The San Francisco call., 1910-06-24
Mrs. Beatrice Prior. cmnipal
queen. who is descendant Of the
house of Hdpsbmg.


West, Pocahontas tribe of Red Men,
Woodcraft. Eagles and the Fraternal
Brotherhood. Near the grandstand and
dancing pavilion is what is known as
the Great Fraternal Way" where the
different orders viii nave booths and
where open house will be kept. The
comfort of women and children will be
the particular regard of the orders,
and every one will be greeted frater-
nally by the Orovillians.
In one particular the Oroville car
nival will be a railroad landmark in
the history of the state For the first
excursion to be run over the lines
of the Western Pacific Will be con-
Quoted tomorrow from Portola to Oro-
vile to bring the people from the
mountains down into the valley town
to celebrate.
Three hundred people from the Sier-
ras are expected down tomorrow to see
the delights of Oroyille. The fiesta
company, with its street fair, is In
town today preparing it's tents for the
shows that will be given during the
week. 1t is pretty much the same
street fair that has been following the
devious circuit of California carnivals.
There are the same pythons that eat
only once in three months, as their
manager says, but that in reality over
come their abstemious habits suff1-
GENTLY to make a fairly good meal
every week in every town they appear
in. There is also the deep sea diver"
who will very probably take advantage
of tn Feather river to rescue a girl
from the raging torrents of the stream.
All that is part of the show and con-
tributes to the gayety of the COM
munity.
SWEAR BY RIVER
But it is not only to the picturesque
advantage of the deep sea diver" that
Oroville has the Feather river floating
at its edge. The people of this COM
munity wear that the Feather river is
the finest stream in the world--that no
stream of its size and few larger cur
rents are as productive of wealth as is
the Feather. They have much to say
in support of their argument Not only
does the gold come down the Feather,
but now its current and that of it's
tributaries are being harnessed by
power plants and the white flicked en-
ergy of the mountain canyons is being
metamorphosed into electric light in
thousands of homes and into whirring
dynamos in hundreds of factories.
The Hawley-Gould interests, which
Big Bend on the Feather the Great
Western power plant, s12.0o0.0oo en-
terprise The Orc water, light and
power company has three, power plants
on the west branch OF the Fea ther. 30
miles from Oroville, which contribute
power to the operation of FIVE gold
dredgers in this vicinity. Pacific gas
and electric has two big power plants
which turn their currents into the
energy which brightens the streets of
nearly every community from Chico to
San Francisco.
The people of Oroville have recently
accomplished some fine promotion work
through the chamber of commerce.
1t is of the sort that counts. In this
community Of about 5000 people more
than $4,000 has recently been raised
to bring Industries into the community.
Eighty acres was purchased for the
division headquarters of the Western
Pacific. where 125 men will be employed.
Oroville will be to the Western Pacific
what Roseville is to the Southern Pa
cific the place where the mountains
meet the valley.
Sixty acres was purchased for the site
of the mills and factories of the Truckee
lumber company, which will employ $50
men. That company is now building
the Butte and Pfumas railroad, which
will run so miles out of Oroville into
the virgin lumber country. of Butte and
Plumas counties. With all that energy.
electric, ma agnetic and human, the town
of Oroville can not but succeed and the
royal water carnival which starts to-
morrow night will be a beautiful SYM
Dol of the success of the town.