THE MORNING ' OREGON! AN, "WEDNESDAY, 23, 1920 11. :) v 1 i -1 ;: S V SIDELIGHTS ON HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST AT SHRINE CONVENTION guest of honor at a ceremonial to be held .on Major Lilly's ranch. net October. - ' p" . "Frank Ira White,' who wears the ed fe of Hlllah temple, performed like a veteran Monday when called upon to serve as a wet nurse for a cub bear the nobles of Algeria tem ple, Helena, Mont., brought down with them. This particular little baby still feeds on milk and out of a bottle. As the train was nearing the yards, the bottle fell out of the window and was broken. As soon' as the Montanans lighted they yelled for assistance for the cub bear. It took Frank Ira but a few mo ments to rush to a drug: store for a bottle and nipple, and he came back nd served as nurse maid like a vet eran. - . THERE'S no place' like Oregon , I'm golnr to sell out my sheep ranch in Montana and move out here as soon as I can," declared H. M. Sibbert, visiting noble from Algeria hrine. Helena, Montana. . ..".' . Mr. Sibbert Is here for the conven tion with his wife and family. He is killing- two birds with one stone by paying a long-promised visit to rela tives In Vancouver, Washington. ' ' "This is my first visit west," con tinued Mr. Sibbert. "I never knew before .that there was such a country as Oregon in the world. I'm strong for it and right here Is where I stay as- soon as 1 can fix up all the details' . . , '. "Hot dogs? I sold a million of them," said Commissioner Bigelow. "Those Shriners are a hungry bunch. I stood on the corner of Fifth and Morrison in the American Legion booth and fished hot dogs out of boiling, water for an hour. I had to work as fast as I could and that's going some to keep 'em supplied. My fingers are stewed yet." Commissioner Bigelow happened along during the noon rush hour, at the American Legion, booth and was conscripted into service. Hungry Shriners appeared and hot dogs dis appeared with machine-like regu larity. '. There was a reason why Osman drum corps from St. Paul drew a big hand during the morning parade and that ' reason was Eddie Craemer, wielder of the husky nickel bar that marked time. Eddie, It seems, has considerable talent as a juggler and he Just naturally couldn't keep that baton down to earth. If it wasn't turning whirligigs all around him it was somersaulting up in the air abcut SO feet. More than one gymnastic musician was in that parade. Calgary sent a kiltie band and the man who played Its bass drum Just naturally picked the thing up and turned It over be tween every two or three blows. At that he couldn't attract half the at tention that his contemporary from Victoria. B. C. received in his leopard skin shirt. Head and claws of the beast fastened It together in the back. "Just like dad them's my senti ments," a proud youngster must have been thinking as he trotted up the street at the head of the Lu Lu chanters. Joseph Hunter Smith from Philadelphia is five years old. He's rather small, too. Pop Smith looks like six foot two. The two marched together ail togged up In duplicate uniforms of white tailored serge with a fine blue pin stripe regular grown up clothes for the little feller. Almost without looking at their banners one could pick out on the map the places many of the temples that marched came from. For instance the Aloha folks from Honolulu brought their lais, or bright orange paper necklaces along, and the Kan sans all have their sunflowers. Tou can locate the Texans by the steers outlined on their tunics and the Art zona patrol has a cactus emblem woven into the jackets. Wild west performers and Indians with stone hatchets and rattles distinguished the Pendleton round-up people and the group from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Montana had a bear and an Indian chief, as well as a wild west band that was amply armed with revolvers. Then there were those suspicious looking little bottles labeled "Let the moon shine on North Carolina" and that Iowa corn song. Some of the Iowa delegates have a habit of pass ing out souvenirs In the form of grains of corn. "Soak this over night," they advise you, "and In the morning drink the results. They'll have a kick that will knock you over." Trailing along behind Morocco temple in the parade was a patient colored porter with a bucket and four tin cups. "Hey. bruddah, wot you got there?" someone asked. "Wot I got?" the porter mumbled, "I got alligator paint." El Paso claims the only Shrine daily in this or any other world. It is . .called El Maida Tiger Claws and is printed and published on the El Paso special trains going to each annual convention. Norman Walker is edi tor and the special Portland edition was distributed on the El Paso spe cial train arriving In Portland Mon day afternoon. The Tiger Claws has been appearing annually since 1908, and will be issued each morning from the El Paso Shrine headquarters, con taining special dispatches from El Paso and a bulletin under the title "Where's Where in Portland," giving directions what to see and where to see- it. Today will be The Ore gonlan edition of the Tiger Claws, with an editorial about The Orego- nlan. Chickens, hogs, georgette crepe "lingeree" and Wichita, Kan., shared equal honors in an Impromptu pro logue given Monday afternoon much to the delight of the several hundred persons attending the Lib erty theater matinee. Just at the close of the feature picture, a per sonage marvelous from points of cos tume and elaborated dignity arose to his feet. "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been asked to make an announcement," he ' eaid. ""This afternoon I ,arn to ad dress the club women of Portland on "Why Georgette Lingerie for Our Women and Girls." Thereupon the Median noble proceeded to give his lecture argument In full. He closed his remarks with the declaration that the 30 Median Shriners would no sing the national Wichita song and immediately his brothers lustily struck up "How Dry I Am." A geographical thesis followed: "Kansas is the greatest state in the Union. Wichita is the greatest city in Kansas and I am the greatest man in W.chita. Kansas gives to the world the finest hogs and grain and the best dressed chickens in exist ence." Sam Treloar is leader of the Bagdad band of Butte, Mont., which is com posed of professional musicians, most of them products of the best instru mental masters of the old world. For years the band has been In the habit of taking- first prizes in the big band contests of the country in which the copper camp Is represented. In the old days the band was organized as the Boston-Montana bana. tnen wnen changes brought the Anaconda Cop per company Into being as the corpo ration In which was merged the cop per concerns of the rich region. It was known as the A-C-M band. Bu It was as the musical organisation of Bagdad that Its music has thrilled the throngs of the imperial council sessions, and it will be heard in Port land this week. Its members wea their fe with exceptional pride of their leader, for it is said there Is not room 'enough on Sam Treloar's coat to carry all the medals he has re celved. Last summer, during the Rotary convention in Salt Lake City. Treloar conducted a band comprising abou 300 musicians, a consolidation of all of the bands playing- in the Utah metropolis during the Rotary gather Ing. and authorities declare he "pulled" music . that even, the players themselves did not believe themselves capable of playing. Among those who accompanied the Akdar temple of Tulsa, Ok la., con tingent is Major Lilly, who for a few years was with William F. Cody in a tour of the country with a wild west show. Major Lilly ' is known as Pawnee Bill and is a crack shot. He has a - large ranch in Oklahoma, on which he has a small herd of buffalo. Plans will be made here whereby Ira first district, Washington, D. C- The first district, mind you. Includes nu merous interesting spots, such as a White House, capitol building, et cetera; where wise and oratorical leaders of the dear old United States board and room and suffragettes pull perlal Potentate Kendrick will be the I ott more or less picketing, passive and The railroad traffic officials have handled the accommodation of the Shriners of North Amerloa to their Mecca with satisfaction to the pil grims, but there are still some little problems to be worked out in con nection with the return Journeys. A lot of the pilgrims were uncertain just how long , they would loiter in the shade of the date palms of Al Kader and whither they would tarry in the allurements of the resting places of others of their brethren of the Pacific coast. Unexpected Incidents occurred en route. For instance, when Yaarab temple 'of Atlanta reached Denver It was found that for operating rea sons the baggage car of the Georgia Central, railroad could not be brought over the Denver & Rio Grande and the mascot: and personal belongings of some of the nobles were trans ferred to another. Alee temple of Savannah experienced a like situ tion at Minneapolis. John W. Blount of Savannah, assistant general pas senger agent of the Georgia Central, says he has developed skill as a bag gage smasher and can make a car load transfer in quicker time than any other noble in the city. non-passive. Yep! He's the very guy that had his cruel cohorts lock aip that stanch and haunting group of feminine plck eters in a mean, horrid old jail last winter. At home he does like that. But away from home e does a. won derful "shimmle." Or was he only haklng because of fear or remorse? In their band leader the Almas have . second personage worthy of all the honors he received. He is Frederick Wilkins Jr.. who led the band of the sixth marines in France. Although that old standby, "How Dry I Am," is a mournful tune to most folks since the 18th amend ment took effect, it gave about 1000 persons some hearty laughs. Tne laughs commenced when a live-wire Shriner played "How Dry, I Am" from an Imperial hotel window on a Chin ese flute, but they multiplied a hun dred times when a brother Shriner in another window several floors down held out a helping hand a hand clasping a suspicious looking bottle. -1 "I owe you $400," said a visiting noble of the Mystic Shrine to C. A. Finley of Council Crest park Sunday after climbing the observation tower at "the top of the town." The visitor continued: "I would gladly pay that amount rather than miss this view, which surpasses by far anything have seen in Portland or any other city." Portland's guests have been invited to visit the free amusement park on the top of the mountain. The five noted snow-capped mountain peaks of the northwest Hood, St. Helens, Adams, Rainier and Jefferson are plainly visible on reasonably clear days. An Oregon Electric train, north bound, ploughed through street after street crowded with machines until it came to a final standstill against an impenetrable wall of automobiles and human beings at Tenth and Burnside. "No chance," sighed the brakle and the passengers thereupon set out to make the best of their opportunities and secured reserved seats on the roof of the baggage car. land no one can tell. Al Kader Is holding open house and invites every Visitor to drop In and rest his or her feet and have a drink of loganberry punch. There is a restroom for women and a trained nurse and a first-aid hospital room fixed up for emergen cies. From time to time "concerts are given and there is nearly .always music and dancing going on. . It was discovered yesterday that there are 1000 general admission seats still unsold for the grandstand at Nineteenth and Washington streets for the Wednesday and Friday night parades. All other stands are sold out. Have you ' noticed the variegated styles in cheese knives that have come to Portland? There is the Ion thin one carried over the shoulder and there is the medium short one, sheathed and used to hold hands on. Then you've seen the great flat ones and their little brothers with humps In their backs. They don't .seem to have any particular use except when band leaders wave them around in the . air. Trouble is. there's always something to take the edge off their ferocity for Instance, ' the great vU clous looking scimitar the leader of Ainad band carries, which has the dents in it where tacks are holding the tin together. A father's patient search for his missing son, covering a period of nearly 20 years, has brought Edwin L. Lewis half way across the con tinent to Portland to the convention. The son, Horras Lewis, left his home at Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 17, following a violent quarrel with his father. Since that time, the only clew to his whereabouts was obtained through a letter to one of his boy hood friends. Thi3 letter mentioned the fact that the boy Is engaged in some kind of work which takes htm to cities where large conventions are held. Following this slender clew the father has come to Portland on the long chance that he may meet his son again. The father is the uncle of D. D. Hail, 427 Lumbermens building. Any information that will be of assistance in locating Horras Lewis may be left at that address. - ' Through the kindly interest and forethought of the claim agent of the Southern Pacific, two of the persons who received serious ' injuries in the wreck at Bertha May 9 were afforded an opportunity to see .the parade yes terday. Clarence R. Smith, brake man, who is now able to sit up, was pnovlded with an automobile for him self and family, and they saw the marching bands and patrols from a vantage point. An ambulance of the Ambulance Service company was pro vided for Miss Florence Hatch to en able her to have unobstructed view of the spectacle. There are localities that capitalize sunshine, but Morocco temple, Jack sonville, Fla.. claims it is the fore most spot on earth for moonshine According to John B. Taylor of Mo rocco patrol, timid lovers simply be come loquacious and make the vows of terrestrial devotion unto death and celestial joys this side the mysterious river, under the potent influence of moon magic. And just to prove it Morocco placed a barrel of liquid "moonshine" on an automobile and permitted the favored faithful to re ceive inspiration through a siphon They all shouted for Morocco. Oregon City is making a. bid for the nobles to look the town over. They advertise It as the oldest and best city in tne r-acinc nortnwest and the home of the oldest Masonic locate west of the Missouri river. Miniature emblems of th Khrir,. used as beauty spots, are becoming popular, not only with women but with the men. The women are not so fastidious as to where they stick their beauty spots and wear them anywhere from the left ear to the nose or Adam's apple. The entire patrol or Aflfi is decorated with the things. Louies i rom norm Carolina were welcomed yesterday as each, man was a human oasis, loaded with camel's milk stored in bottles. These bottles were worn around the waist and were handed out with a hospitable hand. wnen tnirsty nobles discovered the exhilarating qualities of camel's milk they spread the word near and far. and the North Caroltnans ran out of moon pardon, camels milk. . Hotels are no place for sleep these nights, or days, either. Every hotel in town is headquarters for some tem ple or other, and the lobbies are so congested that it is impossible to move through them with freedom, Nobles in their gay costumes form a spectacular and striking picture and lend more, than a touch of color to the scenery. jyvery lew minutes some band comes along and plays In front of the hotel and then moves on to the next hotel. These Shrine musicians take a keen delight in playing. They re the most willing performers that Portland has ever heard. They are content to play continuously and steadily with only a few minutes for minutes for resting. The numerous bands, all working, and the milling around of the patrols and the indi vidual Shriners in uniform are the dominant features of the conclave. Any time that a band plays a sprightly air there are always a few couples ready to Jazz in tne lobbies. If any bunch of Shriners temporiz ing around this oasis has a "shim mle" dancer who can excel Cariin C. C. Flather of Almas temple, Wash ington, D. C. the exhibit is yet to be produced in public No, gents, he isn t exactly lady like in proportions or grace, and you couldn't guess his ordinary compen satlon yielding job between now and the next imperial council session. His friends refuse to shield him longer at home he's captain of police of the painked up with the. colors of the Shrine, and presented him with a pair of handcuffs and a "gat", and sent him out to assist in preserving the peace and dignity of the fair city. A "busted" knee or two isn't any thing in the busy life of George L. Baker, mayor of Portland. Great clusters of gloom hung over the Ba ker household a short week ago, when the city's chief executive got his knee all twisted up just on the eve of the big Shrine session. The doctor said he'd be on his back for at least six weeks but he was a bum guesser. The mayor is very much on the Job, both so far as the Shrine and the city administration are concerned. He's running the city on wheels ' from an invalid's wheel chair but he's getting by in big style. He moved his mayor's office down to the Muttnomah hotel, where he and Mrs. Baker are holding forth during the week. All official city business is transacted from the hotel room, when he isn't out hobbling around with .visiting nobles. Miss Lorene Dinsmoore, assistant commls Bioner and confidential secretary to the mayor, is also at the temporary office and running the affairs of the city during the time the mayor's out in one of the constant stream of pa rades. 'Where's the poker dice?" aueried Sol Heppner. portly sheik of Algeria temple, Helena, Mont., about ten mm ute after he arrived at the oasis. Sol has on a number of occasions mad cigar store history up In Helena with the little cubes by gathering in enough checks to buy out the store couple of times. Except for the fact that he's been city attorney of the Montana capital on one or two occasions, this is his only vice. Zeb" Malhorn he's the fat guy of Algeria's nifty Arab patrol has the distinction of operating the best eat Ing house in the Rocky mountain Btates." His little cafe down in Grix zly Gulch is known from coast to coast, and many" tourists detour by way of Helena just so they can say they've partaken of the food that 'Zeb puts out. When he isn't busy fighting the chef and watching the cashier he s playing billiards, and has repeatedly won honors as the "cham- peen amateur bllliardist of the Treasure state. "Pancho Villa Is dead!" No, Arabella, this isn't another one of those headlines which are born of bum news from Mexico, but this is the truth, and El Maida nobles are in tears. The little burro, Pancho Villa, offi cial mascot, which the temple planned on presenting to the city of Portland, died just before the delegation left home. Burros are not as plentiful on the Mexican border now as they once T0T until you get acquainted with Vogans do you know how good chocolates can be. Such a variety to choose from creamy centers with pure fruit flav ors, crispy nuts, exquisite fruit fill ings, rnarshmaUow and carameL In fact all the kinds you like best. And all jacketed in satin-smooth chocolate and made in VogarCs inimitable way. At your dealer's. jtfaltorf as CO -rs' VOGAN CAIDrrcrrMPAlJr Portland. Seattle, Spokane, Taeoma were, because ' the Mexican armies have discovered that burro meat is better than none at all, and they've been eating these lonpr-eared song- Some idea of the expense the Shrin ers assume in staging a conclave such is held in Portland can be gained from .'the statement of L. C. Baldwin of Mariette, Ga. . He says that it is costing Yaarab temple of Atlanta. 8100,000 to make this trip wi 12 cars. This does not Include the inci dental expenses, and Yaarab is only one of the temples coming from Georgia. By a rough estimate, the Shriners of the country are spending 84,000,000 to visit Portland, and in return Portland is getting about 810, 000,000 worth of advertising. . Newport, Or.. Shriners are on hand 100 per cent strong. Every noble at Newport belongs to Al Kader of Port land, and not one Qf them remained at home while the big doln's were on. They bring word that Newport will stage a three-day celebration, July 3, 4 and 5, and that a fund has been raised which represents $3 for every man, woman and child in the town. . How many thousands of visitors have been at Al Kader headquarters He was -wearing a fez, but he was I looking gloomy. His wife was about two feet behind him, and she wore a fez. The couple were evidently at outs over something and were far I from having a good time. A group of I nobles coming along espied the couple and, surrounding the man, pointed finger of reproach at him and chant ed: "jvn-na, you would bring your 1 wire along. Here's a police story the police re porters all missed, but exacting city editors won't chalk up little black marks because oh, well, read on and see. Edwin S. Mershon. one of the big j Arabs or lu lu temple, .Philadelphia, has a genuine commission and . ap pointment as assistant chief of po lice of Portland during Shrine week. And he arrived in town with a classy uniform that looked like a couple of million dollars. The assistant chief got Into action I down on Broadway when the crowds began getting dense and began to or der people around like a hard-boiled police sergeant. Chief Jenkins, Lieutenant Thatcher and several other police officials hove into view. They collared Assistant Chief Mershon and shot out those mu sical words: "You're pinched." ine .rnuaaeipnia noDie lor a mo ment was nonplused. "What what s the charge?" he de manded.. "Impersonating an officer." And while they stood there arguing tne ponce patrol rounoea tne corner. They bundled him into it and then took him for a Tide about the city. Then they took him to police head quarters and marched him under the "welcome arch. But they didn't book him; neither did they search him or give him taste of the -third degree. 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