Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-22
SENATOR PERKINS TO SPEAK
AT NIGHT
PARADE IN THE FORENOON
Evening Exercises at First M. e.
Church-steel Magnate Contracts
for Fine Home-Many Cottages
Being Built
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.


war Veterans, school children and civic
sodie $, followed by speaking in one
of tho eity parks is the program Of the
forenoon exercises of Pasadena's Me-
mortal day observance. The afternoon
will be devoted to decorating the
graves and in the evening Senator
George C. Perkins will deliver the Me-
mortal address at the First Methodist
church. Chairman John A. Goodrich
of the committee on arrangements has
completed the program for the day
with the following details:
At 10 a. m. the parade will form at
Marengo and Colorado streets, the
column to consist of the G.. A. r., other
old soldiers, the w. r. c., several hun
dred school children, mayor and city
officials, company 1, N. G. C. and other
civic organizations. After the parade,
the column will disband at the park,
where patriotic address will be de-
livered by Capt. c. NJ. Simpson, COM
rnander of John F. Godfrey post This
will be followed by rituallstic exercises
by the G. A. r. and the w. r. c. and
will end with a salute fired by COM
pany l.
The afternoon will be devoted to
strewing with flowers the graves of
departed soldier and sailors which
duty has been conferred upon the w.
K. C. The exercises at the First Meth
odist church will begin at 1880 p. M,
with special music in charge of Miss
Alice Coleman. Rev. DR.. A. w. Lam
port will deliver the invocation and
Senator Perkins will then speak and he
will be followed by Rev. Robert ].
Rurdette.
Steel Magnate to Build a Home
John J. Mitchell, the well-known
steel magnate of Chicago, has con-
tracted for the erection of a fine home
in Pasadena at a cost Of S11,695. The
house will contain sixteen rooms and
will be completed by November Is. The
house will occupy a site on the James
Smith tract in West Pasadena and will
be one Of the finest in that aristocratic
locality. Mr.. Mitchell's family will oc-
cupy their new home shortly after it's
completion and will make this their
winter home. Mr.. Mitchell recently
visited Pasadena and made arrange
ments for the erection of the house.
Plan Many New Cottages
David H. Mcconnell has let a con-
tract to F. l.. Nickerson for an eight
room residence on Marengo avenue
near Mountain street at cost of $2575.
I. Serrurier has let a contract for the
erection of seven-room bungalow on
California street to cost $4242. d. M.
Renton is the contractor. F. l.. Nick
erson will build for Mrs. Donald Nc
Neil an eleven-room residence to cost
$3629. Mrs. Susan C. Upton is having
plans made for a six-room cottage TO
be built at Hudson and Center streets.
Plans for seven-room cottage are
being drawn for Mrs. Grace Weingarth
rooms to his residence on Madison
avenue and the whole is to be remod-
eled into a colonial front.
Orange Prices Improve
This has been a good season for the
orange growers of Pasadena and vicin-
ity, although the crop fell short of last
year by small margin. The prices
received have been from six to eight
cents higher on the box. President c.
A. Day of the Pasadena Fruit Growers
association reports for the season a
shipment of forty-f1ve cars of navels
and five cars of seedlings, or a total
in the neighborhood of $4,000 boxes,
which went to all parts of the United
States and Canada. Mr.. Day predicts
good summer crop of vaencias and
estimates a shipment of twenty or
twenty-five cars. Fruit growers are not
elated over prospects for deciduous
fruits.
To incorporate Horse Show
Prominent horse owners met at the
Hotel Maryland last night and after a
session of two hours, decided to incor-
porate the Southern California Horse
Show association of Pasadena" This
movement is said to be in opposition
to a plan to hold horse shows else
where than in Pasadena, and for that
reason the leading horse fanciers OF
other Southern California cities were
interested in the new organization.
Rev. Edward F. Goff, D. D., of River
side, filled Rev. R.R. Merediths pulpit
at the First Congregational church al
both morning and evening services.
Mrs. William Eckles, of Pomona. ad-
dressed large audience at the West
Side Congregational church this after
noon on the subject of Mission Work
in Northern California" Mrs. Eckles
is a daughter of Prof. C. M. Parker of
this city.
M. Fl. Towne. of 742 Winona avenue,
is still searching for his missing son,
Earl Elbert, with apparent fruitless
results. He spent today in and around
Glendora and Burbank.
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