The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-15
St1Rl|NERS AT THE
DEVILS SLIDE
Special Them the High Jn Which Takes Place
Afternoon and EvenngA Description of the Apparatus
Which Will Be Used Novitates

High jinks Will prevail In the little
village of Devils Slide tonight A:
that time the ancient Arabic Order OF
Mystic Shriners will hold their annual
meeting at Devils Slide, At the foot
Of the slide a Turkish mosque has
been erected and real Turkish sheik
or priest will preside at the ce"e-
monies. The sheili is from Arabia.
near the Suez canal. and arrived at
Devils Slide day before yesterday,
and has for two days been preparing
the fires for tho incense TO be used in
the religious festival. The inside Of
DEVILS Slide has been veneered with
hard wood and polished as smooth as
oglass The slide is used in one part
Oof the ceremony - the Shrlners.
Last night at IL o'clock a trial test
OF the slide was made. and 1t caused
all OF the people OF Devils Slide TO
Jump out OF their beds. The cement
works were stopped and it was
thought that one of the powder houses
had exploded, but on investigation II
was found that the great noise and
rumpus created was the result of the
trial test OF the workings of the great
slide.
a gentleman. who came in from
Devils Slide this morning. said the
inside OF the slide was all fixed up
with fine polished hard wood and that
a wire ran from the top TO the bottom
on which "A little scat with rollers
was fastened Up over head seven
feet away was another wire and a
small cable attached to the top wire,
hanging down about five feet. on
which the novitiate sits In n seat, slid
ing to glory and reward Both the hot
tom and top wire are charged with cleo
tricIty and millions of iire-CTackeCs OF
\ large and small proportion are set off
while the candidates slide down the
Devils Slide The holding of the
cable by the candidate, while sitting
in the little iron seat. makes a COM
plete electric current. As the candi-
date slides down this slide at the
rate OF $50 miles per hour, he strikes
a giant spring board at the bottom.
AS he strikes this spring board/a cap
is exploded and forty pounds OF pow
der is set off and the candidate Is
hurled into the air and into the We
ber river, where DR.. Joyce. in charge
OF one hundred expert swimmers In
rubber diving suits, is stationed, un
der penalty of not only bringing forth
the body of the candidate, but OF bring
ing him forth smiling.
One of the candidates from Ogden,
on hearing the above. went 10 his
doctor and had his heart tested. and
the doctor said that nothing could
XIII him, unless the dynamite hurls
him against boulders tnstead of
water.
Eight Pilgrims from Ogden.
Eight weary pilgrims from Ogden ,,
will cross the burning sands at the
big annual "Sircus SeremonIaI of the
El Knlah temple of the Mystic
Shriners at Devils Slide this evening
The pilgrims. accompanied by more !
than nifty mobiles, joined the Salt Lake |
contingent at the Union depot at |
o'clock this afternoon and left for the !
satanically named mecca
The Shriner special starting from |
Salt Lake City. consisted of five |
coaches, and an additional coacn was |
added to the train at this point for |
tho accommodation of the local party. |
The ogden Shriners met at their |
temple at lis and at 80 left the |
temple and marched to the depot. All !
the Initiated wore red fezes and |
aprons made of Portland Cement com |
pany sacks. Each apron showed
carlcaturc of Mephisto with fork and !
tall
When the Salt Lake crowd headed |
by Imperial Potentate Fred Hines, ar
rived the local mobiles presented the |
high mogul with huge leather medal
inscribed with the emblem of the or
der and the insignia of Devils Slide
On one side of the COW hide talisman
were the words OF a ditty, which. after
the presentation, was sung by the en-
tire contingent. 1ne chorus of this
little melody ran:
With fcz on your -nOGgin,
And scepter at your side,
Camcls to ride on,
Come try our Devils Slide.
Then come 10 our side show
on this circus day
Our il-lus-tri-ous
Po-ten.tate. Fred Hines, Fred
Hines"
The song was to the air I've Rings
on My Fingers and was composed by
+ l., Harrington. 1t is superlluouS to
say that 1t made 4 hit and started the
JOY bah rolling.
h' iAAIOdlpl9 NDIh hl lllS evening
will form one OF the most unique cere-
monies of that branch OF the Masonic
order, and inquiries have come from
all over the United States to find out
what ii all means and what signif.
cance the great natural slide is to
have. The novitiates have been par
ticulnrly nervous when mention of
that great toboggan chute of nature
has been mentioned While II has
been subterraneously given out that
the slide will be used In the work of
Initiation, cfam-like secrecy has
been maintained by the mobiles when
questioned as to how much OF the
chute is to be used The candidates.
Tears were not allayed to any extent
when IL was learned that an extra !
large corps OF physicians. wearing
fezs, VIII 6e present during the initla.
tion.
Following are the names of the