The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-18
CITY to Celebrate Anniversary of
the Discovery Of Bay by
Portola IN '69.
WILL HOLD PACfANTS DAILY
DURING Three Days Of Observance
There Will be Features of Interest
on Both Land and Water-Warships
on Hand to Assist-Big Electrical
Display-Sham Battles and Balls.

San Francisco, Cal, oct. 1S.-San
make merry this week i'm celebration
of the 14Oth anniversary of the dis
covery of San Francisco Bay and the
site of the present city by Gaspar dc
Portola i'm 1863. The carnival will last
three days and will be the greatest af-
fair Of the kind ever attempted here.
The celebration will be typical IN
every respect of the progress ana
development, of the growth and prob
lens solved during the one hundred
and forty years that have elapsed since
the hardy Spanish commander and his
little party stood upon the mountains
and gazed with admiration upon the
site of the present Pacific coast metro
polls The carnival coming as 1t
does at time when San Francisco
has been completely rebuilt, is intend
ed To draw the worlds attention 70
this fact more directly and with great
er force than has yet been done de-
spite the fact that columns have been
given to the subject in thousands of
publications.
san Francisco nourisned from tn 2
very beginning. but not until the rush
Of goldseekers sixty years ago did she
begin to assume those qualities of hus-
tie and hustle which have character
lied her ever since. The complete re-
ha ~ n
1906, when the greater part of the
city was destroyed by fire, is regarded
as one of the marvels of the century.
The San Francisco of today is once
moro a city of homes, of towering
business structures. of mammoth fac
tories. palatial hotels and fine churches
II Is known rs well as FOR its beau
tiful residences and boulevards and tho
large total of its bank clearings.
Three Days of pageants.
During the three days Of the cele-
braton there will be daily pageants
on land and water. Warships repre-
scntng the navies of Great Britain
Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and
the United States are in the harboi
and will assist in giving the carnival
an international tinge. During the
week there viii be athletics and amuse-
ments of every description. Amateur
boxing and wrestling champions, a
professional Marathon race, automp-
bile contests, swimming events and q
monster track and field carnival i'm the
park stadium are included in the pro-
gram OF sports.
The pageantry will begin with tho
arrival of the carnival king represent
ing Gaspar de Portola. The king vii
be accompanied by a gorgeous retinu'
and an escort of soldiers representa-.
Don Gaspar's band which accompanies
him up TO the coast from San Diego
Mayor Taylor will hand the keys L
Don Gaspar. AS Don Ga ar enter
the city he will for the frs, lime NEE
his royal consort the "Queca OF Beau
ty." who will be surrounded on he
throne by large suite of fair maids.
Big Electrical Parade.
Another OF the most decorative fea
lures of the carnival will be the bi
electrical parade of wonderfully de-
Grated floats. showing various scene
in the history of California.
During the four days of festivi -
there will be balls and receptions. pun
lie and private, in all parts Of the city
Az all times hundreds of men an
women In Spanish carnival costum
viii keep the gayety OF the occasion
Mt the highest pitch on the streets.
Sham battles over the hills OF Sa
Francisco by national guard compan
les have been planned and hundreds Il
militiamen will participate.