Evening star., 1922-04-26
SHR|NERS TO HOLD
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Motor Caravan Will Start
From Here for San Fran
cisco Monday.

The fiftieth anniversary of the An
cient Arabic Order of Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine will be celebrated this
year in San Francisco. where the I'M
perial Council will hold its annual
session June 13. Il. Is and 16 Wash
ington will figure in the celebration
in being the starting point for great
Shrine motor caravan, which will
start from the White House Monday.
after being given a fraternal sendoff
by President Harding. and will move
south. via the Bankhead highway,
through Richmond, Atlanta. Birming-
ham. Memphis. Little Rock, Dallas
and Fort Worth. thence via the Colo
RADIO and gulf highway. through
Wichita Falls and Amarillo to Ration.
y. NJ. whence it will proceed
over the old national trails. including
the Grand Canyon, where day and
a half will be spent. to Los Angeles
and the Yosemite, arriving in San
Francisco June l..
About score of cars from various
parts of the east will make the start
from Washington. and these will be
added to by others from the different
Shrine temples and clubs en- route.
Representative Clifford Ireland of
Illinois, who is a past potentate of
Mohammed Temple of Peoria. H.. left
the Capitol yesterday shortly before
noon, in a highpowered car. to blaze
pathway and to act as sort of
Paul Revere for the Shriners and in
crease the number of cars in the mo-
tor caravan to the Pacific coast.
Capt. McMahnn to Lead.
The caravan will be under the di-
rection of Capt. Bernard A. McMahan
of Texas, who has been arranging
the preliminaries of the trip in Wash
ington. with the assistance of l.. f.
Warford and other officers of the au-
tomotiye division of the Department
of Commerce.
Besides being unique feature in
connection with the celebration of the
half-century anniversary of the
Shrine, the purpose of the caravan is
said to be two-fold-first, to promote
the development of national high
way system, so that Shriners may be
able to motor from. one temple to
another throughout the country on
the occasion of ceremonials and 9TH
er special celebrations, and, second,
to propagate sentiment for ma
tional shriners' touring club, with
the object of having an annual
shriners' motor caravan as feature
of every session of the Imperial
Council hereafter. This proposition
is TO be submitted for consideration
to the session of the Imperial Coun-
Gil in San Francisco.
Governors to Help.
Capt. McMahan, during his stay in
Washington. has corresponded with
the governors of all the states through
which this years caravan Will pass
asking their cooperation and assist
ance. He states he has received graf
ifying replies from nearly all of them
and that the state departments will
furnish much assistance in making
the trip and it's ultimate purposes a
success. Word has been received that
the Arizona state highway depart
ment will escort the caravan across
Arizona and be its host during it's
stay there.
Much interest has been aroused
among the motoring Shriners of
washington, and it is expected. in
addition to cars that will carry a
number of the senators and repre-
sentatives, there will be local con-
tribution to the caravan by Almas
temples Automobile Club Of this
city.
snectiye recruits are, Bring your bed.
bathing suit and happy smile; no
Cooking outfit. Don't be afraid of a
little shower. Remember the days OF
40 and express your luggage, pre-
naid. to yourself. in care OF the
Transcontinental Shrine Motor Cara
van, Peoples Express Company, Oak
land Calf"