The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-05-02
SHOWERS GOOD
FOR BLOSSOMS
THE CITY WILL BE DECORATED
With Members Of Portland Clubs
Here, Saturday and Sunday will be
the Big Days Of the Festival.

As someone said the.other day, '"The
Good Lord and Mother Nature will
ing, Hood River people and their Wis
itors are going to have good time at
the Blossom Festival, which begins to-
morrow and continues through Sunday.
The valley was never more beautiful
than it is at present. The showers
that fell Sunday, Sunday night and
Monday have put the roads in excellent
condition. The warm moist atmos-
phere has brought the buds to the
bursting point and the region is a glor-
ious sea of pink and green. The auto
mobile rides through the orchards, of
course, will be the main attractions
for visitors. However. the city people
are doing all they can to make the
town attractive. By tomorrow every
house will be decorated with the oili-
cial Commercial club springtime colors,
pink and green. Secretary Scott urges
that all in the city who have flags un-
furl them to the breezes during the
week.
Scoutmaster Albert Crocker states
that his Boy Scouts have enthusiastic
ally undertaken the making of huge
kites, which will fly from the heights
over the city.
Visitors from this city to Portland
are finding the Rose City people as en-
thusiastic over the proposed festival as
Hood River people themselves are.
They will be here in great crowds.
Mr.. Hutchins. OF Portland Rose Festi-
val fame and who is working to make
this years festival greater success
than any former one. said the other day
when speaking about the Blossom Car
nival: 81 am glad to see the plans of
Hood River people turning out so WE'LL
The visitors to the valley, when the
blooms are out, will be presented with
one of the most beautiful pictures they
have ever beheld."
1t is expected that numerous visitors
will begin to pour into the valley on
Friday, but Saturday and Sunday will
be the big days. On Saturday the
Portland Commercial club will arrive
from The Dalles, where they will &C
Friday. They will be accompanied by a
number of the members of The Dalles
Business Mems Association. The visit
ing iunketers will be taken by spe-
cial train to parkdale, where the Com
mercial club has arranged for a lunch
| to be served them. On returning tC
Hood River the train will make stops
at Boneboro, Van Horn and Winan's
station, if there is sufficient time. Al
| Boneboro Chas. Bone has arranged fol
a huge donkey engine to give demon
stration as to how the land of the Up
per Valley is cleared for planting
The donkey will uproot few trees an'
stuinps for the entertainment of tn
visitors. Time permitting. the stol
will be made at Winan's station in or
der that the visitors may be conducted
to the DEVILS Punch Bowl. wher,
Frank A. Cram will entertain then
with troupe of trained salmon. From
Van Horn the Portland and The Dalle'
boosters will mount Van Horns Butte
for the wonderful panoramic view oi
the valley.
A banquet will be given Saturday
night to the visitors at the Odd Eel
lows hall. The members of the com
mttee in charge OF the banquet state
be made and program of stunts anC
| music VIII De renueFeu. .. DensoH
the donor of the $4,000 for the con
struction of the Columbia road. will be
the guest of honor. He will be ac.
companied by E. f. Coovert, his Port
land attorney, and E. Henry Wemme
A formal expression of their apprecia
tion of the gift will be made that even
ing in behalf of the Hood River people
Between the hours of arriving al
Hood River from the valley and the
time for the banquet, the visitors will
be guests at the Commercial club
rooms. The Club will keep open house
during the entire carnival period.
The members of the Portland Press
club, who will be entertained at Eg
germont, the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Hall, on Sunday, are expecting
the time of their lives. according tt
Sidney B. Vincent, president of th'
club, who will accompany them here.
Every night during the Blossom Fes
tival the city will be blaze of coloret
light, the two electric companies hav
ing offered to vie with each other il
| furnishing decorations for the evening