February 28, 1962 (10 pages)

Page 8.Wednesday, February 28, 1962.Nevada County NUGGET 3 Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA Y NUGGET, INC. 132 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. R. Dean Thompson. ... Editor-Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No, 12,406 Subscription Rates: One year, $4.00; Two years, $6.00 Three years, $8.00 Printed by Berliner & Mc Ginnis, Nevada City. hs” io” i an i ae Gt OALAALALAN eyes eeu wTUeEye e7<e° = ae, Part 3 of the story of Black Bart, the stage bandit, and of Frank Reader the man who knew him, A This was one of the to be left behind after robberi ones: : “So here I've stood while wind and rain Have set the trees a And risked my life for damned stage That wasn't worth the robbin'” ; Black Bart's stay in San Quentin prison brings to life another link with the past with a now Miving Nevada County family. Bart settled into prison with very little trouble. He made only one friend at San Quentin----and that was another bandit with a record and conviction from a Nevada County stage holdup and killing, This man's name was Dorsey. He had shot and killed banker WilliamF, Cummings on the stage from Moore's Flat in 1879. . Let's digress from BB for a moment and take a look at the stage from Moore's Flat to Nevada City on that fateful day, Seated next to banker Cummings was a beautiful brunette. She was 19. She’was the school EDITORIAL Keep Post Office At Washington The government has been considering the closing of the Washington post office . Volume of business at the small community's post office has dropped considerably since Tahoe-Sugar Pine closed its sawmill operation. The figures show that consolidation with the Nevada City post office . would be an economy move by postal officials. Therefore those who oppose such a con. solidation should have good reason behind their arguments. We believe there are good reasons for maintaining the Washington post office--reasons above and beyond the retention of the county's third oldest post office merely as a monument to its namesake. Washington had been expected to become a ghost townuponthe closing of the sawmill operation. Suchhas not beenthe case. Instead it has become a gathering place for the retired and for those seeking recreationalactivities along the South Yuba and in the lower Sierra Nevada hills that surround the town. Washington's population is now sure to grow. Itis acommunity ina county of California where the population explosion is just beginning to jump at the rate of five . per cent per year. The people of the Washington area are now inthe process of forming a water district. Once formed, the district can offer newcomers tothe area one of the basic ingredients of growth---good water supply. Washington therefore can be expected to grow ata fasterrate thanthe whole of Nevada County. Washington is only a few miles upstream from the proposed Malakoff State Park, and there is talk of extending the park along tHe river upstream to the townsite boundary in order to make a trail available from that area to the park center. When Malakoff . elected. President-~TT erry becomes a state park, Washington will . at Oh ee benefit and grow---another reason to exberta Frost. The group also pect faster than normal growth in the small read a one-act play enticommunity of Washington. pe nchueca These we feel are good reasons WY (1 sent for the mudes body at Washington will gorw to fill the need for . a later date. the postal service they now have. But Sasi weiss are more. Nevada City's post office is already growing at arate which will make its present quarters too small within the next two to three years. Postmaster William Wasley revealed this at a recent Nevada City Lions Club meeting. If Washington's small postal volume were now added to Nevada City, itwouldbeamere drop inthe bucket, but that drop would hasten the day when a new Nevada City post office would be re. quired. Andas the Washington volume increased, the overload at Nevada City would arrive even sooner. . Further, the government is inthe process of a program of accelerated postal construction and modernization ordered by President Kennedy to stimulate the nation's economy andtoassist Postmaster General Edward Day in his program to provide the nation with the finest postal service in its history. NUZ NEWS (continued from page 2) , interested in going into the . field of medicine should take as many years of English as possible, eeseee8 Last week the Drama Club held a meeting at which the following officerswere In two sensational games the Nevada Union Miners and Nuggets closed the Sierra Foothill League series with victories over Las Plumas, The varsity game showed some dynamic playing by the local team, and ended with a score of 70-33. The . junior varsity also had a good night, downing visiting Las Plumas 42-27, Although this game closed the Sierra Foothill League play, the Placer Invitational Tournament still remains forNU'steam, The princess of the school that wins the championship of this tournament is crowned as the queen, Nevada Union will be represented by the lovely Jacci Harney and her court, The tournament takes place on Marchl, 2, and 3, at Auburn, Obsidian is a glassy volFrank Reader and I talked about an hour seated in the old buggy in the barn at the Reader Ranch near North SanJuan. A few feet from where this picture was taken was the spot where Black Bart had slept, wrote poetry and and quoted Shakespeare, We talked of stage robberies and of stage drivers. I told Frank of when I as a lad of 6 and 7 and rode high on the front seat on the stage to Graniteville or Washington close to my father Lon, Hoping, always hoping, that another Black Bart would be around the next turn, I would imagine silhouettes on the next knoll, my blood would freeze as I was sure! could hear a strong confident voice speak over a pointed shotgun "Throw the Box Down!" Frank and I know that that a man like Black Bart never dies, He is the stuff of which folklore is made, Seeeeeeeeeeeeneeesan Black Bart was captured in 1883, The handwriting that he had left behind as poetry in the strongboxes he had emptied was easy to compare and convict, On the robbery that convicted him, he had as usual found out in advance how much gold would be in the strongbox, He know how many passengers would be on the stage, He knew the box would be bolted down, inch of the road the stage would travel, So long before, the stage left he had walked to his chosen holdup spot But something had gone wrong as he spoke "Throw the box down,‘ One passenger, a young boy was not on the stage. Black Bart could not know that he had got off a the Mother Lode mixed fact and fiction with exciting flair, He was convicted, teacher in Moore's Flat, She was in love, She was on herway to Nevada Cityto marry Clarence Shurtleff, She Suddenly the bandit Dorsey, A shot r, ng out, Blood ‘spurted on Hannah Skeahan's new white $s. Banker Cum s slumped in her lap---dead, The marriage of dianaial and Chatang? Sure it took place, A happy. one, »to0, Three children survive, Hannah Hall--318 Buena’ Vista, GV--, Tom Shurtleff, retiredand Clyde. Shurtleff, a big loaf with Wonder Bread Co, — Back to Black Bart, Released from prison, for some time it was all quiet on the stage front. Then on Nov, 8, 1888, the stage from Downieville to Nevada City was stopped on Ditch Hill near Nigger Tent by one man and robbed of $2, 200. Wells Fargo immediately investigated and they reported it had all the earmarks of BB, Then not long after that Nigger Tent holdup, Hattie Reader, Frank's young sister saw a man approach the front porch of the Reader home, Hattie was home aloné, No one was in shouting distance, She opened the door, Color left her pink cheeks, She was almost paralysed with fear, atapped be worth found next day, was the following, (fac simile) :— SP Agente of W., V. & Co. will ng} pent this circular, vs" pinoe them im tus bende of your local aad county Agents WILL PRESERVE a copy on file in their office. $800.00 Reward! ABRBEST STAGE RBOBBEB! : Oe the 8d of August, 1877, the stage from Fort Ross to Kussinn Kiver was stopped by one =! The E: Duiver, give my respecte to our friend, the other driver, but . really had @ notion to hang my old dieguies 4 hes (foe cimile.). : . Ia le believed that he went to the Town of Guerneviile about daylight next morning. 2. Abeut one year after above robbery, July 26th, 1878, the Stage from Quincy to Oroville wae one and W., F. & Co's box robbed of $379. coin, onc Diamond ~~ i to . ) one thiver Wateh. Continued from Page 3 HUNNICUTT MEATS Swenson Wd TH 15 163 144196 503 Secor 164 146165 475 Cartwright 152 170 186 508 Bedwell 139 164162 465 Grich 158 129168 455 Total 776 753 877 2406 SPANISH INN wo Ttl1s Besley 121 103 104 328 Webber 127.148 181 456 Taylor 155 128 165 448 Remington 80168 148 396 Showk 151 160 166 477 Total inc. HC ALTA HILL GARAGE Total inc. HC Gold Markers League EMPIRE HOTEL 668741 7982207 wa4 Ttl 18 Emery 200191 163 554 Sirokman 146 120157 423 Rushing 169 171188 528 Smith 185 166182 533 Hoskins 164 169 223 556 Total 864817 913 2594 MOTHER LODE BANK W 0 Ttl 16 1/2 Harries 152 158146 456 He know ev Roeseler 145 172 179 496 Coules 144115 195 454 Staley 178 164121 463 Eva 169155 211 535 811 787 875 2473 W2 = *Ttl 14 1/2 Milligan 142 107 126 375 quarter of a mile away, riffle in hand, to do some hunt= povotee een ae oe ing, then to catch up with the slow moving stage upPenaluna ein Ar eee i 638 507 535 160 grade, this youthcameonthescene, Bulletsflew and oes w2 TH 19 Black Bart was soon captured, The morning was Satur Holloran 106 ‘“ is oe * Ss yer day, Nov 3, 1883, In Tuolumme County, deep in adi Gon 110 104 156 370 Veale 155 151 167 473 ; : F ; 538 498 645 1681 This poster had whetted the appetite of law officers, — Wells Fargo Co was jubilant, Law officers relaxed, BON ALLURE abet a The most wanted bandit in all California was in custody, see 136 131 143 410 The press had a field day and newspaper circulation grew Douglas 140 190 158 488 Earl 166 162 154 454 as the Black Bart legend was unfolded by reportezs whe moh) S98 616 610 1814 COLFAX GARAGE W 3 Ttl 18 S . : Shafer 124 146 163 433 trangely, his sentence in San Mean 141 148 141 430 i i alo ‘ Flynn 160 189 155 504 Quentin prison was not ng one, He was released and bra ee Wells Fargo was accused of paying him a monthly fee if he would not hold up any more stages, Poetry signed Black Bart, The PO8, was dug up bythe Call Dick Lasher Total inc. HC Total inc. HC BUSY BEE MARKET Buck Sonrath 3eaman Rohl Total 601 649 603 1853 GOLD BOWL Wk 30-33 Winkle 137 138 117 392 Nettleton 136 96 82 314 Lott 141136 97 374 WHAT Crabb 145 116 138 399 j S Total 559 486 434 1479 PENGELLY'S ws Tel 9 Hellena 96 117 103. 306 Meyers 121 93 90 304 Bobnick 74112 102 288 Snellgrove 121 147 90 348 501 558 474 1533 Wi1é=sTtk3 123 108 124 355 96 97.99 292 86128 110 324 88105 94 287 393 438 427 1258 canic rock much used by BLUEBIRD LAUNDRY W 3 Ttl 9 1/2 More than 2000 new post offices are in. Indians for making arrow TUrner 5-9636 nee rte ee cluded in that program. heads, Auburn, California pe 6 136 143 378 We feel it would be false economy at A age ne “ ie : : Total inc. HC 388 460 435 1283 this time to close.a post office in a town ( OOK! NG ies Co Ati ‘ap : BLACK BART's wo me that has the potential future of Washing{= . CMDEY. # EERE ARGOS! Ketineen 22 eS es Sih sinew Sic pic ais del aad ba teeta dike dies tier ein wei oc Caen is 19 126 140 385 ton while the government is in the midst cy si B ae ane ea 508 1505 A P > R w4 tt of an expansion program within the postal . CHOCOLATE PIE Li gee ee ae i mmon: 20 147 429 service. R } _ Cream: 1 cube butter . any 129 18 134 381 ‘ : : ester 99 410 The people of Washington are helping : . Add Gradually: 3/4 cup sugar : Total tne. BC 568 519 519 1616 themselves to better living by the formN: Blend: 1 'sq. chocolate, melted & cooled Salix teen ; ; eae? Add: ltsp. vanilla BONDS APPLIANCES W1 Ttl 4 ation of a water district. This is not the 1 : , . Cie las 117 122 138 377 i A . Add: 2 eggs-one at a time, Beating at MM; Logan 124123 106 353 time to close their pat office. Rather, h . , medium speed about 5 min, each . D. Logan» 194 97 138 369 this is the time toreassure these residents l ‘egg. Total inc. HC 589 531 632 1752 ; : ; : Add: 3/4 cup nuts. . WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CV W 3 Ttl 16 of governmental faith intheir future by l Sie 137 112 173 422 fi Pour into cooled pie shell and chill about two hours, Gilbert ne 180 4 bee assuringthemthe 100 year old post office . Add whipped cream, 4 M. Grothe 138 168 120 6 will not be closed inthe immediate future. j fees a ee ee Total 555 586 643 1775 isco, in favor of Fink Brus. The Mail was also robbed. Qn one of the Wag Bille lgft with the box the Robber wrote as follows. — ** I've labored For honor and for rivbes— Bat on my corns too . You Gne haired sons Total Total inc. HC Centennial League BUNCES PLACE CARSON'S CARTAGE ROUGH & READY MKT. HOOVER'S CHEVRON Hoover 121112112 345 Stark 121 134 123. 378 Pegar 130 118130 378 Thomas 113 142109 364 McWhinney 188 172 142 502 Total inc. HC 691 696 634 2021 im your region Ufficers and oitiseos -eceiving them are vequested to preserve them for future re ierence. box shout $300, cin. and a check for $306.62, on Granguay $ and berd for bread— ren’ rou've trod, . bitebes. ‘ BLACK BART. the P « 8. ik ag A , Valued at $26. The Mail was also robbed. In the x, whee { . . . . . ‘Courtesy Wells Furgo Bank History Room There stood Black Bart. Quiet, polite and sit spoken as hehad been as "Mr, Martin” , her father's sawmill worker, Please could he visit the cabin where he had once stayed? Yes, said Hattie. He was at the cabin and around it for about half an hour. To recover hidden gold, perhaps, Who will ever know? Then he appeared at Hattie's door again, He said thank you and slipped a polished silver dollar inher hand, He walked slowly away toward North San Juan, No one ever.saw Black Bart again, Pisawer Mixed THE UNIQUE W4 Ttl 25 ED HOLLORAN & SON W2 Ttl 18 a Nee etl ‘iC ae B. Holloran 165 159193. 517. 7 Shert J. Pugh 146 125 105 376. Ullom 139 158 156 453 D-P. h 168 162 169 499 Mulch 141 146 169 456 ed 302 ise ia “eq, eon 200 147 143 490 ee £81607 eed igs real 806 741 693 2240 RADIO KUBA Yuba City W 2 Ttl 17 C. Ullom 174178 164 516 pas & RICE if Haan a V. Hassell 139 129166 434 E. Ullom 181127133 44, Clcogni 176 130115 421 Ss awaati 161 235 149 545 Chenoweth 125192 105 422 _ Total inc. HC 664 678 621 1963 Caffey 114 142 144 400 Steger 121 123 141 385 Bintwer Micka Total inc. HC 671 725 652 2048 GRASS VALLEY AUTO PARTS W11/2 RICHFIELD EAGLES = W 4 ‘Trl 21 E. Jovner 115 142 170 427. C: Painter 150 151 136 437 A. J 123 140 180 443, Robinson 135 144154 433 : os 107 132 115 354 J: Painter 147 148 142 437 BN Breocd 109 131 172 412. Brooks 112 129 137 378 Total inc. HC 475 566 658 1699 Mautino 177 172 156 505 FRANKS T.V. W 21/2 Tt 111/2 Total 721 744 725 2190 J. Self 157 160 155 472 ; D. Sirshman 138 138115 391 Grass Valley Women's League N. Seif 128 152 134 414 MATSON LUMBER Ws3 Ttl 12 F. Sirshman 123 162 137 422 Ballenger 135 109 124 368 Total 546 612 541 1699 Hoover 134141 131 406 Purvis 173 129 148 450 Pidneek Miwa Crawford 132 118129 379 SAFEWAY STORES W 4Ttl 15 Niccoli 142 117 111. 370 Jenkins 125.435 163 423 Total 716 614 643 1973 Maddox 130 162.192 484 MILLSCRAFT Wil Trl 10 Gliko 153 143 128.424 Le Neve 134111101 346 Darling 170 141 143 454 Perkins 143110115 368 Total inc. HC 617 620 665 1902 [wen 122 153 112 387 MILLSCRAFT WoO Ttl 22 Moranville 119 126157 402 Jones 134104103 341 Nash 151 142 135 428 Waring 165 169 137 47] ‘Total inc. HC 675 648 626 1949 Penaluna 130 135159 424 : Wuillay 182 172 232 586 Grass Valley Women's League Bennetts & Steel Tremewan Wi1 = Ttl 14 121 109 122 352 611 S80 631 1822 Pioneer Mixed Paulis 133 138112 383 SIERRA MT. & MILLS W3_ Ttl 13 Roberts 173 141 181 495 Veale 165 170179 514 Southern 150 185 138 473 Roseler 155 125191 471 Jenkins 148 164 126 438 Rosewail 98110169 377 ‘Total inc. HC 751 763 705 2219 Andrews 148 120 134 402 HOOPER & WEAVER W3 = Ttl ili Total 566 525 673 1764 Page 151 149 149 449 BRET HARTE DAIRY Wi =*Ttl9 Leahy 212 166 125 503 M. Leming 117 99119 335 Beebe 157 125 154 436 V. Leming 123 188 140 451 Strick 139 133 146 418 T. Robbins 124110111 345 Howe 130 134159 423 R. Robbins 124151125 400 Total 789 707 733 2229 539 599 546 1684 Grass Valley Women's League EDDIES BANK CLUB WoO Ttl 20 Caston 142°142 161 445 W. 2. Ttl 1) Pelayo 145 182 143 470 Scotten 134124123 381 Lowe 115 162 136 413 McConnell 106 110 129 345 Hill 91 88 80 .259 Sweat 153 141 157 451 Guinn 97 122 115 334 Penaluna 125 192 139 456 Hall 149 167 128 444 Total 660 709 709 2078 Total inc. HC 667 791 672 2130 RIDGE FEED CHEX W 4Ttl 16 1/2 HARTMAN'S CHEVROLET W 2 Ttl 12 Self 162 148152 462 Rassie 141 157 147 445 Fredericksen 130 163 162 455 Conklin 117 134 142 393 Schmiat 114111 143 368 Beebe 123 83135 341 Parkhouse 150 186 127 463 Page 138 158 141 437 Brooks 123 184147 454 Simmons 168 137 160 465 Total inc. HC 701 814 753 2268 Total 687 669 725 2087 Grass Valley Women’s League W3 = Ttl 10 GRASS VALLEY HARDWARE W 3 Ttl 12 1/2 Wheeler 108 77 82 267 Berk 108 195 150 453 Cox 109.114 79 302 Cocking 121 123 146 390 Pello 93.133 126 352 McGill 180 125 155 460 Laird 168134154 456 Freeland 116112 140 368 Bennallack 101 150 128 379 jones 132 179 129 440 Total inc. HC 597 626 587 1810 Total inc. HC 677.754 740 2171 7 UP BOTTLING Wi1é=Ttl1lo KNEES ELECTRIC Wi1é =Ttl1s Sahl 120111112 343 Smith 108 126 144 378 Prisk 71113 108 292 Gliko 116 132 144 392 Durkin 110 120116 346 Lendwall 163 160 160 483 Knox 136 122 104 362 Wasley 124 136 133 393 Cassulo 139 166145 450 ‘Pearson 181136134 451 Total 576 632 585 1793 Total 692 690 715 2097 W3 Tt 17 Grass Valley Women's League Sailor 128165 154 447 Gorn CENTER CLUB W2_ Tt! 12 Lott 1$8.19412) 419. 190 129 160° 479 Martz 127 127.127. 381 wantiams 98119127 344° Jensen 110 147 131 388 Jonas 109 68 93 270 Goss 122 129 100 435 134151159 404 Total inc. HC 675 726 743 2144 inne Sah ice 160 (G7 BERGEMANN CHAPEL W1 Ttl 8 Total inc. HC 690 638 665 1993 Routh 126 136 148 410 pages pLASE W2 Ttl14 Dule 117 279 107 408 . veborough 149 154144 447 Swenson 99 162 161 422 je kingon 130 119 132 381 Ducotey 135 139 128 402: senicran 126 85112 323 Gliko 426 299-187 . 425 Wutems 129149 124 402 Total $93 788 691.2062 Be 146 180:124 450 Total 680 687 636 2003 Ww oO Ttlhl4

Page 8..Wednesday, February 28, 1962..Nevada County NUGGET 3 Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA Y NUGGET, INC. 132 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. R. Dean Thompson. ..... Editor-Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No, 12,406 Subscription Rates: One year, $4.00; Two years, $6.00 Three years, $8.00 Printed by Berliner & Mc Ginnis, Nevada City. hs” io” i an i ae Gt OALAALALAN eyes eeu wTUeEye e7<e° = ae, Part 3 of the story of Black Bart, the stage bandit, and of Frank Reader the man who knew him, A This was one of the to be left behind after robberi ones: : “So here I've stood while wind and rain Have set the trees a And risked my life for damned stage That wasn't worth the robbin'” ; Black Bart's stay in San Quentin prison brings to life another link with the past with a now Miving Nevada County family.. Bart settled into prison with very little trouble. He made only one friend at San Quentin----and that was another bandit with a record and conviction from a Nevada County stage holdup and killing, This man's name was Dorsey. He had shot and killed banker WilliamF, Cummings on the stage from Moore's Flat in 1879. .. Let's digress from BB for a moment and take a look at the stage from Moore's Flat to Nevada City on that fateful day, Seated next to banker Cummings was a beautiful brunette. She was 19. She’was the school EDITORIAL Keep Post Office At Washington The government has been considering the closing of the Washington post office . Volume of business at the small community's post office has dropped considerably since Tahoe-Sugar Pine closed its sawmill operation. The figures show that consolidation with the Nevada City post office . would be an economy move by postal officials. Therefore those who oppose such a con. solidation should have good reason behind their arguments. We believe there are good reasons for maintaining the Washington post office--reasons above and beyond the retention of the county's third oldest post office merely as a monument to its namesake. Washington had been expected to become a ghost townuponthe closing of the sawmill operation. Suchhas not beenthe case. Instead it has become a gathering place for the retired and for those seeking recreationalactivities along the South Yuba and in the lower Sierra Nevada hills that surround the town. Washington's population is now sure to grow. Itis acommunity ina county of California where the population explosion is just beginning to jump at the rate of five . per cent per year. The people of the Washington area are now inthe process of forming a water district. Once formed, the district can offer newcomers tothe area one of the basic ingredients of growth---good water supply. Washington therefore can be expected to grow ata fasterrate thanthe whole of Nevada County. Washington is only a few miles upstream from the proposed Malakoff State Park, and there is talk of extending the park along tHe river upstream to the townsite boundary in order to make a trail available from that area to the park center. When Malakoff . elected. President-~TT erry becomes a state park, Washington will . at Oh ee benefit and grow---another reason to exberta Frost. The group also pect faster than normal growth in the small read a one-act play enticommunity of Washington. pe nchueca These we feel are good reasons WY (1 sent for the mudes body at Washington will gorw to fill the need for . a later date. the postal service they now have. But Sasi weiss are more. Nevada City's post office is already growing at arate which will make its present quarters too small within the next two to three years. Postmaster William Wasley revealed this at a recent Nevada City Lions Club meeting. If Washington's small postal volume were now added to Nevada City, itwouldbeamere drop inthe bucket, but that drop would hasten the day when a new Nevada City post office would be re. quired. Andas the Washington volume increased, the overload at Nevada City would arrive even sooner. . Further, the government is inthe process of a program of accelerated postal construction and modernization ordered by President Kennedy to stimulate the nation's economy andtoassist Postmaster General Edward Day in his program to provide the nation with the finest postal service in its history. NUZ NEWS (continued from page 2) , interested in going into the . field of medicine should take as many years of English as possible, eeseee8 Last week the Drama Club held a meeting at which the following officerswere In two sensational games the Nevada Union Miners and Nuggets closed the Sierra Foothill League series with victories over Las Plumas, The varsity game showed some dynamic playing by the local team, and ended with a score of 70-33. The . junior varsity also had a good night, downing visiting Las Plumas 42-27, Although this game closed the Sierra Foothill League play, the Placer Invitational Tournament still remains forNU'steam, The princess of the school that wins the championship of this tournament is crowned as the queen, Nevada Union will be represented by the lovely Jacci Harney and her court, The tournament takes place on Marchl, 2, and 3, at Auburn, Obsidian is a glassy volFrank Reader and I talked about an hour seated in the old buggy in the barn at the Reader Ranch near North SanJuan. A few feet from where this picture was taken was the spot where Black Bart had slept, wrote poetry and and quoted Shakespeare, We talked of stage robberies and of stage drivers. I told Frank of when I as a lad of 6 and 7 and rode high on the front seat on the stage to Graniteville or Washington close to my father Lon, Hoping, always hoping, that another Black Bart would be around the next turn, I would imagine silhouettes on the next knoll, my blood would freeze as I was sure! could hear a strong confident voice speak over a pointed shotgun "Throw the Box Down!" Frank and I know that that a man like Black Bart never dies, He is the stuff of which folklore is made, Seeeeeeeeeeeeneeesan Black Bart was captured in 1883, The handwriting that he had left behind as poetry in the strongboxes he had emptied was easy to compare and convict, On the robbery that convicted him, he had as usual found out in advance how much gold would be in the strongbox, He know how many passengers would be on the stage, He knew the box would be bolted down, inch of the road the stage would travel, So long before, the stage left he had walked to his chosen holdup spot But something had gone wrong as he spoke "Throw the box down,‘ One passenger, a young boy was not on the stage. Black Bart could not know that he had got off a the Mother Lode mixed fact and fiction with exciting flair, He was convicted, teacher in Moore's Flat, She was in love, She was on herway to Nevada Cityto marry Clarence Shurtleff, She Suddenly the bandit Dorsey, A shot r, ng out, Blood ‘spurted on Hannah Skeahan's new white $s. Banker Cum s slumped in her lap---dead, The marriage of dianaial and Chatang? Sure it took place, A happy. one, »to0, Three children survive, Hannah Hall--318 Buena’ Vista, GV--, Tom Shurtleff, retiredand Clyde. Shurtleff, a big loaf with Wonder Bread Co, — Back to Black Bart, Released from prison, for some time it was all quiet on the stage front. Then on Nov, 8, 1888, the stage from Downieville to Nevada City was stopped on Ditch Hill near Nigger Tent by one man and robbed of $2, 200. Wells Fargo immediately investigated and they reported it had all the earmarks of BB, Then not long after that Nigger Tent holdup, Hattie Reader, Frank's young sister saw a man approach the front porch of the Reader home, Hattie was home aloné, No one was in shouting distance, She opened the door, Color left her pink cheeks, She was almost paralysed with fear, atapped be worth found next day, was the following, (fac simile) :— SP Agente of W., V. & Co. will ng} pent this circular, vs" pinoe them im tus bende of your local aad county Agents WILL PRESERVE a copy on file in their office. $800.00 Reward! ABRBEST STAGE RBOBBEB! : Oe the 8d of August, 1877, the stage from Fort Ross to Kussinn Kiver was stopped by one =! The E: Duiver, give my respecte to our friend, the other driver, but . really had @ notion to hang my old dieguies 4 hes (foe cimile.). : . Ia le believed that he went to the Town of Guerneviile about daylight next morning. 2. Abeut one year after above robbery, July 26th, 1878, the Stage from Quincy to Oroville wae one and W., F. & Co's box robbed of $379. coin, onc Diamond ~~ i to . ) one thiver Wateh. Continued from Page 3 HUNNICUTT MEATS Swenson Wd TH 15 163 144196 503 Secor 164 146165 475 Cartwright 152 170 186 508 Bedwell 139 164162 465 Grich 158 129168 455 Total 776 753 877 2406 SPANISH INN wo Ttl1s Besley 121 103 104 328 Webber 127.148 181 456 Taylor 155 128 165 448 Remington 80168 148 396 Showk 151 160 166 477 Total inc. HC ALTA HILL GARAGE Total inc. HC Gold Markers League EMPIRE HOTEL 668741 7982207 wa4 Ttl 18 Emery 200191 163 554 Sirokman 146 120157 423 Rushing 169 171188 528 Smith 185 166182 533 Hoskins 164 169 223 556 Total 864817 913 2594 MOTHER LODE BANK W 0 Ttl 16 1/2 Harries 152 158146 456 He know ev Roeseler 145 172 179 496 Coules 144115 195 454

Staley 178 164121 463 Eva 169155 211 535 811 787 875 2473 W2 = *Ttl 14 1/2 Milligan 142 107 126 375 quarter of a mile away, riffle in hand, to do some hunt= povotee een ae oe ing, then to catch up with the slow moving stage upPenaluna ein Ar eee i 638 507 535 160 grade, this youthcameonthescene, Bulletsflew and oes w2 TH 19 Black Bart was soon captured, The morning was Satur Holloran 106 ‘“ is oe * Ss yer day, Nov 3, 1883, In Tuolumme County, deep in adi Gon 110 104 156 370 Veale 155 151 167 473 ; : F ; 538 498 645 1681 This poster had whetted the appetite of law officers, — Wells Fargo Co was jubilant, Law officers relaxed, BON ALLURE abet a The most wanted bandit in all California was in custody, see 136 131 143 410 The press had a field day and newspaper circulation grew Douglas 140 190 158 488 Earl 166 162 154 454 as the Black Bart legend was unfolded by reportezs whe moh) S98 616 610 1814 COLFAX GARAGE W 3 Ttl 18 S . : Shafer 124 146 163 433 trangely, his sentence in San Mean 141 148 141 430 i i alo ‘ Flynn 160 189 155 504 Quentin prison was not ng one, He was released and bra ee Wells Fargo was accused of paying him a monthly fee if he would not hold up any more stages, Poetry signed Black Bart, The PO8, was dug up bythe Call Dick Lasher Total inc. HC Total inc. HC BUSY BEE MARKET Buck Sonrath 3eaman Rohl Total 601 649 603 1853 GOLD BOWL Wk 30-33 Winkle 137 138 117 392 Nettleton 136 96 82 314 Lott 141136 97 374 WHAT Crabb 145 116 138 399 j S Total 559 486 434 1479 PENGELLY'S ws Tel 9 Hellena 96 117 103. 306 Meyers 121 93 90 304 Bobnick 74112 102 288 Snellgrove 121 147 90 348 501 558 474 1533 Wi1é=sTtk3 123 108 124 355 96 97.99 292 86128 110 324 88105 94 287 393 438 427 1258 canic rock much used by BLUEBIRD LAUNDRY W 3 Ttl 9 1/2 More than 2000 new post offices are in. Indians for making arrow TUrner 5-9636 nee rte ee cluded in that program. heads, Auburn, California pe 6 136 143 378 We feel it would be false economy at A age ne “ ie : : Total inc. HC 388 460 435 1283 this time to close.a post office in a town ( OOK! NG ies Co Ati ‘ap : BLACK BART's wo me that has the potential future of Washing{= . CMDEY. # EERE ARGOS! Ketineen 22 eS es Sih sinew Sic pic ais del aad ba teeta dike dies tier ein wei oc Caen is 19 126 140 385 ton while the government is in the midst cy si B ae ane ea 508 1505 A P > R w4 tt of an expansion program within the postal . CHOCOLATE PIE Li gee ee ae i mmon: 20 147 429 service. R } _ Cream: 1 cube butter . any 129 18 134 381 ‘ : : ester 99 410 The people of Washington are helping : . Add Gradually: 3/4 cup sugar : Total tne. BC 568 519 519 1616 themselves to better living by the formN: Blend: 1 'sq. chocolate, melted & cooled Salix teen ; ; eae? Add: ltsp. vanilla BONDS APPLIANCES W1 Ttl 4 ation of a water district. This is not the 1 : , . Cie las 117 122 138 377 i A . Add: 2 eggs-one at a time, Beating at MM; Logan 124123 106 353 time to close their pat office. Rather, h . , medium speed about 5 min, each . D. Logan» 194 97 138 369 this is the time toreassure these residents l ‘egg. Total inc. HC 589 531 632 1752 ; : ; : Add: 3/4 cup nuts. . WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CV W 3 Ttl 16 of governmental faith intheir future by l Sie 137 112 173 422 fi Pour into cooled pie shell and chill about two hours, Gilbert ne 180 4 bee assuringthemthe 100 year old post office . Add whipped cream, 4 M. Grothe 138 168 120 6 will not be closed inthe immediate future. j fees a ee ee Total 555 586 643 1775 isco, in favor of Fink Brus. The Mail was also robbed. Qn one of the Wag Bille lgft with the box the Robber wrote as follows. — ** I've labored For honor and for rivbes— Bat on my corns too . You Gne haired sons Total Total inc. HC Centennial League BUNCES PLACE CARSON'S CARTAGE ROUGH & READY MKT. HOOVER'S CHEVRON Hoover 121112112 345 Stark 121 134 123. 378 Pegar 130 118130 378 Thomas 113 142109 364 McWhinney 188 172 142 502 Total inc. HC 691 696 634 2021 im your region Ufficers and oitiseos -eceiving them are vequested to preserve them for future re ierence. box shout $300, cin. and a check for $306.62, on Granguay $ and berd for bread— ren’ rou've trod, . bitebes. ‘ BLACK BART. the P « 8. ik ag A , Valued at $26. The Mail was also robbed. In the x, whee { . . . . . ‘Courtesy Wells Furgo Bank History Room There stood Black Bart. Quiet, polite and sit spoken as hehad been as "Mr, Martin” , her father's sawmill worker, Please could he visit the cabin where he had once stayed? Yes, said Hattie. He was at the cabin and around it for about half an hour. To recover hidden gold, perhaps, Who will ever know? Then he appeared at Hattie's door again, He said thank you and slipped a polished silver dollar inher hand, He walked slowly away toward North San Juan, No one ever.saw Black Bart again, Pisawer Mixed THE UNIQUE W4 Ttl 25 ED HOLLORAN & SON W2 Ttl 18 a Nee etl ‘iC ae B. Holloran 165 159193. 517. 7 Shert J. Pugh 146 125 105 376. Ullom 139 158 156 453 D-P. h 168 162 169 499 Mulch 141 146 169 456 ed 302 ise ia “eq, eon 200 147 143 490 ee £81607 eed igs real 806 741 693 2240 RADIO KUBA Yuba City W 2 Ttl 17 C. Ullom 174178 164 516 pas & RICE if Haan a V. Hassell 139 129166 434 E. Ullom 181127133 44, Clcogni 176 130115 421 Ss awaati 161 235 149 545 Chenoweth 125192 105 422 _ Total inc. HC 664 678 621 1963 Caffey 114 142 144 400 Steger 121 123 141 385 Bintwer Micka Total inc. HC 671 725 652 2048 GRASS VALLEY AUTO PARTS W11/2 RICHFIELD EAGLES = W 4 ‘Trl 21 E. Jovner 115 142 170 427. C: Painter 150 151 136 437 A. J 123 140 180 443, Robinson 135 144154 433 : os 107 132 115 354 J: Painter 147 148 142 437 BN Breocd 109 131 172 412. Brooks 112 129 137 378 Total inc. HC 475 566 658 1699 Mautino 177 172 156 505 FRANKS T.V. W 21/2 Tt 111/2 Total 721 744 725 2190 J. Self 157 160 155 472 ; D. Sirshman 138 138115 391 Grass Valley Women's League N. Seif 128 152 134 414 MATSON LUMBER Ws3 Ttl 12 F. Sirshman 123 162 137 422 Ballenger 135 109 124 368 Total 546 612 541 1699 Hoover 134141 131 406 Purvis 173 129 148 450 Pidneek Miwa Crawford 132 118129 379 SAFEWAY STORES W 4Ttl 15 Niccoli 142 117 111. 370 Jenkins 125.435 163 423 Total 716 614 643 1973 Maddox 130 162.192 484 MILLSCRAFT Wil Trl 10 Gliko 153 143 128.424 Le Neve 134111101 346 Darling 170 141 143 454 Perkins 143110115 368 Total inc. HC 617 620 665 1902 [wen 122 153 112 387 MILLSCRAFT WoO Ttl 22 Moranville 119 126157 402 Jones 134104103 341 Nash 151 142 135 428 Waring 165 169 137 47] ‘Total inc. HC 675 648 626 1949 Penaluna 130 135159 424 : Wuillay 182 172 232 586 Grass Valley Women's League Bennetts & Steel Tremewan Wi1 = Ttl 14 121 109 122 352 611 S80 631 1822 Pioneer Mixed Paulis 133 138112 383 SIERRA MT. & MILLS W3_ Ttl 13 Roberts 173 141 181 495 Veale 165 170179 514 Southern 150 185 138 473 Roseler 155 125191 471 Jenkins 148 164 126 438 Rosewail 98110169 377 ‘Total inc. HC 751 763 705 2219 Andrews 148 120 134 402 HOOPER & WEAVER W3 = Ttl ili Total 566 525 673 1764 Page 151 149 149 449 BRET HARTE DAIRY Wi =*Ttl9 Leahy 212 166 125 503 M. Leming 117 99119 335 Beebe 157 125 154 436 V. Leming 123 188 140 451 Strick 139 133 146 418 T. Robbins 124110111 345 Howe 130 134159 423 R. Robbins 124151125 400 Total 789 707 733 2229 539 599 546 1684 Grass Valley Women's League EDDIES BANK CLUB WoO Ttl 20 Caston 142°142 161 445 W. 2. Ttl 1) Pelayo 145 182 143 470 Scotten 134124123 381 Lowe 115 162 136 413 McConnell 106 110 129 345 Hill 91 88 80 .259 Sweat 153 141 157 451 Guinn 97 122 115 334 Penaluna 125 192 139 456 Hall 149 167 128 444 Total 660 709 709 2078 Total inc. HC 667 791 672 2130 RIDGE FEED CHEX W 4Ttl 16 1/2 HARTMAN'S CHEVROLET W 2 Ttl 12 Self 162 148152 462 Rassie 141 157 147 445 Fredericksen 130 163 162 455 Conklin 117 134 142 393 Schmiat 114111 143 368 Beebe 123 83135 341 Parkhouse 150 186 127 463 Page 138 158 141 437 Brooks 123 184147 454 Simmons 168 137 160 465 Total inc. HC 701 814 753 2268 Total 687 669 725 2087 Grass Valley Women’s League W3 = Ttl 10 GRASS VALLEY HARDWARE W 3 Ttl 12 1/2 Wheeler 108 77 82 267 Berk 108 195 150 453 Cox 109.114 79 302 Cocking 121 123 146 390 Pello 93.133 126 352 McGill 180 125 155 460 Laird 168134154 456 Freeland 116112 140 368 Bennallack 101 150 128 379 jones 132 179 129 440 Total inc. HC 597 626 587 1810 Total inc. HC 677.754 740 2171 7 UP BOTTLING Wi1é=Ttl1lo KNEES ELECTRIC Wi1é =Ttl1s Sahl 120111112 343 Smith 108 126 144 378 Prisk 71113 108 292 Gliko 116 132 144 392 Durkin 110 120116 346 Lendwall 163 160 160 483 Knox 136 122 104 362 Wasley 124 136 133 393 Cassulo 139 166145 450 ‘Pearson 181136134 451 Total 576 632 585 1793 Total 692 690 715 2097 W3 Tt 17 Grass Valley Women's League Sailor 128165 154 447 Gorn CENTER CLUB W2_ Tt! 12 Lott 1$8.19412) 419. 190 129 160° 479 Martz 127 127.127. 381 wantiams 98119127 344° Jensen 110 147 131 388 Jonas 109 68 93 270 Goss 122 129 100 435 134151159 404 Total inc. HC 675 726 743 2144 inne Sah ice 160 (G7 BERGEMANN CHAPEL W1 Ttl 8 Total inc. HC 690 638 665 1993 Routh 126 136 148 410 pages pLASE W2 Ttl14 Dule 117 279 107 408 . veborough 149 154144 447 Swenson 99 162 161 422 je kingon 130 119 132 381 Ducotey 135 139 128 402: senicran 126 85112 323 Gliko 426 299-187 . 425 Wutems 129149 124 402 Total $93 788 691.2062 Be 146 180:124 450 Total 680 687 636 2003 Ww oO Ttlhl4