Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
ONE CANDIDATE
SUFFERS FOR ALL
THOUSAND SEE INITIATION AT
LONG BEACH
Immense Crowd Is Fed on Barbecued
Beef at Foresters' Grand
Doings, in Spite of
Rain

The gathering of the Independent Or
der of Foresters at Long Beach yester-
day was the most successful affair of
the Kind held during the year, despite
the fact that a sharp rain fell during
the morning, threatening to mar the
entire days pleasure. The two bands
played "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nell
lie" and "Cheer Up, Mary" as the sun
was breaking through the clouds about
II o'clock.
The occasion was saddened by the
death, Saturday. of DR.. w. Murray
Johnston, high chief ranger of Southern
California. Only two hours before his
death he expressed the wish that the
program he and Supreme Organizer
Frank II. Hand had mapped out for
the day be carried out without change.
This wish was followed, excepting only
in the case of the ball at night which
was given under the auspices of the city
instead of by the lodge. The ball was
free to all and was largely attended.
At 12 o'clock 5000 people, including
visitors from Los Angeles and other
cities and large number of Long
Beach folk, sat down 10 the barbecue
dinner which had been prepared by r.
G.. Doyle of Los Angeles and the well
known barbecue expert, Pedro Riviera.
For the feast 10000 pounds of beef, 5000
loaves of bread $50 pounds of coffee and
$50 gallons of lemonade had been sup
piled. AS the number of people present
was not so great as had been expected,
the dinner was served until late hour
| in the afternoon, by which time the
store of good things had practically
disappeared. Fred T. Hughes of Los
Angeles had charge of the table service.
At 8 O'Clock races and other sports
were held on the beach. The winners
were as follows:
Prize Winners
10O-yard race, married men only-I.
e. McCubben, first; Price second.
100-yard dash, boys only-Ed Frank
lin first, John Maddox second.
| 50-yard dash, boys under 16-P.
Scheidecker first, Joe Hartwell second.
100-yard dash, free for ALL. e. Nc
Cubben first, ]. C. Long second
| 50-yard dash, fat men, 225 pounds or
over-R. G. Doyle first, l.. Keeler sec
ond.
50-yard race, girls over 16--Rose
Franklin first, Miss Welch second.
| 50-yard race, girls under 16-Hazel
Franklin first, d. Powell second.
50-yard race, married women-Mrs.
Ferris first, Mrs. Maher second.
Nail driving conteSt-Mrs. Vaughn
first, Mrs. Upton second.
Broad jump-Ed Franklin first, c. w.
Bean second.
The sports were in charge Of J. H.
Bean of Los Angeles. Practically all of
the participants We're Angelenos. A
game of indoor baseball between Los
Angeles Foresters team and a Ions
Beach nine was won by the latter, Is
to s.
After a concert by the Royal Italian
band, Mayor F. H. Downs delivered an
address of welcome to the visiting For
eSterS in the auditorium. r.. E. Wrist
oh oh fsf
ranger, responded. He was followed
by DR.. c. B. Dickson of Los Angelo.
A beautiful silver loving cup was then
presented to r. G. Doyle of Los Ange-
les in recognition of his services in ar
ranging the barbecue. Supreme Organ
izer Hand made thel presentation
speech.
High Chief Ranger Murray of the
Northern California jurisdiction was
among the visitors attending the gath
ering.
One Suffers for All
At 1880 o'clock one candidate was in
itiated at the auditorium, the floor work
being eXemplified by the guard of hon
or of Companion court, Los Angeles A
class numbering nearly 1000 was ready
for initiation, but it was decided to put
the one man through the work. At s
o'clock an exhibition drill was given by
the guard of honor of Court Morris
Vineyard, also of Los Angeles.
At O'Clock the grand march marked
the opening of the ball, which contin-
ued until the dawn of the New Year.
Six carloads of Foresters went from
Los Angeles in one bunch yesterday
morning. A dozen smaller towns were
represented however, in the gathering.
The visiting bands which furnished mu-
sic were the Y M. c. A. band of Los
Angeles and the Foresters' band from
Kingsburg.
All attending the barbecue were given
appropriate badges.