Be prepared as you pass through The Great Republic of Rough and Ready on Rough and Ready Highway on Sunday. That’s the day of the annual Rough and Ready Chili Cook-Off, and it’s also the day that you may be approached for a voluntary 25-cent toll by one of several lovely dance hall girls as you drive through town. Col. E. F. Brundage, president of The Great Republic, has issued a proclamation stating the once-historic toll road between Grass Valley and Penn Valley will be re-instated for the day, with the two-bit toll collected for “every wagon, buckboard, dray, coach …
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