The herald., 1896-05-21
Meeting Of the Board of Direct.
ors Yesterday
CONTINUANCE OF La FIESTA
The Committee Thinks Il Should Be Q
Permanent Thing
It Attracts Strangers From the Rast to South.
srn California and Stimulates Praise
worthy Local Patriotism

The board Of directors Of the chamber
of commerce. met yesterday afternoon.
with the following gentlemen present:
Messrs. Cohn, DAVIDSON. Forman, Groff.
Jacoby, Klolke, Munson. Patterson.
Slauson, Vetter, Waters. President
Patterson occupied the chair.
The president announced that he had
appointed c. c. Desmond to represent
the chamber in auditing the accounts
of the Fiesta committee.
1t was moved and carried that at the
earliest practicable date a canvass be
undertaken for new members of the
chamber, and that the committee ON
membership and the secretary arrange
for the appointment of committees to
undertake the work
The special committee appointed At
the last meeting to report on the subject
of the continuance of La Fiesta rendered
the following report:
Your committee to whom was re.
ferred the matter of the resolution from
the committee of thirty asking for an
expression from the chamber OF COM
merce with regard to the continuance Of
the annual celebration beg to report az
follows:
We believe that La Fiesta de Los An
geles should be made a permanent in
stitution of annual recurrence in this
city. and we advise the passage of q
resolution to the following effect:
1NcSoiNcQ, L udt IL is Tic sense OF inc
board of directors of the chamber Of
commerce that the annual celebration
known as La Fiesta de Los Angeles Is
of great benefit to this city and to all of
Southern California in attracting
strangers to this section from the east.
ern states and in stimulating a praise
worthy local patriotism and public spirit
and we would advise that proper steps
be taken Immediately to perpetuate this
institution by some sort of q permanent
organization founded upon the three
commerciar bodies of this city, namely.
the board of trade, chamber of COM
merce and Merchants association,
which shall manage the Fiesta here.
after; and, be it further
Resolved, That the president of this
chamber be authorized to appoint with
out further action by this board any
committee he may be called upon by the
present committee of thirty to select.
with a view to beginning the work for
La Fiesta for 1897.
r. F. c. KLOKKE.
A. JACOBY.
1t was moved and carried that the
report be adopted and the resolution
passed.
A communication was read from the
Trades league of Philadelphia asking
the chamber to protest against the pass
age OF the measure now pending In con-
gress which would destroy the effective
ness of the interstate commerce act.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on law and legislation.
The following communication was re-
ceived from President G. G. Baldwin Of
the agricultural college at Pomona. 1t
was moved and carried that the request
be granted:
ITO the Board of Directors of the Los
Angeles Chamber Of Commerce.: GEN
tlemen--lf certain leading fruit-growers
Shnlld lInitp IN raise a fund n Y,1nV
three or four practical scientists to in
vestigate and report upon practical
problems of interest to all fruit growers
of Southern California. could a room in
the chamber of commerce be set aside
for their use as headquarters, and a
reasonable amount of space be granted
them to show the results Of their work?
1t would be their purpose to publish re-
ports of all practical work done, and to
place them with the chamber of COM
merce for free distribution to all en-
quirers.
1.-The plan involves practical study Of
all insects and all fungus growths hurt
full to vegetation and the practical
means of destroying them. Also fertil-
izers and soils. with the joint reports Of
ANALYSIS of soils and the practical ex-
periments of the botanist.
I'm short, assuming that leading fruit
growers arrange to carry out the plan,
can l now be assured of the cooperation
of the chamber of commerce as above
indicated? Respectfully submitted"
The board then on motion. adjourned.