The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-01


Los Angeles, Cal, FEB. 25.-rf you
will look among the biographies Of
the 16, 900 or 1900 distinguished Am
orleans Of the present day whose
achievements have made them and
their doings matters Of interest to h
American people you will find record
ed the salient particulars Of the life
Of Charles F.. Lummis, librarian, au-
thor and explorer, and one Of the most
distinguished and interesting residents
Of southern California. Lummis is a
graduate of Harvard, class Of 1881.
edited a newspaper in Ohio in the
early SOS, walked from Cincinnati to
Los Angeles, S,507 miles, In 14S days.
purely for pleasure and observation.
was the city editor Of The Los Angeles
Times for several years, lived for five
years in the Indian pueblo of Isleta.
N. M, learning Indian languages and
customs, travelled all over the great
southwest on horseback, gathering ma
terials for historical and archaeology
cal works, and explored the continent
along its western border from Can
ada to Chill, He has also been editor
of The Out West Magazine, librarian
df the Los Angeles public library.
founder Of the Landmark club, for the
preservation Of historical landmarks.
founder and member of q dozen clubs
having to do with the establishment
Of archaeological museums, the better
ing of conditions among the Indians
Of the southwest, the gathering of his
toricaI data and Indian folk lore, and
a dozen and one geographical histori-
cal, and like organizations and insti-
tutions.
Lummis is an author of distinction, q
historian, a philosopher, a poet and
an essayist, geographer and critic.
Having come here in 1884, when this
land had not been awakened yet to
it's possibilities Of growth and devel-
opment, he stood for years on the bor-
derIand between the old and the new
in southern California He clings to
and cherishes the old traditions and
he has assisted in organizing and.
maintaining what is called the Court
of the Alcalde Mayor, for the purpose
Of showing distinguished visitors what
there was in the old California, in the
good old days, by way of an old-time
California dinner and eveling after.
in an old-time California house in the
old-time California manner. He sends
his invited guests a formal subpoena
ia appear. done in the usual legal
form, the being laid in the Court
of FL Alcalde Mayor in the Pueblo
of Our Lady Of Angels. Now the al
calde mayor vas the chief justice and
the historic head of the Pueblo of Our
Lady, Queen Of the Angels, as Los
Angeles was in the beginning of the
pueblo back In 1881, which was con-
siderably before any of US were here.
When the pueblo days began, there was
a vast sycamore on the bank of the
Arroyo and about this tree Lummis
has built his home, with his own
hands and to carry out his own ideas
and ideals. And under the 100-foot
spread OF this tree four ways there
gather upon occasion the members of
the court and the visitors in what the
he sends says is the last
stand of the frontier, the old patri-
archal days.
What | am leading up to is that to-
day I was summoned to appear before
the court on Sunday next at $ o'clock
in the afternoon, the summons being
in an action entitled, The Cool Old
Days, plaintiff, VS.. j.. w. Foley ct ux.
defendants. EFT ux is Latin for man
and wife" as any lawyer will tell you.
free of charge no doubt. The sum-
mons says you stand charged be-
fore this court with the high misde-
meanor Of Not Knowing an Old Cali
fornia Good Time When You See 1t.
thereby robbing those that love you
for what you have done. and pick
ing your own pockets Of a good mem
DRY. You are also accused of being
an accomplice before the fact that
you v did see one. We command
you that all and singular xcuse
being laid aside, you appear M at
tend before the undersigned On Feb.
%. 1912 at 5 o'clock In the afternoon.
then and there to defend yourself in
he above entitled action. And you
are required TO bring with you the fol-
lowing, to-wit: Any ~appendages, APP
pendixes, wives. sweethearts, cousins.
babies, friends or other witnesses
against you. Also your digestion and
your mouth. Item your disposition.
The prosecutor is fierce, but the jury
of eighteen has been carefully packed
in your favor. II you can put ZIP any
sort Of defense, the verdict will be
''guilty--eone again
Many distinguished persons have
been honored with q summons to APP
pear before the court Of FL Alcalde
Mayor. Helene Modjeska, John Muir.
John Burroughs, JOAQUIN Miller, Bliss
Carman, Frederic Remington, Hamiin
Garland, Seton Thompson, William
Allen white, Henry Van Dyke, John
Philip Sousa, William Lloyd Garrison.
Peter Newell, Ida M. TarbeIl. Edward
w. Box, Jane Adams. Opie Read and
scores of others who came TO defend
themselves against the charge Of not
knowing an old time California good
time. and were acquitted and adopted
honorarily into the family. And as
Lurnmis himself says in a little bro
chure accompanying the summons:
Before the gringo came and until ne
came so thick as to trample out. Cali