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8 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday; Aug. 23, 1972,
Site near dump
new choice for
sewage system
Heady
og
sg
By
County supervisors Tuesday for a buffer zone. Cranmer bemanner,
and Ready was increased, in the accepted
eyed a new site on Ponderosa lieves it is a good choice be-On July 19, 1972 the population of Rough
Tony
old.
month
one
just
is
He
day.
other
the
Vaars
Jay
Francis
Way near the McCourtney Road cause there are few people living by one. I met young Master
He
.
something
missed
Ihad
‘ Dump as a proposed location for in the area, Cranmer said preVaars hides his pride very well but Rosanna clearly indicated that
other
any
or
halo,
a
or
House,
White
the Regional Sewage Disposal liminary negotiations to acquire is a darling blue eyed baby boy but I didn't see any sign of the
Vaars is a darling baby
System for the Nevada City and about half of the acreage from singularly outstanding mark. Francis' older brother Edward Michael
nice,
be
would
girl
a
confessed
Grass Valley area.
the Bureau of Land Management too. He is just 2 years old. Rosanna
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Previously prime consideraare under way. The remainder
it isn't that
The for sale signs around town these days kind of makes you wonder. Seems
tion had been given to locating is under private ownership.
our age.
reached
have
they
that
just
It's
we aren't liked by the Jack Bixlers andthe Philip Parrys.
the proposed sewage disposal
be economically They have discovered there is just too much work on even a small ranch, Both are hoping to exnot
would
It
ponds in Penn Valley.
Howodate Rough change their big farm homes for very small ones. Each day as I climb the pasture hill I realize
ever, Penn Valleyans 100 per feasible to accomm
and Ready and Penn Valley at more and more how very intelligent my neighbors really are. Last night I didn't even finish moving
cent rejected the idea, SupCranmer said. my sprinklers. I wonder if heat expands that hillside.
ervisors earlier instructed Jim the new site,
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the higher eleof
because
is
This
Cranmer, charged with making
and the necessity for
vation
Mr. Chittock just drove in with our winter hay. The cows came
but
daylight
It's just barely
the study for the county, to seek
pumping sewage, he explained. tearing down from the hill. The babies don't even know what hay is all about yet but at this time
other sites.
When Penn Valley people need a in the morning any old excuse to scamper is a good one for them. It surely can't be winter but now
Cranmer reported Tuesday
on
could install a that the hay is here I will feed a bit and rest my depleted pastures, Mr. Chittock always brings
several locations but considered system they
smaller one in their area, Crangood hay but I hate to face the bill this year. No wonder steaks are so expensive, Hay is almost
200 acres in the area of the exworth its weight in gold.
.isting dump as the most attracmer said.
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‘tive alternative to Penn Valley.
‘Where ever you place it it
Grass Valley merchants are finding out Rough and Ready is a nice place to live as well as
‘Also he said it would be "pretty: will not be greeted with joy,"
belt of the Sierras"! First the Henderson family of Coast to Coast Stores
expensive." The estimated ancommented
Dean Lawrence. to do business. ‘Banana
the Chittock family Ridge Feed and Supply will be moving down as soon
Now
way.
our
down
moved
nual cost for the first year at Cranmer said the ponds can be
the Ponderosa Way site is $767,attractive; and that there is a as their new home on Hilaire Road is completed, Both families are younger than the norm for
799 as opposed to the $553,possibility of using the effluent around here. It's nice to welcome young people who will really grow with the town and its organ183 for the Penn Valley location. for growing Christmas trees at izations and businesses.
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This cost includes operation, the site.
The
sure.
for
booth
some
in
Hope I will see all of you at the Fair. You will find me working
maintenance and the first of
Chairman Ralph Buchanan Grange has a feature booth in the new exhibit building over by the carnival area. Look it up
20 annual payments on the fawanted a week "to think it over." this year. Its background theme is to be pioneering in the kitchen. Grange Master Marguerite
_ cility.
‘Willie
Curran agreed saying it Abbott is chairman, In the garden display booth, which the Grange ladies have entered, the theme
Penn Valley people vigorously
For their Cool Garden in the Flower Building area they have gone
protested locating ponds for Newould give it time to get in goes to the other extreme.
vada City and Grass Valley sewthe news and for any objections "Cool Man Cool." Mrs. Conne Baer is chairman for this booth, The chamber booth will be in the
age in. their area at a board of to handling their own sewage main exhibit building by the entrance gate. Their theme, of course, is the promotion of Rough
I expect to work also in the Historical Society, Landmark Commission, and Liberal
supervisors meeting some time but they do to establishing ponds and Ready.
ago. Supervisors apparently de-_ in their area to benefit Grass Arts Commission booth. Please note only one booth and actually really only one objective. This
booth too is in the main exhibit building, Hs objective is to effectively interpret and preserve
cided to locate the ponds where Valley and Nevada City.
the historical background and culture of the area, Stop by and let us put you to work on one of these .
there is less opposition and put
"We are pretty tight on the
. Next to working with youngsters its the most rewarding thing that I have ever done and
projects
emphasis on ecology rather than time schedule -the deadline
much easier.
cost,
Cranmer philosophized.
for the report to the state is
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In the original proposal for Oct. 1," warned Cranmer.
Re:
Cattle
and
counter
brand of Joseph Peters, 1873, Rough and Ready. It would be nice
Penn Valley no immediate plans
were
made
wo have the time to really research each question that comes up. I have been told that Manuel
to connect Penn
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Frank, who was the first Frank that we knew that raised cattle, got his brand from his father
Valley and Rough and Ready to
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(which he probably did) and that it originated with his father (which according to the Lint Baler
the system. However, long range
dlans could accommodate both
The Nevada City Ponderosa it didn't). I can't find a thing about the Joseph Peters she mentions. Guess Bill Frank, if he
areas. Cranmer said he met Senior Citizens Club will meet ever quits working long enough, is the only source. Thompson and West doesn't even mention
with Penn Valley people again at the Nevada City Veterans little farm is a part. Nor does it mention any of the six owners of the mining patent which originMonday night and offered Memorial Building Thursday for ally encompassed almost all of present day Rough and Ready. This 1880 Nevada County History
immediate connection at no cost a birthday luncheon. Bring your didn't think much of agriculture. They only devoted one page to it (in total) and only a few lines
to them if the ponds were located lunch, club will furnish beverto cattle. I certainly need to add to my collection of reference material.
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there. They again rejected the age and dessert. To bring cakes
The dedication of the Searls Law Office and Historical Library last Sunday was a ceremony
proposal.
are Gertrude Gellis, Eva PaxThe vroposed Ponderosa Way. ton, Ruth Cantrall and Dorothy well worth attending, A good crowd of people did. Thanks mainly to Mrs. Doris Foley, Mrs.
site covers 20U acres with apEllerman; on kitchen duty are Carroll Searls has given the old peoneer law office and its contents to the Nevada County Histor‘proximately 155 acres planned Eva Croon, Chet Croon, Virginical Society. There are two rooms in the building. First is the law office of Niles Searls built
for five disposal ponds, This. ia Hillard, Freda Jensen and in 1872 and restored as accurately as possible. The second room houses invaluable historical
documents.
here are records there, particularly about early day mining claims and water
would allow considerable area Irene Castleberry.
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developments, that can never be duplicated. The attorneys of Nevada City have taken a lively
. interest in the restoration of the old building, even financial, which seems to indicate that there
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is probably as much vital material in thecentury (some books are later of course) old law books,
This morning when
I was checking for information of cattle brands I found that the first entry
in our Rough. and Ready property record was acknowledged by A.C. Niles county judge in 1867,
Many other interesting names appear throughout the book such as J.M. Walling County Superior
~ Court Judge and H.Q. Roberts Justice of the Peace. These two were Rough and Ready's own, Fred
Searls became a part of our record book on Jan. 7, 1886, One of the last entries in our interesting
little record includes Carroll Searls on Jan. 23, 1923. John Frank, Bill's Grandfather, appears
THE GIPSON’S:
2?a-zset
SERVICE RENTALS
EST. 1946
in it for the first time in 1885, It kind of brings people to life for me when I read of them directly
in some daily chore, I guess then I realize for sure they are not fiction.
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Just think its nearly time for school again and my late pre-school company is due here tomorrow, They will enjoy the Fair!
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