February 22, 1967 (20 pages)

ore 12 . The Nugget. February 22, 1967 NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET mrt. Nevada County Needs the Theatre LETTER TO 10 THE EDTTOR -MEMORIES OF NEVADA cry inside of the shack the smell The Liberal Arts. Committee . -and their friends have worked iong hours, on the projectto purchase and restore the famed _ old Nevada Theatre for the use and entertainment of the people of this area, Their task is a monumental one for the fact that raising the aniount neces. sary to do the job is large, however, .the support from those . who know the dite need for this theatre in our community is solid. Moré than $26, 000 jis already in the bank; they need -.about that much -more to achieve their goal, .The only place to get the money is shia through the support.of our people who caré,. about the good things such a project can bring’ to our town, The mere fact that we have a good theatre here, where people can dress up and go and be entertained will bring hundreds to Nevada City from surrounding towns. Recently the Nugget suggested that $2, 00 donations from everybody would just about get the job done, Most of the contributions on that scale came from people who live out of town, They wantsomewhere to go and they tealize that a living theatre will be a steady beacon for culture, In a few weeks the Coniedittee will ‘present its first play of the season at the Old Theatre, «!ftue, it will be under trying * conditions but {t will be presented and it will. be good entertainment for those who see it, The cast is working hard taperfect their lines and give a good performance, The Nugget suggests that you who readthis editorial, get your.tickets early and see the play; “Our Town." Whiile you are there look over the theatre, cheek its accoustics and visualize the stirring history that this old building has stored up within its four walls, Then contact the Liberal Arts Committee and make your contribution to its preservation, You will feel much better about it and rest assured that it will pay off continually through the years ahead, A bright, refurbished Nevada Theatre can become one of our greatest civic assets and an attraction-for. visitors throughout the year. Johnson Will Request Higher: Postal Rates President Johnson will ask Congress before the end of February for a $700 million a year increase in postal rates, First class and airmail rates would be raised one penny on July 1, 1967, while second and third -. class charges would climb 20 to -30percent in several steps start~ ing January 1, 1968, The Budget for “fiscal 1968 shows this projected $700 mil. lfon‘on the income side of the magnitude been proposed, “ ledger, thus improving agrim fiscal outlook slightly. Never before has a rate bill of oe et alone enacted, President Johnson's Budget . Message said: “To provide im* proved services, to cover pro. 7 posed pay increases for postal workers and largely offset the ‘remaining postal deficit, a pos“tal rate increase is both necessary and desirable, The Budget gave no details on ‘ exact rate increases tobe sought __ Assemblyman Gene Chappie (R-Cool) has introduced legislation requiring the State to dispose of its holdings at Squaw Valley. Chappie, who last year introduced a resolution calling for a thorough study of Squaw Valley, expressed hope that his bill "would clear up the mounting controversy surrounding Squaw Valley while at the same, time. lift the heavy financial burden from the State of California." Chappie pointed -out that the State now has an investment of over $20 million dollars in this project. Chappie said, "In 1966 the state spent 1/3 of a million dollars for a new heating and cooling system for the Blythe Arena and now there is talk of the need fora new roof on this same ewe which could cost the additional 1/4 of a ‘million dollars, ” and postal officials-said at a press briefing that details of the bill are still being worked out, Key feature of the legislation will be six-cent letters and nine-cent airmail, ‘to raise approximately $1 2 billion, -VYhat will. leave about $2v9 million to come from publishers, direct mail advertisers, the book industry and users of certain spe~ cial services. Total budget of the P.O. for the next fiscal year is nearly $6. 7 billion--another all-time record, up 6. 7percent from the current year. On the basis of present rates, the prospective P.O. deficit next year is $597.6 million, after adjustment for public service losses. If a $700 million rate increase is enacted, there would be a surplus of $82 million, but a prospective pay increase of at least $200 million would more than wipe out the surplus. — Assemblyman Chappie further stated that “the whole situation of ownership at Squaw is complicated by the leasing and subleasing arrangements which are presently in effect. The State can actually claim title to only 14 acres of land at Squaw Valley while leases and sub-leases of or by the State cover an additional 1150 acres, " Chappie stated that "the current budget for Squaw’ Valley is $418, 000 which breaks down to the following: $250, 000 salaries, $152,000 operations and maintenance and $16, 000 for equipment. Revenues for the current year will total $104, 000, " Chappie concluded by saying that "I would hope that my proposal will clean up the situation at Squaw Valley and bring it to a head, " Dear Editor; AsIsithere this Sunday evening a few things come to my mind about my old home town, Where the fire house stands, underneath was the old City Jail, How well 1 remember it, At one time Hi Shearer took about 6 of us and locked us up inthetank, We were quiet until itgot dark, then the fun began, two of us had harmonicoes but the other kids picked up pans, We were so noisy the people kicked and fli Shearer-had to turn us loose. But f will tell you a secret Edon't think anyhody knew about it but us kids, We could have walked out any time, we wanted to, That old jail was crumbling and we did help it any by digging out some bricks and hiding the m under the bunks. We just wanted to have some fun with the Marshall’s, Those were some of my happy hours before I left Nevada City. : I think this was around 1900 that I pulled out of Nevada City. There were times that I thought I would never see my home town again at times there was a groupof us all good powder monkeys, One's life was not worth a plugged nickel, We were on our own, thats for sure. It has been a good: many -years but fam here now to finish out the rest of my life. There is one of my gang in Oakland and . wish he were here. 1 feel pretty lonely at tinies when you come back to a town where at one time you knew everybody but so far ] ana stranger, _I threaten some times that I will go.back where 1 worked and «know some people, I never made too many friends, just the ones I felt I could trust, I hate stool pigeons of rats or finks you name them, One of them nearly cost me my life, I would help pull the rope around their necks, Tome they are like the ones that said “Hiel" to the little moustache, ‘I was going to tell you another little yarn so here itis, You know when I was a-kid we used to have several. hundreds of Chinese here. We-had three China Towns, © There were three different breeds of them, but a buddy of mine and myself found two of them sleeping in the shade ofa bush, their Ques were loose and it was too good of a thing. topass up. You guessed it! Yup, we did it, we tied their Pig Tails so tight they would have to get help to get loose. To make it worse we gave the twoof them a good kick. They jumped up but they nearly yanked their heads off. It was time for ‘us to leave. Sometime! will tell you about throwing a big cake of that old time yellow soap in the big kettle where fish were cooking. Oh boy was that some fun. Now more about the Chinese. I guess you wonder where my stories come from. 1 will just say that I mingled amongst all races, What I am going to write about tonight is the Chinese who lived and worked right here in Nevada City, Do you think they never kicked back, Well you are all wrong, They kicked, not to the white man but to their overlords of the Chinese section, As a kid I saw it but I did not know at that time but as [ always say, I was curious. There was at least three different tongs. here in Nevada City. Their little tossels on theit caps told me that and the poor coolies kicked back plenty. Their old shacks up in old. China town was a mess, They cooked outside under a leanto, If you went a would nearly put you to sleep, I did not know that the. funny looking pipe was a opium pipe. But [found out a little later, f went out there one afternoon and watched an old Chinaman smoking. It was funny, he would put a little wad on the end of a big needle which I found out afterwards-was called a “YonPoh” and he would hold the pipe over a small lamp and roll the opium back and forth until {t was cooked, then he would put the hop in “a small hole in the pipe; take one long draw and clean out the bowl of the pipe. Then he would roll another pill, —Do you think that he threw the ashes away you are wrong. Sometimes he would eat it or sell it to some other Chinaman who could not afford the real stuff. The ashes of the opium was called “Yen Shee", The old Chinaman looked at me and smiled as hesaid, “You Likee". I said sure I will try anything once, When I went home that nightl ate he f ‘Yen Shee", cae ow what adream I had. “When { came to the whole family was there and a large bunch of the miners who boarded with us and of course the family. Dr, 1 was in a stupor for three days but { . did not teil on Old Tom. . That . was my first arid last experience: with junk, but I did learn'a lot from Old Tom, he told me about the tongs, You had-to pay for protection. They did not want anything to do with the white man‘s law, It should be that way. Let each country take care of their own people and I think we could have less trouble around the world. “Some time I will tell you about theTong War in San Francisco after the earthquake when I was one of the special police, On Dupont Street do you wonder how I can recall my kid days and I can't remember what f had for lunch Sunday. Well I guess that will be all so good night to you, Jack Bassett To The Editor: This is the time of year when California's world famous wild flowers will soon be making the countryside throughout the state a joy to behold, The thousands upon thousands of acres of these lovely blooms, which existed thirty-five or forty years ago, have been reduced to a mere fraction of what they were, They become. fewer and fewer each year, While agriculture heme buiiding and trl 2 & 2, e £ . & Pal due ta thoughtless or deliber: vandalism.on the part of many of our people. If these flowers are to be preserved for posterity, as well as . forour own enjoyment, and not face extinction, as has already been the fate of many varieties, “drastic measures. must be taken “to inform our citizens of the impottance. of their conservation, _ We call attention to Section 384-A of the California Penal Code, which states that, "it is unlawful to cut, mutilate, remove or destroy native plants, ‘shrubs or trees growing along public highways or on privately owned land without written permission from the owner, This law is enforceable by any’ peace officer and violation of it is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 or imprisonment for six months, or both”, We ask your help in bringing the substance of this law and its penalty for violation before the public with an appeal for its strict observance. Ask the citizens of your Community not to pick our wild flowers but to enjoy them in their native ha‘Bitat, where they are loveliest. — Help us keep our highways and by ways as beautiful as Nature made them. the unlawful destruction or removal of our wild flowers, Thank you, Yours very truly, Mrs, waist F, Gibson “It looks like rain, " “Not here in California, " "Look at those clouds up there” “They don't mean a thing. They're just empties coming back from Florida,” Help us prevent _ To The Editor: Did you know that The Donner Monument was bought and paid for by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West? Now, if I or other California Natives wish to see this Monument we Must pay 50¢. Just how hungry can the Department get? John W, Price, Star Route Smartville, California Dear Editor:Thanks for-your notice. regardPand Pass it around: to several neighbors tqgsome who have lived there and have been there to write as tourists, I joinedthe Elks there several years ago, Please send me areceipt for my renewal and thank those folks who like your paper here, Ipass it around for them all to read. It. would be nice if you could send a supply of your papers to newsstands here say at the Mae jestic Hotel and the Arlington Hotel, We have thousands of tourists here and they will read your paper and know where to make their next trip. One of our neighbors who reads your paper calls it: “The Gold Nugget Paper" when he comes over to: borrow it, "The Sect oik cone wh.Name with-held at writers request; Hot Springs, Arkansas, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ‘BY NUGGET RUBLISHING CO,, INC, 318 Broad Street, Nevada City . California 95959 fae R, Kane, PubJohn L, Clark, Editor and general manager Sue. Clark, Advertising Second class postage’ paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated alegal newsPaper of general circulation by the NevadaCounty Superior Court, June-3, 1960, Decree No, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3, 00; two years, $5. AWARD WINNING NEWS? APER — Seuaaeentnenasl Mitatitg chy Gish 5 atlg” =” 2s di, Waele

ore 12 . The Nugget.. February 22, 1967 NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET mrt. Nevada County Needs the Theatre LETTER TO 10 THE EDTTOR -MEMORIES OF NEVADA cry inside of the shack the smell The Liberal Arts. Committee . -and their friends have worked iong hours, on the projectto purchase and restore the famed _ old Nevada Theatre for the use and entertainment of the people of this area, Their task is a monumental one for the fact that raising the aniount neces. sary to do the job is large, however, .the support from those . who know the dite need for this theatre in our community is solid.. Moré than $26, 000 jis already in the bank; they need -.about that much -more to achieve their goal, .The only place to get the money is shia through the support.of our people who caré,. about the good things such a project can bring’ to our town, The mere fact that we have a good theatre here, where people can dress up and go and be entertained will bring hundreds to Nevada City from surrounding towns. Recently the Nugget suggested that $2, 00 donations from everybody would just about get the job done, Most of the contributions on that scale came from people who live out of town, They wantsomewhere to go and they tealize that a living theatre will be a steady beacon for culture, In a few weeks the Coniedittee will ‘present its first play of the season at the Old Theatre, «!ftue, it will be under trying * conditions but {t will be presented and it will. be good entertainment for those who see it, The cast is working hard taperfect their lines and give a good performance, The Nugget suggests that you who readthis editorial, get your.tickets early and see the play; “Our Town." Whiile you are there look over the theatre, cheek its accoustics and visualize the stirring history that this old building has stored up within its four walls, Then contact the Liberal Arts Committee and make your contribution to its preservation, You will feel much better about it and rest assured that it will pay off continually through the years ahead, A bright, refurbished Nevada Theatre can become one of our greatest civic assets and an attraction-for. visitors throughout the year. Johnson Will Request Higher: Postal Rates President Johnson will ask Congress before the end of February for a $700 million a year increase in postal rates, First class and airmail rates would be raised one penny on July 1, 1967, while second and third -. class charges would climb 20 to -30percent in several steps start~ ing January 1, 1968, The Budget for “fiscal 1968 shows this projected $700 mil. lfon‘on the income side of the magnitude been proposed, “ ledger, thus improving agrim fiscal outlook slightly. Never before has a rate bill of oe et alone enacted, President Johnson's Budget . Message said: “To provide im* proved services, to cover pro. 7 posed pay increases for postal workers and largely offset the ‘remaining postal deficit, a pos“tal rate increase is both necessary and desirable, The Budget gave no details on ‘ exact rate increases tobe sought __ Assemblyman Gene Chappie (R-Cool) has introduced legislation requiring the State to dispose of its holdings at Squaw Valley. Chappie, who last year introduced a resolution calling for a thorough study of Squaw Valley, expressed hope that his bill "would clear up the mounting controversy surrounding Squaw Valley while at the same, time. lift the heavy financial burden from the State of California." Chappie pointed -out that the State now has an investment of over $20 million dollars in this project. Chappie said, "In 1966 the state spent 1/3 of a million dollars for a new heating and cooling system for the Blythe Arena and now there is talk of the need fora new roof on this same ewe which could cost the additional 1/4 of a ‘million dollars, ” and postal officials-said at a press briefing that details of the bill are still being worked out, Key feature of the legislation will be six-cent letters and nine-cent airmail, ‘to raise approximately $1 2 billion, -VYhat will. leave about $2v9 million to come from publishers, direct mail advertisers, the book industry and users of certain spe~ cial services. Total budget of the P.O. for the next fiscal year is nearly $6. 7 billion--another all-time record, up 6. 7percent from the current year. On the basis of present rates, the prospective P.O. deficit next year is $597.6 million, after adjustment for public service losses. If a $700 million rate increase is enacted, there would be a surplus of $82 million, but a prospective pay increase of at least $200 million would more than wipe out the surplus. — Assemblyman Chappie further stated that “the whole situation of ownership at Squaw is complicated by the leasing and subleasing arrangements which are presently in effect. The State can actually claim title to only 14 acres of land at Squaw Valley while leases and sub-leases of or by the State cover an additional 1150 acres, " Chappie stated that "the current budget for Squaw’ Valley is $418, 000 which breaks down to the following: $250, 000 salaries, $152,000 operations and maintenance and $16, 000 for equipment. Revenues for the current year will total $104, 000, " Chappie concluded by saying that "I would hope that my proposal will clean up the situation at Squaw Valley and bring it to a head, " Dear Editor; AsIsithere this Sunday evening a few things come to my mind about my old home town, Where the fire house stands, underneath was the old City Jail, How well 1 remember it, At one time Hi Shearer took about 6 of us and locked us up inthetank, We were quiet until itgot dark, then the fun began, two of us had harmonicoes but the other kids picked up pans, We were so noisy the people kicked and fli Shearer-had to turn us loose. But f will tell you a secret Edon't think anyhody knew about it but us kids, We could have walked out any time, we wanted to, That old jail was crumbling and we did help it any by digging out some bricks and hiding the m under the bunks. We just wanted to have some fun with the Marshall’s, Those were some of my happy hours before I left Nevada City. : I think this was around 1900 that I pulled out of Nevada City. There were times that I thought I would never see my home town again at times there was a groupof us all good powder monkeys, One's life was not worth a plugged nickel, We were on our own, thats for sure. It has been a good: many -years but fam here now to finish out the rest of my life. There is one of my gang in Oakland and . wish he were here. 1 feel pretty lonely at tinies when you come back to a town where at one time you knew everybody but so far ] ana stranger, _I threaten some times that I will go.back where 1 worked and «know some people, I never made too many friends, just the ones I felt I could trust, I hate stool pigeons of rats or finks you name them, One of them nearly cost me my life, I would help pull the rope around their necks, Tome they are like the ones that said “Hiel" to the little moustache, ‘I was going to tell you another little yarn so here itis, You know when I was a-kid we used to have several. hundreds of Chinese here. We-had three China Towns, © There were three different breeds of them, but a buddy of mine and myself found

two of them sleeping in the shade ofa bush, their Ques were loose and it was too good of a thing. topass up. You guessed it! Yup, we did it, we tied their Pig Tails so tight they would have to get help to get loose. To make it worse we gave the twoof them a good kick. They jumped up but they nearly yanked their heads off. It was time for ‘us to leave. Sometime! will tell you about throwing a big cake of that old time yellow soap in the big kettle where fish were cooking. Oh boy was that some fun. Now more about the Chinese. I guess you wonder where my stories come from. 1 will just say that I mingled amongst all races, What I am going to write about tonight is the Chinese who lived and worked right here in Nevada City, Do you think they never kicked back, Well you are all wrong, They kicked, not to the white man but to their overlords of the Chinese section, As a kid I saw it but I did not know at that time but as [ always say, I was curious. There was at least three different tongs. here in Nevada City. Their little tossels on theit caps told me that and the poor coolies kicked back plenty. Their old shacks up in old. China town was a mess, They cooked outside under a leanto, If you went a would nearly put you to sleep, I did not know that the. funny looking pipe was a opium pipe. But [found out a little later, f went out there one afternoon and watched an old Chinaman smoking. It was funny, he would put a little wad on the end of a big needle which I found out afterwards-was called a “YonPoh” and he would hold the pipe over a small lamp and roll the opium back and forth until {t was cooked, then he would put the hop in “a small hole in the pipe; take one long draw and clean out the bowl of the pipe. Then he would roll another pill, —Do you think that he threw the ashes away you are wrong. Sometimes he would eat it or sell it to some other Chinaman who could not afford the real stuff. The ashes of the opium was called “Yen Shee", The old Chinaman looked at me and smiled as hesaid, “You Likee". I said sure I will try anything once, When I went home that nightl ate he f ‘Yen Shee", cae ow what adream I had. “When { came to the whole family was there and a large bunch of the miners who boarded with us and of course the family. Dr, 1 was in a stupor for three days but { . did not teil on Old Tom. . That . was my first arid last experience: with junk, but I did learn'a lot from Old Tom, he told me about the tongs, You had-to pay for protection. They did not want anything to do with the white man‘s law, It should be that way. Let each country take care of their own people and I think we could have less trouble around the world. “Some time I will tell you about theTong War in San Francisco after the earthquake when I was one of the special police, On Dupont Street do you wonder how I can recall my kid days and I can't remember what f had for lunch Sunday. Well I guess that will be all so good night to you, Jack Bassett To The Editor: This is the time of year when California's world famous wild flowers will soon be making the countryside throughout the state a joy to behold, The thousands upon thousands of acres of these lovely blooms, which existed thirty-five or forty years ago, have been reduced to a mere fraction of what they were, They become. fewer and fewer each year, While agriculture heme buiiding and trl 2 & 2, e £ . & Pal due ta thoughtless or deliber: vandalism.on the part of many of our people. If these flowers are to be preserved for posterity, as well as . forour own enjoyment, and not face extinction, as has already been the fate of many varieties, “drastic measures. must be taken “to inform our citizens of the impottance. of their conservation, _ We call attention to Section 384-A of the California Penal Code, which states that, "it is unlawful to cut, mutilate, remove or destroy native plants, ‘shrubs or trees growing along public highways or on privately owned land without written permission from the owner, This law is enforceable by any’ peace officer and violation of it is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 or imprisonment for six months, or both”, We ask your help in bringing the substance of this law and its penalty for violation before the public with an appeal for its strict observance. Ask the citizens of your Community not to pick our wild flowers but to enjoy them in their native ha‘Bitat, where they are loveliest. — Help us keep our highways and by ways as beautiful as Nature made them. the unlawful destruction or removal of our wild flowers, Thank you, Yours very truly, Mrs, waist F, Gibson “It looks like rain, " “Not here in California, " "Look at those clouds up there” “They don't mean a thing. They're just empties coming back from Florida,” Help us prevent _ To The Editor: Did you know that The Donner Monument was bought and paid for by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West? Now, if I or other California Natives wish to see this Monument we Must pay 50¢. Just how hungry can the Department get? John W, Price, Star Route Smartville, California Dear Editor:Thanks for-your notice. regardPand Pass it around: to several neighbors tqgsome who have lived there and have been there to write as tourists, I joinedthe Elks there several years ago, Please send me areceipt for my renewal and thank those folks who like your paper here, Ipass it around for them all to read. It. would be nice if you could send a supply of your papers to newsstands here say at the Mae jestic Hotel and the Arlington Hotel, We have thousands of tourists here and they will read your paper and know where to make their next trip. One of our neighbors who reads your paper calls it: “The Gold Nugget Paper" when he comes over to: borrow it, "The Sect oik cone wh.Name with-held at writers request; Hot Springs, Arkansas, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ‘BY NUGGET RUBLISHING CO,, INC, 318 Broad Street, Nevada City . California 95959 fae R, Kane, PubJohn L, Clark, Editor and general manager Sue. Clark, Advertising Second class postage’ paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated alegal newsPaper of general circulation by the NevadaCounty Superior Court, June-3, 1960, Decree No, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3, 00; two years, $5. AWARD WINNING NEWS? APER — Seuaaeentnenasl Mitatitg chy Gish 5 atlg” =” 2s di, Waele