March 19, 1969 (12 pages)

_ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red D French Corral, Rough _ Union Hill, Peard . “Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell. Hill, Baurbon Hill, ewtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orlea and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, lume 47 10 Cents A “NUMBER 11 Vo og, You Bet, ale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln OOPy, PERIODICALS SECTION ST. LIBRARY CAL. 95814 CAL. SACTO. Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, mfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue. Tent, In, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat Scotch Hill, North Columbia, ns Flat, Remington Hill, Anth Omega, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge . Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, ony House, Delirium Tremens, North Bloo _P liblished Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1969 wes 2 Sounding : Board “Should the. United States commit itself to $6 or $7 billion to develop the Sentinel antiballistic missile defense _ system?” ee : mS . CAROLE HE BOB GILBERG, artist: "I don't — think we needed to build missile bases, And now we've torn them down," BETTY CHANDLER, manager of Osborn-Woods, gifts: ‘We've already spent so many billions and all it has brought us is more grief. I don't have the answer about the ABM, but there must be a better way." NORMAN GRAG, metal worker: ance Bd for the likes of me see ee oS ALLAN ROGERS; ‘‘I think we should build them for defense.” WW Wicd WOW kL We te Wan ea ke kat dein 5 eee CHA asks county okay to protect landmarks -. Anxious to preserve and protect Nevada County's rich heritage of historic sites, buildings, geographic features and colorful names, the Colfax Highway Association has asked the board of supervisors to establish a Historical Landmarks Commission. Site In its statement presented Tuesday tothe supervisors, CHA pointed out some examples of ~ historical heritage tha appeared or are disappearing other buildings, together with beneath the "trampling feet of gardens that once were main‘progress'."’ tained by eight gardeners, is An excerpt from the associgradually disappearing, Some of ation's statement follows: what remains could be made into "The Bridgeport Bridge, longthe most important memorial est single span covered bridge to hard-rock gold mining in the -in the nation, if not the world, nation. Yet no move has been is deteriorating so fast that the made, to our knowledge, by any next flood on the Yuba could eapublic body to save even a part sily destroy it completely. of this largest and most famous "The Empire Mine complex of all California lode gold mines headframes, mill, offices and as a historic preserve. Just this a main high“Along all of our highways, Secondary roads, and many still identifiable old wagon trails are the remnants of scores of lesser known mines, the foundations of old coach stations and hotels and other buildings dating back to gold mining days, nearly all un-marked, nearly all torn down and ravished during recent decades by junk dealers, the elements, and modern-day prospectors who burnt up the old timbers and then panned the ashes for gold dust that had been spilled on the floor during days when it was the main medium of exchange. "Despite the fact that most of our roads, streams, valleys, hills, plateaus and other geographic features had, in mining days, names as colorful as any to be found in any section of America, few of these old names appear on signs along our roads, Such names as Humbug, Relief Hill, Gouge Eye, Sailor Flat, Bourbon Hill, Soggsville, Brandy Flat, Christmas Hill, Sweetland, Liberty Hill, Delirium Tremens, etc., still appear on a few maps, but the average tourist can stop at ten service stations or cafes without learning how to get to any one of them today." The association recommends that 50 per cent of the county's hotel-motel tax be assigned to ~the commission's use "since it is felt that tourists who come to Nevada County to study, enjoy, and photograph its historical and scenic features, to study and collect minerals, or whose hobbies lie in the field of antique collecting, victorian architecture, or art, spend time in the county as do sports enthusiasts, and leave just as much or more of their money in the country.” a a Bi 0d PETA OE Be SRM ERE He BR Ne eit se Be Ee 0 Orme 64 Ay WE Os OY eR CL OIC WG iON WE Bey iin etind, PON g NaN

_ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red D French Corral, Rough _ Union Hill, Peard . “Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell. Hill, Baurbon Hill, ewtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orlea and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, lume 47 10 Cents A “NUMBER 11 Vo og, You Bet, ale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln OOPy, PERIODICALS SECTION ST. LIBRARY CAL. 95814 CAL. SACTO. Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, mfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue. Tent, In, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat Scotch Hill, North Columbia, ns Flat, Remington Hill, Anth Omega, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge . Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, ony House, Delirium Tremens, North Bloo _P liblished Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1969 wes 2 Sounding : Board “Should the. United States commit itself to $6 or $7 billion to develop the Sentinel antiballistic missile defense _ system?” ee : mS . CAROLE HE BOB GILBERG, artist: "I don't — think we needed to build missile bases, And now we've torn them down," BETTY CHANDLER, manager of Osborn-Woods, gifts: ‘We've already spent so many billions and all it has brought us is more grief. I don't have the answer about the ABM, but there must be a better way." NORMAN GRAG, metal worker: ance Bd for the likes of me see ee oS ALLAN ROGERS; ‘‘I think we should build them for defense.” WW Wicd WOW kL We te Wan ea ke kat dein 5 eee CHA asks county okay to protect landmarks -. Anxious to preserve and protect Nevada County's rich heritage of historic sites, buildings, geographic features and colorful names, the Colfax Highway Association has asked the board of supervisors to establish a Historical Landmarks Commission. Site In its statement presented Tuesday tothe supervisors, CHA pointed out some examples of

~ historical heritage tha appeared or are disappearing other buildings, together with beneath the "trampling feet of gardens that once were main‘progress'."’ tained by eight gardeners, is An excerpt from the associgradually disappearing, Some of ation's statement follows: what remains could be made into "The Bridgeport Bridge, longthe most important memorial est single span covered bridge to hard-rock gold mining in the -in the nation, if not the world, nation. Yet no move has been is deteriorating so fast that the made, to our knowledge, by any next flood on the Yuba could eapublic body to save even a part sily destroy it completely. of this largest and most famous "The Empire Mine complex of all California lode gold mines headframes, mill, offices and as a historic preserve. Just this a main high“Along all of our highways, Secondary roads, and many still identifiable old wagon trails are the remnants of scores of lesser known mines, the foundations of old coach stations and hotels and other buildings dating back to gold mining days, nearly all un-marked, nearly all torn down and ravished during recent decades by junk dealers, the elements, and modern-day prospectors who burnt up the old timbers and then panned the ashes for gold dust that had been spilled on the floor during days when it was the main medium of exchange. "Despite the fact that most of our roads, streams, valleys, hills, plateaus and other geographic features had, in mining days, names as colorful as any to be found in any section of America, few of these old names appear on signs along our roads, Such names as Humbug, Relief Hill, Gouge Eye, Sailor Flat, Bourbon Hill, Soggsville, Brandy Flat, Christmas Hill, Sweetland, Liberty Hill, Delirium Tremens, etc., still appear on a few maps, but the average tourist can stop at ten service stations or cafes without learning how to get to any one of them today." The association recommends that 50 per cent of the county's hotel-motel tax be assigned to ~the commission's use "since it is felt that tourists who come to Nevada County to study, enjoy, and photograph its historical and scenic features, to study and collect minerals, or whose hobbies lie in the field of antique collecting, victorian architecture, or art, spend time in the county as do sports enthusiasts, and leave just as much or more of their money in the country.” a a Bi 0d PETA OE Be SRM ERE He BR Ne eit se Be Ee 0 Orme 64 Ay WE Os OY eR CL OIC WG iON WE Bey iin etind, PON g NaN