The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-09-03
HOsPIrABLE SPOKANE.
Her Doors Were Open to Newspaper Re.
representatives..

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| representatives..
The newspaper men and women of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, who
were entertained by the hospitable
citizens of Spokane on Thursday. Fri
| day and Saturday of last week all will
! bear testimony that Il more generous,
enterprising and social community
cannot be found anywhere than is at
the City of Fails" The Spokane
| Press club, under whose supervision
was the entertainment of the visiting
editors and their ladies spared moth
| ing, and their labors were crowned by
| perfect success.
When the different trains arrived in
Spokane Thursday morning bearing
the members of the different press as
sociations. they were met by reception
committees who conducted the ladies
and gentlemen to the headquarters,
where they registered their names and
| were assigned to their hotels.
Business sessions of the associations
HCIu DJlH LII JI1t
| morning and afternoon. and while the
editors were attending to business the
ladies were entertained by musicale
at the Hotel Spokane. Then at 6
o'clock the visitors were in the hands
OF the club. For two hours were shown
| the city by electric light. Five trOlly
| cars were placed at their disposal, and
| they were carried over the entire
length of the street car line, making
! occasional stops to view points Of in
| terest. At s o'clock the guests alighted
| from the cars and were conducted TO
the auditorium, wrere the formal re-
cepGion was given, and two hours were
most pleasantly spent listening to
brilliant addresses and splendid
musical renditions.
Friday morning the editors and their
ladies were up with the lark to join the
| excursion to Lake Occur d'Alene,
which had been announced the even
ing before would start at 7:45 from the
Northern Pacific depot, though the
owing to some unavoidable
delays. The train consisted of six
coaches and were comfortably filled
with the 300 excursionists.
The ride to Couer d'Alene City was
pleasant one, being through fine
farming section a greater portion
of the way, but was nothing to compere
with the pleasures of the trip on the
lake. At Coeur d'Alene City, the
steamer George Oakes awaited the
train. and while the merry throng was
moving from the depot to the boat,
the Washington state band discoursed
lively music, which made the embark-
ing pleasant task. The cruise on
the lake was heartily enjoyed by all,
although the view of the magnificent
scenery was somewhat obscured by
dense smoke that had settled down
over the country. Nothing marred
the pleasure of the cruise however,
and long before the little town of Har-
rison was reached all of the passengers
had become acquainted and general
mirth prevailed. From Harrison the
boat was run up Occur d'Alene river
some distance to the picnic grounds.
where it would seem the skill of the
press club had been exhausted, for
there. underneath the spreading houghs
of a mag nifcent grove, on long tables
was spread a banquet that would have
made the caterers of the famous Del
monoco envious. An hour was spent
discussing the lunch, then for half an
hour brief speeches were made from
the deck of the boat, and the start
homeward was made. Spokane was
dinner before starting for the Natori-
um park, where dance was given the
guests of the city in the spacious pavil-
ion. The entertainment Saturday
morning consisted of a display by the
Spokane fire department, and this vir-
tually closed the entertainment of the
editors, for they had business to at
tend to, the closing up of the associa-
oiOu oOSSlOu, HuICn iOq uiICu buO great
er part of the afternoon.
No one could have accepted the hos
pitality rendered by Spokane on this
occasion without noting .he un bounded
generosity of its citizens, and the en-
terprise of the Spokane Press club,
who exerted every effort to make the
comfort of their guests perfect. Spo-
kane is indeed a great city, composed
of most enterprisirg and go-a-head
people on the coast.