Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-14
TANCIER TO IMPERIAL OASIS
Caravan Of Omaha Shriners Leaves
for st. Paul on Special Train.
PATROL GOES IN FULL DRESS
Muck-a-Muck, the shrine Camel,
Decorated the Engine ana Pulled
Out Unexpectedly, Carrying
His Keeper 20 sioux City.
Hark to the drum Of the dromedary!

Hark to the drum Of the dromedary!
The camels are coming. Ho, Ho!
List to the bagpipes from Bagdad
And watch for the winks Of the Sphinx!
With some such anthem as this, 100
members of Tangier temple, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, sailed from Omaha in a
special train decorated like a ship Of the
desert at 1870 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
for the imperial oasis of st. Paul.
While the Omaha mobiles were told fare
well by wives ana those who could not go
at the Webster street station, a reception
committee headed by II. S. Weller, was
bidding welcome to train loads Of Shrlners
passing through Omaha from the west,
all billed for st. Paul, where the Imperial
council meets for a session which will last
a week.
San Francisco mobiles and those from
Utah were among those received, but
mobiles were in Omaha yesterday from vari-
Gus points in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri,
seeking passage to the Imperial oasis.
They came from Shiek p"iimshonnon,
Shiek Parsonjeems and Shiek Dockotter
as well as other Places said Mr.. Weller,
but they were all welcomed by the black
stones sacred spell. by the zem-zem's crys.
tai well, by the Arabs words of cheer, and
by the Koran's teachings clear" CWhat-
ever that means)
Camel 'PuIlcd" Train.
Tangier temple sailed in five Pullman
standards and an observation car. The
train was decorated with strange symbols,
American flags and long streamers the
color Of a western sunset.
The engine which pulled the special was
decorated with a bust twice the life size.
of "Muck-a-muck' the Shriner's camel.
The bust was by Gus Renee. King Ak-Sar-
Ben's sculpturcr and was mounted on the
front of tho engine with a bit in its mouth
and lines stretching back to for Engineer
Charles B. Flint. a top notch Shriner, to
hold, when the throttle got out Of order.
Many of the mobiles were accompanied
by their wives. 1llustrious Potentate George
5. Powell, called Pete" for short, was
accompanied by Mrs. Powell and occupied
a stateroom nearest the engine where he
could scare the camel when things were
tagging. Mr.. and Mrs. Powell will spend
a week in Duluth before returning to
Omaha and after the ceremonies at the I'm
perlal Oasis of st. Paul.
Patrol "An the ndy
Occupying a special car, with bars over
the windows and time locks on the doors,
the famous patrol Of the temple, dressed in
now brown fatigue suits, and wearing Of
fetal badges, made an appearance which
will do credit to all Shrlners and Masons
of Omaha, as well as the city. The badgesI
are of a special design, and besides. the
Shrine emblems, an ear of corn is sus-
pended from the crcscents, telling to the =.
world that the nifty patrol is from me
braska, land o. corn
The following are the members Of the pa
troll who went to st. Pauly
Capt. J. o. Berger w. ]. Mettlen
Allan EalCOncr Rudolph SWODOud |
President James {. J. q. Hart
Vice President Henry !. II. NanTuyl
NJ. Kruger Thomas Burke
Treasurer L. NJ. Tai W. s. Powe
Secretary W. L. II. C. Horner
Shearer. Nick Christensen
Z. V. Cole II. j. Mccartney
James Cameron y. j. Ilerson
c. e. Foster B. v. Tiilotson
F.. S. Swanson
Among other mobiles who went were
Harry Steele, d. L. Homes, George
Fitchett, w ]. Burgess, John Mullen, john
Lund. George WOLF and Francis McGivern
Of Fremont, Morris Wadsworth Of Red
Oak, Ia; George West, Henry Akin, II.
X. Burket, ]. +. Bloom, Walter J%ardine,
Fred Nesbitt, George Sticknor, T. L.
Combs, Charles A. Tracy and A. w. Cor
don.
Commit Felony on start.
Gus RENEE was a willing unwilling MEM
Der Of the party. lie was kidnapped and
taken to Sioux City just to show him the
town. After he had completed the decora-
ton of the engine, Conductor George Car
ter. who was in charge Of the special on
the entire trip, being a Shripcr, conceived
the idea of graphing San,son's artist. All
doors Of the baggage car were locked but
one and RENEE called I'm for a serious con-
ference on the probability of "Muck-a-
Muck the camel, needing a drink be-
tween Omaha and Sioux City. The door
was closed when RENEE was inside and tine
train pulled out with the famous artist
the baggage car where the zem-
zem cans and other gem hued dream COM
pellers were stored.
After leaving Omaha the Shriners drew
up their camel at Blair, Tekamah, Oak
planned to give a patrol parade in each
At Tekamah they were to be
Joined by Mr.. and Mrs. f. c.. Houston and
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr Latta. Mr.. and Mis-.
George Little were expected TO board the
at Lyons. while Oakland was to
contribute Mr.. and Mrs. John Moseman,
Mr.. and Mrs. August Holmquist and MI.
and Mrs. +. r. Ringquist. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Thomas and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cannon were expected at Fender and w,
+. Rogers had promised to meet the party
being members OF Tangier temple.
The party had been promised a reception
at Sioux City by Abu-bekr temple, the