Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25
TO GUIDE MANY
TO CALIFORNIA
PROMOTION COMMITTEE WILL
MEET IN LOS ANGELES
TOURIST IN SUNSHINE STATE
THEME OF MEETING
Tenth semi-Annual Convention of the
Counties Committee viii BE Held
at Alexandria Hotel Satur-
day, November IA

In all parts of the state of California
a deep interest is being manifested in
the coming meeting of the counties
committee of the California promotion
committee to be held in Los Angeles
November IA. This is the tenth semi
annual meeting of the counties COM
mittee, and according to custom the
fall meeting of the counties committee
is held in the southern part of the
state. the spring meetings being held
in the central or northern part.
At the Santa Cruz meeting last June
the delegation from Los Angeles made
a strong bid for the tenth meeting, and
all other competitors retired in the face
of the formidable demand of Los An
geles.
The theme of the coming meeting is
of extreme interest to all 'Californians,
being The Tourist in California"
Addresses will be made by prominent
men engaged in development of the
state.
Byrne to Talk
John j. Byrne, assistant traffic man
ager of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway, will talk on How to In
terest the Tourist; Frank Virgins,
secretary of the Long Angeles chamber
of commerce and the coiner of the
paper entitled From Tourist to Resi-
dent; G. B. Lull, state forester, viii!
talk on Regions Unknown to the
Tourist; Walter Raymond of Pasa-
dent will tell How the Hotel is a
Factor in Attracting the Tourist" P. l..
Lancaster of Willis, president of the
North of the Bay Counties association.
will dwell on the Attractions in North
of Bay Counties to- the Tourist; w. A.
nd n will
Attractions in the Sacramento Valley
to the Tourist; Frank Miller, the ia
nous boniface of Riverside, will tell
of the Attractions South of the Te-
hachapi to the Tourist; H. G. Capwell
of Oakland will tell how the tourist
can be charmed in the San Francisco
bay region. The central coast counties,
the coast counties, the south coast
counties and the San Joaquin valley will
all have representatives to speak for
their several parts of the state. Henry
Payot, supervisor of the city and county
of San Francisco and famous traveller
and lecturer, will speak on THE Tour
ist in Other Lands" Mr.. Payot's lee
ture will be illustrated by stereopticon
views showing famous resorts in diff
ferent parts of the world. The Hon.
F. H. Newell. director of the United
States reclamation service, will close
the days program with an illustrated
talk on agriculture Appeal to the
Tourist" Mr.. Newell is now in the
Hawaiian islands, but has made ar
rangements to return in time to attend
the Los Angeles meeting.
Report on Marketing
At this meeting Charles D. Daggett
of Pasadena, chairman Good Roads
association, will make an address OH
Good Roads as an Inducement to the
Tourist" He will also make report
of the committee on good roads ap-
pointed at the Santa Cruz meeting.
A report will also be made at the
meeting by the committee on market
ing of California products, appointed
at the Fresno meeting a year ago, of
which committee Theodore Gier of Oak
land is chairman. Senator Leroy A.
Wright of San Diego, chairman of the
legislative harbor committee, will make
a report on the work accomplished by
his committee, which is result of the
San Diego meeting in December, 1906.
From returns received by the COM
mittee up to date every county in Cali
fornia will be represented at the tenth
semi-annual meeting at Los Angeles,
and it will be a great "get-together"
affair where views will be exchanged
on the work that is being carried on for
the development of California. and
whereby the tourist can be kept longer
in the state to the advantage not only
OF the people of the state but to the
advantage of the tourist.
All railroads have made a special rate
of a fare and a third for round trip on
the receipt certificate plan from all
points in California to Los Angeles for
this meeting. There will be two special
hrains one from San Francisco, leaving
hhe morning of November 13 from Third
and Townsend at 8 o'clock. This train
will be made up of Pullman parlor cars
dining and observation cars, and will
make the daylight run over the road OF
a thousand wonders, arriving at Los
Angeles about 10 o'clock in the evening"
picking up delegates to the meeting at
different points en- route. Another
special train will run from San Diego
the night of November 10, arriving in
Los Angeles early next morning in time
for the meeting, which takes place in
the Alexandria hotel at $50 o'clock,
All day Saturday the business of the
convention will be carried on, and
owing to the length of the program the
speakers will be limited in time, the
idea being to give all parts of the state
q chance to present their claims for the
tourist, and there will be ample time
for discussion as well.
Executives to Meet
After the regular meeting, which will
continue until or o'clock i'll the aft
ernoon with an intermission for lunch
con, the Secretaries association of Call
fornia, of which Herman Charles of
Los Angeles is chairman, will hold Il
meeting, and these executive officers
will exchange ideas for the furtherance
of their work. This will be the third
meeting of the Secretaries association
of California.
After the business is all concluded
delegates will be in the hands of the
people of Los Angeles, and the Los An
geles chamber of commerce has APP
pointed a special committee, of which
S. A. Butler is chairman. This COM
mittee will attend to the details for the
entertainment of the delegates. This
fact is sufficient assurance everything
will be done for their comfort and
pleasure. In connection with this spe-
cial committee of the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce similar organiza-
tions of cities adjacent to Los Angeles
are cooperating and an opportunity
will be given to view the surrounding
country, which has made such great
in the last decade.
Special rates have been made at all
hotels in Los Angeles for this occasion,
and a one-way rate for the round trip
on the special train from San Fran
cisco has been arranged, which, includ-
ing seat in the special train, is $3.50.
The advantage of the rate is further
that parties going on the special train