January 4, 1961 (6 pages)

Serving the communities of Nevada City, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Park, Wolf, Pico gee By Sebastopol, ‘Hill, Beandy’ Flat, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Y Town T; alley, a A tog cos J ces Adee pemer Hill, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, ‘Rough and Ready, Union Peardale, Summit City, Wallou Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Gou Eye, Lime Kiln, umbia, Columbia Volume 36 No. 1 Pd 10 Cents a Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PCa ees Publish hed Weekly ‘Nevada City, Wednbaday, January 4, 1961 ROBBERY ‘FIGURES IN NEW MURDER: EMPTY PURSE FOUNDBESIDE HIGHWAY 20 a few miles east of spot where middle-aged woman was found bludgeoned to death is displayed by Sheriff's Deputy William Mullis. Purse has been main clue to woman's identity: _ NUGGET Photo by: Prentiss Studio. On Omega! Body Found Road The discovery of awoman's body on the Omega road off highway. 20 New ¥ears Day has set the sheriff's office off on another murder investigation. The woman had been bludgeoned on the front of her head, and strangled. She was discovered by chance by a group of holiday sightseers from King's Beach, Lake Tahoe, only a few hours after death. The apparent motive for the killing was robbery, as an empty purse presumably belonging to the woman was found Monday beside highway 20 near the os Lake turnoff. A scribbled address on a San Jose donut shop receipt has provided the main lead to the woman's identity, The address was that of Dr. Tom Mullis of Reno (no relation to sheriff's deputy William Mullis), Thewoman, estimated to be in her mid-fifties, was wearing a blue cotton wash dress and a strand of pearis. The body is at Bergemann's pending identification, This murder follows by two weekstheconvicttéen of Stanley William Fitzgerald for the murder of a drinking and traveling companion, ; George Bonn, in another lonely spot near Truckee. _ Weather Nevada City~ Max. 50 54 52 52 50 49 Min. 21 21 24 22 19 19 Rain 28 29 Dec; jy fan Dec¢,: 30 Pec. 31 Jan. 1, Jan. 2 Jane 3 (The following unverified report was slipped under our door by a shadowy figure this morning -ed, ) Rain to date Raiflast year. . by A.B. Humbug. South Pigeonfield, Nevada County.A brawling fightto-the-death between two angry mobs, each numbering almost ahundred men and women, last night shattered the peace and quiet of this once -thriying mining town, Not since the days of Brown Pete, the donkey -riding desperado, has a Nevada County community given way to the tule of King Mob, Grass Valley 28 BA . 30 58 fon 58 1 56 2 55 3 58 54 59 28 33 32 31 28 28 29 $0 Gate. . 6 es last year . eater Stri South Pigeonfield But lastnightthe lid popped off, and the result is a battlefield suggestive of Gettysburg. It all started with an ordimary act of thievery. Last week someone--possibly a tourist--came into South Pigeonfield and stole the last-remaining square nail ! from theruins of the county's . first nonagonalor nine-sided building. The building was ! built in 1852 by CyrusSteam , great-grandfather of Mrs. ; Opie Small of Petaluma, who is related by marriage to ' the Smedberg sisters, forGENE RICKER, newly-elected supervisor from district I, officially attended his first __meeting of the county board of supervisors yesterday. Ricker lives in Nevada City. merly of Grass Valley. The building was used in the gold kes wrote a letter to the Union deploring the constant plunder of the county's square nails, He renewed his oft? stated plea/that the town of South Pigegnfield be restored to its former glory (it once had ninety-two saloons), and he urged the county to take it over as a park, The Ynion, following its; traditional policy, ignored ’ the plea in its editorial col-.’ umns, but did place its vast mechanical and publicity resources at Hanley's command--i,e.-it printed his’: letter. Meanwhile The Nugget picked up the item and put a banner headline across. page 1; PIGEONPIELD NAIL STOLEN, Rousedby the Nugget's show of concern for the past, several membersof the Ott's Assay Association scheduled 4 giant rally, which was held at South Pigeonfield last % _ hight at8p.m. The purpose rush days for a store-room, Anyway, Emily Justice of the Nevada City Artist's Club spotted the missing nail--or the empty nail hole--on Friday asshe was setting up her easel and preparing to paint a modernistic picture of the quaint old town. When she returned to Nevada City she tipped off the sheriff's office to the loss of the nail, that, the news spread and things began to move fast. Harley C, Hanley, antiquarian from Town Talk, After~ of the rally was to drum up support for the restoration of the old town, and its creation as a park, But opposing forces were at work, A Placer County syndicate headed by George Rocklin of Loomis, had long been planning to level the site of the former town with bulldozers and set up a modem, million-dollar shopping center, which w ould presumably cater to certain new housing developments in that area. When told of the ral ly, (Continued on page 4) . NUGGET Photo by: Prentiss Studio GRASS VALLEY-FIRE MAN Del Bonivert is seen here fighting a stubborn blaze which burned-out the back room of the Hattox jewelry store and did some slight damage to Sampson's stationery store next door. The thick acrid smoke, the inaccessibility of the fire, and the dangerous .commercial location caused Grass Valley to presiere the Nevada a City firemen to come over and stand by. EDWARD C. UREN Year End Items . County Population to Go Up PG&E's 1961 market outlook predicts a gain of 100 in Nevada County's population in the coming year, an increase of one half of one per cent. 000 Koster Means Business NID Manager Ed Koster continues to push hard for the earliest possible completion of a contract with the PG&E to divert, impound, *pump and otherwise splash around the waters ofthe Bear and Yuba Rivers in order to pro_ duce power forthe PG&E and ° irrigation water and “money ‘forthe NID. He plans,to start, contract negotiations rolling now, to be all ready for the Engle, Federal Power Commission license approving the pro-. ject, expected--barring complications--in a month or two., (e, OTe) New Directors of GV Chamber * Grass Valley's chamber of Commerce board of . directors, including eight new members, was scheduled: to select anew chamber president and secretary today at: anoon lunch at Lola'sGrotto . New directors areDr. C.R. Potts, Dr. C.O. Patterson , William Esterly, Charles Paul Paye, Earl Covey, George Hutchins , and Steve Chileski, Holdover directors include Scott Barrow (retiring president), Jim Allen, Gordon Edward C. Uren Dies At 87 Former Nevada City engineer Edward C. Uren 87, died Monday morning at the county hospital. He hadbeen in failing health for about a month, and was forcedto the Poteete Replaces : Abrahamson y Montana, Alan Poteete took over as ‘acting superintendent of the Nevada City elementary school district this week following the resignation of Edward Abrahamson last Wednesday night. Poteete has been assistant principal at Nevada City Elementary School. Abrahamson's resignation came as a surprisé to many. In his letter to-the district trustees read at the speciallycalled Wednesday meeting, Abrahamson asked fora 6 month leave of absence fol! lowed by termination of his : duties. In the letter he gave the following reasons for the resignation: "My. daughter was in an automobile accident in Reno, Nevada and asa result of this accident has a crushed disc . This will necessitate many visits to specialists away from ‘the Nevada City area, possibly an operation,-and court action, Which must. by law take place in the state of Nevada. As a result this will demand a great deal of my time," The trustees met-agaip Friday night to make Poteete's interim appointment. Wright, Larry Bauer, Elton Bennetts, L.R. Farrell, Kay: Gallino, and kelva Hillier. Thelma Bond is secretary . hospital two days before Christmas, Only last May Mr. and Mrs. Uren celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. For over half a century Uren has been closely identified with major civic developments in the Nevada City area, having lived here since 1900, except z mining engineering assig ments in British Columbia, Idaho, and Nevada. Hewas born in Dutch Flat in 1873, of a pioneering> Placer County family. — During and before his 27 year tenure as City Engineer ,. Uren was closely linked with the paving of Nevada City's streets, modern-day bridge ‘construction at the Plaza, surveying of the route for the electric cars of the Nevada County Traction Co,, and the development. of Pioneer Park, Uren' igreatsuppty of maps and his accurate knowledge of' mining areas were constamtly sought out up until the time of-his death, A man of high integrity , sharp intelligence, persona! warmth and humor, he belonged for over 50 yéars to the Elks lodge here. He has taken part in many civic activities. During the last ten years he devoted much ~ time and thought and effort. to the campaign to re-route the Grass Valley-Nevada City freeway around Nevada City. Survivors include Uren’s wifelda, and a great grandnephew, Donald Uren of Utica, N.Y. ee Funeral services will be conducted by the Elks to. Morrow. (Thurs,) at 2 p.m, at Bergemiann's Funeral Chapel, Interment will follow at the family. plot in Grass Valley.

Serving the communities of Nevada City, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Park, Wolf, Pico gee By Sebastopol, ‘Hill, Beandy’ Flat, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Y Town T; alley, a A tog cos J ces Adee pemer Hill, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, ‘Rough and Ready, Union Peardale, Summit City, Wallou Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Gou Eye, Lime Kiln, umbia, Columbia Volume 36 No. 1 Pd 10 Cents a Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PCa ees Publish hed Weekly ‘Nevada City, Wednbaday, January 4, 1961 ROBBERY ‘FIGURES IN NEW MURDER: EMPTY PURSE FOUNDBESIDE HIGHWAY 20 a few miles east of spot where middle-aged woman was found bludgeoned to death is displayed by Sheriff's Deputy William Mullis. Purse has been main clue to woman's identity: _ NUGGET Photo by: Prentiss Studio. On Omega! Body Found Road The discovery of awoman's body on the Omega road off highway. 20 New ¥ears Day has set the sheriff's office off on another murder investigation. The woman had been bludgeoned on the front of her head, and strangled. She was discovered by chance by a group of holiday sightseers from King's Beach, Lake Tahoe, only a few hours after death. The apparent motive for the killing was robbery, as an empty purse presumably belonging to the woman was found Monday beside highway 20 near the os Lake turnoff. A scribbled address on a San Jose donut shop receipt has provided the main lead to the woman's identity, The address was that of Dr. Tom Mullis of Reno (no relation to sheriff's deputy William Mullis), Thewoman, estimated to be in her mid-fifties, was wearing a blue cotton wash dress and a strand of pearis. The body is at Bergemann's pending identification, This murder follows by two weekstheconvicttéen of Stanley William Fitzgerald for the murder of a drinking and traveling companion, ; George Bonn, in another lonely spot near Truckee. _ Weather Nevada City~ Max. 50 54 52 52 50 49 Min. 21 21 24 22 19 19 Rain 28 29 Dec; jy fan Dec¢,: 30 Pec. 31 Jan. 1, Jan. 2 Jane 3 (The following unverified report was slipped under our door by a shadowy figure this morning -ed, ) Rain to date Raiflast year.. . by A.B. Humbug. South Pigeonfield, Nevada County..A brawling fightto-the-death between two angry mobs, each numbering almost ahundred men and women, last night shattered the peace and quiet of this once -thriying mining town, Not since the days of Brown Pete, the donkey -riding desperado, has a Nevada County community given way to the tule of King Mob, Grass Valley 28 BA . 30 58 fon 58 1 56 2 55 3 58 54 59 28 33 32 31 28 28 29 $0 Gate. . 6 es last year . eater Stri South Pigeonfield But lastnightthe lid popped off, and the result is a battlefield suggestive of Gettysburg. It all started with an ordimary act of thievery. Last week someone--possibly a tourist--came into South Pigeonfield and stole the last-remaining square nail ! from theruins of the county's . first nonagonalor nine-sided building. The building was ! built in 1852 by CyrusSteam , great-grandfather of Mrs. ; Opie Small of Petaluma, who is related by marriage to ' the Smedberg sisters, forGENE RICKER, newly-elected supervisor from district I, officially attended his first __meeting of the county board of supervisors yesterday. Ricker lives in Nevada City. merly of Grass Valley. The building was used in the gold kes wrote a letter to the Union deploring the constant plunder of the county's square nails, He renewed his oft? stated plea/that the town of South Pigegnfield be restored to its former glory (it once had ninety-two saloons), and he urged the county to take it over as a park, The Ynion, following its; traditional policy, ignored ’ the plea in its editorial col-.’ umns, but did place its vast mechanical and publicity resources at Hanley's command--i,e.-it printed his’: letter. Meanwhile The Nugget picked up the item and put a banner headline across. page 1; PIGEONPIELD NAIL STOLEN, Rousedby the Nugget's show of concern for the past, several membersof the Ott's Assay Association scheduled 4 giant rally, which was held

at South Pigeonfield last % _ hight at8p.m. The purpose rush days for a store-room, Anyway, Emily Justice of the Nevada City Artist's Club spotted the missing nail--or the empty nail hole--on Friday asshe was setting up her easel and preparing to paint a modernistic picture of the quaint old town. When she returned to Nevada City she tipped off the sheriff's office to the loss of the nail, that, the news spread and things began to move fast. Harley C, Hanley, antiquarian from Town Talk, After~ of the rally was to drum up support for the restoration of the old town, and its creation as a park, But opposing forces were at work, A Placer County syndicate headed by George Rocklin of Loomis, had long been planning to level the site of the former town with bulldozers and set up a modem, million-dollar shopping center, which w ould presumably cater to certain new housing developments in that area. When told of the ral ly, (Continued on page 4) . NUGGET Photo by: Prentiss Studio GRASS VALLEY-FIRE MAN Del Bonivert is seen here fighting a stubborn blaze which burned-out the back room of the Hattox jewelry store and did some slight damage to Sampson's stationery store next door. The thick acrid smoke, the inaccessibility of the fire, and the dangerous .commercial location caused Grass Valley to presiere the Nevada a City firemen to come over and stand by. EDWARD C. UREN Year End Items . County Population to Go Up PG&E's 1961 market outlook predicts a gain of 100 in Nevada County's population in the coming year, an increase of one half of one per cent. 000 Koster Means Business NID Manager Ed Koster continues to push hard for the earliest possible completion of a contract with the PG&E to divert, impound, *pump and otherwise splash around the waters ofthe Bear and Yuba Rivers in order to pro_ duce power forthe PG&E and ° irrigation water and “money ‘forthe NID. He plans,to start, contract negotiations rolling now, to be all ready for the Engle, Federal Power Commission license approving the pro-. ject, expected--barring complications--in a month or two., (e, OTe) New Directors of GV Chamber * Grass Valley's chamber of Commerce board of . directors, including eight new members, was scheduled: to select anew chamber president and secretary today at: anoon lunch at Lola'sGrotto . New directors areDr. C.R. Potts, Dr. C.O. Patterson , William Esterly, Charles Paul Paye, Earl Covey, George Hutchins , and Steve Chileski, Holdover directors include Scott Barrow (retiring president), Jim Allen, Gordon Edward C. Uren Dies At 87 Former Nevada City engineer Edward C. Uren 87, died Monday morning at the county hospital. He hadbeen in failing health for about a month, and was forcedto the Poteete Replaces : Abrahamson y Montana, Alan Poteete took over as ‘acting superintendent of the Nevada City elementary school district this week following the resignation of Edward Abrahamson last Wednesday night. Poteete has been assistant principal at Nevada City Elementary School. Abrahamson's resignation came as a surprisé to many. In his letter to-the district trustees read at the speciallycalled Wednesday meeting, Abrahamson asked fora 6 month leave of absence fol! lowed by termination of his : duties. In the letter he gave the following reasons for the resignation: "My. daughter was in an automobile accident in Reno, Nevada and asa result of this accident has a crushed disc . This will necessitate many visits to specialists away from ‘the Nevada City area, possibly an operation,-and court action, Which must. by law take place in the state of Nevada. As a result this will demand a great deal of my time," The trustees met-agaip Friday night to make Poteete's interim appointment. Wright, Larry Bauer, Elton Bennetts, L.R. Farrell, Kay: Gallino, and kelva Hillier. Thelma Bond is secretary . hospital two days before Christmas, Only last May Mr. and Mrs. Uren celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. For over half a century Uren has been closely identified with major civic developments in the Nevada City area, having lived here since 1900, except z mining engineering assig ments in British Columbia, Idaho, and Nevada. Hewas born in Dutch Flat in 1873, of a pioneering> Placer County family. — During and before his 27 year tenure as City Engineer ,. Uren was closely linked with the paving of Nevada City's streets, modern-day bridge ‘construction at the Plaza, surveying of the route for the electric cars of the Nevada County Traction Co,, and the development. of Pioneer Park, Uren' igreatsuppty of maps and his accurate knowledge of' mining areas were constamtly sought out up until the time of-his death, A man of high integrity , sharp intelligence, persona! warmth and humor, he belonged for over 50 yéars to the Elks lodge here. He has taken part in many civic activities. During the last ten years he devoted much ~ time and thought and effort. to the campaign to re-route the Grass Valley-Nevada City freeway around Nevada City. Survivors include Uren’s wifelda, and a great grandnephew, Donald Uren of Utica, N.Y. ee Funeral services will be conducted by the Elks to. Morrow. (Thurs,) at 2 p.m, at Bergemiann's Funeral Chapel, Interment will follow at the family. plot in Grass Valley.