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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY - MORNING, ''JUNE 7.- 1014. ELECTRICAL PAGEANT WILL UNFOLD STORY OF OREGON Rose Festival Historical Procession Will Be- Featured by 21 Floats of Dazzling Beauty; Queen Thelma j on Her Royal Throne, TH E VERSATI LE COLONEL ROOSEVELT PHOTOGRAPHED I N WASH INGTON 8 iqi,AT BAKER :i CAUSE SOME CONCERN TO THE COMMISSION: ' Whfn the electrical pageant passes through the streets Friday night. June 11. fairly adaxzle with lights and gleaming with color, the thousands of spectators will look upon a true his tory of th great Oregon country, a replica In fantastic tableau of ttye poena leading to the modern great nera of the Northwest. I" t Twrnty-one-gnrgeoua floats will tell this story, , Karh will be drawn by four , horses In theory, at leaat, though electrlo motors will actually propel the cars. Hundred of lights will be re flected from many tinted surfaces, on ft oh and the lesson of the floats will be enhanced by . beautiful young women, garbed In symbolic costumes. It hs taken many months, to prepare for this pageant). George L. Baker, superintendent of the Rose Festival association, has supervised construc tion, which was accomplished by Charles Amunn, designer, and Pierre Tragllo, master mechanic and papier mat-he modeler. .: The decision to make the parade an historical pageant was reached after . long consideration on the part of the board of governors. It was decided ttiat the story of the parade should cover the whole sweep of events from the days before the white man down to the present, with a prophetic glimpse of the next decade. Ksch of the horses drawing the floats will" be caparisoned In toh" colored trapping. A" richly mantled herald will precede each float, holding aloft a banner hearing the title of the flout. The following description of the cam In the pageant give in a general way the appearance and significance : of each: v Car I Before the sawn. The solitudes of the forest primeval are still unbroken. On every hand the Oregon country presents but a pathless expanse of Inhospitable wil derness. ,-The vast empire- hears no human xoonrl save the shrill cry of the furtive savage bending to the chase or muttering the strident war song. It la, a picture that derives its glamor from the pages of unexplored history and Its lights are heightened and its fhuriows deepened only by the fancies of u rich imagination. The time is the long and uneventrul season before the dawn of civilization. The gaze - reals unon. the ru'dman's teDee. the home of the I'rinress Wallula, who, from time to tlma peers forth from her tent. The place is in the orest fastness and the Indian village is on the move by night. The. chief, the jub-chtefs, the braves, tha squaws, the jmppooses, the Indian ponies, the pck of" dogs, the hurry, confusion and bus. tie of flight are suggested. Attend ing the float Is the band of 360 mem bers of the Improved Order of Uedmen, in full war regalia, war paint and trappings, recruited from the local tribes of the order In Portland, also tribes from the states of Washington and Oregon. ' Car XX Oregon. Hlx chariots of music have been Included in the pageantry of history, each of them bearing a title Bignificant in the ensemble of the general subject treated In the pictured panorama.. The first bears the title "Oregon," repre sentative of ithe great commonwealth, which was fjrst hewn out of the vast lomaln of the Northwest. . Car III DltooTry of the Colombia JUvsr. Next comes the age of discovery. The darkness of savagery Is gradually breaking. lntre'd adventurers brav ing the hazards of unknown seas and uncharted shores, pick their way along - in. Oregon coast on voyages or ex " ploration and conquest. Captain Rob ert Gray, the hardy English mariner, turns the prow of his staunch little ship, the Columbia, into the turbulent mouth of a great Inland waterway. He presses on Into rh hrrot calm road stead beyond the frowning cliffs that guard its entrance. His ship rides at anchor in peaceful waters and the great stream, whose placid bosom has never felt the keel of a ship before, is given the name of the first vessel that ever rippled Its surface.; Car IT The Birth of Trade. ,Thc faint but steady tread of prim itive civilization Is heard in the dis tance.. An venturesome voyagers and explorers are followed by the thrifty agents of the British crown bent' upon the exploitation of the untutored abor igines. They dot the wilderness with their modest trading posts. The hos ' tile redskins are taught to become their friends and are tempted to bar ter their rich stores of furs for the glittering baubles and the gold brought by tb pale faced strangers, and in these humble beginnings are round the forerunners of a mighty commerce des tined to plow t ie seven seas. This ra riepb ts the advent of the; Hudson Bay ' traders. A tftishlng woodland water fall Is shown In the background. The wild animals, the denizen of the un tranip'ed forests, the rich prizes of the traders are showTi disporting themselves in their native haunts the elk. the beaver, the otter and many others. Car V Columbia. To this musical caravan has beep given the title "Columbia," In honor of the mighty river that courses its way through the Oregon country and gives to Portland its maritime pres tige. Car Vl Sacajawea and the "Coming' V or me White Man." The hand of civilization Is now writ, .. .Ing In bolder characters In the book r- Oregon g earliest history. The beautiful story of Sacajawea, the In ' Ulan princess, and the inspiring and inrilllng conquest of the wilderness nv thou bold explorers, Lewis and Clark. tinder Sacajewea'a friendly guidance, known to every schoolboy, are brought vividly home In this enchanting study of those stirring days in the dawn of the nineteenth century. Columbia the Goddess of Liberty, la shown as the central rigure on this float. Car TXX Life on t.b Plains. The last relics of the old west are gradually passing out of sight and will soon be known no . more outside the pal Of history. There la fascination and romance in the struggles of the eariy piatnsmen wno gradually pushed Tanner toward the Sunset Slope. This imu.se or me ounairig or an empire out of the Oregon country is epitomized in this float, which portrays the thrill - and excitement of a round-up on an Oregon range. The wild steer, the ui mng umnrnuH, inc I earless reck less, rollicking cowgirls, all tell a story Indelibly Inscribed in the annals of the state. Car VTTI In Harvest Time. in Oregon s fair realm nt nUni. waa not long 1n civilization's onward ,, inarch before ie endless vista of plains and cattle ranges began to be furrowed here and there by the nlow. man s sturdy hand and a new industrv " in win niie. nam lets, vie lages and towns spring up as the fruit ful soil yielded up its golden treas u.T'"v rn KOddess Ceres, divinity of the harvest, smiled graciously uoon Oregon's waving fields of grain, and agriculture became one of her chief pursuits. The stolid ox r.1 avert my.m. ilnent part in the early conquests bv 7 the pioneers and a glimpse of a prim itive harvest scene is shown in this - float, with sheaves of golden grain and other fruits of the field, in their rich Car IX Willamette. i ne oeautirui Willamette river wnien riows with stately dignity through the heart of the "City of Roses," and has played an important part In the community's progress and - evolntlon. Inspired the Insignia of this Car X Biasing the Trail of StaaL . - Along man's uoward nrorresa thar , earns the latent energy of steam and rolled its busy wheels over its bano i cz steal ana loosed tha gauiag bonds of human Isolation. It linked the teem ing cities of the east with the WmtrteU less resources oi me west. it was an epochal achievement. In the eman cipation of a dormant empire, settle ments grew and multiplied. Cities spring up as It bin magic. The long locked granaries of the fields, the for. ests and. the streams were opened up to the marts of the east. "Transpor tation," therefore, is the subject of the next float, and it shows a rushing lo comotive, with shrilling whistle, clang ing bell and belching smokestack. Is suing from the depth of a mountain tunnel. The locomotive is a-model In miniature o on that Is now In use in Oregon. Car XX Commerce. World commerce has contributed enormously to the growth and wealth of Portland and Oregon. The mercan tile merchantmen of the foremost na tions of the earth have placed the Rose City among the leading maritime centers of the nation. In this massive picture la seen the low-riding prow of a giant merchantman laden with the products of the Oregon empire, plowing her course seaward. A -monster con nucopia is pouring out its wealth In glittering gold. The products of Ore gon's factories add striking detail to the Impressive picture. Car XXX Mount Hood. , Of all the glorious scenic grandeurs that appeal to the tourist and visitor, nom is more entrancingly beautiful or impressive than majestic Mount Hood, whose snow capped crest sentinels the rugged Cascfade range of mountains. This sublime and hoary headed ptn-' naele is commemorated in this float. Car Xm The Gilt of Many Waters, So long as the sun shines In the heaven and the rains fall from the clouds, so long will Oregon" and her industries exact their annual tribute of millions from the latent forces of nature. The snow cappad crests of mountain peaks, the frequent rains, the toft gray mists, one and all unite their silent bounties to add To the riches of the state. The purling mountain brooks, the dashing forest streams, the swelling rivers, mingle their waters in their onward course to the sea. They tumble over cataracts and falls of ma jestic beauty, buoyant in their un measured strength. Man comes and binds them in leash and they become his ardent, tireless servants, running his mills, moving his trains, lighting his cities, enhancing his comfort and supplying many of his greatest neces sities. This wonderful float traces the latent power of many waters from their source, shows them leaping over a picturesque falls and whirling the mighty turbines, passing on through ponderous generators and into the liie iving current of industry, showing the marvellous transformation in blazing figures of statuary, clustered with dancing Cupids and supported by a group of tawny lions. Car XXV The Tribute of the Forests. When civilization began its earnest conquest of the Oregon wilderness it literally hewed its way through track less forests. Through ageless time, the mighty monarchs of the forest had stood as silent sentinels, guarding an unpeopled dominion, rich beyond meas ure irr undeveloped wealth. Even today the industries have made hut a negli gible inroad against the timber treas ures of the state, which for decades yet to cftme will yield millions In rev enue to the commonwealth. This float represents a giant fir, with another! towering monarch stricken down and ! bound to the carrier, which is shown In full operation, with its ringing saw eating its way through the massive stick and showering clouds of confetti instead of sawdust. Car XV The Iood of Xing and the King- of Foods. Millions ilTlOn mlllinna in Tnnnn., been garnered from the streams of Oregon, teeming, with its countless denizens of the finny tribe. Theilghty and tranquil Columbia has given to the world the royal chinook salmon, "The ' ttuu me jving ci .roods. Perhaps no other industry upon which our empire's prosperity is fonndnri yields so bountiful a reward for so slight a saciifice of, time and labor as the fisheries of Oregon. A stately royal chmook is shown on this float, battling its way up the inland stream. striving wun tireless activity to mount the baffling rapids on Its Instinct guided voyage to the spawning beds at the head waters of the river. Other piayful specimens are shown disport ing themselves in the limpid waters, sparkling and quivering in a flood of glowing lights. Car XVI pacific. The greatest of nil tho v. Pacific laves the rockbound coast of Oregon, and through its bosom plows the merchantmen of the nations of the earth, on their voyages of trade to and from the City of Roses. It was only fitting that its name should be given 1. . . ioais or tnis pageant Car XVH Apple Bloa mom Tim In Oregon. In a picture of exouisito lnvoiin. and marvelous beauty, the glorious springtime season of blooming per lumed orchards of Oregon is herewith depicted. Apple trees with statelv spreading branches laden with myriad's of clusters of pink and white biooms, shimmering with a thousand lights rich In verdure and petals showering " " iuii are exposed to view. Humming bees gathering the nectarous iiuney ana nuting butterflies of irri descent hues are sipping from the am brosial cups. Rich, red cheeked and fragrant fruit lies scattered about in the dewy grass, while great baskets and bowjs are -pouring out mammoth , ,s" ' ana Jonathans. Alto gether Jt is a scene typical of Oregon. Car XVXn Portland, the Xmd of Koses. In fittinsr reencnftl- e v.- i Wide fame that PnrHan Vu- "U-l- av,achi,ev?d.' ?e of the-majestic TJjJnn electrical parade has been designed to perpetuate this artistic ana impresslve idea. This car is caller! .,,i!lKa?. float' as represents the suggestion conveyed in the noetir. shibboleth which has been adopted fo? this year's fpstlviti-Q . June time, good time. Portland!" ' i ins car is a veritable riot of choice rose blooms. Out of the heart of each thefe, peeps forth. the faces of beauti ful, lauerhirte matron ' Jk?-"11 vf? n col wlt the blush- tinted cock el Kh.n i --! ..? of the float, gliding across waters of evanescent emeTald and drawn by a Surest wh?te?efUlly ;nVlng syof CrXXXTbm "Wedding; of Ooeans. J? n,tl)S f the earth are prepar !hK wJP hand!i ln commemoration of rt lds m08.t sigantlc engineering a,iTthv,,compl6Uon ot the Panami wi Tla momentous celebration In honor of what has been poetically designated as rhe Weddlnr of the Oceans" means the opening of a new era of progress and prosperity for Oregon. An added element Of interest ofdehitM ln,,th?.fact that thwStSrti old battleship Oregon, "the bulldog of the old navy." that made hTem" rable voyage around the continent 18 years ago. is aagain to lead the navies of the world through the canal Ully next year. The artist has here n worked out a splendid conception of thls i significant episode. -M The naUons LSheea,rth ?re displayed In with a wyarm,n oun mldens danc ing merrily around the earth and the famous old battleship Oreon"de! plctf m faithful replica aa:h J .-i?K !" through the series ot locks In the, Panama canal. " Car XX -Coltnomah. No more picturesque name than that of old Chief Multnomah, the traditions of whose race, are intimately inter woven with the primitive life of the Oregon country, nor one more fitting could have been selected to typify one of the cars in a pageant dedicated to the cause of history. His heroic figure will nlwaya bo & monument to the X m k eft? I $M mmm Human Rosebuds to Distribute Bloom Bevy of Pretty Olrls Will Take Part in Bos Show at Peninsula Park This Week. If you see an automobile full of pretty girls running about town this afternoon flaunting a banner bearing the words: "We will give away roses at Peninsula Park rose show," Jot down In your diary that you have be held the "human rosebuds' of the peninsula. One of the girls will per sonally pin a rose on you if you visit the Peninsula Park show Tuesday or Wednesday, and If they don't favor you with a choice bloom at the gate you may obtain roses at a special booth for free distribution purposes. The girls, with the districts which they represent, are as follows: Walnut Park, Miss Josie De Young; Piedmont, Miss Alice Cornwall; West Piedmont, Miss Madeleine Slotboom, Miss Caro line Alexander and Miss Louise Wat son; Overlook, Miss Eva Degel; Pen insula and Glenwood, Miss Kthel Van Scyoc and Miss Eleanor Holmes; North Albina, Miss Mildred Carr; Highland. Miss Elizabeth Stanley and Miss Mar lon Neil, and Ockley Green and River side, Miss Edna Fowler. Women to Take Big Part in Festival . Qaeen and Maids and Club Woman and Others Will Have Consplonons Place This Tear. Women are to take a greater part In -this, the eighth annual Rose Festival, man in any previous reeiivai. in or only do women alone comprise the royal party of whole regal week but they will occupy a prominent place in the entertainment and reception of the thousands of visiting women expected from all parts of the northwest. Club women, women 6f the fraternal organizations and women Interested in civic betterment societies will all lend a hand. The Portland Woman's club has appointed a committee of 100 women to be actively on duty all week with Mrs. R. E. Bondurant at its head, while the Oregon Congress of Mothers Will provide attendance for mothers who wish to leave children. And assisting the Royal Roearlans, who. have efficial charge of the recep tion of visitors, will- be a committee of 23 Rosarians' wives who will Share doing the honors with their husbands. Cruiser Boston to Keep "Open House Officers and Enlisted Men Will Re ceive Festival Visitors Throughout Present Week; Ship In Gala Dress. The good ship Boston. U. S. N.. as signed to the Oregon Naval militia, will be especially decked in gala at tire for Rose Festival and open house will be held all week by the officers and enlisted men. It is expected the fighting craft will be one of the most popular sights of th week because to many of the visitors from the interior a visit to a war vessel will be an interesting and novel experience. A special reception has been planned by the Oregon sailor boys to the visit ing Washington naval militia from Aberdeen and every effort will be made to show the visitors a good time. Lieutenant A. J. Capron, Lieutenant J. A. Beckwlth, Ensign H. H. Hilton and Lieutenant-Commander George F. Blair comprise the ship's entertain ment committee. Child of French Master Penniless Paris, June 6. The truth of the say ing that painters are rarely successful until dead received confirmation this week, when Le Figaro published the details of the sale of a landscape by the artist Le Pine for $2000. together with an appeal for aid for the painter's destitute daughter. Odile Le Pine, who was left absolutely penniless at her father's death. During his life Le Pine gladly acr ceoted X20 for canvasses worth thou sands today. Often he was unable to sell them at any price. Now they are eagerly sought by connoisseurs. aboriginal tribes that roamed the wilds of the northwest before the white man came. Car XXI The Garden of Kosaria. TheiTnii. "Oueen of Rosaria." is seen seated upon her royal throne, crowned and holding her scepter of temporal power, bestowed upon her by her lov ing subjects of "Rosaria." The throne Is situated in a wonderful garden, a fairyland dream of luxurious flowers. In the center is an artistic fountain hiu watrs dance and -leap in rain bow hues, reflected by myriads of bidden lights. The picture is one of r.viohinir heautv. life, color and ac tlon, with - all the lavish floral wealth of ' Arcady. rare perfumes of Arabia and the splendor and glory or oriental msimifiMno sutrarested In the fanci ful creation of the artist. As the pro- i-iuton of glltterinx radiance moves on . through the enchanted realm of Rosaria. Queen Thelma bows .and smiles In greeting and recognition of the gracious adoration of her subjects. Her brief and joyous reign is about to draw to its close ana in passing zona to her mythical realm, her regal wi6h is to leave with her loyal subjects a message of peace, Joy and happiness terene against the festive season when she shall return once more to resume her sovereign throne and gentle seep ter. . . , IIS i t--X '.s. .--Sl lit III I 1 i i B?3 --. : : : Mile of Pennies Paid for Rose Show To secure a mile of pennies, seven teen in each of 5000 contribution boxes distributed in stores and homes all over the peninsula, from Albina to St. Carpet, Rug and Drapery Dept. Overstocked The Entire Stock Must Be Reduced You will find this an opportunity to purchase Rugs, Carpets and Draperies at prices that have never before been equaled in Portland. It is simply a case where we must adopt RADICAL PRICE-CUTTING to bring the stock in this department down to a normal size. By all means grasp this chance to re-cover your floors and beautify your home at little or no expense. wmsHk s Si sS Just Look i sS' xxii r Ml! (.pa is INT NEWS StRViCE Johns, was the unique plan of Mrs. Nellie Shattuck, chairman of the fi nance committee of the Peninsula Park rose show, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday under the auspices of the North Portland Commercial club and its women's auxiliary-! with the co operation of the Rose Festival asso ciation. All the funds for the show were raised In this manner. The boxes were distributed In the Axminster 9x1 2 as low as Small Axminster Rugs, 27x54, regularly $3.50 special . . $1.85 Don't Overlook The Oriental Sea Grass Furniture Our windows are full of a special showing of this beautiful, substantial Porch Fur niture, imported especially by us from the Orient. As the camera records the blf events of a busy day. Top, left- the National Geographic Society dinner. In the front row, left to right, are J. J. Jusserand, the French ambassador; Colonel Roosevelt; Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the society, and Senor Riano, the Spanish ambassador. In the, rear row the four men to the right, reading left to right, are George Shlras, famous naturalist; Rear Admiral R. E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole; General A. W. Greeley, Arctic explorer, and Gen eral James Wilson. Top, right In conference with the Progressive party leaders. Seat ed are Colonel Roosevelt, James A. Garfield and Senator Moses Clapp of Minnesota. Standing are Congressmen F. E. Lewis of Pennsylvania, W. J. McDonald and R. O. Woodruff of Michigan, Victor Murdock of Kansas, W. H. Hinebaugh of Illinois and W. J. Hulings of Pennsylvania. Bottom, left to right Roosevelt's arrival In Washington. The Colo nel visits the National Museum to view the trophies of his- Af rican hunt. following- districts: Woodlawn, Ken ton, Highland, North Albina. Over look. Verson, Piedmont, West pied mont. Walnut Park. Ockley Green. AXMINSTER RUGS at These Rugs TAPESTRY CARPETS i ; - SECOND AND MORRISON STS. eOTM A Riverside, Arbor Lodge, Willamette. Glenwood, Peninsula and University. Journal Want Ads bring- results. pre Bargains - Tapestry Carpet from 75c to $1 per yard. Sewed, laid and lined. Axminster Carpet as low as $1.25 per yard. Sewed, laid and lined. & softs :;mm Declared That Tramps, City i: Officials and Railroad Of-': ficials Violate the Law. : . "MOVE ON" IS POLICY' J Mayer Calmer Explains FoslUon Taken . by the Xnalctpal la thOTitiem. .(Salem Buran of Tbe Journal.) Salem, Or.. June 6.' How to keep the city officials of Baker front putting hoboes on the O.-W. R. A N. trains, ' how to k p the hoboes from getting on the trains, and how to keep the railroad from carrying passengers free., are three questions which have the members of the state railroad commis sion puxzled. it is declared that all three, the city officials, the hoboes aivi the railroad company, are violating the law. "Our contention Is that If the rail road brings the hoboea in they will have to take them out," is Mayor C L. Palmer's reply to the commission. which addressed a letter to the Baker officials Inquiring whether it was true they were compelling hoboes to board the trains leaving Baker. Mayor Palmer aays the Baker police are Instructed "not to allow the rod and tops-of-car passengers to get oft at this place." When such tourists do get off the police make It their business to see that they get right back on again. The mayor declares that rom two to eighteen get off of every passenger train, and if the police were not vigilant the town soon would be rull or vagrants. He suggests that if the commission doesn't want the Baker officials to put hoboes on the trains that it require the railroad to clear Its truina of theni at Pertdteton and Pocatello, and then the Intermediate points will not be both ered. Row Over 2 Cents May Cause Death Three Poker Players, Slashed Darin? Quarrel, How Zn Hospital Ore Probably Will Die. Philadelphia. June . As a refcult of a fight over a poker game, started because one of the men refused to pay an additional two cents.' one man Is probably dying and two others ars seri ously wounded In Mt Sinai hospital. According to the police. Peter Kill. 31 vrars old; Auzo Movaca. Zt. and "Joey" Miller, 24 years old, were playing poker In a house at 20S Monroe street laat liigi-.t. After Fill refused to pay an additional fee, he was attacked and badly cut abiut the head and chest. In the fight Movaca and Miller were seriously wounded. Police burst in the door , and found Movaca and Miller lying on the floor. Fill was found upstairs trying to dress bis wounds. All three were taken to Mt. HInal hospital. Journal Want Ads bring results. T ' 1 1 vaut -e3 M 71J 1 r i