The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-08-17
APPLE VALLEY
GREETING WARM
UNANIMOUSSUPPORT OFFERED FAIR
1925 Caravan Has First Meeting Here
Saturday on 1lOO-MiIe Swing
Around the State

ALOuAu INC STATE
The Apple Valley greeting Of the
beTs of which rolled in at 4.30 p. m.
Saturday, exactly on time, initiated the
ll00-mile journey with a spontaneous
enthusiasm, declared by the booster
party as prophetic of statewide inn
petus to plans for the great Oregon
fair. The estimated /. 750 people who
crowded a roped-off city block on Oak
street between Second and Third. where
the caravan cars were halted during
their 30-minute stay, raised their voices
in one concerted AYE" when W. P.
Merry, of the Portland Ad. Club,
asked them if they favored the 1925
fair. 1t was significant that rs per
cent of the crowd we're ranchers and
oTchardists in town for Saturday shop
ping.
The keynote speech was made by
Portiand's mayor, Geo. l.. Baker. who
urged not only elimination of sectional
differences between Oregon communi-
ties, but that Portland, Seattle, San
Francisco and Los Angeles forget jeal-
ousies and work in cooperation for the
upbuilding of the Pacific coast. He
cited the need of new population in
Oregon to leaven the tax burden, and
declared that the fair must be held in
Portland, characterized as the key to
the Oregon situation. But Portland,
Mayor Baker said, cannot exist with
out the state behind it. The speaker
urged that Oregon citizens vote for the
proposed constitutional Amendment,
in order that the city might vote 3d.
600. 0000 in bonds for the fair. Public
citizens and business men there, he
said, will subscribe an additional ST.
600, 600.
"You will not be asked for further
aid, he said, ''but your public spirited
citizens, if they wish. may add their
own subscriptions to ours voluntarily"
Mayor Baker cited how attendance
at former great international exposi-
tions had jouTneyed by rail, but he
predicted that the states $73, 900. 600
good roads investment and the ever in
creasing popularity of motoring would
result in the visit of thousands, at
tracted primarily by the exposition, to
every part of the state.
The caravan was met at the C0lum-
bia Gorge hotel by committee COM
posed of Mayor Scobee, County Judge
Hasbrouck, Truman Butler and Leroy
Childs. AS the caravan entered the
gateway to the valley, after travelling
through driving rain the most of the
way up the Highway. the sun broke
through a cloud bank. The meeting
was opened by brief talks from Judge
Hasbrouck, Mayor Scobee and Mr..
Childs, VINO pledged the fair their aid.
A feature of the gathering was the
ensemble singing of when You Come
| Out to Oregon in 1925" with Walter
jenkins leading. A box Of apples was
distributed to the crowd.
The caravan literally stopped show
in The Dalles Saturday night. 1t was
the Sells-Floto circus, and Mayor
Baker was the star in the act which
halted things. Citizens of The Dalles
had arranged as feature of the cara
vans entertainment there trip en-
masse to the circus. The caravan
crowd sat in a specially reserved Sec
tion, after marching in double file,
| gayly-col0red parasols spread.
After the grand entry and march
around of the regular circus hosts
there was a dignified pause and then
came along Billy Sunday, the biggest
elephant in the circus, gayly capari-
soned, and in the howdah sat Mayor
Baker. The elephant was stopped in
the center of the ring and the caravan
ers arose and cheered.
Then Mayor Baker launched into q
live talk in supportSof the 1925 exposi-
tion project, begpeaking the moral and
active support OF the people of the
state at large and telling why the ex-
position is to be for all the state as
we'll as for Portland.
The caravan personnel was Kirk
Thompson. Tommy Luke, James s.
Sheehy, A. II. Johnston, A. Z. Shear
er. Geo. l.. Baker, David b. Seger.
Geo. L. Rauch. w. p. Merry, ID. L.
Hogan, +. N. Strong, Leslie Butler,
l.. r. Wynkoop, 4. E. Gilmer, ID. s.
Williams, A. w. Stanchfeld, 6. b.
Hegardt, DR.. C. G. Black, j. Ira Rout-
ledge, G.. A. Poggi, A. X. Ritter, L.
A. Jones, AL Cleveland. A. C. McDon-
aid, w. ID. Whitcomb, Mrs. w. ID.
Whitcomb, John +. Gratke, Phil F..
Buebke, Jerry Parker, Ralph Shep-
pard, Walter Jenkins. Ed Burness, j..
Hartung, Sergeant ]. A. Myers, Cor
poral H. A. Slowik. Corporal /. G..
Andorfer, w. H. Barton, G. 4; Burg,
w. p. Strandborg, Shelby l.. Wigigns,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Stoner, A. HI.
Madden. Russell Smith, c. H. Stewart,
M. NJ. Ringler, Kenneth Ringler, Paul
X. Kelly, G. +. Peek, William Peek,
John Hedderly. Otto Hartwig. jerome
Stack. A. w. Cauthorne. Sandy" 9.
S. Piper. George McGarr, H. r. Wright
and J. L. Henderson.