June 5, 1936 (8 pages)

id we hich SCHOOL. ENTERTAINMENT Say an entertainment and novelty _ evening, June 4. at which time a fit. will be presented followed by novel+, Subscribe for The Nugget. Se CiT'y’ NUGGET _ PACE S FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1936. MARKER PLACED FOR MURDERED SHERIFF Dr. C. W. Chapman, Miles D: Coughlan and Joe G. O’Neil, representing Hydraulic Parlor No. 56, N S. G. W., located’ and marked the spot at the Gold Spring on the north side of Cement Hill where Sheriff David F. Douglass. ; Sheriff Douglass was murdered by a bandit on July 27, 1896 when he went to the spot alone to apprehend two bandits’ who were camped on Cement Hill. CAMPTONVILLE, June 3.—The Camptonville branch high school will arty at the Masonic hall, Thursday ting program ‘of music and sketches: ty numbers and a general good time for everybody. An admission of 15c will be charged for the benefit of the student body. Sacramento’s Busiest Store NEXT TO HALH’S Formals! . FOR GRADUATION! FOR BRIDESMAIDS! SUMMER FESTIVITIES! » . FOR OVER 200 SAMPLES . AND MANUFACTURING CLOSEOUTS! WONDERFUL VALUES AT $4.65 — WHITES and PASTELS SHEERS, With Matching Slips } DAINTY ORGANDIES . SHIMMERING TAFFETAS SHEER VOILES i SOFT CHIFFONS PASTEL CREPES DOTTED SWISS . THEY’LL SELL. ON Sizes 11 to 20 . SIGHT . . old days was called Jimtown. . . Mountain . of . for ways that are dark and for tricks Story of Old Gold And Crimson Conifers (By KATHERINE BRAITHWAITE) (Continued from May 25) '_From-the--veranda~of—the—historic Mammoth Tree Hotel one may look down into the cedar shaded meadow across ‘which Dowd trailed the wounded deer that led him on to discover the mamoth trees. This lovely meadow is set aside for public camping grounds where modern improvements, abundance of fire-wood and cold spring water make of it a place of perfect enjoyment. On the edge of the camp now stands one solitary sequoia just outside the main group. His majesty is called “Old Dowd” and as he stands there alone and reflective he gives the impression of. world weariness or perhaps loneliness for his pre-historic friends. Tourists from all parts of the continent continue the Big Tree Pilgrimage following the setting sun and inspiring scenic routes to Carson City, Nevada and Markleville, up through Ebbet's Pass, across Big Meadows, and down to the famous grove. The old Markleville emigrant road from Nevada is now a splendid highway and follows very closely the general course of the emigrant trail. Keen eyed motorists will notice the worn stretches of the old trail but nature is slowly erasing all traces and reclaiming it with grass, shrubs and~trees. From the Mammoth Tree grove a county road branches off a few miles to. Sonora, Tuolumne County, an old mining town. The historic buildings still standing are old the City Hotel, M. EB. Church built in 1852 and the Wells Fargo building. One mile north of Sonora a road leads to Springfield and Columbia passing through the site of Squabbletown. At Springfield the old school house is still standing. At Columbia is St. Ann’s Catholic church still standing on rich pay. dirt but the ground all around it is prospected and sluiced away. Nearby is Jamestown which in the Table lies behind Jamestown. “JT come from Table Mountain,” said “Truthful James.’’ who tells the tale the “Heathen Chinee, Ah Sin,” that are vain,’’ in the poem by Bret Harte entitled “Plain Language from Truthfule James.” ‘Truthful James” Giles actually lived on Jaskass Hill and as the owner of it he appears in Mark Twain’s “The Sage of Jackass Hill.”’ Traveling along an historic as well as scenic highway rich romance and legend the traveler will ride for a full day and still find the country and the towns fascinating almost beyond description. North of Sacramento is El Dorado formerly called Mud Springs. A Spanish place name meaning the ‘gilded man.” Nearby is Placerville,, El Dorado county formerly ‘‘Hangtown.” It came into existence in 1848. The grewsome appelation is said to have been given to the diggings after the hanging of several desperadoes to a tree, ‘‘Hangtown” was the destination of Horace Greeley who -was driven in.to the town by ‘Hank’’ Monk the stage driver, atbreakneck speed Monk was the original of one of the characters in the _ story, “Ropghing It.’”’ written by Mark Twaifi. The old town has an'‘atmosphere of age. Its main street retains, many of the buildings erected in early days. The Carey House where Horace Greeley, then a candidate for the presidency, lodged in 1859 and from the veranda of which he addressed the miners, is now known as the Placerville Hotel. Just outside of Placerville is the monument to the pioneers, commem. orating the robbery of two coaches of the stage running between Virginia City, Nevada, and Sacramento on the night of June 30, ‘1864. The legend. reads: ‘Hight sacks” of bullion and a treasure chest was taken. The leader of the gang represented that the money was to be used for the purpose of recruiting for the Confederate seryice In attempting to capture the bandits a battle took at Somerset. in which one deputy was killed and another badly wounded. Thomas Poole,-one of the bandits, was captured and on September 28, 1865, was executed at Placerville.”’ Among the early settlers was J. M. Studebaker, a wheelwright, who, instead of digging: for gold, stuck to his trade and thus obtained the nucleus for the foundation of a factory which he started in conjunction with his brothers at South ‘Ben, Indiana, for the manufacture of wagons and buggies. With the advent of the automobile the Studebakers became the distributors, through their wagon and buggy connections for the car built by E. M. Flanders. Eventually they bought out Flanders and started manufacturing care fo rthemselves, changing the name to Studebaker. place ZEE TISSUE Fine Absorbent ROLLS FOR " The Cube Flavored Gelatine Dessert. Pkg. JELL WELL BLACK Pound Bebe Pound A4A9@ Vacation days you'll be them, Now! Your Safeway ile holiday budget. (NOTE: WEEK.) 5 /' 2¢ Prices FLOUR Harvest Blossom FLOUR El Grande PORK AND BEANS Van Camps COFFEE Fresh Airway THREE POUNDS Vacuum Packed SYRUP _ Sleepy, Hollow ‘ane and Maple FLOOR WAX 49 Ibs. $1.29 49 lbs. $1.15” EDWADS DEPENDABLE 10 Lb. Tin 9c GRAPE NUTS FLAKES 9? Pkgs. 19¢ . Pint tin 55¢ JOHNSONS GLO COAT MEDIUM BAR PP &GNAPTHA BREAD 2, Lbs. ASE. CRACKERS BEER Qt. Jug 290, the wise one just what it takes—-every one of your needs for dining—easy Safeway Vacation Sale means “long on money savings.’’ Be wise and stock up THIS Effective SOAP SALE CRYSTAL WHITE PALMOLIVE A Y Economy Jumbo Loaf N B C Snowilakes BROWN DERBY Jase 24. cans(Plus Bottle Deposit) 11 oz. bottles Case 24 bottles And for meals—ahead! PLAN vacation to ahead grocer’s shelves are laden with for you——easy on your JUNE 5TH-11TH SEN SOAP GRANULATED SCOTCH. 2 5 a 214 Lb. Pkg. 10 bars 29c 2 Ib. pkg. 29c 3 for aoe 12 oz. canswith . The Placerville road lies over the route of thé old Pony Express. In 1860 Harry Roff made the initial in two hours and forty five minutes. Coloma, El Dorado county is on the South Fork of the American river. Here in 1848 James Marshall made the discovery of gold which made California known to the world. Half a mile from the spit marking the place he lies.buried in his monument, a bronze statue mounted on a granite base. Some distance below it lies the cabin he built. On the main street of the little town is the first bank a small stone building with iron shuttered windows and door. Twenty one miles farther north is Auburn in Placer county. In 1848 it was known as North Fork Dry Diggings. It was renamed in 1949 by H. M. House, Auburn, after the town of his birth in New York state. The old town was built in the Ravine and still retains a few of its old buildings. . From Auburn the highway, with many a twist, and bend, delves deeper and deeper into the fothills. Not once does this hilly country take on the aspect of rugged majestic mountains. Instead, as far as the eye can see, there are only the low rounded tops of the pine crested foothills almost monotonous in their con Stant; similarity. Up hill and down; over grassy gullies and across slopes of rusty red the highway meanders and finally loses itself in the busy thoroughfares of Grass Valley. . This is a center of modern gold . mining but is an old time mining {town rich with history and memories of 1849. Rough and Ready is but a short distance from Grass Valley on.the road to Marysville. The latter gave its name to Bret Harte’s tale “The Millionaire of Rough and Ready.”’ In the spring of 1849 a dozen covered wagons pulled slowly up the road from Marysville to the gold diggings. Each wagon bore the legend “Rough and Ready Company, Shellburg, Wisconsin.’’ They were named after President Zachary TayRough and Ready. The diggings were unusually rich, that was fruitful in pocket mines, and no richer placers' existed in California. The town sprang up overnight and in the November elections in 1850 Rough and Ready polled one thousand votes. In the same district were the mining camps of ‘Rich run from Sacramento to Placerville) lor, whose sobriquet it was. The caravan halted on Squirrel Creek . and founded the roaring camp . of. Rough and-Ready was in a district . Flat, Landers Bar. Rontheny Flat, . Allison Ranch, and Randolph Flat. . Less than ten miles away the county seat, Nevada City, was booming her’ ri¢h:placers; while halfway. between, the little struggling camp that is today, Grass Valley, was . known only as Centerville, because . it was half way between the two . from great placer camps. FIRST. TELEPHONE THE LINE In 1857, even after a disastrous . fire, Rotgh and Ready was a thriving town and proudly boasted several.streets. And like all overgrown: communities suffered the usual growing pains. By September, 1850, the Southern element was in strong control, while over at Nevada City the majority of the population were abolitionists. On the 9th of September California was admitted to the Union, free and anti-slavery. The news was a crushing blow to Rough and Ready. Immediately a mass meeting was called. The miners dropped their picks and pans and hurried into town. Strong addresses to uphold the honor of the South, and the Slave States, found willing listeners. Resolutions were drawn up, and Declaration of. Independence of the City and Township were adopted and ratified amid the wildest enthusiasm. Rough and Ready had seceded from California and the UniThis historic event was immediately celebrated at all the bars of the roaring mining town. Up the road at Nevada City, a day of unrest was spent. The wild rumors of the proceedings at Rough and} Ready filled the air. As night came, the messengers brought the ‘tidings, apprehension set in. The Confederates were marching up theroad toe capture the stronghold of Abolition. To combat them, Vigilantes were organized and sentinels posted up and down the road. A night guard, wide awake and fully armed guarded the rocky road and was prepared on! for the worst. But nothing unusual happened. The next day Nevada City continued with her usual’ occupations} and the majority of the citizens of Rough and Ready suffered a big} head and hangover. And so ended the bloodless secession of Rough and} Ready from the Union. It antidated . South Carolina by ten years. . The highway through these _ histoerie towns turned and_ twisted alarmingly but as it leaves Nevada . City it appears to actually squirm . . South Yuba . } ment of thirty . And the ancient ‘‘diggins”’ before one’s eyes. In and out around hair pin turns; up and down over horse-shoe curves it bends double over itself and never for a moment . runs the length of a city block without a bend of some description. After climbing from the canyon of the there is another sudden turn and the surprised motorist finds himself in the center of his. toric. North San Juan. This town is now shrunken and . old. Several of its old buildings are roofless and the iron doors sag on rusty hinges. On one corner there is a fine example of the work of the early bricklayers. The building during the gold rush days was a sombre bank building. It has arched doorways and windows, the ornamentation being Obtained by moulded bricks projecting course over course. There is also an interesting frieze around the building of dental ornament, also obtained by projecting arrangement: of bricks. The camp that was to later become the city of North San Juan was started in 1851 on the high Ridge, between the South and Middle Yuba. Rivers. Here were situated the greatest and richest anciént. river gravel channels, to mine which the practice known as “hydraulic mining’’ was applied, with most profitable results. The waters of the forks of the Yuba were diverted in long ditch systems. then thrown against the -high gravel banks under heavy pressure, through six-inch monitors. The huge gravel banks were toppled over and ‘washed down miles:of great sluices where the gold was recovered; then on-down into canyons where the “tailings”? as they were called, were carried down by winter floods intothe great valley below. Here the fine silt buried the farms and ranches and the coarse portions filled the navigable rivers. This led to bitter litigation, resulting in 1885, in a decision which terminated the entire industry. Thousands of hard-working miners were. thrown out of em-~ ployment, an industry that produced fifteen millions of dollars in gold an~ ruined, and an _ investmillion dollars in nually was . mines, ditches and towns wiped out. _of North San Juan, this very day,. contain enough gold to completely end the depression if hydraulic mining were permitted. (To be Continued) NUGGET ADS PAY of Progress, titude of Grass Valley We’ve never entertained high pressure tactics. Nor has the Narrow Gauge been crammed down unwilling throats. commercial trading. YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE To WATER . but whether he’ll quench his thirst is his affair. . . It’s the same with the freighting business. We try to “sell’’ our idea j . of Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad transportation serv ice. . . sales ability depends entirely upon the loyalty jand ‘‘love-for-home”’ at. and Nevada City users of freighing The generous support that this Railroad receives is gratifying. pleases us to think that our sincere: efforts to make friehds has not gone unrewarded. It encourages us to give a still greater and broader as our gesture of appreciation for the faith entrusted in us. Since time immemorial the success of one business greatly upon the success of others. The Railroad has ever urged the development and growth of Grass Valley and — Nevada City. It has helped in the pioneering of new fields of industry and And for its untiring efforts ‘this Railroad only asks that it share, to an extent, in the reflected pr paper tty that hems the gown Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Nevada County Trucking Company Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad-Stage Lines Nevada Pacific Trucking Agency 85 cents out of every Narrow Gauge dollar goes back to the community in wages or material purchases. Nevada County Narrow ‘Gauge Our Ways and means. It serv ice has depended

id we hich SCHOOL. ENTERTAINMENT Say an entertainment and novelty _ evening, June 4. at which time a fit. will be presented followed by novel+, Subscribe for The Nugget. Se CiT'y’ NUGGET _ PACE S FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1936. MARKER PLACED FOR MURDERED SHERIFF Dr. C. W. Chapman, Miles D: Coughlan and Joe G. O’Neil, representing Hydraulic Parlor No. 56, N S. G. W., located’ and marked the spot at the Gold Spring on the north side of Cement Hill where Sheriff David F. Douglass. ; Sheriff Douglass was murdered by a bandit on July 27, 1896 when he went to the spot alone to apprehend two bandits’ who were camped on Cement Hill. CAMPTONVILLE, June 3.—The Camptonville branch high school will arty at the Masonic hall, Thursday ting program ‘of music and sketches: ty numbers and a general good time for everybody. An admission of 15c will be charged for the benefit of the student body. Sacramento’s Busiest Store NEXT TO HALH’S Formals! . FOR GRADUATION! FOR BRIDESMAIDS! SUMMER FESTIVITIES! » . FOR OVER 200 SAMPLES . AND MANUFACTURING CLOSEOUTS! WONDERFUL VALUES AT $4.65 — WHITES and PASTELS SHEERS, With Matching Slips } DAINTY ORGANDIES . SHIMMERING TAFFETAS SHEER VOILES i SOFT CHIFFONS PASTEL CREPES DOTTED SWISS . THEY’LL SELL. ON Sizes 11 to 20 . SIGHT . . old days was called Jimtown. . . Mountain . of . for ways that are dark and for tricks Story of Old Gold And Crimson Conifers (By KATHERINE BRAITHWAITE) (Continued from May 25) '_From-the--veranda~of—the—historic Mammoth Tree Hotel one may look down into the cedar shaded meadow across ‘which Dowd trailed the wounded deer that led him on to discover the mamoth trees. This lovely meadow is set aside for public camping grounds where modern improvements, abundance of fire-wood and cold spring water make of it a place of perfect enjoyment. On the edge of the camp now stands one solitary sequoia just outside the main group. His majesty is called “Old Dowd” and as he stands there alone and reflective he gives the impression of. world weariness or perhaps loneliness for his pre-historic friends. Tourists from all parts of the continent continue the Big Tree Pilgrimage following the setting sun and inspiring scenic routes to Carson City, Nevada and Markleville, up through Ebbet's Pass, across Big Meadows, and down to the famous grove. The old Markleville emigrant road from Nevada is now a splendid highway and follows very closely the general course of the emigrant trail. Keen eyed motorists will notice the worn stretches of the old trail but nature is slowly erasing all traces and reclaiming it with grass, shrubs and~trees. From the Mammoth Tree grove a county road branches off a few miles to. Sonora, Tuolumne County, an old mining town. The historic buildings still standing are old the City Hotel, M. EB. Church built in 1852 and the Wells Fargo building. One mile north of Sonora a road leads to Springfield and Columbia passing through the site of Squabbletown. At Springfield the old school house is still standing. At Columbia is St. Ann’s Catholic church still standing on rich pay. dirt but the ground all around it is prospected and sluiced away. Nearby is Jamestown which in the Table lies behind Jamestown. “JT come from Table Mountain,” said “Truthful James.’’ who tells the tale the “Heathen Chinee, Ah Sin,” that are vain,’’ in the poem by Bret Harte entitled “Plain Language from Truthfule James.” ‘Truthful James” Giles actually lived on Jaskass Hill and as the owner of it he appears in Mark Twain’s “The Sage of Jackass Hill.”’ Traveling along an historic as well as scenic highway rich romance and legend the traveler will ride for a full day and still find the country and the towns fascinating almost beyond description. North of Sacramento is El Dorado formerly called Mud Springs. A Spanish place name meaning the ‘gilded man.” Nearby is Placerville,, El Dorado county formerly ‘‘Hangtown.” It came into existence in 1848. The grewsome appelation is said to have been given to the diggings after the hanging of several desperadoes to a tree, ‘‘Hangtown” was the destination of Horace Greeley who -was driven in.to the town by ‘Hank’’ Monk the stage driver, atbreakneck speed Monk was the original of one of the characters in the _ story, “Ropghing It.’”’ written by Mark Twaifi. The old town has an'‘atmosphere of age. Its main street retains, many of the buildings erected in early days. The Carey House where Horace Greeley, then a candidate for the presidency, lodged in 1859 and from the veranda of which he addressed the miners, is now known as the Placerville Hotel. Just outside of Placerville is the monument to the pioneers, commem. orating the robbery of two coaches of the stage running between Virginia City, Nevada, and Sacramento on the night of June 30, ‘1864. The legend.. reads: ‘Hight sacks” of bullion and a treasure chest was taken. The leader of the gang represented that the money was to be used for the purpose of recruiting for the Confederate seryice In attempting to capture the bandits a battle took at Somerset. in which one deputy was killed and another badly wounded. Thomas Poole,-one of the bandits, was captured and on September 28, 1865, was executed at Placerville.”’ Among the early settlers was J. M. Studebaker, a wheelwright, who, instead of digging: for gold, stuck to his trade and thus obtained the nucleus for the foundation of a factory which he started in conjunction with his brothers at South ‘Ben, Indiana, for the manufacture of wagons and buggies. With the advent of the automobile the Studebakers became the distributors, through their wagon and buggy connections for the car built by E. M. Flanders. Eventually they bought out Flanders and started manufacturing care fo rthemselves, changing the name to Studebaker. place ZEE TISSUE Fine Absorbent ROLLS FOR " The Cube Flavored Gelatine Dessert. Pkg. JELL WELL BLACK Pound Bebe Pound A4A9@ Vacation days you'll be them, Now! Your Safeway ile holiday budget. (NOTE: WEEK.) 5 /' 2¢ Prices FLOUR Harvest Blossom FLOUR El Grande PORK AND BEANS Van Camps COFFEE Fresh Airway THREE POUNDS Vacuum Packed SYRUP _ Sleepy, Hollow ‘ane and Maple FLOOR WAX 49 Ibs. $1.29 49 lbs. $1.15” EDWADS DEPENDABLE 10 Lb. Tin 9c GRAPE NUTS FLAKES 9? Pkgs. 19¢ . Pint tin 55¢ JOHNSONS GLO COAT MEDIUM BAR PP &GNAPTHA BREAD 2, Lbs. ASE. CRACKERS BEER Qt. Jug 290, the wise one just what it takes—-every one of your needs for dining—easy Safeway Vacation Sale means “long on money savings.’’ Be wise and stock up THIS Effective SOAP SALE CRYSTAL WHITE PALMOLIVE A Y Economy Jumbo Loaf N B C Snowilakes

BROWN DERBY Jase 24. cans(Plus Bottle Deposit) 11 oz. bottles Case 24 bottles And for meals—ahead! PLAN vacation to ahead grocer’s shelves are laden with for you——easy on your JUNE 5TH-11TH SEN SOAP GRANULATED SCOTCH. 2 5 a 214 Lb. Pkg. 10 bars 29c 2 Ib. pkg. 29c 3 for aoe 12 oz. canswith . The Placerville road lies over the route of thé old Pony Express. In 1860 Harry Roff made the initial in two hours and forty five minutes. Coloma, El Dorado county is on the South Fork of the American river. Here in 1848 James Marshall made the discovery of gold which made California known to the world. Half a mile from the spit marking the place he lies.buried in his monument, a bronze statue mounted on a granite base. Some distance below it lies the cabin he built. On the main street of the little town is the first bank a small stone building with iron shuttered windows and door. Twenty one miles farther north is Auburn in Placer county. In 1848 it was known as North Fork Dry Diggings. It was renamed in 1949 by H. M. House, Auburn, after the town of his birth in New York state. The old town was built in the Ravine and still retains a few of its old buildings. . From Auburn the highway, with many a twist, and bend, delves deeper and deeper into the fothills. Not once does this hilly country take on the aspect of rugged majestic mountains. Instead, as far as the eye can see, there are only the low rounded tops of the pine crested foothills almost monotonous in their con Stant; similarity. Up hill and down; over grassy gullies and across slopes of rusty red the highway meanders and finally loses itself in the busy thoroughfares of Grass Valley. . This is a center of modern gold . mining but is an old time mining {town rich with history and memories of 1849. Rough and Ready is but a short distance from Grass Valley on.the road to Marysville. The latter gave its name to Bret Harte’s tale “The Millionaire of Rough and Ready.”’ In the spring of 1849 a dozen covered wagons pulled slowly up the road from Marysville to the gold diggings. Each wagon bore the legend “Rough and Ready Company, Shellburg, Wisconsin.’’ They were named after President Zachary TayRough and Ready. The diggings were unusually rich, that was fruitful in pocket mines, and no richer placers' existed in California. The town sprang up overnight and in the November elections in 1850 Rough and Ready polled one thousand votes. In the same district were the mining camps of ‘Rich run from Sacramento to Placerville) lor, whose sobriquet it was. The caravan halted on Squirrel Creek . and founded the roaring camp . of. Rough and-Ready was in a district . Flat, Landers Bar. Rontheny Flat, . Allison Ranch, and Randolph Flat. . Less than ten miles away the county seat, Nevada City, was booming her’ ri¢h:placers; while halfway. between, the little struggling camp that is today, Grass Valley, was . known only as Centerville, because . it was half way between the two . from great placer camps. FIRST. TELEPHONE THE LINE In 1857, even after a disastrous . fire, Rotgh and Ready was a thriving town and proudly boasted several.streets. And like all overgrown: communities suffered the usual growing pains. By September, 1850, the Southern element was in strong control, while over at Nevada City the majority of the population were abolitionists. On the 9th of September California was admitted to the Union, free and anti-slavery. The news was a crushing blow to Rough and Ready. Immediately a mass meeting was called. The miners dropped their picks and pans and hurried into town. Strong addresses to uphold the honor of the South, and the Slave States, found willing listeners. Resolutions were drawn up, and Declaration of. Independence of the City and Township were adopted and ratified amid the wildest enthusiasm. Rough and Ready had seceded from California and the UniThis historic event was immediately celebrated at all the bars of the roaring mining town. Up the road at Nevada City, a day of unrest was spent. The wild rumors of the proceedings at Rough and} Ready filled the air. As night came, the messengers brought the ‘tidings, apprehension set in. The Confederates were marching up theroad toe capture the stronghold of Abolition. To combat them, Vigilantes were organized and sentinels posted up and down the road. A night guard, wide awake and fully armed guarded the rocky road and was prepared on! for the worst. But nothing unusual happened. The next day Nevada City continued with her usual’ occupations} and the majority of the citizens of Rough and Ready suffered a big} head and hangover. And so ended the bloodless secession of Rough and} Ready from the Union. It antidated . South Carolina by ten years. . The highway through these _ histoerie towns turned and_ twisted alarmingly but as it leaves Nevada . City it appears to actually squirm . . South Yuba . } ment of thirty . And the ancient ‘‘diggins”’ before one’s eyes. In and out around hair pin turns; up and down over horse-shoe curves it bends double over itself and never for a moment . runs the length of a city block without a bend of some description. After climbing from the canyon of the there is another sudden turn and the surprised motorist finds himself in the center of his. toric. North San Juan. This town is now shrunken and . old. Several of its old buildings are roofless and the iron doors sag on rusty hinges. On one corner there is a fine example of the work of the early bricklayers. The building during the gold rush days was a sombre bank building. It has arched doorways and windows, the ornamentation being Obtained by moulded bricks projecting course over course. There is also an interesting frieze around the building of dental ornament, also obtained by projecting arrangement: of bricks. The camp that was to later become the city of North San Juan was started in 1851 on the high Ridge, between the South and Middle Yuba. Rivers. Here were situated the greatest and richest anciént. river gravel channels, to mine which the practice known as “hydraulic mining’’ was applied, with most profitable results. The waters of the forks of the Yuba were diverted in long ditch systems. then thrown against the -high gravel banks under heavy pressure, through six-inch monitors. The huge gravel banks were toppled over and ‘washed down miles:of great sluices where the gold was recovered; then on-down into canyons where the “tailings”? as they were called, were carried down by winter floods intothe great valley below. Here the fine silt buried the farms and ranches and the coarse portions filled the navigable rivers. This led to bitter litigation, resulting in 1885, in a decision which terminated the entire industry. Thousands of hard-working miners were. thrown out of em-~ ployment, an industry that produced fifteen millions of dollars in gold an~ ruined, and an _ investmillion dollars in nually was . mines, ditches and towns wiped out. _of North San Juan, this very day,. contain enough gold to completely end the depression if hydraulic mining were permitted. (To be Continued) NUGGET ADS PAY of Progress, titude of Grass Valley We’ve never entertained high pressure tactics. Nor has the Narrow Gauge been crammed down unwilling throats. commercial trading. YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE To WATER . but whether he’ll quench his thirst is his affair. . . It’s the same with the freighting business. We try to “sell’’ our idea j . of Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad transportation serv ice. . . sales ability depends entirely upon the loyalty jand ‘‘love-for-home”’ at. and Nevada City users of freighing The generous support that this Railroad receives is gratifying. pleases us to think that our sincere: efforts to make friehds has not gone unrewarded. It encourages us to give a still greater and broader as our gesture of appreciation for the faith entrusted in us. Since time immemorial the success of one business greatly upon the success of others. The Railroad has ever urged the development and growth of Grass Valley and — Nevada City. It has helped in the pioneering of new fields of industry and And for its untiring efforts ‘this Railroad only asks that it share, to an extent, in the reflected pr paper tty that hems the gown Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Nevada County Trucking Company Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad-Stage Lines Nevada Pacific Trucking Agency 85 cents out of every Narrow Gauge dollar goes back to the community in wages or material purchases. Nevada County Narrow ‘Gauge Our Ways and means. It serv ice has depended