The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-07-27
LEGION CONVENTION
WILL DRAW MANY

Registrations are beginning to pile
up at The Dalles for the fourth annual
convention of the Oregon department
of the American Legion which will be
held today, tomorrow and Saturday,
when 1000 ex-service men and women
are expected to.foregather for the hos
pitality of Wasco county.
simultaneously with the big meet
ing, the first grande promenade of La
Societe des 40 Hommes ct Chevaux
and the second annual convention of
the American Legion Auxiliary, the
woman's branch, will be held. The
Forty and Fighters will meet July 26.
at an all-day, and presumably all-night,
session. The more sedate convention
of the women will open on the morn
ing of the 9th and adjourn Saturday,
the 29th
With The Dalles centrally located
for veterans of eastern and western
Oregon, a great host of visitors is ex-
pected there the morning of the 9th
when the convention will be opened by
Governor Olcott and other dignitaries.
The 59th u. S. Infantry band from
| Vancouver barracks has accepted an
invitation to be present throughout the
session.
Outside of the regular convention
business, great program of entertain
ment has been arranged. The chief
! features will be military ball
in the new municipal auditorium today,
the boxing bouts tomorrow evening,
with Battling Ortega as the headlIner
attraction, and the annual convention
parade Saturday morning.
Besides these, there will be swim
ming meet for ex-service men. This
will be a five-event program, staged in
the Columbia river, and arranged in
three series, preliminaries. semi-finals
and finals, given at A o'clock in the
afternoon of each day. An elaborate
list of prizes has been prepared.
DaIles Post No. 19 is the entertain
ing organization this year and its
members have announced that the Wis
itors will be entertained as no Legion
convention in Oregon has been enter
tained before. The general committee
is headed by Francis V. Galloway, dis
trict attorney of Wasco county, and
Pat Foley is commander of the Post.
The chairmen of the various conven-
tion committees are Fred H. Mcneil,
publicity; H. S. Rice, decoration;
Simon Cohen, entertainment; X. M.
Weber, parade, and j. T. Henry,
registration.
Hanford MacNider, national COM
mander of the Legion, has accepted
an invitation to attend the Oregon
convention. He is expected for Fri
day and Saturday, and special arrange
ments have been made to entertain
him. A number of members of his
staff will accompany him on the west
ward trip.
The Dalles legionnaires are extend
ing especial invitations to nearby posts
to turn out en- masse for the parade on
Saturday, when it is hoped to have
5000 ex-service men and women IN
line. A unique feature of the parade
will be the Indians from the Warm
Springs reservation who are expected
to participate. The parade will start
at IL O'Clock in the morning, and Com
mander Lane Goodell of the state de-
partment has announced that he will
convene the delegates in final session
Immediately afterwards for the cleo
tion of officers and selection of the
1923 meeting place.
The 'wrecking crew" of the central
Oregon Voiture has been invited to
stage the initiation ceremonies in con-
nection with the grande promenade of
the Forty and Eight. Over a hundred
members of this voiture have signed
up for the special train from Bend,
which will also bring scores Of veter-
ans from the interior towns. Promises
have also been made of special train
from eastern Oregon, picking up vet
Grams all along the line from Baker
down.
Dufur Post, which has specialized in
the ritual work of the Legion in con-
nection with it's meetings, has been
invited to stage an exhibition of lodge
room technique when the conventions
open Friday morning. Commander
Goodell has invited this post to take up
an hours time during the convention,
if necessary, as he considers the in
struction of great value to other posts
over the state which have not yet
adopted the Legion ritualistic formula.
The convention in The Dalles will be
staged in the capacious new civic audi
forum, dedicated this spring. II was
constructed from city funds and dedi-
Gated to the honor of the men and
women of the county who served in the
war.