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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1912)
TIIE MOTtXTXG OREGONLVX. "WEDNESDAY, MAY, 15, 1912. . t,to TvcDrni-Tun httv TROM AUTOMOBILES. ANT) CRACK BAND FROM PHILADELPHIA nnnTI Hill 1 flTAI I PE0M1IJEN'r EASTERN SHRINERS WHO VISITED FOSTlAJiu iLaiiti. x. y '.V." 1 runiLHiiu 10 ncHL r i Will tall 1 la MECCA FOR SINE Hundreds of Mystic Nobles See Wonders of City and Enjoy Stay. ALL WANT CONCLAVE HERE lied Fra From Every So -lion In Street in Merry Throne Wom en Mae-rl at Flower Other Partlea Are Io Today. ir-tmfnn4 from nt tnert of my term In thai office. Our prevent entertainment aurpaaaea any- thin thai wa have bad utatde of Loa AnitUi." Mr. Treat la accompanied by a dsa memb-ra of El Karal Templo of rro. Ills party l aupplemente.1. aowrvr r. by a lively crowd of nbl mmlM at varloua points In North Pakota and Mlnneaota. TmIMi rftM la l rw(L Principal ainnns tha mnlr of Ihla party are the Zuhrah quartet of Minne apolis They have provided much Im promptu entertainment by tiielr rnolce varal aeWtlc.ne and their a-neral ro"l nature. Ureat rmwd gathered at tha Portland H-tel yt-r.U ah'nttrf they rhM l sine. Th-y didn't have to b cnit'4 Thy were here for pleasure, they aald. and were willing to do their ahare In prorldlnc pleasure for olhora. Tha member of the qur tat are, T A. lavlea. V. B. Heath. K. K. Forbee and W. . Marshall. Thry war nurh In ldn.-e In !. Art'l". and were railed upon repeatedly to lend thrlr voire lo the reneral fcsttvttlea In tkal rlty. Wh'ii their special train lft laat mrbt aome of Ihe TortUnd nobles trld to kidnap thm and detain thm for the ret of tha week but they etrua-lcled free and went to Tacoina with the real of the parly. "It baa br. II yaara ainre 1 stood a thl apot." aald K. V. farlea. ft Governor of North !akota and a mem bar of Kl 2aal Templa of Farso. a ha contemplated lh prora of tii rlty from tba atepa of tha Tortland Hotel. -Whan I was here then Tort land wit aothlns ut a hua'.lln,: West ara town. Now tt la a metropolis. I wonder what It will be at tha end of tha ant 17 yaara. rail U ad Jkeea aa fataro tewea. -j fcave b a attending Imperial con claves tor a eood many yaara and tha on at la Aturlea seemed to beat all record. I bop aome lima to be abl to coma to a conclaTo to Tortland. Tho hospitality that tha boys of AI Kader temple bar dlapenaed to ua here to day, ahows that they would ba mlr band at entertalnlna; a National Its th erm Ilka aura. Why. they bao Just takaa ua off our feet. Wa dldn"t as pect they would to to so much trouble. After haTln a full week of fun down at Loa Anr4es wa were ready to taka things easy, but now wa are aicroeably aurprlsad to Bnd that they hare pro aided aomethln near, norel. original - - ym.:T& 1M! I I - I -"li It A 1 il --"W,-;, ... ... .T.J.frr iljMr.rtmnii None of us wlU ! I ? lli - 'l -f' ilimmmmmmammmmmtmmmmmmmmmmm t v. llk and highly pleaalnc. forsret Tortland soon. Farso trmi'le has numerous dis tinguished nobles among Its members. Another one that visited Tortland was J. C. McKendry. wlm. probably, baa at- i.ml.il tv n r Imneelml ponrllTM than any hhrtner who waa In Tortland yes terday. A meeting; woum not n rm plet without him. they say. Mr. Mr Kandry Is itrowlns; somewhat old now. but he has lost none of the vlor of his youth. He provided much fun here yesterday. Many youns; men ara tmont tha Shrine party. Two that were the cen ter of much good natured sport ware E. L. Spencer, of Kl Zagat temple of l'arsro. and G. A. Denson. a member of the Arab patrol of Yeldoa temple of Aberdeen. t. D. Will W. Adamaon. Illustrious poten tate of Zorah temple of Tfrr Haute. f Ind.. Is on hla first visit to the Coast. He is accompanied by Mrs. Adamson. They enjoy Hi elht-seelng- trip In and around Tortland. "If ever I come to the Coast to live my home will not bo In Southern Cali fornia or In any part of California. I want to live In Oregon. I love the smell of the pine trees. From what have seen or rorusaa n va.. any city that wo have visited on our present trip." From ad temple of Dulutii came Thomas T. Bradley, chief director of temple and president or. me Aran patrol there. He also was on his nrst visit to Portland. "I often have won dered why so many people fro from Duluth and other Minnesota cities to Oregon. I have my answer now," he said "I am Just wondering whether sooner of later I will not want to Join them." . Arak temple of Hammond, Ind.. was represented In yesterday's crowds by four delegates, each of whom was ac companied by his wife . Philip Schaffer. of Philadelphia, past imperial potentate, spent the afternoon at the baseball frame. He Is inter ested in athletics. Several other visit ing nobles attended the frame. A large party went to the Multnomah . lub house to see the new buildlnff and gymnasium. J. Frank Treat likewise stole a few hours to visit the club house. All visiting nobles yesterday were piven ample opportunity to see the citv. As soon as they assembled at the Portland Hotel they were taken on board four sight-seeing trolley cars and conducted, to Portland Heights, Willamette .Heights. Kings Heights, Council Crst, to the Country Club, through the Irvington district and to other points of Interest. In the after noon automobiles took them over the country roads. All marveled at the scenic beauty of the surrounding hill and of the evidence of Industrial ac tivity everywhere displayed. Klowera Impreaa Women. Women visitors were mostly Im pressed with the displays of flowers made at the hotel parlors where they had headquarters. . Great red roses, the kind for which Portland has become famous, were pre sented to them In profusion. As fast as the supply ot flowers became ex hausted, new and fresh bouquets wera sent them. "I never saw anything so beauti ful and at this time of the year." was the common expression among the women. "Why if e had anything like this In Philadelphia we'd never get Vtll the special trains that arrived yesterday left last ni&ht The spe cial party of Cleveland Shriners that arrived Monday morning also left last night. As soon as they had gone the Portland nobles began preparing for the invasion of the Rochester. St. Louis and Columbus temples today. ROSEBURG CAPTURES NOBLES Shriners' Train Held I'p at Berry City for Programme. nnnmrTDr Or Ma V 14. (Special.) Through the assistance of Southern Pacific Railroad officials, the special train transporting me xwu.i York, delegation of Shriners, en route . n . i 1 af..r attending the an- nual convention of the order at Los Angeles, was haitea nere ti " 8 o'clock tonight and delayed two hours. The excursionists, numbering more than 2C0. were made to alight from the train, and under escort of local Shriners were taken to the Roseburg Commer cial Club, where they participated In high Jinks until late at night. The af fair was Informal in nature and the many amusing stunts pulled off by the visitors kept the assemblage In a con tinual uproar. Luscious Douglas County ftrfwb" ries and "camel's milk" constituted the bill of refreshments. The excursionists left here at midnight and will arrive at Portland early tomorrow. SEATTLE HAS SHRIXE IX TOW Vanguard of Visiting Nobles Are Started on Merry Whirl. SEATTLE, May 14. (Special.) One hundred and fifty illustrious Shriners, the vanguard" of the thousands who will pour Into Seattle this week to visit the city on their way home from the recent annual conclave at Lds Angeles, arrived here at noon today and are now guests of honor of Nile Temple an of the city generally. Met at their train by Chairman John C. Slater and 100 other Nobles, com prising the reception committee of Nile Temple, the Nobles and their fam ilies this afternoon were taken In 100 automobiles visiting over the boule vards and then for a voyage on Lake Washington on the steamboat Aqulla. Tonight the visitors are to be enter tained at the Orpheum Theater. Included In the delegations which arrived this morning were SI Nobles of Medina Temple, Chicago, the largest temple in the world, and also as many from Teballa Temple, Rockford. 111. In the Chicago delegation were five bank presidents, among them Nelson Lara ber of the Fort Dearborn National Bank. Baby Wildcats Die In Captivity. ALBANY, Or., May 14. (Special.) Capturing two little wildcats near his home at Lacomb this month, Elmer B. Barnes made an effort to raise them in captivity, but the little animals lived only six days, both of them dying the same night. Barnes was out on his place when his dogs discovered a wild cat and started to chase It. Barnes started to follow the dogs, but heard the little animals whining and found two of them under a log. He took them home. The little wildcats' mother eluded the dogs. Experiments made In Spain showed that by the aid of fertilisers the yield of olives can be doubled. ' MIT OT VAST CP.0W3 THAT HEABD CONCERT BY SHE1HSRS- BAND OF LU LP TEMPLE, PHILADELPHIA, a FRONT OF HOTEL PORTLAND LAST NIGHT 1 ' ' -i4-iJ A K . u z- : --i x.. "-' . - s.-.-'it' .r& rfva h-' IaW -vFf h ' WsVil n .rN if "61 ) S-V tIKW OF SIXTH STKliKT, WHICH WAS TACKED FROM MOKHISON TO VAMIIILb BV PEOPI-B ATTRACTED BY STIRRING AIRS. A t