February 11, 1970 (12 pages)

* Ww: 2 The Nevada County Nugget — Wednesday, February i, 1970 oe: ‘100 years. of Nevada County The Sounding: Board: FASHION EXPERTS SAY WOMEN'S HEM LINES WILL VARY FROM MINLMINI (very very short) TO MAXI-MAXI (below ankle length) — WHAT Is YOUR: PREFERENCE IN HEM LINES? : be LESLIE HARPER, Deplertineht ee Of Social Services: "Good ques-tion -The — mini-skirt." of Social erie Ad preter fhe (Continued from page 1) ”. financial to launch his enterprise. _ One mile down Deer Creek on the north . bank construction of his’ gold separation plant was started. Records indicate it was on the Site of the Soggs mine. The device consisted ofalarge cauldron-ore catch basin surmounted by a towering _ fire box and chinmey. A ramp led to the, ‘top of the chimney. Much stone, steel and fireclay went into the imposing structure. A large wheel-was fabricated, $80,000 had been expended and scores of pros-_pective millionaires awaited the day of the \. great éxperiment. Finally the great day arrived. The towering stack and fire box were loaded with alternate layers of firewood and ug entire population was agog. Bar ~ files talked ‘learnedly of " efficients," "fusing point,” " olecular ine terstices, and "fracture. patterns, " The ~ . biggest men of the community. knew, a good. “4° thing. when they saw. it, Dr. the man of the hour, . Rogers was ' After several delays, perhaps arranged: by. Dr. Rogers to heighten the dramatic “effect, the mas of wood and quartz was ig-: nited, Throughout the first night hundreds journeyed down Deer Creek, They stood in awed silence and watched the red at against the night sky. As the wood burned the glowing mass settled in the huge stack, Dr, Rogers, full of high purpose and large talk, ordered the workmen to pile in more quartz and . more fuel, — By this time it was generally believed ee ct fan EHO Cto restore two-hour meters stack was close to overflowing with gold . which had burst from the heat-expanded quartz and dropped into the receiving re‘ceptacle, -. Some few insisted that the cauldron be hauled out-and examined. Perhaps a few tons of gold should: be removed to make room for more. After several ctiaterebdbe, high officialdom» consented to examination, The catch basin was removed. It contained . nothing but ashes, cinders and a sprinkling of well-smoked bits of quartz, The bubble had bur'st! Dr. Rogers departed in peace, but hurriedly, There is nothing in: the annals to indicate there was lynching talk. It is believed that the city for several days suffered from silent bewilderment rather me pe ‘Meanwhile Dr. Rogwith such terms as "charlatan and rascal” it’ should ‘be pointed Out that Rogers was : never ‘Openly accused of being a crook. ; fact it is’ generally believed that all $80,000 he collected went into the furnace on Deer Creek, But the greatfiasco had an immediate effect on the city's economy, Quartz mining was declared a humbug. Prices dropped, Valuable buildings were deserted. Interest in placer activities revived. But in less than a year quartz mining was on pa Pai and the town was moving toward a boom. -The popular expression "Sold down theriver," did not originate with the-episode down Deer Creek, but it very well could have! Ss Ww ably enjoying himself in a) sshery orb ‘the good.doctor be branded — { clothes," J, De La MONTANGA, Nevada City: "I really don't prefer them that way, but I think they will go to the ankle, The mini skirt is notfor the middle aged woman, LE ROY DeWITT: the ‘most money to spend on what age -Well if they are [NEVADA COUNTY NUG 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, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. Decree No, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5. 00, Leo. of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER . PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION The experiment for free hour parking in downtown vada: City will continue for we “* more weeks then’ “two-hour ~ ~ meters will gradually be placed. on the meter poles," A committee composed. of councilman’ Bob Paine, City . Manager Beryl Robinson Jr, police chief James Moon andthe. two parking committee chairmen, Alice McGee and Marie Novak, agreed toroam the down"Slightly town area and replace some and they are the ones who have above the knee -no matter meters beginning in two weeks,"Traffic does move and cus-* younger they could be a little tomers are happier" waseveryfurther * one's conclusion for the no parking meter experiment. But the city has lost revenue and "we have laid off an employe to be in the balck by the end of the fiscal year,"' Robinson said, Mrs. Novak asked Robinson a number of questions about the parking meters. They are "maintenance free," he said and . $3.50 per meter would be the cost of installing two-hour meters, The meters are five to six years old and “should last at least 15 years," Paine reminded those present that. free all-day parking is available on lower Nevada Street "below the Episcopal Church and Phe lot is nearly empty every ay." A visitor said she was a newcomer and didn't know that such parking was available. Paine agreed that directional signs Should be placed showing visitors to the free parking lot. "E fully reali i DENNISLAUDERDALE, Nevada ment hax a ee City: ‘I like them all --depends Paine said and agreed to serve on the girl, on the committee to “eradually" replace meters. At @ previous meeting City Attorney William Wetherall announced that the could not raise the business license fees “as ‘they were -not intended to be revenue producing." At Monday's meeting he announced that he, had been in error "and that the fees could be increased." Out-of-city businesses , pay $40 fee per year, Robinson said and businesses based in the city pay $16 annually, According to the League of California Cities Nevada. City charges one of the highest fees per capita in the state, Robinson suggested the fee for outside based businesses not be increased. The two members of the parking committee were asked to “sound out the business people" on their reaction to a slight increase in the business license fee. In other action the council ‘approved spending $850 to purchase: hats and coats for volunteer firemen, About half of the volunteers do not have any protective clothing, Robinson said. The budget includes $150 for “turnout uniforms" Robinson suggested $850 so "we can spend $1,000 on uniforms." The fire department has funds to purchase boots and pants and the city will buy coats and hats, “enough to outfit all the firemen." The council approved consolidating precincts for the April 14 election from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the city hall, Robinson reminded the councilmen that anyone planning to run for election must file a disclosure of his assets within 10 days after he files, Other coun-: * 1 ¥ . e a : m re" i Rew. 0. CUTTS s TERCLETS.c C00» 040 ekeenennsgend.5gnadeninesanbheaeatansieh«htiherretatne pense ‘pital remaining on the council must file their disclosure of assets by April 14, The two absent councilmen, Arch McPherson and Joe Day, are completing their present terms of office. They have not yet indicated whether they will run for re-election, The three councilmen. present, who must file their disclosure of assets by April 14, have two years more of their terms of office: Mayor John Rankin, Lon Cooper and Paine, Robinson suggested the city buy treasury bills and gain seven and three-quarters per cent interest rather than five per cent "we are now getting from the local banks," The councilmen agreed to give the local banks 30 days notice that city funds would be removed from the present savings accounts, felt "we should think about this ‘a little more" but agreed to the 30 days notice, Robinson said if the city had $100,000 to put in a savings account locally "our interest rate would be higher," By April the city will. have $75,000 to purchase treasury bills, the city manager told the councilmen, The treasury bills must be held 90 days, he added and the city will not need that revenue until August, "April, May, June and July are our high months," he added, “after that we go down hill," The meeting was adjourned until Feb. 24, e Classified Ads, the little felows with the big pulling poner: ee 2 LN ‘

* Ww: 2 The Nevada County Nugget — Wednesday, February i, 1970 oe: ‘100 years. of Nevada County The Sounding: Board: FASHION EXPERTS SAY WOMEN'S HEM LINES WILL VARY FROM MINLMINI (very very short) TO MAXI-MAXI (below ankle length) — WHAT Is YOUR: PREFERENCE IN HEM LINES? : be LESLIE HARPER, Deplertineht ee Of Social Services: "Good ques-tion -The — mini-skirt." of Social erie Ad preter fhe (Continued from page 1) ”. financial to launch his enterprise. _ One mile down Deer Creek on the north . bank construction of his’ gold separation plant was started. Records indicate it was on the Site of the Soggs mine. The device consisted ofalarge cauldron-ore catch basin surmounted by a towering _ fire box and chinmey. A ramp led to the, ‘top of the chimney. Much stone, steel and fireclay went into the imposing structure. A large wheel-was fabricated, $80,000 had been expended and scores of pros-_pective millionaires awaited the day of the \. great éxperiment. Finally the great day arrived. The towering stack and fire box were loaded with alternate layers of firewood and ug entire population was agog. Bar ~ files talked ‘learnedly of " efficients," "fusing point,” " olecular ine terstices, and "fracture. patterns, " The ~ . biggest men of the community. knew, a good. “4° thing. when they saw. it, Dr. the man of the hour, . Rogers was ' After several delays, perhaps arranged: by. Dr. Rogers to heighten the dramatic “effect, the mas of wood and quartz was ig-: nited, Throughout the first night hundreds journeyed down Deer Creek, They stood in awed silence and watched the red at against the night sky. As the wood burned the glowing mass settled in the huge stack, Dr, Rogers, full of high purpose and large talk, ordered the workmen to pile in more quartz and . more fuel, — By this time it was generally believed ee ct fan EHO Cto restore two-hour meters stack was close to overflowing with gold . which had burst from the heat-expanded quartz and dropped into the receiving re‘ceptacle, -. Some few insisted that the cauldron be hauled out-and examined. Perhaps a few tons of gold should: be removed to make room for more. After several ctiaterebdbe, high officialdom» consented to examination, The catch basin was removed. It contained . nothing but ashes, cinders and a sprinkling of well-smoked bits of quartz, The bubble had bur'st! Dr. Rogers departed in peace, but hurriedly, There is nothing in: the annals to indicate there was lynching talk. It is believed that the city for several days suffered from silent bewilderment rather me pe ‘Meanwhile Dr. Rogwith such terms as "charlatan and rascal” it’ should ‘be pointed Out that Rogers was : never ‘Openly accused of being a crook. ; fact it is’ generally believed that all $80,000 he collected went into the furnace on Deer Creek, But the greatfiasco had an immediate effect on the city's economy, Quartz mining was declared a humbug. Prices dropped, Valuable buildings were deserted. Interest in placer activities revived. But in less than a year quartz mining was on pa Pai and the town was moving toward a boom. -The popular expression "Sold down theriver," did not originate with the-episode down Deer Creek, but it very well could have! Ss Ww ably enjoying himself in a) sshery orb ‘the good.doctor be branded — { clothes," J, De La MONTANGA, Nevada City: "I really don't prefer them that way, but I think they will go to the ankle, The mini skirt is notfor the middle aged woman, LE ROY DeWITT: the ‘most money to spend on what age -Well if they are [NEVADA COUNTY NUG 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, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. Decree No, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5. 00, Leo. of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER . PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION The experiment for free hour parking in downtown vada: City will continue for we “* more weeks then’ “two-hour ~ ~ meters will gradually be placed. on the meter poles," A committee composed. of councilman’ Bob Paine, City . Manager Beryl Robinson Jr,

police chief James Moon andthe. two parking committee chairmen, Alice McGee and Marie Novak, agreed toroam the down"Slightly town area and replace some and they are the ones who have above the knee -no matter meters beginning in two weeks,"Traffic does move and cus-* younger they could be a little tomers are happier" waseveryfurther * one's conclusion for the no parking meter experiment. But the city has lost revenue and "we have laid off an employe to be in the balck by the end of the fiscal year,"' Robinson said, Mrs. Novak asked Robinson a number of questions about the parking meters. They are "maintenance free," he said and . $3.50 per meter would be the cost of installing two-hour meters, The meters are five to six years old and “should last at least 15 years," Paine reminded those present that. free all-day parking is available on lower Nevada Street "below the Episcopal Church and Phe lot is nearly empty every ay." A visitor said she was a newcomer and didn't know that such parking was available. Paine agreed that directional signs Should be placed showing visitors to the free parking lot. "E fully reali i DENNISLAUDERDALE, Nevada ment hax a ee City: ‘I like them all --depends Paine said and agreed to serve on the girl, on the committee to “eradually" replace meters. At @ previous meeting City Attorney William Wetherall announced that the could not raise the business license fees “as ‘they were -not intended to be revenue producing." At Monday's meeting he announced that he, had been in error "and that the fees could be increased." Out-of-city businesses , pay $40 fee per year, Robinson said and businesses based in the city pay $16 annually, According to the League of California Cities Nevada. City charges one of the highest fees per capita in the state, Robinson suggested the fee for outside based businesses not be increased. The two members of the parking committee were asked to “sound out the business people" on their reaction to a slight increase in the business license fee. In other action the council ‘approved spending $850 to purchase: hats and coats for volunteer firemen, About half of the volunteers do not have any protective clothing, Robinson said. The budget includes $150 for “turnout uniforms" Robinson suggested $850 so "we can spend $1,000 on uniforms." The fire department has funds to purchase boots and pants and the city will buy coats and hats, “enough to outfit all the firemen." The council approved consolidating precincts for the April 14 election from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the city hall, Robinson reminded the councilmen that anyone planning to run for election must file a disclosure of his assets within 10 days after he files, Other coun-: * 1 ¥ . e a : m re" i Rew. 0. CUTTS s TERCLETS.c C00» 040 ekeenennsgend.5gnadeninesanbheaeatansieh«htiherretatne pense ‘pital remaining on the council must file their disclosure of assets by April 14, The two absent councilmen, Arch McPherson and Joe Day, are completing their present terms of office. They have not yet indicated whether they will run for re-election, The three councilmen. present, who must file their disclosure of assets by April 14, have two years more of their terms of office: Mayor John Rankin, Lon Cooper and Paine, Robinson suggested the city buy treasury bills and gain seven and three-quarters per cent interest rather than five per cent "we are now getting from the local banks," The councilmen agreed to give the local banks 30 days notice that city funds would be removed from the present savings accounts, felt "we should think about this ‘a little more" but agreed to the 30 days notice, Robinson said if the city had $100,000 to put in a savings account locally "our interest rate would be higher," By April the city will. have $75,000 to purchase treasury bills, the city manager told the councilmen, The treasury bills must be held 90 days, he added and the city will not need that revenue until August, "April, May, June and July are our high months," he added, “after that we go down hill," The meeting was adjourned until Feb. 24, e Classified Ads, the little felows with the big pulling poner: ee 2 LN ‘