4 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN'. rORTLAXD, MAY 2H. 1DO0.
Fish Ladder Proves Great Aid
to Salmon in Climbing Up Falls
Stock of Fish in Upper River Attests Value of Aid Stat Hu Rendered to
King of Fishes is Willamette.
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AI.MO. A.CKXniG FTH I.tnnKR AT FALLS OF WILLAtieTTE,
BT WALTER F. BACKUS.
There are i.mci when most every
one has the blues; when every task
eem as big as a mountain and all
obstacles appear insurmountable. We
11 have such spells. The next time
you think that the whole world is
bucking: you take a trip to Oregon
City and watch the noble Chinook
salmon trylns; to ascend the fish lad
der over Willamette Falls. If the
sig-ht of their insistent, never-ceasing:
struggle does not prove a, positive In
spiration then I miss my guess.
From the time the salmon leaves
the ocean In answer to nature's call
his life is one continual fight for ex
istence. His first entry In fresh water
is greeted with hundreds of glllnets
with their cruel waiting meshes. If
be Is successful In circumventing these
wide-armed monsters and seeks the
quiet water away from the channel,
he finds a wilderness of salmon traps
ready to receive him. Should he seek
short rest on the sunlit san bars
further up the river, he suddenly finds
almself in seine, whoie length and
lepth seems interminable.
Pitfalls on Every side.
.Pernps the salmon Is fortunate
inough to escape these pitfalls and
continues on up the river. Ills journey
then becomes a veritable game of hide
and seek m-lth drifting glllnets. with
an occasional fish wheel to relieve the
monotony. By tbe time he finally
reaches Willamette Falls and resists
the lure of a score of flashing salmon
spoons, he has become a veteran in the
full sense of the word. A thorough
npftion of the water finally ends
In his reaching the pool at the fool
of the !! Iaddr. a ro'ind. rock-ribbed
pool some So feet In diameter. Its up
per portion a boiling, foaming mass of
white water, where the overflow rnmti
tumbling down in from an eight-foot
drop.
Like a flight of rockets a continual
procession of fish hurl themselves into
the fulling water. Tn. 1 h. :o-pound-r
leap hlKh Into the overwhelming flood;
now a tiny silver flash as a little three
pounder makes his Jump; then a
mighty splash as a huge 40-pounder
makes a clumsy try and Is thrown
bar-k all In a heap.
In the clear water at the fot of the
pool can b seen scores of res:ti.g Sal
mon. Nearly every third fish shows the
marks of aglllnet around his middle;
others have their dorsal fins or their
nosea badly bruised. In some cases the
top of the head Is one large bloody
wound like a red badge of courage.
But each and every one has the asm
Indomitable fighting spirit; get over at
any cost.
The foaming mater makes their Jumps
a matter of gueaswork. they cannot
where they are lumping to. hnm'llmpi
a big one will fly straight at the rocky
wall, striking his bleeding nose a most
resounding smack: another will leap
sideways, land clear up on the bouldera.
and after much frantic flopping finally
regain the water.
But they do g -t over. A well-directed
leap will land the fish Just at the brink,
where a few srenuoua movements will
put him safely over.
Salmon Ieap Seven Time.
Not long ago 1 saw a SO-pound fish,
whose dorsal fin was nearly cut off.
make a grand leap, only to fall on the
harp stones bordering the pool.
After a few minutes the same flan
made another try. with the same result.
Hlx times 1 saw that brae fellow rise
at the falling water, only to be thrown,
bruised and gasping, back Into the boil
ing pool. Then out be came again,
straight Into the center, hung for an in
stant on the very edge, and scurried
over like a frightened rat. Surely such
persistence should .leach man to laugh
at the ordinary obstacles of everyday
Tnle first leap Is on'y a Hrglnntr.g. fr
there are more, though not as d:tt
cu'.t. Home years ago the state appro
priated mony for the building of the n!l
ladder A J-ri.-s of steps mere bleated
out of the solid rn and Die stater goes
tearing through like a mountain cascade.
The lengTh of the lad!T Is probably riot
over .feet and the total fall nearly
feet. At times every si. p In the ladder Is
llieraily crowded with salmon; tln-jr wedge
In so close that every movement of t!:e
mars forces1 several neh bj. k Into the
current.
In eplle of Its dlfT'ctllttes. the ladder Is
a siicre. Reports from the Hani lam and
MrKrnxie Ilivers stale that there are
more salmon In those streams than at any
time In I e pjist ten ears.
And what is the salmon's reward for his
matcMeM djpUy of courage? it Is
summed tip in fcne word death; a lonely,
lingering death In some far-off mountain
st rr a in.
I'pon rrarhlrg the spawning ground the
aalmon pair c.T. With many s oops of
their broad tails the parent flab scrape out
a nest In the gravel. After the cces have
been deposited and fertilised the neh
stand guard: the female f.ah closely
watching tl.c rsga. mhl'e the buck, with
hla hook nose and generally repulsive ap
pearance, keeps trout and other Intruders
away, Kuch day they (row weaker. A
peculiar growth attacks their talis and
fins, gradually rotting them away. It
spread to the eyes, stowly blinding them,
until in the hideous, sightless object one
finds but little resemblance to the Itoyal
Chinook.
HORSE AND VEHICLE PARADE
WILL BE THREE MILES LONG
Special Arrangements Are Being Made for Entertainment of Chicago
Visitors. Who Will Ride in Decorated Tallyhos.
PARTIVLAR attention Is to be paid by
the Portland Hunt Club in Its prepa
rations for the sumptuous horse and
carriage parade of the Rose Festival.
Thursday. June 10. to lavish entertain
ment for the Chicago Association of Com
merce, which will have Ita SO or more dis
tinguished representatives In the city on
that day.
The matter was taken up at a confer
ence Friday afternoon, between Chairman
W. M. Davis and President Ambrose M.
Cronln. of the club, and it was arranged
to secure a sufficient number of tally-hos.
WILL
APPEAR AS SOLOIST AT APOLLO CLUB CONCERT
MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 31.
MISS ELIZABETH HARWAS.
Miss Elisabeth llarwas is one Portland girl who at least Is musical
';."1 V!".: " th. name and dignity , rrUnl 'i?
. ... .- i"e i ine Apollo t-inb concert which la
to take place at the Heilig Theater on the night of May 1 This win
ii h Professional appearance before a large Portland audience
since her recent return from Italy, where she further perfected heV.eU
in the pure Italian method of ainglng and emerged as the prim, donna
of an Italian grand opera company and went on tour with It mak"ni
vonee"?PefiT".nCe, "nd w,nn,n ""y Pl-aaant successes. Mis. Marwa?
olce is that of a pure soprano of splendid quality and volume and.
while a resident of this city, where she sang In church cho
many concerts, .he was a great social favorite, so much so that
scored recalls wherever she went and e.roeei ih. , ' ""
soprano. There Is more than usual Interest now to hear her sing n
or.. '"J"" .h,'r VO'C hR rp"-"l tl.a added polish of Italian grand
opera. Her selection at the Apollo Club concert Is an aria from " AldaV-
gorgeously decorated, to permit thee
FAietrrn captains of industry to ride In
the splendid street cavalcade. A special
scheme of decoration and a selection of
the finest four, or slx-in-hands. as lha
rase may be. will be worked out by the
committee and the grand division of that
procession promises to exeell in elsb
oratenras any effort of Ita kind ever at
tempted in this city.
"We are fully conscious of the fact that
we shall have a more brilliant street ai
rs fie on that day than anything our peo
ple have ever done." said Mr. Iiavls yea.
terday. ""We are to have with tsa a group
of the foremost commercial leaders of
Chicago at that time, and we shall pre
pare to be cordial hosts In every way
we can. While every Port lander feels
a certain amount of local pride in con
tributing to the success of the Festival,
our own committee realizes that It de
volves upon us to show Chicago some
thing of the st-ilT we are made of. V
shall do so. We have our affalra In
such shape now that If the merchant
princes of Chicago should come here to
morrow we would be able to give them
a hospitable greeting of which any
Portland citizen might well be proud."
The tally-hos which will be reserved
for the exclusive use of the Chicago
party will be turned over to a special
committee of decorators and no pains or
expense will be spared to make them
the most gorgeous floral caravans that
ever moved through the city's eireeta.
One of the tail) hoe. probably lite p
W. Leadbetter turnout, will be reserved
exclusively for the five Chicago news
paper correspondents with the parly and
such frlerds and members of the enter
tainment committee as shall be select
ed. Chairman L'avls and Superintendent
Cooper, of the streetcar company, have
been working out a route for Ihe parade,
but are noi ready to announce It as et.
for the reason that addlt:onal entries
from rocmbeis of the club, from the
Riverside Prlvlng Association, from in
dividual owners of fancy turnouts ars
com'ng In" at a rate that makes It dim
cult to deelde on the line of mareh. until
the entries shall have been closed.
One of the grand divisions of the pa
grant Is to be set aside for the River
side Driving Ae.-laTlon. and wnh Ita
or more members preparing to deco
rate the r vehicle and get Into line. t
Is probable that the irocesaion will be
between three and four miles in length.
C renter thn any former parade of Its
kind that Portland has ever heJ.
The Portland Hunt Club ftprtng meet
at the Country Club ra -etra. k in connec
tion with the Rose Feetlral on Saturday.
June II. la to he another notable feature
of the week's celehrstloa and Ita details
are In the hands of the same committee,
which la arranging for the big atreet
parade.
The various race events which have al
ready been announced In The oregonian
are In a class of their own. Better tal
ent has been cngsaed. and more of it
than any former Hprlng meet has ever
enjoyed, largely from the fact thai there
has been no suitable course over which
the events could be run In the past.
Preliminary training for the Roman
chariot races which will he the lead ng
feature of this meet will begin during
the coming week, both A. M. Cronln and
R B- Lamson. Ihe contending ehanoteera.
having made arrangementa to have their
turnouts ready for the tryou'a on the
Course within the next few days.
Wise: Husband.
Philadelphia Bulletin )
Bro:.seft-l Just given $! for this
dlamj-vi ring for my wife
Woodson It's a beauty. But Ian t It
rather er etrivcn:.i
x Bronson Not a biL Tuink what it will
save in glovea.
Famous Italian Band
To Be Heard at Oaks
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DO..ATF.1.I.18 famous Italian band
of 30 pieces, with Miss tlessia
Bu!pln. soprano soloist, wilt be
the Jeaillng musiial attraction at the'
Oaks opening next Saturday. May r 1.
A splendid programme Is being ar
ranged and the music lovers of Port
laud may count with conndence upon
an unusual treat. The band, which In
cludes several stsr eoloieta was organ
ised seveial years ago and has won en
thusiastic approval wherever It has ap
peared. Ita pronounced succesa during
re-ent engagements In Southern Cali
fornia haa added to the laurels of Its
director. Stgnor Nicola Donatelll.
Vourg and handsome, this leader of
classical music is not onl a composer
of unusual grae. but a man of busi
ness saga- lty. as shown by his success
In collecting for his own a band of
such noteworthy membership.
Ionatell received his musical traln-
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servatory at Naples. He baa played
In lha principal Kuropean capitals,
winning approval, especially at Milan.
He led the bombsrdl Italian Opera. In
which h was aio a soloist; he demon
strated his quality as director under
the famous Kllery. In whose band ha
substituted the great Creatnre. ona
telila methods at earnest and sincere,
but overflowing with the rk-h Illn
quality of the highest Italian school of
musical art. Among the nne soloists
of the band Is A. Ma. ana. with the
trombone, who Is already pnular with
Oaks pstrona. having played thera dur
ing two previous seasons ilnfH Intel,
lophone): N. Zannal felarlonetl: M.
Manna (Cornell and 1. I onofrto (flute)
are all soloists of wide reputation.
Signer DOnofrlo. it will be remem
bered, played with Mascagnl when la
Portland last.
Miss Kulpin Is a rifted new dramatic
soprano, for whom International suc
cess is predicted. x beautiful young
society girl of 1-oa Angeles, without
previous stage training ahe attracted
Immediate athrntloa at her first public
appearance recently In Ia Angeles and
won the flattering approval of all erlt
lrs. A great concert rsreer Is predicted
for her.
The -Rattle of tt-e Clouds" is the
PORTLAND f,IIf BIG CIRCUS OF THR YF.ARt
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the big fireworks display at the oak,
arranged for the evenings of June
and II. This Is to be one of the lead
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and the oaks' management will spend
oven :oa on tbe event. Rerent tin
weather la doing wonder with lha
magnificent rose display at the Oaks,
wrl. h be festival tl-rs will amr-'v 'tiatl-
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EVERYBODY GOES TO THE OAKS
OPENING
Next Saturday
MAY 29
"Coney Island of the Pacific"
Portland'
Popular
Playground
A Great Musical Event
Signor Nicola Donatelli's Famous
Italian Band
Including Many Soloists of National Note
MISS BESSIE BULPIN
The New Vocal Star
NEW TRAIL ATTRACTIONS
Enjoy the Beautiful Rose Garden of Portland.
Hare a Good Tune and Don't Forget
The "Battle of the Clouds"
Great Fireworks Feature of ROSE FESTIVAL
at The OAKS June 9 and 11.
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Connect With Oak Trains at East End of Bridge
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