The San Francisco call., 1908-09-10

York OF Napa, one OF three surviving
members of the bear flag party; 7. E.
Ragland and II. S. Ball. Members Of
the Society Of California Pioneers
came next, and the following grizzled
veterans of the Mexican war: Colonel
George Thistleton, Colonel John l..
Bromley; Major Edwin A Sherman.
president Of the Veterans; Ferdinand
Meyers treasurer OF the society; Fran
els Dowd, Jonathan Wright, Josiah
Brannan and Captain Tibball.
On a float, depicting the rough camp
life OF pioneer days. were NJ Wash
burn, George ID. Clark and c. A Trip.
California parlOr No l, led by its uni
formed drum corps. was the first organ
izatiOn of the celebrating parlors in the
line. Monterey parlor, headed by a
trap drawn by cream colored horses.
bearing its banner, followed. The large
membership wore white trousers and
shirts and broad yellow sashes Juni-
pero, the local Native Daughters par
lOr, bore white sunshades and were
garbed in white.
Pacific parIor of San Francisco was
effectively uniformed in white with
gold facings San Jose parlor intro
dueed a novel native son in the quad
rupedal personality Of a Durham bull
drawing a light buggy. in which rode
Deputy Sherins Burlington and Mono
han OF Santa Clara county.
MADE PRETTY EFFECT
Golden Gate parlor, " S. G. w, and
Alamos parlor. y. D. @. W, were to-
gether fraternally. the men carrying
japanese parasols. Two children
marched with the banner OF Mission
parior.
Cheers greeted the Watsonville and
FL Pa5arO parlors Of the Sons and
Daughters. The members appeared in
large numbers and carried light canes
with apples on the ends. They headed
The second division. After them came
Alame e6a, San Francisco. Oakland El
Dorado. Redwood and Rincon parlors
OF the Native Sons and Gabrielle parlor.
Native Daughters, which was loudly ac-
claimed on account of its jauntily clad
drum corps Of young women Stanford.
Palo Alto. Santa Clara, Bay City Man
tic and Eden parlors compile the divi-
sion. James Lick parlor. the baby"
organization. carried the, milk bottles
Of infancy blatantly..
in the third division were Santa Cruz
parlOr, Piedmont parlor with brilliant
ly garbed drum corps. Hesperian, Alca-
trsz, with which marched past Presi-
dent Judge Carroll Cook bearing a tiny
flag, Halcyon, Brooklyn and South
San Francisco parlors.
Santa Lucia parlor of Salinas turned
in white, the dark skins of many OF
the marchers showing the blood of the
FIRST conquerors of California.
Other parlors in the division were
Alelia, Alcalde, Seapoint, Sequoia, OBJ
servatory, Precita, Courtland, Olympus,
Presidio, Athens and Marshall. Each
d parior wore a distinguishing uniform
and was led by its drum corps.
The last division was formed OF Uni
Nersity army and navy parlor, in
campaign hats; Dolores parlor. Twin
Peaks, Genevieve. Richmond, Ell Capt.
tan, Guadalupe, Castro and Balboa Cas-
tro parlor had long streamers of smi-
lax stretching from its banner.
PASS HISTORIC SPOTS
Under a burning sun the parade
marched through the city and to the
Presidio, passing the old adobe custom
house, where Commodore Sloat raised
the American flag in 1876. the first
building in California to be constructed
Of brick; the famous old theater, and
the spots where Don Sebastian Viscay-
DO, in 1902, and Junipero Sierra landed.
The parade disbanded at Cotton hall,
where the first constitutional conven-
tion met. September l, IS49.
The literary exercises were held at
Cotton hall Immediately upon the
breaking up OF the parade Carmel
y
opening remarks. referring to Monte
rey's historic position in California He
introduced Mayor Will Jacks, who
briefly welcomed the native sons and
daughters to Monterey. H. II. Law
renee sang an original song, Welcome
the Native Sons"
Grand President c. NJ. Belshaw spoke
appreciatively of the manner in which
the town OF Monterey was connected
with the early history of the state
Judge John +. Davis was then intro
duced. He said in part:
[ submit to you, as patriotic Califor-
mans, whether this is a record in which
we can take any pride. With the ex-
ception OF the pitiful attempts of its
loyal friends from time to time to re-
vive the California historical society
absolutely no organization work what
ever has been done by any public in
stitution to promote either the publi-
cation of California history or the col
lection of material therefor.
With history such as ours with its
halo of romance, with its popularity
OF incident, with its epoch making sig
nifcance, is it not a burning shame
through private endowment or through
public instruction, taken as much pride
IN the preservation of our history as
our fathers did in the creation of it?
Is it not time that societies like the
Pioneers, the Native Sons of the Golden
West and the Native Daughters of the
Golden West should combine and work
together for the creation of a public
sentiment which will support and up
hold any institution that viii strive 10
perpetuate the record of the history of
this great commonwealth?
COLLECT HISTORIC DATA
When we see what has been accom-
plished by these orders in promoting a
sentiment for the preservation of the
landmarks of our state and the placing
of tablets to commemorate the loca,-
ton of great events, shall we not do
all in our power to collect whatever
material in the shape of maps or manu-
scripts or books that tell the story of
our states history, and place them
where they shall be preserved and
catalogued and published, and see to il
that the publication of their contents
shall be heralded abroad for the edi-
flcation of others, as well as ourselves? !?
In everything that we have undertaken
we have always succeeded. Shall we
fail in this duty simply because we do
not care to try2
The time is ripe for this work.
Though there has been no organized
effort on the part of the state or of
any community in the state, to recog-
nize the duty of collecting and preserv-
ing the priceless records of its his
tOrical growth, yet by undeserHed
fortune we have the nucleus. of a
library which, as far as the accuracy
: of the record of our history up to date
is concerned. places us in a position
OF advantage even over the oldest