Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03
SHRINERS WILL
FIND IT THE
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Greatest Conclave in
History Planned
La Fiesta Days viii Be Crowded Full
Of Enloyment-Loeal Members Of
the Faithful Are Exertlng
Every Effort

When the Shriners cross the desert
this spring to the Mecca of the south
west they will descend not to the
stern, sad citadel of their religious for
bears, but to an enchanted city of
Camelot-a paradise of music and song.
with the festival of the flowers and
the visit of the 10000 Arabs who will
Journey across the sands to California $
oasis, the week from May to May 10
will be a joyous and beautiful medley
of carnival delights. The members of
AL Malaikah shrine have determined to
make up for the necessity of postpon-
ing the conclave last year, and with the
aid of the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' association will convert Los An
gees into a fairyland during the stay
of their brothers.
The meeting of the Shriners will be
the thirty-third annual session of the
Imperial council of the Ancient order
of the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine. AL"
ready the earth Is beginning to quake
with the footsteps of the coming hosts.
Potentate Flint yesterday received
letter from the potentate Of Syria tenn
pie of Pittsburg.
The Salt Lake Shriners will come
in a bunch, with their prize El kalah
patrol, resplendent in picturesque new
uniforms and calculated to throw dust
in the eyes of the other drill corps at
the exhibitions at Ascot park. The
Salt Lake men are exceedingly proud
of their patrol, which has been the
recipient of much laudatory criticism
in the past.
Send Warning of Invasion
I'VE are coming with the biggest,
, noisest crowd of ALL it said, and you
want to be ready for u.s." The Pitts
hitr In1auotipr, ic t,la N nil tn make It's
visit the biggest event in years of
Shriner history. They have chartered
a special train of five cars and will
include a sightseeing tour of the west
and southwest in their visit Side eX-
cursio4.5 will be made in Colorado,
through the Grand Conyon of the Colo
RADIO and the Colorado Springs and
Manitou district, and after leaving Los
Angeles, tour of the state will be
made on the way to the northwest.
They will visit Monterey, Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma and will return
through southern Canada.
Zura temple of Minneapolis is fol-
lowing closely on the heels of the
Pittsburgtrs. They also have an
nounced that their special train Is pro-
vided for and that they will come pre-
pared to do their part in making the
celebration a gorgeous one.
Chicago, in addition to a host of
Shriners and their wives, will send its
crack Arab patrol of forty-six men,
who claim to be the most beautifully
arrayed and perfectly drilled of the
crowd.
Many Special Trains
The following are the cities which
will send patrols:
Duluth, Mimi; Columbus, O.; Cleve-
land, o.; Kansas City, Mo-; Albu-
querque, N. M; Charleston, w. Va;
Baltimore, Md; Salt Lake City, Utah;
Phoenix, Ariz.; San Francisco; Winni-
peg, Canada; Brooklyn; N. Y; Phila-
delphia, Pa. Chicago, ILL.,; ST. Joseph,
Mo-; St. Louis, Mo-; Detroit, Mich.
Indianapolis, Ind; Newark, N. j.;
Pittsburg, Pa. Cincinnati, o.. Omaha,
Neb.; Minneapolis, Mimi, and Homo
lulu, Hawaii. OF these fourteen, and
possibly more, will spend special trains.
In the cases where the trains already
have been chartered excursions through
the west and southwest have been
planned.
The special trains bearing the dele