The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
Excursionsts Parade the Streets and Throw
Luscious Fruit to Throngs

Watsonville's apple annual. which
streets of San Francisco yesterday with
brass band and samples Of the splen-
did product of the Pajaro valley Two
hundred citizens of Watsonville and
Santa Cruz county. men and women
and pretty girls, headed by a COM
mendable band. arrived in this city at
12:45 o'clock. paraded through the
streets, throwing apples to the throngs
along the sidewalks, and enjoyed a
luncheon at the Palace hotel. There
were addresses made during the dinner
party. and Charles C. Moore. on behalf
nounced that the chamber would pre-
sent a handsome trophy to the apple
annual association, to be awarded as
the association saw fit, Ito the man
with the best quality of apples, with
the greatest quantity of apples or the
largest number of children
o. d. Stoesser. president of the asso-
ciation, presided at the luncheon.
Mayor P. Fl. Mccarthy made strong
speech in accord with the boosting
spirit of Watsonville and put in few
exposition in 1915. Walter ]. Mackay,
president of the chamber of commerce
of Oakland, also spoke happily on the
question of apples and boosting.
BOOSTERS IN PARADES
The excursionists left Watsonville IN
a special train at 1880 yesterday morn
ing. The first stop was at Santa Cruz,
where the boosters paraded and added
to their ranks. From there the train
went to Los Gatos. where a stop was
made. AT Palo Alto there was a pa
rade and at San Mateo a band concert.
Arriving in this city, the boosters
marched up Fourth street to Market.
down Market to Geary. Geary to Grant
avenue to Market and eventually to
the Palace. The line was led by a
platoon of mounted police and the Wat
sonville band. The Watsonville parad-
ers carried baskets on their arms
which originally were filled with ap-
pies. The fruit was tossed into the
ranks that lined the streets to see the
boosters pass. Five hundred boxes of
the splendid apples of the Pajaro val
ley were distributed in that way.
After the luncheon the boosters
marched to the, ferry, where they took
the boat for Oakland. They stayed in
Oakland from O'Clock until 4. San
Jose was reached at $50 and hours
stop was made there. Gilroy was also
visited on the way home.
The boosters carried banners adver-
tising the Watsonville apple and the
Watsonville apple show-which was
exploited as AN apple show where
apples grow" and which will run
from October 10 to Is.
o. D. Stoesser, president of the as
sociation, was in general charge of the
delegation H C. Peckman was chair
man of the boosters committee and
Horace Smith marshal of the parade.
AS special guests of the boosters at
the apple show luncheon In the Palace
were score of prominent officials and
businessmen of San Francisco and the
bay cities
SPINDLY TREES IN PLENTY
President o. D. Stoesser opened the
speech making period with brief ad-
dress. He said:
"On behalf of the Watsonville apple
annual association and the people Of
Watsonville and the Pajaro valley l
want to express our pleasure at meet
ing in this city the officials and busi-
nessmen of San Francisco and Oak
land According to an Oregon paper,
the Pajaro valley is God forsaken
spot where nothing grows but cactus
and conceit. and where there is only an
occasional spindly tree kept alive by
the frequent application of dish water.
1 want to say that there are 100000
of these tspindly trees in that val
ley and 100000 in the district con-