THE MOItXTNG OREGONIAJf, THURSDAY, SEPTE3IBER 28, 1916,
HERE THEY ARE! HARNEY COUNTY'S SAGEBRUSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHILDREN.
LEARNED TOGETHER
Harney Youngsters Absorb
Harmony From Desert and
. Mrs. E. M. Dodge Helps.
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CONCERT IS WONDERFUL
Hotel, Theater, High Schools and
Other Agencies Conspire to Make '
Stay of Children Pleasant.
Difficult Airs Well Played- "
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BY LEONE CASS BAER.
"Boon's a Harney County youngster
Is out of its creepers it is handed a
fiddle and a bow and turned over to
Mrs. Dodge. And then it is one con
tinuous harmony. Even the coyotes out
in the Harney County roothills all bark
in high C."
60 said little Miriam McConnell, the
radiantly lovely little spokes girl for
the Harney County sagebrush sym
phony orchestra of children.
Miriam wasn't being interviewed, but
giving her clever monologue last night
at the Morrison-street Theater when
she opined as above.
Miriam occurred in the middle of the
fascinating programme, but her re
marks are a key to the entire situ
ation, so we begin with her.
Harney Countyites may well be proud
of their smart little folk and it is to
their everlasting credit that the native
sons and daughters of Burns pooled
something like $2000 so that the kid
dies could take this big trip.
Homesteader'a Wife Is Inspiration.
You've read of their work "under the
tutelage of that inspirational woman
teacher wife, mother, musician, gen
ius and splendid thinker Mrs. E. M.
Dodge. She and her husband are home
steading in Harney County and all the
babies for miles around absorb her
music with their very life. She gives
a music lesson and then all children
and their young teacher go in, say, for
a swim. Again, they have a tea party
which is wound up or preceded by a
violin lesson.
And, as Miriam says, "they live in
harmony." Seems like they could
change the name Harney to Harmony
now. '
Mrs. Dodge brought her baby pupils
to Portland yesterday after a visit at
the Salem Fair. Phil Metschan, who
Is a former Harneyite, asked the entire
band over to stay at his big hostelry,
the Imperial, and even flavored the
soup with sagebrush to keep in the
atmosphere. And the Heilig Theater
had them all come over to see "The
World of Pleasure" at a matinee and
the Ad Club lunched them and the
three high schools gathered tlieir pupils
into audiences to listen to the talented
little folk play their violins yesterday
morning. Then last night they gave
their concert.
Great Audience Attends.
Harney County must be a great place
for growing children. After a big,
busy day these little folk were rested,
full of Joyous energy and evidenced a
wonderful poise at the evening enter
tainment. No admission had been asked and a
splendid audience turned out. Sage
brush most appropriately predominated
in the decorations and the picture was
further made Harneylsh by the appear
ance of the marvel babies clad in smart
little khaki cloth suits, the boys in a
sort of Boy Scout effect and the girls
in blouses, short skirts and all wearing
red stockings and bow ties. Scarlet
hair ribbons in huge bows decked each
pretty girl's head.
A chord sounded on the piano and
from the distance came the soft notes
of violin music, swelling into a big
melody as the 30 small folk bearing
violins wielded their bows with ex
quisite artistry.
There's a grace about their bowing.
a sense of fundamental knowledge of
technique, a quality of sincerity in
their music that catches and holds.
"Happy Memories" was their first
number, and happy memories are what
the entire programme left. Mrs. Dodge's
personality pervades the'' programme.
She has personally taught each wee
hand to bow, she has hunted out and
brought into musical expression their
small souls, and has fitted the talents
of each embryo Elraan to the require
ments of the programme. And when
the various individual talents are tried
in the balance none la found wanting,
Mrs. Dodge has even composed a lit
tle verse, set it to a beautiful haunting
waltz melody and the little folk sing
It as a greeting on their programme
"We are friends to preet you,
W are g-lad we're here.
We have come a Ions way
To Portland dear;
We're from Harney County,
It is sagebrush land;
i We request your favor,
' Here's our hand.
And simultaneously with the words
each booster pokes a wee paw out, in
viting a shake from the audience.
Tiny Comedian Makes Hit.
This number is really quite dramatic
Two 5-year-old babies. Glen Dodge, a
born comedian, and Katnerine Walker,
play its opening melody and then the
entire orchestra crashes into big har
monics. They wave their bows aloft
and cheer as they begin the encore and
imbue, their audience with a fine frenzy
of appreciation.
Follows then the "Songs of Scot
land," a fascinating medley with bag
pipe effects, in which the orchestra
acts as a musical background for three
little artists. Alex Eggle'ston plays
"Annie Laurie"; Viola Richardson play
ing the viola, gave "Ye Banks and
Braes." with beautiful tonal effects, and
as a finale they all played "Auld Lang
Syne.
All through the programme the chll
dren use no music rests and play en
tirely from memory. Mrs. Dodge acts
as pianist for the big numbers, and
with a smile or a nod inspires her lit
tle musicians to do their best.
After the Scottish number the chll
dren change into dainty white from
curly pate to tapping toes. An octet
of little maids in regular stair-step ar
rangement played with bftlliance Shu
bert's "March Militaire" .and gave re
peated encores most graciously.
Little Maid Tells of Country.
Then little Miriam McConnell comes
out as a Harney County ranch lass.
She delivers a smart monologue in
which she tells of her big county, its
resources, its big men, its schools and
needs, and next she gives a clever iml
tation of "Bill" (William) Hanley in
' his famous talk on "Hogs." She Is
really not of the orchestra, but a "di
vertisement," a "featured act," if you
will.
Miriam's father, C. B. McConnell. i
one of the pioneer irrigationists in his
chosen county and he helped Miriam
with her straight-from-the-shoulder
booster talk.
She wears buckskin, carries a rifle
and at her belt swings a rabbit's scalp,
She jokes and conducts a regly Ad
Club meeting and then in the midst of
a. story about the Piute Indians in
comes a band of warriors in Indian re
galia and executes a war dance, faith
ful to tradition.
Next Miriam returns as a bisque doll
clad in dainty dolly clothes and cap
tures the house with her cleverness.
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ture from the "Prince of Pllsen." which
they render in delightful style. Kath
leen Jordan follows with a Hungarian
piece vplayed with amazing perfection
of technique.
'Love Dance" and "Star of India" in
the "A and B" movements are given by
the advanced orchestra, and the climax
is really a climax. This is led by Cath
erine Farre, who turns into a miniature
orchestra leader. With interruptions
by barnyard calls that are most nat
ural and create gales of mirth, the or
chestra plays divinely and performs
obly its mission and that of Mrs.
Dodge, the instigator of its movement,
to please and spread the tidings of
Harney County.
CHTLDREJT CAPTIVATE ADMEX
Sleepy Youngster rU' fuses to Go to
Bed tor Fear He Will Miss Things.
From 6-year-old Glen Dodge, so
leepy from late hours and excitement
that he could hardly move his bow
arm, right up like stairsteps to the
grown-up sponsors and chaperones, ran
the delegation from the sagebrush
ountry, the Harney County Sagebrush
Symphony Orchestra, which was the
guest of the Ad Club at luncheon at the
Benson yesterday.
Sleepy, the tinier ones In the party
may have been, but they were deter
mined not to let anything get by them
and they stayed in the game as nobly
as the older children on whom the end
less entertainment that has greeted the
party had told less severely.
Their red ribbons and brown khaki
suits and faces shining with excite
ment under the healthy Eastern Ore
gon tan made a flower garden around
the guest table in the big dining-room,
and the Admen looked at them and fell
in love with them.
And then, when the kiddies. 30 of
em, played for their hosts, the Admen
urrendered their hearts entirely and
adopted the whole bunch by acclamation.
'Do we like them? No; we love theml"
was the cry that swept the room.
it- H. Atkinson was chairman of the
day, and J. N.Teal spoke and so did Rex
Lampman, the manager, and also Mrs.
Dodge, the wizard lady, who has
trained the children, but all that was
quite a side issue for it was' the en
tertainment that the children gave that
scored the big triumph.
Marian McConnell, monologist and
solo dancer, responded to Mr. Teal's
address of welcome with a clever
speech that set the applause storming
again, and Kathleen Jordan played
violin solo, and Catherine Farre, 9
years old, directed the orchestra in
jolly selection, and the Admen gave
roses to all the guests, and then the
party had to hurry away to the next
features of the entertainment.
Master Dodge, the 6-year-old virtuoso,
couldn't keep his eyes open a minute
longer, but he started to walk out with
the rest of the children in his sleep
and steadfastly refused to be put to bed
or fear he might miss something.
Finally the promise of a drum bribed
him to risk half an hour's sleep, while
the rest of the party came over and
Inspected the plant of The OregonLan,
personally conducted through the estab
lishment from roof to basement.
They were guests at & theater party
at the Heilig in the afternoon and in
the morning they visited various high
schools in the city.
WINE PLANT SEIZED
CHILD MUSICIANS WIN
HUNDRED S ARE TURXED AWAY BE
CAUSE OF CROWDED HOUSE,
500 Gallons of Liquor Are
Found in Italian's Home.
CHARGE IS FIRST OF KIND
sessed at $2,607,987 in 1915. The sum
mary of the assessment roll for 1916
follows: .
Number acres tillable land. 271,015. $4,232,120
Number acres non-tillable land,
148.297 872.680
Improvements on deeded land 236.400
Town lots 2.3i'(
Improvements on town lots 17,t,4S
Improvements on land not deeded . . 2.3U0
Stationery engines, manufacturing
machinery, etc lovio
Merchandise and stock In trade .... 147,770
r arminr implements, autoa. etc. "lttfl 14rt
Money, notes and accounts 147,200
Hotels and oiiice furniture and
equipment MA
Number of norses and mules. aKl art new.
Number of cattle, S25 110.070
Number of sheep and goats, 17.110 .. 67.020
Number of swine. 2407 sn inn
Number of dogs, 343 8.430
Two Tons of Grapes Said to Have
Been Imported Froni California,
Pat In Barrels After Crushing
and Allowed to Ferment.
Ten 60-gallon barrels of half-fer
mented wine were seized and Joe
Marestonl, 344 Second street, was
lodged in the City Jail yesterday on a
charge of manufacturing intoxicating
liqours, the first charge of the kind
made by state officials here since the
prohibition law became operative al
most nine months ago.
The wine- is said to be at least 2
per cent alcohol and from the 10 bar
rels it was expect 1 to get at least
250 gallons of pure wine.
The arrest was made on informa
tion furnished to Patrolman Morelock.
and he and Patrolman Miller made the
arrest. The wine was found in the
basement of the house occupied by
Marestonl and several other Italians,
and he admitted at police headquarters
that he was manufacturing the wine.
He put up as a temporary defense
ignorance of the fact the manufacture
for his own consumption was a viola
tion of the prohibition law. He was
held at police headquarters under $250
bail.
Two tons of grapes were imported
from California little more than two
weeks ago to be used in making the
wine. The grapes had been crushed,
put in the barrels and the fermentation
allowed to occur. It is said that Z5
days of fermentation will make the
wine good enough for consumption.
Several large wicker-covered jugs.
some empty and others partly lined
with wine, also were seized.
Other residents of the Italian colony
were apparently surprised at the ar.
rest of Marestonl yesterday, as they
expressed the belief they would be able
to manufacture as much as they
pleased for their own consumption.
The law states that a person is al
lowed to manufacture non-alcoholic
beverages or non-spirituous liquors
from fruit grown within the state, but
also states that no person is allowed
to manufacture beverages with an ex
cess of one half of one per cent alcohol
for any use whatever.
BODY TO ARRIVE FRIDAY
Funeral of Iiato Horace D. Ramsdell
Set for Saturday.
The body of Horace D. Ramsdell. ex-
president of the old Commercial Club
and a prominent business man of this
city, will arrive from the Bast tomor
row night, and will lie in state at Hol
man's chapel Saturday morning. The
runeral services will be held at St.
Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, of which Mr.
Ramsdell was a vestryman, and Dean
E. H. McCollistcr will deliver the
funeral sermon.
Mr. Ramsdell was also secretarv-
treasurer of Lipman. Wolfe & Co., and
a member of the standing committee of
trie local executive body of the Episco
pal church of Oregon. He is survived
by his widow, and a sister. Mrs. B. R.
Timdolph, and four children, Vitz James
Ramsdell. Mrs. Ralph Hahn. Horace
M. Ramsdell and Dorothy Ramsdell.
SHOW TO MAKE CAMPAIGN
Iiewiston Iiivestock Affair
Widely Boosted.
to Be
Technique of Sagebrush Orchestra Sur
prises Artists of City and Every
Number la Encored.
From the standpoint of pure music,
the concert, last night, at the Eleventh
Street Theater, of the Children's Sage
brush Orchestra from Harney County
was a memorable one of much value
and interest. Every available seat was
occupied, with hundreds of would-be
auditors turned away for lack of room.
The concert was quite successful
from the directions of entertainment
and education. So enthusiastic was the
audience that every number was encored.
The cool spectator who could view
unmoved the appearance of the tots
from Oregon's sagebrush as they played
on the theater stage Is past redemp
tion. It was a sight and an occasion
sufficient to stir the hearts of-. all who
love .little children.
The best talent of the Harney County
visitors lies chiefly in the violin section
of the orchestra. Here the violin tone
is easy, colorful,, and decidedly agree
able to listen to. The young musician!
played from memory, and their bowing
and general violin technique are excel
lent. They play also with absence from
stage fright, and with childish enthu
siasm. In the rendition of Strong's
"Happy Memories," Fyffe's "A Song of
Greeting," Schubert's "March ; M11I
taire," the Scotch "Fantasia," Luders1
"Prince of Pilsen" and other selections.
the children won out. Several of the
children are conductors, and they do
admirable work. They do not use a
conductor's baton, but wave their hands
in a business-like way. They keep
buwu Lime.
Alter it was all over, and the big
audience started to go home, this ex
clamation was heard often among the
young orchestra members: "Now we
near Mischa Elman, the big man
violinist. Hooray!"
The sagebrush orchestra gives con
certs at the Eleventh-Street Theater
tomorrow and Saturday " nights, when
the admission prices are CO and 75
cents,
LBWISTON, Idaho. Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) A campaign embracing the ten
counties and 33 cities and towns of
Northern Idaho and Eastern Wash
lngton will be launched under the direc
tion of W. L. Tennant in the Interests
of the Northwest Livestock Associa
tion show to be held at Lewiston, No
vember 26 to December 2.
It is proposed to bring a queen to
the annual stock show from every
city and town of the ten counties in
cluded in the district and a sale of ad
mission tickets, season tickets, mem
berships and life memberships will be
launched in connection with the queen
contests.
The counties selected, for this cam
paign are Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho
Clearwater and Latah in Idaho, and
Whitman. Walla Walla, Columbia, Gar,
field and Asotin in Washington.
Total valuation
.te.808.eoo
FRUIT SALES CAUSE WORRY
Hood River Hears Yakima Product
Is Auctioned Cheaply.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) Local rrult sales agency off!
ciais touay expressed the Tear that an
Increased offering of Northwestern
boxed apples on the Eastern auction
markets will eliminate f. o. b. purchas
ers, who. it is stated. In former sea
sons have handled a large portion of
tne crop.
The Apple Growers' Association this
morning received a telegram from
Stelnhardt & Kelly, in the nast ner
haps the largest purchasers of North
western apples, who tell of the auction
sale or a straight carload of Yakima
urimes bolden yesterday for an aver
age of 93 cents a box. The telegram
declares that the returns will net the
grower less than the cost of production.
LIQUOR CASE IS UP TODAY
Jury Not Obtained to Try Alder Ho.
tel Proprietress.
Inability to obtain a Jury yesterday
made it necessary for the trial of the
bootlegging charge against the proprie
tress and others connected with the
Alder Hotel to be continued until 2
o clock today.
Mrs. S. E. McDougall. proprietress, is
out on $500 bail and Nannie Sandberg
ana mzei inomas, charged with sell
ing liquor, are out on $150 and $300
bail, respectively. Two others, -held as
witnesses, were given their freedom
after putting up $50 each.
Sherman Jflay ScGq.
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ESTAGADA TO HAVE FAIR
PRODUCTS OP EAST CLACKAMAS
COlTSfTY WILL BE SHOWS.
State and Local Candidate Invited,
and F. T. Griffith Will Be
Speaker One Day.
EST A CAD A. Or.. Sept. 27. (Special.)
The third annual East Clackamas
County Fair will be held at Estacada.
beginning next Wednesday and contin
uing three days.
The session is divided into three
days, namely. Community day. Politi
cal day and Juvenile day.
On the first day. Community day.
Franklin T. Griffith, president of the
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany, will be the principal speaker.
On Political day, Thursday, state ana
county candidates will be Invited to
be present.
Liberal cash awards will be made in
the feature exhibits, namely, in the
cow test, for butterfat; in the juvenile
hog judging contest, open for boys or
girls under 15 years, and for the com
munity contest, the latter being open
to exhibits from Garfield. Sprlngwater.
Logan. Eagle Creek. Barton, George,
Currinsville and Viola.
Superintendent Alderman, of the
Portland schools, will deliver the prin
cipal address on Juvenile day, followed
by County Superintendent J. E. Cala
van, of Oregon City.
A series of baseball games between
Garfiekl, Eagle Creek, Sprlngwater
and Currinsvillo will be played. On Fri
day afternoon the opening football
game will be between Estacada High
School and Franklin High School, of
Portland.
and Loan Law.
Sunday closing
rural credits.
Me spoke in favor of
tax limitation and
Liquor Seized, in Klamath.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Sept. 27.
(Special.) Sheriff C. C. Low. of this
city, last night raided a resort at Peli
can City, the important mill center on
Lower Klamath Lake about two miles
north of this city, and found four kegs
of wine, six cases of beer, and several
empty beer bottles, which were all
seized. A Barni, proprietor, was arrested.
BREWERS' ACTJS RAPPED
Speaker at Oswego Says Ho Limit Is
Provided.
OSWEGO. Or. Sept. 27. (Special.)
Chris Schuebel, of Oregon City. In a
talk at Oswego last night before
large - and Interested audience de
nounced the brewers' amendment. Mr.
Schuebel bad the audience with bim
when he stated that the law la so
framed that It will permit the impor
tation of any amount of liquor.
Mr. Schuebel was also very emphatic
in his opposition to the People's Land
H. B. AINSWORTH IN BANK
Brother of United States Xational'b
President Is Made Director.
At a meeting of the directors of the
United States National Bank yester
day, H. B. Alnsworth, of Los Angeles,
was elected a director and second vice
president of the bank. Mr. Alnsworth
is a brother of J. C. Alnsworth, presi
dent of the United States National
Bank. The election is effective Octo
ber 1.
Mr. Alnsworth is a former resident
of Portland, but for the last 20 years
has been actively identified with the
Huntington-Hellman interests at Los
Angeles. Prior to that time he was
with the Central National Bank at
Oakland. Coincident with taking up
his new duties Mr. Ainsworth will
come to Portland, to reside permanently.
Hotel to Build Addition.
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 57. (Special.)
The Osburn Hotel Company today
awarded the contract for an addition
to the Osburn Hotel buildinn. including
a palm room, to cost (2500. O. Y.
Heckart. of Portland, is the contractor.
SHERMAN WEALTH GAINS
Assessor Places Values of Property
at $6,303,600.
MORO, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.)
Wealth of Sherman County is shown to
be high in the assessment roll for the
current year 5ust completed by Otto
Peetz. Assessor. The total valuation Is
given as $6,303,600. This is exclusive of
property of railroads and other publc
service, corporations, which, were a'a-
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October 4-5
Big Carnival and Parade, October 4th
Fancy Dress Ball, October 5th
Spectacular Fireworks Display at Civic Center
Open-Air Dancing Market Street 'Will Be a Mass of Color.
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