Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
ANGELANS ENJOY
CENTENNIAL FETE
San Bernardino Managers Prove
Royal Hosts for Delega-
ton of Visitors
CORNER STONES ARE LAID
Ceremonies Marking Erection of
Catholic Cathedral and Cap
lila Mission Impressive
CORNER STONES ARE LAID
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BERNARDINO, May 2O.-Be-
decked with banners and pennants and
radiating good cheer in all directions.
1875 boosting, glad hand members of the
Los Angeles chamber Of commerce un-
| der the careful direction of President
Joseph Scott and Secretary Frank Wig
gins, passed yesterday in San Bernar-
dino, the guests Of the management OF
| the San Bernardino valley centennial
| celebration.
The trip was made from Los Angeles
in a special car over the Santa Fe rail-
| road and also by automobile, those
| coming by the latter means taking part
in the All Southern California automo-
bile parade, which was feature of
the morning program.
From the minute the Angelenos
| alighted in San Bernardiho, where they
were met by a reception committee and
a brass band, until the last train pulled
| out in the evening, they were enter
| tanned in a most royal manner, the
| citizens of San Bernardino proving
| themselves to be the best Of hosts and
entertainers.
In fact so agreeable did the San
Bernardino people make the day for the
visitors that all who possibly could took
advantage of the extended time limit on
the excursion tickets and stopped over
| for the grand ball and entertainment in
| the evening.
The special program, arranged in
| honor of Los Angeles and it's represen-
| tation, included everything worth
while, from the founding of mission
to a trip through the attractive Mid
way and to say that the visiting boost
ers enjoyed themselves is putting it
| lightly.
With the Indian princess and the
| Spanish governor and his lady shower
ing them with royal fayors, they saw
all that was to be seen, and then some,
and the sentiment expressed last even
ing was to the effect that Los Angeles
| day at the centennial celebration of the
| discovery and naming of the San Ber-
nardino valley was a great success.
The feature of the day was the dedi-
cation and laying Of the corner stone of
the "Capilla" mission on Bunker hill,
south of San Bernardino, which marks
the spot where Padre Dumetz first
raised the cross and gave San Bernar
dino valley the name it bears today.
BISHOPS PERFORM CEREMONY
Rt. Rev. Bishop Conaty of Los An
geles, assisted by the priests of the diff
ferent Catholic churches throughout
Southern Californa, performed the cere-
mony of laying the corner stone. Be-
| fore a large audience, who journeyed
from San Demanding to be present,
| Bishop Conaty blessed the spot on
which he stood and consecrated the
surrounding plot of ground to the
memory of Padre Dumetz, who first
brought civilization to San Bernardino
Bishop Conaty made an excellent ad-
dress during the ceremony. He spoke of
the bravery, the valor and whole heart
edness of those early "brown robed"
figures, the Franciscan fathers, who,
giving up all that was dear to them in
Spain, came to the new world to bring
the first civilization to that land now
known as California. He pictured in
glowing terms the hardships and pri-
vations suffered by the fathers, the
dangers they encountered unfalteringly
among the savage tribes, and of the
patience and perseverance displayed by
them, carrying out their purposes, as
they did, in spite of every reverse and
in the face of conditions which would
have discouraged any one other than
the brown robed padres
President Ralph E. Swing of the CEN
tennial celebration opened the program
by presenting the holy cross to Bishop
Conaty in the name of the people of
the San Bernardino valley. The bishop
accepted in the name of the church