THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY. 30, 1923
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BIRTH CONTROL SECT
PORTLAND
Mayor Declares Convention
Will Not Be Welcome.
TEACHINGS ARE ASSAILED
Arrest of Mrs. Margaret Sanger
and Her Followers Here In
1916 Recalled by News.
Portland is going to bo no Ellis
Island for immigrants from heaven
and If the fifth international birth
control conference holds its convene
tion here in 1925, one of the city's
jails probably will be used as the
convention. halL Such were the opin
tone expressed yesterday by state
and city officials, -when, shown press
dispatches from London announcing
the fact that this city had been
i chosen, as the next meeting place
ior toirth control delegates.
"Of course they won't be wel
come,' thundered Mayor Baker. "I
ion't loiow what's the matter with
those people. Of all the cities in til
world, Portland would! he the least
receptive ito the-m and their doc
trines." i
Mrs. Sanger Police Guest.
Attaches of the district attorney's
office, when shown the dispatch, im
' mediately began rummaging through
files and brought to light a mass of
legal papers and newspaper clip
pings touching on the visit to this
city In. 1916 of Mrs. Margaret Sanger,
high priestess of the birth-control
forces. Mrs. Sanger's reception here
was confined principally to the po
lice and the police judge. She was
arrested for spreading immoral lit
erature, and, though acquitted her
self, three of her male assistants
.Were convicted and fined $10 apiece.
The birth control advocates, ac
cording to the dispatch, have just
concluded a conference in- London
and have agreed that Portland has
the proper setting for their next
meeting place. The reduction of
Asiatic birth rate by peaceful means
and "the necessity of the repeal of
American laws against birth control
propaganda were discussed at the
conference.
Portland Half-way Station.
Portland was selected as a, con
vention city because if the fact that
it is a "half-way point between the
orient and the Occident" anil would
be handy for the Japanese radicals
and liberals who are anxious to cut
dawn that nation's quota of the
heavenly immigrants.
Mrs. Sanger, who was one of the
leaders of the London meeting, evi
dently forgot the details of her Port
land visit when she impressed on
' her fellow "delegates the desirability
of Portland as a meeting place,
Mrs. Sanger, a trained nurse by
profession, and the author of a num
, ber of birth control books, arrived
in this city in June, 1916. and at
tempted to hold a meeting at the
Heilig theater. A detail of bluecoats
swooped down on the gathering, ar
rested the high priestess. Dr. Marie
Equi, Mrs. P. A. Greatwood and Mrs.
Maudi Bourner. Three men who were
distriubting birth control literature
at the- door of the. theater were also
taken off to face the judge. At the
. hearing, the women were acquitted,
but the. men were fined. Mrs. Sanger
at that time complained of the fact
that Oregon, was the first state to
rates, its handi against her teachings.
City 'Win Be Prepared.
H"don?t recall the exact provisions
rf he law regarding such meetings
and the- distribution of such litera
ture," Mayor Baker stated. "But it
we have no existing law against
euch an you can. rest assured
tnat we will have before ttfere is
any such (meeting. Portland people
donPt care to listen to such outrage
ous doctrines and. don't want their
city made ridiculous by housing-such
angathanng."-
Deputy District Attorney Ham.
Bsersley is of the opinion: that birth
wontrol propaganda, and birth con
trol literature, are not entirely
lawful.
"Wo. have ai ecate statute against
de distribution or possession of ob
scene and indecent pamphletsv pho
tographs and literature, he eaid.
Courts have held that birth control
literature came under thia class. Of
course. If somebody wanted to hold
a birflii control convention! here, we
could, do nothing- until they actually
onoike the law."
IiOCal Forces Demoralized.
Birth control forces in Portland
Bre In a rather demoralized condi
tion, eaid Dr. Marie Equi, well
knowns radical At one time, the fol
lowers of this doctrine were rather
numerous in Portland but since the
war and the campaigns against rad
Icallsm the movement has been on
the wane.
'T heard from Mrs. Sanger several
months ago, before she left for In
dla to carry on her work there," said
Dr. Equi. "She told me that she
probably would visit Portland in Oc
tober of this year. There is a birth
control association in Portland, but
I wouldn't care to give you the
names of the leaders because they
might object to the publicity.-'
My TIMBER BURNING
$50,000 ESTIMATED LOST IN
PAST 24 HOURS.
Eastern Washington Fire Condi
tions Better Save in Section
of Pend d'Oreille County.
' OLYMPIA. Wash., July 29. (Spe
cial.) Standing pine timber valued
at 50,000 has been destroyed by fire
in southern Tend vd'Oreille county
within the past 24 hours. Warden
Baker reported Friday to State For
ester Pape. The fire is in a heavily
timbered area, eight miles from the
nearest road. Warden Baker today
took in a large crew and equipment
to fight the blaze.
Elsowh.r" in c:itrn 0Tashingto
fire conditions were reported as
better than at any time in the past
.en days. Stevens and- Spokane
county fires were' dying down, it
was said.
Cooler weather and light south
winds carrying much moisture have
helped conditions on the west side.
One large new fire in the Buffelen
Lumber company's , workings near
Ravensdale, King county, was re
ported, and in an adjoining section
a Northern Pacific railroad fire
started last night.
There will be no letup in the vig
ilance exercised for the protection
of the timber in the "storm zone" in
Clallam county, nor any modifica
tion of regulations pertaining to
prevention work, according to a let
ter addressed by Governor Hart -to
LEADER IN BIRTH-CONTROL MOVEMENT, ONCE ARRESTED
HERE, INSTRUMENTAL IN HAVING PORTLAND SELECTED
FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION. .
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Lt'.y feli'Sfe -. - '
MRS. MARGARET SANGER.
the Merrill-Ring Lumber company.
which has extensive timber holdings
in the Olympic peninsula. The letter
followed a request by the Merrill
Bing company for a modification of
rules.
I have no desire to interfere with
business or to stop the production
of logs or the running of the mills,
but the legislature, af its last ses
sion., imposed upon me the duty of
preventing conflagrations in the
forests of that section, and, while I
hope it will not be necessary; 1
would not hesitate to exclude every
possible operation' requiring fires,"
the governor said.
WINLOCK FIRE IS REPORTED
Flames Believed to Have Been
Started by Incendiary.'
WENLOCK, Wash., July 29. (Spe
cial.) Fire broke out Wednesday in
the Weyerhauser Timber company's
holdings, ten miles west of- town,
and developed into one of the most
threatening blafces in western Lewis
county. Indications, point to the
origin of the flames as the work
of firebugs, as they started about
one mile west of the Menefee com
pany's tract and there are no log
ging operations carried on in the
vicinity.
Manager Tevis of the Menefee
company has half of his logging
crew fighting the fire under direc
tion of a deputy fire warden, and
more men arrived today from the
Weyerhauser company to assist.
The situation is menacing and con
siderable apprehension is felt as the
flames are gradually eating their
way toward valuable green timber
owned by the Menefee company.
If that tract is destroyed it will
seriously interfere with future log
ging operations.
Bather, 88, Takes First Dip
in Surf at Rockaway.
S. Blwell of Salem Paddles In
Breakers for Half Hour.
ROCKAWAY, Or., July 27. (Spe
cial.) "It's nothing but fun,"
was the enthusiastic comment of
G. S. Elwell of Salem, 88 years old,
when a huge breaker threatened to
knock him over while he was en
joying, his very first dip in the surf
Monday afternoon.
Mr. Elwell, who lives at 2720
Cherry avenue in Salem, is by far
the oldest and most enthusiastic
bather on the Rockaway beach. He
paddled in the surf for a half hour
and finally lay down in the water
and let the surf wash over him.
It was with reluctant steps that
he left the beach and prepared for
the drive home to Salem.
Although brought up in Eaton,
38m
G. S.
Elwell, aged 88. who enjoys
first sea bath.
N. H.,' only 50 miles from the At
lantic coast, Mr. Elwell had never
seen the ocean before his initial
dip on Monday.
"The nearest I ever came to the
ocean was 26 years ago at Cam
bridge Port, Mass.," said Mr. El
well. "That was only a jort and
couldn't get a fair idea of the real
majesty" of the ocean. Although
I've read extensively and often pic
tured the white caps and swells,
nothing prepared me for the great
Bight.
"Was I disappointed? Never had
I visualized such a magnificent
sight as the ebb and flow of the
tide. It is almost beyond compre
hension and something a man must
see to appreciate."
Apparently none the worse for
his adventurous sea bath, Mr. El
well made the return trip to Clover
dale and then on to Salem with his
fWwllrtli,t iUfflWWfcHilll MUi.lC
wife-and -friendsthe-same--evening
MILITARY CM OPENED
CITIZEN TROOPS TO BEGIN
TRAINING TOMORROW.
All Branches of Army Service Are
Included in Big Course at
Lewis Reservation. -
TACOMA, Wash., July 29. (Spe
cial.) Tho citizens' military train
ing camp, numbering approximately
750 men from Washington and Ore
gon, is now in operation at Camp
Lewis. Colonel Pegram Whitworth
of the regular army, chief of staff
of the 96th division,' is in command.
A corps of officers numbering 31
will act as instructors. The camp
win last a month.
Actual training of the citizen
troops will begin Monday, according
to Major J. S. Peake of the regular
army and adjutant of the 96th divi
sion. The average age of -the men
is 19 years.
As fast as students enroll they are
assigned to companies and sent to
the hospital for a thorough physical
examination. The results of these
examinations are sent to parents of
the soldiers, with the request of the
army that all deficiencies be cor
rected as far as is possible. All who
have- not teen inoculated get treat
ment and then are-sent to the quar
termaster to be outfitted.' '
.Practically every branch of the
service is represented at this camo.
including infantry, field artillery,
cavalry, air service, engineers and
signal, cornf. - Firing on the range
will begi.i the second week of the
camp. .
Numerous picnics have been ar
ranged by the recreation division
for the men Saturday afternoons
and Sundays.
YAMHILL FAIR PLANNED
LOCATION OF EXHIBITS OUT
LINED BY BOARD.
Jonas Howell 'Is to Begin Work
September 1 on Booths ,
and Grounds. - ,
McMINNVILLE. Or-..' Julv 29.
(Special.) The county fair board
of Yamhill held Its second, meeting
with the McMihnville Commercial
club Monday and tentative dans
were laid for location of the differ
ent parts of the exhibit. . The streets
around the armory and . the base
ment and some of the upstairs rooms
of the armory are to be placed in
shape for exhibits. Jonas Howell
has been engaged to construct the
necessary booths and shelters. He
will have complete charge of the
grounds and will commence work
September 1. The plans are to limit
livestock to cattle, hoes, noultrv
and sheep, and to have the horses
exhibited only in parade. Frank
Brown will have charge of the live
stock exhibit.
S. S. Duncan, secretary of th fair
board, was appointed to take charge
of the children's department.' The
American Legion plans are rapidly
i.niv.uB snape ana a good programme
of entertainment features is being
shaped.
CURB ON LAWYERS AIM
Ordinance to Forbid Soliciting at)
City Court Ordered."
Soliciting of business by attorneys
In and about the municipal- pnnrt
and city jail will be forbidden-under
rather drastic .penalty if the city
commissioners act favorably on an
ordinance Mayor Baker is to have
drawn for submission to his col
leagues next Wednesday. it will
also be made unlawful for police or
peace officers to recommend certain
attorneys to persons who have been
placed under arrest. .
Both practices are said- to have
been all too common around Second
and Oak streets. Half-hearted at
tempts have been made to end the
objectionable soliciting and wire
pulling, but without appreciable re
sults. By means of the new ordi
nance the mayor believes he will
effectively put an end to the activ
ities of the municipal court gang of
lawyers nd their henchmen. The
ordinance will provide a fine of $500
for violation of its restrictions.
Hood River News Installs Radio.
HOOD RIVER, Or., July 29. (Spe
claL) The Hood River News Is the
first mid-Columbia newspaper to in.
stall a radio broadcasting outfit.
The. service probably will be on the
air the latter part of this week.
H. Q. Bali; editor of the News, who
lues received an operator's license.
mil -ban-ale the -broadcasting.
PORTLAND
TO GET
Birth -Control Session
Is
Booked for this City.
MEETING TO BE IN 1925
Veterans of Suffrage Campaign
Iiikely to Figbt to Out Down
"Immigration From Heaven."
BY NORMAN H. MATSON.
(Copyright, ,1922, by The Oreonian )
LONDON, July 29. (Special 'cable.)
-Will deliberate, scientific restric
tions of "immigration from heaven"
o 1 v e the . problem picturesquely
labeled the "Yellow Peril"? The
world's leading propagandists of
such" restrictions think so, and
Baron Kelklchi Ishimoto, a promi
nent Japanese liberal, assured me
that no country is so ready to accept
family limitation propaganda as his
own. Japan has outgrown, her ter
ritory; she must cut down her birth
rate. Because this is quite general
ly understood ana Because me
literacy average is high, Baron
Ishimoto said he was confident that
birth control must become popular.
A falling birth rate, he said, would
prove this in the next few years.
The fifth international Dirtn con
trol conference, held in London and
attended by delegates from most of
the Countries of Europe, the orient
and America, decided to hold the
next 1 international conference in
Portland, Or., in 1925.
Portland Central Point.
' It was agreed that this city was
the most central meeting point now
that the propaganda front has
swung to the Far East and the
United States. In Portland em
phasis will be placed upon urgent
necessity of reducing the Asiatic
birth rate by peaceful means, and
upon the "necessity of getting
American laws against open birth
control propaganda repealed.
In the conference here delegates
from Scandinavia, . Holland, Ger
many, Austria, France and Japan
reported rapid spread of knowledge
of the subject and constantly lessen
ing of official opposition. In Eng
land birth control has ceased to be a
controversial subject." If the gov
ernment does not encourage the
propaganda it does not interfere
with it. The parliaments or Aus
tria and Germany are now consider
ing legislation that would remove
the last restrictions; the French
birth rate is eloquent in a word.
the delegates pointed, in no major
country are restrictions so severe as
iin the United States.
Campaign I Planned.
From how until the international
conference in Portland three years
hence, the American group proposes,
according to Mrs. Margaret Sanger
to intensify its campaign. "Passive"
taccs failing, there is to be resort
to v militancy. Of the American
women delegates that came to Lon
don from the United States the great
majority were veterans of the suf
frage campaign. They picketed in
Washington, many of them went to
jail and hunger struck. They think
those methods effective and are
ready, if not rather eager, to try
them again. , " -
Among the militant suffragettes
who attended the conference were:
Mrs. George H. Day Sr. of Hartford,
Conn.; Mrs. Clara Louise Rowe, New
York; Mrs. Otis Skinner, New York;
Mrs. Anne Kennedy, New York;Miss
Frances Jolllffe, San Francisco; Mrs.
Walter M. Newkirk, Philadelphia;
Mrs. Rublee, New York.
Wirelesa Control Target.
So much for birth control. But just
now Englishmen are interested in
wireless control. Wireless en
thusiasts have read of the growing
popularity of "listening Sn" in the
United States with no little envy
and frankly worded criticism of the
government delays that deprive
them of the air. Already thousands
of American and French sets have
been sold in this country. Some of
these are wondering if they will be
forced to throw them away and buy
British-made apparatus. It is un
derstood that the postmaster-general,
.acting on instructions of the
cabinet, has decided to protect Brit
ish manufacturers by preventing the
importation of foreign-made sets.
The manufacturers declared some
time ago that their, one chance of
profiting from conducting broad
casting stations would be by selling
listening-in sets. The British, ar
ticle is deoidedly more expensive
than made in America and France
Priest, 84, Says He Is Not
Too Old to Travel.
Father De Roe to Visit Belgium
to Publish Book.
SILVERTON. Or., July 29. (Spe
cial.) There is no such a thing
as being too old to travel, says
Rev. Father P. De Roo, who has
been at the Mount Angel monastery
for the last -ten months and is now
preparing to return to his home at
1127 Corbett street, Portland. - Father
De Roo is 84 years old and Is
planning on returning to his native
country, Belgium, before this year
is out. it is not his Intention to
remain there.
'Just a little matter of business,"
he said, "which- perhaps will take
a year to complete, at the end of
which time 1 will return, to my
Portland honle."
The business matter which takes
him to Belgium is the publication
of his new book, the manuscript of
which is completed and is being
revised by Father De Roo at Mount
Angel. The book is entitled the
"History of Pope Alexander ; the
Sixth," and will be completed in five
volumes. It is an extensive history
of the pope., his relatives and his
time, which was from 1431 to 1503.
The publishing of It will take about
one year. To have It brought put
in America would cost 18,000,
whereas it can be done in Belgium
for 5000.
Father De Roo is a native of
Belgium and did not come to
America until he .was 34 years old.
For the past 50 years Oregon has
been his home. He organized the
first Catholic mission at Baker
City, going from there to organize
one at Pendleton- and finally going
on to Portland to become pastor of
St. Joseph's church. .He "speaks
seven languages. . The English, he
says, was the easiest to learn. He
is able to translate from ' and to
read 16 different . languages.
' In his first book, "The History of
America Before Columbus, which
was published in 1900, he employ
14 different languages and In his
new book copies of original docu
ments will be inqeitea in aeven
NEW
WW,
different languages
and German prices are 'of - course
lowest of all. .
The British set that sells for 25
is no better than the set sold in the
United States for $5. -
Godfrey Isaac, managing director
of the Marconi wireless. Telegraph
company, sums up the situation:-:
"The case for the protection of
the industry can be put in a sen
tence either the production of sets
for wireless broadcasting- will be
protected from foreign competition,
or the manufacturers will not be
able to establish broadcasting stations,-
Unless broadcasting stations
are established, no "one wilKwant to
buy wireless sets, for there will be
little or nothing to listen to. It
win cost more than $1,O0O,O(!O a year
to maintain broadcasting stations.
The market must be protected
against the flood of German and
American sets which are waiting
to come in. xnis is not a question
of ordinary tariffs. '
Industry la New One.
"The wireless industry is quite a
new one, working under unusual
conditions. The British firms will
have to spend their capital in creat
ing a demand for sets. The cabinet
decision, if confirmed, means that
stations will be erected shortly and
broadcasting- will begin in earnest.
it win mean employment for thou
sands of men and women." -,
It -is supposed that the importers
of sets will be prevented by the
postmaster-general's refusal to is
sue listening-in licenses except to
those using British apparatus. Those
who already have bought foreign
sets are wondering if any provision
is to be made for them.
NEW FIRE IS REPORTED
Tillamook Blaze Is Attributed to
' Blasting or Smoker.
A new forest fire, thought to have
been set either by blasting or by a
careless smoker, was reported burn
ing in Tillamook county, yesterday,
adjoining the properties of the
Wheeler and Hammond Lumber
companies close to the Southern Pa
cific railroad tracks, in- the vicinity
of Maples. It was burning on 200
acres.
The fire was not endangering any
green timber and was being kept
within the confines of an old burn
by fighters who were rushed to' the
scene. It was reported that no ad
ditional men were needed to fight
the blaze and it was hoped- to have
lines around it today.
In other places along the coast in
Oregon, the situation was quiet. Co
lumbia county reported '. that all
fires were well in band there.
Fresh Figs Shipped East.
FRESNO, Cal,, 'July A. The
movement of fresh figs to eastern
markets, started in an experimental
way two years ago, Is expected to
reach a total of 75 to 100 CaUmyrnas
this year, according to forecasts for
local shippers
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Legislature to Be Asked to
Curb Mercenary Schemes.
4 BILL'S UNDER SUSPICION
Abolition of Voters' Pamphlet,
Which Permits Economical :
Distribution, Moved.
Some -plan will be proposed at -the
1923 session of the legislature seek
ing to prevent the use of the ini
tiative for mercenary purposes. The
recent expose by packers that the
fish measure was primarily con
ceived with the object -of "holding
up" the industry, and the, report
that the bank interest bill was also
in th same category, have caused
members of the legislature to give
some thought toward nncung a
remedy. -About
four initiative bills in re-
rent vears have been under sus
picion. It is common -gossip in fish
circles that one proposed fish meas
ure was quashed for about $3000
an A renorts say that another meas
ure two years ago could have been
stopped for $10,000, which is- the
figure -proposed to the salmon pack
ers as the fee for showing them
how to invalidate the present ini
tiative fish measure. ' Stui aniotner
. have been '
measure is reported to have , Been
reaoy iui iuo t -
would be raised, hut the money
was not forthcoming.
Evil Seen in Pamphlet.
A member of the state senate is
of the opinion that the best way to
deal with the intlative is to abolish
the voters' pamphlet. The pamphlet
affords an economical means of
reaching every registered voter in
the state. "Without the pamphlet,
the proponents of a measure would
require thousands of dollars to bring
their measure to the attention of the
voters through the press of the
state. Abolition of the pamphlet
would save a large sum . of money
to taxpayers, for the price charged
for space does not begin to cover
the cost of composition, printing and
mailing.
Another proposal for curbing the
excessive use of the initiative is
more direct. This plan calls for hav
ing the county clerk take charge
of the -initiative petition and in-
BE WAGED
stead of petition circulators solicit
ing signatures on the street corners,
the voter who favors the proposed
measure will have to go to the office
of the county sderk and sign. By
this method, every .name win De
genuine and legal, for the clerk will
determine on the spot whether the
citizen is a registered voter and
eligible to affix his signature.
The great benefit from this pro
gramme is that unless there is a
genuine demand for the proposed
measure, comparatively lew people
would take the trouble to go to the
courthouse to sign. This being the
case, initiative measures would
rarely appear on the ballot.
TEACHERSIN DEMAND
Many Graduates From Corvalli9
Appointed on Faculties.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, CorvalUs. July 29. (Special)
Strong demand for Oregon Agri
cultural college graduates to fill po
sitions in high schools throughout
the west continues. . The school of
vocational education has been busy
and has not been ale to supply the
demands for teachers. During the
last two weeks 33 appointments
have been made. They follow:
Marie Prather, '20, commerce, Van
couver, Wash.; Eugenia Somers, '20,
mathematics and science, Monmouth ;
Jean Folsom, '22, Physical education,
Roseville, Cal-; Rita Norris. 19, borne
economics, Eugene; E. E. Loughrey, 22,
science. The Dalles; Harriet Chambers,
'22, home economics, Heppner; Irving
Mather, '20, - Heppner; Garfield Orr
Lewis, 21, biology and science, Stayton;
Clyde Alexander, '22, science, Ferndale,
Wash. ; Wendell Grubb, '22, industrial
arts, Cavelo, Cal.; Clay Mosby, '22, in
dustrial arts, Roseville, CaL; K. H.
Klages, 21, agriculture. Timber Lake. S.
Dak. ; Claire Collins, 21, commerce.
Bend; Winifred Berg. '22, English, Ma
lin; Gail Boak, '22, borne economics,
Falls City; Mabel Brothers, 22. home
economics and physical education. Clear
Lake, Cal. ; Hazel Fulkeraon, '22, home
economics, Richland ; Louise Jackman,
'22, commerce. South Bend, Wash.; F.
E. Allen, director i general industrial
school, Pendleton;. Margaret Shirley, '22,
commerce, Shoshone, Idaho;- Percy Datre,
industrial arts. Ustacada; Frank W.
Zlmmerdahl)i ,22i lnflustrla, a'rta, Camaa,
wasn.; Clarence Soderstrom,
22, Indus
trial arts, Susanvllle, CaL: Hortense Van
Hollebeke, '22, commerce. Dufur; Eva
Dunning, '20. mathematics and science,
Hood River; LaVella Wood, '21, home
economics, Marshileia; Helen Dough
erty, '18, home economics. Cove; Mary
JiwinE, zo, borne economics. Rainier;
Mrs. Orpha Benson '22, Smith-Hughes
home economics, Cottage Grove; ??mma
Ueland, '13, home economics, Juneau,
Alaska; Hazel Strain, '21, home econo
mics, Washington Union high school,
Fresno, CaL; Willette B. Murray, '21,
agriculture. Washington Union "high
school, Fresno CaL -
Boy Scouts Go into Camp.
PENDLETON, Or., July 29. (Spe
cial.) Fifty Boy Scouts, of Pendle
ton are preparing for their annual
summer camp of two weeks at Im
migrant Springs, 20 miles above
Pendleton in th'e Blue mountains.
beginning Monday. H. J. Kirby
scoutmaster of troop 2, will be in
charge. Pendleton citizens will take i day, and will include a basket lunch
the boys to camp in autos. eon at the noon hour.
HUB ELECT OFFICERS
C. W. KEIiLY OF OREGON CITY
CHOSEX GREAT SACHEM.
Annual State Convention Closes
With Showing of Satisfactory .
Growth of Organization.
C, W. Kelly of Oregon City was
elected great sachem of the great
council of Oregon Improved Order
of Redmen, at the closing session
of the annual state convention . of
that organization at the East Sloe
Woodmen of the World hall yester
day. Other officers chosen were: It. D.
Gilson of Bend, great senior saga
more ; T. B. Lieinenweber of Astoria,
great junior sagamore; P. P. Fisher
of Portland, retiring great sachem,
great prophet; Dr. A. Sievers of
Portland, great chief of records; G.
C. Lyzell of Astoria, great keeper
of wampum;- L. A. Noble of Oregon
City, J. V. Rankin and J. M. Frel
langer of Portland, great trustees,
and L. H. Hamlg of Portland, great
representative- for the United States.
It was announced that tho mem
bership in Oregon toad shown1 a good
increase during the last year and
now numbers 17W). - .
Weatonka tribe of Medford was
presented with a set of officers'
Jewels as a reward for showing the
largest increase in- membership dur
ing the year. That tribe in-creased
36 members during the 12-roonth
period
P. P. Fisher, the retiring great
sachem, was preeentedwith a. gold
bladed tomahawk mounted on a
walnut ihandle oy the baby tribe of
the state, Abiqua of Silverton, wnich
Mr. Fisher instituted. The tribe
there was organized in 1921.
John B. Lankin, 74 years of age,
who recently donated property val
ued it $25,000 to Willamette tribe,
as a site for a hall, was paid special
tribute by the gathering. A $50,00;:
building is now In course -of con
struction on the property.
The bylaws of the- ordfcr were
changed In accordance with the na-r
tional organization, so that noo-
beneficiary members- may be admit
ted. About 68 delegates were present,
representing 20 tribes in Oregon.
The gathering closed last night with
a dance.
Picnic at Laiirelhurst Park.
Arrangements have been made for
the annual joint picnic of Ben But
ler post of the Grand Army of the
Republic and the Women's Relief
corps auxiliary to be held in Laurel
hurst park Tuesday. Several well-'
known speakers will take part on
the programme and there will be a
number of musical selections. The
festivities will last throughout the