Arizona republican., 1914-07-05
No Fraternal Organization
Of Phoenix Ever Held
Better Single Day Cele-
bration in Any South
western City
ATTENDANCE AT
PARK. is RECORD
Great Parade Marks Be-
ginning Of the Celebra-
ton, and the Fireworks
Brings Great Day to a
Close

Phoenix Lodge, No. 708, Loyal Or
der of Moose, did itself full justice
in its Moose Day celebration in Phoe-
nix and at Riverside Park yesterday.
The ''Howdy Paps" thronged the
business streets in the morning and
in the afternoon and evening crowded
through the gates of the most popu-
lar amusement resort in the south
west until even the park manage
ment was almost obliged to apply for
an injunction against further invasion
of its grounds.
First of all the Phoenix Lodge OF
Moose had the backing to an unus-
ual degree of the entire personnel OF
the Riverside Park management. Ii
was almost as if some or all of the
members of the Riverside Park Com
panv had been affiliated with the
LOYAL Order of Moose and had join
ed hands to make the observance Of
1914 independence Day in Phoenix
an occasion that would go down into
history as the greatest held since
Phoenix became more than a desert
wells station in the great American
desert.
In the quiet of the inner recesses
of the executive quarters of the Of
ficers of Phoenix Lodge, late last
evening, with none but those init
mately connected with the lodge and
the 1914 celebration, a sentiment was
EXPRESSED that without the Riverside
Park, without the hearty cooperation
of the management and without the
untiring efforts of scores of members
of Phoenix Lodge, No. 70S. the suc-
cess of the affair of yesterday could
not possibly have been so complete.
Doubling Thomases yesterday were
made to realize that the Phoenix
Lodge of Moose is on the map OF
Phoenix and on the map to stay.
From the moment that the brilliant
parade began to move over the busl-
ness streets from Moose Hall and
back to Moose Hall, until the last
pyrotechnical and sky-scraping bomb
exploded at Riverside Park along to-
wards midnight, it was evident that
the first real observance of any an
niversary at the hands of the Phoe-
nix Lodge of Moose was an unmiti-
gated success.
Early in the morning, before eight
o'clock. every member of the various
committees, was on hand and every
member of the various committees
was on hand when the last dollar of
Moose money was cashed in just be-
fore the park closed for the night.
How many were on the grounds
during the day." Why. 10000, Of
course. That's about what the figures
showed at the box office when the
day was declared to be merging into
another 1t may have been a few
more or it may have been few
less. But it was so near 10000, one
way or the other. that there's no use
quibbling
There would be little excuse for
The Republican this morning devot-
ing extended space to a review of
the days happenings. Everybody that
was in Phoenix yesterday knows more
about the Moose Day celebration
than the newspapermen. They know
that the parade, the greatest ever
held in Phoenix under the auspices
of any fraternal organization, was
headed by Sheriff Jeff D. Adams,
and Chief of Police George Q. Bris-
bois, the later also incidentally being
the chairman of the Moose Day
parade committee. For Brisbois it
was if he had just called the boys
together and said we are going to
have a parade and they turned out.
r'or Jeff Adams it was just as though
he had signed his application to be-
come member of the biggest order
in Phoenix and the members had
turned out to give him the "Howdy
Pap" greeting. For Mr.. jefferson
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