Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-05-27

General Finer, head OF the oregon
National guard, has decided upon As
toria for the scene of the annual sum
mer eneampment of the Oregon national
guard during the continuance of the
Astoria Centennial. Necessary arrange
ments are now being made by General
Finer and his staff to work out the de-
tails of the encampment and the United
States War Department has ordered the
artillerymen and the artillerymen of the
militia to report to the forts adjacent
to Astoria for annual target practice
during the centennial.
Officers from the national guard of
the various states will be invited to
participate in the evolutions and OBJ
serve the work of the combined national
guard and the United States regulars
who will be assigned to Astoria for war
practice.
Gearhart beach, the scene of the big
coast automobile race meets annually,
will be the mecca for the motor car
speed experts during the celebration.
The beach is wide and miles in length,
so that all the races will be straight
away events, allowing the best possible
time. Washed by the ocean tides until
the sand is packed as hard as stone, this
beach offers ideal advantages for motor
car speed contests, and arrangements
have been perfected for a carnival of
speed merchants which will include all
the top-notchers in the profession. This
meet will be in charge of the automo-
bile clubs of Portland and the north
west and will be officially sanctioned.
The Oregon Development league has
selected Astoria as the meeting place
for the annual convention of the 11S
cities holding membership in the league.
G. G. Chapman, manager of the promo
ton bureau of the Portland Commercial
club, is secretary of the Oregon Devel-
opment league, and he has already per-
fected the program for the convention
which will decide upon the policy to be
followed in the development of Oregon
for the next year to come.
early Days of Astoria, or the De-
struction of the Tonquin" is the title
of a pyrotechnic display which will be
offered as a night feature of entertain
ment during the centennial. This pa
geant will have a ballet of 200 foreign
vaudeville artists and numerous special
features to complete a two-hour enter
tainment. This entertainment will be
builded upon the water, and is to be one
of the big features of the centennial. 1t
is the first time that any big fireworks
spectacle has ever been attempted upon
the water, but the development of the
fireworks business is such now that sue
cess is assured.
Eight different conventions will be in
session during the centennial celebra-
ton, including the school teachers state
institute, to which national educators
have been invited for a week. The
teachers will have a school exhibit and
discuss educational matters of today
and a century ago. 1t is a big feature,
and numerous social features are
planned for the entertainment of the
teachers who will attend the conven-
ton. AS it is an official state affair,
all the teachers of this state will be
compelled to attend unless prevented by
sickness, so that it is bound to be a
representative meeting of educators.
Special allegorical floats are being
constructed for series of land parades,
which will be different in character each
week. These floats will be fully as mag
nifcent as those used at the annual
Rose Festival at Portland, and the
school children will be drilled to par
ticipate in the exercises by the order
of the board of education.
Specially interesting will be the oppor-
tunity for visitors to witness the fishing
for salmon at Astoria. There are more
than 5000 salmon fishing craft at AS
tOria, and the salmon fishing season will
be opened until August rs, allowing the
visitors to see how the mighty salmon
is caught and canned. These monsters
weigh as much as 20 pounds and aver
age about 20 pounds each. Salmon
which weigh 40 pounds are numerous
and it is an excellent opportunity to see
how millions are made out of the sal
mon catch every year.
The governors of the various states
will be invited, and a number have al
ready accepted invitations to be present
On special days set apart for the respec-
tive states. With their military stats
they will be royalty entertained and add
greatly to the social life at the cen
tennial celebration.
Altogether, the Astoria centennial is
to be a fitting climax to 100 years of
prosperity which have come from the
founding of this city by the sea by the
trading party sent out from New York
by John Jacob Astor.
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