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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

October 20, 1950 (6 pages)

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2 4 7 @ # ¥ a a x” re So Sargent’s History The population of Nevada county continued steadily to increase during the year 1850, and several hundred stores, dwellings, etc., were erected, besides a vast amount of cabins put up by miners in the vicinity. A vast impetus was given to the place in May by the discovery of the Coyote lead to the northeast of town. Some miners working in the ravine now known as “Old Coyote Ravine,” discovered that the lead did not give out as usual as they worked into the banks, but increased in richness. They worked as far as the skill of those days enabled them to into the bank, and_then went beyond and sunk a shaft down to the bed rock, getting a lead that set the neighborhood wild with excitement. A new order of mining came into use, called “cayoteing”; the ‘busy village of Coyoteville grew up-upon the lead, and thousands grew rich in a few months. by the great discovery. As much as $40,000 were taken ' from a small cabin, and there is believed to be no exaggeration in the statement that eight millions of dollars in gold dust were taken out of a lead about a mile in length, and at no place more than one hundred -yards in width. The news of these immense. discoveries soon attracted crowds to the place, and in the fall of 1850 there were about six thousand people living in and about Nevada. In the summer of 1850, the first religious society was organized in Nevada—the Methodist Episcopal—by Rev. Isaac Owen, the first presiding elder of a very large district, embracing Nevada. A clap. wy board church was erected just above where the church of Rev. Mr. Warren now stands, and the pulpit was supplied by the Rev. Mr. ‘Owen, and occasional preachers, volunteering, we believe, from the ranks of the miners. This may not be deemed strange; for those familiar with the character of the men who delved. in the mines: in the early settlement of California, know that talent, learning and moral worth were possessed in an extraordinary degree by hundreds of individuals who worked steadily with the pick by day, and slept on the earth by night, and dressed in the miner’s roughest garb. And men of the same kind are now, we venture to say, as often found in the ravines and placers, as elsewhere. Before the erection of the church, the preachers often held services on the streets to an attentive crowd, who left their work almost invariably on the Sabbath, and congregated in town. A large crowd drawn from gambling and drinking saloons, then in full glory, and: from the stores and hotels, would respectfully listen to the exhortations of the preachers, and then disperse again to their business or pleasures. We remember a singular scene in October, 1850, which illustrates the manners of the times. An earnest exhorter was singing his opening song to a crowd, near the present site of the Metropolis Hotel, on Main street. A short distance below an auctioneer was expatiating on the merits of a mule to a smaller audience. A few yards up the street a Swiss girl was turning a hand organ, accompanied by another on the tambourine. A drunken fellow near’ the bridge was attempting auld lang syne in the style of the preacher. Some ten wagoners from Sacramento were dispensing their goods at retail in the short street, and the varieties of the day were otherwise embellished by a savage dog fight that appeared for a few moments to be the greatest attraction. But such“scenes passed away with the early history of the place, and the Sabbath is now seldom disturbed by noise or riot. Many of the merchants close their stores on Sunday; the gambling saloons are closed, or hide their transactions from the public, and churches have sprung up in abundance, being well supported. .Rev. A. Bland was the first settled preacher of the M. E. Church, in June, 1851. The M. E. C. South was organized in Nevada in the fall of 1850, by Dr. Boring and Rev. M. Pollock, of Missouri. In May, 1851, Rev. J. H. Warren organized the Presbyterian Church. A Catholic Church was organized in the same year. Rev. Mr. Stone organized the Baptist Church in 1854, and Mr. Hill the Episcopal Church in 1854. Nearly all these churches have comfortable places of worship, supplied by the liberality of our citizens. It is estimated by a gentleman, wha has a peculiar source of information, that the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars was contributed to the support of the churches in Nevada in. 1855: The moral tone of Nevada county was not bad in 1850. Some crimes of a fearful nature occurred, and many light ones, but the county compared favorably with that of any one in the state. In Nevada a few crimes of enormity were committed, rather showing that reckless men were in the community than that the heart of society was wrong. In December of 1850, Dr. Lennox, of Missouri, . was shot through the body, from the streets, while conversing with some friends in his own house, and died within an hour. The cowardly assassin escaped. Such crimes formed a strong exception to the tone of manners and feelings of the people of Nevada. On Wednesday, the llth of March, 1851, occurred the first great fire in Nevada.. One-half of the city—the principal seat of its business—was rubbed out, like an old daccount on a slate. At two o’clock in the morning a destructive conflagration commenced, which, in two: hours, laid waste one hundred and twenty-five stores, dwellings, hotels and saloons, filled with valuable goods, and thickly inhabited. So rapid was the spread of the flames, that merchants, several buildings from the first one ignited, had not time to save their papers, watches or money; and those “most distant could not remove the bulk of their goods. The buildings were extremely dry, of light construction, and burned with vast rapidity—the conflagration being accelerated by quantities of powder stored everywhere in houses—which. exploded momentarily at various points, as the heat overtook it, casting flaming timbers, brands and missiles of all descriptions into the air. . Nevada was built in the midst of a pine forest, and many tall pines were left standing in the heart of the city, while the houses closely hemmed them in. These trees, extremely pitchy, caught the flames as they writhed around their stems, and shot them hundréds’ of feet into the air, wheré-they danced and quivered like malicious spirits over the scene of! a burning world: The rushing flames presenteda spectacle of meteoric splendor seldom equalled. The scene at sunrise was sickening—discouraging. A vast waste of ashes and charred timbers was all that remained of the buildings and their valuable freights. The loss was estimated at half a million. In April, 1851, the first paper in Nevada county was started in this city, by Warren:B. Ewer, now of the Grass Valley Telegraph, called the Nevada Journal. it was published semi-weekly, and was one of the first papers published in the mountains. It has flourished to the present under various proprietors, and has now a healthy circulation, job and advertising patronage. It was the only paper published in the county for nearly two years and a half, when the Young America, now the Democrat, was started in Nevada, in September, 1853, about the same time +: Ae aeerePh was at Ronee Valley. : FORMER RESIDENT OF CITY DIES IN MODESTO George Merkel, 63, native of Russia and former resident of Nevada City, died Friday at Modesto where he lived since early this year. He was the husband of Mrs. Anna Margaret Merkel, Modesto; father of Mrs. Olinda Margaret Howard, Santa Barbara, John Merkel, Modesto, and . Joseph Merkel, Modesto; brother of Mrs. Maria Tribelhorn, Denver, Colo., and Amollie Baderschneider of Germany. Funeral services were held at the Franklin-Sovern and Downs Funeral Home, Modesto; yesterday. ¢' : cir Tungsten. is one of the major alloying elements used in steel ‘manufacturing. EPISCOPAL BISHOP TO VISIT HERE NOV. 12 The Rt. Rev. Noel Porter, D: D., Bishop of the. Diocese ‘of Sacramento, wilt: make his annual visitation to. Trfinity Parish on Sunday, Nov.12, at 11 a. m. The bishop will visit the church school at 9:45 and 11 to confirm a large ‘class which has been studying under the direction of Rector.Max Christensen. COLLISION ‘Cars operated by Mrs. Vernie M. Deschwanden, Nevada City, and Mrs. Goodrun Rubke, Grass Valley,, were involved in a minor collision Saturday afternoon on West Main Street, Grass Valley. Mrs. Deschwanden was cited by. : city, police for operating a vehicle with an-expired driver’s license. NO PROTESTANTS AT BUS FARE APPLICATION No individual or organization appeared in Marysville city hall Friday to protest application for fares increase of Nevada County Bus Company on Marysville-Colusa and MarysvilleNevada City routes. The hearing was one of several staged by public utilities commission on fare boosts sought by bus transportation companies. ' Kent Walker of Grass Valley, operator of the bus company, was the chief witness before Examiner J. J. Jacopi. The concern asks for a “reasonable percentage” increase in passenger fares on its lines operating from Marysville to. Colusa and from Marysville to Nevada City. The present rates are 69 cents one way to Colusa and $1.27 round trip; $1.21 to Nevada City and $2.19 round trip. A recommendation on the Nevada county company’s request ill be submitted to the PUC by the examiner after cost. statistics have been analyzed. RETIRED CARPENTER CALLED BY DEATH Funeral —services---were held Wednesday morning for John P. Mitchell, a retired carpenter, who died at the Nevada county Hospital. Mitchell, a native of Indiana, was a short time patient at the hospital. He had resided in.the Grass Valley area for a number of years. Services were conducted at the Bergemann. Funeral Home _ by
Rev. Max Christensen of Trinity Episcopal church, with interment following in Pine Grove cemetery. GRASS VALLEY MAN PINNED AT THE PLAZA Robert Ray Crandall, Grass Valley, received slight injuries to his left arm early Sunday morning when pinned under his overturned automobile _ at Plaza. : Crandall was released by passing motorists who righted the car. He told police the brakes on the automobile locked as he turned off Broad street and onto Sacramento street and the car rolled over. He was cited for operating an automobile with. defective brakes STUDY GROUP POSTPONED The Study Group that was to have been held Tuesday at Nevada City elementary school, to acquaint the parents with the teachers’ method of teaching has been postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 8 p. m. THE COLD SHOULDER! Does your home suffer from unduly high fuel bills and “comfort-1 robbing chills? Then cure it with a healthy dose of FIBERGLAS INSULATION! Apply in less than a day, it forms a life-time barrier that shuts out penetrating winter cold, prevents the escape of interior heat through the attic areas. Call Grass Valley 1050 for an estimate. e.: BUILDERS AND CONSUMERS LUMBER COMPANY N.C. -G.V. Highway, Glenbrook =n -Phone Grass Valley 1050 thes. }3) LIPMAN URGES PARENTS GIVE YOUTH IMPORTANCE “Unless we devolp a’ stronger instinct for good citizenship in our young people, we must prepare for even greater. increases in crime and deliquency,” the Truckee Rotary club was told at its Monday night dinner meeting by Nevada City attorney Michael Lipman. “Two major wars, and the present unsettled conditions have caused a breakdown of moral standards,” the speaker said, “leaving a ‘what’s in-it-for-me’ attitude instead of old fashioned honesty, thoughtfulness, and intregity.” Some parents, he said, are confused by the flood of psychological materials available. Actually, all they need to do is make their children feel important, wanted, respected members of the family. Sincere praise is an excellent confidence builder for this purpose. Many civic groups and service clubs are awakening.to the importance of the job, he pointed out, and Nevada City especially has held dances, coaster derbies, sports events, and an employment service for young people. He suggested that merchants, businessen farmers, and others not only give a few hours employment when possible, but also use the opportunity to give honeNUEEET Neved. City, California, Friday, October 20, 1950 — 3 est praise and credit for worthwhile work. Lipman also praised the: conscientious work of Judge James Snell, Probation. Officer Thomas Barrett, and District Attorney Vernon Stoll in dealing with problems of juveniles. Another guest at the “meeting was Frederick Hendricks, .young attorney from Indonesia, now a student at the University of Nevada. Hendricks spoke briefly, describing chaotic conditions in his homeland. The old original buildings of the Napa State hospital at Imola were constructed in 1875. CARS COLLIDEON MURCHIE ROAD SUNDAY Automobiles operated by Bonnie Louise Corder, Yuba City and Frank Cortoselli, Nevada City were involved in a minor, noninjury collision Sunday at 10 a, m., on the Murchie road. The accident occured when Miss Corder, attempted. to pull from a sideroad onto. the Murchie road, hitting the left fender of the Cartoselli vehicle which was travelling east on the Murchie road. : Miss Corder was cited by California Highway Patrol officers for failure to yield the right of way. GUY N. ROBINSON Candidate for SUPERVISOR — Fourth District Tele-fun by Warren Goodrich AW e e Sane I~ i : U \) ze = pide cn a ei j WG = ‘‘I make sure the other person has time to answer by counting up all my children.“ You'll reach the person you’re calling much more often if you give him a full minute to answer. 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