Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

TWENTY BIG FLOATS
 IN THIS PARADE
CaIifomia'S Capital Prepar- ing Great AIIegoricai
 Pageant.

The greatest aIlegoricai spectacle ever attempted in this country will be carried out in Sacramento, Sep tember 7th, at the cosing of the if teenth National Irrigation congress. Twenty gorgeous floats, expressly de signed and constructed, will form the central feature of this magnificent pageant More than ane thousand fig ures in resplendent costumes, the richest and costliest ever seen in Cal ifornia, will occupy positions on the various floats. Nothing more beauti- flu or striking can be conceived than this ornate panorama of dazzling pie lures: their golden traceries scintillat- ing with thousands of electric lights Each float will be drawn by four su- perbly caparisoned steeds. At the head of each prancing charger will be richly saI6ed postilliOn. The floats will be escorted by military, civic and fraternal societies in uniform. It is estimated that upwards of ten thous- and men will be in line. Every org anization in Sacramento and vicinity will participate.
 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 ferO-
 c1ous mein, representing Jne tradi- tional genii of irrigation in the anc- tent kingdom of China, will be a feat ure of the demonstration. This mon- ster will be attended by hundreds of prominent Chinese from all parts of California, arrayed in festal costumes of bright silks and cloth of gold. Un- der the glare of & deluge of living fire. the passing of this Mongol water god of unrecorded antiquity will be a spec tacle never to be forgotten.
 The birth of irrigation in Egypt will be represented in a manner befitting the land of mystery and the cradle of the race. The figures on the float and the escort will be garbed in old Egyptian raiment. "The first power irrigation" will be shown by a float the chief feature of which consists of a gigantic bulls head. To this will be fastened thongs and crude appli- ances for the lifting of water from the primitive receptaces. Irrigation prac- tices in vogue among the AZtecs, Zu- his and other ancient races on the western continent will be symbolized by appropriate allegorical devices.
 Early California of mission days will be the subject of another splen- 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 Franciscan friars and escorted by In- dians and Mexicans Tn picturesque native costumes. A magnificent repre- sentation of modern California will consist of a float superbly embellished and depicting symbolically the enter prise and activities of the Golden state in every direction. Native Daughters will have a conspicuous part in the illustration of the idea. A series of these beautiful floats will depict subjects lending themselves no less readily to such picturesque treat ment. As a whole and In detail this
 gorgeous spectacle will surpass in brilliancy and effectiveness anything of the kind ever witnessed on the Pacific coast.
 The allegorical pageant will draw to Sacramento thousands of visitors from every section of the state on the last day of the irrigation congress. It is estimated that there will be fully | 50 900 strangers in California's state capital for the joint exercises of the closing of the congress and opening of the state fair on Saturday, Septem- Der z.