The herald., 1895-02-19
Done Up Beautifully by a Party
From Pomona
PSEUDO HAWKEYES' GAME
Treated to the Best There Was Free
Of Charge
How an Alleged Iowa Excursion Feasted
and Caroused and Was Made
Much OF

The little story which follows is told by
the Herald correspondents at Pomona and
San Bernardino. Each tells his own tale
and the two combined are very entertain
ing reading. No moral goes with the story
The Pomona man speaks thusly: The
excursion party from Pomona dubbed the
Humboldt, Iowa Glass, that whistled
over the beautiful and scenic kite shaped
track of the Southern California Railroad
Company yesterday, was composed OF
some of Pomona's substantial and pro-
gressive citizens, augmented by a few
friends from other localities nearby. 1t
was, however, principally Pomona af-
fair, gotten up by and mostly composed
of Pomonans, who went out for good
time, and had it, not getting home until
about o clock Saturday evening.
In this connection it will not be out Of
place to mention the fact that John w.
Lorbeer is arranging to run similar ex
cursion party at an early date to Mount
Lowe.
The San Bernardino pencil pusher
gives his version in the following words:
The citizens of that famous resort, Red
lands, showed the beauties of their town to
crowd OF Pomona people, under the i'm
preston that they were members of q big
Iowa excursion, and 115 Pomonaites saw
Redlands gratis.
The Santa Fe agent at Pomona seems
to be the man who worked the scheme,
and that it went through successfully all
Pomona will testify. Early last week he
wrote to the agent at Redlands that there
was an excursion of Iowa people at his
town and they would like to see Red
lands.
The agent at the latter place at once
communicated with the officers of the
Chamber OF Commerce, and the members
of that organization with orange groves
and real estate for sale were soon astir,
urged on by the thought that 100 wealthy
citizens of the Hawkeye state we're about
to fall into their power.
The Redlands papers and correspondents
were all taken into the secret and
promised not to publish anything about
the coming of the excursion, for every
town in the valley would try to get them
and Redlands wanted them all alone.
Saturday was the day set for the arrival
of the visitors from the frigid East, and
coaches and fours, two and three seaters
carryalls and conveyances of every sort
were obtained from all possible sources,
and Redlands prepared to do herself proud.
The town turned out to meet the incom-
ing Santa Fe train and the supposititious
Fasteners were loaded into the vehicles
in waiting with representative of the
Chamber of Commerce in, each wagon, to
dilate on the matchless resources Of that
end of the valley.
They drove along the avenues fanked
with rows of palms and pepper trees,
through field after field of oranges the
harvest now in full progress. The visitors
were loaded with samples of the magniti-
cent fruit, while flowers were presented to
every lady in the party, and Redlands
hospitality seemed to have outdone itself.
ride to Smiley Heights was reserved for
the crowning glory OF the drive Canyon
Crest Park, as it is called, is really a most
beautiful place The owner has ran
sacked the globe for rare and beautiful va
rieties in shrub and plans and flower, and
visitors saye that no park in the state,
either public or private, approaches it in
its luxuriant magnificence. The Pomona
people were perfectly enthusiastic and
could hardly find words to express their
admiration for what they saw.
The party then returned to the city,
where luncheon was served, for Redlands
would not treat an Iowa excursion with
any halfway hospitality. When it was
finished, and a few speeches had been
made thanking the people of Redlands in
behalf OF the representatives of a state at
present locked in the embrace of biz
zard, the party returned to the train in
waiting for them. AS their last chance
at the visitors, representatives of the
Chamber OF Commerce went through the
cars distributing Redlands literature, but
this was more than the Pomona people
could stand, and they let the secret out
that they came from a town fifty miles
away and that they had enjoyed the day
immensely. Redlands wants a revised
edition of the story about the man who
entertained angels unawares.