Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-07-05
DALLAS GREAT
EST CELEBRATION
Ten thousand People Are Guests of
City on Nations Birthday : An
Elaborate Program.

L. V. b. Embree and William Grant.
A pleasant hour was then spent in
renewing old acquaintance and in
telling again the tales Of early pioneer
life in Oregon.
The annual business meeting
followed the banquet. All of the
officers were reelected, as follows !:
J. Il. Hawley, president; DR.. L. v. B.
Embree, vice-president; J. D. Smith,
secretary and treasurer; J. J. Will
Jams, 7. J. Hayter and G. W. McBee,
executive committee. The registration
OF members was nearly twice as large
as that Of last year.
The rocking chair prizes were
awarded to Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Clark
Of Rickreall, and T. O. Waller Of Mon
mouth.
The remainder of the afternoon was
occupied by the baseball game be-
tween the Chemawa Indians and the
P. A. Finseth team, of Dallas. The
game was closely contested through
out and was won by Dallas in the last
half Of the ninth inning, the final
score standing to in favor Of the
local team.
The program OF Pioneer Day was
concluded with concert on the court
house lawn by the Monmouth Normal
School Cadet band. The concert con-
sisted Of popular and classical
selections and it was an artistic per-
formance. The Normal band, under
the splendid leadership of r. Burns
Powell, is one of the best musical
organizations in Oregon. Unlike
many bands, it was generous in
furnishing music at all times, and
there was not an hour in the day
when its delightful strains were not
adding to the enjoyment of the
visitors. These young men love
music for music's sake, and apparently
enjoy playing as well as the people
enjoy hearing them. The citizens Of
Polk county have good cause to be
proud Of the Monmouth band and its
brilliant young leader.
The pioneers all agreein pronounc-
ing this years reunion the most sue
cessful and pleasant they have ever
held, and as they are the judges Of the
entertainment offered them, their de-
cision must be accepted as correct.
Certain it is that the people Of Dallas
count it proud privilege to be per-
mitted to entertain these grand old
men and women one day in each
year, and it is our hope that they may
all live to honor us with their pres
ence on many more annual Pioneer
Days.
THE CELEBRATION.
The morning Of the Fourth dawned
cool and clear, and gladdened all
hearts with the assurance of an ideal
summer day. Early in the day the
streets were thronged with the happy
farmer folk, and soon the excursion
trains began rolling in from Falls
City, McMinnville, Independence and
Airlie to add their contributions to the
crowd, already the largest ever seen
in Polk county on public holiday.
The largest number Of visitors came
on the Falls City train. Judging
from the appearances of the train as it
rolled into the yards, there could not
have been more than dozen able
bodied men and women left in the
thriving lumber towns of Falls City
and Black Rock. The McMinnville
train was we'll filled and the Inde-
pendence and Airlie specials were
loaded to their capacity.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the morning
parade swung down Main street,
whose sidewalks were banked with
solid mass of applauding humanity.
In the first carriage we're the President
Of the Day, J. B. V. Butler, Of Mon
mouth orator, Judge Il. L. Benson,
Of klamath Falls, and reader, Miss
Rowena Berry, of Independence.
Next came the Monmouth Cadet
band and Immediately after it the
Liberty Car. This car was a triumph
Of art and originality and the crown
ing feature of the parade. Instead Of
the proverbial bank of steps and little
girls representing each state OF the
Union, the people beheld an elegant
creation of red, white and blue,
with thirteen crypts around its
sides bearing the names OF the
thirteen original states, and
beautiful little girls standing in
zach of the recesses to represent those
states Above, with Uncle Sam driv-
ing. and supported by four pages in
scarlet livery, stood the Goddess OF
Liberty and the Goddess Of Justice.
Miss Nola Coad, who personated Lib
erty is of the pure blonde type OF
beauty while Miss Maude Robertson,
who took the character Of Justice. is
a striking brunette. This effective
grouping Of the two opposite types Of
beauty-the one clothed in white and
the other in sable-added the touch
that completed the picture and made
the Liberty Carone OF the most artis-