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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1919)
4 TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 7, 1919. SIGHT-SEEING TRIP CLOSES CONVENTION Hotelmen Adjourn After Hear ing Addresses. SECRETARY IS HONORED Silver Set Presented by R. AT. Cfallds for Long Service as Officer of Association. AliHAJfT, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.)- "This has been the most Instructive md pleasing convention we have ever had." said President Price as he ad journed the tenth annual convention of the Oregon Hotel association at the Hotel Albany at noon today. The delegates who had attended the convention from various sections of the state were even more pleased some Biz hours later when the majority of them boarded a special car on the Oregon Electric for Portland. For they had enjoyed an afternoon riding over Albany and Corvallis and this section of the etate, viewing valley Ecenery on a bright afternoon. On this afternoon's trip, which was the last event of the convention, the delegates were the guests of B. R. "Westbrook and Grant Piertle, hosts of the convention. Legal Questions Railed. The association, which has held most of its annual conventions in Portland, voted today to hold its ses sions in various sections of the state. Next year's meeting, place will be se lected later by the executive commit tee. Frank S. Grant of Portland, attor ney for the association, was the prin cipal speaker at today's session. He Save a resume of Oregon laws appli cable to hotelkeepers and needed leg islation, and his address was a very strong one. Grant Piertle, proprietor of the St. Francis hotel, Albany, was an enter taining speaker today also, discussing "Oregon Hotels Outside of Portland." DanW. Bass of Seattle, president of the Washington association, took leading part in the discussions at the closing cession. F. V. Beach of Portland, editor of the Northwest Hotel News, who was chosen secretary of the association for the eighth consecutive time, and R. W. Price, manager of the Hotel Mallory of Portland, who was re elected president, were commended by the delegates for their successful service.' The association presented Mr. and Mrs. Beach with a silver set, the presentation being made by R. W. Childs, manager of the Portland hotel. Mr. Price was commended for hav ing instituted new plans of a nature helpful to hotels, both large and small, throughout the state. The big banquet at the Hotel Al bany last evening was a feature of the convention. It was a venison feed, this feature being furnished by Grant Piertle of this city as the re sult of a hunting trip a. few weeks ago. Plans have been made for a num ber of hotels along the proposed highway along the summit of the Cascade mountains from the Mount Hood loop to Crater lake. It developed at the convention. In a talk at the banquet last night R. W. Price of Portland hinted at the project and today said plans had been worked out to enlist the needed capital In the venture and that six scenlo locations for hotels had been selected already. , When plans were proposed a few weeks ago for this highway Mr. Price and a representative of the Portland Chamber of Commerce began develop ing plans for these scenic hotels and the assistance of the United States forest service, the railroads and sev eral prominent bankers and banking men had been obtained. He said plans had been developed rather thoroughly and that when this road is built the hotels would become a reality quickly. ACTORS' BENEFIT SUCCESS New York Theaters Receive $15, 000 to $75,000 at Performances. NEW YORK, Dec. . (Special.) New York crowded 53 big theaters yes tedlay to attest its appreciation of the stage and the actors. Overwhelmed by demands for tickets, box offices turned hundreds away from the spe cial performances cf the first annual actors' national memorial day. The event was such a success as to in spire Daniel Frohman, president of the campaign committee, to issue a statement saying: "The entire United States yesterday reported to headquarters in the Com modore a tremendous public tribute to the actor that surpassed most hopeful estimates. The proof that the business men whole-heartedly ap preciated the co-operation and aid given them in war fund drives, and in sustaining morale "of troops, was the 100 per cent attendance at thea ters taken over by trades. These houses brought from $16,000 to $76, 000 each." A ticket autographed by the prince. of Wales and bought by Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for $25,000, was turned back to the committee yesterday for a second sale. CONVILL TO LIST JOBS Ex-Service Men's Employment Committee Chooses Head. Captain J. O. 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