The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
SPECIAL
Cordial Receptions rendered
Jayhawkers Aleng the Line.
Women Are Given an Auto Ride
at lie Grande.
HEAR DIR. L0VELAND PREACH
Several Former TOpekans Are
Met at Portland.
l.. vi. PenWeII Meets an Old
Friend and CO-WOrker.
HEAR DIR. LOVELAND PREACH

Seattle, Wash. July 16.-Oregon
has never been properly advertised, is
! the opinion of most of the KansanS on
! the Shrine special, who arrived here
after spending most of two days i'll
the Columbia river state. The Oregon
Short Line and the Oregon Washing
! ton Railway and Navigation road ira
verse a country where farming is aid
ed by Uncle Sans irrigation projects
and where prosperity is a reality.
From the windows of the O.-W. r.
6, y. trains the Columbia river can be
seen for miles. Previous to last week
the only~ways to see the Columbia and
the surrounding scenery was to go by
/ boat or rail Now a highway has been
completed at cost of $1,000, 900.
which makes possible a plea mt rip
for motorists along a route which for
striking scenery has few rivals in this
country.
Saturday night the women of the
Shrine party enjoyed an auto 1rive
through the town of LIE Grande. a
place of 5000 people. Two years ago
LIE Grande found itself heavily in
debt. As a result, the town became
the second in the United States to hire
secured to fill the position and he still
is on the job. There is a city COM
mission, but it does not butt in ex-
planned Lafky THE commissioners
act only as city advisers. Supervising
the business and paying the bills for
the city is my job, exclusively" In
cldentally LIE Grande now Is nearly
free from debt.
Receptions rendered to the Jay
hawkers in Oregon were cordial. II
seemed as if the whole town of LIE
Grande turned OUT to hear the lit
tie concert given by the ever-working
Portland, boxes of tempting Oregon
cherries were placed at the disposal of
the KansanS. At Portland, the chair
man of the Kansas reception commit
FOE 7 ff1v~T1 1earlx Of
peka, and now vice president of the
Portland Merchants bank. Forty mo-
tor cars carried the visitors for a
three-hour ride over the beautiful city
of roses.
Hear DR.. LoveIand.
Many of the Shriners heard DR..
Frank L. Loveland, former Topeka
Methodist pastor, speak Sunday night
Oscar Downing was one of the for
mer Topeka colony in Portland, who
made himself known. Downing came
to the northwest country 3 years ago.
For eleven years previous he worked
for the Santa Fe where he was a CO.
worker with L. NJ. Penwell. The two
had a session of recalling old times.
Other ex-Topekans at Portland in
clude: Homer Jameson, W. S. San
ders, James n. Davis and Frank
Rohrer.
George Seybold, one of the Topeka
men on the three weeks trip, pur-
chased safety razor before starting.
ne new instrument replaced one OF
the old fashioned kind which Mr.. Sey-
bold had used % years. Counting an
average of a quarter of inch of beard
a week, Mr.. Seybold figures that the
razor has shaved off 25 feet of whisk- |
ers in it's time.
The Snyder-Doncyson black face
team, which scored a marked success
in the Commercial club MINISTRIES, is
on the special. The two are |
kept working overtime to amuse the |
travellers.
The SaIina bunch of Isis Shriners |
are originators of stunt which con- |
sists giving a 'Rock Chalk-K. u yell |
at the various station platforms where /
the train stops.
Quartermaster Sergeant J. Doublin, |
L. S. A, and second lieutenant in the |
Shrine patrol, is A striking /
inquire in the drills given by the organ |
lzation. His military carriage is no |
ticeable. Sergeant Doublin is on |
three months furlough. He will spend /
the time as guard at the Frisco fair. ,
George w. Porter, civilian not /
Washlngton) makes an excellent drum |
major for the band. Porter's exper- !
fence in the Kansas National guards |
and lodge drill teams stands him in |
good stead in leading the marching.
SNOWFALL Fight on Top of Mountain.
Led by the delegates to the Imperial
council meeting which yesterday /
closed its forty-first annual session in
tAAio lily, several thousand SnT1n6TS
today snowballed each other on the |
slopes of Mount Rainier crawled over
glaciers; explored ice caves, discov-
cred new wild flowers and even scaled /
the summit of the great peak.
Loaded with red fez wearers, special |
trains left Seattle shortly after sun
rise and arrived at the Rainier Ma
tional park during the morning. After
luncheon at the inn they went out on
the side of the mountain under the |
care of trained guides. visiting Para
disc valley and several of the noted
glaciers.
Tonight the fasteners will sleep on
the mountains and tomorrow after
noon VIII return to Seattle. While a
portion of the delegates and Shrine
members were making the junket to
Mount Rainier, several thousand more
boarded an ocean going steamer and
crulsed for the entire day on Puget /
Sound. going west to the foot of the
olympic mountains and the strait of
Juan de Fuca, and north as far as the
Canadian boundary.
Several bands accompanied the
travellers and played at Everett Ana
eortes. Bellingham and other cities I
visited.