The herald., 1897-03-21

when this here shore from here out was
either. II I'd have known that this city
would have growed like 1t does I'd been
rich myself" And perhaps he would.
THE DECORATIONS.
The decorations OF the town were of
| SURPRISING beauty, the stars and stripes
predomtnating. Along Fifth street a
! number of arches had been erected, and
! the frames Of rough pine boards had been
deftly decked with gayly colored bunt-
! ing. On either side of the road from the
station to the barbecue grounds was a
streamer. skillfully woven of tiny Amer
lean flags, and from the roofs and porti-
Goes of every house fioated the national
colors.
The place chosen for the festivities
was the mesa, distant about mile from
lent view of the adjacent country and
the big blue ocean. Here had been erect
ed huge platform and band stand.
THE SPEECHES.
1t was nearly II o'clock when Director
General Walter s. Moore arose and gazed
into the sea of faces in front and all
around the platform. The director
general smiled exultantly at the sight.
He was enthusiastic, fact which was
eVlQenL 10 I'll III Slknt. iius In, tiici
more, he was at his best In felicitous
speech, Col. Moore, on behalf of the
municipality of San Pedro, declared the
Fiesta open. Graphically and eloquently
he spoke of the possibilities of San Pc
dro, predicting that 1t would be the
Liverpool or the Havre of the west. 1T
is bound to be one of the greatest entry
ports of the world" said he.
The speakers remarks were greeted
by great burst Of applause, and after
1t had subsidized. Col. Moore introduced
the orator of the day, Hon. George 5.
Patton of San Gabriel, one of the hard
est workers for the cause.
The speaker told in eloquent terms of
the great fight, and dwelt at length on
the future of San Pedro His address
was a mastery one. and the crowd ex-
pressed it's appreciation by loud and
continuous applause. The seventh Reg
iment band was stationed on the plat
form and rendered selection between
speeches.
Following Hon. Patton. Mayor M, P.
Snyder of Los Angeles delivered
splendid speech. He was followed by
Major Burke, who introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved That it is the wish of the
10000 people here assembled that the
Hon. William Mckinley. the president
of the United States, confer the appoint
ment of assistant secretary OF war upon
Col. Harrison Gray Otis of Los Angeles,
that character of iron and nerve, who has
stood by the people as giant during the
harbor fight.
Judge 3. N. Smith, Judge Gooding, w.
C. Patterson and Henry Hazard also
spoke. Each speaker was enthused with
the subject, and drew from the throng
much applause.
HOW THOUSANDS GORGED.
After the speaking the crowd sur
rounded the barbecue grounds and what
followed will go down to posterity as the
greatest feed on record. The committee
had counted on feeding 1000 people. In
stead the inward cravings OF ten thou
sand hungry mortals were satisfied.
Fully ten thousand pounds of meat had
been cooked. to say nothing of the 1000
loaves of bread, ton of Holsters and
ton of cookies and, clans. There were
also hundreds of gallons of coffee and
six big barrels OF lemonade. Col. j. b.
Sanchez was the chief cook. and he was
assisted by seventeen men, and the
force of walters numbered 110 men, un-
der the direction of l. r. Sheclxles. The
first table was laid at little after noon,
and 1000 people surrounded the board.
Everyone had brought their appetites.
and they ate as though they never ex-
pected to eat again. 1t was not great
while before the supply of bread was en-
tirely consumed. and a foraging expe-
dlition set out and soon returned with
two wagonioads of bread. Then the
butcher chops were besieged by members
OF the committee in search of more meat
for the ravenous throng. By o'clock in
the evening there was not. food enough
left in the town to make one good meal,
but every ones hunger had been ap-
peased.
MUSIC AND RACES.
When the people had feasted they set
out In search of some fresn amusement.
This was found at the platform, where
the Seventh Regiment band gave a con-