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2 The Nevada County Nugeet Wed., July 30, 1975
Rough and Ready News _
CaliforniaCountry
By’ Fav Dunbar
I hope not too many of you have already
to enhance the luau. The luau will be
y
ntatic
. Democr
ou
tried Alice Perry’s crustless cocoanut pie of last served by the Nevada ‘C
in
Covert
Idabel
‘with
BEAVER HUNT
:
week’s column. At 300 degrees it would take a Central Commiettee
Halstead, and
tte
Charlo
,
Brown
Freddi
.
charge
Beaver skins were prized by the Indians long before the Hudson long time to cook properly. That figure should
in
get you
Mai Tais tol
provide wil
Dick Jones‘
bay and American fur trappers moved west. A beaver coat was have been 350. It would have been healthy but
the
mood
for
the
festivities.
valued highly by many warriors and the meat was a delicacy not very sweet. with only 1 one-third cups of
of Hawaiian music.
will be an afternoon
Jt
sugar. That figure should have been 1-%4 cups
around Indian campfires.
Edith McCoy will
and
n,
Licht,
Alice
dwi
Goo
Don
~
Trapping was best done in winter and took the efforts of sugar. Sorry about-that! It really is delicious. sing-requested numbers, including the ‘‘Wedor ax
ice,chisel
everyone in the village. The tools were simple, an
ic
: language.
hent
hand
Song,” .withaut
The new Bitney Springs is beautiful; the
and a stro
sinewng
net.
guitar
their
with
sing
will
They
Conti
Toni
lves.
and
Maria
themse
outdid
Lions
Valley
pond Grass
Women and children walked along the banks of a
of
and real Hawaiian spirit. Leonard McQueen,
a certainly deserve our thanks and maybe a bit
thumping the ground with a stick until a hollow thud told
anyone
why
will be home:and will entertain with
tand
ly,
unders
hopeful
can’t
I
money.
our
a
t for
big enough
burrow was under the ice. There a hole, jus
:
Check his ukelele.
not.
hope
us
Let
it.
g
spoilin
of
think
would
through the frozen ground. The net was
beaver, was
dark.
to
p.m.
3
me
to
welcome,
is
Seems
doing.
Everyone
are
on what your kids
pushed into the hole and hidden under the mud on the bottom. Two up
is done in the
hand holds were left on top of the ice on either side of the opening
;
for the hunter to grab.
While traps were being laid in all'the burrows that could be
maybe most malicious mischief
spirit of, how can we get at this thing. They don’t
Darrin Woolever, age 12-years, who has been
Spending the summer with his grandparents, the
plan destruction just have too much curiosity _ Scott
of Rough and Ready Road, will be
Lichts
and energy.
returning home just in time to give Alice time to
found, other hunters were busy at the beaver huts. At least one
entrance to each hut had been found in the fall, before the pond iced
Dorothy Darden’s suggestion that we don’t . practice her Hawaiian hand language a bit.
a
chop
to
matter
simple
a
was
it
Now
ce is
sticks.
ds
with
existen
marked
out ofir
over, and
rightgb
feed our hummin
I
and
me
visit
hole at each of these entrances and prepare the net.
still
They
one.
Conne Baer wants: me to remind all
an important
When a hunter was stationed at every burrow hole and over the haven't fed them for three years. They love our
youngsters to register, now, for next year’s 4-H
entrance to every hut in the pond, the signal was given. With axes silk tree (Albizia Juliabrissin). They sit more
programs. Contact-either Nancy: Henderson or
and chisels, Indians attacked the frozen walls yelling and and seem more relaxed in it than anywhere else.
Conne, they are the adult co-leaders for the club
screaming. Terrified beavers were captured as they swam franThey like the old-fashioned and very hardy for the 75-76 year. Don’t miss out on this
tically from their homes over the waiting nets. Others were trapped Begonia (Trumpet Vine) ,and the wigela for
program; 4-H is a real learning experience with
as they swam to other huts or into the burrows, looking for a safe feeding. In my garden they also use the poker
fun
haven. If every burrow had been located, the beaver had no escape. pl
i. Strange but they don’t seem
t
gladiol
an
and
The Barnett children, the Cullen youngest,
He was forced to come up for air sometime, or drown. It was. to care much for honeysuckle.
Catherine Baer and her little niece and
and
possible to wipe out a whole colony with this method, though the
Visantha and Christopher Gage are
If you can’t refrain from feeding them use
in
s
ved
on
dissol
Indians never did.
sugar
po
of
as
te
5%
a;
enjoying 4H camp this week. Christopher is
this formul
The mountain men who came after, using their steel traps, one cup boiling water and no coloring. Paint only two-years-old.
were not so particular. In the short thirty-five years they held reign
feeder or tie a bow or flower on it, if you .
Mrs. Baer has just been installed as the 75-76
over the forests and streams of the west, the beaver population was must, but don’t use color. A strong sugar conthe
of
ing
all but wiped out.
harden
fatal
President. of Manzanita Parlor, Native
tent in their food causes a
the
on
fungus
a
rs of the Golden West. She was born in
in
s
Daughte
result
honey
g
feedin
liver;
a
causes
ng
in 1923 (said she didn’t mind-nice to
Richmond
tongue that is also fatal, and colori
os.
embry
She is the daughter of Mr. and
chick
young).
the
so
in
be
ities
variety of deform
Mrs. Reginald Steele. Conne attended schools in
Much better to plant your garden full of
Richmond and Berkeley and graduated in 1941.
flowers that provide the nectar their miraculous
She married Stanley Arlington Baer in. 1942.
little bodies were designed to live upon. The
Their first child, Susan, is now Mrs. Michael
U.S.S. Dept. of Agri-Soil.
on
leaflet
a
Gage of Fairfield. The second child, Stanley
e
Servic
conservation
that would be ready to operate
Arlington, is married and the couple make their
Ahydro-electricic power plan’tt by 1978.
plants birds love: It’s titled “Invite birds to your
ne
home in Grass Valley. Charles and Catheri
at Rollins Reservoir may
home” and is PA 940 published Dec. 1969. Soil
The
Tudor
study
showed
a
in
life
r
his
Mr. Baer lost
are still at-home.
be on tap for the Nevada that the Irrigation district
conservation did have several others. Prope
to
moved
infamily
ct
near
The
house
1962.
the
ri
in
and
in
feed
accident
st
tractor
i Di
shrubs and trees not only
could save anywhere from
Rough and Ready in 1970.
add beauty and protection to
they
birds
future if they follow the advice
ing
terest
a year on
Conne has been an active member of the
of a private firm that just $200,000 to $500,000
your home and soil.
energy costs by building
the
“Attitled
book
a
since she became a member of the Los
hed
the
NDGW
y
on
publis
d
stud
has
Sunset
complete a
facility
at Rollins.
Amigos Parlor in Walnut Creek in 1957. She
ng birds to your garden.” It recommends
tracti
The engineering firm also
served in that parlor as their president in 1969.
Tudor Engineering, a well stated that P.G. & E. along .
tubular or funnel shaped flowers in bright
to
,
shades
e
orang
and
She is also a member of the Nevada County Past
red
ally
in
especi
firm
colors,
known engineering
with many other power firms
Presidents Association. She attended the Native
attract the hummers.
California, reported to the in Northern
would
found
s
insect
e
minut
Daughters Conference in Los Banos, California
eat
also
rs
The humme
district’s Board of. Directors be interested in buying
3
in the throats of these flowers. They build their . in June of this year.
Wednesday that with the “energy” from NID after they
She is very proud of the work the Native
costs of energy
todav. it established their plant.
nests (I should say she does-he may even take
Daughters do in history and in children’s acanother mate) in trees or shrubs. Her nest is
wo id be wise to build a plant
Josph Weber, a P.G. & E.
of
size
the
about
is
g
tivities. Proud also of the history room in the
bowl shaped and the openin
representitive at the meeting,
ul
powerf
their
of
rate
NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET stated
Native Daughters’ retirement home in San
rapid
The
dollar.
a silver
that ‘‘we’ll have to build
of
t
amoun
ous
Francisco; an entire room is devoted to exlittle wings consumes an enorm
301 Broad Street
or buy somewhere. Right
and
utes
10-min
every
tensive historical displays.
about
feed
They
energy.
Nevada City, Co.
now we're in a dilemma.
of their bodies in sugar per
weight
the
e
consum
We’re going to have. to
95959
Jim West, who won two top awards at the
day.
generate
power somewhere,
one
59
265-25
Teleph
Discovery Fair in Placerville last week,
Gold
and
it might be at Rollins, we
Indulge yourself once in a while! It does has plans
for doing it again
each time the opjust don’t know.”
things for your morale. I was raised to believe portunity presents. “Big Bertha and Little
PUBLISHED EVERY
The board of directors
that that is a selfish attitude. Perhaps that is Martha,” his team of mares who drew the nowWEDNESDAY. BY
listened to the Tudor study
why I have waited so long to adda record player
it famous covered wagon, will cooperate to please
TY
UN
CO
DA
with
great
interest
and
told
the
NEVA
to my home. I love the radio (FM) but often
I . him. Little Martha is not called little because
firm that all the ptssibilities
doesn’t include enough of the particular music
PUBLISHING CO.
never she is small, though I think she is a tiny bit
will be looked at before a final
am interested in at the moment. They
e
tag
pos
ss
cla
ond
Sec
already smaller than Bertha, but because she is Bertha’s
decision is made. .
play enough Christmas music. I am
own daughter.
y,
Cit
da
va
Ne
add.
to
at
paid
ming of some records I want
drea
The awards were for the top covered wagon
In other NID_ business,
California. Adjudicated
After I returned from Hawaii last year my
to
make
the 65-mile trip from Lake Tahoe ‘to
ew sent me several beautiful really native Placerville and for the horse-drawn vehicle
neph
a legal” newspaper of
Project,
the ’ Yuba-Bear
records. Last week I purchased a player to use division of the Gold Discovery Parade in
reported on the outage repair
general circulation by
them. For several days now I have literally
Placerville. Bertha and Martha and Jim will
program that has been unthe Nevada County
wallowed in Hawaiian music. Last night I even next be seen at our own district fair the end of
nordistrict’s
the
derway at
Superior Court, June 3,
t sleep with it. The system turns itself off August.
wento
thern powerhouses
and canals
.
all the records have played. The beautiful
when
1960.
Pretzer told the board
that
music brings back every minute of our lovely
Decree No. 12,406.
.
work
00
Hawaiian visit.
repair
0,0
almost $50in
The kids next door have great fun. I used to
done
when
the
es:
have
been
Rat
ion
ipt
Subscr
ian
Hawai
more
to
rd
forwa
g
lookin
I am
think lambs must be the very cutest baby
is completed. He also
y Aug. 10 at Pioneer Park. animals; since the Abbotts have new baby goats
One Year .. . $3.00 .
Sunda
on
phere
atmos
that all the reservoirs
A group of Democratic ladies, the Mmes. Fay -J am not so certain. Naturalists speak of the
Two Years.. $5.00
be an
re full and it should
Dunbar, Evelyn Fuller, Charlotte Halstead, white tailed deer flying its flag. These four
water year.
»xeellent
Conne Hamm, Marie Maxwell, Cora McMahon, babies, two beige and:two black, have the same
_ Member of
and Grace Miller, have been making leis and. type of tails. and they certainly hold. them
. CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER Classified ads work:
-Hydro-electric plant
considered for Rollins
Bes
“ye
ae
+ PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION .
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‘
ht they play. +: >
up when
. frangipani (Hibiscus) ' flowers for: extra ‘at-:: straig
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