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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNK 7, 1908. W.O.W.'S PARADE EUGENE ROSES PREPARED FOR PORTLAND FESTIVAL Several Thousand Members of Order in Line, Many Be ing in Uniform. DRAWS BIG CROWD ioIIlM BUSINESS NUMBER OF FINE FLOATS Some of Features or Xiglit Pageants Used Over Again A. Ij. Barbur Is Grand Marshal Five Bands of Music. Although not so much was expected of J-esterday afternoon's parade as of the former pageants of Festival week, It vied with any so far held as to the number of persons in line. . A number of floats that had appeared in the night parades were brought out again and they looked even better in daylight than they ap peared on the streets at night. Again there were . throngs of people lining the streets covered by the pageant. Apparently the parades held earlier in the week have not . tired the people of this kind of entertainment. Although the parade was late in starting, caused by the difficulty In assembling the different didvfsions, people stood in line uncom plainingly for an hour waiting for the procession. Yesterday's parade was almost Wholly a Woodmen of the World affair. There were at least 2500 Woodmen in the line of march. Everywhere there were Wood men axes, the emblem of the order, and the spectators showed the popularity of the organization by expressions of ap proval and generous applause as the com panies swept down the street with mili tary precision. The first division consisted of the "Uni form Rank. W. O. W., and was led by A. L. Barbur. grand marshal, and his aide, C. C. Bradley. Various companies of the Uniform Rank, from Portland and outside points in the state, made up this department of the parade. The men, In uniform, made a fine showing. De Caprio's band led the procession and be sides Woodmen bands from Newberg and Vancouver, Brown's and Tomlinson'3 bands were in the line of march. . The second division of the parade con sisted of floats, the W. O. W. float that appeared In the parade Friday night lead ing. Then came the Hood River float, showing the fruits of that famous sec tion, followed by the Medford float, which displayed the splendid apples that are grown In the Rogue River Valley. The Dalles flrfat also called attention to the fruit grown In Wasco County, while the McMinnville float showed the walnut In dustry of Yamhill County. St. John sent a float that showed that city of indus tries with factories and skyscrapers on nil sides, while Klamath Falls displayed Its agricultural resources by means of a handsome float. The second division was In command of M. T. Maeey, Mayor of McMinnville, Colonel H. L. Day and Ma jor R. G. Morrow. The third division consisted of visiting camps of Woodmen, who covered several blocks as they marched four abreast. The following camps were in line: Alblna, Arleta. Troutdale. Newberg. The Dalles. St. John, Vancouver. McMinnville and Hood River. The division was in com mand of Ben F. Green, Frank Motter and E. H. Bofinger. ' . The fourth division was composed of all West Side Woodmen camps, led by Multnomah, and was In command of L. S. Dowie. M. O. Wilkins, Frank Caldwell and E. House. The fifth division consisted of automo biles and was in command of Major Will iam Reidt. President Whitemore and M.inager Hutchin. of the Rose Festival Associa tion, reviewed the parade from the grand stand. The large attendance of out-of-town Woodmen was commented upon quite generally as showing the widespread interest throughout the state In the Rose Festival. One pf the prettiest floats in the pa rade was that of Arbutus Circle, Women of Woodcraft, which symbolized the fraternal spirit of the order. Mme. Gould Short of Money. , PARIS, June 6. Counsel for Mme. Anna Gould yesterday applied to the Civil Tribunal to grant her a delay in the payment of $24,000 to Mme. Nlmi doff, a singer, for a necklace purchased by her former husband. Count Boni de Castellane. pointing out that her In come now is only ?6000 per month and that It would be impossible to pay such a large sum immediately. The court con sented to the payment of $6000 each three months to the singer. Parade of Woodmen of World, Countermarching on Sixth Street, Head and Tail of Line Being Seen ......................................................................................... ............. ....................................................... ...... .......................... A tf 3 t 4 t OS! 1)ISI'I,AY IX ROOMS OF COMMERCIAL CLUB IX COLLEGE TOWX. EUGENE, Or., June 6. t Special. Tne aDove pnotograph of a corner of the gymnasium of the Eugene Commercial Club shows some of the roses that were gathered to send to the Portland Rose Festival. The people of Eugene, when asked to gather roses for the people of Portland, brought thousands of them from the best gardens In the city, and were still bringing loads of them when word came from Port land that they could use no more. Springfield also contributed many beautiful flowers. In appreciation of Portland's large vote for the University of Oregon, the citizens here had arranged to send a carload of roses a day if Portland wanted them. , ' , LIBEL BY SEATTLE TIMES SAYS PORTLAXD GOT ROSES FROM CALIFORNIA. Aljsurd Story From Tacoma Corre spondent Attributed to Com mercial Traveler. Under the caption, "Portland's Roses Are Sent From California," the Seattle Times of June 3 prints an absurd and libelous story concerning the source of Portland's roses for use in Festival deco rations. The Times attributes the article to its Tacoma correspondent and pre sents the "knock" In the form of an al laged interview from a commercial drummer. The offending article follows: The Times Special Service. TACOMA. "Wednesday. June 3. "Never has the City of Portland been the victim of a better Joke than during the past few days when, to celebrate the Rose Carnival now in progress, the 'Rose City' found that weather conditions had so retarded 4he growth of Portland's flowers that it was necessary to spnrt to California for several carloads of roses." says C. P. Morley. a commercial man who registered at the Tacoma Hotel last night. - . Morley, who is well known to Tacoma busi ness men, having been a frequent visitor here for many years, vouches foe the truth of the rtory about the roses, which he says has created consternation among the people of Portland. The newspapers of the Rose City and the business men are doing every thing possible to prevent the newspapers? of Seattle from getting next to the shipment of roses from California for the "Rose Carnival" in the "Rose City," saye Morley. "The man who originated that story Is the most contemptible liar of the age," said President Whitemore, - of the Rose Festival Association, yesterday, when shown the dispatch. "Ananias must take secohd place to such a creature. It is not to be wondered at that Seattle and Tacoma should be a little jealous and at tempt to pick up drivel of that order. Puget Sound would like to monopolize the attention of the country and cannot help but feel a little Irritated at the big success of the Rose Festival spirit. "Not a single solitary rose was re ceived in Portland from California for the Rose Festival," continued Mr. White more. "Portland doesn't need California roses. . If such a thing had been done California would have exposed thething before now. But of course It remained for Seattle to do the 'exposing,' although I doubt If Seattle generally would ap prove of such disgusting utterances as are printed by the Times. "We had all the roses that were needed and more. Millions were used in the dec orations anal more could have been had If needed. The weather was not ideal for roses before the Festival, to be sure, but that did not prevent millions of buds from blooming." I understand that Portland business men will pay their respects to that drummer should he ever come to Portland again to sell goods. Other drum mers who spread the same kind of re ports, ostensibly to help them sell goods elsewhere, may find business a little dull when they try to make sales here In the future." Elks Float Masterpiece. One of the handsomest floats in the historical and allegorical parade of Friday night was the Elks float, which attracted wide interest and applause. It was a masterpiece from a decorative standpoint, eymbolizing the order it represented in an impressive way. The foat was designed by J. C. Friendly, who was assisted in the decorative work by a committee composed of R. G. Morrow, Dr. J. D. Fenton and George Otten. In the float were Miss Maude Fryer, Miss Wilson and Margaret Gardiner. It was the only float which was electrically illuminated and this feature was attended to by Robert Skeen. Others who lent their efforts to making the float the big success were Dr. Sternberg, S. C. Friendly and W. M. Robinson. MADE WIDOWS VICTIMS Ex-Claim Agent of Xw York Rail road a Swindler. WATERTOWN. N. Y June 6. Cor nelius Christy, superintendent of the Rome. Watertown & Ogdensburg divi sion of the New York Central, has caused the arrest of P. J. McCormack. a well-known athlete here and until May 1 the claim agent of the com pany, on the charge of forgery. Mc cormick's alleged peculations are esti mated at from $20,000 to $100,000. His method, according to -Superintendent Christy, was to approve a claim of art Injured party or of the survivor, usually the widow of a man killed on the road, forge the claimant's name to the check sent In payment and pay the claimant a small portion of the sum In cash. Will Protect Timber From Fire. VANCOUVER, B. C. June 6. The forests of the coast region of British Columbia will be protected from fire this Summer In a more comprehensive manner than ever before, as more war dens are being employed and their jurisdiction Is far more extended than in the past. W. C. Gladwin, chief fire warden, has opened his headquarters office in Vancouver, and this week the appointments of all the deputy wardens have been made, and already some of the men have proceeded to their posts. The others will be at work next week. ! 4 -if i ' L lite 1 t ' !vr ?JSi iHzn ''r$e5t fir v I " i - i i ,: i . yx th, v H 1 zzi life 5 r t 5JfSf ! ' ' . . .. IJf V-srfA t t v! .i ' ' J Peninsula Citizens Suc cessfully Complete Pleasant Task of Welcoming the City's Visitors. H HE Peninsula carried ,out success- I fully the programme it mapped out some time ago for Its part in the Rose Festival that of greeting strangers arriving at the Union Depot and sup plying them with roses fresh from the gardens; and yesterday, the last day of the Festival, was the busiest and most important one at the booth at the depot. Since last Monday morning until last night this booth was replen ished every morning from points along the Peninsula on a special car donated for the purpose by the Porcland Rail way, Light & Power Company. Numer ous helpers made the work of gather ing the roses from the homes on the Peninsula easy. Committees of ten and more had been appointed by all the improvement clubs to gather the roses, and these were supplemented by the school children and by the people as a whole, so that there was no short age of roses at any time. It is esti mated that 10,000 roses were given out at the booth, at the Union Depot every day, so that altogether about 75,000 roses were given away at this booth alone. The distribution of the rcses was left to the young women, and this was one of the pleasing features of the week. The booth was given a promi nent place near che main street en trance to the depot, from which pas sengers coming from the arriving trains usually pass. Roses were . at tractively and tastefully arranged, and strangers arriving on their long and tiresome rides feasted their eyes on this splendid collection. Then, polite aftendants handed them one or more of the roses. Roses came from the Peninsula In such numbers that- there was a superabun dance at the close of each day. The man agers of the booth were surprised at this, for they were "a little apprehensive that the supply would be limited. Those who were at the booth most of the time dur ing the week expressed themselves a3 more than satisfied with the result. Vis itors were surprised and delighted to get the roses. At the Forestry building also a booth was maintained. At the booths a pamphlet was given out descriptive of the Peninsula, the Rose City's "Promised Land." Fifteen thousand of these pamphlets were distributed. The man agement of the booths and? the distribu tion of the descriptive literature were In the hands of the Peninsula Rose Festival Association, composed of members 6f the Peninsula push clubs and the Peninsula CI . PL Iii Pr "Li 'afiA -u - I Thousands of Dollars' Worth of High Grade Merchandise at Prices That Sweep Aside Opposition. Every Ar ticle in the Store Is Marked Down 25 Per Cent to 3 Less Than the Regular "BIG EAGER CROWDS" attended this sale all last week. So crowded were we that we were forced to close our doors on two occasions in order to rearrange goods. For this week we have secured extra salespeople so that our customers will ex perience no delay in being waited upon. If you need anything in the following, by all means get them now, while stocks are complete DRESS GOODS BLANKETS NOTIONS SILKS COMFORTS PARASOLS VELVETS BEDSPREADS UMBRELLAS VELVETEENS WOMEN'S CLOAKS HOSE SUPPORTERS LININGS WOMEN'S SUITS BELTS WASH FABRICS WOMEN'S SKIRTS HAIR COMBS WHITE GOODS WOMEN'S PETTI- HAIRBRUSHES PERCALES COATS ' HAIR ORNAMENTS CALICOES WOMEN'S WAISTS MEN'S WORK DUCK SUITINGS WOMEN'S KIMONOS SHIRTS CHEVIOT SHIRTING MUSLIN UNDERW'R MEN'S NEGLIGEE DENIM KNIT UNDERWEAR SHIRTS CRETONNES CORSETS MEN'S DRESS S1LK0LINE GIRDLES SHIRTS FLANNELS HOSIERY ' MEN'S GO'F SHIRTS TABLE LINENS GLOVES MEN'S FLANNEL NAPKINS LACES SHIRTS SHEETINGS EMBROIDERIES MEN'S UNDERWE'R PILLOW CASES INSERTIONS MEN'S WORK LACE CURTAINS RIBBONS GLOVES MUSLINS CHILDREN'S MEN'S CANVAS TAPESTRY DRESSES GLOVES Real Estate Association, and all worked in harmony. W. J. Peddlcord was chair man of the executive committee having Immediate charge of the rose booths: M. C. VanTyne, secretary; J. F. Hendricks, of St. John, treasurer. Altogether 1000 was raised for this purpose on the Peninsula. Winners of Vehicle Prize. Mrs. Laura B. Darden and Mrs. AV. C. Holman are winners of the J200 trap awarded for the beet-decorated vehicle team In Thursday's parade. They re ported at Festival headquarters yes terday forenoon and claimed the award. The trap was donated by Studebaker Bros. Mrs. Darden and Mrs. Holman combined forces In competing for the award, using thousands of roses In the artletlc decorative effect which won first place for their turnout. NAHAN'S 144 AND 146 THIRD STREET, BETWEEN MORRISON AND ALDER ALL CARS PASS WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF OUR ESTABLISHMENT COMPLIMENTED ON PARADE Officers of Fast Side Business Men's Club Get Much Credit. Credit is freely given C. A. Blgelow, president of the East Side Business Men's Club, for making it possible to hold the children's parade on Grand avenue Thursdas' night. He himself passes the honors along to others, but along with Secretary W. M. Jackson, who shares a large portion of the honors as he did the work, Mr. Bigelow is given credit for turning what promised to be failure into a complete success. Several weeks ago many of the members of he club had serious misgivings over the outlook, but President Blgelnw and Secretary Jack son brushed aside every difficulty and MEN'S DEESS GLOVES MEN'S SWEATERS MEN'S NIGHTROBES MEN'S WORK SOX MEN'S FANCY HALF HOSE MEN'S OVERALLS MEN'S JUMPERS MEN'S UMBRELLAS BOYS' SHIRTS BOYS' OVERALLS MEN'S AND BOYS' CAPS AND HATS, TIES AND COLLARS SUSPENDERS AND HANDKERCHIEFS CHILDREN'S ROMPERS WAITERS' APRONS AND CAPS went ahead with preparations when others thought it was time to call a halt. Failure to secure the Jf.HO appropriated by the Council because the appropriation; was illegal was not a serious matter, for money to pay for the decorations and other expenses was raised from property owners and business men. Mr. Bigelow says he is now glad the club did not get the $500 appropriated by the City Coun cil, since it would compel the East Side to carry the whole burden. Child Falls Down Elevator. TACOMA. Wash.. June 6. Albert T02 er, Jr., the 4-year-nId son of Albert Tozer, a well-known dealer in timber lands, was Instantly killed by falling down tho elevator shaft in the Chamber 'of Com merce building today. The child alighted at the third floor by mistake. In turning to go back he stepped through the opening.
