The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-18
SAN FRANCISCO TO
CELEBRATE

San Francisco, Oct. 18.-San Fran
cisco and her neighbors are to make
merry this week in celebration Of the
140th anniversary of the discovery OF
San Francisco bay and the site of the
present city by Gaspar de Portala In
1859. The, carnival will last three
days and will be the greatest affair
of the kind ever attempted here. The
celebration will be typical in every
respect of the progress and develop
ment, of the growth in population and
business, of goals gained and ambi-
tions realized, of ideals attained and
problems solved during the one hun
dred and forty years that have elaps-
ed since the hardy Spanish COM
mander and his little party stood
upon the mountains and gazed with
admiration upon the site of the pres
ent Pacific coast metropolis. The
carnival, coming as it does at time
when San Francisco has been COM
pletely rebuilt, is intended to draw
the worlds attention to this fact more
directly and with greater force than
has yet been done despite of fact that
columns have been given to the sub
ject in thousands of publications.
San Francisco has flourished from
the very beginning, but not until the
rush of gold-seekers sixty years ago
did she begin to assume those quail
tiles of hustle and hustle which have
characterized her ever since. To COM
plete recovery from the appalling dis
aster of 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 more a city of homes,
of towering business structures, Of
mammoth factories, palatial hotels
and fine churches. 1t is known as
we'll for its beautiful residences and
bOulevards and the large total of It's
bank clearingS.
During the three days of the cele-
bration there will be daily pageants
on land and water Warships rep
resenting the navies of Great Britain,
Germany, Italy, The Netherlands ami
the United States are in the harbor
and will assist in giving the carnival
an international tinge. During the
week there will be athletics and
amusements of every description.
Amateur boxing and wrestling cham
pionships, a professional Marathon
race, automobile contests, swimming
events and a monster track and
field carnival in the park stadium
are included in the program of
sports.
The pageantry will begin with the
arrival of the carnival king represent
ing Gaspard de POrtola. The king
will be accompanied by a gorgeous
retinue and an escort of soldiers rep
resenting Don Gaspar's band which
accompanied him up the coast from
San Diego.
Mayor Taylor will hand the keys
to Don Gaspar. AS Don Gaspar en-
ters the city he will for the first time
meet his royal consort. the Queen
of Beauty" who will be surrounded
On her throne by large suite of fair
maids.
Another of the most attractive fea-
lures of the carnival will be the big
electrical parade of wonderfully dec
Grated floats, showing various scenes
in the history of California.
During the four days of festivity
there will be balls and receptions,
public and private, in all parts of the
city. At all times hundreds of men
and women in Spanish carnival cos
tune will keep the gayety of the oc-
casion at the highest pitch on the
streets.
Sham battles over the hills Of
San Francisco by national guard COM
panies have been planned and hun
dreds of militiamen will participate.