Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-28
SALEM cHERRIANS WILL
INVADE THE WEST SIDE
Boosters viii Take Special Train Into
Territory Hitherto Unexplored by
Uniformed Aggregation.
PRIZES WILL BE OFFERED
FOR DECORATED AUTOS
Plans for Big Cherry Fair Being Work
ed Out By om,nittee-Biggest
and Best Show Promised.

According to the plans now shaping
before the committee in charge of the
emigration of the Cherrians to the
Portland rose festival, the trip to that
city will be of the nature of a dress
parade through the valley towns on the
west side between Salem and Portland.
The special train which is to be char
tered, according to the tentative plans
now under way, Will be hauled over
the p, Il. & H., and will carry the
Salem boosters through a part of the
country heretofore uninvaded by the
Cherrians. 1t is expected that the spe-
cial train will stait about 1880 on
June IL, which is Thursday of rose car
nival week. and after remaining in the
Rose city for two days the Cherrians
may return on any of the Southern Pa
cific trains out of Portland, with the
exception of the Shasta limited.
To Take Formal Action.
Formal action on the recommendation
of tne committee will be taken at the
meeting of the Cherrians at the com
mercial club on Friday evening, and if
there proposals are adopted final ar
rangements for the special train will
be completed and the schedule fixed.
At present it is planned to make the
first stop at Dallas, where the Cher
rians in uniform will detrain and
march through the streets of the Polk
county capital. Copies of the Cner-
rian Gazette will be taken along for
distribution among the populace and
the oncoming Cherry fair to be held
June 20, 26 and 81 will receive its due
proportion of Advertising.
Similar stops will be made at Nc
Minnville, and agaln at Newberg, q
Cherrian parade being. inaugurated il
each Of these citf5s. A brass band viii
accompany the lively crew and dis
course sweet music along the way. The
ladies will also go with the party i
is expected, to add their quota to tn,
enthusiasm of the ensemble. Plans ar,
being made to care for at least 20t
all told The return will be made b,
any Southern Pacific train which tht
individual members of the party ma:
care to travel by.
In Holiday Regalia.
The troupe in full holiday regalii
will arrive at Portland about $3.50
ready to inject little up-valley elec
tricity into the summer playtime o
that city.
AS a feature Of the Cherry fair i
is proposed to offer prizes aggregatinI
nearly 5000 for the best decorated au
tomobiles in the big auto parade to b
held Thursday, June 20. The cherr.
fair will give $75 Tor the first prize
$45 for the second, $50 for the third
and SIS for the fourth, and the pre-
prietor of the Ford garage has offere
a special prize of $50 for the best dec
grated Ford in the parade. Beauty o
design and originality will be take
into consideration by the judges VIII
will be absolute strangers to the cor
testants. Preference will be given {
natural flowers, though it is expecte
that many articficial ones will be uset
, especially as some of the contestant
will spend considerable time in putin
J their cars in shape to land prizes.
, The committee in charge of the aut
parade consists of John j. Roberts,
) G. Bishop and George F. Rodgers.