Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

prospecting and hunting about the Isolated hills
Of California.
Back in April he was h,red Into civilization"
for Q spen by the reopening Of the famous
Vulture gold mine at wickenburg. Ariz, and
the subsequent rush Of miners and pTospecto9s
there.
Saved q heap o. souls In my day, and got
into o heap O. trouble doing It sometimes" the
Rev. Sinkiller Pool declares was active at
preaching for 30 year or more. Had the name
Sinkiiler since the boys rid me out Of my
Californy church
Most all ear1y-day parsons was nicknAmed
Sdnkiller somewhere or other, though. Hamilcar
Is my rightfu name.
About that there Fourth of July celebra-
ton? Wen, it was a good one, right enough.
had preached at Wayne's Camp one Sunday
in June. Out IN the open because 1t was warm,
and there wasn't no church nohow.
THE little settlement had just sprung ND.
Fact Is It's all gone now, the Apaches drove
of what they didn't kill, and the mines never
paid as well as they fust promised to. The
Indians was terrible vengeful in them days.
But as was saying, preached there for
the fust time in June. and sort of got sweet on
a gal there-you know how It's. So stead of
riding on stayed to preach ag'in, and directly
July had come and I was dang nigh a pub
nanent pastori I had begun to do q little
school teaching on the side, so it just naturally
fell my duty to git up the Independence day
program, which done"
The good people Of Wayne's Camp fell right
in with Rev. Pools ideas for q rousing Fourth
Of July. To the unlearned in the community
he revealed the major points Of American rev.
olutionary history. and readily converted every
one to the thought of dramatizing certain
episodes.
The woman folks worked their fingers and
their tmaginations to produce costumes that
resembled (however slightly the tight breeches
and frocks and coats and hats and powdered
wigs representative Of the Washingtonian
period. sinkiller Pool worked hard and
arranged q cast for the re-signing Of the
Declaration Of Independence.
The pioneer people were delighted to find
new sort Of diversion there in the isolated
mining camp where amusement Of any sort was
rare indeed. They eo-operated willingly got
as much fun out Of the two or three rehearsals
as they expected out Of the final show ITSELF
News Of the proposed celebration Travelled
out into the hills. The country was far from
being populous then-indeed, 1t Is not thickly
settled yet-hut there was o scattering of
hunters, traders, Tanchers, pEospectors and
what not 20 whom the news sounded enticing.
4 AMY leatheT-skinned individuals who had
wi never heard of Benjamin Franklin or
George Washington set their plans to ride In
and make pioneer whoopee with the people
who had heard The cause for party was q
minor matter, the party itself was the thing.
Sinliller literally radiated enthusiasm and
driving spirit for community betterment con-
sumed him. It poured out the following Sun
day morning in the pulpit, when he thoroughly
damned the gamblers and whisky drinkers Of
the town. So thoroughly did he damn them
that they set him astEide o pole that afternoon
and hooted him cut Of the region.
BY Wednesday he was back. and had sought
out the leader Of the hoodlums and half killed