February 11, 1965 (20 pages)

< aw NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS Eas EI et EI oF HED op PEE FED 4 HE + $F ¥ HED A NEW SIGN went up on Pine Street Monday to mark the new headquarters of the office of-the Nevada City Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest in Nevada City. Here District Ranger Frank Sodolski examines the old fashioned sign. Fire Danger Exists In Spite Of Heavy Rains The recent heavy December rains have given people burning debris and brush piles in the forested areas a false sense of security, according to Bob Weaver, Acting State Forest Ranger for the Division of Forestry inNevada and Yuba counties, Although these rains did a good job of saturating the underlying soils, the litter cover of dead pine needles and leaves his dried out rapidly under the warm sun and winds of January and February. Proper precautions are necessary when doing any burning job in the wildland areas:to prevent fire from escaping from control and burning rapidly through these dry fuels, Windy weather greatly increases the risk of a fire escaping control, Although burning permits will not be required by the Division of Forestry until April1, 1965, each citizen has a basic responsibility to use fire safely at all times of ~~ the year. State law also makes it, a misdemeanor to allow fire to escape fromcontrol and burn onto lands of someone else, regardless of the time of year, Very recently a citation was issued in just such a fire escape case in Nevada County. For the protection of the person doing any open burning and his neighbors within forested areas, Weaver suggested the following precautions be taken during any winter or spring dry period: 1. Keep the burning job at such a magnitude that it can be controlled under all conditions. 2. Have proper tools such as shovels, rakes, hoes, and water under pressure, available for control of the burning job. 3. Dig a fire line, clean down to mineral soil, around any piles or accumulations to be burned. It doesn't take much of a line to prevent spread of fire. 4, Watch the burning job, and attend it untilit is absolutely safe to leave. _ ST itis windy, postpone the burning job untilsome other time when it can be done safely. Weaver urges all citizens to observe these precautions to prevent damage totheir own property and that of their neighbors and to avoid violation of state fire laws. Training Completed Marine Private Donald E. Fitzke, son of Mrs. Elmer F. Fitzke of 112 Harris, Grass Valley, completed four weeks of individual combat training Nov, 13. BATTING 2s se m Washington Could Never > Forget His Ride To Nevada City: DEER CREEK 1865 The story of George Washington began very near Nevada City on Deer Creek. George Washington probably had a distinctive past and this particular day on Deer Creek set a pattern he was to follow the rest of his life. He had an idea and ashe usually did with a new idea, he followed it through immediately. The idea came as he approached a small group of Chinese men working a gravel bank by the side of Deer Creek. George Washington knew that Chinese people did not like him and he suspected they had some superstition about his color. As he approached these miners he took off his shirt so they would see enough of him to know that he was a very dark skinned man. When he was close enough to see their fear he drew a knife and holding the blade so it caught the flash of the sun, he demanded their gold. He stood firm and menacing when the men began to look at one another and mill around. He was not even startled so fast did they attack and disarm him, George Washington was bound hand and foot, unharmed, and carried to Nevada City to the center of county law. But he would never forget the ridetotown. A bamboo pole was slipped between bound wrists and ankles and the sagging body carried by twovery careless walkers. The Negroe's Chinese bearers were not tall men and they often dgagged their burden. When they restedtheir “dressed pig” dropped to the ground, The trail wound through thistles and manzanita and the feathery needles of the Digger pine had an insistent prick. But this ride was the only justice these Chinese men ever found under the white miners law. In Nevada City the court found that state law provided that “no Chinese shall be permitted to give evidence in favor or against any white person" and held that the U.S, Civil Rights extended its benefits to Negroes, Charges were set aside and George Washington was freed, With California law behindhimhe becamea marauding terror to the Chinese in the gold country. He stopped at nothing to get his plunder. Beatings, murder and arson covered his past as completely as the law secured his future. George Washington, living off the darkness of man's fear, occasionally crossed over the barrier and robbed the white man. He robbed in greed not irony but he may have snickered a time or two when he mixed his white and yellow gold. In Timbuctoo he entered a house whose white owner turned out to be still at home. From another room the owner called out ‘at George Washington's careless noise, “Is that you, Tom?" i ‘ George answered yes. When the owner came to investigate, George shot him and escaped. A sheriff's posse stopped two Negro men on the road from the \shooting and asked the direction taken by some Chinese they thought had committed the crime. George Washington pointed South and described the criminals as quite vicious, But as hetalkedhe backed away farther and farther until ordered to halt, he turned and ran, He was killed by a deputy’s bullet, an accidental hit at that distance but well-aimed by justice. Golden Chain Council To Elect New Officers The Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode Highway 49, promotional organization of the goldcountry highway, will meet Feb, 26 in the Murphys Hotel, Murphys for election of new officers. The directors meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and the luncheon is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. FredBagshaw, assistant Director of the California Department of Public Works, will be the luncheon speaker, Bagshaw will discuss the state's scenic highway program. IT IS NATIONAL CUBSCOUT WEEK this week and Cubs in both Nevada City and Grass Valley are marking the event with special displays. Here Billy Hill (left) and Freddie Anderson of Pack 23 in Nevada City examine » the display put up by their pack in the window of the Al Merrill office on f Broad Street in Nevada City. oe C96 ‘IT Areniqay* **1088nN Aaun05 BpeAeNn’**

< aw NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS Eas EI et EI oF HED op PEE FED 4 HE + $F ¥ HED A NEW SIGN went up on Pine Street Monday to mark the new headquarters of the office of-the Nevada City Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest in Nevada City. Here District Ranger Frank Sodolski examines the old fashioned sign. Fire Danger Exists In Spite Of Heavy Rains The recent heavy December rains have given people burning debris and brush piles in the forested areas a false sense of security, according to Bob Weaver, Acting State Forest Ranger for the Division of Forestry inNevada and Yuba counties, Although these rains did a good job of saturating the underlying soils, the litter cover of dead pine needles and leaves his dried out rapidly under the warm sun and winds of January and February. Proper precautions are necessary when doing any burning job in the wildland areas:to prevent fire from escaping from control and burning rapidly through these dry fuels, Windy weather greatly increases the risk of a fire escaping control, Although burning permits will not be required by the Division of Forestry until April1, 1965, each citizen has a basic responsibility to use fire safely at all times of ~~ the year. State law also makes it, a misdemeanor to allow fire to escape fromcontrol and burn onto lands of someone else, regardless of the time of year, Very recently a citation was issued in just such a fire escape case in Nevada County. For the protection of the person doing any open burning and his neighbors within forested areas, Weaver suggested the following precautions be taken during any winter or spring dry period: 1. Keep the burning job at such a magnitude that it can be controlled under all conditions. 2. Have proper tools such as shovels, rakes, hoes, and water under pressure, available for control of the burning job. 3. Dig a fire line, clean down to mineral soil, around any piles or accumulations to be burned. It doesn't take much of a line to prevent spread of fire. 4, Watch the burning job, and attend it untilit is absolutely safe to leave. _ ST itis windy, postpone the burning job untilsome other time when it can be done safely. Weaver urges all citizens to observe these precautions to prevent damage totheir own property and that of their neighbors and to avoid violation of state fire laws. Training Completed Marine Private Donald E. Fitzke, son of Mrs. Elmer F. Fitzke of 112 Harris, Grass Valley, completed four weeks of individual combat training Nov, 13. BATTING 2s se m Washington Could Never > Forget His Ride To Nevada City: DEER CREEK 1865 The story of George Washington began very near Nevada City on Deer Creek. George Washington probably had a distinctive past and this particular day on Deer Creek set a pattern he was to follow the rest of his life. He had an idea and ashe usually did with a new idea, he followed it through immediately. The idea came as he approached a small group of Chinese men working a gravel bank by the side of Deer Creek. George Washington knew that Chinese people did not like him and he suspected they had some superstition about his color. As he approached these miners he took off his shirt so they would see enough of him to know that he was a very dark skinned man. When he was close enough

to see their fear he drew a knife and holding the blade so it caught the flash of the sun, he demanded their gold. He stood firm and menacing when the men began to look at one another and mill around. He was not even startled so fast did they attack and disarm him, George Washington was bound hand and foot, unharmed, and carried to Nevada City to the center of county law. But he would never forget the ridetotown. A bamboo pole was slipped between bound wrists and ankles and the sagging body carried by twovery careless walkers. The Negroe's Chinese bearers were not tall men and they often dgagged their burden. When they restedtheir “dressed pig” dropped to the ground, The trail wound through thistles and manzanita and the feathery needles of the Digger pine had an insistent prick. But this ride was the only justice these Chinese men ever found under the white miners law. In Nevada City the court found that state law provided that “no Chinese shall be permitted to give evidence in favor or against any white person" and held that the U.S, Civil Rights extended its benefits to Negroes, Charges were set aside and George Washington was freed, With California law behindhimhe becamea marauding terror to the Chinese in the gold country. He stopped at nothing to get his plunder. Beatings, murder and arson covered his past as completely as the law secured his future. George Washington, living off the darkness of man's fear, occasionally crossed over the barrier and robbed the white man. He robbed in greed not irony but he may have snickered a time or two when he mixed his white and yellow gold. In Timbuctoo he entered a house whose white owner turned out to be still at home. From another room the owner called out ‘at George Washington's careless noise, “Is that you, Tom?" i ‘ George answered yes. When the owner came to investigate, George shot him and escaped. A sheriff's posse stopped two Negro men on the road from the \shooting and asked the direction taken by some Chinese they thought had committed the crime. George Washington pointed South and described the criminals as quite vicious, But as hetalkedhe backed away farther and farther until ordered to halt, he turned and ran, He was killed by a deputy’s bullet, an accidental hit at that distance but well-aimed by justice. Golden Chain Council To Elect New Officers The Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode Highway 49, promotional organization of the goldcountry highway, will meet Feb, 26 in the Murphys Hotel, Murphys for election of new officers. The directors meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and the luncheon is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. FredBagshaw, assistant Director of the California Department of Public Works, will be the luncheon speaker, Bagshaw will discuss the state's scenic highway program. IT IS NATIONAL CUBSCOUT WEEK this week and Cubs in both Nevada City and Grass Valley are marking the event with special displays. Here Billy Hill (left) and Freddie Anderson of Pack 23 in Nevada City examine » the display put up by their pack in the window of the Al Merrill office on f Broad Street in Nevada City. oe C96 ‘IT Areniqay* **1088nN Aaun05 BpeAeNn’**