Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 138

A I '-Ac-- 22-M Oakland Tribune Sunday, March 6, 1960 It's a Fine Time to Visit Coulterville Continued from Page 3 Newfoundland dogs a feat the miners found "doggone" smart. The interesting Jeffrey Hotel across the way may or may not be open, but the old bar room is the high spot in town. It has interesting customers and a collection of pictures, guns, coins and other records. This same crossroads not only knew a long mining boom when more than 10,000 used Coulterville as their address, Tjut it also knew a cosmopolitan period when the town served as a stage stop and check point for Yosemite travelers. The Coulterville Toll Road, in those days, was the only road into Yosemite Valley.

On the right side of the street, up the slope from the crossroads, at the end of an orderly row of umbrella trees, is the Gazzolo building, erected in 1851. Over the years, it served as a general store, fandango hall, saloon and restaurant and now houses an old hearse ajM a surrey used to carry Coultville residents to valley trails. Drive to the top of the hill, turn right and you'll see the Sun Sun Wo store, once an important part of Coulter-ville's economy and all that's left of a one-time substantial ...7 j-' fmn ,7,. 11 and campfire set-up adjoining IftfitiB niwiwr hwr Yi an- -Tfci -urTuri i ihe real thing, closer than television, you'll find a covered wagon heart of Coulterville. Wagons Ho! If you want to see the one-time Coulter Hotel the Chinatown.

Preserved in the store are old ledgers and a number of odd items including an old Chinese" queue! You'll find Coultervilte (it's in Mariposa Countf an easy -Jri life 4iv drive of 139 miles from the Bay Area, via Highway 50 to Tracy, Highway 99 to Modesto, and then turn left on Highway 132 to your destination. THE 'SKY7 putes on the small chessboards by letting each exponent of a certain move play' Out the game. The winner of the' game decided the move. "It was a case of put up or shut upC a committee ber explained! By now the chesspieces were taking on some added color, gome of the Ehrman residents decided to put a corsage on the queen and a bow tie on the bishop. The girls at Davidson mean- The Sun Sun Wo store is all that remains of Coulterville's Chinatown, once a flourishing community in itself.

Relics here Include a Chinese queue. An old-time barber shop, part of thearrett's collection. Is among the unique sights at Coulterville in Mariposa County in the Mothe? Lode. CHESS GAME IN INTRIGUES U.C. Continued from Page 21 man had their own problems.

Room 506 for instance. Its occupants informed the committee that they were willing tp cooperate as long as they kept the queen in their window. Their room, however, was off limits to knights pawns and bishops. "This quite naturally rather limited our strategy and forced us to alter some of our plans," Barlow said. ber moves that she used in games when she was 10 years old.

At this point the game is nip and tuck and if the strategy prevails in both dormitories, it should end aboul March 13 Then the winning- hall will challenge 16-year-old Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, a three time United States Chess Champion, to a match. "We think we can beat him," said Lynn Waterman and Russ Barlow. Actually about 90 per cent of Ehrrhan's residents were perfectly willing to cooperate. ''Only about 10 per cent," Barlow "made it clea that they were just as happy tasee the knight float out the window on a stiff breeze." The Ehrman committee selected Schmidt, McKinney and Barlow to plan the grand strategy and the trio became involved in some rather heated debates. They worked out their dis while were getting offers of assistance from the.

University Chess Club; from players in the other dorms and from experts on and off campus. They politely declined them "We have complete faith in the girls," Barlow said, "and so far they have upheld the faith." Besides the girls figure they don't need much help. One of their advisors is a young lady who can. remem.