The Sunday Oregonian., June 22, 1913, Page 13, Image 13

THIS SUNDAY OKKUUStlASf, . lOKTL.AJVL, JUNE 22, 1913.
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GONTINUE FESTIVAL
.SAY BUSINESS MEN
Three-Day Period of Fun, With
Commercial Side in Back
ground, Is Suggested.
TAXATION PLAN INDORSED
Cash Prizes for Parade Winners,
Something "Doing" Every Minute
and Xew Ideas General Opin
. ion of Rose Week Needs.
"What is to be done with the Rose
Festival?"
This question was asked a score of
Portland business men last week.
Their composite answer was:
"Byv all means continue it, but make
It shorter. Three days is enough. Di
versify the programme, and. have some
thing doing every minute. . Raise the
money $40,000 to S75.000 by public
taxation and place Its management in
the- hands of the Mayor and the City
Commissioners, .who can name a man
ager, under salary, to. run it. But quit
offering pink and yellow ribbons and
cheap cups for prizes. Give cash, and
enough of it. It is worth something
to decorate an automobile, a carriage or
a. motor-boat,"
Detail Only Variance. .
Opinions of different men vary as to
the detail of arrangement for future
festivals, but they are nearly unani
mous on the plans suggested in the
above reply.
Here Is what some of them said:
E. J. Jaeger, president Retail Mer
chants' Association The principal
problem affecting the Rose Festival
now Is one of finances. That problem
can be solved by allowing the taxpay
ers to support the festival.- A tax of
one-fourth of a mill on all city prop
erty would raise approximately $75,000.
That would be enough. The small home
owner would pay no more than a nickel
on that basis, while the big property
owners many of whom have not con
tributed a cent In the past would be
made to pay in the proportion that they
are benefited. Nearly everyone with
whom I have discussed the subject fa
vors the tax plan. I believe the voters
will indorse it. I believe, too. that the
festivals of the past have been spread
out over too great a period. Three days
is enough. But let there be no idle mo
ment in those three days. Crowd all the
parades into them and make the city's
guests feel that they, are being enter
tained. A board with the Mayor at its
head should be appointed to conduct
the festival. Each of the several civic
organizations in the city should be en
titled to membership on that board.
The books should be open for inspection
by the taxpayers and the public should
be made to feel that the festival is their
festival. Every man, woman and child
In Portland should be made to feel that
. he or she is partly responsible for its
. success.
More Entertainment Wanted.
Ben Selling The festival ought to be
continued. It is a good thing one of
the best advertisements that we have.
But there ought to be more entertain
ment. Heretofore it has been too long
and drawn out. I know that the present
- manageirent has worked under serious
handicaps on account of the lack of
funds. - They have done remarkably
well considering the limited amount of
money they had. "We ought to give cash
prizes in the parades. A man deserves
' a nice, cash reward if he decorates his
. automobile better than his neighbor
or if he decorates his team and dray
wagon or his motor-boat better. There
is no excuse for buying cups or medals
or silk ribbons.. People don't want
them and they offer no incentive for
participating. I don't believe In the
plan, however, of raising the money by
taxation. That would place the festival
in politics. I am sure that we can raise
enough money by public subscription.
I believe $70,000 is enough. If the prop
erty owners will co-operate with the
merchants in contributing the money
we will have no trouble in raising the
desired sum.
Korget Commercial Side.
.dolphe Wolfe Let us forget the
commercial side of the festival for a
while. Let us make It what it should
be a season of rejoicing and happi
ness. Two or three days would bo long
enough, but we should have the best
that we can get in that period. Make it
worth while for our people to lay
aside their cares and turn their hands
to this entertainment and for people to
come here from the outside and join us.
On a--bais of -fhjs -kind we can afford
to pay taxes to have the festival. Then
everyone would be given an oppor
tunity to- help and everyone would
take an interest. We wouldn't need
more than $75,000. The only objection
to the taxation plan is that it might
put the festival in politics, but I am
satisfied that the Commission that
takes office next month will be able to
handle it. Then, knowing how much
cash they would have, they could lay
out a budget -that would provide for
cash prizes in the parades. No one
wants to go to work and decorate an
automobile cr a vehicle and then get
nothing but a piece of ribbon for it. If
we hung up $500 or even $1000 as a
prize for the best decorated automobile
we would have a parade that Is worth
while. I don't want to see any more
automobile parades like the one we had
here this year.,.
V Something; Different, Is Cry.
W. F. Woodward It would be a
calamity to drop the Festival, but it
would be an equal calamity to continue
it as at present. It would be a grave
mistake to have another Festival like
this last one or like that one a year
ago. We eught to have something dif
ferent, but yet embodying the rose as
the theme for all entertainment. I
unuersiana mat Mr. Hoyt and Mr.
Hutchin had plans for a diversified nrn.
gramme- this year, but their finances
failed them. They did splendidly with
the small amount of money that they
had. Both worked loyally for the Fes.
tlval and for the city. They deserve
credit for what they did under the
circumstances. I feel, though, that the
Festivals of the past have been too
long. Three days is ample. I believe
the first three days of the week would
be the best. That would give visitors
the remaining three days to see the city
and to transact business. The material
side of the Festival must not be for
sotteu. The money should be raised by
taxation, supplemented by subscriptions
by those who reap peculiar benefits. If
we could raise $40,000 by taxation I
am sure that we could collect $10,000
additional from loyal citizens. With
that $50,000 we would have enough.
The Festival business could be con
ducted then, as any other city business
is conducted with the books open at
all times for the humblest citizen to
see where the money goes. It will be
impossible to conduct parades In the
future for other than cash prizes. It e
foolish to give a useless cup that no
one wants and that no one looks at, ex
cepting to pick It up and see whether
it is marked "sterling" or not.
Julius L. Meier Our principal trouble
. in the past has been one of finances. I
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think this is due to th fact that the
burden has not been distributed equal
ly. Let the taxpayers support the Fes
tival. Then the people all would be
assured that they have an Interest In
It and that they are partly responsible
for It. It should be the people's Fes
tival and the people should have a
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tion but should continue some of the
popular features of the past Festivals.
The Festival problem is a serious one
and should be met with serious atten
tion on the part of every business man
In Portland. We should fix a higher
standard for the parades. - Automobiles
that are not decorated should not be
allowed to enter. We should offer cash
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well filled with entries and would add
much to the success and popularity
ofjthe Festival.
A Pennsylvania, statistician calculates that
In the last year 120.000,000 tons of water
were pumped out of the mines of one com
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SALT LAKE CHOSEN
Nationar Education Conven
tion to Be' July' 5 to 11.
PORTLAND TO SEND MANY
Snperintendent-Elect Alderman Will
Speak on Need of Co-operation
' . ' of . 'Parents Members. 7
'More Than 10,000.'
The National Education Association
will meet in Salt Lake City July 5 to
11.- A, rare opportunity is here afford,
ed the teachers of the West to identify
themselves with this organization. Al
ready a large number of Portland
teacbeTs have signified their. Intention
to attend.
The local Grade Teachers' Associa
tion, of which Miss Grace De Graff is
president, is officially identified with
it and will send a large delegation.
The Portland Principals' Club will be
represented. In addition-to these or
ganized bodies of local educators many
teachers from the high, schools and
special teachers will swell the. attend
ance from Portland.
O. M. Plummer, of the Board of Edu
cation, will attend. He Is Interested In
the department of school administra
tion. The Portland schools are well repre
sented on the programme. -Superintendent-elect
-Alderman, one of the vice
presidents f-the association, will speak
on -the. need of co-operation of the
parents with the schools; also on the
work of the lilbrary In the rural dis
tricts. -
Miss Harriet Wood,-who nas charge
of the e-choos department in the Port
land public library, will give an ad
dress. Miss Alice Joyce, of the Wood
lawn School, will speak on the school
garden work.
The delegates from the Grade Teach,
ers' Association will take an important
part in the League of Teachers Asso
ciations, . which now has a membership
of more than 10,000 grade teachers ac
tively engaged in teaching. At the
meeting of the league the following
topics will come up for discussion: Sal
aries, pensions, tenure of office laws,
revision of courses of study, exchange
of teachers and advisory councils of
teachers to confer with the superinten
dent and the Board of Education on ed
ucational matters.
Miss Grace De Graff, state director of
Oregon for the National Education As
sociation and vice-president of the
League of -Teachers' Associations, an
ticipates a larger attendance from Ore
gon 'than at any previous meeting, be
cause of the many Inquiries from teach
ers -in various parts of the state who
are Interested.
THE LAND WHERE DREAMS - COME
TRUE.
By John H. Cradlebaugh.
They came of bravo and hardy stock.
Those Oregon pioneers. -Their
sires had braved the wilderness,
. The .van of the wild frontiers.
From where the fierce Atlantic waves
Lashed the wooded coast of Maine,
To where Missouri's yellow flood
Poured out of an unknown plain.
Crusaders they, of the modern days.
Who came with the ax and plow
Their flags, the wagon's canvas ,'tops , '
And to win," their only vow.'
Dreamers and "seers." who dreaming saw
And seeing, they dared to do -Turning
their faces toward the West
i And .the land where dreams come true.
Dreamers they were, those pioneers
Of the "forties," three and four: z z
Who braved the unknown of -the plains' -
In search of an untried shore.
Brave of soul were the women folk, .
And the bearded men were strong.
They counted not the trail was rough,
Norx cared that the way'was long.
Week after week, month after month.
Steadily, surely, but slow,
They pressed on 'till they reached the stream
Where the waters westward flow, T
And they could see the mountains where
Night drew her curtain of blue
Beyond which lay the land they sought
The land where the dreams came true.
And from the lofty mountain tops
The valley was wondrous fair.
For billowed plains of dimpling grass
And winding streamlets were there.
Land where the Red man wandered free,
Kor civilization trod:
Rich u the fields of Eden were.
When fresh from the hand of God.
An emerald world, a turquoise sky,
A hundred amethyst streams;
Crown Jewel of the continent:
The land they had seen In dreams.
Worth all the toll they had endured
The hardships they struggled through
Land of the elves' and fairies' homes.
And the land where dreams come true.
It was a dream, a vision fair
To the weary pioneers,
A dream come true to you and me
- In the lapse of seventy years.
Billowing fields of waving grain
To set the Jewels In gold;
Miles upon miles of orchard bloom.
In place of the forests old.
The busy mart, the whirring wheela
And the things that man has made;
Churches and schools and pleasant homes;
The gift of the "un-afrald"
Gift of the women strong of soul
Of the men who dared to do
Who dreaming saw and showed ths way
To the land where dream come true.
Nurse. to Lecture to Mothers.
A nurse of the Visiting Nurse Asso
ciation will give a lecture and dem
onstration to mothers on the care and
feeding of infants at the Parent
Teachers' Bureau. 551 Courthouse, at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
FLOWERS
for'
JUNE WEDDINGS
and
COMMENCEMENTS
in artistic arrangement.
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Clarke Bros., Florists
Morrison, Bet, 4th and 5th
81'AXISH DINNER
CASTILLIAN GRILLE
from S P. M. to S P. 31.
. Morrison Street.
Near Eleventh Street.
HOTEL SUNSET
BEACH CKNTER.
Ideal spot, modern family hotel, country
and seaside combined; ocean in fun
view; large yard for children, croquet
ground; best cuisine and table- service;
fishing, surf bathing.
POSTOFFICB, LOSS BKACH, WASH.
Mrs. Dedman. Prop.
HOTEL
MULTNOMAH
HERR HERMAN HELLER
the. popular musical director of the Pacific
Coast, has been engaged to direct our or
chestra and cabaret performances, -which is
a guarantee of the highest class music and
cabaret entertainment obtainable. Every
vreek a new and attractive performance will
be presented in
THE ARCADIAN GARDEN
Monday,! the 23d, THE AUTOMOBILE
SONG, with its novelties, will be the great
est attraction sung by
THE ilULTNOMAH REVUE GIRLS
Table dHote Dinner Is Served on Sundays
Only.
ARCADIAN GARDEN
Crowded to Capacity,
Concert in Lobby Every Sunday
8:30 nntil 10 P, M. You are cordially invited.
Our Merchants 50c Lunch
More Popular Than Ever.
Entertainment During Luncli Hours, Din
ner and After the Theaters,
H. L. BOWERS, Mgr.
At Home"
AT
The Portland
Every da v is "At Home"
day at The Portland the
many lounging places, the
vine-embowered court yard,
the wide piazzas with their
easy chairs, the comfortable
writing-room, . the spacious,
mirrored parlors all conspire
to create the restful "home"
feeling. -
True hospitality the
breezy Western blend
ed with the courteous
Southern greets .the
incoming guest and
speeds the parting one.
You are courteously invited
to hear our delightful outdoor
concerts ; they, begin at 6 :30
each evening, lasting until
9:30 on Sundays and until 9
on weekdays.
Our delicious noon luncheons
are served in the dining-room
just off the cool courtyard.
The menu is ffn ever-changing
delight ; service is from 11 :30
to 2.
Dainty afternoon teas are
served in the grill; the smartly-gowned
ladies of Portland
gather there to discuss the
light menU - and to inter
change social chat. The serv
ice is from 3 : 30 to 6.
FAMOUS FOE,
THEATER SUPPERS
Portland Hotel
G. ' J. Kaufmann, Manager.
N. K. Clarke,
Assistant Manager.
Hotel Washington Annex
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A. ttentive
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European Plan $1.50 a day up
American Plan $3.50 a day up
New steel and brick structure. Third ad
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city. EUctric suibos nseta traias aod stumers.
HOTEL
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IN
Y'OregonGrill
Evelyn Gilbert
and the
American Beauties
in all the
New Song Hits
Signor Pietro Marino
The Favorite Conductor and
.Violinist of Two Conti
nents and His
Renowned Orchestra
Entertainment,
During Lunch, Dinner and After
the Theater.
MERCHANTS' LUNCH 50
The Oregon Hotel will ta the
headquarters of the World's 2d
Christian Citizenship Confer
ence, June 29th to July 6th.
OREGON HOTEL
Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co.,
Props.
Chas. Wright, Pres.
M. C. Dickinson,
Managing Director.
' Whim In Portland stop a,t the TIntrl
Knrvd. loo will find It one ot ths
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the centor of the
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within two min
utes' walk of
theaters, stores
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