The morning call., 1893-12-05
FEAST
Banqueted by President
Holland.
They Will Incorporate and Then Start
Auxiliaries in Every Part of
the State.

The Society of California Argonauts
which was organized on September g. en-.
jOyed banquet at the Commercial Hotel
last night. the table being supplied by the
lavish hospitality of mine host Edward
Holland, who is the soclety's president.
There were California fruits, flowers and
liquids in abundance, singing by the Cali
fornla Quartet OF fine quality, and char.
acterlstc argonaut oratory. 1t was q
highly gratifying .casion.
1t was the first real meeting of the young
organization since Its formation, and be.
fore retiring TO the dining-room some i'm.
portant matters we're discussed in the par.
lOr upstairs. The Argonauts among other
things decided to Incorporate.
What suggested the idea of incorpOra-
tion was tender by Thomas C. Russell
of ten acres of land in San Bernardino
County, as an offering for the benefit of
the home the society proposes to build. lin
which aged and INDECENT Argonauts NAV
spend the evening Of life free from worldly
care" II was found that to be able to re-
ceive such donations the body must in
corporate.
This led to another idea: In the bright
future there was prospect of rapid growth
for the society until it would become a
vas. organization, because as it takes in all
who have been in the State twenty-five
years the number of people who will have
been in the State that length OF time will
ever be on the increase. Therefore it was
concluded that the best thing TO do would
be to so broaden the scope of its cons titu-
tiOn as to enable the ArgoDauts TO spread
all over the entire State With the San
Francisco body as the nucleus auxiliaries
will be started in every part.
There are about hundred members
already in the society. and the long table
i.,f had mi po-rn ua orAt liz
so the side tables had to he pressed into
service. too.
:. K. Thornton was chosen to preside
over the feast, which was very gratifying
to him. he said-forty years in California
and never so much cause for qualification,
The banaueters would drink to the only
regular toast on the programme, he an
California. Rev. w. Z. Smith, the sec
retary. was called upon to respond. which
he did in very happy style.
He told OF the ''Genesis" of the society
how a remark he had made last August at
a recep ption given by Mr.. Holland to Mid
winter Fair enthusiasts from various parts
OF the State had fallen as seed upon the
willing ears Of MIR. Holland, with the re-.
suit that the society came into being.
Other ArgODauts were called upon
Frank Kelly, j. q. Wall, j. c. Hoag. w.
$. Barnes, A. K. Stevens and w. ii.
Barnes, ana the night passed off delight
fully. The quartet was composed of
Messrs. Goettlug, Smith, Gage and Mac
baine
The Argonauts who were present were !:
S. X. Thornton, j. &. Wall, James A. Pariser.
I. J. Parsons. c. w. Randall. l.. " Hogewom.
y. ID. Hoag Jr.. C. Z. Hoag. J. O. Hoag, Fl. Z.
Terry, >. L. Terry. A. B. Frace, L. Murine ad
j. u. Iungate, L. q. Russell. c. j. Woodward,
+. e. Mccarthy, james GieraD, Charles stall
man, A. w. Livingston, Il. A. Robbins, B.
Ratio. +. koment, George SchmitI, Frank 4.
Kelly. {. j. Rellley, NJ. johnson, Martin Jones
Leon !: Stanton, }. c. Terry, w. H. Hamilton,
ward, H. C. Firebaugh DR.. r. L.
Bunker, Rev. r. Z. Smith, Nj Coopey.
w. Il. Henchlife, w. j. Doran. A. X. Sic,
yens, Z. w. Decker. +. Maxson, C. Bliss. j. +.
Murphy. William Ii. Barnes All Rollins. j. N.
Irigo, L. McAnulty, Edgar Briggs EIlsIo Cabo-
M. Joseph Calegars. Ed Holland f. W. Mer-
ritt, w. ID. OBreD, William FranzonI H. Nc
Cormck, A. Clarke. j. L. TIembath j. T.
Daich, l.. 81 Aiken and l.. Z. Kelton.
Communications accepting honorary
membership in the society were received
from the following newspaper publishers
z. +. Elliott, Bakersfield; j. ID. Spencer.
Modesto News; W. ID. Pennycook Vallejo
Chronicle; +. w. Blake, Gilroy; benjamin.
Books, San Luis Obispo Tribune; r. b. Mack
iDder, 81. IL lena Star; Alfred Dalton Jr
Benicia New Era; II. Fl. Gianice, Sonoma
Index-Tribune; /. Fl. Muhollaad, Inyo Inde-
pendent; Duncan Mcpherson, Santa Cruz Sen.
tluel and j. A. EiIcher, Auburn Placer Herald