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' Byreau, state division of forestREUNION TO BE
HIGHLIGHT OF
SUNDAY EVENTS
Joseph E. Smith, mayor of
Oakland, will be the principal
speaker at the Nevada county re“union program to be. held Sunday at Memorial park, Grass
Valley, according to George C.
Carson, Oakland, who is serving
as master of ceremonies at the
reunion.
The program will be kept to
the minimum to enable the old
and the young-old friends and
home-comers to spend as much
time as possible visiting. Mayor
Smith’s speech has been limited’
to 15 minutes.
Carson announces the program
will also include:
“America,” sung by the assemblage.
Selections by the Gold Miners
chorus.
Welcome by mayor of Grass
Valley.
Remarks by William Doidge,
president of San Francisco-Oakland reunion committee.
Kreisler’s “The Old Refrain,”
and McGill’s “Duna,” solos by
Dr. A. A. Arbogast, San Francisco and a former Nevada City
resident.
Remarks .-by John Fortier,
president of the Grass Valley
Chamber of Commerce.
Cadman’s “Glory,” .and Hulten’s “Any Old Road That Leads
Home,” solos by Carson. Carson
is a former Grass Valley resident.
Address by Mayor Smith.
Selections by the Gold Miners
chorus.
“Auld Lang Syne” by the assemblage.
Mrs. Betty Plummer Hooper,
Grass Valley, will be accompanist for the musical numbers.
BAND MUSIC ANYWHERE
YOU GO:AT FESTIVAL
Bands will be a dime a dozen
at the Nevada County Centennial ,
celebration in Grass Valley tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
The Nevada City band, directed by Willard Goerz, will appear
in the parade Monday and will
provide music at: the Sargent
memorial dedication at Pioneer
cemetery, Nevada City, Sunday
afternoon.
The Grass Valley band, recently organized by Harold George
Sr., has programs scheduled at
7 p.m., each of the three days of
the celebration. Saturdays night
it will present an hour and a
half of concert music at the corner of Mill and. Bank streets in
Grass Valley. Sunday it will present a program at Hennessy field
preceding the fireworks display.
It will give another concert Monday evening at Hennessy field,
and will participate in the parade
and the patriotic exercises at the
Veterans Memorial building
Monday.
Appearing in the parade will
be the Salvation Army band, directed by Harry Leighton.
NEVADA CITY UNITS —
IN FESTIVAL PARADE
Nevada City organizations entering floats or units in the parade Monday in Grass Valley include Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, city council, Chamber of
Commerce, Elks lodge, Rotary
club, Hydraulic Parlor, Native
Sons of the Golden West, Laurel
Parlor Native Daughters of the
Golden West, Cootiettes, fire de-.
partment, fire department auxiliary, band, Business and Professional Women’s club, Tribe
of Redmen, Degree of Pocahontas, » Neighbors of Woodcraft,
Elementary Parent-Teachers association, Nevada County Farm
ry, 4-H club, North San Juan,
Camptonville and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Parlor Native Daughters of the Golden West, Nevada county sheriff’s posse. Ps
Old Gold Jewelry Is
Etiquette at Festival
The mining committee of the
Nevada County Fourth of July
Centennial celebration requests
everyone wear old gold jewelry
during the celebration. Nugget
and gold quartz jewelry is preferred.
The committee has also been
active in the organization and
placement of the many gold exhibits to be displayed in Grass
Valley stores during the celebraCount
. securing law and order. OrganiTRIBUTE TO SARGENT
AND COUNTY PIONEERS
It is truly and just that the
County Centennial Celebration
plans to dedicate the monument
of A. A. Sargent and the Pioneer
cemetery on Sunday, July 3, at
3:30 p.m. This was the first cemetery in the cty and was used until
it was completely occupied; it is
therefore the last resting place
of many of the pioneer fathers
and mothers: after the lapse of
nearly a century there is little
else we can do.
The City Council has, by resolution, agreed to maintain the
cemetery so that at all times its
appearance will be _ creditable.
The: performance of this small
token should be full and complete. It was they who gave us
life and love.
Over the entrance to the State
Library at Sacramento you will
find this inscription—GIVE ME
MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNwomen of those pioneer days;
and in comparison with the most
humble of them we are very,
very common; many of them
were men of the finest talents
and attainments, whose occupations embraced every trade and
calling known to mankind.
The reflection of the glistening
particles of gold found at: Coloma
entered every home, mansion
and castle throughout the world.
From countries far and near—
large and small—torrid, temperate and frigid, embarked the
greatest trek in the history of
the world. All those’ making the
trek were in the fullness of life
and whether their surroundings
were happy or otherwise it required courage and _ initiative
of the highest degree to tear
asunder the threads of life that
bound them to their place of
birth and to embark on that long
journey seeking to establish a
new home for their families in a
new and little known land.
Three thousand walked across
the plains of this country, their
belongings in a wheelbarrow, accompanied by a milk cow.
Nevada county was fortunate
that so many outstanding men located here. A. A. Sargent was
one of the most notable of them.
These men immediately organized and set in motion means of
zations were formed and property
rights and the liberties of citizens
were established. Because of
these things Nevada county had
fewer scenes of violence and lawlessness than many other portions of this state. Mining laws
were proclaimed. and enforced in
each camp; the justice of which
was recognized furnishing the
foundation for the mining ,laws
that were adopted in the state
constitution.
Many of these men were lawyers, and as the state developed
set up practises and were rewarded with the highest offices
as justices of the supreme court
and other high positions. Some
of these were Judge Nile Searles
(grandfather of the outstanding
Searles of today), T. B. McFarland, A. C. Niles, Thos. H. Caswell, Judge Rearden, E. M. Preston, Worshipful Master of the
Masonic Order in California, and
Chas. Marsh. In all lines of endeavor competent leaders were
available. :
These men and women early
recognized the great potentiality
of the state. To them it was the
promised land that had been
withheld from the sight of men
until, through natural evolution,
he was capable of possessing and
administering it. Here he beheld
one of the fairest spots on God’s
green earth. It was carved out of
the land grant ceded to the government by Mexico after the
Mexican war. When the treaty
approving this was up for ratification in the senate, Daniel
Webster, senator from Massachusetts.arose and spoke as follows:
“This land is composed of vast
deserts; the native Indians are
hostile and resent the presence of
settlers; the long coast line has
few adequate harbors; this purchase will always be a drain on
the federal treasury. —Yet in a
few short years, the golden harvest of the gravel beds by which
we are’ surrounded became a
great factor in maintaining the
credit of the government during
the Civil war, and today we find
this: state third in population in
the nation and the greatest in increasing population. In income
taxes and all other forms of
taxes we are fourth or fifth. This
did not happen by itself. Hard
work, ‘sacrifices, thrift and wise
administrators are responsible.
On this day and hour the com‘mittee has designated, we shall
honor these hardy men and women and pay our deepest respects
to them; and we will do likewise
tion,:.; lon, the following day for our nay Cele
TAINS. Such were the men and . :
Star mine.
S
GOLD MINERS CHORUS OF MANY YEARS AGO
PICTURED ABOVE is one of the early groups
that composed the famed Grass Valley Gold
Miners: Chorus. The picture was taken about
1925. The settings were used Wednesday night
as a back drop by the current day’s chorus in
its concert at the Veterans Memorial building.
It represents the 3400 foot level of the Empire
MODEL STAMP.
MILL TO CRUSH
ORE IN FESTIVAL
The “roar of stamps” will be
music to the ears of hundreds of
present and returning Nevada
county mining men, during the
Fourth of July celebration in
Grass Valley Saturday, Sunday
and Monday as a large model,
operating 10 stamp mill, will
crush ore continuously on Mill
street.The stamp mill —two batteries
of five stamps each—and each
stamp weighing 30 pounds, will
be displayed in the windows of
the Penney store.
Floyd Wilmoth, director of the
Placer College school of mines
and secretary of the California
Hydraulic Mining association,
said. the full mill, exact in smaller scale to the famous mills of
the Grass Valley-Nevada City
district, has been used by mining
and metallurgy classes at Placer.
The crushed ore will flow over
an amalgam table to pick up the
fine pinpoints of gold crushed
from the rock.
TWIN CITIES READY
FOR BIG HOLIDAYS
(continued from page one)
Grass Valley high school will be
guests of honor at the reunion
picnic. A program and tours to
historical points of interest in the
area will follow a_ traditional
pasty picnic dinner.
Folk dancers from all over
northern California will gather
Sunday afternoon and evening
in a regional folk dance festival
starting at 1 p.m. in the Veterans
Memorial building. Intermission
will last from 5 p.m. to. 7:30 p.m.
A traditional baseball game
will be played at 2:30 p.m. at
Watt park with the Grass Valley
Braves and the Nevada City Athletics of the Placer-Nevada
league competing in a regular
league game.
A band concert and fireworks
at Hennessy field will complete
Sunday’s activities.
Harleth M. Brock will marshall
the huge centennial parade into
line starting at 9:15 a.m., in the
Boston Ravine area of Mill
street, and will move it north
on Mill at 11 o’clock.: The parade,
consisting of approximately 75
floats and several marching
units, will continue north on Mill
to Main street, turn east to AuJohn F. Bongard, chief inspector of the state division of mines,
has arrived in Grass Valley, to
complete the transfer of gold
specimens and nuggets to the
J. C. Penney store windows,
where close to a million dollars
value will be displayed.
Bongard is working with the
committee of mining men of Nevada and Sierra counties, which
is arranging this exhibit claimed
to be the finest showing of gold
in California.
QUEEN TO RULE OVER
INDEPENDENCE BALL
GIVEN BY COMPANY E
A queen will reign over the
Independence day ball to be held
Monday evening at Veterans Memorial building, Grass Valley.
She will be crowned as the climax of the evening.
The dance is sponsored’ by
Company E, 184th Infantry, California National Guard.
Dancing will start at 9 and
music will be furnished by Dan
Raymer and his orchestra.
Forest Springs Farm
Center Will Operate
Lunch Counter July 4
Forest Springs Farm Center
will operate a lunch counter on
Monday, July 4, to be located
on the N.I.D. lot, south of the
Community Hospital on South
Auburn street, Grass Valley.
The center will serve roast
beef sandwiches and potato salad,
coffee,.cold drinks and ice cream.
The proceeds will be used to
complete the new clubhouse on
the Auburn highway, south of
this city.
tional benefactors. In spirit we
will gather them in our arms,
press them to our bosom, and
proclaim them blessed; for our
admiration for them is unbounded, and that respect and admiration will grow in intensity as the
valley of the shadow of death becomes darker and deeper.—Geo.
C. Calanan, reprinted from Nevada County Historical society
. the fire departments of Nevada
stant armed guard, will contain
$1,000,000 in gold and gold-bearburn street, then south to Race
street, where it will disband.
A reviewing and judges stand
will be placed at the corner of
Mill and Bank streets.
Three bands will be in line of
march representing Grass Valley,
Nevada City, and the Salvation
Army of Grass Valley. Drum and
bugle corps and drill teams of
veterans organizations of Nevada
county and the Native Sons and
Daughters Parlors of Grass Valley and San Francisco will add
marching.music to the parade.
The parade will disband in the
vicinity of the Veterans Memorial building, where following the
parade patriotic exercises will be
held with Joseph R. Knowland,
Oakland, chairman of the California Centennial Commission
and newspaper publisher, will be
guest speaker. He will be introduced by Earl Covey, Grass ValleY member of commission.
Peter T. Conmy, Oakland,
Grand President of the Native
Sons of the Golden West, will
also be one of the speakers on
the program.
The Grass Valley’ band will
present a concert Monday afternoon on Mill street with selections by the Gold Miners chorus.
Mill street will be roped off for
a traditional water fight between
City and Grass Valley, a muck
shoveling contest, and races for
the children.
The Grass Valley Braves will
play an exhibition baseball game
with the Colusa Prunepickers at
2:30.at Watt park.
Winding up the three days will
be a Independence day Ball in
Veterans Memorial building
sponsored by Company E, 184th
Infantry, Galifornia National
Guard.
Both cities are in gala dress
for the célebration with banners
and decorations and flags filling
the streets of the business districts. Many of the _ business
houses of both cities are displaying relics of the pioneer days.
Two particularly interesting
windows show an 1860 cash register that used wooden balls as
computers, and operating model
10-stamp gold mill.
One store window, under conFIVE-FOOT DOLLHOUSE
WILL BE PRESENTED .
DURING CELEBRATION
If you are a girl, aged from
six to 12—how’d you like to win
the most beautiful playhouse
you’ve ever seen?
Any little girl would enjoy being “lady-of-the-manor” of the
completely built, decorated and
modern playhouse to be given
away. as a centennial celebration
feature by the Calida Lumber
company.
The playhouse is of five-foot
size, has regulation doors and
windows,:: shimmers in glossy
paint and all-in-all is a junior
sized house.
Free tickets are being distributed by real estate offices in
both Nevada City and Grass Valley’ with real estate people cooperating 100. per cent. Every
youngster entering a float in the
junior parade tomorrow will receive free tickets.
The awarding of the Calida
playhouse will be made on the
afternoon of July 4 in front of
the Veterans Memorial building.
DEDICATION, BURIAL
GROUND JULY 3
(continued from page one)
held the war intervened and an
appropriate time did not present
itself until this year.
On the committee that year
were William H. James, now in
the Philippine Islands; Miles D.
Coughlin, Clarence Martz, and
Dr. Chapman. Added to the committee for Sunday’s program are
Charles Veale, George H: Calanan, and Ellsworth D. Sherman,
president of Hydraulic Parlor,
Native Sons of the Golden. West.
Sargent, the man whose memory will be honored Sunday, was
probably Nevada county’s greatest personality. Starting life in
Massachusetts as an apprentice
printer, Sargent climbed to the
post of U. S. minister. to Germany
during the administration of U.
S. Grant, and filled countless offices on his way to the pinnacle
of his career.
His first political job was secretary to a U. S. senator from
Massachusetts. ¢ He came west
with the tide of argonauts, tried
his hand at mining and became a
partner in the Nevada Journal in
1852. He was first Noble Grand
of Oustomah Lodge No. 16, International Order of Odd Fellows
in 1853. Sargent was a city trustee. He studied law, passed: the
bar examination and was elected
Nevada county district attorney,
all in less than-one calender year.
Sargent organized the Republican party in Nevada county and
attended the Chicago convention
that placed Abraham Lincoln in
the White House. Sargent went
to Washington the same time as
congressman from California. He
returned to the capital for two
more terms as congressman and
once as U. S. senator.
Grant appointed him minister
to Germany, and the Nevada
county pioneer .,was_ brought
home by request 'of Chancellor
Bismarck for daring to call him a
liar when Bismarck accused the
American meat packers of shipping trichina infected pork to
Germany. Grant offered Sargent
the portfolio to Russia hut the
argonaut returned to San Francisco where he died in 1887.
When Laurel Hill cemetery,
San Francisco, was abandoned
the statesman’s remains were
periodical.
ing ore. . mds be ie nies we
cremated and_ scattered over
Quaker hill, where he had hunted
i
ration Ready to Start
‘JLR. KNOWLAND
FOURTH OF JULY
. Joseph R. Knowland, Oakland,
_chairman of the California Cen. tennial. commission, and publisher of the Oakland Tribune, will
be the principal speaker at patriotic exercises to be held at the
Veterans Memorial building immediately following the parade
Monday.
Earl Covey, program chairman,
said others on the program will
include Peter T. Conmy, Oakland, Grand President of Native
Sons of the Golden West; opening and closing selections by the
Grass Valley band under the di-'
rection of Harold: George Sr.;
vocal solo: of the “Star Spangled
Banner” by Lloyd Geist, Nevada
City; pledge of allegiance led
by Troop 4, Boy Scouts of America, Grass Valley, selections by
the Grass Valley Gold Miners
invocation by: the Rev. Donald
Getty; and benedicition by the
Rev. Frank Buck..
Introductions will be by Earl
Covey.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
WILL BE PRESENTED
The Nevada County Tavern
Owners association secured. the
Fourth of July celebration fireworks and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce will set them off
during the Nevada County centennial celebration.
The display will be set off under license and instructions from
Grass Valley and state fire suppression leaders. Sos
They were secured by contributions from the Tavern Association members of Nevada. City
and Grass Valley and duplicate
their Fourth of July contribution
of last year.
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Hose and fittings. Recharging
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Owner identify at Police Station.
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chicken from Wasley Poultry
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delivered at any time. Wasley
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Phone 22F23. jse
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per box of 500, while they last..
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