December 2, 1965 (20 pages)

~~ @2DCO 04 602 0H OPO OSGE OVENS ©2366 66 ¢ Town Talk hs YOUR WORLD OF NATURE Wapiti or Elk, Cervus canadensis, Deer family, With the exception of the moose, the elk is the largest member of the deer family in North America, Although once widely distributed, it has now been eliminated from most of its former range and can be found in large herds only, in Yellowstone Park. Smaller herds are in protected areas in scattered places in a number of states. In California we have a herd of Roosevelt Elk, native to the north coast, at Prairie Creek in the northern tip of Humboldt County. Tule Elk which were native to the central valley, are in preserves at Tupman in Kern county and in Owens Valley, Inyo county. The elk is more of a grazer, feeding on grass, than the deer which prefers browsing on foliage, Rarely are two calves bom to the cow elk and they are spotted at first like the deer fawns, The small bird on the back of the elk pictured here is a friend to the animal asit feeds from the ticks and insects in the fur which otherwise are a pest to the elk, PEF OR es ke CRAYON CORNER "Jack, Starting Up the Beanstalk", by Ruth Ann Patterson, Mrs. Hughes’ First Grade, Hennessy School eG oes 68° Junior Jurors..Season’s Signs.. Monument Manual..Big Bash Nevada Judicial District Judge Verle Gray's teen -age traffic court, now in its second year of operation, continues to get nation-widenotice, Gray started the procedure of using a panel of high school students to hear cases of teen age traffic violators last year. The students, after hearing the case, then recommend a sentence, The judge is not bound totake the recommendation, but often does since the student jurors are often more strict in their judgéments than the judge. Gray said this week he had just received a letter from a judge in Kentucky asking for details on the program, Judge Gray says he gets letters of this kind quite often, eoeesese The Artists Christmas Fair--13th annual--was another big success last weekend, Monday deposits totalled $4,088.66. At times the jam in the Commercial St, studio was so great that buyers _could hardly move, but just remained pressed together ina friendly state of suspended animation. Buyers and their animals, that is: one lady brought a chihuahua inher purse. Traffic in town was heavy, and many stores bénefitted from the increased population. The National Hotel bar and restaurant did a booming business, e@@e@e@8 8 Two weeks ago this column printed a long but only partial list of recent book acquisitions at the Grass Valley library, The following is a list of new books at the Nevada City library, It isnt anywhere as long or impressive. New books are “Lost Empires" by J. B, Priestly; “Ordeal of Three Doctors” by Siefert; “Sarkhan" by Lederer and Burdick; “Air Above the Ground" by Mary Stewart; and “The Crippled Tree" by Han Suyin,. eee 8 8 A bond issue for $645,000 to expand the hospital in Truckee passed last week, but no thanks to the people living in Truckee, They voted it down, The winning margin of 18 votes was supplied by top-heavy majorities in far away places like Tahoe City (342 for and 65 against), z ees 6 @ The life size horse atop Charlie and Barbara Sailor's Sierra Saddlery in Grass Valley has always been an eye-catcher, but it has now become a traffic stopper. Charlie has added antlers to the animal to turn it into a Christmas reindeer, : e*e8¢ 8 @ For those interested in California history and monuments to the past, Pacific Gas & Electric Co, has just published an attractive and informative booklet titled “California's Historical Monuments," The book includes brief historical essays, good photographs and directions on how to get there, The books are available free of charge at local PG&E offices, eee#e8s The National Hotel was jumping last Friday afternoon, The reason for all the gaiety was the first of what is hoped will become an annual father and son luncheon, The luncheon, a spur of the moment idea of Don Newton, turned out to be a vast success and seven or eight fathers and their over-21l-sons, enjoyed a long afternoon of eating and frolic, GATHERING Moss” Intelligent Planting Can Bring A Wide Variety Of Fall Color To As autumn ends its yearly fling in the Mother Lode country there is always a flurry of planting by home owners who have been enchanted by the fall colours and fancy some bold splashes in their own gardens. Unfortunately, too many proceed without first ascertaining the special requirements of the plants which make Our area so picturesque, Most spectacular of the fall performers in a good colour year and when all conditions are just right are the eastern sugar maple andred maple. Most people buy one or two of these beauties whether or not they have a proper, place for them and are often disappointed by their showing later on. These trees need warm, sunny days and cool September nights to produce the red colour -forming anthocyanins but, furthermore, they must be denied moisture and nitrogen in late summer and early fall in order to stop production of the green colouring matter, chlorophyll, Favorable conditions are more likely found in a dry parking strip or on a rocky outcrop in a neglected area than in a well kept garden, Red and sugar maples, however, are not the beginning and end of fall coloar, Nurserymen can show you many other trees which will produce brilliant reds in your lawn or shrubbery border, among them the Amur maple, sassafras, Chinese pistache, smoke tree, pin oak and Oxydendrum, Dogwoods of course have a colour all their own and should be in every home garden in our area. Don't stop with trees, though, Fall colouring shrubs, especially when planted in groups, can be just as eye arresting as the brightest sugar maple. I would never be without the firebush (Euonymous alatus), the old fashioned snowball (and many of its “cousins"), the oakleaf hydrangea which often clings toits huge red leaves until Christmas, a grouping of blueberries and at least one red laceleaf Japanese maple which has, I think, the most beautiful leaf in the whole plant kingdom. One of the earliest reds in our local scene is produced by the common Virginia creeper, Some people love the yellows The Home of autumn just as much as the reds, and for autumn gold in the Sierra nothing is better than our native bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). Tulip trees, birches and the statuesque Lombardi poplar also contribute a wealth of yellow--but keep the poplars out of the home garden where their intrusive roots cause nothing but trouble, With a few decades of intelligent planting I can see no reason why we cannot make our part of California in autumns to come even more colourful than New England, Coast Guard Academy Seeks New Applicants The United States Coast Guard Academy, the only U.S, military academy which appoints its cadets solely on the basis of competitive examination, is seeking applicants for the class convening July 12, 1966, Deadline for the applicants is December 4, 1965, The application deadline coincides with the December College Entrance Examination Board Tests which will be the basis for the competition. Applicants must be unmarried high school seniors or graduates who have reached their 17th but not their 22nd birthday by July 1, 1966. They must have earned 15 units by June 30, 1966, including: three in english, two in algebra and one in plane geometry. They must be in excellent physical condition, between 64 and 78 inches in height with proportionate weight, and must have at least 20/30 vision in each eye, correctible to 20/20, The four-year course at the Academy leads to a bachelor of science degree anda commission as ensign in the regular Coast Guard, Additional information and application forms may be obtained from high school guidance counselors or by writing tothe Director of Admissions, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., 06230, S96T *Z Jequieseq***1083nN AwnoD epeaen** i

~~ @2DCO 04 602 0H OPO OSGE OVENS ©2366 66 ¢ Town Talk hs YOUR WORLD OF NATURE Wapiti or Elk, Cervus canadensis, Deer family, With the exception of the moose, the elk is the largest member of the deer family in North America, Although once widely distributed, it has now been eliminated from most of its former range and can be found in large herds only, in Yellowstone Park. Smaller herds are in protected areas in scattered places in a number of states. In California we have a herd of Roosevelt Elk, native to the north coast, at Prairie Creek in the northern tip of Humboldt County. Tule Elk which were native to the central valley, are in preserves at Tupman in Kern county and in Owens Valley, Inyo county. The elk is more of a grazer, feeding on grass, than the deer which prefers browsing on foliage, Rarely are two calves bom to the cow elk and they are spotted at first like the deer fawns, The small bird on the back of the elk pictured here is a friend to the animal asit feeds from the ticks and insects in the fur which otherwise are a pest to the elk, PEF OR es ke CRAYON CORNER "Jack, Starting Up the Beanstalk", by Ruth Ann Patterson, Mrs. Hughes’ First Grade, Hennessy School eG oes 68° Junior Jurors...Season’s Signs... Monument Manual...Big Bash Nevada Judicial District Judge Verle Gray's teen -age traffic court, now in its second year of operation, continues to get nation-widenotice, Gray started the procedure of using a panel of high school students to hear cases of teen age traffic violators last year. The students, after hearing the case, then recommend a sentence, The judge is not bound totake the recommendation, but often does since the student jurors are often more strict in their judgéments than the judge. Gray said this week he had just received a letter from a judge in Kentucky asking for details on the program, Judge Gray says he gets letters of this kind quite often, eoeesese The Artists Christmas Fair--13th annual--was another big success last weekend, Monday deposits totalled $4,088.66. At times the jam in the Commercial St, studio was so great that buyers _could hardly move, but just remained pressed together ina friendly state of suspended animation. Buyers and their animals, that is: one lady brought a chihuahua inher purse. Traffic in town was heavy, and many stores bénefitted from the increased population. The National Hotel bar and restaurant did a booming business, e@@e@e@8 8 Two weeks ago this column printed a long but only partial list of recent book acquisitions at the Grass Valley library, The following is a list of new books at the Nevada City library, It isnt anywhere as long or impressive. New books are “Lost Empires" by J. B, Priestly; “Ordeal of Three Doctors” by Siefert; “Sarkhan" by Lederer and Burdick; “Air Above the Ground" by Mary Stewart; and “The Crippled Tree" by Han Suyin,. eee 8 8 A bond issue for $645,000 to expand the hospital in Truckee passed last week, but no thanks to the people living in Truckee, They voted it down, The winning margin of 18 votes was supplied by top-heavy majorities in far away places like Tahoe City (342 for and 65 against), z ees 6 @ The life size horse atop Charlie and Barbara Sailor's Sierra Saddlery in Grass Valley has always been an eye-catcher, but it has now become a traffic stopper. Charlie has added antlers to the animal to turn it into a Christmas reindeer, : e*e8¢ 8 @ For those interested in California history and monuments to the past, Pacific Gas & Electric Co, has just published an attractive and informative booklet titled “California's Historical Monuments," The book includes brief historical essays, good photographs and directions on how to get there, The books are available free of charge at local PG&E offices, eee#e8s The National Hotel was jumping last Friday afternoon, The reason for all the gaiety was the first of what is hoped will become an annual father and son luncheon, The luncheon, a spur of the moment idea of Don Newton, turned out to be a vast success and seven or eight fathers and their over-21l-sons, enjoyed a long afternoon of eating and frolic, GATHERING Moss”

Intelligent Planting Can Bring A Wide Variety Of Fall Color To As autumn ends its yearly fling in the Mother Lode country there is always a flurry of planting by home owners who have been enchanted by the fall colours and fancy some bold splashes in their own gardens. Unfortunately, too many proceed without first ascertaining the special requirements of the plants which make Our area so picturesque, Most spectacular of the fall performers in a good colour year and when all conditions are just right are the eastern sugar maple andred maple. Most people buy one or two of these beauties whether or not they have a proper, place for them and are often disappointed by their showing later on. These trees need warm, sunny days and cool September nights to produce the red colour -forming anthocyanins but, furthermore, they must be denied moisture and nitrogen in late summer and early fall in order to stop production of the green colouring matter, chlorophyll, Favorable conditions are more likely found in a dry parking strip or on a rocky outcrop in a neglected area than in a well kept garden, Red and sugar maples, however, are not the beginning and end of fall coloar, Nurserymen can show you many other trees which will produce brilliant reds in your lawn or shrubbery border, among them the Amur maple, sassafras, Chinese pistache, smoke tree, pin oak and Oxydendrum, Dogwoods of course have a colour all their own and should be in every home garden in our area. Don't stop with trees, though, Fall colouring shrubs, especially when planted in groups, can be just as eye arresting as the brightest sugar maple. I would never be without the firebush (Euonymous alatus), the old fashioned snowball (and many of its “cousins"), the oakleaf hydrangea which often clings toits huge red leaves until Christmas, a grouping of blueberries and at least one red laceleaf Japanese maple which has, I think, the most beautiful leaf in the whole plant kingdom. One of the earliest reds in our local scene is produced by the common Virginia creeper, Some people love the yellows The Home of autumn just as much as the reds, and for autumn gold in the Sierra nothing is better than our native bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). Tulip trees, birches and the statuesque Lombardi poplar also contribute a wealth of yellow--but keep the poplars out of the home garden where their intrusive roots cause nothing but trouble, With a few decades of intelligent planting I can see no reason why we cannot make our part of California in autumns to come even more colourful than New England, Coast Guard Academy Seeks New Applicants The United States Coast Guard Academy, the only U.S, military academy which appoints its cadets solely on the basis of competitive examination, is seeking applicants for the class convening July 12, 1966, Deadline for the applicants is December 4, 1965, The application deadline coincides with the December College Entrance Examination Board Tests which will be the basis for the competition. Applicants must be unmarried high school seniors or graduates who have reached their 17th but not their 22nd birthday by July 1, 1966. They must have earned 15 units by June 30, 1966, including: three in english, two in algebra and one in plane geometry. They must be in excellent physical condition, between 64 and 78 inches in height with proportionate weight, and must have at least 20/30 vision in each eye, correctible to 20/20, The four-year course at the Academy leads to a bachelor of science degree anda commission as ensign in the regular Coast Guard, Additional information and application forms may be obtained from high school guidance counselors or by writing tothe Director of Admissions, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., 06230, S96T *Z Jequieseq***1083nN AwnoD epeaen** i