Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-08-12
LOS ANGELES DAY.
Preparations Making For
a Grand Day.
THE BOYS in BLUE COMING.
Excursions Over the s. 6. v. R'y
to santa Monica, Pomona.
San Bernardino, Cotton.


The best idea as 70 what is proposed
TO be done on Grand Army Day TO enter
tain the v;sitors. may he CLEANED from
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lated Ia San Francisco BY the Los An.
geles men who are at the sncampment:
Tven,;ath National E,camnmaat @
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a. ~ Los Anse'es DAy' A'su'' ~,
1886. special rate TO Los Angeles and
return, Overcome thousand miles Of travel,
$40.
The Los Angeles excursion will be the
longest As well az the qrandest given
At the Twant;ath National E,ca moment
m ~ ~ II,
NC 'ou'nern ao,no company ~" ~
several trains leaving San Francisco on
the afternoon OF Friday, August iStn'
and arriving Ut Los Angeles for dinner
on Saturday the l4th.
The points OF interest on tne IMP oown
are the great San Joaquin valley, with
its immense wheat fieids; Fresno and
Tulare eounties, with Their fruit farms
and stock ranches. Inc Loop Que oI
the greatest feats Of railway ene'noer'ns
IN ths world, when wiii % passes. ~
daylight enabling ali 70 see ~ Ing
Il. r;rh ma nroductive oil wells, and the
treat Sar Fernnndo tunnel. Los Angeles,
a. nusen citv II the south.
"a Sr;v;no ~ "a. Apeeles the comrades
s,d their friends will b Welcomed by the
srhois c;,v The veterans will be made
~ 80 thst thew Are with friends at
,,>,as
soofhHhS oAh'ronSiN
TEREsr.
After spending sufficient time to visit
the points Of interest in Los Angeles,
the brightest and most prosperous city
ia the world. with her churches, hotels,
banks. mills and wineries, cable und
electric roads. and electric light works,
together with the great orange groves
and VINEYARDS adjacent, the guests will
have an Opportunity to take the follow
ing excursions:
/. Over the San Gabriel Valley Rail.
road 10 Pasadena, Sierra Madre. Mon
rovia. Roses. Baldwin's and Duarte,
being situated in the celebrated San
Gabriel Valley. and comprising the
most picturesaue and beautiful country
in the world, II is paradise for homes.
2. Santa Monica. with its bay as
beautiful a. the Bay of Naples; Long
Beach. with It's handsome hotel and IT.
taaes. and the most MAGNIFICENT driving
beach in the country. being twelve miles
long: and WILMINGTON and San Pedro,
with the rulendid harbor.
4. Over the Southern Pacific Rail
road 70 Pomona. San Bernardino and
Cotton, . busy and prosperous sec .ion.
4. Over the California Southern TO
Riverside aud San Diego. either Of which
l. worth trio across the continent to
go.
s Over the Santa Ana branch Of the
8. p. Il. r, to Florence, DJwney, Ana
helm. Orange and Santa Ana, being the
great Santa Ana Valley with its thous.
snds Of acres Of orange groves, vine
Yards and orchards. In this valley are
hundreds ofsacres devoted to the rsisin
industry, and II will richly repay
whit.
BY private carriages to various points
of great interest il and about Los An
esIes and especially to Los Feliz to see
the ostrich farm, where may be seen
birds twenty years old lust imported
from Africa.
Before you return to your eastern
home be sure to 20 to Southern Callfor-
mia: Los Angeles, Newhall. San Fer
nsndo, santa Monica, Wilmington. San
Pedro. Long Beach, Compton, Downey,
Anaheim Orange, Santa Ana, Pssade-
ma. Sierra Madre, Raymond Hotel,
Monroyia. BaIdwin's, Roses, Duarte,
Azusa. San Gabriel, Pomona, Cotton,
San Bernardino. Rivenide, Elsinorc,
National City and San Diego.
The above was gotten up in fine taste
and supurb style and distributed by the
thousand. A few copies were carried
home here and the HERALD reporter IL
indebted to Col, II. H. Boyce for the
COPY used. The Los Angeles headquar-
tern also printed an elegant invitation
card asking comrades to visit their hall
on the Los Angeles day In the city OF
San Francisco. Following is the con-
tents Of the card:
Grand Army Of the Republic, TWEEN
tiesh National Encampment, San Fran.
oisoo. August, 1856. The comrades of
southern California present their com.
pliments to -, and request the pleas.
ure OF his company with the ladies OF
his marty at an entertainment to be given
A. Union SQUARE Hall, 4lD Post street.,
ON Thur.dzy evening at eight O'Clock.
Seventh Infantry Band will be ia attend
snce. There will be singing by Mrs.
Mamie Perry Davis. the celebrated Mo-
doc Ciuo ana Diners. MAJOR nenoer'
Sr III, IT, ..rs...t pr;ss s,,sscbs.
- ~ $1,000 1910 fros. o. shsrmsn
CO. Iossp 40 RnrJstts Commsnder.