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OOP EVENING. " iV7Vf ' " - f , : ' - - - --l77 i 1 k O the. westward a garden was'planted; and they called it EdenT .... it nas oeen a day ot nistory-raaking. With the sounding . of the noon chimes a new epoch dawned for the great Pacific ' empire. . It is not the epoch of pioneering, 'nor of hardships, noTiOi tou, is ine consummation tnereot, and a physical nar- -of a nation's growth. , . - . - ie fair is open. ., : ; v-" -AtV T; ;".'r.y-:.--'-r:,; pHijlljjg fxpositioitihave been ! 'i widerthat the nations of earth might, learn .the grandeur,, the sub f and the mightiness of progress and development, r- . - he Northwest is paying tribute thisvday to-Portland - while the world T homage to a land of plenty; The" streets are? thronged with won- 1 led people," the : buildingsugay, Iwithflagsand-banners. , Nature. has -Jed her Warmest welcome and subjected the elements to her fancy. Portland intoxicated with the marvels of a dream realized is joyous- f 1 -triumphant. . . , . here nce was a wilderness now blooms a paradise. Where a cen-V ' go was a vastnesaTof wild acreagechaotic, uncultured, undisturbed t imDlementS Of SCauisition. UnfroHH hv rrie-nrtf rf -man. .. - - -. -, . -. ; w j avwwr v - V-V W C9 I -I minrtlVS' mAmmm j- A -k-. ' . I 1 ' A a-- . . wiVMuuivii w iuuciwaii cucigy.ana ncroism.- Ana wnerc if thil holidaV Of holirlaVM. A flllTyrftwri T?1 anfran-aa a1.Km4-v. l r r - - .,- - t- aa baiiftv ws v KtlVV V - WAV VVibUiaWli en of thousands have turned, the stiles and at this hour the festivities bproaching a climax r But of the multitude there was not one no r l from - what -land -h-r or the first time.and, was .notMraptured. It 4a a picture that inspires ince.. Whether, viewed frorcy colonnade,. fromthe' summit of the " With Musicand Oratory - Guns, Nations Aid in Ncw-Birth of Oregon , ',': '-Is filled with the achievements of its explorers and pioneers. It brims over Ai'''-nA-im'r-:t':n spirit that makes" reasonable, fearless, temperate manhood a spirit CHlU 1 nUnUCr OF --that has accomplished the greatest of, God's purposes and made nations - - , . iiinn v. wa n . l . : . . i r "iiai iv uic muciitan inoiorin naa.TOiu no siory mat equaiS- ; in merit or romantic interest that of the great DUntheredyThomas , ; - Jfferson andxxecuted by Lewis-and Clarkrwith their band pf Jess than 40. 7"' : The- toil of the captains is at an end. The heroes are dead. . But to ? ' Americans they have left the priceless -heritage of "American "valor'and" American -individuality.- Their-spirits stand as sentinel guardians of what is' -ppcrmosi in me Amencan nature. Celebrating ;grand stairway, from the government's architectural masterpieceUcross , Guild 1 lake,- from a - gliding ! gondola . in. that :shinlngsea or from a river boat on the broad Willamette, it is a sight that challenges the produest boasts of Switzerland. The pines; the firs, the rolling hills and the distant peaks hold their heads higher today and to behold is. to become a better The word failure. r mn'rh n Aav' U s frtrm - T ...:. mj J1?111. exposition as was retreat to Napoleon's drummer bov. 1.j o i :iv - -..-. ...... .... . . . . - - "J " . " -'. 1 . i-vc y comparison me tair ia not complete- it rin l Af frf--yfr o """'wp w ik. uuuii, uuk luicic aic sum c ouni ess features to be made-attractive, most of thenv within KvK;ki -.1q-. The exterior - beauty - of - the If air th e rose-lined paths, the lawns and flow : er beds are as perfect as mancould makelthemrrandf nature's part-in-the 6aiuuu6, tAi.nuiiig ai-ng me neignis to uie ien, is a worK tnat awes. here"is -rolendidiatArieat cDFfnt ; rejoices" iOerr privilege of so elaborately -celebrating the; achlwvfiments of"" Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The history, of the' Witeo?' States It is welLtbat Oregon and her sisterhood unite in such a -celebrationT When the plan of celebrating the centennial of the conquest of the ter ritory was firstseriously considered Portland had 100.000 inhabitants. It is a truth well known, but again wort? glorying in. tnat in two days a commit tee soH. $242,000 worth of stock in the fair" corporation.-This' was a record witnout preceent--an eloquent tribute to the broad-mindedness of western meiu-v And; instead, of. diminishing, the remarkable interest in - terprise has steadily- grown -until tod ajeimax-rairen attained, The project-wa pmn l. minim biiii,'" An il " no-arr"whduhscribed "wiir be--gnrdge his. investment, no matter what the outcome, if only it makes known to the world, the city that beckons earnestly a country that only rwants-inhabitants,-sinc-the-Almighty;Tias-d6he his part to make it the richest in. all America.. - -V j- ; - jzPcitland.hehote the open door receiving her guests. -From Greenland to Afghanistan the gifts have come. The'banquet is spread! -TheHhospitable chamber is xarpeted ; with-10,000,000 rosesThe gates have - been, torn from their hinges. Let all the world enter. . And be welcome ! - . t '' . p . -- ' - ..,- w eveit Irr Washington its Wheels at Port- land's Fair. 3 , iz N'S LEADERS AID ' IN THE DEDICATION ndous ., Crowds ' Cheer ;hes That Tell the Mean- Marvelous : Exposition as to State's Future., had given tjis pajaces their Tht rain ht (all lut nlrht the rreat Lewie 4jClarlc" e-J without ataia jor amear when lock, this morning the keeper the ttle tot the admltion kattlnc thronr the para. whle1 Into the ! rnd 'vlTi-'-Rr.TTl'T-t mm A' SO o'clock an avalanaha nf hn. allowed it. For ti early half an tllea admitted ten ceraona hnd. and after a brief lull the renewed. The -public waa torn two aeairee. it waa- every rom the moet favorable point, ie wanted to be nearest the tand for the openlnr cere- Man nkvmi nn th TMnrta In kuard a foothold near the plat- lie others took chancea on mlaa penlnc alirnal by staying down ee the column paaa by. -. , sing of commercial houses was1 me muiutuae- tnat ewarmed ; view terrace -waa coemopoll- leerree. ThouunH, nf ughout the ceremonies, which a-or man xne ometala expected, no less enthusiaatio in spirit, than the old Indian fighter who ne outer edge, waving an um- erhead and punctuating the the distinguished ' men With 7 ; at. OoodOratsre4 Crowd.- crowd waa In rare good hu- aemonatratea by the tenacity h they Jield places frqm early imu mm nour or beginning the a. The Innir wlf k. . .ne noiiday ardor. There waa ineer when the band r.lv,i minim, anil ntKAM , . . ' 1 II DU utode. ravel In hnrt rin- VTM ",n nag that envel iii2Vn 'rot -' the speaker a r V?" t'",'ng to brder. H" Moor delivered the Mm lb crowl maintained nencev the men removed their ie-preelni.i ...... 1. . , hiuii was nrea nVi..tUrjr' United Statet ImDiing had scarcely r D,na -truck up wnh ttur; T Weber, and Z.,mA .rP'rlU Oregoni1" - a llcated tU. memory of.wla h ' 'jL rllent flnlehed. h-lt"" ,or Chan.: ho,, eloencewaa Inatrumen 1 ':kWB -choe. be- """"nhV President Jef T !UX commission regon a pmh 1- th. enterprise rge H. Ill lama anoke for 41 ' If fei iv '-4-' - w Vvrfp 7 l" FAIRBANKS, m6mmccm37oy " 't I.-': V . : t I J7t7rj-.23TWTj5 r ' 1 -e" jjV I WILLIAMS jO 7XZ5)R27rcsv:. - ' v ' . Speakers Who PrtiClp-tcd In the! Opening Cerem ' ' ntlniied JO a XwoJ Although th formal twiB ana tiara exposition waa at noon, the grounda were full of activity . a a. nu ?he atmosphere quivered with excitement ana nervoua tension waa hUth. Hut the fair wee. ae mm r! v i aa human effort could make It, and a vast number or details bad been prop. ny arrangea. The flrt dnllar that want Into k. eta waa paid by William O. Lang,-expo altlon fire marshal, to George B. Hlb bard, cashier No. J, who delivered to Mr. Lang tickets Nos.. 1001 and '6002. Hlbbard IS an expert hanfller of money, and In lens than five minutes had aold 111 tlcketa. . . " . .. Before the gates were declared open for paid admlsalona at aharp S o'clock, the paaa holders, a considerable army, had swarmed at the entrance, pouring in on the cafe that, were arriving every to aeconda. - The feroaA enara In mnt k. . trance -waa well filled at 7:10 o'clock, and a number of peraona struggled for the distinction of purchaalng the first tlrkaf. Plra Mmhil -I... k...... was ucceaful Jn gaining flrat place In the line, and achieved the goal and fame almultnneously. 'J- i Jha atreetcar aervlca .waa' ample .to , handle the earlier torenoon . rush.' and as the procession, of electric, coaches rolled In. the conductora were compelled to nurry out the paasengera to make room for the cara Juat behind. . The care tnat ran to the Thurmait atrr rifr.na are the "M - "N and S,1' Sixteenth afreet, Twenty-third at rest and man- extraa and all bearing the sign: "To the Fair Grounds." - Tha Wlllamatta - - ll.l.hi. ear. .1. '.I'lZJ " ' ' " ymm . a 1 1 1 U u vmer enirance. from incoming hoata crowded the cara Until I ther wera laiaal-- r,mVmA - .-.t people climbed on the roofs or atood on coupling roaa. l The cruah Increased from hour to hour, and oeonia fnu.ht n- .i.nu. room on fair-bound cara IntO the HMwItlnn . miiUuu,1 the people In a steady stream, conces sionaries and official, guests and em ployes? messenger boys and all th vast army that SOOn tank nnaa4lAM a place, acornful of th parade and anx loua to obtain rentage pwlirta whence they could have a good yiew of the open ing exerrtae. By 10 o'clock : the aalns of tickets at th ThUraian atreet en trance had reached several thousand. , iContlauedgi fag Thttt.);. MYRIAD FLAGS IN BLAZE OF 'COLOR Portland Wears Holiday Garb in . Honor of New Birth ,r of Oregon. PAGEANT Greatest2 Paijade North---west. Has Ever-Seen ? Draws Thousands. ClIYBLAZE Of COLOR - AND ENTHUSIASM Portland Awakes -to -Sound of . . Martial Music, and Greets : Procession as First Act In Fair Opening. V BIG PARADE From every flagpoi in Portland tnrta inere iioam a-banner: in .nn I .a picture and above A.m i- th city and ita auburba ther hangs the shield of the nation and th acarlet emblem of the great exposition. Never In ita hlatnrv k. .1 been ao brilliantly and profusely decor ated. In a mantle of bunting the Rose CJty . la r enfolded today. Resldehcea, bualnesa houses, shops an4 factoViea nave-oeen painted; peopl are In bright holiday attire and in the polish and gilt- ierro.,awapparel -Portland pre,f which seemed undecided in Ita.nian C a. ., . . tmt . flit aents a charmlna uiBMnhn. Across tn streete are atretched great flags with the five atara i - . . -- - . . 0.l. aferahanta tiava v1it i.k l , In -arranging, tasteful deeoratidns. One Of that wnmi aHntJv.. .. ... . . . ---- ' " air-nni-a by a buslnesa firm at Seventh, and Wash- insiun .inrw. ... . ... Th .liver la like carnival titn. Venice. Craft of every aort have hean A conservative estimate of tha num ber of .people, who viewed th great pa rade la 1J0.00.-- . More than half of Portland aaar It an.t from the, farthest cornere-of -Oregon, from Idaho, iCailfornla and Waahlngton great'erowd' poured In by every avail able means of transportation. - Thousands . tt nnnl rh.i' ' fh.v awoke thia morning, rubbed their eyes. arousuy, rose quickly and rushed to the was one In Portland whose- lirst thought this .morning was the weather, there were 10,000.. If there were 10.000 there wer 10 tlmea 10.000, and more . Every one acowled on sealna tha scowling - sky, Some eat "Fudge,'' other said worse. And all tha morn ing they kept glancing at the heavens, waa a.llllll. rrav-riawn mwtA klk ciouas nung over rortid with threat ening air. J -n--,.. At 1:30 o'clock a feeble prism atole through a rift In a cloud and Portland smiled. The crimson streak grew and grew until it waa a broad band of sun tight that waa Joined by others until the whole-city was bathed In a flood of brilliancy.- The aim omr grew sullen, how ever. andratlrad. hut Ma niun.... appeared, and the a'un came outjn all hla glory, shedding brightness ,and warmth over th surrounding 'country, and maklnr alait tn- nar- th. wlap of the 1 1 By noorr not a trtoui? WaaltO ba mmmn mmA 1 . . m.lr lng th moat beautiful Oregon weather, ,1,1 . . , . . ..... nnnoujn in. weatner looKcd threat ening, the streets were astir with people very .early. Toung men and women nrosea m nonuay attire, matrons w)th napyy . cQiiaren louowing inMglee, old DeoDla bent with th. w.i.hf gaily dressed country lassies with, their ... "- .... i 1 1 ii tneir-en tire families Imim nf htrh aw 1 A r a a ) ' rtrh man a h a njutii M.. ..j. women of all nationalities Mid from every walk of life gathered b? th hun dreds, thousands and tens of thousands, until the atreets were a mass,of swarm ing humanity. In the business section of the city the sidewalks were much' too wrrow-to- accommodate - the surging masses and many had to walk In tha streets. Tha'fcrcateat crush was at the corners of Third and' Waahlngton and Morrison streets,'' where people had eon gregated In such large numbers that Birei cara coma nurdlf le operated. LTher wa a brief period of suspense near Blxth and Montgomery street this morning; a fretful champing of blta; an Impatient pawing of hoofs; i a reatleaa - mnvm,nt rtt atnftltltnHa 'h a m.n and Vnm.n thMahf.ll kn.l. ..11. .W oed along the eager lines, followed by alfouts ot command, and to th tnsplrlng iraina oi a quicK marcn n inaugural nam itaratartai. nn Ita l.lnmVitiar-tiinmw - through th streets to the city of regal magnificence byahe lake. -For houra the multitudes stood elbow- Inar and riuahlna a I on a tha Una nf mnnl. - to view tha mnnata-ntla nf ....,.-. And through the long wait the crowds rimiinn gooa-naturea. Portland arose esrlv today to ealn a Point of van tare. !Thra waa n w,,!. It was. a holiday; there wa no car, a spirit of carnival ruled It wa a day of aong and laughter and of great ex pectancy. For "year Portland and Ore gon and the entire northweat had awaited tta mmlna and a i.,,.... . . . . . . never rose above the Caacadea to greet so vast -a multitude. By 7 o'clock there were signs of ac tivity In the atreets. lina K. f. hour the tramp of troops waa heard, th r clatter of cavalry on th pavements, th clanging of aaber against saddle, aa de- . tachments and platoons f soldiers be- ' ran to traveraa tha atraata tn.. it.. . - w,.Ml .U pitce t aaeemoiy, " ; - -txonaea by Martial Kaaia. . Aa th martial . aounda were heard, people pushed aalde their blind and be gan to bestir themselves. Soon they be- ' gan to eierg singly and in pa Ira, and It waa not llonar until frim n .... ... i -- dencea. hotels, apartment and tene ments there flowed -m- at ream of hllarl-1 oua humanity, all bouhtfor "down town." " . tonbefori0o'cock the -streeU we're denaa. . Atraamal-Af . . i... poured from alt Utrectlons into th -v.... neighborhood of Sixth; and Morrison streets until those thoroughfares were a human Vortex In whlnh ntti M..... " of people wer swept and lost, Those " st'reeta were racked and back Into other streets sireicneo. waves and eddies of ' the tide that seemed to overflow the city. By unanimous consent - a wide ' apace -was left la th centel' of th ' atreet. ' . -. ; , AH morning th sky had been overcast ' with ralnclouds, . but Just before th ' parade moved the sun burst forth and a clear - hea van araatad th .m... .. . - - - - - f . . i, , .rii smiled during the forenoon. Window alnnr tha Una mmrm thronaed; on everv henaatm and a . - ery roof wer crowds of spectators; even th limbs of trees bora ahundant .-.... of small boys, who wer there tn aaa it alt. Points bf VanUge . In down-town offices aold In many, instances at fancy ratea - , . ..- i' The. crowd waa rot typleat of Port- A ' eOttaarvatl va m.S,..t.." ,U f . "J w" "? iXPiaai Of 1 numb; or .; ; r- xz.r:;.u 'rrranr ore,on.or of. th. no,,he.u u . ..jtConUnjied, on' Tag Thre. - .wag no( or long duration, Anotber, tilt Tr4 a. 1JM00, ,. 1 : JConUdut- a rg Iwal . "1
