January 23, 1974 (8 pages)

PERIODICALS SECTION. CAL, ST. LIBRARY Se -SACTO. CAL. 95814 Ser ng the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, sted Dog, San Juan, North Bloomfeld, Humbug, Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake Cit Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, ‘VOLUME 49 . 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City y, Selb: (5-16-74 = * ! : , Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French C Relief Hiil, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. : ‘orral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North eS fz Recordings . in 1973 listed for county Nevada county recorded more births than deaths in 1973 with marriages trailing third in the vital statistics columns. There were more marriages last ‘year than divorces, (dissolutions) and more passports issued than marriage licenses, according to the yearend statistics compiled by the county clerk and recorder. There were 436 births last year, 368 deaths, 315 marriages, 225 marriage licenses issued and 274 passports issued, The clerk collected $39,580 in receipts through the year with other filings: probates 128, personal injury suits 84, eminent domain 22, civil complaints 245, petitions 57, criminals 51, juveniles 91, fictitiousname statements 161 and dog licenses 1,082. The county recorder collected $70,203 in transfer taxes of which $67,692 stayed with the county, $1,505 went to Grass Valley and _ $1,005 to Nevada City. Alcatraz By PHYLLIS L. SMITH As the rocky mass came into view thru the mists of that early ing morning in 1772, the motley’ crew of men stood in . awed silence. Finally one spoke softly.Frey Juan Crespi it was who addressed Snanish explorer Pedro Fages.‘Senor, is it not regrettable that Portola could not see with his own two eyes the sight that lies before us on this day? Let your scribe show that we have looked upon Isla de los Alcatraces.” > =Aleatraz, ‘‘Isle of the Pelicans,’’ was discovered when Fages was searching for Pt. Reyes. He and his party of soldiers, accompanied ‘by Frey Crespi, were encamped somewhere on or near the western side of the present University of California campus, in what we now know as Berkeley. Historians differ slightly as to the exact camp site; but from it could also be seen Yerba Buena (Goat Island) and Angel Island.so named by George & Says: You Need ’Em! We Got Em! Huge Selection of — New and Used 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles In a wide price range to suit every pocketbookMEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 . Brunswick Road Grass Vo! \ey — 273-9535 ‘Mon. sat: 8 to dark! the meek Padre Crespi. Alcatraz was the site of the first lighthouse on the California . coast, installed in 1854; and the island had been the location of a i dismal army stockade for four years at that time. . A maximum security federal prison was established there in 1934, and housed many of America’s most notorious criminals.murderers, gang: sters, racketeers and. that ilk.until it was closed in the early 1960’s. é Now a National Park, after ten years’ abandonment, the island had suffered the ravages enance, vandalism and general disinterest. In spite of all that has happened in the past decade, the former federal prison still has the power to send chills down a visitor’s spine. Guided tours take groups of 25 persons from the pier where every Alcatraz inmate first landed, along the well-worn and through’a brick Civil War era sallyport which recalls the island’s earlier years as a military installation. Deterioration has taken its sorry toll of the buildings. Salt air has entered cracks in the of salt air, total lack of maint° pathway bordering cannon ports. . Wed., Jan. 23,1974 The rock that doesn't rat. ALCATRAZ ISLAND, above, as viewed from the San Francisco side of the bay and below is one of the cell blocks of the former federal prison. Tours are offered by the park service. See other photo on page 8. reinforced concrete causing it to corrode and making the reinforcing steel swell. Strangely ‘enough, the -old bricks and granite of bygone days has fared much better. Alcatraz was the place for the toughest of our federal prisoners but only 1,576 men were ever inmates there. Maximum number housed there at any time was only 303; average was approximately 250 inmates; and there were guards to the ratio of one for every three convicts. Among’ the ‘‘big’ name’’ convicts imprisoned during the island prison’s “heyday” were Al Capone, George (Machine Gun) Kelly and Robert Stroud, famed also as the ‘Birdman of Alcatraz.’”’ The latter, according to tour guides, was kept in solitary during his entire confinement there. Tours have been going on for a bit more than a month now, with more booked several weeks ahead, according to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area officials. These tours allow the general public to visit the island for the first time since 1853-04, when it became the first fort and lighthouse on the Pacific Coast. Park service officials say that (Photos courtesy of Gary Haltom) Alcatraz will be maintained just as it is for tours during the next .five years, while proposals are studied with an eye to eventual decision on what. will finally happen to the island. Reservations and tour information may be obtained seven days a week, from 5:30 _a.m. until 5 p.m., at telephone number (415) 398-1141. So, someday when you feel you can spare the gasoline and a full day on San Francisco’s fabled bay.why not load the family into the buggy and go take a look for yourself. Ree Le i eens ae eae pow Fiche si eit i CRS il D1 ag See om

PERIODICALS SECTION. CAL, ST. LIBRARY Se -SACTO. CAL. 95814 Ser ng the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, sted Dog, San Juan, North Bloomfeld, Humbug, Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake Cit Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, ‘VOLUME 49 . 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City y, Selb: (5-16-74 = * ! : , Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French C Relief Hiil, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. : ‘orral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North eS fz Recordings . in 1973 listed for county Nevada county recorded more births than deaths in 1973 with marriages trailing third in the vital statistics columns. There were more marriages last ‘year than divorces, (dissolutions) and more passports issued than marriage licenses, according to the yearend statistics compiled by the county clerk and recorder. There were 436 births last year, 368 deaths, 315 marriages, 225 marriage licenses issued and 274 passports issued, The clerk collected $39,580 in receipts through the year with other filings: probates 128, personal injury suits 84, eminent domain 22, civil complaints 245, petitions 57, criminals 51, juveniles 91, fictitiousname statements 161 and dog licenses 1,082. The county recorder collected $70,203 in transfer taxes of which $67,692 stayed with the county, $1,505 went to Grass Valley and _ $1,005 to Nevada City. Alcatraz By PHYLLIS L. SMITH As the rocky mass came into view thru the mists of that early ing morning in 1772, the motley’ crew of men stood in . awed silence. Finally one spoke softly..Frey Juan Crespi it was who addressed Snanish explorer Pedro Fages..‘Senor, is it not regrettable that Portola could not see with his own two eyes the sight that lies before us on this day? Let your scribe show that we have looked upon Isla de los Alcatraces.” > =Aleatraz, ‘‘Isle of the Pelicans,’’ was discovered when Fages was searching for Pt. Reyes. He and his party of soldiers, accompanied ‘by Frey Crespi, were encamped somewhere on or near the western side of the present University of California campus, in what we now know as Berkeley. Historians differ slightly as to the exact camp site; but from it could also be seen Yerba Buena (Goat Island) and Angel Island..so named by George & Says: You Need ’Em! We Got Em! Huge Selection of — New and Used 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles In a wide price range to suit every pocketbookMEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 . Brunswick Road Grass Vo! \ey — 273-9535 ‘Mon. sat: 8 to dark! the meek Padre Crespi. Alcatraz was the site of the first lighthouse on the California . coast, installed in 1854; and the island had been the location of a i dismal army stockade for four years at that time. . A maximum security federal

prison was established there in 1934, and housed many of America’s most notorious criminals..murderers, gang: sters, racketeers and. that ilk..until it was closed in the early 1960’s. é Now a National Park, after ten years’ abandonment, the island had suffered the ravages enance, vandalism and general disinterest. In spite of all that has happened in the past decade, the former federal prison still has the power to send chills down a visitor’s spine. Guided tours take groups of 25 persons from the pier where every Alcatraz inmate first landed, along the well-worn and through’a brick Civil War era sallyport which recalls the island’s earlier years as a military installation. Deterioration has taken its sorry toll of the buildings. Salt air has entered cracks in the of salt air, total lack of maint° pathway bordering cannon ports. . Wed., Jan. 23,1974 The rock that doesn't rat. ALCATRAZ ISLAND, above, as viewed from the San Francisco side of the bay and below is one of the cell blocks of the former federal prison. Tours are offered by the park service. See other photo on page 8. reinforced concrete causing it to corrode and making the reinforcing steel swell. Strangely ‘enough, the -old bricks and granite of bygone days has fared much better. Alcatraz was the place for the toughest of our federal prisoners but only 1,576 men were ever inmates there. Maximum number housed there at any time was only 303; average was approximately 250 inmates; and there were guards to the ratio of one for every three convicts. Among’ the ‘‘big’ name’’ convicts imprisoned during the island prison’s “heyday” were Al Capone, George (Machine Gun) Kelly and Robert Stroud, famed also as the ‘Birdman of Alcatraz.’”’ The latter, according to tour guides, was kept in solitary during his entire confinement there. Tours have been going on for a bit more than a month now, with more booked several weeks ahead, according to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area officials. These tours allow the general public to visit the island for the first time since 1853-04, when it became the first fort and lighthouse on the Pacific Coast. Park service officials say that (Photos courtesy of Gary Haltom) Alcatraz will be maintained just as it is for tours during the next .five years, while proposals are studied with an eye to eventual decision on what. will finally happen to the island. Reservations and tour information may be obtained seven days a week, from 5:30 _a.m. until 5 p.m., at telephone number (415) 398-1141. So, someday when you feel you can spare the gasoline and a full day on San Francisco’s fabled bay..why not load the family into the buggy and go take a look for yourself. Ree Le i eens ae eae pow Fiche si eit i CRS il D1 ag See om