East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21
SEATTLE READY
FOR BIC FLEET
FOUR DAYS FETE IN
PUGET SOUND WATERS
Every Available Boat I'm Seattle Has
Been Chartered by Sightseers-The
Sound Is Alive WIKI Bunting and
FIags-AccommOdations to Be Pro-
yided for All.

| way NANJ
is alive with preparations for the WIS.,
it Of the Atlantic battleshlp fleet next
week. The reception and entertain
ment committee Is completing the H.
nal details OF the elaborate program
Of entertainment arranged for the en-
tertainment Of the officers 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 prop
erty In the business district are deco
rating their stores and office build
ings in a lavish manner, that promise
an attractive background for the va-
rlous events to take place during the
four days stay Of the fleet.
All over the city, bright colored
flags, bunting and elaborate arrange
ments for electric illumination are In
evidence on the principal streets and
along the waterfront the steamship
companies and deck owners are In
stalllng decorations that will make
the shorelIne brilliant with color in
greeting TO the stately ships as they
file in to their anchorage on their last
official visit to an American city, be-
fore starting on the long voyage
around the world.
Form 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 continuous round
Of spectacular entertainment that will
furnish exciting and interesting d.
verson for the clty's guests.
HarbOr Filled With Craft.
Every available vessel in the har-
Dor has been chartered by private
parties, and excursion boats will car
ry enormous crowds in the mercantile
fleet that will accompany the off,
cial steamship to West Point to greet
the batleships as they enter the har-
Dor.
The Elliott Bay Yacht club and the
Seattle club will be on hand with
about so white winged craft and will
add an attractive feature to the ma
rine pageant. and every launch for
miles around will screech a welcome,
while many thousands of flags will
wave a greeting to the nations de-
I tenders of the sea.
The entrance to the harbor will pre-
sent a marine spectacle never equal
led In the history of the northwest,
and the welcome will be made the
aNwtA hEa
that will go down in history.
Governor Albert E. Mead has been
requested to call upon the people OF
the state to make May 23 a 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 per-
nit their employees to join in making
the reception OF the fleet In Puget
Sound the most memorable in the his
tory of the cruise on the Pacific
coast.
-Four Days Celebration.
The pageant on the bay will be only
the beginning of a four days cele-
bration filled with interest to all who
participate or observe. 1t will in
clude public receptions to the Off
GERS and men, automobile parties with
100 machines in line, grand balls for
officers and men, theater parties, ath-
lethic sports, and monster barbecut
at Woodland park, an afternoon of
aquatic sports and boat races on Ell
lott bay. and a great land parade with
200 soldiers, sailors and uniformed
semimilitary organizations that will
provide the most spectacular display
of armed forces ever assembled in
the northwest.
The battleships 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 command the fleet
while 1t is at Seattle, has announced
that he will cooperate with the com
mittee in giving the public every op-
portunity to see each ship IN line.
Arrangements have been made by
the committee on entertainment for
providing accommodations for all per-
sons who visit the city, and an infor-
nation bureau will be maintained by
the Chamber of Commerce in Pioneer
Place, where visitors can obtain free
information as to location and price of
desirable lodgings.