The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-07-20
BIC CROWD TO Attend
A. LEGION Convention
American Legion Auxiliary and ia
soeiete des 10 HOmmes ct 5 Chevaux"
VIII Also Partieipate.-Big Doings
Planned at The Dalles for Last Week
in July.

THE DALLES, Or, July 1s.-Regis-
trations are beginning to pile up here
for the Fourth Annual convention Of the
Oregon department of the American Le-
gion which will be held July q, 28 and
29, when 1000 ex-service men and wo-
men are expected to foregather for the
hospitality Of Waseo county.
simultaneously with the big meeting,
the first grande promenade Of La Societe
des 40 Hommes ct 5 Chevaux and the
second annual convention of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary, the woman's
branch, will be held. The Forty and
Fighters will meet on July 26, at an all
day, and presumably all-night session.
The more sedate convention of the wo-
men will open on the morning Of the
9th and adjourn Saturday, the 2sth.
With The Dalles centrally located for
veterans of eastern and western Oregon,
a great host of visitors is expected here
on the morning of the 9th, when the
convention will be opened by Governor
Ben W. 0lcott and other dignitaries.
The 59th U. s. Infantry band from Van
couver barracks has accepted an invita-
tion to be present throughout the ses-
sion.
Outside of the regular convention bus
mess, a great program of entertainment
has been arranged. The chief features
will be military ball in the new NUM-
cipal auditorium on July 9th, the box
ing bouts on the evening Of the 28th,
with Battling 0rtega as the headliner
attraction, and the annual convention
parade on the morning Of July 20, the
closing day.
Besides these, there will be swim
ming meet for ex-service men. This
will be fve-event program, staged in
the Columbia River, and arranged in
three series, preliminaries, semi-fnals
and finals, given at o'clock in the af-
ternoon of each day. An elaborate list
of prizes has been prepared.
Dalles Post No. 10 is the entertain
ing organization this year and its mem
bers have announced that the visitors
will be entertained as no legion conven-
tion in Oregon has been entertained be-
fore The general committee is headed
by Francis v. Galloway, district attor-
ney of Wasco county and Pat Foley is
commander of the post. The chairmen
of the various convention committees
are Fred H. Mcneil, publicity; H. S.
Rice, decoration; Simon Cohen, enter
tainment; r. M. Weber, parade; and ].
T. Henry, registration.
Men from the Willamette valley and
other western Oregon points who do not
drive through are expected to mobilize
at Portland on the 26th and come thru
to The Dalles on special train. If
this train arrives on the evening Of the
26th, as anticipated, there will be enter
tainment features Immediately follow
ing the arrival of the visitors.
Hanford MacNider, national comman-
der of the Legion, has just accepted an
invitation to attend the Oregon conven-
tion. He is expected here Friday and
Saturday, and special arrangements
have been made to entertain him. A
number of members of his staff will ac-
company him on the westward trip.
Local legionnaires are extending spe-
cial invitations to nearby posts to turn
out en-masse for the parade on the
| 29th, when it is hoped to have 5000 ex-
| service men and women in line. A uni
que feature of the parade will be the
Indians from the Warm Springs reser-
! vation who are expected to participate.
The parade will start at II o'clock in
the morning, and Commander Lane
Goodell of the state department has an
nounced that he will convene the dele
gates in final session Immediately after
wards for the election of officers and Sc
lection of the 1928 meeting place.
McMinnville is making a strong bid
for the next meeting and is coming here
with large delegation. By far the big
gest single crowd from any one point
however is looked for from central Ore
gon, where the Legion is very strong.
| The "wrecking crew" of the central
Oregon Voiture has been invited to
stage the initiation ceremonies in con-
neetion with the grande promenade OF
the Forty and Eight. Over a hundred
members of this voiture have signed ur
for the special train from Bend, which
will also bring scores of veterans from
the frontier towns. Promises have also
been made of special train from east
ern Oregon, picking up veterans al
along the line from Baker down.
Dufur post, which has specialized il
the ritual work of the Legion in con
nection with its meetings, has been in
vted to stage an exhibition of lodge