May 26, 1971 (8 pages)

Ciara alr a Het ine RT ly Sek Gay ray Sat SY it vad (SA eA CACHE Cee ok AAT EG CORY CEP Seer iar aa bla Big Sa eter ey Ba i oa . PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16/72 . f GAL. ST, LIBRARY : “ gae@TO. CAL. 95814 Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, _ French Corral, : Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill,. Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, : ‘ NUMBER 19 VOLUME 49 °10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1971 Hydraulic mining to return. aT St. gasy a on June 13 at Malakoff . Hydraulic mining will return to. Nevada county after an absence of 87 years when the annual North Bloomfield. homecoming is held June 13 in the Malakoff Diggin's Historic State Park, : Mighty Monitors of the Malakoff is the theme of the celebration. A demonstration of the type of mining banished from the Malakoff by the famous antidebris decision of 1884 will be a feature of the: fifth annual homecoming celebration, “Live and Let Live, Save Hyome Mining” read posters in the state capitol, They are reproductions of the original slogan which hangs in the museum in the state park. Miners, who blasted millions of: gallons of water against towering gravel banks to. wrest $3.5 million in gold flakes and nuggets, coined the slogan when they fought against legislation which eventually sounded the death knell to hydraulic mining, The anti-debris legislation ended dumping mining debris into streams. emptying into the Sacramento valley. . The posters are teaser invitations to today's generation to view a demonstration of a way of mining that was, "Bring the family--stay all day. See a giant monitor in operation--horsemanship and racing--picnicking and gamboling on the greensward-food and tefreshments--a grand parade and great oratory-movies,. . .band concert. barbershop quartet. . .gems and minerals on display," says state park officials and the park's citizens’ advisory committee, . Superior Court Judge Harold Mobley, 2. < retired: dean of “Wolters will be master of ceremonies at the recognition and awards program slated for the afternoon in the park's amphitheater, Dr, Al Schumate of San Francisco, past president of theCalifornia Historical Society and of the Conference of Historical Societies, will be keynote speaker, Assemblyman Gene Chappie will hand out awards to winners of .the pony express relay race, ’ Teams from the Nevada CounTHE OLD RANGER of Malakoff State Park, Charley Gaus, is in' Miners Hospital recuperating ty Horsemen's Association and San Juan Ridge Riders will cover five miles: of steep terrain over the Relief Hill grade in the relay race which will terminate at the China Garden in North Bloomfield. The Nevada County Horsemen will hold a gymkhana in the China Garden, : Representatives . of the University of Nevada will participate in events and present a check for the restoration of the McKillican and Mobley . Store, It is the university's way of saying “thank you". to Dean women at the university, . Miss Mobley, who spent her girlhcod in North Bloomfield, often said it*was her wish to see her father's general store restored, She recalleda cracker barrel being an integral part of that operation, Her friends at the university have launched "a cracker barrel fund" to make the retired dean's dream come true, State. Park officials and the citizens' committee are arranging the program. ee from a broken leg. More than 105 children and their teachers from Mt. Diablo Unified School District visited their friend last week. "Charley" greeted them from a wheel chair in the hospital parking lot.’ The 93-year old native and lifetime resident of North Bloomfield has shared his knowledge of history, hydraulic mining and gold panning with more than 1,600 students of the Contra Costa county school district in the past three years, The old ranger, who has never missed North Bloomfield homecoming, claims he will be there again come the celebration slated for June 13, Children in the picture are: Mike Schibler, Jody Shepherd, Steven Watilda .,Jane. Walton and. Lenita Wikle. (Union Photo) lights Grass Valley's City Council decided ina 3-2 vote Monday to install gas lights on Mill Street in keeping with the historical plan for the street, Representatives of the downtown merchants told the council that they would prefer the gas lights, They. said that they have been in use in Folsom and Carmel among other communities and have greatly enie towns, It is felt by . these nierchants' that the lights. will increase foot traffic on Mil! Street, a It was pointed out that the gas lights will not provide as much light as electric and that could create’ a security problem, Mayor Brust pointed out, however, that until ten years ago there were only three lights on Mill Street and there was no Farmhouse S destroyed by fire Fire leveled the Willow Brook Farmhouse across from the Tack Room on Highway 2 at about 7 Thursday night. The one story frame structure rived, Chief Ron Frisch said, High winds hampered fire fightto surrounding trees, Boise Cascade Development Company dispatchedits Lake the scene and a local resident also sent a 3,000 gallon pumper to aid. The house was destroyed despite the concentrated efforts to save it, Chief Frisch said the house was vacant and reportedly has been sold to a bay area man, Dollar damage is not yet available, ) , The California Division of May 25 80 44 Forestry is aiding in the investigation to determine the . cause of the. fire, OKed » was totally involved when the . Penn Valley volunteers ar. ing activities and flames spread — Wildwood truck -and tanker to . more crime, He also said that the population in Grass Valley, unlike other communities, has not risen in that period of time. Councilman Brooks said that he favored the lights even though . they will cost about twice as much to operate as the electric lights would, While the gas. lights will cost more fo install, also; he noted that with the EDA grant the city is app for, ered by the grant, The gas lights for the street will require 26 poles as compared to the 13 that would be needed for electric lighting. Total cost. for the gas light installation will be $9,776 compared to $2,600 for. electric lights. The cost of operating electric lights for a year would be $600.60 and the cost for the gas lights will be $1,375.92. -The lights will be installed curing the project on Mill street to underground power lines and upgrade the water and sewage lines, It is ‘estimated that the project will take from three to four months to complete after starting. The council also began discussing the 1971-72 budget for the city. . Nevadaj County . Raintall Gauge: NEVADA CITY Max, Min. R, May 19 71 36 .00 May 20 72 41 .00 May 21 72 37 .00 May 22 59 35 .00 May 23 14 39 .00 May 24 17 40 .00 .00 Rain to date 53.97 58,03 Rain last year

Ciara alr a Het ine RT ly Sek Gay ray Sat SY it vad (SA eA CACHE Cee ok AAT EG CORY CEP Seer iar aa bla Big Sa eter ey Ba i oa . PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16/72 . f GAL. ST, LIBRARY : “ gae@TO. CAL. 95814 Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, _ French Corral, : Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill,. Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, : ‘ NUMBER 19 VOLUME 49 °10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1971 Hydraulic mining to return. aT St. gasy a on June 13 at Malakoff . Hydraulic mining will return to. Nevada county after an absence of 87 years when the annual North Bloomfield. homecoming is held June 13 in the Malakoff Diggin's Historic State Park, : Mighty Monitors of the Malakoff is the theme of the celebration. A demonstration of the type of mining banished from the Malakoff by the famous antidebris decision of 1884 will be a feature of the: fifth annual homecoming celebration, “Live and Let Live, Save Hyome Mining” read posters in the state capitol, They are reproductions of the original slogan which hangs in the museum in the state park. Miners, who blasted millions of: gallons of water against towering gravel banks to. wrest $3.5 million in gold flakes and nuggets, coined the slogan when they fought against legislation which eventually sounded the death knell to hydraulic mining, The anti-debris legislation ended dumping mining debris into streams. emptying into the Sacramento valley. . The posters are teaser invitations to today's generation to view a demonstration of a way of mining that was, "Bring the family--stay all day. See a giant monitor in operation--horsemanship and racing--picnicking and gamboling on the greensward-food and tefreshments--a grand parade and great oratory-movies,. . .band concert.. barbershop quartet. . .gems and minerals on display," says state park officials and the park's citizens’ advisory committee, . Superior Court Judge Harold Mobley, 2. < retired: dean of “Wolters will be master of ceremonies at the recognition and awards program slated for the afternoon in the park's amphitheater, Dr, Al Schumate of San Francisco, past president of theCalifornia Historical Society and of the Conference of Historical Societies, will be keynote speaker, Assemblyman Gene Chappie will hand out awards to winners of .the pony express relay race, ’ Teams from the Nevada CounTHE OLD RANGER of Malakoff State Park, Charley Gaus, is in' Miners Hospital recuperating ty Horsemen's Association and San Juan Ridge Riders will cover five miles: of steep terrain over the Relief Hill grade in the relay race which will terminate at the China Garden in North Bloomfield. The Nevada County Horsemen will hold a gymkhana in the China Garden, : Representatives . of the University of Nevada will participate in events and present a check for the restoration of the McKillican and Mobley . Store, It is the university's way of saying “thank you". to Dean women at the university, . Miss Mobley, who spent her girlhcod in North Bloomfield, often said it*was her wish to see her father's general store restored, She recalleda cracker barrel being an integral part of that operation, Her friends at the university have launched "a cracker barrel fund" to make the retired dean's dream come true, State. Park officials and the citizens' committee are arranging the program. ee from a broken leg. More than 105 children and their teachers from Mt. Diablo Unified School District visited their friend last week. "Charley" greeted them from a wheel chair in the hospital parking lot.’ The 93-year old native and lifetime resident of North Bloomfield has shared his knowledge of history, hydraulic mining and gold panning with more than 1,600 students of the Contra Costa county school district in the past three years, The old ranger, who has never missed North Bloomfield homecoming, claims he will be there again come the celebration

slated for June 13, Children in the picture are: Mike Schibler, Jody Shepherd, Steven Watilda .,Jane. Walton and. Lenita Wikle. (Union Photo) lights Grass Valley's City Council decided ina 3-2 vote Monday to install gas lights on Mill Street in keeping with the historical plan for the street, Representatives of the downtown merchants told the council that they would prefer the gas lights, They. said that they have been in use in Folsom and Carmel among other communities and have greatly enie towns, It is felt by . these nierchants' that the lights. will increase foot traffic on Mil! Street, a It was pointed out that the gas lights will not provide as much light as electric and that could create’ a security problem, Mayor Brust pointed out, however, that until ten years ago there were only three lights on Mill Street and there was no Farmhouse S destroyed by fire Fire leveled the Willow Brook Farmhouse across from the Tack Room on Highway 2 at about 7 Thursday night. The one story frame structure rived, Chief Ron Frisch said, High winds hampered fire fightto surrounding trees, Boise Cascade Development Company dispatchedits Lake the scene and a local resident also sent a 3,000 gallon pumper to aid. The house was destroyed despite the concentrated efforts to save it, Chief Frisch said the house was vacant and reportedly has been sold to a bay area man, Dollar damage is not yet available, ) , The California Division of May 25 80 44 Forestry is aiding in the investigation to determine the . cause of the. fire, OKed » was totally involved when the . Penn Valley volunteers ar. ing activities and flames spread — Wildwood truck -and tanker to . more crime, He also said that the population in Grass Valley, unlike other communities, has not risen in that period of time. Councilman Brooks said that he favored the lights even though . they will cost about twice as much to operate as the electric lights would, While the gas. lights will cost more fo install, also; he noted that with the EDA grant the city is app for, ered by the grant, The gas lights for the street will require 26 poles as compared to the 13 that would be needed for electric lighting. Total cost. for the gas light installation will be $9,776 compared to $2,600 for. electric lights. The cost of operating electric lights for a year would be $600.60 and the cost for the gas lights will be $1,375.92. -The lights will be installed curing the project on Mill street to underground power lines and upgrade the water and sewage lines, It is ‘estimated that the project will take from three to four months to complete after starting. The council also began discussing the 1971-72 budget for the city. . Nevadaj County . Raintall Gauge: NEVADA CITY Max, Min. R, May 19 71 36 .00 May 20 72 41 .00 May 21 72 37 .00 May 22 59 35 .00 May 23 14 39 .00 May 24 17 40 .00 .00 Rain to date 53.97 58,03 Rain last year