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Show Shriners' Chief Is Salt Lake Visitor S & S3 Big Order Is Loyal to Democracy CHARLES E. OVENSHIRE, imperial potentate of the Mystic Mys-tic Shriners, and Mrs. Ovenshire. The Shriner chief is on an official visit to the Salt Lake members. II", 77 N K f r IP is 1ki I? ( a i t i fz yi !t s i 5-w A " f v J u I, vl - r -i si I v. - s " 1 4 - ! I 1 " -11 g. liX. s waki mss8!t.jjiajs aMi..iwaMftw ""ojh I Imperial Potentate Ovenshire Oven-shire Pays Official Call on Local Members. AFTER liavinp visited thirty-three temples of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, situated in more than thirty states, Charles B. Ovenshire. Oven-shire. imperial potentate of the fraternity, arrived at Salt Lake last nlpht for a two days' stay at El Kalah temple, the local branch of the organization. Mr. Ovenshire, Oven-shire, who is a guest at the Hotel Utah, is accompanied by Mrs. Ovenshire and F. M. Hutchinson, his secretary. Upon hi arrha!. Mr. Ovenshire was received by T. V. Carlton, illustrious potentate of El Kalah temple: A. R. Mc-Intyre, Mc-Intyre, chief rabban; F. W. Hornunsr, assistant as-sistant rabban, and F. C. Schramm, L. H. Hardinft and L. L.. Baker, delegates to the imperial council. The visitors will be taken to Ofitfen today for luncheon, and lonicht a reception and dinner will be given at tho Masonic temple. The party will leave at noon Tuesday for Minneapolis. Min-neapolis. Mr. Ovenshire's homo. Says Shriners Are Patriotic. "The 147 temples of more than 250,000 members are engaged in patriotic activities activi-ties the country over," Mr. Ovenshire said last night. "Practically every Shriner has subscribed to Liberty bonds, the subscriptions sub-scriptions varying from $50 to $.'50,001). and each temple has subscribed as an organization. They are looklns after their members in the service and an organised plan of correspondence Is being carried out." A plan of consolidated activity for soldiers' sol-diers' welfare work on the part of American Ameri-can fraternal organizations has been evolved by Mr. Ovenshire, who has been called to Washington for conferences with national officials several times. This constructive con-structive plan would provide one fraternal building at each cantonment and would eliminate the wastes and duplications of money and effort that will follow separate activities by the fraternities, Mr. Ovenshire Oven-shire belieyes. Conferred With Hoover. He was called to a conference with Herbert Hoover some months ago and the order new is economizing as a result "A bann.net has shrunk to an ordinary meal and a meal to a buffet luncheon '" he said. During a. conference with Secretary Sec-retary Raker, representatives of 10,000 000 fraternity members were present. The fuellcss days are very coiifusine Mr. Ovenshire said, his own manufactur-;in? manufactur-;in? plant at Minneapolis bavins; been closed last week. In a letter, a son stated that the stores were closed on heat e day and not even cigarettes could o boucht Mr. OvensVe is very much interested In the sack of flour helps auctioned auc-tioned by the temples for the Red Cross It started at San Francisco and the hl-'h" est price hrouKht up to now was S7v'q at Pag-dad temple, Kutto. Mont i'he temple at Honolulu has offered to dunl cnte tho highest price paid. It is expected ex-pected to reach Salt Lake .on. |