December 22, 1965 (20 pages)

a ee penaom ee icin ancient inscnseceninmerniiaenamts ne ee Be Kye It has long been my contention that somewhere within a day's drive of home I can find scenery similar to that of almosf any region on earth, Nearby Sierra timberline country is comparable tothe Swiss or Italian Alps. The Vienna Woods and Sherwood Forest are all around us. Nevada City could almost pass fora New England village, and local people with roots in the south say that our foothills are very like the Ozarks or the Great Smokies, Out in the Sacramento Valley we have found an area which, to me at least, resembles pastoral scenes in the Holy Land, At this season of the year, wheh our minds are turning to shepherds in the land of Bethlehem, we find it a place of special interest. A few miles north and west of Yuba City, the Sutter Buttes rise 2100 feet above the valley floor. During the intervals between winter storms, when tule fog blankets the valley, we can often see just the top fouror fivehundred feet of these crags above the sea of fog, the only land visible for many miles, Around the western base of this cluster of jagged peaks is a deserty terrain which has little in common with the surrounding countryside, Here, grazing on the short grass which during the winter months grows in this thin rocky soil, we find herds of sheep contained within miles of stone fences, Here and there lonesome palm and olivetrees are silhouetted against the sky, In a season of normal rainfall there will be wildflowers too, the same type if not the exact varietiestobe found onthe hills of Galilee-brodiaeas, Mariposa lilies, wild onions and other bulbous plants which need only one or two heavy rainsto bloom and produce seeds, These low hills turn green soon after the first rains of winter have fallen but a twoor three-week midwinter drought can turn them brown and the grass is almost always dead andsere long before Easter. The Sutter Buttes, like the small town at their base and the county of which they are a part, were named for John Augustus Sutter, the Swiss immigrant and pioneer who built and lost an empire in California. We recommenda holiday drive through this serene and peaceful part of his once vast holdings, It is at its best on the day after a storm when cloud patterns add enchantment to its austere beauty. CAROUSEL Through Dec, 31 .»-An exhibition of original art work done by members of the Chico State College art faculty will be open to the public from 8 a.m, to 10 p.m, daily except Saturday and Sunday in the Humanities Building Gallery at West First Street and Normal ' GATHERING MOSS This Holiday Season Take A Drive Grazing on the short grass, we find herds of sheep, contained Aillian( Mol YOUR WORLD OF NATURE eo — ee Fe oe Gt Ne owe This odd-looking mule colt is a rare hybrid not often produced by horse breeders, It is the off-spring of a white Jack donkey and a mare shetland pony. Inheriting the head and ears of its tatner, its body lines are more like those of the mother, This hybrid would be incapable of breeding. It was bred on the Chester Loney ranch in Penn Valley last June and was 18 days old when this photograph was taken, To The \ Holy Lan within miles of stone fences. G : Town Talk G.V. Firemen..Grog Pot.. The Grass Valley firemen have no intention of changing the date of their Firemen's Ball to make way for the Community Concerts performance of the Sacramento Symphony, which was booked into the veterans hall on the same date--Feb, 19, Mrs. Kim Stevenson is now trying to book the symphony fora date in March, but as yet she has not been able to confirm the later date, She says, “Now I know how wars get started, If you can't settle or arbitrate a small dispute with your neighbors in the town where you live, how can you expect nations to settle their differences?" Even a reasonable and persuasive editorial in the Grass Valley Union failedto bring the firemen to the negotiating table. eeessvss Three cheers forthe good spirits, Christmas and otherwise, of Nevada City! They collect almost as muchtax money from the bars along Deer Creek as they do from all of the sedate bistros of Grass Valley, But watch it after you imbibe that pot of Christmas grog: there may be someone official waiting outside to see that you are still walking a straight ___ Where's Santa?. Yuba Mess.. line, e*eesee At arecent meeting of the Grass Valley Jaycees, the group voted to purchase "Support Our Boys in Vietnam" bumper stickers, eeeees Some of the merchants on West Main St, in Grass Valley are complaining because Santa Claus is sticking too close to Mill St, "I haven't even seen him walk by,” grumbled one member of the chamber of commerce, Santa's employer, Nevertheless, business in general was reported to be picking up briskly in both cities at the end of last week, eeeses The Yuba County Water Agency (which is run by the board of supervisors) came upwith another goose egg last week when they received only one legitimate bid on the $137 million Bullard's Bar project--andthat was a cool $25 million toohigh, A yearago, the agency set a date for bids and didn't receive any at all, Best estimates are that the project, which could benefit the economy in Nevada County, is dead in its presentform, Perhaps the federal Bureau of Reclamation will get (Continued on Page 15) oye @eoGe cseus mY YY i wt SS See B® 14 3% Joquisoeq***3983nN AquN0D epeaen’* S96T °

a ee penaom ee icin ancient inscnseceninmerniiaenamts ne ee Be Kye It has long been my contention that somewhere within a day's drive of home I can find scenery similar to that of almosf any region on earth, Nearby Sierra timberline country is comparable tothe Swiss or Italian Alps. The Vienna Woods and Sherwood Forest are all around us. Nevada City could almost pass fora New England village, and local people with roots in the south say that our foothills are very like the Ozarks or the Great Smokies, Out in the Sacramento Valley we have found an area which, to me at least, resembles pastoral scenes in the Holy Land, At this season of the year, wheh our minds are turning to shepherds in the land of Bethlehem, we find it a place of special interest. A few miles north and west of Yuba City, the Sutter Buttes rise 2100 feet above the valley floor. During the intervals between winter storms, when tule fog blankets the valley, we can often see just the top fouror fivehundred feet of these crags above the sea of fog, the only land visible for many miles, Around the western base of this cluster of jagged peaks is a deserty terrain which has little in common with the surrounding countryside, Here, grazing on the short grass which during the winter months grows in this thin rocky soil, we find herds of sheep contained within miles of stone fences, Here and there lonesome palm and olivetrees are silhouetted against the sky, In a season of normal rainfall there will be wildflowers too, the same type if not the exact varietiestobe found onthe hills of Galilee-brodiaeas, Mariposa lilies, wild onions and other bulbous plants which need only one or two heavy rainsto bloom and produce seeds, These low hills turn green soon after the first rains of winter have fallen but a twoor three-week midwinter drought can turn them brown and the grass is almost always dead andsere long before Easter. The Sutter Buttes, like the small town at their base and the county of which they are a part, were named for John Augustus Sutter, the Swiss immigrant and pioneer who built and lost an empire in California. We recommenda holiday drive through this serene and peaceful part of his once vast holdings, It is at its best on the day after a storm when cloud patterns add enchantment to its austere beauty. CAROUSEL Through Dec, 31 .»-An exhibition of original art work done by members of the Chico State College art faculty will be open to the public from 8 a.m, to 10 p.m, daily except Saturday and Sunday in the Humanities Building Gallery at West First Street and Normal ' GATHERING MOSS This Holiday Season Take A Drive Grazing on the short grass, we find herds of sheep, contained Aillian( Mol YOUR WORLD OF NATURE eo — ee Fe oe Gt Ne owe This odd-looking mule colt is a rare hybrid not often produced

by horse breeders, It is the off-spring of a white Jack donkey and a mare shetland pony. Inheriting the head and ears of its tatner, its body lines are more like those of the mother, This hybrid would be incapable of breeding. It was bred on the Chester Loney ranch in Penn Valley last June and was 18 days old when this photograph was taken, To The \ Holy Lan within miles of stone fences. G : Town Talk G.V. Firemen...Grog Pot... The Grass Valley firemen have no intention of changing the date of their Firemen's Ball to make way for the Community Concerts performance of the Sacramento Symphony, which was booked into the veterans hall on the same date--Feb, 19, Mrs. Kim Stevenson is now trying to book the symphony fora date in March, but as yet she has not been able to confirm the later date, She says, “Now I know how wars get started, If you can't settle or arbitrate a small dispute with your neighbors in the town where you live, how can you expect nations to settle their differences?" Even a reasonable and persuasive editorial in the Grass Valley Union failedto bring the firemen to the negotiating table. eeessvss Three cheers forthe good spirits, Christmas and otherwise, of Nevada City! They collect almost as muchtax money from the bars along Deer Creek as they do from all of the sedate bistros of Grass Valley, But watch it after you imbibe that pot of Christmas grog: there may be someone official waiting outside to see that you are still walking a straight ___ Where's Santa?.. Yuba Mess... line, e*eesee At arecent meeting of the Grass Valley Jaycees, the group voted to purchase "Support Our Boys in Vietnam" bumper stickers, eeeees Some of the merchants on West Main St, in Grass Valley are complaining because Santa Claus is sticking too close to Mill St, "I haven't even seen him walk by,” grumbled one member of the chamber of commerce, Santa's employer, Nevertheless, business in general was reported to be picking up briskly in both cities at the end of last week, eeeses The Yuba County Water Agency (which is run by the board of supervisors) came upwith another goose egg last week when they received only one legitimate bid on the $137 million Bullard's Bar project--andthat was a cool $25 million toohigh, A yearago, the agency set a date for bids and didn't receive any at all, Best estimates are that the project, which could benefit the economy in Nevada County, is dead in its presentform, Perhaps the federal Bureau of Reclamation will get (Continued on Page 15) oye @eoGe cseus mY YY i wt SS See B® 14 3% Joquisoeq***3983nN AquN0D epeaen’* S96T °