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K VOL. LXI NO. 19,206 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Poatofflce m Secnd-class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS OREGON BE HITS AT TAXES TAX CUT CLUB PLANS S jack McCarthy wins pony express race 189 MILES COVERED IN 18 HOURS AND 17 MIXTjTES. RADIO PLANT BREAKS FORTNIGHT'S SILENCE WHEAT CROP SAVED BY SOAKING RAIN CHANGE IN PRIMARY COMMITTEE IS NAm1;d TO DRAFT AMENDMENTS. B EATEN E OREGONIAST CONCERTS START , ONCE .MORE. FARMERS OF UMATILLA ARE JUBILANT. IJ 0 UMPIRE BAITING "SOFT PEDALED" Canadian League Calls Halt on Rough Stuff. TURNED 0 APPEARS 5 HOSPITAL V Drastic Measures Urged for Relief of State. CUT OF $1,355,000 ASKED Abolition or Curtailment of Bureaus "Advocated. LIVESTOCK SHOW RAPPED Agricultural College Extension Work Saved Graduated In come Impost Recommended. McMINNVILLE, Or., June 9. (Special.) Oregon grang-ers jn con vention here took extreme measures for relief from the tax burden by adopting a resolution today that proposes a cut of $1,355,000 from the state's biennial budget. The resolution was reported to the convention by the taxation commit tee, which recommended its adop tion. As reported it contemplated a cut of Jl.605,000 by lopping oft many functions of the state govern ment as now conducted. These in cluded cutting out or curtailing very largely such agencies of the commonwealth as the public service t commission, national guard, fish and game commission, tourist agencies, armories, new state buildings, med ical department of the state univer sity and extension work of- the Ore gon Agricultural college. County Fairg Included. County fairs, for example, were on the list for a cut of $100,000. The committee, however, recommended but J50.000 of that amount be taken and that was approved. Horace Addia of Multnomah county sought to rescue part of the $175,000 for the Pacific Interna ) tional Livestock association, but in vain, and the whole amount went overboard. The farmers are not breeders to any extent and they feel they can do very nicely without a show of fine stock. The $200,000 proposed to be cut from the Oregon Agricultural col lege extension work was saved by motion of J. G. Thayer of Multno mah couhty to amend the resolu tion, but he raised a terrific storm of debate. It was the first battle and much of the ammunition shot had been accumulated to fire on the millage tax. Following- a debate that lasted until- late last night, the grangers adopted a resolution calling for the repeal of the millage tax. The vote wa 58 to 66. The close division was the result of a hot debate that at Intervals became acrimonious and threw the convention into turmoil. Whole Programme Drastic. The whole economy resolution, with Its drastic cuts in the con templated biennial expenditures, was introduced yesterday by the Union county grange, and was fathered by Walter M. Pierce, who Is a regent of the Oregon Agricul tural college. He said the college could stand the cut of $200,000 in Its total of $500,000 .for extension work, and grangers most intent upon tax reductions were eager to take him at his word. Others were insistent that the college extension work has won its right to adequate support, and their council prevailed by the slender majority of 64 to 66, and the Oregon Agricultural college extension work escaped. A resolution was adopted direct ing the legislative committee to de cide upon a legal rate of interest for the state, l per cent of which shall be paid into the offices of county treasurers in taxes, and to Initiate a measure to be voted upon in 1924. Income Tax Recommended. The convention indorsed the grange bill for a graduated income tax and urged all grangers to vote for it in November., The single fax measure to be voted upon then was opposed. Chris Scheubel of Oregon City was given 15 minutes to explain the equalization bill that will be on the ballot in November and the con vention indorsed it. Installation of officers took place this afternoon. That all children between the ages of 7 and 16 or until they shall have completed the ' eighth grade shall attend the public schools was a part of the report of the educa tional committee adopted at the morning session. Action was taken without argument. Standard Textbooks Favored. Approval of the Smith-Hughes act extending vocational training to grammar school grades was given and it was also voted that textbooks used in rural high schools be standardized. It was decided that the grange bulletin publish salaries of all engi neers, secretaries and other em ployes of the state highway com mission and all other departments -and commissions so the grangers may know the cost of each. , A resolution introduced by the Lane county grange was adopted, directing the legislative committee (Concluded ea to 6, Column 3.) Report on Proposed Alterations Expected to "Be Ready for Salem Meeting in July. McMINNVILLE, Or., June 9. (Special.) That the direct primary law should by all means be retained, but cured of its defects, was the resolution adopted by the execu tive committee of the Oregon tax reduction clubs, J. C. Cooper, presi dent, which met here today. Presi dent Cooper appointed a committee of four to draft changes in the pri mary law and report to the con vention of the clubs fixed today for July 4 and 6 at Salem. The resolution set forth that the primary should be amended by Its friends rather than be attacked by its enemies, and It is as friends of the law that the tax reducers will set to work. The following com mittee was named: John V. Smith. West Chehalem, chairman; H. R Warren, Albany; F. M. Ecfgar, Rick reall; Seymour Jones, Salem. The committee will bold its first meet ing at Salem June 16. President Cooper said .the or ganization's central committee is proceeding with its fight on the millage tax, having petitions print ed ready for circulation throughout the state for signatures necessary to get the measure for repeal of the tax on the ballots at the November election. , . WORLD'S WHEAT SHORT Lower Stocks Expected to Be on Hand July 1 Than for Years. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 9. World wheat stocks by July 1 will be lower than for several years, ac cording to an analysis of the situa tion issued tonight by the commerce department v Both Argentine and-Australia, the department explained, have consid erably less wheat than last year, the United States carry-over will be. light, and only Canada has consid erable stocks on hand. Af larger de mand than last year, it was declared, was indicated by the upward trend of European consumption, while the prospects are for a smaller crop. "Until next February," the de partment said, "the international trade will be largely dependent for supplies on the surplus of North America and- a .limned quantity from India. With Russia entirely out of the export trade. North American wheat is in a relatively strong posi tion." TEACHERS' PAY SLASHED Seattle School Board Reduces Salaries $150 Per Annum. SEATTLE, Wash., June 9 Slash ing $200,000 from its preliminary budget for the coming year, the Seattle school board today reduced the salaries of school teachers here $150 a year each from the present basis. The action came as a sur prise, after a report of the com mittee of the whole had been read by- President Croson, which sub mitted a figure that would have al lowed present salaries to be main tained next year. The cut in teachers' salaries was made on motion of Director Shor rock, and was adopted by a? vote of 3 to 2. Director Shorrock's mo tion read as follows: ''Salaries in the education depart ment shall be reduced $150 a year each, provided that where salaries exceed $3000 they be reduced $300 a year, or so much thereof as will not bring the salary below $3000. LENINE EXPECTED TO DIE Russian Premier's Death Awaited Daily by" Those Around Him. LONDON, June 9. (By the Asso ciated Press.) From sources which cannot be doubted, it is learned that Premier Lenir.e's condition up to a few days ago was regarded at Mos cow as critical and probably hope less, although there is no word as to what change the intervening days may have brought. These advices state jthat the re cent stroke of the soviet premier was one of cerebral paralysis. He had lost speech entirely on June 1 and was expected to die any day, those about him being certain that the end could not be prolonged be yond a few weeks. CRASH SEEN; $2000 WON Jury Awards Damages to Woman Who Witnessed Collision. OMAHA, Neb., June 9. A jury in county district court here held that it was justified in awarding $2000 damages against the local street railway company in favor of Mrs. R. J. Hanford of Omaha, for seeing two street cars collide, which re sulted, the plaintiff charges, in iH ness when she expected to become a mother. Mrs. Hanford was about to board one of the cars when the collision occurred. No one was injured and damage to the cars was slight Counsel for the company announced an appeal would be taken. HEAT FATAL TO THREE Hot Chicago Weather Kills Eight m - in Two Days Overcomes 100. CHICAGO, June 9. Three more persons died today from the effects of the heat wave in which Chicago has sweltered for three days. Five persons succumbed yesterday and nearly 100 have been overcome.-! The mercury reached 90 degrees ' this afternoon.- - -.7- . . i . Chance for Temporary Chairmanship Small. STRONG OPPOSITION FACED Attacks on Poinclexter and Hart Cause. OTHERS ARE MENTIONED Cunningham and Greenwood Are Named for Temporary Heads. Convention Is Today. BT JAMES WOOD. , PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Cheha lis. Wash., June 9.- (Special.', In a Memorial day speech at Au burn, Major Malcolm Douglas, King county prosecuting attorney, criticised Senator Poindexter for having voted to seat Senator New berry and also spoke "skindly of the state administration as con ducted by Governor Hart. Because of this Major Douglas is persona non grata with a large number of the delegates to the republican state convention which will be called to order in this city at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. A portion of the King county delegation had planned to make Major Douglas temporary chairman and keynoter of the convention. This plan does not seem to be meet ing with any particular favor among delegates from other coun ties and is vigorously opposed by Poindexter's appointees and friends and by all representatives of the state government who are on the scene tonight. - Others Are Mentioned. ' ' ' . C. D. Cunningham of CentTalia, state commander of the American Legion, and Ray F. Greenwood, pros ecuting attorney of Kitsap county, are being talked of for temporary chairma.n,andone or the other will be put up against Major Dougles, if, indeed, the friends- of the latter do not take him out of the running altogether. - But Douglas friends are fighting hard. It is "said that Douglas has promised to be good. His speech, prepared for keynoting; . has been submitted to Charles Hebberd, chairman of the state committee, who says that it will not hurt any one's feelings, that it doesn't rast Poindexter, nor make any disagree a'e allusion to Governor Hart Hebberd's assurances have not satisfied the opposition to Douglas, which still insists on Cunningham or Greenwood. As to the perma nent chairmanship, everybody seems agreed on Frank O. Jeffries, district attorney of eastern Washington. Indications tonight were that the convention would be put or record for the repeal of the poll. tax law, (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) j : y t . ' AN ISSUE AT CHEHALIS TODAY. . V .V .f, - Victor In Run From The Dalles to Canyon City Gets $1000 Prize. "Gulch" Is Riot of Joy. CANTON CITT Or June 9. (Spe cial.) After plugging along all night over rough roads and through a violent storm Jack McCarthy of Canyon City, riding a Dayville string ot relay horses,' pulled into Canyon City at 11:32 o'clock this morning, winning first prize of $1000 In the pony express race from The Dalles, 189 miles away. His time was 19 hours and 17 minutes. His nearest competitor, Bert Price of Grant county,, who was pressing McCarthy closely at Dayville and Bragga Ranch this morning, was not in sight as the victorious rider appeared, arriving one hour later and winning second prize. McCarthy, who was mud-spattered and showed the effects of his long ride, was delayed one hour at Mitchell, because of a waterspout and was obliged to desert the road for the high rock route to cross the torrents ragjng in the deep and nar row gulches. His horses were in fine condition. ' McCarthy, after a short rest, said he felt- fine, having only a little soreness in one leg. Thousands of spectators braved a drizzling rain and gathered . along the road leading to Canyon City to await the riders. The racers were greeted here by Frank McBean, founder of the orig inal pony express race.- More than 600 automobiles have arrived for the "Days of '62 celebra tion," of which the pony race was a feature. More than -2000 persons joined the "Whisky gulch gang." Dance, halls and "gambling" dens are in full blast, just like the days of 60 years ago. , One of the features of the cele bration is the large number of prac tical jokers mingling among the crowds. The joy seekers, who are in high spirits, accept the jokes good-naturedly and. seem to like them. . Outside stunts were called off be cause of the rain today. Among the companies of mu sicians here are the Condon brass band and the Burns orchestra. A crew of prospectors is handling the gold dust for the "whisky gulch gang" with the real spirit of '62. Old-timers are experiencing the hap piest days since '62, they say. TWINS, 73, GIVE UP HIKE Failure to Walk From Hood River to Canyon City Irks Pair. HOOD RIVER, Or.,' June 9. (Spe cial.) David and George Upton, twin brothers, aged 73, and pioneers of Canyon City, are the most disap pointed men in Hood River because of their failure to realize an ambi tion to walk to the Grant county capital and participate in' the 60th anniversary of the discovery of gold. The aged twins started to walk the 215 miles, each of them trundling in front of v him a two-wheeled push cart loaded with camping para phernalia. "We had more enthusiasm than endurance,"- said David Uptonf "and the enthusiasm seemed to -wane after we had pushed our carts to The Dalles over the Columbia River (Concluded on Page 14, Column 2.) Jerry Ryan, Popular Xoung Sing er, Presented to Unseen Audience for FirstTime. ' After two weelts of silence, George Olsen's orchestra was heard again last night by thousands of radio listeners in . Portland and other cities, and ' as . tuneful and as gay as in previous concerts, it was ap preciated as much as ever. Besides two vdcal solos, which were broad cast before the orchestra began to play, 12 other numbers were broad cast in the hour allotted. " ' Due to the temporary breakdown of The Oregonian station last week, the Olsen concert had to be can celled and the radio fans missed their weekly feast of dance music. The programme which was to have been played then was given last night, and in addition a number of requests telephoned in during the course of the concert were played. Jerry Ryan, popular young bari tone, sang the two solos which pre ceded the orchestra music. It was the first time he had sung for radio in Portland and his voice went over well. Ryan was assisted at the piano by Miss .Maude McCauley and sang for his selections "Hollyhock Lane" and "Moonlight Hours," both pieces .being written by Katberyn Bernard. Some mechanical difficulty was experienced at the outset of the hour. The Oregonian set had been tested during the afternoon and put in good working condition, but was found - out of order again at 8 o'clock. J. B. Weed,' the operator, who is also local manager of the Shipowners' Radio Service, soon had the set in working order,, however, and reports from many listening stations were to the effect that the broadcasting went over well.- The concert by George Olsen's orchestra, which was arranged through the courtesy of the Seiber-ling-Lucas Music company, consisted of the 12 numbers following: "Lov able Eyes," "Sweet Indiana Home," "I'm Lonely," "Coo, Coo," "Keep on Building Castles in the Air," fox trot arrangement from Drdla's "Serenade," "Stumbling," "Three o'clock in the .Morning," "Kalua," "Myra Mine," "When the Sun Goes Down" and "The Sheik," the last four numbers being played by re quest The next regular concert to be broadcast from The Oregonian tower will be on Sunday night, between 7 ; and 8 o'clock, when the " treble triad, consisting of 50 girl -voices from St Mary's academy, will sing a programme of sacred music. NEW RADIO TO BE INSTALLED 3-Hour Programme to Be Added to Wireless In : Portland. , ' Two more hours of radio ..broad casting each day will soon be added to the. entertainment already avail able in Portland, according to an announcement made yesterday -by the Pacific Radiophone' company, which is installing a broadcasting station at East Nineteenth and Bra zee streets. The new station will begin operating in about a week, as soon as its license is received. The hours assigned for broadcast ing are from 11, to 12 -A. M. and from 10 to 11 P. M. Music and gen eral news will be broadcast, and the (Continued on Page 2. Column L) LYNCHING IS STEP TOO FAR Little Razzing Occasionally, .However, Is Alright. THREE RIVERS REBUKED Baseball Taken Too Seriously When Arbiter' Is Chased " From Town, 'Tis Said.. MONTREAL, June 9. Officials of the Eastern Canada Baseha.11 1 Ltoday notified tfce management of me rnree Rivers club that it must put the "soft - pedal" on- umpire baiting. They made it plain that while they did not object to a little "razz ing" now and then, it was carrying It a bit too far when, withVn a week, spectators had threatened to lynch one umpire and chased another out of town. While league officials in Montreal could" do nothing to the frenzied fans, they meted out prompt punishment to one player involved in the second upheaval by fining him $200 and indefinitely suspend ing him. ,' BasebaU Taken Very' Seriously. A searching investigation of the two incidents made from Montreal has developed that residents of the French Canadian village of Three Rivers, on the banks of the St Law rence, about midway between Mon treal and Quebec, were taking their professional baseball very seriously. The Three Rivers club was but recently added to the circuit which embraces also Montreal, Ottawa And Valley Field. Most of the players are recruited from minor leagues in New York and New England. . Three Rivers drowsed through the winter without undue excitement, until it became the headquarters of the hunt for Canadian witnesses in the Stillman divorce case. When that excitement subsided it looked forward expectantly to the opening of the ball season. Stand Nearly Demolished. From the very ' first it became evident that Three Rivers was out to support its home club to the bit ter end. When, on June 1, Umpire Bruneau decided against a Three Rivers player, dispatches received here state that the grandstand was nearly demolished a.s the rooters searched for ammunition with which to bombard the umpire. Escorted by the police, the um pire dodged a crowd awaiting him outside the gates with a noose, and as soon as he had fled town, dropped a - note to Joe Page, ex-scout for thev Chicago Nationals, and now president of the Eastern Canada league, begging to be excused from officiating in Three Rivers again. A "terse dispatch on June 7 said that Umpire Mahoney had been trounced by a Three Rivers crowd, for calling a Montreal player safe. Umpire Knocked Ont. Additional details obtained after Montreal officials had investigated j the disturbance showed that the spectators at first confined them selves to shouting "Tuons l'arbitre," "Tuons l'arbitre," the French equiv alent of "Kill the umpire," and shaking fists. But Catcher Bailey was alleged not to have" taken the decision so calmly. Apparently dis daining merely to step on an um pire's toes or fling dirt at him the prevailing., practice on American diamonds , this season Bailey knocked Mahoney out When the umpire gradually re covered , consciousness, his first words were to the effect that Mr. Bailey was fined J50 and banished from the game. Fleeing Arbiter Pursued. This was too much for the stands. Several zealots took up a collection of $65 for the catcher. Others romped onto the field at the close of the game and as Mahoney sped toward the gate, they followed. Jumping into a hack, Mahoney dashed through the main street pur sued by a squadron .of automobiles. He reached his Viotel just ahead of his pursuers, but, prodding and punching him, they followed him to 1X1(9 VCIJI iUULU. Mahoney escaped from town by boarding a train for Montreal while a large part of the town was camp ing on the wharf waiting for him to take the steamer. PREMIERSHIP IS OFFERED Baron Kato Asks Time to Consider Whether He Will Take Job. TOKIO, June 9 (By the' Asso ciated Press.) Admiral Baron Kato today was offered the premiership of Japan.' He asked time to con sider whether he would undertake to form a-cabinet to succeed that of Premier Takahashi, who resigned Tuesday. Admiral Kato headed the Japan ese delegation to the Washington arms conference. . . '. . . Stockmen Also Elated as Grazing WillBe Better Precipita ' ' tion Is Half Inch. PENDLETON, Or, June, 9. (Spe cial.) Wrhat farmers and 'grain men of this county called a "million aollar rain" had just stopped this evening. Over the Umatilla river and out through the rolling wheat lands of this county more than half an inch of precipitation soaked into the grain lands. Everyone was Jubi lant, as it probably assures a good crop. Rain started falling Thursday afternoon, and all . last ' night a steady downpour was recorded. Throughout today the weather never changed and the rainfall was pronounced one of the best ever for June. The break in the extremely hot weather, which in two or three more weeks would have entirely burned up the estimated 5,000,000-bushel crop of this county, was welcomed by all. The temperature tonight was 62 degrees maximum and 56 minimum. Crop experts of Pendleton report that with the rain the crop con ditions are practically 3 00 per cent normal. Livestock men are also reloicine. as the late spring had deterred the growing of the forage crop and the sudden spring into summer threat ened to make grazing poor. ' The sky is still overcast WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 9. (Special.) Rain that soaked the ground in all the principal wheat districts in this locality fell late last night and most of today, with the result that hopes for nearly a normal crop have revived among farmers. Reports received here tonight are that jain fell at Pomeroy, Waits burg, Dayton, Prescott and all -up and down the Eureka flat at Pen dleton, Athena and Weston. It is estimated the rain will add 1,000,000 bushels to this year's wheat crop. BEND, Or.,' June 9. (Special.) Twenty-four hours of almost" con stant rain ending at 2 o'clock .this afternoon reached a total, of 1.25 inches. The precipitation so far this year is 9.77 inches,' which is within two inches of the average annual rainfall at this point. BIGAMYINDIAN'S HABIT Jim Starr in Jail for Crime Third Time in Two Years. THE DALLES, Or., June 9. (Spe cial.) Polygamy seems to be sec ond nature to Jim Starr. Warm Springs Indian, who is In jail here on a charge of having more than the limit of wives for the third time in two years. Starr was brought in yesterday by O. L. Babcoek, super intendent of reservations, pleaded guilty in the justice court and fined $50 for the offense. Starr explained that he had eloped with a buxom squaw from Celilo, an Indian village not on the reserva tion, while his wife minded the fam ily tepee and the pappooses. The wife learned of her husband's un faithfulness and complained to Bab cock, who sent an Indian policeman after the erring spouse. Starr has the last laugh on his wife, however, for he is serving out his fine, and will be doing nothing but eating! ana sleeping, at the expense of the county for the next 25 days. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS; YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, ' 59 degrees; minimum, 65, degrees. i TODAY'S Cloudy and unsettled; wester . ly winds. National. Bonus bill laid over ' ten days to give senators time to make primary cam paigns. Page 2. Hughes wedding sets society agog. Page 4. Senator McNary acts to protect reclama--tlon bill. Page 6. Domestic. Missouriaa elected head of international Rotary clubs. Page 3. Organized labor's chief " says supreme court's decision is negation of Tight to strike. Page 5. President Harding hailed at Princeton as man of. courage. Page 3. Ex-Oregon woman slain in Michigan. Page 3. Pacific Northwest. Jack McCarthy wins pony express race Page 1. Oregon primary is called farce. Page 14. Port commission of Seattle reform ad ministrative policy. Page 6. Tax reduction club wants change in pri mary law. Page 1. . - Major Douglas seems beaten for . Wash ington chairmanship. Page 1. Oregon grange advocates buge cut in state taxes. Page 1. Rain aids crops. Page 1. Sports. Mighty bats of White Soi defeat Yan kees, 10 to 6. Page 15. Von Elm to defend golf title today.. Page 15. Barnes is thrown twice by Meyers. Page 14. Pacific Coast league results: At Seattle 1, Portland 9; at "Vernon 6, Oakland 5 (ten innings); at San Pranclsco 4, Los Angeles 3; at Salt Lake 6, Sac ramento 7. Page 15. ' Los Angeles gets big meet Page 14. Soft pedal ordered on umpire baiting. Page 1. , Commercial and Marine Dry weather reduces estimate of Oregon wheat crop. Page 22. Wheat higher at 'Chicago because of ex port buying. Page 23. Liberties continue to lead in bond mar ket trading. Page 23. Llstlessness marks trading on New York stock market. Page 23. Workman is beaten by four strikers. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Canvasses show school tax plan favored. Page 10. Ripening of strawberries delayed by cold. Page 13. Shriners turn sod for crippled children's hospital here. Page 1. Changes in road laws declared vital to highway plans. Page '8. The Oregonian tower radio buzzes with life after fortnight of silence. Pago 1. Weather report data-aid forecast Page 18. - Realization of a Great Drearrr Marked. LITTLE CRIPPLES TO BENEFIT Several Thousand Members Attend Ceremony. . WEATHER BARS PARADE Downtown Ceremony Is Called OK Programme at 8 2d , and Sandy Is Success. SHRINE TEMPLE ARRIVALS TODAY. El Mina temp'.e, Galveston, Tex., S A. M, 150 in party. - Aleppo temple, Boston, Mass 6:15 A. M., 75 in party. Kosair temple, Louisville, Ky., 7 A. M.r 225 in party. Aladdin temple, Columbus, O., 7 A. M., 300 In party. MoilE temple, St. Joseph, Mo., 8 A. M., 175 in party. . Calem temple, Lewiston, Idaho, 8 A. M. El Katif temple, Spokane, Wash., 9 A. M.. 250 in party. Bagdad temple, Butte, Mont, 9:30 A. M., 265 in party. Hadi temple, Evansville, Ind., 2:55 P. M., 120 in party. Nile temple, Seattle, Wash., 8 P. M., 225 in -party. 1 BY JAMES D. OLSON. A spadeful of earth, cast asiue by W. Freeland Kendrick, Shrinedom's most beloved man, marked the re alization of a great dream yester' day a dream that will find its fruition in a hospital in which pain- wracked, deformed. lUtle children will be turned into healthy, useful beings, capable of successfully fighting their way in' the battle, of life. ' : v Several thousand Shriners, many of Portland but also many from temples throughout North America, gathered at the site of the Port land units of the Shriners hospitals . for crippled children at East Eighty-second , and Sandy boule vard yesterday afternoon and 'par ticipated in the ceremony. Celebration Is Success. Though short of lavishness be cause of the inclement weather, the ceremony was nevertheless a suc cess, for it spelled the fruition of the hopes and dreams of Past Im perial Potentate Kendrick, who two years ago first presented the hos pital plan. Speakers Describe Fight. Speakers preceding Mr. Kendrick described to the assemblage the fight that was waged in Des Moines last year when the hospital plan was in its infancy and of its final success. . Mayor Baker, chairman of the board of governors of the Portland hospital, in introducing Mr. Ken drick, told of how Mr. Kendrick, as he climbed the ladder in the im perial council of the Mystic Shrine, worried over how the great fra ternity, which had growir from a (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) WHEN WHITE MEN FIRST BEHELD THE SEA OF SILENCE. A real Sunday story of the romance of the Oregon country is retold in tomor row's issue, first page, the automobile section the story of the discovery of Crater lake, that gem antong nat ural , marvels. Read it to' ride through the long ago, with that pioneer who first of all white men chanced ' - upon the matchless beauty of those waters. "Not until my mule stopped within a few feet of the rim of Crater lake did I look down, and if I had been riding a blind mule I firmly ; believe I would have ridden over the edge to death." His name was J. W. Hill man, of '49, and the narrative of his discovery survives his passing told again by one who caught the memoirs of the aged pioneer. As an addition to Oregon history this story of fact at first-hand is an important one, worthy of reading, for its keen interest, and of preservation, for its sound value. Illustrated. The Sunday Oregonia-i ' First in Features