' TITE MORNING OREGONTAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1911.
MULTNOMAH HOTEL
TO BE ELKS' TRYST
Armory fs Chosen for Conven
tion Meetings and Parade
Route Is Picked.
CARAVANSARY IS LAUDED
Grand Lode Officer Virtually
Complete) Convention Baslnewo..
Kntlre Hostelry RenerTrdFast
and West Sides to See March.
I EVE Or MARCH FOR KLKS PA
RADE JTLT U. lIt.
Formation oa Fourteenth, south of
alorrtooa.
Hood of parade starts at Foar
teanta and Colombia street
Down Fourteenth to Mo moon
Dwn Morrtooo to Tooth.
Doarn Tenth to Washington.
Down Washington to Seventh.
I'p Seventh to Madlsoa.
Oa Modloon acrooa Hawthorne
bridge to Grand ave.
Doa Oraad avenue to East Ban
Id. Oa Eaat Burnatde aeroea Burastdo
bridge to sixth.
fp sixth to Morrison.
Xoa sforrleoa to Fifth.
I'p Fifth to Tamhlll.
Tp Tamhlll to roToath.
Dlibaad oa Seventh street to tha
out a.
Selection of tha Multnomah Hotel aa
official headquarter, tha armory aa
tha meeting place and a parade route
embracing; tha principal buitneaa
streets of both the East and West
Hides waa the principal buslneaa ac
rompllshed yesterday by the Elks'
Brand lodge officers and members of
the Portland Commission In charge of
the "plans for the bis; convention,
which la expected to brln- iv.OO Elks
from all parts of the country to Port
sand next July.
The grand lodge officers who are la
the city John P. Sullivan, of New Or
leans, grand exalted ruler; Fred C
Robinson, of Dubuque. la., grand sec
retary, and Thomas B. MUDs. of Su
perior. Wis., and Carey L. Appierate.
of Salt Lake City, grand trustees
visited the hotels that had been offered
la grand lodge headquarters. The
Multnomah, which now Is receiving the
finishing touches at the hands of the
decorators, was the last place they aaw,
The derision In favor of the Multnomah
waa unanlmoua and almost lnstanta-
leoua,
led Roesaa Ravaged.
Mr. Mills, on behalf of the board of
trustees, contracted with Fhll Gevurts,
less of the hotel.' for 140 rooms. In
addition to all the available space la
the building for the use of the com
mittees and general offices. In ex
plaining the choice of the Multnomah
Mr. JfUla said:
"In fact this hotel is th only one
that answers our purposes completely.
It has accommoriatilons for tha entire
grand lodge party, as well aa suffl
cient rooms lor the use of our com
mittees and our officials. Tha princi
pal point that appealed to me, however,
was the lobby. '
"I have observed at previous sessions
that everyone wants to visit headquar
lr. Marching clubs will swarm tha
lobby. Other delegattona will coma
In with their bands. The) headquarters
hotel constantly Is the center of i
Intereet. A hotel has to be prepared
to handle crowds of this kind and tha
Multnomah Is better able to do It than
any other of the Portland hotels. While
any of the others would have been dn-
Mrable for our purposes, the one w
elected Is the beat. That'a tha rea
son we took it. The Elka always want
the best.
Hetel la F.xtolled.
"As a matter of fact I don't know of
ajiy city that has a nicer hotel, or one
mora adapted to our purpose than
this one. It Is a hotel that Portland
surely can be proud of and I am sure
that the grand lodge officials will be
not only satisfied, but pleased."
Immediately after the grand lodge
had chosen Its rooma the Multnomah
Motel managers reserved ISO rooms
for the Fan Francisco lodge. for
Salt Lake City. SO for New Orleans,
So for Superior. Wis., and 10 for Du
buque, la. This virtually wUl nil the
hotel, which contains tZi rooms.
Arrangements were made to convert
the mezzanine floor Into offices, which
will be divided for the use of the grand
exalted ruler, the grand secretary, the
grand treasurer and the grand trustees.
Another large room will be reserved
for the use of the committee on cre
dentials, and aeparat quarters will be
provided for the grand forum, which
is the supreme court of Elkdom. and
committees on charters, on Judiciary,
on preservation of elk and other com
mit toe a
, raaaniee Alee te Cease.
Tha Immediate members of the grand
lodge party will consist of probably
17S persons, and will Include the of
ficers, district deputies from every
state In the Union, grand lodge com
mittee members and the past grand
exalted rulers who compose- a stand
ing cotnmltto on "good of the order."
The contract provides also for the
accommodation of tha members of the
families of tha grand lodge party.
A corpa of clerks and stenographers
will be employed for the executive of
fices. While the detailed terms of the eon
tract have not been figured. Mr. Mills
estimates that the grand lodge will
i-pend about H0.QQ0 with the Multno
mah Hotel. The grand lodge party
will be quartered there nearly a full
week. The grand secretary and other
officials will come to Portland nearly
a week before tha meting opens.
The Armory was the only place taken
into consideration for the bualnaaa ses
sions. The Hulllg Theater la too small,
and the Gipsy Smith auditorium la too
far out of the way. Offlclala of the
Oregon National Guard have agreed to
arrange tha aeata that (000 persons may
be accommodated.
Arasery la Adeojaate.
Mr. Mills said the Portland Armory
has an advantage over many buildings
In which grand lodge sessions have
been held la the past, because It can
eat all the grand lodge memhera on
one floor. It la estimated that 2000 to.
credited delegatea and grand lodge
members will attend. All past evalted
rulers of all lodges are membera of the
grand lodge. Elks wfeo are not mem
bers of the grand lodge will he admit
ted to tha gallery. All tha visiting of-
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Seventh and Alder
flclals were well pleased with tha Ar
mory, and predicted that meetings will
be successfully conducted there.
Members of the Portland commission
accompanied the grand lodge party
over tha route of the parade In auto
mobiles. The line of march previously
selected by George L. Baker, chairman
of the committee on parades and muslo,
waa adopted. Grand Exalted Ruler Sul
livan telegraphed the route to jamee K.
Nicholson, grand esquire, at Boston, for
la approval. The promises made to tha
Kaat Side business men to have the
parade paas over tha river will be ful
filled. In fact. It Is doubtful whether
tha parsde could have been handled on
the Weat Side alone. The Una of march
Is about five miles long.
SS.IKM Elks te Stare h.
Mr. Sullivan, who has acted as grand
esquire at several reunions, eatlmatea
that about tS.000 Elks half the num
ber that will visit the city will par
ticipate la Uta car ado. Uoet of them
will be In anlform. It will require an
hoar and a half or two hours to pass
a given point.
Thursday, July 1L at 10 A. M, has
been set aa the time for tha big parade.
The local lodge of Elks has contracted
for the lawn on tha north side of the
Federal building. facing Morrison
street, for the official reviewing stand.
In which too seata will be reserved for
the grand lodge party and their fam
ilies, civic, state and Federal officials.
Grand Exalted Ruler Sullivan and his
atdea will ride at tha head of the col
umn until It reaches this point, then
leave their carriages and review the
procession.
That portion of tha official reviewing
stand not occupied by the grand lodge
party will remain In the hands of the
local lodge. The Portland commission
alao will control all other grandstand
privileges along the Una of march.
George L. Baker announced yesterday
that tha route will be ohanged if spec
ulators attempt to obtain sites. The
commission proposes to prohibit ex
orbitant charges for seats.
It has been decided to award sub
stantial cash prises for varloua fea
tures of the parade. - The committee
now Is working on this detail.
With the selection of headquarters, a
meeting place and tha parade route the
mission that brought the grand lodge
officers here virtually has been . ful
filled. The remainder of their visit
here will be taken up with routine
work and the regular meeting of the
local lodge tonight.
The visitors were guests of members
of the Portland lodge at a formal ban
quet at Richards' grill last night. It
was the verdict of the grand lodge
party that Portland has progressed
farther with Its work than any city
that has entertained the grand lodge in
recent years. They likewise predicted
that the reunion next July will be the
happiest is the hutory of the order, aa
well as the best advertising medium
aver offered Portland.
"SMALLPOX" SCARE IS REVIVED
Elka Remind Secretary of Joke
Played, on Him 3 Years Ago.
All that is necessary to get Fred
Robinson, grand secretary of the Elks,
real peeved. Is to say "smallpox."
"Freddie" Is a praotlcal joker of re
pute and skill, and when he was in
Portland three yean ago the boys here
decided to get even. It happened that
at the time he was nursing an eruption
of the Bktn on his neck.
He made a fatal mistake by asking
Dr. Harry McKay, of Portland, for a
diagnosis, for Dr. McKay was in oh the
game. After a critical examination, ac
companied by much assumed profes
sional apprehension. Dr. McKay pro
nounced it a case of smallpox. Other
doctors all of whom had been prop
erly posted were called into "consulta
tion." "Smallpox" was the unanimous
verdict.
That was too much for the secretary.
He fell under the table In a swoon.
Liberal application of cold water re
stored him, but when some one again
said "smallpox" he repeated the swoon.
His tormenters mercifully desisted
from further annoyances at the time,
but they have not forgotten it. Since
the little secretary's arrival In Portland
the word "smallpox" is frequently heard
around the Elks building, and every
time it is mentioned Fred Robinson ,
squirms.
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