August 2, 1961 (12 pages)

--Wednesday, August 2, 1961, NEVADA COUNTY NUGGT " * + Ad WEATHER WorRK,.Snow survey teams take péarings intypical snow courses of mountain areas to determine depth and water content ofthe snow. Thus snowmelt water runoff can be forecast for the April-July period to help water and power managers to plan operations for the following months. This snow field in the South Fork Yuba drainage area in Nevada County is reached on skis. In some more remote areas, snow surveyors go in by helicopter. Department of Water Resources Photo Mental Treatment At Home Tried Establishment of Stateoperated day treatment centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco--where mentally ill patients may be treated during the day and return to their homes at night--hinges ; on demonstration of how effective such a “hospital without beds” has been during six months operation in Free Customer Parking KNIGHT’S Paint Store 146 Mill 273-4856 San Diego. Funds to begin two such centers, designed to interrupt the process of commitment toa state hospital were provided in the 1961-62 state budget. One is slated for San Francisco and one for Los Angeles, to begin operation in January, 1962, However, availability of the $150,000 budget item By William E, Warne Director, Department of Water Resources felt the need for a crystal water they could rely on having laterinthe year, Longrange forecasting of precipin meeting the problem, From this groping for in“formation grew the “snow survey", one of the more glamorous phases of water resources Management, . which has been the subject of ‘Many magazine and news. paper feature articles, This activity has not provided all the answers for more efficient operation of reservoirs for power, irrigation and other purposes, but ithas developed into a useful tool for management of our water resources. ;The~California Cooperative Snow Survey, as it is known, is a systematic measurement of depth and water content of some 300 snow courses from February through May. These snow fields comprise 12,000 square miles at elevations above 5,500 feet and furnish more than half of the State’s annual estimated stream runoff of 14,500,000 acre-feet. By determining the snow's water content, estimates can be made of the melt it will produce, Borings are taken through the snow at selected typical courses in the various drainage areas. The snow tubes used to cut the cores are of such diameter that the difference in weight when the tubes are empty and full can be recorded directly as inches of water content, Snow depth doesn't necessarily indicate runoff, how ever, The absorptive capacity of soil in the snow course, the forest cover, and other factors enter the picture. Therefore the correlation between the amount of snow and resulting runoff has to be determined from experience and. records for each drainage area. What has stirred public imaginationis the daring of snow survey teams in reaching remote courses on skis, snowshoes, or by snow vehicles, Some of the more remote snow fields in the for the two new centers is contingent on approval by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee who want acloser look at the still-new San Diego operation. The Department of Mental Hygiene looks on the San Diego Day Treatment as a success, "This isnot an experiment in new treatments”, said Dr. Daniel Lieberman, Chief Deputy of the department today, "it provides essentiallythe same treatments available at the 24-hour state hospital but with a change of location and with treatment concentrated into an eight-hour day, "In this manner we can take advantage of the healing resources available from the patient’s family and friends, the greater use of community volunteers, and all of the social forces and agencies available in the CURNOW HALLS INSURANCE 316 Broad St Dial 265-4586 home community," the nifty nine-fifty il ON YOUR DIAL (one of a series) J SACRAMENTO---Water and power managers and irrigators in California long ago ball in predicting how much itation had not proved much more reliable than palmistry Well Done! ! . SNOW SURVEYS A HELP TO “MAXIMUM WATER USE. Kings, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, American and Kern River watersheds are now reached by helicopter, when weather permits, During the past 10 years a new type of snow . marker has been installed on some snow courses so that snowpack can be determined by aerial photographs, ; Preliminary forecasts are made as the snow accumulates during the winter but the final estimates are not made until about May 1. They are available early enough to be useful to waterand power managers and other users to plan their operations for following months. In years of deficient runoff, forexample, power systems can plan steam generation in advance, irrigation districts can conserve their limited water supplies, or farmers can reduce irrigated acreage or plant different crops, In years of unusually heavy runoff, the forecasts likewise prove invaluable in the management of reservoirs and for preparing flood control measures, The Department of Water Resources "Water Conditions Report" for May 1, 1961, forecast runoff for the entire state at 70 percent of normal, or about 10 million acre-feet, These predictions indicate a runoff from as low as 15 percent of average in the South Coastal Area, where snowpack in nearby mountains is almost nonexistent, to as high as 110 percent in the North CoastalRegion. Inthe Sacramento watershed the runoff was predicted as 70 percent of normal; in the San Joaquin Valley 30 percent, andinthe Lahontan Area 40 percent, More than 30 organizations, including the U. S, Forest Service, the U. S, Park Service, the Federal Soil Conservation Service, municipal water companies irrigation districts and private utilities, participate directly in snow survey field work and provide funds. The Department of Water Resources administers the program and directs field measurements to insure uniformity, Ithelps maintain and stock about 90 mountain shelter cabins for survey crews and to mark trails and snow courses, Snow surveying had its beginning on Mt, Rose, in Nevada near Reno, when there ce ___ a. More than 700 residents of Nevada County and visitors to our mountain paradise viewed your new model home at the corner of Highway 49 and Glenbrook Heights Drive. You are to be congratulated on the success of your showing. WUE STANT, _ Wasneed to foresee the water level on Lake Tahoe to end the so-called Tahoe War. ‘The waters of the lake are: controlled by a dam at the lake's outlet on the Truckee ‘River, C develOped in 1909 from an unexpected water rise from ; snowmelt that flooded lakeside dwellers, _ Pioneering these surveys was Dr, James E, Church, . Of the University of Nevada, . Whose weather data collected on monthly hikes up Mt. Rose, overlooking the lake, _ Was found to be valuable in agricultural research, In 1914Dr, Church's "Mt, Rose Snow Sampler" was put to practical use when the first Surveys were made to attempt to estimate the quantity of snowmelt runoff available for irrigation. California was quick to see the potential value of runoff information to Sacramento ‘and San Joaquin Valley irrigators. The Department of Engineering in 1917 was authorized by the State Legislature to begin Surveys on a limited scale. It was discontinued in 1923 for lack of funds but resumed in 1929 on a more ‘extensive basis with surveys of 150 snow courses in the Sierra from the upper Sacramento Valley to the Kern River Basin. The following February, 1930, a "Monthly Bulletin of Snow Survey and Precipitation Data” was issued. This wasthe first of this series of bulletins which have been issued almost every year since, and which are now titled "Water Conditions Reports”, The early surveys also were made mainly be per-sonnel of the public utilities, irrigation districts and other agencies who were located in the mountains in connection with their regular duties, Whenthe State discontinued its participation in 1933, many of the cooperators carried on, and thus for some snow courses records were kept uninterruptedly. IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE HEAY, . just cool off by thinking back to the winter of '52. Here you see the old Dan Graham place in Graniteville, surrounded by l@feet of . ice cream, FLY ANY PLACE : Photo courtesy of Lester Poage = Sacto Cut Funds Set RENO LAKE TAHOEVEGAS with ‘qualified, trained, commiercial pilots in safe, well maintained airOrn ear een Califorcraft. Cal-Nat Airways nia Highway Commission last week allocated $26, 000 eee wee Lee to widen one-tenth mile of Highway 49 on Sacramento Street in Nevada City between Pine Street and Searls Avenue. The present 20 foot paveMent will be widened to 28 feet. The commission also allocated $375, 000 for clearing a portion of the right of way for the future Highway 40 freeway between Hampshire Rocks and Cisco Grove, rely heavily on snow survey information. Forecasting techniques have improved until predictions accurate to within 20 percent are usual, and in some areas they have proved correct within 10 per cent. These techniques will continuetoimprove, and in the future snow surveying will play an even more vital role in the management of multiple purpose projects as well as in statewide comprehensive water development as envisionedin the California Water Plan. — You probably won't run into a stampede of Buffalo on your vacation this year but there are other dangers lurking in wait for the unwary traveler, Play safe: x See your car is prepared for the road. Take your car Souvenirs to "Tabe" Bishop's Union 76 station. pecimens : ay G 0 . F D 111 East Main St. Grass Valley w. J. SMITH NEW TIRES, FAN BELTS, Jeweler An Act of Congress in 1935 218 BroadSt, N.C ° established theFederalState Cooperative Snow Surveys, a nationwide program in which California now participates, Most waterusing agencies, 4 George C. BOLES : S OPTOMETRIST » 228 Commercial Street Nevada City a HOMES One of those 700 was so delighted with the ALPHA furnishings in the model home that he purchased them on the spot. Our ALPHA furnishing staff will have the model home refurnished in the near future « Your grand opening visitors who return for another look will get the advantage of seeing the Wilmar Home with alternate furnishing ideas expressed. is proud to announce: Mr. John Tremewan has joined our home furnishing sales staff. With 20 years of experience in all fields of home fur= nishing, including floor coverings and draperies, Mr. Tremewan will be available to offer assistance to Nevada County residents in the selection of quality furnishings. ts Mr. Tremewan came to ALPHA from Holman's Department Store in Pacific Grove (at the north end. of the famed 17-mile Drive). He can insure prompt installation of floor covering, and will be pleased to offer his ALPHA "in The Home Service" to all residents seeking aid in properly furnishing the home. Nevada City COMPLETE LUBRICATION PRIDE of OWNERSHIP is YOURS with _A WILMAR HOME! “Ask The Family Who Owns One” CRAFTSMANSHIP @ RELIABILITY © HONESTY 107% FINANCING ON YOUR LOT SEE OUR-MODEL HOME.. Across from the Gold Center Club, Grass Valley Highway Individual choice from this group of plans carn provide you with such pleasing arrangements as large master bedrooms with private baths; family rooms with TV outlet, central raised hearth fireplace; separate adult and children’s activity areas, western undated exterior design; all as part of a WILMAR home that brings you dividends of comfort and long-term real values as well! GUARANTEE ON WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS BEYOND NORMAL WEARCN Sane BONS ETNI ALT HOMES a Completely Furnished Home ees H LPHA Furnituré Deparfment @ Nevada City

--Wednesday, August 2, 1961, NEVADA COUNTY NUGGT " * + Ad WEATHER WorRK,..Snow survey teams take péarings intypical snow courses of mountain areas to determine depth and water content ofthe snow. Thus snowmelt water runoff can be forecast for the April-July period to help water and power managers to plan operations for the following months. This snow field in the South Fork Yuba drainage area in Nevada County is reached on skis. In some more remote areas, snow surveyors go in by helicopter. Department of Water Resources Photo Mental Treatment At Home Tried Establishment of Stateoperated day treatment centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco--where mentally ill patients may be treated during the day and return to their homes at night--hinges ; on demonstration of how effective such a “hospital without beds” has been during six months operation in Free Customer Parking KNIGHT’S Paint Store 146 Mill 273-4856 San Diego. Funds to begin two such centers, designed to interrupt the process of commitment toa state hospital were provided in the 1961-62 state budget. One is slated for San Francisco and one for Los Angeles, to begin operation in January, 1962, However, availability of the $150,000 budget item By William E, Warne Director, Department of Water Resources felt the need for a crystal water they could rely on having laterinthe year, Longrange forecasting of precipin meeting the problem, From this groping for in“formation grew the “snow survey", one of the more glamorous phases of water resources Management, . which has been the subject of ‘Many magazine and news. paper feature articles, This activity has not provided all the answers for more efficient operation of reservoirs for power, irrigation and other purposes, but ithas developed into a useful tool for management of our water resources. ;The~California Cooperative Snow Survey, as it is known, is a systematic measurement of depth and water content of some 300 snow courses from February through May. These snow fields comprise 12,000 square miles at elevations above 5,500 feet and furnish more than half of the State’s annual estimated stream runoff of 14,500,000 acre-feet. By determining the snow's water content, estimates can be made of the melt it will produce, Borings are taken through the snow at selected typical courses in the various drainage areas. The snow tubes used to cut the cores are of such diameter that the difference in weight when the tubes are empty and full can be recorded directly as inches of water content, Snow depth doesn't necessarily indicate runoff, how ever, The absorptive capacity of soil in the snow course, the forest cover, and other factors enter the picture. Therefore the correlation between the amount of snow and resulting runoff has to be determined from experience and. records for each drainage area. What has stirred public imaginationis the daring of snow survey teams in reaching remote courses on skis, snowshoes, or by snow vehicles, Some of the more remote snow fields in the for the two new centers is contingent on approval by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee who want acloser look at the still-new San Diego operation. The Department of Mental Hygiene looks on the San Diego Day Treatment as a success, "This isnot an experiment in new treatments”, said Dr. Daniel Lieberman, Chief Deputy of the department today, "it provides essentiallythe same treatments available at the 24-hour state hospital but with a change of location and with treatment concentrated into an eight-hour day, "In this manner we can take advantage of the healing resources available from the patient’s family and friends, the greater use of community volunteers, and all of the social forces and agencies available in the CURNOW HALLS INSURANCE 316 Broad St Dial 265-4586 home community," the nifty nine-fifty il ON YOUR DIAL (one of a series) J SACRAMENTO---Water and power managers and irrigators in California long ago ball in predicting how much itation had not proved much more reliable than palmistry Well Done! ! . SNOW SURVEYS A HELP TO “MAXIMUM WATER USE. Kings, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, American and Kern River watersheds are now reached by helicopter, when weather permits, During the past 10 years a new type of snow . marker has been installed on some snow courses so that snowpack can be determined by aerial photographs, ; Preliminary forecasts are made as the snow accumulates during the winter but the final estimates are not made until about May 1. They are available early enough to be useful to waterand power managers and other users to plan their operations for following months. In years of deficient runoff, forexample, power systems can plan steam generation in advance, irrigation districts can conserve their limited water supplies, or farmers can reduce irrigated acreage or plant different crops, In years of unusually heavy runoff, the forecasts likewise prove invaluable in the management of reservoirs and for preparing flood control measures, The Department of Water Resources "Water Conditions Report" for May 1, 1961, forecast runoff for the entire state at 70 percent of normal, or about 10 million acre-feet, These predictions indicate a runoff from as low as 15 percent of average in the South Coastal Area, where snowpack in nearby mountains is almost nonexistent, to as high as 110 percent in the North CoastalRegion. Inthe Sacramento watershed the runoff was predicted as 70 percent of normal; in the San

Joaquin Valley 30 percent, andinthe Lahontan Area 40 percent, More than 30 organizations, including the U. S, Forest Service, the U. S, Park Service, the Federal Soil Conservation Service, municipal water companies irrigation districts and private utilities, participate directly in snow survey field work and provide funds. The Department of Water Resources administers the program and directs field measurements to insure uniformity, Ithelps maintain and stock about 90 mountain shelter cabins for survey crews and to mark trails and snow courses, Snow surveying had its beginning on Mt, Rose, in Nevada near Reno, when there ce ___ a. More than 700 residents of Nevada County and visitors to our mountain paradise viewed your new model home at the corner of Highway 49 and Glenbrook Heights Drive. You are to be congratulated on the success of your showing. WUE STANT, _ Wasneed to foresee the water level on Lake Tahoe to end the so-called Tahoe War. ‘The waters of the lake are: controlled by a dam at the lake's outlet on the Truckee ‘River, C develOped in 1909 from an unexpected water rise from ; snowmelt that flooded lakeside dwellers, _ Pioneering these surveys was Dr, James E, Church, . Of the University of Nevada, . Whose weather data collected on monthly hikes up Mt. Rose, overlooking the lake, _ Was found to be valuable in agricultural research, In 1914Dr, Church's "Mt, Rose Snow Sampler" was put to practical use when the first Surveys were made to attempt to estimate the quantity of snowmelt runoff available for irrigation. California was quick to see the potential value of runoff information to Sacramento ‘and San Joaquin Valley irrigators. The Department of Engineering in 1917 was authorized by the State Legislature to begin Surveys on a limited scale. It was discontinued in 1923 for lack of funds but resumed in 1929 on a more ‘extensive basis with surveys of 150 snow courses in the Sierra from the upper Sacramento Valley to the Kern River Basin. The following February, 1930, a "Monthly Bulletin of Snow Survey and Precipitation Data” was issued. This wasthe first of this series of bulletins which have been issued almost every year since, and which are now titled "Water Conditions Reports”, The early surveys also were made mainly be per-sonnel of the public utilities, irrigation districts and other agencies who were located in the mountains in connection with their regular duties, Whenthe State discontinued its participation in 1933, many of the cooperators carried on, and thus for some snow courses records were kept uninterruptedly. IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE HEAY, . just cool off by thinking back to the winter of '52. Here you see the old Dan Graham place in Graniteville, surrounded by l@feet of . ice cream, FLY ANY PLACE : Photo courtesy of Lester Poage = Sacto Cut Funds Set RENO LAKE TAHOEVEGAS with ‘qualified, trained, commiercial pilots in safe, well maintained airOrn ear een Califorcraft. Cal-Nat Airways nia Highway Commission last week allocated $26, 000 eee wee Lee to widen one-tenth mile of Highway 49 on Sacramento Street in Nevada City between Pine Street and Searls Avenue. The present 20 foot paveMent will be widened to 28 feet. The commission also allocated $375, 000 for clearing a portion of the right of way for the future Highway 40 freeway between Hampshire Rocks and Cisco Grove, rely heavily on snow survey information. Forecasting techniques have improved until predictions accurate to within 20 percent are usual, and in some areas they have proved correct within 10 per cent. These techniques will continuetoimprove, and in the future snow surveying will play an even more vital role in the management of multiple purpose projects as well as in statewide comprehensive water development as envisionedin the California Water Plan. — You probably won't run into a stampede of Buffalo on your vacation this year but there are other dangers lurking in wait for the unwary traveler, Play safe: x See your car is prepared for the road. Take your car Souvenirs to "Tabe" Bishop's Union 76 station. pecimens : ay G 0 . F D 111 East Main St. Grass Valley w. J. SMITH NEW TIRES, FAN BELTS, Jeweler An Act of Congress in 1935 218 BroadSt, N.C ° established theFederalState Cooperative Snow Surveys, a nationwide program in which California now participates, Most waterusing agencies, 4 George C. BOLES : S OPTOMETRIST » 228 Commercial Street Nevada City a HOMES One of those 700 was so delighted with the ALPHA furnishings in the model home that he purchased them on the spot. Our ALPHA furnishing staff will have the model home refurnished in the near future « Your grand opening visitors who return for another look will get the advantage of seeing the Wilmar Home with alternate furnishing ideas expressed. is proud to announce: Mr. John Tremewan has joined our home furnishing sales staff. With 20 years of experience in all fields of home fur= nishing, including floor coverings and draperies, Mr. Tremewan will be available to offer assistance to Nevada County residents in the selection of quality furnishings. ts Mr. Tremewan came to ALPHA from Holman's Department Store in Pacific Grove (at the north end. of the famed 17-mile Drive). He can insure prompt installation of floor covering, and will be pleased to offer his ALPHA "in The Home Service" to all residents seeking aid in properly furnishing the home. Nevada City COMPLETE LUBRICATION PRIDE of OWNERSHIP is YOURS with _A WILMAR HOME! “Ask The Family Who Owns One” CRAFTSMANSHIP @ RELIABILITY © HONESTY 107% FINANCING ON YOUR LOT SEE OUR-MODEL HOME... Across from the Gold Center Club, Grass Valley Highway Individual choice from this group of plans carn provide you with such pleasing arrangements as large master bedrooms with private baths; family rooms with TV outlet, central raised hearth fireplace; separate adult and children’s activity areas, western undated exterior design; all as part of a WILMAR home that brings you dividends of comfort and long-term real values as well! GUARANTEE ON WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS BEYOND NORMAL WEARCN Sane BONS ETNI ALT HOMES a Completely Furnished Home ees H LPHA Furnituré Deparfment @ Nevada City