March 6, 1941 (6 pages)

THURSDAY, MARCH 6, ieee NEVADA CITY NUGGET BRIDGE SUICIDE AVOIDS TOLL . VANCOUVER, B. C. (U.P.)—An e unidentified man asked the tol] gate“eo keeper of the new bridge across VanN re couver harbor if he would have to’ BE TTHANY CHURCH. pay toll to go out-on the bridge’ He was told no, if he were not going a 419 Spring Street. Affiliated with. tirely across the bridge. He replied . ‘ssemblies of God. Exangelist Herthat he wasn’t, Then, he strode onto} . 'man B. Pencovie is continuing evanthe bridge and leaped to his death . velistie services. Rev. Pencovic, Jew200 feet below. ish evangelist has a unique presentation o thef Word of God. You will . enjoy his conversational manner, i Tonight his subject will be “The Jews” All are invited. Services aiehtly 7:30 p. m. Come, and bring a friend. . . . . ¢ CATHOLIC CHURCH . Two masses will be celebrated ee . tne St. Canice Catholic Church here . Sunday. The first mass will be at 8 . a. m. and the second at 10 a. m. Father Patrick O'Reilly and Father , Edward Williams will officiate. ‘CHRISTIAN SCIENCE The Christian Science se erety on Nevada City holds service Peautder Street Sunday at a Fa a , Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Test i} : monial meetings are held the first. Wednesday of each month at’8 p. m, . The Golden Text will be: ‘“‘Belov. ed, now are we the sons of God, and ; it doth not yet appear what we ishall be; but we know that, when . he shall appear, we shall be like _him; for we shall see him as; ‘he is’”’, ‘ ae John 3:2). Other Bible citations . is the First Food Choseni in Planning the Menu The Proof of Good Eating Is When They Ask for More. If you choose your meats from out great variety of fine choice cuts, your family and your guests will praise your cooking by asking for more. . of God cometh not with observation: . Neither shall they say, Lo here! or 'lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you’”’ (Luke 17:20, 121.) . The (Lesson-Sermon will also in. elude the following passage from the i Christian Science textbook, “‘Sceince land Health with Key to the Scripbeheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God’s own likeness, and this correct jew of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal and that man ‘s pure and holy” (p. 476.) Keystone Market DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. 213 Commercial Street Phone 67 Nevada City When shopping mention the Nugget ads, NEVADA CITY ASSAY AND REFINING OFFICE Practical mining tests from 75 to 1000 pounds, giving the free gold percentages of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings. Mail order check work promptly attended to. Assays made for gold, silver, lead and copper. Agent for New York-California Underwriters, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies. Automobile Insurance Bed BOTT se ee ae Proprietor fi 2 “ ” o . will inctade: “Agd when he war ds. Hymn 241, “I’ve Found a Friend, jest budget for ,manded of the Pharisees, when the} °O78Tesation. a a . kingdom of God should come, he ansCommon Life,” pastor. Hymn “Lord. rangement with the military author/wered them and said, ‘The kingdom Speak to Me that I May Speak,’ conities in San City Church News + . Bishop Pleased With a ork of Trinity Church F rom Santa Barbara Bishop Noel Porter of the Sacra-! Rev. H. Thomas Pateman of the Rev. Fateman Returns mento Diocese, Episcopal Chureh,! T=!n‘ty Episcopal Church returned has written Rev. H. Thomas Patejias st nisht from a visit with Dean man, rector of the Trinity Church . ward Chandler Robbins in Santa here, he is pleased with the good: Harare. work being carried on by the churehi . Dean Ro*} ins former professo~ of here. Porter made his annual visit! omiletics of the Cathedral of Saint ‘a Trinity Church last Sunday. & Tehn the Divinity in New York City, Rishop Porter also said he is ein Oe Pateman’s_instructor at one ; Of the fact Nevada City will be host’ time. to the April Episcopal convention, Pe “Re v. Pateman announced 2 ©2-! : : . jored his visit with Dean Robbins . very much TRINITY EPISCOPAL 10:00 a. m.—Churech School. 11:00 a. m. — Holy with address, j The vestry will meet Wednesday . } evening after the 7 o’clock any Heeretee. the forests and protecting H. THOMAS PATEMAN, Rector . . this gveat natural asset of all the . people have been steadily reduced, while the work has generally been $7. 500 is allowed to take care of 1FORECT SERVICE Communion . (Continued from Page One) : tg ? : aining METHODIST CHURCH Sunday school at 10 a. m. Bring, taking care of them, he stated, the ‘the children. Our Bible school is a! Tahoe Forest should have $45,000. graded school and therefore there! These roads are used by farmers, are classes for all ages. Preaching miners, stockmen and sportsmen, and service at 11 a. m. Organ prelude, . it~ is practically impossible to keep i Miss Sue Hawkins. Imitroit choir. them in a passable state. Hymn “Ye Servants of God.” Prayer, pastor. Scripture reading, Vocal] lines in Tahoe Forest, and last ‘year, solo, ‘‘The Holy City,” Joe King.! not one cent was allowed in the fo maintaining these lines, He explained that under an:arSermon ‘Religion in Francisco, a defense sregation. The public is cordially inplan has beén adopted through which vited. Epworth Leagues at 6 Pp. ms . lookouts stations instantly report All the young people are asked to he: any airplanes that fly over, and withpresent. Preaching service at 7 p. ,in two or three minutes the army m. This will be a united service of “headauarters are apprised of the the Epworth Lagues and members , Planes, their location and the direcand friends of the church. The young. tion of their flight, all through the people will have charge. The pastor. use of the forest telephone system. is going to San Francisco to hear Dr. Of course, Mr. Ellis said, we did tures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “Jesus Stanley Jones. We are hoping that . take care of the telephones, through! several of our members can arrange a process of robbing Peter to pay, to hear this great preacher, i Paul. We took men off fire duty to” Week events—Orchestra practice, mend lines. In a heavy winter area Monday at 7 p. m. We are anxious stich as this wires and poles are to have you meet promptly for an. bor ind to suffer in mountain storms intensive hour and half practice. and repairs must be made, not only John Blamey, conductor. The Womfor service in case of accidents, fires en’s Society of Christian Service wil] and for business purposes, but now, hold their regular business meeting to complete our defense preparations. Tuesday at 2 p. m, in the parlors of During the year, there are now a the church. Executive board meethalf million people who visit the Taing at 1 p. m. All members are urgently requested to be present. Bible those who visit the Yosemite. Of the Study and prayer hour Tuesday at, visitors in this area 200,000 come for 7:80 p. m: Brother Christian will be: the snow sports and 300,000 during Come to helpful, meetings, ‘stant improvement is needed in the Choir practice at 7:30 p. m. Wedforest area to care for this great "esday. Mrs. Hathaway is the con-' number of visitors, but under presthe leader. these ‘ductor, We are urging all to be on. ent conditions this is impossible, Mr, ,iime. We have started an Easter . Ellis declared. Cantata and it will take us all our time to get it down good If you inEXPANDING ‘end helping, kindly be present Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Young people’s prayer hour Thursday evening. In an endeavor to further accommodate his customers, Lloyd Penrose, proprietor of the Lantern Shop, will soon move into the store formerly occupied by the Bosworth Furniture Company on Pine Street and Commercial Streets. The store located in the Masonic Building is now being remodeled. BLOOMFIELD HOTEL . IN SANITARIUM Deputy County Treasurer Elma Hecker is recovering from an influenza attack in the Nevada City Sanitarium. Miss Hecker’s condition was reported today as greatly improved and her friends announce she will be able to resume her duties soon, Wedding Plans Being Made By Local Couple Miss Mary Elizabeth Mulholland, employed at Cain’s Auto Court, and Richard Charles Stevens, popular local young man, are making plans for their wedding in the near future. The couple have filed their declaration of intention to secure a marriage license. The wedding will be performed at the St. Canice Catholic Church. The bride to be is a graduate of the local high school, where she was active in student affairs and one of student body. Dog, Rough and Ready, and North San Juan. pen drawings by Clifford Warner. Valley, Samson’s sells the book. In Sacramento, David Magee. Sketches of the Gold Country embraces short, vivid recitals of the scenic and historical charm of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Dutch Flat, Washington, Bloomfield, French Corral, You Bet and Red . Will Speak At School The book, written by Harley M. Leete, Jr., is illustrated with It Sells for 50 cents per copy It is on sale in Nevada City at the Nugget office, the Dickerman Drug Store, the Shamrock Cafe, and the Harris Drug Store. In Grass store; in San Francisco at Poul Elder’s, s Newbegin, John Howell and Stevens, employed at the Zeibright Mine, was a star athlete at the local high school. (Ranger Anselmo Lewis of the Tahoe National Forest will deliver an address tomorrow before the pupils of the Union High School on Conservation. The address will be part of tree planting exercises at the school. New Deal Under ‘Management c of Pauline and Johnnie 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley BEER. WINES, LIQUORS. Delicious Mixed Drinks to Please i 7 Book Levinson's There are 400 miles of telephone. 4 trict, hoe National Forest. This is equal to. the other seasons of the year. Con-} the most popular members of the} ;here. Fred Hing, one of the: grandDICK LANES F F ~ GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION — The death of Mark Yick Foo, for years a Chinese businessman and resident of Nevada City, occured recently in San Francisco. Word 9. his death reached this city this many week. William Hoy, a writer for the ; ?@iifornia Chinese Press, wrote an ‘obituary on Mark Yick Foo. It fol. lows: By WILLIAM HOY \ Without fanfare of any kind, with not even a press notice in Chinatown’s native language papers, a pioj neer California Chinese in our midst ; Dassed away just the other day. His ‘aged was ninety-six. He was the srandfather of the Hings we know 's0 well, Fred and Charlie and Wal-. ter, Hing, He was Mark Yick Foo, who for! iWo generations was known and re-. ] snected in the Chinatowns of mento Marysville. Grass Valery,’ Washington and Nevada City. Par-! he t (600. whtlés. To do even 4 fair job of ticularly was he known in the two, new ana easier latter places because he passed the, better part of his life there as a gold} . mine owner, gold dust buyer and . merchant. There he was called also . . by his other name, Mark Pon Lung, . . or by his store name, Hee Kee. . Central Pacific Railroad Era . Born in.1945 in the Toyshan disj Canton, Mark emigrated to. California, at 24, at the time when: ,the Central Pacific railroad was be. ‘ing completed by the toil of 10.000! . Chinese laborers. His clan had few} brethren among the California Chi-} nese but Mark Yick Foo made his . way. . A few years in San Francisco, then ' he went on to Sacramento, where work was plentiful in Chinese farms and orchards. Followed some dabvling at gold mining in ‘Folsom. He didn’t have the magic touch, but he acquired something better. He found a wife. Yuba City was next on his itinerary. He toiled hard. But before long he came to the conclusion that affluence was to be gained only by becoming a merchant. California was growing and every boat from China that docked at ’Frisco brought more Cantonese here. Mark moved on to, Auburn, then Truckee accumulating his savings and dabbling in small trades. . Two decades passed. Then one day, with his wife and son, Mark trudged down miles of dusty trails {somewhere in Nevada County and came upon the town of Washington It was the 1880’s and gold mining, was still going on in that spot, hem-. med in by mountains and covered with pines. A Chinatown nestled there and its three thousand celestials were mining the various bars and . flats and the bed of the Yuba river. . The Grass Wire Bar and the Grisse!] . Bar, particularly were honeycombed ‘with Chinese miners. Fortune Smiled at Last At last fortune smiled on Mark Yick Foo. A little provision store he set up waxed prosperous. A mining “claim he bought at a bargain yielded ' profits. The gold dust and nuggets ; flowed into the Chinatowns of Sac. amento and ’Frisco in exhange for’ ‘China rice and other Chinese staples, . . . . . . The twin stars of prosperity and posterity shone on him, for three grand! sons Were born to him, A quarter of a century passed and sold petered out in Washington. The miners fled. So did the Chinese. The . first’ World War raged in Europe, but i its echo failed to disturb the grow‘ing somnolence of this hamlet. Mark moved his family. and store to the neighboring town of Nevada City’ He.set up the Hee Kee store in Chinatown on Commercial street, and continued his role of merchant and gold dust buyer. Trail’s End Mark Yich Foo, Former ae Chinese Merchant Dies At 96 went up and gathered the now aged Mark’s belongings. These included a magnificent scale he had’ Fred ould rot aloo bring out the brick ‘sed for vears in weighing gold. I to be in Nevada City at the time combing for historical data, “old smelter in the back -of the Hae Kee store. My thought was that this smelter would make a substantial item in an exhibition of California’s Chinese relics. When Mark Yick Foo died. the other day he had perpetuated his name here through four generations. 1d vrivatelv reeretted that 7appened In the Redwood Mode, The way to build a PICKET The latest trend in home beautifying, brought to you in the handiest and most economical form. that suits your home. lengths, several widths. 122 WESTCHESTER © CONCORD -8 tops, 5 VILLAGE combinations .smooth finished ---cut to length . ready to nail in place. Put a fence around: Entire grounds. front yard . garden ee .drying yard .along entrance Path. -entrance to garage. play yard. -etc., etc. PICKET PACK is on display in our sales office. Come in and see this marvelous lifetime packaged fence. Get our free literature on fences and fence building. NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY “The Pioneer Lumber Yard” Boulder Street, Phone 500 Nevada City By that time the tail end of California’s gold era had passed and the Chinatowns all along the Mother Lode were giving up their ghosts. In the 1920s Mark established his family in San ‘Francisco, but he himself stayed in Nevada City, Even when his store closed a decade ago he remained within its familiar interior, stocked with herbs and wines, rice papers, ink-stones and tobacco pipes. He was part of the quiet, rugged splendor of the Sierra foothills and the city held no glamour for him. But at last, two years ago, he was finally persuaded to join his family BROAD eee —— ie Get your placards: “For Rent”, “Ke “Kor Sale,” “No Trespassing” and “Room and Board” at the Nugget Office. HOOPER & WEAVER MORTUARY, INC. 246 So. Church Street Grass Valley Phone 364 24-hour Ambulance Service AND UNION STREETS, aise esseeriresitopeane-ctttiuctieaetreaiial eer =r osenieobeeenes feanianrsan einen ite

THURSDAY, MARCH 6, ieee NEVADA CITY NUGGET BRIDGE SUICIDE AVOIDS TOLL . VANCOUVER, B. C. (U.P.)—An e unidentified man asked the tol] gate“eo keeper of the new bridge across VanN re couver harbor if he would have to’ BE TTHANY CHURCH. pay toll to go out-on the bridge’ He was told no, if he were not going a 419 Spring Street. Affiliated with. tirely across the bridge. He replied . ‘ssemblies of God. Exangelist Herthat he wasn’t, Then, he strode onto} . 'man B. Pencovie is continuing evanthe bridge and leaped to his death . velistie services. Rev. Pencovic, Jew200 feet below. ish evangelist has a unique presentation o thef Word of God. You will . enjoy his conversational manner, i Tonight his subject will be “The Jews” All are invited. Services aiehtly 7:30 p. m. Come, and bring a friend. . . . . ¢ CATHOLIC CHURCH . Two masses will be celebrated ee . tne St. Canice Catholic Church here . Sunday. The first mass will be at 8 . a. m. and the second at 10 a. m. Father Patrick O'Reilly and Father , Edward Williams will officiate. ‘CHRISTIAN SCIENCE The Christian Science se erety on Nevada City holds service Peautder Street Sunday at a Fa a , Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Test i} : monial meetings are held the first. Wednesday of each month at’8 p. m, . The Golden Text will be: ‘“‘Belov. ed, now are we the sons of God, and ; it doth not yet appear what we ishall be; but we know that, when . he shall appear, we shall be like _him; for we shall see him as; ‘he is’”’, ‘ ae John 3:2). Other Bible citations . is the First Food Choseni in Planning the Menu The Proof of Good Eating Is When They Ask for More. If you choose your meats from out great variety of fine choice cuts, your family and your guests will praise your cooking by asking for more. . of God cometh not with observation: . Neither shall they say, Lo here! or 'lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you’”’ (Luke 17:20, 121.) . The (Lesson-Sermon will also in. elude the following passage from the i Christian Science textbook, “‘Sceince land Health with Key to the Scripbeheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God’s own likeness, and this correct jew of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal and that man ‘s pure and holy” (p. 476.) Keystone Market DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. 213 Commercial Street Phone 67 Nevada City When shopping mention the Nugget ads, NEVADA CITY ASSAY AND REFINING OFFICE Practical mining tests from 75 to 1000 pounds, giving the free gold percentages of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings. Mail order check work promptly attended to. Assays made for gold, silver, lead and copper. Agent for New York-California Underwriters, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies. Automobile Insurance Bed BOTT se ee ae Proprietor fi 2 “ ” o . will inctade: “Agd when he war ds. Hymn 241, “I’ve Found a Friend, jest budget for ,manded of the Pharisees, when the} °O78Tesation. a a . kingdom of God should come, he ansCommon Life,” pastor. Hymn “Lord. rangement with the military author/wered them and said, ‘The kingdom Speak to Me that I May Speak,’ conities in San City Church News + . Bishop Pleased With a ork of Trinity Church F rom Santa Barbara Bishop Noel Porter of the Sacra-! Rev. H. Thomas Pateman of the Rev. Fateman Returns mento Diocese, Episcopal Chureh,! T=!n‘ty Episcopal Church returned has written Rev. H. Thomas Patejias st nisht from a visit with Dean man, rector of the Trinity Church . ward Chandler Robbins in Santa here, he is pleased with the good: Harare. work being carried on by the churehi . Dean Ro*} ins former professo~ of here. Porter made his annual visit! omiletics of the Cathedral of Saint ‘a Trinity Church last Sunday. & Tehn the Divinity in New York City, Rishop Porter also said he is ein Oe Pateman’s_instructor at one ; Of the fact Nevada City will be host’ time. to the April Episcopal convention, Pe “Re v. Pateman announced 2 ©2-! : : . jored his visit with Dean Robbins . very much TRINITY EPISCOPAL 10:00 a. m.—Churech School. 11:00 a. m. — Holy with address, j The vestry will meet Wednesday . } evening after the 7 o’clock any Heeretee. the forests and protecting H. THOMAS PATEMAN, Rector . . this gveat natural asset of all the . people have been steadily reduced, while the work has generally been $7. 500 is allowed to take care of 1FORECT SERVICE Communion . (Continued from Page One) : tg ? : aining METHODIST CHURCH Sunday school at 10 a. m. Bring, taking care of them, he stated, the ‘the children. Our Bible school is a! Tahoe Forest should have $45,000. graded school and therefore there! These roads are used by farmers, are classes for all ages. Preaching miners, stockmen and sportsmen, and service at 11 a. m. Organ prelude, . it~ is practically impossible to keep i Miss Sue Hawkins. Imitroit choir. them in a passable state. Hymn “Ye Servants of God.” Prayer, pastor. Scripture reading, Vocal] lines in Tahoe Forest, and last ‘year, solo, ‘‘The Holy City,” Joe King.! not one cent was allowed in the fo maintaining these lines, He explained that under an:arSermon ‘Religion in Francisco, a defense sregation. The public is cordially inplan has beén adopted through which vited. Epworth Leagues at 6 Pp. ms . lookouts stations instantly report All the young people are asked to he: any airplanes that fly over, and withpresent. Preaching service at 7 p. ,in two or three minutes the army m. This will be a united service of “headauarters are apprised of the the Epworth Lagues and members , Planes, their location and the direcand friends of the church. The young. tion of their flight, all through the people will have charge. The pastor. use of the forest telephone system. is going to San Francisco to hear Dr. Of course, Mr. Ellis said, we did tures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “Jesus Stanley Jones. We are hoping that . take care of the telephones, through! several of our members can arrange a process of robbing Peter to pay, to hear this great preacher, i Paul. We took men off fire duty to” Week events—Orchestra practice, mend lines. In a heavy winter area Monday at 7 p. m. We are anxious stich as this wires and poles are to have you meet promptly for an. bor ind to suffer in mountain storms intensive hour and half practice. and repairs must be made, not only John Blamey, conductor. The Womfor service in case of accidents, fires en’s Society of Christian Service wil] and for business purposes, but now, hold their regular business meeting to complete our defense preparations. Tuesday at 2 p. m, in the parlors of During the year, there are now a the church. Executive board meethalf million people who visit the Taing at 1 p. m. All members are urgently requested to be present. Bible those who visit the Yosemite. Of the Study and prayer hour Tuesday at, visitors in this area 200,000 come for 7:80 p. m: Brother Christian will be: the snow sports and 300,000 during Come to helpful, meetings, ‘stant improvement is needed in the Choir practice at 7:30 p. m. Wedforest area to care for this great "esday. Mrs. Hathaway is the con-' number of visitors, but under presthe leader. these ‘ductor, We are urging all to be on. ent conditions this is impossible, Mr, ,iime. We have started an Easter . Ellis declared. Cantata and it will take us all our time to get it down good If you inEXPANDING ‘end helping, kindly be present Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Young people’s prayer hour Thursday evening. In an endeavor to further accommodate his customers, Lloyd Penrose, proprietor of the Lantern Shop, will soon move into the store formerly occupied by the Bosworth Furniture Company on Pine Street and Commercial Streets. The store located in the Masonic Building is now being remodeled. BLOOMFIELD HOTEL . IN SANITARIUM Deputy County Treasurer Elma Hecker is recovering from an influenza attack in the Nevada City Sanitarium. Miss Hecker’s condition was reported today as greatly improved and her friends announce she will be able to resume her duties soon, Wedding Plans Being Made By Local Couple Miss Mary Elizabeth Mulholland, employed at Cain’s Auto Court, and Richard Charles Stevens, popular local young man, are making plans for their wedding in the near future. The couple have filed their declaration of intention to secure a marriage license. The wedding will be performed at the St. Canice Catholic Church. The bride to be is a graduate of the local high school, where she was active in student affairs and one of student body. Dog, Rough and Ready, and North San Juan. pen drawings by Clifford Warner. Valley, Samson’s sells the book. In Sacramento, David Magee. Sketches of the Gold Country embraces short, vivid recitals of the scenic and historical charm of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Dutch Flat, Washington, Bloomfield, French Corral, You Bet and Red . Will Speak At School The book, written by Harley M. Leete, Jr., is illustrated with It Sells for 50 cents per copy It is on sale in Nevada City at the Nugget office, the Dickerman Drug Store, the Shamrock Cafe, and the Harris Drug Store. In Grass

store; in San Francisco at Poul Elder’s, s Newbegin, John Howell and Stevens, employed at the Zeibright Mine, was a star athlete at the local high school. (Ranger Anselmo Lewis of the Tahoe National Forest will deliver an address tomorrow before the pupils of the Union High School on Conservation. The address will be part of tree planting exercises at the school. New Deal Under ‘Management c of Pauline and Johnnie 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley BEER. WINES, LIQUORS. Delicious Mixed Drinks to Please i 7 Book Levinson's There are 400 miles of telephone. 4 trict, hoe National Forest. This is equal to. the other seasons of the year. Con-} the most popular members of the} ;here. Fred Hing, one of the: grandDICK LANES F F ~ GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION — The death of Mark Yick Foo, for years a Chinese businessman and resident of Nevada City, occured recently in San Francisco. Word 9. his death reached this city this many week. William Hoy, a writer for the ; ?@iifornia Chinese Press, wrote an ‘obituary on Mark Yick Foo. It fol. lows: By WILLIAM HOY \ Without fanfare of any kind, with not even a press notice in Chinatown’s native language papers, a pioj neer California Chinese in our midst ; Dassed away just the other day. His ‘aged was ninety-six. He was the srandfather of the Hings we know 's0 well, Fred and Charlie and Wal-. ter, Hing, He was Mark Yick Foo, who for! iWo generations was known and re-. ] snected in the Chinatowns of mento Marysville. Grass Valery,’ Washington and Nevada City. Par-! he t (600. whtlés. To do even 4 fair job of ticularly was he known in the two, new ana easier latter places because he passed the, better part of his life there as a gold} . mine owner, gold dust buyer and . merchant. There he was called also . . by his other name, Mark Pon Lung, . . or by his store name, Hee Kee. . Central Pacific Railroad Era . Born in.1945 in the Toyshan disj Canton, Mark emigrated to. California, at 24, at the time when: ,the Central Pacific railroad was be. ‘ing completed by the toil of 10.000! . Chinese laborers. His clan had few} brethren among the California Chi-} nese but Mark Yick Foo made his . way. . A few years in San Francisco, then ' he went on to Sacramento, where work was plentiful in Chinese farms and orchards. Followed some dabvling at gold mining in ‘Folsom. He didn’t have the magic touch, but he acquired something better. He found a wife. Yuba City was next on his itinerary. He toiled hard. But before long he came to the conclusion that affluence was to be gained only by becoming a merchant. California was growing and every boat from China that docked at ’Frisco brought more Cantonese here. Mark moved on to, Auburn, then Truckee accumulating his savings and dabbling in small trades. . Two decades passed. Then one day, with his wife and son, Mark trudged down miles of dusty trails {somewhere in Nevada County and came upon the town of Washington It was the 1880’s and gold mining, was still going on in that spot, hem-. med in by mountains and covered with pines. A Chinatown nestled there and its three thousand celestials were mining the various bars and . flats and the bed of the Yuba river. . The Grass Wire Bar and the Grisse!] . Bar, particularly were honeycombed ‘with Chinese miners. Fortune Smiled at Last At last fortune smiled on Mark Yick Foo. A little provision store he set up waxed prosperous. A mining “claim he bought at a bargain yielded ' profits. The gold dust and nuggets ; flowed into the Chinatowns of Sac. amento and ’Frisco in exhange for’ ‘China rice and other Chinese staples, . . . . . . The twin stars of prosperity and posterity shone on him, for three grand! sons Were born to him, A quarter of a century passed and sold petered out in Washington. The miners fled. So did the Chinese. The . first’ World War raged in Europe, but i its echo failed to disturb the grow‘ing somnolence of this hamlet. Mark moved his family. and store to the neighboring town of Nevada City’ He.set up the Hee Kee store in Chinatown on Commercial street, and continued his role of merchant and gold dust buyer. Trail’s End Mark Yich Foo, Former ae Chinese Merchant Dies At 96 went up and gathered the now aged Mark’s belongings. These included a magnificent scale he had’ Fred ould rot aloo bring out the brick ‘sed for vears in weighing gold. I to be in Nevada City at the time combing for historical data, “old smelter in the back -of the Hae Kee store. My thought was that this smelter would make a substantial item in an exhibition of California’s Chinese relics. When Mark Yick Foo died. the other day he had perpetuated his name here through four generations. 1d vrivatelv reeretted that 7appened In the Redwood Mode, The way to build a PICKET The latest trend in home beautifying, brought to you in the handiest and most economical form. that suits your home. lengths, several widths.. 122 WESTCHESTER © CONCORD -8 tops, 5 VILLAGE combinations ..smooth finished ---cut to length .. ready to nail in place. Put a fence around: Entire grounds.. front yard .. garden ee .drying yard ..along entrance Path. -entrance to garage.. play yard. -etc., etc. PICKET PACK is on display in our sales office. Come in and see this marvelous lifetime packaged fence. Get our free literature on fences and fence building. NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY “The Pioneer Lumber Yard” Boulder Street, Phone 500 Nevada City By that time the tail end of California’s gold era had passed and the Chinatowns all along the Mother Lode were giving up their ghosts. In the 1920s Mark established his family in San ‘Francisco, but he himself stayed in Nevada City, Even when his store closed a decade ago he remained within its familiar interior, stocked with herbs and wines, rice papers, ink-stones and tobacco pipes. He was part of the quiet, rugged splendor of the Sierra foothills and the city held no glamour for him. But at last, two years ago, he was finally persuaded to join his family BROAD eee —— ie Get your placards: “For Rent”, “Ke “Kor Sale,” “No Trespassing” and “Room and Board” at the Nugget Office. HOOPER & WEAVER MORTUARY, INC. 246 So. Church Street Grass Valley Phone 364 24-hour Ambulance Service AND UNION STREETS, aise esseeriresitopeane-ctttiuctieaetreaiial eer =r osenieobeeenes feanianrsan einen ite