Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-23
REGONIANS SEE
VENICE CARNIVAL
TRAVEL BY TROLLEY AND BY
G0NDOLA
Orators Of Sister States Swap Pleas
antries-Threaten to Take Frank
Virgins North-Some Go
to Salt Lake Today

keep us yet if we don't look out You
are the most magnetic fellows OH earth,
and you have the most magnetic spot" :"
This sentiment pervades the Oregon
ians who are doing California, who
made the round trip to Venice as guests
of the Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce yesterday and who regret that
the time of their departure is drawing
near.
So sad is to them the thought of go
ing home from this favored southland
apparently that side excursion to San
Diego is being organized.
And, don't tell anyone till later, a
movement is actually on to organize a
return visit to Oregon by Angelenos.
Because OF the necessity of attending
the See America conference in Salt
Lake City, Governor Chamberlain, Ore
CONS urbane executive; President H.
M. Cake of the Portland chamber of
commerce and Manager Tom Richard
son will leave Los Angeles tonight for
Utah, but most of the other delegates
will remain to take in the San Gabriel
Pasadena excursion today and the
Mount Lowe trip Wednesday, while it
is safe to predict that others will re-
main the full ninety-day limit which
their tickets permit.
Water Everywhere
The Oregonians during their stay
here have been teasing Californians so
much about the fact that eighty inches
annual rainfall is the record in the
Beaver state that the Los Angeles COM
mittee decided to let the friendly Bea-
vers sniff the salt water out toward
the wide, wide sea and more of it in
land in Abbot Kinney's marvellous con-
ception of inland canals filled and
emptied by the tides. The very name
Venice sounds aquatic. The "webfoot
visitors were convinced before dark
that California could in an extremity
furnish water display that would
float something bigger than battle
ship, and that In Venice harbor.
Perhaps the prettiest incident of the
day was the parade of honor made up
of gondolas, which carried the more
prominent visitors over the miles of
canals, giving 'them an opportunity to
see the beach resort that has grown
like a mushroom, but of such enduring
material as concrete, steel, stone and
wood.
In the vanguard of boats were seated
Governor Chamberlain, President Cake
and Mrs. Cake of Portland, Miss Grace
Amos of Portland, christened the poin-
settia of Oregon because of her dainty
red toilettes Miss Beryl Murray of
Hogan, Ore, and Miss May of Port
| land, Mrs. William Lovejoy King of
San Francisco, Miss Ida Jenkins OF
Chicago, Mesdames May Swanell Tay-
lor and C. II. Brown of Venice and
Mrs. A. D. Warner of Los Angeles, all
of whom were striking looking women
and made a pretty picture in the glid-
ing water craft. Among the men were
Messrs. A. w. Skinner, A. D. Warner
and Major Karl g. Klokke of Los An
geles, Arthur Seufert, Dalles, Ore; i.
S. French, Ellsworth, Wash; Harry G..
land; John E, Gratke, Astoria C. H.
Brown and ii. Dorsey Patton, Venice
and William LoVejoy King, San Fran
cisco, We're in the leading gondolas.
Through Scenes Picturesque
The party lost some time in starting
at 10 o'clock, because the master me-
company's lines at the nearest power
house sustained a broken arm and he
was hurried to a hospital on the first
car available, which happened to be
one of the four special cars set apart
for the visitors. When the start was
made, however, it was with judicious
distribution of guides and committee
men from the chamber of commerce,
who pointed out the beautiful Vistas
and panoramas en- route, bringing forth
rapturous comment from the excursion-
lists from the north.
The first stop after passing the pic
turesque Hollywood section with its
quaint ornate homes, was at Paul De
Longpres home and studio. Artist De
Longpre held an informal reception, re-
ceived modestly the toasts offered on
behalf of him, avoided the many COM
pliments laYished on his paintings and
seemed less i'll at ease when he led the
hundreds through the superb floral dis
plays In his gardens, where four thou
sand varieties of flowers grow in ar
tistic profusion. Searching parties OF
committeeman finally rounded up the
enthusiastic lovers of botany who had
wandered into the bypaths to admire
natures lavish offerings.
Cameras Bombard Them
The four cars resumed their Journey,
carrying Artist De Longpre with them
as special guest. through the Immense
bean fields, past the Soldiers home at
Sawtelle and finally toward the ocean
through scenery That entranced the
passengers by its loyeliness. after
which the beach towns We're traversed