The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-10-15
GOLDEN GATE REJOCES
FRISCO CELEBRATES ITS RISE
FROM ASHES NEXT WEEK.
PRESIDENT WILL PROPOSE TOAST
At Noon, October 10, All Nations viii
Turn Eyes to New
San Francisco.

San Francisco, Cal. Special Be
ginning Tuesday. Oct. 10, and contin-
uing for five days, san Francisco Will
celebrate with the Portola Festival
the rebuilding OF the city and viii
commemorate the discovery In 1863
OF the Bay OF San Francisco by Don
Gaspar de Portola. first Spanish Gov
ernor of California.
The celebration will be more than
a local one. embracing California and
the entire West. AS the blow TO san
Francisco in 1906 was felt keenly
throughout the West. so its recovery
will be acclaimed and the entire West
will join in the celebration.
All is in readiness for the big fest-
val, which will be tinged with the ro-
nance and poetry of the old Spanish
festas The details OF the program
for five days OF music-mad revelry
have been completed. Hundreds OF
artisans are here putting the finishing
touches TO the decorations and illum-
nations.
For the festival San Francisco will
be in gala attire as never before. BY
night IL will blaze with 100000 lights
OF 30.OOO,O00 candle power. BY day
and afiutter with millions OF flags,
streamers and pennants.
At noon Tuesday will occur prob
I ably the most impressive feature OF
\ the entire celebration. President
| Taft will propose a toast to the new
\ city of San Francisco and the Portola
festival. which al noon. San Francisco
time. will be drunk around the world.
- he
hush will fall over the city and hun
dreds OF thousands of visitors will be
silenced. At this moment wherever
Americans are throughout the world
the toast OF the chief executive will
be- repeated and San Francisco re-
membered In the capitals of Europe
receptions will be held and the Taft
toast proposed by ambassadors and
cabinet ministers.
A million school children through
out the United States will hail San
Francisco. Trains Will pause in their
mad fight across the continent The
throbbing of the engines of steam
ships in the mid-Pacific will be stilled
and passengers informed of the cele-
bration
At one minute past u the great
guns OF the coast defenses will roar
out. and answering salutes will come
from the warships Whistles will
blow and the chimes in church towers
will peal forth. Hundreds Of thous-
ands will cheer.
The opening night will be notable
for reception to be rendered Portola
the Queen, the visiting dignitaries and
the army and navy officers. IL will be
the most brilliant affair in the social
history Of San Francisco.
Thursday afternoon the big naval
parade will be held. Thursday morn
ing the big civic parade Will occur.
II will depict the industries and life
OF the West. There will be more than
200 floats, drawn by 500 horses. and
more than 1000 costumed actors will
help portray the activities OF the
West
Friday morning there will be a big
automobile parade in which more than
5000 machines will participate. Fri
day afternoon the big track and field
meet will be held at Golden Gate
Park Worlds champions will com
pete in the various events and the
medals will be awarded To the win
ners by Queen Virgila.
Saturday morning there will be a
3O0-mile automobile road race over
the foot-hill boulevard in Alameda
county More than $4,000 in prizes
will be divided among the winners.
The festival will close Saturday
night in a whirlwind of revelry. There
will be a big historic pageant with IL
Illuminated floats. many OF them being
the largest ever built This pageant
will be- pictorial review of the his
tory of California and the West since
the days of Don Gaspar's discovery OF
the Bay of San Francisco.
The coming of the padres and the
building OF the mission will be shown.
The fiestas and bullfights with their
wealth of coloring will be depicted.
Indians will show the life OF the Alb
origines. who peopled the country be-
fore Portola and his troups came. The
discovery of gold and the rush OF 40
will be graphically portrayed. The
coming OF the first railroad and other
stirring scenes will be shown by floats.
A 300-foot dragon, carried by 600
| Chinese. will lend a bizarre touch 10
the pageant. A grand carnival will
follow the pageant. The streets will
be turned over to maskers and bands
will play on all corners. Under the
colored electric lights thousands OF
jewellers will dance and make merry
until the dawn proclaims the festival
| af an end