Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-16
Shriners From the Four Corners
of the Country Arrive for
the Big Show.
PARADE is MOST GORGEOUS
Electric Parade Surpasses in Beauty
and SplendOr Anything Ever
Seen in Northwest.

corners of the country, including
many hooks and byways, caravan
after caravan of mobiles, costumed pa
trolls and boisterous bands flooded the
union depot yesterday, every road en-
tering the city contributing its several
special trains and strings Of chartered
cars. The station was one moving
mass Of variegated color. A din Of
noise filed the interior of the big
structure. Had it not been for a sys-
tematic preparation for handling the
immense influx the situation would
have been one of hopeless chaos.
Trainload after trainload arrived
during the early part of the morning,
during the late afternoon and early
evening, all gorged to the doors with
representatives of the various tenn
pies, while the white fez of the WON.
en- dotted the throng, the fairer visit
ors numbering we'll into the hundreds.
Twenty Thousand Shriners on Hand.
When the roar of the first day had
quoted early this morning practically
all the temples, patrols and accom-
panying bands had arrived in the city
The total number of temples which
had arrived in the city last night
amounted to nearly forty, each with
delegations numbering from 20 to
800. Including the members of the
order who came in on the regular
trains, as we'll as the large number of
visitors attracted to the city, a con-
sentative estimate of Shriners is TO-
900, and this figure is conservative.
Each of the incoming trains was
met by escorts of patrols, MOBILES from
Osman temple, and during the day
they performed yeoman service. AS
sisted by several bands relays of re-
ceivers greeted the incoming mobiles
as they detrained, escorted them di-
rectly to the Masonic temple, and
afterwards led the way to the various
lodging places. The task was a big
as we'll as an exhausting one, but
faithful and loyal sons of Osman tenn
pie hesitated not an instant during
the entire day. Relay after relay was
pressed into service, and during the
morning hours, when the largest num-
Der arrived, mobiles of Osman toiled
with tenacity and perseverance.
Hundred Ride the Goat.
The principal event of the day was
the grand ceremonial session of Os-
man temple of st. Paul at the Audito-
rum last night, when 100 novices
were conducted across the burning
sands of the desert. The affair Is
said to have been the most elaborate
and spectacular initiation service ever
and spectacular imitation service ever
conducted in the Northwest.
The climax of Masonic public dem
onstration the like of which never
has been seen before, either in the
Northwest of any place else, will be
reached this evening when the gor-
geOus pageant of $4,000 mobiles and
Arab patrols move through the princi-
pal streets of the city.
Would Put Lid on Shrners.
st. Paul, July 16. The Shriners
were formally welcome to the city Of
st. Paul and the State of Minnesota
yesterday morning. An open session
was held at the Auditorium preceding
the first executive session of the i'm
perial council Besides the imperial
conucil a large number of mobiles and
ladies were present to witness the Ak
ercises. Addresses Of welcome were
delivered by representatives of Os-
man temple, of the city and the state,
and the responses were made by the
imperial potentate and other mobiles
from the ends of the continent.
Would Put Lid On.
A recommendation against the use
of liquor at the banquet tables of
the Shrine meetings was feature of
the annual address which Imperial Po-
tentate Frank C. Roundy delivered at
the first session of the imperial coun-
Gil yesterday noon.
He summed it all up by saying that
there is little doubt that good fellow
ship depends more on the things you
think than on the things you drink.
Where the heart is right all must be
we'll"
The reports of the imperial recorder
and the imperial treasurer showed
the order to be in prosperous condi-
ton and growing rapidly.
Although no action has been taken,
it seemed agreed that Louisville, KY,
will be the seat of the next conclave.
Denver will have her turn in 1910,
ruy0 ppIEcTc nRNwNEn