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Title: January 21, 1970 Collection Type: Newspapers Collection Name: Nevada County Nugget Published: January 21, 1970 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Physical Format: Newspaper # of Pages: 12 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Doris Foley Library Location: 211 North Pine Street, Nevada City, CA 95959

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LOOKING DOWN from Bullards Bar Dam offers this fine view. Water from the spillway crashing to the bottom throws a fine mist into the air which resembles clouds. The dam is near completion, the road over the dam is still closed. Local agencies receive vehicle license money SACRAMENTO ~— California's cities and counties have shared $19,242,629 in the first apportionment -of motor vehicle license fees for fiscal year 196970, State Controller Houston LFlournoy reported today. Nevada county's share of this. initial 1969-70 apportionment was $10,366, Cities in this area © recieved the following amounts: Grass Valley $3,513; Nevada City, $1,508, Covering the six-month period ending last November 30, the money was divided evenly between cities and counties with distribution among individual cities and counties proportionate to population, The allocation represented slightly over 63 cents for each city resident, and almost 50 cents for each county — resident, Flournoy said. This was the first of three to be made during the 1969-70 fiscal year, the Controller said, Apportionments next April and June will be larger since the bulk of the fees are collected during January and February of each year. The State excise tax at the rate , A little water in the lobby -* THE STORM finally ended Wednesday afternoon, allowing water to recede from the lobby of the . Rough and Ready Post Office, one of several buildings in the Golden Empire which got damp. The water, shown on the floor here, endangered boxes filled with Operation Cookie cans, but they were moved to a higher and drier spot. The Cookie shipment was taken to the R & R office because the lady in charge of mailing them lives in Rough and Ready. THE BEST MOVE OU EVER MADE 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE _ roundup in the sky." ae The black horse, graying with the years, would have been well over 100 years old if his age were reckoned in human years, according to his owner Mfrs. Agnes Lolmaugh of Grass Valley. He was born in 1933, and died December 1969, making him 36 years-old by horse standards, He was buried in an alfalfa filled grave on a Penn Valley Ranch, Mrs, Lolmaugh, an ayid horseback rider, received Black Diamond as a birthday gift from her husband some 30 year's ago. ‘The horse and his owner covered many -trails in those years, but in. past months Mrs, Lolmaugh said she let Black Diamond -"tell me" when the ride was over. Several generations of chil9 dren fed the ‘saddle horse tidbits from their lunch baskets as they passed the Lolmaugh resi~ dence on their way to school. He looked for his little friends, and asked them for these handouts in a “horsey sort of way", according to Mrs. Lolmaugh. Black Diamond knew the sound of a lawn mower and it had a special meaning to him. He relished the. tasty green morsals that néighboring gardeners brought in-response to his neigh, plainly asking for the lush green trimmings. The horse was a frequent wanderer on the Lolmaugh patio ~ and often helped himself to food from a table set there. Henever failed to whinny a welcome when the family. came home according to his ownér. An international image A good neighbor A good friend The. Welgome Wagon Hostess with The Most Famous Basket in the World® CALL —Weone Wig. onone 273-8954 oT Nien tng Meth Ms