THREE STATES TAKE PART IN GREAT CELILO CANAL OPENING
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, Represented by Public Officials and Laymen, Participate in Grand and Spectacular Climax When New Waterway Formally Is Presented to People by Government.
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it whole .week to lo it, but the task
of opentiig the iJclllo Canal finallv
wa accomilishi last week.
'J.'ho wcohfiil ot final formalities and
lormai uiuintles was preceded by a
series of events of lesser Importance,
lut all calculated as nrcesnary steps
in attaining the prand and spectacular
climax last "Vemesdav when the new
waterway Xownallv was presented to
the people by represeiv.anves of tne
vernment that built it and paid
lor it.
A early as a week foof'ire that his
toric day 1horir.l vesn.;! was sent
through the canal. The tcUcanier Inland
Empire wa BC.lecttvl for this honor.
fhe passed nucecssfiilly through the
locks and the channel, requiring less
than four hours to complete the voy-
Prominent among those on board the
Inland Empire were Joseph X. Teal,
who has labored urtceasinply for inland
waterway development; N. J. iMnnott,
representative from the fiecond Ore
gon Congressional district; Colonel J.
J. Morrow, the United States Army en
gineer "ft'ho has had charge of con
struction work at CelHo; Admiral W.
I. Gray, commander of the' allied' fleets
that prvrttripated in the formal exer
cises a iweek later, and many business
men of ,The Dalles.
That was the first day.- The next
day witnessed another prededleatory
vent, 'it was the formation in Port
land of la large party ot open-river en
thusiasts, who left on the steamer Un
cline on the trip up the Columbia and
Snake Tiivers for Lewiston, Idaho, head
of navigation on the opened waterway.
The Vndinc party left Portland at 1
o'clock Friday morninsr, April SO. The
vessel passed through the Cascade
locks rt 6 o'clock in the morninsr
nd reached The Dalles about 10
o'clocUj The vessel was delayed there
f0sr eVver?1 hours on account of hiKh j
winds, .hut about 3 o'clock in the after
noon 1 ft on the up-river journey. It
took a'hout four hours to go through
the locks and waterways. The Undine's
first slop was at Maryhill. Wash.,
where, some membors of the party were
ntcrtalned informally by Samuel Hill,
the KOod roads enthusiast.
The1, lTndtne reached Pasco, Wash., on
Saturday nisht, with a brief call at
ITmali'ila, Or., In the afternoon. On
Sunday niffht they stopped about three
miles; below Alraota, Wash., after call
insr a,t Hiparia in the afternoon for
copies of The Sunday Orcjronian.
At '10 o'clock Monday morning the
TTndine reached Lewiston its objective
rolntj,
Lewiston provided characteristic
Western entertainment. The principal
attraction was a monster street parade
In which all the forces that have con
tributed to the advancement of the
Iewlston district were presented in al
legorical form. The Nea Perce Indian,
native of the Northern Idaho country,
had a prominent place in line. The
plainsman, the buffalo, hunter, the
trapper, the frontiersman with his ox
team and his flintlock rifle, the filacer
miner with his crude cradle, the home
xteadev, the early-day farmer and the
modern agriculturist all had places in
the procession.
The Lewiston celebration was made
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Addison Bennett Gives Truths About Happenings at Canal Celebration on Upper River and Comments on Some
Details Waterway Not to Work Miracle's, but Cuts Freight Rates.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
FOR f ALB. cheap, one rortage Railway, In
cturtLnc; the franchise. It has served Its
purpctrfe. served it well. Will ho sold cheap
or traded ter any sort of crft that can
run on water. Apply to Governor Withy
combe. Ktatehousc, 8alem, or Joe Teal,
3'ortland.
I LOOK for an advertisement of that
kind to appear in The Oregonian at
an early date, lor surely the state
has no further use for the little narrow-gauge
road that ran from The
Dalles to Celilo. It has been put out
of business by the canal with its locks,
diving us an open river from Lewiston
to the sea.
All of which is history now several
days old. The Oregonian had three re
porters and Artift Reynolds at and
before and after the opening and they
have told their stories well. Then
Reynolds took Tige along and thereby
hangs a "tall" which Tlge wagged so
uproariously on Wednesday last that
he shook all of the hair off; he now
looks more like a sage rat than like
a real pup.
Troth Ilia Strong Salt.
In spite of the able representation
that The Oregonian had all the way
from Portland to Lewiston and back
again from Lewiston to the sea, the
editor told me to so up and give a few
truths about the happenings, truth
and uttention to details being my
strong suit.
I was also bid to go up with the
Queens, that is on the same train, and
assist Mrs. C. C. Colt and Mrs. Emery
Olmstead In chaperoning them. For
chaperoning Queens is not a duty be
longing solely to Phil Bates. We had
with us the following Queens: Lydla
IjiRue. Queen of Lewis River: Mar
garet Riordan, Queen of South Fork of
Lewie River: Aneita Close. Queen of
Kalama River: Gladys Wilkins, Queen
of McKenzie River; June Brook. Queen
of Washougal River: Roma Hunting
ton, Queen of Cowlits River; Satie,
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notable on account of the presence of
so large a number of distinguished per
sons in public life. The party included
(iovernors Alexander, of Idaho; Lister,
o Washington;, and Withycombe. of
Oregon: Senators Lane, ot Oregon;
Poindexter and Jones, of Washington',
and Borah and Brady ot Idaho; ex
Governors McConnell and llawley, of
Idaho, and Moore, of Washington.
Following the parade a brief speeeh
makfnpr programme was conducted at
Lewiaton's beautiful city park. Mayor
Morris, of Lewiston, presided. Then
the visitors were taken on automobile
tours oven the surrounding: orchard
country. A niftht a dance was held
on the paved streets and a fireworks
display illuminated the river. The Un
dine, followed by the steamer J. N".
Teal and the Government vessels Uma
tilla and Undine, left at daybreak the
following rooming for the festivities
at lower river points.
The.. twin cities of Pasco and Kenne
wlck, at the mouth of the Snake River,
furnished a Joint celebration on Tues
day, and gave splendid evidence of the
success that attends the efforts of
rival municipalities 'working in har
mony. .
This Jollification was opened arly
in the morning at Pasco with ah im
posing street parade in which, as in
the Lewiston parade, the development
of the country was pictured by a se
ries of floats. Residents of both cities
Joined in the demonstration at Pasco
and then moved in a body by special
Sullivan, Queen of Clackamas River;
Beulah Hinckley, Queen of Calapooia
River, and Wilberta Babbage, Queen of
Willamette River.
Moat Beautiful Not Told.
For beauty, vivacity and pure at
tractiveness there were never nine
Queens in one aggregation that could
hold a candle to my Queens, with
apologies to Mesdames Colt and Olm
stead. Of course there are degrees of
beauty, but I would not go so far as
to say that some of my Queens were
handsomer than some of tho others. It
Is certain that the most beautiful of
them all was well, I know mighty
well but I just won't divulge the secret.
(I could tell it to them singly, but not
en masse).
Just as I had got through invoicing
my Queens, Ruth Plummer, daughter
of O, M. remarked that if I had
such a large family of Queens I must
surely be a King. Gee. how that
tickled me! I was all puffed up. when
up spake Mrs. Conductor Buckley, who
had butted into royal society for the
first time in her life, and remarked.
"Yes, he's a real King, the King of
Sucker Creek." I never did like that
woman. She's too fresh.
What do you think I soon found out?
You never could guess. Let me tell
you then each and' every one of those
Queens had a bottle concealed about
her person. A real bottle a'nd well
filled and Oregon gone dry! Not only
that, but when we reached The Dalles,
or maybe it would be nearer correct to
say at The Dalles, Celilo and Big Eddy,
we caught up with about 40 other
Queens 40 more Queens and 40 more
bottles! And me dry. dry, dry and nary
an offer of a swig. The ungratefulness
of royalty Is astounding.
I'auengera Are Vnloaded.
When our 17 coaches on the O.-W.
R. & N. special reached The Dalles it
unloaded its 1250 passengers, including
Buffalo Bill Deveny ln his buckskin
suit; also Joe Teal, who had to be as
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trains across the Snake River to Ken-
newick.
What undoubtedly was one of the
most pleasant features of the entire
week was the "wedding" of Miss Co
lumbia and Mr. Snake, stared in a
grove of trees on the bank of the
stream in Kennewick. This ceremony
was intended to provide an allegorical
demonstration of the effect that the
Celilo Canal will have upon interior
transportation. The canal actually con
nects the lower Columbia with the
Snake, and the mock wedding illus
trated that fact in attractive fashion.
Miss Kate Williams.' of Kennewick. was
the bride "Miss Columbia" and F. A.
Jones, of Pasco, posed as the. bride
groom "Mr. Snake." Senator Jones, of
Washington, officiated.
Following the , ceremony a. roast ox
barbecue was served on the shores of
the Snake and thousands of appetites
were satisfied.
The Pasco-Kennewlck celebration
moved back across the river in the
evening, where hilarity reigned su
preme. A regular street carnival was
the principal form of entertainment. A
banquet was held at the samo time and
state and Federal officials discussed
the probable benefits of the new wa
terway. .What most memDers of the Undine
party regarded as one of the most im
pressive demonstrations of the "week
was provided by the people of Wallula
and neighboring country on Tuesday
afternoon.
The place where the celebration was
sisted, off the train owing to the
weight of medals he wore: likewise
Arthur H. Devers and all of his wealth
of golden hair, not to mention Ben
Olcott, now secretarying at the State
House in Salem, and doing a fair Job at
It; also Tom Kay. who has charge of
tho state's cash with Mrs. Kay along
to chaperone him. rather to keep him
aloof from the temptations of the day),
and Mrs. Marshall A. Dana, as lovely
as a Queen, going up to meet Marshall
at the west end of the new ditch well,
there were more, but I cannot mention
all of the 1250 in one article.
We found The Dalles the second
largest city in the state, for the time
being. Some ,said there were 20.000
people there, others said 15,000. others
10,000 I mean besides the 5000 that
live and eat there, s'ometlmes.
Judge Beaaett Included.
That includes Jud Fish, who runs
the hotel; Nick Sinnott, who is now
Congressing at .Washington during the
sessions of Champ Clark's Congress,
and Judge Bennett, who once upon a
time had a small desire to be Governor
(much to the delight of the railway of
ficials. For when the Judge gets a
damage suit against a railroad and
gets it into court and opens up the
collar of his gray woolen shirt and
mops his eyes with his bandana hand
kerchief and sheds tears, real tears,
tears of dense witness well, then the
Jury Just comes across with whatever
the Judge thinks is about right.. Hence
the railway officials would like to see
the Judge a Governor, Congressman,
Constable, Dog-Catcher anything but
a lawyer). -
Let me see; where was I at when I
began to hand that to my long-lost
brother? Oh. yes; I was mentioning
the Judge and his partner, Nick Sin
nott, the pair being the patentees of
a game called dummy solo, one of. the
best sellers of the year.
I might here skip a few hours and
say that Phil Bates was there and saw
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held is the site of the old Fort Walla
Walla. There is no city or town there
now not even a settlement. The spot
consists of nothing more than a barren
bank unprotected from the sun. A mid
summer heat was pouring down when
the festivities were at their height.'
The ceremonies began early in the
morning, when the flags were raised ,to
the top of a pole erected on the site of
the historic fort.- Patriotic addresses
held the attention and interest of the
people until the Undine arrived in mid
afternoon. For two hours - the - excur
sionists mingled with the . crowds on
shore. ' -
- The majority of the people gathered
at Wallula came from Walla Walla
and other neighboring points. Many
came by automobile and others by spe
cial train: The territory back of
Wallula is rich In wheat production,
and farmers there expect to find a new
and cheaper outlet - to their markets
through the canal.
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The second day's festivities were
wound up at Umatilla late in the even
ing. The Umatilla people prepared a
formal welcome through a, speech de
livered by E. E. Starcher, Mayor ot
the city. An Interesting offering was
an "attack" on the city by a band of
Umatilla Indians from the nearby res
ervations. A dance was conducted on
an improvised platform near the bank
of the river, and everyone made merry
over the canal opening. The town -was
decorated handsomely and a firework i
what I saw, what we all- saw, the
young ladles, little misse and small
boys in their street stunts, and . If
something even better is not put-on In
Portland at the Rose Festival,' scone of
us will ask why and wherefore. Be
cause there never was a crowd better
entertained for an hour or two. than
we were by Mother Goose; the Pied
Piper. Mother Hubbard, the Old Woman
Who Lived in a Shoe, and their hun
dreds of youthful assistants. Give us,
oh, give us. more children's games and
children's ' frolics and misses' dancing
and youthful evolutions.
As old or as young as"we may be.
we want .to be taken back or kept in
childhood as often as we can. God
bless the kiddles: let it be said some
day not far In the future that' Portland
loves her children better than does any
other city in the . whole, whole world.
It would be better - to say that than
that we had the greatest wealth per
capita. Just as if there were any
wealth to compare with a wealth; of
happy childhood.
Canal Is Present.
Going Into the Big Hotel at The
Dalles after a bite to eat, I was told
that Jud Fish was in the kitchen. I
went out there, kissed a waitress on
my way out, kissed the cook, stood
Jud off for the meal, then borrowed
two bits from him, went up to the
scene of operations and got there Just
as the flag was being hoisted and Joe
Teal and bis medals were beginning to
preside and somebody was making a
present of the canal to somebody else.
On the platform with Joe were about
a hundred great, near-great and would-be-great
statesmen, business men, cap
italists and highbrows.
I noted Representative "Pat" McAr
thur, Representative Nick Sinnott and
Representative Hawley, all of Oregon;
United States Senator Harry Lane, of
Oregon: Governor Withycornbe, of
Oregon: H. L.-Pittock, of Oregon' and
Tho Oregonian; United States Senator
Brady, of Idaho; United States -Senator
Progressive Polndexter, of Washing
ton: Governor Alexander, of . Idaho;
United States Senator Wesley L. Jones,
of Washington: Representative Hum
phrey, of Washington; Governor Lis
ter, of Washington: Arthur H. Devers
and his golden locks, of the "Golden
West," and a few score greater and
lesser lights, altogether too numerous
to mention..
I will pass up the speeches. Others
have told about that. But oratory?
Why, when Nick Sinnott was exploding
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display added to the popular manifesta
tion of interest.-
Klickitat Coumy, Washington, played
fyn Important part in the week's fes
tivities. The- exercises there wen
staged early in the morning. A spe
cial carload of prominent Portland peo
ple came to Maryhill. on the river, the
night before and Joined the travelers
on the Undine and other river boats.
Waiting automobiles took many visit
ors over the excellent county roads to
Goldendale, the county seat, where the
people were given a Joyous welcome. The
town was decorated beautifully. Large
parties also visited Samuel Hill's model
highways at Maryhill. and were re
ceived pleasantly by Mr. Hill, who also
conducted them over his estate and
showed them the magnificent palace
that he is having erected on the heights
overlooking the Columbia.
The formal dedication came on
Wednesday afternoon. More than 10,
000 persons. It is estimated, were
gathered on the south bank of the
canal near the tandem locks at Big
Eddy. A number of brass bands fur
nished the. music. Special - trains
brought the people from Portland, The
Dalles .and from Eastern Oregon points.
Many parties, also traveled on excur
sion steamers on the river.
Colonel Jay J. Morrow, United States
engineer In charge of construction, for
mally, presented the canal to the peo
ple in behalf of the Government. Sena
tor Jones, of Washington; . Senator
Brady,- of Idaho, the Governors of the
three Northwestern states, Representa-
some of his high-power verbal fire
works, the salmon arose en masse out
In the rapids and shed watery tears.
Sure thing. They were so weakened
that during the following night Frank
Seufert caught something like 40 tons
of them In his. nets and wheels. Ora
tory? You never heard anything like
It. Even the Democrats, like Joe
Teal, grew eloquent, and Harry Lane.
Say. they both think President Wilson
gave us that canal. Wilson never
gave us anything but hard times. Bill
Bryan and the-Jitneys. " I will say
that under no other President were we
ever able to hire a real automobile for
a nickel if things keep "picking up."
as the Democrats report, we will soon
be able to hire two of them for a
nickel, and have a plate of soup thrown
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Small Parcel la Spied.
Wandering out through and between
and betwixt 450 automobiles and many
persons, say some 9000, I spied right
in my path, right under my nose, so to
speak, a small and neatly folded parcel
of dry goods. Looked like an expen
sive shirtwaist or some other article
of lady's apparel. Being honest, and
prudent, I thought to restore it to Its
owner, so I picked it up, unfolded it,
dropped it back amidst shouts and jeers
and tumultuous cheering. For It was
nothing of much value. Just an article
of infant's apparel. Nothing surely
to make a fuss over.
Wandering far afield. I met up again
with a man who said he knew a man
who knew a man who once knew a
man who shook President Wilson by
the hand. No, it was not Joe Teal, not
even a Democrat. Well, this man said
there was one flaw, one loose cog in our
laws relating to canals and locks, es
pecially such contraptions along the
mighty Columbia.
Train Salmon, Is Snug-cation.
"What,"" asked I. "is the nature of
the loose screw?"
"I will tell thee," quoth he. "they
waste too much valuable water; they
ought to be bo arranged, and I have an
idea in my. head of a system of locks
that will use the same water over and
over indefinitely; think what that will
mean' to the farmers on the dry lands
In Sherman. Gilliam, Morrow, Klickitat
and other counties of Oregon and Ida-ho,-saylng
nothing about the dry lands
of Washington."
"Can you," I asked, "give me an idea
of your great scheme?"
"Sure." he replied. "Just take a few
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tive Humphrey o Seattle: Iprcenta
tlve Minimi, of The lal:es. and othfr
public officials spoke. President Rm
oge, of the Spokane Commercial O'ib.
extended greetings from that organiza
tion. Bishop O'kellly. of Baker, pro
nounced the invocation.
Incident to the ceremonies, a jrroup
of doling women. re;resen tine the vari
ous tributaries of the Columbia, poured
water from their respective streams
Into the headgates of the canal, thus
typifying the union of th; waters.
An American flag, presented by the
people of Lewiston. Idaho, was raied
to the top of the flagpole at Bis Eddy
by a group of Grand Army veterans.
Following the dedication at Rig Eddy
a rousing celebration was held at The
Dalles, three miles below the lower
entrance of the canal. A street parade,
in which the school children played a
prominent part, was one of the enter
taining features. A banquet was held
on Wednesday evening in the Elks
Temple at The Dalles. Most . of the
prominent persons who had partici
pated in the exercises of the day were
included among the speaker. A pub.
lie dance was held on the t.aved streets
in the business dlstri-'t uf The Dalles
that evening.
Vancouver, Va.-,Ii., hjd the center of
the stage the following , morning. A
big crowd met the Undine and the
other vessels of the fleet upon their
arrival there. A street parade led to
the cltv park, where more oratory was
provided. The principal speakers were
Senator Jones, Governor Withycombe,
ex-Governor McConnell. and Mayor
Evans of Vancouver. A battalion of
soldiers from the Twenty-flrst In
fantry at Vancouver Barracks gave an
exhibition drill that pleased everyone.
Opportunity was offered for visitors to
Inspect the orchard districts around
Vancouver and to view the good roads
there. A clii.8 of students from the
state sdi.iot for the deaf near Van
couver attended the exercises and
"heard" the i-peechea through Inter
preters. Pretty girls pinned rosea on
the coat lapela of all the-Undine pas
sengers. It was early Thursday afternoon
when Admiral Gray led his flagship
through Portland harbor and was
greeted by a great flotilla of river
craft. Immense throngs packed the
docks and shores and filled the
bridges. Factory whistles added to the
din created by the steamship sirens.
The pageant led through all the bridges,
after whtch the Undine circled back to
the Stark-street dock. The Portland
receptioiv committee met her there. Im
mediately after the distinguished visi
tors had been taken on board the wait
ing automobiles a street parade was
conducted through the principal busi
ness thoroughfares to one of the park
blocks where brief speaking exercises
had been arranged. C, C. Colt, president
THREE FOLD WELCOME
IS GIVEN CELEBR ATORS
Professor Lyman at Wallula Extends Greetings in Name of fast, Present
and Future and Closes in Name of Old Oregon.
Professor W. n. l.yman gave the followtns
address of welcome at The DallM-Celllo
Canal celebration. May 4. at Wallula:
OFFICIALS and representatives of
National and state governments,
and fellow citizens of the North
west: It is my honor to welcome you
to this historic spot in the name of
the people of the Walla Walla Valley;
the valley of many waters, the location
ot the first American home west of
the Rocky Mountains and the mother
of all the communities of the Inland
Empire. On the spot where we stand
the past, the present and the future
Join hands. Here passed unknown gen
erations of aborigines on the way from
the Walla Walla Valley to ascend or
descend the Great River, to pass into
the Yakima country, or to move either
direction to the berry patches or hunt
ing grounds of the great moun
tains; hare ' the exploring expe
dition of Lewis and Clark paused to
view the vast expanse of prairie be
fore committing themselves to what
they supposed to be the lower river;
here flotillas of trappers made their
rendezvous for scattering, into their
trapping fields and for making- up
their battcau loads of furs for sending
down the river. On this very spot
was built the old Hudson's Bay fort,
first known as Nez Perce, then as
Walla Walla; here the Immigrants of
'43 gathered to build their rude boats
on whlc' a part of them cast them
selves loose upon the Impetuous cur
rent of the Columbia, while others re
equipped their wagon trains to drive
along the banks to The Dalles.
Each age that followed the mining
period, the cowboy period, the farm
ing period entered or left the Walla
Walla Valley at this very point. Here
the first steamboats blew their Jubi
lant blasts to echo from thos basaltic
ramparts, and here the toot of the first
railway in the Inland Empire startled
the coyotes and Jackrabblts from their
coverts of sagebrush. Wheresoever we
turn, history, sits enthroned. Every
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George L. Baker acted as master of
cm einonies. Adjuta nt-General Georg
A. White and members of Ins s'.itT had
charge of the parade and co-operate!
with u committee of civilians in ar
ranging the various sections.
An attractive element in the parad
w;t the part played hy a nuniler of
j n hool 'hiliiren
Hubert Krohu.
in . liarire ur 1'roressor
They wore cup?- made
111 the shape of a ship and performed
many pretty evolutions.
On Thursday evening the visiting
dignitaries were the gcuefcts of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce at a ban
luet. Afterwards they attended th
Orpheum Theater where the formal
speaking programme was conducted.
The military division of the Portland
land parade was most conspicuous and
was frequently commented upon. Gen
eral White rode at the head of thn
procession and acted as grand mart-hat.
Members of the staff were Colonel ".
McLaughlin, Captain L. M. Clark and
Captain F. I'. Tebbllts.
The Twenty-first lnfmitry at Van
couver Barracks was represented by a
battalion of troops under command of
.Major William Brooke. The Twenty
first Infantry band marched at the
head of their line. They acted as es
cort.' for the visitinar Federal official'!
and the young women who were spon-
aur.s lor me canu.1.
Major L A. Bowman commanded a
battalion from the Third Infantry. Ore
gon National Guard, mnd a detachment
from TrO'p A, and sanitary troops act
ing as escorts for state officials. Both
the regular and the state troops on
much a ppl ii-'; all along lhi route of
march.
Coincident to the t cIHo dedication
the locks in the Willamette at Ore
gon City were taken over by the Fed
eml Government from the Portland
Railway, Light A Power Company and
formally dedicated to free public ut-o.
The company formerly had charged a
toll on all traffic moving tin out-h thi
locks. The dedication was made th
occasion of a popular demons tratlon.
J. N. Teal officiated. Franklin T. Grif
fith, president of the company that
formerly owned the locks, presented a
three-foot model to Itepresentative
Hawley. tn whose district they are lo
cated, and Representative llawley In
turn presented It to the people through
Governor Alexander, of Idaho. Gover
nor Lister, of Washington, and United
States Senator Walsh, of Montana, were
among the other speaker..
The week's festivities were brought
to a happy close by a series of cele
brations at the lower river cities
Kalama, on the Washington hide, and
Astoria, on the Oregon bld, on Friday.
Senator Jones, Governor Withycombe,
Representative McArthur ami other of
ficials participated. A marine pageant
and a land parade were among tho
outward forms of celebration.
piece of rock from yonder Twin Cliffs
to the pebbles on the beach fairly
quiver with the breath of the past, and
even the sagebrush, moved by the
gentle Wallula zephyr, exhales tho
fragrance of the dead leaves of history.
Present la Triumphant.
But if the past Is In evidence here,
much more the present stalk tri
umphant. Look at the cities by whlcii
this series of celebrations will be mar
shaled and the welcomes that will bo
given to the flotilla of steamers ail
the way from Lewiston to Astoria.
Consider the population of the lan.i.i
upon tiie river and its affluents, nearly
1.000,000 people, where during the days
of old Fort Walla Walla the only white
people were the officers and the trap
pers of the Hudson's Bay Company.
But if the present reigns here proudly
triumphant over the past, what must
we Bay of the fiiture? How does that
future tower? Where now are the hun
dreas. there will be the thousands.
Where now are the villages, will be
stately cities. We would not for a mo
ment speak disrespectfully of the
steamers that will compose this rieet
by the time it reaches Portland, but
we may expect that after all they will
be a mere bunch of scows in compari
son with the floating palaces that will
move In the future up and down tho
majestic stream.
Therefore, fellow citizens of the
Northwest and representatives of the
National Government, I bid you a three
fold welcome in the name of past, pres
ent and future. And I welcoaie you
also In the name of the commingling
of waters now passing by us.
River Not Wash! asou'a.
While this is Indeed Washington land
on either side of the river, thia Is not
Washington's river. This shore on
which we stand is washed by the tur
bid water of Snake River, rising in
Wyoming and flowing COO miles
through Idaho and then forming the
boundary between Idaho and Oregon
Cuncluiloii un lags it. Column 4.)