Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-07

! and had been pursued by Indians.
When he reached the river the boat
was on the opposite side, and cross
ing the river in the manner suggested
he secured the boat and recrossed the
river to secure his pack animal, with
which he proceeded to Lewiston.
The early history of the country
was also brought vividly to the
minds Of the pioneers by the appear
ance of Tom Beall, who was a mem
Der of the party that selected the name
of Lewiston for this city.
1t was at meeting on the point
near the confluence of the two rivers
/ whore a tent had been erected and IL
had been decided to open a trading
post. as the nearest point to the
Pierce City mines where boats could
regularly be brought. Seated upon
boxes of merchandise the party dis
cussed names for the new trading
post until one of the number emphati-
cally declared himself in favor of
Lewiston to commemorate the name
: of Lewis, the explorer, who was a
men ever to come into this section
and who had stopped there.
i The Col. Wright the first steamboat
to navigate the river was shown by y
float representing a steamboat, from
which the smokestack was putting
smoke and with unseen power the
float was conveyed along the street,
guided by the pilot wheel, while at the
same time the sternwheel revolved
with the precision of the steamers OF
today
. The first statehouse was reproduced
by float showing the first building
in which the affairs of the state Of
Idaho were conducted.
Breaking from the historical review,
the features of the parade presented
the progress of the day by the appear
ance of the High School band the
best organization of the kind in the
West and the only high school band
in the Northwest. Following was the
. class Of '0S with an escort of 100
mounted high school students. The
freshmen class was represented by a
moving pyramid which was propelled
by invisible power ~
The Lewiston Business college was
represented by handsome float upon
which were seated number of the
college students.
o. A. Kjos presented a novel COM
parison of the growth OF his business
in Lewiston by a handsome float the
front wheels representing the floor
.space when the business was COM
menced, while the rear wheels, reach
ing to the height of IL feet, indicated
the handsome quarters now occupied
by the splendidly- equipped store. !.
The r. c. Beach company represens
tatives, occupying 13 vehicles led by
the children of the present owners ana
bearing the label I'VE will be the r. G.
Beach company in 1928" The present
company occupied the next carriage,
followed by the employees Of the COM
pany in II carriages.
NJ. D. Mills was represented by a
banner, "AlI for the horse but the
shoes" which was carried by lady
and gentleman or horses 4a
SSAAS0 * were TSpTeSenJ~
ed by beautiful house in miniature
mounted upon float.
The Idaho Ice company had a large
block of clear ice in which was frozen
a cross of roses
The Lewiston Electric Supply COM
pany had beautiful display Of cleo
trical devices
The Order of Eagles appeared with
beautiful float upon which were
mounted four beautiful spreading
eagles.
The Western Hardware and Imple-
ment company appeared with one Of
their fine buggies and a model gang
plow mounted upon float.
The Rainier Beer company had
load Of their product wen labeled
Chastain & McNair were represent
ed with small float advertising their
departments
The Commercial Creamery eom-
pany's Cascade butter appeared upon
a beautiful float with the well-known
label upon a monstrous daily pack
age. The growth Of the company was
recorded on the sides OF the float