February 6, 1947 (8 pages)

GRASS VALLEY . STATEGRADING . LIONS HEAR HUGH BROWNIN WARM” INDIAN FLAT CUTOFF NEVADA CITY: State Highway Division crews are at work on the center. portion of the new cutoff highway between this city and Inrd dian Flat, the Division reported ‘toJs Fulleg, 4G stabbed in the ‘day. Present phase of ithe work is back with a letter opener by [Wels done entirely by state crews. Lucille Evans, 17, is resting . A TWICE AWEEK ~ NEWSPAPER. ff MONDAY AND THURSDAY: . NEVADA CITY.GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA NEVADA CITY U The County Seat Paper YOUTH RECREATION GONE WRONG! NEVADA CITY: Floyd C WRESTLING GRASS VALLEY: Professional wrestlers will match nmuscles Tuesday night at 8:30 p. m. at the Veterans Memorial Building in Grass Valley. Main eventers are Bill Hanesn and Tom Rice. Hansen, 230 pounds, : is Pacific Coast heavyweight cpampion, and Rice, 2:25 pounds, ig heavyweight title contender from San Francisco. -In the semi-final,Lucky Sumunovich, Jugo-Slavian champ,, battles Hans Busing of HonOdlulu, champion of the Islands. Mickey Casey, the Pride of Dublin meets Mike Burnell, . LIONS HEAR HUGH BROWN IN WARM TRIBUTE TO SCOTCHPOET.BURNS NEVADA CITY: Guest speaker last night at the regu_ lar Lions meeting at the Deer Creek Inn was Hugh Brown, Grass Valley Rotary mémber and well-known public _accountant. Brown’s topic was. “Robert Burns.” President Harry Clayton appointed Lambert Thomas program chairman . for next Wednesday's meeting and Harold Deeter for the following meeting. eo ee fhe directors and officers of the placer-Nevaida Baseball League will meet Sunday afternoon, February 9 Me at 2 o'clock in the Shangri La inn on MM zighway 40, near Roseville for the of organizing the league for the coming season: ' Among the qmattters to come before the meeting will be the, annual elecInternational Coursellor L. R. (Bob) Safford com iimeried the new Equipment of Baldy Hilliard’s has tion of officers, the “setting of -the date for the opening. games amd the sdection of the teams, which will open the season on their respective the Mississippi Terror in the prelim. . The exhibitions are Deing held under the jurisdiction of the State Athletie Commission and the anspices of Hague-Thomas-Hegarty Post No. easily at the county hospital while his assailant is held on a charge of assault with a deadly . weapon, by Sheriff }been rented for the purpose. At work ion the current project of completing the grading are: a blasting crew, a drilling crew, a DA eaterpillar and STINSON HEADS FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE — L GRSS VALUEL: Dr. Daniel Hirsch, president of the Grass Valley group on the quality of their qrgani-, zanition and Pianist ‘Mrs. LeRoy Kitts on the excellence of fher music. Brown, in the slightly modified Seotch brogue which is his custom> seraiper. diamonds and the selection of a com€ mittee to draw up’ a schedule: — Other matters which may ‘be. -diseussed will be the umipires an_of: ficial baseball for the season, the in-: jured player fund and a benefit game ‘Also a.matter of importance will be the selection of a club by Senator j. B: Panini, to replace the Roseville Athletic Club team which last season ‘played under ‘his franchise. ‘The selection must pe approved by the board of directors. According © reports Paulini will place a team in ‘either Ioomis or Rockilin. An application is on file from the Nevada City elub of the Foothill “Jeague for membership in the ciruit and representatives of this team have been -invized to attend the session. It is also pocsible that the Goca ola nine’ of Sacramento will also, apply for membership. “President Charles ‘Gallagher of Folsom will preside with the followng directors expected to be precent: Geo, Haward of Auburn; Chester Giles of Colfax; Coke Britt of Folsom; Bill Valdon of Grass Valley; Charles Perry of Linicoln; Dr. R. Hosking of Placerville; Al Wolf and Royer and J. B. Paulini of Ros-ville. Chamiber of Commerce, yesterday annoniced the appointment of William Stinson to be chairman of the Grass ValleyiNevada City Fourth of July celebration which will take place this year in Grasg Valley. Richard. Hoskins.” rer ioe meee The girl admitted she ha P 6 ] been drinking and admitted . : ANOTHER MINE the stabbing. Her compan: REOPENS ‘ons Etta Irene Williams, 17, and two brothers, Wesley C. and Neal’ Etherington, _ re-) ee ee spectively 19 and 17, were engagéd in re-opening the Sneath released by the sheriff last and Clay Mine in Gold Flat, owned by Maurice Van Loben ° Seis. The three are Melvin Lee, Don evening. The quarrel began in the LeBarr Meadows Mayhew and Charles Bishop. The mine has been closed for dance hall early Sunday morning between the Ether-. almost ten years. Byron Eastman, . ingtons and . uler, and “was * { well known mining engineer, was} superintendent of the mine short-. ] . continued in down tewn Grass Valley later in the ly after Van Loben Sels purchased Li Bape a : amages, ue r the property from, Dr. A. H. TicGama "e morning. . kell. . @ : __4g . juries when, January 5th, near I age FRANTZ’S*IN CHARGE MR. AN : }Auburn, Kelly charge; Martin dras. UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN SKITS . “ MRS. DANCE io eos re So ee ae MEVADA CITY: ‘The Creative} NEVADA CITY: Mr. and Mrs. Bd Bers rete: American River recently: & Arts Group of the Nevada County s Branch of the American Association Frantt of tts eity, ihead the com: Martin was fined $60 for battery . exe ee sky; ‘caret <ivenithy: — of Nevada City members, Of in a justice of peace eourt in Auburn: . ues aad ame pee sae ak of University Women met at the; the Mr. and Mrs. Dance Ciaulb which . It developed during the trial that . ae . home of Mrs. Charles Haley in Ne_. will give a dance February 8th, in ditions almost ideal for cross : : : aoe vada City Wednesday night to enjoy . the Elke Ball Room ‘heres ‘how his wife had served as “ the Martin and Kelly scars had collided during a fog near the junction . ]{) country skiing. s Peis : e vont an evening of dramatic skits.-~ . The committee has charge of det-}of Highway 40 in Auburn. The snowfall of the past ee ae the Grass Valley Lions ‘Mrs. Stanley Hornberger was in. orations and the menu of, fefresh: Bh ‘or Foes, = ments. é ary idiom, spoke warmiy of the greatness of the Scottish national" poet. In méving terms, he described. gs the beauty of Ayreshine, Burns’ birthiplace. He compared the poet to. his “contemporary, Pitts, the great — Britigh statesman. Nowadays, he said, Pitts fame is confined primarily to ~ ‘Students, while Burns’ renown is as bright as ever, and greater than im — his own life time. Eos Brown quoted from Burns’ poems, Tam O° Shanter, For a That; To a Daisy and To a Mouse. The great. : Scotchman, he said, was typical of the ‘race in thay he was a man of many moods, which varied from deep — religion to biting sarcasm. The Bard's intemperance with regards to spirits, said Brown, was much exaggerated, His original, biographer was a tee-; totaler named Dr. Curry, and hence not sufficiently broad-gauged to un-— derstand the great man, The address on the poet was futerspersed with revealing comments on Scatch national charactér. a L. R. Jefford, in informal remarks “St the meeting’s conclusion, rélated & bh of ped It is estimated that the grading = +job will be completed in 30 good working days. Work on this segment of road was fostered by Chambers of Commerce Of Nevada City and Grass Valley in joint appearances welore the State . Highway Commission in Sacramento LOU'S KELLY SUES“ . W. T. MARTIN FOR $5000 IN -REATING CASE dent cf this has filed. suit against William T. Martin for $5.cra a FORESTERS SURVEY SNOW SODA SPRINGS: A sroup of Tahoe National Forest officers, jubilant over the new fallen snow, madc the first.snow survey trip of the year into Huysink Lake at the headwaters of the ) city alle getty inon —_/J In > ivil suit iled here ~ Kell 2 change of the program. Por ae for cal damages se week increased to a large . $2000 exemplary damages. extent, the volume of water stored as snow in the mountains. While conditions are. ]’ gy. NEW MUSEUM ; e pected that the months of ig FEBRUARY 15 amount. of water *for use next spring, and summer. NEVADA CITY: Elmer Stevens, former president of the Nevada City Measurements taken on the trip showed an average of Historical Society, yesterday said he 61 inches of aie ee ae a hioped to have the soctety’s historic. water content of 6Y Sect al museum opened Saturday, Februches. Last year at this time ary 15th, in the old fire house on there was 100 inches of Main Street, use of Which was grantlenow with a water content noting the city council a few weeks or 47 ee He Se . . Accompanying Ran ger Max Williamson, who was in charge of the party, were the following personnel of the Tahoe National Forest: Supervisor Guerdon Ellis; Robert E. Dasman, forest resource manager, i Shock, forest engineer; Ralph C. Preece, fire con4 HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAPS BUS AR: ROBIE TELLS 49er LEGENDS NEVADA CITY: An ambitious program of activities for 1947 was presented. to the Nevada County Historical Society Monday night at the society’s dinner meeting by Mrs. Doris Foley, new president. Highlight of the installation ban_quet was the address by Wendell Robie, Auburn _ business man and historian. a Elmer Stevens, out-going president of the society, and its first president, presented the gavel of office to Mrs. Foley with a tribute to her qualities as a leader. Phillip Bradley gave + speech of appreciation and presented her with a bouquet of ‘American beauty roses. Mrs. Foley, in replying thanked Stevens for/his fine work in organizing the group. -Geornge Humphrey Calanan, in 4 moving speech expressing the apPreciation of the community, presented a boquet to Miss Elizabeth McDermott Wateon. Calanan’s tatk, Which was enthusiastictlly applauded, . Mitinded a Scotch anecdote and a Poetic tribute, and told of the unselfto 6 against the proposal. A total of indicate a population of between 180 prepare a research scrapbook on the Nevada County Indians.) Chairman: Genevieve Kent, 235 S. School St., Grass Valley,.Phone 541W. Robie, in the address fo the eveming, touched on many interesting and revealing points of California hivtery. He quoted an item about Lola Montez, written in the Grass Valley Telegraph of 1/52, in which the gay actress was described as having recently assaulted the editor of that paiper. : The Pony Express system of .carrying news, Robie related, Wag Originated in California. It’s original purpose was the rapid transmittal of alection news. An election rider made the horseback trip from <Auburn to Sacramento (in 1863) in the short timie of an hour and fifty minutes. : About the same time, an Adams The fire house, one of the oldest buildings in the city, was thoroughly renovated by the city council] last summer, through the effort and finanecial aid of the Nevada: City Civic Club. Mrs. Doris Foley, new president of the hietorica society, said yesterday that the interior would have ‘to ‘be painted and fitted for its new function. ] . lt . . . Note: Excursion dates will be announced later in the local newspapers. " Gommittees to carry out the 1947 program are as follows: Museum Committee: (To collect and display articles of historical value). Chairman: Bilmer Stevens, th work of Miss Watson at the NeWada City Sanatarium, which slie has nad converted to a rest home. Main points of the Historical SocSety’e program for 1947 are ae folMarch 3—Old Fashioned Show in Grass Valley. Chairman: Mr, and Mire. Robert Jefford. April 7—Relic Show in Nevada City. Chairman: Elmer Stevens. May 5—O1 Timer'’s Night in Ne-Yada City. Chairmen: Marian Libbey, Mord Geist. : May .—Bxcursion to Johnson's » Orairman: Edmond Kinyon. June 1—Dinner at the Rough and } ad Hotel, Chairman: Gilbert Tendune .—Pxeursion with Truckee Branch N. ©. H, 8. Chairman: Dougen sts Vacation—July, August and Sep~ @ct. 17—“Aan Bvening in Corna” Grass Valley. Chairman: Ern. Oct. .—Exeursion to Reliet Hill, 4 963 Alta St., Grass Valley, Phone 664'W. Publication Committee: (To send material about local histery to newspapers, magazines.) _ Chairman: Edmond Kinyon, care Union office, Grass Valley. Robert Paine, 614 Zion -St., Nevada City, Phone 266J. Centennial Committee: (To plan and Company courier rode 75 miles from ‘Nevada City to Sacramento in four hour, and twenty minutes. Frank Ryan, a noted early day horseman, once rode his famous horse, Colonel 20 miles in 55 minutes. Express messengers Were highly reepected citizens in that era—occashonall receiving suth tokens of es-. . teem as golden spurs. and promote a guccessfl 1948-1950 Centennial.) Chairman: Bugene Ingalls, 236 8. School St., Grass Valley, Phone 7. Library Committee: (To agsemb le books, manuscripts and news papers relating to county histony.) Chairman: Mrs, Olive Kallenberger, 568 E. Broad St. Nevada City, Phone Calvacade Committee: (To write wee a calvacade of Nevada : Barl Covey, 207 Research Commijitee: (To do research pertaining to the 1866-1850 The greatest horseback feat on record, according to Robie, was the ride in August, 1854, by Felix X. Aubrey, who made the distance from Santa Fe to Independence (9560 miles) in 62 hours. Aubrey averaged 15 and a third miles an bour and 364 miles per day. He boasted, on his arrival, that he could do it again in 58 hours, but he was slain in a barroom kaife and gun contest before he could try again. ‘A large portion of Rochi's address was devoted to excenpts from the letters of Charles Tuttle, pioneer California inn-keeper and lawyer. Tutthe, founder of the well-known Auburn and Sacramento Tuttle family, ‘lwas a graduate of Amherst College who came west to seek ick forNEVADA CITY: The Rotary Club will be host to the Ligns Club tonight at 6:15 P. M. at a dinner meeting at the National Hotel, Rotary President Robert V. Tamblyn will preside and welcome Lions President Harry Claytrol assistant and George D. DIVORCE HALLETT—In Nevada City, Nevada County, February 4, 1947, Wal-

GRASS VALLEY . STATEGRADING . LIONS HEAR HUGH BROWNIN WARM” INDIAN FLAT CUTOFF NEVADA CITY: State Highway Division crews are at work on the center. portion of the new cutoff highway between this city and Inrd dian Flat, the Division reported ‘toJs Fulleg, 4G stabbed in the ‘day. Present phase of ithe work is back with a letter opener by [Wels done entirely by state crews. Lucille Evans, 17, is resting . A TWICE AWEEK ~ NEWSPAPER. ff MONDAY AND THURSDAY: . NEVADA CITY.GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA NEVADA CITY U The County Seat Paper YOUTH RECREATION GONE WRONG! NEVADA CITY: Floyd C WRESTLING GRASS VALLEY: Professional wrestlers will match nmuscles Tuesday night at 8:30 p. m. at the Veterans Memorial Building in Grass Valley. Main eventers are Bill Hanesn and Tom Rice. Hansen, 230 pounds, : is Pacific Coast heavyweight cpampion, and Rice, 2:25 pounds, ig heavyweight title contender from San Francisco. -In the semi-final,Lucky Sumunovich, Jugo-Slavian champ,, battles Hans Busing of HonOdlulu, champion of the Islands. Mickey Casey, the Pride of Dublin meets Mike Burnell, . LIONS HEAR HUGH BROWN IN WARM TRIBUTE TO SCOTCHPOET.BURNS NEVADA CITY: Guest speaker last night at the regu_ lar Lions meeting at the Deer Creek Inn was Hugh Brown, Grass Valley Rotary mémber and well-known public _accountant. Brown’s topic was. “Robert Burns.” President Harry Clayton appointed Lambert Thomas program chairman . for next Wednesday's meeting and Harold Deeter for the following meeting. eo ee fhe directors and officers of the placer-Nevaida Baseball League will meet Sunday afternoon, February 9 Me at 2 o'clock in the Shangri La inn on MM zighway 40, near Roseville for the of organizing the league for the coming season: ' Among the qmattters to come before the meeting will be the, annual elecInternational Coursellor L. R. (Bob) Safford com iimeried the new Equipment of Baldy Hilliard’s has tion of officers, the “setting of -the date for the opening. games amd the sdection of the teams, which will open the season on their respective the Mississippi Terror in the prelim. . The exhibitions are Deing held under the jurisdiction of the State Athletie Commission and the anspices of Hague-Thomas-Hegarty Post No. easily at the county hospital while his assailant is held on a charge of assault with a deadly . weapon, by Sheriff }been rented for the purpose. At work ion the current project of completing the grading are: a blasting crew, a drilling crew, a DA eaterpillar and STINSON HEADS FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE — L GRSS VALUEL: Dr. Daniel Hirsch, president of the Grass Valley group on the quality of their qrgani-, zanition and Pianist ‘Mrs. LeRoy Kitts on the excellence of fher music. Brown, in the slightly modified Seotch brogue which is his custom> seraiper. diamonds and the selection of a com€ mittee to draw up’ a schedule: — Other matters which may ‘be. -diseussed will be the umipires an_of: ficial baseball for the season, the in-: jured player fund and a benefit game ‘Also a.matter of importance will be the selection of a club by Senator j. B: Panini, to replace the Roseville Athletic Club team which last season ‘played under ‘his franchise. ‘The selection must pe approved by the board of directors. According © reports Paulini will place a team in ‘either Ioomis or Rockilin. An application is on file from the Nevada City elub of the Foothill “Jeague for membership in the ciruit and representatives of this team have been -invized to attend the session. It is also pocsible that the Goca ola nine’ of Sacramento will also, apply for membership. “President Charles ‘Gallagher of Folsom will preside with the followng directors expected to be precent: Geo, Haward of Auburn; Chester Giles of Colfax; Coke Britt of Folsom; Bill Valdon of Grass Valley; Charles Perry of Linicoln; Dr. R. Hosking of Placerville; Al Wolf and Royer and J. B. Paulini of Ros-ville. Chamiber of Commerce, yesterday annoniced the appointment of William Stinson to be chairman of the Grass ValleyiNevada City Fourth of July celebration which will take place this year in Grasg Valley. Richard. Hoskins.” rer ioe meee The girl admitted she ha P 6 ] been drinking and admitted . : ANOTHER MINE the stabbing. Her compan: REOPENS ‘ons Etta Irene Williams, 17, and two brothers, Wesley C. and Neal’ Etherington, _ re-) ee ee spectively 19 and 17, were engagéd in re-opening the Sneath released by the sheriff last and Clay Mine in Gold Flat, owned by Maurice Van Loben ° Seis. The three are Melvin Lee, Don evening. The quarrel began in the LeBarr Meadows Mayhew and Charles Bishop. The mine has been closed for dance hall early Sunday morning between the Ether-. almost ten years. Byron Eastman, . ingtons and . uler, and “was * { well known mining engineer, was} superintendent of the mine short-. ] . continued in down tewn Grass Valley later in the ly after Van Loben Sels purchased Li Bape a : amages, ue r the property from, Dr. A. H. TicGama "e morning. . kell. . @ : __4g . juries when, January 5th, near I age FRANTZ’S*IN CHARGE MR. AN : }Auburn, Kelly charge; Martin dras. UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN SKITS . “ MRS. DANCE io eos re So ee ae MEVADA CITY: ‘The Creative} NEVADA CITY: Mr. and Mrs. Bd Bers rete: American River recently: & Arts Group of the Nevada County s Branch of the American Association Frantt of tts eity, ihead the com: Martin was fined $60 for battery . exe ee sky; ‘caret <ivenithy: — of Nevada City members, Of in a justice of peace eourt in Auburn: . ues aad ame pee sae ak of University Women met at the; the Mr. and Mrs. Dance Ciaulb which . It developed during the trial that . ae . home of Mrs. Charles Haley in Ne_. will give a dance February 8th, in ditions almost ideal for cross : : : aoe vada City Wednesday night to enjoy . the Elke Ball Room ‘heres ‘how his wife had served as “ the Martin and Kelly scars had collided during a fog near the junction . ]{) country skiing. s Peis : e vont an evening of dramatic skits.-~ . The committee has charge of det-}of Highway 40 in Auburn. The snowfall of the past ee ae the Grass Valley Lions ‘Mrs. Stanley Hornberger was in. orations and the menu of, fefresh: Bh ‘or Foes, = ments. é ary idiom, spoke warmiy of the greatness of the Scottish national" poet. In méving terms, he described. gs the beauty of Ayreshine, Burns’ birthiplace. He compared the poet to. his “contemporary, Pitts, the great — Britigh statesman. Nowadays, he said, Pitts fame is confined primarily to ~ ‘Students, while Burns’ renown is as bright as ever, and greater than im — his own life time. Eos Brown quoted from Burns’ poems, Tam O° Shanter, For a That; To a Daisy and To a Mouse. The great. : Scotchman, he said, was typical of the ‘race in thay he was a man of many moods, which varied from deep — religion to biting sarcasm. The Bard's intemperance with regards to spirits, said Brown, was much exaggerated, His original, biographer was a tee-; totaler named Dr. Curry, and hence not sufficiently broad-gauged to un-— derstand the great man, The address

on the poet was futerspersed with revealing comments on Scatch national charactér. a L. R. Jefford, in informal remarks “St the meeting’s conclusion, rélated & bh of ped It is estimated that the grading = +job will be completed in 30 good working days. Work on this segment of road was fostered by Chambers of Commerce Of Nevada City and Grass Valley in joint appearances welore the State . Highway Commission in Sacramento LOU'S KELLY SUES“ . W. T. MARTIN FOR $5000 IN -REATING CASE dent cf this has filed. suit against William T. Martin for $5.cra a FORESTERS SURVEY SNOW SODA SPRINGS: A sroup of Tahoe National Forest officers, jubilant over the new fallen snow, madc the first.snow survey trip of the year into Huysink Lake at the headwaters of the ) city alle getty inon —_/J In > ivil suit iled here ~ Kell 2 change of the program. Por ae for cal damages se week increased to a large . $2000 exemplary damages. extent, the volume of water stored as snow in the mountains. While conditions are. ]’ gy. NEW MUSEUM ; e pected that the months of ig FEBRUARY 15 amount. of water *for use next spring, and summer. NEVADA CITY: Elmer Stevens, former president of the Nevada City Measurements taken on the trip showed an average of Historical Society, yesterday said he 61 inches of aie ee ae a hioped to have the soctety’s historic. water content of 6Y Sect al museum opened Saturday, Februches. Last year at this time ary 15th, in the old fire house on there was 100 inches of Main Street, use of Which was grantlenow with a water content noting the city council a few weeks or 47 ee He Se . . Accompanying Ran ger Max Williamson, who was in charge of the party, were the following personnel of the Tahoe National Forest: Supervisor Guerdon Ellis; Robert E. Dasman, forest resource manager, i Shock, forest engineer; Ralph C. Preece, fire con4 HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAPS BUS AR: ROBIE TELLS 49er LEGENDS NEVADA CITY: An ambitious program of activities for 1947 was presented. to the Nevada County Historical Society Monday night at the society’s dinner meeting by Mrs. Doris Foley, new president. Highlight of the installation ban_quet was the address by Wendell Robie, Auburn _ business man and historian. a Elmer Stevens, out-going president of the society, and its first president, presented the gavel of office to Mrs. Foley with a tribute to her qualities as a leader. Phillip Bradley gave + speech of appreciation and presented her with a bouquet of ‘American beauty roses. Mrs. Foley, in replying thanked Stevens for/his fine work in organizing the group. -Geornge Humphrey Calanan, in 4 moving speech expressing the apPreciation of the community, presented a boquet to Miss Elizabeth McDermott Wateon. Calanan’s tatk, Which was enthusiastictlly applauded, . Mitinded a Scotch anecdote and a Poetic tribute, and told of the unselfto 6 against the proposal. A total of indicate a population of between 180 prepare a research scrapbook on the Nevada County Indians.) Chairman: Genevieve Kent, 235 S. School St., Grass Valley,.Phone 541W. Robie, in the address fo the eveming, touched on many interesting and revealing points of California hivtery. He quoted an item about Lola Montez, written in the Grass Valley Telegraph of 1/52, in which the gay actress was described as having recently assaulted the editor of that paiper. : The Pony Express system of .carrying news, Robie related, Wag Originated in California. It’s original purpose was the rapid transmittal of alection news. An election rider made the horseback trip from <Auburn to Sacramento (in 1863) in the short timie of an hour and fifty minutes. : About the same time, an Adams The fire house, one of the oldest buildings in the city, was thoroughly renovated by the city council] last summer, through the effort and finanecial aid of the Nevada: City Civic Club. Mrs. Doris Foley, new president of the hietorica society, said yesterday that the interior would have ‘to ‘be painted and fitted for its new function. ] . lt . . . Note: Excursion dates will be announced later in the local newspapers. " Gommittees to carry out the 1947 program are as follows: Museum Committee: (To collect and display articles of historical value). Chairman: Bilmer Stevens, th work of Miss Watson at the NeWada City Sanatarium, which slie has nad converted to a rest home. Main points of the Historical SocSety’e program for 1947 are ae folMarch 3—Old Fashioned Show in Grass Valley. Chairman: Mr, and Mire. Robert Jefford. April 7—Relic Show in Nevada City. Chairman: Elmer Stevens. May 5—O1 Timer'’s Night in Ne-Yada City. Chairmen: Marian Libbey, Mord Geist. : May ..—Bxcursion to Johnson's » Orairman: Edmond Kinyon. June 1—Dinner at the Rough and } ad Hotel, Chairman: Gilbert Tendune ..—Pxeursion with Truckee Branch N. ©. H, 8. Chairman: Dougen sts Vacation—July, August and Sep~ @ct. 17—“Aan Bvening in Corna” Grass Valley. Chairman: Ern. Oct. ..—Exeursion to Reliet Hill, 4 963 Alta St., Grass Valley, Phone 664'W. Publication Committee: (To send material about local histery to newspapers, magazines.) _ Chairman: Edmond Kinyon, care Union office, Grass Valley. Robert Paine, 614 Zion -St., Nevada City, Phone 266J. Centennial Committee: (To plan and Company courier rode 75 miles from ‘Nevada City to Sacramento in four hour, and twenty minutes. Frank Ryan, a noted early day horseman, once rode his famous horse, Colonel 20 miles in 55 minutes. Express messengers Were highly reepected citizens in that era—occashonall receiving suth tokens of es-. . teem as golden spurs. and promote a guccessfl 1948-1950 Centennial.) Chairman: Bugene Ingalls, 236 8. School St., Grass Valley, Phone 7. Library Committee: (To agsemb le books, manuscripts and news papers relating to county histony.) Chairman: Mrs, Olive Kallenberger, 568 E. Broad St. Nevada City, Phone Calvacade Committee: (To write wee a calvacade of Nevada : Barl Covey, 207 Research Commijitee: (To do research pertaining to the 1866-1850 The greatest horseback feat on record, according to Robie, was the ride in August, 1854, by Felix X. Aubrey, who made the distance from Santa Fe to Independence (9560 miles) in 62 hours. Aubrey averaged 15 and a third miles an bour and 364 miles per day. He boasted, on his arrival, that he could do it again in 58 hours, but he was slain in a barroom kaife and gun contest before he could try again. ‘A large portion of Rochi's address was devoted to excenpts from the letters of Charles Tuttle, pioneer California inn-keeper and lawyer. Tutthe, founder of the well-known Auburn and Sacramento Tuttle family, ‘lwas a graduate of Amherst College who came west to seek ick forNEVADA CITY: The Rotary Club will be host to the Ligns Club tonight at 6:15 P. M. at a dinner meeting at the National Hotel, Rotary President Robert V. Tamblyn will preside and welcome Lions President Harry Claytrol assistant and George D. DIVORCE HALLETT—In Nevada City, Nevada County, February 4, 1947, Wal-