January 30, 1974 (8 pages)

4 48 Sacramento Regions of the on the Holbrooke site in Grass Valley, announced that plans were well advanced and that the architect and building engineer would soon be in town to inaugurate construction. The new hotel was to be known as the Golden Capital Hotel. Stores, an Italian Tea Garden, a , modern coffee shop and dining room and a large lobby were planned for the ground floor of the proposed large structure. The hotel was to contain 110 splendid rooms, most with private baths; a garage with space for more than 100 automobiles was also included in the general plan. Former President Woodrow Wilson died peacefully in his bed following a lengthy illness. A very simple funeral was planned to consist of church rites only, on Feb. 6, 1924. News of an important strike in the northwest drift, at the 4400 level, of North Star Mine sifted thru the mining circles of the area, and caused “universal acclaim.” An increase of two cents per gallon in the price of gasoline and engine distalates was announced in San Francisco by officers of Standard Oil of California: Average price, including the increase, would bring the price to ‘‘about 19 cents per gallon”, one company spokesman said. Fred Searls Jr., geologist and mining engineer of considerable repute and a resident of Nevada City, accepted the poast of Chief of Explorations for the U.S. Smelting Corporation. His new headquarters was to be in Salt Lake City. ~ Two transfers of mining property had been made to the tune of almost a quarter of a million dollars in the Alleghany District and the news had mining circles ‘‘buzzing”’. According to records filed in Sierra County, the mines involved were the famous Tightner claims, with the exception of Red Star location, to the Alleghany Company; and four unpatented claims to the original Sixteen-ToOne Company. Joseph A. Ducotey, widely known automobile distributor and citizen of Grass Valley, died in his Main Street home there following a two-week illness. He was born in Grass Valley on March 18, 1882 and was “‘just a bit under 42 years of age at the time of his untimely death”, according to the newspaper reports of January 1924. Mr. Ducotey had spent his entire life in the area and was prominent in a variety of civic affairs. ‘His is a loss we must bear, his is a loss none can repair” stated the lengthy. obituary published in local papers. Governor candidate to speak in Auburn Hal Jindrich, Libertarian candidate for governor of California, will be the guest. speaker Feb. 1 at a dinner meeting. of the Auburn and 3140 Arden Way. Jindrich was a chapter leader for Young. Republicans from 1965 to 1968 and has organized courses, lectures and social gatherings dealing with Libertarianism, psychology and vital social issues. He has a master’s degree in psychology and engineering and has worked for the past five Libertarian party. ‘ Dinner will be served at 6:30 p:m. at Sambo’s Restaurant, . years in systems engineering . with Lockheed. ., ' “Tn essence, I believe that the . fundamental, root problem with the world is the facts and . fallacies about big, coercive, , bureaucratic government,” he Rotate, inflate oem further information and Inspect . contact Richard Ebeling of ‘ Sacramento or Richard Harmon All 5 Tires for $1.88 , Of Alta. RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA . TIRE CO. ING. NEVADA CITY CRAZY HORSE SALOON Presents ‘\. "Tom & Dink” Show % }} " Every Fri. & Sat. Nite Zea, DANCING BEHIND SPD 265-4642 Pax t Budwermen. ter » 265-4 RP “COCKTAILS OPEN 5 P.M. AA re O.R. Lee, head of a company undertaking the hotel replacement RE RSS é < ee ea ae ee Be ee ee ee eee COV YF ES PSN iit bo ke v eee eo Be 8 OR Ee ee SHPCRH ET SEERA HE Et HOBART EARP, the cousin of the famous lawman Wyatt Earp, holds a matched pair of Colt 45 caliber revolvers which were presented to him by a gun manufacturing firm. Earp was the world's champion fast-draw in 1962 and has presented fast-draw exhibitions throughout the country. He is wearing a vest made by his wife ann and appears in the Helldorado Days celebration in Tombstone, Arizona each year. He has also appeared in numerous television shows and movies and has entertained thousands of spectators in the convention center in Las Vegas on behalf of the Sahara Hotel. : Fastest gun in county Less than 100 years ago Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp walked down the main street of Tombstone, Arizona to face an outlaw gang in a shoot-out that later became known as the gunfight at the OK Corral. Doc Holliday fought along side the Earp brothers and cut one bandit down with a blast from a sawed-off shotgun. Virgil and Morgan suffered minor wounds and Wyatt left the scene with a bullet hole through the tail of his frock coat. All of the outlaws had been killed with the exception of one who left the country. The history of western gun battles and the exploits of the Earp brothers in Arizona fascinate Hobart Earp, a Penn Valley resident and cousin of Wyatt, Hobart: Earp’s great great grandfather was.a brother of Wyatt Earp’s father. Always interested in the history of his family, Hobart ‘also became interested in the techniques the gunfighters used in the old west. In 1952, while working as the head flight controller at the Ontario International Airport in Southern California, Hobart met aman who at that time was the fastest draw with a six-gun in the country. The two men ‘practiced together on fast— drawing with revolvers and formed the first fast-draw club in the country, ‘‘The Judge Colt Fast Draw Club.” Hobart became fast enough with a gun to finish in the nationals from 1961 to 1964. He won the world’s championship in Las Vegas in 1962 out of a field of nearly 300 competitors. In: the 1950s, however, organizers of Helldorado Days in Tombstone learned of Hobart Earp’s fast-draw club and sent him a letter asking him to take part in western skits in the town which recreated gun battles of the past. Hobart agreed and, in the mid1950’s,. traveled to Tombstone where he played the part of his famous relative Wyatt in 14 separate skits over a three day period. Hobart now travels to Tombstone each October to take part in the Helldorado Days celebration. Hobart also appeared in movies and. portrayed a marshall in El Dorado, a film starring. John Wayne. Presently Hobart is working as’a gold and silversmith in his home in Penn Valley where he lives with his wife Ann, who he met in Grass Valley in 1968. A few weeks ago Hobart gave a. fast-draw_ demonstration to Nevada Union High School students and, in the spring, he ‘gave a demonstration at the Penn Valley Rodeo. He pulls his Colt 45 caliber revolvers out of his holsters in a flash of speed that proves, even though he has given up competition, he is the fastest gun in Nevada county.

4 48 Sacramento Regions of the on the Holbrooke site in Grass Valley, announced that plans were well advanced and that the architect and building engineer would soon be in town to inaugurate construction. The new hotel was to be known as the Golden Capital Hotel. Stores, an Italian Tea Garden, a , modern coffee shop and dining room and a large lobby were planned for the ground floor of the proposed large structure. The hotel was to contain 110 splendid rooms, most with private baths; a garage with space for more than 100 automobiles was also included in the general plan. Former President Woodrow Wilson died peacefully in his bed following a lengthy illness. A very simple funeral was planned to consist of church rites only, on Feb. 6, 1924. News of an important strike in the northwest drift, at the 4400 level, of North Star Mine sifted thru the mining circles of the area, and caused “universal acclaim.” An increase of two cents per gallon in the price of gasoline and engine distalates was announced in San Francisco by officers of Standard Oil of California: Average price, including the increase, would bring the price to ‘‘about 19 cents per gallon”, one company spokesman said. Fred Searls Jr., geologist and mining engineer of considerable repute and a resident of Nevada City, accepted the poast of Chief of Explorations for the U.S. Smelting Corporation. His new headquarters was to be in Salt Lake City. ~ Two transfers of mining property had been made to the tune of almost a quarter of a million dollars in the Alleghany District and the news had mining circles ‘‘buzzing”’. According to records filed in Sierra County, the mines involved were the famous Tightner claims, with the exception of Red Star location, to the Alleghany Company; and four unpatented claims to the original Sixteen-ToOne Company. Joseph A. Ducotey, widely known automobile distributor and citizen of Grass Valley, died in his Main Street home there following a two-week illness. He was born in Grass Valley on March 18, 1882 and was “‘just a bit under 42 years of age at the time of his untimely death”, according to the newspaper reports of January 1924. Mr. Ducotey had spent his entire life in the area and was prominent in a variety of civic affairs. ‘His is a loss we must bear, his is a loss none can repair” stated the lengthy. obituary published in local papers. Governor candidate to speak in Auburn Hal Jindrich, Libertarian candidate for governor of California, will be the guest. speaker Feb. 1 at a dinner meeting. of the Auburn and 3140 Arden Way. Jindrich was a chapter leader for Young. Republicans from 1965 to 1968 and has organized courses, lectures and social gatherings dealing with Libertarianism, psychology and vital social issues. He has a master’s degree in psychology and engineering and has worked for the past five Libertarian party. ‘ Dinner will be served at 6:30 p:m. at Sambo’s Restaurant, . years in systems engineering . with Lockheed. ., ' “Tn essence, I believe that the . fundamental, root problem with the world is the facts and . fallacies about big, coercive, , bureaucratic government,” he Rotate, inflate oem further information and Inspect . contact Richard Ebeling of ‘ Sacramento or Richard Harmon All 5 Tires for $1.88 , Of Alta. RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA . TIRE CO. ING. NEVADA CITY CRAZY HORSE SALOON Presents ‘\. "Tom & Dink” Show % }} " Every Fri. & Sat. Nite Zea, DANCING BEHIND SPD 265-4642 Pax t Budwermen. ter » 265-4 RP “COCKTAILS OPEN 5 P.M. AA re O.R. Lee, head of a company undertaking the hotel replacement RE RSS é < ee ea ae ee Be ee ee ee eee COV YF ES PSN iit bo ke v eee eo Be 8 OR Ee ee

SHPCRH ET SEERA HE Et HOBART EARP, the cousin of the famous lawman Wyatt Earp, holds a matched pair of Colt 45 caliber revolvers which were presented to him by a gun manufacturing firm. Earp was the world's champion fast-draw in 1962 and has presented fast-draw exhibitions throughout the country. He is wearing a vest made by his wife ann and appears in the Helldorado Days celebration in Tombstone, Arizona each year. He has also appeared in numerous television shows and movies and has entertained thousands of spectators in the convention center in Las Vegas on behalf of the Sahara Hotel. : Fastest gun in county Less than 100 years ago Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp walked down the main street of Tombstone, Arizona to face an outlaw gang in a shoot-out that later became known as the gunfight at the OK Corral. Doc Holliday fought along side the Earp brothers and cut one bandit down with a blast from a sawed-off shotgun. Virgil and Morgan suffered minor wounds and Wyatt left the scene with a bullet hole through the tail of his frock coat. All of the outlaws had been killed with the exception of one who left the country. The history of western gun battles and the exploits of the Earp brothers in Arizona fascinate Hobart Earp, a Penn Valley resident and cousin of Wyatt, Hobart: Earp’s great great grandfather was.a brother of Wyatt Earp’s father. Always interested in the history of his family, Hobart ‘also became interested in the techniques the gunfighters used in the old west. In 1952, while working as the head flight controller at the Ontario International Airport in Southern California, Hobart met aman who at that time was the fastest draw with a six-gun in the country. The two men ‘practiced together on fast— drawing with revolvers and formed the first fast-draw club in the country, ‘‘The Judge Colt Fast Draw Club.” Hobart became fast enough with a gun to finish in the nationals from 1961 to 1964. He won the world’s championship in Las Vegas in 1962 out of a field of nearly 300 competitors. In: the 1950s, however, organizers of Helldorado Days in Tombstone learned of Hobart Earp’s fast-draw club and sent him a letter asking him to take part in western skits in the town which recreated gun battles of the past. Hobart agreed and, in the mid1950’s,. traveled to Tombstone where he played the part of his famous relative Wyatt in 14 separate skits over a three day period. Hobart now travels to Tombstone each October to take part in the Helldorado Days celebration. Hobart also appeared in movies and. portrayed a marshall in El Dorado, a film starring. John Wayne. Presently Hobart is working as’a gold and silversmith in his home in Penn Valley where he lives with his wife Ann, who he met in Grass Valley in 1968. A few weeks ago Hobart gave a. fast-draw_ demonstration to Nevada Union High School students and, in the spring, he ‘gave a demonstration at the Penn Valley Rodeo. He pulls his Colt 45 caliber revolvers out of his holsters in a flash of speed that proves, even though he has given up competition, he is the fastest gun in Nevada county.