January 16, 1974 (8 pages)

NEVADA. Ser 1g the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ited Dog, Town Talk San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor F. lat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans F Washington, Blue Tent, “PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 COUNTY LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, €5-16-74 . , Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North ‘ ] Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park,.Wolf, Christmas Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quak lat, Remington Hill; Anthony House, Delirium Tremens.————-—-~ VOLUME 49 Wed. Jan.16,1974 NC Chamber appreciation dinner set The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce will honor recently retired business and professional people at an Appreciation Dinner slated for Jan. 23 at Dilley’s. The public is invited to the no host affair, but since reser-. vations are limited they should be. made with the chamber secretary in the South Yuba Canal Office as soon as possible. The office is open between noon and 4 p.m.A cocktail hour at-7 p.m. will precede dinner to be served at 8. To be honored are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cartoscelli, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. John Sbaffi, Mr. and. Mrs. Al Shirley, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Stauffer and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan (Shorty:) Stratton. h of ceremonies at the dinner. . , Gerald Bradley is president of the chamber. You Need ’Em! We Got ’Em! _ Huge Selection of New and Used 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles In a wide price range -to suit every pocketbook at: MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Crippled the area , Grandaddy of snow storms hit Nevada county in 1890 It was snow time in Nevada county and elsewhere. this weekend. When two or more gathered the weather, past and present, was the topic of conversation. Storms ‘of great were recalled. Perhaps the “grandaddy of all storms” hit the night of Jan. 18, 1890, Before the storm spent its fury on Jan. ~ 26, six feet blocked all isolated the city, threatened it e and ef; with food fectively stopped the Nevada County Narrow Guage railway from Jan, 12 to Jan, 31. Chinooks melted away the cre Witt he woleber \. snow and life was normal in Feburary -until the 19th — and Nevada City awoke to four feet de of the ‘‘blasted white stuff.’’ The = © S Narrow Gauge was immobile until March 2 when spring came to end the weary battling. History recerds ‘‘the severest calamity of the storm was the day the little village of f Washington ran out of an important necessity — beer. A brewer ordered a custom-built sled from a local foundry and the “great drouth was ended three days later.” Nevada county suffered one of its greatest tragedies in the opening days of that storm. Malcolm ‘Doc” McLeod, 28, helping John Grissel carry mail to Washington perished in the snow one-half mile from their destination. His body was returned to Nevada City in a dramatic expedition by the local National Guard Company. His funeral was the first in the city without a wheeled vehicle. McCleod’s body was sewed into a sack and lashed onto a board and detail of five men, augmented by seven Washington men, took it out on. a sled. G. W. Jones met them at Snow Mountain ditch and transferred the body to a sleigh and brought it to Nevada City. ~The snows of 1890 were nightmares to Charles Kidder, the Nevada County Narrow WHILE SCHOOL is out and the kids are playing it's usually old dad that gets to pack the shovel out and clear the drive way. There was plenty for everyone recently. Gauge railway magnate. He was out with his shoveling crews alsmot continuously. During the heavy snows of the 1890s_ the Transcript (a newspaper) reminded it’s readers of an almost forgotten ordinance that called for clearing of sidewalks by 8 a.m. with a penalty of fine of $10 or 10 days in jail. Beryl Robinson Jr., city manager, is uncertain of the status of the old ordinance today. Four tenement houses in. Chinatown, a laundry, the Kellerhome on Prospect Hill, the J. C. L. H. Wells Stable and Fogeli also crmbled under the 1890 snow. De . Some of the. snow depths reported were . seven feet, andFebruary storm brought 70 or e mada Hill, . Creek -Bridge, 20 feet. A second more inches and after roofs were cleared, snow was piled up 15 to 20 feet high on Broad and Commercial streets. Fearing a shortage of food, supplies were brought from Colfax by a train of eight mules and three horses. Sierra county also nearly exhausted its food supply before transportation was restored. Downieville citizens had snow to house eaves, and tunneled across streets. There is no documen‘tation that there was tunneling in Nevada but there are: those ‘who tell it that way. Wells home on Main Street, the * Some of the more modern files of The Union: Jan. 31, 1968 “Western Nevada county residents, reeling under blows from. this week’s crippling snows, recalled a similar storm, which hit the week of Jan. 20, 1964. Chamber snow to shovel ‘In 1964 between two and four feet of snow had fallen before the fury of the storm was spent. This morning (1968), snow which began Saturday had piled up two feet. : “Like its predecessor, the 1968 version snapped power lines and felled trees, causing power outages throughout the county. Nevada City was without power from early Tuesday morning until today (Jan. 31, 1968). Other areas were also without power, some intermittently. ‘In 1964. western Nevada county schools closed for one week and a Nevada City of Commerce Installation was postponed. Following the same pattern, (the 1968 storm) forced the closure of schools and other activities. -s er Hill, \ \

NEVADA. Ser 1g the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ited Dog, Town Talk San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor F. lat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans F Washington, Blue Tent, “PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 COUNTY LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, €5-16-74 . , Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North ‘ ] Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park,.Wolf, Christmas Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quak lat, Remington Hill; Anthony House, Delirium Tremens.————-—-~ VOLUME 49 Wed. Jan.16,1974 NC Chamber appreciation dinner set The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce will honor recently retired business and professional people at an Appreciation Dinner slated for Jan. 23 at Dilley’s. The public is invited to the no host affair, but since reser-. vations are limited they should be. made with the chamber secretary in the South Yuba Canal Office as soon as possible. The office is open between noon and 4 p.m.A cocktail hour at-7 p.m. will precede dinner to be served at 8. To be honored are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cartoscelli, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. John Sbaffi, Mr. and. Mrs. Al Shirley, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Stauffer and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan (Shorty:) Stratton. h of ceremonies at the dinner. . , Gerald Bradley is president of the chamber. You Need ’Em! We Got ’Em! _ Huge Selection of New and Used 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles In a wide price range -to suit every pocketbook at: MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Crippled the area , Grandaddy of snow storms hit Nevada county in 1890 It was snow time in Nevada county and elsewhere. this weekend. When two or more gathered the weather, past and present, was the topic of conversation. Storms ‘of great were recalled. Perhaps the “grandaddy of all storms” hit the night of Jan. 18, 1890, Before the storm spent its fury on Jan. ~ 26, six feet blocked all isolated the city, threatened it e and ef; with food fectively stopped the Nevada County Narrow Guage railway from Jan, 12 to Jan, 31. Chinooks melted away the cre Witt he woleber \. snow and life was normal in Feburary -until the 19th — and Nevada City awoke to four feet de of the ‘‘blasted white stuff.’’ The = © S Narrow Gauge was immobile until March 2 when spring came to end the weary battling. History recerds ‘‘the severest calamity of the storm was the day the little village of f Washington ran out of an important necessity — beer. A brewer ordered a custom-built sled from a local foundry and the “great drouth was ended three days later.” Nevada county suffered one of its greatest tragedies in the opening days of that storm. Malcolm ‘Doc” McLeod, 28, helping John Grissel carry mail to Washington perished in the snow one-half mile from their

destination. His body was returned to Nevada City in a dramatic expedition by the local National Guard Company. His funeral was the first in the city without a wheeled vehicle. McCleod’s body was sewed into a sack and lashed onto a board and detail of five men, augmented by seven Washington men, took it out on. a sled. G. W. Jones met them at Snow Mountain ditch and transferred the body to a sleigh and brought it to Nevada City. ~The snows of 1890 were nightmares to Charles Kidder, the Nevada County Narrow WHILE SCHOOL is out and the kids are playing it's usually old dad that gets to pack the shovel out and clear the drive way. There was plenty for everyone recently. Gauge railway magnate. He was out with his shoveling crews alsmot continuously. During the heavy snows of the 1890s_ the Transcript (a newspaper) reminded it’s readers of an almost forgotten ordinance that called for clearing of sidewalks by 8 a.m. with a penalty of fine of $10 or 10 days in jail. Beryl Robinson Jr., city manager, is uncertain of the status of the old ordinance today. Four tenement houses in. Chinatown, a laundry, the Kellerhome on Prospect Hill, the J. C. L. H. Wells Stable and Fogeli also crmbled under the 1890 snow. De . Some of the. snow depths reported were . seven feet, andFebruary storm brought 70 or e mada Hill, . Creek -Bridge, 20 feet. A second more inches and after roofs were cleared, snow was piled up 15 to 20 feet high on Broad and Commercial streets. Fearing a shortage of food, supplies were brought from Colfax by a train of eight mules and three horses. Sierra county also nearly exhausted its food supply before transportation was restored. Downieville citizens had snow to house eaves, and tunneled across streets. There is no documen‘tation that there was tunneling in Nevada but there are: those ‘who tell it that way. Wells home on Main Street, the * Some of the more modern files of The Union: Jan. 31, 1968 “Western Nevada county residents, reeling under blows from. this week’s crippling snows, recalled a similar storm, which hit the week of Jan. 20, 1964. Chamber snow to shovel ‘In 1964 between two and four feet of snow had fallen before the fury of the storm was spent. This morning (1968), snow which began Saturday had piled up two feet. : “Like its predecessor, the 1968 version snapped power lines and felled trees, causing power outages throughout the county. Nevada City was without power from early Tuesday morning until today (Jan. 31, 1968). Other areas were also without power, some intermittently. ‘In 1964. western Nevada county schools closed for one week and a Nevada City of Commerce Installation was postponed. Following the same pattern, (the 1968 storm) forced the closure of schools and other activities. -s er Hill, \ \