Morning Oregonian., June 22, 1920, Page 8, Image 8

TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, . JUNE 22, 1920
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STIRRING SCENES ARE ENACTED AT UNION STATION AS VISITING NOBLES ARE WELCOMED TO THE ROSE CITY OASIS FOR FRIENDLY SHELTER DURING IMPERIAL SESSION.
17,500
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WILL FORM ESCORT
RIDE
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First Big Parade Scheduled
for This Morning.
Bedouins Declare Portland to
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Be True Mecca. .
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73 BANDS TO BE IN LINE
WORE CARS STILL NEEDED 1
.No
Automobiles Permitted Along
Route or at Intersections
During Procession.
Automobiles Will Be Provided
Again Today to Take Visitors
Sight-Seeing.
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Seventy-three bands, nearly as many
patrols and drum corps, choral or
ganizations arid other uniformed
Shrine organizations will participate
In the first great Shrine parade the
escort to the imperial potentate. -
The parade will move promptly at
9 A. M. over a line of march three
and a quarter miles long:, covering:
the main downtown streets.
No automobiles will be permitted In
the line of march or at street inter
sections save a little group of cars at
Sixteenth and Seventeenth and Yam
hill streets holding doctors, nurses
and SO disabled veterans of the great
war.
At daybreak this morning the dis
abled veterans will be hauled from
hospitals all over Multnomah county
to Portland and the moment the
parade is over they will be raced
back to their hospitals. The treat
was made possible by the Portland
post of the American Legion.
Potentate to Be Escorted.
No dress suit division non-uniformed
nobles or any features will
be permitted in the parade. It is the
great formal parade of the Shrine
convention and will escort Imperial
Potentate Kendrick to the auditorium
where the official sessions are to be
held and which begin this afternoon.
.The assemblage of bands, n(ot to
speak of the other musical organiza
tions, is by -far the greatest ever In
Portland and for that matter at any
other Shrine convention. With the
possible exception of the great victory
parade in New York City the gather
ing of bands will be the greatest the
country has ever known. It will be
exceeded once in Portland at the night
parade Wednesday night by the addi
tion of several delayed organizations.
Undoubtedly the feature of the con
Tention is the wonderful musical pro
grammes. The bands are trained to
the last minute and have been ex
ceeded in ability only by the few
great touring bands of the country
which haVe visited Portland, such as
Sousa's and Conway's.
The parade will be headed by police
members of Ai Kader temple, who
will be followed by George L. Baker,
grand marshal, in his decorated car.
Then will come Frank E. Smith, chief
of staff, and James O. Convill, aide-de-camp.
All bands and other organizations
must be escorted to their assembly
point by guides by 8:30 A. M. so the
parade may move promptly at 9 A. M.
Bands not In place in time will have
to fall in at the end of the parade: ,
The line of march follows:
Form at Eleventh and Oak streets: east
on Oak street to Broadway; north on
Broadway to Pine street; east on Pine
street to Third street; south on Third
street to Alder street: west on Alder
street to Seventeenth street; south on
Seventeenth street to Morrison street:
west on Morrison street to Chapman
street; north on Chapman street to Wash -tngton
street; west on Washington street
to Morrison street; east on Morrison street
to Chapman street; south on Chapman
atreet to Yamhill street; east on Yamhill
street to Sixteenth street; north on Six
teenth street to Morrison street; east on
Morrison street to Broadway; south on
Broadway to Taylor street; east on Tay
lor street to Sixth street; north on Bixth
atreet to Morrison street; east on Morri
son street to Third street: - south on
Third street to Market street and dis
band. Sixty-three blocks; distance 3,
miles.
The complete line-up follows:-
Al Kader temple Band, patrol, divan.
Damascus. Rochester, N. Y. Band and
patrol. Form on Couch street, head of
line facing west at Eleventh street.
Al Koran. Cleveland, Ohio Band, patrol
and chanters. Form on Tenth street,
head of lins facing north at Couch
street. i
Pyramid, Bridgeport, Conn. Patrol. Form
on Couch street, head of line facing
west at Tenth street.
Zlyara, Utlca, N. Y. Band and patrol.
Form on Couch street, facing west,
head of line directly behind Pyramid.
Kaaba. Davenport, la. Band and patroh
Form on Ninth street, head of line
facing north at Couch street!
Moslem, Detroit. Mich. Band, patrol and
chanters. Form, on Couch street, head
of line facing west at Ninth street.
Aleppo. Boston, Mass. Band and patrol.
Form on Couch street, head of line
facing east at 11th street.
alcdlnah. Chicago, 111. Band, patrol and
chanters. Form on Twelfth street,
head of line facing north at Couch
street.
Islam. San Francisco. Cal. Band, patrol,
chanters and drum corps. Form on
couch street, head of line facing east
at Twelfth street.
Lu Lu Philadelphia, Pa. Band, patrol.
mounted patrol and drum corps. Form
on Thirteenth street, head of line
facing north at Couch atreet. Lu Lu
has also been given block on Couch
street between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, head of line to be facing
Thirteenth street.
Hunt, Indianapolis, Ind. Band, patrol.
chanters, drum corps and gun corps
Form on Fourteenth street, head of
line facing north at Couch street.
Boumi. Baltimore. Md. Perm on Couch
street.' head of line facing east . at
Fourteenth street. .
Kosiar. Louisville. Ky. Band, patrol and
chanters. Forms on Fifteenth . street,
head of line facing north, at Couch
atreet. -
Tripoli. Milwaukee. Wis. Band and pa
tne-1. Form on Couch atreet. head of
line facing east at Fifteenth street
Osman. St. Paul. Minn. Band. patrol
and drum corps. Form on Sixteenth
street, head of line facing north . at
Couch street.
Zuhrah. Minneapolis. Minn. Form on
Couch street, head of Una facing east
at sixteenth street.
Almas. Washington, D. C. Band and pa
trol. Form on Seventeenth street.
head of line facing north at Couch
street.
El Kahlr. Cedar Rapids. Ia. Band and
patrol. Form on Couch street, head
of line facing east at Seventeeth
street.
Moolah, St. Louis. Mo. Band, patrol
chanters and drum corps. Form on
Elghternth street, head of line fac
ing north at Couch street.
Acca. Richmond, Va. Band and patrol,
Form on Couch street, head, of line
facing east at Eighteenth street.
Abdallah. Leavenworth, Kan. Band and
patrol. Form on Couch street, facing
east, head of line directly behind
Acca.
Ials, Salina. Kan. Band and patrol. Form
on Davis street, head of Una facing
west at Eleventh street.
Rameses. Toronto, Can. Band and patrol.
Form on Davis street, facing west.
head or line directly behind Isls.
Hella. Dallas. Tex. Band. patrol and
chantera Form on Tenth atreet, head
of line racing norm at Davis street.
Ballut Abyad, Albuquerque, N. M. Patrol.
Form on Davis street, head of line
facing west at Tenth street.
Sesostrls. Lincoln. Neb. Patrol. Form
on Davis street, facing west, head of
line directly behind Ballut Abyad.
Iamailia. Buffalo. N. Y. Band and patrol,
Form on Ninth street, head of line
facing north at Davis street.
Molls. St. Joseph, Mo. Band and Patrol
Form on Davis street, head of line
facing west at Ninth street.
Ararat. Kansas City, Mo. Band and pa
trol. Form on Davis street, - head of
line facing east at Eleventh street.
Mslaikah. Los Angeles, Cal. Band, pa
Uol ana chanters. Form oa Uav
f i . -isa- ' Vsw,,' tr 1 i jr.;. ; SiThcit- .oi
u-lrs tlx c'ij?-1 X. u'-Mff's'Yif wnm-iff ,HV,' -.,iiv .? - .-..i
street, ?iead of
Twelfth street..
Algeria, Helena, Mont. Band, patrol and
drum corps. Form on Davis street,
head of line facing Cast at. Thirteenth
street.
Morocco, Jacksonville. Pla. Band and pa
trol. Form on Fourteenth street, bead
of line facing north at Davis street.
El Rlad. Sioux Falls. S. D. Band. Form
on Davis street, head of line facing
east at Fourteenth street.
Afifi, Tacoma, Wash. Band, patrol and
Jazz corps. Form on Davis atreet. fac
ing east, head of line directly behind
El Riad. Afifi has also been allotted
block on Fifteenth street between
Couch and Davis atreet, men to face
north. Afifi has also been allotted
half of block on 'Davis street between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth, directly fac
ing Fifteenth street.
Sahara, Pine Bluff. Ark. Patrol. Form
on Davis street, racing east, neao. oi
line directly behind Afifi.
Tangier, Omaha, Neb. Band and patrol.
Form on Sixteenth street, head ol
line faclne- north at Davis street.
Alhambra, Chattanooga. Tenn. Band and
patrol. Form on Davis street, neau
of line facing east at Sixteenth street.
Yaarab. Atlanta. Ga. Band, patrol and
chantera. Form on seventeenm street,
bead of line facing north at Davis
street.
El Zagal. Fargo. N. D. Band, patrol and
chanters. Form on Davis street, neaa
of line facing east at Seventeenth
street.
El Kalah, Salt Lake, Utah. Band ana
patrol. Form on Eighteenth street,
head ef line facing north at Davis
street.
El Katlf, Spokane. Wash. Band ana pa
trol. Form on Davis street, neaa or
line facing east at Eighteenth street.
Zamora, Birmingham Ala. Band and pa
trol. Form on Everett street, neaa oi
line facing west at Eleventh street.
Kora. Lewlston, Me. Patrol. Form on
Tenth street, head or line racing norm
at Everett street.
Bamasa, Meridan. Mlsa. Band and pa
trol, trorm on xento street, ihcihr
north, head of line directly behind
Kora.
Hajah. Reading, Pa. Band, patroi ana
drum corps, FOim on avereu street,.
head , of line facing west at Tenth
street. .
TnAia Oklahoma City. OKla. Sana ana
natrol. Form on is into street, neaa
of line facing, north at Everett.
Aladdin. Columbus, O. Band, patrol ana
rhmtirt. norm on lvereil atreet.
head of line facing west at Ninth
Tehaia. Rockford. 111. Dana ana patroi.
Form on Everett street, neaa oi line
rcintf east at ,leventn street.
o-.l. Charlotte. S. C. Band ana patrol.
Form on Everett, street, lacing east,
h.ari of line directly behind Tebala.
f.i 7.rlMh. Phoenix. Arlx. Patrol. Form
on Everett street, neaa oi una lac
ing east at Twelfth street.
Ale Savannah, ua. ana ana patroi.
Form on luverett street, muins east.
head of line directly behind El Zan
bah. . - .
Al I.' Rnlse. llano. nano ana pa
trol. Form on Jverett siren, neaa 01
line facing east at Thirteenth street.
v...ki. TilKdo. u. nana ana patroi.
Vnrm on Fourteemn street, neaa at
f.rlni north at Everett street.
r: Tile- Des Moines, Ia. Band, patrol
and drum corps. rona on a.'na
tret. head of line facing east at
Fourteenth street.
nh. Honolulu. H. I. Patrol. Form on
Fifteenth street. Jiead of line facing
north at Everett street.
El Mlna. Galveston, Tex. Band and pa
ami Form on Fifteenth street, fac
Ing north, bead of line directly be
hind Alona. M .
Gtseh. Victoria B. C. Band and patrol.
Form on Everett street. - head of Una
racing east at Fifteenth street.
Salaam. Newark. N. J. Patrol. . Form on
Everett street, facing east, head of.
line directly behind Glseh.
Abba Mobile, Ala. Patrol. Form on Six
teenth street, head of line facing north
at Everett street.
Abou Ben Adhem. Springfield. Mo. Band
and patrol. Form on Sixteenth street,
facing north, head ef line directly be
hind Abba. -
Crescent. Trenton, N. J. Patrol. Form on
Everett street, head of line facing
east at Sixteenth street.
Khartum, Winnipeg. Can. Patrol. Form
on Everett street, facing east,
ine directly behind Crescent.
Al Amin, Little Rock, Ark. Band and pa
trol. Form on Seventeenth street,
head of' line facing north at Everett
street.
Bektash. Concord, ' N. H. Patrol.' Form
on Everett street, head of line fac
ing east at Seventeenth street,
Aad, Duluth, Minn. Band and patrol.
Form, oa Everett street, - facing east.
. head of line directly behind Bektash.
Aad has also been given half block on
Eighteenth street facing north at Ev-
. . erett.
El Haaa, Ashland. Ky. Band and patrol.
Form on Eighteenth street, facing
north, head of line directly behind
Aad. ... -
Elf Khurafeh, Saginaw, Mich. Band and
patrol. Form on Everett street, head
of line facing east at Eighteenth
street.
Kerak, Reno, Nev. Band and patrol.
. Form on Flanders street, head of line
facing west - at Eleventh street.
El Malda. El Paso. Tex. Patrol. Form
on Flanders street, facing west, head
of line directly behind Kerak.
Abu Bekr. Sieux City, Ia. Patrol. Form
on Tenth street, head of line ' facing
north at Flanders street.
Al Axhar. Calgary. Man. Band and pa
trol. Form on Tenth street, facing
north, head of line directly behind
Abu Bekr.
Kile. Seattle, Wash. Band, patrol and
chanters. Form on Flanders street,
head of line facing west at Tenth
street. Kile has also been given block
on Ninth street, facing north at
Flanders street.
Rizpah, Madisonville, Ky. Patrol. Form
on Flanders street, head of line fac
ing west at Ninth street.
Hlllah. Ashland. Or. Patrol. Form on
Flanders street, facing west, bead of
line directly behind Rizpah.
Madl. Evansvllle. Ind. Band and patrol.
Form on Flanders street, head of line
facing east at Eleventh street.
Mizpah, Fort Wayne, Ind. Band and ta
trol. Form on Flanders street, facing
east, bead of, line directly behind Iiadl.
Kern. Grand Forks. K, IX Band, patrol
and drum corps. Form on Flanders
street, bead of line facing east at
Twelfth street.
Mlrzs, Pittsburg. Kan. Band and patrol
Form on Flanders street, head of line
facing east at Thirteenth street.
Zorah. Terre Haute, Ind. Band and pa
trol. Form on Flanders street, facing
east, head of Una directly behind
Mirza.
Midian, Wichita, Kan. Band and patrol.
Form on Fourteenth street, head of
line facing north at Flanders street.
Bagdad, Butte, - Mont. Band and patrol.
Form on Flanders street, head of line
facing east at Fourteenth street.
Akdar, Tulsa, Okla. Band and patrol.
Form on Fifteenth street, head of line
racing north at Flanders street.
Alnad, East St. Louis, III. Band, patrol
and chantera Form on Flanders
sreet, head of line facing east at Fif
teenth street.
Al . Menah. Nashville, Tenn. Band and
' chanters. torm on Sixteenth street,
head of line facing north at Flanders
street.
EI Karubah, Shreveport, La. Band and
patrol. - Form on Flanders street, aeau
of line facing east at Sixteenth street.
Kerbela. Knoxvllle. Tenn. Patrol. Form
on Seventeeth street, head of line
facing north at Flanders street.
Arabia, Houston, Tex. Band and patrol.
Form on Seventeenth street, racing
'north, bead of line directly behind
Kerbela. .'
Alzafar, San Antonio, Tex. Band and pa
trol. Form on Flanders street, head
of line facing east at Seventeenth
street,
Tehama. Hastings, Neb. Band and patroL
Form on Eighteenth street, head of
line facing north at Flanders street.
Wichita Falls Shrine club. Wichita Falls
band. Form on Eighteenth street,
facing north, head of line directly be
hind Tehama.
Pendleton Mounted patrol, Al Kader tem
. pie A wild west finish. Form on
Ffanders street, head of line facing
east en Eighteenth street. .
Qrpheum tonight before parade. -Adv.
Orpheum tonight before parade. -Ad v.
head of 1 nmiTrn or ninn nmiinrn ! ' I "XT . v t J -V v,f ti.?"v? W-V" h -
AliTERATIOXS MADE OWING TO
TRAFFIC COXDITIOXS.' -
Arrangement Now in Force Likely
to Remain in Effect for Rest
of Present Week.
Due to cogestion of pedestrians on
Washington, Sixth and Broadway, the
Portland Railway Light & Power
company yesterday found it necessary
to chancre the routing; of the Van
couver, St. Johns, Mississippi and
Broadway cars. The change will re
main effective probably the rest of
the week.
Vancouver and St. Johns cars use
the Broadway bridge, come to Wash
ington on Fifth, turn down Washing
ton and return north to Glisan on
Second. The Broadway cars come up
on the Fifth street line and proceed
to Jefferson street, returning over the
same route. The Mississippi cars use
the Steel bridge md come in over
Third street, making the Alder-street
loop and going out on Second street.
It, may be necessary to turn the
cars of these four lines at Burnside
street after 7 P. M., but It was found
impracticable to continue the opera
tion on Broadway, due to the conges
tion occurring for a distance of sev
eral blocks. North and South Port
land cars transferred passengers
through the greater part of yesterday
at Park and West Park streets on
Glisan, due to , the crossing of the
tracks with the temporary bousing
track of the railroads for placing
special trains on the parking tracks
in front of the custom-house, when
the trains of Lulu Temple were
spotted during the late afternoon, the
Glisan street line was restored to
through service.
I0WAN5 STAGE PARADE
MID-WEST FEZZERS SPRING
NEW CORX SONG.
Clad in Denims and Bandana Rube
Marchers Shower Home-Grown
Grain on Spectators.
The Za-Ga-Zig temple delegation
from Des Moines sprung a new corn
song in a "rube" parade which the
drum and bugle corps and patrol put
on last nignt.
This is the way it goes:
'We're, a bunch of corn-fed Shriners
from old loway.
Old loway! Old loway!
And we bring to you the greetings
or the corn state.
We're mighty glad we're here.
And we know that you're all right.
That you re not the least bit slack
BUT
We left the corn a growin' 'bout
mile high.
And we must get back."
This song seemed to fit In quite
well with the original "That's Where
the Tall Corn Grows" song that the
Des Moines Shriners are singing at
all hours of the day or night.
- In the rube parade, the Shriners of
1 Al Kader band welcomes masy tribesmen from d lata at temples. S Bssd
temple, Boston. S W. Kreeland Kendrick, tmnprlal potentate. In his new
. of Calam temple, Lewlnos, Idabo. aboard a bus bound for hotels. 6 EI
..share of applause, fl The nobles of Akdar temple, Tnlaa, Okla.
the drum and bugle corps and patrol
wore farm-hand overalls with red
handkerchiefs and big-straw hats and
they showered corn on the specta
tors.
The Des Moines delegation came
In 11 coaches carrying a band of 50
pieces, a drum and bugle corps of
25 and a patrol of 30. in addition to
hundred nobles. Over 75 - women
are with the party at the Rita and
Willard hotels.
Des Moines, with the cordial back
ing of El Kahlr of Cedar Rapids,
Abu Bekr of Sioux City and Kaaba
of Davenport, is working tooth and
nail for Past Potentate Earl C.
Mills for imperial outer guard.
Three Za-Ga-ZIg Delegates.
Claude Fisher, potentate of Za-Ga-
Zlg, Past Potentates Mills and "Will
iam Koch of Des Moines, and Frank
J. Mann of Algona are the Za-Ga-Zig
delegates to the imperial sessions.
"We are eurely tickled over the
cordial, reception that Portland is
automobile: owners aid
ASKED.
More than 17,500 person
a in.
iway T
3500 cars saw the bigh
yesterday.
Ten thousand persons were
disappointed because of the lack
of cars.
Shall this occur again today?
The answer is more cars.
If Portland';- reputation as a
city of hospitality is to be re
tained, and if our promises are
to be redeemed, your car must
be pressed Into service today.
Do not wait to be called on.
Report at automobile headquar
ters at Sixth and Yamhill streets
today.
Yesterday 10,000 visitors were
disappointed. Gasoline cards will
be furnished drivers. Put aside
business and pleasure and enter
into the serious business of
showing our scenic wonders of
Oregon to our visitors.
IRA F, POWERS,
Chairman, Automobiles.
giving us," said Potentate-Fisher last
night. "It is a delightful city and
ty '"a
tO the
our fondest expectations as
hospitality of the citizens of the Ore
gon metropolis have been more than
realized. I am certain that we are
going to enjoy our stay In Portland
tremendously." , .
Orpheum tonight before parade.-Adv,
Orpheum tonight before parade.-Adv,
Orpheum tonight before parac"ev-Adv
Orpheum tonight before parade.-Adv,
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11110 TOTS IN PAGEANT
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO STAGE
FETE FOR SHRINERS.
"Imperial Potentate," Xew Rose,
Will Probably- Be Chosen
Tentpje's Official Flower.
One thousand children of city
schools will tomorrow afternoon ap
pear at the Peninsula park in a
pageant, the drill being under the
direction of Noble Robert Krohn,
supervisor of physical education in
Portland schools. Every child will
be dressed in costume, according to
Mr. Krohn. and the spectacle will be
one of the most elaborate ever at
tempted. Following the gala scene high
school girls will be seen in the dance
of the water nymphs, which will take
place beneath the fountains of the
park. The pageant is one of the fea
tures which will mark the opening
of the Rose Festival and the end of
the convention.
Due to the fact that public schools
this year closed prior to the begin
ning of the festival the annual chil
dren's parade, which has In past years
been- one of the big events of the
carnival, will not take place.
Dedicate New Rose.
At 2 o'clock tne pageant will be
held and at 4 o'clock Imperial Poten
tate W. Freeland Kendrick will dedi
cate the new rose, the "Imperial
Potentate," grown by Noble Albert
Clarke of Al Kader temple, which will
probably be the official rose of the
Shrine. It is of a deep rose color
which shades Into a lighter hue at
the center. Slips from the original
bush will be sent to the various tem
ples throughout the country and each
temple will be asked to cultivate the
"Imperial Potentate." ' Mrs. George
U Baker will also participate in the
programme. Musio will be furnished
by the Lu Lu Temple band of Phila
delphia. Group dances will follow the
pageant. Three hundred children will
take 'part in the folk dances while
320 bovs and girls, all clad In white
costume", will dance around 20 may-
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girls will participate in a gypsy
dance, having been Instructed by Miss
Georgia Wey.
Aesthetic Dances by SO.
Aesthetic dances will be given by
20 Washington high girls. Twenty
girls of Fernwood school, under the
direction of Miss Alice Ryan, will
perform the Shepherds' dance, and
and marching squad from Aleppo
slgh-sowrrrd roadster. 4 .oblrfl
Katlf band of Spokane gets Its (all
students of Ladd school will give
the sailors' hornpipe. They are
under the direction of Miss Joe
Cramer.
At the conclusion of the dedication
ceremonies the Shriners will be en
tertained with the dance of the
nymphs, in which 12 girls of Wash
ington high school will participate.
Miss Gladys Bosley is in charge of
this feature of the programme.
During the Rose Festival the
dances will be presented on the
streets before the grandstands lo
cated on Lownsdale street, Morrison
street and Washington street, prior
to the parades.
Flower Displays for Shriners.
MEDFORD, Or., June 21. (Special.)
A wonderful display of roses, sweet
peas, larkspur and other varieties of
flowers has been made by the
people of Medford in the exhibit room
and show windows of the chamber of
commerce for tne benefit of Shriners
and 'others en route to Portland for
the big convention and Rose Festival,
and tbose also passing through here
en route to the democratic conven
tion at San Francisco.
aaaaiiiiiiia aa a I
etura Checking I
R
a
j of Baggage
. for the
Visiting Shriners I
will be done any time by presenting tickets at the
2 CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE "
Third and Washington Sts.
or the
Z BAGGAGE & OMNIBUS TRANSFER CO.
Park and Davis St. g
5 . Check Baggage Early Save Time
. . Avoid Congestion 2
IBIIIBIagilBDIIIBIIIlBIIIIIII
Portland is the true Mecca. The
Korgeou scenery, the wondrous beau-
y and the picturesque scenes unfold
ed to the weary travelers today, to
gether with the unstinted hospitality
are certain to place Portland In line
for the honor of being the only Mecca
which the bedouins will recognise."
Such, waj.the statement of Richard
O. Sharon, Imperial representative of
Mohammed temple, after he alighted
from a trip over the Columbia river
highway and through the residential
districts of Portland.
And these sentiments were those of
17.500 Sbrlnors who boarded 2500 auto
mobiles which left headquarters at
Sixth and Yamhill streets yesterday,
the greater number to return only
after concluding a round trip to Horse
Tall falls.
Residential Districts Visited. ' -
Those who did not care to take auto
trips found streetcars waiting to
show them the unexcelled beauty of
Portland from the heights, and as it
looked in "close up" in the very
choicest of residential districts. Sev
eral thousand of the faithful were
taken to the Eastern & Western saw
mill, where the giant saws reduced
huge logs to smooth boarda In the
twinkling of an eye.
The beauty of the river was re
vealed to o.hers who took the ride
on steamers furnished by the gen
eral committee. There were few in
deed, of the visiting Shriners who
failed to be Included In some trip.
And consolation remains for these,
for waiting automobiles will be on
hand at Sixth and Yamhill streets
today for highway trips, while street
cars will be ready to take those who
desire, about the city and to the saw
mills.
Response to the appeal made by Ira
F. Powers, general chairman of tha
transportation committee for automo
biles, waa wonderful.
Yet there were times frequently
when hundreds of visitors stood wait
ing for automobiles that never
showed up. In fact, the visitors came
In far greater numbers than had been
anticipated. And there were Port-
landers who allowed their cars to
stand idle while visitors who had been
promised rides over the highway
stood waiting.
"Awake, automobile owners. Wheth
er you are a Shrlner or not or whether
you have signed up your car or not.
you must answer. this appeal," said
Mayor Baker. "Portland has invited
75.000 Shriners to come to Portland
and view the wonders of Oregon. This
view cannot be seen on foot. The vis
itors are here. They are waiting.
You must donate your car. You can
not afford to be a slacker. If you will
remember that it is your car that we
need so bad 1 know that you will, re
spond. Reputation Most Be Cptaeld.
"Every automobile owner in. Port
land should report to Chairman
Powers at headquarters. Sixth and
Yamblll streets, this morning for
duty. You will be amply repaid and
even though you are not, Portland's
reputation will be upheld. Let the
auto owners of this city show the hos
pitality that Portland Is famous for.
We cannot afford to fall down to
day." The automobile committee worked
valliantly in, an effort to accommo
date all visitors. Be it said for our
guests that good nature prevailed at
all times and even those who were
forced to forego the trip because of
lack of facilities walked away with a
smile on their faces and the assurance
that they expected better luclc next
day.
From those who made the trip,
expressions of delight came without
stint. Perfect weather made the Co
lumbia river highway especially
pleasurable. At Horse Tail Falls box
lunches were ready for the caravans
dispatched In the - morning, lunches
which were enjoyed by picnic parties
of Shriners beneath the trees at vari
ous points along the famed roadway.
The circulating street cars, oper-
ated under the direction of Noble
H. D. Hunt of the Portland Railway.
Light & Power company, were so
popular that they were kept busy
throughout the day and early even
ing. Not a single car left Multno
mah hotel and made it way up
Broadway without bdng filled to
capacity, and during the afternoon it
was necessary to travel to the Mult
nomah if accommodations in the cars
were to be -obtained.
Three hundred women of the visit
ing Shrine parties enjoyed a river
trip on the Willamette and Columbia
rivers on the steamers Olympia and
Lurltne.
Prospects Good for Bumper Crop.
POMEROY. Wash., June 21. (Spe
cial.) Prospects are good for a
bumper crop. Only 80 per cent acre
age was sown as compared with last
year. Four-fifths of the grain is
wheat. Recent rains practically as
sure big yield, prospects never being
finer. Practically all the wheat is
fall sown.
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