Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-10
HONOR DIRECTORS
OF TOURNAMENT
BIG BANQUET GIVEN THEM At
HOTEL MARYLAND
North Pasadena Lhnd and Water
Company Has Little Dispo-
sition to Sell Plants
for $e5. 900

Pasadena gave a banquet to the presl-
dent and directors of the successful
Tournament of Roses association to-
nignt at Hotel Maryland.
Soon after $3.50 all the lights were ex-
tlnguished in the great hotel dining
room. and red fire outside lighted the
room with rosy glow, making quite
an unusual introduction to the banquet
whtch was to compliment the men who
made the recent tournament such a
signal success. Music by the Mary
land orchestra added to the pretty pre-
liminary effect An elaborate dinner
was served, after which there were
speeches.
DR.. C. f. Il. Mattison acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. Among the re-
sponses were those of President G. d.
Daggett, former United States Senator
Watson C. Squires of Washington,
Captain c. NJ. Simpson, who repre-
sented the legal fraternity; Harry
Gohegan, who spoke for the business
men, and F.. C. Allen, the architect.
Among the number present were the
directors Mayor William II. Vedder,
F.. L. Boynton, f. f. Rowland, Theo-
dore Coleman, Frank V. Rider and d.
w. Herlihy. other prominent men
present were: Ex- Congressman Bassett
of New York, Henry Newby, Matthew
Slavin, F. e. Twombly, II. C. Hotaling,
e. Il. Braley, DR.. Solon Briggs, Kings
| ley Stevens, Herman Hertel, Thomas
Farley, C. II. Prisk, Lon Il. Chaplin, j.
p. Baumgartner, Colin Stewart, Ken
yon Warren, I. j. Reynolds, J. Herbert
Hall, J. w. Woods, A. c. Vroman, j.
S. Glasscock and d. M. Linnard. The
entire hotel was decorated in red and
white in honor of the tournament
colors, while in the dining room poin-
settias were laid along the center Of the
tables and a single perfect white car
nation was placed at each plate for
boutonniere.
Want Larger Sum
The regular annual meeting of the
North Pasadena Land and Water COM
pany was held last night, and it was
fully expected that the proposition to
| SSll tuc company Pihiie NotiV ~
voted upon, but in this the large num-
ber of stockholders-fully hundred
were disappointed, as no decision was
reached.
Directors were elected as follows: M.
d. Painter, d. M. Lewis, Byron Lisk
Thomas Stone and w. M. Eason, who
will organize tomorrow, when prob
ably the former president of the board,
M. d. Painter, will be re- elected as will
D. w. Lewis, the former secretary.
Financial reports We're given, $250O
being reported paid upon the bonds in
the past year and $14OO spent on the
improvement of the lower well.
Northeast Improvement Society
To all those who were especially in
teiested in tree culture, the open meet
ing of the Northeast Improvement as
scciation this evening at the home of
Capt. William Waterhouse was more
than ordinarily interesting. T. p.
Lukins, the forestry expert gave a
stereopticon lecture upon "Trees"
Following Mr.. Lukins came DR..
latest suggested improvement of the
east side, that of making Los Robles
avenue one of the handsomest boule-
wards of the city.
This Weeks Weddings
While society is deeply interested in
several notable weddings to take place
in the remainder of the month the
three which are to occur this week are
of unusual interest.
Tomorrow evening at the beautiful
Ball residence on Terrace drive Will
occur the wedding of Miss Ball and
William Leithead. Some seventy invi-
tations have been issued, and every de-
tail will be of the best. Miss Conger
will be the maid of honor, and Miss
Wood the bridesmaid. oliver Halsell
OF Santa Ana is to be best man and
Mr. Mcdonnell the usher. The bride
will wear a gown of white brocraded
satin, and both the maids will be
gowned in filmy white without color,
as the wedding is to be white one.
Rev. Malcolm j. Mcleod will perform
the ceremony.
Saturday at high noon an interesting
double wedding is to take place at the
hcme of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. McCauley
at Al Terrace drive. when their two
daughters will be the brides. Miss
Alma Louise McCauley will become the
bride of John d. Holmes, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Holmes of Hotel Green,
and Miss Marie Blanche McCauley Will
be married to Ben WhitmoIe. Miss
Alma will have as her bridesmaid Miss
Mabel Sauer of Elgin, ILL.,, and Mr..
Holmes best man win be Leroy Hen
derson of the First National bank of
this city. Miss Blanche's bridesmaid is
to be Miss Jessie Thomas, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas of this city, and
Mr.. Whitmore's best man will be Earl
Nash While this wedding will be COM
paratively small, only relatives and