April 24, 1968 (8 pages)

Daylight time About 2000 years ago Virgil wrote “Fugit irreparabile tempus”, which any Latin dropout knows means “When time flies it cannot be recalled.” Much more recently old Ben Franklin put it: “Lost time is never found again.” But those cats didn’t know anything about Daylight Savings Time. Come 2 a.m. of Sunday, April 27 we’ll be losing an hour of time. Poof! gone with a twist of the wrist. An hour can drag or an hour can fly, but it is an hour out of our lives. Only for a few months, however; for comes October and we snatch that hour back again, despite the pessimism of poets and philosophers. So prepare. Prepare to reverse another old saying so that it reads: “Forward, turn forward oh Time in thy flight.” : Where your money goes Sometimes in illness an explanation of mond we are sick has a certain therapeutic value, even though it doesn’t relieve the pain much. On that premise, it may be of some help to all of us still in some shock from our state income tax bill to know some of the following figures, released. by the California State Chamber of Commerce. During 1966 nearly five of every 100 California residents worked for state or local government, a total of 931,000. In 1960 the figure was less than four. The payrolls for these employees in 1966 was $531,400,000. Of that, $265,600,000 was for education. In 1960 payrolls for education amounted to $136,000,000. Police payrolls were $28,800,000 in 1966, only $17,700,000 in 1960. During that same decade hospitals jumped from $23,300,000 to $35,000,000. Not exactly an anesthetic, but at least it shows part. of the cause of that April 15 pain in the pocketbook. Barefoot mail The Post Office department has a bit of a dilemma. In cities where the hippies hold forth a number of the flower children have been employed as mail carriers. Complaints could be expected when some shaggyhaired, barefoot, none-too-clean apparition appeared at the door with a letter from Aunt Minnie; and complaints there were. The Department is trying to persuade its hippies to shorten the hair and cover the feet, and there lies the rub; for at the same time it is being urged to issue a special stamp commemorating barefoot mailmen! There is a considerable difference, of course. The mailmen for whom the honor is sought by a Florida Congressman were famous in the late nineteenth century for their 66 mile mail delivery walks—barefoot— along the beach between Miami and Palm Beach. It was an arduous but necessary service, but, man, how are you going to tell a hippie that his feet haven’t just as much right to be free? Step forward The critical problem of the jobless in an era of high emphase of the problem resides in the cities, where the largployment is, obviously, one of preparation and opportunity. A great many sonorous words have been spoken on this subject, and a very great many millions of dollars spent; but the results so far have been in too large a degree futility and discouragement. ~ In a talk before the Cormmonwealth Club of California in San Francisco recently, Dr. Robert K. Branson, of the Parks Job wag Center for Litton Industri pointed out that the cru est segment of unemployed youth, between 16 and 21 years of age, may have been on welfare since birth. “Without economic worth,” Dr. Branson said, “without the ability to get a job and change it if the individual feels abused, there can be no true liberty. Freedom cannot be realized from the receiving end of a welfare check.” me Te —— 2 concluded, wen , elop programs which “will give dropouts the incentive to join the taxpay“. and not the tax-users club.”:cas RST Letters ‘Mac’s mulligan There is one instance in my kid days that instead of. going to school I walked up to Round Mountain. I had two very good friends up there. They were Hi Shearer's father, George, and his sister, Polly. She was a little older than me and very pretty. Everyone who knew her called her Round Mountain Polly. I would stay with them a few days and cut across the mountains. You know something? I showed the mountain goats the shortest way to water. I always carried matches, fish line and hooks, and getting bait was no problem. All you did was turn a rock over and there was your bait. Did you ever cut a green twig and cook a few mountain trout you pulled out of the ice cold water and cleaned them? A good friend of mine, an Indian, showed me how to trap game and cook it. And believe me, you) don't know how good it is until you try it. But them days are gone now. That was over 70 years ago, and I will never forget them. . Iam in my Autumn years of life but it seems like it was yesterday. But I guess a man is as old _as he feels, And today I feel like a two-year-old colt. If. I. did not have this arthritis in my arm andneck I would be willing to go about 10 rounds with Bob Paine or Jimmie Dundee, That's a joke, son. Oh yes, I would like to give you a little dope on two of my Indian friends. They were Betsie and Josie. My parents had two boarding houses at different times. One was acrossthe street from the brewery, and they sold that one to John Ghidotti, which he sometime later turned into a grocery store. The other was on this side of the Gold Run bridge. Well, them two Indian ladies had many a meal there, and the food that was left on the table they took out to the Campoodie. My mother, God rest her soul, gave them dresses and shoes, but it was funny I never seen shoes on their feet. So long, Jack Basset, 221 N. Church St., Grass Valley. REYHOLE COLUMBUS—A collective bargaining bill for Ohio public employees went down the legislative tube here recently and observers hold that recent teacher and garbage strikes will probably doom to the same fate similiar proPosals pending in several other states. NEW YORK — Travellers returning from Europe say that during the late gold crisis the U.S. dollar was considered so uncertain abroad that the were shocked to find real difficulty in using nD Se reni or even traveler’ cheeks and credit cards. f TWO OF THE most wonderful sounds in the world: The crack of ball meeting bat in the springtime and the homeward bound honking of Canadian geese in the fall. * KKK CONGRESS IS thinking about creating what is known as a Desolation Wilderness Area, I thought the hydraulic mining operations took care of that years ago. KE THEY WON'T rewrite the script, but two dogs stole the. show at the rehearsal of "Never Come, Never Go" the other night. The stage play which is being rehearsed for June 13-15 showing inthe Nevada Theatre was interrupted abruptly when Francois, and Smokey, two dogs owned by Pat Ryan, broke into the practice routine and completely interrupted things. Francois, in particular, leaped on a lady's lap and probably scared the bejabers out of her. AND SPEAKING ef Mr. Ryan, twice he had to be saved from the cool waters of Rollins Lake recently. He was doing a bit of photography at that beautiful spot when the helmsman did ahard to port while Pat was doing the opposite to starboard. Two gallant ladies taking the boat ride grabbed one of Pat's legs and saved him from Davey Jones' locker The female of the species, of course, is more valiant than the male, As Mr, Ryan would be the first to admit. * KKK POTTER'S FIELD used to be the place of burial of the destitute. Now it's where the flower children assemble to stoke up their marijuana stoves. KK THIS IS THE AGE of protest. You're not in style unless you: voice your complaints. So get a sign and some followers, and start ‘marching. What'll you Nevadal County Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min, R. April 17 50 29 -00 April 18 55 25 .00 April 19 63 34 00 April 20 62 28 .00 April 21 61 23 00 April 22 56 37 .00 April 23 67 31 .00 Rainfall to date 34,10 Rainfall last year 64,21 GRASS VALLEY Max, Min, R, April 17 53 33 00 April 18 57 29 00 April 19 66 38 -00 April 20 63 32 .00 April 21 63 28 .00 April 22 59 34 -00 April 23 68 36 .00 Rainfall to date 37.79 Rainfall last year 60,12 complain about? Take your choice. Anything goes. * KK DID THE POLITICAL campaigning get off to a big start too early? Or am I just imagining that the ballyhoo has subsided a bit? * kk I'VE JUST VOTED FOR A pig, a pig I never saw or heard of until the American Humane Association, for some reason unknown to me, sent a ballot for selection of the animals most deserving of the Patsy Awards. Animal actors, owners and trainers are on the ballot. I chose Arnold, the pig I've never seen in action. I like the name Arnold, so the porker gets my vote in this year of elections, * ke ; HARK THE LARK, NEVER-— more, or words to that effect now that the Southern Pacific Railroad has eliminated the famous ‘train run from San Francisco to Los Angeles. About 300 persons took the last ride from L.A. to S.F., and one trainman reportedly said that if 300 people had taken the train every night, the Lark would still be operating. All of which may be true, but ‘in at least one region where SP was trying to get the PUC to allow cessation of passenger service, inhabitants contended that SP refused to do anything to upgrade and advertise the passenger runs and was, in fact, interested only in hauling freight. Mebbe so, mebbe so. * ok & DON'T FORGET the Rough and Ready Grange public party starting at 8 p,m. Saturday, April 27. Those R&R people sure do have a lot of gung ho, putting on more events than I can keep track: of. But Fay Dunbar, corTespondent deluxe, sees to it that the community gets publicized. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY . NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, $01 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at. Nevada City, California. Adjudicated-a legal newspaper of general circulation by’ the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two ! years, $5. 00, 19e7 a ere

Daylight time About 2000 years ago Virgil wrote “Fugit irreparabile tempus”, which any Latin dropout knows means “When time flies it cannot be recalled.” Much more recently old Ben Franklin put it: “Lost time is never found again.” But those cats didn’t know anything about Daylight Savings Time. Come 2 a.m. of Sunday, April 27 we’ll be losing an hour of time. Poof! gone with a twist of the wrist. An hour can drag or an hour can fly, but it is an hour out of our lives. Only for a few months, however; for comes October and we snatch that hour back again, despite the pessimism of poets and philosophers. So prepare. Prepare to reverse another old saying so that it reads: “Forward, turn forward oh Time in thy flight.” : Where your money goes Sometimes in illness an explanation of mond we are sick has a certain therapeutic value, even though it doesn’t relieve the pain much. On that premise, it may be of some help to all of us still in some shock from our state income tax bill to know some of the following figures, released. by the California State Chamber of Commerce. During 1966 nearly five of every 100 California residents worked for state or local government, a total of 931,000. In 1960 the figure was less than four. The payrolls for these employees in 1966 was $531,400,000. Of that, $265,600,000 was for education. In 1960 payrolls for education amounted to $136,000,000. Police payrolls were $28,800,000 in 1966, only $17,700,000 in 1960. During that same decade hospitals jumped from $23,300,000 to $35,000,000. Not exactly an anesthetic, but at least it shows part. of the cause of that April 15 pain in the pocketbook. Barefoot mail The Post Office department has a bit of a dilemma. In cities where the hippies hold forth a number of the flower children have been employed as mail carriers. Complaints could be expected when some shaggyhaired, barefoot, none-too-clean apparition appeared at the door with a letter from Aunt Minnie; and complaints there were. The Department is trying to persuade its hippies to shorten the hair and cover the feet, and there lies the rub; for at the same time it is being urged to issue a special stamp commemorating barefoot mailmen! There is a considerable difference, of course. The mailmen for whom the honor is sought by a Florida Congressman were famous in the late nineteenth century for their 66 mile mail delivery walks—barefoot— along the beach between Miami and Palm Beach. It was an arduous but necessary service, but, man, how are you going to tell a hippie that his feet haven’t just as much right to be free? Step forward The critical problem of the jobless in an era of high emphase of the problem resides in the cities, where the largployment is, obviously, one of preparation and opportunity. A great many sonorous words have been spoken on this subject, and a very great many millions of dollars spent; but the results so far have been in too large a degree futility and discouragement. ~ In a talk before the Cormmonwealth Club of California in San Francisco recently, Dr. Robert K. Branson, of the Parks Job wag Center for Litton Industri pointed out that the cru est segment of unemployed youth, between 16 and 21 years of age, may have been on welfare since birth. “Without economic worth,” Dr. Branson said, “without the ability to get a job and change it if the individual feels abused, there can be no true liberty. Freedom cannot be realized from the receiving end of a welfare check.” me Te —— 2 concluded, wen , elop programs which “will give dropouts the incentive to join the taxpay“. and not the tax-users club.”:cas RST Letters ‘Mac’s mulligan There is one instance in my kid days that instead of. going to school I walked up to Round Mountain. I had two very good friends up there. They were Hi Shearer's father, George, and his sister, Polly. She was a little older than me and very pretty. Everyone who knew her called her Round Mountain Polly. I would stay with them a few days and cut across the mountains. You know something? I showed the mountain goats the shortest way to water. I always carried matches, fish line and hooks, and getting bait was no problem. All you did was turn a rock over and there was your bait. Did you ever cut a green twig and cook a few mountain trout you pulled out of the ice cold water and cleaned them? A good friend of mine, an Indian, showed me how to trap game and cook it. And believe me, you) don't know how good it is until you try it. But them days are gone now. That was over 70 years ago, and I will never forget them. . Iam in my Autumn years of life but it seems like it was yesterday. But I guess a man is as old _as he feels, And today I feel like a two-year-old colt. If. I. did not have this arthritis in my arm andneck I would be willing to go about 10 rounds with Bob Paine or Jimmie Dundee, That's a joke, son. Oh yes, I would like to give you a little dope on two of my Indian friends. They were Betsie and Josie. My parents had two boarding houses at different times. One was acrossthe street from the brewery, and they sold that one to John Ghidotti, which he sometime later turned into a grocery store. The other was on this side of the Gold Run bridge. Well, them two Indian ladies had many a meal there, and the food that was left on the table they took out to the Campoodie. My mother, God rest her soul, gave them dresses and shoes, but it was funny I never seen shoes on their feet. So long, Jack Basset, 221 N. Church St., Grass Valley. REYHOLE COLUMBUS—A collective bargaining bill for Ohio public employees went down the legislative tube here recently and observers hold that recent teacher and garbage

strikes will probably doom to the same fate similiar proPosals pending in several other states. NEW YORK — Travellers returning from Europe say that during the late gold crisis the U.S. dollar was considered so uncertain abroad that the were shocked to find real difficulty in using nD Se reni or even traveler’ cheeks and credit cards. f TWO OF THE most wonderful sounds in the world: The crack of ball meeting bat in the springtime and the homeward bound honking of Canadian geese in the fall. * KKK CONGRESS IS thinking about creating what is known as a Desolation Wilderness Area, I thought the hydraulic mining operations took care of that years ago. KE THEY WON'T rewrite the script, but two dogs stole the. show at the rehearsal of "Never Come, Never Go" the other night. The stage play which is being rehearsed for June 13-15 showing inthe Nevada Theatre was interrupted abruptly when Francois, and Smokey, two dogs owned by Pat Ryan, broke into the practice routine and completely interrupted things. Francois, in particular, leaped on a lady's lap and probably scared the bejabers out of her. AND SPEAKING ef Mr. Ryan, twice he had to be saved from the cool waters of Rollins Lake recently. He was doing a bit of photography at that beautiful spot when the helmsman did ahard to port while Pat was doing the opposite to starboard. Two gallant ladies taking the boat ride grabbed one of Pat's legs and saved him from Davey Jones' locker The female of the species, of course, is more valiant than the male, As Mr, Ryan would be the first to admit. * KKK POTTER'S FIELD used to be the place of burial of the destitute. Now it's where the flower children assemble to stoke up their marijuana stoves. KK THIS IS THE AGE of protest. You're not in style unless you: voice your complaints. So get a sign and some followers, and start ‘marching. What'll you Nevadal County Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min, R. April 17 50 29 -00 April 18 55 25 .00 April 19 63 34 00 April 20 62 28 .00 April 21 61 23 00 April 22 56 37 .00 April 23 67 31 .00 Rainfall to date 34,10 Rainfall last year 64,21 GRASS VALLEY Max, Min, R, April 17 53 33 00 April 18 57 29 00 April 19 66 38 -00 April 20 63 32 .00 April 21 63 28 .00 April 22 59 34 -00 April 23 68 36 .00 Rainfall to date 37.79 Rainfall last year 60,12 complain about? Take your choice. Anything goes. * KK DID THE POLITICAL campaigning get off to a big start too early? Or am I just imagining that the ballyhoo has subsided a bit? * kk I'VE JUST VOTED FOR A pig, a pig I never saw or heard of until the American Humane Association, for some reason unknown to me, sent a ballot for selection of the animals most deserving of the Patsy Awards. Animal actors, owners and trainers are on the ballot. I chose Arnold, the pig I've never seen in action. I like the name Arnold, so the porker gets my vote in this year of elections, * ke ; HARK THE LARK, NEVER-— more, or words to that effect now that the Southern Pacific Railroad has eliminated the famous ‘train run from San Francisco to Los Angeles. About 300 persons took the last ride from L.A. to S.F., and one trainman reportedly said that if 300 people had taken the train every night, the Lark would still be operating. All of which may be true, but ‘in at least one region where SP was trying to get the PUC to allow cessation of passenger service, inhabitants contended that SP refused to do anything to upgrade and advertise the passenger runs and was, in fact, interested only in hauling freight. Mebbe so, mebbe so. * ok & DON'T FORGET the Rough and Ready Grange public party starting at 8 p,m. Saturday, April 27. Those R&R people sure do have a lot of gung ho, putting on more events than I can keep track: of. But Fay Dunbar, corTespondent deluxe, sees to it that the community gets publicized. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY . NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, $01 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at. Nevada City, California. Adjudicated-a legal newspaper of general circulation by’ the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two ! years, $5. 00, 19e7 a ere