August 26, 1965 (48 pages)

jar Meadows, Cedar , Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, rth Columbia, Columbia Hill, Bri Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, om Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Pai ‘andy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Vall SRE SAS Volume 39 Number 32 10 Cents A Copy SS Published Thursdays, Nevada City French Corral, Rough and Reedy; Granitevi Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor, ewtoun, Initian Flat, Bridgeport, August 26, SIXTH ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION IN COLOR THE TOURIST INDUSTRY FAIR OPENS TODAY NEVADA COUNTY . Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vi field, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, Fb Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gald Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, No ston Hill, Anth House, Delirium Tremens. Nr San aan, North ose di , ri Yo wille, —— Flat, Orleans Flat, © a — 1965 Happy Crowds ® Jam The Fair Opening Day The 23rd annual Nevada County District Fair of the 17th District Agricultural Association opened this morning to the roar of a chain saw and the happy cries of mobs of kids. The kids lined up early at the turnstiles and stood around during the usual mass confusion of getting all the state, county and city Officials photographed and then in the right places for the official opening. The local fair has junked the traditional ribbon cutting ceremony in favor of a log cutting opener; supposedly symbolic of the large role the timber industry plays in the county. Today and tomorrow will be Kids Day and children under 12-will be admitted free until 6 p.m. and prices on the carnival rides are reduced. Games, contests and races will be held for the children both days and cash prizes will be available to the winners. Judging began in almost all of the fair exhibit departments as soon as the gates opened. The Great Western Carnival, an almost standard fixture at the local fair, also opened. At 12:45 p.m. today, Eddie Edwards Kiddie Circus will give its first free show. At 2 p.m. the Snyder Show will go on at the dance slab stage. The Snyder Show will also go on again at 4:15 p.m. and the circus will perform again under the trees at 6 p.m. During the day on the grass near the dance slab, expert fly caster, Jim Corbell will give demonstrations. At 7:30 p.m., the free junior horse show will get underway in front of the grandstand, At 8:30 there will be a round dance review at the dance slab. The gates will open at 10:00 a.m. Friday and kids under 12 will be admitted free and will be eligible for prizes offered by local merchants. The Great Western Carnival will open at noon, Under the trees, Eddie Edwards (Continued on Page 5) Gis. THE FAMOUS Sixteen to One Mine gold collection was brought to Nevada City Monday and deposited at the Bank of America where it willgo on exhibit. William Ghidotti, of Nevada City (left) who bought the specimen collection at auction in San Francisco this summer for $24,000, hands over one of the pieces to bank manager Willard Rose while Mis. Ghidotti looks on. The collection went on display today at the Nevada County District Fair for the first time. From there it will go to Sierra County where it was mined, for display atthe fair. Thecollection will eventually be put on permanent display at the bank. me City Votes To Ask State To Condemn. Hot Mill Property . Nevada City Council, in an effort to save the hot mill property from demolition for erection of a gas station, voted unanimously Monday night to ask the State Division of Highways to condemn the land. The action came after city attorney William Wetherall told the council that trying to tell one property owner he could not demolish his building because it had historical value would be akin to depriving him of his property without compensation and would be carrying the regulatory powers of the city “to the very extreme, " Mayor Arch McPherson said Wednesday morning that he had heen in contact with state right of way agent Gilbert Mulcahy and he had indicated the state would be willing to condemn the property, but that the city would have to purchase it. The estimated cost is $50,000. McPherson said the city could not afford to pay that higha price, but he was starting an immediate investigation of other possibilities. The move was made Monday in answer toa request by the divisicn of highways fora decision on the hot mill, A state right of way agent told the council Aug. 9that he had been informed that owner, Mike Haley had signed Admiral James Ray Is Named To Head Committee To Plan Purchase Of Theater Admiral H. James Ray was named Tuesday night as general chairman of a committee to acquire the Nevada Theater for a community center and playhouse, Ray, former Nevada City manager, was selected for the post at a meeting of the Liberal Arts Commission held in the Nevada City Elks Hall. Other committee chairmen and aides named for the theater project are: real estate, ‘Myron Runyon, chairman and Charles Zwingman, Robert Wyckoff, and Richard Stookey; construction and remodeling, Kenneth Dark chairman and Fred Forsman; theater uses, Kim Stevenson, chairman and Lemoyne Dark; operations, Fred Forsman, chairman; ways and means, Jim De Martini, chairman and Harold Berliner, Committee heads will later select other members to serve withthem. The theater committee will function under the sponsorship of the liberal arts commission, President Mrs, Isabel Hefelfinger said the commission, organized a year ago as a non profit corporation, had banked $5,000 toward the theater purchase from funds raised during the year and is operating in the black. She explained that the organi(Continued on Page 2) an pe! with the silent y Co. to sell his property sp t gas station could be erected e the site. Monday Mayor Arch McPherson said the State wanted to know what the city was going to do about the situation. In an effort to clarify the situation, he read a letter from the state dated Dec, 21, 1964, which spelled out three possible courses to be taken in relation to the building. The state had made considerable redesign of the freeway route in an effort to preserve the building. In the letter, right of way agent Gilbert Mulchay set forth the following alternatives: 1--State to acquire only the portion of the hot mill property required for right of way purposes and the owner be allowed to do what he wishes with the building and the remainder of the land; 2--State to acquire only the portion of the hot mill required for right of way purposes and state to be responsible for rebuilding the two comers of the building that extend into the proposed right of way. After completion of reconstruction of the building by State, City of Nevada City is responsible for further preservation of the building, probably by enactment of an ordinance covering historical buildings; 3--State to acquire the entire property, in which case condemnation would probably be necessary, City of Nevada City to pass resolution requesting State to acquire the entire property and agreeing that at completion of acquisition City of Nevada City would thereupon negotiate with State for portions of the remainder of the hot mill property. The council had earlier passed a resolution declaring the mill, Ott's Assay Office and the National Hotel Annex to be historical monuments of the city and declaring the opposition to their demolition or material exterior alteration, (Continued on Page 16) *zt189 '6 Ofuecres £AVIQ}T ©3845 ata wot4oes ST eoTPOTIS:

jar Meadows, Cedar , Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, rth Columbia, Columbia Hill, Bri Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, om Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Pai ‘andy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Vall SRE SAS Volume 39 Number 32 10 Cents A Copy SS Published Thursdays, Nevada City French Corral, Rough and Reedy; Granitevi Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor, ewtoun, Initian Flat, Bridgeport, August 26, SIXTH ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION IN COLOR THE TOURIST INDUSTRY FAIR OPENS TODAY NEVADA COUNTY . Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vi field, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, Fb Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gald Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, No ston Hill, Anth House, Delirium Tremens. Nr San aan, North ose di , ri Yo wille, —— Flat, Orleans Flat, © a — 1965 Happy Crowds ® Jam The Fair Opening Day The 23rd annual Nevada County District Fair of the 17th District Agricultural Association opened this morning to the roar of a chain saw and the happy cries of mobs of kids. The kids lined up early at the turnstiles and stood around during the usual mass confusion of getting all the state, county and city Officials photographed and then in the right places for the official opening. The local fair has junked the traditional ribbon cutting ceremony in favor of a log cutting opener; supposedly symbolic of the large role the timber industry plays in the county. Today and tomorrow will be Kids Day and children under 12-will be admitted free until 6 p.m. and prices on the carnival rides are reduced. Games, contests and races will be held for the children both days and cash prizes will be available to the winners. Judging began in almost all of the fair exhibit departments as soon as the gates opened. The Great Western Carnival, an almost standard fixture at the local fair, also opened. At 12:45 p.m. today, Eddie Edwards Kiddie Circus will give its first free show. At 2 p.m. the Snyder Show will go on at the dance slab stage. The Snyder Show will also go on again at 4:15 p.m. and the circus will perform again under the trees at 6 p.m. During the day on the grass near the dance slab, expert fly caster, Jim Corbell will give demonstrations. At 7:30 p.m., the free junior horse show will get underway in front of the grandstand, At 8:30 there will be a round dance review at the dance slab. The gates will open at 10:00 a.m. Friday and kids under 12 will be admitted free and will be eligible for prizes offered by local merchants. The Great Western Carnival will open at noon, Under the trees, Eddie Edwards (Continued on Page 5) Gis. THE FAMOUS Sixteen to One Mine gold collection was brought to Nevada City Monday and deposited at the Bank of America where it willgo on exhibit. William Ghidotti, of Nevada City (left) who bought the specimen collection at auction in San Francisco this summer for $24,000, hands over one of the pieces to bank manager Willard Rose while Mis. Ghidotti looks on. The collection went on display today at the Nevada County District Fair for the first time. From there it will go to Sierra County where it was mined, for display atthe fair. Thecollection will eventually be put on permanent display at the bank. me City Votes To Ask State To Condemn. Hot Mill Property . Nevada City Council, in an effort to save the hot mill property from demolition for erection of a gas station, voted unanimously Monday night to ask the State Division of Highways to condemn the land. The action came after city attorney William Wetherall told the council that trying to tell one property owner he could not demolish his building because it had historical value would be

akin to depriving him of his property without compensation and would be carrying the regulatory powers of the city “to the very extreme, " Mayor Arch McPherson said Wednesday morning that he had heen in contact with state right of way agent Gilbert Mulcahy and he had indicated the state would be willing to condemn the property, but that the city would have to purchase it. The estimated cost is $50,000. McPherson said the city could not afford to pay that higha price, but he was starting an immediate investigation of other possibilities. The move was made Monday in answer toa request by the divisicn of highways fora decision on the hot mill, A state right of way agent told the council Aug. 9that he had been informed that owner, Mike Haley had signed Admiral James Ray Is Named To Head Committee To Plan Purchase Of Theater Admiral H. James Ray was named Tuesday night as general chairman of a committee to acquire the Nevada Theater for a community center and playhouse, Ray, former Nevada City manager, was selected for the post at a meeting of the Liberal Arts Commission held in the Nevada City Elks Hall. Other committee chairmen and aides named for the theater project are: real estate, ‘Myron Runyon, chairman and Charles Zwingman, Robert Wyckoff, and Richard Stookey; construction and remodeling, Kenneth Dark chairman and Fred Forsman; theater uses, Kim Stevenson, chairman and Lemoyne Dark; operations, Fred Forsman, chairman; ways and means, Jim De Martini, chairman and Harold Berliner, Committee heads will later select other members to serve withthem. The theater committee will function under the sponsorship of the liberal arts commission, President Mrs, Isabel Hefelfinger said the commission, organized a year ago as a non profit corporation, had banked $5,000 toward the theater purchase from funds raised during the year and is operating in the black. She explained that the organi(Continued on Page 2) an pe! with the silent y Co. to sell his property sp t gas station could be erected e the site. Monday Mayor Arch McPherson said the State wanted to know what the city was going to do about the situation. In an effort to clarify the situation, he read a letter from the state dated Dec, 21, 1964, which spelled out three possible courses to be taken in relation to the building. The state had made considerable redesign of the freeway route in an effort to preserve the building. In the letter, right of way agent Gilbert Mulchay set forth the following alternatives: 1--State to acquire only the portion of the hot mill property required for right of way purposes and the owner be allowed to do what he wishes with the building and the remainder of the land; 2--State to acquire only the portion of the hot mill required for right of way purposes and state to be responsible for rebuilding the two comers of the building that extend into the proposed right of way. After completion of reconstruction of the building by State, City of Nevada City is responsible for further preservation of the building, probably by enactment of an ordinance covering historical buildings; 3--State to acquire the entire property, in which case condemnation would probably be necessary, City of Nevada City to pass resolution requesting State to acquire the entire property and agreeing that at completion of acquisition City of Nevada City would thereupon negotiate with State for portions of the remainder of the hot mill property. The council had earlier passed a resolution declaring the mill, Ott's Assay Office and the National Hotel Annex to be historical monuments of the city and declaring the opposition to their demolition or material exterior alteration, (Continued on Page 16) *zt189 '6 Ofuecres £AVIQ}T ©3845 ata wot4oes ST eoTPOTIS: