The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-10-05
What the Portland Papers Said.
The ,Iournal.

Hood River won perhaps the high
est honors of all Oregon towns for at
tendance at the exposition today the
little city nesting at the base of
Mount Hood, famous over the world,
for its "big red apples" and luscious
Strawberries, came to Portland by rail
and boat, 1,0l5 on the special this
morning and about 500 yesterday on
the steamers.
They came to make one day at the
exposition memorable; incidentally
to advertise that the valley of Hood
river is one of the garden spots which
in richness and productivity rivals
any other on earth.
'Sacaj ea-Jawa--Jawol
Apples and Strawberries we do grow
Who are we2 You can guess
Hood River! Hood River Yes !!
Yes Yes ~
This was the town yell, and no crowd
of college men couli have made the
welkin ring any more loud s thag did
these Hood Riverites as they passed
thrugh the principal streets carrying
banners on which was inscribed ;
"Hood River" "Tho Real Thing, "
"Winans Valley" and other devices.
In the lead was Roswell Shelley, a
prominent apple grower, on horse
back, and behind him walked mem
bers of the Hood River Commercial
club, followed by two monstrous wag
ons each drawn by four white horses
and bearing 240 school children.
In line we're 500; 1000 more lined
the sidewalks, all wearing badges
made of leather on which was painted
picture of "a Hood River Spitzenberg
or Newtown Pippin.
One wagon carried an apple tree of
full size, dug up by the roots and
planted on the vehicle; the big red
apples on the branches made people
along the line of march want to raid
them.
Il. NJ. Hall, advertising agent of the
Hartman lines, came in with the spe-
cial { ain, which was met by A. l..
Craig, general passenger agent, and
William l.. McMurray, his assistant
Marion .Dolph, assistant of Secre-
tary II. f.. Reed of the exposition,
was the sole representative of the fair
to meet the train; the Administration
band was not there, although it had
been expected by the Hood River peo-
pie. But the absence of Il musical or
ganization did not dampen the ardor
of the Hood Riverites there was too
much energy in their makeups to per
NIT such "A hiatus to interfere with
the success of their day.
As the procession passed alo lg, the
| marchers gave out tickets, on which
was printed the town yell and the in
formation that each one was good for
an apple at the Wasco county booth at
the exposition. These cards were
scattered by the thousand.
"By their fruits ye shall know
them" was painted on huge banners
attached to the big wagons, in which
we're the school children. There were
$50 of them who could not be accom-.
modated in the wagons, so they took
| street cars for the exposition grounds.
Up Sixth street from the Union sta
tion to Morrison street, and down
Morrison to First, thence to Washing
ton, marched the procession, where
| special cars were taken to the
| grounds.
A feature of the procession was the
| alpenstalks carried by members Of the
Commercial club, made of maple sap
lings, on the end of which were applet
and pears.
Out at the exposition the Hood Riv
critics took in the exhibits and devot
ed the day to general enjoyment.