The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-23
EVERYTHING |S FREE
LOS ANGELES ENTERTAINING OF. TIGERS AND MEN OF BAT
 TLESHIPS IN STYLE.
EVERY VARIETY OF AMUSEMENT PROVIDED
Boxing Bouts, Fencing Contests, Bal loon Ascentons and Scores of smi- lar Attractions for the Sailors Spanish Barbecue Served By the Women-EIaborate Banquet.

Los Angeles, Apr. 21.-The city Mon day began it's weeks entertainment of the Atlantic fleet. For the next six days officers and men will participate in program which will occupy nearly every hour of the time. A four days program for the sailors began at Chutes park Monday morning at 10:3O. Three thousand sailors were given liberty from the ships and were es- eorted from the beach cities to Los Angeles in free trolley cars.
 At the park every variety of enter tainment was provided. More than 50 three-round boxing bouts are scheduled to take place there during the week by the Los Angeles Athletic club. James J. Jeffries is master of all athletic exercises and referee of the boxing bouts. The championship lightweight contest between two sailors from the fleet was on the program for Monday Fencing contests, balloon ascensions, high dives and scores of similar at fractions were put on for the amuse- ment of the sailors.
 At noon typical Spanish barbecue was served. The menu included such viands as barbecued beef, Chile con carne, and frijoles. Four hundred women from the various patriotic so- cieties of the city served the meal to tables erected throughout the park.
  The general public was also admitted to the park and thousands of people thronged the place. Chutes park with all it's places of entertainment was leased by the committee for the four days and all it's attractions were thrown open to the sailors. Vaudeville performances were given and dancing continued all the afternoon.
 The combined bands of the ships of the four divisions were present in uni form which with half dozen local musical organizations enlivened the program throughout the day. At noon the bands formed a line of march and the entire crowd of sailors and citizens numbering many thousands, proceeded to agricultural park, 10 blocks distant. where a wild west show occupied the remainder of the afternoon. This park the property of the state, has also been secured for the entire week. All the grandstands here were filled to over flowing and thousands crowded all available space.
 The program included a frontier town, which had been erected in the center of the park fronting the prin- cipal grandstand. Typical frontier characters occupied the stage enacting stage holdup, steer riding, broncho busting, fancy rifle and revolver shoot ing, Indian war dancing, jail breaks, imitation lyuchings and thrilling cen ter piece of which Vaquero girl formed the central figure. Another esent was turning loose of wild steer in the arena, with a purse of gold at- tached to one of his horns, given as prize to the cowboy who was first to capture the steer and secure 1t. The entertainment was under the super vision of the Vaquero club and scores of genuine cowboys from the remote regions of Arizona and New Mexico were brought to the city. They ap- peared in typical western costume and mounted on the widest bronchos, Monday night Admiral Thomas and the officers of the fleet were banqueted at the Alexandria hotel by local citi- zens. About 260 covers were laid and the function was the most elaborate of it's kind ever given in Los Angeles. Gov. Gillett and other state officials attended. -