The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-06-22

ally prevails in the -chimneyslike gorge
at the point was stilled, and in the
calm delicate smoke mist enshroudec
the cliffs supposed to have been at one
| time the approaches to the mighty
arch. The crowd gathered around the
improvised rostrum, reared beneath
young fir trees, was colorful with its
beaded and buckskinned Indians and
| fez-capped Shriners, scores Of whom,
visiting from faraway cities, had been
driven up the Highway for the .cere-
mony. There in the narrow gorge, a
dramatic moment was reached when
Walter jenkins, noted for his ability
for leading community singing, was
sighted by MIR. Rauch and commanded
to mount the stage. Under his direc-
tion, the populace lifted their voices in
ION De S'wanee Riber. !"
It was a spot to draw the thoughts to
retrospect in contemplation of the DAYS
when the old Hudson's Bay voyageurs
piled their bateux there and later the
pioneers made the portage around the
dangerous Cascades of the progress
of half century. Today the barrier
of the rapids has been eliminated by
the government locks, and during the
program trains of the S. 2. & S. Co,
on the North Bank, and the O.-W. r.
& N. line on the south, sped by.
Portland's mayor, George l.. Baker,
closed the program with humor and
pathos. He expressed a desire to learn
from MIR. Allen whether his vision had
followed draughts of moonshine or
bonded goods. The latter, however,
responded without hesitation that he
had been drinking Clarke county prune-
brandy.
Mayor Baker grew eloquent in de-
picting the pathos in the passing Of
the redman, no longer seen except in
such remnants as observed on the plat
form. He urged that those remaining
be cared for in a manner befitting a
great government. Mr.. Baker said
that he himself had barely escaped be-
ing an Indian.
you lost mighty good tribesman,
he said, turning to the Spedis family.
When we were at Walla Walla chief
took a liking to me and offered my
father 13 horses for me.
Concluding in serious vein, Mayor
Baker made.an appeal for the elimina-
tion of jealousies and personal preju-
dices, not only in Oregon but all upl
and down the Pacific coast. He pre-
dicted that the span, elimination of
private enterprise, would not long re-
main a toll bridge, for public pride
will demand free thoroughfare, he
said.
"And as for us Oregonians going to
the Washington legislature, said |
Mayor Baker. that will not be neces- |
saIy; we will open this bridge and |
send the thousands of our Colombia |
motor tourists over your North Bank |
Highway, and the pride of the citizens |
IF the state of Washington will take |
care of the improvement of that thor
)ughfare.
Mr.. Rauch in announcing the close |
If the addresses and in directing the
Deople to. the rivers edge, where Mar
in Spedis, in prophecy of the coming |
ink, concluded the celebration by |
an arrow from the new pier |
toward the Washington shore, called |
attention to recent incident, indicat |
ing new era of cooperative deyelop- |
ment among Oregon and Washington |
folk in bettering highway conditions. |
He cited the action of Hood River citi-
sens, headed by Amos Benson, whose
gift reached $3.50, in donating 81, 900
.oward completion of the Yakima
Ilenwood highway, which eventually
will bring thousands from central and
eastern Washington to the new Bridge
If the Gods.
The Portland Ad Club party. tenta-
lively planning another celebration,
n commemoration of the completed
lew Bridge of the Gods and the crea-
ion of the Century Dive, a l00-mile
motor trip up one side of the Columbia
from Portland and down the other,
eft Cascade Locks for a picnic lunch
It Eagle creek.