August 28, 1968 (8 pages)

Oe SnX « wt ae 2 _ the Nevada County Nugget The "Fairs are doomed" folks didn't arrive at such a pessianistic outlook by visiting the Nevada County Fair August _Had they attended-they would NEVABA COUNTY NUGGET ue “Agreat fair Laborious Day The long Labor Day weekend looms close. So much has been written about the significance of the movement it commemorates, let us beg off with a salute to all-our fellows who labor hard and sincerely for their hire, and consider instead another movement associated with the first _ Monday in September. The movement of millions of autos on the highways. Three days off is an invitation to a change of scenery; but when everyone gets the same idea simultaneously, about the only scenery to be seen is cars to the left of us, cars to the right of us, cars fore and aft; and Labor Day becomes Laborious Day. So, dear fellow citizens, if you don’t stay home, drive carefully so that you'll get back there . . . back to live and labor another day. “ioe HOME D332 August 28, 1968 have had a far different opinion. Nearly 56,000 persons went through the gates during the four days, 8,000 more than in 1967, and all records were broken. When you consider the coun-ty's population is around 26,000, that 56,000 figure becomes more impressive. Of course all who attended don't-live in Nevada county, but you can make a safe bet that most of them do. The Nugget feels that everyone who made the 26th annual fair such a rousing success deserves great credit. Fairs properly managed, with the assistance of a enthusiastic citizenry, can be successful. They are part of the American heritage and deserve all of the financial and moral support the — and the community can give em, Rice is the principal item of export from California's inland ports. California is the leading flower producer in the world, marketing more than $115,000,000 worth worldwide, annually. Mining was a rough and perilous business in Washington District By Rye Slye : Local newspapers . carried countless stories of death and injury in the mines in the Washington District years ago. "A Negro named 'Bob' was “instantly killed at Brandy Flat, near Washington, by the caving of a bank under which he was working. Bob formerly lived at Omega and was much respected by all who knew him," (Nevada City Daily Transcript August 3, 1861) *#** "Henry Nace of Washinton was Killed by the caving of a bank on his mining claim." (NCDT, September 1864) ** "Two men employed in repairing a flume at Washington Saturday, fell from it, a distance of 60 feet. Joquin Joze died from his injuries. John Barras was badly hurt but will recover." (Nevada Daily Gazette, March 13, 1865) Pam, "On Sunday a Chinaman lowered into the air-shaft at the Spanish Mine in order that he might make the necessary excavation for a station. He was suspended by a rope tied around his body and secured at the surface. Another Chinaman went to the mouth of the shaft to lower him a few feet, when some of the dirt gave way beneath his feet. He fell 300 feet to the floor of the shaft and was killed. The man on the rope was not hurt." (NCDT, July 26, 1887) "John Edwards, aged 22, was instantly killed at the Washington Mine near Ormonde. He was getting off the bucket at the 200 foot level, made a misstep and fell down the shaft to the 400 foot level." (NCDT, August 8, 1889) a oo "Sigward Hansen, killed in an accidental powder blast in the Eagle Bird Mine. Remains buried in Washington." (NCDT, February 9, 1891) "In the Yuba Mine at Maybert, a Chinaman who was engaged in landing buckets at the seventh level, made a misstep and fell 80 feet down the shaft. Accident happened at 9 a.m. and he died at 3 p.m." (NCDT, December 8, 1891) . "H, B. Harris was killed instantly at 7:15 a.m. today by falling rock on the 300 foot level of the Eagle Bird Mine. He was 22 years old and lived in Grass Valley." (NCDT, Augu 30, 1892) . * & "The Chinaman who was hurt at Maybert Wednesday by rock failing down a chute 100 feet and striking him on the head, died of his injuries. 'Aterrible gash was made on his head.'" (NCDT, March 10, 1893) * "Frank Means lost both eyes and H. Staples had one eye completely destroyed and the other badly injured, Dr. Tickel reported, in an accidental explosion of #1 Giant powder. Both men are not expected to live." (NCDT, December 15, 1893) "Ernest Car] Otto, superintendent of the Oak Tree Mine, (Eagle Bird), met with a fatal accident yesterday morning at 7:10. Superintending the erecsion of a new hoisting works t. take the place of that destroyed in August last, he made a misstep and fell tothe bottom of the shaft, a distance of 520 feet. Body terribly crushed." (NCDT, November 9, 1894) ~ End of emergency. PJADLIDIAIS VAPHAIS 16 Sas b182e Jad CTDA: Mac’s mulligan WHISTLE int PATTER-The two Hawhee boys who live in Penn Valley were having a serious discussion that turned to baldheaded men. Six-yearold Jody asked brother Billy, 9, “If the others are called bald headed, what dc they call us?” No answer from Billy, and none from me either, By the way, what do they call them? * ok & ‘THE RUSSKYS can't stand the idea of anyone threatening their ism even if it's in another country, so the Czechs are getting it in the neczno lesz, The Russians didn't dare let the Czech schism widen, any more than they could the Hungarian uprising in '56, Despotism must be complete, all-encompassing, or it ceases to remain despotism. It's like a deep-sea diving suit--allow one hole in it and it sinks, * kK A FELLOW WITH a tummyache stopped at a Grass Valley doctor's office in June anda man was redecorating the place. The following conversation took place: Tummyache; ""Is the doctor in?" Decorator: "No," T: "When will he be here?” D: "Not for a while." T: “How long is a while?" D: "About the first of August." * A FAMOUS OLD STORY repeated in a political sheet recently, bears more repeating. The story takes place at the 1932 Disarmament Conference where the Spanish delegate, weary. of listening to Russian Maxim Lityinoff ramble about his country's peaceful: inten_tions, looked him straight in the eye and said: "if Mr. Litvinoff promises not to be angry, I'll narrate a fable told to me by an Englishman. A conference of beasts once discussed the question of. disarmament. The lion spoke first, and, looking at the eagle, sug-gested the abolition of wings. The eagle, turning to the bull, asked for the suppression of horns, The bull, in his turn . regarded the tiger and demanded the elimination of claws. It remained for the bear to speak and he proposed the total abolition of every means of attack’ and defense so that he might take them all into his loving embrace." * kK LSD IS NOT a cure for alcoholism, a doctor has determined. But a double shot of rye with a pill tossed in could help, mebbe, ee A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR has ‘its advantages, especially for some columnists, It's really a harvest time for them. This year, of course, produced a bumper crop of candidates, It'll be fun to remember some of them --the ex-Death Valley Days man who was a non-candidate most of the time, and is again; and the tall Texan who threw. his 10-gallon hat out of the ring; and the millionaire who suddenly became interested in the poor; and the veepee who had a tough time deciding whether he favored war or peace; and still is a bit mixed up about it; and the exveepee, remodeled, the same one who told newsmen after his defeat for the governor's job, that they'd better get their licks in then because he was through with public life forever; and a latecomer in the contest who won't need a bodyguard because he learned how to use a baseball bat. * *K * EVERY TIME SOMEONE ;comes around selling benefit "tickets, I think of that old story about the fellow who asked, "Will you take a chance for an old woman?" To which the potential customer queried "What would I do with her if I won her?" 2 KK IF YOU WISH to present a statement at a public hearing of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, etc., you are requested to submit 30 copies of it. One of the reasons government is so cluttered, * kK IT'S AN EPIDEMIC. About six times recently I've heard officeseekers on TV stress "But let me make it crystal clear ."" Both Repubs and Demos are using it, which proves they have * something in common--d talent for cliches. And the good guys wear white hats labeled 'We" and the bad guys black hats labeled "They," No wonder the younger generation thinks it's. all a lot of baloney. * KOK AND WHEN THE U.S. history of these days is written, the reader. will find countless pages bearing the indelible word "Vietnam." * SO, OUT OF the abyss of despair and up to the heights with something like this: Travis Air Force Base used a military plane to fly a badly burned five-year-old Colfax girl to the Shrine's Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and a young. Negro soldier in Vietnam threw himself on a.grenade and died saving his buddies. * * OUGHTA BE in the majors, that's the opinion of a man who sat in the seat at the Dunking Booth at the county fair, then hit the cold water below five times in six pitches. He didn't get the name of the hurler who put him in the drink, but he said he was glad to see him go away. Admission Day In the 118 years since it was admitted as the 31st of the United States, on September 9, 1850, California has taken over as national leader in a number of fields. It is the largest in population. It is the leading agricultural state. It is the giant of the air and space industry. It is a political power with few peers. Of course, it probably has the most hippies, too. But being the best inevitably has some drawbacks. So, keeping our eyes averted from the acid acres of the state’s Haight-Ashburys, we salute our California on Admission Day. Nevada( County Rainfall Gauge . Max, Min, August 21 63 4l August 22 65 38 August 23 12 38 August 24 : 19 43 August 25 84 44 August 26 75 47 August 27 80 44 Rainfall to date 1,08 Rainfall last year .00 ! GRASS VALLEY f Max, Min. August 21 62 44 August. 22 66 42 August 23 74 46 August 24 81 49 August 25 84 49 August 26 15 52 August 27 80 49 Rainfall to date .99 Rainfall last year -00 KEYHOLE SACRAMENTO — Politicians in agricultural states are reporting considerable fear among farmers that the big emphasis by both parties on city problems will shove rural interests onto a presidential campaign back shelf. WASHINGTON — Capitol observers now believe that even if George Wallace’s campaign does block a Presidential decision in November he will not force the election into Congress, but will use his Electoral College strength to bargain with Nixon. CINCINNATI — Post-mortems of the Governors’ Conference indicate a growing concern over faulty federal revenue forecasts which create costly state miscalculations, and demands for periodie state-federal briefings on economic outlook. NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjud’ Icated 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, 1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER . of the : CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

Oe SnX « wt ae 2 _ the Nevada County Nugget The "Fairs are doomed" folks didn't arrive at such a pessianistic outlook by visiting the Nevada County Fair August _Had they attended-they would NEVABA COUNTY NUGGET ue “Agreat fair Laborious Day The long Labor Day weekend looms close. So much has been written about the significance of the movement it commemorates, let us beg off with a salute to all-our fellows who labor hard and sincerely for their hire, and consider instead another movement associated with the first _ Monday in September. The movement of millions of autos on the highways. Three days off is an invitation to a change of scenery; but when everyone gets the same idea simultaneously, about the only scenery to be seen is cars to the left of us, cars to the right of us, cars fore and aft; and Labor Day becomes Laborious Day. So, dear fellow citizens, if you don’t stay home, drive carefully so that you'll get back there . . . back to live and labor another day. “ioe HOME D332 August 28, 1968 have had a far different opinion. Nearly 56,000 persons went through the gates during the four days, 8,000 more than in 1967, and all records were broken. When you consider the coun-ty's population is around 26,000, that 56,000 figure becomes more impressive. Of course all who attended don't-live in Nevada county, but you can make a safe bet that most of them do. The Nugget feels that everyone who made the 26th annual fair such a rousing success deserves great credit. Fairs properly managed, with the assistance of a enthusiastic citizenry, can be successful. They are part of the American heritage and deserve all of the financial and moral support the — and the community can give em, Rice is the principal item of export from California's inland ports. California is the leading flower producer in the world, marketing more than $115,000,000 worth worldwide, annually. Mining was a rough and perilous business in Washington District By Rye Slye : Local newspapers . carried countless stories of death and injury in the mines in the Washington District years ago. "A Negro named 'Bob' was “instantly killed at Brandy Flat, near Washington, by the caving of a bank under which he was working. Bob formerly lived at Omega and was much respected by all who knew him," (Nevada City Daily Transcript August 3, 1861) *#** "Henry Nace of Washinton was Killed by the caving of a bank on his mining claim." (NCDT, September 1864) ** "Two men employed in repairing a flume at Washington Saturday, fell from it, a distance of 60 feet. Joquin Joze died from his injuries. John Barras was badly hurt but will recover." (Nevada Daily Gazette, March 13, 1865) Pam, "On Sunday a Chinaman lowered into the air-shaft at the Spanish Mine in order that he might make the necessary excavation for a station. He was suspended by a rope tied around his body and secured at the surface. Another Chinaman went to the mouth of the shaft to lower him a few feet, when some of the dirt gave way beneath his feet. He fell 300 feet to the floor of the shaft and was killed. The man on the rope was not hurt." (NCDT, July 26, 1887) "John Edwards, aged 22, was instantly killed at the Washington Mine near Ormonde. He was getting off the bucket at the 200 foot level, made a misstep and fell down the shaft to the 400 foot level." (NCDT, August 8, 1889) a oo "Sigward Hansen, killed in an accidental powder blast in the Eagle Bird Mine. Remains buried in Washington." (NCDT, February 9, 1891) "In the Yuba Mine at Maybert, a Chinaman who was engaged in landing buckets at the seventh level, made a misstep and fell 80 feet down the shaft. Accident happened at 9 a.m. and he died at 3 p.m." (NCDT, December 8, 1891) . "H, B. Harris was killed instantly at 7:15 a.m. today by falling rock on the 300 foot level of the Eagle Bird Mine. He was 22 years old and lived in Grass Valley." (NCDT, Augu 30, 1892) . * & "The Chinaman who was hurt at Maybert Wednesday by rock failing down a chute 100 feet and striking him on the head, died of his injuries. 'Aterrible gash was made on his head.'" (NCDT, March 10, 1893) * "Frank Means lost both eyes and H. Staples had one eye completely destroyed and the other badly injured, Dr. Tickel reported, in an accidental explosion of #1 Giant powder. Both men are not expected to live." (NCDT, December 15, 1893) "Ernest Car] Otto, superintendent of the Oak Tree Mine, (Eagle Bird), met with a fatal accident yesterday morning at 7:10. Superintending the erecsion of a new hoisting works t. take the place of that destroyed in August last, he made a misstep and fell tothe bottom of the shaft, a distance of 520 feet. Body terribly crushed." (NCDT, November 9, 1894) ~ End of emergency. PJADLIDIAIS VAPHAIS 16 Sas b182e Jad CTDA: Mac’s mulligan WHISTLE int PATTER-The two Hawhee boys who live in Penn Valley were having a serious discussion that turned to baldheaded men. Six-yearold Jody asked brother Billy, 9, “If the others are called bald headed, what dc they call us?” No answer from Billy, and none from me either, By the way, what do they call them? * ok & ‘THE RUSSKYS can't stand the idea of anyone threatening their ism even if it's in another country, so the Czechs are getting it in the neczno lesz, The Russians didn't dare let the Czech schism widen, any more than they could the Hungarian uprising in '56, Despotism must be complete, all-encompassing, or it ceases to remain despotism. It's like a deep-sea diving suit--allow one hole in it and it sinks, * kK A FELLOW WITH a tummyache stopped at a Grass Valley doctor's office in June anda man was redecorating the place. The following conversation took place: Tummyache; ""Is the doctor in?" Decorator: "No," T: "When will he be here?” D: "Not for a while." T: “How long is a while?" D: "About the first of August." *

A FAMOUS OLD STORY repeated in a political sheet recently, bears more repeating. The story takes place at the 1932 Disarmament Conference where the Spanish delegate, weary. of listening to Russian Maxim Lityinoff ramble about his country's peaceful: inten_tions, looked him straight in the eye and said: "if Mr. Litvinoff promises not to be angry, I'll narrate a fable told to me by an Englishman. A conference of beasts once discussed the question of. disarmament. The lion spoke first, and, looking at the eagle, sug-gested the abolition of wings. The eagle, turning to the bull, asked for the suppression of horns, The bull, in his turn . regarded the tiger and demanded the elimination of claws. It remained for the bear to speak and he proposed the total abolition of every means of attack’ and defense so that he might take them all into his loving embrace." * kK LSD IS NOT a cure for alcoholism, a doctor has determined. But a double shot of rye with a pill tossed in could help, mebbe, ee A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR has ‘its advantages, especially for some columnists, It's really a harvest time for them. This year, of course, produced a bumper crop of candidates, It'll be fun to remember some of them --the ex-Death Valley Days man who was a non-candidate most of the time, and is again; and the tall Texan who threw. his 10-gallon hat out of the ring; and the millionaire who suddenly became interested in the poor; and the veepee who had a tough time deciding whether he favored war or peace; and still is a bit mixed up about it; and the exveepee, remodeled, the same one who told newsmen after his defeat for the governor's job, that they'd better get their licks in then because he was through with public life forever; and a latecomer in the contest who won't need a bodyguard because he learned how to use a baseball bat. * *K * EVERY TIME SOMEONE ;comes around selling benefit "tickets, I think of that old story about the fellow who asked, "Will you take a chance for an old woman?" To which the potential customer queried "What would I do with her if I won her?" 2 KK IF YOU WISH to present a statement at a public hearing of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, etc., you are requested to submit 30 copies of it. One of the reasons government is so cluttered, * kK IT'S AN EPIDEMIC. About six times recently I've heard officeseekers on TV stress "But let me make it crystal clear .."" Both Repubs and Demos are using it, which proves they have * something in common--d talent for cliches. And the good guys wear white hats labeled 'We" and the bad guys black hats labeled "They," No wonder the younger generation thinks it's. all a lot of baloney. * KOK AND WHEN THE U.S. history of these days is written, the reader. will find countless pages bearing the indelible word "Vietnam." * SO, OUT OF the abyss of despair and up to the heights with something like this: Travis Air Force Base used a military plane to fly a badly burned five-year-old Colfax girl to the Shrine's Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and a young. Negro soldier in Vietnam threw himself on a.grenade and died saving his buddies. * * OUGHTA BE in the majors, that's the opinion of a man who sat in the seat at the Dunking Booth at the county fair, then hit the cold water below five times in six pitches. He didn't get the name of the hurler who put him in the drink, but he said he was glad to see him go away. Admission Day In the 118 years since it was admitted as the 31st of the United States, on September 9, 1850, California has taken over as national leader in a number of fields. It is the largest in population. It is the leading agricultural state. It is the giant of the air and space industry. It is a political power with few peers. Of course, it probably has the most hippies, too. But being the best inevitably has some drawbacks. So, keeping our eyes averted from the acid acres of the state’s Haight-Ashburys, we salute our California on Admission Day. Nevada( County Rainfall Gauge . Max, Min, August 21 63 4l August 22 65 38 August 23 12 38 August 24 : 19 43 August 25 84 44 August 26 75 47 August 27 80 44 Rainfall to date 1,08 Rainfall last year .00 ! GRASS VALLEY f Max, Min. August 21 62 44 August. 22 66 42 August 23 74 46 August 24 81 49 August 25 84 49 August 26 15 52 August 27 80 49 Rainfall to date .99 Rainfall last year -00 KEYHOLE SACRAMENTO — Politicians in agricultural states are reporting considerable fear among farmers that the big emphasis by both parties on city problems will shove rural interests onto a presidential campaign back shelf. WASHINGTON — Capitol observers now believe that even if George Wallace’s campaign does block a Presidential decision in November he will not force the election into Congress, but will use his Electoral College strength to bargain with Nixon. CINCINNATI — Post-mortems of the Governors’ Conference indicate a growing concern over faulty federal revenue forecasts which create costly state miscalculations, and demands for periodie state-federal briefings on economic outlook. NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjud’ Icated 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, 1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER . of the : CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION