Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-12 | Page 32 | Wire Reservations From out of West

WL RESERVATIONS FROM OUT OF WEST Shriners Prepare for First 1911 Pilgrimage lo Sacred City of Mecca. Shriners from a. over the west aro wiring reservations for the first 1011 semi-annual pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca of IOI Kalah temple next Wednesday evening. As usual, visiting nobles will bo given choice reservations upon tho backs of the most faithful and docllo camels of tho local herd, and the caravan promises to be the longest ever undertukon from the Oasis of Salt Lake. The advance committee on nrrango-rnenls nrrango-rnenls wired rroni Mecca on Saturday that everything Is near ship-shape for the entertainment of the nobles and their visitors. The trail across the burning desert has been cleared of Insurrcctors and suspicious-looking characters until It Is safe for children, to say nothing of the troop of novices desiring to bo received re-ceived into the ranks of the faithful. From the activity and efficiency of tho patrol, one would think tho coming occasion occa-sion was nn Imperial session with Its drill competitions. The half-mourning cards nnd claws arc In order always on such occasions. Tho start will be mado at 7 o'clock, the lin-Ish, lin-Ish, when It happens.