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I IN A A 4 COUNTY'S GREAT CELEBRATION EQUALS IN MAGNITUDE FIESTA OF LOS ANGELES 10 YEARS AGO "This celebration approaches nearer the Fiesta we used to have 10 years ago in Los Angeles than anything I have seen since. Make this an annual event in Ventura, 80 we can all come up here and take a look at you. You would have had a many people here from Los Angeles if they had believed 50 per cent of what you told about it. I am going back to tell them that this is the fret show I ever saw, that is 50 per cent, or a hundred per cent better than advertised." So said the Hon. Joseph Scott of Los Angeles yesterday in his speech to the 20,000 people who celebrated in Ventura the first day of the triple celebration of July Fourth, the dedication of the Ventura river bridge, and its presentation to the state highway commission, and today the dedication of the new $269,000 court house.

Seldom has a Fourth of July celebration been carried out as nearly according to program as that of yesterday. The committee worked hard and constantly, the details were carefully attended to, and the celebration went forward on time. Much credit is due to Grand Marshal W. A. Hobson for starting the parade on time.

The size of the parade exceeded the expectations of the parade committee, and consequently it took more than its allotted time. It is estimated that' 1000 to 1200 people participated in the mammoth parade which was the feature of the day. The line was over 45 minutes in passing the reviewing stand. Miss Julie Barr as Goddess of Liberty was the heroine of the parade. Beautifully clad in red and white satin, and wearing a liberty cap, she rode in a stately float surrounded by little girls clad in national colors.

The float was drawn by six horses and was greeted with cheers all along the line of march. Camarillo Wins First. Every chamber of commerce, lodge and other organization in the county sent a float, most of which showed great care and coniderable expense in preparation. First prize for the went to Camarillo. The Fraternal Brotherhood lodge of the town and the town joined in the preparatown is the winner.

The showing consisted of an elaborate white pillared, gold-draped float, a company of women marching in white with yellow sashes, ties and parasol bows, a pretty children's turnout in yellow and white, a company of men in white and yellow, and four perfectly matched blark white Shetlands driven to a chariot by Miss Isabel Camaril1o. Mrs. A. M. Meyers presided as queen of the Camarillo display.

Juan Camarillo mounted on horseback led this section. Saticoy Second. Second prize was captured by Saticoy, with an Indian harvest scene, showing a pueblo of artistic lines, made of beans and walnuts, and a bevy of pretty Indian maidens, who carried Indian bowls containing small sacks of beans and which they tossed to the crowds. The red, yellow and green coloring of harvest time was harmoniously blended in this float. 1.

0. 0. F. Third. The I.

0. 0. with an effectively simple float, won the third prize. On a platform of pink and white flowers three links of shining gold were set. and in each link sat a pretty, small girl dressed in white.

Officers and Judges. Captain Charles P. Plunkett, Lieutenant R. W. Vincent, and Captain of Marines John N.

Wright, all of the cruiser South Dakota, judged the floats. Santa Paula. Santa Paula, with "Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers." had a float showing the citrus products of that district, surrounding a rising sun. Girls in white with gold stars graced this float. The Limoneira company of Santa Paula.

showed "the death of Jack Frost," with frost-killed orange trees, icicle draped, at one end, in the center the new orchard heaters in operation. and at the other end bearing orange and lemon trees in full foliage and fruitage. The figure of Jack Frost, erect at the start of the parade, fell, vanquished before the fires. A feature of the parade was the old stage coach owned by Sim Myers of Mallija Springs, which has seen actual stage-coach service in preautomobile days. K.

of C. Float. The Santa Maria, with Columbus and his crew in elaborate costumes, 00 OXNARD COURIER, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1913, was the offering of the Knights of Columbus of Oxnard and Ventura, The material of this float was rich, and the effect much above the ordinary. The Knights followed in white and blue uniforms. Sons and Daughters.

The Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West float showed the bear and other California emblems in artistic arrangement. The Children's agency, N. S. D. G.

was a small escholtzia float, with large poppy parasol, and six little maidens, their faces peering out of big poppy flowers Red Men. The Matilija tribe of Red Men were realistic Indians on horseback, and the Eagles wore filmy costumes representing eagle feathers, with eagle head masks. Chinese Display. New China was represented by a company of Chinese in white, carrythe multi-colored flag of the new republic, and by a woman's suffrage float of little Chinese girls, bearing the legend, "Woman equals man in China," which was greeted with applause along the line of march. Japanese.

A Japanese float showed, under a canopy of cherry blossoms, half a dozen men in the rich costumes of the old Samurai. Seven Bands. Seven bands, including ones from San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, furnished music for the parade, and later gave concerts at the Plaza, the Seaside racing park, and other parts of the city. Oxnard Float. The Oxnard float, a green pergola, fern draped, on a body of green ferns, showed up well.

The name 'Oxnard," and designs of sugar beets were worked out in Shasta daisies on the sides of the body, and little girls dressed in white looked cool and dainty inside of the fern-hung pergola. Thanks of the board of trade and of the city. are due to Mrs. J. Diefenbach, Mrs.

J. M. Stimpson, Mr. and Mrs. F.

B. Fitch, and others of the city who aided in decorating the float Thursday afternoon, for without the work they did and their efforts the city would not have been represented. First National Bank. The First National Bank of Oxnard sent a float of unique design, a touring car completely embowered in ferns, trimmed with white flowers. Above the car was a facsimile First National Bank check about six feet long, bordered with ferns, and the words, "The First National Bank wishes everybody a good time," written in in place of payee and amount, signed by Charles Donlon, president, and George Hume, cashier.

Calithumpians. Most amusing of the clown floats was the "take- on Ventura's "Six Thousand Dollar Fire Department," with a clown standing a-top a rickety ladder, small bucket in hand, and ringing a cracked bell. Amusingly ineffective firefighting paraphernalia decorated the float. In contrast to this was Santa Paula's fire department, burnished and flower decked, in another section of the parade. W.

o. W. The Woodmen of the World had an effective float, showing log cabin embowered in eucalyptus trees, with two woodmen sawing on very tough logs, in front. Eagles. The Oxnard lodge of Eagles had a good float, showing an eagle peering from a crag.

decorations of flowers, and girls in white bearing banners with the words, "Liberty," "Justice," "Truth." U. L. A. The U. L.

A. float was banked with pretty little girls in white with gold crowns and was followed by the U. A. on horseback. Mound Farmers Club.

Several ladies of the Mound Farmers club, in quaint white caps, tosed small bags of beans to the crowds. from a green boat. Moorpark. Moorpark. "Star of the Valley" was a pretty red.

white and blue float, on which rode a number of pretty girls in liberty costumes. Decorated Autos. Decorated automobiles formed an important section of the parade, and the abundance of flowers in Ventura county were lavishly used in carrying out many artistic designs. The judg. es awarded the first prize to Dick Robinson, whose car was transformed into a long, low motorboat flying a blue pennant, "Old Glory." The frame of the boat was entirely covered with red geraniums and Shasta daisies, as were the wheels of the car.

Mr. RobInson' wore' a white sallor sult, and was 'accompanied by Miss Mae Davison, lu white with white parasol. Mrs. A. L.

Chaffee of Ventura drove the car winning second prize. This was a bower of ferns dotted with Shasta daisies, the wheels covered with pink asters. Wide pink satin ribbons were draped from the radiator to the windshield, with a large bow in front. In the tonneau were four little girls, carrying parasols of ferns with a fringe 'of pink sweetpeas. Shasta daisies and white maline covered Mrs.

W. A. Hobson's car, to which was awarded third prize. Large bows of maline on parasols of the white-clad occupants carried out the scheme. In both automobiles and floats, the decision of the judges was difficult, owing to the numbers of prize-deserving entries.

The automobiles were judged by Mrs. George Black, Mrs. Harry Roff, and Phillip H. Rice, all of Santa Barbara, and Mrs. C.

Willoughby of Ventura. 'Plaza Program. The program at the Plaza began at noon, with a selection by the Chinese Boys' band of. San Francisco. Edgar W.

Carne, president of the Ventura chamber of commerce, said a few words of welcome, and gave a resume of the reasons of the gathering. He then introduced Adolfo Camarillo, chairman of the board of supervisors, who said: Presentation of Bridge. "It becomes my duty to present to the people of this county, and to the state of California, this bridge we have built across the Ventura river. This bridge may be regarded as part of the contribution of the county toward the magnificent system of state highways now in process of construction. In behalf of the engineers and contractors who built this bridge, I may draw the conclusion that if the rest of the state highway system shall be built with regard to utility and stability as the builders of this bridge have done, it will truly merit the word "It gives me pleasure to perform the duty of presenting to the people of this county, and to you, Mr.

missioner Mr. Darlington) as the representative of the state highway commission, this bridge that we have built across the Ventura river." Answering Mr. Camarillo, Newell D. Darlington, state highway commissioner, said: "In accepting, on behalf of the state of California, this splendid which has been erected airos your river, I want to say that in constructing it you have done a splendid thing. You have furnished an entrance to the city and to your county, to the entire state.

Marks New Period. "In my opinion, this celebration can serve to mark definitely in the history of the county a period of development and prosperity which will far exceed anything you have experienced in the past. California is just about to hold within her borders two expositions simultaneously, at San Francisco and San Diego. Ventura occupies a strategic position in regard to these expositions, between the two, and must I necessarily benefit by the great ume of traffic which will flow between them during the exposition year. "Before leaving, I wish to express the thanks and appreciation of the highway commission, not only to your board of supervisors, but to many of I your citizens, for the hearty cooperation and assistance which has been acthe year 1915, the exposition year, the corded us in the construction of the highway.

It is our hope that before coast highway, at least, will be completed, and while I can not say positirely that we will be able to do this if the financial situation clears I feel positive that it can be accomplished." Following the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Robert M. Sheridan, the Hon. Joseph Scott of Los Angeles, was introduced. He said. in part: Scott's Speech.

"I bare seen a few fiestas, tournaments of roses, and such erents, and know whereof I speak. Therefore I am speaking with authority when I say that you have every reason to congratulate yourselves upon this magnificent demonstration. "Has it ever occurred to you fellows up here that it took you a long time to realize what you have up here? That you let a lot of tenderfeet in Pasadena do things and make a fuss about them, and say nothing? And here you have all these beautiful girls, these splendid looking fellows, prancing horses, flow. ers and products, and you let us stay down there in Los Angeles 20 years before you give us a chance to see them? "You must put your own town, your own county, on the map yourselves. We put Los Angeles on the map, and if Ventura wants to be placed there where she belongs, so that the people of Los Angeles and San Francisco and San Diego may know what you men do, it is up to you here to perpetuate this kind of a day.

"Keep up this day's work, and it has cost a lot of work, but it is worth is the best kind of an asset you can it when you accomplish results like this. For a little town like Ventura, and a county with the limited population of Ventura, to do what you have done today, only shows you how long you have been lazy on your job; and you ought to get in and let these young fellows growing up, who think they will become joyriders in papa's automobiles, tell them they must hustle like their daddies have, and you are giving them a good job and something to think about besides burning up the pavements in speeding machines. It will be a good job for them -one that they can take an interest in. "I am glad you have selected this day to celebrate, with your bridge and court house; I am glad you have quit working and making money to stop As a man who has had much to do an ponder the lessons of this day. with education, I can tell you that we are having less and less, every year, of the spirit which this day means.

The beaches, the mountains, sports--that's not the spirit of the day, but this celebration today is. "For decades and decades, up to the Civil war, there was not a town, not a hamlet, in the land that would not have been ashamed, if it had not assembled its people on the Fourth of July to do the things you are doing today, to hear the declaration read as it was today, to stop and think what this day meant to them. He then spoke of the danger of the over-educated youth of today growing up in contempt of the knowledge and wisdom of the men who formulated and signed the Declaration of Independence, urging that patriotism be taught as a matter of course, every day, in every home. In closing, he said the younger men should be ashamed of the fact that it is the men who fought with Lincoln, even now, who are still leading in all that tends to upbuild this country and to honor its flag. Speaking briefly of conditions abroad, he said, "The principles of this flag are far above those for which any earthly monarch stands." NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Star of the West Minihg and Milling Company, a Corporation: Principal Place of Business, Oxnard, Ventura County, California. Notice is hereby given that at the meeting of the directors, held on the 6th day of June, 1913, an assessment of four cents per share was levied upon the subscribed capital stock of the corporation, payable immediately to A. Levy, the Secretary of the corporation, at the back room of the Levy Bank Building, corner Fifth andB Streets, in the City of. Oxnard, Yentura County, stock upon which this asset at shall remain unpaid on the of August, 1913, will be and advertised for sale at public auction, and unless payment is made before will be sold on the 27th day of September, 1913, to pay the, delinquent assessment with costs of advertising and expense of sale. A.

LEVY, Secretary Star of the West Mining and Milling Company. Location of Office: Back Room of Levy Bank Building. corner Fifth and Streets, Oxnard, California. W-6-20-7-11c NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, H.

Meyer. of the City of Oxnard, County of Ventura, State of California, has applied to the Board of Trustees of said City of Oxnard. for a Retail License and a Wholesale. to sell vinous. spiritous.

distilled, malt. mixed and other intoxicating liquors for one year. at No. 115 Fifth Street. in said City of Oxnard, under and in accordance with the provisions and restrictions of Ordinances Nos.

31, 49, and 60 of said City, passed and adopted on the 16th day of August, 1904 and that said application will be presented to said Board of Trustees on the 15th day of July, 1913. at o'clock p. for hearing. Done this 2nd day of July. 1913.

H. MEYER. Applicant. W-7-4-11c FOR RENT -I. D.

E. S. Hall and yard to lodges and parties wishing dancing and picnicking. Everything furnished. We reserve the 4th Sunday in the month for lodge meeting.

For particulars inquire A. Baptiste, So- Watch the Want Ads for opportunilies to get a better place to live. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE NO. 109. BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Trustees of the City of Oxnard as follows, to-wit: WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the City of Oxnard at its meeting on June 24, 1913, duly passed and adopted a Resolution determining that it would be unwise to use the proceeds of the Municipal Street Lighting System Bonds, which were authorized to be issued at a special election held in the City of Oxnard, on the 5th day of April, 1912, for the purpose for which said bonds were voted, to-wit: The acquisition.

construction and completion by said City of Oxnard of a certain municipal improvement, towit: a Municipal Street Lighting Sysitem, including generating units, poles, wire, lamps, conduit, and other material as may be necessary to the proper construction of such a system. AND WHEREAS, the said Board of Trustees of the City of Oxnard believe that it will be to the best interests of the said City of Oxnard to use the proceeds of said bonds for a certain municipal purpose, wit: For the purpose of purchasing and acquiring the entire Oxnard Water Works System of the Ventura County Power Company, a California corporation, including all the real and personal property which is a part of said water works system, the same being situated within the City of Oxnard, Ventura County, California. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Trustees of the City of Oxnard do hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. That a special election of the qualified electors of the City of Oxnard is hereby called to be held in the said City of Oxnard on the 24th day of July, 1913, for the purpose of voting thereat upon the proposition of using the proceeds of said Municipal Street Lighting System Bonds for the purpose of purchasing and acquiring said Water Works System of the said Ventura County Power Company. Section 2.

That the ballots to be used at said election shall contain the following proposition to be voted for by the voters of said City of Oxnard at said election so called for and to be held on the 24th day of July, 1913, is said City, to-wit: "Shall the proceeds of the Municipal Street Lighting System Bonds, which were authorized to be issued at an election held in the City of Oxnard on the 5th day of April, 1912, be used for the purpose of purchasing and. acquiring the Oxnard Water Works System of the Ventura County Power Company? That said ballots shall be in all respects in accordance with the general election laws of the State of California, in so far as said general election laws apply to municipal corporations. Section 3. That said special election shall be in every manner other than hereinabove specially set forth held in accordance with the election laws of the State of California, in so far as said election laws are applicable to municipal elections in cities of the sixth class. Section 4.

That the following qualified election officers for the City of Oxnard are hereby designated and appointed as election officers for the offices set opposite their names at such election, and that the polling place for the holding of said election is hereby designated to be the following, to-wit: Polling Council room in City Hall at Library Building, northeast corner of North Fifth and streets. Inspector--Asa Kimball. Judge--J. J. DeWitt.

Clerks--R. B. Witman and Sharp. Section 5. The City Clerk shall! certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be published once a week for two weeks in the Oxnard Courier.

a weekly newspaper published and circulated in said city of Oxnard, and hereby designated for that purpose. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Oxnard by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the said Board of Trustees. at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 1st day of July. 1913, by the followting rote, to-wit: Ayes: Milligan. Eastwood, Stephan, Carr and Sailer.

Noes: None. Absent: None. and signed and approved this 1st day of July, 1913. dale Said Board is regularly composed of five members, and Joseph Sailer 1s the President thereof. (Seal).

JOSEPH SAILER, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Oxnard. Attest: G. R. BELLAH, City Clerk of the City of Oxnard. W-7-4-18c NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE AP.

POINTED FOR PROVING WILL. Notice of Time and Place Appointed for Proving the Will of Eva L. Deceased, and Hearing Application of Ida M. Kreisher for Issuance to Her of Letters Testamentary Thereon. In the Superior Court of the County of Ventura, State of California.

In the Matter of the Estate of Eva L. Walter, Deceased. Notice Is Hereby Given that Mon- day, the 14th day of July, 1913, at Two o'clock p. of said day, and the Court room of said Superior Court, at San Buenaventura in the County of Ventura, State of California, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the will of said Eva L. Walter, deceased, and for hearing the application of Ida M.

Kreisher for issuance to her of Letters Testamentary thereon, when and where any person interested may appear and contest the same. Dated this 23rd day of June, 1913. (Seal) J. B. McCLOSKEY, Clerk.

By L. E. HALLOWELL, Deputy Clerk. 6-27-7-11c CERTIFICATE OF PARTNERSHIP, FICTIOUS NAME. State of California, County of Ven- 85.

We hereby certify that we are partners transacting business at Moorpark, County of Ventura, in the State of California, under a designation not showing the full names of the persons interested as partners in such business, to-wit: BATES BATTY. The names of the partners are: Charles T. Bates, residing at Moorpark, California. Robert J. Batty, residing at Moorpark, California.

Witness our hands this 13th day of June. 1913. CHARLES-T. BATES, ROBERT J. BATTY, State of California, of Ventura, ss.

On the 13th day of June, in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, before me personally appeared Charles T. Bates and Robert J. Batty, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. Witness my hand and the seal of my office this 13th day of June, 1913. (Seal) E.

C. GRAHAM, Notary Public in and for the County of Ventura, State of California. 6-29-7-11c Yes No NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of George Edmund Eastwood, Deceased. Notice is hereby given be the undersigned, Edmund Eastwood, Administrator of the Estate of George Edmund Eastwood, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to said Administrator, at the office of Chas.

F. Blackstock, Witman Buiiding, Fifth Street, City of Oxnard, in the County of Ventura, State of California. the same being his place for the transaction of the business of the said estate. Done at San Buenaventura, California. this 18th day of June, 1913.

EDMUND EASTWOOD, Administrator of the Estate of George Edmund Eastwood, Deceased. 6-20-7-18c REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. Notice is hereby given that the Togalar annual meeting of the stockholders of Quimichis Colony. and election of its Board of Directors. will be hold at the office of the corporation, in the town of Hueneme.

Ventura County, California, on Saturday, July 12. 1913, at 11 o'clock a. m. E. O.

GERBERDING, Secretary. Office: At the office of Thomas R. Bard. in the two-story building on north side of Main Street. Hueneme, Ventura County, California.

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