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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1913)
: ; THE 3 UM) AY OKKGOMAX, POltTLAMJ, JUIX 13, . .1913.. . Xx 111 SONG AND PLAY FEAST PLANNED AT HOOD RIVER Complete Opera To Be Produced Annually in Forest Theater on Northern Slope of Mount Hood Best Talent To Be Engaged. tj """"" A ventins' needless destruction of tim- Der. Ono of the ways in which evervone can help is to promptly report any fires, no matter how small. to the nearest fire warden, the State Forester. Salem, Or., or the Oregon Forest Fire Association, Teon building-, Portland, Oregon. BIG PARTY TO JOIN IN HIKE Christian Association Men to Barn Ked Fire on Mount Hood. Final arrangements for the Young wen s Christian Association s "hike to Mount Hood were made last night at a meeting held in the Y. M. C. A. trophy room. Twenty-two men have signed up for the trip, which will begin next Thursday. It is expected that more than 30 will be enlisted. The party will go to Boring, on the electric line, and from there will walk, carrying? their luggage in a wagon. They will climb the mountain on Mon day and that night will burn 50 pounds of red fire on the summit. In the, past the powder usually has been set off on Illumination Rock, several thousand feet down the side of the mountain, but it has been decided that better results will be gained by firing it on the top 01 me peaic. A. M. Orilley. T. M. C. A. physical director, and two or three others, will remain on the summit all night. It has been decided to make the illumina tion exactly at 10 o'clock. HOOD .ETVER, Or., July. 12. (Spe cial.) Hpod Jiver is planning? an annual event, as an outcome of the second annual Chautauqua, which opens on July 21, that will be to Port land what the Bohemian Club Jinks is to Ban Francisco. .The. latter la known throughout the entire United States, but it is open only to club members and- their friends. . It is proposed to make the Hood River event available to all, affording the people of Portland and all Oregon an opportunity for an outing that cannot be excelled. According to the present plans a complete opera will be produced an nually in a forest theater on the north ern slope of Mount Hood and the best musical talent in Oregon will be drawn upon annually for the event. A dis tinctive name win be adopted at the forthcoming Chautauqua. The present site is ideal for a Bum mer outing. It is 20 miles from Hood River, hidden away In the depths of a massive forest. The turbulent Hood River forms the western boundary' of the encampment and within easy walk ing distance are many excellent trout streams. To the hardened pedestrian the tramp to Cloud Cap Inn is no task at all. The Chautauqua Association has installed Its own electric lighting system and in the center of the forest has constructed an open-air. theater that is a delight to all beholders. Two immense firs form a natural proscenium arch for the stage. The latter is com pletely equipped with footlights, bor der lights and everything elwe known to the profession. For what is known, In theatrical parlance, as the "back drop," the natural forest scene Is used. Stores Close for Event. So widespread is the Interest in this year's event that all the stores in Hood River will close on Friday, July 25. for the entire day. Friday nisht will be musical night, with a programme of rare excellence. The opening number will be the "Poet and Peasant" over ture by the Hood River Symphony Orchestra of 18 pieces under the lead ership of Professor F. X. Arens, di rector of the Peoples Symphony Or chestra of New York, one of the four great musical organizations in the country. He owns a sightly ranch in Hood River Valley and conies here every .Summer for his annual outing. Other numbers include solos by Otto Wedemeyer, for three seasons leading baritone with Fritsl Scheff; Mies Flor. ence Avery, leading soloist at the Uni versity of Oregon; Mrs. Ralph Root, for several years soprano at Trinity Church, New York; Mrs. John F. Beau mont, an eminent pianist of Chicago, now of Hood River and Portland: the Prison Scene from "H Trovatore" by Mrs. Frank Emery Deem and G. Whipp of Portland; the quarte't from "Rig oletto" by Mrs. Deem, Mrs.' harles H. Henney, H. G. Whipp and N. A. Hoose; and the sextet from "Lucia" by Mrs. Charles H. Henney. contralto, Mrs. Ralph Root,, dramatic soprano. H. G. "Whipp, baritone, N. A. Hoose, tenor. Dr. R. M. Emerson, tenor and. M. L. Bowman, bass. MKht Devoted to Vaudeville. The last night of the encampment will be devoted entirely to vaudeville, leading off with the Ad Club Quartet of Portland, in two numbers with spe cial scenery and costumes; a comedy acrobatic specialty by Edward Shock ley, physical instructor at the Univer sity of Oregon; a- Hebrew monologue by A. H. Rahles, an amateur come dian, of unusual cleverness; a comedy act by Captain C. P. McCan; song and chorus by C. K. Osgood and his six apple blossoms; an original Indian dance. "Dance of the Wood Nymph," by Dorothy Epping; a black face comedy act by the Arens brothers, recently of Tsew York City, and for a big finalo an original operatic conception bv J. Adrian Epping, "The Gypsy Strollers," produced under his personal direction. This is made up from scenes from well-known operas, including the Gypsy chorus from "The Bohemian Girl": "Brown October Ale," from "Robin Hood," sung by Mr. Epping and male chorus; a couple of solos, a Gypsy dance by Dorothy Epping and eight Gypsy maidens, accompanied by Mrs. Charles Hall on the violin, closing with the Gypsy chorus from "Carmen." Epping, before settling in Hood River, was prominent in Portland musi cal circles. - . . ... FOREST PROTECTION IS ON Many Agencies In Oregon TJnlto to Prevent Fires. Preparations on the part of all agencies. Federal, state and private, looking to elimination of the forest fire menace, have been going steadily forward for the past two months. There are now some 125 patrolmen in the field, and this number will be doubled during the month. Trails have been cleared out, telephone lines repaired and extended, and should any fires start there will be every facility for promptly extinguishing them. So far this season practically no forest fires have occurred in the state. The new law, requiring patrol of timber lands, has caused added Interest in fire prevention and is expected to go far to assist the good cause of pre- 10-YEAR-OLD HEN' DILIGENT "Whitey" at La Grande Still Iiays and Hatches Brood of Chicks. LA GRANDE, Or.. July 12. (Special.) Union County claims to have the old est hen in the Northwest in a White Leghorn which has celebrated her 10th birthday, having been shipped here from Seattle with a setting of eggs a little over ten years ago. The hen ia owned by Mrs. C. Badger and was marked for butcher when last year she was Included in a lot which was to be sold to a dealer. Mrs. Bad ger'a little daughter. Miss Bessie, ob jected to parting with her old pet, "Whitey," and the hen was taken out of the coop. Miss Bessie was rewarded by a big egg the next day from "Whitey." "Whitey's" spurs have grown so long that they have had to be cut. She laid eggs this Spring and h Just hatched a brood of chickens. She will not be allowed to care for them, however, as she is too old and heavy. $1,000,000 ROAD PLANNED County, State and Nation to Co-operate in Jfez Perce County. LEWISTON. Idaho, July 12. (Spe cial.) A good-road plan to involve 1 1,000,000 is now planned for Nez Perce County, in which the county, state and Federal Government will co-operate. The Government aid will come in the construction of a. macadam road through what is known as the Lapwai Valley, on the Indian reservation, upon which it will expend 200.000, with county aid. This is in the hands of Theodore Sharp, Lapwai Indian agent. The main trunk line of the state will cut the county, and this will cost ap proximately $500,000. The county will, when plats and maps are filed, take under consideration the expenditure of its share in making the improvements. $30,000 FOR 'BORDER DAYS' GrangevHIe Promises Longest Cow hoy Parade in World. LEWISTON, Idaho, July 12. (Spe cial.) For the Border Days celebration to bo held at Grangeville September 17-20, inclusive, a sum of 930,000, or t20 per capita for every Inhabitant of the village, has been offered to handle the second annual pioneer celebration. The literature for the event has been issued this week and will be sent throughout the Northwest. The Border Days association adver tises that it will show the longest cow boy parade in the world. Boulevard1 Extension Indorsed. At a meeting of the property owners last night in Carter's Hall, at Peninsula Station, the proposition of an extension of the Willamette boulevard direct to Goldsmith street in Lower Albina along the St. Johns wagon road was indorsed unanimously. There was considerable opposition, but no adverse votes were cast. Capitol to Show In Model. SALEM. Or.. July 12. (Special.) Joseph Kopfer, who has been engaged to make a model of the Etatehouse, for exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Ex- Where the Trout Can Be Caught There is no place in or around Portland where the fish are so plentiful, of the mountain brook variety, as are to be caught near Estacada, upon the O. W. P. line, and Bull Run on the Mt. Hood division. Hundreds of lovers of fishing seek the streams near these points, and are invariably successful in catching the finest specimens of trout in this region of Oregon. Estacada and Bull Run are ideal recreation points. Each has a hotel of excellent accommodations. Estacada has a natural park in which rest and enjoyment can be obtained. There is boating in the Clackamas for those who wish to indulge. For a few days of rest and pleasure Estacada and Bull Run af ford the best accommodations. Special Rates for .Sunday Over the Interurban. Week-End Tickets are also sold. Take cars at First and Alder Streets. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO. position, has written to Secretary of State Olcott for information, including the dimensions of the structure. He also will make a. model of the Supreme Court building, which will - too- ready- for occupancy by January 1. The work of painting the etatehouse is progress ing rapidly, and the appearance of the structure has already been much im proved. The color Is a light cream. Injured Man Seeks -Appeal. OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 12. (Special.) Charles J. Lyons has appealed to the Cowlitz County Superior Court from the Industrial Insurance Commission, which held Lyons could not recover compen sation for a broken foot sustained when a horse fell on him. Tourist Travel Increased. THE DALLES, Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) Tourist travel through this city is increasing at an amazing rate each day, the greater part being by automo bile. The steamer Gatzert is loaded To Seattle Potlatch 204-MILE: ride bv touring car FOB $15.00 BEST SCENIC ROUTE IN NORTHWEST WRIGHT. 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