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yaa, No. 77
The Twin Cities Paper NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA _ The County Seat Paper TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 194%,
ROAD
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«Hoey +f Leete, Je
STOPPED SUNDAY
GRASS VALLEY: State Forestry
fire crews mastered two blazes Sunday afternoon, while volunteers
stopped one. One was in the Cedar
<e WHIM) Oh BOB!
ME ie ‘Nuzeet.
we a letter
“
Se ein lazy. animal.
morning what widny
H Can they devour milk!
stot 40 daye old.
pep and white.
in their head.
Pf
it the se
ad jump al
Mart all over: again.
PEAKING * OF CATS,
fim. of) Goldbce aby
Even dogs
We quote verbareceived yesterday
» “Nevada City-Grass Valley
Would you please mail me
‘ot ‘August 22nd, as Empea got our copy and chewed
pieces and we were follow“gtory of the Diary of a
oT. is. going to the
sunday: we atquired a small
cat that appeared out of. noWe more or less adopted
The
word must have gotten around even
pecker usual in this town, for
happens but
ye disoover: a whole. boxful of kitas 02 our doorstep. Boy, can they
‘the new members of the Leete
tity total five. There’s the pink
1d, he's two or three months old.
The four ddorstep kittens are apparOne of
is a eautiful smoky black
ae with light green eyes. One
ba grey; and the other two are
Ml of them apparently have
Here’s ‘why:
only about four inches long,
ook as if they are too weak
their way out of a wet payet their favorite stunt is
of, dare-devil and derring-do;
all the way up the face
‘door :amd then turn
t six feet to the porch
for. They. Mand with a sickening
jiand, with big-emites -on their}
Wie taces, immediately turn and
“Jake
‘Flat; missed . his
@ for, six: days ‘and then “discovted it mooring: like mad; THORTYIB fect, up a drain pipe on the
iy Ot te house, stuck: and most
. Schramm was unliappy,
ad to tear up: hia: floor
eline, of. ‘whom wep
‘energies were too!
ROM COLUMBIA, South Caroie, We have a beautiful ‘hot flash
Ridge area on the Colfax road near
this city. This blaze burned out six
or seven acres before being gotten
under control. Homes in Cedar
Ridge were threatened, and householders protected their structures
by dampening roofs.
Shortly after this outbreak was
reported, another occurred at the
Allison ranch, where it burned over
20° acres of woodland before being
eontrolled.
The third fire started at the Bullion but was quelled by volunteer
personnel before it got far from-the
starting point.
REGISTRATION
FOR SCHOOL IS
THURS. AND FRI.
NEVADA CITY: Registration for
the fall school semester will take
7
ten students: at the elementary
school on Thursday .and » Friday.
Freshman and new students at the
high school will register from 10
a. m. to noon Friday.
Kindergarten children who registered last spring do not need to do
so again. Miss Frances Mason will
have charge of the kindergarten
classes, which, while new classrooms
are being completed, will be held in
the auditorium.
Miss Gertrude Goyne, Mré. Doris
Foley, Mrs. Mary Warneke, ‘Mrs.
Irma Atkins, Mrs. Jean Smollett
and Mise Savory Ford will teach in
the first three grades.
Mrs. Elise DeMattei, Mrs. Kathryn Garison, Mrs. Ruth Hogan, Mrs.
Alice Clark, Mrs. Alice Thibault,
Mrs. Lauvia Kilroy and Mrs:: Mabel
Flindt will teach grade four through
eight.
er and boys’ physical éducation.
firet grade.
will be a new eafeteria building,
now ih the process of construction.
place for elementary and kindergar-}.
The school board is considering
applications for choral music: téach-:
The Board of Education has purchased’ the Coughlin residence on
Washington street. The ‘building
will be remodeled. and serve as quar‘ters: for: the’ kindergarten gd pee
An addition to the aa choot
. Local CONTRACTORS TO
BUILD MODERN MOTEL
COLINAX: George S. Latin, general building contractor of Grasé
Valley, has announced the acceptance of a contract for the construction of a 16-unit $200,000 ultramodern year around motel resort at
an Emigrant Gap site on U. S. highway 40. Construction will start immediately.
Final contract negotiations were
completed last week by Latin with
Dr.:and Mrs, C. E. Widing, > an
daughter, Joan, Dutch Flat residents'and formerly of San Francisco.
chitect * charge of the project:
To: ‘be ‘known a6 the Rancho
Sierra. Inn, the resort will be El
Rancho ‘style with 16 motel units.
Adjoining. construction. will include
a dining room, cocktail lounge and
swimming pool, the latter to, be
75x25 feet in size. Stables to house
the horses for hunting and fishing
trips: will also. be included.
Other features will be a rumpus
room‘ and dormitories for the use of
winter skiing parties.
The location. is three-fourths of a
Fiat.
following firms:
electrician,
brick mason,
Slater,
Van Pickens,
Glass Company.
TAX RATE SAME.
$1.40 PER $100
session, the city council
that was. in force ‘last: year.
fund, 20c; library fund, 20¢.
A
Humphrey ‘Calanan annouticed :
Nevada on the city assessment rol
This ¢onsists of two Quonset huts
® parking meters. Seema those
derer South, Carolinans have solved
tle meter problem. even for those
Mted cases Where the car owner
placed. end to end.
total $1,652,370.
d,
‘Russell Mills, of Reno, is the armile east of Emigrant Gap on the
U. §. Highway 40 at Carpenter's
Subcontracts were awarded to the
Durrim Plumbing
Company, Auburn, George E. Golvin, plasterer, Grass Valley; William
Grass Valley;
Grass
Valley; John Bray, painting, Gras6
Valley and Grass Valley Paint. andj?
NEVADA CITY: At an adjourned
decided}
‘upon. the same’ tax ‘rate: assessment.
The
rate is $1.40 per $100, divided as
follows: General *fund, $1.00; firey
City. ‘Clerk and “Assessor. George be
the assessed ‘valuation of thé ‘ety of .
is $1,538,290, with a public utility]
roll valuation of $114,080. The two]
WORK ON SCOTT'S
FLAT DAM ONE
GRASS VALLEY: Harold Wo ds
engineers for the Nevada Irrigation
District, reported to the board of
directors that an average construction height of 29% feet has been
reached in the Seotte (Flat Dam.
Woods said that the D4S canal is
approximately one-third completed
‘ana that ‘the Ophir-Combe canal
work is 30 per cent complete.
Regarditig-a complaint received
}from the Fish ‘and Game Commission that insufficient water ‘was
being reledsedtrom’ Bowman Lake
‘to kéep the fish alive, Manager {Wil‘iam ‘Durbrow told the board it-had
ever bean the Ipractice to release
water from the lake and that in the
Past leakage and seepage had” been
‘sufficient . for the purpose. ©
commission asked for two
this ;would, amount to
in apne: the release.
NLD.STILLIN
QUANDARY OVER
NEW MANAGER —
GRASS VALLEY: The Nevada Ir
*
ffbult problem ‘of replacing Manage’
rs atféndéd the meeting.
-stedy the
priiblem.
Gr
rbrow.
of ‘Blackie and Woods, cepts
The
second
feet release of Water.. Durbrow:said
$18.00 per
day, land. ‘that in the current dry
‘seasdn with lack of ‘water and limitation on district’s revenues, he did
Rot. think the district was warranted
rigation Dietriet met yesterday and,
7 th atmosphere of comparative
, wontinued to ponder the difsMfiam © Durbrow. Only six land‘. Ai B. Ganford, a leader of a previously; dissenting faction, .opened
{discussion when he desired a report
tfrom the committee assigned ‘to
management ‘personn®)
former judge of the Superior
rt George L. Jones and 0.°G.
ths ‘both spoke. before — the
-poard, urging the utmost care and
cc; my a in aelecting® & successor
Gold Trail
NEVAD
Riders at a special meeting hel
\Park Club House. Many reques
the audience who enjoyed the
that the second Sunday of each
Corners,
Daze Ranch at Casey
the day.
Plan New Horse Show —
A CITY: Another free
day was planned to take place Sept. 14th by th
d Friday night at the Memorial
responsible for the repetition of the affair.
show day with the riders gathering at Dick Lostutter’s Happy
children’s events and stock horse events being the order of '
Riders.
“Fun, on Horseback”
e Gold Trail
Pa
ts by riders and members of
event .previously held were .
It was also voted
month would become horse
with contests, calf roping,
The following officers were elected to fill vacancies and offices newly
added to the chub. Jerry Jarrard
was -.elected vice president; Wes
White, second vice president; Dick
Lostutter, ‘Chief Wrangler;’’? Toni
Harpe, executive officer; : and Sam
Frost was selected to represent the
group as a delegate to the Cali-'
fornia State Horesmen’s Convention.
Mitch Painter had already been
named as the other delegate.
At the request of the local County
Fair board, represented at the meeting by Mrs. Mary Landi of Grass
Valley the following committee ‘ was
appointed to work on the Horse
Show to be given at the fair grounds
at Watt Park during the days of
the Nevada County Fait Sept. 9th
and. 10th. ‘The same committee was
delegated to put on the horse. show
at Happy Daze Ranch Sept. 14th.
The members are: Jerry Jarrard;
Mitch Painter, Dick Lostutter, Ruth
Bowles, Violet Anderson and Sam
Frost. :
e
CHAMBER GROUP.T0.
MEET ON QUESTION
OF CLOSING SEPT. 9°"
GRASS VALLEY:. Louis Hartman, chairman of the retail activities committee of the chamber of
commerce, has called a meeting of
the, committee for this noon at the
Holbrooke Hotel. Purpose of the
meeting will be to decide whether
or not local retail houses will close
on the first day of the County Fair,
which is pie gate sure for September 9
rT
tape after
4
here in fine
one of ‘the nicke
‘Pages,
disposal plant established
Print it “in the ‘Letters
bel
Ses of mounting when
‘Gola
py
We otthe
"ind a bit
Me ang
sevbalares for over an hour and
Want to collect a great big
lon tag. The motorist simply
Sant extra nickel to the meter
h scotch depositing
% nickel for the first hour.
the copper. strolls up to check
Meters, he notices the nickel
Untapes it and deposits it for).
ir parker. ‘ Simple, no?.
y print:
record that anyone has
. CRAMPTON has written
fl an enormous (four
single-spaced )
Wow he does not ‘want a
" ote Property on the banks
reek. He’s sent the Nugr and if we have room, we'll
department although,
consider sewage dispo‘Tather smelly subject.
te musical chairs contest at
Trail: Riders Happy Daze
She . shinnied ups the front
ae who didn’t seem
Mrs. Joe T. Moran have
after visiting in San Franion Mre. Harry F. Benteen
aa their ome in BerkeY
on
to
she
~. PROPOSED SEWAGE PLANT LOCATION
Note: Frank Crampton, govSINEAR MILLION TROUT
PLANTED IN THIS AREA
in: charge of fish planting, announc
‘i oiit the area.
Pack horses and mules used
. Blacktord.
(ONS STEAK BAKE A
DESPITE COLD
_ NEV
er’ ‘than “usual:
. Lion’s Club, of .
their apnual. steate
cloud on highway, 20,
a large: ¢
Henry R. Smith, Mrsler and Mise Ida Man
relatives in South
Sunday, but were unable
Manseau, Who F
> on in St.
with his wife and family, has
turned
and San Francisco. :
Mr, and Mrs. Bmil”
been ‘visiting #
of Police Frank Knuckey,
trom » vacationing, at Lake
nity singing. Added to these
tractions was the Lions own
ber Shop Quartet.”
reINBVADA CITY: Andy Weaver,
iturday that 975,000 trout have
been planted from the Bear River
\ pase jn streams and lakes throughOf the fish planted, 200,000 are
$astern brook reared at the Lake
fahoe Hatchery, and 775,000 are
‘$dinbows from Mt. Shasta Hatchery.
conveying the young trout from the
Bear Lake base to lakes anf streams
in’ the higher altitudes ‘were sup-.
ied by the U. S. Porest Service,
the Grass Valley Rifle, Rod and Gun
. Club, and stock men: W.A. Black,
Tom ‘Cole, Ralph. Emerson and Bob,
‘CITY: ‘Despite the low;
temperature, the
‘Grass Valley enjoyed .
bake: at White
Thursday even of the
m= done: sClub as their
4 at 100 eeuluicin their ladies
and guests attended. “Art Remple’s
“‘BarHR scl engineer and “local property owner, here tells his views on
the proposed location of the city
sewage disposal plant on the Ronnigen property. This, letter is, not
to vias construed as ‘the
Nugget’s viewpoint, sincé: ‘it. Has 0
opinion, either favorable or unfavorable to the proposed location of
the plant.)
ed
August 20, 1947
The City Council,
City of Nevada,
Nevada City,
California
Gentlemen: ~_
A protest, is. liereby mdde, to the
installation: of a: sewage. treatment
plant proposed to be built within
the city limits of, Nevada, City; on
Jand known as thé ‘Ronnigen property. The location.as shown on the
topographical. sketch plan,’ in rough
and alternate form, was as eubmitted by Headiman, Ferguson and}.
Carollo, Engineers,
‘gona, to be in the area south of
Deer Creek , and immediately west
of the ‘Woodpecker Ravine. © _
One vitally important: élement is
not shown on_ the plan. ‘This, ig a
gas, burning chamber tor ‘the . highly
prance and oderiferous gases generated by certain of the plant elements. Possibly this is an overin
‘
chamber must ‘be provided.
‘The gases generated are highly
oderiferous, offensive amd very ‘@angerously and highly —
ley ‘Braves of the Placer gis
League edged out ‘the Nevada. ity’
Merchants of. the ‘Foothill League .
Sutiday afternoon 4 to 4 dt Watt
Park.
game, ¢
last of the eighth inning: to” “win,
when Daley’s triple drove in two un-'
the third inning when Jones ‘singled,
Haddy
acr oss the run.
in the last of the third when
Trathen singled, Painter sacrificed) ‘
Plumtree tripled, and “Hooper, ‘ i
gled to drive him home with. th¢ i
gecond run,
the fifth on a
which saw the ball thrown @
the infield. Here’ s how it ha
Babe Childers @oubled, Jo
walked and Haddy, was. hit ‘by .t
! pitcher.
T steal.
{the ball to first. ase and
and Lacrosse proceedéd to run
runner down with
in with the tieing tally. St
to third and the Dall to. home am
ed to. run’
galled. out sliding into. nonnet s
very close decision.
Phoenix, Ari-. —
sight and if not, a gaiceeraing Be
GRASS Vinee? one.
om
af
<
The Merchants, ‘unidendous of the
made the Braves 80, to the’
arned runs across the plate.
Nevada City drew. ‘first blood in’
bunted, and "Clark aie
$
Grass Valley came back with two, oe
Sin?
i
i
Nevada City regained the teed 3
“Brooklyn
¢ ae
.
In an "effort to get the. #s
Childers comin
back to sevond “where they — :
ly? down * ee
scored with Haddy © Jones
ee)
The -Braves: tied it mp ame
Avaine ac ;
stop. ‘
The SES jumped, right back ‘
when Childers received & ‘HP, Jones
walked and Haddy drove. se eons ae
home. :
Grass Valley tied it uD oat “Wiens eo
an error on the third baseman and —
a double by Dick Trathen ‘ soe
one. ;
The Braves pat the game on jee :
when First Baseman Childers. ki. oe
‘pled a grounder, Haddy ¢
fly ‘ball in right field and Daley’ got
his second triple of the day.
That was it. ; One of ~~
attles of the year at
ley Park with: the home t te
ning 6 to 4.Heavy hitters tor the Braves ’ re
Daley with two triples ond a single
Plumtree a trip ingh
Trathen, a double
er two singles,
crosse, Thomupson; ’ ‘Oraill, eac
lecting a single. —
Clark collected two hits ©
Merchants, Babe Childers a
Jones 1 for 3 walking twice,Haddy 1 tor 2 with _ and a
rifice.
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