Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-08
Centennial Of Lewis and Clark
Formally Observed.
GREAT THUONG ATTEND OPENING
Military Pageant, Addresses by Ma
tons Dignltarles and Festivities
lnaugurate the Exposition.

Portland, June 9.-The Lewis and
Clark Centennial exposition Is open.
Portland is playing host to theH Hworld.
Yesterday, the opening day, win find
bright place in the history OF the ma
tion, marking Us Il does, the starting
point OF an enterprise that means the
greater upbuilding OF the West and
Northwest; new trade relations with
the Orient; closer trade relationship
between the Pacific coast and the At.
lantic seaboard, and the hundreds OF
attendant and incidental benefits that
viii accrue to the country.
The opening ceremonies and demon
strations were on q scale commensurate
with the greatness oil the day, They
were carried through without hitch
of any consequence. Old exposition
attaches, who have attended the i'm.
portant worlds fairs OF the past de.
cade, declared they had never before
beheld so pretty or so effective an
opening.
The attendance passed even beyond
the most sanguine official expectations.
Crowds, such as have never before lined
the streets OF Portland, saw the great
military pageant that preceded the
opening exercises. Standing room on
the three miles Of streets was at pre-
MUM. And when the parade was at
an end this ocean of humanity turned
its tide on the exposition grounds.
Across Guilds lake on the peninsula
a section of artillery tolled of the pres
idential salute of 81 guns, the dark
blue smoke from the cannonading lift.
ing slowly above the governments PAL
ace and adding enchantment to the
peaceful grandeur of the inspiring
landscape to the north.
This salute brought on the opening
exercises. All Of the speakers were en-
Enthusiastically received. Especially
cordial was the reception accorded the
nations representatives. The exercises
were marred by no unpleasant incident.
So orderly was everything that the
heavy detachment OF policemen and
guardsmen were not put to the neces-
sity Of issuing a single admonition.
1t was exactly l2 o'clock to the dot
when President II. W. Goode, OF the
exposition, called for order. 1t was
hardly o'clock when President Roose-
velt was informed by wire that all was
ready. The president was in waiting
for the message at the White house.
The great crowd leaned forward in a
state OF high nervous tension waiting
for the first peals of the government
chimes, which were to have been Presi-
dent Roosevelt's first response. But,
lucklessly, the chimes failed to work,
and after full minute OF breathless
waiting, the assemblage was informed
by Mr.. Goode that the president had
sent his greeting. At the same time
he declared the exposition formally
opened and extended greeting to all
the world. President Roosevelt's con-
gratulatory telegram was then read
and received with tremendous ap-
plause.
There was apparently almost as many
people at the fair grounds last night as
were present at the opening exercises,
Although the exhibits buildings were
closed, the exposition by night seemed
in every particular as great an attrac-
tion as during the open hours of the
day.
When darkness fell upon the heights
that raise beyond the fairy city the
reason was plain.
AS feast for the eye the spectacle
was incomparably beautiful. The
fireworks which were a feature of the
evening, were beautiful in the extreme,
but they paled before the splendor of
the electricity.