October 3, 1963 (20 pages)

BSH hel 4 eet t+ $44 EST Fe Auto Club Publicizes (Editor's Note: The following article on Rough and Ready was circulated last week to newspapers throughout California by the National Automobile Club. ) Rough andReady, that colorful little ghost town up in the Mother Lode country, was well named. During the Gold Rush days, points out the National Automobile Club, most towns in the Mother Lode country were fairly boisterous and blazing but, somehow or other, Rough and Ready had its moments when it outshone them all. There was the time when they decided to launch their social ltfe by throwing their first dance. There might have been a shortage ofwomen, but there was no shortage of fights. A new one broke out about every two or three minutes. And at least half-a-dozen times during the evening some happy miner in the room below dance hall would delight himself by playing the practical joke of pulling out his trusty fourty-five and blasting up through the dance hall floor. There was the time when the miners caught a crooked gambler cheating at cards ina local saloon. They shot him on the spot. That was routine procedure inRough and Ready. On this particular occasion, however, they decided to have some more fun at the gambler's expense. They laid him out on the nearest pool table and started placing bets on which he would pass. There was the time when one of the town notables met a violent end and most of the citizens went out to the graveyard to see the burial. During the service, someone inthe crowd noticed that the earthturned out for the grave was rich in gold ore. That broke up the burial right there. They didn't even give the minister a chance to finish his prayers. Ina frantic few minutes the miners had staked out their mining claims all around the —, Kea i . EXPERT PRINTING a Printing For Every Purpose -#xCIRC ULARS * «STATIONERY ** MAIL PIECES “4 #*BILLs **#FORMS NEVADA CO. PRINTING and -PUBLISHING 212 W. Main St. GRASS VALLEY phone 273-4590 corpse. The really big moment for Rough and Ready came in 1850. when, with a hifalutin proclamation, they seceded from the United States of America, adopted their own constitution, and set the mselves up as The Great Republic of Routh and Ready. This movement was soon ridiculed out of existence and Rough and Ready returned to the . History Of Roug Union. es In a few short years, however, the gold was gone and Rough and Ready was gone too. Toaay all that remains of the tough little ‘town belies its belligerent past. SAG eam lenin OT SE eed ee Hee et +f et ++ hA nd Ready There's just a few old shacks resting in the shade of some aging trees in the center of a green meadow in our own Sierra Nevada. Rough and Ready just isn't very rough and ready any more. 30% more efficient _ on tugs! 2% times more power with . tools ! HOOVER DIAL-A-MATIC . HOOVER dk] CONVERTIBLE It Beats, as it Sweeps, oN os it Cleans ; nNPrur PS ' HOOVER PORTABLE h 7, (lui that has everything INSIDE ! $5995 it’s Nore _ Powerful, Modern as New as tomorrow !HOOVER TWO-THOUSAND j HOOVER POLISHER-SCRUBBER Gives your floors thet handrubbed look. Also scrubs the floor. Grass Valley & Nevada City. OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT TIL 9 IN NEVADA CITY FREE PARKING BANKANERIGARD “WHAT'S M Y NUMBER?"’ HOOVER . = SHAMPOO-POLISHER P P ; The sofe and A A . easy way to R R e \ beautify pei A A a ‘awe og ; na D D scrubs too. 5 ¢ E . $4995) O HOOVER . © HOOVER F LARK CLEANER F FLOOR WASHER-DRYER phen eile ope Applies the Water V cleans * saids, V Scrubs and A bare floors, A Vacuum Drys d i . $7995] =» 559 S VERE S i Hoover Week U.S.A. C HOOVER C O PIXIE O N The — cleaner N T that goes every7 " h dirt . ts) y w ae jl E Vd s E S. QS 53495]; M S&H Green Stamp Service Center MEZZANINE, NEVADA CITY Visit ORS { 9 aBeg "S96T ‘E J9qo190*" 9 o8eg** *1088nNN 9UL*” October 3. 1963. .Page 7° . The Nugget. Page 7.

BSH hel 4 eet t+ $44 EST Fe Auto Club Publicizes (Editor's Note: The following article on Rough and Ready was circulated last week to newspapers throughout California by the National Automobile Club. ) Rough andReady, that colorful little ghost town up in the Mother Lode country, was well named. During the Gold Rush days, points out the National Automobile Club, most towns in the Mother Lode country were fairly boisterous and blazing but, somehow or other, Rough and Ready had its moments when it outshone them all. There was the time when they decided to launch their social ltfe by throwing their first dance. There might have been a shortage ofwomen, but there was no shortage of fights. A new one broke out about every two or three minutes. And at least half-a-dozen times during the evening some happy miner in the room below dance hall would delight himself by playing the practical joke of pulling out his trusty fourty-five and blasting up through the dance hall floor. There was the time when the miners caught a crooked gambler cheating at cards ina local saloon. They shot him on the spot. That was routine procedure inRough and Ready. On this particular occasion, however, they decided to have some more fun at the gambler's expense. They laid him out on the nearest pool table and started placing bets on which he would pass. There was the time when one of the town notables met a violent end and most of the citizens went out to the graveyard to see the burial. During the service, someone inthe crowd noticed that the earthturned out for the grave was rich in gold ore. That broke up the burial right there. They didn't even give the minister a chance to finish his prayers. Ina frantic few minutes the miners had staked out their mining claims all around the —, Kea i . EXPERT PRINTING a Printing For Every Purpose -#xCIRC ULARS * «STATIONERY ** MAIL PIECES “4 #*BILLs **#FORMS NEVADA CO. PRINTING and -PUBLISHING 212 W. Main St. GRASS VALLEY phone 273-4590 corpse. The really big moment for Rough and Ready came in 1850. when, with a hifalutin proclamation, they seceded from the United States of America, adopted their own constitution, and set the mselves up as The Great Republic of Routh and Ready. This movement was soon ridiculed out of existence and Rough and Ready returned to the . History Of Roug Union. es In a few short years, however, the gold was gone and Rough and Ready was gone too. Toaay all that remains of the tough little ‘town belies its belligerent past. SAG eam lenin OT SE eed ee Hee et +f et ++

hA nd Ready There's just a few old shacks resting in the shade of some aging trees in the center of a green meadow in our own Sierra Nevada. Rough and Ready just isn't very rough and ready any more. 30% more efficient _ on tugs! 2% times more power with . tools ! HOOVER DIAL-A-MATIC . HOOVER dk] CONVERTIBLE It Beats, as it Sweeps, oN os it Cleans ; nNPrur PS ' HOOVER PORTABLE h 7, (lui that has everything INSIDE ! $5995 it’s Nore _ Powerful, Modern as New as tomorrow !HOOVER TWO-THOUSAND j HOOVER POLISHER-SCRUBBER Gives your floors thet handrubbed look. Also scrubs the floor. Grass Valley & Nevada City. OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT TIL 9 IN NEVADA CITY FREE PARKING BANKANERIGARD “WHAT'S M Y NUMBER?"’ HOOVER . = SHAMPOO-POLISHER P P ; The sofe and A A . easy way to R R e \ beautify pei A A a ‘awe og ; na D D scrubs too. 5 ¢ E . $4995) O HOOVER . © HOOVER F LARK CLEANER F FLOOR WASHER-DRYER phen eile ope Applies the Water V cleans * saids, V Scrubs and A bare floors, A Vacuum Drys d i . $7995] =» 559 S VERE S i Hoover Week U.S.A. C HOOVER C O PIXIE O N The — cleaner N T that goes every7 " h dirt . ts) y w ae jl E Vd s E S. QS 53495]; M S&H Green Stamp Service Center MEZZANINE, NEVADA CITY Visit ORS { 9 aBeg "S96T ‘E J9qo190*" 9 o8eg** *1088nNN 9UL*” October 3. 1963. .Page 7° . The Nugget. Page 7.