THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1012.
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Noisy Bunch From New South
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- ' Business. "
Immense Throng at Oaks Soon
Reduces Heaps of Edibles;
Many -Unable to Get in on
Skagway Lodge No.;431 Sends
William T. Baker, 85 Years
Elks; From 'Golden 'Gated City
; Are Out In Force to Capture
Distinguished Delegates
Old, of Springfield, III., to
Present Mayor Rushlight
One Is Mayor Both Unite
-1915 ConventionAre You
Bread Line in Time.
In Praising Portland.
With Famous Memento.
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"Did ; we have a good time? Well, I
should say we did," was the cry of
j J hundreds of Elks coming home on the
cars from the Oaks last night. Everyone
j who was fortunate enough to crowd ln-
; sklevoftheTesorthada most enjoyable
1 a time; Twenty thousand men and women
; i BtidchiWren,-everyone "of them, either
t an Elk. or a relative or mignty inn
; mate friend of an Elk passed through
i i the sates between 1 o'clock. and 9:30.
i j the salmon barbecue was the main
s, attraction, and that it was enjoyed
i 0 raid be- testified to by the speedy man
' j Tier, in which every vestige of edibles
, disappeared from the tables. Three tons
..of Jordly salmon, 3300 pounds of clams,
, CSOO Joa'ves of bread; butter, potato
, calad,' vegetables, crackers, coffee, beer
end soft c drinks in proportion disap
peafed with the first rush of the nun
' gry herd. Half an liour after the wait
, era started serving the edibles were re
: : duced to empty clam shells and well
ricked, salmon,, bones, ......
i . Bif Crowd XtrofTy,
4 When the crowd began to arrive the
i ravf of appetising looking salmon was
4 me marvel PI every ueuuiuer. pur .uu
. feet on the lawn of the Oaks lay coral
j pinked sides of salmon tastily arrayed on
! large "platters with potato salad and
, lemons handy. A steaming cauldron of
. clams, one of .coffee and the crate af-
J ter crate of bread and vegetables gave
, everybody the impression that there
, would be plenty for all; Once the serv-
5 lng started, however, there soon de-
j veloped a ahortage which left several
2 thousand hungry visitors unfed. Every
. edible in the tavern and the caeterla on
the Walk was eaten and still t he crowd
; was hungry.
Manager Cordray first opened the
, gates to the visiting throng at one
"' o'clock, Br three there was a lino of
visitors 200 feet long outside every
j otie of the amusement centers thrown
, open - to - the visitors.
Band Concert,
"If "itfoIgV fully half an honr to work
4 ones way-from the , beginning of the
j waiting line to the cars of the "Figure
Eight" and an equal amount of. patient
waiting t getsto either the Chutes or
i the Old MilL As large & crowd gather
ltd In front of the Giant Whirl but ow-
t
lng to the large number accommodated
at one load it took less than the others.
The competitive band work com
menced yesterday afternoon with a pre-
I limlnary judging of the Wagner band
i of Seattle, the Fifth Infantry band of
Han Francisco, -and the Kalispell, Mont
! band. The Wagner band drew an award
' of 100 points while the Kallspell organl
1 -eation-drew-TaThe - Fifth - Infantry
' scored 65 points.
Dancing and a generaFgood time wTtK
' everybody enjoying himself in the way
' that he saw best filled the evening. The
" Oaks band gave an evening concert,
' their program being intespersed by vau-
Seville acts and the exhibition of King
I Pharaoh, the trained horse.
UODdrS WAWiHfjf VARN5 NI Tt OTHER
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GOOD TIME, ALL RIGHT
j J.' Cal Ewing Finishes Well Inside
1 1 the .Money. -
I '.Whenever they start to ballot on who
t is having the greatest time In Port
1 land, J. Cal Ewlng will finish Inside the
j money. Know him? He's the owner of
"ThTS'an Franc fscThalieBaTriftuti khd'"6rie
of the biggest men in minor league base
ball. Whenever the Pacific Coast league
wants a baseball concession It" does a
Jcalewlng and, presto, the trick la
turned. Ewlng Is a life member of the
Oakland. Cal.. lodge.. '. . .
IS
REAL LIVE ONE
Boys Have a Line of Boost
Talk That Is Hard to
Beat.
- Tnere'T'!' "meaning to " every" "little
movement of the Everett boys of No.
479, and they are always moving. For
out and out live ones and boosters they
are bard to beat.
Everett headquarters are at the Im
perial hotel, where members of the
ELK-FLOAT GORGEOUS CAR OF LIGHT AND BEAUTY
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-Photo copyright by Marcell, Elk's official national convention photographer.
Elks; float, which proved one of main attractions of spectacular elec
tric parade.
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ANNEX
Twelfth and Washington Streete
Portland's newest and most beautiful
hotel Absolutely fireproof Both
phones in every room Commercial
tourist and family hotel European
plan High-class' grille in connection.
THE ANNEX HOTEL CO.
F. P. WILLIAMS, MGR.
NOW OPEN FQR BUSINESS
party are holding open house. Punoh Is
served to all visitors, who, while In
dulging In a cooling draught are made
acquainted with the fact that Everett,
Wnph., Is -some town, with a future as
bright as a searchlight.
C. O. Martin, exalted ruler, and J. B.
Martin, secretary, are with the herd,
which includes also all past exalted
rulers of the Everett lodge. Among
them are such good fellows as Jim
Bell, Adam Jorgensen, Gene McGill,
Judge Ulack, B. E. Paget, Q. E. Friars
and Dan Currie, and others who are for
Everett now and forever.
Neatly framed photo engravings of
the city of Everett have been distributed
broadcast in Portland with the compli
ments of the Elks of No. 479. The
souvenir calls 'attention to ifi'e fact that
Everett has an Industrial payroll of
$500,000 per month, and that It Is known
as the Pittsburg of the west. The Ever
ett boys are also distributing a sou
venir folder which goes into mors de
tail concerning the town, its record and
its promises. .
Twenty-one years ago. in 1891. the
folder says, the population-of Everett
waa nothing. In 1900 the government
census gave the town credit for 7838
inhabitants, and in 1910, according to
the census, the population was 24.814.
The "Pittsburg of the West." and the
"City of Smokestacks" are two of Ever
ett's pet appelations.
The Everett fellows, of whom there
are some Zbo m town for the conven
lion, are e -earnest in their boosting
iuu nave sucn convincing facts to back
mem up, that a visit to their camp sat
inlea the ordinary mortal that It In
merely waste of time to live anywhere
out in ineir town.
"Farthest north" is the title to fame
which clings to two of the most en
thuslastlo booster Portland ever . had.
They are H. H. Drape and J. M. Tanner
both of Skagway. Alaska,
fekagway lodge, No. 431, of which
they are members, is farther north than
any other lodga.. It is one of the llvest
organizations on the Pacific coast, how
ever. Their temple houses, bowline al
leys, pool and billiard rooms, buffet.
card rooms, reading and Writing rooms,
a big general assembly room and dining
room. They have two nriinintn hunt
ings on the inaln street of Skagway
i nese two Elks are character in
their cuuntry.. J.: M. Tanner, the wes-
mttyor or KKagway, went into the
far north in 1895. Just after "Sopie"
Smith had been killed by the vleilantea
and the marshal then In charge arrested
ana sent pack to America, Tanner was
appointed marshal.
Public Career.
For eight years he held this nns.
bringing .strict order and obedience to
tne law out of a chaos of lawbreakln
mm uisoraer tnat nau been unbelievable.
or tnree years after finishing hl term
as United States marshal ho served as
a municipal Judge at Skagway and since
men lias served several terms as niavor
of that enterprising city.
Both Draper and Tanner unite in their
praise of Portland. They are Inveterate
travelers, yet they both of them in
variably reach Portland and snend a fnw
days here every time they come to the
states. "Thero is no town In the coun
try that can excell Portland for busi-
ess stability, wealth or beauty accord-
ng to my ideas," teaid Do Draner while
Tanner smilingly seconded each word.
The way the lodge here has handled the
convention has been a welcome sight
to me for In a!l my recent travels I
ave been booming the Portland con-
ention and it has been but a vindica
tion of by beliefs. You have the roost
pitcuresque city, one of the best lodges
Mies and a people who cannot be
beaten for hospitality and generosity."
Alaska Booming.
Alaska Is booming these days, say
both men, although they are both pes-
lnnstic as to the life of the fish in
Alaska waters. Thirty-two canneries
opened up there this year and they are
faBt depopulating the streams. They are
employing hundreds of men, however,
and the riches they are sending out of
the country are vast. White Horse mine
s shipping 60 carsloads of ore a day,
ui otnerwiee mere is but little activity
In mining circles, -
From farthest west comes A. Mae-
Duffle of Honululu lodge. No. 816, and
himself the chief of detectives of bahu
Island. Mr. MacDuffle has a trouble
some Job on his hands for he Is forced
to keep order among thousands of Por
tugese, Chinese, Japanese, Hindus, na
tive Hawaiians and other foreigners.
Of his 14 deputies ten are foreigners
and each has his own race to look
after. MacDuffie is proud of his dep
uties and of their record and says that,
considering the character of the inhabit
ants, their Island Is the most peaceable
In the Hawaiian group.
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WM. f. BAKE? PATRIARCH FROM
tCL. WAS
mTWviewEO atth , .
NpORTLArO. PRESS CLUB
LATEST ELKS' CENSUS
GIVEN AS 384.742
New York Leads Ail States in
Membership; 70gl Elks
In Oregon,
BUSN
ESS CEASES AS
PARADE MARCHES PAST
In the list of those who ordinarily
toll are certain conscientious citizens
who came to their offices this morning
ruiiy aeterminsd to "make It a day,"
without regard for the governor's proc
lamation of a holiday or the Elks' con
vention that caused the proclamation.
Some of them got half way through
tne morning s mail and turned to dic
tate, only to discover that Miss Sten
ographer had taken the proclamation se
riously. Some of them kept their eves
on duties but ears caught the blare of
the music and fancy went straying
away beyond work.'
And in these ways It occurred that
the Portland atmosphere of "town on
tiptoe" proved too much for them all,
railroad men, commercial men, bankers
and merchants. Without conscience they
set the locks on doors; they snapped off
the electric light wltches and they went
out to Jam through the crowds, heads
bent, elbows set, trying to get the clos
est possible to the expression of fun and
frolic In pageantry the parade.
OXE LOVESOME ELK
of
Delegated Sole Representative
His Lodge In Colorado.
There Is at least one lonesome Elk
in Portland. He Is Louis J. Rachofsky,
grand lodge delegate .from Central City,
Colo., exalted ruler of his home lodge
and Inner guard of the State Associa
tion of Elks.
Rachofsky is the sole representative
of. Central city . attending theraud
lodge. He knew he would be lonesome,
and In anticlpat'lon of it had a dozen
long purple ribbons printed for coal
lapel display, which read, "I'm all alone."
(Lt is whispered he had an appointment
with a pretty Portland girl for this
evening at the Oaks, however.)
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N TUB matter of Elks' population In
various states, New York heads the
list. -with Pennsylvania a close second
and Ohio and California standing third
and fourth respectively.
According to the Elks' census Just
completed, there are residing In New
York state, 30,793 members of the or
der. In Pennsylvania are 30,398; in
Ohio. 22,261, and in California, 18,896.
Pennsylvania leads, in the number of
lodges within any one state. There are
112 lodges in Pennsylvania. Ohio comes
second with 79, Illinois .third with 70,
and New York fourth with 62.
Among the western states, California
leads both In the number of lodges and
membership. Within the borders of
California are 48 lodges, with a total
membership of 18,896. Statistics of oth
er western states, giving the number of
lodges first and the total membership
last follow:
Idaho, eight lodges, membership, ITtT
Montana, fourteen lodges, membership,
4714.
Oregon, seventeen lodges, membership,
7081.
Nevada, three lodges, membership,
1273.
Utah, five lodges, membership, 1874.
' Washington, nineteen lodges, member
ship, .8787.
Wyoming, five lodges, membership,
ZZ67.
The total membership of the lodge In
1911 was 359,677, and In the lodge year
of 1912, the membership Is given at
384,742. Numerically, the standing of
the principal lodges Is headed by Brook
lyn, N. Y., witb a total membership of
3t3. Trie New YOrlc lodge Is second
with 8149 names on its roster and De
troit occupies the fourth position with
1826 members.
Los Angeles occupies the mbst un
fortunate position of all. It is thirteenth
on the list; Seattle Is fourteenth; Den
ver, fifteenth; Portland, sixteenth; Spo
kane, twenty-fourth, and Oakland, twen
ty-ninth.
His association with ADranam Lin
coln as a boy and young man is one
of the proud recollections of William
Baker, 85 years old, of Springfield,
111., who bears the distinction of being
the oldest Elk in Illinois. Mr. Baker
has called Springfield his home during
84 of his 85 years, but he declares that
he la having the best time of his life
right now at the grand lodge reunion
In Portland. '
Before ho departs foT home Mr.
Baker will present to the city through
Mayor Rushlight, a momento of Lin
coln in the form of a gavel cut out
f a walnut tree to which Lincoln tied
his flatboat for several days In his
famous trip down the Sangamon river.
This walnut tree grew on the place of
Mr. Baker's father, and the two young
men, who had known each other be
fore, for awhile were fellow tollers on
the flatboat.
Lincoln's Flatboat
Years ago the walnut tree was hewed
flown, but Its wood was saved, and
from It many souvenir gavels have been
made. Mr. Baker brought, two with
him: one for Portland In honor of the
grand lodge, and the other for "John1
Sullivan, the retiring grand exalted
ruler. i
With each gavel goes tha following
note from Mr. Baker: "I, William T.
Baker, hereby certify that this piece
of wood was part of "the walnut tree
that Abraham Lincoln and I tied his
flatboat to when we went down the
Sangamon river sometime in 1840 or
1841.
"I was on the flatboat with him part
of the time while it was stranded on
my father's mill dam for four days
and" " nlgfits." My" father; James Haker,
was a messmate of Abraham Lincoln
In the Black Hawk war.
W. T. BAKER."
Mr, Baker, though having lived In
Illinois so long, has had his share of
western hardships and pioneering ex
perience. He Is no tenderfoot in any
sense. In fact, he Is today probably
eligible" -to -membership in tha Pioneer
of California, for he came to that state
on muleback In 1854, and remained there
near three years.
How He Split Sails.
It was to Yreka, Cal., that he and
a companion went in quest of wealth
and adventure. They got the adven
ture and later made a start toward
getting the wealth when they drove
back to the east, in 1867, a herd of
wild horses.
While he was in Yreka Mr. Baker
was mail rider for 16 months. From
B -P O--E .
San Francisco number three.
115 that's the date.
Meet us at the Golden Oats,
xsear tiear vv nere wne
San Francisco. , -
That "San Francisco bear" yell min
gled with the strains '. of many bands
was all that l,was to be r heard on the
streets this morning while the Elks
made merry. The streets seemed fairly
auva wun ban trancinco boosters who
are making . the. best of their limited
time., here to get in, the best licks they
can in their fight for th'e convention in
1815. f ' ',-. '
"Are you for Frisco?" was the auerr
With" whlcTPeveryone was greeted. Tt
la the watchword of the San Francisco
delegation and wtth their yell Has made
Portlands streets seem mora Ilka the
California metropolis than her own.
This spirit of aggressiveness Is what is
expected to win the big convention for
the Bay City In 1915. It was a like
spirit with which the Portland delega
tion won tne convention which Js now
on and taking their lesson from - the
successful Portland lodge the southern
ers are losing no time In their campaigning.
That the convention will be held In
San Francisco 'In 1918 is tha belief of
everyone about the Frisco head
quarters. Like hopes are to be found
around the -Alameda county head
quarters in the Portland , hotel, where
Colonel Qler and Colonel J, K. Bitter
are in charge.
Colonel J. K. Ritte. commander of
the drill team from 171, Oukland, is the
father of drill teams In Elkdora, having
taken the first drill team to the Cin-.
clnnati convention 20 years ago. Since
that time his teams have won eight
first prizes. His first team were dressed
In simple double breasted coats with
white trousers and hats and carried
canes In place of swords.
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SWEET
PEA EXHIBIT
PR!
SUCCESS
That the sweet pea exhibit promoted
by the Oregon Sweet Pea society is
firmly fixed as an annual affair was
the unanimous rerdlct of enthusiastic
growers of this flower when the second
annual show closed yesterday evening.
The show was held Tuesday and Wed
nesday in the large county courtroom,
and was attended by approximately 8000
people.
As a beautlfler of tha lawns, the
sweet pea ranks second to the rose. It
has been discovered that Oregon climate
and weather conditions are Ideal for the
sweet pea, allowing It to make luxuri
ant growth in stock and develop splen
didly In bloom. Three years ago the
cultivation of this flower was in Its
prima Today It is established on a
scientific basis. To Captain George
Pope of Woodstock belongs a large
share of the credit for arousing Port
land people, and especially school chil
dren, in this work. The show will be
held In July next year, and promises to
attract northwest attention. The so
ctety is- now affiliated with-tha National
Sweet Pea association.
aRBcrtviuue o.ctoPGC
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Have you heard tha "slnslns- YktA
from the new south"?
One of the noisiest nrn
Portland dyrlng tha B. P. O. H. reunion
and that Is Haying; a' great deal la
me Dana rrom me southeast. March
ing In Indian fll thev h.v
through the streets, through the hotel
curraiors, mrougn the local Klk lodge
ioum ana mrougn manjr or tha down
town office buildings.
The party Is made up of delegates and
visitors from South Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee. Florida, Ken
tucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
Sprinkled here and there among them
are members from Pennsylvania, Indi
ana, Michigan and Ohio, these having
Joined the special train on Its way west
ward. Among the leading: songsters are
James L. Irby of Boyklns, 8. Cj John
J. Jeannette of St. Joseph, Mich.; John
B. Blllev Of Richmond Va n, tr
Cooper of Knoxvllle, Tenn.j Rowen c!"
jonea or ueorgetown, Ky.; A. j. Hamm
of Florence, B. O, and Joe Koewler of
Henderson county, Kentucky.
"We are here to show you that the
southeast." said flnlon.l Trhv
pretty far away, but that w' are not
going to let yon forget It, anyway."
Entertain
Your
Friends
the end of his route at the top of the
mountains he would often look over
Into Oregon, but he did not coma her
until many years later.
Mr. Baker tells with delight of how
he split rails with Lincoln on more
than one occasion. He Is Visiting in
Portland at the home of J. W. Keasey,
a io ean naiaei street.
with true Oregon
hospitality; make
every luncheon,
every dinner, the
better by serving
Elks' Week.
Mall The Journal to your friends In
the east, or brother Elks. You can
send ten Issues of Tha Journal, from
July 7 to 16, covering complete pro
ceedings of tha Elks' reunion, includ
ing the large special Elks' number of
July 11, to your friends or brother Elks,
xor zs cents, order at once..
New
ass
Boosters for the Beavers,
They don't own minor league fran
chises and "inside baseball-' Is Greek to
them, but Ed Bedichek, Julius Ebel,
Webb Pender and Dr. H. P. Bagney form
a quartet of the greatest boosters the
Portland Beavers have in town this
week. Why? Well, that's simple. They
ara all from. Ra.nt a. Mnriu, t'ql., the train
ing ground of the Portland Coasters.
Every day that the Beavers' are at Santa
Maria this bunch of boosters Is on the
job looking the boys. over. They are here
attending the Elks' convention and they
are among those present when it oomes
to conyentionlng. , .
Tour
Glacier National Park
THIS SUMMER
Season June 15th to October 15th, 1912
CEvery facility is offeffed the tourist to see the beauties of
G lacier National Park this summer. Eight new chalet camps
will be opened to the visitor on June 15th, each located in a
picturesque valley on the shore of a beautiful lalce or on the
banks of a rollicking mountain stream. Outings $1.00 to
$5.00 per day.
Low Round Trip Fares
CGuldefl and horses are in readiness to take you to the most remota
beauty spots m the Park. Plan a short jaunt of a day or a tour of a
week or a month in Glacier National Park.
- Write for deecriptto Booklet and detailed Infamatlen tegardlng tow fares ta
H. DICKSON, City Passenger and Ticket Agent
122 Third Street, Portland.
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BEST
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the same-r-always
the highest. Order
a case today.
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