Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-31
STOCKTON'S SONS
GET BOOST GERM
VISIT SOUTHLAND FOR REAL
INFORMATION
One Hundred and Twenty-Five OF San
Joaquin county's Best Citizens
Visit Los Angeles for a
Weeks sojourn

. reached Los Angeles at midnight last
night, 1875 strong, on their first official
boosters outing.
They came admittedly to catch some
of the Southen California boosting
spirit and are willing to devote two
whole weeks to getting the inspiration
which brings people from all over the
world to the Pacific coast as visitors
and settlers.
In advance of the excursionists Sec
retary J. M. Eddy of the chamber or
commerce took his first flight to Los
Angeles in fifteen years. He came TO
post UP and start the music. Last
night at the Hotel Van Nuys he ad=
mitted that he had never seen city
expand as did the metropolis of the
southland. This hotel is the Stockton
ians head .uarters.
Stockton feels elated these days over
the success of the recent movement
which resulted in floating half mil
lion dollar capitalization for a rem
forced concrete hotel.
Los Angeles Aids Hotel
This magnificent structure was de-
signed by Architect e. B. Brown, for
merly of Los Angeles, and it's promo
tion was largely due to the efforts of
L.. A. Philips, also Gf Les Angeles.
who now makes his home in Stockton
The chamber easily established rea-
son for it's six years of existence IN
this hotel achievement If nothing else
were marked to it's credit.
In the party which came last night
were the outgoing mayor and incoming
mayor the incoming councilmen, oank-
ers, business men and others, and ABOUT
one-half of the visitors included wives
and daughters of the guests.
The travellers, though tired, were full OF
praise for their neighbors south of the
Tehachapi and the enerpr1se ana CO
operative spirit they noted in the south.
Stocktonians who had wandered south
ward before always returned home with
glowing stories and the present pill
grims said they were now prepared TO
believe anything they ha heard about
the lesson centers in boosting in and
around Los Angeles.
The party left Stockton on Wednes-
day, reaching Paso Robles next morn
ing. They dipped in the mineral baths
there and took glimpses of the hotels
and surroundings.
The Coast route was traversed by
daylight, landing them in picturesque
Santa Barbara at o'clock last night,
though they had expected to be there
by noon. The hotel facilities of the city
were carefully scrutinized in connec-
ton with plans for their own new hotel.
Special cars awaited their arrival in
the City of Angels, with Secretary EDDY
and Editor ]. L. Phelps of the Stock
ton independent as a reception COM
mittee. These two men had come on
ahead to look after preliminaries.
President D. A. Guernsey of the
Stockton chamber of commerce, who IS
a banker, and brought his wife and
two daughters, was in command of the
delegation. Superintendent OF SchooIs
James A. Barr was chairman OF the
excursion committee. Others asso-
ciated in the arrangements were NJ. j.
Gardner, Ed r. Thompson, r. B. Oulla-
han, F. j. Dietrich, E. w. S. Woods
J. M. Perry and P. E. Holt.
Mr.. Guernsey commented favorably
on the large growth of Los Angeles
banking facilities At the recent state
bankers convention in Santa Barbara
this growth caused much favorable
comment, and while in that city yes
terday Mr.. Guernsey heard this talk
emphasized.
What Stockton Boasts OF
Secretary Eddy talks of his home
town thus:
s'One of the reasons we came is to
show that the floods did not drown
us out, even if they submerged some
of the lowlands. These are the tule
lands, where we raise potatoes and
asparagus, there being 500 acres alone
of the latter in cultivation. Five can
neries send this asparagus all over
the world.
GIN grape products we excel. Our
Tokay table grapes ripen there and
color there as nowhere else. We have
the largest winery in the state. We
raise more barley in San JOAQUIN
county than any county in the United
States Stockton is the big -four mill
city of the state and for years grains
were the chief products. Now we are
running more TO diversification.
your city of Los Angeles has made
wonderful strides. We want to be in
doctrinated with the spirit that pre-
walls here and to have a good time as
well. That is why we are here"
Waterways Keep Rates Down
superintendent Barr said;
"Our city has about 25,OOO inhabitants
in round numbers and is the center of
San Joaquin county, seventy miles
northeast of San Francisco and 397
miles northwest of Los Angeles.
"Our climate is much like Los An
geles and the countries bordering ON
the Mediterranean sea, with nights al
ways cool and we raise temperate and
subtropical products, including the
orange and cherry, grapes and pear, fig
and barley, palm and prune side by
side.
1--WE boast of our waterways, which
keep freight rates down. AS the head
of all-the-year navigation on the San
joaquin river system, being connected
with the river by navigable channel
two and q half miles in length, we can
take on and discharge freight equally
well by steamers or trains. For mile
on the western limits of the city the
channel harbor is lined with Touring
mills, lumber yards, shipyards and
coal bunkers. Back in 1898 the daily
traffic between Stockton and San
Francisco alone was 800 tons daily and
144,000 passengers by steamer in that
year. 1t has grown every year since
AS at present arranged the program
will be as follows:
Today a trip over the Balloon route,
covering the Soldiers home, Venice and
beach cities. At night theater party
for some and trip to Glendale for others
is planned.
Saturday a personally conducted tour
over the Salt Lake to Riverside, Red
lands, Pomona and Ontario, with side
a,.i.,as IN SmiIeV Heights and dinner