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33rd Yor No. or ia
GOVERNOR’S REPORT .
Finest In
of California,”
He made the statement as the Legislature adjeurned its 1959.
session, having given overwhelming approval to nearly 90 per cent
of the program he proposed when
inaugurated January 5.
“I have no intention of going
through the whole host of legislation which we have .produced
together,” Governor Brown told
sepaprate final sessions of the Assembly and Senate last Friday
night.
“But I do want to single out
the water program and FEPC,”’’
he said. —
“One is a great symbol of material progress, an achievement
that demonstrates what reasonable men from every part of California can do when they agree }
as citizens of one great state,” he
added,
“The other is a great symbol of
human progress, an achiévement
of enlightenment and understanding,” the Governor said.
. The Legislature in
week approved a budget changed
only slightly from the one submitted by Governor Brown in
January and called by leaders of
both parties the tightest seen in
Sacramento in recent years.
The budget appropriated mere
than $2,224,000,000 for the’ 1959-60
fiscal year and was called by the
Governor a. “triumph of true
economy.” ' Pin
Governor Brown Said he want:
ed to review the budget very
carefully before deciding to bluepencil any items in it. He pointed
out that it was only slightly
higher than the budget he proposed,
Chief among the additions to
Water Problems
Conference Is Set
The annual meeting of the
California Central Valleys Flood
Control Association has been
called by Horace B. Wulff, president, for Monday, June 29, at
thhe. El Mirador Hotel, Sacramento, The conference on water
and flood control problems will
start at noon, with luncheon in
the Ei Mirador Sky Room.
Three major subjects are scheduled for discussion. Harvey O.
Banks, director of the State Department of Water Resources,
will review the 1958 legislative
action on the state water program
and will analyze the effects of
the new legislation on the Sacramento Valley and Delta areas.
On problems of flood control,
the speaker will be Stanley Kronick ,president of the reorganized
State Reclamation Board, who
will present the board’s views on
pending problems.
Proposal of the Glenn-Colusa
Irrigation District to construct
and operate Iron Canyon Reservoir on the Sacramento River will
be discussel by Paul M. Dwinell,
manager of the district.
Preceding the scheduled talks,
a report: of the association’s activities for the past fiscal year
will be given by John M. Luther,
manager. Also to be presented
will be a review 6f reclamation
district legislation passed by the
Legislature and a summary of the
current status of federal legisia* tion.
The conference will be attended by officers and trustees of reclamation districts throughout the
valley and delta, and by “state;
county and local officials con-.
cerned with water problems. The
meeting is open to all persons interested in water and flood control development in this area.
ay
its final
-Struction now
Gov. Brown Says 39 Legislature
_ Governor Edmund G. Brown has Hailed the 1959 State Legis-. lature as “the fines and most productive Legislature in the history
projects are contributing _
share tothe over-all
during June, the Dairy
reports Farm Advisor Bill ‘He
ir
tion:
purpose.
ment program, which will
Placed on the November,
ballot for a vote of the .
1960,
year,
lands’ oil royalties,
the water program.
futures for California.”
legislation,~
crimination in job opportunities.
eo : also approved the
against high prices and rising
utility rates, a-curb on racketeering in installment sales, an Economic Development ~Agency to
help bring new industries and
new jobs to Califernia and a
program of medical aid for the
né@edy disabled.
In what Governor Brown described as a “return to fiscal reSponsibility in California,” the
Legislature also approved a
broad-based new revenue program which is expected to put
the 1959-60 budget in “uneasy
balance.”
(Continued on Page 2)
Bids On Highway
Jobs Total $912,986
Low bids on a new State Division of Highways maintenance
station in Baxter, Placer County;
an equipment building at the
highway division maintenance
station in Truckee, Nevada County, and a plant quarantine inspection station near ‘Truckee, total:
$912,986.
The State Division of Architecture said Don da Rosa, Inc., of
Dutch .Flat, Placer County, was
low with a big of $489,986 to construct the Whitmore Maintenance
Station.
The Singleton Corporation of
Redding, -Shasta County, submitted a low offer of $269,000 to
build the one-story .equipment
building for the Truckee Mainte-.
nance Station.
A -low offer of $154,000 was
submitted by Singleton to construct the quarantine station for
the State Department of Agriculture two miles west of Truckee
and adjacent to US Highway. a0
Freeway.
Traffic Routed On
Iceland Detour :
'*“PRie Division of Highways says
that traffic on Highway U. S. 40].
will begin using the Iceland Detour, between east of Hirshdale
and west of Floriston, this week.
The detour will be utilized for
approximately month.
The detour will foute ‘traffic
on this major transcontinental
route around the freeway con-.
presently 76 per cent complete he
and expected to be im full -usethe budget were ‘itemms requested
by the Governor himself to make
a start on the giant statewide
water program. More than $83
million was allocated for that
Governor Brown said the Legislature had approved 25 of the 30
major measures he originally proposed in his inaugural message:
Most important were the passage of a $1.75 billion bond issue
for the statewide water developbe
Besides the $83: million in appropriations for the 1959-60 fiscal
the Legislature also. approved Governor Brown’s plan
to dedicate $172 million in tidePlus future
accruals to the fund, to develop
Governor Brown said voter approval of the bond issue will assure “the greatest of all possible
In the field of social-economic.
the Legislature approved an historic Fair Employment Practices Act to outlaw dis‘to help protect the comsuaier
* atthe: in G Valley. ‘Fairgrounds mas
ents, the Braves defea
Roseville
tous
have set'their eyes‘oh the second
half championship,
. either *team~ ogee will eve it
California. In Nevada. Coun
4-H Club members: are r
Some. of the boys and girls are
raising their own dairy ani
under’ the guidance of Ag
tural Extension Service
members and. club leaders.-They
culship, and demonstration,
A .total of 12 college. scholar.
tion’s top winners to be announced next fall during the National 4-H Congress in Chicago.
Other
watches, and gold-filled medals,
cago,
awards for the dairy animal project winner, while Carnation Company, Los Angeles, will present
awards to ee gc ag
‘members
of the’ camellie ee Doll Club
at their meéting room. in the Sacramento Garden and.Arts Center
on June 4, 1959. —
The charter meeting of this
club was held in April and the
guest speaker was” Rachel K.
Laurgaard,; aiithor ‘of “Patty
‘wooden doll carried by one of
the members of the Donner party.
This little doll in its case ir Fort
Sutter is the mascot doll for this
newly organized doll club.
Each meeting of this new club
is dévoted to work projects. Projects covered so far have included
making ‘miniature clothes pin
dolls, fashioning elothes for old
dolls, wig weaving and fitting of
wigs to doll heads, Mrs. Gladys
Cross was the instructor at this
meeting on wig weaving and
making the base for wigs to be
fitted onto doll heads.
One of our guests was Mrs.
Marguerite Ostrander, who makes
dolis of pine cones and other
materials available near El Tahoe,
her home. Other guests were Lillian Wetzel, Marie Britton, Phyllis
Williams, Lois Schnabel, and Ann
Teevin of Sacramento.
The door prize was won by
Gladys Cross of Grass Valley.
"Members present were Florence
Stradan, Mildred McDonald, Patty
Marchal, and Wanda Ramus of
Sacramento; Gladys Cross eed
Edith “Haricock of Grass Valley,
ies Lenore Coughlin of Nevada
a eras vs. Auburn
Cubs On. Sunday
With but one game played in
the second half of the PiacerNevada League, the Grass Valley
‘Braves and the Auburn Cubs will].
lock horns in a crucial game SunBoth teams: won their
last Sunday over tough
oe
Merchants 18-3~and the
*€hicd* 6-4 at AuBoth the Braves and: ‘Cubs
“and a win by
hrcavt out the state 4-H. dairy
phinstine of the Universit =
in spécific dairy award programs. :
are. learning about -production, bo
sanitation, marketing, showman. :
ships will be presented to the na-.
awards include expénse-. >
Paid trips to the congress, wrist}
The Oliver Corporation, Chi-} ”
will ‘again “provide 4-H] —
Reed’s Roll,” a story of the little . ”
and TRI-COUNTY NEWS
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. Fourth of J uly Queen
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“iteiatte. pee 28 Yeas” * Bidloved by
Federal Forest Service
Sponsored By
Grass: Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club
Many Old-Time Events Are To Be
Reproduced At Celebration June 27
June 27 at 10 a.m, is parade time for the Comstock Lode Assay
Centennial. Among the many ou-of-town organizations particippating are The Horseless Carriage Club of Nevada, the Shipmates
of Lodi. the Shriners’ Mounted Patrol and their “Lion’s Head (an
authentic Chinese paper dragon). the Northern California Horseless Carriage Club. Oakland Naval Air Station Drill Team. Fruitvale Native Daughters Junior Drill Team, and many others.
Laurel Parlor No. 6 will’ conduct a “Country Store” in Deer
Creek Inn. The Society of Early Recorded Music will have a display of early music players. The Commercial-Main Street Association will sponsor an art show. Donald C. Biggs, director of the California Historical Society will dedicate a plaque commemorating the
assay of the Comstock Lode ote samples by James J. Ott 100 years
ago, The Nevada Silver Centennial Photography Show is being
brought intact, Several street dances are planned for the weekend,
including a sa@liare dance at 7 p.m. and the Near-and-Far. Folk
Dance group does: exhibition dancing, The Assay Theater will pre‘sent a new version of “A Physician iri ‘Spite of Himself’ at 8:30
p.m. and Frank’ Gallino is preparing an incomparable barbecue.
Organizations that have not yet returned their entry blanks
for the parade are asked to do so as soon as possible, Also. individuals and firms who ‘wish. to enter the parade are asked to notify
the Commercial-Main Street Association, P. O. Box 686, Nevada
City, California; ag soon as they can. Except for antique cars, vehicles .
are not permitted and all entries should be of an historical nature.
10:00 a.m, to 12.00—Parade down Broad Street and up ComStreet, —
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.—Barbecue in park next to rani Broad
‘and Union Streets. :
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.—LModel ‘Airpl
Park.
2:00 p.m. of Se Several nouts-iNetr-and-Pey Folk Dance
Group of Reno. Commercial and Pine Streets.
3:00 vod —— by Donald C. Biggs, director
Historical Society. at the Assay Office, Dr.
mela a ‘Spada Nevada historian, guest of honor. _
can 2c AURA coals i the Ama Cities
4:00 pail bed fighs at the Plaza. N.C.F.D. challenges
20200 Cer Minas Vasey Show Commercial
and Pine,
. Plights and Race. Pioneer
BROOK. LITTLE YORK. CHEROKEE. MOONEY
. HUMBUG, RELIEF HILL. WASHINGTON, BLUE Tf
Gc D PARK. WOLP, CHAIBIMAS MILL’ Libemen! en BAI
HILL, NORTH COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA HILL, BRANDY
FLAT, REMINGTON HILL. ANTHONY HOUSE, *
$3.00 Per Year—Single Ce Single C
. pic Games.
llan
Stale Library
Oitley, A
naween sede:
een seonsen
taebewesewen
Rain to date.. oe
Rain last year.. Aarne gue
NC. Skier To Attend Racing School
Robert Frantz, 350 Brock Road, . lected from the ranks of the curNevada City, has been accepted . rent Olympic teams and the ranks
to attend the third annual session . °f Promising young racers of both
of the International Summer Raca Pepi
: Director of the school,
ing. School for skiers June 15 to. .Gabi of St. Anton, Austria, is one
June 25, it has been announced
of the world’s top ski mentors.
by Pepi Gabl, director of the] During winter months; Gabl is
school, Frantz has been skiing
director of the ski school at Timfor the Nevada Union High School . perjine Lodge, Oregon: He has
Ski Olub.
coached two U. S. teams in world
The school has traditionally . championship competition and in
served as a training ground for} addition to being a competitor,
many top Canadian and Amerihas coached the teams of Austria,
can ski racers, Applicants are se’ Jugoslovia, and Belgium.
Bids Asked To
Widen Route 38.
The Division of Highways has
ealled for bids on a project to
widén and surface a 1.4-mile section of roadway in Placer and
Nevada Counties on West River
Street in between Route 38 south
of Donner Creek underpass and
Route 38 in Truckee: The bids
will be opened in Sacramento on
July 22,
The project will consist of providing a new surface course over
existing county roads and replacing the existing Donner Oreek
bridge with a new structure.
A total of $50,000 is available
in the State Highway Budget to
Cameron Resolution
Would «Halt Closing
Of Tahoe Post Office
A resolution authored by Senator Ronald G. Cameron seeking
to halt proposed closing of the
Chambers Lodge post office on
Lake Tahoe has been passed by
the California Legislature.
The measure is directed to the
Post Office Department and
copies will be sent to the President and Vice President, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Postmaster General and each member of the
House and Senate from California.
The resolution points out that
the Chambers Lodge post office . accomplish the work.
on the pier where it originally
handled the mail directly from
the famous lake steamer Tahoe.
“In my opinion there can be
no valid reason for closing this
post office, which is becoming
onemanagie bagrihars elegin for the] !
view of the fact tat’ Chanibesk vada County ‘committee is still
Lodge has been chosen as the. S?™e $950 short of its goal, it
official headquarters for the. W@S announced recen tly by Mrs.
cross-country races to be staged Selma A. Strange, chairman of .
as part of the 1960 Winter Olymthe cancer committee of the nae
ner Mountain Post A
Other compelling reasons why Veterans . E Porsign Wars.
it shouln’t be closed are the facts} . Mts: Said her comthat a new subdivision with 1,000 . ittee’s desire is that the volunhomesites is opening adjacent to. tee? campaign effort will conthe post office and this historic tinue until the goal is reached.
facility also is on the site of the . Persons who have not yet had
commercial seaplane base for airant opportunity to contribute to
planes servicing the Tahoe area. this, year’s cancer crusade were
“In view of the rapid expan— by Mrs. Strange to mail
sion in the Tahoe area such pub. eit donations to the American
lic services as are provided by a Society office at Post
this post office should be~ inice Box 235, Nevada City.
creased ,not curtailed.” : She points out that funds raised
during the annual nationwide
Vandals Damage ceive, pre waned: to) SunpiEr” aunes.
of
Truckee School an eae andservice to
Damage estimated at several] ©@ncer. patients.
thousand dollars was done in the}, =Vetyone has a vital interest ae
Truckee High School during the . in cancer,” Mrs. Strange declared.
past weekend by vandals. eee that strikes one —
School officials reported the in age ur of us. ‘There Ne
vandals wrecked office machines, . time when the diagnosis
strewed and mixed records,
spilled ink, shot arrows from the
school archery sets into. ceilings
and walls of the gymnasium, destroyed movie film, upset desks
and other furniture.’ possible to
The wreckers entered the variie) life of one Patient in a
ous locked rooms with keys taken . ©" The ree
from “a desk in the principal's . . aida. merican, Ca Ay fig
office. against cancer with vast p
in research and B heir a
life of one cancer patient ev
three is . saved, .
Work Is Finished
On 2 Loadometers
The Division of Highways anmunity, rs
hounced this week that work was] gy
completed June 18 on the project
to construct two loadometer stations, one located on State Sign . .
Route 49, Nevada County, ap-. ~ __
proximately 0.6 mile west of Ne. @2nounced this week h
vada City. The other is located . ment of two men .
on State Sign Route’ 89, Sierra ors of
County, 0.5 mile west of Sierraville, The work was:done by G. Ss.
Herrifigton of Auburn at an ap-.
proximate cost of $12,7770.
‘T. M. Heather served as resi-.
dent-engineer: for the sabre of}
Highways.
ey,