April 13, 1948 (6 pages)

ee tata eens le then. 3 ' A legal newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and published A legal newspaper, as defined by statute. HARLEY M. LEETE, Jr. .--.-.------------Owner and Publisher Member California Newspaper Publishers Association Published every Tuesday at Nevada City, California, and entered as matter of the second class in the post office at Nevada City:under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (in advance) One month (in advance) $3.00 The Diary of a 49’er (Continued from Page . ) out as a full-fledged “road agent’. The band held together until 41853, when three of its members were killed in-an encounter. with a sheriff’s posse near Forbestown, Yuba County. Williams and Rattlesnake Dick escaped and fled to the southern country. Dick was stabbed and killed by a rival desperado at Spanish Dry Diggings in °54. Williams disappeared from view for several years, but turned up in the “sixties” in that paradise of roughs and bad men, Virginia City, Nev., where he flourished as “chief,’’ to the annoyance of other aspirants to that coveted title, one of Whom poked a shotgun through a saloon window and emptied a charge of buckshot into his carcass, bringing his career to an abrupt termination.) f sight Pard said I had better take Marie back to Nevada and he would go along and raise a posse. Marie was as courageous as either one of us and kept as quiet as a mouse while they were at the cabin, but on the way to town tried to coax me not to go with the party, said that thief catching was not my business, and so did Pard, but I was not going to let him take any chances . that I was not willing to share, even if he was a deputy sheriff. So I went. We might as well have stayed at home for all-the good it did, although we found out we were right in thinking them highwaymen. An hour after they had left us they robbed the Blue Tent store of a lot of provisions and eight hundred dollars in dust. ‘It was five o'clock before we started and dark by the time we reached Blue Tent We pushed on to Humbug {now North Bloomfield) but they had not been seen there and we figured out that they had gone down the ridge toward Cherokee. We went there the next day, ‘but they had kept out of view and we heard no more pas of them. . got a good sight of the party at the cabin. (Please turn to Page 5) NEWS FROM THE RIDGE BY ALICE HILL Mrs. Netie Knebone of Wheatland has been visiting her niece, Mrs. Kern Fogarty and husband. Miss Lucy Conners has returned to Sacramento after a _ visit with her sister in Birchville. Mrs. Margaret Madden covering gradually after a repeat trip to the hospital because of pneumonia. She is staying with her sister, Miss Therese O’Connor of Birchville until she fully recovers. Mrs. Lena: McCarthy and a niece from Chicago have been visiting the William Moultons of French Corral. Easter week found 5 grandsons and their parents all of Santa Maria visiting the Ben Slankards of this village. Mrs. Rose Wood spent Easter with her children and grandchildren in Sacramento. Mr.and Mrs. Clarence Kerns of ‘Richmond spent Easter week with their daughter, Mrs. Ann Buckbee, and family. The Lloyd Denhams of Petaluma were Easter guests of the is re-" Frank Addlemans who all enjoyed a drive over the Yuba Pass on Hiphway 49 to get, their first view of Sierra Valley and the snow country. On Easter Sunday, Dahlia Church, MaryDugan and Helen Byran were confirmed at the North San Juan Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McQuinn of San Francisco spent Easter week-end visiting relatives here. Jerry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George McQuinn of this village and his wife is a sister of Doris Eveler of the Ridge Cafe. Mrs. Annie Bradbury has returned from a month’s visit with relatives in Sacramento. The North San Juan 4H group including 9 children and their advisors, Mrs. Addleman and Miss Lois Butz, joined with the other county 4Hers and left Grass Valley in two .busses to visit the Freedom Train at Sacramento. All were enthused with the exhibits, but time was too short to thoroughly study the material presented. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Slankard were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bones in honor of théir company, Mrs. King of Santa Barbara. The Slankards were former residents of Santa Barbara. Sunday visitors of the-Tom 244 Boulder Street NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY “BUILDING MATERIALS “THE PIONEER LUMBER YARD” Telephone 500 Nevada City, Calif. = Attention Ranchers: CLIFF SHEPHERD SAYS— More Painting Miles For Your Dollar. SPRAY PAINTING FOR YOUR BARNS AND RANCH BUILDINGS IS LOW-COST PROTECTION. We Specialize in Fire-Retarding Paints to Cut Insurance Costs CLIFFORD SHEPHERD Licensed Contractor COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL and HOME SPRAY PAINTING Phone 455 GRASS VALLEY 314 Henderson Street xX Me ning. Three excellent color films and a comedy were shown by _Mike Ellsworth. A social hour was enjoyed while coffee and pie was served. Roll call was answered with a poem or story. Visitors from Nevada City were Mrs; T.-S. Scribner, past president of Nevada City High School P. TT A.;. Mrs. Miles Coughlin, past president of Nevada City Elementary P. PASS Mrs. Isabell Hefelfinger and Rev. Lincoln. Mr. H. P. Turner, District Ranger and Mr. Nelson — Stone, Fire Control Assistant from the Camptonville Ranger Station. Other visitors were-Mr--andMrs.Harold_ Nelson of Santa Cruz, parents of Mrs. Phylis Butz of Celestial, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kerns of Richmond, parents of Ann Buckbee. Congratulations to the newlyweds, Ada (Rhoades) and Fred Adams was their daughter, Mrs. Fred Schmidt and her husband of Grass Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Will Sherman have returned from a week's visit in Sacramento and to. their old home in Sebastopol. : A. W. Atchison, Jr., and family from Oakland spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Atchison of North’ San Juan, who last fall purchased the Fields place on Highway 49. R. W. Lightfoot from Willits, step-father of M. A. Bryan, is visiting here. Zelma~and~ Winifred Stone of Live Oak were weekend guests of the M. A. Bryans. Mrs. Zoann Pope’s sister, Mrs. William Darke and husband of Hercules, and brother, John White of Pinole, were recent guests at the Starlite Bowl Ranch on the Middle Fork of the Yuba River Garden Club To " Install Officers © On April 15th a NEVADA CITY: The Nevads City Garden Club will install ity new officers on April: 15th, meet. ing in the home of Mrs. Teegtoe Kyler on the Lake Vera Road. Mrs. Fred M. Tourtelotte, the new: president, will be installed The membership in the club is limited to thirty because that ts regarded as the largest number that can well be accommodatay~ at meetings which are always held at the homes of members. ~The club recently contributed $25 toward buying a redwood grove along highway 101 in Hum. boldt County. Mrs. George Gildersleeve an4 Mrs. Arthur Hoge, members o the program committee state that an. interesting meeting is assured Butz who were married Wednesday night, March 31st, at the Nevada City Methodist Church with only the families present. near Freeman’s crossing. The -P;. -T, “A, of North San Juan held its regular meeting at the school house: last Tuesday night. After the installation of Congratulations to Thelma and officers, a very interesting and. Bob Gates of Grass Valley on educational program followed. presenting Marilyn with a baby Fred Conners read a poem _ by his . brother, David MarshaH. Marilyn wife, Adeline, entitied “Can Do”. . is staying with the happy grandRev. Lincoln of the Methodist . parents, the Fred Butz’ of Celestial, Valley . Church was speaker of the eve1F YOU'RE “INFANTICIPATING” LET US HELP YOU PLAN THE NURSERY BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER CO. BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER CO Telephone Grass Valley 1050 GLENBROOK “s Sea ws Ww VHESS™ Grass Valley Laundry & Dry Cleaners 111 BENNETT STREET GRASS VALLEY r Telephone—Grass Valley 103 BUILD and Better FUTURE with . Nevada County For a Bigger wartey LEETE gr. As SUPERVISOR BUSINESS LEADER — © e *

ee tata eens le then. 3 ' A legal newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and published A legal newspaper, as defined by statute. HARLEY M. LEETE, Jr. ..--.-..------------Owner and Publisher Member California Newspaper Publishers Association Published every Tuesday at Nevada City, California, and entered as matter of the second class in the post office at Nevada City:under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (in advance) One month (in advance) $3.00 The Diary of a 49’er (Continued from Page . ) out as a full-fledged “road agent’.. The band held together until 41853, when three of its members were killed in-an encounter. with a sheriff’s posse near Forbestown, Yuba County. Williams and Rattlesnake Dick escaped and fled to the southern country. Dick was stabbed and killed by a rival desperado at Spanish Dry Diggings in °54. Williams disappeared from view for several years, but turned up in the “sixties” in that paradise of roughs and bad men, Virginia City, Nev., where he flourished as “chief,’’ to the annoyance of other aspirants to that coveted title, one of Whom poked a shotgun through a saloon window and emptied a charge of buckshot into his carcass, bringing his career to an abrupt termination.) f sight Pard said I had better take Marie back to Nevada and he would go along and raise a posse. Marie was as courageous as either one of us and kept as quiet as a mouse while they were at the cabin, but on the way to town tried to coax me not to go with the party, said that thief catching was not my business, and so did Pard, but I was not going to let him take any chances . that I was not willing to share, even if he was a deputy sheriff. So I went. We might as well have stayed at home for all-the good it did, although we found out we were right in thinking them highwaymen. An hour after they had left us they robbed the Blue Tent store of a lot of provisions and eight hundred dollars in dust. ‘It was five o'clock before we started and dark by the time we reached Blue Tent We pushed on to Humbug {now North Bloomfield) but they had not been seen there and we figured out that they had gone down the ridge toward Cherokee. We went there the next day, ‘but they had kept out of view and we heard no more pas of them. . got a good sight of the party at the cabin. (Please turn to Page 5) NEWS FROM THE RIDGE BY ALICE HILL Mrs. Netie Knebone of Wheatland has been visiting her niece, Mrs. Kern Fogarty and husband. Miss Lucy Conners has returned to Sacramento after a _ visit with her sister in Birchville. Mrs. Margaret Madden covering gradually after a repeat trip to the hospital because of pneumonia. She is staying with her sister, Miss Therese O’Connor of Birchville until she fully recovers. Mrs. Lena: McCarthy and a niece from Chicago have been visiting the William Moultons of French Corral. Easter week found 5 grandsons and their parents all of Santa Maria visiting the Ben Slankards of this village. Mrs. Rose Wood spent Easter with her children and grandchildren in Sacramento. Mr.and Mrs. Clarence Kerns of ‘Richmond spent Easter week with their daughter, Mrs. Ann Buckbee, and family. The Lloyd Denhams of Petaluma were Easter guests of the is re-" Frank Addlemans who all enjoyed a drive over the Yuba Pass on Hiphway 49 to get, their first view of Sierra Valley and the snow country. On Easter Sunday, Dahlia Church, MaryDugan and Helen Byran were confirmed at the North San Juan Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McQuinn of San Francisco spent Easter week-end visiting relatives here. Jerry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George McQuinn of this village and his wife is a sister of Doris Eveler of the Ridge Cafe. Mrs. Annie Bradbury has returned from a month’s visit with relatives in Sacramento. The North San Juan 4H group including 9 children and their advisors, Mrs. Addleman and Miss Lois Butz, joined with the other county 4Hers and left Grass Valley in two .busses to visit the Freedom Train at Sacramento. All were enthused with the exhibits, but time was too short to thoroughly study the material presented. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Slankard were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bones in honor of théir company, Mrs. King of Santa Barbara. The Slankards were former residents of Santa Barbara. Sunday visitors of the-Tom 244 Boulder Street NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY “BUILDING MATERIALS “THE PIONEER LUMBER YARD” Telephone 500 Nevada City, Calif. = Attention Ranchers: CLIFF SHEPHERD SAYS—

More Painting Miles For Your Dollar. SPRAY PAINTING FOR YOUR BARNS AND RANCH BUILDINGS IS LOW-COST PROTECTION. We Specialize in Fire-Retarding Paints to Cut Insurance Costs CLIFFORD SHEPHERD Licensed Contractor COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL and HOME SPRAY PAINTING Phone 455 GRASS VALLEY 314 Henderson Street xX Me ning. Three excellent color films and a comedy were shown by _Mike Ellsworth. A social hour was enjoyed while coffee and pie was served. Roll call was answered with a poem or story. Visitors from Nevada City were Mrs; T.-S. Scribner, past president of Nevada City High School P. TT A.;. Mrs. Miles Coughlin, past president of Nevada City Elementary P. PASS Mrs. Isabell Hefelfinger and Rev. Lincoln. Mr. H. P. Turner, District Ranger and Mr. Nelson — Stone, Fire Control Assistant from the Camptonville Ranger Station. Other visitors were-Mr--andMrs.Harold_ Nelson of Santa Cruz, parents of Mrs. Phylis Butz of Celestial, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kerns of Richmond, parents of Ann Buckbee. Congratulations to the newlyweds, Ada (Rhoades) and Fred Adams was their daughter, Mrs. Fred Schmidt and her husband of Grass Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Will Sherman have returned from a week's visit in Sacramento and to. their old home in Sebastopol. : A. W. Atchison, Jr., and family from Oakland spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Atchison of North’ San Juan, who last fall purchased the Fields place on Highway 49. R. W. Lightfoot from Willits, step-father of M. A. Bryan, is visiting here. Zelma~and~ Winifred Stone of Live Oak were weekend guests of the M. A. Bryans. Mrs. Zoann Pope’s sister, Mrs. William Darke and husband of Hercules, and brother, John White of Pinole, were recent guests at the Starlite Bowl Ranch on the Middle Fork of the Yuba River Garden Club To " Install Officers © On April 15th a NEVADA CITY: The Nevads City Garden Club will install ity new officers on April: 15th, meet. ing in the home of Mrs. Teegtoe Kyler on the Lake Vera Road. Mrs. Fred M. Tourtelotte, the new: president, will be installed The membership in the club is limited to thirty because that ts regarded as the largest number that can well be accommodatay~ at meetings which are always held at the homes of members. ~The club recently contributed $25 toward buying a redwood grove along highway 101 in Hum. boldt County. Mrs. George Gildersleeve an4 Mrs. Arthur Hoge, members o the program committee state that an. interesting meeting is assured Butz who were married Wednesday night, March 31st, at the Nevada City Methodist Church with only the families present. near Freeman’s crossing. The -P;. -T, “A, of North San Juan held its regular meeting at the school house: last Tuesday night. After the installation of Congratulations to Thelma and officers, a very interesting and. Bob Gates of Grass Valley on educational program followed. presenting Marilyn with a baby Fred Conners read a poem _ by his . brother, David MarshaH. Marilyn wife, Adeline, entitied “Can Do”. . is staying with the happy grandRev. Lincoln of the Methodist . parents, the Fred Butz’ of Celestial, Valley . Church was speaker of the eve1F YOU'RE “INFANTICIPATING” LET US HELP YOU PLAN THE NURSERY BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER CO. BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER CO Telephone Grass Valley 1050 GLENBROOK “s Sea ws Ww VHESS™ Grass Valley Laundry & Dry Cleaners 111 BENNETT STREET GRASS VALLEY r Telephone—Grass Valley 103 BUILD and Better FUTURE with . Nevada County For a Bigger wartey LEETE gr. As SUPERVISOR BUSINESS LEADER — © e *