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III PARADE Florence, Or Rhododendrph Queen ,t.?,t 1 "V i .... SPLENDID FEATURE A t -aT fXr, tt-V i W Saw ar h. l l 4 . M 'J , ' ' ' ! ' t- At KV I ' . 375 W ' ' I. 4' r Out of Town Turnouts Will Make Distinctive Event at Rose Festival. " The Rose Festival management haa invited all nearby towna to participate ' la the horae and vehicle parade, one of the distinctive eventa of the festival which will take place Thursday after noon, June 8. A rrlae constating- of an ' elegant silver cup lias beon oriereo. ior the most handsomflly decorated ve hlrle representing any of the neigh boring towna which enter the eompetl- The huree nd vehlcla parade will be more beautiful than ever before. It waa .nnnnnoMi vesterday. The decoration will be more elaborate and more nearly In keeping with ttio nose re.uvm plrlt While the magnificent electric parade will be leader among all eventa. It is expected that the horse and ve- hlele parade will poaeeas a oisuncuv. ness that no other feature of the festi. .'. ! m ill have. Entrlee have been com 1 Ing In a way aa aurprlalng as gratify ing, and the competition for the prlsea ' la vnr than wm anticipated. The competition for the neighboring town iaMrttnna Is. of course, limited to i that nartlcalar claas. It la not expected : that the vehicles from the towna rnnnrt Portland will enter Into eomp. titinn with awneral entries. It will be dm town aaalnst another. It waa also announced by tha Rose viiivii manaa-emant yesterday that nearlT every preparation for the festi .val'a beginning, June 6. has been made The floats for tha magnificent electric parade Tuesday night, June a, tne car nival atunta on Sixth and Seventh streets following tha pageant, the aqua- tic feature, the reception or Be ore gonua, the motorboat races, the eaat aide parades of school children, frater nal organisations and - Industries, the praparattona for the entertainment of visitors, tha Illuminations all have , been provided for. VI want to repeat" aald George L. Hntchln, manager of tha festival, "that ' such another exhibition of Portland and Oregon's resources and beauties will never have been given to such a throng of visitors as will crowd into Portland en ever means of transportation from ', every quarter of tha nation, and from many foreign countrlee. The featlval of J 911 will be memorable among them all, I predict, even If wo eclipse It In 1912. It is certain that beautiful and satisfactory aa It was, the festival of 1)10 will not even oe In the elaaa with that of 1911." lllSUAFEIS ;-.. ftnHil nitiutph to Tk Jnnrnal.t ,. ISpokane. Wash.. May ,.20. Armed with a hammer and chisels, robbers forced their way Into the poet office at karaont, Wash., Jaet night, and robbed the safe of 1300, after wrecking it with - dynem It Neither flOO worth of stamps ' nor $60 in checks waa molested. About half the money belonged to B. B. Tay lor,'' postmaster-druggist. Inspector are hunting- for i the looter. Marvin James and George Oregg were arrested on suspicion at- Spokane tonight while trying to sell shoes believed to be from the Lamont store where tha postofflca vl kept..' T;, , ... ..; . Mm a- DYNAMITED 1 KKEN Miss Ella Wakefield. (Special Dlapatrk to The JaarnaL) Florence, Or.. May !0i May 24 and 25 aro the days set aside -for the an nual Florence rhododendron festival and Mlas Ella Wakefield, eldest daughter of a well known Portland contractor, who Is now constructing the Jetty at the mouth of the Slual&w river, has been elected queen. Miss Wakefield led her neareat opponent, Mlas Myrtle Cooper, by 11.000 vote. Never before here has the competition for queen been so great and never before has a rhododendron queen been elected by such a large ma jority. Thla la the fourth annual rhododen dron festival. PORTLAND MERCHANTS WILL ATTEND 1 MEET LARGE CORN FIELD ' , IN WHITMAN COUNTY (SpmIiI nitnatcn te'Tbe Jonrwl. ' 'Rosalia, Wash, Mat 20. What Is be lieved to be the largest corn field In Washington la betng planted by the ...Broadview dairy, SS0 acres being sown. The check, method will be employed by mean of which cultivation both waya is made possible. The corn will all be . made to allege this fall and stored In the five large alios of the dairy. The arm, which ablps all milk to Spokane, ..maintains -aa many as 00 cowa, fed ; largely on silage. LOG STRIKES ON HEAD ', AND FATALLY HURTS MAN (Special PUpatcn to Tb Journal.) Raymond, Wash., May 20. Al Drink water. 4 5 years of age, a logger em ployed by the Columbia Box A Lumber company In Its camp on Mill creek, waa perhaps fatally injured Thursday after noon when he was struck on the head by a log being hauled from the woods. (Ke was brought to the Raymond Gen eral hospital in an unconscious condi tion. His chances for recovery are slight. Oregon Pioneer Dies From Injury : t 5 .. , J) i J. B. Barnes. A' t ' It 1 i ' 1 V 3. E. Barnes, secretary for the South western Washington Development aa soclation, is working up a tremendous Interest In the jneetlng to be held at Chehalia June 1. 2 and S. wben It is ex pected a large delegation of Portland merchants will attend. Many lmoortant Questions will be taken up for discussion at thla meeting, esDecially prominent among them be ing the subject of how to bring set tiers and get them well started on the large areas of logged-off lands In south western Washington. This question is one of importance to Portland, too, for the reason that all of the southwestern Waahington coun try is contiguous to Portland, mar. chants of thia city retting practically the bulk of the trade from that district FINISH BIG DITCH IN EARLY SUMMER (SdmUI DiDtcb to The Journl. Stayton. Or., May 20. Work on the Irrigation nrojeet ear Btaytorr it be ing pushed rapidly. W. L,. Benham, who in charge of the construction, says he has about 80 men and 76 teams at work and expects, with favorable weath er, to have the entire first unit of the ditch completed the early part of the summer. The company haa established a dem- 'ontitratlon farm at West Stayton where acre tracts have been sown to various crops. Adjoining this tract the Oregon Agricultural college haa aelected a tract for an experiment station, where small plots of one tenth acre each will be alternately irrigated and non-Irrigated to establish tha exact percentage of ln oreas caused by Irrigation. ; William Henry Murray of Walla JtSf; Walla; vJl Walla, Wash.. May 20. The 'funeral of William Henry Murray, aged 6. who waa hurt so badly In a bicycle collision three weeke ago that death resulted Wednesday, . was held yester day. Mr. Murray bad lived here several yeara and waa engaged in the stone cattlnr business. Crossing the plains with hi parent 1b an ex team. In 185(5, ' he waa brought op in the Willamette valley. ; Ma moved frota there to La Oraada, where he lived 10 year.. From ka Grande he came her. . -' He leaves a wife and on daughter, Mra.rv B.. fcarlrmaa of Allcal. Or. : . PAL0USE COUNTRY FARMER SOWS PEAS (Rperial Dispatch to Tb Joarnal.) Garfield. Wash., May 20. One of the marked changes going on In the farm ing methods of the Palouae country Is indicated by the sowing of a consider able acreage of Canada field peaa this peaaon. S". IL Wines, a local' fruitgrower and shipper, has sown 20 acres of thla valuable legume for stock feed. Mr. Wines la enthusiastio over former successes, having produced 26 bushels of peas beside much valuable forage from a sowing of one. bushel. He con tends that next to clover, peas enrich the soli in nitrogen and Insure an in creased yield of wheat. EASTERNERS PUN ' DAIRYING COLONY . - (Special Dispatch to Te Journal.) Whit Salmon. Wash.. May 20. Plan are on foot to establish an Ideal coun try life colony near White Salmon, to engage In dairying.- Captain H. K. Mitchell and Colonel Eastman of Omaha, have purchased SCO aores of land which will b sold to 2S families who will form tha colony, A cheese factory and a creamery will be estab lished, and the best grade of dairy cow will be brought here for use. See Big Piano Sale.' . Announcement of EUers Mualo House (now at Seventh and Alder), page 6, ectloa J, thl paper,.: - "V The Kenllworth Improvement associa tion will hold a special meeting In the Kenllworth Presbyterian church "Mon day evening. May it, at which time a speaker aent out by the Commercial club will address the people of the sub pect of the Initiative measure to be voted on at the election two week later. The entire community, lrrestfeo tlve of club membership, 1 urged to be present Other SDeakere will alao hava aomething to say on matter relating to the Intereata of the community. There I a persistent rumor In the neighborhood that the Portland Rail way, Light Power company ha de cided to chang the location of its new shop from it property south of Powell and east of East Twenty-sixth street to a tract of ground It own lying be tween the Southern Pacific car ahopa and Milwaukla street. It was through the Influence of the Kenllworth Im provement association that the company secured the vacation of the street cat ting through the Powell street property, and If the change is to be made the association will demand the restoration of these streets. Another unconfirmed rumor, say that the Raid Institute 1 looking for another location, '.and will not build eaat of Eaatmoreland, those in authority declaring that the ground are too circumscribed for the future re quirement of the school. The associa tion is looking these matter up and ex pects Its committee will report their findings on Monday evening. TELEPHONES IN FOREST FOR IDAHO FIRE BATTLE (Special Dispatch to The Jonnul.l Spokane, Wash.. May JO, Work will be started Monday on the 35 mile of permanent telephone Use through the Idaho woods, from 6t Jo to Marbal creek valley, opening communication with a territory heretofore entirely cut orr outing ioreut fire. The Coeur d'Alene Fire Protective association 1 to construct the line for the purpose of communicating with fire patrol In sections traversed during the summer. The line connect with the Interstate telephone at St. Jo and with tempor ary unes aitacnea to tree through Hughes and Mica creek valley. The protective association 1 now arranging with the Interstate line for construc tion rrom rornwood to Clarks, to mile. DESCHUTES RIVER TO BE MEASURED (Special DIapetcb to Toe JeanaLl xwna, ur.. May 20. Tb enormous? water power poaslbllitlea of the n schutes river are soon to be mj1 th subject of a special investigation and roDort bv flint a ant Mml .m.i.i. Thla will rln nnkllj. .... I lntereted capital, definite information which 1 necessary for intelligent Invest. meat in works for the development of water resource. It will also harmonize tho apparently conflicting use nf streams for water power and Irrigation pu rposes. About 60 new treatn-a.ua-1nar itiHm.. will be established In the state, and it is very likely that on will be at Bend, IMPROVE TELEPHONE"" SERVICE AT MILTON Special Diapatcti to Tie Jr.t ! Milton, Or.. May 10. About us aaa has been spent in Improvement to the local telephone system thl year. In ad dltion to other work a macalila iim,i haa been constructed to the city limit of Freewater on the north to connect with the farmer line there. arlvttM- clear metallic cirouit from the central office to tha connection point with the farmers' lines throughout the valley. This will be a big aid in moving the fruit crop of the valley. DECREPIT ELEVATOR AT OREGON CAPITOL IS AT LAST TO Important Notice " The public of Portland and vi cinity have been deluged, with a perfect flood, of piano . aaJes some piano house make ' a prac tice of - having 1 a would-be spe cial Bale for tvery day In the cal endar a sal for 906 day In the year. Thl ' Is no clap-trap, drummed-up ' eiouse, or fake sale, 'originated to deoelv tho In nocent purcnaaing pubiio, out an v Ir stock is Included, and will be sold. Piano purchaser. Just forget for a moment and come to the Old. reliable house of Kohler A Chas (established 1160), and Investi gate. Seeing, la believing,, and convince yourself what truly won derful piano value w ar . of fering. . , . iomxjBM cx&ws absolute, bona ' lid sale, wher every instrument in our immense " sjw 1 . ' ' r af ' r . . m Vssaa I i ' 375 Washington Street ttWestPirk int i - J, V Tha "public of Portland and.Tl- einlty nave Dean aeiugea wn perfect riooa- oi pimno 1. - .1... MakA nnit. k.vin wnulit.ha" smeclal ale for every day tn the oalen- dar , sale for J6I daya In the or va ' cent purchasing publt' yean. iThi 1 -' no- cian-rap, arui rls ml b stock I included and will -, o rummed-un excuse or fak sale. rislnatea to deceive, ins ' ino Cent purchasing public. k..lnl. kAn. ?A ula very instrument In our-immens hnt an where old. Piano purchaser. Jut for- atr as aa tMAmanr si s.4 atatrrHam tf the old, reliable house of Kohler to' IV Mx Chaaa (eaUbllshed 1860). and invaatisat. Beolng is believing .nil ' convince yourself what truly wonderful piano value we arv viiviiNR. , xoxL&m it mum I' t O i; mm 7t.. GO (naliai Burao ttt Th Jmi..,i Balem, Or., May 30. Officials and visitor have enjoyed their last ride in the ancient elevator which haa lifted Oregon lawmak ers, offloiala and capltol visitor into the upper stories of the statehouse for over 10 year. At the last session of the legisla ture the old elevator went on a rampage and dropped three men. Head Janitor C. a Rockwell, a. W. Dunsford and R. F. Hilda brand, down the shaft Every day for 40 day Rockwall had to spend from on to two hour a day repacking the valve to. keep , the oag running. The thing drew from the legislator In ses sion aa appropriation of $3000. Janitor Rockwell says that th old elevator will now go no tourer, and that a new on wtll be put In. Th new elevator, modern in every particular, will be Installed In about two weak. In the meantime visitor and of ficial will hav to trudge upV tair on foot SSk TO THE PUBLIC rJ XX BCOaTDAT, SCAT TWBJITT-aBiOOaTg, CUfAlTCa KAXX KTXOZAZA j i V v. The instrument will b placed on sal Monday,' 8:10 a. m. and offered Jr J V ja v on no other date. The following bargain In new, discontinued style and f X- r w X. rebuilt pianos are all guaranteed to b in excellent-playing condition many . X:. ( - of them cannot be told from-new. N. B.- Kindly - bring thl advertisement (lS te with you and aak salesman for bargain in specified preferred, which will great ly aid us In handling th Immense crowds and cause no Inconvenience or waiting. Sohlsr ft Ch, 7 Waahiagtom st, at Wert yark. BstobUahsd Xaao. ' j ... Kfo.yi MiiMm im wmi .iw' titL-im Wk II . .&lv,rme ! I I,, -.. - Pif'vW I I ? I! VI VAtAkiMl IIHIL i1 U' Um II I I U"iVil ,JI f .,t, ' &W P ? XPM iJL h, JSvM I I vSJIIfW TT.,. WW I kv T' y "Jl TWV". Ill I I KOHLEK k .CHASE I Street at West Part , . OPEN MONDAY EVENING TILL TO ;5WJh " 1 . 1 . il 375 ., . a .... ' Street itWutPtrk
