The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10

the head of the San Jose natives. There
was a float representing the tower and
also float by Garden City parior, on
which was a bear cub. The members
of Garden City parIor were mounted.
Nendome parlor of Native Daughters
filled two prettily decorated taliyhcs.
Guadalupe Bay View Balboa. Clare
mont, James Lick, San Jose, Observa-
tory and Garden City parlors of Ma
tive Sons and Bahia Vista, San Jose
and Nendome parlors of Native Daugh-
ters were assigned to positions in the
eighth and last division There We're
also automobiles decorated with Por-
tola colors carrying the tidings OF the
great festival TO be held in San Fran
cisco next month.
Literary Exercises Held
AT o'clock in the afternoon literary
exercises were held in st. James park.
Judge John E. Richards was the first
speaker. He referred to the fact that
San Jose had been the first pueblo
town in the state and that it had been
the first capital after the American
occupation He extended a greeting to
the thousands of visitors and then IN
troduced as the president OF the day
Congressman Joseph r. knowland, the
grand president of the order. Know
land praised the general committee on
the effective work it had done in ar
ranging for 1.-The celebration.
Judge Frank j. Murasky of San
Francisco the orator of the day, dwelt
upon the significance OF Admission day
referring to the work peing oone py
the Native Sons and Native Daughters
to preserve the history and traditions
of the state and to conserve the nat
ural resources.
During the afternoon the various
parlors entertained in their headquar-
ters Gay parties carried words of
greeting from one parlor to another.
On all sides was extended the hand
of good fellowship. There were also
a baseball game, outdoor dancing and
other events to amuse during the aft
ernoon.
San Jose tonight is a beautiful sight.
with it's gay thousands rounding out
day of uninterrupted pleasure. The
Eseveral headquarters are teeming with
life and the streets are brilliant with
artistic illumination. Thousands have
already departed on special and regu-
lar trains for their homes. but there
is no apparent diminishing of the
throng.
The baby parade and the horse pa
rade are to be the big events tomor-
row morning In the afternoon there
will be the exciting hose races, with
teams entered from Monterey, San
Juan. Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Mill
Valley. There will be open air dancing
both afternoon and evening and big
automobile parade at night. There will
also be the grand ball tomorrow night.
A barbecue the placing of a mission
bell in Cadwallader park and grand
masoue carnival are to be the features
Saturday, the last day of the festivi-
ties
Celebration at Seattle Fair
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anniversary of the admission of Cali
fornia to statehood was observed at
the Alaska -Yukon-Pacific exposition as
California day, the notable features of
the day being addresses and a recep-
ton in the California building and
free distribution of fruit and other
California products. The California
legislature sent the following mem
bers to take part in the celebration: !:
Assemblyman p. A. Stanton, George M.
Perine. A. III. Hewitt. w. II. Leeds, John
McManus. Milton L. Schmitt, J. f. Tran
sue. W. w. Pulcifer and Richard Mel
rose: Senators Leroy A. Wright. Henry
M. willis, H. M. Hurd, f. w. Leavitt,
T. T. Kennedy. j. b. Curtin, E. b.
Martinhil1 and J. b. Hare.
Preceded by a band concert the ex-
ercises of the day were held in the
California building at IL a. m. Presi-
dent ]. E. Chilberg extended a welcome
on behalf of the exposition and state
of Washington to the Californians. He
was followed by p A. Stanton, speaker
of the California assembly, and Di-
rector General Ira A. Nadeau Other
speakers were George M. Perine, speak
or pro tenn of the California assembly:
Colonel Perry r. Dosch, director of
exhibits, and Hery NJ. Willis of Los
Angeles.
The exercises over. a reception to
Californians and their friends was held.
California hospitality was dispensed In