The San Francisco call., 1909-10-27
INDIAN ATTACK
IS k[PFL[FD BY
BURLY MINERS
Guns and Pistols Give Realistic
Touch to Stockton's Big
Celebration
pride of Roaring Camp" CAPS
lures ThrOngs With VIM
some Smile

vehicle is held up and summon the cow
boys that viii shoot one road agent to
death and string up the other.
The fun started AT o'clock this
morning, when J. E Kavanagh, riding
in the role OF pony express man,
dashed down Weber avenue on his
horse ploclafming that Cold has been
foundi We've discovered gold!
Whoop." At that the power schooner
Frank Lawrence and the steamship
Leader snorted up the channel, black
with intending miners. and the horde
swar rlned ashore to rush TO the hills
First they rushed around the principal
streets OF the city. their numbers aug
mented By '4ser girls and men on horse
back. pack mules Indians. small boys
snd"enthusiastic dogs. and wound up at
Roaring Camp itself, which is a realis-
tic imitation Of q real live mining
camp.
Scene Is Realistic
The diggines are set in Hunters
square. and painted scenery covered
with real trees forms & mountain back
ground Down Shirt Tail canyon, which
bisects the center of the mountain
rage. q roaring RACES,
ders through a bed of gravel 200 feet
square and loses itself down a sewer
Real miners. imported from Angels
Camp. Sonora. Chinese Jimtown and
other places. conduct placer operations
here, led by Jaspar Tar and aided by
Abe Lincoln. ? big Indian, and an old
Chinese. Sam 10y.
An excited youth embarked in the
argonauts' boat with his bicycle. but he
was thrown out as modern blot on a
pioneer landscape. Walter Witherly.
with his four pack donkeys. all covered
with the dust OF travel. was welcomed,
however. and the outfit, heading the
motley parade. gave a touch OF real
Roaring Camp color TO the show of
make believe
Indignant and protesting citizens
were seized and thrown into the Gala
boOse by yigilantes, and Stockton's
budding manhood. which pressed
around the Jail door. drew down bribe
money before allowing the malefac-
tors their freedom.
By this time miners were riding and
running hither and thither, discover
ing indications of gold most any old
place, and the square around Roaring
Camp. where the old miners kept
stolidlv at work seethed with the
hustle. Pistols cracked in a crescendo
of confusion. whoops filled the air, and
master Stockton small boy found his
widest dreams Of the wild west come
true.
Pride of Roaring Camp
The uproar reached its height how
ever. when Miss Petrica Benson, the
pride OF Roaring Camp was whirled
into the square on a stage coach. The
winsome miss was seated beside the
driver. and she smiled brightly and
waved her hand a the adoring miners
mis- in frross s<rF7t
into play. there was a roar Of cheers
and The Pride was finally driven out
of the camp on the stage coach again
report spread that she had been kid
nsped by the coyotes from Poker
Fiat. and searching party was being
organized when it was discovered that
The report was false and had originat-
Cd. i was alleged. with Big George"
McNcble, the unsuccessful candidate
for atcalde, who was thus venting his
spleen. Big George" escaped the cal
aboOse by melting away in the crowd
Gold Gulch, where the shining metal
is being panned. is only a part of the
whole Roaring Camp, which covers all
OF Hunter square in q series of saloons
theaters, more saloons and various
places of amusement The saloons are
not vicious. however but already they
have caused considerable trouble and
Alcalde c. P. Rendon has been busy
presiding over a varied assortment of
cases His campaign was strenuous
enough. what with speakers calling
each other coyotes" 'skunks," etc,
and indulging in considerable e,,n
play; but his duties as alcalde call for
yet more strenuous life Alcalde
Renoon rules with his revolver placed
on his soap box desk~fn a conspicuous
position, and, though there have been
arguments between him and attorneys
none has appealed from his judg-
ments.