Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
SANTA BARBARA WILL
HOLD HIGH JUBILEE
ELKS TO OBSERVE FOURTH lN
GORGEOUS STYLE
Electric Parades, Channel Venetian
,Fete and Wealth Of Special
Features Promised the
Visiting Public
Special to The Herald.

Special TO Inc Herald. f .s..t
SANTA BARBARA, June 1.-The
Elks' Fourth of July committee. which
has in charge the four-days celebration
of the patriotic observance of Inde-
pendence day at Santa Barbara, begin
ming Thursday, July 2, and including
July s, has planned festivities on lavish
and original lines. The conventional
patriotic parade will be held the morn
ing Of the Fourth, and the military and
civic organizations of Santa Barbara
will participate. In all probability an
other land parade, equal In size to that
presented at Santa Barbara last May
by men of the United States navy, will
be the. result. While this parade will
De praiseworthy, yet 1t will be consid-
cred by no means the main event of the
Elks' festivities. The committee of fif-
teen announces that the night features,
with brilliant electric lighting and fam
tastic decorations for the parade feat
ures, will rival anything OF the kind
attempted at any time in Southern Cali
fornia.
The plans indicate thousands of
electric street decorations and numer-
Gus courts OF honor, but there will be
added other special events.
For the evening of July a sub-com-
mittee, composed mainly of members of
the Elks' fraternity who are members
or the Santa Barbara Yacht club has
planned night spectacle in the form
of Venetian water fete on the chan
mel, in which each of the forty craft of
the harbor will be beautifully decorated
with fairy lanterns. There will be fire.
works and many beautiful evolutions.
The channel waters will be dotted with
hundreds of floats sporting red lanterns,
and with the aid of a quarter of a ton
~ nA A,.a hi tna IN
color the water front dark red"
The fete will be concluded with re-
production of the eruption OF Vesuyius.
The night of July will be given over
to an illuminated parade by the Auto
mobile club of Santa Barbara, aug
mented by machines of others in that
city who are not members. More than
100 owners Of autos have signified their
willingness to participate.
Perhaps the most beautiful night
feature has been reserved for the even
| ing of the Fourth, when the streets
traversed by the street car companies
viii be Respondent with a parade of
electrically-lighted floats. depicting the
epochs forming colonial history. Among
the many floats to be presented will be
THE Landing of the Pilgrims" THE
Boston Tea Party" Captain John
Smith and Pocahontas.'' 1.-THE Spirit of
'76," "Faneuil Hall and the Liberty
Bell" washington Crossing the Della
ware" and an allegorical float of Co
lumbia." Historical costumes will be
used, and as an added feature all the
flags used during colonial times and by
the Continental army, before the stars
and Stripes were adopted, will be dis
played, the collection having been Sc
cured from a resident of Santa Barbara,
who has refused $4,000 for 1t. Probably
at no time in the history of the country.
so far as public records show, has there
ever been a complete display OF these
flags. The parade will be lighted by
electricity, and many novel effects are
| to be produced.
| In addition to the parades there will
| be band concerts at all times of the
| day in different sections of the city and
at the public parks. Athletic events
and gymkana sports, a firemen's tour
nament, auto races on the wide expanse
OF beach, early day sports by native
| Californians. street sports for the
amusement of the juveniles. daylight
| fireworks, and an unusually attractive
display OF pyrotechnics during the
evenings will contribute to keep things
going morning, noon and night.
| The Southern Pacific railroad has
made a round-trip rate to Santa Bar
| bara of one and one-third of the regular
one way rate from all points within q
radius of 300 miles These tickets Will
be honored for different periods of time.
arranged so as to conform to the dis
tance to be Travelled.