East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-05
Dream of 40 Years
is at Last Realized
in Cello Opening
JOSEPH n. TEAL. IN ADDRESS AT
BIG EDDY, PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THE BUILDERS.

BIG EDDY. Ore, May Especial }
Joseph N. Teal Of Portland was the
chairman of the day at the formal OBJ
servance here today Of the opening OF
the Cello canal
In his address, Mr. Teal told Of the
great advantages now to be derived
through the completion of the big
ditch and paid q high tribute to the
men who have supervised the con-
struetion and to those pioneers in the
movement for an open river.
Mr.. Teal's address in full was az
follows:
Nearly ten years ago, to be exact.
on the Srd day Of June. 1905, a num-
Der Of open river enthusiasts of the
northwest celebrated the completion
o. the Oregon portage railway around
the obstructions OF the Columbia
river The last spike was driven home
by the governors of the three north
west states, Chamberlain of Oregon,
Mead Of Washington and Gooding OF
Idaho; In addition to these gentle
men directly representing the states
concerned, Mr.. w. w. Wheelwright
Mr., w, J. Mariner, and the speaker
also lent their aid in tying down the
rail- that allowed the first locomotive,
the &C. H. Lewis to pass over an
unbroken line of steel from Cello to
the Big Eddy. The Mountain
GEN." under the command of Can
tain w. P. Gray made the trip from
Lewiston to Cello loaded with men
ard women. among them Senator
Hepburn. The significance Of that
occasion lay quite as much in. what
was hoped for in the future as in
what had been accomplished. Tho
construction of a railroad nine miles
long was not of much consequence:
Lut the spirit behind its building car.
ried a lesson which all could under.
stand.
To-day we have come together to
celebrate the consummation of the
efforts, the hopes, the dreams of more
than forty years. From the peerless
city of SpokaneF Idaho's seaport
Lewiston, from the twin cities of the
Columbia, Pasco and Kennewiek, from
Umatilla, from Walla Walla. from
Pendleton, representatives of the In
land Empire have come to rejoice.
From The Dalles, from Portland. |
from Astoria by the sea, from city and
farm in every section drained by the
Columbia river, this throng |
has gathered moved by a common i'm |
pulse to commemorate an event of /
the utmost consequence to the north
west-the opening of The Dalles-Ceii-
10 canal. While the completion of
This great engineering work-great
even in this day of great things-is in
Itself well worthy of being celebrated
he reasons which have brought US
-ogether lie far deeper. This mighty
work symbolzes the stern. unfalter-
ng determination of the people that
lur waters shall be free-free to serve
he uses and purposes of their crea-
ion by divine Providence 1t
means that our unyielding purpose to
iecure a free river from the noun
aims to the sea will ultimately be-
'ealized. 1t means the recognition by
III that throughout this vast territory
here is no division of interest. This
s common country with a common
purpose, a common destiny; and this
tream, from its source to where 1t fl
lally weds the ocean and is lost in
he mighty Pacific. is one river-our
.iver-in which We all have a COM
non share.
Tribute to WOrlzmen.
/ must record. If only in passing,
he pleasure and satisfaction it is to