The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-07-11
APPLE CITY
MAKES GOOD
$500 PEOPLE WITNESS EXERCISES
Judge Ii. II. NOrthup Delivers Address
Sports and Fireworks
Galore.

River did herself proud upon the 90,
cssion. Never before 10 the history
Of the city or valley has its equal beer
seen. Fully 450O people we're witness
es to the glorious events OF the day,
The streets ot the city were crowded
from early morning till late at night
a notatle feature of the day was th,
total absence OF drunkenness and row
dyism. Only one man was arrested
during the day. The guarantee of th,
Glacier was fulfilled, that Hood Rivel
was to be a sober town on the Fourth,
and that our guests would be fully
pr otected against the insults so &C
mon on the streets on day Of thii
character.
The parade was participated In by
several hundred OF the citizens, and
as 1t moved through the principle
streets Of the city to the grounds on
the heights it was followed by sever.
al thousand delighted spectators. The
pal ade started from the corner OF
Fourth and Cascade avenue promptly
at 9:45 a. m headed by the Hood
River band, and followed by citizens
in carriages on horse back and O. Ions
line of floats beautifully decorated toi
the event.
The following enterprising mer.
chants had floats In the parade: HoI.
man meat market on the heights. His
float was drawn by five horses and
fully represented the requisites Of q
first class meat market. One of the
comic features OF the display was q
large sausage mill in operation and O
stream OF live poodles passing
through it in the process of the man
ufacture of the delicate goods. He'll.
Eronner & Co. had a very tastey float
bearing the letters -. II. Heilbron.
ner & Co. moves the earth" The lat.
ter term was illustrated by a large
map of the globe. S. 4. Bartmess had
a comic scene of two old washer WON.
en- running washer and hanging uI
the clothes. His float bore the ad
"Buy 1900 washer at Bartmess' and
it will do the rest" Keir & Cass
we're represented by fine float carry.
ing an immense morter and postal.
II. W. Wait had his dairy deliver y
wagon neatly decorated, and In eyi
dence that he was furnishing his Gus
TONERS with the real stuff, he was
leading half-dozen fine Jersey COWS.
Nine. Abbott was in the parade witt
a very tasty float representing bel
millinery establish nent.. The foa,
was covered with green crepe tissue
paper, and the horse was covered will
beautiful black velvet cover bearinl
the followiong words in large gilt let
ters "Mme. Abbott, millinery. Seat
ed upon the float was beautiful littl
girl composed under q large bat o.
tissue paper In the form OF an umbrel
la. Another float carried George apt
Martha Washington. This was a pret
ty sight as 1t was arranged so natur
ally. The Fsshion Stable bad one o.
their finest siugle rigs In the line o
march, and 1t was driven by Mrs
Bert Stranahan. The plugugly dis
play was q very oreditable affair
They we're logged up according to th,
latest designs from the fashion marti
of Paris. q. Arthur Clarke, the jew
eler, had his horse and buggy mos
artisticaliy decorated with wife liner
aud the national coloIs, ssand the hois
was covered with nice black velve
robe bearing the inscription: Gar
thur Clarke, the jewelei. Bragg 4
Co. we're out with float in the shap,
of man of war. 1t was a good mod
ell of the great hattie ships that do dn
ty on the sea. The float prepared b,
the Foresters of America was an ex
cellent affair. The large elk perchet
on the top, surrounded by a typica
forest, made a very impressive sight
The float was filed with number o
members OF the fraternity dressed il
the regalia of the order and the seen,
represented a needy brother In ths
hospital attended by the corps. Th'
object In the parade, which created
the most interest and solicited The
greatest care, was the Liberty Car,
csrrying the queen of the day and th'
representatives OF the states. Ths
car was drawn by six snow whit,
horses, each horse being led by an at
tendant in cider to guard against any
accidents. Seated In the Liberty Cai
we're number Of beautiful girls, eacl
carrying flag representing the differ
ent states OF the union. Seated Ii
the center OF the car was Miss Merl,
Blinn, dressed in beautiful gown o
the richest silkeoliean crepe. In ad
dition to the regular float, there wer,
a large number of citizens In privat
conveyances
The exercises at the grand stan,
we're Immediately began upon the ar
rival of the parade at the grounds
The official program was followed ou
without a hitch. The band played
selection which was followed by th
singing of the Star Spangled Banne
ky a chorus Of 100 trained voices un
der the direction OF A. w. Onthank
Rev. W. g. GilomIe offered an elo
quent prayer to diety for his benedic
tion upon the present and futur
affairs of our great nation. The Dec
laTation OF Independence was read b
G.. d. Niokelsen, after which Wi
Frank sang a vocal solo entitled eth
Armorer Song" will sang in splend
| i'd voice and his words could be hear
over the entire audience. When th
sounds OF the last word had die
away the large crowd sent up storl
of applause which brough the favorit
singer to the fIont again to satisf
their desires The band played al
9th I selection after which the Hor
A. A. Jayne, who was chairmsn fo
the day, introduced the speaker
Judge II. H. Northup, with few we
chosen remarks. Ibe Judge delivere
mastery address and the great aut
ience was highly pleased with his dil
course. He spoke In part as follows
Ladies aud gentlemen, fellow cit
zens of Hood kiver:-lt ia with SON
degree Of embarrassment that ] CON
before you this morning, and regrt
very much that l am compelled |
maze an apology upon this occasjoI
However, recent illness has kept n
from making the preparation for th
OCCASION that | should have desired.