August 12, 1965 (20 pages)

4 ® < f Q. bs) (2) fe) = 5 < v4 = gQ 09 @ ” . > E ” on a O J> n Merchants Nevada City Councilman Dan O'Neill Monday night lashed out at City businessmen who recently described the city council as being unsympathetic to the problems of the business com= munity, Atthe same time he accused the Certain business interests of bringing about the resignation from the city planning com mission of H. L. "Babe" Childers: "for business reasons, " At the July 20 meeting of the council, several city merchants Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, field, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Unio Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North C Accused Of Forcing Planner To Resign appeared to press for inclusion intothe budget of a $1,750 item for a parking study. During the discussion of.the city's financial difficulties and the need for parking, the councilmen were. told they did not understand the plight of the businessmen because there wereno businessmen on the council, Monday night, in a prepared statement, O'Neill said this carried an implication that business interests were being neglected and he wanted to take Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. olumbia, Columbia Hill, Bran the opportunity to correct -this “obvious error, " "First of all," he said, “our Mayor, Arch McPherson, is a businessman in a highly professional sense, Secondly, Carole Friedrichis a successful businesswoman in the very competitive’ accounting field. At no time in my recollection have either Arch or Carole, or for that matter any: council member turned his back on the business interests of this town. Onthe contrary, the council members have consis= n Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime K dy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, W illow tently supported every legitimate appeal of the business community where budgetary limitations would permit such support. “Iwould ask rhetorically, what is the other side of the coin? The fact that we have business men on the counci], can only indicate that the lack of a merchant representative is of concern to some. But I would say respectfully-NOT of MUCH concern. 3 “If the few members of the merchant community who were complaining about lack. of civic NEVADA COUNTY NUG Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland representation were sincerely interested in the problems facing thiscomm unity, they would show their interest by serving on the several committees, the members of which through their hard work, dedication and recommendations are directing the future of the city. Yet what is the fact? “The fact isthat we have a proposed resignation from the planning commission as indicated inthe planning commission ‘ minutes of Aug. 3, It is my in(Continued on Page 3) iln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, bniuiitinticndteedetmiica a Se Volume 39 Number 30 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City August 12, 1965 Irrigation District Moves To Clean Up Domestic _ °Water Situation After State Applies Legal Pressure NID Board Approves Three Steps To Correct Water Pollution Situtation JACK BASSETT of Oakland (right) a former resident of Nevada City, and a steady supplier of old stories of Nevada City to the Nugget, visited the Nugget office this week for a talk with the staff, Fool's Gold columnist Bob Paine, shown here, had been informed that some readers thought Bassett was an invention of the editorial staff so Jack dropped by to say he really did exist and everything he writes about-old Nevada City is true. City Approves _ $230,000 Budget And Increases Tax Rate 15 Cents Nevada City Council Monday night approved a budget of $230, 077 and increased the tax rate 15 cents to $2.23 to pay for it. The budget calls for anticipated expenditures of $230 ,077 and anticipated revenue of $232,000 including $10,000 in fund balances. This leaves $222,000 to be raised by property taxes and other means. Of this total, the property tax rate of $2, 23 per $100 of assessed valuations is expected to raise $68,801, The tax hike comes in the special tax approved by the board to raise the funds to pay for the new retirement program for the police department. In addition to this, the city will increase its share of the salestax from 85 to 90 per cent. The only real discussion.of the final budget came when Councilwoman Carole Friedrich questioned the wiseness of dropping the recreation fund tax rate five cents and adding five cents to the sewer fund. She said the money could be used to repair the swimming pool bottem, The council agreed that work needed to be done everywhere, but as city (Continued on Page 2) The Nevada Irrigation District, under strong pressure from the State Department of Public Health, moved quickly this week to correct deficiencies in its systems for supplying pure domestic water, The first step taken by the board of directors Monday at the sug-,, gestion of county and state health officials was to authorize application to the state for permits on 31 of its domestic water systems. The district had been warned in a strongly worded letter from the state earlier this month that legal action might be initiated unless the district applied for permits to operate domestic water systems, In the same letter the district wastoldthat it must start a crash program to supply potable drinking water to its domestic users, There had been many complaints inrecent months from NID water users in northern Placer County. Monday, NID manager Edwin Koster reported to the directors on his ‘meeting with northern Auburn area developers, The directors, as a step toward solving the water treatment problems in that.area, authorized Koster to negotiate withthe Department of Mental Hygiene for the purchase of the DeWitt State Hospital water treatment plant, A billto permit the sale has already been signed by the governor and the district hopes that the DeWitt plant can be tied into other systems to provide treated water to the rapidly. developing north area, In a third step in the water purity field, the board authorized Koster to send a letter of application to the Federal Home and Housing Administration for aloan or grant to aid the district in bringing its domestic w ater systems up to a level satisfactory to the State Department of Public Health. Several million dollars have been made available under the new program to permit local agencies, which are unableto work out local financing, to improve their public facilities, The idea of the letter of application isto permit tHe district to get on the priority list. Once a FRANK CUNNING of Bethlemem, Pa,, a visitor to Grass Valley by way of Liberia, Africa, was elected mayor of Meadow Lake Saturday during the annual election of officers of the Henness Pass Highway Association. More pictures of the 12th annual jeep trip are on page four. this is done, then formal application outlining how and where the loan or grant funds would be used, couldbe made, The funds could be applied against the district 's proposed treatment plant forthe Grass Valley-Nevada City area, and in improvement and enlargement of the domestic water distribution systems, Water Officials 3 ‘ Meet With Grand Ks Jury And Berliner The Nevada Irrigation District this week was.given a four week study period to come up with definite proposals for supplying safe and pure water to its domestic custom ers, This was a-result of a meeting held Monday in the office of Nevada County District Attorney Harold Berliner and attended by members of the Grand Jury, state and county health officials, the attorney general's office, a member of the Placer County Board of Supervisors and a member of the Placer County Water Study Committee. The session was called by Berliner after he was informed by state officials that the district might be in violation of law for serving unsafe water to domestic users, Berliner subsequently brought the matter before the grand jury which heard county and state health officials and a member of the NID board of directors, Acommittee of the grand jury was named to study the matter, This committee attended the session Monday along with the other officials. Glen Browning, (Continued on Page 3) GT » Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom-

4 ® < f Q. bs) (2) fe) = 5 < v4 = gQ 09 @ ” . > E ” on a O J> n Merchants Nevada City Councilman Dan O'Neill Monday night lashed out at City businessmen who recently described the city council as being unsympathetic to the problems of the business com= munity, Atthe same time he accused the Certain business interests of bringing about the resignation from the city planning com mission of H. L. "Babe" Childers: "for business reasons, " At the July 20 meeting of the council, several city merchants Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, field, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Unio Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North C Accused Of Forcing Planner To Resign appeared to press for inclusion intothe budget of a $1,750 item for a parking study. During the discussion of.the city's financial difficulties and the need for parking, the councilmen were. told they did not understand the plight of the businessmen because there wereno businessmen on the council, Monday night, in a prepared statement, O'Neill said this carried an implication that business interests were being neglected and he wanted to take Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. olumbia, Columbia Hill, Bran the opportunity to correct -this “obvious error, " "First of all," he said, “our Mayor, Arch McPherson, is a businessman in a highly professional sense, Secondly, Carole Friedrichis a successful businesswoman in the very competitive’ accounting field. At no time in my recollection have either Arch or Carole, or for that matter any: council member turned his back on the business interests of this town. Onthe contrary, the council members have consis= n Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime K dy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, W illow tently supported every legitimate appeal of the business community where budgetary limitations would permit such support. “Iwould ask rhetorically, what is the other side of the coin? The fact that we have business men on the counci], can only indicate that the lack of a merchant representative is of concern to some. But I would say respectfully-NOT of MUCH concern. 3 “If the few members of the merchant community who were complaining about lack. of civic NEVADA COUNTY NUG Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland representation were sincerely interested in the problems facing thiscomm unity, they would show their interest by serving on the several committees, the members of which through their hard work, dedication and recommendations are directing the future of the city. Yet what is the fact? “The fact isthat we have a proposed resignation from the planning commission as indicated inthe planning commission ‘ minutes of Aug. 3, It is my in(Continued on Page 3) iln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, bniuiitinticndteedetmiica a Se Volume 39 Number 30 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City August 12, 1965 Irrigation District Moves To Clean Up Domestic _ °Water Situation After State Applies Legal Pressure NID Board Approves Three Steps To Correct Water Pollution Situtation JACK BASSETT of Oakland (right) a former resident of Nevada City, and a steady supplier of old stories of Nevada City to the Nugget, visited the Nugget office this week for a talk with the staff, Fool's Gold columnist Bob Paine, shown here, had been informed that some readers thought Bassett was an invention of the editorial staff so Jack dropped by to say he really did exist and everything he writes about-old Nevada City is true. City Approves _ $230,000 Budget And Increases Tax Rate 15 Cents Nevada City Council Monday night approved a budget of $230, 077 and increased the tax rate 15 cents to $2.23 to pay for it. The budget calls for anticipated expenditures of $230 ,077 and anticipated revenue of $232,000 including $10,000 in fund balances. This leaves $222,000 to be raised by property taxes and other means. Of this total, the property tax rate of $2, 23 per

$100 of assessed valuations is expected to raise $68,801, The tax hike comes in the special tax approved by the board to raise the funds to pay for the new retirement program for the police department. In addition to this, the city will increase its share of the salestax from 85 to 90 per cent. The only real discussion.of the final budget came when Councilwoman Carole Friedrich questioned the wiseness of dropping the recreation fund tax rate five cents and adding five cents to the sewer fund. She said the money could be used to repair the swimming pool bottem, The council agreed that work needed to be done everywhere, but as city (Continued on Page 2) The Nevada Irrigation District, under strong pressure from the State Department of Public Health, moved quickly this week to correct deficiencies in its systems for supplying pure domestic water, The first step taken by the board of directors Monday at the sug-,, gestion of county and state health officials was to authorize application to the state for permits on 31 of its domestic water systems. The district had been warned in a strongly worded letter from the state earlier this month that legal action might be initiated unless the district applied for permits to operate domestic water systems, In the same letter the district wastoldthat it must start a crash program to supply potable drinking water to its domestic users, There had been many complaints inrecent months from NID water users in northern Placer County. Monday, NID manager Edwin Koster reported to the directors on his ‘meeting with northern Auburn area developers, The directors, as a step toward solving the water treatment problems in that.area, authorized Koster to negotiate withthe Department of Mental Hygiene for the purchase of the DeWitt State Hospital water treatment plant, A billto permit the sale has already been signed by the governor and the district hopes that the DeWitt plant can be tied into other systems to provide treated water to the rapidly. developing north area, In a third step in the water purity field, the board authorized Koster to send a letter of application to the Federal Home and Housing Administration for aloan or grant to aid the district in bringing its domestic w ater systems up to a level satisfactory to the State Department of Public Health. Several million dollars have been made available under the new program to permit local agencies, which are unableto work out local financing, to improve their public facilities, The idea of the letter of application isto permit tHe district to get on the priority list. Once a FRANK CUNNING of Bethlemem, Pa,, a visitor to Grass Valley by way of Liberia, Africa, was elected mayor of Meadow Lake Saturday during the annual election of officers of the Henness Pass Highway Association. More pictures of the 12th annual jeep trip are on page four. this is done, then formal application outlining how and where the loan or grant funds would be used, couldbe made, The funds could be applied against the district 's proposed treatment plant forthe Grass Valley-Nevada City area, and in improvement and enlargement of the domestic water distribution systems, Water Officials 3 ‘ Meet With Grand Ks Jury And Berliner The Nevada Irrigation District this week was.given a four week study period to come up with definite proposals for supplying safe and pure water to its domestic custom ers, This was a-result of a meeting held Monday in the office of Nevada County District Attorney Harold Berliner and attended by members of the Grand Jury, state and county health officials, the attorney general's office, a member of the Placer County Board of Supervisors and a member of the Placer County Water Study Committee. The session was called by Berliner after he was informed by state officials that the district might be in violation of law for serving unsafe water to domestic users, Berliner subsequently brought the matter before the grand jury which heard county and state health officials and a member of the NID board of directors, Acommittee of the grand jury was named to study the matter, This committee attended the session Monday along with the other officials. Glen Browning, (Continued on Page 3) GT » Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom-