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THE OREGON 4 DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENINO, JUNE 6, 10X1. mKw chops rtftol tame lSOt roaea, " from Porte mouth IIT, and from the , Penlneula envoi 105. ...., .-5.'."f' ;,. .-. Annual Agricultural. Returns " From Desert Area" of We$t, $250,000,000., (ftnactal m.nalrti to The InaraaLI Chicago 111.. June . Through tha work of tha United Btatea reclamation aarvloa a considerable proportion of , the weatern desert area, extending from ArUona and lower California north ward into tha atata of Washington, haa been transformed and the landa, form erly worthleaa aa a national aaaat, now yield cropa worth each year 1110.000,- 000. Thirteen million acrea In theae dea arte have been planted to gralna. frulta and other cropa Tha reclaimed areaa, with tha thouaanda of comfortable homea, present In thamaelTaa undent able proof of tha poaalbllltlea for home making" and crop growing which are Juiit beginning to be reallced and taken advantage of by the thouaanda of peo ple throughout the entire nation for whom the government undertook and la carrying forward tha reclamation work. In thla work of development the gov ernment already haa employed $ll 000,000. An additional IIS.OOO.vQv win be expended to complete the projects begun. There ara landa open to entry now In ..five of tha projecta. Aa additional funee ara nut Info tha work, additional unite of 10,000 acrea or more will be thrown open to entry from time to time In the projecta that are now incom plete, and when all the projecta ara full additional ones will be started. The projecta with farma now avail able Include the Huntley, In Montana, with SO, 000 acrea, for which landa the settlers must pay St per acre to the Indians at the time ha makea hla fil ing; the Sun River, In Montana, with I7.000 acrea and 1n which the aettler makea an . Initial payment of IS. 60 per acre: the Umatilla. In Oregon, with ro.440 acres, tha landa being In private ownerehtp and purchasable from aet tlera having an exoena of 160 acrea; tha Ilelle Kourche, In South Dakota, with 100,000 aorea, also privately owned land!) purchasable at from $20 to ISO per acre, and the Shoshone, In Wyoming, with IS:. 000 acres, all eubject to home stead entry, thla project having a gen eral elevation of 4600 feet. In these projects the charge for water right, which becomes perpetual when the tenth annual payment la made, la ISO per acre, excepting In the Umatilla and the ShoHlione. In which It la 180 and $48 respectively. THOUSANDS REVEL AMID R0SE-HUED FESTIVAL SWEETS PERFECT DAY USHERS 4 7 ' IN REIGN OF. ROSES s ; RIVER SCENE GORGEOUS While tha aaat and - middle west a weltered yesterday In blistering beat. while hurry calla kept New York and Chicago ambulances and the emergency hospitals busy, one of tha greatest crowds In I'ortland history crowded tha atreeta, enjoyed to tha full tha opening of tha gay Rosa Festival ant tha perfect, aunahlny day. and yet not one complaint of discomfort or heat was heard at any time during the day no t one1 collapse, prostration or serious accident was reported. "Such a day makea good Portland's assuming of tha, name, "Bummer Cap ital ' of America,' " aald George L. Hutohln, manager of the Roae Festival, yesterday evening. "It would be Impossible to estimate the number of people on tha atreeta. The passenger departments of tha rail roads report arrivals approximating 25,000 people and mora coming on every train. Yet all ara comfortable. Tbera la abaolutely nothing to Interfere with the Joyful happiness of this splendid occasion." Thla comment was echoed by tha city's visitors. They went from one event to another, they Inspected one roae garden after another, thay thrilled to the touoh of the featlval spirit aa though they were In a land of enchant ment Portland, Indeed, aeemed mora a falry-llke realm with Ita beauty and bloom than tha everyday home of for tunate people to the sun parched easterners. The close of th water carnival last night was In a blata of splendor. Lit by red fire and searchlights, a proces sional led by tha George H. Williams moved in stately fashion up the river. where magnlfioent fireworks at tha Oaks compelled ejaculations of wonder and. admiration from thousands of spectators. Streams of water thrown from the Williams and lit by calcium aj-j . L- lights added maglo to tha. fairy eoene. Followed , then tha Dlx, royal , barge, bearing not Hex Oregonua, but Fea tlval queen, impersonating ttia rose and amlllng upon the watchers. Tha aplendldly decorated ' aacort ao oordad yesterday to tba Festival king, tha number and beauty of tba decorate.! water craft; the full participation by all boat ownere and tha brilliancy of It all made tha water carnival a memorabla event and Indicated undreamed of possi bilities for another year's Rose Fea tlval. . EAST SIDE STREETS DECORATED; READY FOR DISTINCTIVE EVENTS "Orand avenue from Hawthorne to Holladay avenues haa been hung with flaga and made reaplendent with floral deooratlona. Thla Is the work of the membara of tha Kast Ride Business Men's club who are getting ready for two of the Rosa Festival's distinctive events, the fraternal and military pa rade Thursday evening and "Human Rosebud" parade of school children Fri day afternoon. Already there are on tha way to Port land members of tha Taooma oamp of Spanish war veterans. Thay bring with them an SO foot serpent, which they will carry at tha head of tha Thursday night parade. Veterana from Vancou ver will march, together with S00 sol diers of the regular army from the Vancouver barracks. The east side com mitteemen, led by Secretary Walter, As sistant Secretary Hall, George Dilworth, Pan Kallaher and others, report a de gree of preparation whloh warrants auo oaaa for both tha aaat aide eventa. MOOSE LODGE PARADE Tu BE GRAND EVENT; OUTSIDE FOLK COMING According to telegrams reoetved thla morning by tha chairman of tha parade committee for tha Moose lodge, there will be strong delegations of that order from all over tha northwest to partlcl- pate In tha parade Thursday afternoon and evening. Centralis, is -eendtng a special train and nearly a dotes other cities will be represented. Tha Mooaa lodge membere will appear In full regalia In tba parade; they will have a handsomely decorated float and their big new mooaa will be In the lead, Tha offlcera will ride In open decorated carriages and the degree team will ride In full regalia on decorated ataeda. Members of the order will meet at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the cor ner of Fourteenth . and Yamhill atreeta to form the line of march; in the even ing they will congregate at tha comer of East Seventh and Ankeny atreeta. Tha Knights Of tha Rose, a new order with a local membership of too. will also participate in the parade on Thursday. FESTIVAL THRONGS BUY TAGS IN AID . OF THE BABY HOME Thousands of people gathered en the buelneaa atreeta thla morning to catch a glimpse of the babies rrom tha Baby Home, who. In charge of the young women of the Junior and aenior auxll larlea, paraded .the streets In automo biles contributed for the occasion. At tha aame time other young women on the atreet corners aold Baby Home tags at 10 cents apiece until nearly all the people who watched the parade were Tagged for the Baby Home " 80 many tags ware aold this morning. and the work waa progressing with auch popular approval that Mra. D. C Burns, president of the Baby Home, predicted enough money would be raised to meet the emergency expenses of car ing for the (0 and more homelese wmlfa The coat of maintenance of the home has bean exceptionally heavy this year, because of the treat amount of atreet Improvement, and the appropriation from tba atata, together with gifts from Individuals, waa insufficient Robbed Wife and Killed Iler. (United Prvas Leased Wire.) New Westminster. B. C. June . That Henry Jobea not only killed hla THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE SAMPLE E STOKE IN Portland Selling Ladies' Shoes for $2.00 a Pair Selling Men's Shoes for $2.50 a Pair (Continued From Pace One.) general manager, George K Hutchln, who designed them all. "Land of Thousand Wonders." "OreKon, the Iand of a Thousand Wonders," Is the pageant's title. The year-long work upon it haa been com plete several days. It Is ready for the people to safe The city's most beauti ful girls In costumes ride upon the cars, which will make progress over the atreeta designated a distance of a block between each, with, a gorgeously cos tumed band falling in behind each. They will coma In the following order: Car 1 Rex Oregonua, hla aoapter ex tended In benediction over hla crowded aubjects. Car 2 Beacon Before tha Dawn. Oregon before the coming of the white man. Car i Coming of the White Man. Tha Indiana stand fearing and wondering, not knowing that It meant their evic tion. Car 4 Tha City of Astor and Its Building. The polar bear and Indian pony types of the unoonquered oountry. Car 6 Oregon In Morning Glory, Land of a Thousand Wonders. Car e Reclaiming the Land. Maglo returns from Irrigation. , Beauty of Beaches. Car 7 Shells of the Ocean, Beauty of Oregon Beachea. Car 8 Crater Lake; the wonder of this ons is that Oregon's wonderful lake could be so realistically portrayed in a festival float. Car t Oregon the Paradise of all Peo ple. Car 10 Pearls of the Pacific. Queen of the Ooean. Car 11 Chanteclar Crows for Oregon. Car IS Jewel Caves of Oregon, won ders unrealised. Car 18 The Lilies of the Field, the Butterflies of Pleasure. Car 14 Wealth of Oregon, Untouched Resources, the Golden Egg. Car 16 Music of the Oregon Country, rippling streams, crooning breesea, soothing waves of ooean. Car 16 Kingdom of Flowers, Queen Roue, Human Rosebuds. Enumeration, of course, serves only as guide to vision of the parade whose coming beauties the best description could but vaguely portray. Tha electric parade with variations will be repeated Saturday night, in the flashing farewell to Rex Oregonua, king of happiness. We Fill Mail Orders I SELL THE FINEST $3 TO $6 VALUE SHOES MADE Branch: 150 3H St, Upstairs, Opp. Skidmore Drug Co. I SELL THE FINEST $3 TO $6 VALUE SHOES MADE 1MB J M) 1H FrMen I I APaIr , VJ-n APalr II Rooms ff Vr""" i l jfT" J f Rooms I : 600-601 i f ji II lvj I' jj II I A J flHMOl Sixth Floor J Sjjisj fUUJCti S '"0" IOregonian Sfj" S fSI C fl v I Oregonian. I 1 I liBML'F 1, i 1 PENINSULA'S ROSES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL VISITORS GRATIS Booths for the free distribution of tha j Peninsula's most fragrant and perfect , roues have been established at both the J union and North Bank depots. Elabo- j rately decorated, attenled by the Pen-1 insula's pretty glpls and bowered with) bloom, they are beauty spots seen first I by the city's visitors. urlng all the Rose Festival theae booths will be maintained, with a com-j mlttee of women in charge. No one ! will come to Portland and go away say- ! lng there were no roses here. For each , wbmfcn this morning there was a bow- j quet of full blown flowers, for every man a perfect bud of any desired color 1 for his coat lapel. 1 Mrs. E. S. Dyer, Mrs. C. Spies, Mrs. ' W, R. Agnew and L. E. gelberg were in charge of the union depot booth today. ' It was Kenton day. At the North Bank station S. L. Os borne, secretary ofr the Peninsula Host Carnival association, was in general charge. His assistants were Miss Mario Becker. Mrs. E. Baker, Miss Hazel Bradford. Mr. OBborne has arranged a unique competition between Peninsula schools for contributions of roses. He grades 60 per cent for quality, 20 per cent for condition and 20 per oent for correct length of stem. Tribute' to the excel lence of the Peninsula rose gardens and the great pride taken In them waa the fact that nearly all graded 100 per cent From St. Johns schools came what Mr. Osborne called the finest rose exhibit evey produced on the Peninsula number ing ICS blossoms. From Ocaley Green The Finest Beer Ever Brewed Ten "George" to bring yon Blatz. Watch for the label the triangle. It Stands for quality. "Always the urns Good Old Blatx" from Milwaukee ROTHSCHILD BROS. I Dimtrihutnr. a 2W2.4-26 N. FaMSt.PertUuMl.Or.. PHONES! Mala 153-A 4666 ROUND TRIPS EAST ALL SUMMER CHICAGO ) C70CA MILWAUKEE.. ST. LOUIS $70.00 PHIDE $108.50 BOSTON. $110.00 BALTIMORE. . C1A7 CA WASHINGTON flUl-M ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS. DULUTH OMAHA KANSAS CITY. WINNIPEG.... DENVER COLORADO SPRINGS.... $60.00 $55.00 Direct Train Service to St. Paul, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Denver Foster k Kleiser High Grade Commercial and Electric SIGNS Xast ?tn and East Everett "BU, i rnones East mil B-82. Tickets sold June 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30; July 1 to 6 inclusive, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, and certain dates in August and September. Return limit, October 31. j Inland Empire Express Leaves 9:55 a. mi North Bahlk Limited Leaves 7:00 p. m. CITY TICKET OFFICE, FIFTH AND STARK STS. NORTH BANK STATION, ELEVENTH AND HOYT STS. wife bat robbed her as wall,, waa learned today when one of hla Bona atated to, the police that aceordlnr to hla estimate the mlieing man took $60 front a pocket In the woman's clothes after be killed har. Ha also took her watch. Thla In conjunction with the fact that Jobea took with htm In hla flight a part of hla balonglnga which he bad packed up on the nlg-ht before, point to a deliberately planned murder. Jobea haa vanished completely. Portlandr-r Wlna Pharmacy Prtre. (Special rxspatrfc te The Jaeraal.) Oregon agricultural College, Corvallls, Or., June . -The Laue prise, which la awarded each year by John M. A. Laue of Portland to the atudenta receiving the highest grades In a oompetlttve examination In pharmacy, haa been awarded to William J. Thornton of Port land. The aecond prise, also offered by Mr. Laue to the atudent making the brat grades la the Junior examination, waa win by J. B. Jackson of Roaeburg. Dan O'Reilly to Jail. rralt4 From leasee wee. New York. June Daniel ORellly, one of Harry Thaw's counsel at hla trial for Killing Stanford White, will probab y be taken to Blackwell'a Island today to serve Ave ptontha' aentenee for rerelrlngatoten property. OMtellly waa convicted in connection with the rob bery of Aaron Bancroft, broker, of $8T, 000 In aeaurlttoa, as he waa entering the Produce Exchange to deposit them. The envelope containing (the securities was knocked to the floor Ope waa returned to him. by two man who picked It Bp. but contained only waste paper, , i an i "i i ii i i. i ii . A fountain marking brush," tome what resembling a huge fountain pen, haa been patented by. a Michigan man, Oregon Novelty Co. Successors to Oregon Sheet Metal & Screen Co. HOUSES AND SLEEPING PORCHES SCREENED. WE GUARANTEE ALL WORK. Best equipped screen factory on Pacific coast. We n supply your wants and our prices are reasonable. T. E. Clark, Gen. Mgr. ' N. Main Street Box 686 Lents. Oregon Today's Programme Two o'clock p. m. Formal open ing of the Competitive Rose Exhibit at the Armory, under the auspices of the Portland Rose Society. 8 50 p'. m. Grand . Electric Pa rade, headed by Rex Oregonua, the Carnival King. 10 o'clock p. m. Revels of the masqueraders on Sixth and Seventh streets from Yamhill to Burnside streeti. '""ag-. And the Chief Attraction! GrandOpeningof i ciiers music nouse A display in a new building that delights ad astonishes every caller. TodasAttractions Souvenirs for everyone. Hourly concerts and recit als throughout the big build ing. Free chance to win the fa mous $1100 Eilers De Luxe Player Piano. To every owner of a Victor or Columbia Phonograph, a latest Double-Disc record for 10 cents. r. 1 i-:- r - The opening of this superb new establishment definitely marks a period in Northwestern musical history. To give everyone opportunity for inspection, a reception is being held today and evening. There will be concerts and recit als throughout the building hour ly, to which admission is free. Nothing will be sold this after noon or evening. The house warming spirit must prevail commercialism for the time being must take its place far in the background. To all of our friends, to every reader of The Journal, we extend a most cordial invftation to visit us today. Call in the morning or in the afternoon, or in the evening, but don't fail to come. We anticipate the pleasure of enjoying with you numerous pleasant surprises we have planned for this opening. The faithful work of architect and artisan, having at their disposal everything of the best obtain able, has culminated in one of the handsomest business struc tures anywhere. The choicest achievements in American musical instrument making are here displayed. Xtff s 'j.JV'r Hi-!' a a. (.uaaia.i i 9 kwMvvir v1 1 anaicBuaiiaw ,v avwmwwnw :o w a-4bb' t . ' lot Oldest in Oregon Biggest. Busiest, Best Now at Seventh and Alder