July 8, 1965 (20 pages)

iiiail Laat a ee a . NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS BSAA HEHEHE ORE Reet OED EEE oP Ee NEVADA COUNTY'S newest waterfall has been created inthese rocks below the spillway at the Nevada Irrigation District's new Rollins Reservoir on Bear River. The other view shows the reservoir, which is now filled to capacity, from the Nevada County side looking toward the island which seperates the Bear River and Greenhorn Creek. The reservoir is one of four scheduled for recreation improvements under a DavisGrunsky Act grant. Granite Construction Wins Job Of Repairing Damaged Highway 49 A low bid of $838,827 was submitted June 16 by Granite Construction Company of Watsonville for a contract to repair storm damage at 22 locations on Highway 49 in Sierra County. There were three other bidders, according to state highway officials at the Marysville district office. W hen work is started in about 4 six weeks, at least one lane in the short work areas will be kept open for traffic at all times. The job will take about five working months, December storms last year caused serious erosion of the highway slopes and complete loss of the roadway in some locations, This work will stabilize the roadbed in damaged sections, Le The Tahoe National Forest held their annual Basic Fire Training School .at White Cloud campground June 23-25. The Forest Service policy states all ablebodied male employees are subject to fire suppression duty, , butalsostates that no person will be assigned to a fire position for which he isnottrained, All regular year-long employees and all seasonal fire employees must have minimum basic training before being assigned to fire duty. . Alltemporary project employees and all seasonal replacements must be given minimum basic training within 30 days following employment. The purpose of the pragram is ; to provide a well-planned fire prevention and presuppression organization and highly trained fire-fighting personnel. The minimum time for Basic Fire Training is 16 hours per man and coversthe use of hand tools, fire behavior, initial attack, hand line construction, mop-up, organization and fire line safety. It is mandatory for all Forest Service firegoers to receive this training. The talks by Supervisor Hank Branagh and Fire Control officer Ed Corpe stressed Forest Service policy, goals and safety responsibilities. Donner Road Bill Delayed A bill to include a portion of old Highway 40 over Donner Summit into the state's scenic highway system has been taken under advisement and is dead for the current session of the legislature. This news was announced to the Truckee Donner ‘Chamber of Commerce by State Senator Paul J. Lunardi, who authored the bill. The Truckee Donner Chamber had urged passage of the bill which included numerous highways throughout the state. Under the proposed bill, SB 348, the highway from Kingvale to Donner State Park, including the portion along Donner Lake and over the summit via Soda Springs, would have been designated as a scenic highway. This portion of the road has been returned to the jurisdiction of Nevada County because it has been replaced by the recently opened summit section of Interstate 80. The Nevada County Board of Supervisors have also backed the move to get this portion of old Highway 40 taken into the scenic highway system. The first ay 10 crews of 12-14 men were set up with crew bosses and squad bosses selected for each, Training was provided for each crew in the safe use of all common firefighting hand tools, A special course in helicopter operations was provided for selected trainees. basic safety tactics, mapreading, compass use, smokechasing, heavy equipment inspection, tractor boss responsibilities and signals, The same crews were then assigned to simulated fires and were required tocut fire lines and take effective suppression action. On the final day selected trainees were trained in snag falling with crosscut and chain saw use being demonstrated, Finally practice fires were lit and each crew participated in actual initial attack and suppression action. These crews stayed with each fire from initial attack to final mop up to insure each fire was dead out! California Division of Forestry Deputy State Forester and Nevada-Yuba Ranger Ted Waddell were present the third day to review mutual aid project fire organization and equipment demonstration, Federal Recreation Loans Are Available Producing additional dollars on low-income or idle Nevada, Amador, El Dorado, or Placer County farm land is being encouraged by a Farmers Home Administration supervised credit program to develop farm-based recreation enterprises. Darrel G. Zerger, County Supervisor with offices at 915 Lincoln Way, Room 5, Aubum, this week listed the many types of recreation enterprises financed by FHA loans in rural areas. Nevada, Amador, E1 Dorado, and Placer County farmers may apply for loans to finance recre~ / ational enterprises such as pon and lakes for boating and fishi docks, vacation farms, ri¢ ng stables, nature trails, picnic grounds, travel-trailer ae and shooting preserves, "Farmers Home Admiglistration is using its farm opetating and farm ownership loan programs for financing recreation loans,” Mr. Zerger explained / “Farmers can Locally obtain a maximum of $35,000. for operating expenses, including the operation costs/of farm-based recreation enterprises and $60,000. for 4 real estate program, including the development of land and buildings for recreation purposes, " Individyal Farmers Home Administration loans to farmers for recreation purposes not only help in bogsting the borrowers net income, but raise the number coriveniently located recreation facilities for city folks along with /putting land not needed for crops into income producing uses, ‘Three Big Timber Sales Are Held In Tahoe Forest At oral auctions held in the Supervisor's office of the Tahoe National Forest last week the following timber sales were held: On June 29, J. R. Simplot was awarded the Wet Ravine Unit County Taxes Last covering 10,070 M board feet of Year Topped The timber on the Downieville District, The minimum bid’‘on this $3.4 Million Mark sale covering 1320 acres, was $221,596.00. On June 29, Sierra Mountain Mills was successful bidder on 1060 M board feet of timber in Total property taxes in Nevada County levied by the County government, cities, schools and special districts reached $3,470, 172 for the year ending June 30, 1965, up 59 percent in the five years since the $2, 182,849 for the year ending June 30, 1960 was levied, California Taxpayers’ Association has reported. During this five-year period from fiscal 1960, school district taxes in the County increased 44,2 percent from $1, 203, 196 to $1,734, 894, Percapita property taxes levied for ‘all local governments in the County rose 24.5 percent from $104.39 from fiscal 1960 to $129.97 for the current year ending June 30. the Chestnut Unit on the Camptonville District. This sale covered 203 acres and sold for $41,866.00. Other local firms bidding included Yuba River Lumber Company, Brunswick Timber Products.and Walker Brothers, On June 30, Brunswick Timber Products was high bidder for the 3900 M board feet of timber in the American Unit of the Big Bend District. The sale covered 360 acres and high bid was $50, 613,00. Other firms bidding on this sale were Yuba River Lumber Company and Sierra Mountain Mills, cg6t ‘g Atng***3088nN Ayuno5 epeaon***

iiiail Laat a ee a . NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS BSAA HEHEHE ORE Reet OED EEE oP Ee NEVADA COUNTY'S newest waterfall has been created inthese rocks below the spillway at the Nevada Irrigation District's new Rollins Reservoir on Bear River. The other view shows the reservoir, which is now filled to capacity, from the Nevada County side looking toward the island which seperates the Bear River and Greenhorn Creek. The reservoir is one of four scheduled for recreation improvements under a DavisGrunsky Act grant. Granite Construction Wins Job Of Repairing Damaged Highway 49 A low bid of $838,827 was submitted June 16 by Granite Construction Company of Watsonville for a contract to repair storm damage at 22 locations on Highway 49 in Sierra County. There were three other bidders, according to state highway officials at the Marysville district office. W hen work is started in about 4 six weeks, at least one lane in the short work areas will be kept open for traffic at all times. The job will take about five working months, December storms last year caused serious erosion of the highway slopes and complete loss of the roadway in some locations, This work will stabilize the roadbed in damaged sections, Le The Tahoe National Forest held their annual Basic Fire Training School .at White Cloud campground June 23-25. The Forest Service policy states all ablebodied male employees are subject to fire suppression duty, , butalsostates that no person will be assigned to a fire position for which he isnottrained, All regular year-long employees and all seasonal fire employees must have minimum basic training before being assigned to fire duty. . Alltemporary project employees and all seasonal replacements must be given minimum basic training within 30 days following employment. The purpose of the pragram is ; to provide a well-planned fire prevention and presuppression organization and highly trained fire-fighting personnel. The minimum time for Basic Fire Training is 16 hours per man and coversthe use of hand tools, fire behavior, initial attack, hand line construction, mop-up, organization and fire line safety. It is mandatory for all Forest Service firegoers to receive this training. The talks by Supervisor Hank Branagh and Fire Control officer Ed Corpe stressed Forest Service policy, goals and safety responsibilities. Donner Road Bill Delayed A bill to include a portion of old Highway 40 over Donner Summit into the state's scenic highway system has been taken under advisement and is dead for the current session of the legislature. This news was announced to the Truckee Donner ‘Chamber of Commerce by State Senator Paul J. Lunardi, who authored the bill. The Truckee Donner Chamber had urged passage of the bill which included numerous highways throughout the state. Under the proposed bill, SB 348, the highway from Kingvale to Donner State Park, including the portion along Donner Lake and over the summit via Soda Springs, would have been designated as a scenic highway. This portion of the road has been returned to the jurisdiction of Nevada County because it has been replaced by the recently opened summit section of Interstate 80. The Nevada County Board of Supervisors have also backed the move to get this portion of old Highway 40 taken into the scenic highway system. The first ay 10 crews of 12-14 men were set up with crew bosses and squad bosses selected for each, Training was provided for each crew in the safe use of all common firefighting hand tools, A special course in helicopter operations was provided for selected trainees. basic safety tactics, mapreading, compass use, smokechasing, heavy equipment inspection, tractor boss responsibilities and signals, The same crews were then assigned to simulated fires and were required tocut fire lines and take effective suppression

action. On the final day selected trainees were trained in snag falling with crosscut and chain saw use being demonstrated, Finally practice fires were lit and each crew participated in actual initial attack and suppression action. These crews stayed with each fire from initial attack to final mop up to insure each fire was dead out! California Division of Forestry Deputy State Forester and Nevada-Yuba Ranger Ted Waddell were present the third day to review mutual aid project fire organization and equipment demonstration, Federal Recreation Loans Are Available Producing additional dollars on low-income or idle Nevada, Amador, El Dorado, or Placer County farm land is being encouraged by a Farmers Home Administration supervised credit program to develop farm-based recreation enterprises. Darrel G. Zerger, County Supervisor with offices at 915 Lincoln Way, Room 5, Aubum, this week listed the many types of recreation enterprises financed by FHA loans in rural areas. Nevada, Amador, E1 Dorado, and Placer County farmers may apply for loans to finance recre~ / ational enterprises such as pon and lakes for boating and fishi docks, vacation farms, ri¢ ng stables, nature trails, picnic grounds, travel-trailer ae and shooting preserves, "Farmers Home Admiglistration is using its farm opetating and farm ownership loan programs for financing recreation loans,” Mr. Zerger explained / “Farmers can Locally obtain a maximum of $35,000. for operating expenses, including the operation costs/of farm-based recreation enterprises and $60,000. for 4 real estate program, including the development of land and buildings for recreation purposes, " Individyal Farmers Home Administration loans to farmers for recreation purposes not only help in bogsting the borrowers net income, but raise the number coriveniently located recreation facilities for city folks along with /putting land not needed for crops into income producing uses, ‘Three Big Timber Sales Are Held In Tahoe Forest At oral auctions held in the Supervisor's office of the Tahoe National Forest last week the following timber sales were held: On June 29, J. R. Simplot was awarded the Wet Ravine Unit County Taxes Last covering 10,070 M board feet of Year Topped The timber on the Downieville District, The minimum bid’‘on this $3.4 Million Mark sale covering 1320 acres, was $221,596.00. On June 29, Sierra Mountain Mills was successful bidder on 1060 M board feet of timber in Total property taxes in Nevada County levied by the County government, cities, schools and special districts reached $3,470, 172 for the year ending June 30, 1965, up 59 percent in the five years since the $2, 182,849 for the year ending June 30, 1960 was levied, California Taxpayers’ Association has reported. During this five-year period from fiscal 1960, school district taxes in the County increased 44,2 percent from $1, 203, 196 to $1,734, 894, Percapita property taxes levied for ‘all local governments in the County rose 24.5 percent from $104.39 from fiscal 1960 to $129.97 for the current year ending June 30. the Chestnut Unit on the Camptonville District. This sale covered 203 acres and sold for $41,866.00. Other local firms bidding included Yuba River Lumber Company, Brunswick Timber Products.and Walker Brothers, On June 30, Brunswick Timber Products was high bidder for the 3900 M board feet of timber in the American Unit of the Big Bend District. The sale covered 360 acres and high bid was $50, 613,00. Other firms bidding on this sale were Yuba River Lumber Company and Sierra Mountain Mills, cg6t ‘g Atng***3088nN Ayuno5 epeaon***