Chico Enterprise-Record, Thursday, June 11, 1959: "Jason Pate. Paradise (E-R) -- Jason Pate died in an Oroville hospital this morning at the age of 79. Born in chico, he had spent most of his life in this area. He was a former deputy constable. He had made his home with his brother and wife at 786 Roe Road, in Paradise, for the past several years. Services will be conducted at Rose Chapel in Paradise at 2 p.m. tomorrow. He leaves his brother, Wesley of Paradise. Interment will be in the Paradise Cemetery."
1900 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 48, born Oct. 1851, gold miner, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 46, born Mar. 1854, married 24 years, four children, bp IA, father WI, mother IL; Theodore aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner; Jason aged 20, born Mar. 1880, farm laborer; Wesley aged 16, born June 1883; Luther aged 14, born Dec. 1885 -- all born CA.
Note: Theodore Pate, aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner -- in an interview of his brother Jason "Jay" Pate below, Jay states that Theodore died before Jay was born. There is a burial record in the Chico Cemetery for Theodore Pate, born
Feb. 6, 1878, died Mar 11, 1880, son of Charles Wesley & Ella Floretta Morse, buried section 4, block A, lot 117. Did Ella list her son as if he were still alive? Strange!
1920 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 67, laborer odd jobs, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 65, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; Jason Pate, aged 38, truck helper; Wesley Pate, aged 35, divorced, chauffeur truck -- both born CA.
1930 census Kimshew, Butte, CA (College Ave): Charles W. Pate, aged 78, married age 25, bp MO, both parents TN; wife Ella F. aged 76, married at 22, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; son Jason aged 50, mail carrier, bp CA.
Paradise News Press, August 30, 1956, page 5: "Old Timer Grants Press Interview. An hour or so spent in talking to one of the old-timers here seemed far too short a time to interview Jason "Jay" Page. Jay lived in the Paradise area for about 55 years, and has seen a lot. Jay was born on a ranch between Chico and Butte City, a few years back. It was in 1880 to be more accurate. No kid, by a long shot. The Pate family moved to Chico, and Jay went to school off and on for about 10 years. They then moved to Magalia, where Jay worked in the old Magalia Mine for nearly two years.
"When the PG&E reservoir was put in, up near DeSabla, in 1907, there was a young guy driving the scraping team. The same young fellow was taking care of the stock. That fellow was Old Jay. Not so old then.
"Prior to that, Jay had been sworn in as a Deputy onstable. He didn't work full time, and took time off for other jobs. He is still an honorary deputy constable, although he isn't on the county payroll anymore.
"Jay isn't sure of his dates and years now, but thinks that it was in 1917 when he worked for the county, constructing the Old Neal Road. Those were the days when there weren't many people or cars in Paradise.
"When Jay first moved to Paradise in 1901, he claimed that not many more than 100 people lived here. All the transportation around here was by horse in those days. The main public transportation was a stage line, operating out of Oroville. The driver's name doesn't come back to Jay now, but the stage was hauled by a team of four horses. Jay says that there was a stage coming out of Chico for a while, but the owner didn't keep it coming up long, because of the financial end. There didn't seem to be enough money in it.
"When Jay lived in Magalia, he can remember a stage coming through there from Chico. The driver of that stage line was Henry White. The stage came up the Humboldt Road, but didn't stop in Paradise. It continued on, and stopped at the West Branch.
"There was plenty of mining going on about then too. The Magalia Mine was giving out plentiful amounts of "yellow stuff," and many miners worked the area around Whiskey Flats.
"The dance halls were managed by Jay around here for years. When Jay first started, he ran the dances over at the Community Hall on Clark Road. Sometimes, he said, the people dancing kept him up all night on Saturday nights, looking after the place. That's when the cost of operating the hall was somewhat cheaper. It cost about $4.00 to keep the hall open all night, and when the dances broke up at 2:30 in the morning, it only cost about $2.50. That was
seldom. The people had a number of "wild times," according to Jay.
"Jay said, "it was only about 20 years ago, there was an outdoor dance platform which a bunch of kids got together, and burned it down." The platform was where Reinigan Hospital now stands. The dance hall was then moved over to the corner of Pearson and Almond. It burned down there too.
"When Jay was working as a deputy constable during prohibition, he remembers raiding a truck up at Stirling City for a load of "booze." They were having dances down at the Memorial Hall then, and Jay worked them to keep law and
order. One night, after one of the dances, they raided the truck which had brought a number of drinkers to the dance.
"Still a member of the volunteer fire department, Jay recalls some of the fires they had around here, before he was on the department. He joined the volunteers 10 years ago. "Back about 25 or 30 years ago, maybe longer, they had a fire that started over on Neal Road, and burned clean over to Clark Road. That burned out the old Foster Barn. Then there was another one that started over on Neal Road,
and burned the other way. It jumped the railroad tracks, and burned out Dr. Oliver's Ranch. That was about 1928. You can ask 'Old Bob' (Easley), he and I worked on that one.
"After talking for quite a while, Jay said, 'there's a lady you can find a lot from, she's been here as long as I can remember.' Elsie Hamburger was driving up to her real estate office on Olive.
"Jay has one living brother, Wesley. He has two grown children who are married. Jay's other two brothers have passed away. They were Theodore and Luther. Theodore had passed on before Jay was born.
"That's about all we have time for now. If you want to talk to Jay some more, he is easily found. If he isn't over at the Gillett Rexall Drug Store, he can often be found at the fire department."
Information provided by Adriana....
1900 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 48, born Oct. 1851, gold miner, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 46, born Mar. 1854, married 24 years, four children, bp IA, father WI, mother IL; Theodore aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner; Jason aged 20, born Mar. 1880, farm laborer; Wesley aged 16, born June 1883; Luther aged 14, born Dec. 1885 -- all born CA.
Note: Theodore Pate, aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner -- in an interview of his brother Jason "Jay" Pate below, Jay states that Theodore died before Jay was born. There is a burial record in the Chico Cemetery for Theodore Pate, born
Feb. 6, 1878, died Mar 11, 1880, son of Charles Wesley & Ella Floretta Morse, buried section 4, block A, lot 117. Did Ella list her son as if he were still alive? Strange!
1920 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 67, laborer odd jobs, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 65, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; Jason Pate, aged 38, truck helper; Wesley Pate, aged 35, divorced, chauffeur truck -- both born CA.
1930 census Kimshew, Butte, CA (College Ave): Charles W. Pate, aged 78, married age 25, bp MO, both parents TN; wife Ella F. aged 76, married at 22, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; son Jason aged 50, mail carrier, bp CA.
Paradise News Press, August 30, 1956, page 5: "Old Timer Grants Press Interview. An hour or so spent in talking to one of the old-timers here seemed far too short a time to interview Jason "Jay" Page. Jay lived in the Paradise area for about 55 years, and has seen a lot. Jay was born on a ranch between Chico and Butte City, a few years back. It was in 1880 to be more accurate. No kid, by a long shot. The Pate family moved to Chico, and Jay went to school off and on for about 10 years. They then moved to Magalia, where Jay worked in the old Magalia Mine for nearly two years.
"When the PG&E reservoir was put in, up near DeSabla, in 1907, there was a young guy driving the scraping team. The same young fellow was taking care of the stock. That fellow was Old Jay. Not so old then.
"Prior to that, Jay had been sworn in as a Deputy onstable. He didn't work full time, and took time off for other jobs. He is still an honorary deputy constable, although he isn't on the county payroll anymore.
"Jay isn't sure of his dates and years now, but thinks that it was in 1917 when he worked for the county, constructing the Old Neal Road. Those were the days when there weren't many people or cars in Paradise.
"When Jay first moved to Paradise in 1901, he claimed that not many more than 100 people lived here. All the transportation around here was by horse in those days. The main public transportation was a stage line, operating out of Oroville. The driver's name doesn't come back to Jay now, but the stage was hauled by a team of four horses. Jay says that there was a stage coming out of Chico for a while, but the owner didn't keep it coming up long, because of the financial end. There didn't seem to be enough money in it.
"When Jay lived in Magalia, he can remember a stage coming through there from Chico. The driver of that stage line was Henry White. The stage came up the Humboldt Road, but didn't stop in Paradise. It continued on, and stopped at the West Branch.
"There was plenty of mining going on about then too. The Magalia Mine was giving out plentiful amounts of "yellow stuff," and many miners worked the area around Whiskey Flats.
"The dance halls were managed by Jay around here for years. When Jay first started, he ran the dances over at the Community Hall on Clark Road. Sometimes, he said, the people dancing kept him up all night on Saturday nights, looking after the place. That's when the cost of operating the hall was somewhat cheaper. It cost about $4.00 to keep the hall open all night, and when the dances broke up at 2:30 in the morning, it only cost about $2.50. That was
seldom. The people had a number of "wild times," according to Jay.
"Jay said, "it was only about 20 years ago, there was an outdoor dance platform which a bunch of kids got together, and burned it down." The platform was where Reinigan Hospital now stands. The dance hall was then moved over to the corner of Pearson and Almond. It burned down there too.
"When Jay was working as a deputy constable during prohibition, he remembers raiding a truck up at Stirling City for a load of "booze." They were having dances down at the Memorial Hall then, and Jay worked them to keep law and
order. One night, after one of the dances, they raided the truck which had brought a number of drinkers to the dance.
"Still a member of the volunteer fire department, Jay recalls some of the fires they had around here, before he was on the department. He joined the volunteers 10 years ago. "Back about 25 or 30 years ago, maybe longer, they had a fire that started over on Neal Road, and burned clean over to Clark Road. That burned out the old Foster Barn. Then there was another one that started over on Neal Road,
and burned the other way. It jumped the railroad tracks, and burned out Dr. Oliver's Ranch. That was about 1928. You can ask 'Old Bob' (Easley), he and I worked on that one.
"After talking for quite a while, Jay said, 'there's a lady you can find a lot from, she's been here as long as I can remember.' Elsie Hamburger was driving up to her real estate office on Olive.
"Jay has one living brother, Wesley. He has two grown children who are married. Jay's other two brothers have passed away. They were Theodore and Luther. Theodore had passed on before Jay was born.
"That's about all we have time for now. If you want to talk to Jay some more, he is easily found. If he isn't over at the Gillett Rexall Drug Store, he can often be found at the fire department."
Information provided by Adriana....
Chico Enterprise-Record, Thursday, June 11, 1959: "Jason Pate. Paradise (E-R) -- Jason Pate died in an Oroville hospital this morning at the age of 79. Born in chico, he had spent most of his life in this area. He was a former deputy constable. He had made his home with his brother and wife at 786 Roe Road, in Paradise, for the past several years. Services will be conducted at Rose Chapel in Paradise at 2 p.m. tomorrow. He leaves his brother, Wesley of Paradise. Interment will be in the Paradise Cemetery."
1900 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 48, born Oct. 1851, gold miner, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 46, born Mar. 1854, married 24 years, four children, bp IA, father WI, mother IL; Theodore aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner; Jason aged 20, born Mar. 1880, farm laborer; Wesley aged 16, born June 1883; Luther aged 14, born Dec. 1885 -- all born CA.
Note: Theodore Pate, aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner -- in an interview of his brother Jason "Jay" Pate below, Jay states that Theodore died before Jay was born. There is a burial record in the Chico Cemetery for Theodore Pate, born
Feb. 6, 1878, died Mar 11, 1880, son of Charles Wesley & Ella Floretta Morse, buried section 4, block A, lot 117. Did Ella list her son as if he were still alive? Strange!
1920 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 67, laborer odd jobs, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 65, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; Jason Pate, aged 38, truck helper; Wesley Pate, aged 35, divorced, chauffeur truck -- both born CA.
1930 census Kimshew, Butte, CA (College Ave): Charles W. Pate, aged 78, married age 25, bp MO, both parents TN; wife Ella F. aged 76, married at 22, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; son Jason aged 50, mail carrier, bp CA.
Paradise News Press, August 30, 1956, page 5: "Old Timer Grants Press Interview. An hour or so spent in talking to one of the old-timers here seemed far too short a time to interview Jason "Jay" Page. Jay lived in the Paradise area for about 55 years, and has seen a lot. Jay was born on a ranch between Chico and Butte City, a few years back. It was in 1880 to be more accurate. No kid, by a long shot. The Pate family moved to Chico, and Jay went to school off and on for about 10 years. They then moved to Magalia, where Jay worked in the old Magalia Mine for nearly two years.
"When the PG&E reservoir was put in, up near DeSabla, in 1907, there was a young guy driving the scraping team. The same young fellow was taking care of the stock. That fellow was Old Jay. Not so old then.
"Prior to that, Jay had been sworn in as a Deputy onstable. He didn't work full time, and took time off for other jobs. He is still an honorary deputy constable, although he isn't on the county payroll anymore.
"Jay isn't sure of his dates and years now, but thinks that it was in 1917 when he worked for the county, constructing the Old Neal Road. Those were the days when there weren't many people or cars in Paradise.
"When Jay first moved to Paradise in 1901, he claimed that not many more than 100 people lived here. All the transportation around here was by horse in those days. The main public transportation was a stage line, operating out of Oroville. The driver's name doesn't come back to Jay now, but the stage was hauled by a team of four horses. Jay says that there was a stage coming out of Chico for a while, but the owner didn't keep it coming up long, because of the financial end. There didn't seem to be enough money in it.
"When Jay lived in Magalia, he can remember a stage coming through there from Chico. The driver of that stage line was Henry White. The stage came up the Humboldt Road, but didn't stop in Paradise. It continued on, and stopped at the West Branch.
"There was plenty of mining going on about then too. The Magalia Mine was giving out plentiful amounts of "yellow stuff," and many miners worked the area around Whiskey Flats.
"The dance halls were managed by Jay around here for years. When Jay first started, he ran the dances over at the Community Hall on Clark Road. Sometimes, he said, the people dancing kept him up all night on Saturday nights, looking after the place. That's when the cost of operating the hall was somewhat cheaper. It cost about $4.00 to keep the hall open all night, and when the dances broke up at 2:30 in the morning, it only cost about $2.50. That was
seldom. The people had a number of "wild times," according to Jay.
"Jay said, "it was only about 20 years ago, there was an outdoor dance platform which a bunch of kids got together, and burned it down." The platform was where Reinigan Hospital now stands. The dance hall was then moved over to the corner of Pearson and Almond. It burned down there too.
"When Jay was working as a deputy constable during prohibition, he remembers raiding a truck up at Stirling City for a load of "booze." They were having dances down at the Memorial Hall then, and Jay worked them to keep law and
order. One night, after one of the dances, they raided the truck which had brought a number of drinkers to the dance.
"Still a member of the volunteer fire department, Jay recalls some of the fires they had around here, before he was on the department. He joined the volunteers 10 years ago. "Back about 25 or 30 years ago, maybe longer, they had a fire that started over on Neal Road, and burned clean over to Clark Road. That burned out the old Foster Barn. Then there was another one that started over on Neal Road,
and burned the other way. It jumped the railroad tracks, and burned out Dr. Oliver's Ranch. That was about 1928. You can ask 'Old Bob' (Easley), he and I worked on that one.
"After talking for quite a while, Jay said, 'there's a lady you can find a lot from, she's been here as long as I can remember.' Elsie Hamburger was driving up to her real estate office on Olive.
"Jay has one living brother, Wesley. He has two grown children who are married. Jay's other two brothers have passed away. They were Theodore and Luther. Theodore had passed on before Jay was born.
"That's about all we have time for now. If you want to talk to Jay some more, he is easily found. If he isn't over at the Gillett Rexall Drug Store, he can often be found at the fire department."
Information provided by Adriana....
1900 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 48, born Oct. 1851, gold miner, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 46, born Mar. 1854, married 24 years, four children, bp IA, father WI, mother IL; Theodore aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner; Jason aged 20, born Mar. 1880, farm laborer; Wesley aged 16, born June 1883; Luther aged 14, born Dec. 1885 -- all born CA.
Note: Theodore Pate, aged 22, born Feb. 1878, gold miner -- in an interview of his brother Jason "Jay" Pate below, Jay states that Theodore died before Jay was born. There is a burial record in the Chico Cemetery for Theodore Pate, born
Feb. 6, 1878, died Mar 11, 1880, son of Charles Wesley & Ella Floretta Morse, buried section 4, block A, lot 117. Did Ella list her son as if he were still alive? Strange!
1920 census Kimshew, Butte, CA: Charles W. Pate, aged 67, laborer odd jobs, bp MO, both parents TN; Ella aged 65, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; Jason Pate, aged 38, truck helper; Wesley Pate, aged 35, divorced, chauffeur truck -- both born CA.
1930 census Kimshew, Butte, CA (College Ave): Charles W. Pate, aged 78, married age 25, bp MO, both parents TN; wife Ella F. aged 76, married at 22, bp IA, father NY, mother OH; son Jason aged 50, mail carrier, bp CA.
Paradise News Press, August 30, 1956, page 5: "Old Timer Grants Press Interview. An hour or so spent in talking to one of the old-timers here seemed far too short a time to interview Jason "Jay" Page. Jay lived in the Paradise area for about 55 years, and has seen a lot. Jay was born on a ranch between Chico and Butte City, a few years back. It was in 1880 to be more accurate. No kid, by a long shot. The Pate family moved to Chico, and Jay went to school off and on for about 10 years. They then moved to Magalia, where Jay worked in the old Magalia Mine for nearly two years.
"When the PG&E reservoir was put in, up near DeSabla, in 1907, there was a young guy driving the scraping team. The same young fellow was taking care of the stock. That fellow was Old Jay. Not so old then.
"Prior to that, Jay had been sworn in as a Deputy onstable. He didn't work full time, and took time off for other jobs. He is still an honorary deputy constable, although he isn't on the county payroll anymore.
"Jay isn't sure of his dates and years now, but thinks that it was in 1917 when he worked for the county, constructing the Old Neal Road. Those were the days when there weren't many people or cars in Paradise.
"When Jay first moved to Paradise in 1901, he claimed that not many more than 100 people lived here. All the transportation around here was by horse in those days. The main public transportation was a stage line, operating out of Oroville. The driver's name doesn't come back to Jay now, but the stage was hauled by a team of four horses. Jay says that there was a stage coming out of Chico for a while, but the owner didn't keep it coming up long, because of the financial end. There didn't seem to be enough money in it.
"When Jay lived in Magalia, he can remember a stage coming through there from Chico. The driver of that stage line was Henry White. The stage came up the Humboldt Road, but didn't stop in Paradise. It continued on, and stopped at the West Branch.
"There was plenty of mining going on about then too. The Magalia Mine was giving out plentiful amounts of "yellow stuff," and many miners worked the area around Whiskey Flats.
"The dance halls were managed by Jay around here for years. When Jay first started, he ran the dances over at the Community Hall on Clark Road. Sometimes, he said, the people dancing kept him up all night on Saturday nights, looking after the place. That's when the cost of operating the hall was somewhat cheaper. It cost about $4.00 to keep the hall open all night, and when the dances broke up at 2:30 in the morning, it only cost about $2.50. That was
seldom. The people had a number of "wild times," according to Jay.
"Jay said, "it was only about 20 years ago, there was an outdoor dance platform which a bunch of kids got together, and burned it down." The platform was where Reinigan Hospital now stands. The dance hall was then moved over to the corner of Pearson and Almond. It burned down there too.
"When Jay was working as a deputy constable during prohibition, he remembers raiding a truck up at Stirling City for a load of "booze." They were having dances down at the Memorial Hall then, and Jay worked them to keep law and
order. One night, after one of the dances, they raided the truck which had brought a number of drinkers to the dance.
"Still a member of the volunteer fire department, Jay recalls some of the fires they had around here, before he was on the department. He joined the volunteers 10 years ago. "Back about 25 or 30 years ago, maybe longer, they had a fire that started over on Neal Road, and burned clean over to Clark Road. That burned out the old Foster Barn. Then there was another one that started over on Neal Road,
and burned the other way. It jumped the railroad tracks, and burned out Dr. Oliver's Ranch. That was about 1928. You can ask 'Old Bob' (Easley), he and I worked on that one.
"After talking for quite a while, Jay said, 'there's a lady you can find a lot from, she's been here as long as I can remember.' Elsie Hamburger was driving up to her real estate office on Olive.
"Jay has one living brother, Wesley. He has two grown children who are married. Jay's other two brothers have passed away. They were Theodore and Luther. Theodore had passed on before Jay was born.
"That's about all we have time for now. If you want to talk to Jay some more, he is easily found. If he isn't over at the Gillett Rexall Drug Store, he can often be found at the fire department."
Information provided by Adriana....
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