The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-28

CALICO HAS g APlTtll RR RE. NJ
ING GREAT Attest ALLEeo RtcALL
. PAGEANT EVER SEEN IN THE
K WEST. II

Fifteenth Session Of National .lrrigas
tlon Congress Wlllss Marked BY a
Grand Parade Of Irrigation Floats,
Electrical llldminatlons and Other
Splendid Features.
The greatest allegorical spectacle
ever attempted in this country win
be carried out in Sacramento, Sep.
TENDER 18th, at the closing Of the Fits
teenth National Irrigation Congress,
Twenty gorgeous floats, expressly. de-
signed and constructed, will form the
central feature Of this magnificent
pageant. More than one thousand
figures in resplendent costumes,
the richest and costliest ever
seen in California, viii occupy posi-.
lions on the various floats. Nothing
more beautiful or striking can be.
conceived than this ornate panorama
Of dazzling pictures their golden.
tracerIes scintillating with thousands
Of electric lights. Each float will be.
drawn by four superbly caparisoned
steeds. At the head Of each pranc.
ing charger will be a richly CARRIED
postIllion. The floats will be escorted
by military, civic and fraternal So
cieties in uniform. 1t is estimated
that upwards of ten thousand men
will be in line. Every organization
in Sacramento and vicinity will par.
ticipate.
The twenty floats form a consecu'
tive allegorical history of the evolu-
ton Of irrigation from the remotest
antiquity. A gigantic dragon, hun
dreds of feet in length and Of feri'
cious mein, representing the tradl
tional genii of irrigation in the an
Client Kingdom of China, will be fea
4 ture Of the demonstration. This mon
ster will be attended by hundreds o.
prominent Chinese from all parts d
California, arrayed in testaI costumes
of bright silks and cloth Of gold. Un
der the glare of a deluge Of living fire
the passing of this Mongol water god
of unrecorded antiquity will be spec
tacle never to be forgotten.
The birth Of irrigation in Egypi
will be represented IN a manner be
! fitting the land OF mystery and tnf
cradle of the race. The figures or
the float and the escort will BE-
CARRIED in old Egyptian raiment
"The first power irrigation" will b.
shown by float, the chief feature
of which consists Of a gigantic bull'
head. To this will be fastened
thongs and crude appliances for tn
! lifting of water from prlmative re
: ceptacles. Irrigation practices II
vogue among the Aztecs, zunis an,
] other ancient races on the Westerl
continent will be ,symbolized by ap
! proprlate ailegorical devices.
: Early California Of Mission day
will be the subject Of another splendid
3 float, showing the beginnings Of civ
!, ilized progress under the guilint
7 hand Of the Spanish padres. Thi'
float will be typical Of the subject
and will be adorned with figures o
2 Franciscan friars and escorted by In
: dians and Mexicans in picturesque
native costume. A magnificent rep
! RESERVATION of modern California
will consist of a huge float superb,
r embelllshed and depicting symbolic
: ally the enterprise and activities .
the Golden State in every direction
:. Native Daughters will have a cor
spicuous part in the Illustration 0
) the idea. A series Of these beautiful
> floats will depict subjects lendin
themselves no less readily to suc1
/ picturesque treatment, AS a who'll
and in detail this gorgeous spectacle
will surpass in brlllIancy and effecI
iveness anything of the kind eve
witnessed on the Pacific Coast.
The allegorlcal pageant will draw
to Sacramento thousands Of visitor
from every section Of the State Oh
the last day of the Irrigation Con
gress. 1t is estimated that there vii
be fully $4,000 strangers in Califor
MAS State Capital for the joint eS
ercises Of the closing Of the Congress
and opening Of the State Fair on Sat
urday evening, September 9Th.