July 16, 1975 (8 pages)

California Country "Kristi Ottoman’ BAD LUCK Maybe they are just old square-riggers’ superstitions — to never change a ship's name and to never set sail on Sunday. But the Persian Monarch, rechristened the May Flint, was asking for on September 2, 1900, a Sunday, and headed for San Francisco. It was on the eve of state Admission Day when the May Flint reached the Golden Gate. There were no tugs to greet her so Captain Woodside decided to float into the harbor under full sail. As they sailed toward the southern end of the bay, there were no tugs to meet them. They were they discovered why all busy with the barely made steerage-way as she crossed the bow of the warship Towa. Just then the wake from a steamer washed against the May Flint and although two sailors tackled the wheel they could not control the heavy bark. The wind had died completely and the ship was at the mercy of the tide which swept her slowly into the battering ram of the Iowa. . The force of the blow swung her around and she bounced down the side of the Iowa and into the Vidette, anchored astern. The spars on both ships came crashing down on deck and the seams of the Vidette split, but she managed to stay afloat. The May Flint was . not so lucky. Her 25 crewmen scrambled aboard the decks of the . Vidette as the May Flint went under, right in the glare of fireworks and searchlights and before the gaze of hundreds of spectators. The spectacular, if unscheduled, show was the high point of the night CHP safety tips ‘Many horse riders are taking advantage of the summer weather and using roads in the western Nevada «county areas. served violation is riding on This creates somewhat of a the side of the road. road hazard and the California Ride on the t side. Section 21759 of the vehicle code states, ‘‘The driver of any Highway Patrol has supplied the following information 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., July 16, 1975 _ the eight supreme court justices, pointments _ George began ' Grolier and Pat were both right. devoted to the legal vehicle approaching any horse requirements of the drawn vehicle, any ridden and drivers of animal or any livestock shall motor vehicles. exercise proper control of his Section 21050 of the vehicle —_ vehicle and shall reduce speed code states “every person or stop as may appear riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle, etc. NEVADA COUNTT NUGGET GS9SP : Telephone. 265-2559. PUBLISHED EVERY ' Second class postage California. Adjudicated a legal” newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. . Decree No. 12,406. Basically, this means riders ; ' responsibility paid at Nevada City, violation of the law and would . easily result in serious injury or death of horse and-mr rider. ' Sales, use tax ' receipts received necessary or as may be signalled or otherwise requested by any person driving, riding or in charge of the animal or livestock in -order to'avoid frightening and to safeguard the animal of livestock and to insure the. 301 Broad Street safety of any person driving or Nevada City, Ca. ye bs og or in charge In plain language, any driver of a motor vehicle a horse has the legal to avoid WEDNESDAY BY . frightening the rider and NEVADA COUNTY [. D™Be PUBLISHING CO. — [. received in the Grass Valley office_of drivers purposely horses. This is a clear Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two. Years. $5.00 : $72,458.76 for Nevada county ; during the month of June. . . Giass Valiey benefitea with . $34,432.00 and Nevada City’s share amounted to $10,546.76 A a Rough Spent all of my free time last Sunday trying to find the answer to Pat Jones’ puzzler about what whose apwere rejected by congress, had in common. The sources of information available around here were obviously not up to the job. * They drew almost a blank. nominated by President to Grolier he career in 1756 ‘‘—, and in 1795 became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He lost his mind the next year and never again held public office.” Another John gon ena source says he was ‘‘given the oath of office in 1795” at the age of 55-years. It also says he was rejected in 1795 at the age of 56-years having served “0” years. He died in 1800. So as usual Alexander Wolcott-Madison 1811, George Woodward Polk 1846, Wheeler PeckhamCleveland 1894, and John Parker Hoover 1930 were not even mentioned as nominees in anything I have. This includes two sets of encyclopedias, a couple of dicitonaries, an almanac, and numerous supposedly good American histories. John Spencer served his country and President Tyler as Secretary of War, 1841, and Secretary of Treasury, 1843; no other mention of him. Jeremiah Black served his country under Buchanan as attorney general, 1857, and Secretary of State, 1960. Again I can find no mention of nomination or rejection. In 1869 Ebenezer Hoar served as attorney general for President Grant. He was replaced by Amos Ackerman in_ 1870, the date given for his nomination to the supreme court. No verification of this or of his rejection. Black and Hoar have attorney general ‘‘in common”. There was so much ‘‘corruption”’ in and R By Fay. Dunbar Grant’s administration that Hoar could have easily been on several blacklists but Spencer and Black seem such admirable g . Has there been eight ‘‘Watergates”’ in our past or could all of these gen! have lost their minds in their later years? Help!!Where can we “_dig into history” as Pat suggest and see “why each was turned down.” Even the biggest giants start small. We all know some of the history of the telephone giant and its humble beginnings, Our neighbors. the Jack Bixlers helped it grow in Rough and Ready Township. The original contract was written in 1912 between PT&T of Grass Valley and 15 Farmer Line subscribers named the IXL Company. They had one circuit called Line 5. Over the years at least four other circuits were added Line 22, Line 2, Line 11, and Line 17. Frank Abbott of Line 22 and William Bursell of Line 2 are the only names mentioned in the records the Bixlers had available for these lines. Provisions of the contract were,simple. They provided that PT&T would furnish switchboard and circuit to town limits for not less than five subscribers per circuit, central office service, listing in directory and code ring card. With 15 subscribers ‘they would certainly need ring arrangements. Can you imagine being subscriber 15 and having to wait while the telephone rang 15 times to know if you should answer. ‘ By this contract the subscriber was to furnish: circuit to town limit, complete telephone and battery, sub-station protection and maintenance of above. Business was to be double rate. The town limit was at a point on Ridge Road. PT&T was to provide service for toll and switching for $3.60 per subscriber per year. At least in 1913 telephone calls were billed to IXL. They kept records of collection from users. PT&T didn’t seem to have much trouble with its end of the service. Everyone needed a telephone so building the lines wasn’t too difficult. But can you imagine how difficult it was to get busy farmers to maintain their lines over the years. One circuit called Line 22 Randolph Flatsold its wires to Line 5 after a few years for $1. Line 5 had to be maintained from here to some. way. to include a few’ Mountain Carolyn went oe eady News -s ¢ se eee he 1922 at the old Penn Valley Hall gone now Line 5 were so with the Line 22 group that they gave them a deadline and directed William Fippin, secretary, to carry through personally. They were to immediately pay their $50 assessment or remove their wires from IXL poles. Obviously Line '22 paid the $50 at this time because on Feb. 27, 1927 it was decided to assess each right at $3 and Line 22 were to pay half. Assessments were often payable in work at $3 a day. Line 5 had so many problems of its own that their records make very little mention of other lines of the Company. Subscribers varied very little. Their lists are Rough and Ready Township history. It was so difficult to make connections between the Lines-haven’t found out why-that . the usual method was to call the closest neighbor on your line and have them signal the neighbor on the other line to take up his receiver. It was better than no telephone. On Jan. 4, 1927, it was determined necessary to cut Line 5; it had trouble with Rings. It was decided to cut at Indian and sell to the Churches the line beyond at a “reasonable price”. The original subscribers on Line 5, in order of rings, were Guy Robinson, H.B. Skewes, John Casey, Jesse Ennor, Lee Mason, J.H. Nile, J.C. Grant, Frank Ennor, A.N. Martell, Hy Walters, Gus Segestrand, William Fippin, Gassoway Bros., N.B. Church, and Swan Segestrand. New members were accepted by a vote of the membership and payment of admission fees. This fee was set in the bylaws at $60. It apparently varied. Seemed to be based on condition of lines to property and investment in company by other members. Aurora Mining Co. per H.B. Skewes indicated when signing bylaws they would not sell their rights for less than $100. Mrs. Irma Dikeman bought in for $50. She was leasing property to others. Malcolm Hammill .was permitted to use her rights’on March 18, 1940, with rights to revert back to company. He was “‘to rebuild and repair the line from the Dikeman place to the main line at Casey’s Corners and help repair the line when and where needed and abide by all the bylaws of the company.” Church rights were transferred to ELL. Bixler on July 8, 1943 for $25. The membership fascinates me. Over the years it includes J.H. Gleason, Ralph Winslow, Frank Fippin, R.L. Capps, Harold Ennor, Joe Grande, George Briggs, Wade Brown, Thomas Casey, R. Tisher, Ed Walters, Fred Fippin, Clifford Crandell and Effie Fippin (Mrs. Fred Fippin). Two of my immediate neighbors the Dan Morrisons and the Manuel Franks were on Line 2. These old records are definitely part of Rough and Ready Township history and may help me clear up some very indefinite dates concerning people who lived here. R&R. Rough and Ready Fire Auxiliary is scheduling another trip to Nevada. There will be a bus Saturday at 3 p.m. They expect to return at 2 a.m. The ladies hope some of the husbands can make it. Make reservations with the Country Store. Net cost, besides your gambling losses, R&R Democrats of the area can ‘Go Hawaiian’ on Aug. 10 at Pioneer Park. The Nevada County Democratic Central Committee is having their annual luau. Senator Collier will speak; isor Eric Rood will do the introductions. bit and live entertainment will ‘go Hawaiian’, —-R&R— The summer visiting-of-grandchildren-time is here. This is fun for everyone and I don’t have much space left. Helen Beatie had her grandson Kenneth Olsen for a whole week just before Secession Day. His mother Karen and sister Christine came for the big day. , —R&R— The Walter sisters, Anna, Barbara, and have all had their week at camp at Wolf eeeseeel” “ges along ita route, In .mpeeting of Feb. 21," Barhapa took. the hiext week: Lots of fan:

California Country "Kristi Ottoman’ BAD LUCK Maybe they are just old square-riggers’ superstitions — to never change a ship's name and to never set sail on Sunday. But the Persian Monarch, rechristened the May Flint, was asking for on September 2, 1900, a Sunday, and headed for San Francisco. It was on the eve of state Admission Day when the May Flint reached the Golden Gate. There were no tugs to greet her so Captain Woodside decided to float into the harbor under full sail. As they sailed toward the southern end of the bay, there were no tugs to meet them. They were they discovered why all busy with the barely made steerage-way as she crossed the bow of the warship Towa. Just then the wake from a steamer washed against the May Flint and although two sailors tackled the wheel they could not control the heavy bark. The wind had died completely and the ship was at the mercy of the tide which swept her slowly into the battering ram of the Iowa. . The force of the blow swung her around and she bounced down the side of the Iowa and into the Vidette, anchored astern. The spars on both ships came crashing down on deck and the seams of the Vidette split, but she managed to stay afloat. The May Flint was . not so lucky. Her 25 crewmen scrambled aboard the decks of the . Vidette as the May Flint went under, right in the glare of fireworks and searchlights and before the gaze of hundreds of spectators. The spectacular, if unscheduled, show was the high point of the night CHP safety tips ‘Many horse riders are taking advantage of the summer weather and using roads in the western Nevada «county areas. served violation is riding on This creates somewhat of a the side of the road. road hazard and the California Ride on the t side. Section 21759 of the vehicle code states, ‘‘The driver of any Highway Patrol has supplied the following information 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., July 16, 1975 _ the eight supreme court justices, pointments _ George began ' Grolier and Pat were both right. devoted to the legal vehicle approaching any horse requirements of the drawn vehicle, any ridden and drivers of animal or any livestock shall motor vehicles. exercise proper control of his Section 21050 of the vehicle —_ vehicle and shall reduce speed code states “every person or stop as may appear riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle, etc. NEVADA COUNTT NUGGET GS9SP : Telephone. 265-2559. PUBLISHED EVERY ' Second class postage California. Adjudicated a legal” newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. . Decree No. 12,406. Basically, this means riders ; ' responsibility paid at Nevada City, violation of the law and would . easily result in serious injury or death of horse and-mr rider. ' Sales, use tax ' receipts received necessary or as may be signalled or otherwise requested by any person driving, riding or in charge of the animal or livestock in -order to'avoid frightening and to safeguard the animal of livestock and to insure the. 301 Broad Street safety of any person driving or Nevada City, Ca. ye bs og or in charge In plain language, any driver of a motor vehicle a horse has the legal to avoid WEDNESDAY BY . frightening the rider and NEVADA COUNTY [. D™Be PUBLISHING CO. — [. received in the Grass Valley office_of drivers purposely horses. This is a clear Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two. Years.. $5.00 : $72,458.76 for Nevada county ; during the month of June. . . Giass Valiey benefitea with . $34,432.00 and Nevada City’s share amounted to $10,546.76 A a Rough Spent all of my free time last Sunday trying to find the answer to Pat Jones’ puzzler about what whose apwere rejected by congress, had in common. The sources of information available around here were obviously not up to the job. * They drew almost a blank. nominated by President to Grolier he career in 1756 ‘‘—, and in 1795 became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He lost his mind the next year and never again held public office.” Another John gon ena source says he was ‘‘given the oath of office in 1795” at the age of 55-years. It also says he was rejected in 1795 at the age of 56-years having served “0” years. He died in 1800. So as usual Alexander Wolcott-Madison 1811, George Woodward Polk 1846, Wheeler PeckhamCleveland 1894, and John Parker Hoover 1930 were not even mentioned as nominees in anything I have. This includes two sets of encyclopedias, a couple of dicitonaries, an almanac, and numerous supposedly good American histories. John Spencer served his country and President Tyler as Secretary of War, 1841, and Secretary of Treasury, 1843; no other mention of him. Jeremiah Black served his country under Buchanan as attorney general, 1857, and Secretary of State, 1960. Again I can find no mention of nomination or rejection. In 1869 Ebenezer Hoar served as attorney general for President Grant. He was replaced by Amos Ackerman in_ 1870, the date given for his nomination to the supreme court. No

verification of this or of his rejection. Black and Hoar have attorney general ‘‘in common”. There was so much ‘‘corruption”’ in and R By Fay. Dunbar Grant’s administration that Hoar could have easily been on several blacklists but Spencer and Black seem such admirable g . Has there been eight ‘‘Watergates”’ in our past or could all of these gen! have lost their minds in their later years? Help!!Where can we “_dig into history” as Pat suggest and see “why each was turned down.” Even the biggest giants start small. We all know some of the history of the telephone giant and its humble beginnings, Our neighbors. the Jack Bixlers helped it grow in Rough and Ready Township. The original contract was written in 1912 between PT&T of Grass Valley and 15 Farmer Line subscribers named the IXL Company. They had one circuit called Line 5. Over the years at least four other circuits were added Line 22, Line 2, Line 11, and Line 17. Frank Abbott of Line 22 and William Bursell of Line 2 are the only names mentioned in the records the Bixlers had available for these lines. Provisions of the contract were,simple. They provided that PT&T would furnish switchboard and circuit to town limits for not less than five subscribers per circuit, central office service, listing in directory and code ring card. With 15 subscribers ‘they would certainly need ring arrangements. Can you imagine being subscriber 15 and having to wait while the telephone rang 15 times to know if you should answer. ‘ By this contract the subscriber was to furnish: circuit to town limit, complete telephone and battery, sub-station protection and maintenance of above. Business was to be double rate. The town limit was at a point on Ridge Road. PT&T was to provide service for toll and switching for $3.60 per subscriber per year. At least in 1913 telephone calls were billed to IXL. They kept records of collection from users. PT&T didn’t seem to have much trouble with its end of the service. Everyone needed a telephone so building the lines wasn’t too difficult. But can you imagine how difficult it was to get busy farmers to maintain their lines over the years. One circuit called Line 22 Randolph Flatsold its wires to Line 5 after a few years for $1. Line 5 had to be maintained from here to some. way. to include a few’ Mountain Carolyn went oe eady News -s ¢ se eee he 1922 at the old Penn Valley Hall gone now Line 5 were so with the Line 22 group that they gave them a deadline and directed William Fippin, secretary, to carry through personally. They were to immediately pay their $50 assessment or remove their wires from IXL poles. Obviously Line '22 paid the $50 at this time because on Feb. 27, 1927 it was decided to assess each right at $3 and Line 22 were to pay half. Assessments were often payable in work at $3 a day. Line 5 had so many problems of its own that their records make very little mention of other lines of the Company. Subscribers varied very little. Their lists are Rough and Ready Township history. It was so difficult to make connections between the Lines-haven’t found out why-that . the usual method was to call the closest neighbor on your line and have them signal the neighbor on the other line to take up his receiver. It was better than no telephone. On Jan. 4, 1927, it was determined necessary to cut Line 5; it had trouble with Rings. It was decided to cut at Indian and sell to the Churches the line beyond at a “reasonable price”. The original subscribers on Line 5, in order of rings, were Guy Robinson, H.B. Skewes, John Casey, Jesse Ennor, Lee Mason, J.H. Nile, J.C. Grant, Frank Ennor, A.N. Martell, Hy Walters, Gus Segestrand, William Fippin, Gassoway Bros., N.B. Church, and Swan Segestrand. New members were accepted by a vote of the membership and payment of admission fees. This fee was set in the bylaws at $60. It apparently varied. Seemed to be based on condition of lines to property and investment in company by other members. Aurora Mining Co. per H.B. Skewes indicated when signing bylaws they would not sell their rights for less than $100. Mrs. Irma Dikeman bought in for $50. She was leasing property to others. Malcolm Hammill .was permitted to use her rights’on March 18, 1940, with rights to revert back to company. He was “‘to rebuild and repair the line from the Dikeman place to the main line at Casey’s Corners and help repair the line when and where needed and abide by all the bylaws of the company.” Church rights were transferred to ELL. Bixler on July 8, 1943 for $25. The membership fascinates me. Over the years it includes J.H. Gleason, Ralph Winslow, Frank Fippin, R.L. Capps, Harold Ennor, Joe Grande, George Briggs, Wade Brown, Thomas Casey, R. Tisher, Ed Walters, Fred Fippin, Clifford Crandell and Effie Fippin (Mrs. Fred Fippin). Two of my immediate neighbors the Dan Morrisons and the Manuel Franks were on Line 2. These old records are definitely part of Rough and Ready Township history and may help me clear up some very indefinite dates concerning people who lived here. R&R. Rough and Ready Fire Auxiliary is scheduling another trip to Nevada. There will be a bus Saturday at 3 p.m. They expect to return at 2 a.m. The ladies hope some of the husbands can make it. Make reservations with the Country Store. Net cost, besides your gambling losses, R&R Democrats of the area can ‘Go Hawaiian’ on Aug. 10 at Pioneer Park. The Nevada County Democratic Central Committee is having their annual luau. Senator Collier will speak; isor Eric Rood will do the introductions. bit and live entertainment will ‘go Hawaiian’, —-R&R— The summer visiting-of-grandchildren-time is here. This is fun for everyone and I don’t have much space left. Helen Beatie had her grandson Kenneth Olsen for a whole week just before Secession Day. His mother Karen and sister Christine came for the big day. , —R&R— The Walter sisters, Anna, Barbara, and have all had their week at camp at Wolf eeeseeel” “ges along ita route, In .mpeeting of Feb. 21," Barhapa took. the hiext week: Lots of fan: