The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-17

Don Nicholas Cosarabias, who repre-
San Francisco. oct. 1s.-Portola
week viii mark an epoch In the Col
den Gate city. Its object il To ceie-
brate the rebuilding of the city after
the earthquake and its educational
feature deals with tho development ~
the west
very great movement viii be pic
tired in the pageant. IL Will bear to
the west what the Hudson Fulton
celebration, 50 recently celebrated. did
TO the east.
IL was decided that the discoyener
IF San Francisco should be the patron.
This was Casper de Portola, Il Span
ish captain Of dragons. Who in the
reign Of Charles III. was sent on an
exreaition which resulted in the find
III of san Francisco bay. and later
tie. beginning II Spanish mission
anaer Father Janiperto Sierra. the
head of the Franciscnns in the colony.
The program begins IN October ~.
With the first Of the three great his
tarical rageants-the entrance nj Gas
per de Portoa with his company Of
10 dragons 1the pick nj slx-fant Cal
lfornia manhooa9 mounted On coal
nlaek chargers and followed ny the
picturesque horaes of Indians and
early Spanish settlers.
He viii be escorted In Marshall
square, where the old city hall stood
Their Hs I'll nsea, his queen, the fair
sstt sfts IN California. and the royal
couple from that moment viii rule the
festivities.
Great Britain. France. Holland,
Italy. China. Ianan and other nations
will be represented by their warshrs
in the armada.
There will be International balloon
races. aeraplane flights, championship
athletic games. marathans. polo, la
crosse, football baseball. tennis and
golf
The streets will be festnanea in
rartola's red and yellow. and the deea-
rations and Examinations Will be of n
radiance never before approached. II
will be an nd Spanish fiesta on 81
gantie scale.
Three centuries If history will he
wheeled through the streets ri san
Francisco In the great historical pa
geant. which Will le held on the night
of Saturday. October p. and will be
ore Of the crnwning features Of The
liz celebration. From the primitive
lie Of the ahorigines H. the airshtp
ANS progress will he depicted in "A
sertes af brilliant moving tahleanx-
The stirring events in California his
tory Will be graphically portrayed by
actors carefully drilled amid sur
ronndings that are an exact renrodne~
ton OF the famous scenes of the long
ago. A vista of nearly 2a0 years az
spoch-making events will be opened
for the vast throngs that will line the
route Of the pageant.
The first nf the tahleaux will show
the life Of the Indians hunting ana
feastlng and fighting. before the ad~
yenturous Spanfarl. seeking gold ana
rev realms of conquest. pushed his
way 10 California. Real Indians Will
PEOPLE these floats and portray the
slfe Of their ancestors.
Then will come Don iasn.r de Pnr-
fa9a with his soldiers and Franciscan
frlars. The advent of the padres and
the building Of an early spanish mis-
SION will be depicted. The care tret
afe of the early spauiards with their
hull tights and fiestas viii he shawn
m floats.
The second division viii portray ths
discovery Of gold. which turned tbs
tile of affairs in California aud this
west tableaux showing the interior
~ an early gambling hall viii typifs
the Wild times that followed the find
ing of gold and the rush af the argo'
nauts.
An old historic stage coach with nns
N the old-time drivers will rumble
along, much ~ il used 70 when f.
crossed the plains and mountains, !
pony express rider will he seen dash
fns along gith his precious burden. a.
ne did I'M In. days before the rail
road.
The coming Of the railroad. which
marked another epoch In the histosl
nj California, will h. shown by "A n
production Of the famous scene If Tn
driving Of the last spike uniting III,
Central and Union Pacific railroads.
There will be allegarieaI tahieaal
budding with pretty girls. one If tn
picturesque features will b. ''The Fal