Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23
FIESTA ESTIMATES ARE MADE
BY COMMITTEE
PREPARATIONS ARE STARTED
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation Appeals for Prompt and
Liberal subscriptions In Aid
Of Arrangements


Flores during the meeting Of the I'm
perlal Council of the Ancient and Arabic
Order of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine in May, 1906, depend Upon the
promptness with which responses are
made to appeals for subscriptions which
are being sent out by the Merchants
and Manufacturers association.
1t Is the intention of the association,
under whose auspices the fiesta will be
given during the week of May to u,
to make good every promise upon which
1t was conditioned that the Shriners
would come to Los Angeles, one of
which was the revival of the fiesta,
and the association is beginning to pre-
pare for the event ten months ahead
of the date in order that 1t may bel
made memorable affair.
subscriptions are being solicited
under the guarantee that the associa-
ton will not ask for additional sub
scriptions for entertaining the Shriners
and 1t is urged that responses be made
promptly that the plans may be de-
veloped without delay.
Expect Twenty Thousand Visitors
In the appeal for subscriptions the
association estimates the attendance
on the weeks festivities at not less
than 10000 persons The visitors Will
represent the highest type of American
citizenship and the entertainment pro-
vided for them is to be on scale of
grandeur and lavishness in accordance
with the occasion and the guests.
Speaking of the meeting Of the I'm
perial council yesterday Postmaster M.
H. Flint said:
According to the records of the i'm
perial secretary of the Ancient Arabic
Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine there
are 100000 members in good standing
and an invitation will be mailed 10
each one of them, requesting their at
tendance at the Imperial council and
fiesta to be held in Los Angeles during
the entire week ending May IL of next
year.
Niagara Hotels Inadequate
cat Niagara during last month the
hotels were unable to accommodate the
crowds present and the three principal
hotels at Buffalo, forty miles away,
were filled to overlooking with delega-
tions and Arab patrols from the eastern
and middle western states.
1.-THE officers and representatives
alone will tax the capacity of the
largest hotel in this city; furthermore,
the mileage of representatives to Los
Angeles next year will cost the Imperial
council $45,000
every effort possible will be made
to bring to the fiesta 10000 to 10000
Shriners and their ladies from east of
the Rocky mountains, and the warm
fraternal regard of the brother Shriners
of San Francisco will mean several
thousands of friends from that city.
"The new Salt Lake line will bring
us in close touch with our new friends
from Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and
Washington, consequently everything
would seem to indicate the largest and
most successful entertainment or fiesta
ever held in this city. 1 believe that
between $50O,OO and $1,O00,O00 will be
expended by the strangers attracted by
our celebration"
r. ]. Zeehandelaar, secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton, adds:
Advertising Los Angeles
"The committees of the fiesta and tho
Shriners have mapped out an elaborate
program which, If carried out, will
place Los Angeles in the foremost
rank of convention cities. 1t rests
now with the, public to provide suffi-
cient funds for those events.
1--WE have probably never had an
opportunity to advertise Los Angeles
so thoroughly and among such de-
sirable class as now, in connection
with the fiesta and the shrine meet
ing. Aside from the fact that every
Shriner in the United States will re-
ceiye a souvenir, containing illustrat-
ed views of Los Angeles syndicate ar
ticles will be published from time to
time in all the principal papers in the
United States and Canada, descriptive
of this city and it's advantages
Commercial Aspect
considering the fiesta and the
shrine meeting from purely CONNER
cial standpoint it will be evident at
once that for every dollar expended
this city will get at least a hundred In
return, and that from outside sources.
If 1t is calculated that at least 10000
strangers will come here, who will
spend not less than $5 each per day for
one week, it does not require the SER
Vices Of a lightning calculator to fig-
ure the enormous amount of money
that will be poured into this city dur
ing that time.
"The tourists who will be here this
winter will naturally remain over to
witness the fiesta and the entertain
ment has been so arranged that the
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine who have
beer here will never cease TO sing