The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-01
lEWlS AND CLARK FAIR OPENED
ROOSEVELT PRESSED BUTTON
vep President Fairbanks Made the Dedcatory Address =
snpach Of Welcome By President Goode Crowds Wit
messed the Imposing Ceremonies The Begin
njng Is Auspclous Of Great Success

noprr,AND, June 1.-Despite rain
.brougbout the night the opening day
Of the exposition dawned brightly but
4ho dav advanced the sky clouded
,,,or The weather was warm anu
.,.r,, Thu exposition grounds opened
!-.oord in spite of threatening wealth
g ~ the people began swarming through
y .,o cafes Thousands of visitors are
in the city Little was found incom-
,,oto in the exposition. The percent
,oa Of completeness is 94 per cent.
At n o'clock the great military parade
assembled and moved through the
,,ron..7A5 streets from the Hotel Port
lon5 to the exposition grounds. Rid
ioo in tne pageant was Vice President
r7oirbarks Fxposition President Goode
and other speakers. The opening
ceremonies began at the scheduled
hour Goode called the multitude to
order.
PORTLAND, June by slight
touch on a key of gold, President
Roosevelt. standing on the far eastern
shores of the United States, this noon
set in motion myriads of wheels, pom
derOus engines and intricate mechan-
isms 5000 miles away on the distant
shores of the Pacific, and formally
opened the Lewis and Clark exposi-
ton
An immense throng mad gathered for
the initiatOry exercises. There had
been parades and speeches, blare of
brass, clang of gongs, and the hum
that comes from the excitement of
J0Stling crowds. AS the final cere-
monies were concluded heads were
barred in the solemn hush that follow
ed the benediction, when over the pla-
cid waters came the silver chimes Of
+AI'lN1iNo, pIONldIIHlllS " llle dW
thousands the opening of the western
worlds fair. At the same time count
less wheels started to revolve, and the
fair became a thing of life and anima-
}loh as the crowds ebbed and flowed
through the great white palaces.
AVsFtainly no more beautiful spot
could have been selected as an expo-
SHIoh site than that chosen to cele-
oIaIe the centennial of the peaceful
acquisition of a wilderness that has
SleIued up the riches of an empire
Nesting at the base of verdure-clad
''>' On the gentle slops of Guilds
'"Ne and Willamette ricer, with an
unrestricted view for 65 miles. with
capped mountain peaks in the
Instance towering above evergreen for
7S'S through which like an azure rib
W" winds the Columbia to the sea,
WIN a thousand charms of earth and
SKY the worlds fair site presents a
l i'''0'e UNIQUE and entirely original
" exposition building.
l Gates Open Early
l Inc opening exercises vera brief
/ 7" impressive. Departing from the
1 'ei'' The gates to the exposition
l we're opened early in the morning 60
/ '-e crowds could assemble before
economies. The first demonstra-
l u,. was parade of the grounds in
TO-. ''''7FE' civic and spectacular
l 'eS predominated. The formal
/ c,.,,! ,.Ses We're held on the shore of
pro,., Ne' Wnere the slope of the
l soo. 'eFraced and provided with
soa.> .s' formed natural amphiathatre.
many thousands.
The exercises on the Lake fron+ ,o-
| T,n, 0E a concert by the famous 1nnes
co,r... ,''''n played for the first time a
composition by the Iaadsr rraanDzo,' .,li.s q
jsdioo. eu imperial Oregon" and
| cIarE 1's1 to the memory of Lewis and
,ba Divine invocation followed hv
o,.l "sht Rev. David H. Moore Mstb,
| w,s,i , Episcopal bishop for OREGON and
| si,ta sS,oent H. W. Goods. Of tho axno-
| orss. board followed with a hr,sf =
e1po.t,taO ne reviewed the history of the
ton ''0n :" o. enterprise from its incsn-
/ Spirit =. IT'S opening, praising the public
| z.ns .. OF his colleagues and tho s1tie oit;.
i Iisct os y. r Portland. He set forth tas Oh
e,rata ' ,he exposition, which is ~ oa, w
pors'tol the Tooth anniversary Of # tho ~ 90. ar
| gon On oo and acquisition Of tho ors-
msnaas t9pn'ry by an expedition oore- o
| Lewis 0y Captain Merr;westsa.
by prsaa saa VILLAIN Clark, and n,anns,
/ SS'aent Jefferson, the praeu oraaeu