6 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917.

TWO OF THE OLDEST INDIAN FIGHTERS WHO ATTENDED ANNUAL REUNION YESTERDAY. EMPIRE BUILDERS ARE CITfS GUESTS TAR yky . if; w y "The House of Hits" r' Washington at Park Pioneers Flock to Portland VJ u for Reunion and Will Hold f i i f A Sessions in Auditorium. '5 :""-- ; s V .. '.''5'. ss.l-:r- f .,"-!,- .' A - - Vi ; ....,. i

MAYOR WILL WELCOME

Informal Gatherings Today and Ban- quet Tonight Are to Be on Pro- gramme, Which WUI Include Tales of Early Days. I e-- t , - 1 S .s . , . - I V , Let Portland put on her holiday at- tire. For the Oregon pioneers will be Ys ' 4" - ' guests of the city today. X7 ? Z MIS : " "iA It will be their annual reunion, end they are coming from near and dis- tant parts of the state to Join in the attendant festivities. While the formalities of the meet- ing will take place this afternoon, the Joy of the occasion will be centered on " 1 1 the informal gathering this morning i ' - ' x - fc.v:K and in the big banquet tonight. I A i.x.y i ftp1 t y . A AJw j For the first time In the annals of the pioneers they will be able to meet In their own building, for the new Municipal Auditorium has been dedicat- ed to the use of these venerable empire builders. Scores of Pioneer Redster. Cyrus Walker, president of the asso- ciation and the first white child born In the Whitman missionary colony at Walla Walla, arrived in Portland yes- terday to attend the reunion of Indian War Veterans. He predicts a record at- tendance this year. Scores of the - .11- - "boys" and "girls" registered yesterday rir with George H. Hlmes, secretary of xcn.5 their organization. 'ion cst'ofSS44 While the morning will be devoted tOfx o (9So. to those happy reunions between in- e&r J dividuals and families that always fill the pioneer meetings with a full meas- ure of Joy and thanksgiving, the con- than 100 members, all of whom are ventions will be observed this after-no- n Deputy Sheriffs. Guns and ammunition with the following programme: VETERANS Ifi TOWN have been furnished the guard by the RAID Patrlotlo muBlo by veterans of the Civil state, and target practice is being held SCARES SHIPS I 15 If &l "" i War J. G. Chambers and D. R. Amldon, dally. fifera; J. E. Hills. J. M. Bennett, John Wat-ro- d and W. I. Palmer, drummers. Call to order by Cyrua II. Walker, 1838, This is the celebrated vamnire of Frannft preeldant. i TYPE OF FAIR CHANGES Invocation, Rev. Joseph H. Cornwall, 1846, whose beauty, vivacity and talent are the chaplain. Heroes of Indian Wars Are German Blockade Are "Star-Spangl- Runners i Song, ed Banner, Veterans Jackson County to Abandon $A talk of Paris this season. She's wonder- Quartet W. M. Morse, H. W. Mills and Z. Horse M. Parvln. and audience standing. Amazed by State's Growth. Racing More Cautious. fully alluring. and Concentrate on Food. ivs: t Address of welcome. George L. Baker, ' . , r.-i- f I 1 Mayor, a Gon of Pioneers. :A ' f Ii Response, Cyrua H. Walker, president-Coronati- MEDFORD, 18. of Mother Queen of Oregon. Or, July (Special.) Mualc, "My Own United States," Veteran Because of the war and the Importance Quartet. OFFICIALS PAY TRIBUTE of the food supply, the directors of the FLEET OF 17 DESTROYED REGINA BADET Annual address. A H. Tanner, 18R5. County Remarks, "Our Pioneer Dead of the Past Jackson Fair Association have Tear," Charles B. Moorei, past president. decided to abandon the horse races, in "The Golden Lotus" Contralto solo, selected. Mrs. Mabel C. bucking contests and motor races, Layfield. of Chicago, a daughter of Oregon with the same splendid company that made Pioneers. Commissioner Mayor which have characterized county fairs Ilolman, Baker in the past, and concentrate upon the Naval Circles Assert Dutch Waters Sarah Bernhardt's amazing 'Mothers of France' Appointment of committee on resolutions, display of go today. by President Walker. and Others Welcome Visitors agricultural products and Too Shallow for Battle to Have QTA Added only today and tomorrow: Solo, Special selected. Dr. Stuart McGulre. pianist foodstuffs. prizes will be 11A.M.-11P.- Music, "America, Veteran Quartet, and and Tells of State's Debt awarded this year for the best display Been Fought Within Daily "The Mystery of the Double-Cross-" audience, standing. of wheat, corn and oats, and a great Adults 15c, Children 5c Benediction, Rev. Joseph H. Cornwall, to Early Day Heroes. deal of attention will be paid to do- Three-Mil- e Limit. V chaplain. mestic canning and kitchen economy. Oregon Products to Be Served. The fair will not be held at the fair- Immediately these exercises the grounds this year, but Nata-toriu- m, YUMIDEN. Holland, 17. after at the Tuesday, July tlon in all the allied countries if Mon- was decided that, owing to the lateness Klickitat Valley and a banquet. The entire party will proceed to the base- (Continue!! Pace.) which is in the center of the The German merchantman Magdalena day's coup ment of the Auditorium, where a mon- From Firat city on the banks of Bear Creek. An succeeds in putting a halt of the season, which has made so much object of the association is the location, Blumenthal. which went ashore off to the traffic between the Rhine and extra work for the farmers, that the construction and maintenance of an all-ye- ar ster picnlo dinner will be spread, with and forethought and hardships endured Innovation this year will be water Hamburg, by the compliments of the Oregon Home by the Indian veterans of the past. sports as an adjunct to the school ath- Sandvoort while attempting to run the which has been increasing in fair to be held the Citizens' Leasrue military highway and touring Industry League, A. i. letic programme and special British blockade from Rotterdam to recent weeks, with greater boldness "of Eastern Lewis County In Morton this route through Washington. Oregon, of which Clark Deplored. military on the part of the German captains. Fall should, in their opinion, be con- Idaho, Utah and Arizona to the Grand la manager. Latk of Pensions drill. Germany, is a total wreck. The crew, The A galaxy of pretty women have been Cyrus Walker, in his speech of re one of whose members was wounded, British withheld their stroke fined to the onion growing contest Canyon of the Colorado and thence Mich- until the largest flotilla thus far sent and the school exhibit, which have been Bast, known as the Evergreen High- recruited from the ranks of the sponse, compared conditions then with has been landed. by on way S. igan Society, Daughters The 17 this route was well its and prepared by Superintendent F. Thomp- way. the of Indian conditions now; how the ox team In NEZ PERCES OPPOSE DRAFT Blumenthal was one of the then dealt a quick, hard blow. Already son, of consolidated District 214. In War Veterans and the wives and German merchantmen which put out It has been daughters of the Rotary Club to wait the logging camps has given way to from Rotterdam, most of which were announced from Rotterdam addition to this, in the opinion of the gas engine. Commissioner to Be that Germany has decided to lay up SO Big Bottom committeemen, such ex- Hood River Beans Damaged. upon the table. A crew of cooks and the Asked on What either stranded, sunk or captured by coat steamers there of attempt- assistant cooks at the Benson Hotel Otto Kleeman, the errand adjutant. British destroyers. Instead hibits as may be sent from other fairs HOOD RIVER. Or., July 18. Last Grounds Indians Must Serve. ing to run them home through the sea held in this section can be shown here. night was the of season have volunteered their services. spoke regretfully of the failure of lane. Preparations Bremer hottest the The annual campfire and business pen- LONDON, July 18. The allegation of for the fair and here. The heat of today has been tem- place Audi- widows of Indian fighters to get newspapers the Mosayrock fair are going on. and at pered by a cooling wind. meeting will take in the sions LEWISTON. Idaho. Julv in Dutch that part of Mon- be west The torium tonight, beginning at 7:30. The from the Government. cial.) fa day's encounter between British de- these places excellent exhibits will bean crop has suffered severely. Where meeting be concluded, John M. Moore, who fought Indians The Commissioner of Indian Af- stroyers SEASON LATE FOR FAIR shown. water is not business will it fairs will be asked to state clearly and German merchantmen available the beans will is estimated, in half an hour, after In nearly every Western state, urged upon what grounds which were attempting to run the be ruined. which the campfire exercises will be the organization to affiliate with the the members of the blockade from Rotterdam occurred in Some) Lewis County Members Would Evergreen Highway Being Promoted conducted. Nez Perce tribe are to be drafted for Dutch territorial waters Is generally National Association of Indian War war service. This matter has been GOLDENDALE. Wash.. July 18. (Spe-ciaDr-B- en Bank President Suffers Stroke. Yesterday was a busy time at the taken up by Chief discredited in naval circles here. The Limit Exhibitions. headquarters of the Oregon Pioneer veterans. only reports thus far received at F. Hin. of Walla Walla, GRANTS Or.. July 18. (Spe- rooms Oregon leader of the Nez Perces, and who was come the PASS. Association in the of the Some OOtTa Hf-n- Admiralty from commanders of president of the Highway cial.) J. T. Pry, president 1 Passed Milestone. in this citv tn MORTON, 18. Interstate of the First Historical Society. Tourny building, 20 vesterriav British forces in the action In the form Wash.. July Special.) Association, and party, including Sec- Bank or city, 6 Ed Rosa, Otto Kleeman, J. W. Col letter to the Indian National this suffered a Second street. The registration at Commissioner at of wireless summaries, the substance of At a mass meeting In Randle of the retary of State I. M. Howell, of Olym-pl- a, stroke of paralysis at his home Monday de- lins, Mrs. wasmngton. o'clock last evening was 600. All Benedict and Hosea West Chief which was covered in yesterday's of- members of the Eastern Lewis County will be in Qoldendale Friday night night, and lies in a serious condition. A siring badges today will have to go to were appointed a committee to take rr.nn.. ficial statement. It is explained that Fair who reside In the Bfrr Bottom It nnd he entertained by a tour of the wUtrht Improvement Is notd today. the Public Auditorium. steps toward the National affiliation. drafting of the Net Perce Indians for the shoals along the Dutch Coast in war on the grounds that the treaty be- this district extend so far to sea that Mrs. Eartlett entertained the gather tween the tribe and the Government is necessary for ships to a ing with a speech In Chinook, which provides tnat the Nez Perces it steer TEMPERATURE IS LOWER upon shall not course well outside the territorial was much appreciated. be called for war service, and on limits. The attack is said to have oc- the further grounds that Indians have curred at a point more Wednesday A poll of the crowd revealed that not been granted the than four miles Cooler Than Tuesday. the four oldest veterans meet- full rights of from shore. pent-u- p at the citizenship. It will be a source of great satlsfac- - Continued Breathless with excitement and suspense, tingling with Heat Forecast for Today. ing, with their ages, were: W. W. Btlll-we- ll. enthusiasm which ever and anon broke in wild applause, 1 Tom-Unso- n. all week 82 3. C Nelson. 90; T. It. huge audiences have viewed this picture and called it wonderful. Old Sol lost a little of his fervor yes- 87; O. F. Echlu. 86; James INDIAN WAR VETERANS ELECT because it's terday as compared with the previous Hembree, 92. too good day, and the maximum temperature At the afternoon session A. I Bailey, reached at 6 o'clock in the afternoon president of the Sons and Daughters MR. ROSS GRAND COMMANDER to stop. was 87 two degrees lower than on Tuesday. Humidity, however, was some- of Indian War veterans, was the prin- what higher, being 46 at noon. cipal speaker. Annual Meeting of Pioneers Who Blazoned Trail to Oregon's Success Is Prospects are for more of the same Mayor Baker spoke words of wel- Picturesque Affair Praise Given Also to Women of Days. kind of weather today. The forecast come for the people of Portland. Early of the Weather Bureau is for fair and A series of musical entertainments continued warm, with moderate north- BY ADDISON BENNETT. AflIlJ concluded the programme. the saluting of old friends, of feasting, west winds. there were picturesque of good fellowship, of mirth, of gaiety, Hourly temperatures yesterday were: of 5 A. M.. 61; S A. M., 63; 7 A. M., 63; 8 YESTERDAY adjacent to the and sorrow. There la another so- M-- on ciety closely allied with both vet- A. M., 65; A. M., 66; 10 A. , 70; 11 Yamhill street, the erans the A. M.. 74: noon. 78; 1 P. M.. 80; 2 P. M., STATE FAIR RULES OUT occasion being the annual meeting of and the pioneers, for the reader 84; P. M., 86; 4 P. M.. 86; 5 P. M., 87; the Indian War Veterans, those aged must remember that all of the veterans 6 M., 83; 7 are pioneers, but only those who fought P. P. M.. 81. people who In the long-ag- o fought ki the in the Indian wars are veterans. This SECRETARY LEA SATS PROGRAMME red men who went on the warpath. But other society is composed of the sons Read The Oreeronlan classified ads. with these veterans were many women and daughters grandsons WILL, BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED. ' with rosy and the and f frosted heads and cheeks, granddaughters of the veterans, and is the wives of the veterans, those good called the Sons and Daughters of the women of the long-ag- o, Livestock Entries Mnst Be Made who remained Veterans. It was this society that ar- ABSOLUTELY Before at home while their husbands were on ranged the feast that the veterans and September 15 Reanlatlosa Gov- the march, in blvouao or in conflict their friends partook of at noon yes- erning Exhibits Made. with the Indians. terday, the food being purchased And I never can think of those early through the beneficence of the good days, as people NOTHING either, these crossed merchants of Portland. It was Indeed '4 SALEM, Or.. July IT. (Special.) the plains or as they lived and pro- a fine spread and greatly enjoyed Secretary Lea, of the State Fair board, tected their homes and saved Oregon by all. to the Nation, without regretting that Pioneer Day to Be TPnll. today announced rules which will gov- we give so much less credit than Is due BETTER ern the entries of all exhibits for pre- to the brave women who bore in silence Today will also be a full day for the miums at the fair and declared that and often in seclusion their burdens veterans, although It Is Pioneer day, these rules, which are as follows, of grief, of sorrow, of sickness- - and tomorrow the veterans will have shall and of a free auto ride out over the be rigidly enforced: silence. I never see one of those dear they trail IN THAN "The fairgrounds will be open women (I will not call them old, for blazed in the '30s and '40s, now reception for they bore burdens so bravely, known as the Columbia River Highway. the of all articles six days their and What a treat that will bel How MESSAGE OF before the commencement of the fair the years have treated them so kindly many it will "THE THE MOUSE" and all entries for premiums must be that they are only old in years), I recall to of them the trips of the By made In person or by letter with the never see one of those pioneer women old days between The Dalles and Port- George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester CUTICURA secretary, as follows: but I feel like taking my hat off and land! "In the horse, cattle, sheep and swine saluting her. They are the mothers of In the afternoon yesterday the an- It's a story of a gigantic enemy plot to bankrupt America departments on or before September Oregon. Only for their bravery nual election of officers was held, and only possible, there Ross com- after the war. It's not but probable, and in 15; in the poultry and industrial de- would be no Oregon, no Portland; all Edward was elected grand spe- vice-gra- nd of present enemy activities in country, carries FOR partments, on or before September 20. of this vast Northwest would be a mander; Cyrus Walker, senior view this and in all other departments, before 8 British possession. commander; John W. Collins, cial warning to all patriotic Americans. o clock in the afternoon of September junior vice-gran- d commander, and Otto 23. The board reserves the right to Ranks Rapidly Thinned. Kleeman, grand adjutant. For 24 years THE SKIN accept entries in the livestock depart- There are so pitifully few of them Comrade Kleeman has held this office, nEARST-PATH-E NEWS SPECIAL ment after the expiration of September left. Their thinning ranks are a cause and for four years previous to that he greets Soap cleanse 15, but if this is done a penalty of 25 of grief to every lover of Oregon, of was assistant to the grand adjutant. New York free Russia; suffragettes riot at White The to and purify, per cent of the premiums earned by the the Nation. So modest are they, so And without pay, but, on the other House ; King and Queen of England visit industrial centers ; the Ointment to soothe and heal entry will be exacted. little they vaunt their presence before hand, at considerable expense to him- race riots in St, Louis ; with Pershing in France. all "All goods, articles and animals must men, that it is impossible to gather at self. So onerous are his duties that skin troubles that itch, burn, be In place on exhibition by 10 o'clock these annual reunions the names of the an assistant was elected yesterday crust and scale. They prevent little on the forenoon of the opening day of departed for the previous year. Yes- Mrs. L. A. Bailey who is president of the fair, and all horses entered for terday there were the records of only the Sons and Daughters of the Vet- - skin troubles becoming serious, speed contests must be in stalls and en- seven deaths, which number was very, erans. And then a collection was taken - y In gov- u" ' - 1 t. and used for every-da- toilet tered accordance with the rules very far below the actual number that up to defray the expenses of the ad- J ..." ,a.. .Ui--- f i il have erning the racing programme." passed away. jutant's office, the result being the purposes no superior for Here are the names of the deceased pitiful small sum of $19.37. And maintaining the purity and floseburff Home Guard Formed since last July, as reported: Father this was mostly contributed by the vet- beauty of Thomas M. Ramsdell, of Halsey; Cap- erans and their klnfolk. Are not the the skm,hair and hands. ROSEBURO, Or., July 18. (Special.) tain A- - B. Stuart, of Portland; Mrs. wealthy people a little ashamed of George Qulne Mary Groling, of Albany; Mrs. ad- Sheriff today Informed William themselves that the veterans are not For Trial Free by Return Mail Governor Wlthycombe that a Home Harris, of Portland; James II. Lewis, relieved from even, such ex- post-car- d: trivial mm dress "Cuticura, Dept. 24, Guard was formed here more than a of Roseburg; Jacob Ramsey, of Halsey, penses? Can we not give the veterans Boston." Sold throughout the world. month ago and the members are now and Mrs. Clementine McEwen, of Port- and the pioneers a fund at least to Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. ready to offer their services to the land. defray the expenses of their annual state. The local organization has more Yesterday was a day of business, of meeting? r i