The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-09
HOTEL OREGON
GRAND OPENING
NEW HOSTELRY CREDIT TO CITY
Many Guests Enjoy Dancing and Inspect
the New Building Which is
Elegantly Equipped

The Open House at the Hotel Oregon
Monday evening was most enjoyable
affair, many guests gathering to see
the new hostelry which was for the
first time thrown completely open.
The whole building from kitchen to
roof garden was brilliantly lighted
and handsomely decorated in honor Of
the occasion and maids were stationed
throughout the building to attend the
guests and show them about the
rooms. The hotel, although it has been
operated continuously during the en-
arging and undermining process
which has been going on for the past
six months, could not be recognized on
the interior as the Waucoma of a year
ago.
On entering the enlarged lobby the
guests were greeted by the cracking
Of the wood fire which blazed forth
hospitality from the great fire place at
the south end of the room. The big
comfortable leather chairs had all
been swung about with backs to the
wall to clear the room for dancing dur
ing the evening. In a corner of the
lobby next to the clerks desk is the
we'll appointed writing room. Behind
the counter, where obliging young men
constantly preside over the register
is the private exchange which connects
with telehone in every room in the
house, and has two trunk lines into the
main city exchange. The large plate
glass windows and beautiful electric
fixtures give excellent light for the
lobby both day and night.
In tho IiDinT room the area of the
original room had been cleared for
dancing and Newmans s orchestra fur
nished rollicking tunes during the
evening.
The room was prettily decorated
with Jap lanterns, and flags and roses
were on the tables in the new portion
Of the dining room where tables were
arranged at which ice cream, straw
berries and cake were served during
the reception. A large bowl of cher
ries was on a stand in each corner of
the dining room. The new portion of
the room with high oak wainscoting is
especially attractive and is lighted by
wall and ceiling chandeliers of artistic
design.
The guests were also welcome in
the kitchen, where Jap Joe holds forth
and is as proud as can be of his section
of the hotel. The kitchen and serving
pantry which are in reality one large
room, are conveniently arranged and
present a very clean, light and airy
appearance. The new range Is a
model for handling immense quantities
of food at once and in one corner OF
the kitchen in the large cold storage
room with capacity for a ton Of
ice in which large quantities of meats,
vegetable, fruits, etc, may be stored.
| The rooms on the upper floors of the
hotel were thrown open for the in
spection of the visitors and daintily
capped maids ushered the people
| through the suites. The rooms are
newly furnished, vase of handsome
Hood River roses in each apartment
| gave a pleasant touch to the nicely
equipped rooms. A telephone and hot
and cold water are a feature of every
room in the house and more than 20 of
the rooms which now total nearly 100,
are furnished with private bath. The
rooms, which are carpeted with velvet
and Brussels carpets and furnished
with comfortable brass and iron bed
steads, compare we'll with the great
fashionable hotels of larger cities.
Dressers, tables, and chairs in most OF
the rooms are of golden oak, while in a
half dozen of the more expensive
suites, mahogany and brdseye maple
were used in the manufacture of the
furniture. Several parlor suites as
we'll as groups of bed rooms with
private baths, make very desirable
apartments for families who are living
in the hotel for an extended period.
Farthest from the front door, but
not the least attractive part of the new
hotel, is thesrOof garden which Monday
night presented a fairy land ap-
pearance with Christmas trees on
every hand the strings of flags Jap
anese lanterns all about theEplace. The
mandolin quartctte spent the evening
on the roof playing good old tunes for
pleasure of the guests who wandered
out for fresh air and to be refreshed at
the punch bowl which was situated in
corner of the roof garden. Late IN the
evening the stringed orchestra went
down starts and grouping themselves
on the landing played for the dancers
in the lobby and dining room alternat-
ing with the other group Of musicians.
There were guests present from
town and valley and all thoroughly
enjoyed the hospitality of Manager and
Mrs. Z. G. Smith, who were ably as
sisted by Ira Judd, under whose eff
cient management the dining rooms of
the Oregon are gaining an enviable