Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-22
AUTOS WILL PARADE.
EXCURSIONS ARE PLANNED
MOTORCYCLE RACES DRAW WELL
Decorated Auto Parade Will Be the
Biggest and Best Ever Pulled Off in
Capital City.
MOTORCYCLE RACES DRAW WELL

Interest in the Cherry fair in the
smaller towns of the valley has resulted
in the organization of number of auto
excursions which are planned for fair
week, and on Friday, which will be In
dependence. Monmouth day, about so
auto loads of people from these two
towns will visit the Cherry fair. Tae
autos win form in line of parade in
West Salem, where they will be met by
committee from the Cherrians and
will parade down Commercial street
and out State street. j. S. Cooper, Jr.,
secretary of the Independence club, was
in the city today and says that beside
the auto excursion which he is planning,
several hundred people will come over
on the trains on Friday to visit the fair
and witness the motorcycle races.
The automobile parade committee,
which mas charge of the floral parade
to start at 100 p. m. on Thursday,
reports that large number of decorat-
ed autos will be in the parade, and
that not only will it be the largest
parade of autos ever lined up in this
city but that the decorations will far
eclipse any ever attempted in former
years. Wick brothers have Offered q
special prize of $25 for the best dee
Grated Ford in addition to the $l75
in cash prizes offered by the auto COM
mittee. The prizes will be awarded as
follows: First prize, $75; second prizs,
$45; third prize, $50; fourth prize, $l5;
fifth prize, $40.
Prizes for Beauty.
The committee states that beauty o.
design and originality will be consiG-
cred in awarding prizes, and preference
will be given to natural flowers, but
both natural flowers and artificial
lowers may be used for decorating.
The judges will be strangers to all par
Elephants and the awarding will be made
by number with the number of the car
1 to be used for Identification by the
judges.
The following auto owners have
promised to enter decorated cars:
A. j. Anderson, Salem fire depart,
ment; George II. Burnett, James w.
Crawford, w. G. Knighton, T. B. Kay,
F. A. Elliott, Ray L. Turner, Charles
A. Glaze, Mem Pierce, W. H. Lerchen,
J. H. Albert, Rees and Elgin, r. S.
Nelson, j. P. Rodgers, William 8. Wal.
ton, II. j. Wendroth, q. C. Foreman, II.
C.. White, w. C. Hamilton, McHenry
and Eoff R. F. Peters, George F. Rod.
gers, H. A, Cornoyer, II. W. Meyers
DR.. P. j. Byrd, Earl H. Anderson, W
A. Bullock DR.. r. +. l.. Steiner, C. M
Eppley, Thomas R. Townsend, F. E
Mangis, E. NJ. Howard, Miss Jennie
Fry, Miss Mary Eckerlin, D. o. Olh
stead, R. H. Wassom, L. H. Hofer, W
H. Darby, NJ. f. Pogue, +. G. Decks
bach, H. A. johnson & Co., G. W
Gray, Mrs. Asahel Bush, Jr., George
H. Graves, F. L. Harris, Miss Ili
Spaulding, Miss Paula Linn, John D
Caugaill, j. C. Evans, L. ], Chapis
Ralph D. Moores.
1 The following is the route of thu
parade:
Automobiles decorated for the parade
will form on North Commercial street
commencing on Marion street, motto
south on Commercial street to Trad
street, countermotor north on CONNER
cial street to Ferry, east on Ferry t
Liberty, north on Liberty to State, cas-
on State to Twelfth, north on Twelft;
to Court, west on Court to Liberty
south on Liberty to State, west en- Stat,
to Commercial, north on Commercial tt
Court. east on Court to Liberty, nortl
on Liberty to Chemeketa, east on Chs
meketa to Cottage, south on Cottage t,
Wilson Park and disband.