The San Francisco call., 1910-09-05
CITY TREASURER
To IMPERSONATE
Finder Of GOLD
Groups of Floats Showing Dis
covery at Suffers Mill Is
Big Parade Feature
Admission Day Festival Will Be
City's CIinChing Argument
for the Exposition

The second day of the Admission
day festival viii see the metamorpho-
sis Of John E. McDougaId. treasurer of
the city and county Of san Francisco,
from staid, respectable citizen of a
twentieth century city to a bearded.
bewhiskered miner OF AS. with high
boots, a flannel shirt, a slouch hat on
his head and a A by his side
The reason for this transformation
is simple. McDougald is TO impersonate
James ". Marshall, the discoverer of
gold in California, on one Of the floats
Of the great daylight parade, Septem-
ber 9. Clustered eagerly around
rocker, Marshall and three companions
viii be shown washing gravel while
an Indian, stolid and unconcerned,
viii come upon the country as the re-
suit OF finding the yellow stones
DISCOVERY or GOLD
The event which viii be commem-
GRATED by this float and which was the
beginning Of modern California history,
occurred al suffers hiu near Coloma
river in what is now FL Dorado county,
i'm January. iS4S. The mill was a saw
mill belonging TO Captain John A. Sut
ter Swiss pioneer, and the dis
-orery was made by Marshall while
diegGE p eai race TO carry of the
water that furnished power TO the mill
TO commemorate the discovery and
lis EoH.ettts4s Consequences, q statue
OL Marshall has been erected on a slope
overlooking the spot where the strike
was made. K j. Of heroic size and
shows 4iarslau pointing downward
with one h.-ad 10 the scene of his
triumph AI-)oUsald has studied the
authentic dese--pUous of the discoVerer
as WeH as his statue. and viii be
''I--de APP -o resemble Marshall as
nearly as possible The treasurer takes
- ereat interest iu this. his first ap-
pea.aice as lls. ionic star. and may
be depended uyon lo invest * with the
nccaSsaiE dignity.
CHANCE 70 SHOW WORLD
This week san Francisco viii have
1n opportunity 10 give the world in
.oisputable evidence that this is the
city which. not only by location but
ay tempera anent. is The theater in
=hicr 90 stage the Panama Pacific eX-
position.
Evcrthing is ready for the festival.
which viii make Admission day the
rc~riest public frolic ever enjoyed by
tle fun loving people Of California The
decorations viii all be up in a day, and
-tae entertainment features are ready
TO be revealed as a succession of mirth-
ful surprises
Money is needed. however. to make
the carnival the sort OF a success that
viii stand the scrutiny of the sections
hose support VIII bring the Panama
Pacific exposition to san Francisco.
TIE measure of success that would
be gratifying Under ordinary condi-
tioDs VIII not be adequate now, for the
exposition means too much for the fu-
ture cf san Francisco 10 be jeopardized
in he least G.-gree q few months be-
fore tlc lnal decision Of congress.
Public spirited citizens should swell
the Admission day fund immedia tely in
order Ulat the festival may be the
conclusive argument that VIII win the
unanimous suppoTI Of the eastern states
lor San Francisco
MERCHANTS AND FESTIVAL
The Fillmore Improvement associa-
lion. the merchants Of the western re-
tafi section. VINO sta hed their money
c1 SAN Francisco's future as soon as
the smoke of the fire had cleared away.
are In the vanguard Of the boosters"
for thc Admission day festival They
have placed Dreamland rink at the dis
pos2l o. the committee, and the mask
ers and participants in the parade Will
change costumes there.
As most Of the events Of the carnival
Will be staged near Fillmore street, the
merchants Of the west end are deter
iained TO create a night picture that
viii surpass anything shown in any
other section Of the city during the
d celebration. Already street and cleo
trical displays on 4 lavish scale are
being constructed.
The Fillmore street businessmen are
getting together TO increase the fund
Tor the three nights entertainment,
and 4 the rest Of the city shows equal
enthusiasm. the crowds Of visitors who
are already beginning to throng the
streets Of the city viii take away with
them memory OF one of the jolliest
revels of their lives.
NIGHT PARADE
The parade will form at Sutter and
Steiner streets about o'clock Saturday Y
night and viii travel along the follow
ing route;
Sutter TO Fillmore. Fillmore to
McAllister, McAllister TO Van Ness,
Van Ness to Market. Market to the
ferry. then Countermarchlng in
Market to Van Ness, where the
nrst. second and third sections Will
fall out OF line The masque car
in Market street TO Duboce avenue,
ir Duboce avenue to Fillmore
street and in Fillmore street to
the grand masquerade ball at the
Auditorium at Page and Fillmore
streets
The committee has requested those
who intend to mask and participate te
fn the carnival to report to the COM
nlittee not later than o'clock in the
evening for assignment to positions
Those reporting later will be assigned
10 the rear. and maskers unable to
reach the rendezvous may fall into
ltne at the intersection of Van Ness
avenue and McAllister street and al
the ferry The carnival committee re-
serves the right to bar any mask OF
character which it considers offensive
and viii insist upon maskers keeping
ia the division TO which they are as
signed under penalty of being barred
from the parade. This is in Difference
10 the wishes Of a number Of distin-
guished artists who have been working
on the plan Of the night spectacle with
the ambition to make it the most no
table street picture that has ever beer
seen in America.
CITY Is DECORATED
The result of the hard work which
the artists and the members of the
committee On decoration have been do
ing in the recent months is apparent