February 18, 1965 (20 pages)

NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS EBS EEE et EEE et PERE Ht FP PE et HE +f Hts FF FTATDINGS $s sem Thomas Burke Was A Vicious Knife Fighter NEVADA CITY 1863 Arumorsent the Placer County Sheriff and his posse out on a freezing Tuesday night ride. They _rode the two and one half miles out Illinoistown Road to Bat Gassaway's Ranch. Here they expected to find the Northern Mines’ most wanted outlaw, Thomas Burke. Burke had broken out of the Nevada County Jail nine months before and had a reputation for having been briefly in and out of every jailin the mountain towns of the gold and silver country. In Nevada County he had been convicted of first degree murder for for killing a man ina Grass Valley saloon. While Burke's lawyer was Wayne Brown To Assume Duties Of County Coroner Nevada County Sheriff Wayne Brown Tuesday took on the additional duties of county.coroner. Brown was named to the post at the regular meeting of the board of supervisors to replace Alvah Hooper. Hooper, who has been county coroner in the county for 22 years, resigned Jan. 9 after.an opinion from the office of the State AttorWayne Brown ney General made it a conflict of interest for an elected county coroner to be associated with a mortuary in the county in which he serves as coroner. Hooper is associated with Bergemann and Son Mortuary in Nevada City. Follow ing Hooper's resignation the three judicial district judges took over the job of coroner until other arrangements could be made by the supervisors. Brown's appointment Monday was immediately effective. filing for an appeat, the criminal cut bars and bolts and walked out of the jail. The time given for the appeal lapsed and Burke was to be hanged when caught. Reports of his whereabouts ca me from everywhere at once. He was in Mexico the same time he was reported seen in Portland, Oregon. He was in Aurora, Virginia City, Humboldt and Grass Valley. Now he was supposed to be at Gassaway's Ranch. Thomas Burke was a mean character, a vicious knife fighter. No man in the posse looked forwardto an encounter with a man who couldn't be caught. On reaching the ranch buildings they surrounded the main house and poured into the rooms with a gaunt suddenness they hoped would overwhelm the outlaw. Gassaway was Surprised but no one saw Burke. A deputy kicked open a locked door and the possemen rushing through the door were met by a burst of gunfire. Burke was thrown face down on the floor and not a lawman was hurt. Burke later bragged that Gassaway had just moments before borrowed his knife or Burke would have left deputies bleeding ‘on his trail all the way out of the county. As it_.was, seven shots fired went wild. The Nevada County Sheriff took Burke from Auburn to Nevada City. Burke was tied and chained like a wild bear andhejeered and swore at the crowds that followed his wagon in Grass Valley and Nevada City demanding his death. He said he'd been trapped worse than this and if 99 chances out of 100 were against him he would take that one chance and it would free him. New Sewage Disposal Set For Truckee Directors of the Truckee Sanitary District accepted an engineers report for installation of a sewage disposal system for the Donner Lake, Meadow Park and Donner Trail communities. Atthe same time the directors authorized the firm of Gillett, Harris and Durancesu of Yuba City to apply for any available state or federal funds to assist in construction of the approximately $3 million system. The plan calls for construction of a sewer line around the lake. Disposal would be through a series of settling ponds below the present Truckee treatment plant, The present plant would be adequate for a period of five years. inrecent months that it has now taken on a county-wide character. This view shows one of the crowded luncheon meetings held recently at The Office in Grass Valley. SIRS To Expand Membership The newly formed SIR Club (Sons InRetirement) has grown so much in the past few months since its founding locally, that the executive committee has voted to change the name from Grass Valley to Nevada County Chapter. This was announced recently by Big Sir, Earl Covey who said ‘the membership of the club is now county -wide. Starting with six members in October, the group drew 18 retired men in November. The popular December program attracted 67 men and several more signed up in January. Any retired man is eligible for membership. There is no mem_bership fee and no dues, Members are just asked to come, pay for their own lunch and enjoy the good fellowship and interesting programs, Thenext meeting will be held at noon March 3 in the National Hotel in Nevada City. Program chairman Clifford Williams has arranged for a representative of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. topresent a film and talk on the T elStar satellite and its operation. Prospective members are asked tocall Richard Love at 273-2750 or Nafe Thompson at 265-4455, County To File Claim Against NID For Major Road Damage Nevada County plans to file a claim against the Nevada Irrigation District for damage to Brunswick Road which was allegedly caused by leakage from an NID ditch. County Road Commissioner B ob Graham told the county supervisors Tuesday that the collapse of a large section of the road in the area of the Brunswick Timber Products Mill during the December rains was caused by leakage from 4n irrigation ditch. Graham went on to say that the NID records would show that the district had received complaints of this leakage many times before. He said the road could be repaired in twoways. First, it could be repaired with state emergency funds under which the state would pay 60 per cent of the cost of the project. Under this method the job would have to be contracted out. The road would be put back in original condition and would cost an estimated $40,000. Graham said the other method was to have county forces doa repair job. This would not be as good as the complete job, but could be done for $8,000 as comparedto$16,000 which would be the county's share of the $40, 000 emergency fund procedure job. It was suggested that Graham contact the NID to see if the district would line the leading section of ditch to prevent further damage to the road, If this was done the need for installation of costly drains in the bank of the road in that area would probably be eliminated and the cost of the repair project reduced considerably. Graham said he would do this. County Counsel Mrs, Dean Lawrence asked if she was to hold up on sending the damage claim to the district. The supervisors instructed her to send the claim. Paulsen Replaces Arthur Morasch As everybody knows this is the age of change and social security isno exception, Arthur Morasch, known to many as Mr. Social Security, has turned over the Nevada and Sierra county area to his co-worker, Burt Paulsen. This change was necessary, ac~ cording to District Manager, King C. Torgesen, because of the increase in work loads in Nevada, Sierra, and Placer counties which Morasch has been handling alone for the past twelve years. Re -assignment of Paulsen to Nevada and Sierra county, and of Morasch to Placer County, will give more service to the residents of these counties. Paulsen has worked for the Social Security Administration since 1956. Woody Smith Wins Two Prizes At Indio Nevada City jeweler Woody S mith brought home two prizes from the annual Indio Date Festival held Feb, 12-22 in Riverside County. Smith won a second place prize in jewelry for his display quartz and gold nugget jewelry. He also won the third place prize for minerals with his display of nuggets and quartz gold. e96t ‘gt Areniqoy** '1988nN AlunoD epeAgNn*** a

NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS EBS EEE et EEE et PERE Ht FP PE et HE +f Hts FF FTATDINGS $s sem Thomas Burke Was A Vicious Knife Fighter NEVADA CITY 1863 Arumorsent the Placer County Sheriff and his posse out on a freezing Tuesday night ride. They _rode the two and one half miles out Illinoistown Road to Bat Gassaway's Ranch. Here they expected to find the Northern Mines’ most wanted outlaw, Thomas Burke. Burke had broken out of the Nevada County Jail nine months before and had a reputation for having been briefly in and out of every jailin the mountain towns of the gold and silver country. In Nevada County he had been convicted of first degree murder for for killing a man ina Grass Valley saloon. While Burke's lawyer was Wayne Brown To Assume Duties Of County Coroner Nevada County Sheriff Wayne Brown Tuesday took on the additional duties of county.coroner. Brown was named to the post at the regular meeting of the board of supervisors to replace Alvah Hooper. Hooper, who has been county coroner in the county for 22 years, resigned Jan. 9 after.an opinion from the office of the State AttorWayne Brown ney General made it a conflict of interest for an elected county coroner to be associated with a mortuary in the county in which he serves as coroner. Hooper is associated with Bergemann and Son Mortuary in Nevada City. Follow ing Hooper's resignation the three judicial district judges took over the job of coroner until other arrangements could be made by the supervisors. Brown's appointment Monday was immediately effective. filing for an appeat, the criminal cut bars and bolts and walked out of the jail. The time given for the appeal lapsed and Burke was to be hanged when caught. Reports of his whereabouts ca me from everywhere at once. He was in Mexico the same time he was reported seen in Portland, Oregon. He was in Aurora, Virginia City, Humboldt and Grass Valley. Now he was supposed to be at Gassaway's Ranch. Thomas Burke was a mean character, a vicious knife fighter. No man in the posse looked forwardto an encounter with a man who couldn't be caught. On reaching the ranch buildings they surrounded the main house and poured into the rooms with a gaunt suddenness they hoped would overwhelm the outlaw. Gassaway was Surprised but no one saw Burke. A deputy kicked open a locked door and the possemen rushing through the door were met by a burst of gunfire. Burke was thrown face down on the floor and not a lawman was hurt. Burke later bragged that Gassaway had just moments before borrowed his knife or Burke would have left deputies bleeding ‘on his trail all the way out of the county. As it_.was, seven shots fired went wild. The Nevada County Sheriff took Burke from Auburn to Nevada City. Burke was tied and chained like a wild bear andhejeered and swore at the crowds that followed his wagon in Grass Valley and Nevada City demanding his death. He said he'd been trapped worse than this and if 99 chances out of 100 were against him he would take that one chance and it would free him. New Sewage Disposal Set For Truckee Directors of the Truckee Sanitary District accepted an engineers report for installation of a sewage disposal system for the Donner Lake, Meadow Park and Donner Trail communities. Atthe same time the directors authorized the firm of Gillett, Harris and Durancesu of Yuba City to apply for any available state or federal funds to assist in construction of the approximately $3 million system. The plan calls for construction of a sewer line around the lake. Disposal would be through a series of settling ponds below the present Truckee treatment plant, The present plant would be adequate for a period of five years.

inrecent months that it has now taken on a county-wide character. This view shows one of the crowded luncheon meetings held recently at The Office in Grass Valley. SIRS To Expand Membership The newly formed SIR Club (Sons InRetirement) has grown so much in the past few months since its founding locally, that the executive committee has voted to change the name from Grass Valley to Nevada County Chapter. This was announced recently by Big Sir, Earl Covey who said ‘the membership of the club is now county -wide. Starting with six members in October, the group drew 18 retired men in November. The popular December program attracted 67 men and several more signed up in January. Any retired man is eligible for membership. There is no mem_bership fee and no dues, Members are just asked to come, pay for their own lunch and enjoy the good fellowship and interesting programs, Thenext meeting will be held at noon March 3 in the National Hotel in Nevada City. Program chairman Clifford Williams has arranged for a representative of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. topresent a film and talk on the T elStar satellite and its operation. Prospective members are asked tocall Richard Love at 273-2750 or Nafe Thompson at 265-4455, County To File Claim Against NID For Major Road Damage Nevada County plans to file a claim against the Nevada Irrigation District for damage to Brunswick Road which was allegedly caused by leakage from an NID ditch. County Road Commissioner B ob Graham told the county supervisors Tuesday that the collapse of a large section of the road in the area of the Brunswick Timber Products Mill during the December rains was caused by leakage from 4n irrigation ditch. Graham went on to say that the NID records would show that the district had received complaints of this leakage many times before. He said the road could be repaired in twoways. First, it could be repaired with state emergency funds under which the state would pay 60 per cent of the cost of the project. Under this method the job would have to be contracted out. The road would be put back in original condition and would cost an estimated $40,000. Graham said the other method was to have county forces doa repair job. This would not be as good as the complete job, but could be done for $8,000 as comparedto$16,000 which would be the county's share of the $40, 000 emergency fund procedure job. It was suggested that Graham contact the NID to see if the district would line the leading section of ditch to prevent further damage to the road, If this was done the need for installation of costly drains in the bank of the road in that area would probably be eliminated and the cost of the repair project reduced considerably. Graham said he would do this. County Counsel Mrs, Dean Lawrence asked if she was to hold up on sending the damage claim to the district. The supervisors instructed her to send the claim. Paulsen Replaces Arthur Morasch As everybody knows this is the age of change and social security isno exception, Arthur Morasch, known to many as Mr. Social Security, has turned over the Nevada and Sierra county area to his co-worker, Burt Paulsen. This change was necessary, ac~ cording to District Manager, King C. Torgesen, because of the increase in work loads in Nevada, Sierra, and Placer counties which Morasch has been handling alone for the past twelve years. Re -assignment of Paulsen to Nevada and Sierra county, and of Morasch to Placer County, will give more service to the residents of these counties. Paulsen has worked for the Social Security Administration since 1956. Woody Smith Wins Two Prizes At Indio Nevada City jeweler Woody S mith brought home two prizes from the annual Indio Date Festival held Feb, 12-22 in Riverside County. Smith won a second place prize in jewelry for his display quartz and gold nugget jewelry. He also won the third place prize for minerals with his display of nuggets and quartz gold. e96t ‘gt Areniqoy** '1988nN AlunoD epeAgNn*** a