Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-06-09
PORTLAND FAIR OPEN
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION

Vice President Fairbanks Makes Prin.
eipai Address at Portiand-Presi'
dent Roosevelt at Washington
Touches Electric Button and Starts
Machinery.
Portland. Ora. June e.-with the
gentle touch OF hand upon golden
telegraph instrument President Roose-
Welt. from the White House. yesterday
gave the signal which formally opened
To tho world the Lewis and Clark Gen.
tennial exposition. monument to the
memories OF Captains Merriwether
Lewis and william Clark. the pioneers
who. 100 years ago. biaxed the trail
which opened up to the world the "old
Oregon country"
A more auspicious day for thc.opcn-
Ing OF the exposition could not have
been desired. The literary exercises
which preceded tho formal opening Of
the fair were OF extraordinary excel.
lencc. The speakers were Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks. Speaker Joseph Can
noa of the House of Representatives.
Senator Clark OF Wyoming. Congress
man Tawney Of Minnesota. Mr.. II. A.
Taylor. assistant secretary Of tho
Treasury Department. Governor Cham
beriain OF Oregon and Mayor Williams
Of Portland.
when President Goode OF tho Lewis
and Clark Exposition took his posi-.
tion on the speakers' stand to an.
nouncc that the ceremonies were
about to commence he was greeted
-
Thousands OF people. and similar dem.
onstraiions Of a happy people greeted
all tho speakers OF the day. perhaps
the greatest cnthusiasm being aroused
by tho appearance OF Mayor Williams
and Speaker Cannon upon the rostrum.
The program was carried out with
but few changes In tho original idea
A feature which was looked forward to
with great expectancy. the playing OF
America" upon the Ginning bells In
the government building. was unnvoid.
ably omitted. the electric apparatus by
which tho chimes are operated bcin.
found out Of order ut the crucial mo-
ment.
when NIL was In readiness for
President Roosevelt TO give tho long.
awaited signal from tho White House
President Goodc Of the exposition for
NhFGtu tue ioNuNtak kVtcktW"s
president Goodc OF the LcwiH and
Clark Centennial Exposition extends
greetings to the President Of the
United States. and has tho honor to
announce that tho exposition manage.
mcnt. awaits President Rooscvclts
pleasure In transmittin. tho electrical
energy to rim. the chimes In :hc
United States government building
and start the machinery OF this cs'
position"
Almost instantly. through thousands
OF miles OF wire. flashed the single
click" which formally opened the cS-
position. releasing hundreds OF fass to
the breeze and setting the machinery
In motion.
Mr.. Goodc received the following
| telegram from President Roosevelt:
Il congratulate you and those asso'
cintcd with you In commemorating
this occasion. hope and trust that
the great enterprise you have under
taken will be n fitting memorial to the
sturdy explorers, who. In the service
Of their country. faced the pcrils and
hardEhips OF vast unknown territory.
I send greeting to the representatives
OF foreign countries who are co'operat-
ing with us In fittingly celebrating the
Tooth anniversary OF this event. which
means so much for tho expansion OF
our country in the far Northwest.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"