November 13, 1968 (12 pages)

Washington pollytix ‘road to Washin gton in from Emigrant Road By Rye Slye Ballots cast in the town of Washington's alcalde election November 11. may never be counted, Somebody ran off with Entry to the Washington Dis the whole kaboodle, box and all, from an unlocked safe in the trict was at first made on foot, horse or mule back from Relief Hill area or the Bear Valley to Nevada Highway 20. The first road into the town of Washington ran from this Emigrant Road, along the south west side of the Alpha Diggings, turned left about 6,000 ft. below the Diggings, and then down the ridge, entering the present town area between the old Clyde Cole and the Isabella Williamson homes. Some of this road can still be traced. * ‘Wagons with provisions were ‘formerly lowered down to Wash ington on a spur from Alpha, a toward the river, and then down the hill into Washington. No bridge or culvert existed across the Washington Creek until late in the 1930s, Early newspapers of Nevada City have many accounts, down through the years of the appeals from the people of the District to the County Board of Supervisors, to improve the Washington Road, There were "often talks", and once a survey was almost made for a new road to be -built down the south side of the tree serving as a drum for the river, to enter Nevada City area rope." (Nevada City Daily Transcript, April 2, 1890.) by way of the Rock Creek road, John Steele in his account, "Across the Plains in 1850," tells that after resting their oxen in Bear Valley for several days, they climbed the steep mountain road to the summit and struck off in a westerly course along a heavily timbered ridge_and-__in __fifteen_miles reached a large spring. Near this spring stood a log hotel, which was "kind of a half-way house” between Nevada City on Deer Creek and Washington on the South Fork of the Yuba River. As more and more miners came into the District the trails from the Emigrant Road were widened for horse and ox teams, and the Alpha Toll Road was built in 1855-1856, The road from the present Highway 20, parts of which are "In the winter time it is (Washington) almost inaccessible by stage, frequently communication little towns and camps lay ina supply of needful articles as sufficient for their_needs until the return of spring shall open the roads and permit them to renew the supply conveniently. (Thompson and West. History of Nevada County) ** * The : present road between Washington and Relief Hill was built in the early 1930s by the U, S. Forestry Service. Even at that late date hand labor was used on the section between the St. Patrick Mine and Red Point. Alphonse Schwartz told in the early 1940s that as a young man. included in the present paved in the 1890s he often took meat county road, was developed for by pack-horse from the slaughta shorter distance to Nevada er house in Washington to Relief Hill over the Roscoe Trail. This trail ran along the river from Relief Hill to -a point a few NEVADA COUNTY. NUGGET] hundred feet above "the caves", oo pesca ccncr erie _ crossing the river at a point above the Asbestos Mine bridge over a narrow’. suspension bridge. The present road to the Spanish Mine area was not built until 1929. Before this date it “was necessary to go up the Gas PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 1 Broad Street levada City, Ca, 95959 Telephone 265-2471 ton grade, turn left at Rattlesnake Point and pass the Dillion Mine to reach the Spanish Mine area, The new road was built: Second class postage. paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. Decree largely on the grade of theMammouth Ditch, which once carried water from Poorman Creek to the claims on Red Point and Rocky Bar. This road was built with an old 60 caterpillar tractor for the Bradley Mining Company by Joaquin M, Miller, At this. date the Washington mail stage ran to the Spanish Mine, A charge of ten cents was made to bring in a loaf of bread from No, 13, 406, Subscription Rates; one year, $3,00; two years, $5. 00, 198e7 PRIZE-WINRENG NEWSPAPER CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER . at Nevada City to the mine, (D.K. Ribble) just for the heck of it. And in absence of someone else to blame, the Leprechauns are good hotel, And many of the towns fall guys. Throughout history, the Little People have been accused of all kinds of crimes, great and The race between incumbent Tom Walsh and newcomer Pat Ryan was deemed a photo fi nish, Write-in candidate Dave Piland, who had campaigned on idea of dolce far niente, sweet idleness, pulled his name out of the race because he said politics was too ulcer-provoking. Election officials had figured the Walsh-Ryan affair would be so close they'd be counting and recounting all night Tong, "That won't be necessary unless the missing votes turn up. The Nugget interviewed both candidates Tuesday. Neither one had an explanation for the theft of the ballots, but they joined in forming a posse to run down the suspected little people. So far as is known, none of the Leprechauns was eligible to USA today By ROBERT M. SMALLEY Traditionally a kind of stillness settles over the nation in the wake of a presidential election, It is the moment after battle, the stillness at Appomattox, a time of emo tional and a exhaustion for politicians, the public, even the press. The question of that moment in 1968 seems to be, how long will it last? All of the nation’s great problems which brought about the massive upheavals of 1968 remain unsolved. The war is unended, the ghettos fester, para-military organiza tions remain committed to viclent rebellion, the people re main divided, and the need still is deep both for inspiration and leadership. In short, violent new explo-sions seem possible almost at any time. They may not even await the changes of national direction which will begin on January 20. The New Left especially, with its absolute intolerance of free speerh, majority rule and the democratic process— with its contempt for all but anarchy and destruction — continues to mutter ominous threats to the institutions and the established order of the United States. Yet if the election proves anything, it is that the system still works so very well, and not all the demagogues or New Leftists really pose any significant threat to it. The American people, by the simple act of voting, leave barren ground for the radicals and the extremists of either flank. The campaign of 1968 also may produceoneinteresting American farmers will be feeding a population in the U.S, of 235 million by 1980, they are known to pull tricks tlk are blaming the Lepre being maintained with the outside world by messengers mounted upon snow shoes, When winter makes its approach the vote and none had an apprecia ble stake in the outcome. But side effect of Jasting. significance. This is a possible change in the relationship between can small, But they never complain. Way back in Rose Bowl Game history a Leprechaun was blam ed for making Roy Riegels run the wrong way with the ball, his scoring enabling the other side to win. Napoleon reportedly blamed the Leprechauns for giv ing hima false forecast of the Russian winter, and you know what happened to his trooys, Candidate Ryan was philosophical in a vinegary sort of a way. "I was told," he said, “that it would be tough to beat Tom. Something always happens to keep him in office. ONE YEAR THE Yuba overflowed i pens to keep him in office, One year the Yuba overflowed into the election booth and not only washed away all the ballots but a man who was still voting. Nobody ever found out who the man was because he was never seen again. But that's the way it goes. You win some, lose some." Ryan said he didn't know_if the people would call another election. Walsh, an old pro at running for office, explained that of the $2 registered voters he knew he had at least 21. “They were cinches. I know. T helped mark their ballots. The reason I did this is because one of my spies told me Ryan was doing the same thing, And here I thought he couldn't even make an x," the incumbent said. Walsh said he will ask the Attorney General for an opinion about another election. But he admitted that if any statement were made about the Lepre = {otters _ As a young roughneck I had a lot of territory to cover among the Chinese. There were several = hundred Chinese and Nevada City had three Chinatowns. Like the gangsters back east they had to pay their bosses, and you could tell who were over the different clans by the tassel on top of the round black cap that the bosses wore. T found out some time later, when I was in Hong Kong, that the ones who had the tassel on their caps were tong men. Each color of tassel was a leader, and those poor coolies had to give so much every month, Those poor devils caught h--from all directions. I know they were blamed for robbing sluice boxes, but I knew two white men whonever worked and always had plenty of money. Yes, I saw a lot when I was a kid, and I could tell you a lot that happened at night up there when I was afraid to go home. All of those accidents that happened to the Chinese in the mines were not accidents. I know. Well, so long, JACK BASSETT CALIFORNIA oPEABS GOV. SPIRO T. AGNEW, on Calif. campaign tour—“I would rather have my foot in my mouth than my hand in your pocket.” KATHLEEN SCULLION, SF school teacher and beauty contest finalist — “A girl’s looks are not really important. What makes a girl beau tiful is something within her . . being true, helping others.” chauns stealing the ballot box, the Attorney General would probably close the whole town down. didates and some members of the press. The truce between the press and candidates almost always has been uneasy, for they do not have a mutuality of interest, but this year the two have become decidedly combative. The point is not that George Wallace campaigned against reporters, papers and the networks, or that Governor Ag new did battle with the New York Tirnes—but rather that 1968 brought into sharper focus a growing public demand for more careful accounting of the conduct of political campaigns by all parties involved. Candidates of every political persuasion, all over the country, became more willing than ever before to challenge reporters and correspondents when they thought them wrong or inaccurate. And in the demand for more responsibility in political reporting. some reporters were told point blank that they were not divinely right in all political judgments. It is on the latter point, properly, that the press and candidates come into sharpest conflict. ’ NevadalCounty Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY . Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Max, 55 53 58 61 65 64 64 Min. R 32 0 32 0 36 0 39 0 38 0 38 0 41 1,53 Rainfall to date 10.17 Rainfall last year 3.27 GRASS VALLEY Max, Nov. 6 61 Nov. 7 55 Nov. 8 65 Nov. 9 66 Nov. 10 12 Nov. 11 69 Nov. 12 65 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year Min, 36 38 41 44 42 43 42 R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.51 10,54 2.80

Washington pollytix ‘road to Washin gton in from Emigrant Road By Rye Slye Ballots cast in the town of Washington's alcalde election November 11. may never be counted, Somebody ran off with Entry to the Washington Dis the whole kaboodle, box and all, from an unlocked safe in the trict was at first made on foot, horse or mule back from Relief Hill area or the Bear Valley to Nevada Highway 20. The first road into the town of Washington ran from this Emigrant Road, along the south west side of the Alpha Diggings, turned left about 6,000 ft. below the Diggings, and then down the ridge, entering the present town area between the old Clyde Cole and the Isabella Williamson homes. Some of this road can still be traced. * ‘Wagons with provisions were ‘formerly lowered down to Wash ington on a spur from Alpha, a toward the river, and then down the hill into Washington. No bridge or culvert existed across the Washington Creek until late in the 1930s, Early newspapers of Nevada City have many accounts, down through the years of the appeals from the people of the District to the County Board of Supervisors, to improve the Washington Road, There were "often talks", and once a survey was almost made for a new road to be -built down the south side of the tree serving as a drum for the river, to enter Nevada City area rope." (Nevada City Daily Transcript, April 2, 1890.) by way of the Rock Creek road, John Steele in his account, "Across the Plains in 1850," tells that after resting their oxen in Bear Valley for several days, they climbed the steep mountain road to the summit and struck off in a westerly course along a heavily timbered ridge_and-__in __fifteen_miles reached a large spring. Near this spring stood a log hotel, which was "kind of a half-way house” between Nevada City on Deer Creek and Washington on the South Fork of the Yuba River. As more and more miners came into the District the trails from the Emigrant Road were widened for horse and ox teams, and the Alpha Toll Road was built in 1855-1856, The road from the present Highway 20, parts of which are "In the winter time it is (Washington) almost inaccessible by stage, frequently communication little towns and camps lay ina supply of needful articles as sufficient for their_needs until the return of spring shall open the roads and permit them to renew the supply conveniently. (Thompson and West. History of Nevada County) ** * The : present road between Washington and Relief Hill was built in the early 1930s by the U, S. Forestry Service. Even at that late date hand labor was used on the section between the St. Patrick Mine and Red Point. Alphonse Schwartz told in the early 1940s that as a young man.. included in the present paved in the 1890s he often took meat county road, was developed for by pack-horse from the slaughta shorter distance to Nevada er house in Washington to Relief Hill over the Roscoe Trail. This trail ran along the river from Relief Hill to -a point a few NEVADA COUNTY. NUGGET] hundred feet above "the caves", oo pesca ccncr erie _ crossing the river at a point above the Asbestos Mine bridge over a narrow’. suspension bridge. The present road to the Spanish Mine area was not built until 1929. Before this date it “was necessary to go up the Gas PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 1 Broad Street levada City, Ca, 95959 Telephone 265-2471 ton grade, turn left at Rattlesnake Point and pass the Dillion Mine to reach the Spanish Mine area, The new road was built: Second class postage. paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. Decree largely on the grade of theMammouth Ditch, which once carried water from Poorman Creek to the claims on Red Point and Rocky Bar. This road was built with an old 60 caterpillar tractor for the Bradley Mining Company by Joaquin M, Miller, At this. date the Washington mail stage ran to the Spanish Mine, A charge of ten cents was made to bring in a loaf of bread from No, 13, 406, Subscription Rates; one year, $3,00; two years, $5. 00, 198e7 PRIZE-WINRENG NEWSPAPER CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER . at Nevada City to the mine, (D.K. Ribble) just for the heck of it. And in absence of someone else to blame, the Leprechauns are good hotel, And many of the towns fall guys. Throughout history, the Little People have been accused of all kinds of crimes, great and The race between incumbent Tom Walsh and newcomer Pat Ryan was deemed a photo fi nish, Write-in candidate Dave Piland, who had campaigned on idea of dolce far niente, sweet idleness, pulled his name out of the race because he said politics was too ulcer-provoking. Election officials had figured the Walsh-Ryan affair would be so close they'd be counting and recounting all night Tong, "That won't be necessary unless the missing votes turn up. The Nugget interviewed both candidates Tuesday. Neither one had an explanation for the theft of the ballots, but they joined in forming a posse to run down the suspected little people. So far as is known, none of the Leprechauns was eligible to USA today By ROBERT M. SMALLEY Traditionally a kind of stillness settles over the nation in the wake of a presidential election, It is the moment after battle, the stillness at Appomattox, a time of emo tional and a exhaustion for politicians, the public, even the press. The question of that moment in 1968 seems to be, how long will it last? All of the nation’s great problems which brought about the massive upheavals of 1968 remain unsolved. The war is unended, the ghettos fester, para-military organiza tions remain committed to viclent rebellion, the people re main divided, and the need still is deep both for inspiration and leadership. In short, violent new explo-sions seem possible almost at any time. They may not even await the changes of national direction which will begin on January 20. The New Left especially, with its absolute intolerance of free speerh, majority rule and the democratic process—

with its contempt for all but anarchy and destruction — continues to mutter ominous threats to the institutions and the established order of the United States. Yet if the election proves anything, it is that the system still works so very well, and not all the demagogues or New Leftists really pose any significant threat to it. The American people, by the simple act of voting, leave barren ground for the radicals and the extremists of either flank. The campaign of 1968 also may produceoneinteresting American farmers will be feeding a population in the U.S, of 235 million by 1980, they are known to pull tricks tlk are blaming the Lepre being maintained with the outside world by messengers mounted upon snow shoes, When winter makes its approach the vote and none had an apprecia ble stake in the outcome. But side effect of Jasting. significance. This is a possible change in the relationship between can small, But they never complain. Way back in Rose Bowl Game history a Leprechaun was blam ed for making Roy Riegels run the wrong way with the ball, his scoring enabling the other side to win. Napoleon reportedly blamed the Leprechauns for giv ing hima false forecast of the Russian winter, and you know what happened to his trooys, Candidate Ryan was philosophical in a vinegary sort of a way. "I was told," he said, “that it would be tough to beat Tom. Something always happens to keep him in office. ONE YEAR THE Yuba overflowed i pens to keep him in office, One year the Yuba overflowed into the election booth and not only washed away all the ballots but a man who was still voting. Nobody ever found out who the man was because he was never seen again. But that's the way it goes. You win some, lose some." Ryan said he didn't know_if the people would call another election. Walsh, an old pro at running for office, explained that of the $2 registered voters he knew he had at least 21. “They were cinches. I know. T helped mark their ballots. The reason I did this is because one of my spies told me Ryan was doing the same thing, And here I thought he couldn't even make an x," the incumbent said. Walsh said he will ask the Attorney General for an opinion about another election. But he admitted that if any statement were made about the Lepre = {otters _ As a young roughneck I had a lot of territory to cover among the Chinese. There were several = hundred Chinese and Nevada City had three Chinatowns. Like the gangsters back east they had to pay their bosses, and you could tell who were over the different clans by the tassel on top of the round black cap that the bosses wore. T found out some time later, when I was in Hong Kong, that the ones who had the tassel on their caps were tong men. Each color of tassel was a leader, and those poor coolies had to give so much every month, Those poor devils caught h--from all directions. I know they were blamed for robbing sluice boxes, but I knew two white men whonever worked and always had plenty of money. Yes, I saw a lot when I was a kid, and I could tell you a lot that happened at night up there when I was afraid to go home. All of those accidents that happened to the Chinese in the mines were not accidents. I know. Well, so long, JACK BASSETT CALIFORNIA oPEABS GOV. SPIRO T. AGNEW, on Calif. campaign tour—“I would rather have my foot in my mouth than my hand in your pocket.” KATHLEEN SCULLION, SF school teacher and beauty contest finalist — “A girl’s looks are not really important. What makes a girl beau tiful is something within her . . being true, helping others.” chauns stealing the ballot box, the Attorney General would probably close the whole town down. didates and some members of the press. The truce between the press and candidates almost always has been uneasy, for they do not have a mutuality of interest, but this year the two have become decidedly combative. The point is not that George Wallace campaigned against reporters, papers and the networks, or that Governor Ag new did battle with the New York Tirnes—but rather that 1968 brought into sharper focus a growing public demand for more careful accounting of the conduct of political campaigns by all parties involved. Candidates of every political persuasion, all over the country, became more willing than ever before to challenge reporters and correspondents when they thought them wrong or inaccurate. And in the demand for more responsibility in political reporting. some reporters were told point blank that they were not divinely right in all political judgments. It is on the latter point, properly, that the press and candidates come into sharpest conflict. ’ NevadalCounty Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY . Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Max, 55 53 58 61 65 64 64 Min. R 32 0 32 0 36 0 39 0 38 0 38 0 41 1,53 Rainfall to date 10.17 Rainfall last year 3.27 GRASS VALLEY Max, Nov. 6 61 Nov. 7 55 Nov. 8 65 Nov. 9 66 Nov. 10 12 Nov. 11 69 Nov. 12 65 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year Min, 36 38 41 44 42 43 42 R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.51 10,54 2.80