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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1920)
THE SUNDAY OEEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 1, 1920 PORTLAND PREPARES TO ENTERTAIN MANY THOUSAND SHRINERS All Oregon Called On to Help Put Over Greatest Demonstration of Hospitality Ever Witnessed in America Incorporated Executive Committee Is Handling Business Details and Making Every Arrangement I iSlii i' .JSL.Lea-JPoiexrf&ie 77T 77vsers SSt&rJc Woodruff r Georoe TV. Sternle Z? W. Jl HoT77T&7fxt .ZeoT-peZJter Second AUnT' GrffitZ, Fmeru Jfmsicf rs t. iSrSrf?J JvZoTTzoile. Cot ecretxry feTrerjl Tirst Vice-CAT-Ti And General CZvzrrnr?, wwv5 Co: ' ufoet Comf Vice-Cbiurtt, .Tfec ejZxorz ; Com.. T Ch&Ji-xnaxt AJvxsory Coirt. : : ... .Jlno CoTjeesszons Com. v...-., .....w w v ... j rfftr Com . Av r jf"' r S, i : fj& ! ssa fe-'-' i . - ... - J2. Tei u. . CJ7&zt-jv?&j? "JzzIjus -L. "lexer ' Hospiielx'ty Com. . .23&72azei Com Jfrrvev Wells Citsidef ' Wx'IIerzn 2arsr w'ywaw!' IR Jaeger Memberstip Com. Patrol Cozrz . FTiteri&lriTTtea't Cornl. Jfoiel Com. Tr&ffc Cam. 1. .. .1 I . Cm4 H - i j 1 I if rt-- Fv( Jfl' - lilt i ' Er.S.M.Siroliecfcez' '.Mi'j-yCow9cllZr. fed Cross trtJiyedzcff Cora. B&oo&oe Corn. M&I T.Hui 'eft x'rt sort CMolrmrn info rzrr&llorr fzic? Vx'ce Public 5"&fe y Corns J?ecepiTov Corrr. rVJ tree1C&zCozJi ' t -V' ... Jiuoft u. 23 ova p.w..rixej?e ueasr ifxrzcent F'x'arxrle . &X'&& Jte9s2x-&x'ojFx Casrt!) zsx'Jes Com. . Tx-e&s zx'rez'. . Decor&izVejZozTt.: ; " ' orPs JSvats?f?U-Z)Avit3--Cove.Tisitva? OVER in the Gasco building hotel contracts are counted as the straws that point the wind when speculating on the attendance at the 46th annual session of the imperial council- of the Mystic Shrine. That f greatest of all American fraternal gatherings comes to Portland June 22 to 24, with its atmosphere of oriental magnificence, a prodigality of display and rich trappings, and each wearer of the Arab fez pledged to kick holes in old "Father Gloom" wherever that dyspeptic individual is encountered. The general executive committee for the Shrine for 1920 has its head quarters up on the eighth floor of the Gasco building, its big job at the moment being to provide housing fa cilities for Shriners whose applica tions are flowing in. Already the Fortland committee Bays it has obtained facilities for more Shriners than were counted in makinc uo the total attendance at Indianapolis last June, where the last session was held. Thirty-seven tern pie organizations already have been housed in hotels for the Portland show and 12 aboard Pullman trains. but where such temples have hereto fore been taking 60 to 75 men to i session of the Imperial council, they are bringing 150 to 550 and more to Portland. Members of the general committee have always been skeptical when lis tening to the assertions of eastern Shriners that Portland would have the largest crowd in the history of the order. But Portlanders are be ginning to change their minds. It seems it will be raining Shriners from every section of the country, It is now conceded that Portland is up against the biggest job in the his tory of the city. There will be from 75,t)00 to 100,000 visitors here, without a shadow of doubt. ' Hotel Rooms Contracted.. Just now the housing committee Is contracting space in . Portland hotels until the walls are bulging, and it is said at headquarters that in only two instances have hotel men failed to co-operate with the committee to the fullest extent. All of the leading hostelries have worked with the hotel committee of the Shrine to make each Inch of space available. And in not a single In stance has a complaint been regis tered against the rates that the hotel men have charged. They have stuck to their regular prices. Where co operation has been refused jt came from operators of small hotels, but which are important in the scheme for furnishing the best of accommo dations. Practically every hotel in the city, with the exceptions referred to, now is chartered to capacity, and during the past few days approximately 2500 Shriners have arranged for sleeping quarters in the school houses, churches and clubs of the city. In .hese places the general committee will equip single iron beds with springs and mattresses, linen And blankets. When all space has been exhausted 12,000 more visitors can sleep aboard their Pullman trains. Parking space for more than 400 cars has been se cured by the traffic committee. And then the overflow must be ab sorbed by the private homes of the city. Shriners are now out on a canvass for listing rooms and it is expected that 30.000 such rooms will be required. It is said that the gen eral committee already is in receipt of applications for more than 2000 such rooms, and the convention is yet four and a half months away. After disposing of the housing tertainment. On these many commit- I tertainment of the Imperial council, tees are now working. i Mr. Vincent also sits on the budget It readily is perceived that the work I committee to see that appropriations of preparation and the handling of j are not exceeded, and he helps in the such a great undertaking puts it in the class of a big business concern. Committee Is Incorporated. And so that its affairs may be directed with as close scrutiny as would attend conducting a regular! business enterprise, the general executive committee of the Shrine for 1920 has been incorporated and i operating as a regular concern. - The incorporators were all- of the mem bers of the general committee serv ing on the 10th day of July, 1919. Each member of the committee is at the head of a division of the work and reports to the board of directors (composed of all members) at its weekly meetings. Committees are required -to submit estimates of their expenditures in the form of a budget, and after scrutiny by the budget committee the chair man of that committee is allowed to make contracts for. the approval of the directors. The secretary of the general committee is required to re iuse to issue requisitions for pur chases in excess of budget appropria tions. Accounts are audited at least once each month by the firm of Whitfield & Whltcomb. To date the auditors have found the business of the cor poration has been run so as to elicit their warm commendation regarding attention to details and in accounting ior tunas. W. J. Hofmann Is Chairman. William J. Hofmann is chairman of the general committee of the Shrine for 1920, and one of its incorporators. Mr. Hofmann is conceded to be the moving spirit in most of the activities now under way and which will cul mlnate June 22, 23 and 24 in the most gorgeous spectacle ever placed on the streets of any American city. Mr. Hofmann has the general direction of the enormous undertaking and sits in wun ail sub-committees. There are 26 committees, each pre sided over by a member -of the gen eral committee. Each of these com mittees meet once or twice each week. someoftener. The general commit tee meeting every Thursday after noon.. Soon they-will be meeting two and three times a week. Judge George W. Stapleton has the honor of being the first vice-chairman of the Shrine incorporation, as well as that of directing the destinies of the advisory committee, the latter being engaged on a plan tor Joining all Pacific coast . temples with Portland as hosts to the great horde of desert dwellers who will Invade Portland to attend the sessions of the Imperial council. With Judge Stapleton on the ad visory committee are such well-known snrlners as Judge Wallace McCam- ant, J. C. Ainsworth and E. V. Hauser. When he is not mayoring. George I. Baker will closet himself with Frank E. Smith, his vice-chairman, to work out details of handling the four great paraaes wnicn win be crowded into the three days that the Shriners of North America will be in Portland. v hue letting George do that, it was thought that his experience as a showman fitted him to handle the concessions. In the latter committee the mayor's chief duty will be to keep Portland's guests from beine- annaveri by hawkers of multi-colored lizards, mouldy peanuts and pennants that noooay wants. Mayor Baker also has in charge the festival center, but he wisely has as sisting him a Shriner Jn the person of Park Superintendent Keyser. Dean Vincent Hoards Funds. Dean Vincent is qualifying- himself for the next vacancy in the treasury portfolio at Washington: he is hoard ing the money which Portlanders are auditing of bills. The secretary of the Shrine com mlttee is Mark Woodruff, former newspaper man. He is in charge of the offices of the committee in suite 802 Gasco building, and is handling many of the details of the plans that the various committees are working out. His force -now consists of one man and three women aides. Up to date Woodruff has been able to per sonally see all callers at the offices and to give personal attention to the heavy correspondence. A. . H. Lea, potentate of Al Kader temple of Portland, has drawn the happy job of chairman of the com mittee on imperial divan and imperial ladies. Mr. Lea will be in attendance at all functions in honor of the men who make up the Imperial council. and will be' attached to this body of distinguished visitors to see that they miss nothing that is planned for thei happy sojourn in the City of Roses. Financing the great demonstration of hospitality to be offered Shrine visitors fell to the lot of Joseph R. Bowles. He has had various assist ants, John L. Etheridge and George B. 1 nomas navmg acted as bis vice chairmen at different times. Because of war-time prloes prevailing Mr, Bowles has faced the task of raising more money than has ever before been required for entertaining a con Vention on the Pacific coast. Expenditures Are Cnecked. Proposed expenditures by commit tees must first be estimated and the money appropriated through the budget and auditing committee, of which Emery Olmstead is chairman. Then Mr. Olmstead requires bills to be checked agdlnst appropriations ana has a laculty of clamping down when the danger point is approached. He insists that nothing be contracted for in excess of appropriations, and insists that the Shrine convention committee will make a recerd for fin ishing its work without a deficit. Besides arranging for special rail road rates for Shrine pilgrimages to Portland, J. A. Cranston, as chairman of the traffic committee, with the aid of his vice-chairman. Fred Buchtel of the state railway commission, and of John H. Burgard, has arranged track age for the parking of more than 400 Pullman cars in Portland where they will have electric lights, water, sani tation, and every car shall be within easy walking distance of the commer cial center of the city. The task of turning the streets of Portland Into an Oriental oasis has been assigned to Frank S. Grant. Seventy-two blocks in the business heart of Portland are to resemble the palm-shaded avenues of a desert vil lage in daylight hours, while at night iney must glow brilliantly. Arches are said to enter into the scheme by wnicn jr. urant intends to transform the city. They will be found to tell something of the story of the Shrine. Mr. Grant has called to his aid the best talent obtainable in such Shrin ers as Malcolm Tennant of the Meier : .frank company, who has carried away more world prizes than any other known decorator. Robert Skeen, the electrical man, is another. Noble Skeen designed the electrical lightine at the Buffalo exposition and was a prominent factor in the electrical il lumination of the St. Louis exnosi- ion. There are other equally Dromi- nent decorators on his staff. . Safety to Be Watched. With about a hundred . thousand visitors - thronging the streets and making ruts in the pavement on the Columbia River highway, the problem of public safety Is to have the best thought of Rufus C. Holman. Mr. Holman will work out a plan of per fect co-operation between the police. question then come problems of en- contributing to the fund for -the en-1 the sheriff's office, the national guard ; and the public, so that the gigantic convention may be pulled off without the loss of a life or a solitary injury. But, if accidents there be. Dr. S. M. Strohecker will be ready with a large corps of surgeons, physicians, nurses and ambulances to give the best aid that high skill can offer. The doctor is working on a plan for establishing stations for emergency calls both in the city and on the highway, and has taken the precaution of making ar rangements for ample rooms at the various hospitals. The plan includes emergency dentistry. Housing a great gathering such as the Shrine convention is a gigantic problem. In this instance it is in the hands of J. P. Jaeger, as chair man of the hotels and housing com mittee. At this date Mr. Jaeger has filled the hotels of the city and is placing organizations in public build ings. - Shortly he will begin calling on the private homes of Portland. His task is to give comfortable quarters to 100.009 visitors, and he believes that if these men and women sleep and eat well Portland will have laid the foundation for a decade of friend ship toward city growth. When the bands and patrols of marching men arrive in Portland they will march up town,, leaving their baggage in heaps where their trains stop. It will be the task of Harry Cowgill Jr. to gather up the luggage and deliver it at the right hotel be fore the footmen can reach that des tination. It is to be a free service, one of dispatch and is intended to relieve visitors of the responsibility and worry connected with making their own arrangements in a strange town. Outgoing baggage of all kinds will be handled through existing channels. Mr. Cowgill will have as aids a bunch of experienced men such as Carl Tipton, Lew Adams and a num ber of prominent Shrine baggage and transfer men. To Julius L. Meier has fallen the pleasure of arranging the usual ban quets and dinners extended distln-1 route to take to reach that point. Mr. guished Shrine officials and visitors. Mielke will expect his guides to stick He will also have charge of the I like glue from the moment his band uncheons for the Imperial representa tives, those extended to .members of bands and patrols and of the luncheon camp at Bonneville on the Columbia River highway. Charles F. Berg is in charge of en tertainment and will have to co-or dinate the entire programme . of events, and keep in intimate touch with Chairman Hofmann. It will be his task to have something doing every minute, to tie together all the loose ends and to fit them into a plan which will avoid conflicts and at the same time furnish amusement at half a hundred different places at the same moment. Captain William Davis, commander of the legion of Al Kader's uniformed men, stands at the head of the patrols committee. His men will meet and escort each visiting patrol on its entry to the city, will entertain their brethren of the gay uniforms and win be called upon to respond at any hour of the day or night. The bands and patrols put on the big show, and they must be well cared for. In this work Captain Davis will have the aid of H. T. Hutchinson as vice-chairman, arid "a mounted patrol of Pendleton Shriners dressed as buckaroos, in the red fez of the Arab. C. D. Bruan Head Greeters. C. D. Bruun will head the band of smiling nobles of Portland who will greet the incoming hordes on behalf of Portland and act as the official re ception committee. Mr. Bruun will appoint several hundred aides in the work, all smilers from naDit ana capable of . extending a Handshake that carries a finger-ache with it. A Portland Shriner is to be de tailed to be in attendance on each and every band and patrol that visits the city. O. W. Mielke will direct their movements. These men will know the programme of events, where any visiting body of -men is to appear at any stated hour and the stiortest or patrol arrives in the city until the last car has disappeared from view on the homeward trail. In 1915 Ira V. Powers made such a record in handling the automobiles used for entertaining Shriners that he landed the chairmanship of the 1920 automobile committee without COUPLE MARRIED NEAR EUGENE WEDDING. CELEBRATE . GOLDEN MB. AND MRS. CALVIN HANNA. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Married near Eugene January 26, 1870, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hanna, of this city, celebrated their golden wedding at their home, 994 Hilyard street, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna were married on a farm a short distance out of Eugene, but made tneir ho'me at Corvallis until 1878, when they returned to Eugene and have resided here continuously since. All but one of their children, Stuart B. Hanna of San j'rancisco,- were Dresent at the celebration on Monday, and these were Herbert Hanna of La Grande; Mrs. Willametta Beattie of Cottage Grove, and Mrs. Katherine Bester of Bend. Among the relatives present at the celebration were: Herbert Eakin of Cottage Grove: Judge and Mrs. J. A. Eakin of Astoria; W. T. Eakin of Astoria; Mrs. Hattie Hovenden and George Hovenden of Portland; Mrs. Robert Eakin and Harold Eakin of Salem; Misses Dorothy and Prlscilla Eakin of Astoria, who are students at the University of Ore gon; Ronald Beattie or cottage Grove, also a student of the university. and C. E. Bester of Bend. opposition. He will have brigades o machines to take all Shrine visitors on the Columbia River highway, ove the boulevards and on short trips. Mr. Powers expects to supply a special car. for each member of the Imperia Divan and to have that- officer use it at any hour during his stay in Portland. Mr. Powers will have as aids R. A. Stewart, C. M. Menzicsand Lloyd Bates. - Bands to Be Utilised. . Convention music is to be handled by Ralph W. Hoyt, who plans to util ize all visiting bands in a series of public, and free concerts before the grandstands in the parks and churches and wherever a craving to hear excellent music may be discov ered. Mr. Hoyt will have the placing at variousftimes of some 75 bands, all of them good and some of them fa mous. He hopes to close with a pa rade of massed bands that can be heard as far as Seattle if the weather is clear. Franklin T. Griffith, aided by W. D. Whitcomb, is to erect and manage the grandstands. Mr. Griffith's prob lem is to secure space enough and to make the stands pay their own way. For the two parades to be staged by Portland he will put visiting dele gates and uniformed men and their ladies in the stands without charge. That leaves him two parades for sell ing the seats and getting hs invest ment back. When the visitors arrive at Port land they must be registered, at which time they are given official pro grammes and the books of tickets that will entile bona fide Shrine guests to certain free entertainment. Registration headquarters will be In charge of Hugh J. Boyd, aided by Hopkins Jenkins and a large force of clerks. Hal T. Hutchinson has been given the task of obtaining a suitable build ing for housing all the activities of the Portland committee during the three days of the convention. After he has done that, he will assist Cap tain Davis in the very important task of seeing that the men of the 60 to 70 patrols are properly enter tained. The headquarters building will contain the registration desk. validation office for the railroad representatives, an information bu reau, the offices of the general com mittee, a pos toft ice, a telegraph sta tion, restrooms, toilet facilities, bat tery of telephone booths, battery of typewriters and operators. A. L. Tetu is to organize and op erate a committee on hospitality. Its hundreds of members will operate on schedule around the various hotels and their particular task will be to see that everybody is having a good time Thpv are to be exDerts on slan- nlno- n fllnv nn thA hark And Rjtvinff ! how glad Portland Is to see them. They are the "glad 'u kum" and "hope you like us" crowd. His vice-chairman is Herman von Borstal. Ivan Humason is to be the admiral of a flock of sight-seeing street cars. Aboard these cars visiting Shriners and their ladies will be taken to view the beauties of Portland from every point of vantage. The cars are to op erate on half-hour' schedule. , That Portland cannot do all of this entertaining is so well recognized that Harvey Wells has been appoint ed at the head of a committee to in terest Shriners In all sections of Ore gon. He will ask them I to come in early and -get ready to- help put over the greatest demonstration of hospi tality ever w itnessed In America, and as the Shrine clubs of different cities respond or as individuals assure of their presence.' Mr. Wells will plan to place these Orcgonlans In the thick of things. It is customary to give souvenirs to the imperial representatives and to the uniformed men the bands, pa trols and chanters. These are the men who put on the worU. A com mittee has been named to select a suitable souvenir for theso men. This committee is composed of Edward Holman, D. O. Tomasini and Harvey Beckwith. Mr. Holman, by the way, made the first subscription to the imperial council fund. He subscribed 1000 without hatting an eye. With some of the best business men of Portland giving the affairs of the 1920 Shrine convention their kfen attention. It cannot be said thst the sucreMS of the big hnw is on the lp of the gods. There are to be no ele ments of chance connected with the programme. Each committeeman Is endeavoring to fori-Bee and to r rane what will happen when the city Is jammed with vlnltors seeking amuHomenf. and with the co-operation of every citlsen It l written now that Portland will ccore the greatest suc cess of hT time. Every home In Tortland Is asked In register spare sleeping rooms at "5 Gasco building and to help how these distinguished visitors that the city In glad they are here. It Is a Job for everybody. Everybody will profit from helping to send the Shriners away saying thHt "Portland Is the finest ever." St. Valentine Patron Saint of Love in all its varying shades and degrees. February 14th affords another excuse to send greetings of love to the f riends and loved ones whom, we too often take for granted, understand the depth of our feelings. Mother, father, husband, wife, sister, brother, sweetheart and friend are sometimes keenly disappointed on this day when their mail brings nothing from you. Greeting Cards Every sentiment you may desire to express can be found on some one of these cards. 6c to ?1. Books for Valentines Poetry, travel, fiction, Riley's poems in vari ous bindings, leather books, large and small, at any price you may desire to pay. Decorations Crepe Paper decorations of all kinds for dinner, card or dancing party. Streamers, hearts, cupids, paper caps and aprons. ' Tlace cards, nut cups, luncheon sets, novelties, tally cards and dance programmes. Pay a visit and look around; you will find many suggestions to make your party different. 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