The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-07-11
THOUSANDS AT
LAKE TAHOE

hoe on the Fourth was unprecedented
in the history of summer resorts at
that place, the raising of the quaran-
tine ban by Nevada, and the fact
that many business houses in Cali
fornia remained closed Saturday.
giving their employees three full days
off, are accountable for the vast
crowds that visited Lake Tahoe.
1t is estimated that fully two
thousand people were at Bijou dur
ing the Fourth, while all other re-
sorts at the southern end of the lake
were crowded to their fullest ca
pacity, and hundreds were turned
away because of lack of acommoda-
tions. Horse racing, motor cycle
stunts and other diversions furnished
amusement for the crowd at Bijou,
while at AL Tahoe during the after
noon complete program of races
and the like was staged by Phil Fox,
manager of the resort.
Judge McNoble of Stockton, was
called upon to deliver a Fourth of
July Grafton. Although he was not
given time to prepare an address, he
delivered splendid address,, calling
attention that on this day, wherever
two or three ar gathered together
under the protecting folds of Old
Glory, thoughts of this Nations
greatness were uppermost in their
minds. Americanism and patriotism
were given some thought by Judge
McNoble and he emphatically de-
clared that Americanism was not
measured from the point of being ma
tive born. Those naturalized citi-
zens, that uphold the constitution of
the United States, have equal rank
with the native born. Loyalty to
ones country is the first principle of
good citizenship, he declared and nat
uralized ticizens are on the same
plane with the natiev-born American.
He called attention to the fact that
real Americans, were the red men,
few Of which were sprinkled in the
audience.
Those in the audience were re-
minded that they We're gathered in
one of the most historic spots of the
west, for it was from a peak but
short distance away that John Ere
mont, in 1884 first set eyes on LaLk
Tahoe. Ii was but a short distance
over the Sierras that Flood, Mackey,
0'Brien and other pioneers of the
west took great fortunes from the
hills and builded the great city of
San Francisco. The exercises at al
Tahoe closed by the assemblage sing
ing America"
One of the main features on the
sports program was tug war be-
tween number of Carson Valley
Indians and the white men. After
tugging for nearly an hour the
whites gave up to the Indians.
Among those present at Bijou for
the celebration was an old timer
who spent several years working in
the woods when logging was at its
height in Lake Valley, some thirty
five years ago. He marveled at the
changes that time has wrought. In
those days the late Hank Martin,
Rube Saxton. Folsom and others were
running great logging camps in Lake
Valley. After the big trees had
been felled they were sawed into
logs, and transported by railroad
from the hills to Bijou. There they
were rolled from the flat cars into
Lake Tahoe at the Bijou pier. Made
into large RATS by loggers, they were
towed across the lake to Glenbrook
where they were sawed into lumber.
Loaded onto cars they were trans
ported to the summit by train and
then sent down the mountain side to
Carson by flume.
He recalled that in those days a few
of the idle rich enjoyed the beauties
of Lake Tahoe, stopping at Lucky
Baldwin's Talac resort and at a few
summer resorts. Occasionally a few
tourists from the sweltering valleys
of California were brave enough to
make the trip by team to the lake,
but they were mighty few he de-
clared.
He was at Bijou when tn last
trainload of logs was dumped into
the lake. To him that event marked
the end of activity at Lake Tahoe
and he predicted at the time that 1T
would soon be back to its natural Wild
state. For few years it was quiet
at Lake Tahoe and it did seem that
the predictions of the old-timer would
come true. Then came the automo-