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PORTLAND,- OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING JUNE . 7, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Joyous Throngs Fill City
.With Sound of Heart-Tclt
1 f Farewell . to Carnival Sov-
i ereign All Await Next
j Years Gaiety.
Greatest Demonstration of
i i Popular, Merriment in His
itory, of Rose City--Good-Humor1
Reigns Supreme
Among Multitudes.
! He is dead. Long lire th king,
i- Thua shouted th merry, ear free
throng f that crowded ' th downtown
grtreet last night in one long, ar-apllt-Ing
outburat of Joy., , y v
iThara war pretty! girls, happy girls,
tolling glrla and lovable glrla; band
som ineiv'well dreaaad men, costumed
nan and Jovial' men. ' Th carnival
spirit predominated. The cafes, grills
and restaurants wer filled to over
flowing:; merchants who had flrat been
surprised, then, aatonlshed. and finally
astounded . at tho auocaaa of the ' Rose
Featlval;' perambulated, -circulated, and
aa' a climax donned musks and filtered
through th crowds that ' simply
swamped tha - downtown- streets. They
gave vent to their feelinga aa- they
threw confetti at a blooming Portland
fiirl, er -blew .a blaat from their horns
no gome friendly. Jolly ear. fc
V Hornleaa Man, a Iiovaly Kan. -
Ahd the horna. There were soma peo
ple on. the atreeta. last .night who had
no horna. Then there were aoraa ,who
jiad no- bella -with which to clang - a
1 happy '. greeting into somebody's ear.
But they were mighty few vand far be
tween. Tbey. -were broke. ' - They; had
gpent thai' last eent tn-taking- a' launch
rid to - aee tha warships, or j.had ,trav
aled out to the ball arrounds to see Port-
land wallop tha Angels; they bad bought
reanuta until they couldn't eat a mll
lonalre's dinner,,, but they still had
their - voices left. And- they : yelled.
'Yelled for Portland, They yalled for
the ko' Festival ana tney nnauy
wound up by yelling for aa good a time
let year. -
Next year. That waa tt Hurry Bp
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New j Year'e
and all othei celebrations.. Give tia
next year's Rose Festival. ' Iet King
jtex ana vueen ttosa rule again, uive
us the same happy. Joyous celebration
that has ruled Portland and her 100,000
visitors the pant weak, they, ahouted.
. rropnacy tot 19Q.
'Give us th same -electric lights- that
do not fade on tU the bright - Oregon
morning sunshine rises in predominat
ing giory over tne evenmra restlvlties,
and finally give ua tha same libertl en
dowment of fair weather.- and : .free.
happy, Joyoaa carnival spirit that made
ine lu Kosa nsuvai tne grandest af
fair of ita kStid In the history of the
Golden Weet ' - - '-w. '
That was the spirit that was in con
trol last' night. Never before in the
history of Portland, the Rose City, was
mere ever sucn, a oarer ree. nappy, jolly
crowd aa waw-on the downtown streets
'last night. There waa no disturbance;
there were no arrests, -j The crowd was
fllled ;wlth a spirit of friendly Jollity
that eclipsed anything ever seen be
fore . on the coast. 1 was . good-bye
Rex, and good night, everybody, with
a pleasant dream for. each,
Festival's ! Parade. . '
' A parade ' of, fraternity, fitting' for
the spirit or fraternity which prevailed
on every hand, marked the close of
Portland a second annual Kose Feati
val yesterday afternoon. "Woodmen of
the world, tynlfylna fraternity, arave
the finishing - touches to tha week of
festival celebration. . .-!:-- ?.:,;-;
Woodmen Day marked the , close of
tna reieoration in a ntting manner.
Beautiful floats, marching, uniformed
men and well-drtlled competing teams
made the' pageant an Interesting and
most entertaining one.
I VOuteia Cltlea Kepresented. '
Camps from outside cities, with their
-floats, marching men with uniform and
emblematic ax, members- 6,000 strong,
were all In liner when the time came
for the procession to start.
Portland camp No. .107, and Mult
nomah, camp , No.,' 77,: both had. drill
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noREBOons for
. UICE-PRESIDEHCY
Senator Piles of Washington
. t and Knight of California;
Tow in the Fieldl - -
i Hearst Kews by Loosest Lasted Wta.) ,
Washington, D. C "June 6. Frleftda
of Senator Samuel H. Plies : of Wash
ington, and George A. Knight, of Cali
fornia, tonight launched , tha . booms of
tha two . men here 1 f or the vice-presidency
nomination by the Chicago con
vention. It Is urged that either would
add strength to the Republican ticket
on . tha Pacjf lo coast . and In ; tha ' far
. west7 '-? ':;:,.""r:.:-c.'i ''.'"-A--.
Republican ' leaders' are -now looking
. carefully Into the political conditions
In that section of the country.1 . It is
considered absolutely necessary that the
coast states be-held faat in tha Republi
can column, This can be done, say the
friends, by naming either Senator Piles
or Mr. Knight. They further arrue
that it Is time the far west was being
recognized by a place on tha national
ticket. .- r - - - - '' ' '-'
The voters there ha va been-loyal , to
tha party for years with little reward
thev aav. and It ia time some acknowl
edgement was being made by; tha east-
lOililOES
FOLLOWED
Vast Sections f of : Nebraska
Water-Swept by ' Relent
less .Torrents in Wake of
Death Dealing Twisters
Property lioss Enorm6us.
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Fury of Elements Has Al
; ready Caused 12 Deaths
Besides Fatally Injuring
Five ; Others Railroads
Abandon Service.
' ' Sola wmlta, - Osnsvai Xrese
4 Shlvaly, Oeseva ZUUah Argen-
; iMiohi, . Bsioklayi Ann and Boy
Small, ohUdrea llrlsig sear BTor- ,
4 rla Branca Kansas Xanry xadt-
4 sob, rraakUai Kiss XMiia Oar- a
4 tar, Caxlatoa. . ...
. i. ratany Zajuzad.
John Marriam, Shiokley; xn, 4
4 B. J. Arfenbrloht, BhioUeyj Boas 4
4 hively, - Oeaevai ' Xrs. Tour, 4
4 X airfield - - a
:-;i.;.iv....'ww:
. Lincoln, Nab.,'- Juna I. After being
devastated by a aerloa of tornadoes, re
lentless floods are now sweeping over
vast sections of Nebraska.-..- The fury
of tha' wind has probably cost' 1J lives.
sevan persona being killed outright-and
flv fatslly ? Injured, Begidea. a large
numbw- hava been- serlouely Injured', --'
, Heavy Froperty Samara. '
Tha tornado damage to buildings, tel
ephone and telegraph1 wires.- erops and
livestock Will . axpeed 11,000,000. ;v Th
Northwestern' railroad has' temporarily
aoanaoned train service. u na liurllng
ton haa been delayed by serious wash
outs.' while tha Missouri Paciflo rail
way . haa- been seriously, handicapped.
Railway loasea Have been estimated at
(30,000. t ,
Flood Samagw QreaV " v .,
At Bloomington, - Superior, Falrbury
and a number of other cities tha dam
age by flood haa been great, Tha west
ern section of Lincoln waa tonight flood
ed. Salt creek suddenly becoming ' . rag
ing torrent Rain has been- Incessant
and' the precipitation continued in cen
tral , Nebraska tonleht ' : .
At Geneva a tornado swept tha busi
ness . section and then subdivided Into
half a dosen-minor- tornadoes-and scat
tered helter skelter over Fillmore coun
ty, " - . ' -: . .
- v Furious la Buffalo County. '
' In -Buffalo county a furious storm
caused untold damage ' and ' advanced
within a few feet of the residence- of
United States Senator Norrla Brown
bef or ita fury was apent.
At Carleton, FranklliV HUdreth, Mln
den, 'Edgar, Fairfield and Invale, tprna
does - were reported. , -
- Teleohone lines have been destroyed
and communication with . the, stricken.
regiona ia moai auricuii.
. Fifteen Oonntias Tislted,
No less than 15 counties were vis
ited by tho twisting elements which
whirled across the country, showing
mercy to neither man or beast and
carryings destruction, to-evaryolf annof
life in Its path.. .
. The storm was remarkable ' for the
immense scope it covered and might
well be termed a cyclone . Instead of a
tornado, The original tornado forma
tion was near CourtlAnd, Kansas, - Just
across the Nebraska line and on reach
ing the boundary It evidently divided
forming two distinct tornadoes of equal
velocity which spread their paths of
destruction across a scope of territory
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PIONEER PASTOR
FIRST BAPTIST DIES
WHEN 102 YEARS
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Rev. 'William F. Boyakln, who - died
at tha age of 102 years at his home In
Maryaville, Kansas, waa the first pastor
of tha First Baptist church of Portland.
He crossed tha plains with his family
In a covered wagon drawn by oxen, In
tha year 1854."- Mia death at so great
an age. at Maryaville Friday bight, came
aa a surprise to many or nis 01a rnenda
in Oregon, . who had lost sight of him
for yeara - . ' --
"I was a boy when Rev. Boyakln came
to Portland, but I. remember him dis
tinctly," said James F. Falling last
night. "He brought his wife and chil
dren, with ah ox team. - On his arrival
he .made himself 'known as a Baytlst
preacher.- He 'wrote back to the Home
Missionary society of New York. and
secured his appointment as missionary
pastor. In May, 1854. the First Baptist
churcn 01 jroruana m organised, ana
OHIO AGO PROHIBITS
GHILD EXHIBITS IN
AMUSEMENT PLACES
I
i- (I'Dlted Prens Lessed Wlre.l .
Chicago. June 8. Warning . haa been
aent by Stat Factory Inspector Davlea
to 235 placea of atnuaementf In Chicago
to th effect that they will not be al
lowed to exhibit children under 14 yeara
old under any circumstances. Children
between It and 13 may, be. employed
r
vuiivvii in '
CHAIR OF
GOVERNOR
After Chamberlain's ' Elec
tion to the Senate; Secre
tary of State Will Also
Continue in Present Posi
tion. v
Will Be Entitled: to Both
Salaries, as Supreme Cou4
Has Already Passed Upon
Similar Case When Gov-
ernor Grover Died, :
Franfc fj. Benson, governor of Oregon
and secretary of state, that la the way
It will "read - after tha legislature of
1809 haa elected George E. Chamber
lain United ' States senator and he has
resigned his of file aa - governor' to 1
sums the duties of the senatorshlp.
According to the constitution of Ore
gon the of flea of governor falls to the
lot - Of the secretary , of state,, in case
tha regularly elected, governor, for any
reason, other, than tha expiration of his
term,, should cease to 'exercise the func
tions ; of, hia office. Therefor when
Governor Chamberlain steps: out of the
governor's , office" to assume the sena
torial , toga , by vlrtua ' of the legisla
ture's election in January, Frank S. Ben
son, secretary of state, will become- by
that fact the acting governor of Oregon.
1.;? 7 f. : Sraw ,. Both . Balartes. J - -
Secretary-Benson" will be one of the
few men to liold both offices n the
History -or uregnn. h win aiso oa en
titled to the salary of. the governor as
weir as that due him as secretary ot
state. . ,
Once before In 'the 'history of Oregon
a secretary of state became acting gov
ernor, , when Secretary . unaawick euo
eeedod to tha governorship upon ' the
death 'of Governor (Orover.- During that
time the question was raised ana taken
to the supreme court, which tribunal de
cided that since the secretary of state
was, under the constitution, ex-offlclo
governor, and transacted the business
of that office, he should be entitled to
the compensation.
i. Yaoaney Until January . , ,. r 1
Ubon tha election Of Governor Cham
berlain to . the senate, and " his conse
quent resignation aa governor, he will
leave a vacancy in tha gubernatorial
chair until the January, following the
general election or November. ISIO.
Governor . Chamberlain will cot b
compelled to quit the governor's office
until time for him to take the oath of
of rice as - senator on March 4, 1909.
Therefore it is probable that he will
continue to -serve as governor until
close to March 4 of next year, thua re
maining in the executive chatr during
ine legislative session or iv.
Secretary of State Benson therefore
will ae acting governor of the state
irom aDout Marcn, iu, until January,
1911, following tha November election
of 1910.
SCH0FIELD REFUSES
.TO STAND PLEDGED
. (Special Dispatch to The JoumaL)
Astqria, Or., June . Considerable
Inquiry haa been made from different
sources as to whether Stat Senator W,
T. Schofleld will vote at tha nrtt ana.
ston of the ; legislature for Governor
unamoeriain to oe united Btatea sena
tor from Oregon. Senator Schof leld
has refused to make any positive state
ment at the present time for the rea
son that tha events of the coming
months may changs affairs considera
bly, and by these his positive convic
tions may be changed. He did aay, how
ever: "I propose to b true to myself,
as well as loyal and faithful to my
party.''-' ; . ,
he became Ha first pastor. ':
"Atfer a year's service here In- that
capacity h went eaat - I understand he
went Into the army, and served until
1884. 'Then ha returned to Oregon. Thia
time he - became pastor of the Baptist
church at Salem. A few years later he
went back eaat, and wa saw him no
more. Ha waa a brilliant man, a good
platform speaker, and waa . regarded as
a capable minister." -
A few days ago Mr. Falling received
newa of the death, at Jenkintown, Penn
sylvania, of Rev. Arnold - Rhodes Med
bury, a Baptlat minister formerly well
known In Portland.. Rev. Bradbury cam
to Portland in May. 1872, and was pas
tor of the First Baptist church until
August, 1874. He went east for a few
years, and returned to Oregon aa pas
tor of the " First Baptist ahurch of
Salem. After a term there be went to
an eastern post. . At hi. death he waa
past 70 yeara of age.
In theatricals and for other exhibition
furposea only eight houra a day, from
a. m. to 7 p. m., with four houra' in
termission.' ' -' ' .. ' - 4
Hereafter the 'chee-lld of the melo
drama must be either a dwarf adult
with a Juvenile voice or over the ag
prescribed by law. The order resulted
In the dismissal of S00 ' Juvenile per
Xostnefs la fiva-oent theatera. . .
mAEmmimmmMTs.
MM: WITHDRAW
President 1 -Roosevelt Con
' tinues Committee Neg- '
ItU . UJ VVllllOO.
-,' (Heant Kews by Longest Leased Wba)
'Washington D. C, June . President
Roosevelt today made good his promise
to the governors, which was. If con
gress failed to provide permanent con
tinuation, of the inland waterways com
mittee he would continue it Congress
failed to continue the commission. The
president today issued tha following
statement: ; .
"In view of the desirability of con
tinuing the work of the inland' water
ways committee, the president haa re
quested those designated last year, with
the exception of General Alexander Mc-
nenxie, cniei or engineers, war depart
ment, who has retired, to continue their
services on the said commission and haa
also requeated William B. Allison, Rep
resentative Joseph Ransdell and Profes
sor George F, Swain of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, to serve
as members. As soon as the selection
tor the chief of engineers for the war
department has been made that official
will also ha riealo-nated aa a member of
the commission m tne place of uenerai
MCKeasle."
The present personnel of tha commis
sion follows:
Representative Theodor Burton,
chairman: William B. Allison.' Senators
William Warner. F. O. Newiands ana
John J. - Bankhead, Representative Jo
eepb Ransdell, Chief. Forester Gifford
Pinchot. department of agriculture; F.
H. Newell, director of the reclamation
service: Herbert Knox Smith, chief of
the bureau of corporations; Dr, William
J. Mcoee. deoartment or agriculture;
professor George F. Swain, ; .
In the excitement of tha La Toilette
filibuster aaalnst the Aldrlch-Vreeland
emergency currency bill, and the closing
sessions or congress, rrienas or ine in
land waterways commission overlooked
the - bills In conference and failed to
press a report from the conference com
mittee. . .:' ' '
The president waited until a raceived
the full details of the reason of the
failure of hia bill and then , named the
commission and authorized It to eon
tinue Ita work, as he had promised the
governors he would da Thou respon
sible for the failure of the bills may
axnect to hear from the president at
some xuiure ume. . ,
BASEBALLS
Democratic' Candidate . for
the Presidency Picnicked
-With His Employes.
(raited Press Leased Wire.)
Lincoln. . Neb., June (.Gathering hia
newspaper employes about- him, WIW
Ham Jennings Bryan today slipped out
of the city and enjoyed an old-fashioned
picnlo In a farmer's grov near
Cret., . He umpired a baseball game
and witnessed soma star athl&tlo stunta
Later this evening tha party returned
to Lincoln." Thla nlcnlc la' a'n annual
event and Mr. and. Mrs. Bryan are not
adverse to other - visitors to : the day
assigned to merrymaking. . Tonight
Mr. Bryan delivered an eloanent ad
dress to th Lincoln Bryan club. To
morrow h delivers -a Memorial ' day
addre.ss to the Woodmen and makea a
number of talks at churches In thu
afternoon and evening. - ; . . : - . .
Market Day at PenrJJcton.
(S?lr IHapatch to Tn Journal.) 'l
Pendleton, .Or., June (.Market day
waa a success today, over $2,000 chang
ing hands. -. Forty horsee were sold,
with Implements and farm stuff; Many
farmers and buyers were here.
BRYAH UMPIRES
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Chamberldln Downs Cake in Orrffo n ( From Spokesman-Review, Spo-'','''i-'-
kane.) ' .
Nomination of War
on First Ballot If
Decides Other
Those Already Passed Upon.
(Hearst Kews by Lengett Lesssd Wire.)
Chicago, June (.Sixteen mora votes
were added today to the total Secretary
of war Taft will hay on the flrat bal
lot for th presidency In th Republican
national convention. ' They - were
added by th national committee-on con-
tata from Florida and Georgia.
Allied opponent -of -the Secretary of
war now concede hia nomination if th
committee . continue to decide Other
contests aa it has those already passed
upon. ' And they ar so certain that tha
ootnmitt -will acf Just aa it haa been
noting that leaders of tha allies are se
riously considering the withdrawal of
all their contests before the committee
and appealing directly to th credentials
committee or tne convention.
Bo Decision on Knox.
Senator M. Murray (Van of r.
cnuaetta. general leader of - th. ailiea
Senator Ifemenway of Indiana, repre-
Congressman Jamas Francla Bark of
t-iusDurg, speaking; for Senator Knox,
held a-conference, on that matter to-
nignu mo ueoiaion. waa reached, how
ever, as Major F. C. Bryan, general
counsel of the allies, could not be
reached for the time being, and they
waited for specific adVic from the
principals Knox, Cannon, Fairbanks,
jroraaer ana uughes.
' Hftos Kay Bam Foraker.
- Th alllea are not alone in their pro
test agalnat th action of the com
mittee. Th colored votere have broken
loose - with - a storm of denunciation.
They go so far as to threaten to bolt
th ticket entirely if Secretary Taft is
nominated and put up a candlcat of
their own for the presidency Senator
Joseph Ben Foraker, if that champion
of their cause can be induced to accept
a nomination.. - - ' .
By those who ar In close touch with
Senator Foraker. it is not considered
Impossible that h would accept The
flarhtinar Ohio statesman la more angry
over the negro question than he haa ever
been in his lire oerore. his intimates
believe It Is entirely possible that he
might choose to enact the role of Sam-
son, and pull down the entire fabrlo of
NOW IT'S NEW YORK
AND THE DIRECTOIRE
; GOWN; GIRL INSIDE
'; (United Prass Leased Wire.)
New 'York. June .New York had
its firs't public view today of on of th
new sheath gowns with awearer inside
and the old town could have been
scarcely more excited had th stock ex
change gone out of -business. The most
vivid recollections of the -hundreds who
witnessed th affair Is tliat the Woman
wor gray stockings .- '-,', '' "'' ' - '
Thla much they know, for this much
they saw. True, the woman ' had on a
pearl gray gown,, matched with an Im
mense gray -hat, but these were Inci
dents to th dainty effect disclosed by
th slit In th aide of her skirt that tx-
h side
CONTESTS
;' 'i r' '
Secretary Conceded
National Committee
Contests As It Has
tte Republican party, although he
ahould destroy himself politically in
doing so. They feel sure of one thing,
if Foraker should accept auch a nomi
nation he would so split the Vote In
Ohio and probably In New York also
that brith of them would be lost to tha
Republicans, with Taft as the nomine.
Bgxoa Hot Alas in Fight,
The negroes are not alone In their
fight against the action of tha national
committee and agalnat Taft as the pres
idential nominee. - Th Constitution
league, a mixed order of whites and
blacks, and which backed Senator For
aker in his fight agalnat th president
over the Brownsville Incident, i behind
them. The Illinois branch of the league
according to report issued a -formal
protest today against th national com
mittee method of seating "Lilly White'
Taft delegatea over the negro contest-
1 ants from all the southern states. . The
Sroiesi was signea oy 1 nomas fear son.
, N. Simms, F. L, Barnett, E. H. Brew
ing ton and John J. uuckner, all local
black leaders, and a copy of it was de
livered to each member of the national
committee. It reads as follows:
Demands Oonstttatlonal Bights.
"The Illinois branch of the Constitu
tion league, having In view the system
atic and growing disregard of the con
stitutional rights of many American
cltisens. respectfully petition your com
mittee to secure a pledge by the Repub
lican convention that the constitutional
right of - all cltisens shall be main
tained and enforced, and that-the viola
tion of these rights shall be promptly
and vigorously prosecuted by the gov
ernment. - ..
i "Wo further appeal to you in behalf
Of Republicans in those states where
open and noteworthy efforts are being
made to exclude colored cltisens from
participating In the righta and prlvl
leres Of the Rennhllcian nartv Wa pan-
fidently rely on the national committee
to refuse credentials to all alleged Re
publicans Whose DolitlcAl allAvlnnAM tn
Biinclples of our party ar bounded by
le color line." ..
r Bfarnc to BzowaaviUe.
The first naraarranh nf t.
fere tc an appeal that will be mad to
(Continued on Pag Four.) -
tended from the knee to the hem. if that
ifneWofV ffirtWUld V bUn1-ary
Thi aIr,young thing who turned the
heads of all who saw her went to the
!ler-J .fJTJend of( 0l th Oceanic.
s,h9,,rove to th Pler in a carriage and
with Her escort started Jauntily up the
gangplank. - In some mysterious man
ner the crowd Instantly seemed to get
next and there was more rubber-necking
toe next ' few mlnutea than was ever
known among a like number of people
In the history of the world.
She first bl iahed then blanched, then
nonplussed herself, while her gallant
escort tried to fight his way through
the crowds. "The finally reached ta
boat. -, . . . I
FESTIVAL
mm
ASSURED
Business Men of Fiesta City
Pledge Themselves to Sup
port Bigger and Better
Fetes in the Future A
Western Mardi Gras.
Success of Carnival Just;
Closed So Pronounced !
That Rose Show Will Evi-j
dentlyBecome an Annual I
Event in Portland. , r
. That Portland's Rob Fiesta has been
an unqualified auccesa In every ' way
which means assurance of an ' annual
celebration and 'that In time It will
become known throughout fhe world, la
the expression of" the prominent buei
ness men of the' city. ' Furthermore
many of them have already promised to
subscribe for a carnival next year' and
several said; that tbey would ' glv
money for th event every year to come.
Another feature of th week of merry
making and Jollification among th hun
dreds of thousands or people,' visitors
and Portlandara alike, ..which has at
tracted great attention and comment
was th wonderfully good behavior dis
played by everyon. Th. absence of
drunkenness, or any effort on the part,
of any of the citizens or outsiders to
be unruly or tn any way Interfere with
the nroceedlngs of the city as well aft
the visitors, haa not been overlooked i
by the people and has brought about a
better feeling . toward all . mankind in
general. .
Few Aooldanta to Mar.
While thousands paraded th streets by -day
and. at, night as. well thenOiav
been but few accidents and the arrtitiis
made by the -police have been only of i
the nature of those ordinarily mad In
the everyday course of the running of
a great city,.-,'.----"-"-.---- . , . - '
as to in way . tn mercnants zeei
on. the auccess of the rose show, many
of them could hardly express an ac
curate opinion, simply saying that th
festivities in every way snroassed all
expectations, were the greatest ever held
on the Pacific coast, and that an annual
carnival for Portland la assured. -
Following are expressions given by
some of the business men last night:
" Success In. Every Way. " .
R. M. Orav. mens' clothlns Th citi
zens of Portland certainly owe a vote of
thanks to the committeemen having th
fiesta in charge. It has been a success
In very way. All Oregon, for the way
the citizen of the other towns and cities
came to the front, are to be congratu
lated for their efforts to please.. I can
not say enough In praise of the success
of the whole affair. The parades, and
everything, have simply been one grand
week ox success.
Ben Selling, men a clothing Th
fiesta which closes tonight has been
the first affair of Its kind that Port
land has given wher everything prom
ised has been realized. I cannot say
too much In regard to the business
men and citizens who have worked no
hard and faithfully. I have already
decided to renew my subscription to
the committee for another celebration
grander than ever for next year.. Tha
week of ; festivities has been an un
qualified success. The management Is
most assuredly entitled to the thanks
and gratitude the community at -large.
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Fred Buff um of Buff um A Pendleton.
men's clothing 1 have - heard abso
lutely nothing but words of commenda
tion for Portland, the neoDle of Orearnn
and the committee having the fiesta ini
hand.-i The parades and the floats in
fact, everything have been' better than!
I expected. Th weather might havoi
been better, but the show couldn't have:
been. The week has been one of tha
Erandest in th history of Pprtland,
et's make It an annual affair.
8. Frank, of Meier & Frank's n la
ment store All visitors, all citizens,
everyone, is more than satisfied. Port
land . and Portland people have d o n
themselves proud.- I cannot say as
much as I would like In nmUA
credit that is due the management, and
especially those business men who hav ,
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out this afternoon but was brought
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