The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-04-22
CITIZENS WILL
SEE Big CANAL
PLANS MADE FOR DEDICATION DAY
Mayor Dumble Declares Holiday, that To-
cal People May Participate in Cello
DedicatOry Celebration

Wednesday. May S. will be Cello
day. According TO present plans a
party of 200 local people will attend
the dedication of the big canal which
will eliminate the long ll-mile portage
on the Oregon side Of the Columbia
around the treacherous dslles of the
great river. Mayor Dumble has pro-
claimed a public holiday for the occa-
sion, and business houses will be closed
for the event.
''ln order that proper reservations
may be made for the local party" says
r. Z. Scott, secretary of the CONNER.
cial club, I'VE should have the names
of all wishing to make the trip by Sat.
urday evening, May |. Extra cars will
be attached to 4 0.-W. r. N. train No.
2, passing through the city at 1890.
This train arrives at The Dalles at
ll.20. Here we will take a special
train on the state portage railway,
which will convey participants in the
dedication service to Big Eddy free of
charge. Names should be left at either
the club rooms, the Hotel Oregon or
Mount Hood hotel. Everyone is re-
quested to secure from the Commercial
club Hood River pennant and cane.
same costing 10 cents. They may be
had after April "a. The round trip fare
TO The Dalles will be 81. The return
trip will be made on a special train"
The people of Mosier will join the
local folk on the special train.
Mr.. Scott suggests that as there will
be hundreds of guests at The Dalles
that local people, in order to make GER
tain of not going hungry, carry a light
lunch with them. The celebration at
Big Eddy will take place at 2 o'clock
Boat races, parades, fireworks and all
kinds of open air sports will be provid-
ed.
While but few of the people of Hood
River have ever visited the scenes of
operation in the construction of The
Dalles-Celilo canal, it has been one of
the greatest tasks under way in the
country during the past few years. As
in the case of the huge Panama canal
it has been built under the direct super
vision of the United States war depart.
ment.
In addition the peculiarities of the
Columbia at this point will hold much
of interest for the sightseer. From
1umwater falls all the way down the
river to the Big Eddy end of the canal,
many places of legendary Significance
may be seen. The narrow channels OF
the river at this point, the dalles, as
they were named by early French voy
ageurs of The Hudson Bay Co.. are saiC
by the Indians to have been formed il
the dawn of time by monstrous evi
spirits that inhabited the land.
The evil spirits, according. to th'
legend that has been handed down By
the Red Men, were accustomed to meet
on the great plain just east of the pres
ent city of he Dalles. One day ole
Satan became enraged at the lesser
devils and a fight followed. One of the
monsters, hotly pursued, set off to the
north. He saw that his followers woulC
soon catch him, and to impede theil
course he struck the great rocks with
his enormous tail, making trenches
So fearful was the impact of the hug,
tail that the entire crust of the emin
ence at this point was cleft, and al
outlet was formed for the great inlant
sea that was supposed to cover all thu
land of eastern Oregon and Washing
ton. Seeing the success of his STRAIT
egy. the big evil spirit struck agaiI
and again at the rocks, and the cleft
made by the leviathan's tail now form
the dalles of the Columbia.
The Seufert Canning Go. has con
structed giant fish wheels in many o
these rockbound fissures and each sea
son tons of salmon are taken TO b.
canned at the plant short distanc
dawn the river