Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-11
ASTORIA OPENS
 B|G CARNIVAL
Hundredth Anniversary of the Arrival of John Jacob AS- tors Expedition Starts
 Great Jubilee

ASTORIA, Ore. Aug. 10.-In com memoration of the 100 anniversary of the arrival on the Pacific coast of the expedition sent from New York by John Jacob Astor, the United States army and navy, the state of Oregon and the city of Astoria joinod today in the formal inauguration of what prom ises to be one of the biggest celebra- ton of its kind ever held in this part Of the country. The celebration will continue an entire month.
 Soldiers and sailors, business men, school children, Indians. public officials and other representatives of all the states embraced in what was formerl, known as the Oregon country" will participate in fetes, pageants, demoon- strttions on land and water, historical parades, memorial exercises and mon ument unyeiliug-all in commemora- tion of the transformation within a centurly of ~an undiscovered country, people only by a few hundred rowing Indians. into prosperous states with millions of white inhabitants the building of railways, irrigation works, towns and cities; the development Of complex and highly differentiated in dustries. the conversion of vast areas of unproductive plains into gardens, or chards and grain fields; the creation of hundreds of millions of wealth.
 Historical Shows.
 The various shows, and there is different one scheduled for every day Of the celebration. will be held in the open forest among the hills which lie back Of Astoria. One of the features will be a reproduction of the old fort and settlement founded by the men Of the original Astor expedition. h. dians of the Northwest will take part in a historical pageant and in other festivities.
 One of the features of the celebra- ton, will be the big meet of the Pa cifc Coast Amateur Athletic associa- ton, which will take place August 25 and 26. A rowing regatta will be an. other of the attractions. A convention of the Oregon development league is expected to attract hundreds of wis itors. 4 band tournament will bring together brass bands from all over the northwest, in addition to an Indian band made of of members of the tribes which inhabit the reaches of the Co mmbia river. August 2S will be known as Astor day, on which occasion a statue of John Jacob .Astor will be un- yelled with appropriate exercises.
 The settlement of Astoria by the AsJor expedition which the celebra- tion is 10 commemorate was the first permanent settlement in the far North west and gave the United States its strongest claim to the oregon country. Though the British took possession of the Astoria fort in the war of 1872 and renamed the place Fort George, the place was restored to the United States after the treaty of peace with American claims of settlement unim- paired.
 Astors Great Service.
 John Jacob AstOr was the driving force in the exploration and settlement Of the new country and the man who did more than any one else to save to the United States the territory now embraced in the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Measured by the conditions of a century ago and those of today, the project of Astor far surpasses those of any latter day captain of trade, transportation or finance. He planned a real winning Of the west, a peaceful conquest Of a great region to which the nations Ii, tie was doubtful, the establishment of a long chain of trading stations that would blaze the way for civilized man and open the door of opportunity for countless millions, and beyond the west itself he reached out to give America the trade of China and prac- tically the control of the Pacific.
 4 fine ship, the Tonquin. was equip ped for the Astor expedition for the far northwest, and on Sept s, fSi0, she sailed from New York. After many periious adventures in the hazardous voyage around Cape Horn and up the Pacific coast the ship arrived of the mouth Of the Columbia River on March Q, 1911. The weather was tempestuous and eight days elapsed before an entrance was gained to the mouth of the river. At last after much delay and trouble, the Tonquin got inside, and on April 12 a site was se- lccted or a small bay for the estab- fishing of the station which was to be the companys headquarters on the Pacific
 A fortified post was built, the stars and stripes were raised and the set .ffement was named Astoria Had the American made their settlement but a few months later, the British, who had several expeditions in the field, would have planted the first claims Of occu- patton in large part of the region Of Oregon and Washington and probably would have retained their own.