THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920
S CARRIAGE
PRETTY QUEEN AND PRINCESSES OF PRUNARIA, VANCOUVER,
STATE IWSTlTUTIOrJS
ARE SHORT OF FUNDS
WASHINGTON.
WILL BE AIRPLANE
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Wilma to Fly From Her Home
Emergency Board Called to
Meet in Silem Saturday.
to Vancouver for Festival.
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GREAT PARADE PLANNED
Other Candidates for orrice 01
Prunarian Ruler Are to Be
Princesses at Fete.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 11.
(Special.) Queen "Wilma I of the sec
ond annual Prune Harvest Festival
will fly from Camas, her home city, to
this city next Thursday and that eve
ning1 will be crowned queen of the
festival and will reign until midnight,
Saturday, over the festivities of the
city.
An elaborate tnree-aays- pro
gramme has been outlined ana tne
festival this year without doubt will
be the greatest celebration ever held
in Vancouver on any event. The cele
bration will be held under the aus
pices of the Vancouver Prunarians,
composed of business and profes
sional men and actual prune grow
ers throughout the county, who ap
pear on all state occasions in uni
form. They will be assisted this year
by the Cherrians of Salem and the
Bosarians of Portland.
Two rrtnctun to Attend.
Miss Wilma Fletcher of Camas was
elected queen of the festival by the
Oddfellows and Rebeccas of the
whole county and two other candi
dates. Miss Bess Sanderson of the
American Legion and Miss Llllle
"Wrlsht of the Elks, will be princesses
to tho throne. M. S. Cohen, presi
dent of the Prunarians, will be the
lord chamberlain.
The celebration will begin Thurs
day morning. Practically every show
window in the city will be filled with
farm and orchard products artisti
cally arranged and decorated. The
big prune packing plant at the foot
of Seventeenth street on the main
line of the railroad, just completed
by the Clarke County Growers' asso
ciation, will be dedicated, and the
plant will be opened for the public
to Inspect. Frank L. Russell of vva
shoucal and president of the asso
ciation, will deliver the address.
The Prunarians, 100 strong, their
bund and 50 ladies,' are to arrive from
Salem at 10:30 o'clock in special cars,
and will be met by the Prunarians and
Land and given the freedom of the
city. There will be athletic contests
during the afternoon, and at 4 o'clock
In Esther Short park, the Cherrians
band will give a concert. All of the
isitlng Cherrians and their ladies
will be guests of the Prunarians at j
dinner at 6 o'clock in the Del Monte
afe.
Great Parade Planned.
At 8 o'clock, there will be a grand
yarade. led by the Cherrians and
Prunarians, In uniform, in honor of
Queen Wilma, who will be crowned
with ancient pomp and circumstance,
M. S. Cohen acting as lord chamber
lain. The Cherrians will assist in the
crowning and Mayor Percival will de
liver an address of welcome. Follow
ing the crowning there will be danc
ing on the streets with band music
and the Cherrians and ladies will be
guests at a reception and dance in
Butterfield's hall.
Friday, September 17, will b Port
land day and the Portland Chamber
of Commerce and the Portland
Rosariana will be here with the lat
ter's band. The Prunarians and their
band will welcome the visitors at
the. Columbia river interstate bridge.
Fountain to Be Presented.
The programme of presentation of
the beautiful old Oregon trail foun
tain, on the north entrance to- the
bridge, will be held there at 10:30
o'clock by the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Mrs. George H
Goble of Spokane, state regent, offi
ciating. The following programme
Will be held."
Invocation Mrs. J. I. Sutherland, state
chaplain.
The marking of the Old Oregon trail
Mrs. tiverton uentry Jems, state chairman
eld trails committee.
Presentation for the Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution Ernest Bertram! Huasey,
state president.
Presentation for the Paughtars of the
American Kevolution Mrs. Henry Mc-
-iear.v. .ncuieary. v.asn., vice-president
general of the National society. D. A. R.
Acceptance lor the state Governor Louis
Acceptance for the Interstate bridge
vommisMjon ituius j. j-iolman. chairman.
Acceptance ror tne city ot Vancouve
Hon. G. H. Percival, mayor.
Music "Star-Spangled Banner."
Mrs. George McCoy, regent Fort Vancou
ver cnapier. u. a. it... custodian of the
fountain.
The famous children's parade will
De held at 2 o clock Friday afternoon,
led by the Rosarians and band.
At 3 o'clock a trip will be taken
by automobile through the wonderful
prune belt near Vancouver, several
hundred machines being engaged to
take those who wish to make the trip.
The Rosarians' band will hold a eon
cert in the park at 4 o'clock and at
S o'clock the grand Industrial parade
will be held, there being three big
sections and practically every busi
ness in the city will have a float in
this event.
Displays to Be Inspected.
Saturday, September 18, will be
fraternal day, andrthe last day of the
festival will open with inspection of
the exhibits in the windows and see
ing the prize winners. A band con
cert will be held at 4 o'clock in the
city park, by the Prunarian band, and
at 8 o'clock the great fraternal parade
will be held, followed by competition
by the many drill teams who will be
in the line of march. Following the
parade, 1. b. Hudson, supreme master
artisan, of Portland, will deliver an
address on f raternalism, after which
the competitive drill will be held on
i.ighth street, near the park.
Then there will be dancing on the
street and later Queen Wilma will
be bid farewell and the celebration
Will be history.
The following committees have
been In charge of making arrange
ments ror this years festival:
Music Robert Brady, chairman, Dr. J.
W. Gardner, r. A. Parrlsh.
Dance Dr. J. E. Crahen, chairman: A.
I.. Curtin, P. M. Klwell. Dr. A. C. Wagner.
Concessions A. H. Fletcher, chairman;
Charles Davis, L.. G. Carpenter.
Reception Lloyd DuBols. chairman: Dr.
. Herbert Lelser, Clement Bcott. Joe Dono
van.
Children's parade J. W. Shaw,, chair
man; Professor Shumway, Mrs. Limber,
rroressor Clark, . Miss Snodgrass, Mrs.
i'Unk.
Publicity W. H. Hornibrook, chairman.
Industrial parade J.' J. Flynn. chair.
snan; K. A. Swan, Richard Case, C. L.
Pto, A. G. Berry, Lloyd O'Banlon. O. R.
Lee, J. J. Padden.
Fraternal day and competitive drill
f!. C Fleet, chairman: J. L. Sutherland.
o. is. .Hcuaii, i. it. .Mctt-ay, narry sorter.
Chamber Directory Accept.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
has accepted the invitation of the
Royal Prunarians to attend the an
nual prune festival at Vancouver next
Friday. This is the big annual har
vest home event of the Clarke
county, city and. it is expected that a
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$100,000 -MAY BE NEEDED
Specific I Requests Already Received
. Upon Which Call Is Based
Total 5Iore Than $25,000.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 11. (Special.)
When Sam A Koier, secretary of
state, today -Issued a call for the
state emergency board .to meet in
Salem next Saturday to consider
written requests for deficiency ap
propriations aggregating 25.250, the
way was opened for demands which
may exceed $100,000, according to
state officials who have given the
financial condition of the several
state departments and Institutions
considerable thought.
The specific requests for deficiency
appropriations, upon which the sec
retary of state based his formal" call
for a meeting of the emergency board,
follow:
State board of health $ 8,144 00
Public service commission 4.J00.OO
Supreme court, library (not stated)
Board of inspectors of child la-
oor 6sn.no
State department 7.140.74
Janitors and employes
building
Top M Inm Wilma Fletcher of Canaan, elected Qoeen of the atecond amnnal
prone harvest festival. Bottom ( Left) Bltsia Ben Sanderson; rlsht)
Muta Lillle Wright, princesses, of Vancouver.
large number of Portland people Will
go across the Columbia that day. It
is probable that the directors of the
chamber will go in a body to partic
ipate in the events of Friday, which
is Portland day.
RAJAH LAUDS PORTLAND
400 SHRIXERS STILIi TALKING
OF COXVEXTIOX.
tenor, . was broken up by a demon
stration, a part of the audience, rising
and singing the British national an
them and some of them shouting that
McCormack was a Sinn Feiner. Mr. ! will be needed.
capitol
5,101.84
Total J25,23.58
estimated expenses of the state
board of health for the remainder of
the year are fixed at $7119, not In
cluding $1025 which will be required
case . the emergency board should
reject the benefits' of the Chamber-
lain-Kahn fund. To tide over this de
partment the emergency board will
be urged to appropriate JS144.
Public Service Asks 43O0.
The Oregon public service commis
sion, in a letter to the secretary of
state, points out the need for more
employes and asks for a deficiency ap
propriation of $4200.
E. N. GUltngham. supreme court
librarian, has written the eecretary
of staae t.that the appropriation for
that department has been practically
exhausted, and that the money now
on hand will be Insufficient to carry
on the work of the library during
the remainder of the year. Mr. Gil
lingham intimated that at least $2000
McCormack has canceled the other
concerts he was to have given in
Adelaide.
The audience, it appeared, resented
the omission of the anthem from the
programme. In explanation, the'
tenor, who Is in Australia on a tour
of the world, which he started from
America last May, says he had under
stood the anthem waB usually sung
only when the governor was present.
Reading Ieleg.atlon Considers En
tertainment Given Here "Won
derful and Aniazincf.
Four hundred tourists who attended
the national Shrine session in Port-
and last June could find nothing but
praise to offer to Portland residents
and members of Al Kader-temple for
the treatment accorded, accordng to
A. S. Frame, in a letter received by
W. J. Hofmann, general chairman of
the 1920 Shrine committee. Mr.
Frame is a member of Rajah temple
of Heading, Pa. '
To you, 'as chairman of the com
mittee of arrangements for the im
perial council" meeting at Portland,
the letter reads, "Rajah wishes to ex
press their great appreciation for the
magnificent manner in which you and
your committee cared for all , the
nobles that gathered in your city upon
this occasion. The successf ulness of
your efforts can only be appreciated
by making a canvass through the no
bility that attended this session and
receive from them an expression of
what kind of a time they had. -
"This we did to our 400 tourists and
I am pleased to tell you that we did
not have one dissatisfied person in
our whole party, but they all joined
in one way or another in expressing
in the most wonderful way how it -was
possible for your western nobles to
REGISTRATION , IS SLOW
Last-Minute Rush of Voters Pre
dicted by County Clerk.
Since the primary election there
have been fewer than 1000 registra
tions In Multnomah county, pointed
out County Clerk Severidge yester
day as he predicted the usual last-
minute rush to register before the
closing of the books on October 2.
All voters must register who have
moved from the precincts in which
they last voted or who have not voted
for two years.
There were only 70 registrations at
the courthouse yesterday, bringing
the totals to the following xig-ures:
Male. Female.
Republicans 43, 904 28f10
Democrats 14.235 10.72
thers 2.7S0 1,857
Grand total
Total.
72.814
24.507
4.737
....102,038
NEW THOROUGHFARE OPEN
St. Johns and Peninsula District
More Easily Accessible.
Residents of St. Johns and the Pen
insula district traveling by automo
bile into the heart of Portland will
save approximately 20 minutea by
taking the newlv marndamhoH
get away with an entertainment of ( ley street extension of the old St.
this character, and when I say that
our 400 were pleased, I mean that
they were, and I made it my business
to canvass the train and- get this ex
pression. "I am sure that' the taste that you
left with our people and with the
manv others that 1 spoke to while in
Portland will be a long and lasting
one and will go far in establishing a
record for your beautiful town.
SALVAGED SAFE SEIZED
DEPOSITORY OP SHIPS IN
VOLVED IX SUIT OF DIVER.
jonns river road, which will be
opened to traffic today. A macadam
surface 36 feet wide has just been
completed.
The Greeley street extension leaves
Willamette boulevard near the end of
oreeley street and follows the old
river road, eliminating many of the
curves, past the flouring mills and
through the O.-W. R. & N. shops to
Russell street. It is about two miles
in length.
The board of inspectors of child
labor has found its funds insufficient
to carry on the work of the depart
ment, and urges a deficiency approp
riation of $650.
For the ' conduct of the secretary
of state's office during the re
mainder of the year there will be
asked a deficiency appropriation of
$7140.74. This deficiency, Mr. Kozer
alleges, .was brought about by in
creased work, together with demands
made upon him for advances in sal
aries. Total May Exceed SIOO.OOO.
The superintendent of capitol
grounds and buildings will need a de
ficiency appropriation of $5101.84.
Richard B. Dillehunt, dean . of the
Oregon Medical school .with headquar
ters in Portland, it is believed, will
ask for $20,000.
R. B. Goodin. secretary of the state
board of control, also will appear be
fore the emergency board and request
a deficiency appropriation or fiauu
for compiling and printing the pro
posed budget of estimated expendi
tures for the next biennium.
Seven of the 12 state institutions
l8o are said to have exhausted their
appropriations and will ask the
emergency board to advance $34,000.-
.Officials said they expected mini
mum demands for funds aggregating
$75,000. and it would not be surprising
if the total requests exceeded $100,000.
The emergency board will convene at
10:30 A. M.
SOLDIERS' BODIES ARRIVE
Transport Sherman Is Funeral
Ship on Voyage From France.
NEW TORK, Sept. 11. Bodies of
763 American soldiers were brought
here from St. Kazalre and other points
in France on the transport Sherman.
One of the bodies was that of Jane
A. Delano, who was director of the
department of nursing of the Ameri
can Red Cross' during the war. It
will be taken to Washington Monday,
accompanied by a Red Cross guard
of honor, for interment in Arlington
cemetery.
United States Senator Henry L
Myers of Montana also returned.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
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School Is Open
Have You Thought
About Your Boy and His Clothes?
He is your son. In him is centered all the family pride and
hope. Don't you want to dress him in well-fitting tailored
clothes that will distinguish him among his companions ?
That trim, well-built look which every mother longs to see
in her boy, comes with
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TRIPLE SERVICE SUITS
for Boys
Constructed so as to stand the strenuous wear of school
days. Reinforced seat and knees, extra special interlocking
seams and extra seAn pockets. They will also carry their
graceful shape through a long period of hard usage.
Look for the "Scmpeck" label on
every suit for quality. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
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WJITEB COMMITTEE TO GO
IRRIGATION 51EM(BERS PLAN
TO ATTKXD SEATTLK MEET.
Railroad Officials AVill Be Among
Delegates From Portland and
There "Will Be Others.
All of the members of the irrigation
committee of . the Portland Chamber
of Commerce have signified their in
tention to attend the reclamation! and
development congress which has been
called to meet at Seattle Thursday
and Friday of this week. ' The mem
bers of the committee are Whitney Li.
Boise, chairman; W, L. Thompson,
Emery Olmstead, M. H. Houser and
Nathan Strauss. An appeal has been
made by the committee to business
men to Join in the movement to have
a strong representation from Port
land.' '
Information was received at general
offices of the Orepon-Washington
lines yesterday that H. M. Adams,
vice-president it charge of traffic of
the Union Pacifin system lines, will
arrive in Portland from Omaha to
morrow and will attend the irrigation
congress, tieorge J. Mohler. traveling
supervisor of agriculture of the Union
Pacific, also of Omaha, will attend.
The local general offices of the rail
roads will be represented. William
McMurray. general passenger agent;
H. E. Lounsbury, general freight agent.
and C. L- Smith, agriculturist o tne
Oregon-Washington lines, will attend.
U. C. Gilman. - president of the Spo-
programme, and W. I. Skinner, traf- J
fic manager, and R. J. Crozier, gen
eral passenger agent of that company
will be among the members of the
delegation from this city. A. D. Charl
ton, general passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific. who is identified
with irrigation development in the
northwest, has taken a lively interest
in the preparations for the congress
and will have a part in its activities.
The purpose of the convention is
to form a northwestern league of
states and the adoption of ways and
means for the enlistment of national
interests in the reclamation of 10,
000,000 acres of lands, now arid, but
of such fertility as to guarantee, with
the water provided, an Immense in
crease in the production of foodstuffs
of the north western states.
PROBE OF FIRE TO START
All Evidence in Klamath Catastro
phe to Be. Sifted.
KLAMATH FALLS, Oc Sept. 11.
(Special.) Every bit of evidence
hearinar on the Houston hotel fire and
attendant life loss, will be sifted at
an inquiry starting Monday, said N.
H. Pomeroy. who arrived from the
state fire marshal's office last night
to conduct an investigation. The in
quiry will last several days.
Mr. Pomeroy was in conference all
day with city officials. Lodging-house
owners are volunteering co-operation
in remodeling to meet requirements.
Silver from seawater Is often found
U')csited on the copper sheathing of
jhlps.
Officer Reaches Warehouse Just
Ahead of Man to Whom Val
uables "Were Consigned.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 11. Spe
cial.) Gold dust, currency . p.nd jew
elry valued at $12,000 and sacks of
valuable papers, contents ot the safe
of the steamship Princess Sophia, re
cently salvaged off Vanderbllt reef.
where the sunken steamship lies, were
seized by Albert Rooks, deputy United
States marshal, today upon their ar
rival here on libel filed in the fed
eral court by Frank W. Walters,
diver, who recovered the safe. The
diver is seeking to recover $2000
which he alleges is his share for the
work In bringing up the safe.
Contents of the safe arrived in
Seattle this morning on the steam
ship Alaska and were transferred to
the American Express company's
warehouse in the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation company ware
house at the King-street station. The
deputy marshal in making the seizure
arrived just head of Robert A. Trlp-
ple, to whom the shipment was con
signed, who is receiver in the limita
tion of liability procsedlngs in the
federal court.
Seizure of the gold dust and cur
rency Is another complication in the
Princess Sophia case,' which has been
in the federal court following the
sinking of the steamship off the
Alaska coast two years ago.
CONCERT IS INTERRUPTED
Crowd Heckles John McCormack
lor Xot Singing British Anthem.
ADELAIDE, South Australia, Sept.
11. The concert given here Thursday
evening by John McCormack, the noted
September Sale of Wall Paper and Paints at SMITH'S
The vacation season is over. Now is the time to brighten up the home before the dark winter days come.
Nothing adds so much as new Paper and Paint. Time was when tinted walls were considered all right.
That time is past everyone is using Wall Paper now.
Sale Starts Monday, September 13, and Continues Through the Week
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Wall Paper
10c, 12V2C, 15c Roll
These are mill prices today, but we
bought two carloads ahead of the ad
vance. Your choice of 50 patterns dur
ing this sale at 10c, 12c and 15c single
roll of 8 yards.
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Sale of Paints
Outside White Paint
Outside Ivory Paint
Outside Gray Paint
Inside- Gloss White Paint
Inside Flat White Paint
Inside Floor Paints, all. colors
Special at, per gallon S3. 59
Special at, per V gallon SI. 85
Special at, per quart S1.00
Ceilings 15c
A few patterns we are clos
ing out at this special price.
White or cream at 15c sin
gle roll, 30c double roll.
30-Inch Ingrain
13c Single, 39c Bolt
Five colors in this plain pa
per and a 39c bolt covers
100 sq. feet. Big value.
Duplex Oatmeal at Whole
sale Prices
12 colors in t h i s 30-inch
heavy paper at 20c a single
roll or 60c for a full bolt.
Beautiful borders to match.
Varnish Tiles
These are very hard to get and
are way up in price, but we
have a few thousand rolls in
stock which we will sell you at
37 Vac single, 75c double rolL
Another shipment Just In of Deadening Felt for House Lining at 9 Sq. Yard
Best Kalsomine. . . .12 Pound ' Prepared Paste Ready to Use 20 Pound Glue. . . . .40 Pound
Sample Books on Request We Ship All Over the Northwest
SMITH'S WALL PAPER HOUSE
Wholesale
Retail
Portland
110 Second St.
Near Washington
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MODERN FACILITIES
P
EOPLE realize today
that the home is not
the proper place to conduct
a funeral. Privacy of fam
ily, of friends and relatives
and. competent attendants
for the departed these are
all provided for at Finley's
Call any time Day or Night
Funeral 'Directors
Montgomery at Fifth
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