The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
HOW ASTORIA WILL CELEBRATE
CENTENNIAL OF ITS FOUNDING

Astoria, Ore, July 24.-Anthony
Achievement Tremp, who halls
from Denver, Colo, and ran the sue
cessful Food and Industrial EXPOSE
lions in the Auditorium in that city.
as well as many similar expositions
throughout the East and West, in
Guiding last years Manufacturers
Exposition in Portland, points to the
Astoria Centennial Pageant and says:
Dots my inwention!"
And it is true.
The Astoria Centennial is Tremp's
invention.
About the first of the year he was
called to Astoria by the Centennial
Committee. They were looking for
q man capable to start something
worth while to commemorate the es-
Enlistment of the first white settle
ment on the Pacific coast. This had
been founded in Astoria one hum
dred years ago by John Jacob AS
tors trading expedition. Tremp
boarded the train and arrived in
Astoria where he purchased himself
pair of boots, rain coat and start
ed in to create $4,000 centen-
NAL pageant out of mere sentiment.
This is what he has done SO far:
Talked the members of the State
of Oregon into appropriating $780,
900 for the show.
Induced the taxpayers of Clatsop
County in which Astoria is located
to make special tax levy of two and
a half mills to bring $25 900 more
into the treasury of the body of men
who had sentiment but no work
ing organization.
Jollied the merchants from this
city to contribute $4,000 toward
the fun-making fund.
Weaned $4,000 out of Col. John
Jacob Astor of New York City.
Then he went to work to give the
people real pageant of which they
and their visitors would be proud.
He has been working day and night
ever since on the project, too.
So far, this is what Tremp has ar
ranged to show the people for their
money:
A motor boat regatta in which
$4,000 in cash prizes have been
hung up. The regatta is sanctioned
and the Pacific Coast championship
will be decided here.
President Taft has ordered a feet
of twelve naval vessels into the har-
Dor for the thirty days the centen-
NAL is to run-August 10 to- Sep
TENDER next.
The English government has de-
tailed a battleship to be in the har.
Dor the month the pageant is being
celebrated; France has sent a bat.
tleship to Astoria.
Japan has promised a first classed
cruiser for the full four weeks the
fun is on.
Ellery's band has been brough,
from Scotland for the big outdoo,
musical features. There are fifty.
five pieces to this band which played
at the Coronation.
: Mabel Ferris dramatized "The
Bridge of the Gods" under the di
rection of Tremp. There will b.
seventy-seven persons in the cast in
addition to band of thirty rea
live Indians.
A manufacturers exhibit has beer
arranged in special building.
The County of Clatsop will have
an agricultural exhibit.
Six oranges in the county will hole
a live stock show.
The Oregon National Guard will
encamp at Astoria during a week Of
the Centennial.
He has spent $4,000 for an avi
alton meet for week.
The Secretary of War has ordered
the United States regular Coast Ar
tillerymen from the fort at thu
mouth of the Columbia river to par
ticipate In the celebration.
. The State of Oregon. will maintain
a salmon hatchery and hatch GU,
100000 Of salmon during the cen
tennial.
Nine big historic allegorical pa
rades with big floats will be given.
EARLY Days of Astoria or the De
structiOn of the TOnuuin" will be 4
$4,000 pyrotechnical display run
ming every other night for three
weeks.
The Amateur Athletic Champion
ships are to be decided at the cen
tennial grounds.
Fort Astoria has been reproduced
as it was in 1911.
There will be big "Trail" for the
WHEAT RATE REDUCTION
TO SOUND POSTPONED