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FESTIVAL SPIRIT
SCOFFS AT
Our Greatest Asset is the
Enthusiasm of Baby Six Owners Aslc
Any One or All of Them
Ardor of Street Crowds Is
Undampened by Weeping
of Laden Clouds.
NOISY THRONG CELEBRATES
THE MORMXG OREGOMAX. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1912.
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Merrv-Makera Tarn to Their Horns,
Bolls and Song When Electrlo
Parade' Is Postponed Bands
March, Hordes Follow.
Despite the rain aa dtne postpone
ment of tha alactrlcal parade, the
crowds that had assembled on tha busl
ness streets to saa tha night pageant
remained until a lata hour last night.
They (urged through tha Illuminated
thoroughfares, blowing horns, ringing
bells and singing. Tha rala did sot
bother them.
Doorways of business buildings held
their full eapaolty of humanity. These
plaoes formed vantage points from
which to view tha passing throngs.
Souvenir vendors peddled tnelr
warea to tha good-natured throng.
Thslr monotonous cries mingled with
ths shouts of the Festival visitors la aa
Inharmonious chorus. It was tile real
carnival spirit.
Announcement early In tha evening
that tfe electrical parade had been
postponed caused aoma disappointment
To send ths gorgeously trimmed floats
through ths streets la such uncertain
weather would have been foolhardy.
declare Festival managera. Many of
the decorations are of delicate eon
truotlon and would have been ruined
by tha rain. Tha young women who
are to occupy floata will ba dressed In
delicate fabrics aad a parade through
the rain, it la reared, would nave en
dangered their health.
Music for tha throng la tha buslnsss
dint riot was furnished by the Portland
Musicians' Union. Seven banda were
emo ovea. ana sisemoiea ai union
headquarters, resly to take part In tha
electrlo parade. When tbe parade wae
called off, M. I Brown, leader of one of
the bands, suggested that they com
bine and march through tha down-town
district. All assented. A crowd fol
lowed the white uniformed musicians,
as they marched up and down Alder,
Washington and Morrison streets.
About 100 musicians were In tha band.
AUTO PARADE IS GREAT
Onnttnud From First Fas.)
cnwun lime, oireeia aiong ins route
of the parade were roped and tha
crowds were wen bandied. The order
(rued this rear prohibiting automo
biles not In tha parade from encroach
ing Inside tha curb llnea made It aea-
aioie tor a arrester aumoer or oersoai
to aea tha procession.
Police Read Praeeaalea.
A squad of police also rode at the
head of tha Una. occupying neat little
cars arovraea tor ina purpose. Tne
Fire Iepartment was represented by
Chief Dowell In a rose-covered car. A
piece In tha shape of a bell added
beauty to this entry.
Instead of occupying tha place near
the head of tha procession, to whloh ho
was entities, w. J. Siemens, president
of tha Portland Automobile Club, rode
In line with the touting car division
and took first prise In his class. His
entry waa decorated In goldsnroda.
bias larkspur and ferns, the combina
tion forming tha colore of tha Auto
mobile Club. In tha ear with Mr.
-Clemens were Mrs. Clemens. Miss Jean
Clemens, thslr daughter; Miss Lucllt
Clemena. a Discs, and Mrs. J. A. C
TalL
The car of Oliver K. Jeffrey, who ar
ranged tna oeiaua ei ina pmaa waa
decorated In white, symbolising a
bridal festival. Mrs. Jeffrey and a
numoer or menos were in me car, ini
women Deinsr aitirea in wnue.
Woman Pilots Prlsewtaaer.
Mrs, Fred O. Jennings, winner of the
third prise In this division, drove her
own car. a lovely pina ami wnue
acneme. me costumes 01 me occupams
belns- of the same colors.
The entry of L, B. Menefee, one of
the recipients of Honorable mention in
ths touring car class, waa ruled wun
pretty girls attrrsxl in ping ana wnue.
The decorations were in pink rose!
ana sinnax.
Mrs. E. U Pevereaux, who also won
honorable mention, had a car trimmed
In larkspur.
Miss Oenevleve Thompson,-winner of
honorable mention, was accompanied
by a. number or girl inenca. They in
cluded Misses E. coo, jtMitn scott ami
Miss Meldrunv ineir macnir.e was
decorated in ping roses ana emuas ami
ths dresses or tna ecoupania were in
conformity nun i u w.r i,viu.
W. E. rtoberta had an attractive en.
try In wnicn pin rosea preaominaieo.
Others Attract AMeaHem.
Thomas Bllyeu had a oar that at-
tracted mucB ravoraoie commeau in
It with Mm were sera, nureu, in
Kmery. Mrs. jacamon ana aire, r uuk-
hauler, pi Houston, lex.
Another pretty touring ear was that
of Mrs. CalUe Oodfrsy. with .whom rode
Mill Bedeeu Rankin, Miss urace nan
kin and Mies Nettla Rankin.
Mrs. Hslen I-add Corbett had a car
deoorated In white. Tha ooeu pants
ware Mis Helen Ladd. Miss Lesley
Smith and Miss Georgians Leadbetter.
R. E. Blodgett and wife roda In their
handsomely bedecked machine m com
pany with Mr. and Mrs. L. Withers.
Roses and ferns were the decora-
tlona on ueorge M. smltns entry.
Misses urace. Hasel and Dorothy Bmitn
and Miss Jans sup roda with him.
Bed roses and terns wsre the prin
cipal decoratlona on F. W. Volger's
touring oar. Tha women occupants
carried green parasols. They were
Mrs. voiger. Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Toung.
Mrs. Fanes, sirs, wiieon. Mrs. Miner.
Key Wilson ana miss Mary Wilson.
Miss Margaret Ksatlng'a entry In tha
touring car division was decorated in
yellow ana aiaa s oaoasoms snowing.
That or I. A. uuineriana waa made at
tractive wltlv a. display ot American
flags.
Other entries in this division In
cluded those 01 u. J. Jiaarmaa. W. w.
Reacting. Mrs. J. jr. cordray. O. W.
Parker, Q. w. mires, Mlee M. Hot-
man. J. u. uias, sirs, conn, &a camp-
bell. Beld pack and a number repre
senting tha Seattle Potlatch Associa
tion.
A. H. Ellers took the prise for the
most unig.ua eatry. ui eatrr cou- i
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ALSO AT SEATTLE AND BOISE
slstsd of a basket In which rode pretty
little girls, on a field of moss, it re
ceived much applause along the' entire
route.
Arttsaas Eater Tea Ci
The United Artleans had the largest
entry In tha class of club entries and
artificially decorated automobiles.
bringing 19 cars to tha lineup. The va
riety in the decoration schema waa not
great, the prevailing motif being masses
of ptnk roses upon wblts or tinted
bunting aad white costumes for tha oc-
cupanta of the machines.
itepreaented In ' ths entry of the
Artisans were Arleta Chapter, with J.
Qould. O. p. Waggoner, Mrs. O. A.
Ormsby. Mrs. B, Arsato. Mrs. W. Bush
man, Mrs. F. A. Albert, Mrs. L. W.
Phelps. Mrs. Delia Stanford. Miss Marls
Rothllabergsr and two little girls. Huby
Phelps and Marguerite Amnio, Mrs.
Bushmsn, arowned aa a queen, aat on
a raised diss, surrounded by ths others
In the party Portland Chapter, with. I
Qulmby, W. A. Wheeler. Mrs. L. Wan
less and Mrs. W. A. Whseler. A huge
horeeahoe of white rosea, surmounted
by a crescent of red, waa Ita decoration.
This csr received second prise In Us
class. Oregon asaembly of Artisan
with Misses N. Hammond. H. Boost and
R. Klnnear In the tonneau and H. F.
Morrison and Frank D'Arcy In tha front
seats. Piedmont Chapter, with Misses
EL Morris, Gladys Qrlramell. Vera Tib
beta, Virginia Anderson . and Mildred
Carr. The car waa trimmed with pink
roses and evergreen. . and tbe- young
women wore -pink. Lents Chapter, with
Mr. aad Mrs. Ed Thurston. Mrs. Mae
White. Mrs, Olive Fort. Mrs. Julia
Augustine and Messrs. Ray Oaston and
M. J. Carmark. Sunnyslde Chapter's
car contained H. 1 Kelly and children.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Qlloert and children,
Mrs. E. J. Mettler and Mrs. M. Christie.
Montavllla sent In its oar J. B. Black
man. Ray Gill. Cord Lambert. Mrs. A.
W. Stlen and Mrs, Mlgnon Martin. Uni
versity Park waa represented by Mrs.
B. A. Leigh. Mrs. Q. W. BlsselU Mrs.
J. R. Cole. Mr a. B. B. Blrkenbergeri
Mrs. C W. MrKenna and C A. McKenna.
Willamette Chapter's ear waa driven by
M. H. Carter, with Mlases Eva McCoy,
Sadie McKee and Mrs. Sophia Karg.
Fram Assembly of Artisans entered a
oar driven by Isaao Staples, with Mrs,
S. & McFadden. Mrs. Edith M. Vena.
Mrs. Frsnces May and Mrs. Bert Jack
son In the tonneau.
Seattle's entry in the class of arti
ficially deoorated oara consisted of four
machines. In which Joseph Blethen's
Potlstck car, representing the Seattle
Ad Club, earrled away flrat prise for
the handsomest artificially decorated
car In Una. The ear waa trimmed with
white and yellow bunting and massed
with big white dalslss. Over the heads
of the occupants grinned the gigantic
face of the Seattle Potlaca "bug." The
party In tha ear consisted of Mr. and
Mrs. Blethen. Mr, and Mra. J. C filatar
and T. J. Qeoghegan. Fred Cavanaugh
and party In a almilarly decorated oar
also represented Seattle.
The Seattle car, occupied by Bert
Swasea and party, waa sot trimmed
with flowers, but waa covsred with
streamers consisting of chains at tiny
potlatoh bugs, replicas of whloh wsre
tossed ent to the orowd all along the
route.' Following this party earns
Horace MoClure. president of tha Se
attle Press Club; W. C. McKay. A. M.
Prathsr and Harry McKnlght. In ths
6sattla Press Club car, simply deco
rated In the yellow and white colore
of the Potlateh.
Tha moat grotesque display, and the
car that waa accorded a special prise
In this elaas. was ths "tired" entry by
the O'Oorman Rim- Company. On a
huge truck, decorated with purple and
white bunting, aat two colossal figures
built entirely out of tire rims. A
pump in the body of the ear forced air
lata the flgvrea la continuously vary
ing pressure, which caused the gro
tesque ftguree to equlrm Into ridiculous
attitudes. The passage of this car
along the line of march Invariably was
the algnal for applause and a ohorus
of laughter.
The W. C. T. V. was rsprssented by
a car massed In greenery and fringed
with red roes bloeeoms. la which rods
Mrs. Margaret Christian. Miss It Hous
ton. Mrs. C. A. Poaaay and Mra. S. A.
Downing. I'ndtr a canopy of flowers
with little twin girls, Ethel and Irma
Brock, tha Christian Endeavor party
roda. In thla car were Clarence
Sprague. O. K. Raker, Miss Essie Ma
gulre. Mlea Edna Murray aad William
White.
The Progressive Business Men's Club
had a party of men dresssd la white
la a ear swathed In red buntlag and
surrounded with potted plants. t! B.
F. Toung, A. M. Clark, Pr. O. J. Fsr
rla. F. L. Oollakur and A. U Stephens
were la the party. Thla ear received
third prise la lis class.
Winner of the first prise la the class
wss the entry of the Lyle Commer
cial Club.- The body of the car was
covered solidly with locust leaves on
which wss msied a beautiful display
of pale blue "Ragged ltoblne" Inter-
parsed with while roses. The ladles
la the car wore white and carried white
parasols. Members of the party were:
Van Huffel. Mrs. L. M. Lawsnn. Mrs.
Q. N. Thompson and Mra C. L. liavord.
Tha Indies' auxiliary of the lira ad
Array entered a float trimmed In red
and white roses. In which rods Mrs.
Georgia Btaysa. department president:
Mrs. May bheliey, Mrs. Carl Abraham,
Mrs. Nellie Kellsnd, with Earl Khelley
driving. Mrs. U V. Thomas, principal
of the Alnaworth school, rode In the
school's float with a party of eight
children.. In anothor entry of the Wo
men's . Christian Temperance Union
were represented Mrs. Ada Wallace
t'nruh. state prenkiant: Mra. Ward
Swopo, secretary; Mrs. Eva C. Whseler
and daughter.
Two Eats Eleetrle Class.
la the electrlo elaas there were two
entries, esch winning a prise. Mrs. W.
A. T. Bushong and Mrs. Charles Venabla
took first snd second, respectively.
The Portland Railway, Light A Power
Company had tl cars in clas la. Their
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beat machine took third place.
First was taken by a osr belonging
to ths Pad flo Telephone Telegraph
Company. It was a large touring ear
well covered with white rosee, daisies1
snd blus ribbon. A bsnd of "belle
girls," togged out In their best, helped
ths judge decide the award. Misses
Anna Reich, Nina Blood and Clara
Bunhnell were In the tonneau.
The second ribbon went to the North .
Bank Rallrosd, which had a machine,
so covered over with rosss that ths
driver was barely vlsluls. On the hood '
wss the replica of a locomotive worked ,
out In roees. The girls In the oar .
were Misses Madeline Fowler, liretta .
Jennlnga, Helen Woodbura aad Virginia
Smith, P. L. McNeal waa the driver. ,
One of the novel exhibits In ths
psrsde was presented by the Harris ,
Ice Machine Works of HU Johns. It ,
oonaisted of sn unusually large pleoe .
of Ice la which rose wreathe spelling
the word "SL Johns" were fressn. The
cake of loe was asarly II feet long ,
eau nn ihi uign. j
Working Telephones Ihowa.
Tbe Bell Telephone Company alaet
had a float representing a telephone i
eschange In full awing. Two exchange-'
boards and the offlcee of the various
departments wsre shown all hooked up'
and transacting business with, each ;
other.
, On the John Deere Plow Company ma-.;
china was a harvest field, the sod being
a bad of roses. On ths rear was a boy s
years old who was driving a deer at tha
plow. 1
the Home Telephone A Telegraph '
Company had machines well deoorated
with roses snd red ribbon and carrying
a Insd nf fair telxphoae employes.
The Eubank trtjck, a Pnrtland-bulK
automobile, was artistically dsaoratsdw ,
The Portland Pure Milk Cream Com- ,
pany and the Olds, Wortman 4k King ,
atore aleo had well-decorated auto de
livery wagons. '
The Iteierson Machinery Company had ,
a substantial entry, as did the Columbia .
Hardware Company, Werihmi A Co. and
the 8plrella Corset Shops.
"Jeter Fogg," a chsractsr area ted by
a cartoonist on sn evening paper, ap
peared in real life In familiar attire ,
aad wbUksrs.
Ths Multnomah County Fair at'
Ores ham reeelved much auhllolty
through the entarprlss of Grssham real
dents In entering three or four attrso- '
five floata K. M. Rnberta and wife.
E. O. Kardell and wife and Mlea Irene '
Roberts occupied one of the machines.'
A. K. Thompson. Miss Ixittie Davit. 1
I -sure Davis and Ave, Thompson and '
Kirk Thompson wsre In another. 1
aaday geheela Make DtapJairs. '
The Mount Tabor Sunday School won '
first prize in its class. Second prise
went ta ths First Universalis! Suadsy
School at Broadway and East Twenty
fourth street. A committee under the'
direction of Mrs. E. K. Thomas dseor-
ated the car of Mrs. K. H. Snelltng, erf
Irvlngton. for this display. ... ,
Honorable mjntlon In the Sunday,
School division wss divided between
ths Mount Tabor Methodlit Bundey
School and tba Third Baptist Bible
School, each having a creditable entry
In line. The Mount Tabor boys bad
klg "booster" sign In rosea.
One of the most Interesting entries
In this dlvlajoq wss that of tbo Quaker
Sunday School, which carried a dosan
young girls nestly attired In toiru
Hotel Quaker dresses and bonnets.
Other entries In the Hunrtay avhees
division, were the First Congregational
Church, Emmanuel Partlst Church,
Wavsrlelgh Heights, will a display el
daisies and a banner reading "Ross'
City la a Daisy," Christian Church,
Laurolwood. Teylor-atrt Methodist
Church, Grace Church. Highland Sun
day School, Arista Baptist Church,
1'ledm.Qnt - and , Central , Methodist
Churel. , ' . ,
Peblle Scfceela 1st I4ie.
Many public ehools were represented.
Thompson, with Its handsomely decor-'
ated machine taking first prise. See'
ond went to Holladay, while the Orade
Teachers' Association, with 4ta rod and
white adornmsnts took third. Honor
able mention went to Atnswnrth Sehool.
At ths closs of the parade tha prise
winners went to the Portland Hotel,
wl.ere the prises wsr awarded by O.
K. Jrffery, Frank C. Rlstgs and JL L.
Keats. The Judges Were thanked by
the winners, who In turn were , oon
gratulated by tha losera.
The judges ware Professor - Robert
Krohn. A. al. Doyle aad Calvla Mellig,
on the grand prise for the most unique
and the most gtoteaqqe car, tha tour
ing car class snd the schools end or
ganlsatlona divisions. J. C. KngllsB
and f. A. Taylor, were judge for the
other elasaes.
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