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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

June 19, 1944 (4 pages)

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pe eT a home on Nimrod street yada City on ee the ehidren: ge days has Ling relatives and friends. : pitt Piney donee J. S. army. and is in last son ethane ‘purchased a home. nin of the ‘time Braver of Grove: giragak \ expects’ ie relatives: while there. re 6 Training there . Sy selena cee. ' aflairs during the week end. aT Saturday. "DOG BITES GIRLS yon for w ji. . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanley and + family of San Francisco haye rented the ‘summer and fall. They came to Nerecommendations of their physician who is treating one é Mr. ‘aud Mrs. Ralph Pearce and . his sister, Mrs. J. J, Jacksén and son . spent ‘Sunday in) Sacramento visit-' (Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Myers ar‘. rived in this city during the week . . Lend, ‘She spent last week with her husband at Burlingame where pay -On Saturday relatives and friends >. recetved the news of the sudden sevlere heart attack ahd illness of Charles Wild, native of this city, who! [has resided in San Francisco -many Dudley Pederson returned. Thurs. day. from a business trip to Salt Lake City. He was accompanied by his Gowan “wierd, . Wite and they visited several of his Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Seing ‘were Ibusiness “visitor's in this city from a . Oakland. He attended to business f sheet: and Mrs. Vv. a am, son he vu. 8. Air Corps. His two he ged Was. onic in BEWARE OLIVE PARLATORIA, ITS SPREADING Beware the insifnificant looking, small gray scale insect pest commonly known as the olive parlatoria seale, scientifically known as Parlatoria oleae, Colv: It ig gradually spreading. in California ‘soon be in your backyard infesting shrubs and fruit. Commissioner H. L. Jsgeson, article is designed to scare you. Why? Beeause, according to investigations and surveys made by the State Bufeau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and the county agricultural commissioners, this scale insect promises to be one of the worst pests of ornamental plants and fruit trees yet introduced into California. It is ‘spreading rapidly in spite of ‘all Means ‘being taken to prevent it. It was first discovered in Calfformia at Fresno in October 1934, hy Clifford Canfield. It had apparently been established there for a number of years, It was found to occupy an area of approximately 110 square miles, including most of the. city of Fresno. in the first survey conducted during 1935. to determine how far it had spréad. It occurs only in two other places in the United States) Baltimore, Maryland and Tucson, ‘Arizona. It came to this country from the Mediterranean. The name .olive parlatoria scale is misleading ag . to. the seriousness of this seale insect, since it not-only infeets olive, but practically all of the deciduous fruits and a myriad. of and may According to County Agricultural] this NEVADA . CITY N UGGET ly kill branches in the shrubs is dha . the. will deform and discolor the, ‘trees; fruit and stunt the growth of plants until they are morthless. self and others, Mr. this serious scale pest? First, agricultural inspector before Third, spread the word to friends and neighbors to do neighbors will be lished in your vicinity this to place without the slightest regard for fences or property lines. BIRTH RATE MAY RISE IF HELP IS GIVEN MOTHERS a falling birthrates in the strata of eitizeng seemingly best fitted, lectually and morally to rear chil-. dren, The plan should ‘be of equal in-} terest’ here in the United States where, similarly, birthrates in the’ brackets best able to produce sound and healthy young Citizens, are dropping consistently and have been for . decades. Postponed marriages with What can you do to protect yourCitizens from! have; all plants treated and certified by) the county agricultural commission; er before you accept or bring them . estry Ws pancetta ot which Senator from the infested area. Second, have George Biggar of Mendocino County, all plants inspected by your local. j; chairman, will visit Nevada City you; plant them, he is your servant hired to protect you from pest infestations. your likewise. In protecting themselves your protecting .you. Fourth, rememiber that once estabinsect will multiply and spread from place new and unsuspected aid’ is offered, in England today for the problem of . intel-' ke ret ing to’ eee home on {also the small elongate male scales, common garden ornamentals as well as three of our most common native ghrubs, the wild ‘lilac, a n, and ‘the manzanita. There are’more than ‘170 known host. plants. The effect of this scale insect on the host is ‘starfling. It affects all Darts of the plant, the branches, the }leaves, and the frnit, and apparently ‘produces a substance: ta Kic to plant tissues,’ bécarse it discolors the branches, makes yellowish spots on ‘the leaves, and produces a reddish . ftuits: affected. Not only do the fe-! male scales produce* this injury but {an uncommon occurence in this type nt time: it can be. meontes ny survey ee =< re ain fa fromthe infested . ' ss ‘control. Ordinary sprays are not very j. “ Péfteetive since the ' . neath by a ventral envelope, which _ . Prevents the spray Os tamigation. with either cyanide or t methyl bromide gas in a tight: fumt-} jing a’ heavy buildup of populations . sea spread and-has been ex1 ‘most ‘difficult to prevent because the . tural inspector for inspection at des-. ' a ‘tination.: ‘The resultant infestation ‘Of scale insect. It. is difficult: and panties to dark lavender ‘body of the scale insect. not only is protected ty the upper séale cover“but ig also protected from being solution’ from oe ged contact with the insect’s . ae So oy “successfully controlled by wation chamber. . . Tt has no known significant para. sites ‘but, produces ‘from two to three ‘generations: per season, thus asstrtrom. year to year. — So far’ it has resisted. all etforts to the area of infestation’ ‘trom deer tm spite ‘of ‘quarai tine . halt ot sete » & portion of hare ee oa Sore. oar: tolcauate a ot plant, or lilac bush % private auto” ‘trom: one “The tlowering Aone Kept Inside the fam. fly dm g, ina pot for some time! before ‘the. family purchased a house ‘and ‘lot and planted it in the yard. The local. infestation was the result. This: type of spread is by far the rhost Plants so transported are com[monly not reported ‘to the agricul-} is -usuany well established By * the Seve. the: discoloration. on the surface of most {Dlanting thay of the old Hime “do. tect of aay. outlying in‘but. ‘quicksilver Was faken from the New ‘Almaden and Guadalupe Mines, near San Jose.Robert E. Peary in 1909. give a sharp rise to the birthrate immediately following the war, but a long’ decline is expected thereafter. ‘However, the British proposal has additional aspects to whet public interest, Ina memo to Brtiain’s Minister of Labor, pointing out that many potentially fine ‘mothers aren’t hav-. ing babies because they can’t care for’ them’ properly, Miss Naney Ad=} aims, chief woman officer of the British Trades Union: Congress, declares; “If.we want larger families, then we must provide household help for mothers as part of the regular welfare ‘services.’ A cautious critic might pessimistically inquire exactly where these domestic aides will be found in war time either in England or America. eo Women who have geen their precious household jewels slip into temporary but: better. paid ° war jobs, ‘know they can’t hope to match those wages muchas they may. need help in the house. They know the situation isn’t going to improve until the war is over.' And when that time comes, they'd like to have © better, more efficient help than before. With many former domestics out of service and no new ‘ones being trained, just ‘where will such help come from? Miss Adams has the answer to that one, too, and a practical atiswer:
six months to two years for Drospective: home» workers; proper examination and certification, set Wage seal‘ee—and a ‘brand néw Status, sipea test: real help ‘ever: otferéd® ‘a worthy . : Profession. It. would ‘tend to: dignity at odeupation towW“sadty” in “need ot} ‘Gigpity, hetping ‘to rebuila its loyal} war. thinned ranks with prideful for’ the plan's original’ parposé,’ it ‘might concefvably’ sive_wings ‘to the} ‘birthrate figures, tbo; as Miss’ Addims fpape , by helping to lft a loaa “homes which: might easily and phapply. Tear, a. full quote: of children q mov:. if’ proper 'eare. for’ larger rinse =e ‘easily avallatle, +3 eg ab the numibér of new babies : anc 4 ew home workers both in an alarming state of decline; ahd such Proposal offering solution to two ‘major problems ’ at one fell swoop ‘would seem worth a trial here as well as in-England.) “More thins $100 000; 000 worth of The North Pole was discovered by The Donahue monument, on Mar. ket Street in San Francisco commemorates Peter Donahue, founder Persons who cary Plants from the Inlfested area to their friends or their . . “dig, 1g the grave” for ‘orchards in the: vie. : e plants . the only, marble ones tn the worl. of the city’s first iron works, first street relivay: and first gas comi ‘Sonora’s sidewalks are said to be Geebinnits in 1850 averaged one killing @*night in its gambling: hous1. ee ers hg 4 “A rigid training program of from . ! . Such “ weoarien: would provide the . . ] People happy in their work, And: as . =: STATE FORESTRY . . becoo a TO CITY s Fornoon June 2ist, dufing a statewide survey of forests and examination of conditions and problems pertaining to them. With Senator Biggar there will be the other members of the committee, Senator Oliver Carter of MShatsa County, Assemblyman Paul Denny of Siskiyou County, and Assemblyman Jacob Leonard of San Benito (County. Accompanying the committee will tbe Gen. Warren Hannum, State Director of Natural Resources, William Rosecrans, chairman of the Board of Forestry, Daniel’ Fritz, professor of forestry in the University of California and secretary of the committee, Kenneth Waller, general manager of the Red River Lumber Company, Jeff Prendergast, manager of a San Bernardino irrigation © com‘ jpany, DeWitt Nelson, once supervis. lio of the Tahoe National Forest and now aid to M. B. Pratt, state forester. This party will leave Auburn ear‘ly next Wednesday morning for Forfest Hill where they will view the war forced destruction of immature timber, typical of many ,.other local. ities. They will then visit Grass Valley and Nevada ‘City. It is proposed , to show the group the 800 acre burnt area in Blue Tent, four miles northéast of Nevada City, on which the timber went. up in smoke _ several years’ ago. ~The visitors will also view the Gelhaus Ranch in Chicago Park where under capable management a considerable acreage of pine forest promises. good dividends. Wednesday ‘evening, business and! . Professional men, Tahoe Forest ofcicials, and lumbermen will meet the, visitors at dinner in the Bret: Harte, Inn, where there will be an: inform-' al discussion of forest conditions, . lumbering operations, firdé control, and the best methods of treating cut over. timiber lands./ CHILD LOSES FINGER : Helen Ivy, two years. old, . the daughter of Mrs. Clare Ivy on} the Banner Road, lost her ‘index finger, when. an older child, learning to use an axe, brought it down on. her hand, The child was taken to the Community Hospital in» Grass ‘Valley where it was found that the middle finger also ear been. injured. BORN BRITTON—In Nevada City, (Nevada. County, June 10, 19:44, to Capt. and. Mrs. Alfred: B. Britton, a son. going to dinner. munity calble' car as.a meang of _transpot tion, built by: Col nicknamed” proved’ to be oné ‘of the world’s fit est resorts. . —_QNDAY. JUNE 19, 194 . N. C. Gove tC $33.26 Pec’ Cocae County Costs of Nevada ment alone amounted capita in the county California @ Taxpayers study of data for county expenditures, just made the state controller, shows, Costs ber capita for ' t government for 1949. 43 ed among administration, person; protection to ‘property $2153; highw ges $4.10; hospitals, health welfare $21.73; other functions i -05 and debt service None, bi High point in per ca itures in the county was 19414 poles county spending Averaged re se per person, the ASSOciation stat. ‘The state wide average cost of county sovernmen fornia in 194243. was $23 08, com. pared with a high for the Dast sey years of $29:23 for 1904: 41 S0very. 10 $33.96 for 15 49 ah : 48S0Clation ‘ Sov cram Dublie by he County Were divi 4 $3,385 de Dersong an ays and py, Pita expeng Der Capit, t in Cay, the a.) sociation found. ee The decrease in per Capita cogy in 1942-43 reflects, in MOst eoip. ties, the curtailment Drought abpy in many activities of county gover. ment by the continuation of the war, For the current fiscal year, 1943. 44 and for next year, 1944. 45,. the . association warned that county @, penditures will show a great jp. crease over previous years Deause of increased welfare costs, primarily for.old age aid. Expenditures fop aid : to the needy aged, blind, and depen. ent children are made through thy county government, though a S004 share of their cost is financed Dy the state and federal governments, the association pointed out. SURPRISE PACKAGE “T’ve seen. it all’ is a popily phrase in the Southwest Pacific the. atre. A checkroom girl ina Re Cross club in Australia put a lotof feeling into. those four words whe! she reached for an ammunition bag being checked ‘by a corporal. “Check this, please,’”’ he said. She gulped . and took a second look—there in th i Dag: was a four weeks old kangaroo, “Are you serious?’’ she asked, “Sure,’’ said the corporal. “We'r Just hang the ba on a hook and she’ll sleep till we get iback,’’ Named ‘‘Ninepence Josephine” by Cpl. Norman Seddon of a Troop (ar rier Squardon when he found her th week: before hopping alone on 4@ mountain’ top in northeastern Au tralia. Unable to find the mother, Cpl. Seddon adopted her. San Francisco was the first com in. the world to adopt th The ‘original Hotel Del Monte, Charles Crocker, wis “Crocker’s Folly” bit) ie a a “THE ENEMY IS ON THE RUN = HT THEM AND HIT THEM AGAIN” se it eed + a WE MUST‘ " Phone 88—Grase Valley Hien haa ine Phone 5, Nevada City = V = his he the an fac ‘ne yer rel lig hay all ers ter