East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-24
BOOSTER NOTES
FROM ALL OREGON
GATEWAY DECISION WILL
BRING NEW TRAFFIC.
Decision of Interstate Commerce Com
mission VIII Mean Much TO Port
land and Orcgon-POrtland Mer-
chants VIII Decorate for Rose Fes-
tlval-Eastern Capitalists Invest
I'm Oregon Tlmber-New Booster
Club.
Especial Correspondence.)

Portland, ore, May 24.-Portland
people are delighted over the inter-
state commerce commissions decision
this week opening the Portland gate
way. This is ruling Portland has
long contended for and the victory Is
regarded as an important one. It's
chief significance will mean a free
interchange of passenger traffic at
Portland between the Hill and Harri-
man lines. This Is bound to increase
the travel of eastern visitors to the
coast through this city for at present
travellers coming through Portland
bound either to or from the sound,
must re-check their baggage and buy
new tickets here. This Is inconveni-
ent and has often deferred passengers
from coming to this city The decis-
ion means that through tickets must
be sold via Portland, a thing the Hill
lines have hitherto maintained should
not be required of them as it gave the
long haul to the Hartman roads. The
Hill roads are expected to appeal the
case to the supreme court.
Decorate for Rose Festival.
Portland merchants met at the
commercial club this week and took
steps to decorate the city thoroughly
in honor of the many visitors who will
attend the Rose Festival early in June.
The retailers plan to make their stores
highly attractive for out of town
guests and tourists who will be here
for festival week. Places of business
will be transformed into perfect bow
ers of beauty for the delight of vis-
itors. The work of emblaZoning flor
al designs on shop windows about town
Is now going on. Flags and festival
colors will be put up next week. Rose
decorations for the business houses
will be delayed until the festival opens
on June 9TH, when the queen flower
will reign supreme about the city.
Showing much interest in Oregon
timber. a party of IS Michigan capi-
talists spent a day in Portland during
the week. They represent capital of
over S50,O00,000, and their visit here
shows an interest in oregon timber
that will mean the investment of large
sums here in future. They said some
OF their number intended to secure
some of the remaining big trees of this
state shortly. Two OF the party will
return to Portland within a few days
to receive reports on oregon prop
critics they are now looking up. The
visitors are mostly officials of the
Michigan-Pacific lumber company.
Brownsville Boosters Organize.
A new member, the Brownsville
Commercial club has just been add
ed to the Oregon Development
League. Brownsville, one of the most
favorably located cities of the Villa
mette valley, has joined with the other
Ss progressive cities of the state COM
posing the league, making a round
80 of oregon communities now in line
for all the benefits to be derived from
cooperation and intelligent publicity
work.
New and improved train service
throughout on the Southern Pacific
lines in this state will be inaugurated
on June 1st. At that time the Shasta
Limited, the new fast train to Califor-
mia, will be put in commission, i'm
proving the Willamette valley service.
to great extent.
Civil war veterans are completing
for the annual state
encampment which will be held at
Corvallis, June 2, and 4.