Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
BOOSTERS GIVE
GLAD HAND TO
NORTHERN CITY
ROTARY CLUB SPEAKER HAS
PRAISE FOR SOUTHLAND
WOULD PUT BAN ON ENMITY BE-
TWEEN SECTIONS
Emissary from North Says San Franz
cisco Admires Achievements of
Los AngeIes-and Urges Fra-
ternal Spirit

That a most eminent shipping au-
thority of San Francisco is of the be-
lief that the opening of the Panama
canal will work injury to San Fran
cisco as against great benefit to Los
Angeles was the interesting statement
old the Rotary club members yester-
day by Homer w. Wood, president of
the Rotary club of San Francisco. Mr..
Wood spoke on Rotary club work in
San Francisco and other bay cities,
and incidentally paid a high compli-
ment to the spirit of far -sightedness
and energy which he said is character
istic of Los Angeles.
He quoted Captain l. N. Hibbard,
superintendent of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, who is considered
perhaps the best posted man on mari
time matters on the Pacific coast. as
saying that while the Panama canal
ultimately will benefit San Francisco
as il will Lenefit the whole country
the immediate effect will be injuriols
because the great steamers between
Europe and the Orient will make Los
Angeles a port of call, but will find
San FrancNco too far out of their
course to stop there. This, the speak
er said, will obviously rebound inn
nensely to the seaport of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has been extremely
fortunate in its clubs and widely
famed for their work" said Mr. Wood.
Your chamber of commerce has a
wonderful reputation for its boosting
ability There is a great boost and
pull together spirit in Los Angeles that
1 don't think is aqualed in any other
city in the world.
Clubs Doing Good Work
"You have great opportunities here;
we recognize that in San Francisco,
proud as we are of our own city.
think that can properly come from one
city's Rotary club to another's, or
ganized as we are to boost each other.
The San Francisco club started with
a charter membership of but eight
men, but now he have 225 members.
You seem to be growing even faster
in Los Angeles. OF the ten Rotary
clubs now scattered over the country
we have four on the Pacific coast Both
the San Francisco and the Tri-city
clubs are doing good work. The Tri-
city club takes in Oakland, Berkeley
and Alameda, allowing memberships
from each town as though there were
three separate clubs.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Woods talk
Carl McStay, president of the McStay
Supply company. made an appeal for
a better spirit between the portions of
the state north and south of the Te-
hachapi.
ut is high time we got rid of any
sectional spirit and cast off this knock
ing of other parts of the state" said
Mr.. McStay Some time ago the Elks
of Los Angeles and the Elks of San
Diego started movement to cut out
the petty jealousies and spiteful re-
marks made in one city on the other
This was put into effect and it worked
so effectively that you hear little now
derogatory of either city in the other
Glad Hand for Sister City
1--WE ought to apply this same idea
in Los Angeles regarding San Fran
CISCO Instead of talking about what
she hasn't got or hasn't done, let us
praise her achievements and her en-
terprise. There is plenty of room on
this Pacific coast for all the great
cities. Let us be big enough to re-
cognize that. and let us add to ouI
own spirit by boosting. California is
one state and we should be proud of al
of it; there ought not to be any sec
tional or geographical division at the
Tehachapi."
Mr. McStays suggestion met with
applause, and the Rotary club will
work for a state boosting spirit in
addition to booming Los Angeles and
themselves. Secretary II. c. Quick re-
ported yesterday that the clubs chart
er limit of 100 members had been nearly
reached. Several members who have
Just been taken into the club spoke
In accordance with the club policy oi
calling attention to the enterprises rep
resented in the membership.