Arizona republican., 1914-09-24
Will be Laid by High Masons Before Special Caravan Leaves for Great Ceremonial at Grand / Canyon.


 the shrine will gather to officiate at the laying of the stone which will be the first step in the erection of what promises to be the most beau tiful public structure in Arizona On the day, the great Hearst -Selig news service will have on the ground famous camera man, who will per petuate in motion pictures the inn pressive ceremony of the starting of the temple.
 T can also say that we will take advantage of the chance afforded, to see that Arizona is not forgotten, for we will have written a scenario which will take the camera man over the state to make setting for the story that we intend to tell to all the world in the movies.
 He will catch the irrigation pro- iects of the valley will photograph the shriners in the picturesque chaps, and spurs and fez. He will photo- graph the wonder scenery along the route of the roads to the north. He will be on hand to take the imperial potentate, Frederick R. Smith and his distinguished party, when they alight from the train which brings them to the canyon. He will get few hun dred feet of the train, and the men who make up the special from Cali fornia, many of them will be the big geSt business men on the coast He will follow the shrine party along the rim of the great desert wonder to preserve in motion pictures an event so notable that it is attracting visit ors from every part of the United States
 He will make the trip down the are escorted to the bottom by the most unique caravan ever to be sent to the turbulent river at the bottom of the great declivity
 Tt is expected" said Mr Christy. that this motion picture alone will be shown to thousands of shriners ard high degree Masons all over the w Id. For the Hearst -Selig people a# to send it out in their weekly. aid in addition they are to make and donate to the shrine temple of Ari- Zona, a full reel of the splendid scenes along the route. with the cer emonies at the laying of the corner stone, and the subsequent trip to the canyon and to the river at it's bot tom. In the future this remarkable reel of pictures will be 8 record that will show the world what Arizona has, and what Arizona can do. ta riStN that I feel mighty grateful to The Republican for the splendid editorial on the canyon trip. It carried with i it a wonderful confidence in the flu ture of this state. It pointed out what we must do to let the world know, that right here in Arizona, we have so many things that are the peer of their counterparts anywhere else. that it is spot that must be reckoned with in the future. It was great story in itself, and I hope will arouse the shriners in the state 10 a realization of the magnitude of this ceremonial, in the benefits it is sure to bring to the state.
 When the splendid entertainment which we have provided for the visit O, to the canyon is witnessed by these outsiders it is going to make them sit up and take notice of this comparatively speaking, and it is in a state where the chance for increase is limited yet this ceremonial will be staged and offered in a manner that will do credit to a lodge. with five times the membership of Fl Zaribah It is going to be first, a splendid sample of the hospitality of Arizona Fl Zaribah.
 Every spot in the state is going to be represented by some one or more of it's big men These big mer will meet many big men from othel sections and they will Nhe visitors from other states) go back to theil respective homes with a realization that Arizona is live one, and that her shrine temple, in the language o Doc" Bird, is a humdinger
 "The exact date for the laying o the corner stone will not be made public until the scenario for the mo tion picture is completed, which VI trust WILL De ready III d lew udNS. Tt story will show the state to advant age and it is with this end that ; careful review of the chances af forded is necessary"
 Daddy of Consistory Here
 George J. Roskruge, who is one o the greatest Masons in the state, ant who plays a prominent part in tn work of the consistory at Tucsol passed through the city yesterday el route to the north where he will com municate the degrees of the consist ory to several classes in that section Many are awaiting the chance to g higher up in Masonry, in order to D able to take the shrine at the coming ceremonial MT. Roskruge, who is on of the pioneers of the state, said las might that nothing in the history Q fraternal orders ever launched in Ari zona has commenced to rival tn ceremonial at the canyon. He pre-
 diets that this will mark an epoch l the annals of not only the temple c Fl Zaribah, but in the shrine at large On MT Roskruge's return from tn
 north he will communicate the degree
 of the consistory in Phoenix. A spe