The herald., 1894-02-07
THEY'RE OFF FOR THEIR HOMES
The Visiting Newspaper Men
Depart.
Their Car Loaded Down With Fruit
and Flowers.
California Enterprise, Hospitality and
Products Revelation TO the
scribes-Highly Pleased
with Their Visit.

San Francisco Chronicle: Eleven of
the IL newspaper men who came out
from Chicago and other western cities
to write up the midwinter fair, started
on their homewsrd journey by way Of
Portland and Tacoma last evening. One
of the original party that left Chicago
has attached himself to local paper
and will remain in this city.
By next Tuesday the writers and art
ists will have passed from the land Of
fruit and flowers and will be once more
amid snow and ice. By Saturday. &C
cording to the present programme, the
newspaper men will be back in Chi
cago after an absence of just three
weeks.
All the members of the party express
themselves as delighted with their re-
ception in this state. What they saw
OF its products and resources was q
revelation to them, and the hospitality
of the Californians has caused more
than one of the visitors to remain
in mild trance-like state since their
arrival.
Saturday night the party of Hcribes
returned from a three-days' trip to
Southern California, where they visited
Los Angeles and neighboring points of
interest. Their reception in the south
ern citrus belt was great surprise as
well as most pleasing to them. Califor-
mia hospitality, as compared with an
eastern article sometimes given that
name, was something that almost dazed
them.
Several miles out OF Los Angeles they
were met by committee of merchants
and leading citizens OF that place and
given the freedom of the city. One of
the newspaper men said last night:
1--WE were given twelve banquets in
three days, not to mention five lunch
eons in one day. 1t was one continuous
banquet. We went over the kite-shaped
track and visited Riverside, Pasadena,
San Bernardino, Highlands and other
points. Every where they loaded us
down with fruit and hospitality. At
Highlands the school children turned
out and showered us with bouquets and
oranges.
"They wanted-in fact, plsaded-with
us to go to San Diego, and had already
far down as the City OF Mexico. In
L uOu huOW WnCIo bHoy WOulu
have taken us and what they would not
have given us. But we had already
overstayed our time, and with the car
loaded down with fruit and flowers we
had to return to San Francisco
After their arrival here Saturday
night some Of the newspaper men ''did
the town." going lover the route" and
the like. As result, they did not leave
their rooms until yesterday afternoon,
and even then one of them was obliged
to make his exit through transom, as
he had put combination ON the lock of
his door the night before that dstied all
the best efforts of the hotel locksmith.
AT 7 O'Clock last night they were all
on board the elegantly appointed Pull
man in which they made their journey
west and south. But change had come
over the palace on wheels. The decora-
tions of gold and upholstery were thrown
completely into the shade by the
branches laden with bright-hued or
anges, the long grasses and glossy ferns,
the punches of dates, mammoth lemons,
golden lines and beautiful flowers with
which the Car was filled. The smoking
room and that of the porters were also
filled high with cases Of fresh citrus
fruits.
AT Z 80 O'Clock there were hand shsk-
ings and moment later the party were
speeding away on their homeward jour
ney of 5000 miles.