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FURNITURE STORE NOW EXAMINATIONS OPEN +17 DISTRICT MEN TAKE. "GEORGE C. BOLES
Optometrist INNEW LOCATION, “FOR CIVIL SERVICE : Seven een menNEXTfromMONTH
Nevada
Nevada City
IN GRASS VALLEY
plicants in several positions in and Sierra counties will report to 312 Broad St.
Telephone 88
fd
"Examinations are ‘open. for ap
Open house Wednesday started U.S. civil service; ‘according to Sacramento Thursday, Dec. 14,
the Grass Valley Furniture ComHoward Penrose, local secretary, .for.physical examinations for induction into service calls some
pany in its new location. Wedat the Nevada City post we
time after the first of the year,
Among them are: .nesday on South Auburn street,
. according to an announcement by
Commodity industry
opposite the Veterans. Memorial
. Mrs. Dorothy Stephens, clerk of
Building. John Tremewan is the minerals for positions the Sierra-Nevada county selecof
ceramics,
coal,
iroy
ownér of ‘the store. It was fortive service board.
merly located jyst’ south of . the rhineral resource
The December physical. exam-‘Our materials for a sketch ‘of this ‘interesting are’ are much Grass Valley city limits on the ‘ferrous metals, norimeta
erals, petroleum and natura
: ination call is‘ the fifth :received
“more scanty than we could desire. It isthe second place of imAuburn highway.
‘portance in Nevada county, with an enterprising population, and a
The new quarters is in the lo Salariés range from $3, 450 °‘to by the local board since it was.
reactivated this summer.
growing prosperity, despite a recent calamity by which . it was cation occupied by the Furniture $6,400 a year.
Twenty-four men were schedSocial workers for positiovis‘lo‘almost entirely destroyed.
Center previous to a destructive
-uled to report Wednesday for the.
cated in hospitals and re
The chain of valleys of which Grass Valley is one of the Nairacat fire last June. ~
i-'. fourth call for physical examinasand best located, extends from “‘Greenhorn Creek,” just above what
The building has been comoffices of the veterans ‘%
. tions.
tis known as “‘Buena Vista Ranch,”.in a southwesterly course nearly pletely rebuilt and renovated and : stration,
Eleven men will report for inand in Puerto Rico. Salaries PORT
-ttwelve miles, and embraces in its meanderings much very arable is a Hew and modern store.
duction into the armed services
jand, an aniple supply of the best of water,
and quantities of pine
Tremewan said the store will $3,825 to $5,400 a year.
Glassblowers. for. vacancies at Thursday, Nov. 30.
and oak timber. A portion of the immigration that came over the feature Kroehler living room
Albany
and San Francisco. SalThe
settlers.
first
the
were
route,
Truckee
the
plains in 1849, by
furniture, ‘Monarch gas and elecA: plant near Long Beach ex‘worn-out and famished cattle belonging to the immigrants who had tric ranges, complete line of apary range, $3,100 to $3,825 a year
tracts’ elemental sulfur from the
amped at or near the junction of Steep Hollow Creek with Bear pliances, radios, television sets, starting.
Marketing specialist, for gradwaste of nearby petroleum re‘wiwer, wandered off for food, and were found after considerable Simmons, Serta and Spring Air
search, living luxuriantly on good grass in the valley from which. mattresses, and complete departing processed fruits and vegefineries.
tthe town took its name. Being so good a camping ground the valley ments including bedroom furnitables. Salary, $3,100 a year.
Complete information is avail‘tbeqame a kind of oasis for many emigrants, some eight or ten of ture, unfinished furniture, maple
whom in September, 1849, built cabins on Boston Ravine, a half furniture and all other items-that . . able from Penrose at the local
wnile below the town, and commenced mining there. In December complete ‘the modern furniture postoffice,
of the same. year a Boston company of four persons came to the store.
The largest bore tunnel in the
wavine, and were very successful miners until the water gave out
Tremewan said there will be
jm the spring of 1850, when they left. A gentleman, one Baldwin, no change of the personnel from world goes through Yerba Buena
a law student, was the principal person:of the company. The ravine the previous location, which inisland in San Francisco bay.
was named by this company.
cludes John’ Colling in charge of
‘Chek City, California, F aa November 17, 1950
Early in November, 1849, Samuel and George Holt: and James radio andtelevision, Victor TamWalsh came with wagons, tools, machinery, etc., to a place about ietti in charge of appliances, and
hd
Zena Wheeler was of the party, and two others.
-"The Holts finished their mill in March, 1850, and were sawing
Mono lake is called the Dead
lumber on the 3rd of May. While working in the mill they were Sea of America.
in the
vicinity. We are informed that as many as seven hundred men
BERGEMANN
sand as many women attended their annual meetings or dances. The
FUNERAL
CHAPEL
elder Holt (Samuel) was pierced and at once killed by their arrows.
;
Phone 203
‘George Holt escaped with. his life, fighting eight or ten Indians up The Bergemann Funeral Chapel
the hill between the two mills, with only a small pocketknife in service is priced within . the
his hands, and fell into the arms of Judge Walsh covered with blood means of all. Ambulance service
and wounded in thirteen places with their arrows. Only three of at all hours.
Judge Walsh removed to Grass Valley where he built a saw
mill in July, 1850.
Among the early settlers were Z/° Wheeler, C.
"‘W. Wood, B. C. Lamarque, F. Squire, Fowler and others.
The first
«abin built on Main street, Grass Valley, was by a man named
Scott, nearly opposite where the Grass Valley Hotel stood before
the fire. The first hotel was built by J. B. Underwood, called ‘The
Mountain Home.”
As late as January, 1851, there were but three or four cabins
in Grass Valley proper. Shortly after, the population increased
rapidly,
and an attempt made to change the name to Centerville,
sas there were so many places known as Grass Valley it was diffi«cult to have letters sent properly. The growth of Grass Valley in
1851 was remarkable. Probably no town in this State has ever
‘sprung into importance so suddenly. Much of this was owing to
ian excitement in reference to quartz mining, then in full operation.
The first piece of gold bearing quartz was picked up on Gold
Hill, in September, 1850, by a German, who disturbed it with his
foot while carrying a bucket of-water. The piece was sold’ by him
ito F. Squire for five dollars, and proved to be worth one hundred.
‘Several of the miners from the neighborhood, and a good many
from Deer Creek, immediately went onto the hill and broke up
the pieces of quartz which lay exposed, but as they found nothing,
the excitement died away till the first of November, when a party
—of whom James Huff was one—in getting out rock for the chimney
for a cabin they were building on Gold Hill, struck a quartz ledge,
‘where it was-rich. Claims were immediately staked off, and men
began to pound the quartz in mortars, with spring poles. Huff’s
company took out about $20,000 in this way during the winter and
“spring. The first quartz mill was built in January, 1851, on Wolf
“Creek, nearly opposite the present Empire mill, by two Germans,
confidence in our
y
mortuary services.
BERGEMANN
CHAPEL
(formerly Holmes
_ 246 Sacramento Street
Telephone 203
Nevada City
24-HOUR
NEVADA CITY—ON THE
THRESHOLD TO THE BEST
MILTON’S
IN SPORTS REOREATION
CONFECTIONERY
NEVADA CITY
231 Broad
P hone 123
-Ambulance Service
ij
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
We Close at 8 P.M.
OF
a
200000 freshmen
cantbe wrong!to
MIND
Ki Wart,
he uw<
’
°
W.believe that something has happened in 1950 that you should take to
heart.
Ever since this year’s Buicks were introduced, their big bulge in sales has come
from people who traded other makes of
cars for this bounteous beauty.
The total is more than 200,000.
That’s 500,000 “freshmen” added to the
roll call of Buick owners—200,000 people who must have sized up the current
version of the cars they owned, and
decided that Buick offered more thrill,
more comfort, more satisfaction for the
money.
~ . Beyond that, of course, there were other
hundreds of t housands who already
owned a Buick and bought a new one
this year. But we’re speaking here of
new owners only.
We can name many reasons for this
landslide — including Fireball power —
an incomparable ride — and Dynaflow
_Drive.*
We can remind you that the Buick
SPECIAL, SUPER and ROADMASTER just
about blanket the range of a car-owner’s
aspirations—matching prices with many
sixes in the lower brackets—matching
distinction with the finest in the finé-car
field.
We might add that Buick prices are
doubly attractive—since their list prices
include many features customarily on
the “‘extra”’ list.
But why try to spell out all the reasons
Buick wins in a showdown?
The proof of the pudding is
in this great car itself. Better
sr
bay ik.
come in—Iook it over —and
find out what an unbeatable
buy it is.
% Standard on ROADMASTER, optional at
cost on SUPER and SPECIAL models.
extra
TEVER YOUR PRICE
When better automobiles are built
BUICK will build them
“2s
s
Tune In HENRYJ.TAYLOR, ABC Network, every Monday evening.
YOUR KEY TO GREATER VALUE
PAUL VILES
sby A. Delano, generally known as “Old Block.” . We believe the
120 N. AUBURN STREET
insure receipt of
BS
a.
ie,
You may place full
J. Paul Bergemann
Tasty Sandwiches, Homemade
Salads, Homemade Chili, Delicious French Fries, Soups,
Pies, Ice Cream
“chips” did not suit him; so he turned his attention to expressing
Services are arranged
by a staff that has
years of experience.
LUNCH TIME?
The first quartz mill was on Gold Hill; the next on Massachu‘setts Hill, where the first claims were taken up-in December, 1850,
>for Wells, Fargo & Co., im which he oceasionally expresses the ideas
that have made him so generally known throughout the State.
Next week’s installment will complete the history of the first
‘five years of Nevada county as written by Aaron A. Sargent. The
‘Nugget will print the history in a booklet form and place it on
of 50 cents a copy. The booklets will probably be.
a
Pilly
sale at
to
ready for seer = December or early January. Order now
time of need.
$1.50 Gallon
‘for Mr. J. Wright, Jr. The mill (a water mill) was a small affair
‘and not successful, but it was the ‘second one built .in the state,
the first milf} being built in 1850, in Mariposa county, which also
proved a failure. Gtass Valley claims the first successful quartz
ymil)s in California. In the winter of 1850-51, Messrs. Sowers, Abbey
cand. Ridgell built a small steam mill. In the spring of 1851 Judge
Walsh erected a quartz mill, which he afterwards sold to Collins
sand. Crossett, which mill always paid. The Gold Hill Company,
:about a month after-commenced the erection of a mill, and Judge
Walsh another one still later. An English company, called the,
““Agua Frio,” bought or leased the interest of the proprietors in the
mills and leads in August, 1853, and conducted the business under
the superintendence of Messrs. Hepburn and Atwood. The new
“Helvetia” mill was erected by Conway and Preston in the fall of
1851 and was worked profitably. Colonel Richardson erected one
an the smmer of ‘1851. The “Mount George” mill was ‘erected about
the same time. In 1852 the “French Company” erected a mill, the
“Rocky Bar Mining Company,” and James Winchester in the same
‘year. The latter has. been used for lumber though built originally
for quartz.° The ‘Union Company” constructed a mill in 1853, but
‘the lead was abandoned and the mill removed.
tain dignity of
to all. . .'in their
ICE CREAM
to issue $600,000 worth of war bonds for the El Dorado and Mari
posa Indians wars, but we believe the Legislature refused ‘Messrs.
Walsh and Holt anything for their losses and their services. . Perhaps it was because they did not resort to the modus operandi that
ssecured the success of many legislative acts.
We strive and, main
a ROS
“Far West” on.Johnston’s Ranch at -Bear river; and the morning
after, twenty-four U.S. soldiers arrived, supplied by Major Day,
<ommanding at that station. An hundred miners from Deer Creek
zalso poured in, and in a couple of days thye had run and killed
«ff all the Indians. Mr. G. Holt: was removed to Sees: stone
«on Deer Creek, below Nevada.
A less cause than these. Indian troubles influenced the State
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Funeral Home)
tthe company were at home at the time of the attack, Wheeler hav
ing gone below for the engine, and two others to the Yuba. The
aproperty was plundered and burnt the night after the attack on the
-THolts, and the camp of Judge Walsh was threatened. The Indians
kept up an indescribable howling all night, and raise firés all over
“tthe hills. But the tenants of the camp well armed with old U. S.
unuskets, and with the help of a fine dog named “Brutus,” of which
tthe Indians were particularly shy, kept them at bay. “Brutus’’ for
‘this watchfulness and courage was worth five soldiers; he would
seize an Indian by the throat who was too obtrusive, and in divers
“way evinced that he was a dog for the occasion. A few friendly
Indians gave their assistance during the night, and Captain Day
later county surveyor) and another man came in on noticing the
fires and disorder. Old Chief Wemah behaved very well in the
_amatter, gave the party his countenance and furnished the guard of
friendly Indians. He also brought the dead body of Holt to the
‘camp, and in ail things was friendly, so far as could be observed.
‘The next morning Captain Day and his frierid started for Camp
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P.O. BOX 911
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en Ca
‘attacked by Indians, of whom there were a great many
:
HOME MADE
four miles below Grass Valley for the purpose of erecting two saw Mrs. Tremewan takes care of the
mills—the one by the Messrs. Holt, a water mill, and Judge Walsh’s, bookkeeping.
‘a steam mill.
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Sargent’s Story