The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-05

teen electric lamps of sixteen candle
power each. Fifteen hundred lamps
will be used In the CoIonnade alone
BY day the city will be an entranc-
Ing bower Of beauty. Thousands of
miles of bunting will be used In drap-
Ing buildings, ana hundreds of thou
sands of PortOla pennants and banners
will futter In the breeze.
Huge Bell Of Electric Lights.
At the junction of Market, Kearny
and Third streets Will be erected what
probably will be the largest piece Of
electrical display ever exhibited, i'm the
form of huge bell. 100 feet in diam
eter, to be suspended by large steel
cables 1915 feet in the air. Hundreds
Of lamps will be used In the construc-
ton of this bell. At the top of the
bell twenty eight-foot carnival flags
and an immense United States flag
will form a circle. From this circle
loops Of red, white and blue lights
will extend to the lips of the bell 4
few minutes before midnight all of the
lights within a radius of five blocks
of Third and Market streets will be
extihguished, and only Chose In the
immense bell will burn. Along Che
steel cables men In fantastic garments
glowing with electric lights 8ill walk
and perform aCrobatic feats.
Loops of Incandescent lamps 10 ebrty
foot intervals will be strung across
many streets, and arches an6 loops of
flags viii also decorate theI@ a Bri-
liant pyrotechnic display wiz De given
in Union square (Glurlng Che evenings
of Portola week. These displays Oil
commence abouta9 o'clock On che oven
ing and [aiA continW 9ntn astee Nid-
night
A 3O0GniletebaN @lce GO attsdac9iles
over the beautiful 6oulevards WE Ala
media county will be one &c che 60
lures % the festivt8 The 3nce will
be the biggest affair @ its GinG ever
held In the west and will be on O Pc
with the famous Vanderbilt cup Qaces.
The athletic committee arranging Gle
elaborate program of spof4 to De con
Quoted during the PortOla sestlval is
leaving no stone unturned in an effort
to make the carnival of sports unusual
In the history of athletics in San Fran
CISCO Boxing, wrestling, swimming,
rowing. association football, Rugby,
tennis and golf will be included in the
series of events announced for Chat
week.
A Digit of an aeroplane across the
Golden Gate is one of the attractions
for the Portola festival. While the
distance Is not great. ranging from
three to seven miles. according to the
course chosen, 1t would give every one
a chance to see the flight from start
to finish.
The fight of aeroplanes is but one of
the many novel features for the Porto
la festival Balls and entertainments
of all kinds will be provided to de
light and charm the visitor.
The much disputed pronunciation of
Part6ia has been settled, Don Gaspar
de Portolu. first governor of Califor-
MIA, wrote his signature with an ac-
cent mark on the last syllable-thus,
Porto-la. This Is shown by a photo
engraving OF an authentic signature OF
the doughty old Spaniard In 'The
March of poftola,'' a book which has
been complied and written by Hoeth
g. Eldredge and Il. j. Molera The
original document showing the sigHa
tnre of Don Gaspar dc Portola is in
the possession Of Molera. It was re
ceived by him from Puebla. Mexico,
where Portoa was governor after leav-
ing California. The narrative Of Por-
tola's overland march to San Francis
co has been drawn principally from
the diary Of Father Crespi who was
one of the party.