Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-18
SEATTLE READY
TO ENTERTAIN
-FOUR DAYS GIVEN OVER TO EN-
PERMANENT. WHEN CITY
WILL BE GAILY DECORATED
TO RECEIVE BLUEJACKETS.

neet next week. Inc reception and
entertainment committe is complet
ing the final details of the elaborate
program of entertainment arranged
for the entertainment of the off,
GERS and men Of the fleet and the
Visitors who will, flock to the city
during the stay Of the fleet. The
merchants and owners of property
IN the business district are decorat-
Ing their stores and office buildings
In a lavish manner that promises an
attractive backgrounds for the vari-
Gus events to take place during the
four days stay of the fleet.
All over the city bright colored
flags. bunting and elaborate ar
rangements for electric illumination
are in evidence on the principal
streets, and along the waterfront
the steamship companies and deck
owners are installing decorations
that will make the shore line brill
liant with color in greeting to the
stately ships as they file in to their
anchorage On their last official visit
to an American city before starting
on the long voyage around the
world. From the time the fleet is
sighted at the entrance of Elliott
bay to the last moment of the four
days stay of the ships there will be
a continuous round of spectacular
entertainment that will furnish ex-
citing and interesting diversion for
the city's guests.
Every available vessel in the har-
Dor has been chartered by private
parties, and excursion boats will
carry enormous crowds in the mer-
camille fleet that will accompany
the official steamship to West Point
to greet the battleships as they en-
ter the harbor. The Elliott Bay
Yacht club and the Seattle club will
be on hand with about so white
winged craft and will add an at
tractive feature to the marine pa
geant, and every launch for miles
around will screech welcome,
while, many thousands of flags will
wave greeting to the nations de-
tenders of the sea.
The entrance to the harbor will
present marine spectacle never
equaled in the history of the North
west, and the welcome will be made
the occasion Of patriotic ce'ebra-
ton that will go down in history.
Gov. Albert e. Mead has been re-
quested to call upon the people of
the state to make. May % general
holiday for the participation in the
welcome, and John F. Miller of Sc
attic has requested the merchants
and business interests of this city
to permit their employees to join in
making the reception of the feet in
Puget sound the most memorable in
the history of the cruise on the Pa
cific coast.
The pageant on the bay will be
only the beginning of four-days'
celebration filled with interest to all
who participate or observe. It will
include public receptions to the off,
GERS and men, automobile parties
with 100 machines in line, grand
balls for officers and men, theater
parties. athletic sports and mon
ster barbecue at Woodland park, an
afternoon of aquatic sports and boat
races on Elliott bay and a great land
parade with 10000 soldiers. sailors
and uniformed semi-m.litary organ
izations that will provide the most
spectacular display of armed forces
ever assembled in the Northwest.
The battleship will be anchored at
points in the harbor where they will
be easy of access to visitors, and
countless launches and small steam
boats will transport visitors to and
from the ships. Rear Admiral
Charles S. Sperry, who will COM
mand the fleet while it is at Seattle.
has announced that he will Coop
crate with the committee in giving
the public every opportunity to see
each ship in line.
Arrangements have been made by
the committee on entertainment for
providing accommodations for all
persons who visit the city, and an
information bureau will be main
tanned at the Chamber of Commerce
in Pioneer place, where visitors can
obtain free infirmation as to loca-
ton and price of desirable lodgings.
The railroads have promised to
use every effort to handle the enor-
nous traffic with comfort and dis
patch. Special trains are coming
from many cities, and the railroad
companies have agreed TO provide
special cars to such cities as can as
sure the necessary number of pas
sengers.
Great care will be used in pro-
tecting the city's guests from acct
dent or annoyance during the stay
of the ships. Additional police ar