The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
DELEGATES FLOCK NC
TO TIE CITY OF ANGELS
The Atte-dq ce Iromises 10 Be
S0mstb 4g .UnPre-
ceden ed.

LOS ANGELES. July 1.-The machinery
that moves the great; tcdY Of national
educators can he sail-to Ie ready FOR its
four days Of continuous activity. This
became a reality when Dr.. Irwin Shepard
Of Wiuona. MINI; the permanent sccre-
t-iy I. the \. Z. A. arrived this morn
ing With his staf and took charge Of his
hsldauarters in the Westminster Hotel.
Or. Shepard is accompanied by his wife
ana A,iss Frances Elmer. cashier OF the
\ +. A, Miss Mae Orr. one Of the most
expert typewriters and stenOgrapaers in
the country, who VIII take the official
notes Of the convention. Nj and Mrs. J.
G. Hopkins who viii have charge Of the
registration department and who are also
experts in their line: Elmer Shepard. a
son 81 the secretary ard junior in VII
IaTns College. who Will have charge Of
the bureau of publicity. and Ernest Shep-
ard. another son who viii act as lis
fathers assistant. DR.. Shepard and his
party left NiHCra in q special car Tues
DAY morning. arc when they left the ua:n
a The Santa F. 's,atiou. each one looked
.-e~h u.td ttigh- and DECLARED. ench Isl
asr-caily -1at the trip Had been q delight
There We're two- special sections Of the
ma-r.rE -,a.r over the Santa Fe. and
..... .lt@sE- "a visitors. Some of the
-asSs- gers. VIII come. here iater as they
e--. .--$-A- ~ III % t4Sl
10 Visit tas Grand Canyon Of the Colo
ado The train over The Southern Pa
c.dc which .arri' ed aJ l:21 this afternoon
5vcuEh, t36 more. and 80 are expected
over lha, road to-m9TrQw: There will be
also Two tIaivS over the Santa Fe to-
morrow morning a. .1:30 and $50. One
VII bring. IinetN-oIe visitors and the
other n.ntty-sfx Tie visitors Were. met
~ San Eeruertiro by LuIIier c. Brown,
T. L. Francs Ell DoEs0G and \. c.
Trovn Of me. fTrlt committee and G. G.
Johnson. }. NJ Quinn. Jshn 2. PirtIe and
Ifr BUrihardt cf he local reception COM
mit-ee. These CCmrnittec72e7 carried with
them several hu~Cred pounds Of fruit for
-etresArnert T the new corsers.
The information bureau today states
that fun. -... --ESst1rs haze come 10 Los
Angeles These -E''reS railroad officials
assert have never been eGua-ed 81 many
days in advance - III conventions dates.
Tahu'st.o~s made today lead 10 the con-
o'tsjo0 that by WednFstay next 5@o0
re:cte-s will he headed for The southland
the Pacific slC-e.
Secretary shepard. was very enthusias-
ttc.tais morning about the success Of the
.crve1cioU which 5 owing. he thinks 70
tr= nu.t7juC -E--:s Of the Les Angeles
.1r--.s5.tt5 To- ti-= ~ar,~-l advantages
which Southern California presents and 10
--9-:S-1r.st.c1 privileges -h-- railroads
rave granted il stop-overs. rather than in
7raanress Of rates We left Wincna
Mfnn.. on Tucs5ay.~ said Shepard. Our
.rfr was deIiehtt-l. save about Needles.
where W. encountered great heat At
Ba-s-cw oCr rain was g.---C preference
over all --hc~ trains and made q special
At san Berrard.ro the reception commit
-ce from Les Angeles boar ed Us at ;
c'cl-Ck this -.-rE.EC. They gave Us time
% dress and hen presented Is with fruit
and f-we-s 7 never saw the Ike OF il
before We were completely. taken by
sunrise I have attended conventions
since 'q2: bur have never been welcomed
ff--- 7lf,es-<-erl home until this morning.
Al other .Co-ve-tioUs We were met just
outside lire. city. - The. Westminster We
found cur rooms handsomely decorated.
As "a attendance Al the convention.
think that il viii Re greater than Al. any
convention previously held. not excepting
Denver. Tickets had been on sale only
three days when We left. and VIII be on
sale zen DAYS longer. Taking these things
-f,yto account I"shouId say that .0pl peo-
vle VIII cOn~e from east OF the Rocky
Mountains alone. The attendance from
west q thc Rockies should be equally as
s~ra-. TIE Paris Exposition Will be the
cause OF iesserirg the attendance. but I
think thsr & will be more than made up
ls1- the extra ordinary inducements tha :
los Angeles offers. Next week viii see
many large parties arrive. They Will be-
gin 10 leave mostly after today. Prest-
dent l.. q. I.yte Of. the y Z. 4. leaves
Chicago to-day, accompanied by Treasurer
McNe.,. Chairman William Lane OF the