Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
PASADENA
Onice SO South Fair Oaks Avenue.
Home 4S; Sunset 400.
Circulation Dent Home 1912: Sunset 2740
PASADENA GOING
AHEAD WITH PLANS
Saturday Declared Half Holiday and
Cooperation Enlisted to Make
the Affair a Great
Success
Esnecia1 to The Herald ]

PASADENA, Jan. 3-Members of the
board of trade and Merchants associa-
ton have taken up the idea presented
in The Herald this morning that next
Saturday be declared a half holiday in
order to boost the Tournament of
Roses events at Tournament park and
help pay for the handsome cups and
other prizes which were awarded on
New Years day. A petition is to be
circulated Tuesday which will pledge
the signers to close their stores from
noon until 5 o'clock Saturday, and the
board of trade has already sent letters
to twenty-nine Southern California
towns and cities asking them to do
likewise and help make the day a big
success for the honor of Southern Cali
fornia. This letters is as follows:
Other Towns Invited
THE twenty-first annual Tournament
Of Roses parade held Saturday, Janu-
ary 1, was a great success, but on ac-
count of the very inclement weather of
the day before and even Of New
Years morning it was deemed mad
visable to finish the days program of
sports at Tournament park, as is the
custom, the same being postponed until
Saturday, January S, at 2 p. m.
Pasadena will declare half holiday
on Saturday, SO that our people may
enjoy the famous chariot races and
other outdoor sports at Tournament
park, and asks you to urge the people
of your progressive city to come to
Pasadena on that day to help us cele-
brate. Make of Saturday holiday, so
that the merchants and their employees,
as well as those not in business, may
come.
1--WE feel that though the Tournament
of Roses is held in Pasadena, it is an
advertisement of the world of the pos
sibilities of our southland at midwinter,
and by helping us to make Saturday
memorable day you will be contribut-
ing toward the advertisement of your
favored section, as the papers of the
entire country, a great part of when
is in the depths of ice and snow, Will
favorably comment upon the fact OF
holding outdoor sports in Southern
California on January 8.
BE on hand and get everybody to
come with you.
with compliments of the season,
yours truly.
PASADENA BOARD OF TRADE.
"By E. T. Off, President; A. j. Ber-
tonneau, Secretary"
Aeroplane Flight Abandoned
In Difference to Los Angeles and its
Aviation week. the plan of having an
aeroplane fight at Tournament park
on Saturday has been abandoned. Sew
eral of the members of the board of
directors Of the Tournament of Roses
association went to Los Angeles today
and were promised the most cordial
cooperation in making the postponed
Tournament park events successful. In
the same spirit the members of the
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation directorate also asked that the
aeroplane idea be dropped and their
request was quickly acceded to. In
return for this change in plans the Los
Angeles men will loan to Pasadena for
next Saturday the great balloon which
made the wonderful flight out of st.
Louis last summer.
Henry E. Huntington promised the
most cordial support for the plan on
behalf of himself and associates, and
went further than that, rendering his
personal check for $1,000 to help pay for
anv Tournament parade deficit, if
there should exist one after next Sat
urday's program. This he did in recog-
milton of the pluck Of Pasadena in
going ahead with its pageant in spite
of such unfavorable conditions.