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August 26, 1947 (8 pages)

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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. Nevada city seintagtd