Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
AT THE HOTELS

H. L. Darby, accompanied by his
wife. son and daughter, arrived in Los
Angeles yesterday from Webb City,
Mo, and are guests at the Westmin-
ster. Mr.. Darby is proprietor of the
famous Darby poultry farm, said to be
the largest in the world, and as breed
er of fancy fowls ranks among the
most successful anywhere. He has
brought his family here to enjoy the
summer months, and will remain IN
Los Angeles and at the beaches until
fall. He Is much impressed with the
growth of the city and with the pre-
vailing prosperity here.
E. A. Gerlek of Ell Centre is a guest
at the Westminster.
E. Y. Pomeroy of Palo Alto is
guest at the Van Nuys.
Seth Marshall, owner of the Arrow
head Hot Springs, is a guest at the
Alexandria.
Mrs. L. I. Fish of Berkeley is a
guest at the Angelus for few days.
She arrived yesterday.
Edward M. Fowler and w. w. Ben
ton of Santa Barbara are guests at the
Van Nuys. They arrived yesterday.
Frank A. Yeaw, a wealthy tourist of
Greenfield, Mass, arrived yesterday
and is a guest at the Hotel Hayward.
Dr. Thomas Filden, we'll known or
ganizer of colonist excursions, is reg
istered at the Hayward from San
Francisco.
Samuel H. Mitchell, general manager
of the Phoenix Street Railway COM
pany is stopping for few days at
the Westminster.
Charles T. Kinds, prominently iden-
titled with the Spreekels interests at
San Diego, is at the Alexandria, where
he arrived yesterday.
j. f. Cook, an old time member of
the firm of Murphy, Grant & Co., dry
goods merchants of San Francisco, Is
guest at the Hayward.
L. Pizits. wife and daughter of Bir-
mingham, Ala, are guests for a short
time at the Alexandria. They are on a
tour OF Southern California.
A party of northern visitors regis
tered at the Angelus includes Gus Hol-
man Jr. of Visalia, Mrs. Fred and the
Misses Grace and Mary Osburn of
Fresno.
Herbert Earlscliffe, a wealthy resi-
dent of Montecito, is a guest at the
Van Nuys, stopping over here a few
days on his way home from fishing
and hunting outing at Catalina.
Among the guests at the Hayward
who arrived yesterday are E. J. Butts
and wife of Butte, Mont, and William
]. Gorham, president of the Gorham
Rubber company of San Francisco.
Edward Cunningham of Butte and
Joseph A. Barkman and wife of Gold
field are guests at the Westminster.
Mr.. Cunningham and Mr.. Barkman are
interested in a number of big mines in
Nevada.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Spinl1s of
Monrovia are stopping at the Alexan-
dria. Mr.. Spinks is champion billiard
player of the world, but recently has
retired to enjoy the luxuries of Cali
fornia life on a big ranch at Mon
rovia.
S. Van Rooyen, who recently was
held up and robbed of $1,000 worth of
diamonds in San Bernardino, is in Los
Angeles, with headquarters at the
Hayward. Mr.. Van Rooyen left San
Bernardino without recovering his
gems. His home is in Chicago.
Charles Ram Kennedy. author of
"The Servant in the House," which is
playing at the Mason opera house this
week, is stopping at the Angelus. With
Mr. Kennedy at the Angelus are his
wife, known on the stage as Edith
Wynne Matthison, and Gwladys Wynne
and Edmund Kennedy.
M. L. Macdonald of GoId1eld, accom-
panied by cambridge Colby of New
York, arrived in Los Angeles yester-
day. They are guests at the Alex
andria. Both men are prominently
identified with the mining interests of
GoIdtield, where they have a number
of well known properties.