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Show HAHDIfJO FACES BUSY DAY ON OREGtllL Meacham . to Entertain President in Celebration 'of ArriTovl of First Wagon Wag-on .Train in Willamette EXECUTIVE WILL PITCH HORSESHOES Will Smoke Pipe of Peace in Grand Powwow With Indian Leaders; Pioneer Dance Also Is Planned OK BOARD PRESIDENT HARDING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, July y A. P.) Prealdent Hardlny had today tho moat atreauoua day' proaram of ' hla Weatern trip In tha emelleet town ho haa yet rlalted. ' Tha proaram had to do with tho Oree-on trail celebration and tha town la Meacham. Ore, ton mllee from a railroad, and with population of fifty. one pereona. The population of tho little town, howorer. waa augmented greatly by Yteltore from all parta of tho atata and from adjoining atatea, who Joined In oalebratloa of tha eightieth aanlroraary of tho arrival ar-rival of tha flret wagoa train la tha Willamette ralley. Ra porta received by tho praaldentlal party aald automobile parttea had been arrlvtna la Meacham for aereral daya and that by tho time tha chief executive arrlvaa there the population will have Increased Juat about looa tlmao. (, HARDWO PSOSRAM. Aa Idea of tho part tho4 prealdent preal-dent will play ta tho oalebratloa may ba obtained from tho program tor tha dan which la aa followei Arrive Meoham a. m. - - Prealdantlal aaluta of twenty-otia guna ' Tbo prealdent welcomed to Ore-gaw. Ore-gaw. .hy roeaaaioe ayaaaaaMtaav aaaoaa) by Oovemor Pierce. , Caoortad, oa Concord coach aa. to reviewing ataad, en which will bo aeated tha praaldent'a party, goramora and oongroeelonal ropra-aentatlvea ropra-aentatlvea of tho Northwaat and ploneera who auM to tho Oregon country prior to 1(61, Pioneer pageant depleting tho coming of tho white man, ahowlng eharaetara and areata from XTr to tho tfm. ' Lunoheoa ' tn tent oa vpaeant grounda . , Pioneer dance on monater dance pavilion, grand march to bo lead by Prealdent and Mra. Harding. Introduction of prealdent and party to thoee who buued tho old Oregon trail. Patriotic eaerclaea. apeclal m-ale. m-ale. and addreea by the. prealdent along patrtotlo llnea, linking tha hlatory ot tho old Oregon trail with tho. hlatory of tbo United Btatee. RAND POWWOW. Grand powwow between tho prealdent and Indian oommiaalona. and amoklng ot tho pipe of peace. , Dedication of tho old Oregon I . . (Continues on page t- . HARDINGFACES (Continued from pa- 1.) ' trail and unveiling of monument dedtcatedrto tha tint wann train which came to the Willamette valley In 1MJ. DedlcaUoa epeeoh by tha preeident. - Horeeehee pitching tournament for championship of - the world, winner to pitch game with president presi-dent for championship belt. Spectacular attack of Indian on wagon train and rescue of party by cavalry. Retreat. Grand maaoed hand concert and patriotic exercises and lowering of flag. Dinner. Preeldeat and party to be taken In t.utos over old Oregon trail, where they will . get a grand panoramic view of the wheat fields on the rolling hlU of east Oregon from Summit to Emigrant hill The procidentia! party arrived In Vteacham after an all night ride from Spokane, where the chief executive, speaking for tho first time on the Pacific lon. dle-euaaed dle-euaaed development of tha West and promised the aid of tho federal government In reclamation work. The government's part In reclamation recla-mation work, tha president ' told hie audience la the Spokane armory, ar-mory, la to supply" engineering service, to advance finances for projects too large for privet capital, cap-ital, and to supervise tha work so aa to Insure fair dealing with the earner. The president committal himself to no definite reclamation or censer-ration plan, but outlined a policy of gradual development of natural resources a opposed to tat. .. .' . TRANSPORT PREPARED , FOR HARDING TRIP. . BREMERTON, Wash., July t (By A.P.) Brilliant with freeh paint, gllatenlng brass and pew uniform, the army transport Henderson waa to leave bar this morning tor Te-eoma, Te-eoma, where she will be boarded Thursday by. President Harding and hla party for a trip to Alaska and return to Seattle. - -- .Above the bridge of the Hender-eon Hender-eon haa been built an obaarvaUon deck luxuriously equipped and en-eloeed en-eloeed In glaaa. Her the president may watch tba mountains and glacier gla-cier of the North pacific Tha president Is to occupy the room designed de-signed for the colonel of marines, and Mrs. Harding I to hare aa adjoining ad-joining room. The Henderson will carry A complement com-plement of nineteen officer and men. Including thirty pieces of the United States navy band of Wash-lngton. Wash-lngton. D. C. Waiting constantly upon tha president and Mrs. Harding Hard-ing will be a marine guard of two officers and seventy-two men. commanded com-manded by Captain F. T. Steele. The commander of the Hendereon la Captain Allen Buchanan, recently on the ataff of the naval war college, col-lege, who commanded a destroyer division In the World war and waa awarded a congressional medal of honor. Tba executive officer la Lieutenant Commander B. 1 Henderson Hen-derson recently captain of tho Port of Balboa, Canal eon. ' |