The San Francisco call., 1903-09-10

sive that has ever been seen in the north
ern part of the State. The uniformed
companies, militia, fremen and fraternaI
orders all combined to give freshness and
spirit to the picture. The fire engines and
tastefully decorated hose carts; the fine
line of variously bedecked vehicles, in
cluding some very attractive automobiles
and the beautiful and artistic floats gave
the parade a tone of grandeur. The pres
ence Of the chief executive of the State,
bland and smiling, and interested in every
feature of the display, put every one on
the best terms with the entire celebration
Everything was applauded and the whole
city was light hearted and gay. The pro
cession extended for more than a mile
and, with four bands, made an animated
and striking pageant. After the mile of
march had been covered, bringing the
mead Of the procession for a second time
on the main street, the Governor and his
stan, in their carriages, drew out beside
the City Park, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, and reviewed the paraders as
they passed by in countermarch. As com
pany after company passed, each cheer
ing heartily, Governor Pardee responded
with cheers and salute, his face beaming
responsive goodfellowship.
After the procession had been disband-
ed crowds f1ocked to Armory Hall TO
near the Governors address. He spoke
for quarter Of an hour eulogizing our
great State. dwelling upon the incalcu-
liable richness of it's resources and
prophesying its empirical wealth in the
future He quoted history to show the
westward trend Of empire and said that
the future commercial metropolis Of the
world must lie upon the Pacific. The
Governors manner was easy and earnest
and his voice strong and clear.
In the afternoon the competitive hose
races took place on Broadway. Teams
from Red Bluff, Oroville and Chico strove
for victory, which virtually meant the
championship of Northern California
The runs themselves were intensely ex-
citing, but some tedious waits intervened
between them. Chico won the contest
in the very creditable time Of 39h seconds
Both the visiting teams were beaten by
the swift water, Oroville falling to get
the nozzle attached and Red Bluff fumbl-
ing at the hydrant
Following the hose race a balloon ascen-
sion was scheduled to take place on the
campus of the State Normal School
grounds, but owing to the delay on the
part of the performers the frontier sham
battle was fought before the ascension
was made. 1t was an interesting specta-
Gle. four-horse stage coach driving un-
der the heavy trees on the Bidwell ranch
was set upon by Indians, and a spirited
NoAAN NoSN PAe-NN' SAtNAAA6 al manu-
to-hand encounter. One victim of the at
tack was hung from a rude pole and
made the central figure in a diaboHcal
scalp dance. Just as this barbarous di-
version was at its height a company Of
militia, commanded by Captain William
White, rushed to the rescue. The fight
which followed was extremely close and
hot, but. overpowered by number. the In
dians skunk back step by step, until they
disappeared in the heavy jungle on the
banks of Chico Creek.
After this came the balloon ascension.
but owing to the strength OF the wind an
elevation of only about 500 feet was at
tained. and the performer was afraid to
detach his parachute, but came down on
the southern side Of the city with his bal
loon. grand ball was given in the even
ing in Armory Hall, and band concert
drew large crowds to the city park