Page , THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. OR , Thursday, July S. 1976
America cebbrated
its 100th birthday
While bicentennial commit
tees everywhere are working
on a year events leading to
1978, it is interesting to look
back at America's 100th
birthday celebration.
In 1876 the country was
suffering from a severe de
pression that followed the civfl
war. Ulysses S. Grant was
president. More and more
people were moving into cities
because it was a period of
great Industrial growth.
The United States had
become the world's leading
technological nation; it led all
other countries in the number
of patents issued. Rapid
changes were taking place in
every aspect of living A New
York Times reporter had just
traveled coast-to-coast by
train in less than four day's
time and wrote, "Seven years
ago there hadn't even been a
transcontinental railroad."
Farmers were impressed by
a steam-powered thresher
separator that could thresh
and clean from 800 to 1,000
bushels of wheat per day.
Typewriters and Singer sew
ing machines sat on metal
stands and foot-treadle pow
ered the sewing and returned
the carriage on the early
writing machines. The Otis
- elevator was frightening to
most people. Bell's telephone
was a curiosity.
On May 10, 1876, the first
World's Fair held on this side
of the Atlantic was opened by
President Grant in Phila
delphia's Fairmount Park
before 150,000 men In top hats
and Prince Albert coats and
women in bustles and bonnets
This Centennial Fair had been
10 years in the planning and its
four great halls, 34 state
buildings and many foreign
pavilions covered 236 acres. It
ran for 159 days May 10 to
Nov. 10, with Sunday closings.
One out of every five
Americans paid SO cents to
view Its marvels The displays
of machines of every kind
were most exciting The
greatest of these was the
mighty, 700 ton, 1,500-horse-power
Corliss steam engine, ,
the world's biggest and most
powerful, which drove all the
other 1,000 mechanical mar
vels on dlsplsy with 40-odd
miles of slapping belts and 23
miles of shafting and a great
assortment of pulleys
The committee had planned
on having the Prince of Wales
as honored guest at the grand
opening of the expedition, but
he chose to go tiger -hunting in
India Emperor Dom Pedro of
Brazil was chosen to be
honored He threw the switch
to activate the huge engine
Hundreds of thousands
gawked at the machines
ranging from the Corliss, 40
feet high, to a great assort
ment of smaller, powered
equipment which could lift,
crush, spin and weave, make
assorted articles, saw logs,
pump water or stitch shoes.
Most of the viewers did not
realize they were seeing the
passing of the era of individual
handcrafts William Dean Ho
wells, editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, wrote, "Surely here,
and not in literature and art, is
the evidence of man's creative
power Here is Prometheus
unbounded "
A pleased young writer,
Mark Twain, bought one of the
First models of the typewriter
for $125 and used it to copy his
draft of 'Tom Sawyer."
Visitors to the 1876 fair could
ride a narrow-gauge railroad
around the grounds for S cents
or could hire liveried attend
ants to push them in rolling
chairs for 60 cents an hour or
64 50 per day. The great
masses walked the crowded
grounds Many complained of
the high prices They resented
some restaurants charging for
bread, butter and service for
which they were accustomed
to paying nothing
The centennial fair ended
with great ceremony. A choir
sang "America" and a ISO
piece orchestra played "Cen
tennial March" composed es
pecially for the event by
German composer Richard
Wagner, for a fee of 15,000. A
47-gun salute, one for each
state and territory, echoed
from Georgia Hill and from
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Dance July 4 I
the steamer "Plymouth" in
Philadelphia harbor ' Presi
'dent Grant said 16 words,
"Ladies and gentlemen, I
have now the honor to declare
the International Exposition
of 1876 closed "
, The $3,813,749 75 collected
made the fair a financial
success After it closed, 21
freight cars of exhibits went to
the young Smithsonian Insti
tution in Washington, D C.
Historians agreed that the
centennial celebration "re
united the diverse population
and helped lead into a great
period of growth and prosper
ity " Perhaps between July 4,
1975 and July 4, 1976, the
bicentennial celebrations in
every American community
will also have strengthening
effects as citizens feel pride in
their country's past achieve
ments and dedicate them
selves to greater understand
ing and growth in the years
ahead
Facts for this article came
from a June 1975 Elks
Magazine, story by LM
Rhodes and from the World
Book Encyclopedia
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MORTICIAN
The spring class of the San
Francisco College of Mor
tuary Science held their Grad
uation Banquet at A. Sebella's
Restaurant in San Francisco
on Thursday evening, June 12,
1975. The class consisted of 25
students.
At the ceremony, Patrick
William Sweeney of Heppner
received a Funeral Director,
Embalmer and an Associate
in Arts degree.
Patrick is the son of Mr
Jerry Sweeney and the late
Mrs Sweeney, Heppner
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found she needed food rather than money. Groshen estimated
her travel and found her camp on the Rhul property near
Lexington The following day he brought her some provisions
for her Journey ;
Stolen vehicle brings charges
Two juveniles were appre
hended by City Police early
Saturday morning, when offi
cers discovered they were
driving a vehicle believed to
be stolen in John Day.
The car was spotted on May
St , and police officer stopped
the youths on No Court St
The youths surrendered and
one of the youths admitted to
police officers he had stolen
the vehicle in John Day.
The youths, one 16, Pendle
ton, and the other, 17 from
Hermiston were taken by city
and county officers to the
Juvenile Detention Center,
Pendleton on , charges of
unauthorized use of a motor
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Lance Lockhart, 26, Irrigon
was lost and presummed
drowned in the Grande Ronde
River, June 19, the result of a
canoeing accident.
The accident occured three
miles west of Bogans Oasis
when Lockhart and his com
panion Kent Kelley, Philo
math, launched their canoe
near Troy.
According to reports the
canoe capsized, but the two
men managed to climb
aboard Kel decided to
swim ashore and Lockhart
floated downstream. The
canoe was recovered two
miles downstream according
to the Asotin County, Wa.
Sheriff's department. I
Lockhart was manager of
Sabre Farms, Boardman. He
was a graduate of LaGrande
High School, class of 1966, and
received his degree In general
agriculture from Oregon State
University In 1973
He was the son of Ray and
Louise Lockhart, LaGrande.
Posse members session
The 1975 Pacific Northwest
Search and Rescue Confer
ence was held June 14 and 15
at Prairie Campground near
Bend
Instruction was received In
Outdoor Survival, crime Ken
protection & search, helicopt
er safety, first aid and basic
styles nd patterns of sear
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Twelve members were pre
sent at the June meeting of the
Morrow County Gem and
Mineral Society, held in the
conference room of the First
National Bank.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Babb, who are in
Heppner for the summer from
their home in Heppner for the
summer from their home in
Apache Junction, Arizona.
Mr. Babb and Mr. Pete
McMurtry showed several
cobs and items made of stone
and petrified wood. Most
unusual was a pair of boots
Mr. Babb had fashioned from
petrified wood.
The door prize was a
booklet, "Oregon Underfoot".
It was won by Mrs. McMurtry.
On Sunday, June 22, the
Society met at Anson Wright
Park, then went to Sunflower
Flat for a thunder egg hunt. A
picnic was held later In the
day.
The next meeting will be
September 13
helicopters, inocats and var
ious climbing equipment.
Those attending from the
Mornw County Sheriff'a Sea
rch and Rescue Posse were:
Don Strober, Ed Yeoman,
Benham Malcom, Richard
Olsen, Fred Breeding and Ed
Olsen of Heppner; Ken Nelson
and Simon Winters of Lexing
ton and Rod Plug of Board-
man
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