Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-23
FROM Los ANGELES
Annual Greeting Sent to East
ern Friends


the far West-NOtabIe Celebration
Held Every ear-GoldenStat LiY
ing up to its Name.
Los ANGELES CAL. March Ia 1908
Dear Friends:
The passing or Lincolnis Day
Washington's birth day and my owl
remind me Of ssthe fight of TimenanC
that | must write 'lest be forgot
tel.
What shall it be? A wise Epicu.
rean seated at table weighted dowr
with more good things than he can
even taste must select therefrom. Tc
make it brief, / think l will just give
you a few stories, description, re-
view Of some facts, Ia few fragments and
reflections, and a poem.
My first story is about Lincoln as Z
boy and is vonched for as genuine By
the comparison of Lincoln at the
time, though | think it has never beer
in print
| The two boys were sent to mill
The miller thought to tease the young.
sters one way and another and at last
as they were watching the little trick
! ling stream of yellow meal he told
them they could not get their grist till
morning This aroused young Abe,
and pointing his long, bony f1ngure at
his dog, said, "my old hound there
could eat the meal faster than your
old mill can grind it,
'tWell' said the Miller 'smebby he
could but how long could he do H."
"rill he starved to DEATH replied
Abe.
Years after, when Lincoln had been
candidate for President and was
| beaten some of his friends asked him
how he felt aWelln, he replied Il
felt like the big boy who stubbed his
toe. 1t hurt too bad to be laughed
at, and he was too big to cry
Now az | am to be brief | must hur-
ry on to the coming events that east
their shadows before. We are To have
a Fiesta this year. Let me shadow it
forth a little Flowers that have
grown to be thousand times their
natural size. Butterflies as large as
condors cling to beams and braces.
A bird of paradise as big as an ele-
plant spreads its gorgeous plumage in
the center Of the place, and thous-
and other curious and unusual things
are to be seen on every hand. Won
ders in designs and colors, fifteen
monster floats to be used in the electu-
rical parade at the May Fiesta de las
Flores.
The World is to be told a story at
that time by these floats, and il will
be told in the beautiful language Of
art, worked out in glorious light, har-
monious col0rs and delicate compre-
hensiye designs 1t will be the story
Of California and her development
and irrigation will be the text of my
tale. The story is to be told in uRi-
que manner. The first chapter az
represented by the float that will lead
the procession will be Of primeval
California. Over desert waste OF
sand thicklY strewn with bleaching
bones rises huge sun. Seen in the
night, at which time the electrical
parade will take place, this sun will
be blaze Of glory, shining over the
most forbidding barrenness. This
will represent California as our faith
ers found it-soil and sun minus YER
dure and productiveness.
The second chapter pictures the
magic power which has transformed |
the land. The float consists of three
fountains from which your Cascades
Of sparkling water, typical of the irri-
CATION which has wrested the land |
from the hands of desolation.
The remaining float will show the
results of pouring the living waters
upon the rich, but dormant soils OF
this sum blessed land, the most COR
geous display that Los Angeles has yet
witnessed Mr.. Robinson the artist
was the constructor Of the Priest |
of Pallas parade floats at Kansas City;
the floats Of the Slaves Of the Silver
Serpent of Denver, and produced many
of the.grand and pleasing effects at the
Chicago Worlds Fair.
Pres. Roosevelt the man who has
done so much for irrigation will be
with US at the Fiesta. We feel that
we owe him large debt of gratitude
for his attitude to the West and we
wish to impress him with our appre-
citation OF it.
There will be a Japanese tea garden
and fairy palace. There will be a
float with the giant bird
of paradise flying over it, a sun flower
doat with gigantic flowers with cen
ters of fire. There will be rose float
a get-me-not tloat, carnatlon
float and Others with surprising eff
fects. Huge swans, storks and othe
birds will appear, some of them flying
the air aud all illuminated
In amanner to bring out the most viz
i'd effects There will be a Lilly gar
den and pansy float In the most
Of the floats the lights, hundreds in
are concealed within the OH
iccts illuminated and the colors aud
tints are brought out with softened
and pleasing effects. Come and see,
Haven't you seen glow in the West
at evening? II so don't be deceived.
1t is Los Angeles shining, it is the
glow OF our prosperity that you seel
Statistics are now showing that Les
Angeles has won the worlds record
for building in the month Of January.
For the past three years or more our
streets are crowded with people aud
our marts with business. Pres. Roose-
Welt and and his cabinet are coming
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