October 17, 1947 (4 pages)

NEVADA CITY . ( E PER MONTH ___ AND WORTH A LOT MORE ae e Twin Cities Paper NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA The County-Seat Paper — FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947 . -«¢ VALLEY: The Gold Trail Lae sponsoring a Halloween ree at the Memorial Building Valley Saturday, November old and young alike is for with games for the chiland dancing and entertainment arte nt will be the chance . . the valuable “Black Beauty 4” which 18 now on display at Guiric Servant in Grass Valley. » wiil also be shown in the wws-of the Valley Grill, Bennetts yecle and_other business houses jase “Valley during the weeks jing the Jamboree. In Nevada i will be displayed in the winif The Nugget. wrations for the dance will be je Halloween motif, with corn 4s pumpkins and ghostly goblins eminating. Prizes will be given ihe most fanciful Halloween, costTickets are 50s and may be mo from any member of the Gold i) Riders, $8 VALL YY: The Grass Val(ity Council Tuesday night voted ordinance No. 69 providing for ters. The mayor, Allison was authorized to sign a th the Magee-Hale Parkt mpany of Oakland. t contract. provides for the purof 226 meters at $61.50 each. mpany is to install them withdays, The meters will be paid iy per cent of the earnings. jiher Obligation is entailed. Fees iveone cent=per 12 minutes parkSS VALLEY: The city council ¢ immediate steps to recreate mission that lapsed he reason for the countl is a prospective dona$1000, which Miss Bernice dupior “Red Cross chairman, Would be given the city led the © terms were complied te donors are Mrs. Desmond WinPind Mrs. Carolyn Wilson of Who had apportioned $1000 as a gift from returns shop in Camp Beale. recognition of the coaid givenby this comthe camp and hospital €e and other channels, ‘@0nditions are, (a) the © spent for youth rec») it must mot be used 2 established. organizaPresumably -héive . their ited here is. 61, accordJackson, acting chief of r successful. nimrods “Colt, Bloomfield;” O. Gold Flat; A. ArboCity; Gladys Granholm, W. D. Soudermilk, Et y. 8S. Freece, MarysB. Bynor, J. R. Tinsler, James H. Taylor, ValThompson, Harry Sildi and Frank “Sifers, * Previously announced Te-appoint William J. deputy in Grass ValC. Schiffner as his » Mary, a few days last @rnecke has returned GRASS VALLEY: Two big events Historical Society this coming weekend. Saturday night. Joseph R. Knowland, publisher of the Oakland Tribune, and noted California historian, will speak ‘to the group at the Lady Jane Manor Resort at a dinner meeting at 7:00 p. m. This is in addition to the previously planned “Cornish Night” entertainment. All interested guests’ are requested to make dinner reservations with Mrs. Belle Ingell or Mrs. Doris Foley before this evening. On this Saturday, weather permitting, the Third Historical Excursion for the year will travel and visit the old mining towns of Lake City, North Bloomfield. and Relief Hill. The caravan will leave thie Historical Museum at 11:30 a. m., Sunday, and will be under the direction of Bob Paine. The caravan will stop at points of interest, and at the end of the trip at. Relief Hill in the ancient hydraulie diggings a hot lunch of beans, coffee and rolis will be served free. Return will be made to Nevada City before dark. The following are excerpts from Thompson & .West describing the towns to be visited as they existed in the early days: : . NORTH BLOOMFIELD The town of N. Bloomfield, the center of. one of the leading mining districts of the county, is pleasantly situated on the ridge between the Middle and S. Yuba rivers, at an altitude of 3300 ft. : Originally the town rejoiced in the are planned by the Nevada —County. suggestive name of Humbug, which it acquired in a legitimate manner a Humbug Creek, on which it is. situated. . Upon the ‘origin of the Hate, there hangs a tale. “Imi the winter of 1851-2 a party, composed of the in congruous elements of two tirishmen and a German, prospected along the creek, near which they discovered a rich deposit of gravel, yielding them a goodly quantity of dust. When their supplies became exhausted, one of the sons of Erin was dispatched to Nevada City for provisions, being strictly enjoined to preserve due silence in regard to their good fortune. Money and a secret are too much to eonfide to an Irishman when whiskey 15 plenty, and the consequence was, that after purchasing the supplies and a mule to carry them, he invested liberally in corn juice, his purse: strings and his tongue poth becoming loosened at the same time, Erin go brau, familiarly translated, “Erin 20 brag, was here exemplified, and he boasted of his rich: strikg,. declining, however, to give the location. When he. took his. departure the next morning, 4 nous gold seekers. had crowd of rave Up and ne a little here and @ little there, St is no place’ finding’ the rich diggings they anticipated, and the disgusted crowd retnrnes ee the city callng the creek a humbus,~ ‘ and always clung to it, and which it later bequeathed to the town. J. B. Clark, commenced mining near the site of the present, town in 1852, and Owen Marlow, Roger MecCoulCarter, Dickerson, AJaNewn Frat Jair, ye. in: with canvas. Ip 1856 Antone ae, hew and Pet puilt a Store, and: Franz and Bsher a ion, “which. — ter building’ was occupied. by: Pp, Lun as a hotel. In this. year the city took a sudden impulse fo and population increasing for an ©s‘a post office, it bechange the name _ to % re of humbugs to suit the postal gaan’ ment. In April, 1857, a public m ing was held, at a resolea” the name the word North being added om another office in the sta game the ‘which name f the} Historical Society Has Exciting Program The town began to decline‘ in 1863,} and. became nearly depopulated, but when the N. Bloomfield Co. began operations in 1867, things assumed a different aspect, and the population agdy business. increased more rapidly thanj}” they had. declined.’ In 1880; inctuding the Malakoff settlement, which is practically a part of Bloomfield, the population was about 1200. In the matter of fires, Bloomfield has been very fortunate indeed, the total loss from that source not exceeding $1000 in town proper. A few years ago a fire in the woods destroyed the bridge across the canyon and the buildings of the mining company. _A boarding house kept by Geo. Edwards near the town, was destryoed March 13, 1875. When the town began to decline the public school continued, but in 1866 it was revived, with an attendance of 12. In 18738 a new school house was erected at the expense of $3,700 which is well furnished and has an excellent library. Religious services are held in the school house by Catholics, Episcopalians and. Methodists, at different times. In thé summer of 1878, a large hall was erected by Edward Cummings which is used for dancing parties and miscellaneous entertainments. 3 Saturday, October 28, French Hotel at Malakoff was destroyed by fire. -A man named Harmon was burned to déath, and it was supposed that he was the cause of the fire, as he was in.the habit of smoking a pipe while in bed. ; Application was made to the U. S. land office for a patent to the land on which the town rests,.in order to perfect the titles of property holders. In 1875, -a patent was received for the southeast one-fourth of ‘the northwest one-fourth of section 6, township 17, north, range 10, east, embracing ‘forty acres of land, thus securing the holders of lots in the possession of their property. N. Bloomfield is onthe line of the Ridge Telephone Co.,. the principal office of which is at San Juan. — LAKE CITY Pleasantly situated on the ridge down which runs the pliocene river channel; on the road from Columbia Hill to N. Bloomfield, and about 2% miles from the latter, the little town of Lake City has passed an almost uneventful existence of 23 years. A little cabin was built in 1853 by a man named Joiner, and in 1855, John H. Helwig, John Schroder, Fred Thane, Henry Bowman and two others commenced mining operations being: known as the Dutch Hill Co. — Lake City’ became*connected with N, Bloomfield and Columbia’ Hil, . .al¢ though there. were them but. a few cabins, and no effort had been made to build a town A hotel was. built in 1855 by Sanl and William Bell, and the locality was known, as Bell's ranch. When the Eureka ditch was éompleted in 1857, the settlement received quite a forward impulse. uf ‘town was then leid out and n 1¢d Lake City. The same year Brer House was built by M. Bremont, ane) 1876; the CHAMBER TALKS ON PROMOTION NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday night’s meeting discussed the feasibility of forming a .Nevada County chamber for publicity and promotional purposes. It was believed that a number of business men of Nevada City, Grass Valley and.Truckee would be interested in such an organization. Secretary H. F. Sofge, a member of the state chamber’s highways committee, reported that three yecommendations for highway improvements had been made to. the. state chamiber, (1) realignment of highway 49 4west of Grass Valley, (2) improvement of Highway 20 at the Bear Valley Grade, and (3) a four lane high=e between Grass Valley and this ‘city. ; “William Davis of Indian Flat was named chairman of the chamber’s mining ‘committee and Ray Spickelmier will head the finnace: committee for the 1948 Fourth of July celebration, which will take. place in Nevada City. ni & READY SHACKGRASS VALLEY: Gail) Reed, 20, charged with contributing to the deHinquency of two minor girls, was bound over to the juvenile court yesterday ‘afternoon by Justice of the Peace Charles Morehouse. Lioyd Ed‘ward Rowe, alias William Rowe, 21, was held to answer in superior court onthe same charge remained until’a few years ago, “a it was destroyed ‘by fire: The el puilt by the Bell Bros, is sti b kept as a public house by P. R. Paine, In 1887, the year of the, town's birth, two hotels, dhe store, Om ‘La “office and’ a number of east by thé residents = ,. RELIEF HILL Yuba river, about three miles east of -eafly as 1853,) "By 1856 the which time it coma] {7° 4 . Starr, 16, and Bobbig . . accused men. tain Monroe, J.j; NEVADA CITY: reer ree . ‘missed for lack of evidence. ‘ . The charge) -against Wanda Trembles, 23, was disNugget went to press, the lows, with some absentee cinct votes: still unrecorded: ’ 195 Johnson 2691 Thurman Williams Alice Monahan Williams. of and Elton O. (Spec) .Carvin, Although tabulation the final decision was in the vote-counting. qualified electors turning out. nine years. A precinct by precinct vote follows: Nevada City No. Nevada City No. Nevada: City No. Nevada City No. Nevada City No. Gold Flat No. 1. Gold Flat No. 2 Selby Flat Willow Valley. ze Placer 2268 Harold W. Johnson, mayor of with only 235 votes less than Thurman. Esterly, Grass Valley mining man, with a vote of 1387. Mrs. Loomis was chairman of the Sierra County Board-of Supervisors was last with. 1178. Thurman has served as assemblyman COLFAX MAN WINS OVER JOHNSON BY AMARGINOF 25BALLOTS NEVADA CITY: Assemblyman. Allen G. (Scoop) * Thurman ‘was elected State Senator in the special election in Placer, Sierra and Nevada counties last Tuesday. As the. all but complete vate stood as folballots and two Sierra county preNevada ~ 492. 1096 576 Sierra “Total491 178 65 3532. 1203 96 3567 ¢ 208 20 1318: Roseville, was second, Third was. William fourth with 1318, of votes Tuesday night was rapid, doubt untilWednesday morning,because the two leaders, Thurman and. Johnson, were so close. However, Thurman's lead showed with the early returns and, except for an occasional setback, he maintained it throughout The vote was light, with an average of 35 per cent of for this area for tabulation of the Nevada county NEVADA CITY Garvin Esterly Johnson Thurman Williams eee 25 17 Poe 12 6. = y 17 4\ 28° 37 49 46 48. . Grass Valley No. . Grass Valley No. 2 Grass Valley. No. 3 Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. 3 The trio, with two girls, Anita ¢: Emp 7, ioe Fields, were taken into c deputies and the county probation q. ficer, Thomas Barrett. The two # made statements nad 2 ing in automobiles and, made statements the Rough and t \dmitted drinking intoxicants but de/ nied, Hey were intimate with the twe proprietor of a variety store here for ny years, died yesterday at 10 a. m. is home on Walrath avenue. Death was due to a heart attack. BAe, Funeral arrangements are pending _. im Hooper.‘ and Weaver Mortuary, Grase Valley, 2. : a ‘Bolton was orn in Oakland 66 years ago. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Bleanor Bolton; a daughter, Mrs. Al“Donald announces * iy by sheriff's}, and admitted sleep~ ‘ling in am abandoned ranch house in}: Ready district. They} _ NEVADA CITY: Harry EL ‘Bolton, : ta Mae McKean of Colfax,Placert "Fy county; and a son, Thomas B. ‘BolWashington _... 8; 2g F; et We oe Sener Pa _— B eeuceencosccnseepercs ope Rough and Ready ..

NEVADA CITY . ( E PER MONTH ___ AND WORTH A LOT MORE ae e Twin Cities Paper NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA The County-Seat Paper — FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947 . -«¢ VALLEY: The Gold Trail Lae sponsoring a Halloween ree at the Memorial Building Valley Saturday, November old and young alike is for with games for the chiland dancing and entertainment arte nt will be the chance . . the valuable “Black Beauty 4” which 18 now on display at Guiric Servant in Grass Valley. » wiil also be shown in the wws-of the Valley Grill, Bennetts yecle and_other business houses jase “Valley during the weeks jing the Jamboree. In Nevada i will be displayed in the winif The Nugget. wrations for the dance will be je Halloween motif, with corn 4s pumpkins and ghostly goblins eminating. Prizes will be given ihe most fanciful Halloween, costTickets are 50s and may be mo from any member of the Gold i) Riders, $8 VALL YY: The Grass Val(ity Council Tuesday night voted ordinance No. 69 providing for ters. The mayor, Allison was authorized to sign a th the Magee-Hale Parkt mpany of Oakland. t contract. provides for the purof 226 meters at $61.50 each. mpany is to install them withdays, The meters will be paid iy per cent of the earnings. jiher Obligation is entailed. Fees iveone cent=per 12 minutes parkSS VALLEY: The city council ¢ immediate steps to recreate mission that lapsed he reason for the countl is a prospective dona$1000, which Miss Bernice dupior “Red Cross chairman, Would be given the city led the © terms were complied te donors are Mrs. Desmond WinPind Mrs. Carolyn Wilson of Who had apportioned $1000 as a gift from returns shop in Camp Beale. recognition of the coaid givenby this comthe camp and hospital €e and other channels, ‘@0nditions are, (a) the © spent for youth rec») it must mot be used 2 established. organizaPresumably -héive . their ited here is. 61, accordJackson, acting chief of r successful. nimrods “Colt, Bloomfield;” O. Gold Flat; A. ArboCity; Gladys Granholm, W. D. Soudermilk, Et y. 8S. Freece, MarysB. Bynor, J. R. Tinsler, James H. Taylor, ValThompson, Harry Sildi and Frank “Sifers, * Previously announced Te-appoint William J. deputy in Grass ValC. Schiffner as his » Mary, a few days last @rnecke has returned GRASS VALLEY: Two big events Historical Society this coming weekend. Saturday night. Joseph R. Knowland, publisher of the Oakland Tribune, and noted California historian, will speak ‘to the group at the Lady Jane Manor Resort at a dinner meeting at 7:00 p. m. This is in addition to the previously planned “Cornish Night” entertainment. All interested guests’ are requested to make dinner reservations with Mrs. Belle Ingell or Mrs. Doris Foley before this evening. On this Saturday, weather permitting, the Third Historical Excursion for the year will travel and visit the old mining towns of Lake City, North Bloomfield. and Relief Hill. The caravan will leave thie Historical Museum at 11:30 a. m., Sunday, and will be under the direction of Bob Paine. The caravan will stop at points of interest, and at the end of the trip at. Relief Hill in the ancient hydraulie diggings a hot lunch of beans, coffee and rolis will be served free. Return will be made to Nevada City before dark. The following are excerpts from Thompson & .West describing the towns to be visited as they existed in the early days: : . NORTH BLOOMFIELD The town of N. Bloomfield, the center of. one of the leading mining districts of the county, is pleasantly situated on the ridge between the Middle and S. Yuba rivers, at an altitude of 3300 ft. : Originally the town rejoiced in the are planned by the Nevada —County. suggestive name of Humbug, which it acquired in a legitimate manner a Humbug Creek, on which it is. situated. . Upon the ‘origin of the Hate, there hangs a tale. “Imi the winter of 1851-2 a party, composed of the in congruous elements of two tirishmen and a German, prospected along the creek, near which they discovered a rich deposit of gravel, yielding them a goodly quantity of dust. When their supplies became exhausted, one of the sons of Erin was dispatched to Nevada City for provisions, being strictly enjoined to preserve due silence in regard to their good fortune. Money and a secret are too much to eonfide to an Irishman when whiskey 15 plenty, and the consequence was, that after purchasing the supplies and a mule to carry them, he invested liberally in corn juice, his purse: strings and his tongue poth becoming loosened at the same time, Erin go brau, familiarly translated, “Erin 20 brag, was here exemplified, and he boasted of his rich: strikg,. declining, however, to give the location. When he. took his. departure the next morning, 4 nous gold seekers. had crowd of rave Up and ne a little here and @ little there, St is no place’ finding’ the rich diggings they anticipated, and the disgusted crowd retnrnes ee the city callng the creek a humbus,~ ‘ and always clung to it, and which it later bequeathed to the town. J. B. Clark, commenced mining near the site of the present, town in 1852, and Owen Marlow, Roger MecCoulCarter, Dickerson, AJaNewn Frat Jair, ye. in: with canvas. Ip 1856 Antone ae, hew and Pet puilt a Store, and: Franz and Bsher a ion, “which. — ter building’ was occupied. by: Pp, Lun as a hotel. In this. year the city took a sudden impulse fo and population increasing for an ©s‘a post office, it bechange the name _ to % re of humbugs to suit the postal gaan’ ment. In April, 1857, a public m ing was held, at a resolea” the name the word North being added om another office in the sta game the ‘which name f the} Historical Society Has Exciting Program The town began to decline‘ in 1863,} and. became nearly depopulated, but when the N. Bloomfield Co. began operations in 1867, things assumed a different aspect, and the population agdy business. increased more rapidly thanj}” they had. declined.’ In 1880; inctuding the Malakoff settlement, which is practically a part of Bloomfield, the population was about 1200. In the matter of fires, Bloomfield has been very fortunate indeed, the total loss from that source not exceeding $1000 in town proper. A few years ago a fire in the woods destroyed the bridge across the canyon and the buildings of the mining company. _A boarding house kept by Geo. Edwards near the town, was destryoed March 13, 1875. When the town began to decline the public school continued, but in 1866 it was revived, with an attendance of 12. In 18738 a new school house was erected at the expense of $3,700 which is well furnished and has an excellent library. Religious services are held in the school house by Catholics, Episcopalians and. Methodists, at different times. In thé summer of 1878, a large hall was erected by Edward Cummings which is used for dancing parties and miscellaneous entertainments. 3 Saturday, October 28, French Hotel at Malakoff was destroyed by fire. -A man named Harmon was burned to déath, and it was supposed that he was the cause of the fire, as he was in.the habit of smoking a pipe while in bed. ; Application was made to the U. S. land office for a patent to the land on which the town rests,.in order to perfect the titles of property holders. In 1875, -a patent was received for the southeast one-fourth of ‘the northwest one-fourth of section 6, township 17, north, range 10, east, embracing ‘forty acres of land, thus securing the holders of lots in the possession of their property. N. Bloomfield is onthe line of the

Ridge Telephone Co.,. the principal office of which is at San Juan. — LAKE CITY Pleasantly situated on the ridge down which runs the pliocene river channel; on the road from Columbia Hill to N. Bloomfield, and about 2% miles from the latter, the little town of Lake City has passed an almost uneventful existence of 23 years. A little cabin was built in 1853 by a man named Joiner, and in 1855, John H. Helwig, John Schroder, Fred Thane, Henry Bowman and two others commenced mining operations being: known as the Dutch Hill Co. — Lake City’ became*connected with N, Bloomfield and Columbia’ Hil, . .al¢ though there. were them but. a few cabins, and no effort had been made to build a town A hotel was. built in 1855 by Sanl and William Bell, and the locality was known, as Bell's ranch. When the Eureka ditch was éompleted in 1857, the settlement received quite a forward impulse. uf ‘town was then leid out and n 1¢d Lake City. The same year Brer House was built by M. Bremont, ane) 1876; the CHAMBER TALKS ON PROMOTION NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday night’s meeting discussed the feasibility of forming a .Nevada County chamber for publicity and promotional purposes. It was believed that a number of business men of Nevada City, Grass Valley and.Truckee would be interested in such an organization. Secretary H. F. Sofge, a member of the state chamber’s highways committee, reported that three yecommendations for highway improvements had been made to. the. state chamiber, (1) realignment of highway 49 4west of Grass Valley, (2) improvement of Highway 20 at the Bear Valley Grade, and (3) a four lane high=e between Grass Valley and this ‘city. ; “William Davis of Indian Flat was named chairman of the chamber’s mining ‘committee and Ray Spickelmier will head the finnace: committee for the 1948 Fourth of July celebration, which will take. place in Nevada City. ni & READY SHACKGRASS VALLEY: Gail) Reed, 20, charged with contributing to the deHinquency of two minor girls, was bound over to the juvenile court yesterday ‘afternoon by Justice of the Peace Charles Morehouse. Lioyd Ed‘ward Rowe, alias William Rowe, 21, was held to answer in superior court onthe same charge remained until’a few years ago, “a it was destroyed ‘by fire: The el puilt by the Bell Bros, is sti b kept as a public house by P. R. Paine, In 1887, the year of the, town's birth, two hotels, dhe store, Om ‘La “office and’ a number of east by thé residents = ,. RELIEF HILL Yuba river, about three miles east of -eafly as 1853,) "By 1856 the which time it coma] {7° 4 . Starr, 16, and Bobbig . . accused men. tain Monroe, J.j; NEVADA CITY: reer ree . ‘missed for lack of evidence. ‘ . The charge) -against Wanda Trembles, 23, was disNugget went to press, the lows, with some absentee cinct votes: still unrecorded: ’ 195 Johnson 2691 Thurman Williams Alice Monahan Williams. of and Elton O. (Spec) .Carvin, Although tabulation the final decision was in the vote-counting. qualified electors turning out. nine years. A precinct by precinct vote follows: Nevada City No. Nevada City No. Nevada: City No. Nevada City No. Nevada City No. Gold Flat No. 1.. Gold Flat No. 2 Selby Flat Willow Valley.. ze Placer 2268 Harold W. Johnson, mayor of with only 235 votes less than Thurman. Esterly, Grass Valley mining man, with a vote of 1387. Mrs. Loomis was chairman of the Sierra County Board-of Supervisors was last with. 1178. Thurman has served as assemblyman COLFAX MAN WINS OVER JOHNSON BY AMARGINOF 25BALLOTS NEVADA CITY: Assemblyman. Allen G. (Scoop) * Thurman ‘was elected State Senator in the special election in Placer, Sierra and Nevada counties last Tuesday. As the. all but complete vate stood as folballots and two Sierra county preNevada ~ 492. 1096 576 Sierra “Total491 178 65 3532. 1203 96 3567 ¢ 208 20 1318: Roseville, was second, Third was. William fourth with 1318, of votes Tuesday night was rapid, doubt untilWednesday morning,because the two leaders, Thurman and. Johnson, were so close. However, Thurman's lead showed with the early returns and, except for an occasional setback, he maintained it throughout The vote was light, with an average of 35 per cent of for this area for tabulation of the Nevada county NEVADA CITY Garvin Esterly Johnson Thurman Williams eee 25 17 Poe 12 6. = y 17 4\ 28° 37 49 46 48. . Grass Valley No. . Grass Valley No. 2 Grass Valley. No. 3 Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. Grass Valley No. 3 The trio, with two girls, Anita ¢: Emp 7, ioe Fields, were taken into c deputies and the county probation q. ficer, Thomas Barrett. The two # made statements nad 2 ing in automobiles and, made statements the Rough and t \dmitted drinking intoxicants but de/ nied, Hey were intimate with the twe proprietor of a variety store here for ny years, died yesterday at 10 a. m. is home on Walrath avenue. Death was due to a heart attack. BAe, Funeral arrangements are pending _. im Hooper.‘ and Weaver Mortuary, Grase Valley, 2. : a ‘Bolton was orn in Oakland 66 years ago. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Bleanor Bolton; a daughter, Mrs. Al“Donald announces * iy by sheriff's}, and admitted sleep~ ‘ling in am abandoned ranch house in}: Ready district. They} _ NEVADA CITY: Harry EL ‘Bolton, : ta Mae McKean of Colfax,Placert "Fy county; and a son, Thomas B. ‘BolWashington _..... 8; 2g F; et We oe Sener Pa _— B eeuceencosccnseepercs ope Rough and Ready ...