Bisbee daily review., 1914-08-19
MYSTIC SHRINE WILL
 PILOT ITS CARAVAN
 INTO GRAND CANYON
El Zarabah Temple of Phoenix
 Is Arranging the Most Novel Initiation in History of Shrine
 In Honor of Imperial POtentate

oct b m lne HIdnu canyon or lhe l Colorudo. with the slashod and many hued walls of the canyon towering i coco feet above them and the blue sky canopy as the temple of the cer- emonial.
 El Zaribah temple of Phoenix is ar ranging this most novel initiation in l the history of the Shrine. in honor of | the visit of Dr. Frederick R. Smith of Rochester. N. r., Imperial Potentate and the party of the imperial divan | that will accompany him on his west ern tour
 The sands are always hot for the l "unregenerate son of the desert' who seeks admittance through the portals of the holy city of Shrinedom, but for , this Arizona party the sands will be not only hotter than ever hroiled ten der feet before, but they will be slid ing, slipping, rolling sands For tho caravan, with novices chained togeth- CT by their necks, will wind along the rim of the canyon while escorting uobles win prod them with scimeters and pitchforks towards the preciHice that yawns beneath them to the deptli of more than mile
 Such as survive will be dragged and spurred end prodded down the seven mile of Bright Angel trail If they come through this dizzy journey safe ly. down the Devils Corkscrew and the Jacobs ladder. to the river bed. there on a sand bar by the river the portals O fthe Mystic Shrine will open
 Shirley Christy. potentate of El Za- ribah: George A Mauk. director oi ceremonial work and chairman Of the building committee which is erecting new S1OO.OOO building, and Joe E. Richards, known to the world of sports as "Art Rick" the sporting writer and racing authority arrived . in Los Angeles recently from Phoe, nix to make important final arrange ments for this most novel initiation ever attempted since the Mystic Shrine idea was brought from Arabia as its play degree
 Arrangements are being made with the Santa Fe to run excursions that will accommodate between 5000 and 10000 Shriners and others who will be invited to witness the public feat ures of the initiation El Zaribah has all Arizona as its jurisdiction and Shriners from all parts of the state will attend almost to a man. In addition large numbers are expected from an parts of southern California from New Mexico and as far as Fl , Paso. Texas.
 e The imperial potentate's party i, coming west to arrange for the con clave st Seattle in 1915. They will travel westward through the Cana '. dian country, and from Seattle will . come south A visit will be paid tC each )1 the California temples, in cuding Los Angeles, and each tenn e pie along their entire route of trave will give them novel entertainment They will leave San Diego Oct. 4, and will arrive at Williams Ariz.. at . o'clock. October B. There they vii be met by an the Shriners whose \ trains have converged on that poin ] and escorted over the branch rail road to the rim of the canyon al the otel El Tovar
 After luncheon the caravan vii | move GrotesQuely clad and chainc, together. the novices will tread th' narrow way between the awful preci | pice and a row of escorting noble, trained 10 inquisitional torture Tn, nObles of the Shrine are to b, dressed uniquely in the cowboy chaps blue shirts. booted and spurred with siz-shooters belted to them bu with Arabic fez on their heads in stead Of the sombrero of the west
 After the mystic initiation in thD canyon the cavalcade will make it way back to the rim of the canyo and there a barbecue will be held, in stead of the conventional banquet O the order There will be barbecuel beeves, sheep and pigs, Gila monsters la Shrine horned toads Tucsoniase and rattlesnakes Phoenician. Instea, of the "zem-zem water of Shrin tradition, none but Hassayampa wate | VIII ne HeINeu, ana MuoeNtI uilhi- of the water of the Hassayampa ney CT again tells the truth
 All the night of Oct and the da, of Oct 6. the imperial pOtentate ant his escort and other guests of homo
 win be provided with strange an memorable entertainment
 As a souvenir of the occasion eacI
 Shriner will be presented with cor
 per plate from the mines of Arizon which is the greatest copper produC
 ing state of the union The plat ] win bear In bas-relier a view or th
 Grand canyon, and in the cloud above it the new home of El Zaribaf
 A great tent. large enough Co hous
 the biggest circus, will be erected i
 the bottom of the canyon as ten
 ple in which portions of the cert monial win be held
 "All we can say to the novices wh will traverse the hot sands of Brigh Angel trail is, Hold on to the rope, said Art Rick and he has seen car, / lVans in many lands