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Pioneers in Parade See Wondrous Changes in City
SCENES IN THEMONSTER ADMISSION DAY PA^DE; SHOWING A^NUM^B^
Flags and Bunting Fly From
Buildings While Thousands
Watch Natives March
Ana's army, and- who, by bullet and
bayonet conquered California' for the
stars and stripes.
There were no dramatic pictures ot
the bear flag incident. .But in a
carriage was one of the men who
helped to raise the bear flag at So
noma in June, 1546. There were -no.
trudging ox teams to recall the reso
lute trains of emigrants' who with
wondrous courage penetrated the
plains and the desert and reached
t their haven in California. But, wrinkled
.
and bent, in carriages, where some k of
those dauntless men and women
whose brave pioneering transformed
the California of '49 into the California
of I^lo. The parade might have,
lacked a historian, but it did not lack'
the intrepid souls who give the his- j
torian his theme.
Gold Discovery Represented
There was one parlor of the order)
that went to the past for its expression. {
That -a-as Marsha]! parlor No. 202, Na
tive Sons of the Golden West, of ,San
Francisco. Among the scores of par
lors in the pageant, to Marshall parlor I
should go the greatest credit. It did
not have a r.oat and braided uniform
ar;d dangle pretty canes. It marched
stjrciiy in red flannel shirts anJ blue
overalls and it was headed by a float
on which James Marshall, pictur
esquely impersonated by John E. Mc-
Dougald. continually discovered gold in
the millrace of Sutter's mill, to the
continual aeton!shment of his con
freres in the tableau.
There was a picture of California
history. There was reproduced the
eceae that was the Inception of Cali
fornia's glorious prosperity and won
derful development.
Inspiration for Marchers *
There was the definate inspiration
for the well paved streets over which
the legions marched yesterday. ;
There was the first cause for the
tall buildings between which the par
lors of pretty daughters and the par
lors of natty sons paraded. Califor
nia's glory ,-was first rocked in a min
er's cradle and there was reproduced
the scene of its rude nativity.
Marshall parlor was the most patrl'
otic parlor of all the scores, in line
yesterday, and the ; parlor understood
most clearly the significance of the Ad
mission day celebration.
Viewing the pageant as a drama,
John E. McDougald, impersonating Jim
Marshall, was the real star of . the
show, excepting, of course, the heroic
men and women who appeared in per
son. All the rest of the 20,000 were
the supporting characters.
Girls With Shovels and Guns
Argonaut parlor No. 166, Native
Daughters of the Golden West, had
also the' spirit of the Uay. They left
their fluffy ruffles and their Maypole
decorations at home and came out
picturesquely in blue flannel shirts and
khaki skirts, with shovels and guns
on their shoulders and showed how
pretty and picturesque the pioneer
• .mothers' looked when they were pio
neer maidens.
Othc-r parlors of Native Sons and of
Native Daughters suggested here
and there the history of the state and
the dramatic features of California's
development, but those representative
parlors of the two orders gave them
selves over to the spirit of the day.
Congratulation for California
But after all. It was a birthday party
and it is the graceful thing to dress
in one's fanciest for a birthday cele
bration and to take the year as it
came, without a glance back toliw
travails and troubles of childhood. Cal
ifornia was 60 years old yesterday: and
three score years merit clean faces
anJ best clothes. Viewed as a Jolly
and multitudinous birthday party yes
terday's celebration was a splendid
I ovation with which to congratulate
I California on its hale and hearty
I honors.
The moving eye that estimates crowds
has a fickle memory, but it would seem
that the throngs that watched the pa
rade yesterday numbered almost as
many as ..were in the marvelous jam
of all California that assembled a year
ago for the Portola festival. The side-,
walks were not as packed, but there
was more room for spectators aloft, in
the buildings that have been finished
during the 11 months that divide the
tw odemonstrations of an Francisco's
and California's carnival spirit.
Watchers Serve Good Cause
-Patient and loyal and pleasure seek
ing, the masses assembled early in the
morning. The vanguard of the prudent
were at the wire ropes along the curb
before 9 o'clock. By 10 the paveme is
were closely set with the durable shoes
of the watchers. In an Admission day
celebration, as in holier causes, they
also serve who only stand and wait.
But up aloft, among tthe modern cliff
dwellers, were the comfortable and the
faithful, v too. Window ledge and cor
nice line wore the drapery of humanity.
Every office building in the city was
decorated in honor of. the three days
of festival. Every office building win
dow along the line yesterday had its
additional decoration of bright faced
girlhood and daring young manhood.
At every angle of incidence and refrac
tion that focused on the line of march
was a pair. of eyes.
Spectators Near Skyline
If the pageant were one of aero
planes, people could not have perched
higher. On the dome Of the Claus
Spreckels building were adventurous
spirits who soared to get a real birds
eye view of the festivities. From the
protruding balconies of the Palace
hotel girls and youths hung between
street and sky. Along the remote sky
line of the Phelan building legs'dan
gled perilously over the | marching
thousands. Through the streets'. of -the
Mission, where the parade formed" and
started fresh on its way. the house
tops and the fence, tops were bright
with the gay frosting of sightseers. " £
San Francisco was California's huge
birthday cake, and it was decorated
with a brighter and a warmer "icing"
than ever was devised by a French
pastry cook.
Facades of Flags and Faces
All the way to the ferry Market
street was merry with the willing
watchers and the office buildings were
lively facades of flags and faces. Over
Montgomery street, through .the, com
mercial district, the tall buildings and
the short buildings were points of -van-"
tage for the tall financiers and .the
short financiers.
The oilmen forgot their gushers and
their gushing to watch the heroes and
the heroines of California's birthday
party. The offices were turned over to
sightseers.
Route Has Historic Interest >!
There was a historical interest in the
route of the parade. It formed an al
most perfect human chain connecting
Mission, Dolores, the first point of set
tlement on the San" Francisco penin
sula, with Portsmouth square, the • cen
ter -of the historic town of Yerba
Buena:. In the first, days of, the old
pioneers Mission Dolores and Ports
mouth square were separated by dreary
stretches- of dunes, dismal and lonely
to the infrequent traveler, houseless
and hutless, bleak moors of wind and
sand. Geographically, church and state
were widely separated at the time "Cali
fornia was born. - ,
But the pioneers, from the carriages
yesterday, saw a sight, a' panorama
different from the one that used to
lay before their eyes as they Journied
60 years ago from -mission to custom
house. . They caw a different sight,
too. from the desolate one that would
havej greeted them four y«ars ago had
they made, the journey/ -
March Near Historic •Spots'
The exigencies of routing the parade
did not permit' of passing : the old
Mission /at Dolores 'and- Sixteenth
streets," nor old Portsmouth square In
Kearny. between Clay and "/Washington'
streets, but the line paesed -Within
sight- of both -of these historic spots.
The . men who. could vividly remem
ber; that almost; legendary time- when
"the bay came' up: to Montgomery
street*;, went" far. east of :that old r water
mark ;5-esterday: and were along
what was once .the site .of wharf and
landing. That was, a vital; feature of
the development of San" Francisco dur
ing the span of -life'; of those (aged, men
and women who . rode gayly In the
parade.yesterday,. waving, their, hats
and their handkerchiefs to: the' 100,000
enthusiasts \u25a0 who ;. stood where 60 years
ago ; not ' 1,000 -could- have^been, mar
shaled for a '."barljecu'e.^:-.- ..'/-\u25a0 » -.
I /There was the* unprbclaimed '--'story
THE SAN FRAKCTSCO'.CALL.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1910.
of the day. A baby in its swaddling
cloths is not so different for a grizzled
man of three score as San Francisco
of 60 years ago was different from the
Sari Francisco of yesterday and . today". '
As fOr\the pmrade, if it was more
pretty than picturesque it was enjoy
able and fine./ , i.
There were plenty : of bands. Fif
teen hundred musicians, divided. among
75 bands, blared and beat the feet of
the native sons and daughters into
rhythmic accord.
The first 1 promise those who served
the day by watching and; waiting ;had
that the parade, was on its way was
by the appearance of three automobiles.
In the first rode Chief of. Police John
Martin and ; the commissioners^ , In the
second rode the commissioners of tl\e
board ,of public worksf/undoubtedly
ready to repair anj r defect in the pave
ment-that might be exposed when the
thoroughfares were clear and clean for
the tramping of the feet that were to
come.
Girls Serve Relief Corps " : '
; In the third was the Na
tive Sons'* emergency reiie'f "corps," a
surgeon and two pretty, -laughing
nurses, who enjoyed the day, for there
was not much for them to do. The
hardy blood of California sons and
daughters, the blood, that came largely
from pioneer strains, can stand the
gruelling march in the September sun \u25a0
.and needs no smelling, salts. .: -„ « !
'-"Grand Marshal Angelo J. Rossi had
exchanged his chocolate eclair" palfry
of Thursday's procession f or < a nobler i
steed, a magnificent white- horse with I
golden hoof. He ; rode solemnly at- the
head of- the line of 20,000 marching
men and women, the most of /whom
were his sisters and : brothers in the
twin orders _of the sons and. daughters
of the golden west. .x. x
Cheers for Lively Strains "
Market street, waiting for the show,
heard the lively, strains 'of "Rings on
.My Fingers and Bells on My Toes'." and \
the beringed fingers began tofclap and ;
the bebelled'toes began •to tap time to
the melody that , flowed from | the many
horried band of the United States coast
artillery. v . \ . .//
Behind the band 'marched the martial
men f who handle the big batteries that
guard the Golden gate. • Other troops
came after. The lads: of .the/United
States training station" at Yerba Buena
island swung by. their /guns almost
a 1 way s a t :x "por t". to I acknowledge / the
cheers that greeted their, appearance.
A girl, in a , red hat . on' the , seventh
or seventeenth floor of an office;build-
Ing nearly lost her balance^ so" keen
was her .enthusiasm at sight /of the
navy blue boj'S below." \u25a0•\u25a0•'-, v ' ,- ,
As- the parade came- on the/ folk in
the wlndows:started- their showers of
confetti and paper, streamers. iThe 'pa
per/ streamers ;• were ; - the/ best. -/They
caught on the wires; arid ( .hung as gay
aerial drapes to give added' color to the
best decorations that San \ Francisco's
streets. ever boasted.; • .W. / .
Governor and Mayor 7 Together
/Governor Gillett and Mayor McCarthy
rode'together near, the head of the line.
Then there /were*;, more/ soldiers} and
more sailors, these latter ones'belng'of
the national guard.; /:/
* A; woman/'lent'by. thp "circus rode a
dainty . horse and drove another before
her in tandem. //.; /
The 'fire / department / followed ''the
honored '} old folk- of ,-. the; Mexican;. war
veterans. : the Society; of Call f orniaii Pio
neers . and the Society 'of : /Pioneer
Women, /the : post' of - the Grand "Army
.or the • Republic and ? other ?men- : who
have- made; history. /"The firemen,-. trim
and; blue, every mania- Native; Son: of
the If Golden /West, 'marched .'/erect - and
steady before their 'glistening "appa
ratus, i-;• ; ->, -'".' / /-.\u25a0\u25a0// \u25a0-. \u25a0\u25a0 V \u25a0/ '* \u25a0 \u25a0; .- :: ,.-,-. \u25a0; .\u25a0--\u25a0'
/Behind the 'firemen of today ".'marched
the \u25a0, firemen of '-. the old v days, with' their
apparatus, /which c seems /childish/ and
grotesque beside. the steel ;'and •iron. arid
brass machines/ which Hbday7 guard the
city ;fromUhe; foe; that in the past has
been- most; cruel.: -'//
. Boy/; scouts f and / boy. ball playerV
tramped ,s the'f .street "...in disdain of heat
and * distance. ; Judge =~Graham
led /.the"/ ball , players* \u25a0/ division;/ The
famous /"reconciler" '.had > no .-chance vto
exercise i his "t" t gif t ~l yesterday.^ ; Hiji
sion/would thavelbeen; the .last to seek
al-divorce:froma 1 - divorce: from ;the; line. . \u25a0\u25a0' y-
Indians Outin'Force.
I There were in -the. parade".
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
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10 a. m.— Drill 'of fire, depart
ment,- Seveteenth and Harrison
Htrvetn. \u25a0•:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0',\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0"\u25a0 *-'\u25a0\u25a0';.
10 a. in. — Kcsattß and arrlmmJnjj
race* at, l the, proposed acqtiatlc §
park at the "foot of Van »ss ave
nue; • \u25a0\u25a0//-'•«"/*;, i" •' //'/..;' - / '•\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'
I 1 ' p. m.— Yacht ra«?ei>t. . Start and
" finish at - MeiffK's wharf. ."\u25a0 \u25a0
. .1:30 p.m. — -Trotting races'; at the
Mtadlum. Golden Gate pnrk.
I 2 p. m.— CaU«t Jienics aad drill by
native sons and dnimhlera of the
public Ki-hnoln at the stadium In
.Golden Gate park. ; Track, and field.,
meet at stadium./. Drill of life say
; Ins /creWs: at Cliff house beach.
Dedication of -El, Cnmino real bell -
; at ". county \u25a0-.. line. .';.'"' '-'| * ' '.
| .3 .p.m.-— -Fancy and-' high diving^
ofr/\Velllnicton-eoal;dock,> Howard
street ;/,ivhnrf ./Vo. I^/by ...- Ernest
Brandstten and GuV'Johanson. Drill
of ' flre v ': tugs- off • Hovrnrd \u25a0 street
wharf...-,Breaking of ground for
' now X.~ S. ?G. -. AY. hull /in Mason
•treet.^between; Geary, and I^ost.
7:30 p.. Im. — llumlnatlon /of
streets." ..\u25a0' Grand -electric «parade.
Paradelvrlll/ntartfrom '. Sntter and
\u0084 Stciuer ; streets, - march" down ; Sut- .
ter to Fllliiipre,/ nlonß' ;Fillniore to ;.
>te AlHster, tlipnce i to" Van*' Ness
'avenue.'fto' Market, to ferry Irol ld- .
, inpr. countermarching in Market to
Van /Xess avenue.
/8:S0 : p. m. to 11 p. m. — Band con- '
certs in ' streets. Fireirorks in
i Union \ squre. Masquerade ball in,
Auiiltorlum. / ' '• , . ' , . I
.11 p.'-m.-^— Escort queen. to mas
querade ball. * • '•;'\u25a0 : " • / '<- "
*. . \u0084.. ... - — ...-_.;. .;. . . •\u0084/»•
The 1 - 'lmproved '-Order' of Red "Men and
the; Degree; of.-- Pocahontasy were>out in
force. .; Sixty, years ago If ;as many, real
Indians > had suddenly before
tho : emigrant^ancestors of the sons' and
daughters ;as : they /were '.crossing the
plains -it would have been ;no joke. t It
would have 'mean.t death. ,^. ~-_ ' '.• "f_.
Divisions of Natives- Orders ?
: BuU6O years. ;is the period ,inf which
western. .America has been T*£ changed
from ;av barbarous country ttrYo r V highly
civilized :land. ,- These -fraternal Vrefl
skins" of • the.paradeadded-a lively; de r
tail.and could, not/help impressing- the
spectator. \with the • underlying' signi
ficance "of^'th'e occasion. . v i : •'/'*
-California's , sons^and .daughters filled
27idivlsionsfof.the.parade.i:)"i:/ —
.The \u25a0 orders- .' of/Nativel r Sons 'of '/the
Golden-West, and Native'; Daughters" of
the ; Golden; West ; are r unique.f Other
states -.have; no such organizations. -for
other states' are. not., as.'/inspiring as
California.' / //;\u25a0: V//V \',J- : '\~~\:' : /'>
\u25a0£i From'-, the ; northern :[ counties ' and \u25a0 the
*>6uthern : •/• counties \u25a0•/came] \u25a0\u25a0.sons'i", and
daughters of/ Calif orhiai to! "prpye/ their
fealty/to^the 'state- ;and -their- -love.'
Side f by ' side : the ; sons i and \u25a0•> ;dau gKter's
marched. /i Menr prominent lin i the ? coun
;cils': of; the i state jfandfdominant; in" their
communities jrere// in / : line. /.Women
handsome r and graceful arid fpfornlneni, 1
too,: in 5 their influence on": the;,well : being
of jthe-stater tramped -over jtheimlles of
asphalt .; ' :-- ,/ :-- : ;V : /.-.'- !-. .//\u25a0
Spjrit of California : '
.r They/- had the^ spirit;/ of /California.
They/ gleamed ;twith'" the'Xcolor/of £ the
poppy.andithe-hue/ofHheigold'andHhe
radian'ce}ofAejsuri!:>:They, -flaunted'; the
bear/ flag'.^fThe'Natlve/Sonl parlors /of
Sonoma" countvjuriited'andboreTa; great
bear; flag s SO feet- wlde'and|loofeet!ldrig;
It ;waa* in Sonoma^ countyithatUhe\bear
flag ; was ; raised to i 'rais
ing/ of /the xstars randr stripes.'/;, Other
parlors jalso^bore 'large. -bear j"flag3;- but-
Sonoma; county /had the 'largest; and ; . the
most historic right' to the banner that
waved in reality a month and will
wave in memory forever.
The- Native- Daughter parlors * went
in for. pretty effect. Thy succeeded.
With . rare taste ; they- apepared in red
and in green and in yellow. They were
on foot, and on horse and in carriages
and on floats. They .laughed "and
cheered and were cheered. They gave
the brightness that is inseparable from
California. \u25a0\u25a0"-- >- ; V,/ ' "
Eyes Turned to Future
They and the Native ;:• Sons al9o
showed the deepest" significance of the
order, that their eyes 'are not always
turned on the past and its beauties and
heroisms; but on the future, too. with
its charges and responsibilities. This
was exhibited in the : float, 'The Mother
on the Throne,", which- exemplified the
work of the_homeless . children's. agency
of the; Native Spns^and Daughters of
the Golden West. On a moving plat
form "sat a' mother holding a child in
her arms, and nearby, was the crib and
the nurselry.. v x « .
A light touch was given to the scene,
for proceeding it' had been the '"baby
parlor" of the Sons, Fruitvale No. 252,"
with a pinaf-ored member haulfcri- in/ a,
gocart and attended by a solicitous
.nurse. v- . " 4 \u25a0 ;\u25a0
Queen and Merry, Court
Near the end. came the queen, Queen
California, surrounded/ by her* merry
court of comedy maids of -honor.' At
tractive, pretty and:, gracious on her
high throne; Queenx California charmed
her . faithful subjects as few queens
may.-- Cheer, upon cheer .'greeted her
progress. She. was splendidly attended.
Before her marched- the -resplendent
Nationals and the . smartly uniformed
California Gray's, and fit-her hand rode
the famous Portola dragoons, the dash
ing "cavaliers of the Portola -festival,
with their armorVsti 11 . bright and their
helmet* still ready to cuteh" the glint
of the sun and reflect It lik£ a militant
halo, ',', :-. :\ .:.;.\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0' . --.-.;•: ; . '}£
The Panama Pacific. th<r greatest fes
tival that California planned/ was not
lostj-sight of, 'yesterday In tho midst of
the most Californian day that ever the
state has celebrated. , ..."
Float for Panama; Exhibition .
A handsome, .float, showed expressive-
ly, the \u25a0vships • of the- world floating
through' the ditch -of promise into the
Golden gate. Five years from now the
Panama-Pacific. will be, ther show of the
year. .Yesterday's -forerunner -of Ihe
festival -was 'greeted with unbounded
enthusiasm. •••/ : , - ' \u25a0' * • ,
;„ Thus -'the parade passed. 'With girls
in 'pink .and girls ..in ,red and girls in
poppy- hats and without hats at all, the
lino went T ori its pretty, way, celebrating
California's birthday^ :,"' -:';• : i -'.»
.At -'night , the 'celebration was. on
again/..:. •\u0084 .'-/'--./.t / : /'.'_>- v .V /. '\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '"'
{ 'There were to 'have 'been literary ex
ercises intha afternoon,, and grand ora
tions, :no; doubt," f'lled- with ; lofty -periods
and."; impressive; sentiments.;. /But; the
eloquence that was- to be lias gone- for
ever.';.- ../,"•- * ;.\u25a0/-;" "\u25a0; \u25a0 ..-./\u25a0/ /
Too Busy for Oratory, : -
; ,' r Th"e~'selectftd orators are "the' '-. mutel
inglorious tPatrlckjiHenrys: of .'Admis
sion "day. ' : Their/gems tof T thought are
are with .those v dark, urifathomed caves
of "ocean* bears.]; 1 Their 'flowers , of ora
tory'had not even ithe 'chance to .blush
unseen r and twaste.^their sweetness, on
the desert "air-^they/ couldn't .blush .; at
a11.J,, Everybody- was 'too -busy' with" the
parade Ito bother; about "oratory. > What
need* was* there*, to';; ber told t. that's Cali-
f ornia-' was v a , great \ state - when , they
haa "the [exemplification;^ -its "great- 1
ness.'passing before ; their eyes fOr "four
hours? V . i <h '-"»"' \u25a0" ' r X'" \u25a0"--.• '/ \u25a0"." " -- V
,therft - ;wa*s ->np-^. oratory.,/;.; Five
o'clock, tea. became -luncheon and dinner
arid*? then- the/ throngs" sought
street f and t. made i« the night *• merry.^i /." :
\u25a0j- The; sun " tha.t j shone ;with-true-Cali
fornia ,; radiance /all-, day /prepared /the
air for. a pleasant night: temperature.
MERRYMAKERS CROWD STREETS * '
: v v Into/t he" streets / tfe« ' \u25a0..'merry. Vmakers
flocked.',: Confetti 4 and /stream-"
ers?flew^from,g^d?hands.' v r",There'was
the laughter :of ;girls - and? the admira
tion^ of .{y ouths. ' Iri^ihe-lilgh/; arched
nive i of v the i V ferry?, building * there- was
the^lifeiTof^the^dance.^lln "*thei'street
autbhiobilesUooted;andt honked; and ! the
riders* threwXconfettitand»BtTeamets.y : -"
J'3:Bv^erysautbnYobile}partyJ^was;a?part^
of r Joy/riders -inXthelbest TJoy"!
Every;; heart: was light,'; for Its .was! Cal- |
CAMEGRNrA'S SPIRIT
SHOWN IN COLOR OF
POPPY, GOLD AND SUN
ifornia's birthday, and thsy had gath
ered from the hills and the valleys,
from the Sierras and the orange lands,
from the lumber camps and the fruit
farms, from the wide ranges and the
narrow, dairy farms, from the gold
mines and the poultry places, from the
cabins and the colleges, to make that
birthday Joyous.
'BAL MASQUE AND STREET
CARNIVAL TONIGHT
The bal masque and street carnival
with which the . festivities will- be
brought to a, resplendent flnale to
night will, it. is expected, eclipse any
like event ever held in the United
States. ; The Auditorium has been
decorated for the ball and afterward
there will be street dancing for the
million. For this purpose Market
street from Powell to the ferry. Mis
sion and Third to Kearny and Sutter,
Powell to Union square and Sutter, as
well, as the four blocks inclosing the
square, will be cleared. In the square
and at intervals along Market street
bands will be stationed and will dis
course, music for the dancers. !
Of the $250,000 collected during the
l^st three years by the 250 parlors of
the state a great part is being spent
in ma!:ing tonight's carnival the most
brilliant spectacle <ft the fiesta. . Im
mense electrical floats/ introducing nov
elties never before "seen in carnival,
have been equipped for tonight. Other
features will be cannon shooting
bombs of confetti over the heads of the
crowd and elaborate burlesque floats.
A large percentage of the^money has
been invested by the various parlors
for their carnival dress for tonight.
...The bal masque will be a magnificent
picture of fun and revelry. Designed
and carried through by distinguished
artists, actors and musicians, it will be
a revel such as has scarcely ever, if at
all, been seen before outside of Latin
Europe. . . •
Some Idea of the throngs-the streets
will hold tonight may be gained from
the. fact that the statistics furnished
Hear n van Williams delightful
record of the "Four Leaf Clover
on the marvelous Victrola
VICTOR TALKING. MACHINES
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yesterday by the transportation com
panies. Information bureaus and other
available sources showed that 400,000
visitors were within the city's gates.
Added to this prodigious crowd will bo
many thousands coming in from va
rious parts of the state to participate in -
the windup festivities. The number of i
visitors far exceeds the most sanguine
expectations of the festival committee.
In order to accommodate the masses of
people who will come over from the bay
cities during the day additional ferry
boats will be put in commission.
FRUIT FLOWS FROM
SAN JOAQUIN PARLORS
The choicest fruits of the San Joa
quin valley are being given out with
lavish hands by the Native Sons par
lors of six counties of that section at
the San Joaquln valley parlors head
quarters, corner of Stockton and Post
streets. Thousands of persons visited
the reception rooms yesterday and car
ried away bunches of grapes and bags
of peaches. __
Five carloads of fruits from the val
ley are to given away. Already two
carload's have been distributed. The
consolidated parlors have established
two points of distribution. The main
one Is at the corner of Stockton and
Post streets and. the smaller room is
under the Union Square hotel, in Post
street near Stockton.
A constant stream of visitors filed
through one door to come out by a
rear way fruit laden all yesterday aft
ternooh when^the distribution was go-
Ing on. - Probably no other "parlor
headquarters was more popular. The
counties of San Joaquln valley ad
vanced several thousand dollars for
the fruit and exhibit.
The distribution of fruits will begin
again this morning and continue In*r»
tomorrow until all has been 'givli
away." In addition to a great amount
of wines that will be given out today,
the committee expects to receive 25.000
cartons of seeded raisins from Fresno,
which willbe distributed. Peaches and