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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Grass Valley Nugget

April 14, 1949 (8 pages)

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—— nd ck NEW COLGATE: i WHERE LOCAL PERSONS ESCAPED DEATH . Nevada City Nugget, Thursday, April 14, 19493 & POWERHOUSE . ROAD COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE OPEN IN NEW ROOMS IN COURTHOUSE bigger and better than its half-/ CountyRoad Commissioner J. uy ~ READY SOON A new Colgate . powerhouse, ae predecessomr,-will be ready for operation this summer. It will add 40,200 horsepower to Pacific Gas and Electric company’s electric generating re' sources, C. Johnson, ager for the ville, said division company at 'N. said, is nearly all Marys . ‘ in plac °®, more than half of the 96-inch penstock pipe has been laid and work of installing the PICTURED ABOVE five impact. Oct. 6, 1948, when. the old building and equipment were reof the generat part new generators will of Truck, tures »Steel a I] 1s new and of 70 feet bank the Yuba on of the old with a plant. along It will unit. be provided north fork diverted’ by above ~the point, two Bar dam, be carried long new single be ij . . By Jim Towne 1941, system z y GOLD—Recently turbo-. will ‘the men who. could be are an open ance stated. that premium. in authors producing working at more flow of the} worthwhile jobs. Gold seekers Yuba river!ure men of free will. ‘To divert eight’ miles . their efforts in other channels powerhouse. At this] would be taking away the inbelow stream 3ullards . dividual’s flow through a_ to head the will penstock line a part which of 4.6. country marching the monetary above! the supplied gone water!our the ‘to That tunnel of right pleases. to is do as he what keeps this on, thouxh our: system might’ nave dogs. Bartering was the It was pioneers, but practised the guy 4 EES cme: pontinents tote and one half long just wood flume was abandoned. With a static head, or fall in. elev ation, of 820 feet, the water will drop through penstock pipe to the: the of tur of from will fiddled fruits, around flowers, 4 on ee That } . . ignorance is : : How one can keep his mind a blank In such a world ae this. cent of the was in the Veterans are reminded administration by vet. that lor, W. Invite Nevada NEVADA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VA: Once upon a time there was a young man L. Duffy; It is named been then only. if prior authorizellen . 5 oradise working at a much more worth. :; obtained from VA. ri ; while job, than traveling about Pointing out that many vet. After due the country preaching the doclerans are receiving such care. for trine of Hammond in the movement formation f the brotherhood. . But sie komt AN pi. BROTHERHOOD—Its present Pacific pais and Biectric meaning ; : ae xin : ae was treatment. demonstrated full consideration ae , he formulated z a set of your friends at. : z °“PPiicalon : for AE eee men O daring VrISKS. wey = ms -TAYLOR’S 233'4 Mill St. Phone 276-M Grass Valley from experien ce that Bank of America h elps the t ° authorization : little fellow Even so, he soon discovered, . 3 “ FR . ft . ‘ WARDLOW—At Miners hosside of jobless, heroic men. . R eht ee 1949,. service-connected , tiara rock dis: sca but were pital, Nevada City, ° . : April, ae for . prior * ss il miners ; ° among] SOUS abilities, retuc authorization y issc . SOught rnes many Y refuge in-a e dis tant. vast wilderness miles lo Mr. and Mrs. John Wardlow, : “ee Sine Se “4. {not required, but the treatment ¢ gotss } pe arson a : enereporters. oe ere fie he aa al uel beepoae VA oh Aes AU ee ee ed 3 ee dio by a chattering stream and t_is the way o Beka oS Bd f WAbshes . ere 1 < 4] z ae Christian people who have the. +/ days to assure payment by began a life of splendid idleness. He fished and hunted DAVIES—At county hospital,/p ower to exercise free will and. Nev: Be an J. Davies,LUEBs: 89) foltow: the. did not keep of a.on ons Mr. and Mrs. C.RE Grass penter who Aenchinen: the t Valley, 5 . a *j a ¢ e son, McCLELLAN—At Nevada City, county hos April, 1949, Mr. and Mrs. A, J. McClellan, Grass Valley,a daughter, scsi sanhinac : « OTe job a pital, nie ¥ poavaian F Sisida . ee sanebiae i TODD—At BEL tal, Grass Valley, April 5, Mr. and Mrs. Valley, a son. Ray life of ours. Grass Valley, April * erieare still Lae works story _ * He ba brothers’ to Mr. and Mrs. Mararito Casas, Gold Run, Placer county, a dgushter. ANDERSON— At Community hospita, Grass Valley, April 6, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson, Nevada City, a daughter. a Answer: top of the jumping frog to carry mine distant Yes, but city.? only Question. Unaeslrabdle panding. Angered by for Pace ie My brother plans d an = that gh is his fist in * I disappointment, Lady Nature and shook Le 1Oe from NONe: VA. Senred. Mrigh proval >. was ex he railed at her tranquil a and ap Nature was < not disturbed. Calmlyv she face. turned the . ‘ . a8 pages of : her wonder book and performed her miracles 5 before his to' whis erin reluctant ines, : : He heard her voice 1n the . the lilting lauchter of the little 5 5 eyes. in ae eee hoot oes ans Te brook and in the nesting songs of wildwood birds. He eS. io under the same bill. for one ind. Of . tend ‘ Grass . the find. Now, Sam liked to do what pleased him most. He en 1949, in i : information first time under e G rill. ‘ ‘ would not have been written. oo. * eiready attending a school read ber seftnone in the rocks that dotted the terrain , tO} 6, 4 LAUGHTER Samuel L.! service-connected disability Clemens was its master. . His!; ave secure ‘ior the CASAS—At Community hosp!tal,
Se hospital * Env naa gs Todd, and in other less active ways passed the days away, , se . but Ago soonblhe : found that even here he was acquiring Question: Will VA pay my bill with saw and hammer. It. is. if I go to a private hospital in Way we have in this American] my home town instead of a VA humor. Had KIVISTO—-At Community hos-]. he labored at a worthwhile job, pital, Grass Valley, April 5, 1949, . while visiting the Gillis brothers 1 M 1M I 1 Kivisto f. Jackass--Hill, ‘Puol, Co., Calif Baw the agency. joyed mingling with the men at the bars in Angels Camp and to listen to their tall _ stories. The brothers struck it rich! But Sam had forfeited his share. Instead he wrote a bit of nonsense that will live forever. It was a long hike from Jackass Hill to Angels Camp, but one that paid the same I wish to. and in the flowers that blossomed at his “mul achool i ee this ke brother attends summer. ‘ Do ‘A heavenly orbs looked down upon him at school? to attend Yes. Answer: should apply now their banker friend, the manager of their local nignt =] an branch of Bank of America. ‘ d ‘inquisitively aware of his surroundings and found that brother VA cer, . PIS UNleste OF See NEy ine, 16 eH intend to ‘continue your educa quest had been SHOCK Chester of Lg avail. and macnine shop experien ce—these men estab School, you should apply as soon returned to his home and friends and began to take lished themselves in Kerman, California. A Bank tion this summer in a different Of ignorance was not for him and so it was that he TIME California State Automobile association, Fluid shoud be kept at factory recommended level and frame. TO WAIT ae Automobile shock absorbers should be checked and _ serviced at regular intervals, advises the securely result from disease or injury reruge in a incurred in or aggravated by acstrongly. : arms should be kept fastened to the car vast wilderness tive military or naval service, in . ,. line of duty. Rush and wait seems to be the ABSORBERS supporting off. Christianity, laughter and paper dollars worth about thirty Collins, Coming from Oklahoma with two assets —$4.68 Finally, 2 ‘he became reconciled to his fate; the bliss Mh POU EE a la ". part ini the great tasks of building a better world and certificate of eligibility. fi ; establishing greater understanding and harmony five cents make for democracy. McGREGOR— At Community : Fe Question. I am a disabled vetamong men and nations. hospital, Grass Valley, April. 7, 'Tis educati forms the common] ¢€ran and would like to know ng : : es : 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert _ ge oe on what basis compensation: for’ The pursuit of ignorance is indeed a futile one, for McGregor, Colfax, a son. Just as a the twig is bent the/. Service-connected disability'y~ is janoraneée is much harder to have and to hold than ; granted? > a: . : * COLLINS—-At Community hgsfee8. esoen: —A vee :The. disabHity poe wisdom. The brainldrebels when starved and taking Pope Answer: mustf s l ‘ + b ] @ital, Grass Valley, April 8, 194% : to.Mr. and Mrs. Colfax, a son. The Johnson brothers show some of their work to The summer spite all of his efforts to remain ignorant, he became Your’ for a “ feet. we have to make application in Challenged him with the secrets of the universe. De advance motto of many automobile driv-. . oe : on y makes it revel more of America loan helped them get started. Today, proprietors of a thriving business, they say: “We'd never have made it ‘if it hadn’t been for Bank of America.” ee Ignorance is in reality but a dark. shadow on the i " ‘ BS, mind of man and wisdom’s torch dispells its gloom, ers who dash up to traffic sigQuestion: What interest rates even as the sun dispells the mists of dawning day. nals and slam on their brakes, . are lenders sabes to , charge . isking much and gaining nothing’. 0n business loans! . The mind of man is a questing mind and for ever except a little more time to Answer: In most cases, four wait. Take it easier and make it. per cent is the maximum. Howand ever the quest must go < fariany on. Th tw d bee a ever, the interest rate may be light the way is our constant prayer. easier on your brakes, urges the California State Automobile as slightly higher sociation, of insured business loans. for certain visit Buttons and Belts covered, Hemsticthing, Buttonholes much to his chagrin, = “, . should include the veteran’s ‘ San Marino, t Calif,ailslastren : week-end, : "(Ould include the > natuce or that he was being mr ses in yeas thwarted. a SS rq . CHAlM Unwanted nber ane bits: of int > . ae * = ais Bo ara ain ee reve . the disability’ fof which treat-. formation were finding lodgement in his brain cells. iguats not. of good. They lett. ™ent is needed. One day he did a little thinking—this would never worthwhile jobs to be by the) [1 cases of emergency gens do! He fled the familiar scenes of his childhood and company. Highs eer Sema Births to SEWING MACHINE RENTALS -. REPAIRS two Californians who know (SPP ause. mbes We County. Lee and Jack Johnson are that were not purely trivial, he attended hadj. master of his destiny. Tomorrow, . o:ther to contact VA personally. bli i, . is ff : f th de. Good Friday, the Christian world . . . to have ld their doctor get per. RO ava 1c gat erings W one a airs of € wor ; were power} will pause to commemorate tn Reape faa from the chief medical under inspection. For radio listening he chose singing velopment of hydroelectric Go: Harvey, H. TayWilliams, who ah SSN tte tla Ganoclaten, were) carpenters: death Upor s crude: oitien or the Appropriate” WA ads and programs composed of gags John Martin and Eugene de] cross. and hilarious regional office before beginning 1 Saba, to per saving George ] . ¢manufacturng company, who 1 leading part in early day led 44 berg, Gildersleeve, Genevieve John A, Livingston, W. THRESHOLD TO THE BEST 'N SPORTS RECREATION without proper authorization. in rules, to which he adhered tenaciously. He read no Romulus R. Colgate, New York. Galilean was an exponen che] of mistaken betie? that VA wil books and scanned no newspapers. He engaged financier and member of the soap. free will and that cigcim was in no the ly the: bill WA advices veterans conversations pioneers by This be burg, W. Moulton, F. A. Austin, Ross F. Taylor, A. J. Modelin, Aud Gilzean, C .E. Clark, Dahi NEVADA CITY—ON THE bliss cal treatment’ by private esas ses M gin cians unless the injury or i.ee. F Ore d etermined ined to avoidid a all avenues “9 f . earning ing viiid CARPENTER—There was one/ness_ is. ‘service-connected and spend his life in the carefree delights of a fool’s of Galilee who should have Colgate powerhouse was, built. in 1899 by the Yuba Electric Power company which later be-. came a part of the Bay Counties} Which manager 1 I Wonder if it’s really true the and cost wilf Officers re-nominated were George Ww. Hallock, president: Fred Brown, Vice president; F. T. Wilmoth, secretary; Guy W. Brundage; qt E. Rose, W. EB Wilson, Art Turner, M. Lands Build Nevada County by telling your friends in other localities what a fine place it is to live. >) erin . . with ete., Gallagher, officers tive” Earden,” Others found’ dll, can not pay for out-patient mea! confidently believed that ignorance contractors’}and many built industries. i8 bliss. He there 290 company. away J. of ea Ust with !made this state a great produc-. erans workers ang 40 company men are employed on the Colgate project. Power free grains, @ine in the powerhouse at stream eis A crew get Election held at the next meeting, Sunday, May 8, at Bret Harte Inn, Grass Valley. : by old) do-rae-me. Gold production ceased to be California’s main industry many years ago 96-inch] drive can’t : ; first}/the mazuma was the one who got mile mines . county, Ss 3 Colgate plant after an early-day. ahead of the other fellow. You ‘seven bureau of Oakeshott’s spech did not particularly apply to this area, but was interesting to a degree that room. form of a cash dividend amounting to $767.71. The attention which was given to accident prevention activities .and the cooperation received have enabled the state conpensation insurance fund to effect this saving for the schools. of Nevada gold much by the of the a dam* miles is . as the powerhouse. The tunnel, built . mentioned. in % . a equipped . letter power equip the state compensation insurance fund, has announced schools of Nevada county and their employees established an~ excellent atety record during the year ending--July 1, 1948. As a result the schools have reduced their * workmen’s compensation insur the’ east be Water the miles Joseph fs i the site of 40,200-horsepower generator Yr will maps, Compensation Premium Reduced 44 Per Cent {In Count Schools Auburn = structure ex tending supervisors be mount powerhouse concrete : directly behind onlookers. Pic the site as a monument to the pioneers in hydroelectric engineering The office for his for the the state of California, spoke on black sands and its correlation with heavy metals. with at s : Auburn loaded courtesy Journal. equipment had been in operation almost continuously for 49 years. One of the original Stanley north phosphates is the group of ing ed’ miles last week. The top picture is looking south. To the right is a ¢lose-up view of the point of until structure. A view of Placer college after it.was struck by a truck and trailer was continued in service the is a of the Nevada City bound bus of the P.G.&E.’s 56 hydroelectric y senerating stations. It was. damaged by fire in 1946 but after for of ologist it pertained to gold. Oakeshott portion of the wall for windows. stated the first observa tion that A new concrete floor was laid ; black sands general ly contained nd the partition between the heavy metals was in 1851. The vo rooms removed. speaker also told of black sands O’Conner said he expected to in gold rushes in British Columbring much of his Grass Valley bia and Alaska. equipment into the court house Forrest Varney, manager of the office in the near future. Nevada irrigation district, told the Fhe~work of the road comgroup of the accomplishments of missioner’s office had formerly the district in recent years and been carried on in the board of its plans for the future. high-ten Way sheriff's office. The work was segun last winter after the road commissioner had sought -a cen his personnel. The work of remodeling the juirters involved removing a house was the second oldest plant muke group at the National hotel here. Dr. Gordon P. Oakeshott, ge ‘or Placed in commission Sept. 5, 1899, the original Colgate. power to year at Sunday’s meeting of the ikandoned cell and storage room iec-oss the back hall from the ral $3,325,000. moved made available by converting the nent and adequate working space sion bus ‘structure and circuit . breakers is well advanéed. Esti. mated cost of the project is repairs moved into new All officers of the California at the court house early -Hydraulic this week. Miners association Two large, sunlit rooms were were re-nominated for andther north fork of the Yuba river is J well» past the half-way mark The powerhouse structural stee 1, Bi. McCormack, offices man}, today that consiru ction of the new plant 106 mites northwest of Nevada City on tl 1e RE-NOMINATES OFFICERS O'Conner: and assistants, Art Juniels, Harry Cleveland and W. ae century-old KE. Eph Aagitinncrsie types . —Adeline Merriam Conner Far sr asia cs -— a i. eS TSP ie ‘. MEMBER FEDERaL OEPORIT ingu Hauce CoePoRATION © mEMeEe reot 4 ttatey