January 29, 1975 (8 pages)

w GETTING CAUGHT “‘Whooooooceeeeee!!!!!!"" As the penetrating odor of skunk oil rose from their clothes, the tousled-haired boys knew they were in big trouble. “TI thought I told you to watch out for them skunk traps,”’ one of them complained with disgust. “Well I was,” his younger. brother retorted. ‘“‘But when the ol’? guy started yellin’ and comin’ out after us, I just dropped my watermelon and ran. I wasn’t thinking about any old skunk then. What are we going to tell the folks,’’ he moaned. . The year was 1894 and boys were being boys in the .little . logging town of Klamath on the California-Oregon border. ‘The next day, down at the barbershop, Mr. Lowe entertained the men with a story about how he had spotted a half 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Jan. 29,1975 California Countr Kristi Ottoman dozer young bandits out in his watermelon patch the night before. “‘I chased after ’em but they all scattered in different directions. Shouldn’t be too hard to sniff the culprits out though,”’ he laughed. “I had a couple skunk traps set out in the garden and some of the boys tangled with a live one before they got away.” By afternoon the story was all over town and parents suddenly recalled strange belavior the night before. Boys coming home early and actually taking baths without being told. And the unmistakeable pungy odor of skunk that couldn’t be hidden under a liberal dousing of hair oil. There were some pretty meek boys playing in town for the next few days. But one of them, Curt Setzer, recalled years later, “That was -the. best-tasting melon we ever stole.” IC amptonville News CAMPTONVILLE, ‘Jan. 21 _ party of his brother Myron Mr. and Mrs. Richard Colletti and sons and Mrs. Joan Burge, of Rio Linda were in town over the weekend visiting friends. Mrs. Collette (nee. Matilda Hanson) lived here during her The Yuba County Animal Shelter was in town Monday to pick up some dogs which had been attacked by porcupine. Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Da’ and sons Paul and James of Castro Valley returned home Sunday after spending the weekend here at their local store. Mr. and Mrs. Erle Pauly, of Grass Valley, were in town Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Grace Pauly, and brother Postmaster Leland K. Pauly, joining} them enroute to Red Bluff to attend the retirement NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET ' 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. . 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY _ NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Years . $5.00° _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Pauly, who has just retired from the Division of Highways, having worked at Mineral, Lassen County for several years, terminating his work in the Red Bluff district. ° Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson, Jr., moved from the upper part of town to the old Post Office dwelling on Cleveland Avenue. Vincent Letko, Forest Officer in charge of the Bullards Bar Recreational area, and. his daughter Lisa, were both confined to their home last week with an attack of the flu. CAMPTONVILLE, — Curtis Hagen, of Sacramento, was in town last week on a brief business visit. Mrs. Maggie Jordan of Hollywood recently arrived on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Margie Ulrey and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Hanson left recently for Roseville, where her family celebrated her birthday after which they left for Arizona on a vacation trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Rogers and Mrs. Wilma Straus made a trip to Reno Airport Friday to meet Mrs. Straus’ daughter, Mrs. Boyde Gahagan, of San ’ Bernardino, who spent the week end visiting her old home here. Mrs. Irene D. Bishop, a native and life long resident here, now residing with relatives in Grass _ Valley, was in town Sunday on a brief visit to her old home here. She has been ill for some time and is greatly improved. ° The unexcelled weather over ‘the week end, brought many visitors from the fog laden area of the valley into the mountains. The temperature Saturday during the day was over 90 degrees with a low reading of 42 -degrees at night; must unusual January weather; some of the vegetation is begining to bud. Rainfall to this date stands at 17.50 inches, very low for this time of year. V Rough and Ready News By ‘Fay Last Wednesday, the Rough and Ready Fats entertained the Nevada County Newcomers Club. They were good! So good in fact that their appearance brought them: invitations for two other appearances. They limit their dancing but you are thoroughly entertained with their clever interpretations of such songs.as ‘‘Clementine”’, “Here Comes the Wagon”, ‘Glow little Glowworm”, ‘‘Louieville Lou,” and ‘“You Gotta see Mama Every Night.” Their entrance number was ‘‘Rough and Ready” from the play, Rough and Ready, and their finale was “Fiji,” from the Fiji-Isles. Clara Carmichael provided the music. Helen Avery, Helen Beatie, Maciel Filer, Edna Gilfillan, Joan Mader, and Helen Steele appeared for the Newcomers. Barbara Sailor, who is also a member of the group, was unable to participate due to the pressures of her job. x Mary O’Neal, who is a member of Newcomers, visited for the first time since the death of her husband. Mary is Joan Mader’s mother. Our group thoroughly enjoyed the ladie’s costumes. Their dresses reflect the mood of the early-day saloon girl. They adapted beautifully, with the addition of simple props, to the mood of the different songs. Very clever these Rough and Ready people! R&R We are clearing trees and brush for more pasture on this old homestead. My barn will adequately handle three brood cows but to summer feed them I must have a bit more pasture. Trouble this year is going to be water unless we get more rain and lots more snow. I have been building up one new pasture for the last three years. With plenty of summer water it will help a lot. Still, no more lambs. That should be enough about the farm for this week. Thought I must say it’s the only interesting thing that I know of just now. I am really out of touch with the neighborhood. Seems everyone is just busy getting in wood to keep warm. I am busy doing a bit of home and barn remodeling. R&R People often say to me, ‘‘why don’t you get rid of all your livestock, they are just too much work.” Last week, when I wanted to attend a three-day convention in Sacramento, I agreed with them. I had to come home each night to feed and check on new lambs. They are a lot of work but they are also a lot of fun. Our convention was a bit of work also. We made some progress which should be productive so it was worth the effort. On Saturday we had lunch with Governor Brown. ‘We’ and some 300 other ‘wees’. Gov. Brown never ceases to amaze me. He talked to us as if we were his next door neighbors. At the close of his very short speech, which really said a lot, he opened the floor for questions. Of course, it was a friendly audience. His answers were straight forward. They said yes, no, or I don’t know. Very remarkable young man! Also on Saturday we had dinner with Senator Tunney. I have always liked Senator Tunney. Perhaps because the son of the Aaror Abbotts, our next door neighbor, does research work for him. His speech was inspiring. He is a good speaker and I think he knows it. Certainly it was full of meat. I mean he was not just verbose. He: made some enemies with new words for the song, ‘“‘This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land.” His words were ‘This Land is Exxon’s Land, That Land is Arco’s Land’’—etc. : Of, course we heard. speeches from everybody. Senator Allan Cranston; Senator Boundary change Under the reapportionment of California Congressional in size than a dozen states. The population density is about 13.5 Dunbar Philip Burton; and prospective 1976 presidential candidates from Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Georgia. Governor Carter of Georgia was my favorite. He is not an impressive speaker but what he said made so much sense. He is a fawmah (farmer) as they say in Georgia. Sunday we ate hot dogs, on the convention floor, for lunch. We, Charlotte Halstead and I, had a nice walk. through the new Sacramento Civic Center and had dinner at LuChangs before returning home. R&R Make a special effort to attend the NevadaCounty Historical Society February meeting. It is to be held at Mt. St. Mary’s at 8 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 6. Father Dwyer will update the history of St. Mary’s. St. Joseph’s Chapel is interesting to see and I am sure he will also tell something of it. Everyone. is welcome. The objectives of the society are to preserve the sites, artifacts, and culture of the early days of the county. This is very important to us all particularly if your income is in any way associated with tourism. They need your support and encouragement. R&R Sorry, Loyce Woodhouse! Loyce visited our little menagerie last week with the ladies from Glenwood Guest Home. I understood the name to be Lois Rhienhouse. Must have my ears examined or more than likely it was a misfunction of the brain. —RE&R Hjalmer Berg, Chairperson of the Bicentennial Commission invites everyone, but especially the people of our area, to the Bicentennial meeting on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Ready Springs School. The commission wants to develop events, activities, or projects of any appropriate kind for the Bicentennial from every area:of the county. 1976 is almost here! P . Most calendars list three holidays for February. I list four in my calendar. I have a birthday, too. February is a good month for a rebirth of patriotism. Lincoln and Washington were both important men to our United States history. Washington’s birthday is listed as Feb. 17 so that working people may have a three-day holiday in February. We can celebrate it again on Saturday the 22nd, its proper day. : Webster describes patriot as a ‘person who loves his country, zealously supporting it and its interests’. We should add to our list of great patriots Thomas Jefferson born April 13, 1743. Jefferson grew to manhood dreaming of a _ governmental system based onthe “rights of man”. He became a member of the Virginia Colonial legislature in 1768. The climax of his revolutionary experience occurred in 1776 when he was chosen chairperson of a committee to draw up a declaration of independence from Great Britain. The results we know.It was adopted on July 4, 1776. It was based on philosophy promoted by John Locke in his ‘Treatise on Government’ written in 1690, which completely smashed the doctrine of the ‘divine right of kings’. John Locke also wrote “Essay Concerning Human Understanding’’ and “Letters on Toleration” which undoubtedly influenced Thomas Jefferson and his committee in the preparation of our Declaration of Independence. John Locke was an English philosopher born in 1632. He was forced to retire from his own country to Holland at one time due to his philosophy. He was allowed to return to England about five years later, (1688), after the Revolution. for District compared to a statewide 28. There are about 118,000 Districts, effective Jan. 1, Nevada County joins 12 other northern California counties in the First Congressional District. The district includes 34,399 square miles, making it larger per square mile. This compares with the state population density of 127.7 per square mile. The population of the district is slightly older than the state average with a median age of 30 . residents attending school at all grade levels. At the time of the 1970 census the district reported 121,245 families with a median income $2000 below the state median.

w GETTING CAUGHT “‘Whooooooceeeeee!!!!!!"" As the penetrating odor of skunk oil rose from their clothes, the tousled-haired boys knew they were in big trouble. “TI thought I told you to watch out for them skunk traps,”’ one of them complained with disgust. “Well I was,” his younger. brother retorted. ‘“‘But when the ol’? guy started yellin’ and comin’ out after us, I just dropped my watermelon and ran. I wasn’t thinking about any old skunk then. What are we going to tell the folks,’’ he moaned. . The year was 1894 and boys were being boys in the .little . logging town of Klamath on the California-Oregon border. ‘The next day, down at the barbershop, Mr. Lowe entertained the men with a story about how he had spotted a half 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Jan. 29,1975 California Countr Kristi Ottoman dozer young bandits out in his watermelon patch the night before. “‘I chased after ’em but they all scattered in different directions. Shouldn’t be too hard to sniff the culprits out though,”’ he laughed. “I had a couple skunk traps set out in the garden and some of the boys tangled with a live one before they got away.” By afternoon the story was all over town and parents suddenly recalled strange belavior the night before. Boys coming home early and actually taking baths without being told. And the unmistakeable pungy odor of skunk that couldn’t be hidden under a liberal dousing of hair oil. There were some pretty meek boys playing in town for the next few days. But one of them, Curt Setzer, recalled years later, “That was -the. best-tasting melon we ever stole.” IC amptonville News CAMPTONVILLE, ‘Jan. 21 _ party of his brother Myron Mr. and Mrs. Richard Colletti and sons and Mrs. Joan Burge, of Rio Linda were in town over the weekend visiting friends. Mrs. Collette (nee. Matilda Hanson) lived here during her The Yuba County Animal Shelter was in town Monday to pick up some dogs which had been attacked by porcupine. Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Da’ and sons Paul and James of Castro Valley returned home Sunday after spending the weekend here at their local store. Mr. and Mrs. Erle Pauly, of Grass Valley, were in town Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Grace Pauly, and brother Postmaster Leland K. Pauly, joining} them enroute to Red Bluff to attend the retirement NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET ' 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. . 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY _ NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Years .. $5.00° _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Pauly, who has just retired from the Division of Highways, having worked at Mineral, Lassen County for several years, terminating his work in the Red Bluff district. ° Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson, Jr., moved from the upper part of town to the old Post Office dwelling on Cleveland Avenue. Vincent Letko, Forest Officer in charge of the Bullards Bar Recreational area, and. his daughter Lisa, were both confined to their home last week with an attack of the flu. CAMPTONVILLE, — Curtis Hagen, of Sacramento, was in town last week on a brief business visit. Mrs. Maggie Jordan of Hollywood recently arrived on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Margie Ulrey and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Hanson left recently for Roseville, where her family celebrated her birthday after which they left for Arizona on a vacation trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Rogers and Mrs. Wilma Straus made a trip to Reno Airport Friday to meet Mrs. Straus’ daughter, Mrs. Boyde Gahagan, of San ’ Bernardino, who spent the week end visiting her old home here. Mrs. Irene D. Bishop, a native and life long resident here, now residing with relatives in Grass _ Valley, was in town Sunday on a brief visit to her old home here. She has been ill for some time and is greatly improved. ° The unexcelled weather over ‘the week end, brought many visitors from the fog laden area of the valley into the mountains. The temperature Saturday during the day was over 90 degrees with a low reading of 42 -degrees at night; must unusual January weather; some of the vegetation is begining to bud. Rainfall to this date stands at 17.50 inches, very low for this time of year. V Rough and Ready News By ‘Fay Last Wednesday, the Rough and Ready Fats entertained the Nevada County Newcomers Club. They were good! So good in fact that their appearance brought them: invitations for two other appearances. They limit their dancing but you are thoroughly entertained with their clever interpretations of such songs.as ‘‘Clementine”’, “Here Comes the Wagon”, ‘Glow little Glowworm”, ‘‘Louieville Lou,” and ‘“You Gotta

see Mama Every Night.” Their entrance number was ‘‘Rough and Ready” from the play, Rough and Ready, and their finale was “Fiji,” from the Fiji-Isles. Clara Carmichael provided the music. Helen Avery, Helen Beatie, Maciel Filer, Edna Gilfillan, Joan Mader, and Helen Steele appeared for the Newcomers. Barbara Sailor, who is also a member of the group, was unable to participate due to the pressures of her job. x Mary O’Neal, who is a member of Newcomers, visited for the first time since the death of her husband. Mary is Joan Mader’s mother. Our group thoroughly enjoyed the ladie’s costumes. Their dresses reflect the mood of the early-day saloon girl. They adapted beautifully, with the addition of simple props, to the mood of the different songs. Very clever these Rough and Ready people! R&R We are clearing trees and brush for more pasture on this old homestead. My barn will adequately handle three brood cows but to summer feed them I must have a bit more pasture. Trouble this year is going to be water unless we get more rain and lots more snow. I have been building up one new pasture for the last three years. With plenty of summer water it will help a lot. Still, no more lambs. That should be enough about the farm for this week. Thought I must say it’s the only interesting thing that I know of just now. I am really out of touch with the neighborhood. Seems everyone is just busy getting in wood to keep warm. I am busy doing a bit of home and barn remodeling. R&R People often say to me, ‘‘why don’t you get rid of all your livestock, they are just too much work.” Last week, when I wanted to attend a three-day convention in Sacramento, I agreed with them. I had to come home each night to feed and check on new lambs. They are a lot of work but they are also a lot of fun. Our convention was a bit of work also. We made some progress which should be productive so it was worth the effort. On Saturday we had lunch with Governor Brown. ‘We’ and some 300 other ‘wees’. Gov. Brown never ceases to amaze me. He talked to us as if we were his next door neighbors. At the close of his very short speech, which really said a lot, he opened the floor for questions. Of course, it was a friendly audience. His answers were straight forward. They said yes, no, or I don’t know. Very remarkable young man! Also on Saturday we had dinner with Senator Tunney. I have always liked Senator Tunney. Perhaps because the son of the Aaror Abbotts, our next door neighbor, does research work for him. His speech was inspiring. He is a good speaker and I think he knows it. Certainly it was full of meat. I mean he was not just verbose. He: made some enemies with new words for the song, ‘“‘This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land.” His words were ‘This Land is Exxon’s Land, That Land is Arco’s Land’’—etc. : Of, course we heard. speeches from everybody. Senator Allan Cranston; Senator Boundary change Under the reapportionment of California Congressional in size than a dozen states. The population density is about 13.5 Dunbar Philip Burton; and prospective 1976 presidential candidates from Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Georgia. Governor Carter of Georgia was my favorite. He is not an impressive speaker but what he said made so much sense. He is a fawmah (farmer) as they say in Georgia. Sunday we ate hot dogs, on the convention floor, for lunch. We, Charlotte Halstead and I, had a nice walk. through the new Sacramento Civic Center and had dinner at LuChangs before returning home. R&R Make a special effort to attend the NevadaCounty Historical Society February meeting. It is to be held at Mt. St. Mary’s at 8 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 6. Father Dwyer will update the history of St. Mary’s. St. Joseph’s Chapel is interesting to see and I am sure he will also tell something of it. Everyone. is welcome. The objectives of the society are to preserve the sites, artifacts, and culture of the early days of the county. This is very important to us all particularly if your income is in any way associated with tourism. They need your support and encouragement. R&R Sorry, Loyce Woodhouse! Loyce visited our little menagerie last week with the ladies from Glenwood Guest Home. I understood the name to be Lois Rhienhouse. Must have my ears examined or more than likely it was a misfunction of the brain. —RE&R Hjalmer Berg, Chairperson of the Bicentennial Commission invites everyone, but especially the people of our area, to the Bicentennial meeting on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Ready Springs School. The commission wants to develop events, activities, or projects of any appropriate kind for the Bicentennial from every area:of the county. 1976 is almost here! P . Most calendars list three holidays for February. I list four in my calendar. I have a birthday, too. February is a good month for a rebirth of patriotism. Lincoln and Washington were both important men to our United States history. Washington’s birthday is listed as Feb. 17 so that working people may have a three-day holiday in February. We can celebrate it again on Saturday the 22nd, its proper day. : Webster describes patriot as a ‘person who loves his country, zealously supporting it and its interests’. We should add to our list of great patriots Thomas Jefferson born April 13, 1743. Jefferson grew to manhood dreaming of a _ governmental system based onthe “rights of man”. He became a member of the Virginia Colonial legislature in 1768. The climax of his revolutionary experience occurred in 1776 when he was chosen chairperson of a committee to draw up a declaration of independence from Great Britain. The results we know.It was adopted on July 4, 1776. It was based on philosophy promoted by John Locke in his ‘Treatise on Government’ written in 1690, which completely smashed the doctrine of the ‘divine right of kings’. John Locke also wrote “Essay Concerning Human Understanding’’ and “Letters on Toleration” which undoubtedly influenced Thomas Jefferson and his committee in the preparation of our Declaration of Independence. John Locke was an English philosopher born in 1632. He was forced to retire from his own country to Holland at one time due to his philosophy. He was allowed to return to England about five years later, (1688), after the Revolution. for District compared to a statewide 28. There are about 118,000 Districts, effective Jan. 1, Nevada County joins 12 other northern California counties in the First Congressional District. The district includes 34,399 square miles, making it larger per square mile. This compares with the state population density of 127.7 per square mile. The population of the district is slightly older than the state average with a median age of 30 . residents attending school at all grade levels. At the time of the 1970 census the district reported 121,245 families with a median income $2000 below the state median.