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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
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DYNAMITED
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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.
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J. B. Barnes.
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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
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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
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(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,
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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
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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. . ,
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absolute, bona ' lid sale, wher
every instrument in our immense
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rummed-un excuse or fak sale.
rislnatea to deceive, ins ' ino
Cent purchasing public.
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very instrument In our-immens
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where
old. Piano purchaser. Jut for-
atr as aa tMAmanr si s.4 atatrrHam tf
the old, reliable house of Kohler
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Mx Chaaa (eaUbllshed 1860). and
invaatisat. Beolng is believing
.nil ' convince yourself what
truly wonderful piano value we
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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
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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 ...
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