October 9, 1974 (8 pages)

et ee ae ee ee Spaemig hee? Ce . Notes oe ee By PR. L. Don’tremember just where or exactly when I read about: this, but think it is of sufficient interest to pass along.“for what it’s worth” to somebody, Ce Anyhow, the long arm of the law is reaching out into the boonies. over in Mendocino County in a rather unique way. And they’ve réally got a fine supply of ‘‘boonies’’ over An old library bookmobile has been brought out of retirement and has been all gussied up into a special vah. It is now the proud possession of the District Attorney’s. office in Ukiah; whose deputies and special investigators take turns, I understand, in making twicemonthly trips into the more _ remote regions of the mountaindotted, coastlined county. On these jaunts, the men dispense a variety of services within their, jurisdiction and figure they are . saving the taxpayers a hunk of money in the process. D. A. Duncan M. James speculates as how it’s “never been done before anyplace I know of’ and says they will give the van a six months trial at James has been top man in law enforcement for that neck of the woods since 1969; and he is noted for his innovative turn of mind where the most expeditious conduct of his office is concerned. He views the “D. A. Mobile” as a-first rate of saving money for his department as well as the average taxpaying citizen. These people, with problems, will no longer be faced with the additional one of mileage expenses or loss of time from their jobs.they can wait, in most cases, for the law to come to their door. And, the D. A. will many time be saved a lot _ of fruitless waiting for certain persons to make an ap-pearance.they’ll just be “tracked down” by means of the mobile office. So nearly . NEVADA COUNTI NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. i ae Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. ' Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Yeors . $5.00 _ Member of Off The Cuff] Smith. everybody ought to be pretty. well pleased with this latest ? April September 1900, the other day and found considerable. of interest within its covers. Volume 23 was surprisingly diversified in contents and the Boer War was the subject of the leading article in the April issue. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the various troops of British ‘horse soldiers” and early artillery _ outfits; Marine units boardingtroop ships and battle scenes which must have taxed the nerves and courage of the photographers at that point in time; the magazines are a splendid example of the “current news” coverage of the turn of the century. . Two major British batteries had just weeks earlier been lost in what was described as “a totally stupid action” against the well-entrenched Boer lines; and the first Victoria Crosses had been awarded to a Captain Reed of the Royal British Artillery and two privates for acts of “great valor” on that South African battlefield. Another interesting article was that entitled “Guam and Its Governor” written by one E. C. Rost. In it he tells all about “what Captain Leary is doing for the little island that forms a station on the American route Cap : United States Navy, had just months earlier been appointed governor of America’s newest island possession, even then “terra incognita’ to a vast majority of the American people. Rost was sent on a photographic tour for the War Department and managed to tuck a brief visit to Guam into ‘his rather involved agenda. He was “quite taken” with what he found on the island and described his brief stay there in elaborate terms. His article was graphically illustrated withpictures of buffalo carts, typical party native women “attired according to the fashion of the day in Guam” and a striking shot of _ the main street of a town named Agana, said to be the island’s capital, with no’ sign of pedestrian traffic, just lots of water buffalo and old carts — Other articles in the volume.that I’ve . not around to reading yet.include one on “how New York disposes of its vast mass of waste matter.the magnitude and difthe metropolis.”.and an extremely thesis on the theatre of that time, entitled ‘‘Export and Import in Stageland.” All together, Munsey’s really “eovered the waterfront” in a number of widely separated but totally fascinating places. ‘Nevada County--Historical Society held its annual Rough and Ready meeting at the hall was program chairman for the event. The Rough and Ready Fats provided a program of music and dancing. Roman Rozinsky, president of the society, was repeatedly advised that a few such programs would really build up the membership. A current advertisement for Glendale Savings says ‘‘-the miners and the dance hall girls are gone-” from the interesting small mining camps of the Northern Mines. They .sure overlooked Rough and Ready. This community has two lines of dance hall girls. Both add spice to the life of the community. Order of business for the society Thursday was final adoption of a new constitution and by-laws. This was accomplished with alacrity. Refreshments were provided by Conne Baer, Esther Bixler, Fay Dunbar, and Leona Wright. Grange Master Gordon Briggs and his wife Jenny were present to open the Grange Hall to their guests of the evening. Rough and Ready Grange will hold Open House on Frday. Everyone is welcome. Program starts at 8 p.m. Ladies of the Grange will cater a luncheon for the Golden Foothills Club of Telephone Pioneers on Nov. 10. The fire dept. and the ladies auxiliary are holding a flea market Oct. 20. All proceeds will be used for fire equipment. Spaces will be available to all who wish to participate. The flea market will be held in the Rough and Ready Market area. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In case of rain it will be postponed until the following weekend. Reservations may be made by calling Noreen Harwood at 2737035 or Pat Litchfield at 273-9361. : if : a i E gis = i B tr Auburn at the home of her granddaughter. Mrs. C. D. one sister, Florence, who died recently, She had two brothers Cliff and Walter. Cliff Bennett is presently living in Sacramento. . Rough By Fay Dunbar . 4 if History will certainly be mydownfall. Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of accepting a very wonderful old record for the historical society. When the Willows Library moved into their beautiful new quarters they found in their vaults an 1874 for the National Hotel of. Nevada City. It seemed to them it would be more fitting for it to be in its proper home and the library trustees arranged the gift to our society. It too is a history of the area. Mrs. Halstead accompanied me to Willows to get the Register and our first move was to see Christmas Day at the National Hotel in 1874. The Hotel entertained guests from London, England to Shanghai, China. Most of the states of the United States were represented during the year. Visitors from San Francisco were very numerous. Guests from the local mines and small mining camps filled the lists. Their makes it extremely interesting, even beautiful. Altogether it reads like a history book. Wish . someone as kind as the Willows Library would find one of the old Rough and Ready (Downey House) Hotel Registers. _ The destruction of the old Downey House in 1948 was a fatal blow to Rough and Ready It would still be bringing famous tourists to our town if there were some of it left. It was rebuilt after the fire of 1853 and was somehow saved from the fire of 1859. It began to bring fame to Rough and Ready in 1853. When, as the Grass Valley National of Nov. 4 said of her, ‘Phoenix like, she has arisen from her ashes and at this time presents a finer ai that at any former period--The Downey House, when completed for taste and convenience, will be unsurpassed in the mountains.” The Nevada County Newcomers Club has many interesting hobby groups. They will be holding their annual hobby show on Oct. 23. They get together at a social meeting once a month. In between times the groups work together to do very interesting things. The music group is made up of housewives who have worked together in ‘‘close harmony” since 1948. They sing in three ' parts, began with six members, and at present have 26 members. Last year they gave 19 programs. They sing Sept. through May. This year’s first program was for the Yuba City Womens Club. They will sing for this months meeting of the Nevada County Travel Club who is preparing a Hawaiian Tour for January,.A good balance of voices is imperative. At present the ensemble needs more voices, Everyone may belong to the Newcomers Club. If you have been here too long to belong as a newcomer they accept associate members who . wish to actively participate in nd Ready News : i ibiaenaiesi niacasianiaitaaiiciiiadasee EAN LEED IE OOOO LLL II these special groups. Please contact any ensemble member or call 273-7530 or 273-2934. The Parent Teachers Club of Ready Springs School meets at Lake Wildwood at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday October 8. The Rough. and Ready Chamber of Commerce meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday October 10 at the Mexican Villa. If you have not yet heard of the Western Nevada Gateway Park and Recreation Distict this would be a good opportunity to get all the fact. Mrs. Clara Bursill is home and feeling just fine according to Bill. She does have numerous tests to complete. David Webb, a relative newcomer to our area, is at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The Webbs live on Rough and Ready Road. Josephine Webb and Alice Licht, her close neighbor, are sisters. The Licht family are attempting to take care of all of Josephine’s chores. The Webbs have a very busy and productive ranch. Hepsi Frank had coffee with me Sunday afternoon. As an excuse for her visit she brought ‘ cucumbers, peppers from her garden. enjoyable visit. Hepsi is my cattle husbandry advisor. Little Blackie, now 10 days old, has doubled. in size. He no longer lacks for motherly love. She really was afraid of him. I guess animals have to learn by experience. He must’have been ‘quite a surprise. Warren Warford is recuperating from surgery in San Francisco. He is doing very well but his doctor won’t let him attempt the long drive home for afew days. Arline Warford says her neighbors have been so wonderful she hardly misses him. The days are just extra long. She too made my visit, back to register her, extra pleasant by gathering fresh garden tomatoes for me. It has been a completely grand fresh salad summer for me. Thanks to weet friends and neighs. Py See you October 12. If I don’t see you at the Trade Fair at the Nevada City Veterans Hall I will surely see you somewhere on the Hospital Auxiliary annual Autumn House Tour and. Tea. If I should miss you there. then maybe I will see you for luncheon at the Grass Valley Veterans Hall at 12 noon. Assemblyman Howard Berman will be there to speak on the candidacy of Jerry Brown for governor. Kenneth Cory who is funning for the Office of state atthe luncheon. . —

et ee ae ee ee Spaemig hee? Ce . Notes oe ee By PR. L. Don’tremember just where or exactly when I read about: this, but think it is of sufficient interest to pass along..“for what it’s worth” to somebody, Ce Anyhow, the long arm of the law is reaching out into the boonies. over in Mendocino County in a rather unique way. And they’ve réally got a fine supply of ‘‘boonies’’ over An old library bookmobile has been brought out of retirement and has been all gussied up into a special vah. It is now the proud possession of the District Attorney’s. office in Ukiah; whose deputies and special investigators take turns, I understand, in making twicemonthly trips into the more _ remote regions of the mountaindotted, coastlined county. On these jaunts, the men dispense a variety of services within their, jurisdiction and figure they are . saving the taxpayers a hunk of money in the process. D. A. Duncan M. James speculates as how it’s “never been done before anyplace I know of’ and says they will give the van a six months trial at James has been top man in law enforcement for that neck of the woods since 1969; and he is noted for his innovative turn of mind where the most expeditious conduct of his office is concerned. He views the “D. A. Mobile” as a-first rate of saving money for his department as well as the average taxpaying citizen. These people, with problems, will no longer be faced with the additional one of mileage expenses or loss of time from their jobs..they can wait, in most cases, for the law to come to their door. And, the D. A. will many time be saved a lot _ of fruitless waiting for certain persons to make an ap-pearance..they’ll just be “tracked down” by means of the mobile office. So nearly . NEVADA COUNTI NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. i ae Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. ' Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Yeors .. $5.00 _ Member of Off The Cuff] Smith. everybody ought to be pretty. well pleased with this latest ? April September 1900, the other day and found considerable. of interest within its covers. Volume 23 was surprisingly diversified in contents and the Boer War was the subject of the leading article in the April issue. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the various troops of British ‘horse soldiers” and early artillery _ outfits; Marine units boardingtroop ships and battle scenes which must have taxed the nerves and courage of the photographers at that point in time; the magazines are a splendid example of the “current news” coverage of the turn of the century. . Two major British batteries had just weeks earlier been lost in what was described as “a totally stupid action” against the well-entrenched Boer lines; and the first Victoria Crosses had been awarded to a Captain Reed of the Royal British Artillery and two privates for acts of “great valor” on that South African battlefield. Another interesting article was that entitled “Guam and Its Governor” written by one E. C. Rost. In it he tells all about “what Captain Leary is doing for the little island that forms a station on the American route Cap : United States Navy, had just months earlier been appointed governor of America’s newest island possession, even then “terra incognita’ to a vast majority of the American people. Rost was sent on a photographic tour for the War Department and managed to tuck a brief visit to Guam into ‘his rather involved agenda. He was “quite taken” with what he found on the island and described his brief stay there in elaborate terms. His article was graphically illustrated withpictures of buffalo carts, typical party native women “attired according to the fashion of the day in Guam” and a striking shot of _ the main street of a town named Agana, said to be the island’s capital, with no’ sign of pedestrian traffic, just lots of water buffalo and old carts — Other articles in the volume..that I’ve . not around to reading yet..include one on “how New York disposes of its vast mass of waste matter..the magnitude and difthe metropolis.”..and an extremely thesis on the theatre of that time, entitled ‘‘Export and Import in Stageland.” All together, Munsey’s really “eovered the waterfront” in a number of widely separated but totally fascinating places. ‘Nevada County--Historical Society held its annual Rough and Ready meeting at the hall was program chairman for the event. The Rough and Ready Fats provided a program of music and dancing. Roman Rozinsky, president of the society, was repeatedly advised that a few such programs would really build up the membership. A current advertisement for Glendale Savings says ‘‘-the miners and the dance hall girls are gone-” from the interesting small mining camps of the Northern Mines. They .sure overlooked Rough and Ready. This community has two lines of dance hall girls. Both add spice to the life of the community. Order of business for the society Thursday was final adoption of a new constitution and by-laws. This was accomplished with alacrity. Refreshments were provided by Conne Baer, Esther Bixler, Fay Dunbar, and Leona Wright. Grange Master Gordon Briggs and his wife Jenny were present to open the Grange Hall to their guests of the evening. Rough and Ready Grange will hold Open House on Frday. Everyone is welcome. Program starts at 8 p.m. Ladies of the Grange will cater a luncheon for the Golden Foothills Club of Telephone Pioneers on Nov. 10. The fire dept. and the ladies

auxiliary are holding a flea market Oct. 20. All proceeds will be used for fire equipment. Spaces will be available to all who wish to participate. The flea market will be held in the Rough and Ready Market area. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In case of rain it will be postponed until the following weekend. Reservations may be made by calling Noreen Harwood at 2737035 or Pat Litchfield at 273-9361. : if : a i E gis = i B tr Auburn at the home of her granddaughter. Mrs. C. D. one sister, Florence, who died recently, She had two brothers Cliff and Walter. Cliff Bennett is presently living in Sacramento. . Rough By Fay Dunbar . 4 if History will certainly be mydownfall. Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of accepting a very wonderful old record for the historical society. When the Willows Library moved into their beautiful new quarters they found in their vaults an 1874 for the National Hotel of. Nevada City. It seemed to them it would be more fitting for it to be in its proper home and the library trustees arranged the gift to our society. It too is a history of the area. Mrs. Halstead accompanied me to Willows to get the Register and our first move was to see Christmas Day at the National Hotel in 1874. The Hotel entertained guests from London, England to Shanghai, China. Most of the states of the United States were represented during the year. Visitors from San Francisco were very numerous. Guests from the local mines and small mining camps filled the lists. Their makes it extremely interesting, even beautiful. Altogether it reads like a history book. Wish . someone as kind as the Willows Library would find one of the old Rough and Ready (Downey House) Hotel Registers. _ The destruction of the old Downey House in 1948 was a fatal blow to Rough and Ready It would still be bringing famous tourists to our town if there were some of it left. It was rebuilt after the fire of 1853 and was somehow saved from the fire of 1859. It began to bring fame to Rough and Ready in 1853. When, as the Grass Valley National of Nov. 4 said of her, ‘Phoenix like, she has arisen from her ashes and at this time presents a finer ai that at any former period--The Downey House, when completed for taste and convenience, will be unsurpassed in the mountains.” The Nevada County Newcomers Club has many interesting hobby groups. They will be holding their annual hobby show on Oct. 23. They get together at a social meeting once a month. In between times the groups work together to do very interesting things. The music group is made up of housewives who have worked together in ‘‘close harmony” since 1948. They sing in three ' parts, began with six members, and at present have 26 members. Last year they gave 19 programs. They sing Sept. through May. This year’s first program was for the Yuba City Womens Club. They will sing for this months meeting of the Nevada County Travel Club who is preparing a Hawaiian Tour for January,.A good balance of voices is imperative. At present the ensemble needs more voices, Everyone may belong to the Newcomers Club. If you have been here too long to belong as a newcomer they accept associate members who . wish to actively participate in nd Ready News : i ibiaenaiesi niacasianiaitaaiiciiiadasee EAN LEED IE OOOO LLL II these special groups. Please contact any ensemble member or call 273-7530 or 273-2934. The Parent Teachers Club of Ready Springs School meets at Lake Wildwood at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday October 8. The Rough. and Ready Chamber of Commerce meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday October 10 at the Mexican Villa. If you have not yet heard of the Western Nevada Gateway Park and Recreation Distict this would be a good opportunity to get all the fact. Mrs. Clara Bursill is home and feeling just fine according to Bill. She does have numerous tests to complete. David Webb, a relative newcomer to our area, is at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The Webbs live on Rough and Ready Road. Josephine Webb and Alice Licht, her close neighbor, are sisters. The Licht family are attempting to take care of all of Josephine’s chores. The Webbs have a very busy and productive ranch. Hepsi Frank had coffee with me Sunday afternoon. As an excuse for her visit she brought ‘ cucumbers, peppers from her garden. enjoyable visit. Hepsi is my cattle husbandry advisor. Little Blackie, now 10 days old, has doubled. in size. He no longer lacks for motherly love. She really was afraid of him. I guess animals have to learn by experience. He must’have been ‘quite a surprise. Warren Warford is recuperating from surgery in San Francisco. He is doing very well but his doctor won’t let him attempt the long drive home for afew days. Arline Warford says her neighbors have been so wonderful she hardly misses him. The days are just extra long. She too made my visit, back to register her, extra pleasant by gathering fresh garden tomatoes for me. It has been a completely grand fresh salad summer for me. Thanks to weet friends and neighs. Py See you October 12. If I don’t see you at the Trade Fair at the Nevada City Veterans Hall I will surely see you somewhere on the Hospital Auxiliary annual Autumn House Tour and. Tea. If I should miss you there. then maybe I will see you for luncheon at the Grass Valley Veterans Hall at 12 noon. Assemblyman Howard Berman will be there to speak on the candidacy of Jerry Brown for governor. Kenneth Cory who is funning for the Office of state atthe luncheon. . —