The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-10-07
OCTOBER 90 WILL
Be OREGON DAY

oregon Building, Panama Pacific
Exposition, October 6-Oregon State
Day at the Exposition has been set
lor Monday, October so. This is an
Exposition arrangement and on that
day all the honors that can be heaped
upon the Beaver state by the Exposi-
tlon officials will be Forthcoming.
This means that the chief d!gnitaries
as we'll as the lesser luminaries. OF
this greatest of all fairs will don silk
tiles and other prescribed paraphen-
ALA, gather themselves into automo-
biles and with Governor Nithycombe
In the front car, will follow the Expo
sltlon and Marine bands to the Ore
gon building, and there in the shadow
of the modern Parthenon wax elo-
quent over the glorious achievements
of>the state to the northward. Gov
ernor Withycombe, whose business in
life has been to make two blades of
grass grow where but one grew be-
fore, will probably be asked to plant
tree where none has grown before.
and In the name of the great state of
Oregon he may receive a plaque, or,
more aristocratically speaking
commemorative medal" The guns
at the big fort will probably boom,
the battleship Oregon may let loose
some six inch salutes, flags will fly,
Oregon cidar will flow and at no time,
before or since, will the Oregon build
ing be in such gala attire. After the
parade--which the people at the Ore
gon building and the Oregon Society
of California will endeavor to make
the largest and most memorable in
Exposition history, and all the orat-
ing has been done to the delight of
the assembled multitudes, Governor
Withycombe and the chosen few will
be carried away to the California
building and there wined and dined
until their stomachs as well as their
hearts are filled to overlooking. In
the case of Governor Withycombe,
the wine will be water, of course, but
San Francisco water is of such thick
ness and color that even the dined
nearest him will not notice the sub
stitution unless it is announced. Af-
ter the feast and laudations of the
greatest state in the Union by the
highest officials of the greatest Expo
sition that ever happened, there will
be reception at which the people
gathered here from the four corners
of the earth may have opportunity to
greet Oregon through its most dis
tinguished representative, Governor,
and, incidentally, they will get to
shake hands with the president Of
the exposition and others next to him
in official rank. When the shadows
have fallen and the Exposition build
ings and grounds have taken on the
irridescent glow that makes this
dream city, fairy land. the Califor-
mia building will be the scene of
grand ball at which the Governor and
other Oregon representative will be
guests of honor. Gentlemen In full
dress and ladies in undress "crea-
tions' will trip the merry ha-ha"
and the revelry will continue until
exhaustion and the dawn of anonther
day demands a cessation.
All in All, Oregon Day will be some
large occasion, and during the entire
time Governor iWthycombe and his
party are here, there will be things
doing calculated to be of special in
terest to Oregon people. At the Ore
gon building there will be as much
social activity as the Governor will
stand for, and in every way possible,
effort will be made to bring Oregon
to the forefront. Crowds of Oregon
ians here will help very materially
and those who delay their visit for
the two weeks of which October 80
is the center will find much of inter
est extraordinary at the Exposition.
October 21st ushers in horticultural
Week, which will be a hummer, and
at the same time the Fall Flower
show will be under way. The Stock
Show will be in full blast until the
middle of November and November
2nd is San Francisco Day. The latter
is certain to bring a crowd of 800, 900
and the greatest day Of special events
and festivity of the Fair period. The
weather continues perfect, and those
who know San Francisco best say
that settled" weather may be count
cd on until near December.