August 27, 1964 (48 pages)

(0O0e 06 02 0G 008 O80 Mone MOSS Rain Forests To Be Under Water At New Bullards Bar Almost hidden in the deep canyon of the North Yuba, a few miles west of Camptonville, lies a long, narrow lake of green water surrounded by a vast rain forest. Bullard's Bar Reservoir attracts a sprinkling of fishermen, but few tourists leave Highway 49 to venture along the narrow, winding road that zigzags down tothe dam and west to Marysville and Oroville. It is a side trip that should be on everyone's itinerary. In all the Mother Lode area we know of no forest to compare to this, almost tropical in the luxuriance of its growth. In this climax forest of Douglas fir, pine and incense cedar can be found giants eight feet or more in diameter, virgin timber that was growing here when the Pilgrims stepped ashore at Plymouth Rock. Dogwoods, madrones and bigleaf maples of immense size grow among the conifers, some enveloped by the twining stems of wild grape. Along the stream beds are some of the finest specimens of western yew we have ever seen. Beneath the trees, a jungle-like growth of ferns, mosses and succulents is interspersed with wild azalea, philadephus, thimble— berries and other shade-loving plants. Prehistoric -looking red efts and banana-sized slugs contribute tothe picture of nature at the zenith of her fecundity. This is an area often deluged by the heaviest rainfall in California. A season's total precipitation of 103.98 inches has been measured at Bullard's Bar powerhouse. Camptonville has recorded 136.38inches. In 1909 La Porte, with 156.90 inches, had the highest season 's total ever recorded at a California weather station. The lake's drainage area averages over70 inches of precipitation per year. Here falls most of the water that floods the lowlands near Marysville. From here also came the gold-bearing gravels which built up through the centuries toa depth of 130 feet on the flood plains nearHammonton where today the world's largest gold dredge is still at work, Pre-School Registration At Truckee Pre-Schoolregistration for kindergarten, first grade children and students new to the district will be held Aug. 31 through Sept. 4 at the Truckee Elementary School office from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Kindergarten will be held at the old Truckee elementary school for children from Donner Lake, Gateway and Floriston in the morning-session-andTruckee children in the afternoon, It was inevitable that a mammoth dam would some day be built tocontrol these floods, irrigate the dry eastern edges of the Sacramento Valley, and more fully tap the power potential of the Yuba River. Mr. G.S, Sarkaria of the International Engineering Company, Project Engineer for the Yuba County Water Agency's ambitious Yuba River Development Project, has sent us an interesting outline of the project as now conceived. Key tothe entire project is the new Bullard's Bar dam. A concrete arch structure to be built 11/2 miles downstream from the present dam, it will rise to a height of 630 feet. (Shasta dam is 602 feethigh, Hoover dam 726 feet, Oroville will top 730 feet.) It will submerge the present dam, raising the water level of Bullard's Bar Reservoir some 300 feet. The new lake will impound 930,000 acre-feet of water, cover 4600 acres, and back water 16 miles up the North Yuba. Waters of the new lake will inundate much of the spectacular rain forest. We will mourn its passing. But many miles of similar scenery bordering the new lake will be made accessible by water. A forest wonderland without parallel willbe opened up here. We can hardly wait to launch our canoe! Hospital Election Election of two directors of the Tahoe Forest Hospital district is scheduled for Nov. 2 and candidates must file their petition with the clerk of the board not later than tom orrow to get on the ballot. The two directors whose terms expire are James Sherritt of Soda Springs and Ted Barrett of Kings Beach. Neither director has filed for re-election. If only two candidates file for the two seats and no petition is filed demanding an election, the twocandidates may be appointed by the county supervisors after a resolution has been passed by the hospital board. Paha PlsPPPaPaa id aa Quality Name Brands ov” TRUEBLOOD fo O/. & 110-SO,.PINE, _NEVADA.CITY, PH. 265-4064 (PhP PPP eel ee ee apart . aie fe wa Ms ' it \ wes 0 ' SS 3 iN : = iG S : " a ld . ~ we Xi i) \ 0 ae AN ed) Location and approximate extent of proposed new Bullard's Darn’ on the Middle Yuba (right center) additional water w Ridge Tunnel to Log Cabin Dam on Oregon Creek, thence via a ar ‘£ a > CRATE wh a ® o A : . rd ; 4, i} ’ { a é sok =: Seco 2 J \ ; Vas b 4 a N\ Beka SPIRE AIA Se ae st Wax dere Bar Lake, From the Hour House Diversion ill be transported via 19,700 foot Lohman6,700 foot Camptonville Tunnel to the new Bullard's Bar Lake. Heavy lines indicate present access roads in the area. CAROUSEL. September 6 .Last performance of the 28th edition of the famed Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies at the Winterland in San Francisco, September 1 _Dualconcert of African folksinger, Miriam Makeba and the comedy and folk-singing Chad Mitchell Trioin Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento. October 21 .Six internationally prominent foreign affairs experts will appear at American River Junior College during the 1964-65 school year for the third annual college-community lecture series, The first Ds oo Ss AUTOMOTIVE lecture will be given by Ambassador Walter Dowling, former American Ambassador to Western Germany and now Director General at Atlantic Institute on “Communism on Two Fronts-Europe and Asia." All lectures willbe presented at 8:15 p.m. in. the Little Theater, Admission is free. Glass vessels were made in Egypt and Mesopotamia early in the 18th Dynasty or between 1580 and 1358 B.C, Income 4.857 with Federal Security PAID QUARTERLY CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SAVINGS Federal Savings Building AUBURN THE THINGS YOU CAN DO. sional test pilot, powered watch a, profesonly by a “piggy back” rocket pack, soar into the air over 6-stories high. See him 8 P.M. nightly. also top acts and fireworks. Enjoy displays, parades, concerts, a carnival, nightly rodeo, daytime horse racing, and all the other things that make the State Fair great entertainment. Adults $1. Youngsters under 16 free. Sacramento **3988nN OUL’ ‘PI 28% ‘P96 ‘LZ IsNBNy" NOLLIGa SSANDOUd TVANNY HIdId PI o8eg’* FIFTH ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION ee

(0O0e 06 02 0G 008 O80 Mone MOSS Rain Forests To Be Under Water At New Bullards Bar Almost hidden in the deep canyon of the North Yuba, a few miles west of Camptonville, lies a long, narrow lake of green water surrounded by a vast rain forest. Bullard's Bar Reservoir attracts a sprinkling of fishermen, but few tourists leave Highway 49 to venture along the narrow, winding road that zigzags down tothe dam and west to Marysville and Oroville. It is a side trip that should be on everyone's itinerary. In all the Mother Lode area we know of no forest to compare to this, almost tropical in the luxuriance of its growth. In this climax forest of Douglas fir, pine and incense cedar can be found giants eight feet or more in diameter, virgin timber that was growing here when the Pilgrims stepped ashore at Plymouth Rock. Dogwoods, madrones and bigleaf maples of immense size grow among the conifers, some enveloped by the twining stems of wild grape. Along the stream beds are some of the finest specimens of western yew we have ever seen. Beneath the trees, a jungle-like growth of ferns, mosses and succulents is interspersed with wild azalea, philadephus, thimble— berries and other shade-loving plants. Prehistoric -looking red efts and banana-sized slugs contribute tothe picture of nature at the zenith of her fecundity. This is an area often deluged by the heaviest rainfall in California. A season's total precipitation of 103.98 inches has been measured at Bullard's Bar powerhouse. Camptonville has recorded 136.38inches. In 1909 La Porte, with 156.90 inches, had the highest season 's total ever recorded at a California weather station. The lake's drainage area averages over70 inches of precipitation per year. Here falls most of the water that floods the lowlands near Marysville. From here also came the gold-bearing gravels which built up through the centuries toa depth of 130 feet on the flood plains nearHammonton where today the world's largest gold dredge is still at work, Pre-School Registration At Truckee Pre-Schoolregistration for kindergarten, first grade children and students new to the district will be held Aug. 31 through Sept. 4 at the Truckee Elementary School office from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Kindergarten will be held at the old Truckee elementary school for children from Donner Lake, Gateway and Floriston in the morning-session-andTruckee children in the afternoon, It was inevitable that a mammoth dam would some day be built tocontrol these floods, irrigate the dry eastern edges of the Sacramento Valley, and more fully tap the power potential of the Yuba River. Mr. G.S, Sarkaria of the International Engineering Company, Project Engineer for the Yuba County Water Agency's ambitious Yuba River Development Project, has sent us an interesting outline of the project as now conceived. Key tothe entire project is the new Bullard's Bar dam. A concrete arch structure to be built 11/2 miles downstream from the present dam, it will rise to a height of 630 feet. (Shasta dam is 602 feethigh, Hoover dam 726 feet, Oroville will top 730 feet.) It will submerge the present dam, raising the water level of Bullard's Bar Reservoir some 300 feet. The new lake will impound 930,000 acre-feet of water, cover 4600 acres, and back water 16 miles up the North Yuba. Waters of the new lake will inundate much of the spectacular rain forest. We will mourn its passing. But many miles of similar scenery bordering the new lake will be made accessible by water. A forest wonderland without parallel willbe opened up here. We can hardly wait to launch our canoe! Hospital Election Election of two directors of the Tahoe Forest Hospital district is scheduled for Nov. 2 and candidates must file their petition with the clerk of the board not later than tom orrow to get on the ballot. The two directors whose terms expire are James Sherritt of Soda Springs and Ted Barrett of Kings Beach. Neither director has filed for re-election. If only two candidates file for the two seats and no petition is

filed demanding an election, the twocandidates may be appointed by the county supervisors after a resolution has been passed by the hospital board. Paha PlsPPPaPaa id aa Quality Name Brands ov” TRUEBLOOD fo O/. & 110-SO,.PINE, _NEVADA.CITY, PH. 265-4064 (PhP PPP eel ee ee apart . aie fe wa Ms ' it \ wes 0 ' SS 3 iN : = iG S : " a ld . ~ we Xi i) \ 0 ae AN ed) Location and approximate extent of proposed new Bullard's Darn’ on the Middle Yuba (right center) additional water w Ridge Tunnel to Log Cabin Dam on Oregon Creek, thence via a ar ‘£ a > CRATE wh a ® o A : . rd ; 4, i} ’ { a é sok =: Seco 2 J \ ; Vas b 4 a N\ Beka SPIRE AIA Se ae st Wax dere Bar Lake, From the Hour House Diversion ill be transported via 19,700 foot Lohman6,700 foot Camptonville Tunnel to the new Bullard's Bar Lake. Heavy lines indicate present access roads in the area. CAROUSEL. September 6 ..Last performance of the 28th edition of the famed Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies at the Winterland in San Francisco, September 1 _Dualconcert of African folksinger, Miriam Makeba and the comedy and folk-singing Chad Mitchell Trioin Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento. October 21 .Six internationally prominent foreign affairs experts will appear at American River Junior College during the 1964-65 school year for the third annual college-community lecture series, The first Ds oo Ss AUTOMOTIVE lecture will be given by Ambassador Walter Dowling, former American Ambassador to Western Germany and now Director General at Atlantic Institute on “Communism on Two Fronts-Europe and Asia." All lectures willbe presented at 8:15 p.m. in. the Little Theater, Admission is free. Glass vessels were made in Egypt and Mesopotamia early in the 18th Dynasty or between 1580 and 1358 B.C, Income 4.857 with Federal Security PAID QUARTERLY CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SAVINGS Federal Savings Building AUBURN THE THINGS YOU CAN DO. sional test pilot, powered watch a, profesonly by a “piggy back” rocket pack, soar into the air over 6-stories high. See him 8 P.M. nightly.. also top acts and fireworks. Enjoy displays, parades, concerts, a carnival, nightly rodeo, daytime horse racing, and all the other things that make the State Fair great entertainment. Adults $1. Youngsters under 16 free. Sacramento **3988nN OUL’ ‘PI 28% ‘P96 ‘LZ IsNBNy" NOLLIGa SSANDOUd TVANNY HIdId PI o8eg’* FIFTH ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION ee