The San Francisco call., 1909-10-26
ROARING CAMP
PREPARED FOR
RUSHING Miners
Pioneers viii Crowd Stockton
Today at the Celebration
of ''FOrty-nine"
Angels Camp Sends Its Most
Noted Characters to Play
Realistic Parts
So D..peleh o The "A

lSpeoi0l Dispoich 10 The Call
STOCKTON. oct. a5.-The Rush of
40" celebration opens tomorrow morn
ing at $50 O'Clock The city is in holi-
day attire and scores Of visitors are
arriving on each train. The southern
mines section is literally moving down
TO Stockton.
Fourteen Indians arrived from So
nora today and viii amuse the tender
feet with their famous snake dance
The Renier mining company OF An
gels has sent down Jaspar Tar. who
has resided in that county since 1851;
Sam 10y. a Chinese miner. who has
lived tn Calaveras county for S5 years.
and two Indian miners, Lincoln and
Dixie. They set up their rockers and
sluice boxes in the artificial strea m
al the foot Of the mountain in Roaring
Camp and viii carry on actual mining
operations They brought down num-
Der Of nuggets and gold dust with
which they wiz SAT-" the claim for the
edi1cstion of the visitors.
GOLD SEEKERS FIRST
The celebration viii open with the
arrival Of the gold seekers from San
Francisco. They viii disembark at the
head OF the channel and at given
signal viii rush up the avenue to
American street. thence TO Main street
and Roaring Camp Several hundred
forty miners viii participate in the
rush.
Roaring Camp viii then open for
business. II has every feature of the
old time mining camp. the structures
being in keeping with the rough build
ings Of those DAYS
The stage coach is due at II o'clock.
with Petricia, Pride of Roaring Camp.
who viii be duly received and hon
ored by the miners.
The election OF the alcalde Will take
place al 10 o'clock in the afternoon.
@ p. Rendon. assistant district attor-
ney. is slated for the job The Chr
nese theater, the actors having arrived
this morning from San Francisco, viii
open tomorrow afternoon.
SHOOTING AT RED DOG
A shooting affray is scheduled at the
Red Dog saloon at 4:45 o'clock in the
afternoon and il is quite possible that
the riotous miners VIII resist the con-
sta sbulary.
Roaring Camp viii be Illuminated by
bonfire at night. The stage coach is
due from Jackass hill, new diggings, at
7.45 o'clock. The Roaring Camp opera
house. which viii be conducted by the
members OF the Anteros club, a popular
Young mems club OF this city, will open
at S O'Clock. The Mexican fandango
house viii open at the same time
Quite a number Of pioneers are ar
irving and are being received by the
san Joaquin county Society of Pioneers.
J. r. Williams Of Sacramento, who ar
rived at Knights ferry on July 21.
1649, put in his appearance this morn
ing. Joaquin Miller viii arrive to-
morrow and viii be rendered a recep-
tion al the Yosemite club.
The following letter was received
today by the mayor from an enthusi-
astic forty-niner-
stockton. Cal. Oct. %. 1909.
MAYOR r. r Reibenstein-Dear Sir:
overland via New Mexico. Arizona and
Los Angeles. thence by brig Colonel
Fremont, Captain Nasan- from San
Pedro on tie 25th day Of October. 1919
Ny companion was a second cousin
about twice my age.
We stopped in san Francisco some
days and then took passage on A sloop
with z number Of others bound for the
southern mines We We're several da ys
making Stockton NJ q Slepf on deck an
our blankets. sailing when the wind
was fair and towing the sloop around
the bends in the san Joaquin river uu-
til we could use the sails again.
Entering the Stockton slough we
landed ia stockton We found IL 70
be a lively little place with streets well
laid out-large oak trees q IT over the
town in the streets and in vacant lots;
very many one story wooden buildings
but many more tents some on large
wooden frames with board floors on
which we slept.
TRANSFERS BUSY
On looking after team to carry
our baggage and provisions to the
mines we found that the teamsters re
turning TO Stockton had ~ they could
do 10 haul back their empty wagons
streams the mud was axle deep on ac-
count OF the early rains. and could find
no one willing TO return 70 the mines
although we expected to walk our
selves.
We therefore. returned 10 San Fran
cisco. where we STAYED until February
D. 1850 when we left by steamer or
the lower deck for Sacramento and
thence TO Coloma and the mines in that
vicinity
/ have never been to Stockton since
hut OF course. know what thriving
city you have and wish you every sue
cess in celebrating '.the rush of 40"
For business reasons / do not wish
TO give my name. not wishing any no.
toriety whatever. so ] trust you will
excuse me IN not signing this scra1vl
except as A "FORTY-NINER-"