August 16, 1935 (10 pages)

i ® FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1935. PAGE GLAMOROUS SAN JUAN . extinct, is the ote now known Another ienewr’ famnity of North ing jas Cherokee. The name was derivea!. San Juan is Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hoi-. for the yesteryears. He drove the grass and offered grazing land to}]In those days this section of the RIDGE MAD y from some Cherokees, who moved}. Jand who have lived on the Ridge. Smartsville stage for eight years and . thousands of head of cattle. state was taken over almost. entirh LE HISTORY: here in 1853. ae {for forty nine years. As I steppea. he drove a butcher wagon for thirty . HOMES ON THE RIDGE jely, to hydraulic mining. He reGeese ara i 3 ReCAViIELE -into the Holland7parior it seemed to} years veen Lake City and Norin . He relates that when ‘he used. to (Contiuned from Page One) The 7ittle iiv}:ge of Birch: ie wasitme I was immediately transported . San Jtou. Mr. Denovan can remem-.i ride along the Ridge there, were loy(Continued on Page Eight) francisco street upon which was sit-. situaied/on the sravei channgl three . back into hisiory for at least fifty . babecnel ia RE Peer aE? ewes = p5deeguserees nated many beautiful homes. niles south of North San Juan, andj years. The rich old carpets, antique . = sg plese Reds. tele teteteteteeeie totter te eben ttetetoe te Peete te ode Ob IB s The first brick building in ther2t one time it was the center of esfurniture, priceiss pictures and the . Z Ga, . town -was erected in 1856, and wa ensive tni x. .0 ; f nerous hospitality of this nark. ¥ f mecupied asa gtoc ry and provisios The small town of Sweetland was . able family wert delightfully in(te ain udn 1 Ge esta store and was afierwai used for a 15 y9ted on. the se as a trad. .strumental in giving me this im. Biore house by A. Com-} 1 st and became sot-. pression. iz . “ ’ pany. The brick secti of ‘this . fled: It has } tay be again} Mirs. Holland fondiy remembers . * . . Is a “home event,” staged by home pe ople—one great per enjoying a grand building is, still standing an@ is just in the near future a scene of exten-. North San Juan as a locality of \% out-door reunion. We consider ourselves as much of an institution as the San Juan next door to the W. BE. Moulton gen-. sive minins eniefprises. [ereen grass carpeted slopes whereon . % Ridge League-—because, we live in Nevada County, make our living in Nevada ce Beene pe FIRw ec me eat ae oh ae te ee sede ct Ga a ce ) : (bee ounity, pay taxes and, Deere teow in Pact, We net oe On September 5, 1863, a fire orihe Ridge ‘betwéen the Middle and. homes. Water worlds of water . e . nS IT right into it. Trust your photographic work fo our long established institution. iginated in an unoccupied building, . South Yuba Rivers. . was availafile at all times and the . e Beware of the smooth tongue of the “fly-by-night.” and destroyed threc houses and all A corral was hil { tais pom in . yards were laid with grassy . * Dd : VQ ) their contenis. in Octo) ; 1 Ewe nehmen from! lawi flowers. in abundance’! # Doosting I r Nevada ; : £0 years of Photographic aBain. in September oi fi chime 7 on ti fain Yuba loomed -everywhere and the gar-. % if originated in Chinatown, and de Dp sed a closel or mules. . and orchards yielded acres of 7 County ALL experience. Siroyead uw considerable. number 5 ’ fact the. } i ved rawberries, nuts, and frnits. * buildings in that locality. Still rwards tl ua 1 the . HALCYON DAYS * 24 hours every day. Prorecnaper No gsuess work. aye ene CR atew en omny . DEG Oey ee eet aed ose good old days there was. ® ic. i scaa acc skidae eke a firemen saved: the balance o . u in 184 and a man named}{,, office, two clothing stores tae Se ee oe er es ane epee ie a aera as eis ae ee : breweries, five saloons, a MethORAS LUE SRY RT RE REE DAE TIE the rear of th National i d Ive old hh 4 "Ot odist and Catholic church t.wo . . 3 3 In May, 1875, the North San Juan! en English sail who in turn’ sold schools besides the different “merIsrigating Company, was organized . ihe store in 1856 to Robert and John] .jandise stores. ae : fer the purpose of laying down iron} ussenias. ‘Fhese two brothers erectDare GhoOvE oo eee eee q Ed. Bi : ' Hi] . Ri : ? y pipes to supply the people of the cd log house near: where the Cor; towh with water for irrigating ana il House now stands. Cc na nen See ~ ° nd a household uses. On July 4. 1875, the REDGE PIONEERS . ; work was completed and the water: \~pioneer is one wHo goes before id . admitted to the pipes. i ae obstacles and. prepare the ‘The Blue Bird LAND TITLE DISPUTES vay for others, or one who is among . At one time considerable trouble . the first to explore a country. The ‘was experienced in the matter of/'c2! pioneer was no rude son of toil, title to the town site. It was claim. tt a man of thought, often trained ed, when the town was first built, in arts and letters. by H. P. Sweetland, by purchase This thought was borne home to from J. B. Stafford. A portion of the {me the first time. I sat on the long Jand claimed was surrounded by a! cool balcony of the pioneer home fence, within which was the cabin . of Mr. Henry Huckins of North San of the claimant. . Juan and listened breathlessly while A number of the settlers bought ihe related exciting tales of the early; Sweetland’s title, while others de-. wining days one moment and in the @lined to do so, and ‘in i855, suit { next recited original but marvelous for trespass was brought against poetry Thomas L. Frew. While the suit was! Henry Huckins’ grandfather was pending Sweetland opened a streat . a Seot physician who came to this through the enclosed lot and offer. country in 1849, and began his praced lots of one hundred feet:deep fo. . tise at Rose Bar. As the miners gale at one dollar per front foot. i moved up the river he followed he-. The suit was decided adversely to hind and ministered to them, phy=. the claimant, and immediately” set. Sically and mentally. j tlers occupied all the land not be. Hizh on a slope ‘of the foothills is fore taken. Upon appeal to the Su-) “till standing the Huckins home preme Court, however, Sweetland’s. ; Which was built in the early 69s, title to the portion that had bee: . and overlooks the pine tree tops as enclosed was’ sustained, and many . well as the village below. In the then purchased of him while others . spacious yard of this historical home refused to do so until another suit . is still standing the first telephone settled the question finally. vole that was erected for the first TOWNS ON THE RiDGEH . iong distance telephone in the whole Pleasantly situated on the Ridge . world! down which runs the pliocere river . WORLD'S FIRST THLEPHONE channel, on the road from Columbia’ The Ridge Telephone Company Hill to North Bloomfield, Columbia Hill. erations were commenced 1855 a man opened a store and settlement soon jbecame a_ vil In 1853 mining ‘fle town of Lake City. At one tiine . principal office at North San Juan. this village contained one hotel, a a . The line was owned by the Milton merchandise store, saloon, black. Water and Mining !Company, the smith shop and several residences. [ertn Bloomfield Gravel Mining Situated at the junction’ of the . , Company and the Eureka Lake and North Bloomfield gravel channels} Yuba Canal Company. The line was with the one from the Blue Tent is . sixty miles long and ran _ from . with a postofiice of its own. but now al! Once flourishing, is the litand . was organized in 1878, and had its french Corral to Milton Dam with a Opin . branch to -Foucharie; in all there the . were twenty two stations on the line, lage land the chief use it was put to was . the management of the ditches and! nost . Mining -claims. Gold Medal GUE That won highest award in California at State Fair 1931—1932—1933 NEVADA CITY BRET HARTE DAIRY, U. S. N. Johnson, Proprietor old timer with a memory keen . ber when the hills were green with as homes on every side of the road. 4 < PHONE 77 NEVADA CITY CABINET SHOP — . R. C. ROGERS, Prop. KITCHENS REMOD CARPENTRY OF ALL KINDS TO ORDER 220 Commercial Street ELED—ALTERATIONS MADE "Nevada City, — VALLEY ELECTRIC MOTOR WORKS 210 Nevada AGENTS FOR ALLIS Main Street PHONE 43 City, California CHALMERS LINE OF PUMPS, MOTORS AND MINE AND MILL EQUIPMENT. ELECTRIC. MOTORS .RE-WOUND, RE-BUILT. Confectionery 110 Mill Street, Grass. Valley E.B. Bonham . Keith Breckenridge ff Joe Moran . John Gaskins ee GuyzT horne Olive Skewes HOME COOKED FOUNTAIN LUNCH . CANDIES ICE CREAM Our Entire Personnel and Their Families To Celebrate the San Juan Fie iesta , With You !! “Meet . You will Say to your friends: me at the Bird.” NEVADA CITY DRUG STORE, Nevada City PHOENIX DRUG STORE, . . Grass Valley be welcome. ~ Totatatatotatatatatalatatata lato taal tat tre et et et ete Te eee re tee teat ea { i . . ] Hi v SLL a — Congratulations NORTH SAN JUA We Have Always Enjoyed the Friendship of the Ridge People, and Rejoice With Them in Their ‘‘Fiesta’’ Celebration. NEVADA CITY IN BUSINESS. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS—AUGUST 26 Se i all Wood Medd Uae S. LEE bErPER--Go, ae ee pop ee ee ee pop bes peep eg pan fool Basl Gad Doe PL

i ® FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1935. PAGE GLAMOROUS SAN JUAN . extinct, is the ote now known Another ienewr’ famnity of North ing jas Cherokee. The name was derivea!. San Juan is Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hoi-. for the yesteryears. He drove the grass and offered grazing land to}]In those days this section of the RIDGE MAD y from some Cherokees, who moved}. Jand who have lived on the Ridge. Smartsville stage for eight years and . thousands of head of cattle. state was taken over almost. entirh LE HISTORY: here in 1853. ae {for forty nine years. As I steppea. he drove a butcher wagon for thirty . HOMES ON THE RIDGE jely, to hydraulic mining. He reGeese ara i 3 ReCAViIELE -into the Holland7parior it seemed to} years veen Lake City and Norin . He relates that when ‘he used. to (Contiuned from Page One) The 7ittle iiv}:ge of Birch: ie wasitme I was immediately transported . San Jtou. Mr. Denovan can remem-.i ride along the Ridge there, were loy(Continued on Page Eight) francisco street upon which was sit-. situaied/on the sravei channgl three . back into hisiory for at least fifty . babecnel ia RE Peer aE? ewes = p5deeguserees nated many beautiful homes. niles south of North San Juan, andj years. The rich old carpets, antique . = sg plese Reds. tele teteteteteeeie totter te eben ttetetoe te Peete te ode Ob IB s The first brick building in ther2t one time it was the center of esfurniture, priceiss pictures and the . Z Ga, . town -was erected in 1856, and wa ensive tni x. .0 ; f nerous hospitality of this nark. ¥ f mecupied asa gtoc ry and provisios The small town of Sweetland was . able family wert delightfully in(te ain udn 1 Ge esta store and was afierwai used for a 15 y9ted on. the se as a trad. .strumental in giving me this im. Biore house by A. Com-} 1 st and became sot-. pression. iz . “ ’ pany. The brick secti of ‘this . fled: It has } tay be again} Mirs. Holland fondiy remembers . * . . Is a “home event,” staged by home pe ople—one great per enjoying a grand building is, still standing an@ is just in the near future a scene of exten-. North San Juan as a locality of \% out-door reunion. We consider ourselves as much of an institution as the San Juan next door to the W. BE. Moulton gen-. sive minins eniefprises. [ereen grass carpeted slopes whereon . % Ridge League-—because, we live in Nevada County, make our living in Nevada ce Beene pe FIRw ec me eat ae oh ae te ee sede ct Ga a ce ) : (bee ounity, pay taxes and, Deere teow in Pact, We net oe On September 5, 1863, a fire orihe Ridge ‘betwéen the Middle and. homes. Water worlds of water . e . nS IT right into it. Trust your photographic work fo our long established institution. iginated in an unoccupied building, . South Yuba Rivers. . was availafile at all times and the . e Beware of the smooth tongue of the “fly-by-night.” and destroyed threc houses and all A corral was hil { tais pom in . yards were laid with grassy . * Dd : VQ ) their contenis. in Octo) ; 1 Ewe nehmen from! lawi flowers. in abundance’! # Doosting I r Nevada ; : £0 years of Photographic aBain. in September oi fi chime 7 on ti fain Yuba loomed -everywhere and the gar-. % if originated in Chinatown, and de Dp sed a closel or mules. . and orchards yielded acres of 7 County ALL experience. Siroyead uw considerable. number 5 ’ fact the. } i ved rawberries, nuts, and frnits. * buildings in that locality. Still rwards tl ua 1 the . HALCYON DAYS * 24 hours every day. Prorecnaper No gsuess work. aye ene CR atew en omny . DEG Oey ee eet aed ose good old days there was. ® ic.. i scaa acc skidae eke a firemen saved: the balance o . u in 184 and a man named}{,, office, two clothing stores tae Se ee oe er es ane epee ie a aera as eis ae ee : breweries, five saloons, a MethORAS LUE SRY RT RE REE DAE TIE the rear of th National i d Ive old hh 4 "Ot odist and Catholic church t.wo . . 3 3 In May, 1875, the North San Juan! en English sail who in turn’ sold schools besides the different “merIsrigating Company, was organized . ihe store in 1856 to Robert and John] .jandise stores. ae : fer the purpose of laying down iron} ussenias. ‘Fhese two brothers erectDare GhoOvE oo eee eee q Ed. Bi : ' Hi] . Ri : ? y pipes to supply the people of the cd log house near: where the Cor; towh with water for irrigating ana il House now stands. Cc na nen See ~ ° nd a household uses. On July 4. 1875, the REDGE PIONEERS . ; work was completed and the water: \~pioneer is one wHo goes before id . admitted to the pipes. i ae obstacles and. prepare the ‘The Blue Bird LAND TITLE DISPUTES vay for others, or one who is among . At one time considerable trouble . the first to explore a country. The ‘was experienced in the matter of/'c2! pioneer was no rude son of toil, title to the town site. It was claim. tt a man of thought, often trained ed, when the town was first built, in arts and letters. by H. P. Sweetland, by purchase This thought was borne home to from J. B. Stafford. A portion of the {me the first time. I sat on the long Jand claimed was surrounded by a! cool balcony of the pioneer home fence, within which was the cabin . of Mr. Henry Huckins of North San of the claimant. . Juan and listened breathlessly while A number of the settlers bought ihe related exciting tales of the early; Sweetland’s title, while others de-. wining days one moment and in the @lined to do so, and ‘in i855, suit { next recited original but marvelous for trespass was brought against poetry Thomas L. Frew. While the suit was! Henry Huckins’ grandfather was pending Sweetland opened a streat . a Seot physician who came to this through the enclosed lot and offer. country in 1849, and began his praced lots of one hundred feet:deep fo. . tise at Rose Bar. As the miners gale at one dollar per front foot. i moved up the river he followed he-. The suit was decided adversely to hind and ministered to them, phy=. the claimant, and immediately” set. Sically and mentally. j tlers occupied all the land not be. Hizh on a slope ‘of the foothills is fore taken. Upon appeal to the Su-) “till standing the Huckins home preme Court, however, Sweetland’s. ; Which was built in the early 69s, title to the portion that had bee: . and overlooks the pine tree tops as enclosed was’ sustained, and many . well as the village below. In the then purchased of him while others . spacious yard of this historical home refused to do so until another suit . is still standing the first telephone settled the question finally. vole that was erected for the first TOWNS ON THE RiDGEH . iong distance telephone in the whole Pleasantly situated on the Ridge . world! down which runs the pliocere river . WORLD'S FIRST THLEPHONE channel, on the road from Columbia’ The Ridge Telephone Company Hill to North Bloomfield, Columbia Hill. erations were commenced 1855 a man opened a store and settlement soon jbecame a_ vil In 1853 mining ‘fle town of Lake City. At one tiine . principal office at North San Juan. this village contained one hotel, a a . The line was owned by the Milton merchandise store, saloon, black. Water and Mining !Company, the smith shop and several residences. [ertn Bloomfield Gravel Mining Situated at the junction’ of the . , Company and the Eureka Lake and North Bloomfield gravel channels} Yuba Canal Company. The line was with the one from the Blue Tent is . sixty miles long and ran _ from . with a postofiice of its own. but now al! Once flourishing, is the litand . was organized in 1878, and had its

french Corral to Milton Dam with a Opin . branch to -Foucharie; in all there the . were twenty two stations on the line, lage land the chief use it was put to was . the management of the ditches and! nost . Mining -claims. Gold Medal GUE That won highest award in California at State Fair 1931—1932—1933 NEVADA CITY BRET HARTE DAIRY, U. S. N. Johnson, Proprietor old timer with a memory keen . ber when the hills were green with as homes on every side of the road. 4 < PHONE 77 NEVADA CITY CABINET SHOP — . R. C. ROGERS, Prop. KITCHENS REMOD CARPENTRY OF ALL KINDS TO ORDER 220 Commercial Street ELED—ALTERATIONS MADE "Nevada City, — VALLEY ELECTRIC MOTOR WORKS 210 Nevada AGENTS FOR ALLIS Main Street PHONE 43 City, California CHALMERS LINE OF PUMPS, MOTORS AND MINE AND MILL EQUIPMENT. ELECTRIC. MOTORS .RE-WOUND, RE-BUILT. Confectionery 110 Mill Street, Grass. Valley E.B. Bonham . Keith Breckenridge ff Joe Moran . John Gaskins ee GuyzT horne Olive Skewes HOME COOKED FOUNTAIN LUNCH . CANDIES ICE CREAM Our Entire Personnel and Their Families To Celebrate the San Juan Fie iesta , With You !! “Meet . You will Say to your friends: me at the Bird.” NEVADA CITY DRUG STORE, Nevada City PHOENIX DRUG STORE, . . Grass Valley be welcome. ~ Totatatatotatatatatalatatata lato taal tat tre et et et ete Te eee re tee teat ea { i . . ] Hi v SLL a — Congratulations NORTH SAN JUA We Have Always Enjoyed the Friendship of the Ridge People, and Rejoice With Them in Their ‘‘Fiesta’’ Celebration. NEVADA CITY IN BUSINESS. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS—AUGUST 26 Se i all Wood Medd Uae S. LEE bErPER--Go, ae ee pop ee ee ee pop bes peep eg pan fool Basl Gad Doe PL