The San Francisco call., 1910-06-25
Queen Bd and King Abctus their royal robes rulers of Oop
Jovial King and Beautiful Queen Reign Ger
Thousands Of Merry Makers

the north Of Oroville. The town is pro-
tected from the winter fury of the
white feathers by strong reinforced
concrete Ievee mile and half long.
East of the town is the high, graceful
wagon bridge and above the bridge, al
most a mile from the grand stand, is a
noble bend in the stream. The decora-
tions extend from below the stand to
the far tangent of the river above the
bend. Along the top of the levee there
broke out a string of red, yellow and
green electric lights. The long line
of lights swung across the river and
went up stream on the opposite shore,
far beyond the bridge. Several years
ago Oroville had a food which turned
a perfectly good bridge into as fine a
mass of tangled iron as ever decorated
a river bottom Near the landing place
for the royal party there is a section
of the old bridge and this was illumi-
mated tonight and historically marked,
~. S S. Maine"
GORGEOUS DISPLAY =
Beyond this spot was the rare de-
light of the evening. the decorative
feature which might lure any one to
Oroville. A sandy island has been left
in midstream by the receding waters
and on this island, a magnificent pole
OF electric lights had been erected
From the pole were festoons of colored
lights, hundreds of them red, yellow,
green and white. a particolored cano-
py, more gorgeous than any that Omar
r.,
ever made. But this splendid ma gical,
oriental rainbow was but an introduce
tion to the beauties beyond. At the
upper end of the island, where Jagged
boulders rise out of the stream, was
the electric fountain. High in the air
a stream of water was tossed and on it
played the fervor OF many colored cleo
trio lights
Above, from a pier of the bridge,
played with by the ardent electric glow,
sprayed and famed by the cooling
breeze, graceful, airy, beautiful. over
ali spanned the great bridge, the de-
tails of the framework lost but the
shape of the structure vividly outlined
in electric lights. But the generous
play of decoration did not stop there,
skimping the beholder with meager
display
WORDS FAIL TO TELL ALL
Far beyond the bridge went the
strings of lights into the gorge from
which the Feather river pours. And
the whole display eliminated in a star
so feet in diameter set on the bank near
the bend. If words were like water and
could catch the glory of lights and re-
fleet it back on the reader there would
be some logic in a description of such
q scene as sprung into being tonight at
s o'clock. If words could dazzle and
scintillate, WOO and bewitch, lure and
charm and radiate the subtle power of
life and light, if words were like water
and could be churned through a Pelton
wheel and emanate as electric energy,
polarized and empassioned, there would
be an excuse for seeking to describe
the magic of the Feather river tonight
But the light and laughter of the scene
can not be pounded out of typewriter
nor crowded through the thin passage
way of q, telegraph wire.
II has TO be accepted on faith that the
glory of earth and starry sky, OF laugh
ing girls and music mellowed by open
air. is ruling Oroville tonight
After the lights had been turned on
there was a band concert for a half
hour. while the crowd gathered in the
warm summer evening and prepared for
the frolic. Then there was the boom of
a gun on the river bank and a magic
light f1ared up above the bridge. From
side to side it sprang, red. ardent, glow
ing, giving its fervor to the river until
the Feather flowed a stream of fire be-
tween the banks.
Out of the brightness. far UP stream,
came a fairy boat, ioIling on the ruddy
bosom ofsthe river, now brilliant in the