The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29


day here, that's all there is to it.
Members of the various committees
are permitted by court custom, which
they propheticaIly prepared them
selves, to so about as shirtwaist men.
Any one would be a committeeman to
enjoy that dispensation. The cool
shade of the mulberry trees and the
soothing music of the band lulled the
people into comfort. At o'clock the
auto parade was held. Thirty eight
cars, the majority of them decorated
with taste and ingenuity. were in the
line that hustled through the streets.
Town Marshal NJ. ]. Scoggins, on
white Arabian horse, gallopej at the
head of the line and heralded the COM
ing of the queen and her entourage.
Queen Martha and her maids of honor,
Miss Marie -BedefeId and Miss Leah
Kidd. rode in the first car, which was
driven by i. Wuhlff. The car was gay
with many streamers of blue and gold
ribbon and was awarded second prize
for its display. Following the queen
as an escort. of honor in a big ma
chine, the tonneau of which was hid
den under carnival colors, were the
members of the general committee of
the Colusa water carnival. Following
came the decorated cars of the parade.
OROVILLE WAS THERE
Well to the front were the IA cars
of the Oroville contingent. Oroville is
soon to have a water carnival of its
own and the large number of Oroville
people, led by the mayor of the town,
came over TO show their good Will and
at the same time to boost. for their
own festival White and gold are the
colors Of the Oroville delegation. The
women in the cars carried white para
soils and from each car f1uttered many
flags inviting the countryside to Oro-
vile June "a and 20. The people of
Colusa appreciated the coming of the
Orovilles contingent immensely and it
is known that there, will be a large
delegation from Colusa to the foothill
city when the festival spirit is trans
ferred there.
AS a commentary on the prosperity
of the community it may be stated that
nearly all of the cars in the parade
were touring cars and most of them
were of the latest design and vintage.
1t is a proyerb. in Colusa county that
the first year a farmer undertakes new
methods of ranching he buys a rum
about and the second year he sells
that and buys a touring car. Prosper
fly seems to have its second wind in
CoIusa. The parade of autos ran over
the following route: From Fourth and
Market on Fourth to j, to Fifth, to
Main, to Sixth, to J, to Tenth, to Mar
ket ending at Fourth and Market.
Inef6 IlG Judges pdSS6Q Oh IHS OSCOI-
ated vehicles. The awards were as fol-
lows:
First prize, silver cup, to B. II.
Mitchell; car decorated with blue and
gold and with California poppies. The
women in the car carried white para
soils with blue and gold ribbons. In
the car were Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Mitch
ELL Mrs. H. n. Swank, Mrs. Neva Butler
and Miss Atha Rich
Second prize, silver cup, to F. Wuhlff,
driver of the queens car. The car was
decorated with blue and gold and on
the back was a great butterfly design
in the carnival colors. The attractive
ness of the car was increased by the
attractiveness of the passengers, the
queen and her maids
Third prize, silver cup, to W. w. Kill
gore of Grand island. The car was
draped in fresh flowers, roses, sweet
peas and bluebells, placed on a back
ground of pink that enveloped the top
and sides. In the car were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Kilgore, Mrs. Ben Hine,
Miss AIeatha Howell and Roy Kilgore.
Later on there was an auto parade. of
"horribles," which was full of noise
and excitement and fun for the chill
dren. During the day the carnival peo-
pie gave free acts in the street and kept
the throngs amused.
Tonight the coronation ball was held.
There Queen Martha was in her fullest
glory. Seated on her throne on the
barge at the river, under the stars and
the electric lights which lined the
stream for half a mile on either bank,
Queen Martha ruled in regal power. Be
fore her merry subjects danced and
bowed to the music of the Colusa band.
Charles W. Young. chairman of the
committee on dancing, planned the de-
tails of the successful ball. The deck of
the great freight barge had been pre-
pared for the dance and made a good
floor for the merry makers in Queen
Martha's realm The beauty of the river
,scene, the clear air of the night, the
presence on the river of many motor
boats and pleasure craft, all added to
the vivacity of the evening and drew
every one to the bank of the Sacra-
mento to watch the beautiful scene,
ruled over by the beautiful queen.
Tomorrow viii be baseball day at Co.
lusa In the morning there will be a
game between Willows and Williams,
and in the afternoon between. Willows
and Marysville. All three teams are
considered fast, and exciting contests
are expected. During the day there will
be band concerts. and the street fair
will continue.