Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-06
FLOATS WERE MAGNIFICENT
\: \: DECORATIONS BEAUTIFUL
AND CROWDS ENTHUSIASTIC
Queens Float Beauty and Carried Handsome and Stae
y Queen and as Royal and Beautiful Maids of Honor as
Ever GraCed Royal COrOnaton-Cty Gay With Bunting
and Streets Alive With Delighted and Happy Sightseers-
All Other Similar Events ECIipSed

with lanterns. The mayor of China
town and his aldermen came next.
The Pacific Lock Joint company
showed two sections of their steel
concrete 36-inch sewer pipe, weigh
ing about two tons.
The hop growers had a float Show
ing 20 bales of the peerless product.
The street cleaning department had
six teams in line.
Damon & Son, the Cut-Price groc-
ers, had a decorated vehicle in the
parade.
The Owl Construction company had
fine float with a surveying corps
of Zulu engineers and a real live
owl,
The City Surrendered.
The parade arrived at the appoint
ed place on the east side of Marion
square at high noon and Mayor Lach-
mund presented the golden keys of
the city to the King on his throne,
and that unknown personality nod
ded his approval, and his subjects
cheered. Mayor Lachmund paid a
glowing tribute to the enterprise of
the Cherry City of the World, and
its enterprising people in thus cele-
brating the king of all fruits in bet
ter and more fitting style than ever
before. The parade then dispersed
and will pass into history as the fin
est event of the kind ever pulled off
in the Capital City, and this city is
famous for its undertakings in this
line. The general management of
the Cherry Fair won high praise
from the immense crowds that lined
the street on both sides and there
were outbursts of applause at many
places.
| Special Features.
The Salem fire department made a
splendid showing-six decorated en-
gines and hose wagons, with the full
force out in uniforms, the hose men
in blouses ready for a fire. The
decorations and the whole display
was got up with a view to being dis
mantled at moments notice and
ready to fight fire at the first alarm.
The Dallas band attracted a great
deal of favorable comment. They
were "a strong, marched beautifully
and played well. They won many
favorable comments and were the
greatest feature from outside the
city. The Chemawa Indian school
showed an Indian tepee and real life
among the Indians on a grand float.
Exhibits at the Square.
Marion Square is a maze of colors,
lights and shades, and is voted by ev-
erybody as the ideal place for the
cherry festival The Iowa picnic was
attended by hundreds of Iowans, but
there was no program or effort at
any. The officials of the Iowa socie-
ty were minus quantity, and no ar
rangements were made for meeting
the Hawkeyes, beyond informal greet
ings. The cherry pavilion of fruits
and flowers is a verv creditable dis
play of Oregon fruits and blooms. The
quality of the cherry exhibit is sur
prisingly high, as this is not a cherry
year. But the display of the Royal
Ann Bing, Lambert and other stand
ard varieties was never eXcelled in
color and superb quality The con-
struction of the pavilion and the ar
rangement of the display of fruits
and flowers are highly commended.
Marion Square will be brilliantly
Illuminated at night.