Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-07-27
CENTENNIAL PLANS GREAT.
Astoria Makes Preparation for
Coming Celebration.

10 and continues thirty days, are ask
ing.
So far, the plans of the centennial
committee have been carried out to
successful issue without a hitch
There is to be plenty of amusement
and some educational features for
those who attend the pageant which
has been planned to commemorate
the first settlement of the Pacific
North by the white race.
The big features are to be scat
tered about Astoria in such a man
ner as to take advantage of all the
natural resources. The twelve mile
long harbor is to be used for aquatic
displays, the city streets for the pa
geantry parades and the city park for
some of the fixed features.
Just a few minutes walk from the
center of the city, thousand feet
above the sea level, is City Park.
Here, with view of the harbor, the
rivers. ocean and mountains, the big
spectacular features are to be staged,
A stadium has been built into the
hill without any excavation and seats
have been built down the side of the
slope to care for about 5000 persons.
There is not a post to obstruct the
view and the stage, an open air one,
has a clump of tall cedar trees for a
background This is where THE
Bridge of The Gods" is to be pro-
duced by Miss Mabel Ferris, the Los
Angeles girl who is now living in
Portland Local talent is being trained
to produce the spectacle, which is
founded upon the story of Mt. Hood
being changed from a volcano into
an ice and snow-coYered mountain. 1t
is an Indian legend, and has great
historical story to tell.
The state will maintain a salmon
hatchery during the whole thirty
days of the centennial celebration Is
open. The building for this is now
complete with the exception OF the
installation of the tanks for the eggs.
The tanks have been shipped and as
soon as they are tested out and
swelled to prevent leakage they will
be ready to receive million Royal
Chinook salmon eggs.
Master Fish Warden Clanton has
delegated c. E. Greenman to take
charge of the exhibit and he has been
in Astoria making preparations to
carry through the work. Within
week he will have completed the
installation of the tanks and arranged
for the water supply. 1t will take
about 24,000 gallons of water day
to keep the work going right, and
special three-inch water main has
been laid for the city water works
to care for this water supply. At
least the piping will have been com
pleted by the time it is necessary to
get the use of water.
This fish display is an intensely
interesting one to everyone from all
over the country. Hardly a home
does not pay tribute to the thrift of
the Columbia River salmon fishermen
and Gamers, and while every house
wife Is familiar with salmon and the
various ways to use it, few have
ever seen a real salmon and not one
in a million from the East has ever
seen a salmon egg. They will know
the whole process from beginning to
end and it is bound to be big
advertisement for Columbia River sal
mon when the visitors go back home
and tell what they saw and explain
what a salmon is really like.
Another strong feature is the ex-
hibit of the resources of Clatsop
County The building for this dis
play is now completed and ready to
be fitted up by the exhibitors. In this
structure the importance of the coun-
ty from an agricultural point of view
will be brought to the attention of
the visitors. They will see the mar
velous fruit and vegetables which are
raised here as well as the flowers
Ken
Worslev. The timber and dairy in
dustries will be treated thoroughly
too in the county exhibit.
Manufacturers of national reputa-
ton have engaged practically all the
space in the building which has been
erected for this purpose and by the
time the centennial opens-August ~
this big structure will be crowded
with exhibits of the best nationally
advertised wares in the country. The
whole nation has been secured 10
make this a representative exhibit
and success has come from the ef-
forts of the committee in charge,
aided by the Astoria merchants.
Within the Astor Stockade there
will be the great $4,000 Indian relic
display loaned by Maj. Lee Moore
house of Pendleton, Wash. This is
| a priceless collection which can never
be duplicated again. The Major, who
was an Indian agent at the Umatilla
Reservation for years, secured these
relics from the Indians who never
realized their value.
Dead and departed chiefs who
showed great head dresses with pride
did not make any attempt to pre-
serve their equipment after their
death. As a consequence the braves
who followed them sold the only me-
mentoes of the dying race worth
while for small sums. Major Moore
house, knowing the value of the head
dresses and implements of war and
peaceful Indian life, picked out the
best of them and today this collec.
ton is without an equal in the world
The whole collection is to be'placed
in the. Living Quarters. within the
\ Astor StOckade. 1t will completely
lfll this big building and is bound to
be a great source of interest to the
thousands who are to visit the cen
tennial pageant.
Across the courtyard from this In
dian display is the structure repro
lducing the barn used by the AstoI
trading party when they had finished