THE MORNING ' OREGON! AN, "WEDNESDAY, 23, 1920
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SIDELIGHTS ON HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST AT SHRINE CONVENTION
guest of honor at a ceremonial to be
held .on Major Lilly's ranch. net
October.
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"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
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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' . . ,
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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. But they
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