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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, JULY ' 30, 1923 BUYERS ILL II A RIDING HANNEFORDS ACCLAIMED GREATEST . EQUESTRIAN PERFORMERS UNDER TENTS Press Agent for Circus Scorns Stories of Elegant Going Mad With Toothache and Wild Tigers Break ing Out in Night ad Tells One About Remarkable Woman Manager of Wonderful Act. SHINE WHISKY LIVELY WEST DF BETTER QUALITY Oregon Distillers Credited With Improving Product. Chicago, Milwaukie & St. Paul Railway "Roaring Camp" Saloon to ' : Have 50-Foot Bar. OLD DAYS WILL RETURN STILLS RUN FULL BLAST ion m WMEP Prominent Parts Assigned lor :. Replica Mining Village at City Auditorium. No city in the United State has ever attempted to stage such a pro gramme of entertainment for buy era week as that made by the Port land committee in charge of lbs tenth annual buyers' week. The chief attraction will be that of "Roaring Camp", which is to take place on the evening of Tuesday, August 8, at the municipal audi torium, when the basement of this large building will be turned into a mining camp of the days of old. All the prominent -business executives of the firms participating, in buy era' week have been assigned prom inent parts in this replica mining village. The mayor of "Roaring Camp" will be A. H. Devers of Closset & Devers, who used to make the ter ritory when the Oregon country played a great part In the mining history of the west. Councilraen of "Roaring Camp" will be Messrs- P. A. Spencer, Nathan Strauss, W. H. BeHarrel and George, Lawrence, Jr. Some of the other big assign ments follow: Fire chief. Max S. Hirsch; firemen, W. K. Slater, E. C. Hexter, Charles E. Smith, W. P. Wright. Camp to linve Store. "Roaring Camp" will have an- up- to-date store with the old-fashioned storekeeper and postmaster com bined in the person of Henry W. Metzger, and acting as store clerks will be Sidney Rasmussen, Ralph W. Blakely. Herbert L. Katz. W. S. Babson and the postal clerk. W. J. . Ball. The village blacksmith and the anvil chorus will be in oharge of A. G. Findley and his helpers, Dom J. Zan, W. A Montgomery and F. O. Miner. The druggist, where all the ail ments of the mining camp are taken, will be Henry J. Frank, and his clerks will be H. D. Zander, I. K. L.evy, Milton Freidenrich, C. F. Wright, H. S. Tuthill and A. Rein hardt. Mine host of the Grand Central hotel is no other than George H. Voung, with H. E. Judge as night clerk and Max Summers and J. F Rellly as bell hops. Gambling Joints to Run. Regular gambling paraphernalia that used to be in prominence in the days. of '49 will prevail in all its splendor, W. J. Gotthardt being the poss gambler. There will be four gambling Joints, with E. J. Brown lookout of joint No. 1, assisted by Sigfreid Hirsch, George Marr, E. S. Deaner and L. A. Lupert. Joint No. 2 will be presided over by lookout T. L. Follette, with the assistance of B. C. rarnall, H. F. Montgomery R. "W. Stubbg and S. E. Holcomb, W. D. McWaters is lookout tor Joint No. 3 and Charles E. Mace, L. D. Oook, A. E. King and O. E. Hartness are as sistants. Joint No. 4 is Jn charge of Arthur Senders, assisted by H K Merwi-n, P. C. Patterson, A. T. Cas well and W. F. Meyer. Maurice Goodman is county com missioner. The sheriff of "Roaring Camp" will be Fred W. Vogler and the Roaring Camp" police depart ment will be presided over by C L. Shorno as chief; and the cops who are to keep order in "Roaring camp- compose the personnel of C E. Dye, Sam Luders, F. W. Howell, D. R. Monro and G. L. Hart. Saloon to Have 50-Foot Bar. Big Horn saloon and cafe of Roaring Camp" will have a BO-Joot bar and the saloon keeper in, charge 'is Sol Elumauer. R. T. Montag ia head, barkeeper and the bartenders who will be kept bus quenching - the thirst of the 2000 visitors will be L. A. Freeland, John S. Beall, George W. Vinton, M. Conner, C. M Pomeroy, H. J. Fitts and L. c. Gar rigus. The oldtime bouncer who Is to maintain order In the Big Horn saloon and cafe is none other than w. J. Roope, "Roaring Camp" will have Its own band under the direction of Band master Hi Eilers, with musicians playing- on the street cornerst The Sa? vwl 1 be cmPOed of John Zahntbauer, H. S. Gaylord and Harry ,.th0f 5rbZ 8hop wm a!s on lef toJ Pier. such as rouJette, etc, J. C. English being in charge of the barber shop and the cappers will be L C. Lewis, Hi J Vogn?' X MacKenzie and J. w. m- charge of distributing the mo"ey,ana hi assistants will be C stein fSI ra"f9 and Nate Ea stern. Each visitor will be given a Ply the various games of chance Boxing: Boats Signed. 6, committee in charge of "Roaring Camp" is R. L. Brackett cha rman, W. J. Mitchell, assistant'1 chairman and JE. W. Johnson, as sistant chairman. The details in seeing that everything is in order ' are in charge of Paul de Haas, gen eral chairman of the entertainment TZ tee-,ald R N- Weinbaum, secretary of the buyers' week exec utive committee. r JW bxin& buts have'been ar ranged for, of which George Gray- act as public announcer In addition many vaudeville acts I Lb6ej i," $ speciaj theater built at 'Roaring Camp," and a of"?h.er W'V Preva11 or every one of the guests. bvw6 wl. se"inSs arranged PENSION PLAN IS READY Actuary to Recommend Starting City System October '1, 1923. A report of Paul L. Woolston in surance actuary, upon the contem plated general pension plan for city employes will be received by the city council at its regular meeting next Wednesday. This will recom mend that plans be laid for in augurating the pension Bystem about a year hence, on October 1. 1923. Mr. Woolston expresses the belief that employes would not be required to pay into the fund more than 4 to 5 per cent of their wages or sal aries to make the proposed fund ef fective. The plan follows closely that in. effect in New York city. Details of the pension plan have been worked out by Mr. Woolston over a period of some months, under employment of the city. !:;- ?:WXp ' . The Ridind I-tanneforcs - Tli23betk, Georqe. Mrs.Hdnneffird.Fred.Grdce ancPpodes - - bt William b. natlor. OR years writers have . told s.torieg of the circus, generally , very interesting, but - really dealing with nothing more than fic tion. Elephants going mad with toothache, tigers breaking from their cages and rushing" into the night, monkey parents dying from grief when their offspring died, and so on. They have interested maga zine readers or they would not have been printed so regularly, but they did not mean anything more than they were intended to mean. Just to amuse. But here, right in America, tour ing this season with the combined Sells-Floto circus and Buffalo Bill's wild-west show, is to be found ma terial for a story tliat has a woman, a real circus weman, for the center spotlight. Not a wild-animal trainer or a flying wonder. No, a woman with a family of cir cus stars, one who manages and ac tively directs what is unquestion ably the greatest equestrian act the world has ever seen. Riders Are Famed., About four years ago a famflue circus-owner ' was in" London, Eng., looking for new acts for his organi zation. He heard great accounts of family of riders who had their own circus, playing the northern counties and Ireland. Their name, he was told, was "The Riding Han nefords." This famous showman de cided he would go north and see this act, although he could not under stand the praise meted'out to a rid ing act, for in his own country all riding acts looked alike to him. He traveled north into Yorkshire and at Barnsley, the center oi the great Yorkshire coal fields, he found the ' Hanneford circus and the family of riders. Not only did he find them, but. he discovered that a woman was the manager of the ehow, something new to this staid master of the saw dust. The show was on when he arrived at the circus lot, A big crowd of miners and their families were enjoying it For a time every thing went along as he expected. The same old clowns, the same old dog-and-pony acts and the same old flying wonders. Then was introduced the Riding Hannefords and "Poodles." the world's greatest bareDack-riding clown, the man who revolutionized riding; Elizabeth, his sister; "Grace, his wife, and his two brothers Fred and George and mother. Btg Tent tn Uproar. The whole big tent was in an up roar of applause when, a stately lady, whose masses of .silver gray hair peeped out from under a wondrous plumed headdress, and gowned in a rich , emerald green plush gown, stepped Into the center of the ring. Here was, indeed, the grande dame of the circus world. She immedi ately took charge. Suffice it to say the Riding Hannefords- came to America and were for a short while with the show owned by the man who saw them on this particular night; Then came a 12 months' record engagement at the New York Hippodrome. This sea son they are completing their third year with the Sells-Floto circus and will be seen in Portland Thursday and Friday, August 10 and 11. And this is the woman whom the writer chatted with In Chicago this spring during the opening engage ment of the show. "Circus in England?" Mrs. Hanne ford senior smiled. j "My grandfather and his father owned circuses in England long be fore the world ever heard of Bar num or even John Robinson. My father and . all mjs. late husband's people were circus riders and in the circus business. , And there is an other to carry it on," she exclaimed with a waye of her hand toward her son George, who was trying to get wee Gracie, the 12-months-oId daughter of Poodles, to stand. "At least," Mrs. Hanneford added, "we hope Bhe will be a circus per former, and I do .hink she will. She loves horses and about the only time she cries is when my .son Edwin (yes, that is Poodles' name) holds her on one of the horses and then gives her to one of us. So the breed of the Hannefords appears to be well set in the child, doesn't it?" Husband Great Rider. "You ask me how I became mana ger of my own circus?" queried Mrs. Hanneford. "It is easy to tell you' that. My husband was a great rider. He died six years ago, but like many other people in the show business, he was not a good manager. Any sad story of hard luck would find his hand deep down in his pocket. This went on so long that I began to ob ject. I was always ringmistress of the Set, but one day I decided that my place was In front of the big tent. And I went there. In those days women were not supposed to be intended for the business end of things, but I soon found the leak ages and knew 1 should have taken this position ten years earlier. W"e found that season we made nearly 40 per cent more money with about the same crowds. That ended all ar guments between Mr. Hanneford and myself about it not being right 'for a woman manager. - FORTLAND MAN NAED DAVID E. FAVJXIiE TO TEACH AT PENDLETON. Graduate of Stanford to Occupy Chair of History on High School Staff. David E. Faville, son of Ernest E. Faville of Portland, has been ap pointed to the chair of history on the teaching staff of the Pendleton high school. He will direct the ac- HH1 iiilniiiif ' David E. Faville. tivities of th glee clu-b and the de bating team and teach civics and American history. Faville graduated from 'Stanford university last February, taking the degree of bachelor of arts in econ omics. He was an honor student in his class and was elected at the time of his graduation to Phi Betb Kappa, national honorary literary and scholastic fraternity. He hag been taking post-graduate work at Stanford until the termina tion of the school year, preparing himself for teaching. He was solo ist with the glee club of Stanford university, and thus qualified him self to coach the high school glee club. ... He is a graduate of Jefferson high school of this city, and was an honor student in that institution. He is 32 years old. ' - POSTAL FORCE ENLARGED Fifteen Additional Clerks Are Granted to Local Office. Appointment of 15 additional post al clerks, for service in the local offices, was authorized yesterday by the.postoffice department, following a request of Postmaster Jones for more help. Increased business in the Portland office was given as a reason for the -request. The clerks will be chosen from substitutes who are now working and the 15 highest persons on the eligible list will" be called for duty as substitutes. "Last May showed a gain of 8 per cent over May of the previous year in the volume of business done in the Portland office," said-Mr. Jones yesterday. . "In June we did IS per cent more business than in June, 1921. For the last two and a half years every month has shown an increase over the corresponding month of the -last year." . ' T --. ' FRANK C. FLINT HONORED . - Reed Graduate Receives Coveted Prize at Oxford. The honor .of winning the much coveted chancellor's prize of Oxford college, England, has fallen to. a Reed colloge graduate and Rhodes scholar, - Frank C. Flint, of Salem. It is the first time in the history of Oxford that a Rhodes man has won this prize. Mr. Flint was grad uated from Reed in 1919, after hav ing made a splendid scholastic rec ord, and was elected as the Rhodes scholar from Oregon in the same year. The chancellor's award, . the amount of which is not stated, was won by Mr. Flint with an essay on the post-Victorian age of English literature. He read a portion of this essay at the big meeting in the Sheldonian theater in London re cently, when the degree of doctor of civic law was bestowed by Ox ford upon William Howard Taft The news of the award was con tained1 in a letter from Stephenson Smith, a Reed graduate, who ' Was elected as Rhods scholar in the same year with Mr. Flint. Following his Work at Balliol col lege, Oxford, Mr. Flint will be en gaged.! as an, instructor there.1 a : - i " " Rebelyih Officers Installed'. . Mrs. 'Sarah A.' Hyatt, district dep. uty president,, at Rose City Rebekah lodge. No. 170, installed the follow ing officers: Noble grand, Mrs. Til lie Friend; vice-grand, Mrs. Elsie Lancaster; recording secretary, Mrs. Estella Weed;, financial secretary! Mrs." Louise Kramer; treasurer, Mrs. Irene Wolf; warden, Mrs. Elvina Circle; conductor. Miss Esther Cir cle; chaplain, Mrs. Alice Fraser; right support noble grand, Mrs. Nellie Greene; left support' noble grand, 3Irs. Nettie King; right sun- port vice grand, Mrs. Estelle Snee; lett support vice grand, Mws Aven gil Weed; inside guardian, Mrs. Thi bault; outside guardian, John Kra mer. Refreshments were served in the banquet .ball. RAIL MflH TP LIVE HERE FORMER O.-W. R. & N. AUDI TOR LIKES OREGON BEST. California Fairs" Dated." ".' TULARE, Cal., July. 29. The Tu lare county fair to be held at Tulare, Cal., September IS to 19, immediately following the Sacramento state fair, will be the first of the three fairs on what is called the central Cali fornia. circuit. The other fairs. in the circuit will be the Kings county fair at Hanford September 20 to 23 and- the Fresno district fair at Fresno September 25 to 30. Read The Oregonian classified ad. H. J. Stirling to Build Home Near Falrvlew, Or., After 36 Years With Road. ir ' H. J. Stirling, who .lived ia Port land in 1905 and 1906 and was aud itor of the Oregon-Washington Rail road & Navigation company and who since that time has been auditor of the Unon Pacific with headquarters at Omaha, has re tired from the service and will make his future home in this state.- .Mr. Stirling, who fell In love .with Oregon during his two years spent in Portland, is now - moving west with his wife and two daughters, Mar garet and Isabel. He is planning to build a country home near Fair view, Or. Mr Stirling was born on St. Jo sephs island near Sault 6te Marie in Canada. Later he moved to De- w nn1 -??Lms t0 Portlani from that city. When he retired from the service on JUly 1 he had been con nected with J'he Union Pacific eys tem for 36 years. Prohibition Enforcement Officer Says Summer Is Open Season for Illicit Operations. Good news for the bibulous! - The quality of moonshine is growing better and possibilities of paralysis, -blindness or instant death from overindulgence are decreasing. The moonshiners of Oregon, hav ing passed the apprentice stage, are turning out a better product, says Jesse Flanders, local prohibition en forcement officer, and the lethal po tions that dripped from illicit stills two years ago. have been replaced by a fair grade of "mountain dew," Moonshine rapidly is becoming an Improtant industry In this state, the -prohibition officer admitted yes terday, and the government forces are engaged in a constant and un ending war against the distillers. summer season for whisky makers and along 'the banks of Oregon's mountain streams and rustic brooks hundreds of stills are running full blast. , Every, prohibition agent working out -of Director Lineville's office is 'in the field engaged In a determined drive against the moon shiners. . Moonshine of Higher Grade. - "We find that moonshiners are learning more about their business. said Mr. Flanders. "Chemical tests show that the poisonous liquors of. a few years ago are disappearing and a better grade of moonshine is being produced. "This is our busy season. Moon shiners take advantage of summer months, set up their stills in se cluded places along some stream, run for a few months and then, come back to the cities. We must keep up a constant war against them, and while I do not believe that moonshinlng is on the increase in the state, it requires our every et. fort to keep it from spreading. In the last year we. have been receiv ing better support from state and city officials than when the na tional prohibition law first became effective. . - Imported Liquor Abominable. "But while moonshine Is getting better, the quality of imported liquor is growing more abominable. The man who buys Scotch whisky is takingj a big chance with his money. Most of the liquoc that is being smuggled into Oregon is made in Scotch distilleries and then shipped to Japan. There It is adulterated. doped and doctored. One bottle of genuine liquor is made the base for about four bottles of inferior stuff. It then is shipped to Canada, sold to American rum-runners and smuggled into this country. .No matter how -many labels, revenue stamps and embossed corks a bottle bears, the buyer cannot tell until he opens it Just what sort oia concoc tion the bottle holds. "Our investigations show that the making of wine, beer and whisky by private citizens for their own con sumption is gradually dying out. It was only a fad, and people, after experimenting, have found out that as amateurs they are not able to make a -beverage that is fit to drink. Home brewing is simply a fad toat is about to disappear." Liquor Plentiful In Portland. Liquor is still plentiful in Port land, Mr. Flanders admits, but the campaign against the hip pocket bootlegger and the retailer of hard drinks is left -to "the city and 'state officials. "The government is concentrating Its efforts in a war on rum-runners, wholesale whisky dealers and moon shiners. Of course, whenever we locate a retailer we prosecute him, but we feel that we can do more by destroy'ng the sources of the liquor supply.. Whiskyis being retailed In hundreds, of soft drink establish ments, in scores of private homes and in a number of offices in down town buildings. "There is only one thing that is going to stop the manuacture -and sale of liquor in this country that is a constant, bitter and relentless war on those who engage in that traffic." AUTOS KILL REPTILES Rattlesnakes Reported Numerous in Hood River Section. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 29. -(Special.) The continued hot weather throughout July has , made rattle snakes lively in this section. Nu merou rattlers have been run down by automobiles on the Columbia river highway, between here and The Dalles. . Yesterday Miss Marie". Eartmess and Miss Miriam Crouse; the latter or Cincinnati, members of a picnic party at the Devil's Punchbowl on the west fork of Hood river, met a large rattler in a trail. -The' .young women dispatched the snake. Miss Crouse will take seven rattles back to Ohio as a souvenir of her vaca tion. . SCHOOL NEEDS DETAILED PLANS FOR NORTHEAST HIGH AWAIT ACTION OF CITY. To take the places of men who are now out on strike against the decision of the Ujiited States Labor Board. Employment Is Offered: MACHINISTS V BOILERMAKERS BLACKSMITHS SHEETMETAL WORKERS ELECTRICIANS CAR REPAIRMEN CARPENTERS LINEMEN HELPERS LABORERS STATIONARY ENGINEERS STATIONARY FIREMEN At wages and working conditibns prescribed by the United States Railway Labor Board. t Rates for Journeymen and leading men range from 63 to 82 cents per" hour, and for helpers 47 cents per hour. Applicants who are not 'mechanics will be given 'employment and will be trained in all branches of the trades, and as they become ef ficient will be advanced to positions carrying higher rates of pay. Apply to - Aiiy Divisional Superintendent or Divisional Mechanical Engineer ' at Their Headquarters oi General Manager, Henry Building, Seattle . Superintendent Motive Power, Tacoraa Asst. Master Car Builder, Tacoma Electrical Engineer, O.-W.-Milwaukee Station, Seattle Chief Special Agent, O.-W.-Milwaukee Station, Seattle 13917 DELEGATE TO CHURCH CON VENTION STARTS. Kansan and Family to Fisfa on Way to Portland to Attend Annual 'Gathering. Bishop James Wise of Tppeka, KahM should be an authority on automobile camping trips by the time he reaches Portland to atend the general convention of the Episcopal church. He left his home one day this week, according to in formation received by mail at the diocesan office here, with Mrs. Wise and Mr. and Mrs. John MoEwen Ames of Arkansas City, Kan., de termined to "motor it" to Portland. . No atempt will be made to break any speed laws, the communication indicates, as . the party intends to stop along the way to fish and visit various points of interest, including Yellowstone and Glacier National parks. They plan to return home via the same conveyance, only by a more southern route. The mail also brought word: that Bishop and Mrs. Luclen, Kinsolving, and their daughter. Miss Lucie, of Brazil, had arrived in New York city on July 11, on their way to the general convention. After spending a few weekg in the east, they plan to start for Portland. This Is the bishop's first trip to the United States since last general convention. ihe bishop has been in charge of his denomination's work in Brazil for the pa8t80 years. Great Northern Railway WANTED A number of the Great Northern Railway company's regular employes having left its service, it is necessary to hire men to fill their places. Machinists 70 cents per hour Boilermakers 70 '2 cents per hour Blacksmiths 70 cents per hour Stationary engineers ...... 57 cents per hour Stationary firemen 47 cents per hour Sheet metal and other work- 70 cents per hour ers in this line..: 70 cents per hour Freight car repairers 63 cents per hour CBr inspectors 63 cents per hour To replace men now on strike against the- decision of the U. S. Labor Board, at wages and conditions prescribed and effective July 1, 1922. Apply MAURICE P. CODD, 214 Chamber of Commerce Bldg, Stark and Fourth REALTY AGENTS. TO EAT National Field Secretary to Be Entertained. EUGENE. Or., July 29. (Spe cial.) A. C.Herrin, field "secretary cf the National Realtors' association, will be the guest of six western Oregon realty boards -at a banquet to be held at the Hotel Osburn in this city August 1 at P M Arrangements have been made fori Portland in about a week and will go to the , convention via Spokane Municipal Improvements Wanted by Directors Before District ' Erects New Building. Before proceeding farther with plans for the new northeast high school building, the board of school district No. 1 wishes assurance from the city that certain improvements will be made in the immediate vi cinity, where it is already planned to create a city park. The. school board has sent to the pity a letter setting forth what is wanted, as follows: That the city lay out, dedicate and improve East Thirty-sixth street through to Kern, Versteeg and Wright tract6; also Tillamook street through to the Kern tract. That the city improve the entire area of the Kern, Versteeg and Wright tracts and deed to the school district at least eight acres on East Thirty-sixth and Tillamook streets, of such dimensions and in such location as will be satis factory to the board. That the city provide a covered and inclosed swimming pool and a field for athletic activities so the school district wll! be at no expense for improvement of the tract except construction of a high school building or buildings. That the city make an even exchange of the Lincoln park property., consisting of block 0, Alblna homestead, for the old South Mount Tabor school property. All these things are sought with out expense to the school board. The proposals have been tentatively gone .over by City Commissioner Pir and it is believed the requests ofthe school board will be granted. Mooseheart Aomen Send Delegate Mrs. Etta Close of 301 East Twelfth street has been selected to represent the local women of Mooseheart Le gion at the national Moose conven tion to be held at Mooseheart, 111., August 20. She will be the only woman delegate from this city. Mrs. Close is a past grand regent of Port landchapter of the Women of Moose heart Legion. She expects to leave Men Wanted a Joint meeting of the hoard nt Eugene, Roseburg, Albany, CorvalliSj , and St. Paul, making stops in those msiieia ana jjeoanon. two clues, x Northern Pacific Railway Company Will Employ Men at Rates Prescribed by the United States Railroad Labor Board as Follows: MACHINISTS 70 cents per haur BLACKSMITHS : 70 cents per hour SHEET METAL WORKERS 70 cents per hour ELECTRICL4NS 70 cents per hour STATIONARY ENGINEERS .............. Various Rates STATIONARY FIREMEN Various Rates: BOILERMAKERS 70 to 702 cents per hour PASSENGER CAR MEN ...........v...;. 70 cents per hour FREIGHT CAR MEN . 63 cents per hour HELPERS, ALL CLASSES 47 cents per hour Mechanics and helpers are allowed time and one-half for time worked in excess of eight hours per day. Young men who desire to learn these trades will be employed and given an opportunity to do so. A strike now exists on the Northern Pacific Ry. Apply to Any Roundhouse or .Shops or Superintendent NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY AT TACOMA, WASH. A