The San Francisco call., 1909-04-29
NATIVE SONS ON
PLEASURE JAUNT
Delegates to Grand ParIor Pay
Delightful Visit to 0rOviIIe
and Chico
Much Interest Centers ia EIec-
tiOn of Officers, Which
Takes Place Today

tomorrow by the grand parior Of the
Native Sons Of the Golden West. Today
was devoted to extensive sightseeing.
While it would be unjust to the hos.
pitality Of the people Of Marysville 10
say that It was the most interesting
day Of the session, the excursion TO
Oroville and Chico was a delightful re-
lief to the grand parlor from the tedium
OF its sessions. A perfect day made the
trip into the foethiiI towns an alto
gether happy experience The orangeade
which the citizens of Oroville concocted
before the anti-Omar Khayyam atti-
tude Of the order had been promulg gated
in the district was enjoyed by the dele
gates.
INTEREST IN ELECTION
There. wiz. he contests. for three OF
the grand offices, and the race for
grand trusteeship is a free for all Pro-
motion win come TO Grand First Vice
President Joseph r. knowland, Grand
Second Vice President Daniel lk. Ryan
and Grand Third Vice President II. c.
LichtenberEer. Grand Trustee Clarence
K. Jarvis Of Sutter Creek viii: be Gnani-
mously elected grand third rice presi-
dent
For grand secretary Charles H.
Turner. the incumbent and Fred H.
Jung of stanford parlor. San Francisco;
are in the fight.
Turner denied emphaticaliy tonight
the report, that he was going to retire
from xlle contest He would not dis
cuss the attitude OF the grand officers
toward him.
Grand Treasurer John E. McDougald
has two opponents. II. c. Pasquale Of
Golden Gate parler and William Neu-
miller Of Stockton. Grand Inside Sem
unel Fitzgerald viii be elected grand
marshal without opposition and Grand
Outside Sentinel r. G. Lawson will be
elected grand inside sentinel. Frank
McAllister OF Berkeley, 4. J. kim Of
Alameda and Austin F. shannon of FL
Captain parlor; san Francisco are run
ming for grand outside sentinel. Henry
@. W Dinkelspiel VIII be reappointed
grand OFganist.
CANDIDATES FOR GRAND TRUSTEE
5ohn F. Davis of Amador,. formerly
legislator and code commissioner is
The latest candidate for grand trus-
tee. Three Of the incumbents are run
ming again-CSeorge a. Burns of Sacra-
mento. J. J. Griffin of Merced and F. L.
-Afbogast of Nevada City. Other can
didates are Judge T J. Lennon OF san
Rafael, Judge Emmett Seawell of
Madre parlor; Grand Marshal Louis
r. Erb, san Francisco; William P.
Caubu- South san Francisco parfor;
Louis II. Mooser, Preside parIor; A. VI.
Free. san Jose parlor: Thomas Mcna-
han. san Jose parlor; Frank NJ. Silva,
Napa parlor, and Bismarck Bruck, st.
Helena parlo T
Seven grand trustees are to be
elected resolution to change the
number 10 nine has not been fayorably
received. Tonight Past Grand Presi-
dent Fred II. Greeley of Msrysville is
entertaining the past grand presidents
at the session at dinner. The local
parlor of Native Sons is giving a dance
al the armory and there is an overflow
dance Ia the street
DELIGHTFUL JAUNT
Upper Sacramento valley Native Sons
Native Daughters and other pretty girls.
brass bands and happy sights enter
tained the grand parlor Of the Native
Sons Of the Golden West today. Six
hundred delegates and their guests took
TWO Northern eelctric excursion. trains
At MarYsville at 9 o'clock this morning
The ride TO Oroville. tire first angle of
the trip. was Interesting 10 the dele
gates. The train ran near the Marys-
Vile buttes and north toward the
glistening snow peaks of the Sierras
aromatic. blooming orchards of the Oro-
Vile orange districts and into the gold
dredging environs Of Oroville
At Tres Was the train was captured
by. mem bers of Argonaut parlor No. 8
OF Orovilie and Oroville girls. who
pinned q fragrant sprig of orange bios
som on each passenger. On arriving at
Oroville the grand parlor escorted bv
the Oreville band. marched to the beau
tifuIly shaded courthouse square. where
the visitors were graciously received.
Past President A F. Jones. who had
been reported seriously iii, had re-
cuperated sufficiently TO welcome the
order to OrovilIe.
ELOQgENCE TURNED. LOOSE
Major Jones referred TO the grand
parlor held in Oroville in 1850 and
called attention to the improvements
in the town. He fntroducedsP Past Grand
Priest Charles z. Mclaughlin. who.
spoke feelingly of Oroville and of the.
part it played in the lives OF the argo-
nauts of 'ze. He called for the first
toast ana prayer OF the Native sons
God bless our fathers and mothers
Grand First Vice President Joseph
r. Kno~land spoke particularly of the
landmark work Of the order Il. have
hopes" he said, that when the. grand
parlor meets at Lake Tahoe next year
we can dedicate at Bonner lake the
monument IN honor Of Donners party.
and I trust that there something may
be- accomplished toward bringing the
remains of Captain john A. Sutter from
Philadelphia to the place where they
should be. within the walls of Suffers
fort at Sacramento"
Grand Second Vice President Daniel
A. Ryan talked gallantly Of the pretty
smiling ladies'.
In introducing Grand President
Charles NJ. sBelshaw, Major Jones stfm-
ulated curiosity by saying; 81 tried to
.bribe him into letting me tell what he
wants TO be next. buf he would not let
me-"
Grand President Belshaw speke Of
tile ideals of, the order and thanked
the people Of Oroviile for their lioss.
pitality.
VISIT THE GOLD DREDGERS
Carriages then took the visitors to
a gold dredger in operation near Oro-
Vile and the sons OF the pioneers had
the opportunity of learning what me-
chanicsI evolution had developed. from.
the primitive cradle tlfedr fathers used
along the banks Of the same Feather
river.
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