January 24, 1962 (10 pages)

_ Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC, 132 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. R. Dean Thompson. ... Editor-Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No, 12,406 ALAN MO NALA IAAILAL ALLAN Page 8.Wednesday, January 24, 1962.NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET —~ Ss TC eeu Veee ye wes = » Salad ag oo pc WILLIAM = a lod ‘ . 2 CHARLES A. DeTURK ae ns ‘by YS alc ik ce Beaches ond Parks Subscription Rates: One year, $4.00; Two years, Three years, $8.00 Printed by Berliner & Mc Ginnis, Nevada City. $6.00 EDITORIALS Forest Service Deserves Credit For Recreation Study The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Forest Service and the Nevada Irrigation District, by which, among other things, the forest service agrees to create a recreational land use plan for the high mountain areas encompassed by the NID-PG&GE project, is of considerable importance to Nevada County. In fact, it is second only in importance to the fact that the PG&E has mailed its long-awaited letter of intent to the NID, spelling out its long-range commitment in dollars and cents. The signing of this agreement, first reported in detailinthis newspaper, ineffect assures that the huge project will have a multiple-purpose aspect. It will not only provide the NID with additional water and water storage facilities, andthe PG&E with power, but it will also provide recreational opportunities which we now can hope will be utilized wisely. Chief credit for negotiating this agreement must go to the personnel of Tahoe National Forest, which under the law must report tothe Federal Power Commission on the impact of the project on federal lands, and make appropriate recommendations. The signed agreement presumably represents ameeting of minds on most of these recommendations on the part of the NID directors and the forest service. The willingness of the forest service to conduct the recreation study, with the aid of $1,000 dollars from the NID, also represents an investment of several thousand dollars in Nevada County development planning. If the NID or the county were toconduct sucha study, it would probably have tobe carried on by private consultants under contract---often an expensive process. Furthermore, as aresult of the study the NID may find itself in a position to apply for up to $300,000 in outright grants for recreational development, under the state's Davis-Grunsky Act. All who had a part in negotiating and signing this agreement have done the people of the county and the state a real service. Jr. College Vote Brings Responsibility There is every reasonto believe that our voters bought a good product at a reasonable price. The decision of Nevada Union High School District voters to annex the area into the Sierra Junior College District gives to our county a junior college educational system with fiscal control in the hands of those who live within the district. By state law, Nevada County areas outside the Sierra Junior College District were obligated to pay tuition to any junior college in the state in which a student from this area was in attendance. There was no localcontrol, and there was a steadily rising cost of tuition. With annexationcomes responsibilty. Nevada County residents must share with others in Sierra Junior College District an interest in fiscal affairs of the district. Even more important, we must share in efforts to improve the college’ educational program inthe years ahead. While Sierra's program has a record that shows growth in educational stature, we must do our part tosee that there is continued improvement. as about Easter time. In March, 1850 a young Kalamazoo man left this wilderness village and headed west, His destination: California, where gold had been discovered the year before, JOHN T. CLAPP traveled to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and joined a group of Illinois pioneers heading for Sacramento, Ina letter to C,C, Clapp in Kalamazoo, young Clapp said he found “there was a man to every flake of gold. " Disillusioned, hereturned to Kalamazoo that fall by way of Panama, Clapp wrote an account of his adventures andthe Story was cheaply published by Geo, A, Fitch & Co,, a Kalamazoo printer, The 67-page paperbound wastitled "A Journal of Travels to and from California with Full Details of the Hardships and Privations;Also a Description of the Country, Mines, Cities, Towns," * ¢ 6 NO ONEKNOWS how many copies of the publication were printed, But today there are only three known to exist. If another were turned up, it would easily bring $1,000 on the collector's market, local book dealers say, The three known copies, they add, are owned by the Yale University library and Everette D, Graff, a private ' \\\ ma Ray Polk, the weskit wearing Aristocracy Hill raconteur, when he told of his youth before the Nev.Co.Hist, Soc, recently, claimed that he was at the same time naive and appreciative, Asa wee lad he delivered packages for Loutzenhier Drug GV. And the best tipper in town was Mabel Foster at her 24 hour Ladies Salon on Stewart St. Sometimes a quarter when in those days a nickle to a kid was as big as a dollar, Dam it, says Ray, to this day I don't know what was going on behind those doors, Still naive if you ask me. eeee8 Broke Tilly Hoagland's (she the county's ace lady reporter) heart to have to buy the most important item on her Christmas list of out of town, But only after she had tried andtried, A pair of mustache scissors for husband's (Don) man of distinction trademark. Unless my crystal balliscloudy, a thirdreporterin the family is due about Dr, & Mrs, Edgar L, Ferguson of 315 Columbia, Grass Valley, are enthusiastic readers of the Nugget and both have keen interest in gold rush history, Daughter is Elizabeth White----Principal-teacher at Bell Hill School, Son-in-law is Lyle White publisher of the Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins, an authority on the history of You Bet and who with the help of the Oddfellows Lodge in Nevada City have saved literally tons of priceless County of Nevada historical records. Dr, Ferguson is history realist and recognizes that the ‘49 gold rush was not all glory, and forwards an interesting clipping from the Kalamazoo Gazette, The clipping tells of one John T. Clapp:.. collector of Winnetka, III, What happened to Clapp after he wrote the account isnt known(although presumably he did not go on to greater heights in literature.) Also unknown is whether some of Clapp’s descendants are now living in or near Kalamazoo, Or whether some dusty attic is hiding a prized copy of a once-worthless work, ee ¢ THA® LETTER Clapp wrote home was published in the Nov. 1, 1850 edition of the Kalamazoo Gazette. _ "I saw Cross the other day and he is worse off than he was in Kalamazoo," Clapp wrote, "There are some with blasted hopes, and some are ableto return with trifles of gain, after being here for months, "There are.men that came through last year who tell methey are in debt even for their board; some are sick with the scurvy, andsome are too lazy to work, "The fact is there are too many people here. They are thicker than hair on a dog, and crowds are lying idle. "I cannot tell what I shall do next, nor when! shall return, neither can I say that I am sorry that I came, for Ishallseea great part of the worldthatIshould never have seen," JOHN T,. CLAPP Roses Bar, (Calif, ) August 29, 1850 SIERRA BYWAYS ocean, the Bowman flume went out. BY DEAN THOMPSON MAIL BAG, ., News releases by the dozens frequently get no farther than File 13 by the desk,, .But did you know that the U.S, exports more to Japan than we import? The information comes from a news syndicate representing the Japanese government, second largest state within the Union in exports to Japan, with sales totalling $111,669,000. An estimated 20,570 jobs were created in California by these exports . » One fact not brought out in the release is that Nevada County shares in a portion of this business with the Japanese, Timberis shipped there by at least one local firm. Another release tells that the 105-piece California Y outh Symphony Orchestra has accepted an invitation to appear at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle this summer,,.The orchestra is composed of outstanding teen-age musicians from various parts of the state, It has appeared onradio, TV, and LP records, It has toured California, Oregon and Utah and has a standing invitation to export its talents to Japan, but as yet has lacked the funds to bridge the California is the movie film, stereo tape, sees @ @& ‘TIS SO, . Historical source Herb Nile reminds us that when snow and freezing rain began to fall Thursday it was on the 29th anniversary of another and heavier precipitation. Matter of fact, Nile said, 29 years ago (Thursday) it began raining "ice" at 3 a,m.And by 9 a.m, most of the ditches were frozen.And at noon PERHAPS YOU'VE NOTICED, .,. The Camellia Doll Club frequently meets in Sacramento, Wondered why the local interest?, ., Mrs. Lenore Coughlin, Nevada City, is president of the club; and Mrs, Gladys Cross, Mrs, Lydia Holub and Mrs, Edith Hancock, all of Grass Valley, at-: tend all of the meetings. .Frequently take guests, too. *ees # & NOTES, ,. Charles J, Smith, city manager to-be in Nevada City, had aninteresting job during World War II 1188 TENTH STREET, GACRAMENTO 14 January 9, 1962 Mr, Bob Paine The Nevada County Nugget 132 Main Street Nevada City, California Dear Bob: Thanks for sending me the December 27 issue and particuarly for your note about the importance of the Malakoff Diggins Project, I feel that it is one of our most important projects for two reasons, One, of course, the worth of the project itself and the good it will do the people of California and the people of the general vicinity as well, But even more important, perhaps, is the fact that this project has been brought to this point, at least with the joint efforts of the County and the State, without either trying to ram it down the other's throat, As you know, we have had some probleme in this particular field and to me this represents a proper cooperative spirit by everyone concerned toward the creation of a really fine and worthwhile project which has great local value as well as great statewide value, It just seems to be one of the natural good things that 1961 brought to the new Department of Parks and Recreation and particularly to the Division of Beaches and Parks, I certainly thank you and your entire newspaper organization for your efforts on behalf of the project, eeeee The first calendar to honor Malakoff State Park to-be is a 1962 creation by the Osborn-Woods Art Studio on Commercial Street, advertising John Sbaffi's Plaza Grocery and picturing Lake City, entrance city to the Malakoff Hydraulic Mine, as it appeared in 1880, An excellent calendar -a collector's item. And how about the Plaza Grocery ~it, like the Malakoff and Lake City, has a proud continuity of ownership, First record to our memory is Thomas Shurtleff about 1890. Then Gustave Fischer, whohad come from Arizona in 1894, bought it. Then sold it to his son-in-law, Charles O'Connor, in 1909, O'Connor died in 1911 and the Plaza was sold to W.B, Celio, who in 1930 gifted the Oakland Campfire Girls with valuable property on Lake Vera and thereby started the yearly Campfire influx that continues to this day. In 1928 Sr, Celio and son Gove sold the Plaza to Chester Scheemer and in 1949 the present owner John Sbaffi started operations, eeene Note thetown, RosesBar, California. Roses Bar is that town down the pike a piece; Smartville, Yuba Co, Californiaeeeee e have found local chestnuts very tasty this winter, Ruth first boilsthem in their shells, un-shells them, then squeezes the liquid from a clove of garlic on them and roasts them with chicken, coveréd with stuffed olivesall in aluminum foil. Delicious, eeeee It seems like only yesterday: Mary O'Reilly of 373 Alta Street GV remembers the wild Chippewa Indians as she used to play in the woods with her brother Byron near Superior, Wisconsin, Sincgfely, Charles A, DeTurk Director Free delivery by the Plaza continued in 1962 but in 1909 it was of course by horse and wagon, Pictured on the driver's seat is Karl Fischer and standing clerk Walt Chapman, Karl Fischer, now a retired grocer, lives at 26 Glenn Eyrie Ave, SanJose, The Fischer family star shines bright in the growth of SanJose, where they moved after leaving NC, The Past In Pictures A Visitor By Jack Miner, From the time the Boothes brought Shakespeare to the Nevada City Dramatic Hall in 1851 ‘til an accordionist played for the Twin Cities Concert Association not too long ago, a vast variety of visiting performers have entertained on our stages and in concert halls, A favorite of early days was Litchfield The Man Of Many Faces, Hereyousee him, A yecent TV magazine ff cover, picturing the versatility of some western star, brought Litchfield's photograph to my mind, Thought you'd like to see how he laid ‘em in the aisles when he made the mining camp circuit so many, many years ago, Bradley & Rulofson of San Francisco took the picture, -++He supervised 108 paid observation aircraft warning towers located from Oregon to Mexico, three observers tothe tower, ., Worked out of the U.S, and state forestry offices, -His duties: locate towers,construct the build. , ings, build roads to the towers, install phone lines and water systems, then hire and train the observers. Before he took to road commissionering as a career (Nevada County, then Sierra County), Smith worked as an assistant engineer under Donald MacBean of Tahoe National F orest, SOCIAL SECURITY.A note from King C, Torgesen, district manager of the Sacto office of the Social Security administration: "160, 000 folks who were turned down before can now get monthly social security payments. . because Congress has reduced the length of time a person must work to get payments, . ee oe Fe

_ Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC, 132 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. R. Dean Thompson. ..... Editor-Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No, 12,406 ALAN MO NALA IAAILAL ALLAN Page 8..Wednesday, January 24, 1962..NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET —~ Ss TC eeu Veee ye wes = » Salad ag oo pc WILLIAM = a lod ‘ . 2 CHARLES A. DeTURK ae ns ‘by YS alc ik ce Beaches ond Parks Subscription Rates: One year, $4.00; Two years, Three years, $8.00 Printed by Berliner & Mc Ginnis, Nevada City. $6.00 EDITORIALS Forest Service Deserves Credit For Recreation Study The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Forest Service and the Nevada Irrigation District, by which, among other things, the forest service agrees to create a recreational land use plan for the high mountain areas encompassed by the NID-PG&GE project, is of considerable importance to Nevada County. In fact, it is second only in importance to the fact that the PG&E has mailed its long-awaited letter of intent to the NID, spelling out its long-range commitment in dollars and cents. The signing of this agreement, first reported in detailinthis newspaper, ineffect assures that the huge project will have a multiple-purpose aspect. It will not only provide the NID with additional water and water storage facilities, andthe PG&E with power, but it will also provide recreational opportunities which we now can hope will be utilized wisely. Chief credit for negotiating this agreement must go to the personnel of Tahoe National Forest, which under the law must report tothe Federal Power Commission on the impact of the project on federal lands, and make appropriate recommendations. The signed agreement presumably represents ameeting of minds on most of these recommendations on the part of the NID directors and the forest service. The willingness of the forest service to conduct the recreation study, with the aid of $1,000 dollars from the NID, also represents an investment of several thousand dollars in Nevada County development planning. If the NID or the county were toconduct sucha study, it would probably have tobe carried on by private consultants under contract---often an expensive process. Furthermore, as aresult of the study the NID may find itself in a position to apply for up to $300,000 in outright grants for recreational development, under the state's Davis-Grunsky Act. All who had a part in negotiating and signing this agreement have done the people of the county and the state a real service. Jr. College Vote Brings Responsibility There is every reasonto believe that our voters bought a good product at a reasonable price. The decision of Nevada Union High School District voters to annex the area into the Sierra Junior College District gives to our county a junior college educational system with fiscal control in the hands of those who live within the district. By state law, Nevada County areas outside the Sierra Junior College District were obligated to pay tuition to any junior college in the state in which a student from this area was in attendance. There was no localcontrol, and there was a steadily rising cost of tuition. With annexationcomes responsibilty. Nevada County residents must share with others in Sierra Junior College District an interest in fiscal affairs of the district. Even more important, we must share in efforts to improve the college’ educational program inthe years ahead. While Sierra's program has a record that shows growth in educational stature, we must do our part tosee that there is continued improvement. as about Easter time. In March, 1850 a young Kalamazoo man left this wilderness village and headed west, His destination: California, where gold had been discovered the year before, JOHN T. CLAPP traveled to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and joined a group of Illinois pioneers heading for Sacramento, Ina letter to C,C, Clapp in Kalamazoo, young Clapp said he found “there was a man to every flake of gold. " Disillusioned, hereturned to Kalamazoo that fall by way of Panama, Clapp wrote an account of his adventures andthe Story was cheaply published by Geo, A, Fitch & Co,, a Kalamazoo printer, The 67-page paperbound wastitled "A Journal of Travels to and from California with Full Details of the Hardships and Privations;Also a Description of the Country, Mines, Cities, Towns," * ¢ 6 NO ONEKNOWS how many copies of the publication were printed, But today there are only three known to exist. If another were turned up, it would easily bring $1,000 on the collector's market, local book dealers say, The three known copies, they add, are owned by the Yale University library and Everette D, Graff, a private ' \\\ ma Ray Polk, the weskit wearing Aristocracy Hill raconteur, when he told of his youth before the Nev.Co.Hist, Soc, recently, claimed that he was at the same time naive and appreciative, Asa wee lad he delivered packages for Loutzenhier Drug GV. And the best tipper in town was Mabel Foster at her 24 hour Ladies Salon on Stewart St. Sometimes a quarter when in those days a nickle to a kid was as big as a dollar, Dam it, says Ray, to this day I don't know what was going on behind those doors, Still naive if you ask me. eeee8 Broke Tilly Hoagland's (she the county's ace lady reporter) heart to have to buy the most important item on her Christmas list of out of town, But only after she had tried andtried, A pair of mustache scissors for husband's (Don) man of distinction trademark. Unless my crystal balliscloudy, a thirdreporterin the family is due about Dr, & Mrs, Edgar L, Ferguson of 315 Columbia, Grass Valley, are enthusiastic readers of the Nugget and both have keen interest in gold rush history, Daughter is Elizabeth White----Principal-teacher at Bell Hill School, Son-in-law is Lyle White publisher of the Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins, an authority on the history of You Bet and who with the help of the Oddfellows Lodge in Nevada City have saved literally tons of priceless County of Nevada historical records. Dr, Ferguson is history realist and recognizes that the ‘49 gold rush was not all glory, and forwards an interesting clipping from the Kalamazoo Gazette, The clipping tells of one John T. Clapp:.... collector of Winnetka, III, What happened to Clapp after he wrote the account isnt known(although presumably he did not go on to greater heights in literature.) Also unknown is whether some of Clapp’s descendants are now living in or near Kalamazoo, Or whether some dusty attic is hiding a prized copy of a once-worthless work,

ee ¢ THA® LETTER Clapp wrote home was published in the Nov. 1, 1850 edition of the Kalamazoo Gazette. _ "I saw Cross the other day and he is worse off than he was in Kalamazoo," Clapp wrote, "There are some with blasted hopes, and some are ableto return with trifles of gain, after being here for months, "There are..men that came through last year who tell methey are in debt even for their board; some are sick with the scurvy, andsome are too lazy to work, "The fact is there are too many people here. They are thicker than hair on a dog, and crowds are lying idle. "I cannot tell what I shall do next, nor when! shall return, neither can I say that I am sorry that I came, for Ishallseea great part of the worldthatIshould never have seen," JOHN T,. CLAPP Roses Bar, (Calif, ) August 29, 1850 SIERRA BYWAYS ocean, the Bowman flume went out. BY DEAN THOMPSON MAIL BAG, ., News releases by the dozens frequently get no farther than File 13 by the desk,, .But did you know that the U.S, exports more to Japan than we import? The information comes from a news syndicate representing the Japanese government, second largest state within the Union in exports to Japan, with sales totalling $111,669,000. An estimated 20,570 jobs were created in California by these exports . » One fact not brought out in the release is that Nevada County shares in a portion of this business with the Japanese, Timberis shipped there by at least one local firm. Another release tells that the 105-piece California Y outh Symphony Orchestra has accepted an invitation to appear at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle this summer,,.The orchestra is composed of outstanding teen-age musicians from various parts of the state, It has appeared onradio, TV, and LP records, It has toured California, Oregon and Utah and has a standing invitation to export its talents to Japan, but as yet has lacked the funds to bridge the California is the movie film, stereo tape, sees @ @& ‘TIS SO, .. Historical source Herb Nile reminds us that when snow and freezing rain began to fall Thursday it was on the 29th anniversary of another and heavier precipitation.. Matter of fact, Nile said, 29 years ago (Thursday) it began raining "ice" at 3 a,m..And by 9 a.m, most of the ditches were frozen..And at noon PERHAPS YOU'VE NOTICED, .,. The Camellia Doll Club frequently meets in Sacramento, Wondered why the local interest?, ., Mrs. Lenore Coughlin, Nevada City, is president of the club; and Mrs, Gladys Cross, Mrs, Lydia Holub and Mrs, Edith Hancock, all of Grass Valley, at-: tend all of the meetings.. .Frequently take guests, too. *ees # & NOTES, ,. Charles J, Smith, city manager to-be in Nevada City, had aninteresting job during World War II 1188 TENTH STREET, GACRAMENTO 14 January 9, 1962 Mr, Bob Paine The Nevada County Nugget 132 Main Street Nevada City, California Dear Bob: Thanks for sending me the December 27 issue and particuarly for your note about the importance of the Malakoff Diggins Project, I feel that it is one of our most important projects for two reasons, One, of course, the worth of the project itself and the good it will do the people of California and the people of the general vicinity as well, But even more important, perhaps, is the fact that this project has been brought to this point, at least with the joint efforts of the County and the State, without either trying to ram it down the other's throat, As you know, we have had some probleme in this particular field and to me this represents a proper cooperative spirit by everyone concerned toward the creation of a really fine and worthwhile project which has great local value as well as great statewide value, It just seems to be one of the natural good things that 1961 brought to the new Department of Parks and Recreation and particularly to the Division of Beaches and Parks, I certainly thank you and your entire newspaper organization for your efforts on behalf of the project, eeeee The first calendar to honor Malakoff State Park to-be is a 1962 creation by the Osborn-Woods Art Studio on Commercial Street, advertising John Sbaffi's Plaza Grocery and picturing Lake City, entrance city to the Malakoff Hydraulic Mine, as it appeared in 1880, An excellent calendar -a collector's item. And how about the Plaza Grocery ~it, like the Malakoff and Lake City, has a proud continuity of ownership, First record to our memory is Thomas Shurtleff about 1890. Then Gustave Fischer, whohad come from Arizona in 1894, bought it. Then sold it to his son-in-law, Charles O'Connor, in 1909, O'Connor died in 1911 and the Plaza was sold to W.B, Celio, who in 1930 gifted the Oakland Campfire Girls with valuable property on Lake Vera and thereby started the yearly Campfire influx that continues to this day. In 1928 Sr, Celio and son Gove sold the Plaza to Chester Scheemer and in 1949 the present owner John Sbaffi started operations, eeene Note thetown, RosesBar, California. Roses Bar is that town down the pike a piece; Smartville, Yuba Co, Californiaeeeee e have found local chestnuts very tasty this winter, Ruth first boilsthem in their shells, un-shells them, then squeezes the liquid from a clove of garlic on them and roasts them with chicken, coveréd with stuffed olivesall in aluminum foil. Delicious, eeeee It seems like only yesterday: Mary O'Reilly of 373 Alta Street GV remembers the wild Chippewa Indians as she used to play in the woods with her brother Byron near Superior, Wisconsin, Sincgfely, Charles A, DeTurk Director Free delivery by the Plaza continued in 1962 but in 1909 it was of course by horse and wagon, Pictured on the driver's seat is Karl Fischer and standing clerk Walt Chapman, Karl Fischer, now a retired grocer, lives at 26 Glenn Eyrie Ave, SanJose, The Fischer family star shines bright in the growth of SanJose, where they moved after leaving NC, The Past In Pictures A Visitor By Jack Miner, From the time the Boothes brought Shakespeare to the Nevada City Dramatic Hall in 1851 ‘til an accordionist played for the Twin Cities Concert Association not too long ago, a vast variety of visiting performers have entertained on our stages and in concert halls, A favorite of early days was Litchfield The Man Of Many Faces, Hereyousee him, A yecent TV magazine ff cover, picturing the versatility of some western star, brought Litchfield's photograph to my mind, Thought you'd like to see how he laid ‘em in the aisles when he made the mining camp circuit so many, many years ago, Bradley & Rulofson of San Francisco took the picture, -++He supervised 108 paid observation aircraft warning towers located from Oregon to Mexico, three observers tothe tower, ., Worked out of the U.S, and state forestry offices, -His duties: locate towers,construct the build. , ings, build roads to the towers, install phone lines and water systems, then hire and train the observers. Before he took to road commissionering as a career (Nevada County, then Sierra County), Smith worked as an assistant engineer under Donald MacBean of Tahoe National F orest, SOCIAL SECURITY..A note from King C, Torgesen, district manager of the Sacto office of the Social Security administration: "160, 000 folks who were turned down before can now get monthly social security payments. . because Congress has reduced the length of time a person must work to get payments, . ee oe Fe