Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02
'SALEN CAPTURED BY
FEHES- SATURDAY
Delightful Concert Begins
Event Which Closes with
Banquet and---WOrk

Saturday was an eventful day 10
thirty-nine neophytes who crossed til
desert sands and were received int
the bosom of the shriner camp of A
Kadar.
Fully five hundred of the red fezzed
purple trOusered tribe visited Salen
and helped initiated the class. Jewel
flashed in the sun, color met the ewes
and music delighted the ears. not onl,
of the Shriners but of the genera
populaee as well
immediately after arrival the Shrin
er band gave a concert in Wilson park
| which was well attended and greatly
enjoyed In the evening at six clocl
banquet was given in the armory
and over 500 of the red feezes sal
down. The banquet table was pro
fusely decorated with roses. The
banquet was under the direction OF
Mobiles Fred Erixon George Dunsford
Hal Patton, Oscar Hayter, Z. j. Riggs,
and Walter Smith. Speeches and
toasts were the order of events and the
camel s milk flowed like water and the
words spoken were like the honey
that drips from the overburdened
hives Of Ishaham.
Special music was furnished by the
Salem Masonic quartet, which is COM
posed Of A. n. Aldrich, R. S. Gill. R.
r. Jones, and F. S. Barton. Oscar B.
Gingrich sang several numbers in Span.
lsh and was roundly applauded fMy
Laddie /" was delightfully."- sung BY
Mrs, w. Carlton Smith, who took the
audience by storm. She responded to
an encore.
Noble r. L. L. Steiner was toast.
master and responses were made by
Justice Wallace McCamant, Of the
Oregon Supreme court, and Illustrious
Potentate James Peter Moffett, of
Portland. Justice McCamant paid high
tribute to the patriotism of Masonry
and of the members of the Mystic
Shrine.
At the close of the banquet all the
revelers joined with Mrs. Smith in
singing The Star Spangled Banner. ,"
The serving of the feast was under the
direction of the Ladies of the Eastern
Star, wives and relatives of the
Shriners.
A bit of surprise was given the
Shriners in front of the armory bv
Noble J. G. Egbert, of The Dalles.
when he danced what he called "The
Wilson Quiekstep", TO the tune of
Scotch melody played by the band.
Noble Egbert is rs years old but was
lively rs young buck of twenty.
After the banquet at the armory the
Shriners proceeded to the Grand Opera
House where the address of welcome
was delivered by Justice George H.
Burnett, of the supreme court. After
this event, the thirty-nine candidates
were led across the burning sands by
]. e. Buckingham master of cere.
monies. At the close of the session,
Potentate Moffett called an
executive meeting at which unan.
Imous vote of thanks was given the
executive committee of the Salem
Shriners for their hospitality.
Credit for the staging of this not
able affair belongs to Mobiles Harvey
Wells, state insurance commissioner;
4. II. Len, secretary of the state fair
BOARD; and T B. Kay, state treasurer.
These Reached the Oasis.
The following is the list of those
Who traversed the burning desert
wastes:
Joseph Arndt, Portland; Charles
ferdinand Berg. Portland; Lenthal
Azel Bollman, Dallas; Ralph E. Butler,
)ufur; Ralph Culp, La Grande; Charles
'oopey, Portland; Ulysses S. Grant,
)allas; Luther Millard Jones, Port
md; William Kennard, Portland; Olaf
aurgaard, Portland; Herbert Larson,
'ortland; Jerome S. Mann, Portland;
gorge Alexander Martin, Marshfield;
gorge Andrew MeCulloch, Amity;
ndrew E. Muir, Dallas; Walter Scott
luir, Dallas; Arthur Charles Patter-
IN, Portland; Joseph Shemansky,
ortland; Lot Livermore Snodgrass, La /!
rande: Samuel Swirsky, Portland; , !
red Erie Taylor, Portland; Louis Won
lein, Portland; Winfield Webb Ward, !
ortland; Giles Lueian Coleman, The
alias; Charles ]. Roosevelt, Portland;
red William Saller, Portland; Chester
Chrisman, Eugene; Albert H. Sage,
alem; Jchn Fletcher Allison, Salem;
lem c. Niles, Salem; Dewey Leroy /
rawford, Albany; Frank G. Decke-
ach, salem; William A. G., Handford,
orvalhs; Fred Alvin Theuer, Salem;
oseph E Dunno, Portland; Joseph ".
everidge, Portland; Frank Alexander,
ortland; William A. Williams, Port
nd; Ben S. Bachman, Portland.