Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
PHOENIX MOBILES
OFF FOR FRISCO
To STARTLE ALL
Arizona Shriners Go With
Desert Reptiles And In
dian Garb Prepared To
Make Great Sensation

Determined to show San Francisco
and the many thousand visiting
brother Mobiles few of the real ma
tive wonders of Arizona, the patrol
and saxaphone band Of the Ell Zarl-
bah temple, Mystic Order of the An
cient Shrine, 90 strong, left Phoenix
last night at 6:25 o'clock in three
special Pullmans over the Arizona
Eastern enroute to San Francisco to
attend the 4Sth annual convention
and jubilee of the imperial council,
which will open next Tuesday, June
IS, for three days session.
The Arizona caravan will spend
today sightseeing in Los Angeles and
will arrive in San Francisco early
tomorrow morning. From the time
they reach that city until their de-
parture Thursday night the Mobiles
from the desert oasis Will endeavor to
give their visiting brothers a. program
of special stunts which have never
been presented at an annual conclave
before. For several months they
have been promising the other tenn
pies of the order some original stunts
that will put all ther efforts at en-
tertainment in the shade.
Arizona Denizens
As a part of the plan of the Ell
Zaribah Mobiles to add realism to
their stunts, three boxes of real Ari-
zona products accompanied them on
their trip. One of the boxes con-
tanned three live rattlesnakes. the
second, several six-foot bull snakes,
and the third, three real live CHA
monsters. These desert dwellers viii
be used by the Phoenix caravan in
some very artistic dances and stunts.
For the past three months under
the direction of an Indian master, the
members of the saxaphone band have
been learning the intricate steps ana
twists of an Indian dance, and this
dance will be put on in San Fran
cisco by the band in real style. NO
band of Apache Indians ever danced
their native dances with more vigor
and pep than will the Arizona band
of savages when they present their
dance to the tune of several TOM
toms.
For the occasion the members OF
the band have stained their bodies
copper color, and their costume dur
ing the dances will consist of pair
of deerskin moccasins, a breech clout,
a leather apron emblazoned with
huge yellow rattleSnake, a beaded
sash, fox hide draped from the
shoulders, and headdress. Each of
the band will wear bangle on his
left ankle and a string of real Indian
beads and will carry the gourd rattle
and the copper shield of the Hopi
Indian. Bright red and yellow paint
will complete the decorations.
Parade Costume
This same costume will be worn by
the band in the big pageant and
parade which will be part of the
jubilee and in which every temple will
have a part. There will be variety
of costumes worn in the parade but
none will equal that of the saxa-
phone band. This parade, which will
march up Market street, VIII be the
largest one ever given by the order
at the annual convention.
Three distinct costumes will be
worn by the Arizona delegation. The
patrol Of the temple. under the COM
mand of Capt. Fred Norton, will wear
their gorgeous uniforms, which are
decorated with the Gila monster, the
horned toad and the rattlesnake. The
patrol will carry canes made from
the Arizona cholla cactus in lieu of
swords.
The band, in addition to its Indian
native regalia, will wear on some
occasions, their regular Arabian cos
tune. This costume will probably be
worn by the band during the night
parade to be staged. The band is
under the direction OF Cliff Carpen-
ter.
A large Shrine emblem made from
native Arizona copper at Bisbee and
presented to the FL Zaribah temple
by Nelson G. Bledsoe, imperial poten-
tate, will be carried in the parades.
The emblem has been equipped cleo
trically and will be lighted in the
night parade.
To Stage Fight
During the convention the Arizona
delegation will stage fight between
a Gila monster and a rattlesnake and
there is much speculation as to which
one of the combatants will win.
The Arizona caravan will be es-
corted to San Francisco by Noble
King Cole of the Islam temple of that
city, who was sent TO Phoenix to act
as guide and escort to the El Ia
ribah temple. The special train of
Pullmans carrying the Arizona No
bles was in charge of Noble II. M.
Sproul of Los Angeles, a conductor
for the Pullman company, detailed to
duty with the special.
Many of the Arizona Mobiles were
accompanied by their wives.
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