The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
Life in Gold Camps in Pioneer
Days to Be Depicted in
Stockton Carnival
Exciting Incidents of Early Days
in California TO Be Enacted
Before ThrOngs
Especial Dispoich 10 The coHl

Oh WHO leel SO inclined 10 spend nNe
days with them. beginning with next
Tuesday. and live over again the days
Of old. the days OF gold, the days of
'4s.-
For the last few months the citizens
Have been planning and arranging the
numerous details for what was beft-
tingly termed the Rush of AZ" cele-
bration. Practically everybody has as
sisted in the affair
As result OF many days of rastling
and long night sessions of committees
there has been arranged in detail pro-
gram for a historical pageant from the
time Of the first settlers on through the
rush for gold. the frontier life. the es-
tablishment of the alcalde's court, the
attacks by Indians. the stage coach
holduD. lynching bees. establishment
OF civil government and so forth. 10
the arrival OF the first rsilroad train,
the wireless MESA ge and the aero
plane
The visitors are beginning 10 pour
into the city and conservative esti-
male places the number of expected
guests at from 3e.00o TO 10000 The
schools will close and every man.
woman and child in stockton viii turn
host
Erected in tie very heart Of the bust
ness district. on Hunter street plaza.
Is Roaring Camp. replica Of the min
ing camp OF the early days. Stretched
across the north end OF the plaza is a
range OF mountains, out Of which is
sues a water fall and q creek Pine
trees and miners cabins over the
sides Of the hills in imitation of the
early DAYS in the Sierras.
Running across the plaza is the
creek. with its sluice boxes and min
ing paraphernalia-
I'm Roaring Camp are to be found all
the enterprises OF the 10 camp-the
general merchandise store. the fan
dango house. '49 saloon, beanery, tents.
dance haM, theater. etc.
MANY PIONEER SCENES
Gathered at the water front on the
morning of the beginning of the cele-
bration viii be groups Of Indians Mex
leans and others in pioneer garb. A
pony express will dash down the street
announcing the discovery Of gold in
The hills 10 the east
The next step in the historical
pageant viii be the arrival OF the
bsrks up the channel. the disembark-
auon OF the '4sers with their stores.
and their mad rush through the streets
10 the mountains. This is the Rush Of
ga
The rush OF the -49ers authorizes the
establishment OF the mining camp and
Roaring Camp springs into existence
and continues w full blast from then
on during the celebration.
The<stage coach viii start its career
and the campaign of the alcalde begin.
Shooting in the saloons win be of fre-
Quent occurrence, As also viii be fra
cases among the miners. who success
fully resist the minions OF the alcalde
and defy the arresting officers. Mex
ican sports viii be among the features
Of amusement Of the frst DAY
After the arrival Of the stage from
Jackass hin with the mail there viii
be an attack by the Indians.
The second day Of the rush viii wit
hess the rock drilling contests and the
agricultural parade. along with the
general festivities OF camp life
Thursday civii government viii be
instituted, the Chinese theater viii be
5n operation There viii be japanese
wrestling bouts, sword fights and the
like. The arrival Of the first train viii
be one Of the features, and the day
viii be brought 10 a close with the
reunion OF the pioneers and the baby
show.
GREAT AUTO PARADE
The great attraction of the fourth
day viii be the automobile parade. the
general chairman OF the committee in
charge being Ben c. Wallace. Wire
less MESA ges viii arrive every IS min
utes, and that afternoon President Bill
Taft VIII swing around the circle on
his cyclone trip.
The last day Of the rush will con-
sist of series OF twentieth century
zmusements, and will conclude with
the appearance Of Haney's comet
The fraternal orders viii figure
prominently in the rush. The Red
Men viii impersonate the Indians. and
dressed in the native costume win be
found in a typical Indian camp. They
viii attack the prairie schooners and
will be driven OF by the Grand Army
veterans, the members of Rawiins Post
Q. A. r. 10 be canped near by
The Woodmen Of the World viii be
the pathhnders and viii assist the
miners. who viii be represented by
members Of stockton parlor No. 5, Ma
tive Sons OF the Golden West. in run
ming affairs at Roaring Camp.
The Anteros club, composed of more
than 100 Of the young men OF Stock
ton, in addition TO running a contin-
nous vaudeville show in the camp. will
carry out The stage coaeh. play. stage
coach. one that was in use in the early
days and has been brought down from
Angels Camp. viii pass down one of
the business thoroughfares. Two
holdBp men viii suddenly stop the
horses. order the people out and re-
Iieve them Of their valuables. While
so doing The heroine OF the drama will
steal one OF the robbers horses and
escape. She viii notify a number OF
cowboys encamped G few hundred
Yards away. and they viii finally bring
the robbers 10 justice.
The bad men VIII be turned over TO
the keepers OF the jail, the ultimate
result being a lynching.
typical OF the mining camp was the
newspaper. II was vastly different
from the great dai;ies OF today, but
its quaint makeup figures prominently
in the history OF California. and es-
pecially the mining country
PIONEER NEWSPAPER
The newspapeTmen on the three
daily papers of Stockton wfiI issue a
paper during the rush 20 be known as
The cold Grich Gazette. VIII Davis.
brother Of the well known Sam Davis
OF Nevada fame. and OF no little ex-
perience himself IN tae lfz-dsbIps OF
mining camp life. Is managing editor
of the Gazette The Gazette ONCE viii
be in Roaring Camp. The newspaper
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