July 24, 1968 (8 pages)

ee ‘the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valle French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washin 4 ; ‘ ady, ; in, j ; ; gton, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, ; Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Co a PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LtBRARY 2. -; SACTO CAL 95014 0. pembat Tabate d Volume 45 NUMBER 30 od Y, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega Cedar Ridge, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1968 CHINATOWN along the bank of the South Yuba River in Washington, This is a rare old photo of the famous settlement that played such an important role in the famous mining days in the Washington District. The location is being turned into a campground and trailer park now, (Photo courtesy of Robert I. Slyter, Washington.) Appointed to Forest staff Tahoe Forest Supervisor Hank Branagh has announced the appointment of Edwin (Ted) Gregg the the recreation and land use staff officer position effective July 28. ~ His duties will include planning and leadership in all phases of the rapidly expanding recreation area as well as the area of special uses of national forest land. Gregg was born in Pasadena where he attended grammar, high school and junior college. In 1951, he was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelors degree in forestry. Gregg joined the Forest Service in 1954 as an engineering aid on the El Dorado National Forest in Placerville, later transferring to the Blister Rust section of that forest. In 1956, he joined the Sequoia Nation: 1! Forest where he remained until coming the the Tahoe as Assistant District Ranger on the Sierraville District in 1957 to 1961. He then was promoted to District Ranger on the Minarets District of the Sierra National Forest where he remained until 1964, when he transferred to Pasadena as technical advisor representing the Forest Service on the Lassie TV show. Karl Fischer, former N.C. resident, dies Funeral services were held in San Jose on July 23 for Karl Fischer who died in a San Jose convalescent hospital on July 21 after an extended illness, Karl was a native of Tombstone, Arizona. He was the third oldest of eight children born to the. late Ethel and Gustave Fischer who operated the Plaza Grocery in Nevada City for many years, He attended elementary school in Nevada City and later helped his father in the Plaza. Karl was married tothe former Vera Brown, who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles B, Brown of Sacramento Street in Nevada City, at whose home they were married in 1913. They lived in Nevada City until 1916 when they moved to San Jose, The Fischers were frequent visitors to . Nevada City. Besides his widow, he is survived by two children, Mrs. Dolores Laney and Donald (Bud) Fischer of San Jose; two brothers, Clyde and Earl Fischer of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. Essie Schoenenberger of San Jose and Mrs, Lorene Sanford of Reno; four grandchildren, Mrs. Joanne Moore, Susan Fischer, Linda and Bill Laney, and one great grandchild, Leslie Moore, all of San Jose. Burial was in San Jose. Water job slated for Washington The contract for construction of a water system in the town of Washington is scheduled tobe awarded Friday afternoon. Bids were opened July 17. The lowest was $43,879.50 submitted by Holt and Racon, Oxnard, California, according to Tom Walsh, vice president of Washington Water District. The project calls for tapping the water of Henderson Ravine, a 20,000 gallon water tank, and some 11,000 feet of four-inch gravity pipe. There will be about 52 water services. The downtown area will have hydrants. The systems will be financed through a $55,000 Farmers Home Administration bond approved= bythe people of the district. It will serve the east side of the Yuba River and be expanded later to the other side. Work is expected to start in about two weeks and to be completed in September. Although the vote approving the FHA bond was about 6-1 in ratio (37-6), there are some Washington residents who oppose the new project on various grounds. Edna Tonner, postmaster and one-time member of the district water board, told The Nugget that "the people up the canyon will pay but get no water." She said these people should be excluded from the district, The original water plan, Mrs. Tonner said, was to take water from Canyon Creek. "This would have pleased everyone,"' she said, "and it was proposed when the district was formed 5-6 years ago," The Canyon Creek plan" would put the town on the map," she said, ''and all of the people would benefit." Frank Morgan, a retired San Francisco fireman, said the Henderson Ravine water supply might dry up, but a pipe line in Canyon Creek would provide good clean water and plenty of pressure. He went on to discuss what he called a lack of fire protection because there is "no water pressure and no pumps," Both Mrs. Tonner and Morgan mentioned the possibility of a petition being circulated to excluded from the district properties they say will not benefit from the new system. On the other side of the issue are those who claim that the new source near. the Alpha Diggins will provide plenty of good water and be at ah elevation high enough to provide for gravity feed tothe homes on the hills around the town. They say the entire system proposal has been studied by State engineers and that FHA wouldn't lend the money for construction unless satisfied that everything will work out. Henderson Ravine has been checked and re-checked, they say, and found to be satisfactory. According to some prosystem residents, the cause of dissatisfaction from the antigroup is based on costs. For many years, they say, nobody had to pay for water. In 1963 the district established the following flat rates: $2.50 a month for residences; schools and stores, $3; and bars and taverns $4. The first billings were sent out in June of that year. The rates reportedly are the same today. But everyone expects the cost of water and taxes to go up, probably along the line of the Nevada Irrigation District's recent rate increase. Somebody's got to pay. for the new system, and the people in the district expect higher prices. The water pipes running under the town “are all shot", one source told The Nugget, and these will be replaced. The fire hydrants mentioned will be of the non-freezing type. With an improved water system the time will come when there'll be a big cut in the cost of insurance, one man predicts, and he sees the new system as a life-saving device for the town of Washington. The Canyon Creek ditch was built in 1856 by W.W, Latta and William Rice. It is recorded that it is "possible no other water ditch in the State of California has a history of so many names, lawsuits and fights."' And it wasn't too long agothat it was reported a woman hurled rocks at a Washington ditchtender and fell down while so doing. Then, they say, her man got a shotgun to protect her. The incident didn't develop into anything real serious, but it indicates that water feelings in the Washington area can get rather high at times, The water district officers are: Doug Dribble, president; Tom Walsh, vice president; Marvin Fisk, Noble Thomas and Howard Vance, directors, Marian Woolums is secretary and Wenzel Helgren general manager.

ee ‘the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valle French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washin 4 ; ‘ ady, ; in, j ; ; gton, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, ; Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Co a PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LtBRARY 2. -; SACTO CAL 95014 0. pembat Tabate d Volume 45 NUMBER 30 od Y, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega Cedar Ridge, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1968 CHINATOWN along the bank of the South Yuba River in Washington, This is a rare old photo of the famous settlement that played such an important role in the famous mining days in the Washington District. The location is being turned into a campground and trailer park now, (Photo courtesy of Robert I. Slyter, Washington.) Appointed to Forest staff Tahoe Forest Supervisor Hank Branagh has announced the appointment of Edwin (Ted) Gregg the the recreation and land use staff officer position effective July 28. ~ His duties will include planning and leadership in all phases of the rapidly expanding recreation area as well as the area of special uses of national forest land. Gregg was born in Pasadena where he attended grammar, high school and junior college. In 1951, he was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelors degree in forestry. Gregg joined the Forest Service in 1954 as an engineering aid on the El Dorado National Forest in Placerville, later transferring to the Blister Rust section of that forest. In 1956, he joined the Sequoia Nation: 1! Forest where he remained until coming the the Tahoe as Assistant District Ranger on the Sierraville District in 1957 to 1961. He then was promoted to District Ranger on the Minarets District of the Sierra National Forest where he remained until 1964, when he transferred to Pasadena as technical advisor representing the Forest Service on the Lassie TV show. Karl Fischer, former N.C. resident, dies Funeral services were held in San Jose on July 23 for Karl Fischer who died in a San Jose convalescent hospital on July 21 after an extended illness, Karl was a native of Tombstone, Arizona. He was the third oldest of eight children born to the. late Ethel and Gustave Fischer who operated the Plaza Grocery in Nevada City for many years, He attended elementary school in Nevada City and later helped his father in the Plaza. Karl was married tothe former Vera Brown, who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles B, Brown of Sacramento Street in Nevada City, at whose home they were married in 1913. They lived in Nevada City until 1916 when they moved to San Jose, The Fischers were frequent visitors to . Nevada City. Besides his widow, he is survived by two children, Mrs. Dolores Laney and Donald (Bud) Fischer of San Jose; two brothers, Clyde and Earl Fischer of San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. Essie Schoenenberger of San Jose and Mrs, Lorene Sanford of Reno; four grandchildren, Mrs. Joanne Moore, Susan Fischer, Linda and Bill Laney, and one great grandchild, Leslie Moore, all of San Jose. Burial was in San Jose. Water job slated for Washington The contract for construction of a water system in the town of Washington is scheduled tobe awarded Friday afternoon. Bids were opened July 17. The lowest was $43,879.50 submitted by Holt and Racon, Oxnard, California, according to Tom Walsh, vice president of Washington Water District. The project calls for tapping the water of Henderson Ravine, a 20,000 gallon water tank, and some 11,000 feet of four-inch gravity pipe. There will be about 52 water services. The downtown area will have hydrants. The systems will be financed through a $55,000 Farmers Home Administration bond approved= bythe people of the district. It will serve the east side of the Yuba River and be expanded later to the other side. Work is expected to start in about two weeks and to be completed in September.

Although the vote approving the FHA bond was about 6-1 in ratio (37-6), there are some Washington residents who oppose the new project on various grounds. Edna Tonner, postmaster and one-time member of the district water board, told The Nugget that "the people up the canyon will pay but get no water." She said these people should be excluded from the district, The original water plan, Mrs. Tonner said, was to take water from Canyon Creek. "This would have pleased everyone,"' she said, "and it was proposed when the district was formed 5-6 years ago," The Canyon Creek plan" would put the town on the map," she said, ''and all of the people would benefit." Frank Morgan, a retired San Francisco fireman, said the Henderson Ravine water supply might dry up, but a pipe line in Canyon Creek would provide good clean water and plenty of pressure. He went on to discuss what he called a lack of fire protection because there is "no water pressure and no pumps," Both Mrs. Tonner and Morgan mentioned the possibility of a petition being circulated to excluded from the district properties they say will not benefit from the new system. On the other side of the issue are those who claim that the new source near. the Alpha Diggins will provide plenty of good water and be at ah elevation high enough to provide for gravity feed tothe homes on the hills around the town. They say the entire system proposal has been studied by State engineers and that FHA wouldn't lend the money for construction unless satisfied that everything will work out. Henderson Ravine has been checked and re-checked, they say, and found to be satisfactory. According to some prosystem residents, the cause of dissatisfaction from the antigroup is based on costs. For many years, they say, nobody had to pay for water. In 1963 the district established the following flat rates: $2.50 a month for residences; schools and stores, $3; and bars and taverns $4. The first billings were sent out in June of that year. The rates reportedly are the same today. But everyone expects the cost of water and taxes to go up, probably along the line of the Nevada Irrigation District's recent rate increase. Somebody's got to pay. for the new system, and the people in the district expect higher prices. The water pipes running under the town “are all shot", one source told The Nugget, and these will be replaced. The fire hydrants mentioned will be of the non-freezing type. With an improved water system the time will come when there'll be a big cut in the cost of insurance, one man predicts, and he sees the new system as a life-saving device for the town of Washington. The Canyon Creek ditch was built in 1856 by W.W, Latta and William Rice. It is recorded that it is "possible no other water ditch in the State of California has a history of so many names, lawsuits and fights."' And it wasn't too long agothat it was reported a woman hurled rocks at a Washington ditchtender and fell down while so doing. Then, they say, her man got a shotgun to protect her. The incident didn't develop into anything real serious, but it indicates that water feelings in the Washington area can get rather high at times, The water district officers are: Doug Dribble, president; Tom Walsh, vice president; Marvin Fisk, Noble Thomas and Howard Vance, directors, Marian Woolums is secretary and Wenzel Helgren general manager.