The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-24
san jose had ! life sized EIk made

San jose had 4 life sized Elk made
Of dried prnnes and apricots. The
boys stole SO much fruit off of it the
first day that the second day fhey
smeared the whole thing over with
some kind Of stuff that would make
person ueathly sick. ana fhen hung
signs on that the fruit xas an pod
soned. The men who roae On the
fIoat also warned anyone who came
near. so that those who stole certain
~ got what was coming to them
The Honolulu float Was beauty.
repres enfing canoe IN the surf: the
surf made of blue and white flowers
to represent the breakers. and the
canoe. sail and all OF Shasta daisies.
The boat was the genuine article, ana
the sail swung around m the breeze
keeping the fellows IN the boat busy
lodging it
Sing Fat had a big dragon and yon
have come idea OF what the draperies
and things were. Never saw anything
so gorgeous IN my life Then In the
All Nations part of the parade he
had another exhibit; perfectly magnif.
iceut- About two dozen Chinese in
a band Qovely nusic) then some chill
dren, gorgeously dressed all rugged ont
In native costume and riding on those
queer little carts We see pictures Of,
and then the king Of Chinatown him
self riding in float on throne with
the most magnificent draperies. etc.
that You could imagine The exhibit
itself cost thousands OF dollars.
The laps put up might pretty
showing. too. Some of the rabble tried
to hiss them. but were soon drowned
out by the applause from the other
people.
Germany. France. Syria, Turkey,
Russia, Spain. Mexico, all were repre-
scented in native costume The ItaI-
ian float was also included being the
only one which did not ny the Amer
lean flag as well as its own country.
How about that for INSULT
The Arizona crowd had a desert
float, with vase. (Vahse) about
twelve feet all made out of hammered
copper The Arizona crowd brought
with them the Indian band from FIT
Apache Indian school and they GER
tainly made the rest of the bands look
to their laurels Ninety of these red
skins and how they could play.
The Vaquero club. over five hum
dred of them, we're out in force guard
ing the old stage coach with the ex-
press.
The postal clerks and mail carriers
were all liz line. and their exhibit
showed the evolution in the way of
carrying the mail First the stage
coach with the mail bags slung In
side and then full sized copy Of a
railway mail car with the mail bags.
etc, inside. perfect even to the clerks
sorting the nail
That is just very.very few of the
| entries but If / tried to describe a
/ quarter of them would have to hire
a special car to carry the letter
1 The evening parade didn't strike me
very forcibly. for it didn't come w
to the Shriners parade of two years
4 ago. It took the form of an electrical
circus parade and the floats were al
4 animals. There were fifteen in all
ard they represented rie elephant
performing bear, giraffes. Maude. tn
trick mule. Dime Museum, $1,000
beauty, Mary and her lamp, Queen o
Hearts. etc. Some of the things wer,
comical the way they moved. especial
ly the giraffes with their abnormall.
long necks and abnormally short tails
Those taiis were too funny for any
thing. as they jiggled them about lik
sheep does.