Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
WESTERN SUN
TO shine UPON
MANY SHRINERS
Mobiles Will Flock to
Oasis
Reports from Temples All over the
Land Show That the Annual
Meeting VIII Attract
Thousands

"Once again the hospitable rays of
the occidental sun will illumine the
ruddy fez of the orient. For Los An
geles, the brightest oasis since the gar
den of Eden perished, has been chosen
for the annual meeting of the Ancient
Arabic order of the Mobiles of the Mys-
tic Shrine"
This rather fulsome praise of the City
of the Angels opens the announcement
of the coming conclave sent out to
every Shriners temple in North Ameri-
ca And thousands of Shriners already
have announced their intention of help
ing the occidental sun do some illumin-
ing. In truth Los Angeles will be the
most luminous, as well as the noisest
and the gladdest city in America dur
ing the week from May to IL. The
Shriners are counting the days and
when one gets UP in the morning he
always asks his wife how long 1t Is to
the convention week.
Potentate Flint sent out a circular
letter last week to all the potentates,
recorders and representatives of the
different temples asking for informa-
tion regarding the patrols, number of
visitors and arrangements for the ex-
cursion. Already the replies have be-
gun to pour in and they have come
from such unexpected places and the
prospective visitors are so many more
than has been planned for that the no.
tel committee anticipates difficulty and
the busiest time of their lives in car
ing for them.
Will Bring Many Bands
Salinas, Kas., was among the new
ones in the list, with an announcement
from Potentate Ober that their temple
will be represented by a party of 100.
Kansas City will send prize Arab pa
troll and a band, and Potentate Stanley
Newhouse announces that they will be
able to provide a great deal of their
own amusement, regardless of the ar
rangement of the Los Angeles Shrin-
ers.
Salt Lake is heavy on the band spe-
cialty. They will bring two, one
''brass affair." and the other Montana
band. The sponsor for both bands is
j. M. Marriott, the we'll known patron
of Montana art and agriculture. The
Salt Lake delegation will be joined at
Salt Lake by the Butte, Mont, party,
and if they can get their bands work
ing together they promise some good
results.
Oklahoma will be represented by the
India temple. They also will bring
along a large expedition, with all the
trimmings and some noise-making ca
pacity. Grand Rapids, Mich, will
send a representation of seventy-five
Shriners from Saladin temple.
Many Special Trains
The following is list up to date Of
cities which will send special trains:
Richmond, Va; Duluth, Mimi; Ia
coma, Wash; Spokane, Wash. Co
lumbus, o.; Boston, Mass. Helena
Mont; Portland, Ore; Cleveland, O.;
Washington, D. c.; Baltimore, Md.
Kansas City, Mo-; Albuquerque, N. M.
Austin, Tex; Trenton, N. j.; Roches-
ter, N. Y. Denver, Colo; Salt Lake
City; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Francisco,
CAL; Buffalo, N. Y; Winnipeg, Can;
Brooklyn, N. Y; Philadelphia, Pa;
New York City; Chicago, ILL.,; SPRING
field, Mass; st. Joseph, Mo-; St Louis,
Mo-; Detroit, Mich; Indianapolis, Ind.
Reading, Pa. Toronto, Can; Grand
Rapids, Mich; Newark, N. j.; Pitts
burg, Pa; Cincinnati, o.; Omaha,
Neb.; Des Moines, Ia; Minneapolis,
Mimi; Mexico City, Mexico; Salinas,
Kas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Already the pilgrimages have been
mapped out. While Los Angeles will
be the big show, it will by no means
be the entire attraction and wide side
excursions on the coming return trips
have been planned.
Ismalia temple of Buffalo, N. Y, will
devote twenty-four days to travel.
Their itinerary includes sight seeing
trips in st. Louis and Kansas City. af-
ter which no stops will be made until
Albuquerque is reached. At Albuquer-
que and Laguna stops will be made.
At the latter city the Shriners will be
shown the wonders of the Indian viii
1age, and arrangements have been
made for an Indian snake dance to en-
tertain the party. Twelve hours will be
spent in the Grand Canyon and the FL
Tovar hotel will be visited.
Along the Way
The special train will reach Redlands
Saturday, May 4. Carriages will take
the party on a drive over Smiley
Heights. Four hours will be spent in
beautiful Redands. Riverside will be
reached in the evening of the same day,
and part of Sunday will be spent there.
The train will reach Los Angeles at 8
o'clock in the afternoon. The return
trip will take them through Santa Bar
bara, Paso Robes, Del Monte, Santa
Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco and Sac
ramento. After leaving the state most
of the remaining time will be passed
in Colorado.
Kismet temple of Brooklyn will stop
at Chicago Detroit, Kansas City, Den
yer and Colorado Springs. Excursions
will be made Trough the Colorado