January 24, 1973 (12 pages)

r home either on the old Stuart ranch or on the r Erle, Yuba County, both of which she owns. ungest child of the family, passed on at the age t was born on her father’s ranch in Penn Valley, he distinction of being a native daughter. She re married in the Golden State, and after their aged in stock-raising. Their union proved very y : and working together harmoniously and with ition, thev met with well-deserved success. old Stuart ranch in Penn Valley, as well as a rle, in'Yuba County. But the husband and father assing away in 1892, while still in the prime of idow and three children: Andrew A:, who is County ranch, and who is one.of the prominent he state; Mrs. Deborah Jane Gilham: and of this review, who first saw the light on the other was born. _ 5 anch house, recently destroyed by fire, was one al landmarks of the county, having been one of It houses of the early days in California. It was . Of hewn logs of large dimensions, and was us times, having been weather-boarded and S modern and very comfortable. By an unnce it caught fire and was burned to the ground 24; and thus another of the pioneer landmarks tate was obliterated. 1 house, as well as at the Yuba County ranch, he was familiarly called by all who knew him, ays, assisting with the farm work and meanpublic schools. Later he studied at the State hico. His father had mined for a while after and had then very successfully followed the his.death. Abandoning his studies in order to irfield Robson continued in the cattle business 1922, to the four-year term as sheriff. He is a da County Farm Bureau, of which he was one d has served as its president. . Married in 1905 in Penn Valley to Frances born and reared in that locality, being the joner, an old-timer. She was an accomplished endeared her to all who were privileged to timely death on August 14, 1922, caused many ren were born and grew up to call her blessed, William Andrew. : made a Mason in Rose Bar Lodge, No. 89 e, and served as Master of the Lodge for two ber of Grass Valley Chapter No. 18, R.A.M., dery No. 6, K.T., and was formerly a member -O.N.M.S., in San Francisco but demitted and ber of Ben Ali Temple in Sacramento. He is a hapter, O.E.S., of Grass Valley, of which his as also a member, and he belongs to Grass _B.P.0.E., and to Weimar Tribe, I.0.R.M.,-of belongs to the Peace Officers’ Association of W.B. Lardner California, and to the Sheriffs’ Association of the State. Mr. Robson is a tireless worker, and is never idle, his energy’ seemingly knowing no bounds. This activity, coupled with his native ability, is making him very successful in the discharge of his duties as the chief peace officer of the county. At the same time his affable manner and pleasing personality are greatly appreciated by his fellow men. He is fond of outdoor life, and especially of hunting for big game; and another of his hobbies is trout fishing. A man of patriotic tendencies, Mr. Robson became associated with the California National Guards, as a member of Company I, at Grass Valley. In political preference, he is a Republican. ELLA M. AUSTIN Well-known among the women of Nevada County, Ella M. Austin, the county superintendent of schools, was born near Pittsburgh, Pa., the daughter of Cyrus C. and Mary . (Steele) Bitner. Born near Connellsville, Pa., Mr. Bitner came to Eddyville, Iowa, and during the Civil War he enlisted and served in the 9th Iowa Cavalry, being commissioned captain. After the war he followed merchandising and was also the editor of a paper in Eddyville. In 1876 he came to California, locating in Spenceville, where he followed mining and dealing in mines throughout the Sierra region. He died in 1917, at the ripe old age of eighty-one years; three years later his devoted life-sompanion followed him to the Silent Land. Two children were born of their union: Ella M., now Mrs. Austin; and Mrs. Emma Anderson, of Spenceville. Mrs. Austin pursued her elementary and secondary school courses in Iowa, and later did special work as a sutdent in the University of California. She also finished a business college course in San Francisco, and received the diploma of the American School: of Home Economics at Chicago. She holds a teacher’s life diploma for the State of California. After twenty years of valuable and varied experience as a teacher in the Golden State, Mrs. Austin came before the public in 1922 as a candidate for the office -of county superintendent of schools for Nevada County. Seldom has any aspirant for office offered a platform presenting greater appeal to the voter seeking the best in educational advantages for his community. She declared for up-to-date methods and progressive ideas, and appealed for the co-operation of parents, teachers, trustees and the county Superintendent, to further the schools’ best interests. She advocated a fixed standard as a basis for granting diplomas to eighth-grade graduates of rural schools, thus deprecating any slip-shod methods and stimulating the pupil to keep in mind throughout the term what might be expected of him. That fall she was elected county superintendent of schools, taking charge of the office in January, 1923; and with the cooperation of the county supervisors, she is now Carrying out as far as possible the ideas she advanced during her candidacy. Mrs. Austin is a member of the California Teachers’ Association and the National Educational Association. In Nevada City, in 1879, Ella M. Bitner was united in Marriage with John H. Austin, an attorney-at-law; and she is the mother of two children: a son, Bert C. Austin, who is a very successful mining engineer of San Francisco; and a daughter, Hazel, the wife of R. Gordon Walker, of New York. Mrs. Austin belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star and also to the Order of Pocahontas. She is greatly interested in art, especially landscape painting, of which she is very fond; and she has some excellent specimens of her own executing. (Continued nek week) ai, a bed

r home either on the old Stuart ranch or on the r Erle, Yuba County, both of which she owns. ungest child of the family, passed on at the age t was born on her father’s ranch in Penn Valley, he distinction of being a native daughter. She re married in the Golden State, and after their aged in stock-raising. Their union proved very y : and working together harmoniously and with ition, thev met with well-deserved success. old Stuart ranch in Penn Valley, as well as a rle, in'Yuba County. But the husband and father assing away in 1892, while still in the prime of idow and three children: Andrew A:, who is County ranch, and who is one.of the prominent he state; Mrs. Deborah Jane Gilham: and of this review, who first saw the light on the other was born. _ 5 anch house, recently destroyed by fire, was one al landmarks of the county, having been one of It houses of the early days in California. It was . Of hewn logs of large dimensions, and was us times, having been weather-boarded and S modern and very comfortable. By an unnce it caught fire and was burned to the ground 24; and thus another of the pioneer landmarks tate was obliterated. 1 house, as well as at the Yuba County ranch, he was familiarly called by all who knew him, ays, assisting with the farm work and meanpublic schools. Later he studied at the State hico. His father had mined for a while after and had then very successfully followed the his.death. Abandoning his studies in order to irfield Robson continued in the cattle business 1922, to the four-year term as sheriff. He is a da County Farm Bureau, of which he was one d has served as its president. . Married in 1905 in Penn Valley to Frances born and reared in that locality, being the joner, an old-timer. She was an accomplished endeared her to all who were privileged to timely death on August 14, 1922, caused many ren were born and grew up to call her blessed, William Andrew. : made a Mason in Rose Bar Lodge, No. 89 e, and served as Master of the Lodge for two ber of Grass Valley Chapter No. 18, R.A.M., dery No. 6, K.T., and was formerly a member -O.N.M.S., in San Francisco but demitted and ber of Ben Ali Temple in Sacramento. He is a hapter, O.E.S., of Grass Valley, of which his as also a member, and he belongs to Grass _B.P.0.E., and to Weimar Tribe, I.0.R.M.,-of belongs to the Peace Officers’ Association of W.B. Lardner California, and to the Sheriffs’ Association of the State. Mr. Robson is a tireless worker, and is never idle, his energy’ seemingly knowing no bounds. This activity, coupled with his native ability, is making him very successful in the discharge of his

duties as the chief peace officer of the county. At the same time his affable manner and pleasing personality are greatly appreciated by his fellow men. He is fond of outdoor life, and especially of hunting for big game; and another of his hobbies is trout fishing. A man of patriotic tendencies, Mr. Robson became associated with the California National Guards, as a member of Company I, at Grass Valley. In political preference, he is a Republican. ELLA M. AUSTIN Well-known among the women of Nevada County, Ella M. Austin, the county superintendent of schools, was born near Pittsburgh, Pa., the daughter of Cyrus C. and Mary . (Steele) Bitner. Born near Connellsville, Pa., Mr. Bitner came to Eddyville, Iowa, and during the Civil War he enlisted and served in the 9th Iowa Cavalry, being commissioned captain. After the war he followed merchandising and was also the editor of a paper in Eddyville. In 1876 he came to California, locating in Spenceville, where he followed mining and dealing in mines throughout the Sierra region. He died in 1917, at the ripe old age of eighty-one years; three years later his devoted life-sompanion followed him to the Silent Land. Two children were born of their union: Ella M., now Mrs. Austin; and Mrs. Emma Anderson, of Spenceville. Mrs. Austin pursued her elementary and secondary school courses in Iowa, and later did special work as a sutdent in the University of California. She also finished a business college course in San Francisco, and received the diploma of the American School: of Home Economics at Chicago. She holds a teacher’s life diploma for the State of California. After twenty years of valuable and varied experience as a teacher in the Golden State, Mrs. Austin came before the public in 1922 as a candidate for the office -of county superintendent of schools for Nevada County. Seldom has any aspirant for office offered a platform presenting greater appeal to the voter seeking the best in educational advantages for his community. She declared for up-to-date methods and progressive ideas, and appealed for the co-operation of parents, teachers, trustees and the county Superintendent, to further the schools’ best interests. She advocated a fixed standard as a basis for granting diplomas to eighth-grade graduates of rural schools, thus deprecating any slip-shod methods and stimulating the pupil to keep in mind throughout the term what might be expected of him. That fall she was elected county superintendent of schools, taking charge of the office in January, 1923; and with the cooperation of the county supervisors, she is now Carrying out as far as possible the ideas she advanced during her candidacy. Mrs. Austin is a member of the California Teachers’ Association and the National Educational Association. In Nevada City, in 1879, Ella M. Bitner was united in Marriage with John H. Austin, an attorney-at-law; and she is the mother of two children: a son, Bert C. Austin, who is a very successful mining engineer of San Francisco; and a daughter, Hazel, the wife of R. Gordon Walker, of New York. Mrs. Austin belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star and also to the Order of Pocahontas. She is greatly interested in art, especially landscape painting, of which she is very fond; and she has some excellent specimens of her own executing. (Continued nek week) ai, a bed