Historical Clippings Book (HC-02) (297 pages)

Zellerbach Empire Had A Start -+November 23, 1965 336 . Little Jennie Baruh in high. button shoes, starched gingham dress and pig-tails used to hopscotch on the wooden sidewalk opposite the Nevada City Elementary School in front of the house where she wasborn 93 years ago, Jennie Baruh died in San Franciscolast week, She left at least 10 million dollars to charity. Jennie Baruh was alwayssmatt, like marrying Isadore Zellerbach, anative of Moore's Flat, Nevada County, when she was eighteen years old, I was up in Moore's Flat not so long ago. All that was left of that once prosperous gold rush town was the crumbling remains of a small general storecrumbling red brick and rusting iron fire doors, All of this has to do with a flip of a coin that brought fame and fortune to one of the great families of Califomnia and of that crumbling landmark of Moore's Flat. In San Francisco as the new emigrants arrived and rushed to the Nevada County gold fieldsa strange yet strong friendship developed between the Jew Anthony Zellerbach and the & Irish Catholic Charles Hegarty. Youthful enthusiasm and a liking for each other caused them to choose Nevada County and specifically Moore's Flat to go into partnership in a general store, They dabbled in mining but mostly tried to make a living from the store. Both married. Isadore Zellerbach was the first “ad cies & ISADORE ZELLERBACH baby to arrive, It became more ————————————— return to San Francisco. The rest is history. Moore's Flat and Hegarty 's Store have disappeared. The Crown Zellerbach Corporation is today a mighty paper manufacturing empire. Young Isadore came back to Nevada City and married Jennie Baruh. He did not forget the son of his father's partner also bom in Moore's Flat Jay Hegarty for over 50 years an employee of importance with the Zellerbach Corporation, As for that flip of the coinlike the Irishman said You can't winforlosing, But the Hegarty's were a tough luck family. I know. They're relatives of mine. More Malakoff More on the Malakoff Papers: A couple of weeks ago I wrote of the murder of Arthur Meyer and and more difficult for the store . to support two families, A decision was reached, A $2.50 gold coin was flipped. The winner was tohave the choice of buying the other partner out or closing the store down so both could return to San Francisco, Charles Hegarty won the flip. He chose to buy out his friend's interest. Anthony ZeNerbach decided to In Nevae of my father Lon Paine leasing Malakoff holdings andhydraulicing on a royalty basis and of selling the gold recovered to Dan Furth, Twodays after the Nugget was published came much information from my friend Jack Bassett who was born atthe Derbec adjoining the Malakoff: Dear Bob, Arthur Meyer was murdered for Malakoff gold, but I don't think they ever found out who did it. After the law closed down the Malakoffa lot of Chinese moved in. A lot of them were done in, too, accused of robbing the sluice boxesthat a few white men were working. I don't believe it. I think the white men were stealing from the Chinese, The Chinese in North Bloomfield were smart. I once saw se — PIR a ONT TT Sar ‘ ae la North Bloomfield Today one in his shack put gold coins in a buckskin bag and juggle them back and forth for a long time. Well, you know me. I got nosey andasked himwhy. He wouldn't tell me but I found out the gold would rub off in the bag which he would burn then pour quicksilver in the ashes and recover the rubbed off gold. I knew Dan Furth that your father sold gold to, His Oakland store was Capwell Sullivan-and Furth, He always bought his gold on the square. You people in Nevada County shouldbe proud to get a Califomia State Park at the Malakoff. It will sure help out Nevada City. I wishthe Alpha Hardware would send me one of their 1966 calendars, Havea nice Thanksgiving. Your friend, Jack Bassett jin t 10/3 0/ Mrs. Zellerbach, Nevada City, Dies A chapter of early to modern California history closed Friday with the death in San Francisco of Jennie Zellerbach, widow of Isadore Zellerbach, who had preceded her in death in 1941. Mrs. Zellerbach died in her 93rd year, her life paralleling a near century of progress in California, the only full century of development that the state has experienced. . Mrs. Zellerbach, born Jennie . Baruh, on May 5, 1872, is listed . as a native of Nevada City, but ‘}it is possible that her birthplace . and early home were in Moores Flat, Nevada county. She has . been a resident of San Francis. co for a good many years. ‘. She is survived by a son, Har‘jold L. Zellerbach, chairman of jthe executive committee of the \Zellerbach company and a daughter, Mrs. Claire Z. Saroni. The late J. D. Zellerbach, former ambassador to Italy and one time president of the Zellerbach board of directors, was a son. Eight grandchildren are bereaved; William P., Stephen A., both of San Francisco; James D. Jr., Mexico and Richard C. Zellerbach of Atherton; Mrs. Rolind Loew, Beverly Hills; Mrs. Steven Conley, San Mateo; Mrs. ‘Alfred Saroni, Hillsborough and ‘Mrs. Louis Saroni, San Francisco; as well as 15 great grandchildren and five great, great /grandchildren. Mrs. Zellerbach’s husband Isadore, taking the reins of the infant Zellerbach company on the passing of its founder Anthony Zellerbach, whose first business enterprise was a stationery store in San Francisco, developed and guided the huge Zellerbach en93 and Native of . . t terprise to its destiny as one . of the industrial and economic . . giants of the west. Much of this was achieved with the merger of the Zellerbach company with t the Crown-Williamette company into Crown-Zellerbach, at thr instigation of Isadore Zellerbac'/, and Louis Block. = Services for Mrs, Zellerbav “. will be private at the Sinai Mem. orial Chapel, San Francisco. . .

Zellerbach Empire Had A Start -+November 23, 1965 336 . Little Jennie Baruh in high. button shoes, starched gingham dress and pig-tails used to hopscotch on the wooden sidewalk opposite the Nevada City Elementary School in front of the house where she wasborn 93 years ago, Jennie Baruh died in San Franciscolast week, She left at least 10 million dollars to charity. Jennie Baruh was alwayssmatt, like marrying Isadore Zellerbach, anative of Moore's Flat, Nevada County, when she was eighteen years old, I was up in Moore's Flat not so long ago. All that was left of that once prosperous gold rush town was the crumbling remains of a small general storecrumbling red brick and rusting iron fire doors, All of this has to do with a flip of a coin that brought fame and fortune to one of the great families of Califomnia and of that crumbling landmark of Moore's Flat. In San Francisco as the new emigrants arrived and rushed to the Nevada County gold fieldsa strange yet strong friendship developed between the Jew Anthony Zellerbach and the & Irish Catholic Charles Hegarty. Youthful enthusiasm and a liking for each other caused them to choose Nevada County and specifically Moore's Flat to go into partnership in a general store, They dabbled in mining but mostly tried to make a living from the store. Both married. Isadore Zellerbach was the first “ad cies & ISADORE ZELLERBACH baby to arrive, It became more ————————————— return to San Francisco. The rest is history. Moore's Flat and Hegarty 's Store have disappeared. The Crown Zellerbach Corporation is today a mighty paper manufacturing empire. Young Isadore came back to Nevada City and married Jennie Baruh. He did not forget the son of his father's partner also bom in Moore's Flat Jay Hegarty for over 50 years an employee of importance with the Zellerbach Corporation, As for that flip of the coinlike the Irishman said You can't winforlosing, But the Hegarty's were a tough luck family. I know. They're relatives of mine. More Malakoff More on the Malakoff Papers: A couple of weeks ago I wrote of the murder of Arthur Meyer and and more difficult for the store . to support two families, A decision was reached, A $2.50 gold coin was flipped. The winner was tohave the choice of buying the other partner out or closing the store down so both could return to San Francisco, Charles Hegarty won the flip. He chose to buy out his friend's interest. Anthony ZeNerbach decided to In Nevae of my father Lon Paine leasing Malakoff holdings andhydraulicing on a royalty basis and of selling the gold recovered to Dan Furth, Twodays after the Nugget was published came much information from my friend Jack Bassett who was born atthe Derbec adjoining the Malakoff: Dear Bob, Arthur Meyer was murdered for Malakoff gold, but I don't think they ever found out who did it. After the law closed down the Malakoffa lot of Chinese moved in. A lot of them were done in, too, accused of robbing the sluice

boxesthat a few white men were working. I don't believe it. I think the white men were stealing from the Chinese, The Chinese in North Bloomfield were smart. I once saw se — PIR a ONT TT Sar ‘ ae la North Bloomfield Today one in his shack put gold coins in a buckskin bag and juggle them back and forth for a long time. Well, you know me. I got nosey andasked himwhy. He wouldn't tell me but I found out the gold would rub off in the bag which he would burn then pour quicksilver in the ashes and recover the rubbed off gold. I knew Dan Furth that your father sold gold to, His Oakland store was Capwell Sullivan-and Furth, He always bought his gold on the square. You people in Nevada County shouldbe proud to get a Califomia State Park at the Malakoff. It will sure help out Nevada City. I wishthe Alpha Hardware would send me one of their 1966 calendars, Havea nice Thanksgiving. Your friend, Jack Bassett jin t 10/3 0/ Mrs. Zellerbach, Nevada City, Dies A chapter of early to modern California history closed Friday with the death in San Francisco of Jennie Zellerbach, widow of Isadore Zellerbach, who had preceded her in death in 1941. Mrs. Zellerbach died in her 93rd year, her life paralleling a near century of progress in California, the only full century of development that the state has experienced. . Mrs. Zellerbach, born Jennie . Baruh, on May 5, 1872, is listed . as a native of Nevada City, but ‘}it is possible that her birthplace . and early home were in Moores Flat, Nevada county. She has . been a resident of San Francis. co for a good many years. ‘. She is survived by a son, Har‘jold L. Zellerbach, chairman of jthe executive committee of the \Zellerbach company and a daughter, Mrs. Claire Z. Saroni. The late J. D. Zellerbach, former ambassador to Italy and one time president of the Zellerbach board of directors, was a son. Eight grandchildren are bereaved; William P., Stephen A., both of San Francisco; James D. Jr., Mexico and Richard C. Zellerbach of Atherton; Mrs. Rolind Loew, Beverly Hills; Mrs. Steven Conley, San Mateo; Mrs. ‘Alfred Saroni, Hillsborough and ‘Mrs. Louis Saroni, San Francisco; as well as 15 great grandchildren and five great, great /grandchildren. Mrs. Zellerbach’s husband Isadore, taking the reins of the infant Zellerbach company on the passing of its founder Anthony Zellerbach, whose first business enterprise was a stationery store in San Francisco, developed and guided the huge Zellerbach en93 and Native of . . t terprise to its destiny as one . of the industrial and economic . . giants of the west. Much of this was achieved with the merger of the Zellerbach company with t the Crown-Williamette company into Crown-Zellerbach, at thr instigation of Isadore Zellerbac'/, and Louis Block. = Services for Mrs, Zellerbav “. will be private at the Sinai Mem. orial Chapel, San Francisco. . .