The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-06-10
CENTENNIAL
Is OBSERVED
6.eaf Ihrongs at Opening of Lewis
and Clark Fair.
Opening Ceremonies and Demonstra-
TONS were on Scale Co~,men-
surafe with Greatness of the Day
President Touches Key Sending
Signal Across Continent.

Portland, June 2.--The Lewis an,
Clark Centennial exposition is open
portland 10 playing host to the world
Yesterday, the opening day, will fins
| bright place in the history OF the ma
ton, marking as it 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 Al.
iantic seaboard, and the hundreds 81
attendant and incidental benefits. that
VIII accrue to the country.
ihe opening ceremonies and demon
strations were ON a scale commensurat
with the greatness OF 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-
eade, declared they had never before
Deheid 80 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 a 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 toled off the pres
idential salute of 81 guns, the dark
Diue smoke from the cannonading lift- |
ing slowly above the governments pal
ace and adding enchantment 10 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. Especiallv
cordial was the reception accorded the
nations representatives. The exercises
were marred by no unpleasant incident
90 orderly was everything that the
heavy detachment of policemen and
guardsmen were not put to the neces-
slty OF Issuing single admonition.
IL was exactly IL O'Clock TO the dot
when President III. w. Goode, of the
exposition, called for order. IT was {
hardly 2 O'Clock when President Roose- {
'eit was informed by wire that all was {
'eady. The president was in waiting {
or the message at the White house.
inc great crowd leaned forward in a
tate OF high nervous tension waiting 4
or the first peals of the government |
hines, which were to have been Presi- a
ent hoosevelt's first response. But. 9
nckiessly, the chimes failed to work Il
nd after full minute Of breatbless
'aiting, the assemblage was informed
y Mr.. Goode that the president had
emit his greeting. At the same time
Q declared the exposition formally
pened and extended greeting to ali !
az world. President Roosevelt's con-
ratulatory telegram was then read
nd received with tremendous an n,
Iause. n
inere was apparently almost as MANY A.
sople at the fair grounds last night as N
ere present at the opening exercises y,
i'hough the exhibits buildings were by
osed, the exposition by night seemed To
every particular as great an attrac- or
on as during the open hours of the W.
~. wv
when darkness fell upon the heights nm
al raise beyond the fairy city the
ason was plain. -,
AS feast for the eye the spectacle hi,
Is incomparably beautiful. The
eworks which were feature of the 10
ening, were beautiful in the extreme. 90,
! they paled before the splendor of de,
Q electricity. ~ os'