Los Angeles in the 1900s

July 1909

by
George Garrigues

From the Los Angeles Times of July 17, 1909.
ENTHUSIASM.
CROWDS CHEER MARCHING HERD
OCEAN-TO-OCEAN REPRESENTED IN ELKS' COLUMN.

Naval Uniforms, Beautiful Women, in Autos and Tallyhos, Inspiring Music of Bands and Huzzahs of Spectators Combine to Make Parade Memorable — Divisions in Detail.

Chief of Police Dishman had the honor of leading the Elks. He was mounted on a handsome steed which answered readily to the practiced hand on the bit.

Behind the chief were Captains of Police Bradish and Dixon. Sergt. Benedict and four mounted officers acted as outriders. Next came a squad of twelve mounted officers, under Lieut. Lennhausen. . . .

LIVING, MOVING ORANGES

One hundred oranges bobbing along

the streets as an escort for a mammoth orange on a float, and from interstices in which appeared the faces of pretty girls, was he spectacle presented by Santa Ana Lodge, No. 794. Everywhere the section was applauded. It was one of the big features of the day. . . .
NEVADA GOLD PRODUCERS

Forty men representing Southern Nevada and members of the Goldfield and Tonopah lodges, appeared in typical miners' costumes of tan trousers, blue

flannel shirts, red or blue bandana handkerchiefs, tan high boots and sombrero hats.

They preceded a five-stamp mill that charged away, rising and falling on rich Nevada gold ore. It was kept in motion by a small gasoline engine. . . .

SAN PEDRO SAILORS

San Pedro Lodge No. 966 had sixty men in the parade, and every one was a spick and span sailor in white and purple. . . .
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From the Los Angeles Times of July 3, 1909

PROVED BY TRANSIT.
LAND BELONGS TO THE CITY.

Engineer of San Pedro So Declares Fact.

San Pedro city owns the Terminal Island frontage where the boat landing was torn out Wednesday night. So held City Engineer Whitman of the harbor town yesterday after making a survey of the premises where a grab was reported.

The City Engineer declared that the piles recently driven there by a driving crew are driven on land owned by the city of San Pedro under the dedication made to the city of Long Beach.

After City Attorney Steiglitz of San Pedro had secured an order from Judge Wilbur, temporarily restraining certain railroad companies and other defendants from entering or taking possession of the land, the City Engineer made a map and survey to

be used in the case.

City Marshal Ben Baker of San Pedro arrested Amoz Keith, foreman of the gang operating the pile driver, and eleven of his men yesterday on a charge of malicios mischief in removing the public landing at the foot of Fourth street.

There is still some doubt as to whether the gang was working for the Salt Lake road of the San Pedro Transportation Company, which claims some rights in the landing through a lease held by the Southern Pacific.

Keith stated in court that he was working under the orders of C.W. Frazier, a Salt Lake official. . . .
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