The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
WIDE SPREAD INTEREST IN
DALLES-CELILO CELEBRATION

cities OF the Columbia Valley for the
week OF May 3-S. 1915, in honor of
the opening of The Dalles-Celilo
Canal, win eclipse in attendance,
human interest and constructive pub
licity any public event of the year in
the Northwest is evident. From
every section Of the United States in
quiries are pouring in upon the gen
eral committee, from press, CONNER
cial bodies and individuals, for infor-
nation touching the enterprise to be
commemorated and its bearing upon
the territory with which it is related.
The actual participants in the cell
ebration at various points will in
clude official representative of the
United States government, the Paci-
fic States, the Army and Navy. com
mercial organizations, navigation
officers (pioneer and active), good
roads enthusiasts and thousands of
people from the farms and cities of
the Columbia Valley.
The program at the various points
of celebration will be distinctive and,
in addition to the recognition given
the canal opening, will set forth the
local elements relative to the open
river. A marked feature of the fes-
tival will be the emphasis given to
the construction of highways leading
from the interior productive sections
to strategic points on the river. In
fact great road building campaigns
seem to be developing at Lewiston,
Walla Walla, Pendleton, Maryhill
and Biggs. This part of the celebra-
tion will be given especial promi-
nence in the program to be staged at
Maryhill and Goldendale May 5th,
where there will be great assembly
of good roads representatives of the
Northwest and at Walla Walla, where
the forenoon of May 4th will be de-
voted to the discussion of highways.
The formal opening at Big Eddy,
May 5th, will witness the passing
through the canal of a great fleet of
boats and thousands of people from
the upper and lower reaches of the
mighty river. Engineer F. c. Schu-
bert is in charge of the local prepar-
ations and will provide platform at
the edge of the canal 20 so feet
for the use of speakers and distin
guished guests as we'll as special
loges for official delegations and the
two score young women who will act
as sponsors, each bearing bottle of
water from a tributary of the Colum-
bia.
The religious phase of the occa
sion will be set forth by an invoca-
ton by Rt. Rev. Chas. J. O'Reilly, ID.
D., Bishop of Baker City Gin whose
diocese the canal is located) and the
benediction by Rev. Walter T. Sum-
ner, d. D., Bishop of Oregon. James
S. Ramage, President of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce, will give an
address in behalf of the commercial
bodies of the Columbia basin. One
United States Senator and one Mem
Der of Congress, Ito be designated)
will present greetings on behalf of
the United States government. Gov
ernor James Withycombe will extend
a welcome in behalf of Oregon, Gov
ernOr Ernest Lister for Washington
and Governor Moses Alexander for
Idaho. T. C. Elliott of Walla Walla,
will give a brief historical outline,
and Joseph N. Teal of Portland re-
view of the Cello Canal. Massed
bands will render popular airs and
the people will join in the National
Engineer Schubert is ar
ranging the celebration setting so
that spectators on the boats and on
shore will have equal opportunity for
Preceding and following the form
al opening, celebration features will
be held at The Dalles, including a
banquet at night, May 5th. On May
9Th celebrations will be held at
Washington, and Port
land, while the climax will take
place at Astoria, Oregon, May 7th |
and Sth in connection with the Sixth !
Annual Convention of the Columbia
and Snake River Waterways Asso-
ciation, at which time full inspection |
will be made of all maritime and |
scenic interests at the mouth of the
Columbia river.
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