Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-15

| Nv residence i'm this city is the cotin-
terpart of one which he saw and ad-
| mired in Bangor, Maine. In this beau
| tiful home he lived for twenty-five
| wears previous to his death in 1895.
| While Portland was the home of
| Captain John Fl. Couch of Boston, Cap
| tain George Fl. Flanders of Newbury-
| port and George w. Smell of Augusta,
Maine, and many others whom / shah
mention in q later article. Salem, the
capital city, claims number Of dis
| fjnguishcd citizens of New England
birth.
| Hon. Asahel Bush was born in West
field, Mass, in 1924, and received his
| educat ton in the old Wc3tfield Acad-
emy Mr. Bush is now q successful
banker and one of the strongest ana
most influential men in the state.
Three of Mr.. Bush's rour children are
graduates of New England colleges.
the son from Amherst, and the two
daughters from Smith and Wellesley,
respectively.
Ex-Governor Zcnas Moody is also a
resident of Salem, hale and hearty at
70. He is the father of Ix-Representa-
tive Malcolm A. Moody, one of the mos:
| talented men who ever sat in the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton. Gov. Moody is a naive of CRANKY
] Mass. Judge II. p. Boise of Salem is
also a native of Westlie.d. He is one
of the foremost lawyers of the state
and is highly respected. His family is
an old and representative enc in Massa-
chusetts. He is a relative of Hon. Enos
Eoise, Familiarity known IS the Sage OF
Balnford Hills"
Mr.. Theodore B. Wilcox president Of
| the Trans Mississippi Commercial Con-
gress which will be held in this city
August 16 TO - and III the great West
stands second in Importance to meet
ing Of the National Congress, is easily
the industrial leader Of TIE great Pacific
| Northwest. being at tie head of the
| Portland FIGURING Mills. some fifteen in
humber and located at all the important
| points throughout Washington and
Oregon. Mr.. Wilcox is native OF
Westfield Mass, ana resides in Port
land.
| The near approach of the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, which opens its gates
IN the first day of June. has quickenej
| the pulses ana stirred the blood of the
| patriotic SONS and daughters of New
| England who reside in Portland and
| vicinity. An association has been
| formed and given the name of the
| Lewis and Clark New England Society.
| This society will welcome to the Rose
| City all New EnSlanders who will jour-
1ey hithcr during the far. 1t is felt
that with the extremely ioH rates on all
trunk lines across the continent, large
delegation viii surely improve such a
rare opportunity to visit the great
| Northwest. The latch string will be
out and all from New England will be
sought out as far as possible, and given
| the hCartieSt Of Western welcomes.
From the first of May until Christmas
has come and gone, the roses. big and
beautiful. will smile welcome to our
guests. During June and July the
large luscious straWbcrries-fit food for
the Sods-and the peerless Oregon cher
ricS, the like never sccn elsewhere, will
bCstow their matchless flavor on the
stranger within our gates. A little
later, in August and September, pears.
apples. grapes, plums. peaches and the
delicious rrune (Which YOU have knowl-
edge of. only in its dried state), will be
here in abundance. The freshest Of
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cream. bread made from the healthful
wheat of Oregon, freshlaid eggs from
the prosperous ranches of the beautiful
and fertile Willamette Valley, meat
from the cattle which roam the great
ranges of Oregon, and which have no
knowledge of the Trust, deep sea fish
from the broad Pacific. and rich pink
Chinook salmon from the rocks of the
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more water into the ocean than any
other river in America, all await the
New England visitor.
| Not alone to see Portland and its beau
tiful environments. do we invite our old
| friends, neighbors. and kindred, but to
| view the snow-crowncd peaks of the
| mighty mountains to the north and east
| to sail on the bosom of the great river
and see the crags and peaks and massive
rocks rising like castles and battlements
on either side. To rejoice in the profu-
sion of semi-tropical wild flowers grow
ing in every crack and crevice of these
| rocks and rejecting their beauty fathoms
deep In the wonderful river To see the
| thousands OF acres of wheat and other
grains ripcning on the broad plains and
| hillsidcs. to watch the miles of peach and
| prllne orchards loaded with fruit; to lool,
on acres and acres of strawberry vines as
| far as the eye can see. also on raspberry
and blackberry orchards. whose luscious
fruits follow the strawberry Vineyards
crown the hillsidcs and apple orchards
tthe browning fruit of OrcgOn) dot the
landscape in every direction.
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex-
position will embrace a uniqueness and
| and originality not obtainable by any
other exposition ever held. Fronting on a
beautiful lake. in full view of the great
mountains of the Coast and Cascade
| ranges. the expanse is a most charming
one. Across the Lake on peninsula
reached by a beautiful bridge of unique
design. stand the stately government
buildings. On this bridge is the Trail,
corresponding to the Pike at st. Louis,
and the Midway of previous eXpositions.
The buildings are beautiful and stately
and the total cost of the fair will be ST.
cO,OO massachusetts is the only New
England state represented by building
The Massachusetts building is Il magnifi-
cent colonial one, and is credit to the
Bay state. In this building, presided over
by Hon. Wilson Fairbanks. the Massa-
chusctts commissioner. and his accom-
plished wife. all from New England, will
be welcomed and made at home Tune