Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-07
SHR|NERs ARE
ENTHUSIASTIC
VISITORS WELL SATISFIED
WITH LOS ANGELES
say This ls verltsble Garden spot
Of the world--ReoeptIo Given
by Local Members Most
ns Cordial

The shriners who came here to visit
Los Angeles are enthusiastic over the
beauties Of Southern California in gem
eral and Los Angeles in particular.
They want to stay longer than they
had originally intended doing and IL
they go before Fiesta It will be be-
cause the railroad companies will not
extend their transportation.
sunday, little after noon, a special
train arrived here. bringing one hum
dred Shriners and their ladies' from
New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl-
vania- They had come here expecting
to find country beautiful, but as one
said, they found a veritabie garden of
the gods.
We've had a royal welcome" said
Or. I. H. Mackenzie of Trenton, N. j.,
land from what we see of Los An
geles 1t Is the jewel place of all the
world. We Travelled out here in a leis-
urely manner and stopped at almost all
the places of interest along the road.
The greatest sight we saw was the
Grand canyon. Words can't describe
1t, 1t is marvellous beyond telling. When
we came out of the desert and dropped
down among the orange groves it was
g. transition hardly believable.
Climate Perfect
THE climate here seems to be perfect.
IL there ever was a bigger hearted lot
of people in the world than those that
met us, I'd like to know where they
can be found. We got a splendid well
come and we're having splendid time
Well have to leave here some time
but when we do, each one of us will
take the pleasantest memories and
some of us will come back" And then
n q q ND q ulr 0f
men In the party IL they were not en-
thusiastic over Southern California and
there wasn't one dissenting voice.
I've met Americans abroad said
Charles H. Traitteur, who is in the
law department of the customs service
in New York and makes his home in
South Orange, New Jersey. i've met
Americans abroad who raved over Italy
and Switzerland, but who had never
seen Niagara Falls or the Grand can
yon or California. The only compari-
son that / can make to Los Angeles
and the land around 1t is Southern
Italy and that is hardly apt because
the country here is utterly beyond
comparison. I'm tempted to come out
here and live
Give Fine Reception
VIM. S. Massonneau of Red Rock,
New York, is thoroughly enthusiastic
over the reception that the Shriners
visiting have received. They're the
finest in the world" he said. THE
Shriners here have given us a recep-
tion that we'll remember all our lives.
And while we haven't had time to see
much of Los Angeles. what we have
seen has captured us one and all. I'm
sorry, indeed, that the meeting of the
council was called off, but there were
many of us who had made our plans
and wouldn't be disappointed. We've
had a good time ever since we started
and it has reached its climax here"
c. Edward Murray is having fun. Mr.
Murray lives in Trenton, New Jersey,
and is the quarter master general of
the national guard of his state. "Cal-
ifornia is the finest ever" he says, "and
Los Angeles is the finest of the fine
When he gets to talking about the
Shriners who have taken his party in
charge and are entertaining he has to
stop because. as he says, he can't find
any words to do the subject justice.
Want to Stay
I'VE would all like to stay for the
Fiesta" ne said, but our transporta-
tion is limited and we must travel ac-
cording to the schedule laid down for
us. What we've seen will surely
bring some of us back, for we have
scarcely had peepsinto the beauty of
the place and most of us would like
to have a good look"
John G. Groel of Newark, New Jer-
sey, is of the same opinion as all the
rest, and says that, while he has heard
much of the beauty Of Southern Cali
fornia he was not prepared to find it
30 beautiful as 1t really Is.
The party is scheduled to leave here
at o'clock next Saturday morning
and will travel in leisurely manner,
stopping off at points of interest toward
the north. Their return east will be
by way of the Canadian Rockies. They
will reach New York on May &c.