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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1904)
THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAtf, POKTLAND, NOVEMBER ZT, iaui. WILL GOME IN 1905 Another Convention Slated for Portland Next Year. WILJ. HAVE 300 DELEGATES National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments Cannot Re sist Attraction of Rose City as a Gathering Place. The National Association ol State Dairy and Food Departments, -with abou 300 delegates, vclll hold Its next convention In this city about June 20, 1905. This welcome news came last night to J. W. Bailey, Commissioner to the Ore gon State Dairy and Food Commission, in the 'shape of a telegram dated at St. Louis, from W. W. P. McConnell, A. H. Jones and H. B. Meyers, representing the executive committee. Mr. McConnell Is president of the National Association, Mr. Jones is chairman of the executive com mittee, and Mr. Meyers is connected with the ofSclal publication of the association. "Portland in 1905," has been the slogan of the Oregon delegation, and particular ly of Mr. Bailey, long before the meet-" Ing of the National Association held at Bt. Louis. September 26 to October 1. Two years ago Mr. Bailey was president of the association, and at that time the asso ciation held Its annual meeting In this city. A most representative crowd came from nearly all parts of the Union, and was met by the reception committee at Huntington, Idaho, and taken by rail to The Dalles, where a steamer took the party to Portland. Here the delegates were taken to different points of Interest In Oregon, Including a trip to the State Agricultural College, at Corvallls, to As toria to view the Ashing Industry, where the Easterners saw horses, helping to catch salmon, and to Seaside, where many In the party for the. first time in their lives caught a view of the Pacific Ocean. "When good-byes were said, the delegates confessed that they had had a royal welcome, and the best time of their lives. All this and more was presented by Mr. Bailey at the St. Louis convention, but other cities were after the honor, and the claims of Massachusetts cities, particu larly those of Boston, Worcester and Springfield, were brought forward. The matter was referred to an executive com mittee, with power to act, and Mr. Bailey came home. Oregonians realized at the time that some Eastern city might bo chosen, as the National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments has up to the present never met twice in the same city. In the Interim the executive committee no doubt has carefully looked over various convention cities, and the choice of Portland fs a graceful compli ment to the commercial capital of the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Bailey was quite pleased, therefore, when he received this telegram last night from St. Louis: Next convention National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments at Portland. M'CONNELL. JONES AND MEYERS. Memory of the cordial treatment ex perienced on their last visit, and a wish to see the great Lewis and Clark Exposi tion, won the day. It is too early yet to state in advance what legislation shall bs recommended at the coming convention, but the delegates are much Interested In pure food laws, and this will undoubtedly be one of the Important questions which will receive consideration when the meet ings open here. G. WAKKKiKliT) GETS CONTRACT He Will Build O. R. & N. Co.'s New Machine Shop for $140,000. The O. R. & N. has awarded the con tract for the construction of the new machine shop at Alblna to George Wake field for approximately $140,000. The new shops will be 1S2 by 339 feet in dimensions and will be built of brick and steeL In front will be placed a traveling crane with a lifting capacity of 120 tons, while In the interior will bo another crane able to lift 15 tons. The shops will be built north of the present transfer table, which Is to be made much larger and entirely new. Goldie Brothers have been awarded the contract forx doing the concrete work in the foundation of the transfer pit and table. Their contract will approximate $16,000. The table has been ordered from the George P. Nichols Company, of Chi cago, and will be built entirely of steel. The work on the Improvements is to be gin at once and Is to be completed inside of six months. When .the improvements are all made, the new tracks are laid and the new machinery is Installed, nearly $500,000 will have been spent by the com pany and the Alblna shops will be as good as any In the West if not better than any west of the Rocky Mountains. ANHIYEESAEY CELEBRATION. Swedish Linnea Society Has Been In Existence Sixteen Years. The 16th anniversary of the Swedish So ciety Linnea was celebrated by a party given in Parson's Hall last night An in teresting programme consisting of ad dresses and musical numbers, was a fea ture of the evening's entertainment, after which dancing occupied the time until a late hour. The programme was opened with an overture by Parson's Orchestra, after MYRIADS OF LIGHTS New Entrance to Grand Thea ter Is Now Complete. RESULT GRATIFIES THE EYE Paintings, Fantastic Designs in Elec tric Lights and. French Bevel Glass Go Toward Making the New Entrance Beautiful. The Grand Theater (formerly Cord ray's) can, without, the fear of contradic tion, boast of the handsomest front of NEW FRONT OF THE GRAND THEATER (FORMERLY CORD RAY'S). which Samuel Holm, president of the so ciety, gave an address ot welcome. Miss Elizabeth Hoben appeared to advantage in a piano solo, her rendition of "Sabbath Evening Chimes" being enthusiastically received. Her response to an encore consisted of "Sweet Bye-and-Bye," with variations. In singing the "Red Rose," Miss Lillian Eisen charmed her listeners with her sweet soprano voice, which was heard to even better effect In her encore of "Love's Awakening." Vocal solos by W. B. Hanson, a dra matic reading by Miss L. Hageman, and the singing of the Swedish Singing Club Columbia were also pleasant features of the programme. The party was arranged under a com mittee consisting of J. L. Wallen, Carl Linden. N. V. Ecklund. A. BJorkluna. H. Hanson and Samuel Holm. any place of amusement on the Pacific Coast, not even excepting San Francisco. For more than two weeks, 20 skilled art ists havo been at work tearing out and reconstructing, and their finished product is not only a thing of beauty, but is tasty and artistic In every respect. Rich col oring and myriads of brilliant lights have transformed the place into a veritable palace by which the old theater has been transformed Into a gorgeousness and grandeur outrivaling the Arabian Nights. The outside has been painted a rich and glowing white, while the dingy old sign of Cordray, which the weather had made black and which age had tarn ished, has been replaced with large gold letters, "The Grand." Over tho front en trance and forming a sort of awning there will be placed during tho coming week the largest and handsomest port cochere that will be found over the en trance of any theater In America and which will serve not only as .an awning, but an ornament as well. On the lobby Itself every possible care has been taken. The prevailing colors are white and gold. A rare and costly paint ing of Cupid surmounts the ceiling, seem-, ing to look down upon the eager thou sands that pass under and Crowd into the main auditorium of the theater. The box-office, which Is on the left aide as one goes In. Is constructed of variegated colored glass and steeL Underneath and supporting the tlcket-seller'a window there Is a fantastic' figure In the eyes and mouth ot which there are blinking lights that will undoubtedly 'attract the atten-. tion of the little ones as they crawl af ter their parents when the latter are pur chasing the tickets. t On the right and left sides of the lobby, reaching half vay up to the celling, the walls are lined with the richest French plate bevelled glass, which reflects a hun dred times over the passing thousands. Hundreds of little, tiny lights of" "various colors peep forth here and there, and lead a delicious color and grace to the scene that seems almost to have been translated from fairyland. Near the en trance to the theater proper, and at the 'left of the ticket taker's stand, there Is a pedestal, the front of which is made of transparent 'glass and through which changing lights are reflected every few seconds changing to red, white and blue. Immediately In front of the theater are two iron posts on which are golden balls, and extending out from these are hun dreds of globes. In these . globes are smaller electric lamps which also change to red, white and blue every 15 seconds. The reconstructed entrance and lobby Is a marvel of finish and beauty, and is In itself alone well -worth seeing. At the entrance of the theater there Is in con stant attendance a ticket-taker attired fittingly in full-dress suit. The ushers arc dressed the same way and everything about the place, even to the programmes, is the most elegant and tasty ever con nected with any theater In the City of Portland. The Grand Theater has abso lutely caught on. During Its first week It has been visited by nearly 15,000 peo ple, and If the .best in the land will keep the people coming, there is no doubt that Portland's best vaudeville house will meet with substantial success. INSPECTS RIVER STATIONS. Weather Bureau Ready for Handling Up-Rlver Reports. A. B. Wollaber, local forecaster of the United States Weather Bureau, returned yesterday Irom an inspection of the river stations on the Willamette River. These stations were recently estab lished at McMinnvllle and Tualatin and are expected to be a great aid in the furnishing of the river gauges and read ings. The steamboat men will particular ly be benefited by these new Stations, as the readings and forecasts of the river will In future be much more accurate through their establishments. Mr. Wolla ber found the station at Tualatin to be up to the requirements of the contract, but the one at McMinnvllle will require a few minor changes before it Is accept able. These are now being made and the station will soon be in actual use for the Winter season. PAINTS IN CROWDED STORE. Woman Was Distressed Because She Feared Children Were Lost. Turning about and missing her little children, Mrs. Mary Chindes fainted in a Washington-street store yesterday after noon. She was soon revived by applica tions of cold water, and was sent on board the steamer James Johnson, of which her husband Is master. The children, Mary and John, aged 5 and 7 years, respectively, were reported to the police as being lost, and a search was started for them. After about an hour Captain Moore was notified by telephone that they had reached the boat in safety. They lost their mother in the crowded store, and, failing to find her, walked homo. LONG RANGE FORECASTS. Forecaster Beals Issues Interesting Article of information. Edward A. 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It matters not which, and does not change the fact that their sayings and doings are an inheritance of the dark ages, when all the world was veiled In superstltitlon and ignorance. This we know, for by tracing back the mental progress of the human race we And that all savages today have , their rain-makers and 'their rain-stoppers, and that the patriarchal tribes still beUave that comets, eclipses and other unusual appear ances forebode dire disasters. Also, anciently, the most civilized nations, such as the Chal deans, Egyptians, Jews, Greeks and Roraacs. had their soothsayers and oracles, who im posed upon a credulous pubUc Laterly. the astrologers of the middle age had a. large following, and from the beginning of the 18th century up to the beginning of the 10th century they flooded Germany. France and Great Britain with almanacs containing proph ecies of the weather, as well as prophecies regarding the minutest details of conduct In the dally lives of the people. These prophecies were the merest twaddle, but It took a. long time after Copernicus had exploded the theory that our little world was the center of the universe before the belief in. astrology received any check. Now it has eo far disappeared that nonti but artful plunderers and . ignorant dupes give it the slightest countenance. It Is not so with the ec-called long range weather forecasters. Unfortunately, many peo ple, and some of the less cs.sf-l publishers, are apparently in Ignorance of the true char acter of the work of these self-a.ppolnteI prophets. We -cannot account for the con tinned publication of their utterances in any other way. Characterizing them as fakirs and impostors avails us little. The' people themselves must decide as to the true worth of their work. 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