The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-23
Great Success
OF Regatta
Those Who Contributed to Help.
Ing Along the Events
Carried Out

u
Of Chairman Brown, Secretary West,
Treasurer Schlmpff and the other mem
bers Of the regatta committee. These
| gentlemen were unusually pubic-spir-
| tied, dsyoting almost their entire time
| to the carnival for three months No one
who has not gone through the ordeal
| has any ldea OF the cnormity OF the
undertaking. nor OF the countless dis
agreeable occurrences which arise. To
say the least, II IL dlscouraging to be
constantly In trouble when one In max
Ing personal sacrifice for the benefit
of the public, and regatta committee
men come TO look upon themselves as
martyrs, This years committee GER
iainly managed affairs well and Is be-
Ing compllmented on every hand.
Among those who contributed prom
inentiy to the success OF the carnival
is Mrs. w. o. Wilkinson, aunt OF
Queen Frances. Upon the election OF
Miss Thomas, Mrs wilkinson deter
mined to have the queenly functions
surpass anything OF the kind ever be-
fore undertaken In this city, and the
sue :sss OF her effort II the talk OF the
community. No expense was spared In
attaining this result. The royal robes
required AN expenditure far In excess
Of the appropriation made by the COM
mittee. and the queen crown. a costly
tiara, came from Tiffany's, New York.
The lovely Wilkinson home, the queens
palace. was iavishly prepared for the
gay season. and. best Of all, the gener-
al public uas not debared from par
ticipatiqn IN the social features OF the
week. Indeed there was marked effort
on her majestys part TO be democratic,
and II was aptiy said by an observing
Astorian that Queen Frances gracious
ness made each one feel that he had
been especially selected by her majes-
ty for the honor OF smile and courtly
bow. The queen was at all times In
close touch with her subjects. and their
hearts went out 10 her as to no other
queen In the history OF the state.
The success OF the regatta is fiat
tering tribute to all those who assisted
In It's management and an advertise
ment that VIII result In laslng benefit
for Astoria.
DEPARTING GUESTS.
About 500 regatta visitors left the
city on last nights train and large
number will remain In the city. There
was crush at the depot and the train
was Is minutes late in getting away.
Six coaches were made up In the first
train. but Superintendent Mcclure
found Il necessary TO add another car.
Many persons left yesterday morning
by train and boat The deporting vis-
ltors all expressed themselves as de-
lighted with the regatta and went away
declaring that they would be here next
year.
CoNGRATULATE THEMSELVES
The members of Browns band, Of
Portland, who are still In the city, are
congratulating themselves that they es-
caped the Elks' train wreck near Ia
coma yesterday. The band had been
requested 10 make the trip with the
Elks and Mr.. Brown had promised TO
do so II he finished the regatta engage
ment In time. Fortunately the commit
tee held the band over until today. The
Elks excursion was originally planned
for Astoria, but the railroads became
involved In rate-cutting squabble
and the excuron was run for Olympia.
THE SPORTS
The shooting tournament held during
regatta week proved quite successful
and there was much interest IN the
sport. The shooting took place Just
west OF the grandstand and 10 men par
ticlpated.
Interest centered In the fifth event
OF he second day, the prize being
handsome diamond medal. The entries
were Loughery, Houston, Lombard,
Cook and West of Astoria; ecker OF
ogden. Utah; Caldwell Of Portland'
Munson and Davis Of Chinook, The
medal went to the Utah man, who
broke 25 straight. Loughery and Cald-
well got "a, Houston and Cook 2l. Davis
IS. and Munson II. Lombard missed
his Goth bird and quit, and West fired
20 shells and missed three. Becker,
the winner, is one OF the crack shots
OF the country.
The fifth event OF the first day was
for medal offered by the regatta COM
mttee, Munson, Ewbank, Cook, Lough-
cry. West and Davis taking part Cook
and Ewbank tied and the shoot-on
took place yesterday afternoon, Ew-
bank winning, 2t to IA.
The summary Of the other events fol-
low.
First event. first day, 10 BIRDS
First money, Munson and Caldwell, 10
straight: second money, Loughery, W.
A. Storey and West. birds.
Second event, first day, 10 birds
First money, ecker. West Loughery and
McCann, 13 birds.
Third event, first day, 20 birds
First money, Becker and Caldwell 10
birds.
Fourth event, first day, 25 birds