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
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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.
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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.