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Show II iSess j j EI Kalah Temple Mystic Shrine Holds Unique Ceremonial 1 at That Spot. I NOVICES SLIDE INCLINE Ij j .j! INTO FATHOMLESS POOL ! j j Imperial Potentate and Several j ! )' Hundred Shrincrs on Palatial ! JVi Special Train. I HI 1 1 The El Kalah special of the Mystic B t 1 Shrine returned to the city at 1 o'clock I- , ! this morning-. All the passengers from this city report having had a most cn- i joyable lime and that the first ceremonial 1 ', 1 was an unqualified success. The follow- I f Ing plciuresrjuo specials were received I , I ' by The Tribune: li ' From Clement Sclivamm: Devil's I ' , ' Slide. Sept. 15. In all the migrations of 121 Kalah dating from Hegiru. i . From .lohn S. Crltchlow: Devil's Slido. 1 Sept. h". There has never been such a I j . movement to Mecca as. I" ! From Lester Freed: Devil's Slide, I I 1 Sept. 1.1. Occurred this day. Ton thou- ! I sand N'oblos of the Mystic Shrine slid ! t the slide, and that's goln some. 1 ' From C. V. Morse Devil's Slide. Sept. I lo. It was a date In history. May Allah ; I i bo praised, and the rain fell after it was all over, i I ii From .1. M. Marriott: Devil's Slide, ' i Sept. 13. And at the appointed hour'thc ' members of the Shrine folded their tents like the Arab and as silently stole away l t for home. , From Chris Fischer; Ogdcn, Sept. IS. The midnight hour nas come and the 1 i j Ogden contingent Is delaying the visitors ' i in this place. Defer report until Friday, i 1 . From Imperial Potentate Hlnes: I5n- i 1 route, Sept. irir The Great. Pyramid was I built at Ghcezeh, 3100 B. CV but it pales Into nothingness with Devil's Slide and i El Kalah's originality and hospitality. II, 1 Tribune's Special Men. I ' The Tribune, with its usual foresight, I j had arranged for several correspondents 1 1 ..I to send in a full account of the sirens I u scrcmonial" of Kl Kalah lemplo. Mystic ' " 1 Shrine, held at Devil's Slide. Thursday Ii afternoon and evening. How well they I ! succeeded is told In the above exclusive I f dispatches, lo which the following local I i , facts were gleaned aru-r the El Kalah I I Flyer returned to Salt Lake, Friday 1 1 - morning. 1 1 ''' The special train left promptly on time I k from the Oregon Short Line station. It I I consisted of six solid steel coaches and a I j k buffet car. one of the finest specials ever I i pulling out of the city. Immediately the I 1 train had successfully passed the powder I1 ' magazines at the Hot Springs, servitors 1 t garbed In ancient Arabic costumes passed I j , through tlie train and handed out n I,! - package to each passenger, 100 being on Ij- the train. The package consisted of the I: , neatest little hutch Imaginable, consist- l I Ing of a breast of capon, and ??'.' I ::::::. you know, but it was i j really and truly delicious. A napkin was ' , served with each package. ;,, At Ogden. forly-llvc minutes if you I .please, eight pilgrims of that oasis who i I , wished to tread the heated sands boarded the special, with many others, and at the j , j '-amc time a special train from Evans- I '. j I ton, Wyo.. was leaving that city with 1 1 i another big crowd, all being 'bound for Iimh the famous bit of scenery In Weber can- ' .' yon. Devil's Slide, that has made the I "' Union Pacific famous for years. I , ,li Claws and Red Poz. ! 1 I The Salt Lakers wore their claws and I tho. red fez adorned each head. The Og- . den irowd used the cement sacks, which are labeled with the red devils to adver- j ' tise the product of the slide region, the Ij, works bcinc; a few miles from the scone It; of activity. On the arrival at Ogden. lm- f perial Potentate Fred I lines was pro.went- ' ' 1 cd with a leather medal by the Ogden- 1 1 lies. i : Arriving at Devil's Slide, a big sur- r I prise awaited the hundreds. A mammoth I (,.. . f circus tent had been erected, and at the 1 ; r bottom of the liOO-foot slide was a pool. ' i ,i ' eight feet deep by twenty feet long. The Ij, 'j j rest of this description Is a secret, but j , as each novice had to change his clothes I ) It Is presumed ' that the pool and the I , J slide were not allowed to he idle. Ml 1 In fact, a passenger on the passing I T ji Overland Limited states that something , j white came down the slide, dozens of shots were heard and then there was a f terrllic splash, but hearsay evidence is i never considered by a modern newspaper I and this is given for what it Is worth. Rut. seriously sneaking, those who wero I I there" declare that it was the most suc- I , cessful ceremonial ever held by El Ka- ijf ' lah, and one of the most unique In tho t ) history of the shrine. . u The real circus, with sideshow and mc- ' , , nageiie. were distinct features, and Ihe '1 Jj fun lasted all afternoon. At G p. in. the j great crowd sat down to a banquet in the big tent, which was a truly elaborate i ' function. C. W. Morse, potentate of El I I Kalah: Fred HIncs. imperial potentate, i; . and a host of others spoke, and Mr. t f Hlnes expressed his great appreciation "1 at being the honored guest and said that M Jj) j the Utah ShrJners deserved the greatest i t n II credit for originating one of the elcvcr- L " fl est-stunts ever arransed In the order, p 'fi j From one end to the other it was a I , I success, and everything moved off with- I, i out a hitch. The rain fell In torrents at ! ti l night, but not until the big programme if ! : I had been concluded. Owing to the suc- (1 l fl ccys of the ceremonial It will be on nn- ifd HI nual outing, and already it Is making i fame for EI Kalah. |