Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-29
TO SHOW
SHRINERS A TIME
H.ANI RAISED SIOO,0O no BE
USED 10 ENTERTAIN TIL.
NlSlIOltS,
EXPECT $4,000 VISITORS


DALLAS. rex. p,c 2S NohIos of
.M. Ancient Arabic order Nob'o7 Of
.m. MsI. shrine throughout North
America select Officers of th,.r rec
.sr.cuyo temples for the ensuing ycm
:. ..ths month, ana Representatives of tho
'Imp.I. shrine meeting which win be
Iu,d u This city May 12-l7 Auyonu
..lu b,lungs to the order of tho
Shrine and has the money to get
hrrp should certainly Doe In attend
luo, ag the meeting next May for
no reason that Uclla Temple cXocu-
.tlr committee has an entertainment
/ fund of 100000. and is making arr
/ mue,mDuts to care for at least 5O,-
/ 600 visitors. Noble Benjamin W. ltos-
we'll of Boston, imperial recorder OF
| the order of the Shrine, has the fol-
| lowing to say relative TO this big un-
doruNng: Anyone who knows Dallas
Iuccd not be told when the city I'M
IdcrtaNcs to do anything she goes tho
Ilmt and exceeds anything that was
ever done in the same way before"
| Local business men and mobiles of
| Heua temple have subscribed $780,
| 600 TO be used solely IN the entertain
mcnt Of visitors. An executive com
mittcc Of prominent men and twenty
| six subcommittees are now busy with
| This work At meeting Of the yari-
GUS committeeman held this week re-
ports submitted showed the work OF
preparation well advanced and the
| general tenor Of each emphasized the
fact that the entertainment to be pro-
yidcd for visiting thousands here next
may will be elaborate and a credit to
| Dallas and the SoSthwest.
Mobiles Of El Nina Temple Of Cal
weston and Of Ben Hur temple Of Aus
! tin will turn out on "A large scale for
! the imperial council meeting. Deem
| her 12 a ceremonial session Of Ben
/ Ilur temple was held at which a large
class Of candidates were made full
| fedged Shrners in order to be eligi-
Bile to participate in the festivities Of
Shrine week in this city. Ben Hur
has a large enrolment and is pre-
pairing to entertain Northern and
Eastern Shriners when they make the
thousand mile swing around Texas af-
ter the close Of the imperial council
Elaborate preparations are being
made by Oklahoma temples for the
entertainment of visitors to the i'm
perial Shrine. They will be asked to
stop over in Oklahoma City, Tulsa
and Muskogee and enjoy the hospi-
tality Of the mobiles Of the new state
II is estimated that at least two-thirds
of the visitors in Dallas next May VIII
pass through oklahoma enroute to
Dallas
Noble c. w. Hobson, past potentate
Of Hella temple, a prominent business
man and president Of the Dallas
Chamber Of Commerce. says concern
ing the coming meeting:
THE executive committee and the
twonty-siX subcommittee are now
actively at work in preparation for
the imperial council meeting Shrin-
crs may expect the most successful
meeting in the annals of their great
order An entertainment fund Of
100000 will he spent for this pur-
pose and 1t will be spent wisely our
facilities are ample for properly en-
tertaining every visitor and the rail
roads have assured us low round trip
rates from all points in the country"
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prove Of and many Of our people will
not permit their children to attend
q moving picture show ! have never
seen a moving picture in my life, Just
because / do not believe in setting
an example by attending the best Of
! shows