The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-09-21
$4,000 PEOPLE
EXPECTED At KHAN
CELEBRATION


MILWAUKEE,, Wis.-The Ku Klux
Khan of Wisconsin will be host to
thousands of Klansmen, their families
and friends, coming from many points
throughout the state and neighboring
states, on Saturday, September 20,
being the occasion of the Klan's first
annual harvest festival, barbecue, en-
tertainment, ceremonial and natural
ization.
The celebration will BE held at
Pleasant Valley Park, Milwaukee
county. Arrangements have been
made for an attendance of $4,000 peo-
pie. Sufficient parking space is avail
able to accommodate 10000 automo-
biles. The park and grounds cover
126 acres. Guides with flags will be
stationed on Highway 81 at the inter-
section of Woodlawn avenue, to direct
the traffic.
A magnificent program has been
completed, and from 1 o'clock to mid
night the day will be replete with en-
PERTAINING features of great variety.
Khan bands will furnish the music. An
imperial officer of high rank will be
the guest of honor and speaker Of
the day. In addition to refreshments
served at the booths and stands, chick
en- dinners will be served to those who
make reservations in advance. There
will also be an old-fashioned South
ern Barbecue, and two whole steers
browning above the fire pit will pro-
vide thousands of appetizing sand
wiches.
In the evening a magnificent dis
play of fireworks including aerial
bombs and special designs will be on
the program. At night two large
flaming crosses will shed their glow
over the ceremonial and naturaliza-
ton which will be conducted by the
officers of the Racine Khan. One thou
sand candidates will be initiated.
The committee in charge Of the
celebration, working under marshal,
consisting of departments on pub
licity, notification, field, entertain
ment, patrol, and transportation, have
worked for several months to make
this event a success. No details have
been overlooked. Electricians have
wired the immense grove, and excel
lent illumination will be had at all
necessary points. A cross, electrical
ly-ighte', high in the air, will furth-
er assist in Illuminating the grounds.
A powerful searchlght, on the tower
CT the main building, capable Of
throwing its rays anywhere Within a
1adius of twenty miles, will play an
important part in the ceremonies at
night.
All patrol, field and transportation
activities will be handled along mill
tary lines. Under the supervision of
world war veterans, including officers
ard privates, a corp of 1000 Khan
guardsmen will patrol the highways
and grounds, and also handle and d.
rect the traffic. Mounted guards and
messengers on motorcycles will have
special duties. Outposts will be main
tanned, and reports will be made regu-
larly to the officer Of the day and the
corporal of the guard. This guard
corps is being maintained for the
purpose of handling the immense
crowd, minimizing danger of accidents
as we'll as to prevent intrusion by
hoodlums, and is under instruction to
eject from the grounds any person
who is disorderly or found with in
toxicating liquor in his possession.
The traffic arrangements are under
the direction of experts, and the thou
sands of machines expected will be
handled with minimum of confusion.
The parking grounds will be plated
into streets, and each automobile
owner will be given a numbered tag
and a corresponding tag will be at
tached to his car. A fee of rs Gets
will be charged for parking. The en-
tire field of cars will constantly be
under the surveillance of the patrol.
Complete arrangements have been
made for transportation over the Mil
waukee Northern and North Shore
Electric lines, as well as Milwaukee