Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-17
MILES Of AUTOS
IN THE BIG PARADE
Streets Lined With Immense
Crowd Along the Line of
the Big Procession.
10000 VIEW THE PARADE
Splendid Address Made by StrahOrn
in Response to Mayors Wei
coming Address.

The big parade, and it sure was q
big one, started from the Marion Ho-
tel and Capital Journal office shortly
after { o'clock, with Bert Houston and
Billy McGilchrist as train dispatcEers.
It was led by the Salem band, then
auto after auto swung into line, elcl.
carrying a pennant with a suggestive
motto, and all draped with flags and
bunting. Then came the Corvallis
band, the biggest in the bunch, filling
two big trucks, and the air with music
then came more autos and more bands
a mile or more in all. The mottos were
some Of them very catchy, such as H.
900 bales of hops shipped yearly" " $50
carloads Of canned fruit Salem's annU-
al shipment, "The Roseland of the
world" "}Yatch West Salem Crow
100000 in Salem before we Gult''
'Welcorle more railroads and more
Strahorns," and others brief but
catchy.
An Immense Crowd.
Commercial street. at State, was
packed until there was scarcely room
for the pacad4 % ass, and all along
the route the sidewalks were packed,
for all Salem was out and all Salem's
neighbors were here,
1t was the greatest crowd ever gath
cred in Salem, and this is not except
ing the palmiest days Of the state fair
or the banner gathering Of any cherry
fair. One feature, and one that stirred
the big crowds, was the big truck
carrying the equipment and men who
assisted in building the bridge, and
which carried a big screen bearing the
legend, "The guys who did the work
Everywhere We're bunting and flags
cucd fellowship .ir everyone, anj tho
Labies were out for a good time, and
they surely had 1t. There was more
than q mile of autos, all loaded to the
guards-and smartly gowned women
and bright-eyed girls were in evidence
in all of them.
The Line Of March.
Starting al the Marion Hotel the
line of automobiles moved north Oh
Court street to State street, cast or
State to Waverley, circling the state
capitol building on Waverley tC
Court thence going west to CONNER
cial, north on Commercial to Che.
meketa, west on Chemeketa to From
and north on Front to Union and tht
new steel bridge, Doubling back from
the bridge the line of march extended
south on Front to State, east o. Stato
to Commercial, thence TO the Marion
Hotel
The parade was wotl managed b!
Fred Bynon and r. B. Houston. ThC
line was the longest ever seen in {
Salem. AS the state capitol was cir
cled at Waverley street the banners
could stiT1 be seen coming around tn,
turn at the Ladd & Bush bank a
Stats and Commercial streets. 1t Il
estimated that 23O automobiles wer,
in the line.
Many Booster Notices.
Every machine was decorated will
banners boosting the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern company and Salem
One Of the best features was an auto
mobile carrying a huge map of tn
new p. e, & r. line extending tn
length of the valley from Portlan,
to Eugene and showing the full scop
of country which will be benefited b.
the extensions Of the system.
In the auto was Engineer Il. W. Rear
who built the bridge and his crew o
able assitants--not much has been sal
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