The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-22
THE KINGS HERALD.
Official Proclamation Of the Arrival OF
the Carnival Monarch

There was quite a large crowd Of peO-
pie gathered last night a; the Stree, Falr
arch 70 awal, the arrival Of the ayanl
courier n the king of the carnival. tina;
mysterious parsonage whose Identity il
s,il a matter O' profound secrecy. Short
ly after half past o'clock The strains
of band was heard marching up from
The headquarters " the fair on Bond
street ana the musicians presently took
up position on The corner Of Duane
and Eleventh streets. and fo- the next
hair hour there was some very enjoy
able music. much 10 the delight NJ the
audience who. up TO that time. tad some
sort ~ an idea that a colossal Joke was
being played off ana FELT Ike declaring
tha. they were nor having any. still
the music was there. i,s qualify was
uncxc-ptlonahle and made the good AS
ioHins feel as Il they would Ike TO have
a little more
just a. dusk everybody being on the
flp,oe of expectancy a sudden glare Of
Greek hre II, up The sou,heas, angle Of
the Irving Club and the band ceased
playing. \ herald. whose form was but
dimly seen through the gath ring lark
MSS. stepped 20 the from; and made the
following proclamation:
"Oyez' Oyez! oyez' To all my loyal
subjects of the fair city Of Astoria, /.
King Rex L. through my worthy and
honorable herald OF ancient blaz,nry,
greeting; do hereby lay my commands
or you that for the space Of one week
during my royal sojourn In your city
you DO enter into the spirI, ot by jovial
sway ana do refrain from lachryinose
visase and tales OF hard times and thar
YOU and your fair spouses and budding
progeny 30 attend my arrival on next
Monday In true spirit OF jolli.v and take
every advantage Of the carnival pre-
pared against my coming Hear ye and
obeyl"
, The discharge OF A couple " frsrock-
cts and the APPLAUSE cf tho multitude
formed 4 fttIng finale 10 the function
and the ceremony closed with the in
spiriiing sounds ~ the band icarching
IN the ground. The general comment
was that Il the courier has such brave
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King Rex what, Nh, what mus; that
rc'oububle monarch himself he Ike?
And the gucssers are guessing mere
Wildly ,han eve-
The commercial exhibit in the Street
Fair is confined strictly to the mer-
chants OF Astoria and /, Will be a sur
prise to most people 10 see how very
good a display can be put up BY this
en'arprlsing city The state exhibit, VI
fisheries, the displays by the American
Can Company the Columbia River
Packers Association and by the A. Booth
Company comprise a section all to tt
self and is one Of the most interesting.
as {. represents the chief industry OF
the city and one that may well be said
"a be It's very lie blood,
The state exhibit win no, only include
a miniature hatchery with a row ~ $50
lars showing the life OF the fish from
the first ova 10 he developed salmon.
hut will also preSen. a model fish trap
and wheel. together with other displays
pertaining 20 the industry The Can
Company viii show the various cans in
which ;he fish are placed after being
handled and the A Booth Company and
me Packers Association. representing
;he larges. canneries IN Astoria, will ex-
hihlt the finished product as shipped 10
various parts Of the world.
Among the merchants, one Of the fin
Is. booths Is undoubtedly that Of the
A. Dunbar Company, which will make
an exhibit Of dry goods, Fisher Bros,
who have the oldest established shin
business n the city, and who
have grown with its growth, are also
putting up booth which Is sure to be
a credit t, themselves and to the city
The aggressive young firm Of Ross, Hlg- !
gins & Co. made up Of Messrs. J. T. |
Ross, j. f. Higgins, II, c, Thompson |
and Il. 2 Ferguson, all young men of |
this city, are also making a display at
the fair II the display made anything |
approaches the tasteful exhibition OF |
their shop widows, which would be
hard to hea. west Of Chicago. the booth |
will certainly attract much attention
from visitors to Astoria,
Messrs. Peterson 4 Brown are also
mixing an exhibit of shoes which they |
intend to display ;astefully. Messrs. Pc
terson & Brown are making great ef-
forts 10 deserve the patronage Of their
customers and 20 reach for fields which
should be well within the grasp of
Astoria merchants and
their efforts win no doubt meet with
that success which they merit.
y, ', AHen, whose CndIdCleT loI Plo-
bity and uprightness of dealing has long
been known here, Is also coming into the
street Fair industrial section and in
tends to make display of his stock.
Mr. Allen has been for very long
time identified with this city and he has
considered its interests as tantamount
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