The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
PERFECTS PLAN
FOR JOURNEY
Promotion Committees Trip
to Eureka Through Forests
Arranged For in Detail
SIX DAYS OF TRAVELLING
Citizens of Humboldt COun-
ty Fix Programme for Ben
eft of Visitors From City

The fourth excursion of the Califor-
MIA Promotion Committee will start for
Eureka, Humboldt County, Saturday,
July 8. The party will leave this city,
via the Tiburon ferry, at 7:30 a. m.
Brief stops will be made at the prin-
cipal towns and places of interest en-
route. Among these are San Rafael,
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg,
Asti. Cloverdale and Ukiah.
The party will be entertained at
luncheon at Asti through the courtesy
of the Italian-Swiss colony. The. ar
rival at Willitts is planned to take
place on the evening of July 9. Supper
will be served at Willitts and a stop
will be made over night at the hotel.
The following morning the journey will
be resumed to Sherwood, which is the
terminus of the California Northwest
ern Railway, in the heart Of the red
wood forest.
STAGING THROUGH WOODS.
Luncheon will be served at Sherwood
and then stages will be taken over the
State road for Laytonville. where the
second night will be passed. Comfort
able quarters have there been provided.
The following two days the riding Will
be by stage, with stops the first day
at Bell Springs for luncheon and at
Harris for supper and for the night
The next day o3 staging through the
forest will bring the excursionists to
Camp 5. BY that time the stage riding
will have amounted to 100 miles in
distance.
Rail connection for Eureka is made
at Camp 8. The train will start at
$3.50 o'clock Tuesday evening, July u.
Altogether three days will lie passed
in covering the distance of 100 miles
by stage. The arrival is scheduled for
$3.50 p. m. Tuesday. A delegation from
the Humboldt County Chamber of
Commerce will meet the eXcursionists
at Camp 5, the chamber and citizens of
Eureka having arranged TO entertain
the visitors. A special train will be
run to Eureka under the direction of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Two days will be passed in Eureka.
Then steamer will be taken Thursday
afternoon and the party will arrive in
San Francisco on Friday morning
after an absence of six days.
SEEING LOGGING CAMPS.
Interesting trips will be taken by
special train from Eureka over logging
roads into the depths of the redwoods.
Barbacues, camp cooks, etc, are side
attractions for the tour. but very ma
teriaI ones. This is the favorable time
to see the magnificent country. An
official photographer VIII accompany
the tourists. The journey along the
Eel River will afford glimpses of deer
in their wild state.
The number of the party will neces-
sarily be limited. 1t is requested that
those who desire to go shall notify the
committee by Wednesday Of this week
so that all the necessary details may
be arranged. 1t is impossible to tele-
graph anywhere along the route be-
tween Sherwood and Eureka, so that
ample time must be given to arrange
the several camps, etc, in accordance
with the number of the party. The
rate of $45 has been made for the en-
tire trip. This includes transportation
by rail, stage and steamer, hotel ac-
commodations, meals en- route and
berths on the special steamer. Prac-
tically everything is included in this
price in the way of expenses for the
trip.