The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-26
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF CEREMONIAL
UNIQUE BOOKLET IN FORM or
SLATE SENT OUT BY RECORD
Err ARvoLD AND PRINTED BY
WALKER BROS. & HARDY At.
TRACING MUCH ATTENTION.

OF all of the many UNIQUE
ments of the local temple of the Shrine
That have been compiled and prepared
by Recorder Aryold the one that tells
OF ne Dig ceremonial session Of June
3. the week of the Masonic home-com-
ing, Is attracting the greatest amount
OF attention. The announcement is
from the printing house OF Walker
Bros. q Hardy and shows the handi-
work Of Can't. Frank Gage, the super
~intendent of the plant. 1t is in the
form OF a slate and on the back of 1t
Is written in a child's hand the an
nouncement and advises all to attend.
The slate" Is a printed booklet, with
the string attached and is a marvel Of
the art Of all art p~reservative. In
child's language and spelling the en-
tire story of the big day is told. and is
supposed to have been written by he
youngster to the head Of the house.
On the second page is a list of the Of
hcers OF h divan and on the third is
the definition of reading, together with
the affairs that will interest the faith
ful: The fourth page is given over to
writing and continues on through the
days diversions. The fifth page tells
about arithmetic, together with some
problems In higher mathematics which
alone ear be solved by the initiated.
Inc sixth page contains several fine
portraits Of the officers, including E..
Y. Sarles of Hillsboro, the illustrious
p~otentate; Charles r. Stone, the chief
rabban; Capt. Frank Gage, the assist
ant raoban; F. Leland Watkins, ORR
entail guide, and as a guide under such
circumstances he is worthy than
none; James McGuigan, high priest,
whose religious instructions on such
occasion cannot be followed too close
~; Fred A. Irish, who sees that the
money is properly distributed, and AL
fred Arvold, the recorder. who Is re-
sponslble for most of the stunts that
end in trouble for the candidates.
On the seventh page. there is a pic
ture Of a huge camel. whose inwards
appear to hold a handsome or other
wise picture Of Mr., Sarles, while on
each corner of the page are portraits
Of A. D. Grant, w. L. Richards, H. c..
Plumley and John Frank Treat, past
imperial potentate, all high officials,
and who were delegates to the recent
imperial shrine in Dallas.
The eighth page is given over to the
study of geography, and is filed with
splendid information that candidates
should avoid as they journey the des-
ert If they would avoid the burning
sands and other pitfalls made and pro-
vided for them.
The ninth page is given over to the
examination which always is given
when an initiation takes place and it
might be well for the pilgrims to scan
this thoroughly in order to determine
whether or not there may be some
hidden matters they should know.
The tenth page is given over to a
description of the musical features of
the day and evening and this will show
that the Shrine band is all in working
order. The final page which is also
done in slate form ends in this way,
also in a child's writing: "A smile is
personal property, everybody owns it.
1t is something the assessor can't tax.
Why not make more use of it."
1t is a well written announcement
and is nicely printed and will be sure
to attract a great deal of attention and
will be kept for many years as a
souvenir.