are placed to her credit Miss Gassie BettaaafUer. of The Dalies, has also Just seat in a ten-year subscription and so has Miss Mian Morris, of KaUssa. Mtas Amelia Jehason. of Kelso, recently sent in an eight-year sub scription. It is nothlag out of the ordi nary to receive five-year s-sbscriptions; It is probable that most of the young te4ies whs- wiH make the trip have seen the CafcnnMa River, with all Its ssagala ceat scenery, but this aaighty stream, with the towering cHsTs en each side. Its cas- - a4t a4 mAkUM ta 0x-JL 1 k w v'iTrwc- m let jf 'WpSi QI&rJjZRHO, fit r r &kxE& CTzr;6jz. capped peaks and mountain gorges in proximity. Is so beautiful that the ofteaer it is seen the more It Is appreciated. Leaving the Columbia River, the O R. & X. runs through the vast plains of Eastern Oregon, where tho agriculturists and the cattle and sheepmen reign su preme, into delightful Western Idaho. There they will see tho wonderful Snake River, which is as attractive in Its way as tho Columbia River. Will Visit Boise. After passing through the fertile. Irri gated valleys of Western Idaho. The Ore gonlan party will be taken to Boise, where they will be royally entertained. West erners are famed for their broad spirit of hospitality, and In no place In the world are the people more hospitable than In Bolce. They will welcome the tourists and many features are being planned to make their visit a pleasant one. All cities visited will try to outdo the others In entertaining The Oregonlan party, and this win make It unusually pleasant for the tourists. Boise is one of the most progressive and modern cities In the West, although In size it Is rather small compared to some of tho other cities In the North west. It has the reputation of being one of the cleanest and prettiest cities In the United States. It is built on the banks of the Boise River, and right back, of It rears a great mountain range. Spreading out to the west of Boise Is the great Snake River Valley. Among the attractions of Boise is the Xatatorium. the largest and most excel lent resort of its kind In tho Northwest. There the members of The Oregsaiaa party will be Invited to bathe in luke warm, water which gushes from natural hot springs. Visit Yellowstone Park. A tier spending a day In Bo lie. the party will continue on Its way over the O. S. lb to Pocatello, where it will switch off from the main line to Salt Lake, and go direct to Yellowstone Park. After vteit Ing alt the wonderful and Incomparable sights of the famed Yellowstone, they will mora to Pocatello. Freaa there they wHl go to Salt Lake, City. The Rev. Dr. T. D Wkt Tafmage. who. with his party visited Salt Lake City and WJoa of tba wt diarlvf Um J w r m v .HIIIILILIIH' sssssssssssssskbssssIbssssssssS isssRhSsssssHli SssssssssmMSLsssssssssV BSSSSSSviSK IskPBSKv -,i.-i.4 OUISEPlTTTNER' FLORENCE ZTY&EZr I'M I1C J&ELS, IDAHC Summer of 18, says: "But the most de lightful part of this American continent Is the Yellowstone Park. My two visits there made upon me an impression that will last forever." The Grand Canyon pf the Yellowstone Is a gash In the earth ten miles long and 1TC0 feet deep Its awful depths stirred by the music of the rushing river; its great fails roaring and whispering every sound described In the swinging old rhyme, "The Way the Waters Come Down at Ladore"; Its painted walls, lurid with every tint from the palette of the Master; and all the blended colors of all the paint pots ever mixed by mortal or immortal hands; Its shadows, somber and gray; Its sun gilded pinnacles who shall describe that? What an awful, what a majestic, what an Incomparable wonder it Is! To see Its cliffs of volcanic glass. Its unsurpassed water effects. Its mountains of petrifac tions. Its hills of brimstone. Its perpet ually snow-crowned peaks. Is to gaze upon a spectacle of grandeur such as the world elsewhere cannot produce. The rivers and lakes of Yellowstone abound In trout, the United States Fish Commission having stocked maay of the waters. Native trout only are found in the Tellowstonc Lake and river. Taut the Fire Hole, Gibbon and Nex Perces Rivers and Indian, Willow and Shoshone Creeks are filled with Eastern trout. Ia Madisoa River native and East era treat, whlteflah and grayling abeuad. Raiabow trout were oace planted ia the Gibbon River, hat they sought the deeper' waters of the "Madison, from whence specimens weighing- six pounds aad aver-have ba takes. BSSSSSSSSaV -,ir-3BBBBB "V- V I 'tBSSSSSSSSSSSSKBSSSHH O SI Ml 0 01 i-n rvs $q4 Cagog? There are land-locked salmon 20 to 30 inches long: In Sho3hone Lake. The rules of the park as to hunting and fishing are very strict, hut as yet few regulations have been Interposed to tho use of the rod. Ladies enjoy trout fishing in Yellowstone Lake, where rowboats and guides .are easily obtained. Two companies of United States cavalry are stationed at Fort Yellow stone (Mammoth Hot Springs). Dur ing the Summer detachments of these troops are placed at different localities In the reservation. Their duties are to patrol the park, prevent the spreading of forest fires and the commission of acts of vandalism. The troops have authority to arrest for any violation of park regulations. Hunting Is es pecially prohibited, and all guns are officially sealed at the entrance to the park. The commanding officer at Fort Yellowstone Is acting superintendent of the reservation. All rules emanate from the Depart ment of the interior, and printed cop ies of the same will be found at every hotel. The Yellowstone Park lies principally In the northwest corner of Wyoming, though portions of It creep over Into Mon tana and Idaho. In 1872 Its XM4 square miles were withdrawn from the public domain by an act of Congress, "and dedi cated and set apatjt as a public park, or pleasure ground, for the benefit and en joyment of the people." It is nature's great curiosity shop. Around It are ranges having peaks 14.C00 feet high, and within it are a diversity of Incomparable marvels of nature which neither pen nor tongue can fitly depict. Here, amid the grandeur of Alpine scenery, tinted with colors of indescrib able variety and beauty, arc geysers spouting at precise Intervals their scald ing waters skyward; terrace-building fountains: pools of steaming clay; ever lasting springs iced In earth's depths or boiling from her furnaces, and the great Yellowstone Lake, a mile and a half above sea level, and romantic vales and shaded glens, and all else that prodigal creative genius could furnish to fill the land with wonders. Leaders In the Contest. The following are the leaders In the different districts and their votes. Districts and Candidates. Yotes; First Miss Susie Smith 1?!-2?2 Second Miss Laura Emmerson 56.8o8 Third Miss Elsie Rometsch 187.544 Fourth Miss Alice Taylor 122,806 Fifth Miss Verna Blasier 8.663 Sixth Miss Tilly Daveneau 64.496 Seventh Miss Helen Goodwin 17.560 Eighth Miss Gussie Bottemlller 76.031 Ninth-Miss Dot Berry 54.7 Tenth Miss Sue Breckenridge 31.00- Eleventh Miss Agnes Wilson 51.942 Twelfth Miss Heppie Eaton 19.823 Thirteenth Miss Maybelle Kellogg.. 33.421 Fourteenth Miss Bessie Hill 50.213 Fifteenth Miss Alice Boone 25.795 Sixteenth Miss Ona Gilliam 47.663 Seventeenth Miss Mima Morris 23,151 Eighteenth Miss Mabelle Wakefield 21.323 Nineteenth Miss Anna Corbett 8.256 Twentioth Miss Ollvo Gruver 9472 Twentyflrst Miss Joyce Hershner... 50.678 Twenty-second Miss Mildred Looney 66.184 Twenty-third Miss Marie MIckel.... 33.989 Twenty-fourth Miss Mabel Lock.... 19.405 Remembered for Her Beauty. Chicago Chronicle. Lady Barrow, who died recently at the age of 97, was known In. her youth as "the beautiful Miss Croker," the original of the famous portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence which was the pieture of- the-year- la 1887 and te new -'the po-tpwry of Plerpont Morgan. Lady Barrow lived la the reigBs of five British sovereigns I MX 1 r HifirH f i. dBBBBSSSK4 '' ' BSSSSSSSSSSSi I