Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-10
LOS ANGELES READY
WELCOME GUESTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO RE.
cEIVE VISITORS
Spokane and Wall WaIla finland En1-
pire Special Is Due Here FRI
day-PIans for Enter
tainments Made

Everything is in readiness for the
reception of the California midwinter
excursion under the auspices Of the
Spokane chamber of commerce and the
Walla Walla Commercial club. The
special Inland Empire train of twelve
coaches left Spokane over the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation company's
line at $3.50 o'clock the evening Of Feb
ruary T. with 125 representative busi-
ness and professional men of Spokane
country and their wives and daughters.
Two cars, containing SO members of
the Walla Walla delegation, were at
tached to the train at the last named
city, accompanying it to Los Angeles,
where the party will break up Febru-
airy Is.
Frederick e. Goodall, president, and
Levi G.. Monroe, secretary of the Spo-
kane chamber of commerce, has i'm
mediate charge of the tour. Mr. Mon
roe who is also secretary of the Wash
ington State Horticultural society with
600 members, has received shipments of
fruits from various parts of the Spo-
kane country for distribution at the va
rous stops and in addition to these
there will be souvenirs and illustrated
books descriptive of the Inland Empire
of the Pacific Northwest.
Plan Reception
Frank Virgins, secretary of the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce, is de-
termined that Los Angeles should not
be behind other cities in the warm
greetings given the visitors, and asks
that all former residents of Walla
Walla and Spokane now residing In
Los Angeles turn out to the public re-
cepIion to be given the excursion in the
Chamber of Comerce on the evening OF
Friday, February IA.
Portland, Oregon, has already well
coined the pilgrims, as have Roseburg
and Medford while the Inland Empire
special is due at Sacramento today,
where Governor j. n. Gillett will well
come the visitors to California at an
informal reception In the Crocker art
gallery. San Francisco, Leland STAN
ford university, San Jose, Del Monte,
Paso Robes, Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles are also on the visiting list
Of the party.
Due at Los Angeles at s.: As p. M, Fri
day, February IA, the party will spend
that evening sight seeing, while there
will be a public reception at the Cham
Der of Commerce.
The following days members of the
party will take side trips to Pasadena,
San Bernardino, Oceanside, Santa Ana,
San Jacinto and San Diego. Returning
Oakland, Redding, Santa Cruz, San
Pedro, Eureka, Stockton and various
other cities and towns in the Golden
State, while others will visit points In
Nevada and Arizona.
Prominent Men in Party
In the party are bankers, merchants,
manufacturers, lumbermen and mine
operators, among them the following:
Col. William Ridpath, Republican can
didate for governor of Washington, w.
H. Acuff, president of the Washington
Mill company and head of the .Pennsyl-
yania society of Spokane; II. G. Blair
president Blair college,; d. M. Drum
heller, president Interstate. Irrigation
company; r. A. Hutchinson, president
Modern Irrigation company; z. w. and
e. ID. Sanders, capitalists; j. M. wilkins,
secretary and manager Pacific Transfer
company; A. l.. Porter, secretary Wes-
tern Retail Lumber association
Thomas r. Brewer, vice president
Fidelity National bank; w. S. Yearsley,
realty operator; D. X. Mcdonald. capt.
talist: j. B. Greenough, mine owner;
w. II. Sorrill, manager Spokane Ille
and Mantel company; f. M. Gardner,
secretary and treasury Spokane Sash
and Door company. V. w. Sanders,
president Idaho Mercantile company
6. H. Larkin, manager F. & K. Bull
letins. and H. c. Munson, ticket agent
o. r. & N, who did it.