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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
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