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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1906)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. MAY 13, 1906 lllJ V" - 1 i- -" i - I - r&rAiJ': c - jiT' " V " "s. i o Jf ' " r SEVERAL hundred young ladies who have their hearts Bet upon visiting the wonderful Yellowstone Park huve waited the advent of today's Ore gonlan. To some of them it brings hap plness. oihera disappointment, and to not u few it cornea in the form of a bright ray of hope. There have been many; many changes in the leaders in the vari ous districts embraced in the scope of the Oregonian Yellowstone Park contest since the last publication of the standing of the candidates. The revised lists are pub lished today, which will be eagerly read by thousands of eyes. The young contestants are not the only ones who will consult the lists today. They all have hundreds of friends, who are almost as mnch interested in the con test as the girls themselves. Some of the young ladies who were leaders and felt reasonably secure now find themselves displaced. Other young ladles who were tar. far in the rear and were fighting against what seemed almost hopelessness now find themselves In the lead. Still oth ers who had almost given up hope are now among the leaders, and their ad vancement has given them fresh energy and courage. And so it goes, and the charges will continue to take place until the greatest and grandest contest ever conducted by a newspaper on the Pacific Const will come to a glorious conclusion. The contest Is now In its last stages, and the candidates are exerting every possible effort to obtain votes. There la no lagging behind now, but all are working as though their lives depended upon success. All their spare time is de voted to endless canvasses among their friends. At night, but not until the hour Is late, they retire many of them dis couraged and disheartened. But with the dawn of a new day they are as hopeful and aa eager as before, and once more they start out on their pursuit of the precious votes. . It Is a Strenuous Contest. Pay after day they labor, always stirred on by the fact that their opponents are working Just as hard and as faithfully as they. Another thing that stirs them on is that they know th-y are working for a prise that Is worth the effort. They know that If they win out they will take the trip of their lives, and that they will be more than repaid for al! their work. It days more and the great contest will be over. Only 19 days more and the several hundred candi dates will have concluded their cam paigns and will aw-alt the returns as anxiously as the most ambitious office seeker. Some of the girls who have a Rood lead over their nearest oppo nents wish that the contest would end tomorrow. To them, the days seem like weeks. But to the others who are not in the lead, the days seem like minutes. Interest Is Intense. The pace set by the candidates in all of the districts is fast and furious. The interest is Just as Intense in Idaho and Washington as it Is right here "in, Oregon. Interest in Portland Is at a white heat, but it is Just the' same in all the other cltios that have candidates in the contest. Votes are rolling in by the thousands, and the contest department is swamped with work. And the number of votes received increases daily. The voting will continue to grow heavier until the last few days when an avalanche of votes will pour in. The contest will come to a close Friday, June 1. at 9 o'clock at night. No votes will be received after that hour, either at the office of the" contest manager or by the different agents of The Oregonian in all parts of the country. Votes mailed by the contestants June 1 will be credited. This concession is made for the benefit of the candidates of the outside dis tricts. This will give them as much time In which to work as the girls In Portland, as upon the last day every second will count. There are shown today photographs of the 24 young ladles who were lead ers of the different districts last Wednesday. Many of them are not leaders now. as changes -have taken place since the lists of the standing of the candidates was prepared last Wednesday. But all -of the girls whose pictures are herewith shown are of the kind to . whom defeat is a total stranger and they say that even If they are displaced that they will be In the lead when the contest closes. But their opponents have something to say about this and they are all equally confident of success. Batches of - votes ranging In number from 10.000 to 50.000 votes are dally re ceived by the contest department. Only recently 60,000 votes were sent in by one of the candidates. Before the contest closes it is believed that even more votes than this will be received from some of the candidates at one time. The contest itself is already a grand success. But the trip upon which the young lady winners will be taken will bo In keeping with tha success of the contest. The Oregonian party will ' trav el In its own special train. A splendidly equipped train will be chartered, espe cially for The Oregonian party., -which is something "without precedent in 'the newspaper history of the United States. No other newspaper in the United States has ever chartered a special . train . for a like purpose. It must be admitted that at the begin ning of the contest it was not the inten tion of The Oregonlan to charter a spe cial train for the convenience of the fortunate young lady winners. The Ore gonlan Intended to do like other news papers. That is either send the party on one of the regular trains or provide for them a special Pullman coach to be at-" tached to the regular trains. But the contest has been different from most contests, and so the trip will be different' from all other trips. The con test is by far the greatest and most suc cessful contest ever conducted by any newspaper on the Pacific Coasts More rotes were received by.- the contest man ager in two months than by any other newspaper with which he has been con nected. . go. of course. The Oregonian feels that it is incumbent upon Itself to provide the winners of the contest with something out of the ordinary. The Oregonlan Special. "The Oregonian Special." as it will be known, will be one of the finest trains ever seen in the West. It will consist of two Pullman palace cars, an observation car, dining-car. baggage coach and an en gine. Every comfort known to the trav eling public will be provided for the young ladles, and they will travel In style know-n only by the millionaires of the countrv. All or the successful candidates will j visit Portland before leaving for the Yel j lowstone Park. They will first be brought i to Portland, and will remain here several j days. Many splendid entertainments will I be given in their honor. Many surprises are In store for them. It will be so' ar ranged that the party will spend the Fourth of, July in Portland: The party j will leave Portland on the "Oregonlan Special." over the O. R. & N. They will ride for miles along the banks of the Co lumbia River, which is generally admit ted to be the most beautiful running body of water in the world. This magnificent stream, with the silvery waterfalls snow capped peaks and mountain gorges- in proximity, is so beautiful that the oftener it is seen the more it is appreciated. Through State of . Idaho. Leaving the Columbia River, the O. R. '& N. runs through the vast plains of Eastern Oregon, where the agriculturists and the cattle and sheep men reign su preme, into delightful Western Idaho. There they will see the wonderful Snake River, which is as attractive In its way as the Columbia River. After passing through the fertile, irri gated valleys of Western Idaho, The Ore gonlan party will be taken to Boise, where It 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 Boise. They will welcome the tourists and many features are being planned to make their visit a pleasa.nt one. All cities visited will try to outdo the others' in entertaining The Oregonlan party, and this will make it unusually pleasant for the tourists. Progressive City of Boise. Boise is one of the most progressive and modern cities in the West, although in size it is rather small compared to some of the 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 Natstorium, the largest and most excel lent resort of its kind in the Northwest, There the members of The Oregonian party will be invited to bathe in luke warm water which gushes from natural hot springs. Troops at Fort Yellowstone. . Two companies of United States cavalry are stationed at Fort Yellowstone (Mam moth Hot Springs). During the Summer detachments of these troops are placed at different localities in the reservation. Their duties are to patrol the Park, pre vent 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 especially prohibited, and all guns are officially sealed at the entrance to the park. The commanding officer at Fort Yel lowstone is acting superintendent of the reservation. All rules and regulations emanate from the Department of the Interior, and printed copies of the same will be found at every hotel. Fishing In the Park. The rivers and lakes of Yellowstone abound in trout, the United States Fish Commission having stocked many of the waters. Native trout only are found in the Yellowstone Lake and River, but the Fire Hole, Gibbon and Nez Perces Rivers and Indian. Willow and Shos hone Creeks are filled, with Eastern trout. ' . . In Madison River native and Eastern troutfish, whlteflsh . and grayling abound. Rainbow trout were once planted In the Gibbon River, but they sought the deeper waters of the Madison, from whence specimens weighing six pounds and over have been taken. There are land-locked salmon 20 ta 30 inches long in Shoshone Lake. The rules of the park as to huntins and flbhing are very strict, but as yet few regulations have been interposed to the use of the rod. Ladies enjoy trout fishing in Yellowstone Lake, where rowboats and guides are easllj obtained. . v Vlsltdrs to the park are reminded that its elevations vary, and that changes In the temperature are not un common. The evenings and morningf are always cool, but at midday it li often quite warm. Aboard the coach, and in the shad of the. hotel verandas, wraps will b found comfortable. Umbrellas are iot bad among tn geysers. ' Leaders and Their Votes. The following are the leaders in the different districts and. ihelr votes: District Candidate. Votes. 1. Miss Susie Smith . . . . v 147.946 ,2. Miss Elsie Koch : . . .-. 69,923 8. Miss Elsie Rometsch 207.604 4. Miss Alice Taylor .... 154.973 5. Miss Emma Hackney 10.678 6. Miss Tilly Daveneau 67.098 7. Miss Helen Goodwin 24,962 8. Miss Gussie Bottemlller.... 4,138 8. MIss'Dot Berry .: .J... 71.445 10. Miss Gertrude Rast 61.253 11. Miss Agnes Wilson ....... 104,548 12. Miss Hepple Eaton 40,277 13. Miss Mabel Kellogg- , 60.905 14. Miss Laura Garrett 82.424 15. Miss Alice Boone ......... 45,096 16. Miss Nola Coad 147.139 17. Miss Rena Rowland ........ 33.414 IS. Miss Gertrude Randall .... 60.103 19. Miss Anna Corbett ........ 23,264 20. Miss Grace Black 10,025 21. Miss Grace Wilkinson .... 84,671 22. Miss Mildred Looney 111.021 23. Miss Marie Mlckel 86,873 24. Miss Mary Hessemer ....... 22,91 1
