Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
PATRIOTISM IS
KING AT FOURTH
IN LOS ANGELES
ROWDYlSM AND NOISE ABSENT
FROM CITY STREETS
THOUSANDS ATTEND EXERCISES
AT PUBLIC BEAUTY SPOTS
Other Thousands Pass Their Hou57I
on Mountain Tops, in Canyons
or at Beaches on the
Pacific

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w streets almost deserted for
~ shady park, deep canyon. orr
the cooler atmosphere of the
seashore, Los Angeles observ
ance yesterday of the great ma
tional holiday was marked BY
spirit of quietude, strongly mixed
with the feeling of patriotism that be
longs to the day of all days in the ma
tional history. Accidents were few
fires or rather blazes, so infrequent
that they are hardly worthy of nolc
Altogether the cry for sane
Fourth" not only in Los Angeles but
apparently throughout the country has
! had it's effect and the accident and
death rolls this year will, it Is cont
IDENTIFY believed, show a smaller list Of
victims than any year of record for
| fully a quarter of a century past,
| The noisy demonstration of cannon
and bomb-like contrivance Inaugural
| ing at midnight the advent of tho
| holiday was marked by its absence,
and the ear-splitting sound of the
cannon cracker was so infrequent and
far between that its occurrence was
worth more than passing notice. Fire
works during the day ran to the
smaller and less harmful sort, afford
! ing as much amusement and a smaller
element of danger than the more for-
midable kind while in the evening the
public displays were under the super
vision of men trained to do the work,
and more careful handling of dan
gerous materials was observable at
private homes.
Patriotism at Parks
The features of the celebration .of
| Independence Day in Los Angeles were
the exercises in several Of the city's
attractive parks, where the old-fash-
ioned but ever-beautiful idea of pa-
| triotic love of country was carried out
in the programs. The exercises be
! gan at 10 o'clock in Central and East
lake parks, and in Sycamore and Hol-
lenbeck parks four hours later. Thou
| sands OF citizens and visitors were
present at these places, each holiday
ground vieing with the other in it's
efforts to attract.
Principal among the pleasure
grounds sought was Sycamore grove.
where the exercises commenced at ,
o'clock under the auspices of The
Grand Army of the Republic.
Eastlake park, always attractive be
cause of it's flowers. sunshine ana
shade, was made doubly attractive
| with decorations of the national colors
and became the objective point for
gathering that filled every nook and
| corner of the grounds and taxed the
street railway facilities to their at
most
Owing to it's location in the heart Of
! the city, an immense crowd gathered
at Central park at 10 o'clock to listen
to and participate in the exercise
programmed for that place, and al
! Hollenbeck park sports, contests and
a baby beauty show were furnished i1
addition to the patriotic program.
Absorbed Meaning of Day
At each of these places a stronger
realization of what the day implies and
a renewed love for native or adopted
! land were brought to every American
heart as the great gatherings listened
to the reading of the Declaration pf
Independence, the stirring addresses OF
men whose names are enrolled upon
| the record of nations wars, or joined
with patriotic enthusiasm in the sing
ing of national songs.
one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand would, perhaps, be low estimate
| to place on the number of persons
| iourneying to the various beach towns
| during the day. From early morn ms
until late afternoon street cars and
| railroad trains were congested with
humanity seeking the delights of bath
ing, fishing, water excursions and re-
lief from daily work and it's conse-
quent cares.
other thousands-and they wer9
many-sought the beauties of noun ain
and canyon, Elysian park, Mount
/
Eagle Rock canyon and other natufal
beauty spots, each receiving their quota
of holiday seekers.
Numerous Picnics Given
Besides the public celebrations at
| Eastlake, Central, Hollenbeck parks
and Sycamore grove numerous picniea
at which patriotic exercises We're held
were given by various fraternal and
| labor organizations, one of the prnci-
pal among these being the annual PIC
mic of the Los Angeles Building T1aieS
| council at Chutes park. The progrsnl
was made up of speech-malting, music
and sports, the entertainment ending
last night with a grand fireworks dis-
play. Fred C. Wheeler presided and
Stanley B. Wilson was the orator o.
the day.
WeIshmen at Sycamore
The Independence day picnic OF tha
| Welsh residents of Southern Califoynl7
was held at Sycamore park during the
afternoon, the program being filled
with patriotic songs and speeches, the
keynote of which was the part played
| by Weshmen in the early days of the
nations history. A splendid program
of sports was also carried out. Tho
principal address was given by Major
| e. B. Powell, and DR. d. Lloyd Jen-
| kins, Lewis Davis, Rev. Jewett Davis
and Daniel Jones gave short talks.
Echo park witnessed the gathering
| for their annual outing of the young
peoples societies of the Swedish Lu-
| theran church and the Swedish taber
nacle. The address was made by Rev.
! August Gustafson and speeches We're
made by members of the different So
ceties. The program of speeches and
singing was followed by athletic sports
and basket picnic.
! Public celebrations for the benefit of
| the children were not forgotten the
two Fairgrounds of the city and the
Municipal Recreation center being set
apart for their exclusive use and en-
! joyment by the city playground COM
mission. AS there were no fireworks,
the day closed without any accidents
being reported. Addresses, singing,
games and sports made up the enter
| tainment features. Attorney Grove l..
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