The San Francisco call., 1897-08-08
NATIVES WORK
FOR THE NINTH
Parlors Arranging for the
Celebration in Santa
Rosa.
Selection of a Marshal for the
Night Parade in San
Francisco.
What the People of the Inland City
Are Doing to Receive the
Visitors.

The Joint Ninth of September com nit
tee of the Native Sons of the Golden West,
having charge OF the arrangements OF the
Admission day celebration on the 9th of
next month at Santa Rosa, met last night
in Balboa Hall. in the Native Sons build
ing, w. H. HAZEL in the chair. There
was large number of representatives
present, showing that the Sons are deeply
interested in the matter.
The committee on transportation mad 3
a progress report and promised to have
the tickets ready by the time the commit
tee meets again.
The parade committee reported that it
had selected Myies D. Owens of Mantle
Parlor as marshal of the San Francisco
parade on the evening of the Sth of Sep
tembe The choice OF the commi ttee was
ratified.
The parade in this City will be in four
divisions. and the following named will
be the marshals of divisions: First, L.
G. Groezinger of Pacific Parlor; second,
L. a. Sericano OF Rincon Parlor; third,
Fred Martens of National Parlor; fourth,
A. c. Pistolesi of sequoia Parlor. The
route will be from Native Sons Hall along
| Mason street to the ferry. The excur-
sionists Will leave by the Tiburon ferry.
The committee on advertising was al
| lowed $50 for advertising purposes, includ-
! ing banner.
| AT the suggestion of the parade COM
mittee it was decided that the boat carry
| ing the excursionisrs start from this City
| at o clock on the evening of the 8Ih oi
! September. The transportation commit
| tee was instructed to make arrangements
| as to special trains. and ii possible have
| the time limit on return from Santa Rosa
| extended from the 10th to the 18th.
| o. the parlors represented Pacific, Ala
\ m eda and Sequoia announced that each
would have q band, and Rincon, National
| and Precita announced that each would
| have field music.
| The com mittee on hotels reported that
| the hotels of Santa Rosa will not reduce
rates and that the restaurants will not re-
| duce prices; that in private houses rooms
will be rented for 81 night 10 one and
| for 81 so for TWO.
| The committee will meet again next
| Saturday.
| A letter received from Santa Rosa gives
| some idea Of what the several committees
| are doing in the matter of arranging fol
| the celebration. From this it appears
that the city will be decorated as it never
| before was with bunting, flags, flowers
| and evergreens. At night it will be bril-
liantly illuminated; The illumnatior
| around the Courthouse will be most bril-
| liant. There will be electric fountains a.
each corner of the Courthouse square.
There is some talk of damming the river
| 80 as 10 form a lake on which to have
| grand night carnival. Forty of the parlor:
have already secured quarters in the city
| and many individuals have secured rooms
In private houses. Arranrements are
being made for bicycle meet, then there
| will be baseball match and balloon as
cension. The night parade will take place
on the evening OF the Sth, Immediately
upon the arrival of the trains from Sar
| Francisco. =. 0. Dunbar, marshal of the
parades in that city, promises some move
| features that will add to the attractiveness
of the affair.