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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1920)
THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, JJL.Y 4, 1920 AIRPLANES USED FOR DISPATCHING INVITATION TO OREGON MERCHANTS TO ATTEND I WAR OPJ RATS WILL START If. PORTLAND PORTLAND'S EIGHTH ANNUAL BUYERS WEEK EVENTS. FOR BUYERS' WEEK Five Pilots Dispatched to Va rious Parts of State. Drive Planned to Guard Against Bubonic Plague. BIG PREPARATIONS MADE EXPERTS TO HAVE CHARGE Portland to Be Host for Eighth An nual Entertainment of Mer- t chants of Trade Territory. C. S. Public Health Office Dis patches Officers to Begin Cam paign This Week. 18, PLArJES CARRY DS M f" JH-LtaO- 4 jj J Five airplanes were dispatched yes terday from Lewis and Clark field by the Oregon, Washington & Idaho Airplane company to carry 3600 invi tations of the buyers' week executive committee, in charge of arrangements for the events of the week of August 9 to 14, to be held under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. This is Portland's eighth annual entertain ment of the merchants of the tribu tary trade territory, and preparations are on a scale that warrant the ex pectation that it will be the most largely attended. 14 Centers Visited. The pilots were engaged to deliver Invitations to 14 trade centers, county seat towns that have flying fields where the planes can safely land, and the greater part were conveyed to the postmasters of the towns yesterday and others will be received today. Pilot Hickam made the flight to Hills boro. and 27 minutes after the start a telephone message announced that the packet of letters had been delivered. The pilot will remain today and to morrow to make exhibition flights as ;. feature of the July i celebration there. Pilot Roth carried the invitations to The Dalles, Pendleton. La Grande and Baker. He was scheduled to stop over night at Pendleton and will com plete the flight today. He will spend tomorrow at Baker and will be the first aviator to make a landing there. M. Briggs was pilot of the plane that took the messages to merchants of Marion, Benton, Lane and Coos counties. The packages for post masters at Corvallis, Salem and Eu litne were delivered yesterday after noon and the plane will remain at Kugene for the night and complete the trip to Marshfield today. W. E. Lees was pilot on the St. Helens and Astoria trip, while Pilot DuPuy made The flight to McMinnville and Sheri dan. Luncheon Plans for 20O0. Xathan Strauss, general chairman; E. X. Welnbaum, secretary, and the following members of the executive committee were on the field to see the mail planes rise for their trips; A. H. Dcvers, Paul DeHaas, George Law rence Jr., A. J. Bale and Henry J. frank. The aviation field will be the scene t one of the luncheons to be served ihe visitors during the week. On Au sust 11, plans are being made to serve 000 persons, and while the dinner is in progress the merchants will hear information about airplanes and their operation. All of the machines of the company will join in exhibition flights, military aerial drill and the prl7.es to be awarded will include sev eral trips into the skies, awarded to the speakers who make the best talks for their own home towns as the places where the airmen should make landings. DEMOCRATS COMING HERE Portland to Be Host to Politlca Delegations en Route Home. Portland will be host Monday to two important delegations of demo crats on the way home from the San Francisco convention. They are the New York delegation of Tammany '"tigers" and the democratic delega tion from King county, Washington. They are expected to arrive at 7 o'clock Monday morning, and- will rpend the day here as guests of the local Jackson club. From the train members of the two delegations will proceed to the Multnomah hotel, where headquarters will be established and breakfast ?erved. At 9 o'clock they will leave the hotel for a tour of the city and the Columbia highway, for which the Jackson club has secured 25 automo biles. The return will be) made in time for lunch at the hotel, and the after noon will be left open for the use of the -visitors as they see fit. They will leave by the evening trains, the Turn--many -delegation going direct to New York, and, the King county members to tieattle. FARMER'S FALL FATAL Corge Henderson Dies of Injuries Sustained Near Estacada. George Henderson. 43, farmer living near iatacada. died early yesterday morning at the Good Samaritan hos pital as the result of a fall from a HCaffold at his home Friday. He sus tained a fracture of the skull and a broken back. The body was turned over to Coroner Smith. There will be no inquest. Henderson was painting a silo a the time of the accident. He fell about 15 feet. About three years ago Mr. Henderson was a member of the firm of Henderson & Flnck, transfer men of this city. He is survived by his widow and child. FIEND LURES LITTLE GIRL Clrild Saved by Other Children . Who Notify Parents. The 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. Charles Donald, 786 York street, wa lured Into the bushes near Guild lak yesterday afternoon by an unidenti f;ed man who, it was believed by th police, intended to attack her. Othe children with her notified the littl girl s parents and the man was fright ened away. The man is said to have lured th little girl down the street by promise of picking some berries for her. The police scoured that district lat yesterday in the effort to apprehen the man but were unsuccessful. Xew Minister Due Here Thursday . Rev. H. L. Bowman of Chicago, wh recently received a call to the First Presbyterian church of Portland, will arrive In the city Thursday and will preach his first sermon the follow ing Sunday. He will fill the vacancy created by the departure of Dr. John H. Boyd, former pastor of the church. The new minister has had many years experience in his work, for some time past being the head of the Wood lawn Park Presbyterian church of Chicago. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Kolman Fuel Co. Main 353. S60-21. Adv, i 1 ' ' g - SA " - N k Xki iX- fe 1 fSfidi ' Mr - -w . utH. . Vi i Is ;1 i M f f i iiJT? ' -"II Above Kseentlve committee, left to StrauMit. crnrral rhairmanf George Lawrence J r., Henry J. Frank, A. J. Bale. Below General Chairman Straus handing aealed bundles of lctter to Pilot L,. M. Briggx for Salem. Kugene. Corvallis and Marsh-field. GIRLS ENJOYING HIKES 9 TRIPS TAKEN UXDEK OFFICIAL, SUPERVISIOX. V. H. Knunn of Portland Play grounds Takes Parties to Ex plore Hills Around City. Three hikes were taken by Portland girls during the past two weeks under the general supervision of W. H. Knapp, supervisor of Portland playgrounds. On Friday, June 25, 26 girls from Lincoln park spent a pleasant day at Sandy bottoms, a favorite swimming beach on the Willamette river near A'.bina. After lunch a good part of the time was spent wading. Steamers going up and down the river made real waves, much to the delight of the children. Just before starting home the children played games and listened to stories. On Monday, June 29, 26 girls from Columbia and Peninsula parks rode to the Sellwood ferry on the street car and took the ferry across the DRAWING UP OF DECLARATION ZIIIIII c '3 Ilk 41 it Is - : t v Historic picture of one of America's proudest moments, the "committee on declaration," headed by Thomas Jefferson, lading the completed Wrsff of the Declaration ot Independence before the continental congress at Philadelphia. The document -was signed on July 4. 1770. The members of the committee re standing before the table, while their leader, Thomas Jefferson, lays the jrreat document before John Hancock, n ho is - seated f acinic them. The committeemen are, left to right t John Adams, Hogcr Sherman, Robert K. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin. The tall man standing- at the right is Charles Thompson. i..iigg3aQs? rlcrht K. H. Wrlobaom. nrrrrlarTt A river. From this point they hiked along the raod until a suitable place to eat was found. After lunch the time was spent in exploring the hills, finding wild flowers and watching the birds. One girl found a bird's nest with three baby birds in It, located in a place easily seen. On Wednesday, June 30, 23 girls from Kenilworth park hiked through Macleay park, .which is a beautiful and interesting place for nature study. The girls, took especial de light in watching the chipmunks scamper across the logs. The hills he-re are covered with wild flowers and ferns, and crawfish and "water dogs are to be found in the stream. The hiking schedule for the coming week as announced by Mr. Knapp follows: Monday, July 5, North Park hike to Washington park; Wednes day, July 7. Irvlngton, Washington and Forestry parks to Macleay; Fri day. July 9. Lents and Mount Scott parks to Mount Scott creek. Girls seven years old and over may go on these hikes, it is announced. The hiking party leaves ' the home park at .10 A. M. and returns at 6:30 P. M. -Pool Excavation Progresses. ORT3GON AGRICULTURAL COL- LEGE, Corvallis, July 3. (Special.) OF INDEPENDENCE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR YEARS TOWARD LIBERTY IN ,, ..... .iiif,y. jk.-, :x .',. : a r 7 H. Iwra. Pnl nlinM ivh Excavation is progressing rapidly preparatory to the erection of the new swimming pool unit of the men's gymnasium. The unit will be one of the best of its kind in the country, in the opinion of It. B. Rutherford, the new director of physical education for men and football coach. DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED Hoy A. New by to Pay $100 and Spend Kiglit.Days in Jail. Roy A. Newby. arrested on a charge of driving while drunk after he is said to have cut a corner at Albina avenue and Ainsworth street and nar rowly escaped colliding with- an au tomobile driven by Police Sergeant Crane of the St. Johns police station, was fined ,J100 and sentenced to 60 days in jail by Municipal Judge Ross man yesterday. Fifty days of the jail sentence were suspended. When Sergeant Crane started to ar rest Newby the- man threw his ma chine into gear and sped down the street and was only captured after a chase of several blocks. J. Williamson, speeder, who was caught driving his motorcycle at the rate of 50 miles an hour by Motorcy cle Patrolman Wiles, was fined $25 and sentenced to two days In jail. HISTORY OF THE WORLD. i o 1 7f' : Extermination of the rat in Port land as the best means of preventing entry of bubonic plague into Oregon well begin this week upon arrival of two experts -dispatched by the United States public health office. The city 'council has agreed to co operate with the health service of ficials by furnishing whatever aid is necessary. According to information received from Washington yesterday by Rlchey L. Waugh, in charge of the public health service in this district, bubonic plague has made its appearance at New Orleans, Pcnsacola and Gal veston. In addition the disease is preva lent in Tampico. and Vera Cruz, Mexico, it having assumed the pro portion of an epidemic in "Vera Cruz, according to reports. ' Surgeon-General Urjres Drive. In a letter Issued by. Hugh S. Cum ming, surgeon-general, Portland and other coast cities are urged to in augurate rat-extermination and rat proofing campaigns. 'Bubonic plague is primarily a dis ease of rodents, especially rats," writes General Cumming, "and the disease can be controlled effectively by measures directed against the rat. The extermination of rats is all the more to be desired because of the tremendous economic damage they cause. "According to conservative esti mates made by the United States pub lic health service on the basis of nu merous surveys, there Is at least one rat for every person in the United States. This estimate coincides with that for Great Briiuin, and Ireland, and with authoritative figures for Denmark, France and Germany. Rodent Ifp-Krep l.KO. "The annual up-keep per rodent vas computed by the same authori ties as $1.80 in Great Britain, $1.20 in Denmark and ft in France. The depredations of the rats in the United States will prolably exceed the esti mate for Great Britain. One-half a I cent a day is considered conserva tive, but even on this computation it costs the United States $180,000,000 a year to support the rat population. This does not include mice" Two motor-ships, the Ccthana and Culburra, are now on their way to Portland from Galveston, one of the ports on the Gulf of Mexico now under quarantine for bubonic plague. The Cethana is expected to arrive here about July 19, and the Culburra five days later. Harbor police have beeri instructed to enforce all pre cautions to -prevent rodents from escaping from these vessels while in port. Ordinarily; rat guards and other precautions against the dis semination of rodents are enforced only on vessels coming from the orient. COMMITTEE IS ENLARGED Every Exalted Kuler In State Put on Hospital Commission. The exalted, ruler of every Elks lodge in the state of Oregon has been added to the committee appointed by Harry G. Allen, president of the Ore gon State Elks' association, for the purpose of working out a plan for the erection and maintenance or an H.IKS hospital in Oregon. The original committee, composed of Robert E. Smith, chairman; Lee D. Drake, George O. Brandenburg, Will lam F. McKenney and James D. Olson, has collected data to be pre sented at the meeting of the enlarged committee, scheduled in the Hotel Marion. Salem, July 22. At this meet ing it will be determined if the hos pital project is to be adopted and con crete proposals will be compiled for presentation to the Oregon State Elks association, which will open its con vention in Salem the same day. AGO MARKED GREATEST STEP anal v minis 1 1&L4f. If In Honor of RELIGIOUS CHANGE SEEN DEATH OP OLD EVANGELISM FORETOLD BY' DR. HOUSE. Author and Lecturer In Portland 'to Deliver Addresses Express ive of New Aspect. "Tha old evangelism of the Billy Sunday type is going; a new and more scientific approach of religion is in demand today as an outgrowth of the modern tendency in all branches of thought." declared Dr. E. L. House, author and lecturer, who will deliver two lectures in the First Congrega tional church today. Dr. House was formerly pastor of this church. The first lecture, in the morning, will be on "An Available God." The second. In ths evening, will be on "The Drama of the Face." For the last eight years Dr. House has been lecturing on the psychology of religion in all the large cities of the country. He in the only man in the field today, it is said, who ap proaches religl n from the scientific psychological point of vi'JW in an at tempt to make the two merge har moniously. When he is home, which is only once a year, he divides his time equally between Portland and Hood River, at whic'a latter place be owns an apple orchard. Game Birds Received. KELSO, Wash.. July 3. (Special.) Fifty China pheasants and ten mal lard ducks from the state game farm at Walla Walla were received -this 30,000 Needlessly Blind The census reports show that in the United States there are 100,000 BLIND PEOPLE. It has been reliably es tablished that the sight of nearly 30 per cent of these unfortunate, people might have been saved by the use of proper glasses. - Can you afford to neg lect your eyes, or the eyes of those who look to you for advice, when my system of examinations and unexcelled service is yours at so little cost and such great satisfaction? DR. WHEAT Eyesight Specialist 207 Morgan BIdg. Entrance 346 Vi Washington Street Inbepenbence 2Baj The Meier & Frank Store Will Be Cfosetr JBay Homorroto week by County Game Warden Oys ter. The pheasants were liberated on the Huntington place south of town where no hunting is permitted and the mallard ducks on a small lake near here where they will also have protection. ClM-lialls (jots Pulmotors. 'cHEHALIS. Wash., July 3. 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TWO-STORY BUILDING Corner Sixth and Washington Sta., Portland, Oregon wherein Fire Chief Cunningham was suffocated, two pulmotors have been ordered for immediate installation at Chehalis. One has been purchased by the St. -Helens hospital, the other by Dr. Harry Feagles. The latter plans to carry his pulmotor in his car at all times so that in cases of urgent need it can be rushed to any point as quickly as possible. Phone your want ads to The Orego nijin. Main 7071. Automatic 5K0-9"). Remember It Is the Busiest Man That Always Gets More Business What You Get Out of Your Business Depends Upon What You Put Into It l Open Nights i