Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-07
MOBILES ARE
OWNERS OF
WHOLE CITY
Imperial Potentate Is
Given Heartiest
Greeting
Members Of Council Go
on Voyage to
Catalina
--
Casa verduso Is Mecca for Another
Throng Seeking soIaee Of the
Classic TamaIe and Sue
cuIent EnehiIada

| Shriner week began in earnest yes
terday when. with four big excursions
for the benefit of the visiting mobiles,
Los Angeles and Southern California
opened wide her doors and bid them
welcome. The last of the caravans
crossing the hot sands has been sight
ed and, for the rest of the week, AL
Malaikah oasis will be the favored
shrine at which the mobiles will wor-
ship.
The arrival of Imperial Potentate
Alva p. Clayton yesterday morning
was the signal for the real festivi-
ties to begin. With the imperial po-
tentate at their head, 500 representa-
tives to the imperial council. together
with their company, betook themselves
unto fourteen special cars and the
i Journey to Catalina was on.
AT san Pedro two boats, the Cabrillo
4 and the Hernnosa, were turned over to
] the voyagers. OF course, that dread
| maI-de e-nler, terror of all inland Shrin-
ers, made itself manifest as soon as the
| steamers left the inner harbor. but
| the serenity Of the excursion to Avalon
was not otherwise marred.
At Avalon the mobiles and their guests
were treated to the pleasures OF the
I island Luncheon at the Metropole
and rides around the bay ana sur
rounding waters in the glass bottom
boats formed the chief incidents of the
trip, and the imperial councillors re-
turned to the home oasis last night
sunburned but happy.
Climb the TamaIe Tree
The 5000 Shriners who went to Re-
dondo to partake of the joys of the
clam bake and ocean rides around the
bay, filled the cars of the Los Angeles
&. Redondo railway to overffowing from
the early morning till sunset. The
beach town turned out en- masse to
welcome them, and the trickle of the
zem z.m up at the Redondo hotel
drowned the roar of the surf.
Glendale and the Casa Verdugo came
in for their share of the mobiles and
their ladies, and the hosts which in
vaded the suburban village dominated
things with a careless hand. Five
thousand of the pilgrims visited the
tauale trees and the chile con carne
beds at the Casa Verdugo, and par
took os the dainties to be obtained
Those Shriners who were not of the
imperial councils party and who went
neither to Redondo nor Glendale, visit
ed the Indian Crafts exhibit near
Eastlake park and made merry among
the .SdNdScS. w iuS tASJ sew
less fell far below the eastern idea
of a western Indian, for those red
skins who are holding the fort over
by the park are conventional even to
the extent of having the itching palm
and reaching for every shekel IN
Look for the Big Show
And that wasn't all. Many Of the
mobiles, to whom neither beach nor
mountain made an appeal. spent the
day quietly exploring the zem zem
springs to be found along the down
town trails.
Their quest was prolific of many
things and the white jacketed caterers
who tended their wants were kept on
the jump tanning the ice for the cool
ing highball and seductive rickey.
Today will be another big time for
the Shriners Escorted by all the no.
bles who can walk without help. Inn
perial Potentate Clayton Will be es-
corted from the Masonic temple on
Hill street to the new Shrine on JEFF
ferson street, and an informal house
warming will be held.
The big show Of the week--as far
as 1t has gone-will occur at night,
when the first Of the electrical pa =
rades will be turned loose. The line
of march and other details which will
go to make the affair the most brill
liantly successful event of the kind
ever held in Los Angeles are all COM
pleted, and the Shriners will con-
tribute much to the occasion by their
presence in line