November 6, 1974 (8 pages)

ihdaw 1S: f tie ae * _ anditis called “‘Essanay Days.” The city was named for . 7 Telephone 265-2559 --a@ legal ‘newspaper of Eo pagans ot i ~~ On a recent brief vacation I had occasion to remain overnight in. a unique motel in Fremont. It .was a pleasant interlude in my wanderings and . _. the history of the place is most interesting. : ‘ During the years 1909 to 191 the Niles District of Fremont, surrounding the large white twostory house which the Fremont Frontier Motel ‘‘encloses”, was famous as the site of the early Essanay Movie Studios.in an old barn of a building. . _ In 1914, a $50,000 studio was ~ built and the surrounding hills — echoed with: gunshots fired by -figuring.:.and offered to work for that kind of” such old time western heroes as Broncho Billy Anderson. Old . time trains rolled on the tracks through picturesque Niles Canyon, and many a “train hold up” was staged for the camera by. early movie bandits. . Also such famous comedians as — Charlie Chaplin made , some of their classics at Niles.among those featuring Chaplin were “‘A Night Out,” ‘The Champion,” and his very famous picture,. Then, as the years moved on,’ ~ the larger film interests in the East felt that too much money -was being wasted. in the Niles decided to move to the new movie center in “‘Hollywood”’. _ The studio and most of the relics . there is a celebration in old Niles Fremont became” a city in > 1956, with a population’ of 22,500and. an area of 96 square “\miles.the former figure has more than doubled since ’56 and the latter has been somewhat “expanded in certain areas by “annexation for political and or General John C. Fremont, “The . ‘ Pathfinder,” and is unique. among America’s cities because it was formed from five separate small towns with a 301 Broad Street “ Névada City, Ca. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY _— “PUBLISHING CO. paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated 1. general circulation by © the Nevada County . Superior Court, June 3, . 1960. oe ' Decrée No, 12,406. — Subscription Rates: One Year . . $3.00 Two Yeors «. . $5.00 Bile whey d Ma Re ee the 4 women who truly were the first . Freehand poster ‘contest plans: . ‘The National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., in. heritage of the Padres, ranchos, enough, certainly, for any community to talk about! Did you happen to read that wire service story about the. school teacher who offered to work for baby sitting wages down in Virginia? Well, it seems that this gal got tired of being told “that elementary school teachers are nothing more than over-paid baby sitters and ought to be paid the same wages as_ baby sitters. So, she sat right down and did «some immediately money. After reading what she came up with.I’d be happy to do the same! : Here’s what her calculating brought to light: Q A child is in: school on an average of 35 hours per week for 40 weeks of the year, for an obvious total of 1,400 hours per year. A baby sitter (average circumstances) gets paid fifty cents per hour and that comes to ~ $700 per year per child.or for an average (hypothetical) class of 25 children.$17,500 per -The Virginia’ school teacher’s annual salary is only $8,400 per Anybody want to call her crazy now? a .So.the next time: you hear yourself make some crack about ‘teachers being overpaid, just think about this story and count your blessings if you don’t have 25 or more small fry to herd around all day, five days a week, forty weeks a year. The ‘argument of: “‘overpayment”’ is — a born loser under those ‘circumstanices. I’d like to recommend a recently published book that . takes a brief look into the lives of some mighty interesting persons.‘‘Pioneers In Petticoats” is the title. The author is Shirley Sargent. It tells, in prose. and ‘pictures, about the women who “playeda part: in the colorful history and preservation of ; Yosemite National Park. It is exciting reading thru all ‘of its pages; and it is a cooperation withthe U.S. ’ Forest Service, is conducting its annual. Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Environmental Freehand Poster Contest. Competition is open to all school children. from. kin dergarten through 12th grade. Contest deadline is January 5, 1975, Information and. entry : forms are available at either the Forest Service offices, Nevada . } Rough a : co a good neighbor is a good neighbor and a fine addition to any community. When I was a girl, way back in the very early 1900s, they were called good neighbors. Now they are often called “Outreach”. The connotation of Outreach, to me -at least, is rather bad. It’s better now but in the beginning ,of the program the movement, at: least in my experience, was in help for the drug: -addicted, run-aways, often even criminals. Now these organizations, who found a real ‘need for ‘their work, have expanded and reach out to help everyone especially their neighbors. ‘You can reach one Outreach group by calling the Grace Lutheran Church on Ridge Road. In turn they will do such little neighborly things as call each day to chat a bit with those living alone or who _ are housebound to check if-they are all right. They also arrange necessary transportation or help with needed information on most problems. It’s not as nice as the old-fashioned good neighbor who dropped over with a piece of hot pie she just baked but in this “pressurized world” of today it isa very good substitute. I somehow feel that now people all over the country are reaching out to one another. Young and old and even the often confused working group seem to ‘have found they need good neighbors. Clara: Bursill is finally home from the hospital. She is recuperating very nicely. Bud ‘and Dora Cannon’ of San Jose stopped by-on their way home from their vacation in the Dakotas to visit with their family the Jack Bixlers. , ana News:on the Farm! I asked Hepsi Frank if she had arly interesting news for you. Her an‘swer was a very vehement ‘I sure do, our tractor broke down’’! Important news, calamatous news, on a farm. I don’t. own a tractor.It was my batk that went, The winter wood arrived over the weekend. That’s for farm ‘home news. There will be no chill in this house this winter unless that back goes completely out of control. _ ie oe ~ Now that the furor of elections is over and ‘hopefully ‘the tumult and the shouting dies” maybe our government can get on with its job. It’s not good that so: much time miust be wasted " each election. Some wise person once noted that “the mills of the Gods grind slowly-”. The political mills ease evasively to a complete stop. Only when a new position is established at. the: polls will they move again. A representative of the voters establishes his position when he tells it to the voters when he is elected. It should not change. Certainly it can be _ go for this old malarkey that there is no black, and white wheré right is concerned. There is _ always.a right and truth. In America, right is that which is best for the majority. It can’t really hurt the others that bad. Be that as.it may it’s what makes our country great. Right is ’ usually obscure: It is surely hard to search out and controversial. But that is what we . our politicians to do. They have become : artists at treading a middle “do nothing” path _which displeases no one violently even though it Last’ Tuesday night Charlotte “Halstead, se Chairman of the County Democratic. Central Committee and I took. time off to relax. First time in the 18-years we have lived in this area -. that I’ve seen one of. the gambling club shows at the lake. We went to Harrahs at the South Shore to see Jim Nabors. He gave us a good show not a_ “ bit like Gomer. We went to get away from it all for a bit and if we hadn’t spent the rest. of the night at the one armed bandits it would have been a restful experience. We were a little poorer the next day but it was lots of fun. The /, show was beautiful in the bright moonlight a: again in the early morning light, Saturday was beautiful in the Valley. Spent most of the day driving to and from. The _ farewell dinner party. for, Eric and Alice Lefpeng night brought the day toa happy + Close. Malakoff Diggins’ State Historic Park is tempered but I don’t to ose the Leffingwells: They don’t know when — or where they will be sent. We of the citizens advisory. committee will miss. them. They have been the inspiration and the life blood of the rebuilding of the little old mining town of North Bloomfield. I can’t help hoping that the park and recreation department is getting ready to staff the Empire Mine Park, State Parks Director William Penn Mott Jr., attended the farewell dinner. He couldn’t make a better choice for the Empire. =~ Never take anything for granted. Sorry about the mistake. You must call the 3Rs Book Store in Grass Valley or Grimblefingers Book Store in Nevada City for reservations for the Historical Society awards dinner Saturday at the Holbrooke Hotel. .It will honor Edward Fellerson, Doris Foley, and Robert Paine, for their contributions to the preservation of. the history and culture of Nevada County. Alonzo Delano, business man and author of early day Grass Valley, is being recognized for his part in this history and culture. The board of directors of the society voted to take special precautions to preserve several personal artifacts of Delano and the Delano family. Roman Rozinsky, president, will preside, Robert Wyckoff will MC and Rebecca Miller is chairman for the entire affair. The Holbrook is an excellent host. It will be a fun évening. om ‘The Nevada County Historical Society will hold its regular meeting at the Nevada City Veterans Hall’ on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Alvin Dilts will show-some of his priceless selection of slides of early days in the area: The public is welcome. . IT hope you are all going to spend:a night with Lola’on Nov. 15. This: night has been set -aside by the Lions Club.to have a little fun and support the restoration of the Lola Montez home on Mill St. It’s called “Friday Night at’ the Mines” and will be held at the Grass Valley Veterans Building.’Curtain time is 8 p.m. I have .been asked to repeat the story of Caroline Allen. There are mariy versions of the slave girl’s story. Naturally I believe mine to be correct. It is certain her name was not Hannah as often reported. Some of my informants actually knew her. She came around the horn in a ‘sailing ship in the late 1850s: She and her father Frank Allen with approximately 50 others were brought to Rough and Ready by Col. William ‘English to provide workers for a mine in the Randolph Flats area owned by the Colonel and two associates Abel and. Porter. eee Caroline liked her spirits-‘and frequently ‘rode into Rough and Ready for a little nip. She preferred the saloon in the hotel across the road from the blacksmith shop because she got her _drinks free. The bartender, J.M. Walling, was only be’ drinking his share since he was not legally supposed to have any liquor. Right or wrong she usually got her free drink. _ _It -was on one. of. these: little trips that ground-when she tied her pony at the blacksmith shop hitching rail. It was a wet day early. in 1851. reached a height of more than 75 feet. It became known as the “Slave Girl Tree” and was a . Rough and Ready landmark for more than 100 ” ’Caroline’s tree crashed to the ground one uly night in 1962. The reverberations awakened residents a half-mile away, Highway crews worked well into the daylight hours cutting and moving the portions that fell across the highway. Some of the skeleton’of the old tree can be seen today on the hillside north of the highway. When Col. English was Jater killed in a robbery, his former. slaves, left without any guidance or means of support, gradually drifted ~” away from the old slave mine area. Caroline did housework for many years for some of the ‘families of the area. She later moved into a cabin near the Nevada County Hospital where she died, in the early 1900s at over. 100 years of i . -—. 2-2 . o eee r sc sos wm2meat a os areos > : —ae *& fo Owe re ee ee et oe lt OS, PS eS

ihdaw 1S: f tie ae * _ anditis called “‘Essanay Days.” The city was named for . 7 Telephone 265-2559 --a@ legal ‘newspaper of Eo pagans ot i ~~ On a recent brief vacation I had occasion to remain overnight in. a unique motel in Fremont. It .was a pleasant interlude in my wanderings and . _. the history of the place is most interesting. : ‘ During the years 1909 to 191 the Niles District of Fremont, surrounding the large white twostory house which the Fremont Frontier Motel ‘‘encloses”, was famous as the site of the early Essanay Movie Studios..in an old barn of a building. . _ In 1914, a $50,000 studio was ~ built and the surrounding hills — echoed with: gunshots fired by -figuring.:.and offered to work for that kind of” such old time western heroes as Broncho Billy Anderson. Old . time trains rolled on the tracks through picturesque Niles Canyon, and many a “train hold up” was staged for the camera by. early movie bandits. . Also such famous comedians as — Charlie Chaplin made , some of their classics at Niles..among those featuring Chaplin were “‘A Night Out,” ‘The Champion,” and his very famous picture,. Then, as the years moved on,’ ~ the larger film interests in the East felt that too much money -was being wasted. in the Niles decided to move to the new movie center in “‘Hollywood”’. _ The studio and most of the relics . there is a celebration in old Niles Fremont became” a city in > 1956, with a population’ of 22,500and. an area of 96 square “\miles..the former figure has more than doubled since ’56 and the latter has been somewhat “expanded in certain areas by “annexation for political and or General John C. Fremont, “The . ‘ Pathfinder,” and is unique. among America’s cities because it was formed from five separate small towns with a 301 Broad Street “ Névada City, Ca. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY _— “PUBLISHING CO. paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated 1. general circulation by © the Nevada County . Superior Court, June 3, . 1960. oe ' Decrée No, 12,406. — Subscription Rates: One Year . .. $3.00 Two Yeors «. . $5.00 Bile whey d Ma Re ee the 4 women who truly were the first . Freehand poster ‘contest plans: . ‘The National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., in. heritage of the Padres, ranchos, enough, certainly, for any community to talk about! Did you happen to read that wire service story about the. school teacher who offered to work for baby sitting wages down in Virginia? Well, it seems that this gal got tired of being told “that elementary school teachers are nothing more than over-paid baby sitters and ought to be paid the same wages as_ baby sitters. So, she sat right down and did «some immediately money. After reading what she came up with..I’d be happy to do the same! : Here’s what her calculating brought to light: Q A child is in: school on an average of 35 hours per week for 40 weeks of the year, for an obvious total of 1,400 hours per year. A baby sitter (average circumstances) gets paid fifty cents per hour and that comes to ~ $700 per year per child..or for an average (hypothetical) class of 25 children..$17,500 per -The Virginia’ school teacher’s annual salary is only $8,400 per Anybody want to call her crazy now? a .So..the next time: you hear yourself make some crack about ‘teachers being overpaid, just think about this story and count your blessings if you don’t have 25 or more small fry to herd around all day, five days a week, forty weeks a year. The ‘argument of: “‘overpayment”’ is — a born loser under those ‘circumstanices. I’d like to recommend a recently published book that . takes a brief look into the lives of some mighty interesting persons..‘‘Pioneers In Petticoats” is the title. The author is Shirley Sargent. It tells, in prose. and ‘pictures, about the women who “playeda part: in the colorful history and preservation of ; Yosemite National Park. It is exciting reading thru all ‘of its pages; and it is a cooperation withthe U.S. ’ Forest Service, is conducting its annual. Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Environmental Freehand Poster Contest. Competition is open to all school children. from. kin dergarten through 12th grade. Contest deadline is January 5, 1975, Information and. entry : forms are available at either the Forest Service offices, Nevada . } Rough a : co a good neighbor is a good neighbor and a fine addition to any community. When I was a girl, way back in the very early 1900s, they were called good neighbors. Now they are often called “Outreach”. The connotation of Outreach, to me -at least, is rather bad. It’s better now but in the beginning ,of the program the movement, at: least in my experience, was in help for the drug: -addicted, run-aways, often even criminals. Now these organizations, who found a real ‘need for ‘their work, have expanded and reach out to help

everyone especially their neighbors. ‘You can reach one Outreach group by calling the Grace Lutheran Church on Ridge Road. In turn they will do such little neighborly things as call each day to chat a bit with those living alone or who _ are housebound to check if-they are all right. They also arrange necessary transportation or help with needed information on most problems. It’s not as nice as the old-fashioned good neighbor who dropped over with a piece of hot pie she just baked but in this “pressurized world” of today it isa very good substitute. I somehow feel that now people all over the country are reaching out to one another. Young and old and even the often confused working group seem to ‘have found they need good neighbors. Clara: Bursill is finally home from the hospital. She is recuperating very nicely. Bud ‘and Dora Cannon’ of San Jose stopped by-on their way home from their vacation in the Dakotas to visit with their family the Jack Bixlers. , ana News:on the Farm! I asked Hepsi Frank if she had arly interesting news for you. Her an‘swer was a very vehement ‘I sure do, our tractor broke down’’! Important news, calamatous news, on a farm. I don’t. own a tractor.It was my batk that went, The winter wood arrived over the weekend. That’s for farm ‘home news. There will be no chill in this house this winter unless that back goes completely out of control. _ ie oe ~ Now that the furor of elections is over and ‘hopefully ‘the tumult and the shouting dies” maybe our government can get on with its job. It’s not good that so: much time miust be wasted " each election. Some wise person once noted that “the mills of the Gods grind slowly-”. The political mills ease evasively to a complete stop. Only when a new position is established at. the: polls will they move again. A representative of the voters establishes his position when he tells it to the voters when he is elected. It should not change. Certainly it can be _ go for this old malarkey that there is no black, and white wheré right is concerned. There is _ always.a right and truth. In America, right is that which is best for the majority. It can’t really hurt the others that bad. Be that as.it may it’s what makes our country great. Right is ’ usually obscure: It is surely hard to search out and controversial. But that is what we . our politicians to do. They have become : artists at treading a middle “do nothing” path _which displeases no one violently even though it Last’ Tuesday night Charlotte “Halstead, se Chairman of the County Democratic. Central Committee and I took. time off to relax. First time in the 18-years we have lived in this area -. that I’ve seen one of. the gambling club shows at the lake. We went to Harrahs at the South Shore to see Jim Nabors. He gave us a good show not a_ “ bit like Gomer. We went to get away from it all for a bit and if we hadn’t spent the rest. of the night at the one armed bandits it would have been a restful experience. We were a little poorer the next day but it was lots of fun. The /, show was beautiful in the bright moonlight a: again in the early morning light, Saturday was beautiful in the Valley. Spent most of the day driving to and from. The _ farewell dinner party. for, Eric and Alice Lefpeng night brought the day toa happy + Close. Malakoff Diggins’ State Historic Park is tempered but I don’t to ose the Leffingwells: They don’t know when — or where they will be sent. We of the citizens advisory. committee will miss. them. They have been the inspiration and the life blood of the rebuilding of the little old mining town of North Bloomfield. I can’t help hoping that the park and recreation department is getting ready to staff the Empire Mine Park, State Parks Director William Penn Mott Jr., attended the farewell dinner. He couldn’t make a better choice for the Empire. =~ Never take anything for granted. Sorry about the mistake. You must call the 3Rs Book Store in Grass Valley or Grimblefingers Book Store in Nevada City for reservations for the Historical Society awards dinner Saturday at the Holbrooke Hotel. .It will honor Edward Fellerson, Doris Foley, and Robert Paine, for their contributions to the preservation of. the history and culture of Nevada County. Alonzo Delano, business man and author of early day Grass Valley, is being recognized for his part in this history and culture. The board of directors of the society voted to take special precautions to preserve several personal artifacts of Delano and the Delano family. Roman Rozinsky, president, will preside, Robert Wyckoff will MC and Rebecca Miller is chairman for the entire affair. The Holbrook is an excellent host. It will be a fun évening. om ‘The Nevada County Historical Society will hold its regular meeting at the Nevada City Veterans Hall’ on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Alvin Dilts will show-some of his priceless selection of slides of early days in the area: The public is welcome. . IT hope you are all going to spend:a night with Lola’on Nov. 15. This: night has been set -aside by the Lions Club.to have a little fun and support the restoration of the Lola Montez home on Mill St. It’s called “Friday Night at’ the Mines” and will be held at the Grass Valley Veterans Building.’Curtain time is 8 p.m. I have .been asked to repeat the story of Caroline Allen. There are mariy versions of the slave girl’s story. Naturally I believe mine to be correct. It is certain her name was not Hannah as often reported. Some of my informants actually knew her. She came around the horn in a ‘sailing ship in the late 1850s: She and her father Frank Allen with approximately 50 others were brought to Rough and Ready by Col. William ‘English to provide workers for a mine in the Randolph Flats area owned by the Colonel and two associates Abel and. Porter. eee Caroline liked her spirits-‘and frequently ‘rode into Rough and Ready for a little nip. She preferred the saloon in the hotel across the road from the blacksmith shop because she got her _drinks free. The bartender, J.M. Walling, was only be’ drinking his share since he was not legally supposed to have any liquor. Right or wrong she usually got her free drink. _ _It -was on one. of. these: little trips that ground-when she tied her pony at the blacksmith shop hitching rail. It was a wet day early. in 1851. reached a height of more than 75 feet. It became known as the “Slave Girl Tree” and was a . Rough and Ready landmark for more than 100 ” ’Caroline’s tree crashed to the ground one uly night in 1962. The reverberations awakened residents a half-mile away, Highway crews worked well into the daylight hours cutting and moving the portions that fell across the highway. Some of the skeleton’of the old tree can be seen today on the hillside north of the highway. When Col. English was Jater killed in a robbery, his former. slaves, left without any guidance or means of support, gradually drifted ~” away from the old slave mine area. Caroline did housework for many years for some of the ‘families of the area. She later moved into a cabin near the Nevada County Hospital where she died, in the early 1900s at over. 100 years of i . -—. 2-2 . o eee r sc sos wm2meat a os areos > : —ae *& fo Owe re ee ee et oe lt OS, PS eS