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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922 THOUSANDS ATTEi -PICNIC OF GROCERS Gladstone Park Thronged by JMerry Crovkl. $1800 IN PRIZES GIVEN Band Music and Dancing AH Day Long Help Provide Amuse ment Contests Held.- Thousands thronged Gladstone park yesterday at the annual picnic of the Grocers' and Merchants' as sociation. Early In the morning the crowds arrived in great masses be fore the concessions were fairly es tablished and clamored for things to start. Hundreds of cars augmented the streams of humanity. The park auditorium, -which has a seating capacity of &0(K, ierved as a place of overflow for the surplus which could not get seats for or even, a view of the various events of the day. Numerous concessions were beset with crowds before their opening to 10:30 last night, when the picnlo came to a. close. Many Prize Donated. More than J1800 worth of mer chandise donated by local mer chants was given la prizes for the numerous contests and athletic events, and every man, woman and child received free samples of all kinds of staple and fancy groceries. Band music all day and dancing from 11 o'clock in the morning to 6 o'clock in the afternoon and from 6:30 o'clock to 10:3O o'clock at night drew great crowds. There were contests, athletic events, baseball games and , other eaents during the day. Oregon City grocers won a ball game from the Portland grocers, 4 to 2. An elaborate clowns ball game won great applause from the crowds. Refreshment- stands were be sieged and repeatedly ram out of ra tions. Auditorium I Filled. In the evening the great audi torium was filled to overflowing with a noisy but good-natured crowd, which enjoyed an exception ally good minstrel show staged by the renowned Boosters' club. A feature of the minstrel pro gramme was the introduction of the Oregon song, "When Tou Come on to Oregon," a song of the 'coming of the great fair In 1925, which the Boosters have brought to the fore in a recent extended tour of enter tainment throughout the state. According to D. R. Norton, picnic secretary, the affair w by far the biggest given by the grocers. The picnic, which heretofore had been held at Bonneville, was given at the park, as it was felt that that place would be. more accessible to Port land and the other towns of the valley. Many men prominent In the af fairs of the larger firms and .factor ies of the state took a leading part in the celebration, both in the plan ning and the carrying out of the af fair. Thomas R. King was inter locutor for the minstrels, and Bud Long, Tonjmy Luke, Mert Darling, R. L. Simmons, Lee Sepln and A. W. Resare were end men for the show. REDUCED FARES ASSURED Rates Arranged for Coming Epis copal Church. Convention. For the information of deputies and others who will attend the gen eral convention of the Episcopaj church in Portland, September 5-23 or the BrotheThood of St. Andrew convention in Seattle the week (pre vious, a special letter of instruction has -been furnished the local dio cesan office by R, H. Crozier, assist ant general passenger agent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail way. Mr. Crozier advised that spe cial convention fares have been ar ranged for western deputies on the basis of one and one-half fare for the round trip, on the identification plan. To permit churchmen to attend both conventions on .one ticket. tickets of which the destination is Portland will allow stopover at Se attle on the going trip, and tickets with destination at Seattle will allow a. stopover t Portland on the teturnJtrip. TWO HURT IN COLLISION Miss Ella Parker, Driver of Auto, Ordered Held by Officers. Two men w.ere sent to St. Vln--cent's hospital with serious injuries as the result of a collision between an automobile and a motorcycle at Union avenue and Belmont street yesterday afternoon.. , The injured men are Robert Burgess, 25, Gresham, head injuries and hurt internally; Ray Burgess, 24, Gresham, severe, cuts about the head and face. The automobile was operated-by Miss Ella A. Parker of Oregon City, who is alleged to have failed to give the right of way. Traffic police who Investigated the - accident or dered Miss Parker held, although the nature of the charge to be placed against her has not yet been determined. , .. STATE TRADES BONDS $32,000 of Victory Issue Given for School Securities v - SALEM, Or July 26. (Special.) The state treasurer today traded J32.000 of victory bonds for a like amount of bonds' issued by. various school districts of the state. Securities received by the treas urer as a result of the trad in cluded $5000 of bonds issued by : school district No. 66, Polk county, on the basis of 5.21, less one-fourth brokerage; S5000 of bonds issued by school district No. 6, Umatilla county, on the basis of 5H, less one half for brokerage; $16,000 of school district No. 3 bonds, Malheur county, on the basis of less one-half for brokerage, and $7000 of bonds issued by school district No. 6, Umatilla county, on the basis of 6 net CLEAN-UP WARRANTS OUT Those Who Have Ignored Weeds Order Accused. Certain property owners who have railed to ciean up xne weeas on tneir premises are going to undergo ar rest today, according to those di- rectly in charge of this crusade, working out of the department of City Commissioner Barbur. It was said that something more, than 30 warrants are in the hands' of the of ficers detailed to make the arrests. It Is a common experience, the campaign directors admitted, for the property holder to plead that he will get busy at the clean-up task Instantly, when the officer appears with the warrant. Where good faith Is evident no actual arrest may be made, but it was predicted that a number of arrests and' convictions will result from the operations.- To date 2569 lots have been posted as requiring the cutting of weeds or clearing of rubbish.' The job of post ing lots is going forward, with at least 9000 more subject to posting. The next step in the-procedure is the issuance of warrants in every case where a subsequent check shows the property owner has not given heed to the police department warning. . -,. . - - BEAUTY TO BE REVIEWED MISS PORTLAND WILL ENTER ROLMXG CHAIR PARADE. Boardwalk of Atlantic City Is Ideal for National Pageant Featuring Pulchritude. The prize beauty of Oregon, 'the winner of The Oregonian's beauty contest, will particinate In the an nual rolling-chair parade and pag eant to be held in Atlantic City on September 7. This parade, which is exclusively Atlantic City's, .will be headed by King Neptune and his court of honor, which will Include The Ore- gonian prize beauty and other prize beauties from other sections of the country. Each of the visiting beau ties will have her own chair and these chairs will be decorated to represent the city the beauty Is from. With a view to maintaining Portland and Oregon's reputation as a land of flowers ' and beautiful women. It is planned to have Miss Portland s chair one of the most elaborately decorated In the line of march. , Floats representing municipalities, organizations and business estab lishments, all elaborately decorated rolling chairs, will also participate In the parade Atlantic City's rolling-chair pa rade Is -exclusively Atlantic City's. Nowhere else In the world Is it possible to stage such a parade, because nowhere else In the world have they ten miles of board walk. This great promenade runs the en tire length of the city and ranges from 60 to 75 yards In width. On the land side It Is ranged by beau tiful hotels and smart shops, with here and there a theater or moving picture house; the opposite side is all open, giving an extensive view of the Atlantic ocean and some of the outlying islands. This view is broken only where six of the most beautiful and largest piers In the world extend far out Into the ocean. This makes a wonderful setting for a parade and gives plenty of oppor tunity for over a million people to witness It without being crowded. Another reason why the rolling chair parade is exclusively Atlantic City's, is because- nowhere else- In the world are there rolling chairs in sufficient number to allow of a J large parade such as Is held there every year. Last year this parade was over two miles In length, and this year the indications are that It will be a great deal longer. ' The contest for the honor, of be ing Oregon's prise beauty and par-, ticipatlng in the grand carnival is open to any pretty girl in this state above the age of 16 years and un married. All that is required is that BEAUTY TOURNAMENT NOMINATION THE OREGONIAN ATLANTIC CITY CONTEST Name . Residence . Name of Parents When was picture taken? INSTRUCTIONS Fill in with pencil and paste coupon on back of ! picture. 'We are not responsible for loss of photograph or damage. Mail at once to Beauty Contest Editor, The Oregonlan, Portland, Or. " the girl clip the coupon, attach it to a photograph and send it to the beauty contest editor, The Orego nlan. The girl who is chosen In the contest to represent Oregon has a chance to be chosen as the most beautiful girl in America at the nation-wide beauty contest. Many entries are being received daily by The Oregonian, but there is room for many more. The corftest is open to all. , No fees of any sort are required Clip and use the coupon. ?' To develop 27 SOLOS MAKE UP E Instrumental, Vocal Num bers, Win Loud Applause. WIRELESS WORKS WELL Broadcasting Declared Best Ever Heard in Concert From The ' Oregonlan Tower. The lo.ng programme of solo music given in tf he: Oregonian radio tower last night between 8 and 10 o'clock was pronounced by many fans to be one of the very best ever sent out, both as to the quality of the radio broadcasting and the ex cellence of the seven contributing artists. It consisted of four differ ent kinds of vocal solos, soprano, mezzo-contralto, tenor and baritone, and three kinds of instrumental Solos, flute, cornet and violin. The broadcasting set was reported to be working perfectly by listeners situated in many different places for miles around, and several of them said they had never heard the station so clearly and distinctly as they did during the concert. During the two hours of broadcasting 27 different .splos were sung and played, and no trouble of any kind was reported. Miss Lewis Triumphs. The third appearance of Miss Dorothy Lewis, mezzo-contralto, was one of the triumphs of the pro gramme. Miss Lewis has one of the best voices in Portland for radio ctima-lno arA ha cln trr tr IfiHt T1eh if anything, surpassed her numbers in tne two previous concerts sne took part in. She sang four times during the second hour, and Violin obligato to all of them was played in exquisite fashion by Bernice Mathisen Bailey. Assisted .at the piano by Barreme Tyler Stone, Miss Lewis sang "By the Waters of MLa netonka," "Where My Caravan Has Rpstfirt'" "Sftmetime." and "Picanr niny Rose." The last number was iiTiir Vv rflflllfiRt. . . Quite as exquisite as her obliga'to work and applauded enthusiastical ly by hundreds of listeners were the four violin solos by Bernice Matni sen Bailey, who was also assisted at the piano by Barreme Tyler Stone. In playing her selections, Mrs. Bailey showed supreme mas tery of ner Dow ana, juagmg inim tiiA .oii nf ooneratulation she re ceived, delighted the vast audience with her playing. Her selections were Messenet's "Elegy," Chopin's "Nocturne in E Flat," "Underneath the Stars,'1 and Beethoven's Jin uet." ' Tenor Glve Solos. To round out and make as nearly perfect as possible this second con cert, which was given between 9 and 10 o'clock, Wilford Keeler, oper atic tenor, sang four more solos which must have fairly rocked the air. Mr. Keeler's voice, which for merly was a big factor In the Savage Opera company, Is both pow erful and well-controlled, and his selections last night were such that they won for him wide praise. He sans "Life and Death," "Kashimira Song" from "Indian Love Lyrics, "Rudolph's Narrative" from "La Boheme," and "A Request." Mr, . Keeler's piano accompaniments were played by Helen van Houten. . No less splendid was the concert given by four different artists dur ing the first hour.. They were Miss Genevieve Clancy, soprano;- Miss Margaret . Laugh ton, flutist; Miss Harriet Baughman, cornetist. and Marion- de la Parelle, baritone. :- Mr. de la Parelle was the only new singer introduced during the entire programme. He is a voice instruc tor who formerly- taught ' in Port land and recently returned here af Back PRORIM Grain Fields for Hfealth GRAPE-NUTS is a regular "three bags full" of the best food quali ties of whole wheat flour and malted barley,' carefully mixed and slowly . baked . all their appetizing flavor, To preserve all their wholesomeness, v " And to provide nature's "broom" that keeps Ae,d!ges live system spick and span. ..-' .There's not a bit of artificial sweetening in-: Grape-Nuts ; y it Just becomes sweet of its own accord in the long baking. And that enticing flavor how good it is with good milk or cream! Fruits, too, fresh or cooked, add to the delight of a dish of Grape-Nuts, morning, noon or sundown. . . It is a compact, ready-to-eat food no cooking needed. .Why not try it for tomorrow's breakfast? . ' - 4 ; "There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Co., Inc., Battle Creek, Mich. ter 10 years' absence to take on hew work. His introduction to the radio audience proved that another fine Daritone has .been added to the local music circles. Assisted at the piano by Mrs. de la Parelle, he sang "Bais Epais," "Duna," -"Irish Love Song," and "Tell Me Not of a Lonely Lass." Miss Margaret Laughton, who played three flute solos, was, also taking part in her third radio; con cert, and telephone calls of ''con gratulation proved her popularity among the radio listeners. Her music went out over . the" air splendidly) Her selections were "The young Postillion, Berceuse Slave and 'Tambourin." .Cornet Solo Pleases. .-One of the big hits of this con cert was the cornet solo played by Miss Harriet Baughman with flute obligato. This number, was "Mighty Lak' a Rose," and the combination of the two instruments was effected wonderfully wejl. . Miss Baughman Is one of the very, best cornetists in Portland and her other two solos were pronounced . beautiful by a great many stations. They were "Artemis-; Polka" --and "Brigand's Love Song." "The - accompaniments for both" Miss Baughman and Miss Laughton were played by Miss Ger trude Hoeber. ; Miss Genevieve Clayey, soprano soloist for St. Mary's cathedral, was the first singer on the pro gramme and her first two numbers, "The Star" and "Mornins," were scarcely finished before telephone calls began to come in, requesting that she sing again. Miss Clancy's voice is entirely pure and well-controlled,! and possesses remarkable volume. She sang five solos, the other three being "La Serenta," "Come Love Me," and "E'en as the Flower," assisted at the piano by her sister, Miss Mal-y Clancy. RADIO DANCE JUTJSlC IS DUE Multnomah Hotel - Orchestra to . Play for Wireless. A dance programme -of popular numbers, played by the Multnomah hotel orchestra, will take up the major portion of the Willard P. Hawley Jr. station broadcast to night between 9 and 10 o'clock. The orchestra will play under the di rection of Louis Shurtliffe. In addi tion to the dance numbers there will be several vocal solos sung by Edith Dubach, local soprano, who will be assisted by Alice Gohlke at the piano. The programme follows: Trot. ."..."My Honey Lovin' Aran" Trot.. "Swjeet Indiana Home" , - Multnomah Hotel Orchestra. Sopran solos (a) "The, Star". . .-.Rogers ib): 'The Slave Song" .Teresa del Relgo Miss jEdythe Duback, soprano. A'llce Gohlke, accompanist. Saxophone solos (a), (o) Selected A. F. Yoder, saxophonist. Trot "Daddy Blues" Trot "Nobody Lied" Multnomah hotel orchestra. Soprano solos (a) "The Eligle" '. .,. Massanet t) "The Rosary" Kevin .... Miss Edythe Duback. soprano. . ? ' - Alice Gohlke-. accompanist. Trot i.... "Don't Give Me Posies" Multnomah hotel orchestra. DEFEAT, LAID TO PRESS (Continued From First. Page.l room, and there, before myself and half a dozen rythafm all m&Mv.A - the house, Mr. Morris made the Biatemem again and said: " 'Uncle Joe, If you'll let that bill come u o. we'll hnvo a r v. lllet of newspaper publishers here. uu wen start a campaign that will make you president of the United states. Tf , . - u" i Jet vne bill go through, we'll drive, you out i wuu aestroy you.', "Uncle .Toe nallnri hi. "cftiu mes senger and said: 'Neill, thisHs my '''-1 .""Hi. ii is reserved ror me alone, and when you see this fel low come here again, throw him out.' And then he told Norris to leave." - Holland-America Liner Coming. Next nf the TTnllsnil.ln.,l.. -it-. steamers to reach Portland will be tne JiemayK, due Sunday with light inward freight. - She berths at ter minal No. 4 and cargo assembled there will give her a fair amount for European ports, though follow ing vessels of the line will carry more grain, due to the new crop moving. The vessel Is loading at Puget sound ports. ' . ' Auto Hurts Boy, 21. .A truck driver- last night ran down Felix Swan, 21, 998 East Eighth street, at East Second and Oregon streets, severely Injuring him, and then drove off without stopping and escaping before any one could obtain his number, ac cording to the police." Swan is at St. Vincent's hospital and may be fatally hurt. - Lyceum Employes to Picnic. Employes of the Ellison-White lyceum bureau will forget duties and' business cares today and tage their annual picnic at Eagle creek camp grounds. About 50 are expected to attend. The party will leave Portland by automobile at about 9 o'clock this morning, returning late in the evening. to the - KNOWLEDGE OF ATMOSPHER IC BEHAVIOR AIDS CONTROL. Federal Expert Finds Vagaries of Flames' Largely Are Due to " Moisture, Not Winds. Using a knowledge of the relative humidity in- the atmosphere to de termine the behavior of forest fires in advance and the best method of combating blazes is tire last word in fire fighting. J. V. Hofmann, director of the ex periment station of the United States forest service at Stabler, Wash., has been on the ground of the Herman creek fire on the Columbia highway studying the variation of forest fire behavior with the change in the humidity of the air. This is an en tirely new study inaugurated by Mr. Hofmann and has proved suc cessful beyond all hopes of the ex perimenters. It has been found, through con stant study and observation, that with low humidity little moisture in the air the blazes rage furiously, regardless of the wind conditions; and that the higher the humidity, the greater the struggle the flames have to keep alive. This conclusion came through the finding that the blaze did not react to wind condi tions. At times when the winds were low, the flames thrived, and when the winds would tear down . the gorge the fire would be little af fected. Thus it was concluded that the comparative dampness of the air determined the nature of the fire. In addition to this, the theory was worked upon that the course of at tack upon a fire for the day may be mapped out in the early part of the day from the observation of the humidity. 'There are known to be certain kinds of - vegetation which absorb and discharge moisture more rapidly than others. When the na ture of the vegetation is taken into account it may be worked out just how rapidly or slowly the fire will burn In particular directions and thus it may be determined how best to distribute the fighting forces. - In the case of small burns, when they are first discovered, the ob serving ranger may calculate whether the fire will burn rapidly or not, and judge whether many or few men are needed to fight it; also, when a fire line fs being put through greenery for some distance, exactly what sectors of the line should be cut first, and what parts to' take more time about is easily found. ' "Thus we have hit upon some thing of great value in the fire fighting game," said Mr. Hofmann. "Our experiments are only rudimen tary and our knowledge very ele mentary. We may give our atten tion to compiling of data for scien tific comparison later. At the pres ent we wish to have some figures to use In the field in fighting the fires." ' REPUBLICAN RALLY HELD WALTER Ii. TOOZE JR. VISITS HOOD RIVER. Drive to Elect Primary Nominees to Be Started Soon, Says Party Official. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 26 (Spe cial.) A campaign that will em brace every county of the state in the organization of republican vot ers to elect republican nominees and not to nominate republican candi dates was launched here tonight by Walter L. Tooze Jr., chairman of the Oregon republican central com mittee, at a banquet attended by 40 prominent men and women. Old time party leaders declared the session one of the most rousing since the day of the direct primary, and Mr. Tooze left with the .pledge that this county will soon have one of the strongest organizations in its history; Mr. Tooze urged that women be taken into full confidence and fel lowship, declaring that they , would prevent the prevalence of apathy. He urged a revival of the attitude of citizens In considering political ac tivity as a duty. ,He declared party affiliation and the alignment of two great political parties In controver sial campaigns as one of the great est needs of the nation. City Attorney Smith, who declared party government one of the best phases of the nation, warned repub lican voters against the trend of em phasizlng factionalism in the Hall- SEE SAXT0N FOR Walt ham Watches We hold a fully .repre sentative stock of Walt-. ham Watches in many grades and styles. 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The opera "Ernani." by Verdi, will THAT LAST i'-'-lf liltifflWff fl - The MATHIS LABEL Is a Seal of Quality FIFTH AND MORRISON Corbeit Building be presented by the Portland Opera association November 17 and 18, it was decided at a meeting of the board of directors yesterday. Roberto Corruccini was engaged again as conductor and director. The first rehearsal will be held at the Mult nomah hotel September 8. This is the ninth year of the association, which is one of the largest musical organizations in.the city. There are 100 in the opera company. Read The Oreffonian classified ads . JOHN W. THOMAS, well known insurance man of Wilmington, DeL, who declares Tanlac promptly overcame his stubborn stomach trouble and run-down condition following two attacks of influenza. Gains weight and now feels fine. "The flu left me in such a run-' down condition life was miserable and .work a burden," declared John W. Thomas, well-known -Insurance man, 600 Tatnall St., Wilmington. 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