Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-04
GARFIELD AT
AUNT'S HOME
TRAVELS TO PASADENA IN A
MOTOR CAR
MEETS MANY FRIENDS DURING
BRIEF STAY
Riverside the Next Stop for Secretary.
Will Then Go to Yuma-De-
cares Pasadena Is Bet
ter Than Ever
Pasadena Agency.
II North Raymond Avenue,
Phones: Sunset 1907, Home 1924.

PASADENA, Aug. 3-For one short
half hour today Hon. James Rudolph
Garfield, secretary of the department of
the interior of the United States, chatted
with callers at the Maryland hotel, and
then mounted his automobile and was
driven east among the live oaks and
citrus orchards of the San Gabriel val
ley toward Riverside, where he Is stop
ping tonight.
Mayor Farley and several prominent
Pasadena citizens who were prepared to
be on hand at the Maryland to greet the
secretary, misunderstood the time of his
arrival and unfortunately were not there
at five minutes past / o'clock, when Mr.
Walter Raymond drove up with the
guest of honor in his automobile. Mana
ger D. M. Linnard and a group of Wis
itors who were waiting greeted him.
This trip is no vacation said Mr..
Garfield. II have been busy all the time
and will be till 1 get back home.
Pasadena is all right" he said.
Though 1 have been here many times.
the city seems to have added attractions
on each returning visit"
At His Mothers Home
Mr.. Garfield arrived at the beautiful
home of his mother at the corner of
Buena Vista street and Meridian avenue
in South Pasadena at II o'clock this MORN
ing, coming over from Los Angeles in an
automobile. His mother, Mrs. James A.
Garfield, widow of President James A.
Garfield. is now at her eastern home at
Mentor, Ohio. She will not return to
Pasadena until about the middle of Octo-
Der.
Mrs Trowbridge. the oldest living sis
ter of President Garfield her daughter.
Mrs. A. T. Odds and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
j. Zittell and their children John Frank
lin, aged 6. and Vaun, aged months. COM
pose the family at the Garfield home.
Mrs Trowbridge and her nieces had the
home most artistically decorated in Cali
fornia flowers for the luncheon.
AT ] o'clock Mr.. Garfield left his
mothers home with Mr.. Raymond, drove
up to the Maryland by way of South
Orange Grove avenue. stopping long
enough at 257 Grand avenue to greet
Tod Ford, one of his old Ohio friends
Those who accompanied him to River
side after his half-hour stay at the Mary
land were Walter Raymond of the Ray
mond hotel, j. B. Lippincott, chief engi-
nees of the Owens river water conduit,
and his secretary, Mr.. Allen.
Among those who met Mr.. Garfield
at the Maryland were Postmaster J.
w Wood, John R. Dame, j. F. Barnes
II. r. Hartel George P. Cary, John r
Null and Major John F. Lacey.
Meets Former Acquaintance
Mr.. Lacey is former congressman
from the Sixth district of Iowa, his
home being at Oskaloosa. He is here
short visit to his cousin, Mrs. n
e. Lacey on Villa street. He is per.
sonally acquainted with Mr.. Garfield
having spent six years in the public
lands section of the interior depart
ment and served as chairman of the
Indian committee for ten years.
From Riverside Mr.. Garfield will &c
to Yuma tomorrow, where he will be
Joined by the other members of his
party who take the train from Los An.
geles tonight. They are John Gar
field, his son; A. A. Brown, secretary
to Mr.. Garfield; ]. G. Massey, steno.
grapher; F. II. Newell, director of the
United States reclamation service; Gift
ford Pinchot, chief of the bureau oil
forestry; Mr.. Gage, secretary to Mr.
Pinchot; w. ]. MCGEE, secretary to the
United States inland waterways COM
mission; Joseph A. Holmes and D. C.
Henry of the United States geological
survey