The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-08-20

The greatest allegorical spectacle
ever attempted in this country will be
carried out in Sacramento, September
eth. al the closing of the Fifteenth
National Irrigation Congress. Twenty
gorgeous floats, expressly designed
n constructed, will form the central
feature of this magnificent pageant.
More han one Thousand figures in
Respondent costumes, the richest and
oostliest ever seen in California. will
occupy positions on the various floats.
Nothing more beautiful or striking
can be conceived thar this ornate pan
Drama of dazzling pictures; their gol-
den traceries scintillating with tnous-
ands of electric lights. Each loaf will
be drawn by lou superbly caparison-
ed 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 socie-
ties il uniform 1t is estimated thai
upwards of ten thousand men will be
in line. Every organization in Sacra-
mento and vicinity will participate.
The twenty floats form a ~co1secu-
tive a~llegorical history of the evolu-
tion of irrigation from the remotest
antiquity. A gigantic dragon, hundreds
of feet in length and of %ferocious
mien. representing the traditional ge-
nil of irrigation i'm the ancient King
dom of China, will be a feature of the
demonstration. This monster will be
attended by hundreds of prominent
Chinese from all parts of California,
arrayed in festal costumes of bright
silks and cloth of gold. Under the
glare OF a deluge of living fire, the
passing of this Mongol water god of
unrecorded antiquity will be a specta-
Gle never to be forgotten.
The birth of irrigation in Egypt
will be represented in a manner be-
fitting the land of mystery and the
cradle of the race. The figures on the
in old Egyptian raiment. THE first
power irrigation" will be shown by a
float, the chief feature of which con-
sists of a gigantic bulls head. To this
will be fastened thongs and crude
appliances for the lifting of water
from primitive receptacles. Irrigation
practices in vogue among the Aztecs.
Zunis and other ancient races on the
Western continent will be symboIized
by appropriate allegorical devices.
Early California of Mission days
will be he subject of another SPLEEN
did float, showing the beginnings of
civilized progress under the guiding
hand of the Spanish padres. This float
will be typical of the subject, and
will be adorned with figures of Fran
ciscan friars and escorted by Indians
and Mexicans in picturesque native
costume. A magnificent representa-
ton of modern California will con
sist of a huge float superbly embel
lished and depicting ~symbolically the
enterprise and activities of the Col
den State in every direction. Native
Daughters will have a conspicuous
part in the illustration of the idea. Al,
series of these beautiful floats will
depict subjects lending themselves
no less readily to such picturesque
gorgeous spectacle will -surpass
in brilliancy and effectiveness any
thing of he kind ever witnessed on
the Pacific coast.
The categorical pageant will draw
to Sacramento thousands of visitors
from every section of the state on the
last day of the Irrigation Congress.
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