The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-11-19
NOBILITY Of ISIS CAMP IN DODGE CITY
One OF the Greatest Glasses Of Srners Known in the History
Of the Order in Kansas Great Parade After Noon
and Banquet at Night.

the Mystic Shrine upon q class oi
Novices from all parts Of Southwest
Kansas, resulted in one Of the notable
Masonic events in the history OF the
state. Once only and that upon @
special occasion and at special rate
has there ever been 80 large aclasa
taken into the order Of the Mystic
Shrine. The arrangements were or
riginally made for Q class Of 30, but
!, was not even check in the petitions
when the number Of candidates reach.
that mark, and arrangements were
adjusted for Is and agaiu for 100 bui
when that mark was reached the
petitions continued to come in until
there were far above 100, and l1e
were actuslly here and had the Order
conferred upon them.
Dodge City was full Of visitors
Tuesday and among the visitors there
were 400 or more Shriners. So
many men were wearing the red Fez
that the ordinary headgear looked
out Of place.
The Salina crowd came in about loo
strong in their special cars on Mon
day night. Early Tuesday morning
the town seemed full Of Shriners.
From the west they arrived on No.
Cat 500 and from the east by diff.
erent trains. From the Southwest
they came in on the Rock Island at
noon and some came in automobiles.
Among the visitors we're Shriners
from Denver, Pueblo, and La Junta,
, Colorado, st. Joseph Missouri,
I Oklahoma City, and from all parts Of
\ Kansas.
Many of the visiting Shriners ex-
pressed their admiration Of the pluck
Of the Masons at Dodge City in build
ing their splendid new Masonic
Temple and further undertaking to
get up such a great class for the
Shrine and attempting to handle
the crowd. That everything the
Masons here had undertaken had
been done well everybody admitted.
One thing which sounded especially
good to the citizens here was the
many compliments on the town and
the surprise expressed at Dodge
City's growth in the past two or
three years.
The only public part Of the pro-
gram was Of course the parade. The
Mobiles and Novices assembled at the
Masonic Temule at 2 o'clock, and
began preparations for the parade.
At 8 o'clock the parade started,
headed by the Dodge City band. O.
M. Beeson was Chief Marshal, and
was assisted by one Of the Mobiles
from Salina. Every Shriner wore the
red Fee, and the Novices, at the rear
Of the procession each held to long
rope which was attached at the front
to the Street Sprinkler and held at
the end Of the column from the cab
!. which brought up the rear. 1t was a
great parade. You could see a red
Fez line several blocks long. and in
fact after you took q good look at the
line you began to doubt whether
there was an end to it or not. Near
the rear Of the line Noble W. d.
Packard, with three assistants, armed
with kettle drums and small reed in
struments which played in the Arabic
tongue, furnished strains Of music so
tantalizing that the Novices had all
they could do to keep their vests from
doing a few Oriental steps. The
parade wound up at the Temple en-
trance, thsrope was pulled up the stair
way 70 the camp Of mystery in the
regions above, and the rest no one
knows except the Shriners and the
Novices. II you care to know. try It.
The class OF novices numbered 116
and they we're fine body Of men.
This class came from a number Of
different towns and counties. The
following is o list Of their names;
Great Bend-E. W. Moses. Geo.
N. Moses, L. L. Moses. Il. F. Lin
.das. ]. Il. Cook, W. Z. Smyth,
ID, B. Robertson, O. 8. Allison, Fred
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