THE MORNING OITEG ONI AX, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920
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LAWN IS RIOT OF COLOR
EVERY HOUR STRENUOUS
Beautiful Roses Dedicated In Honor
of V. Freeland Kendrick, Head
of Mystic Shrine.
Highway Trip and Other Desires
of Shriners So Far as Humanly
Possible Provided For.
ELFIN CHILDREN OF PORTLAND SCHOOLS DELIGHT IN FAIRY PAGEANT.
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If there is a more beautiful sight
In all Shrinedom than Is presented by
hundreds of little girls in soft laven
ders, pinks, blues, yellows and greens,
dancing with nil the excited pleasure
and abandon of youth on the velvet of
a perfect lawn, some 15.000 visitors to
the pageant of roses presented at
Peninsula park yesterday afternoon
by school children of the city must be
shown.
A day more perfect or a natural
setting more ideal could not have
brcn found. Though swathed in clouds
most of the day, the sun broke forth
to shower a spray of gold on the
kaleidoscopic groups of color and the
flying feet of fairies at play, adding
the only needed touch to a scene of
beauty.
Almost a thousand school children
of the city, directed by Robert Krohn,
participated in the fete of the roses,
the last and greatest purely local en
tertainment prepared for the sons of
Allah, in conclave in Portland. Fea
tures of the pageant ranged from the
swinging, in remarkable unison, of
green-stemmed, rose-tipped Indian
clubs and the colorful Maypole dance
to the graceful play of the water
sprites under the spray of the foun
tain in the sunken garden in seeming
pursuit of the rainbow there.
Stiver Cups Preneatfd.
Presentation of silver cups under
the auspices of the Royal Rosarians
to the creators of new or perfect roses
was a high light of the afternoon,
combined with the dedication of two
loses in honor of the commander of
tlie Mystic Shrine one a Portland
bloom, christened "Imperial Poten
tate," the other a Philadelphia prod
uct, named "W. Freeland Kendrick."
Frank McCrillis, secretary of state
of the Royal Rosarians, was the mas
ter of ceremonies, and addresses were
given by Mayor Baker, E. J. Jaeger,
prime minister of Rosaria, S. C. Pier
and Dr. K. A. Pierce.
When the rose fete began promptly
at 3 o'clock, the immense lawn was
transformed into a riot of color as
300 children selected from 20 schools
went through the graceful gyrations
of folk dances. These little girls,
with their vari-colored costumes, pre
sented a truly beautiful picture as
they went through the various atti
tudes of side-stepping and curtseying
to the lilt of the music. They car
ried out involved steps with a pre
cision that evidenced careful training
Hornpipe Dnnce C.iven.
A hornpipe dance, performed by 30
members of the Ladd school, boys and
girls in sailor uniforms, was the next
feature. These children, who were
.directed by Miss Jo Cramer, a teacher
of the Ladd school, received generous
applause as they left the field wav
ing flags to the strains of "Dixie."
Following the hornpipe came 20 lit
tle girls from the Fernwood school
in a shepherdess dance, under the I
direction of Miss Alice Ryan. A fea
ture of this number was the graceful
performance of Miss Margaret McCul
loch in a solo , dance.
Then came the rose drill, one of the
most spectacular events on the pro
gramme, where 400 eighth grade chil
dren appeared in formation in white
costumes and with Indian clubs
decked to imitate long-stemmed roses.
Costumes were sprinkled with imita
tion pink roses and each child had a
rosette in her hair. As they drew
up across the lawn in long parallel
lines, swinging their clubs in perfect
unison to the music, their white and
pink costumes in pleasing contrast to
the green of the field, they formed a
picture of harmony in motion and
color that was very striking.
Pink, blue and lavender was the
color scheme in the aesthetic dance
presented by 30 girls from the Wash
ington high schoo1. With every mo
lion in harmony with the music, they
formed first in a circle, poised a mo
ment, and then off in a mazy figure
that resolved itself into a group of
smaller circles, each circle a single
color; then away again into a grace
ful finale, a pose in groups prone and
tanding.
Costume of Many Colon.
A touch of the bizarre was lent to
the occasion by the gypsy dance of
30 Jefferson high school girls. Pic
turesque costumes in brilliant colors
sve a very gypsy-line ertect. as
they danced to the rattling of tam
bourines, or posed with hands on hips.
Another feature of the day was the
Maypole dance with 20 poles, per
formed by 300 grade school children.
with each group on the individual
poles swinging at the ends of multi
colored streamers, the field displayed
a kaleidoscopic aspect. Each pole was
surmounted by a huge imitation rose
A new departure in Maypole dancing
was initiated here. The poles were
not wound completely down and at
the end of the dance the streamers
were released and the children posed
' motionless with the streamers waving
above them.
The last event in the lawn fete was
the "Dance of the Water Sprites" in
the fountain in the sunken garden,
where 30 Washington high school
girls danced gracefully beneath the
spray from the fountain. By a happy
coincidence the sun suddenly ap
peared from behind the clouds while
the dance was in progress and all the
prismatic colors were rove.i ed in the
fine spray above the d:i:io:;s.
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phia, .grower of the new rose, later
christened "W. Freeland Kendrick"
in honor of the imperial potentate
o: the Shrine. It was received by
Miss Elizabeth Ettinger.
Other cups wero received b Miss
Stella Riggs for Howard & Smith of
Lrfs Angeles, create i s of "Miss L.t.lita
Armour" rose; Miss Janet Ettinger
lor Thomas N. Cook of Boston, Mass..
creator of "Bonnie Prince" rose; Miss
Lenoie Blaesintj for E. J. Hicks of
Hoist, Enf;., creator of "Lady Hilling-
den" rose; Miss Metschan for Clarke
Bros, of Portland, creators of the
'Oregon Ophelia." rose, and Miss
Helen Houghton for Hugh Dickson of
Belfast. Ireland, originator of the
"T. F. Crozier" rose.
Prime Minister Jaeger of Rosaria
next arose and in loud voice demand
ed to knpw if there were any new
roses created in Ttosaria during the
past year.
Illustrious sir. there ar; two to be
christened." spoke up Dr. . E- A.
f'itrce. One. tile Philadelphia rose,
was christened "W. Freeland Ken
drick" by Mis. George L.. Baker. The
second, grown by Albert E. Clark of
Portland, was christened "Imperial
Potentate" by Airs. w. Freeland Ken
drick. Potentate Kendrick was ex
pected to be present at the ceremony
but found himself unable to attend
due to the length of the afternoon
business s?s.sion of the imperial coun
cil of the Shrine.-
The dedicatory piaycr and benedic
tion was pronounced by Bishop WaN
ter Taylor Sumner of the Episcopal
church.
HISTORIC TOWN VISITED
SHRIXEKS EXTEKTAIXED
OIIKI.OX CITY.
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MEUIXAH TAKES RlVKlt 1KIP
Slirincrs Take Over Olympian ami
Several Oilier Craft.
Medinah temple of Chicago, 150
strong, including the band, took
charge of the river steamer Olympian
yesterday morning for a trip lip the
Columbia river to Bonneville and re
turn. Instead of operating from the
Taylor street dock as usual, the
Olympian took her departure from
the Ainsworth dock, as this dock is
mor conveniently located for the
iiliriners dwelling in trains on North
Broadway.
The passenger motorboats D and
Imperial and Fred Vogler- gasoline
yacht Wisdom were also busy yes
terday carrying parties of nobles
about the river.
Nobles and Others of Old Stale
Capital Banquet (.uo-ls and
Show Them Sights. .
OREGON CITT, Or.. June 23. (Spe
cial.) About 100 shriners visited
Oregon City today. They were met
at the foot of Eighth street and were,
taken in autos to the mills and then
over the Pacific highway and through
the residence section of the city.
At the Masonic temple the Shriners
were feasted. Residents of Oregon
City were liberal with flowers and
the visitors went back to. Portland
loaded with bouquets. When they
left they were loud in their praise of
the royal manner in which they were
received. -
Many more Shriners were expected
than crme, but many were unaware
of t.iP excursion to Oregon City. Mem
bers of the psrty that visited Oregon
City said they had been looking for
a quiet trip to get. away from the
noise of the convention and they glad
ly availed themselves of the oppor
tunity to visit this historic town.
The streets were thronged with
people and the courthouse and a num
ber of business houses were dec
orated for the occasion.
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MASSED BANDS TO PLAY
2000 MISICUXS WILL. JOIN-IN
I Hl'u'E CONCERT.
blirine Ensemble Concert Due This
Morning at 9 A. M.
Multnomah Field.
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SB TO GO NORTH
MPERIAL DIVAN TO SAIL I OK
ALASKA SATURDAY.
ROSE SHOW OFFICIALLY liNDS
Ivxhibit at Festival Center to ' Be
Continued for Visitors.
performance in the fete was due in a; Although the Festival center will
great moasure to the .. r'l.i ;- of ;.!--! attract hundreds of visitors who wish
fessor Krohn. superlr.tei dent of phys- 1 to view the gardens and illumination,
ical education of ' cr.Iund schools 'yesterday saw the close of the offi-
ProfesKor . ... s cr i.ie vet
erans of t e . . .1 .'c In this work,
having hi; ' . car.-" experience in
city schoo s ,ic--.
Ceremonies In ;iie sunken -garde-n
Tt f roses of Peninsula park were
opened b- Mayor Baker, who told the
assembled visitors, clustered 10 deep
alon bai'-orties and on steps leading
into the garden. 'that there was no
rose sard?:: n the world, outside of I
Pari:?. :o cu.npare witn the one about
which they were gathered, that there'
were to lie found 40.000 bushes. 650,
00t b'.oom-s and US0 - varieties of
rose?.
t up Taken Hy Many.
There followed the presentation of
cups, a yearly ceremony of the Rosar
ians. to the growers of the best rose
in different ciasses of the year. None
of ttie cup-winners were present but
were represented in proxy by fair
maidens of Portland.
The first prixc. presented by S. C.
Pier, city commissioner, went to E. G.
Hill of Richmond. Ind.. grower of
"Columbia." new world champion rose.
It was received by Miss Janice
Parker The next cup went to Cap
tain George C. Thomas of Philadei-
vial rose snow in me arcaaes soutn
of the grandstand.
Among the new exhibits arriving
yesterday was the group of roses
sent from the statehouse grounds in
Salem. These replaced a number of
the wilting blooms.
Shrine bands today will continue to
furnish music at the Festival center
and members of the Portland Rose
society are to be on hand to explain
the exhibits.
SHRINERS AID CHILDREN
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Two Big; Steamers Chartered lor
Excursion Visitors "Pay Trib
ute to Portia ndcrs.
' Oregon to Appear In Parade.
Sailing under Old Glory, and decked
In Kiwanis club colors, the battleship
Oregon will appear in the Rose Fes
tival parade this afternoon. The
model. 40 feet in length, is an exact
reproduction of the famous fighting
craft in every exterior detail.
The Kiwanis club for over a year
has been endeavoring. to get the navy
department to detail this historic ves
sel to the Portland harbor as a naval
museum and training ship for United
States naval reserves. The entering
of this fleet will be heralded in Wash
ington. .D. C. with another plea that
the Oregon be given a final anchor
aje in her home state.
whelmingly in support of the pro
ject. which incidentally was the dream
of W. Freeland Kendrick. the retir
ing imperial potentate, there were . i
few imperial representatives who fa
vored .a year's delay before taking ac
tion. But as one after another .f
the imperial officers and ' represents
tives took the floor in support of im
mediate action the opposition dwin
aiea away ana wnen the vote was
called the project became a reality
by unanimous vote.
Imperial Potentate Happy.
"I m happy," was all that Imperial
Potentate Kendrick could say after
the vote. ioyal supporters of the
hospital project embraced Kendrick,
and so overjoyed were some that they
Kissea mm.
Selection of a convention city lo
next year, action on petitions fo
cnariers lor estaDiisnment of new
temples and the installation of offi
ctrs will comprise the business of th
imperial session today.
Atlantic City. N. J., probably wil
be the 1921 convention city for th
Mystic Shrine The time and place
committee Is scheduled to make it
report this morning and it is believed
that the famed Atlantic seaside resort
city will be recommended. It is said
that the incoming imperial potentat
favors Atlantic City.
Sesxion to lind Today.
San Francisco has made an excel
lent campaign for the 1922 meet and
should Atlantic City be the next con
ventioii city for the Shriners it i
believed that San Francisco will hav
an excellent chance for winning the
session the following year.
A mass of business pertaining
the organization and its welfare was
disposed of yesterday. It is expecte
that the 46th annual conclave of th
nobility of North America will come
to a close at noon or shortly there,
aftei tuday.
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Top Washington -hitch achoot clrln In the "Dance of the Water Sprites."
Center View of club drill formation. Below t.lrls of ashlnaton high
school In "Dance of the Forest Sp Irlts." ""'
of members oC .Al Kader temple to
make the big convention the success
it has been.
"Portland has made a wonderful
record," said Mr. King, "and Shriners
over North America will long remem
ber their trip ,to the far west."
AMERICAN CHINESE MEET
Convention Intended lo Cement
Friendship of Two Peoples.
SAN FRANCIdCO. June 23. Leaders
When members of the imperial
divan, composing the imperial coun-
11 of the Ancient Arabic Order of the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North
America sail from Tacoma Saturday
orning they will make tne journey
to the far north as guests or Jn
temple of Tacoma, the home town of
Ellis Lewis Garretson, imperial poten
tate of the order.
The steamers Jefferson and Spokane
were chartered three months ago for
ther excursion. The two steamships
will pull out together at 8 A. M.. for
Alaska. At Juneau the imperial divan
will confer a degree, the first In the
far north history of the Shrine.
Tacoma entertained Ehriners irom
many parts of North America last
Saturday and Sunday when the trains
were passing through the city en
route to Portland, and tomorrow Taco-
has declared a holiday so tnat
all .Tacomans may turn out to greet
the new Imperial potentate and tne
imperial divan. The streets of the
city will be a blar.e of light and a
riot of colors, for thousands of yards
of red, yellow and green bunting,
colors of the Shrine, will predominate
In the decorations.
Special trains carrying tne bnnners
will beerin leaving Portland for Taco
ma late this evening and the first of
the specials are due in Tacoma at 6
o'clock tomorrow morning. More than
2000 automobiles will carry the visi
tors on trips over the city. At 2
P. M. there will be a great pageant
in which more than 20 bands and
natrols will take part.
In the evening the members of the
imperial divan will be the guests of
Afifi temple of Tacoma at a recep
tion at the Country club. During the
next 12 months Tacoma will be th
head of Shrinedom of North America.
Edward B. King of Tacoma, poten
tate of Afifi temple, who has. been in
Tacoma for the meeting of the im
perial council, says Portland is to be
congratulated upon the excellent
manner in which the convention has
been handled, the fine spirit dis
among progressive Chinese from all
sections of Nortn America gathered
here today in tn first great national
convention of the Chinese in this
country, devoted to the purpose of
establishing better understanding be
tween Chinese an.l Americans and ce
menting the friendship between the
two peoples. The convention- is under
the auspices of the Chinese national
welfare society of America.
The society has a membership of
15,000 In the United States. Today's
activities were confined to a recep
tion and banquet. Business sessions
will commence tomorrow under th
chairmanship of Hc-Chuck-Klng, pres
ident of the society.
l'ORTLAVDKRS, MAKE CiOOD
YOLK ALTO MDEDED,
If Portland Is to make good
on its promise to take every
Shrine visitor over the Colum
bia river highway, the automo
bile owners of Portland must
come forward this morning as
they never did before.
More than 4000 machines are
needed during the day. Thou
sands of Shriners wanted to
take the trip yesterday, but
couldn't because there were no
machines, although to date 42.
. 018 have been taken - on the
jaunt.
"I am making this last ap
peal to the loyalty and' civic
patriotism of the people of
- Portland." reads a statement
issued' by Ira F. Powers, chair
man of the automobile commit
tee. "We simply must have more
automobiles."
All automobile owners who
will donate the use of their cars
today are urged to register at
automobile headquarters the
first thing this morning and
have their cars in readiness by
. not later than 8:30 A. M.
Over . 2000 musical Instruments
played in one mass band will take
part in the biggest concert ever heard
here at 9 o'clock this morning. The
event will represent the union of 74
visiting Shrine bands, which have
taken part in the convention this
week. They will meet on Multnomah
field, where the player of each in
strument will be designated to a spe-
1 section of the ground, these
groups to be distinguished by signs. '
Competitive patrol drills wui pre-
ede the concert. Immediately at the
lose the bands, leading1 off with Al
Kader. will march to a point nt front
of the grandstand and go from there
to the respective locations oc tne
players.
Four numDers. witn tne cnorus as
1 encore, are to be played as follows:
1. "I'm in Love With a Mystic
Shriner." '
2. "At the Shrine of the Rose.
3. "Invincible America."
4.. "Star-Spangled Banner."
At the close of the chorus the mass
band will split up Into the original
formation and the representatives of
the different temples will march from
the field, parading down .Morrison
street to Broadway, then nortn to
Pine and east to the Multnomah hotel.
SHRINE SESSION RECORD
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Kcail The Oregonian classified ads. played by Portland, and the hard work
shall remember Yaarab; if someone
mentions Omaha, we shall only be
ble to think of Tangier: if someone
says there Is a city called Los An
geles, we shall say: Oh, that's where
the Al Maliakah chanters hail from.'
If it Is PhiladelDb'a, why. we'll re
mark: Oh. you mean the town Lu L.u
and Freeland Kendrick came from.'"
The great exodus of Shriners be
gins this afternoon. Sixty special
Shrine trains are scheduled to leave
at short intervals. Other trains win
be made up as rapidly as the equip
ment can be gathered, but to Shrin
ers worried about leaving, it can only
be urged that Portland Is willing 10
entertain them as long as mey ,can
stav.
The great floral parade toaay is
the last official offering for the
Shriners, although automobile rides
and other features will be continued
until Saturday night.
Home for Children Decided.
The Shrine endeared Itself to the
entire world yesterday, when it de
cided to carry out a scheme lor s
S2. 000.000 home for crippled children
So. while thousands of Shriners
were enjoying themselves over the
city, the official representatives were
making- the Shrine reputation memo
rable for recalling in the heart of the
citv'a excitement the great heart
back of all the Shrine fun.
Afifi. Tacoma. with representatives
of other northwestern temples, held
a short but enthusiastic parade,
which began at the auditorium steps
to present to Portland the new im
perial potentate, Ellis W. Garretson,
who has now entered on his duties
as Shrine leader.
But. of course, the climax to the
day's enjoyment was the long-herald
ed Informal Shrine parade, in which
the Shriner who did not take part was
an amazing exception. The crowds
waicning were huge. Tne- would
have been larger than those which
saw the electric parade but for the
fact that 50,000 or 60.000 Shriners
themselves helped to form the pa
rade.
15.000 Are at l'ark.
r if teen thousand persons were at
the Peninsula park. This is another
estimate, but. the street car company
alone hauled 11.000 persons there, not
to speak of the thousands from the
vicinity a"nd those who -traveled there
by automobile.
It was a spectacular sight that
Shrinedom witnessed. The beautiful
natural setting, enhanced by the
kaleidoscopic colors of the child
dancers; their infectious enthusiasm
and delight in feeling that Portland's
youngest also could be hosts, was
nothing short of a delight to expe
rience. Two new roses were named. One.
the "Imperial Potentate." was grown
in Portland by ClarH Bros, and was
named by Mrs. W. Freeland Kendrick;
the other, a product of Philadelphia.
got the ittle of the "W. Freeland Ken
drick" rose.
Band Concerts Numerous.
And the thousands who were at
the sunken gardens were not missed
from the streets. Here they frolicked
and played. There seemed juet as
many bands as ever. The circulating
band concerts went through on
schedule and the day was one long
musical joy feast.
Twelve thousand more persons
were hauled out over the Columbia
highway as the guests of Portland
citizens, running the grand total to
more than 40,000. and still the appeal
comes for cars to report today and
tomorrow to help give the thousands
who have not yet been on the wonder
drive their opportunity to tell the
sights that are to be seen in Oregon.
A couple of thousand Shriners vis
ted Salem as the guests of the Salem
Shrine club, which is affiliated with
Al Kader. Four hundred automobiles
from Salem hauled the guests to the
Cherry city and back and they re
ported they had a right royal time.
Oaks Also Popular.
Thousands of nobles and the wives
of representatives enjoyed a sea-food
luncheon at The Oaks, where all
forms of sports were presented.
There was planned a bathing girls'
parade but Portland women said
'No. and the bathing parade was re
gretfully cancelled by the Al Kader
committee.
The fun of yesterday extended well
Into morning. In the early hours
many hundreds were dancing and
promenading and indications were
that the celebration was not In pro
cess of ending even then.
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Babeock Onee Owned Land That
Salem Now Occupies.
SALEM, Or.. June 23. (Special.)
My grandfather long ago owned
practically all the land on which
Salem is located." Such was the dec
laration of Otto L. Ross, potentate of
a South Dakota Shrine and the El
!;iad nobles from Sioux Falls, who
was among the eastern visitors here
today. Lr. Ira L. Babcock, noted,
surgeon and a resident of Ohio, was
the man to whom Mr. Ross referred.
Dr. Babcock. according to the story
told by Mr. Koss, came west in the
early days, fought Indians and' later
acquired deeds to much of the prop
erty on which Salem stands. Th
land later became involved in litiga
tion, and subsequently lr. Babcock,
for fear that many poor people would
be evicted from the land to which
he held title, called his relatives to
gether and tore up the deeds.
Because of his grandfather's con
nection with the early history of
Salem Mr. Ross passed several hours
viewing the city of which he says he
narrowly missed being part owner.
If anybody knows where there's
temporary Mecca for a dog-tired
sheik where there are palm leaves.
an' cooling oases 'n'everythlnar, Ira I".
Powers, who held the fort at auto
mobile headquarters yesterdaj". Is
willing to let someone guide his
blistered feet across the desert sands.
This is a eulogy, but if the b't?
Shrine session should last three days
longer it probably would be an
epitaph, because well Ira is tired.
But he is still happy and smiling and
ready for another day of it. The :east
that can be said is that he is a beax
for punishment.
A leg-weary reporter wandered into
automobile headquarters at mid-after
noon yesterday and slid into a vacant
seat w-hen nobody was looking.
As Allah is his witness, here s -what
he saw and heard:
A guide rushes in from the street
and exclaims:
"We just got a telephone message
that an automobile broke down at
Cascade Locks. 'They want another
machine at once In order to get back
to the city for some temple banquet
at 6 o'clock.
' IVothlng In Impossible.
There's not an extra, automobilo In
sight. Noble Powers scratches his
head a moment, gives an r.ppealmg
look to everybody in the room, and
then answers:
"Tell them we'll have a machine
start right away. Now go out and
find one."
In a moment the guide returns. "I
just found a man who said he'd make
the trip if We would get him a grand
stand ticket for his wife tonight dur
ing the parade," he says.
"Tell him it's a bargain," is the in
stant reply. "Here, give him my
wife's ticket; she's a good scout. Any
thing to help the visitors."
There's a commotion at the door.
A lithe Western Union messenger
squeezes past the crowd and jumps
forward with a telegram in his hand.
It is quickly opened.
Here, look at this, says Mr. Pow
ers as his smile fades momentarily to
a frown. It was an urgent message
from a party of New Jersey Shriners
at Bonneville saying that their driver
had taken them that far and deserted
them and they had no way to get
back to the city.
There's another rush for the street.
Another auto is commandeered and
starts, without ballast, for the fish
hatchery. In less than .a minute from
the time the first telegram is re
ceived an answering message is sent:
Machine on way for you."
Then comes a long rest; 30 seconds
by the watch.
Two stalwart little Boy Scouts in
upiform march into headquarters and
stand at attention.
"There's a sick lady from Arizona
up in our rest tent," one says. "We
need a machine at once to take her
down to the train."
And just as arrangements for this
car have been made, one of the local
hospitals gets the telephone connec
tion. "One of the visiting Shrine women
who was' hurt Monday Is ready to
leave now," a nurse announces over
the phone, "and she's so anxious to
make the highway trip this after
noon.
In a twinkling a big, smooth-riding
limousine is on its way to the hos
pital and the injured woman soon is
speeding out over the pavement
through Columbia gorge.
Whole Day Strenuous.
This, then, is what happened in a
brief 15 minutes at automobile head
quarters yesterday afternoon, and
there's no reason why you shouldn't
take the word of the many men and
women in charge there that the same
thing is going on from morning1 till
night.
"I'm a bum guesser when it comes
to making estimates, but if we sent
SOOO Shriners out over the highway
yesterday we sent at least 12.000 to
day." said Noble Powers. "We had
2211 cars- for the visitors, but could
have used another thousand if we
could have had them. We simply
must have more automobiles tomor
row. If we don't, Al Kader will have
failed in one of its most important
entertainment features of the week."
From 9 o'clock yesterday morning
until late in the afternoon there was
a steady stream of machines with its
red-fezzed cargo along the Columbia
river highway. At one time durinse
early afternoon the congestion be
tween Chanticleer and crown point
became so dense that traffic officers
were compelled to hold up traffic for
30 minutes to straighten out the line
of machines. But with all this line
of cars, thousands of visitors were'
disappointed by not being able to
take the ride.
Car Rides Also Popular.
The circulating street car rides like
wise were equally popular lr not
ore so than the day before, v lsitora
who were unable to take the highway
trip contented themselves with street
car rides about the city. The all -day
demonstration at the Eastern & West
ern sawmill proved a most interest-
in attraction and estimates 01 per
sons taking these car rides within the
city were placed by Shrine officials
at 8000.
At least sijUU visiting nouies ana
their wives went to Salem yesterday
as guests of the Salem Shrine club
and the Salem Cherrians. More than
500 automobiles came down from the
capital city to carry the visitors up
the Pacific highway to the Marloia
county metropolis. A monster lunch
eon along Salem's beautiful string of
parks In the center of the city and
visits to the numerous state institu
tions were features of the Salem ex
cursion. Shriners returning from Sa
lem last night said they were royally
treated. ...
The automobile trips over the n;p.h
way as well as the circulating street
car trips about the residen'iai dis
trict 'and to the Eastern & Westerm
sawmill will be continued today The i
automobile committee is determined I
that every visitor shall take the li.gli- !
way trip before leaving Portland, and ,
if the people will respoml to the t
urgent appeal for more machine?, the
highway - trips today will exceed
those of any other day of the week.
The committee expects to Accom
modate at least 15.000 visitors on the
Columbia river highway tours Loday.
Both the automobile trips and the
street-car trips will start at the usual
hour. 9 o'clock, this morning and con
tinue through the morning and after
noon. Automobile owners who wil;
donate their machines are urge-l to
be at automobile headquarters-, fcixth
and Yamhill streets, not later ihan
8:30 o'clock this morning.
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