March 26, 1964 (28 pages)

Page 5. March 26, 1964.The Nugget.Page 5 HANDLE WITH CARE.. Forester Wes Penrose gently places a seedling:into the ground at Holden Springs. Some 80,000 seedlings are being planted onthe 194-acre site by U.S. Forest Service crews of the Nevada City District, Tahoe National Forest, The trees will need special \gare for several years until they mature, are aple to gather growth er fromtherich soil of this area. (See story page 6) A FOREST WILL GROW.. This cleared acreage at Holden Springs near North Columbia and Malakoff State Park is barren now. But this U.S. Forest Service crew is planting 80,000 seedlings to assure that ponderosa and sugar pines will be growing on the land in years to come, TAILINGS Over Fund’s Goal The first annual Bishop's Development Fund Campaign for the Diocese of Sacramento has soared over its 1964 minimum goal of $1,000,000, it was announced from campaign headquarters today. The fund drive has now reached $1,029,241, Campaign headquarters said indications are that the figure willcontinue toclimb during the two remaining weeks alloted for formal solicitation in the 87 parishes of the Diocese, Dancers Graduate Square Knots honored their graduating class Saturday night ata square dance with Robert E. Lee calling at the Nevada Union High School. Queen Is Installed Marie Williford was installed as queen of Menzaleh Temple 16, Daughters of the Nile, Saturday evening in Grass Valley. Retiring queen was Clara Mae Goulard. WASHINGTON 1859 By Hollis Bentley It was spring and the ridges and river canyons were breaking with winter'shard dominion. The oak trees on the flats along the South Yuba River were lean and rangy but the buds on the ends of each twig were red orange as the forming leaves pushed out against their protective coats. The wind was cold through the still dark canyons but a breath of it was all the miners needed to know that the hard quiet confined part of the year was over, One might still freeze to death in a spring snow storm but the fear of the endless cold and the dangers of deep winter were over. Snow clung in patches and wind blown drifts to the south canyon wall, But it was a dying thing, grown course and spotted with fallen limbs, Not till it melted and bounded down the frothing gullies did it again show the spirit of its stormy birth. Asthe land wakened so did the miners. Those who had wintered in the mountains and without back into the canyons and tributaries. The earliest had had several weeksto locate and some were showing up in town to get the rest of their equipment and supplies. Four loners who had wintered together and then split up the first sign of spring were allin town one month later. None were happy about the chance meeting at the saloon but each was curious as to the others’ luck, They put on a rowdy, boisterous reunion, prying each other for clues until each man was sure he'd thoroughly confused the others but had retained some valuable leads from them. During the winter each man had carefully guarded his own gold supply and respected the others’ privacy once it was determined there was no reason to suspect a hoarder among them. They had settled their joint supply accounts peacefully. This night they played poker to determine who was to pay for the drinks. When once they'd been sure each man's personal gold claims of their own were alreadyJanice The Masseuse Swedish Massage Penn Valley Marysville Highway Home Calls 273-8927 * LP & 45 Records honey’s record shop * School Supplies *« Greeting Cards « Magazines * Sundries *148 Mill St., G.V. BRA EERIE EAH EEE He Eee eH ed Prot Et 80,000 Seedlings Planted stake was small now they were equally sure each man's ype was great, As the game progressed and each man played the same kind of game he'd played all winter and nothing really exciting developed, suspicion began to center on Thomas Diggs. Diggs had been quieter than the others and when he replied to direct questions or he was required to answer in turn he used words someone else had used before him or agreed with another's remarks. It took most of the evening for the others to realize this, Then eachinhis own mind began to go over everything he knew about Thomas Diggs. He'd been seen on Canyon Creek last season in several different places and yet all winter he avoided talking about an area he must have known well. Avoided, not just neglected, they decided. The poker game began‘to change. Tom Diggs was winning more often. His beer glass was always full and his com panions favored him with careless mistakes and friendly grins. They changed their approach and Tom lost. He lost more and more heavily and his apparent unconcern over the amount he was losing quickened the others." interest. Unsteady from the beer he answered theirpointed questions with a guardedness that faultered and left meagre clues that lit up the eyes of his interrogators. He stopped drinking beer. The others noticed his new wariness and became more nonchalant and then laughed sympathetically as their friend wearily rested his head on his folded arms and slept onthe table. They played around him, no longer as one but as three separate planning individuals. The bartender refilled Tom's glass as they'd requested and stooped towaken him but the friends interferred wanting Springtime On The South Yuba Tom to sleep and time to think. An hour later they shook Tom jovially. They were ready for the serious inquisition. Tom Diggs wouldn't wake. He couldn't be wakened. He was dead. Quietly and without raising suspicion, he had died, carrying with him knowledge of a vein that later brought wealth to many individuals. Cheaper To Pay Welfare Supervisors last week determinedthat it was cheaper at this time to pay welfare applicants under the Aid to Parents of Dependent Children programthan it w ould be to set up a work program. Six applicants are receiving an average of $164 per month under the program. KEEP that throw reg or small carpet from slipping and sliding! WEHAVEA NON-SKID MATTING THAT WILL PREVENT THIS! 30” wide @ 37¢ lin. ft. or $1.10 lin. yd. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT RE-MODELING WORK, LET US HELP YOU WITH YOUR SELECTION OF LINOLEUM, TILE OR CARPETING, FREE ESTIMATES e LICENSED CONTRACTOR Jim Heather FLOOR COVERING 233 Mill St., Grass Valley Phone 273-6028 SERVED 12 NOON TO 10 PM ROAST LEG of LAMB..mint seuy BAKED SOUTHERN HAM. rsa yams Choice NEW YORK CUT STEAKS TED’S FIRESIDE HWY 49, AUBURN..ph. 885-2675 SOUTH of GRASS VALLEY at BEAR RIVER BRIDGE eS ie Sse .

Page 5.. March 26, 1964..The Nugget..Page 5 HANDLE WITH CARE... Forester Wes Penrose gently places a seedling:into the ground at Holden Springs. Some 80,000 seedlings are being planted onthe 194-acre site by U.S. Forest Service crews of the Nevada City District, Tahoe National Forest, The trees will need special \gare for several years until they mature, are aple to gather growth er fromtherich soil of this area. (See story page 6) A FOREST WILL GROW... This cleared acreage at Holden Springs near North Columbia and Malakoff State Park is barren now. But this U.S. Forest Service crew is planting 80,000 seedlings to assure that ponderosa and sugar pines will be growing on the land in years to come, TAILINGS Over Fund’s Goal The first annual Bishop's Development Fund Campaign for the Diocese of Sacramento has soared over its 1964 minimum goal of $1,000,000, it was announced from campaign headquarters today. The fund drive has now reached $1,029,241, Campaign headquarters said indications are that the figure willcontinue toclimb during the two remaining weeks alloted for formal solicitation in the 87 parishes of the Diocese, Dancers Graduate Square Knots honored their graduating class Saturday night ata square dance with Robert E. Lee calling at the Nevada Union High School. Queen Is Installed Marie Williford was installed as queen of Menzaleh Temple 16, Daughters of the Nile, Saturday evening in Grass Valley. Retiring queen was Clara Mae Goulard. WASHINGTON 1859 By Hollis Bentley It was spring and the ridges and river canyons were breaking with winter'shard dominion. The oak trees on the flats along the South Yuba River were lean and rangy but the buds on the ends of each twig were red orange as the forming leaves pushed out against their protective coats. The wind was cold through the still dark canyons but a breath of it was all the miners needed to know that the hard quiet confined part of the year was over, One might still freeze to death in a spring snow storm but the fear of the endless cold and the dangers of deep winter were over. Snow clung in patches and wind blown drifts to the south canyon wall, But it was a dying thing, grown course and spotted with fallen limbs, Not till it melted and bounded down the frothing gullies did it again show the spirit of its stormy birth. Asthe land wakened so did the miners. Those who had wintered in the mountains and without back into the canyons and tributaries. The earliest had had several weeksto locate and some were showing up in town to get the rest of their equipment and supplies. Four loners who had wintered together and then split up the first sign of spring were allin town one month later. None were happy about the chance meeting at the saloon but each was curious as to the others’ luck, They put on a rowdy, boisterous reunion, prying each other for clues until each man was sure he'd thoroughly confused the others but had retained some valuable leads from them. During the winter each man had carefully guarded his own gold supply and respected the others’ privacy once it was determined there was no reason to suspect a hoarder among them. They had settled their joint supply accounts peacefully. This night they played poker to determine who was to pay for the drinks. When once they'd been sure each man's personal gold claims of their own were alreadyJanice The Masseuse Swedish Massage Penn Valley Marysville Highway

Home Calls 273-8927 * LP & 45 Records honey’s record shop * School Supplies *« Greeting Cards « Magazines * Sundries *148 Mill St., G.V. BRA EERIE EAH EEE He Eee eH ed Prot Et 80,000 Seedlings Planted stake was small now they were equally sure each man's ype was great, As the game progressed and each man played the same kind of game he'd played all winter and nothing really exciting developed, suspicion began to center on Thomas Diggs. Diggs had been quieter than the others and when he replied to direct questions or he was required to answer in turn he used words someone else had used before him or agreed with another's remarks. It took most of the evening for the others to realize this, Then eachinhis own mind began to go over everything he knew about Thomas Diggs. He'd been seen on Canyon Creek last season in several different places and yet all winter he avoided talking about an area he must have known well. Avoided, not just neglected, they decided. The poker game began‘to change. Tom Diggs was winning more often. His beer glass was always full and his com panions favored him with careless mistakes and friendly grins. They changed their approach and Tom lost. He lost more and more heavily and his apparent unconcern over the amount he was losing quickened the others." interest. Unsteady from the beer he answered theirpointed questions with a guardedness that faultered and left meagre clues that lit up the eyes of his interrogators. He stopped drinking beer. The others noticed his new wariness and became more nonchalant and then laughed sympathetically as their friend wearily rested his head on his folded arms and slept onthe table. They played around him, no longer as one but as three separate planning individuals. The bartender refilled Tom's glass as they'd requested and stooped towaken him but the friends interferred wanting Springtime On The South Yuba Tom to sleep and time to think. An hour later they shook Tom jovially. They were ready for the serious inquisition. Tom Diggs wouldn't wake. He couldn't be wakened. He was dead. Quietly and without raising suspicion, he had died, carrying with him knowledge of a vein that later brought wealth to many individuals. Cheaper To Pay Welfare Supervisors last week determinedthat it was cheaper at this time to pay welfare applicants under the Aid to Parents of Dependent Children programthan it w ould be to set up a work program. Six applicants are receiving an average of $164 per month under the program. KEEP that throw reg or small carpet from slipping and sliding! WEHAVEA NON-SKID MATTING THAT WILL PREVENT THIS! 30” wide @ 37¢ lin. ft. or $1.10 lin. yd. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT RE-MODELING WORK, LET US HELP YOU WITH YOUR SELECTION OF LINOLEUM, TILE OR CARPETING, FREE ESTIMATES e LICENSED CONTRACTOR Jim Heather FLOOR COVERING 233 Mill St., Grass Valley Phone 273-6028 SERVED 12 NOON TO 10 PM ROAST LEG of LAMB...mint seuy BAKED SOUTHERN HAM.. rsa yams Choice NEW YORK CUT STEAKS TED’S FIRESIDE HWY 49, AUBURN...ph. 885-2675 SOUTH of GRASS VALLEY at BEAR RIVER BRIDGE eS ie Sse .