A Hundred Years of Rip and Roarin Rough and Ready By Andy Rogers (1952)(Hathitrust) (117 pages)

race horses, and pure bred cattle. He was a rich man. At first the pulverized soil enriched his land, but gradually the slickness became unmanageable, and as it gradually covered the land, he was left a poor man. His children, who should have been. independently wealthy, had nothing. The boys and girls were recalled from the expensive Catholic schools which they were attending, and their education was never finished. The Brophy place lies now fron ten to twenty feet under sand and rocks. Trees growing on the top soil, and but. for a tradition rather than history, no one knows of the beautiful place buried forever. When after I had been graduated, I taught school in the Brophy district. I had attended the College of Nortre. When heavy rains came in the spring, with the snow melting in the mountains, the accumulated water filled the Yuba River to overflow, and the levees around the city of Marysville were threatened. Sand bags were added to help hold back the water. We climbed to the top of the school belfry and watched the lanterns of those at short intervals were patrolling the levee. To return to Paddy and Selim---The situation of the low lands was becoming desperate, and after a bitter fight in the legislature, hydraulic mining was outlawed. There was one condition whereby the mines could be operated; by building a dam, or dams, to control the debris. It was not practical, no mine continued working long after the injunction was served. The last attempt I know was the Tarr Mining Company, which lasted a year. A dam, costing approximately $6,000,000.00, was built near Smartville, to control the debris. The hydraulic miners opposed the law in every possible way. Spy met spy, and the underground of the miners was busy at all times. The organization that carried the news was the Mining Minute men, though women were members as well. Paddy's efforts were not to meet the injunction servers as well so that he could not be enjoined. The entire county and his own neighborhood were his friends and closing the mine would be a death blow to Nevada County. They felt Paddy was owner of a hydraulic mine at Smartville that played merry-go-round with the possessors. At that time of passing of the anti-hydraulic bill, Paddy was living at the Empire Ranch, which was partly in Nevada and Yuba counties. When the processors arrived from Nevada, Paddy would quietly step into Yuba County, and vice-versa. At last the serv-. ers, becoming wise to his scheme, ganged up on him. Neither Paddy nor the underground expected this, and when word reached Paddy, he had barely time to escape out the back door. He jumped on Selim, without saddle or bridle. Selim ran at his utmost speed, jumping fences, ditches, and any obstacle in the way of escape. They finally arrived at Paddy's Indian Springs Ranch in safety.. if only temporary. Selim, a green red roan, proved very intelligent, taking Paddy into a dense timber and remaining perfectly still until it was safe to appear in the open. Selim's coat was almost a perfect camouflage for the green and russet copies of the ranch. The process servers finally caught Paddy. Rumor had it by a shenanigan that out-shenaniganed Paddy himself. A spy watched several hours from a distance, after the processors had gone. Paddy and Selim always emerged from a compact group of timber, Google * underlined by dense chaperral. After experimenting several times after dark for surety, the way was paved for capture. A line of giant firecrackers were placed in the part of coppice where Selim stood, the spy judging from the trampled grass. The firecrackers were hidden under large leaves and connected with a fuse, timed to peach the first firecracker when the injufictionist arrived. There were to be, with the servers, a number of deputies, sufficient to surround the invading spot. as if the firecrackers were not enough, the chaperral was plentifully sprinkled with cayene peper. P All went as planned. Paddy and Selim entered the grove by night. Selim did not mind the cayene pepper, but balked and threw Paddy off, and Paddy gave up. Submitted to the Compiler by the late Miss Vineyard. . Twenty-eight room historical, Kidder House, at Grass Valley, which played a part in the hydraulic Spy met Spy. Captain John Kidder had beneath the floor of an upstairs kitchen, a secret compartment, according to local legend, that gave sanctuary to hydraulic operators when they were dodging the processors, who were kept from serving papers on them to. stop hydraulicing. The California Debris Commission was conducting a hydraulic war in the eighties. At Downleville, when servers would arrive, a pair of stuffed overalls was hoisted to St. Charles Hotel flag pole. ANOTHER EMIGRANT STAR, HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD Walked with a limp from an old knee injury. He was law-pardner of David Dudley until 1848, when Field boarded a vessel, November 13th; after a week he arrived at Charges, a town on the Carribean side of the Isthmus of Panama, the mouth . of the river by the same name. With others, he took the boat up the river, labored by Indians, to Cruces, where they engaged mules and rode over the mountains, completing the sixty mile trip, to the city of Panama. The Pacific side of the Isthmus was swarming with men who were frantically eager to take ship for San Francisco; food was poor and sanitary conditions were bad, along with many others, Field suffered an attack of cholera, before he could get away. He recovered and was able to leave December 6th, on the Steamer California.. Passengers stored in every nook. Samuel Ourdy, Lt., Governor of California, and George Yale, were on ship and assisted with Field to nurse sickness that . broke out on ship. The ship arrived in San Francisco December 28th, 1849. Field spent $7.00, which was about all he had in getting his trunks ashore. Then he set out with some others to find a place to spend the night. Finally located an adobe shack, which they agreed to pay for at the rate of $35.00 a week. Field paid $2.00 of his remaining $3.00 for breakfast the next morning. Field brought along with him, a number of New York newspapers which he sold for $64.00, selling 64 papers, some at a dollar in gold. He went to the court house, two of hie passenger friends were on the jury at $8.0 per day. Field wanted to get on, but was

race horses, and pure bred cattle. He was a rich man. At first the pulverized soil enriched his land, but gradually the slickness became unmanageable, and as it gradually covered the land, he was left a poor man. His children, who should have been. independently wealthy, had nothing. The boys and girls were recalled from the expensive Catholic schools which they were attending, and their education was never finished. The Brophy place lies now fron ten to twenty feet under sand and rocks. Trees growing on the top soil, and but. for a tradition rather than history, no one knows of the beautiful place buried forever. When after I had been graduated, I taught school in the Brophy district. I had attended the College of Nortre. When heavy rains came in the spring, with the snow melting in the mountains, the accumulated water filled the Yuba River to overflow, and the levees around the city of Marysville were threatened. Sand bags were added to help hold back the water. We climbed to the top of the school belfry and watched the lanterns of those at short intervals were patrolling the levee. To return to Paddy and Selim---The situation of the low lands was becoming desperate, and after a bitter fight in the legislature, hydraulic mining was outlawed. There was one condition whereby the mines could be operated; by building a dam, or dams, to control the debris. It was not practical, no mine continued working long after the injunction was served. The last attempt I know was the Tarr Mining Company, which lasted a year. A dam, costing approximately $6,000,000.00, was built near Smartville, to control the debris. The hydraulic miners opposed the law in every possible way. Spy met spy, and the underground of the miners was busy at all times. The organization that carried the news was the Mining Minute men, though women were members as well. Paddy's efforts were not to meet the injunction servers as well so that he could not be enjoined. The entire county and his own neighborhood were his friends and closing the mine would be a death blow to Nevada County. They felt Paddy was owner of a hydraulic mine at Smartville that played merry-go-round with the possessors. At that time of passing of the anti-hydraulic bill, Paddy was living at the Empire Ranch, which was partly in Nevada and Yuba counties. When the processors arrived from Nevada, Paddy would quietly step into Yuba County, and vice-versa. At last the serv-. ers, becoming wise to his scheme, ganged up on him. Neither Paddy nor the underground expected this, and when word reached Paddy, he had barely time to escape out the back door. He jumped on Selim, without saddle or bridle. Selim ran at his utmost speed, jumping fences, ditches, and any obstacle in the way of escape. They finally arrived at Paddy's Indian Springs Ranch in safety... if only temporary. Selim, a green red roan, proved very intelligent, taking Paddy into a dense timber and remaining perfectly still until it was safe to appear in the open. Selim's coat was almost a perfect camouflage for the green and russet copies of the ranch. The process servers finally caught Paddy. Rumor had it by a shenanigan that out-shenaniganed Paddy himself. A spy watched several hours from a distance, after the processors had gone. Paddy and Selim always emerged from a compact group of timber, Google * underlined by dense chaperral. After experimenting several times after dark for surety, the way was paved for capture. A line of giant firecrackers were placed in the part of coppice where Selim stood, the

spy judging from the trampled grass. The firecrackers were hidden under large leaves and connected with a fuse, timed to peach the first firecracker when the injufictionist arrived. There were to be, with the servers, a number of deputies, sufficient to surround the invading spot. as if the firecrackers were not enough, the chaperral was plentifully sprinkled with cayene peper. P All went as planned. Paddy and Selim entered the grove by night. Selim did not mind the cayene pepper, but balked and threw Paddy off, and Paddy gave up. Submitted to the Compiler by the late Miss Vineyard. . Twenty-eight room historical, Kidder House, at Grass Valley, which played a part in the hydraulic Spy met Spy. Captain John Kidder had beneath the floor of an upstairs kitchen, a secret compartment, according to local legend, that gave sanctuary to hydraulic operators when they were dodging the processors, who were kept from serving papers on them to. stop hydraulicing. The California Debris Commission was conducting a hydraulic war in the eighties. At Downleville, when servers would arrive, a pair of stuffed overalls was hoisted to St. Charles Hotel flag pole. ANOTHER EMIGRANT STAR, HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD Walked with a limp from an old knee injury. He was law-pardner of David Dudley until 1848, when Field boarded a vessel, November 13th; after a week he arrived at Charges, a town on the Carribean side of the Isthmus of Panama, the mouth . of the river by the same name. With others, he took the boat up the river, labored by Indians, to Cruces, where they engaged mules and rode over the mountains, completing the sixty mile trip, to the city of Panama. The Pacific side of the Isthmus was swarming with men who were frantically eager to take ship for San Francisco; food was poor and sanitary conditions were bad, along with many others, Field suffered an attack of cholera, before he could get away. He recovered and was able to leave December 6th, on the Steamer California... Passengers stored in every nook. Samuel Ourdy, Lt., Governor of California, and George Yale, were on ship and assisted with Field to nurse sickness that . broke out on ship. The ship arrived in San Francisco December 28th, 1849. Field spent $7.00, which was about all he had in getting his trunks ashore. Then he set out with some others to find a place to spend the night. Finally located an adobe shack, which they agreed to pay for at the rate of $35.00 a week. Field paid $2.00 of his remaining $3.00 for breakfast the next morning. Field brought along with him, a number of New York newspapers which he sold for $64.00, selling 64 papers, some at a dollar in gold. He went to the court house, two of hie passenger friends were on the jury at $8.0 per day. Field wanted to get on, but was