The herald., 1897-09-16
TO ALAMIT0S TODAY
THREE HUNDRED CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE MEMBERS GOING
Several Business Propositions Turned
Over to Committees for Action
at the Foard Meeting

The board of directors of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon
at 3:15 o'clock with the following pres-
ent T. L. Duqiae, Charles Forman, E.
F. c. Klokke, I'D. Mathuss, ]. r. New
berry, w. C. Patterson, J. S. Sauson,
r j. Waters, F. Q. Story, Louis Vetter,
ard G. d. Willard. President Forman
occupied the chair.
j. M. Cremim appeared before the
board in the matter of special edition
of the San Francisco Call to be issued in
the near future, containing writeups
cinity. The matter was referred to the
committee on statistics.
A communication was read from Geo.
Parsons with reference to the Omaha
Exposition, asking that the chamber
take some action toward having the
committee in charge of this exposition
work assist in securing the co-opera-
tion of the other counties in the state
and see if it is not possible to make q
state exhibit. The communication was
ordered filed and the committee in
structed to take up the matter.
Director Slauson reported that so far
the counties of Southern California had
taken no action toward making q
Southern California exhibit. The sec
retary was instructed to correspond
with the supervisors of the southern
counties and inform them of what Los
Angeles county had done, and ask iG
they desire to join as whole; IL not-Q
strictly Los Angeles county exhibit will
be made. tses
communication was read from E. e.
Bruce stating that the land commis-
sioner of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway company was willing to CO.
operate with the commissioners of
states and territories tributary to their
line in the matter of collecting exhibits.
communication was read from John
NJ. Specie asking the chamber to send
a display to the meeting of the Bedford
Horticultural society to be held at Bed
ford City, Va, September 20 and 30,
which it was decided was impractical bic
in consequence of the shortness OF time.
An invitation from j Ross Clark man
ager of the Los Alamitos sugar factory
| asking the members of the chamber to
visit the factory at Los Alamitos Thurs
day afternoon, September 16, was read
and accepted and the board voted to
attend in body with the balance of
the chamber. j. F. Backstrand was
admitted to membership and after trans
acting routine business the board ad-
journed.
About three hundred tickets We're
given out yesterday for the excursion
to the Alamitos sugar factory. Members
who have not secured tickets can be
accommodated at the chamber of COM
merce until o'clock today. 1t is desired
however, that members call for tickets
as early in the morning as possible, in
order that ample accommodations may
be provided for a large number OF the
members are going to take half day off
and visit the only American sugar fac
tory where sugar is made by American
machinery on an American plan. The
train will leave the Arcade depot at 1:30
today; returning will arrive about $50.
The usual chamber of commerce punch
will be on board
Donations to the exhibition hall re-
ceived yesterday were from A. A. Nc
Cormick, Toluca. Bell Flower and
Greening apples and Bartlett pears.
muskmelon; H. p. Flint, Ventura, pears
anu Del oNst dppicS, y. d. N9V1DS,
Montalvo, tomatoes; John b. Unger-
land, Tropico, Kelsey Japan plums; A. p.
Griffith. Azusa. Kelsey Japan plums: C.
B, Neibel South Pasadena. peaches;
William Davis, city, sunflowers meas
uring eighteen inches in diameter; T. ].
Kerns, Dowrey, orange ounces; j. l.,
Stevenson, Lamanda Park, case of dried
peaches; M. Messick Alamitos Park.
freak of magnolia leaves; r. M. Blyth.
Downey, watermelon weighing ninety
pounds: r. W. Lawrence, Downey, twin
citron melons; f. w. Campbell, Downey.
orion weighing two pounds and half;
w. r. Steel. Compton, flaming tokay
grapes weis hing eight and half pounds
10 the bunchl; S. E. Losing, Compton.
muscat grapes.
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