The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-07
AN OPEN RIVER TO THE SEA
Ths Dalles the QUEEN City Ct the Inland Empire
Celebrated tbs Opening.
Hope Quarter Of Century Reaized-3r=st Rejoicing
Among Thousand People

| Oth-Drum Corps and (TraS5 Salley
f band.
, 6th-Commercisl Club Of The Dalies.
7th-The Dalles Fire Department.
9th-Floats and decorations.
9th-Fireworks aud transpareacies.
Taking up the liue of march the pro-
. cession was led through the streets of
t the city as follows:
From the boat landing on Court
street south to Second, west to
: Union, south to Third, west to
Liberty, south to Fourth, east
Ito Laughlin, north to Third on Mont
, gomery, north to Second. cast to
Wasco warehouse, and counteraarch
west on Second to Court, thence east
to ermory.
The procession marched first under
the arch erected across Court street at
the intersection of First on which
was inscribed ''Welcome, the Key is
found'' and San Open River to the Sea
1886"
The procession was the largest ever
seen in the Dalles, and after having
finished the specified line OF march ar
rived at the Vogt opera house where
about one-sixth of the assem blage
fopnd admission. The spacious hall
would hold only about 1900, while there
were no less than 10000 wanted to get
in. Mayor Menefee took charge of the
meeting at the Vogt, and in very
pleasing address. rehearsing the i'm
portance OF the event, Introduced Hon.
John Michel, who delivered an elo-
quent address OF welcome. citing the
Importance of the occasion which the
people were assembled to celebrate,
Mr.. Michell's address was a pleasing
one, well suited for the oca 'ioD, and
his remarks met g responsive echo in
the large audience. Ia his remarks, |
Mr.. Michel stated that the dream of |
the Inland Empire had ct last been |
realized; that nature and the United |
States congress had given to us bless
ings we WOE not of, an open river to the |
sea, and our future, the future of The |
Dalles. was now in our hands. TO be |
made bright, city Of buying factor
les. teeming commerce and busy busi-
ness life, Or still monotony, just IS We
shall choose. With the great CONNER
cial advantages we now enjoy, the
speaker could SEQ untold prosperity
for The Dalles, which might become O
city of tens of thousands, or he could
see hamlet by the side of the great
est waterway in the world, neglecting
to avail itself of the greatness really
forced upon it.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Michell's
address of welcome, Mayor Menefee
introduced Hon. N. P. Brooks, of Col
dendale, who in brief address. re-
sponded in we'll chosen words to the
welcome extended by The Dalles to
her ncighbors, inviting them to par
take OF her prosperity and take ad-
vantage OF her commercial advantages.
Ex-Governor Moody followed with a
short history of the construction OF
the locks, OF how the first appropria-
tion was secured and how the work
had been prosecuted to the final com
pletion. The substance of the histori-
cal facts as given by Gov Moody are
found in the conclusion of this article
When the exercises at the Vogt had
concluded portion OF the guests
of The Dalles assembled at the UNA
tilla house to partake OF the banquet
that was prepared by the committee
and the ladies of tho city. There
were however only 1850 of the mwho
partook of the banquet. The crowd
being so great that the SO or more
willing hands were unable to serve
the many who were present to accept
the hospitality of I be Dalles on the
occasion, and thorsa IDS went away
unable to be served.
Long before the banquet had con-
cluded, the doors of the Ballwi opera
house were thi own open, and the final
celebration was appropriately observed
with music and with dance:n
Indeel The Dalles' celebration of
the opening OF the locks was one of
the grandest events that has ever oc-
Cured in Oregon. Fully 10000 people
participated in the festivities. They
were assembled from all part. of
Oregon and Washington,a land that they
entered into the zest OF tho occasion
need not be re-asserted. There was
nothing too good for the guests. and
with one accord they asserted that The
Dalles celebrated the event most roy
ally. Is Was certainly an event worthy
of celebrating, for it has been waited
for these many years, and the fnal
of the Cascade locks marks
q period in the history of Eastern
Oregon, and especially IN that OF The
DaIles, where universal prosperity
must hegin.
HISTORY OF THE LOCKS.
The proposition to build canal
around the distractions in tho Colum
bia river &C the Cascades was first pro