The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-20
THE GREAT PORT.
OLA FESTIVAL.

The Portola festival, which has
grown from a comparatively local eel
ebration to one which, is is predicted,
will be the greatest international
function that the world has ever seen, !"
will without doubt be the greatest dis
play advertisement that any communi
ty or state has ever had.
Although the festival is to be held
in San Francisco, where the world is
invited to come and see wonderful
work of rehabilitation, the advertise
ment, in what is undoubtedly our
pleasantest month, is for the state. It
is sunny, bounteous California ON a
five days holiday, and the visitors
from less fortunate and energetic coun-
tries cannot fail to be impressed by our
display.
A state which can be the home of
such energy as shown in the great
thrre years work of rehabilitation and
of the great natural bounty shown by
the sunshine and temperate climate,
and of the happy combination of en-
ergy and natural plenty as shown in
the bounteous and superior fruits and
crops, cannot fail to impress visiting
fnanciers with money to invest as be-
ing congenial and profitable field.
1t is therefore the duty of evrey
citizen of California, the Portola COM
mittee believes, to promote the idea
at home and abroad, as material bene
fits will accrue thereby. Every Cali
fornian should begin at once an edu-
cational campaign and acquaint the
world with the joy in store during that
five-day celebration. AS the time for
the festival approaches October 10 to
32), the plans become more definite,
but everybody knows, even now in IL
general way, what is going to be done.
The great naval pagenant in the bay
will be one of the greatest spectacles
ever seen. England has already prom
ised five warships, France three, Hol-
land one and Japan one. Commissioner
Charles G. Moore, who secured these,
has already been given semi official as
suraces that Germany and Italy will
also assign vessels. President Taft
will be present to open the festivities
and will propose toast of his own
composing.
The historical pageants representing
scenes in the history of California be
ginning with the entrance of Gaspar de
Portola and the founding of San Fran.
cisco; the international balloon races,
for which eight entries have already
been made; the aeroplane fights; the
international athletic meet; the decor
ations and illuminations and the grand
ball masque, in which jewellers from
all over the world will participate, are
but a few of the features of the round
OF festivities
The Portola executive committee
which has the arrangements for the
festival in charge has a strenuous task
in hand, for entertaining the state and
keeping open house for the world are
entirely different matters; The com
mereial organization in every town AMI
city, and the individual citizens of the
state will be asked to cooperate with
the committee in the work of making
the festival success.
1t is for this purpose that the men,
bers of the committee have formed
themselves into lecture bureau, each
one volunteering to cover . given sec.
tion in a general tour of the state.
The commercial and civic organixaA
tions and every city and town win bs