January 7, 1965 (16 pages)

13 2 amon ae AT HOME IN' THE COUNTRY $2 a t2.0F_ at atte , TMIUN:.... ri NID Experiences. The Deluge From Extensive Damage To Water System _ willbe donated to Sierra Nevada January 7, 1965. Nevada County Nugget. oe We worked each day for little pay through the driest summer of all With ditches to dig and flumes to rig to catch the rains of the fall. We left our claims to prepares for the rains, The rivers were running dry. Dams were placed where headwaters raced. Each morning we looked at the sky. ‘The dry dust and dirt made our skin crack and hurt, But the ditches ran mile after mile. We dreamed of the gold crept into the hills meanwhile. The clouds finally came and we danced in the rain while the canals and ditches were filling. We pulled on our coats and talked of our hopes then we heard that the dams were spilling. The water rammed under and through the dams ‘til the sky and mountains roared, It broke through the ditches and carried off bridges, and through the dark canyons soared. Great trees careened in a wind that screamed and wetted us to the bone, $ At the citches we dug through the ozzing mud until the world seemed a splashing moan. It rained in November and all through December; the New Year came flooded and cold, The days passed in twilight--cold as: midnight and we cursed California's bitter gold. ’ The dams were lost, by raging water tossed as it rained and rained and rained. ,. Our cabins fell in the deluge from hell, and it rained and rained and rained. and winter's cold — re STORM DAMAGE continued throughout the county this week as steady rain soaked the land. Wednesday traffic on Gracie Road was blocked when DRAWING for Alpha Stores’ $1000 sweepstakes award was held Tuesday morning. Dee Mautino is shown: here drawing the winning ticket from the year’s collection of Know Your Number tickets. The first ticket will be good this tree fell across the highway. On Banner Mountain the heavily cutoff land in the Evergreen Estates subdivision filled the roads with mud and rocks and the debris had to be pushed back off Banner Road in one spot. (Continued from Page 1) stating that facilities were being mobilized so that the county could take advantage of its designation as a disaster area toreceive state and federal aid. The board approved plans for renovation of the current superior court room as the new ‘supervisors chambers, Plans presented by purchasing agent Clare Hughes showed the cost of renovation to be roughly $3, 950. The board also authorized the hiring of an architect to draw up ‘plans and specifications for an animal shelter to be built in Grass Valley on a cooperative basis between the county, the two cities and the Humane Society. The board approved a minute order ecaling for bids for construcINSULATE OR REINSULATE YOUR HOME Weather Control Company Kohler Named Clerk-Recorder tion of a 3000 foot water line as part of the Loma Rica County Airport project. This line from the new NID reservoir to the existing Empire line was deleted from the original project bid because of the cost. The gee and specifications w ere presented to the board by engineer R.W. Ingram. income with j Federal Security PAID QUARTERLY CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FEDERAL Roads, homes, business establishments and property have all received some damage from the continuing storms, but the hardest hit of all has been the Nevada Irrigation District. NID manager Edwin Koster said Wednesday that it was impossible to give an exact figure on the damage because much of it was still buried under snow, but a rough figure of $210, 000 had been put on the damage to date. The $10,000 figure was the latest in the continuing series of mishaps to the. district's far flung water transmission facilities. Koster reported that a large section of the DS canal had gone out Wednesday morning near the Nevada County Horsemen's Association grounds on Brunswick Road, Much of the district's Bow manSpaulding Conduit which was enlarged and renovated as part of the Yuba-Bear River project has been heavily damaged by rock and mud slides and ditch breaks. The district has flume sections out, roads out, dams jammed with debris in the mountains and ditch breaks or jams from debris throughout the system. No choice has yet been made _on a firm to make the repairs. Koster said the district hopes to engage a local firm to do the repair work and willseek quotations on the job. Little can be done until the storm stops, Now the district officials are just trying to hold the system together and hoping that it continues to snow in the mountains. Silverware Diamonds Watches Clocks AND MANY OTHER GIFTS tea JEWELRY our Gold Nudset. and Quartz Jewelry Makes Lasting Gifts” & Appropriate Souvenirs Of The Gold Country ——_—_———aBanBnnBnh'S=!’” EXPERT WATCH & = REPAIRING — MARTURG'S : : Grass Valley through this month and if unG NGS claimed anew one will be drawn INSULATION AND WEATHER STRIPPIN eweters next month. If the money is unP.O, BOX 746, PENN VALLEY Federal Savings Building Since 1875 claimed by April 30, ihe money Memorial Hospital. ie NN A I SRS Ha Free Estimates PHONE 273 7642 Bank Terms manana AUBURN 124 MILLST., GRASS VALLEY Phone 273—3039

13 2 amon ae AT HOME IN' THE COUNTRY $2 a t2.0F_ at atte , TMIUN:........ ri NID Experiences. The Deluge From Extensive Damage To Water System _ willbe donated to Sierra Nevada January 7, 1965.. Nevada County Nugget. oe We worked each day for little pay through the driest summer of all With ditches to dig and flumes to rig to catch the rains of the fall. We left our claims to prepares for the rains, The rivers were running dry. Dams were placed where headwaters raced. Each morning we looked at the sky. ‘The dry dust and dirt made our skin crack and hurt, But the ditches ran mile after mile. We dreamed of the gold crept into the hills meanwhile. The clouds finally came and we danced in the rain while the canals and ditches were filling. We pulled on our coats and talked of our hopes then we heard that the dams were spilling. The water rammed under and through the dams ‘til the sky and mountains roared, It broke through the ditches and carried off bridges, and through the dark canyons soared. Great trees careened in a wind that screamed and wetted us to the bone, $ At the citches we dug through the ozzing mud until the world seemed a splashing moan. It rained in November and all through December; the New Year came flooded and cold, The days passed in twilight--cold as: midnight and we cursed California's bitter gold. ’ The dams were lost, by raging water tossed as it rained and rained and rained. ,. Our cabins fell in the deluge from hell, and it rained and rained and rained. and winter's cold — re STORM DAMAGE continued throughout the county this week as steady rain soaked the land. Wednesday traffic on Gracie Road was blocked when DRAWING for Alpha Stores’ $1000 sweepstakes award was held Tuesday morning. Dee Mautino is shown: here drawing the winning ticket from the year’s collection of Know Your Number tickets. The first ticket will be good this tree fell across the highway. On Banner Mountain the heavily cutoff land in the Evergreen Estates subdivision filled the roads with mud and rocks and the debris had to be pushed back off Banner Road in one spot. (Continued from Page 1) stating that facilities were being mobilized so that the county could take advantage of its designation as a disaster area toreceive state and federal aid. The board approved plans for renovation of the current superior court room as the new ‘supervisors chambers, Plans presented by purchasing agent Clare Hughes showed the cost of renovation to be roughly $3, 950. The board also authorized the hiring of an architect to draw up ‘plans and specifications for an animal shelter to be built in Grass Valley on a cooperative basis between the county, the two cities and the Humane Society. The board approved a minute order ecaling for bids for construcINSULATE OR REINSULATE YOUR HOME Weather Control Company Kohler Named Clerk-Recorder tion of a 3000 foot water line as part of the Loma Rica County Airport project. This line from the new NID reservoir to the existing Empire line was deleted from the

original project bid because of the cost. The gee and specifications w ere presented to the board by engineer R.W. Ingram. income with j Federal Security PAID QUARTERLY CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FEDERAL Roads, homes, business establishments and property have all received some damage from the continuing storms, but the hardest hit of all has been the Nevada Irrigation District. NID manager Edwin Koster said Wednesday that it was impossible to give an exact figure on the damage because much of it was still buried under snow, but a rough figure of $210, 000 had been put on the damage to date. The $10,000 figure was the latest in the continuing series of mishaps to the. district's far flung water transmission facilities. Koster reported that a large section of the DS canal had gone out Wednesday morning near the Nevada County Horsemen's Association grounds on Brunswick Road, Much of the district's Bow manSpaulding Conduit which was enlarged and renovated as part of the Yuba-Bear River project has been heavily damaged by rock and mud slides and ditch breaks. The district has flume sections out, roads out, dams jammed with debris in the mountains and ditch breaks or jams from debris throughout the system. No choice has yet been made _on a firm to make the repairs. Koster said the district hopes to engage a local firm to do the repair work and willseek quotations on the job. Little can be done until the storm stops, Now the district officials are just trying to hold the system together and hoping that it continues to snow in the mountains. Silverware Diamonds Watches Clocks AND MANY OTHER GIFTS tea JEWELRY our Gold Nudset. and Quartz Jewelry Makes Lasting Gifts” & Appropriate Souvenirs Of The Gold Country ——_—_———aBanBnnBnh'S=!’” EXPERT WATCH & = REPAIRING — MARTURG'S : : Grass Valley through this month and if unG NGS claimed anew one will be drawn INSULATION AND WEATHER STRIPPIN eweters next month. If the money is unP.O, BOX 746, PENN VALLEY Federal Savings Building Since 1875 claimed by April 30, ihe money Memorial Hospital. ie NN A I SRS Ha Free Estimates PHONE 273 7642 Bank Terms manana AUBURN 124 MILLST., GRASS VALLEY Phone 273—3039