March 3, 1960 (6 pages)

ree J BEN a a ‘Saturday night, officers reported, addition to the sawed-off shot‘Mr, and Mrs. Felix Cassidy, early governmental! expenditures and economies. necessary to create jobs expanding population,” deecle the chamber’s statewide tax committee chairman, J. Robert White, in analyzing a six-point economy and tax-reduction resolution that was passed by the State Chamber board. The six points listed by the chamber in urging tax reductions ES eee 1, Use of the multi-million dollar state surplus to decrease taxes rather than for increased spending. . 2. Reduction of tax rates on both individuals and businesses to a point where California will compare ee with other states. ee Resumption by the Legislature of its responsibility for annually appropriating all expenditures other than those’ fixed by the Constitution. 4. A comprehensive examination of state spending and effectiveness in management to obtain maximum efficiency and economy. 5. Financing of capital outlays by a combination of bonds and pay-as-you-go rather than use of} surpluses. 6. Legislation to bring. about a workable lien or recovery. provision in public assistance hy: At Tahoe Names Cop Slayer Prison fugitive James Kendrick, 29, identified by a recent companion as the slayer of a highway patrolman, is sought in the Lake Tahoe area by officers who have been warned he may be carrying a concealed sawedoff shotgun. Kendrick, who escaped December 7 from San Quentin, was named by Arnold Ray Reese, 24, as the man who shot and killed Patrolman Richard Duvall near Victorville, San Bernardino County. Reese was arrested in a motel cabin at Stateline by a posse which thought it was closing in on Kendrick. Seized with Reese in the cabin was blond Sherilyn Jeanette Young, 21. Sheriff Ernest Carlson of El Dorado County said she is the wife of the manager of a market in San Bernardino, where Reese and Kendrick are accused of committing a holdup. Kendrick is believed to have been in the Tahoe area as late as and it is suspected he may have a. .32 caliber automatic pistol in gun which San Bernardino -authorities said he has been known oe ee ee coat. Former Teacher In Grass Valley Dies Mrs. Eugene Maroney, 79, a native of GrassValley and a teacher at the Grant Elementary School for many years, died in} San Francisco last Sunday night. Mrs. Maroney was the former Nell Cassidy, daughter of the late day settlers of Grass Valley. She was born. in the family home at the Cassidy Mine near the Empire Mine. She attended local ‘schools and later San Jose State . b Teachers College. ea survived by her husband, . The California "State Chamber of Commerce urges immediate tax reductions and a review of state to bring about increased etticiency all the factors involved and these ‘Fresno, president pro tempore of six polists are cncahany: “considWhite: said. each year,” White said.new business we must have a tax situation that compares favorably with the states we are in competition with,” White continued, pointing out that California collects more state levied taxes than any other state in the Union, with per capita state and “a any state and combiried state and . ” local per capita @xpenditures near highest. “To be specific about this, Cali(Continued on Page 6) Fair Association To Meet At Nevada Co. Grounds _ The Mother Lode Area of Western Fairs Association will meet tomorrow ~ (Friday) ba Nevada Topics. for —discussion will intestant insurance, [égislation, group purchasing, and community relations Fair officials, in addition to those from the host fair, are expected from the Calaveras District Fair, Angels Camp; Mother Lode Fair, Sonora; El Dorado County Fair, Placerville; Amador County Fair; Plymouth; Mariposa County ‘Fair, Mariposa, and Auburn District Fair; Auburn. Senator Cameron To Be Honored State Senator Ronald G. Can" eron (Q-7th District) will be honored at a testimonial dinner next Monday evening, March 7, at the Home Economics Building, Auburn Faitgrounds, Farrell F. Wrenn, general chairman of the event, announced this ‘week. Wrenn. declared. the. public din‘ner is being sponsored by a group of Cameron’s friends who wish to honor the state’s freshman senator for the work he has done during his first year in office. Cameron was elected to .the Senate in April, 1959, in a special election to fill the senate seat vacated by Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, now. Second District congressman. Wrenn also announced that State Senator Hugh Burns. of the senate, will be master of ceremonies, and State Senator George Miller, Jr., of Contra To Hold Rummage The Rifle, Rod and Gun Club sale to be held April 4 and 5 on School. Membérs and friends who would like to contribute rummage are. asked to contact Fay Fowler, phone 1267W, of Marge Heffren, phone 331-J, ‘and they will arrange for pickup. Bacci Ratto Dies — in Ben Lamond ered and = fully documented,” ’*A surplus has accumulated’ in the state’s finances as the result of new taxes which the state chamber opposed over a year ago ity . on the grounds that with economies they would ‘be unnecessary and would create a surplus. We are opposed to diverting the surplus into a capital outlay pede “A tax reduction program. is indispensable if we are to en‘courage the industrial developmeat.needed ina minimum amount of $3 billion annually for the creation of. 250,000 new jobs “To encourage and stimulate local taxes the second highest of chide such items as rodeo conCosta County, will be a speaker. . Auxiliary announces a rummage} South Church Street in the build. They ing formerly occupied by Nelda’s Bance ~ PoRowing is the complete list; of gold medal winners at the 1960 Winter Olympic Games: meter speed koblikova, RusMen’s 15 kilometer cross counméter . speed 51:55.5, Speed skating, Men’s 30 kilometer cross: coun40.2. try, Sixten Jernberg; Sweden, 1:51:03.9. -Men’s 50 kilometer cross country, Kalevi Hamalainen, Finland, 22:59:06.3. i ‘Men’s 40-kilometer cross coun. ' try. relay, Finland, 2:18:45.6. Women’s 10 kilometer cross country, Maria Gusieye. Russia, 39:46.6. Women’s 15. kilometer cross country relay, Sweden, 1:04:21.4. Biathlon, Klas Lestander, Sweden, 1.33:21.6. Women’s figure skating, Carol Heiss, United States (Ozone Park. Men’s 10,000 dheter speed skating, Knut Jopatmescen, Norway, 15:46.6, Women’s downtil), Heidi Biebol, Germany, 1:37.6, so Women’s giant. sialom; Yvonne Ruegg, Switzerland, 1.39.9. Women’s slalom; Anne Heggtveit, Canada, 1:49.6. Men’s er Jean Vuarnet, New York). France, 2:06. Men’s figure sKating, David} Men’s giant — “slalom, Roger Jennins, United States (Coloradd. Staub, Sw id, 1:48.3. Springs, Colo.). 7 Men's s “Hinterseer, Pairs figure skating, Barbara. Austria, 2.08. Wagner and Robert Paul, Canada. Nordic George Tho‘Women’s 500 meter speed skat-. ma, Germany, 487.952 points. ing, Helga Haase, Germany, 45.9. Special 80 metér ski jump, HelWomen’s 1,000 meter speed . skating, Kiara Gusava, — 1:34.1. ‘. with $87,000 raised through a O:fey, Allan . Nevada County School Will Seek Se Tax Boost An override tax boost of 50 cents per $100 assessed valuation will be sought March 22 in an election to be held by the Ready Springs Union Elementary School District. The boost would increase the tax beyond the state legal limit of 80 cents to $1.30. The -additional money, if the measure is approved by the district’s 650 registered voters, ‘would amount to only about $3,500 a year. It is sorely needed, said John Oakie, board president, to defray the recent boost in salaries of the school’s three teachers and the rising costs of building and equipment maintenance. Voting will be in the school plant, built three years ago in Penn Valley, west of Grass Valley. The district was formed six years ago from the old Iidian Springs and Rough and Ready districts. The school was built bond and state loan election. Russia, gold 7 silver 5, bronze 9; Germany 4 3 1; Norway, 3 3 6; United States, 3 4 3; Sweden; 3 See nee ik Switzerland, 2.0 0 ed as a result of the tie in the Slated At Squaw silver medal was amitted.) Proposals to develop several ‘Grass V. alley Firm Buys USFS Timber millions dollars worth of summer winter recreational] facilities in ‘The Yuba River Lumber Company. of Grass Valley was high and around Squaw Valley, Placer County, were outlined by bidder in one of the most spirited timber auctions held in Nevada Henry Branagh, superintendent of theTahoe National Forest. City in years. The company bid a final figure of $186,362 for 6,780,000 board feet of burned timber in Tahoe Na-. Branagh said in a report issued tional Forest. The bidding started . °® the eve of the closing of the at 2 p.m. and went on for three. 1960 Winter Olympic Games in hours. The timber involved was. Squaw Valley some of the proin the Camptonville burn just}Jects are scheduled to start imbefore Christmas, 1959, mediately. Six companies submitted sealed} “For example,” he said Saturbids, the highest of which wasj. day, “within the next year a spe$88,139 by the Yuba River Lum-j. cial use permittee plans to start ber Company. The oral bidding . construction of lodge and ski lift facilities on his own and national forest land on the south side of Squaw Valley at the lower end. started at this figure. The forest officials had set a “Two chair lifts will be built, which will run from the valley minimum price of $83,794 floor to two nolis on the ridge National 4-H Club _ Celebrates 4-H Week east of Papoose Peak, In addition, complete lodge facilities to accomMarch § to 12 is National 4-H Club Week. Citizens of Nevada! jodate. about 400 persons will be situated on private land.” County can learn more about the 4-H youth of the community during that time. Three hundred young people in the county will join in observing Natiorial 4-H Club Week. There will be many window =_— put up developers. He said another new winter and summer recreation:-area costing about $1,250,000 is planned -. for the upper Bear Creek Basin south of Squaw Valley. py ron tt hig Ho scheduled to be commenced in 18 months by the Alpine Meadows “third development, a $4,000,000 project on Ward Creek south of Squaw Valley, Branagh said, is expected to include a lodge, ski lifts, tennis courts, a swimming pool and a golf course. . About half of the land for this project, he stated, is aa eanton est acreage. ‘ ‘Branagh Sit ani ng pete Ww oe : ‘will have its 18th birthday anniBranagh did not identify the dinner, also in the Pagoda. Will Run For Council This project, he reperied, is} ‘and = Jack . Brickell. pe omar camping, mee a j cs alehesamd pep ede ashi theft. There are 65 pupils from the first through the sixth grades. The district has acquired some acreage recently through the sale of land at Beale Air Force Base, but this will add only about $750 to $800 a year in taxes. ‘. Western Mining Council Sets Parley “The Western Mining Council versary celebration next Sunday in the Memorial Hall at Paradise, Butte County, with speakers dis. cussing mining and its problems and. legislation advocated by the council. Speakers will include Frank W .Embree, Chico, Butte County, of the State Division of Forestry; J. P. Hall, Santa Cruz, ex-president of the council; Ed Chaplin, Paradise, president of the Butte County Skin Diving Club; Ed Hurley, Paradise; W. J. Kennedy, Garberville, Humboldt County; J. J. Kent, Weaverville, Trinity. County, and other members of the execufive committee. Myron Franklin, president of the Butte County chapter of the council, who will be master of c@remonies; said the ‘affair will be open to the public. Allen Hurst of Oroville, Butte County, president of the executive committee, will discuss The Prudent Man. State President A. A. Randolph of Marysville, Yuba County, also will speak. The executive committee will meet at 3 p.m. in the Pagoda, after which thye will attend a Franklin said more than 150 mining people, are expected to attend the Sunday meeting. Nevada City Teacher Ben Barry, Nevada City school teacher, filed as a candidate for the city. council. So far, he is the only person to file for the April 12th city election in which three seats will be filled. The councilmen involved are Bruce McKenzie, John Graham -MeKenzie said he will not seek reelection. David Ross Richmond and Westhe} ley O. Walters, both 18, of Grass Valley have been sentenced to HEL Sie Wattmaroe BLUE TENT, p AHI WOLF. CHRISTMAS HILL. LIBERTY HILL. SAILOR FLAT. BEL. NORTH COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA HILL, BRANDY FLAT. _ $3. 00 Per Year--Singie le Copies 10 Cents Britton, Sanuta Clara County, to} Israel; Richard Dodson, Kings} : County, to Panama; Roger Fox, Merced County, to Pakistan, and Julia Meisgeier, Santa Barbara . comp County, to Luxembourg. 8 For 1960, the applications of. three young men and two young} women have been forwarded to} the National 4-H Club Founda>. ibrary , o ee wads ee a cones nt eeeee The Nevada County Jail is completely inadequate to accommodate the present number of inmates and the Truckee jail is “deplorable” and “a fire trap built many yaers ago.” This is the opinion of the Nevada County County Grand Jury in its final report to Superior Judge Vernon. Stoll. The county jail was remodeled last and expanded in 1936, said the committee on jails an institutions, with a Gapacity of 24 male and three female prisoners, which frequently has been exceeded by 30 to 40 per cent. The report recommended remedial action Vas soon as possible on both jails, With priority being given the Truckee jail. The influx of population ,said the committee, will continue to tax the jail facilities until the Situation becomes critical. Two deputies were urged for the sheriff’s staff. Sheriff Wayne Brown was commended for his operation of his department and particularly for 2 Council Seats Four candidates have filed for the two oppositions of city councilman which will become vacant this year. Kenneth A. Quinn, incumbent, will ask the voters to return him to that office, while Howard Newell, ;whose-term also ‘expires . . this “spring, has: decided Grand Jury Says Jails Are “not ~-to} his work in conupltials and’ spon-, soring an ordinance ul : the operation of een boats S county waters. : *The Juvenile Home was considered to be adequate in size but not escape proof. The jury said the windows of cells should be reinforced. The report noted Nevada City j needs one more police officer so two officers can patrol agit at night. The committee considered ‘the Grass Valley Police es excellent in Operation and ; ministration but urged the council to take steps to have ‘Ge chief organize and train an effective auxiliary force for —e cies, The rented quarters. of. the Truckee district court are inadequate, the committee said, and should be replaced by a county building which could house the sheriff's office and jail. The buildings and grounds committee report also recommended the changes and additions or new structures suggested by the jails committee, and the addition of a fire escape on the courthouse to service the jail section. ~ It also noted deplorable conditions.at the county dump on Mecourtney Road. sUe The committee recommended hiring a man to supervise. dumping and prohibit garbage or dead animal being dumped in the area, It also asked the county to burn materials and bulldoze the area more often. ba seek reelection; cilman are Raymond J. McCullough, Richard G. Ballenger, and Maurice Muir. There also will be a contest fie city treasurer, Russell-J. Sweet, . who has held the office since his appointment in 1948, will seék reelection. He will be opposéd by Neil DuChien. Heretofore the office of city treasurer has paid $35 ‘4 month, but with the beginning of the new term the salary. will be $75 a month. City Clerk Robert O. Marson will have no opposition for his office. Felicia Schaps Would Go To New Zealand Felicia Schaps, Nevada County All-Star and California Diamond Star, has expressed her desire to became an international youth} exchangee. She is putting in her application to spend six months in New Zealand with various farm families. ° is open to outstanding young peoages of 21 and 30. The program people, reports Farm ~ Advisor Doug ~ Hamilton, March 5 to 12. This past year, 21 California Others who have filed for coun. Project Paet and electric power to Ebasco of some engineering services fee of 15 $29,000,000 involved in that p This program, known as IFYE, . tion of the project which Ebe will be ’ ple from the rural: areas in the] price will depend country. who are between the] sale of the revenue is a two-way exchange of young. Burney. previously this stipulation in connection} to by Ebasco, with National 4-H Club Week, . New York : IFYE program. Califronia sent . will I An engineering contract for an Bacay) proposed $40,000,000 Upper Yuba+. Bear River development project has been approved and signed by dircetors of the. Nevada Irriga: ‘tion District. : The contract is with Ebasco Services, Inc., of New York. The contract, signed Monday, February 29, represénts pletion of the planning the first step in the cons Electric Co will provide three or The contract calls per cent-of the total be concerned. The NID Board €

ree J BEN a a ‘Saturday night, officers reported, addition to the sawed-off shot‘Mr, and Mrs. Felix Cassidy, early governmental! expenditures and economies. necessary to create jobs expanding population,” deecle the chamber’s statewide tax committee chairman, J. Robert White, in analyzing a six-point economy and tax-reduction resolution that was passed by the State Chamber board. The six points listed by the chamber in urging tax reductions ES eee 1, Use of the multi-million dollar state surplus to decrease taxes rather than for increased spending. . 2. Reduction of tax rates on both individuals and businesses to a point where California will compare ee with other states. ee Resumption by the Legislature of its responsibility for annually appropriating all expenditures other than those’ fixed by the Constitution. 4. A comprehensive examination of state spending and effectiveness in management to obtain maximum efficiency and economy. 5. Financing of capital outlays by a combination of bonds and pay-as-you-go rather than use of} surpluses. 6. Legislation to bring. about a workable lien or recovery. provision in public assistance hy: At Tahoe Names Cop Slayer Prison fugitive James Kendrick, 29, identified by a recent companion as the slayer of a highway patrolman, is sought in the Lake Tahoe area by officers who have been warned he may be carrying a concealed sawedoff shotgun. Kendrick, who escaped December 7 from San Quentin, was named by Arnold Ray Reese, 24, as the man who shot and killed Patrolman Richard Duvall near Victorville, San Bernardino County. Reese was arrested in a motel cabin at Stateline by a posse which thought it was closing in on Kendrick. Seized with Reese in the cabin was blond Sherilyn Jeanette Young, 21. Sheriff Ernest Carlson of El Dorado County said she is the wife of the manager of a market in San Bernardino, where Reese and Kendrick are accused of committing a holdup. Kendrick is believed to have been in the Tahoe area as late as and it is suspected he may have a. .32 caliber automatic pistol in gun which San Bernardino -authorities said he has been known oe ee ee coat. Former Teacher In Grass Valley Dies Mrs. Eugene Maroney, 79, a native of GrassValley and a teacher at the Grant Elementary School for many years, died in} San Francisco last Sunday night. Mrs. Maroney was the former Nell Cassidy, daughter of the late day settlers of Grass Valley. She was born. in the family home at the Cassidy Mine near the Empire Mine. She attended local ‘schools and later San Jose State . b Teachers College. ea survived by her husband, . The California "State Chamber of Commerce urges immediate tax reductions and a review of state to bring about increased etticiency all the factors involved and these ‘Fresno, president pro tempore of six polists are cncahany: “considWhite: said. each year,” White said.new business we must have a tax situation that compares favorably with the states we are in competition with,” White continued, pointing out that California collects more state levied taxes than any other state in the Union, with per capita state and “a any state and combiried state and . ” local per capita @xpenditures near highest. “To be specific about this, Cali(Continued on Page 6) Fair Association To Meet At Nevada Co. Grounds _ The Mother Lode Area of Western Fairs Association will meet tomorrow ~ (Friday) ba Nevada Topics. for —discussion will intestant insurance, [égislation, group purchasing, and community relations Fair officials, in addition to those from the host fair, are expected from the Calaveras District Fair, Angels Camp; Mother Lode Fair, Sonora; El Dorado County Fair, Placerville; Amador County Fair; Plymouth; Mariposa County ‘Fair, Mariposa, and Auburn District Fair; Auburn. Senator Cameron To Be Honored State Senator Ronald G. Can" eron (Q-7th District) will be honored at a testimonial dinner next Monday evening, March 7, at the Home Economics Building, Auburn Faitgrounds, Farrell F. Wrenn, general chairman of the event, announced this ‘week. Wrenn. declared. the. public din‘ner is being sponsored by a group of Cameron’s friends who wish to honor the state’s freshman senator for the work he has done during his first year in office. Cameron was elected to .the Senate in April, 1959, in a special election to fill the senate seat vacated by Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, now. Second District congressman. Wrenn also announced that State Senator Hugh Burns. of the senate, will be master of ceremonies, and State Senator George Miller, Jr., of Contra To Hold Rummage The Rifle, Rod and Gun Club sale to be held April 4 and 5 on School. Membérs and friends who would like to contribute rummage are. asked to contact Fay Fowler, phone 1267W, of Marge Heffren, phone 331-J, ‘and they will arrange for pickup. Bacci Ratto Dies — in Ben Lamond ered and = fully documented,” ’*A surplus has accumulated’ in the state’s finances as the result of new taxes which the state chamber opposed over a year ago ity . on the grounds that with economies they would ‘be unnecessary and would create a surplus. We are opposed to diverting the surplus into a capital outlay pede “A tax reduction program. is indispensable if we are to en‘courage the industrial developmeat.needed ina minimum amount of $3 billion annually for the creation of. 250,000 new jobs “To encourage and stimulate local taxes the second highest of chide such items as rodeo conCosta County, will be a speaker. . Auxiliary announces a rummage} South Church Street in the build. They ing formerly occupied by Nelda’s Bance ~ PoRowing is the complete list; of gold medal winners at the 1960 Winter Olympic Games: meter speed koblikova, RusMen’s 15 kilometer cross counméter . speed 51:55.5, Speed skating, Men’s 30 kilometer cross: coun40.2. try, Sixten Jernberg; Sweden, 1:51:03.9. -Men’s 50 kilometer cross country, Kalevi Hamalainen, Finland, 22:59:06.3.. i ‘Men’s 40-kilometer cross coun. ' try. relay, Finland, 2:18:45.6. Women’s 10 kilometer cross country, Maria Gusieye. Russia, 39:46.6. Women’s 15. kilometer cross country relay, Sweden, 1:04:21.4. Biathlon, Klas Lestander, Sweden, 1.33:21.6. Women’s figure skating, Carol Heiss, United States (Ozone Park. Men’s 10,000 dheter speed skating, Knut Jopatmescen, Norway, 15:46.6, Women’s downtil), Heidi Biebol, Germany, 1:37.6, so Women’s giant. sialom; Yvonne Ruegg, Switzerland, 1.39.9. Women’s slalom; Anne Heggtveit, Canada, 1:49.6. Men’s er Jean Vuarnet, New York). France, 2:06. Men’s figure sKating, David} Men’s giant — “slalom, Roger Jennins, United States (Coloradd. Staub, Sw id, 1:48.3. Springs, Colo.). 7 Men's s “Hinterseer, Pairs figure skating, Barbara. Austria, 2.08. Wagner and Robert Paul, Canada. Nordic George Tho‘Women’s 500 meter speed skat-. ma, Germany, 487.952 points. ing, Helga Haase, Germany, 45.9. Special 80 metér ski jump, HelWomen’s 1,000 meter speed . skating, Kiara Gusava, — 1:34.1. ‘. with $87,000 raised through a O:fey, Allan . Nevada County School Will Seek Se Tax Boost An override tax boost of 50 cents per $100 assessed valuation will be sought March 22 in an election to be held by the Ready Springs Union Elementary School District. The boost would increase the tax beyond the state legal limit of 80 cents to $1.30. The -additional money, if the measure is approved by the district’s 650 registered voters, ‘would amount to only about $3,500 a year. It is sorely needed, said John Oakie, board president, to defray the recent boost in salaries of the school’s three teachers and the rising costs of building and equipment maintenance. Voting will be in the school plant, built three years ago in Penn Valley, west of Grass Valley. The district was formed six years ago from the old Iidian Springs and Rough and Ready districts. The school was built bond and state loan election. Russia, gold 7 silver 5, bronze 9; Germany 4 3 1; Norway, 3 3 6; United States, 3 4 3; Sweden; 3 See nee ik Switzerland, 2.0 0 ed as a result of the tie in the Slated At Squaw silver medal was amitted.) Proposals to develop several ‘Grass V. alley Firm Buys USFS Timber millions dollars worth of summer winter recreational] facilities in ‘The Yuba River Lumber Company. of Grass Valley was high and around Squaw Valley, Placer County, were outlined by bidder in one of the most spirited timber auctions held in Nevada Henry Branagh, superintendent of theTahoe National Forest. City in years. The company bid a final figure of $186,362 for 6,780,000 board feet of burned timber in Tahoe Na-. Branagh said in a report issued tional Forest. The bidding started . °® the eve of the closing of the at 2 p.m. and went on for three. 1960 Winter Olympic Games in hours. The timber involved was. Squaw Valley some of the proin the Camptonville burn just}Jects are scheduled to start imbefore Christmas, 1959, mediately. Six companies submitted sealed} “For example,” he said Saturbids, the highest of which wasj. day, “within the next year a spe$88,139 by the Yuba River Lum-j. cial use permittee plans to start ber Company. The oral bidding . construction of lodge and ski lift facilities on his own and national forest land on the south side of Squaw Valley at the lower end.

started at this figure. The forest officials had set a “Two chair lifts will be built, which will run from the valley minimum price of $83,794 floor to two nolis on the ridge National 4-H Club _ Celebrates 4-H Week east of Papoose Peak, In addition, complete lodge facilities to accomMarch § to 12 is National 4-H Club Week. Citizens of Nevada! jodate. about 400 persons will be situated on private land.” County can learn more about the 4-H youth of the community during that time. Three hundred young people in the county will join in observing Natiorial 4-H Club Week. There will be many window =_— put up developers. He said another new winter and summer recreation:-area costing about $1,250,000 is planned -. for the upper Bear Creek Basin south of Squaw Valley. py ron tt hig Ho scheduled to be commenced in 18 months by the Alpine Meadows “third development, a $4,000,000 project on Ward Creek south of Squaw Valley, Branagh said, is expected to include a lodge, ski lifts, tennis courts, a swimming pool and a golf course. . About half of the land for this project, he stated, is aa eanton est acreage. ‘ ‘Branagh Sit ani ng pete Ww oe : ‘will have its 18th birthday anniBranagh did not identify the dinner, also in the Pagoda. Will Run For Council This project, he reperied, is} ‘and = Jack . Brickell. pe omar camping, mee a j cs alehesamd pep ede ashi theft. There are 65 pupils from the first through the sixth grades. The district has acquired some acreage recently through the sale of land at Beale Air Force Base, but this will add only about $750 to $800 a year in taxes. ‘. Western Mining Council Sets Parley “The Western Mining Council versary celebration next Sunday in the Memorial Hall at Paradise, Butte County, with speakers dis. cussing mining and its problems and. legislation advocated by the council. Speakers will include Frank W .Embree, Chico, Butte County, of the State Division of Forestry; J. P. Hall, Santa Cruz, ex-president of the council; Ed Chaplin, Paradise, president of the Butte County Skin Diving Club; Ed Hurley, Paradise; W. J. Kennedy, Garberville, Humboldt County; J. J. Kent, Weaverville, Trinity. County, and other members of the execufive committee. Myron Franklin, president of the Butte County chapter of the council, who will be master of c@remonies; said the ‘affair will be open to the public. Allen Hurst of Oroville, Butte County, president of the executive committee, will discuss The Prudent Man. State President A. A. Randolph of Marysville, Yuba County, also will speak. The executive committee will meet at 3 p.m. in the Pagoda, after which thye will attend a Franklin said more than 150 mining people, are expected to attend the Sunday meeting. Nevada City Teacher Ben Barry, Nevada City school teacher, filed as a candidate for the city. council. So far, he is the only person to file for the April 12th city election in which three seats will be filled. The councilmen involved are Bruce McKenzie, John Graham -MeKenzie said he will not seek reelection. David Ross Richmond and Westhe} ley O. Walters, both 18, of Grass Valley have been sentenced to HEL Sie Wattmaroe BLUE TENT, p AHI WOLF. CHRISTMAS HILL. LIBERTY HILL. SAILOR FLAT. BEL. NORTH COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA HILL, BRANDY FLAT. _ $3. 00 Per Year--Singie le Copies 10 Cents Britton, Sanuta Clara County, to} Israel; Richard Dodson, Kings} : County, to Panama; Roger Fox, Merced County, to Pakistan, and Julia Meisgeier, Santa Barbara . comp County, to Luxembourg. 8 For 1960, the applications of. three young men and two young} women have been forwarded to} the National 4-H Club Founda>. ibrary , o ee wads ee a cones nt eeeee The Nevada County Jail is completely inadequate to accommodate the present number of inmates and the Truckee jail is “deplorable” and “a fire trap built many yaers ago.” This is the opinion of the Nevada County County Grand Jury in its final report to Superior Judge Vernon. Stoll. The county jail was remodeled last and expanded in 1936, said the committee on jails an institutions, with a Gapacity of 24 male and three female prisoners, which frequently has been exceeded by 30 to 40 per cent. The report recommended remedial action Vas soon as possible on both jails, With priority being given the Truckee jail. The influx of population ,said the committee, will continue to tax the jail facilities until the Situation becomes critical. Two deputies were urged for the sheriff’s staff. Sheriff Wayne Brown was commended for his operation of his department and particularly for 2 Council Seats Four candidates have filed for the two oppositions of city councilman which will become vacant this year. Kenneth A. Quinn, incumbent, will ask the voters to return him to that office, while Howard Newell, ;whose-term also ‘expires . . this “spring, has: decided Grand Jury Says Jails Are “not ~-to} his work in conupltials and’ spon-, soring an ordinance ul : the operation of een boats S county waters. : *The Juvenile Home was considered to be adequate in size but not escape proof. The jury said the windows of cells should be reinforced. The report noted Nevada City j needs one more police officer so two officers can patrol agit at night. The committee considered ‘the Grass Valley Police es excellent in Operation and ; ministration but urged the council to take steps to have ‘Ge chief organize and train an effective auxiliary force for —e cies, The rented quarters. of. the Truckee district court are inadequate, the committee said, and should be replaced by a county building which could house the sheriff's office and jail. The buildings and grounds committee report also recommended the changes and additions or new structures suggested by the jails committee, and the addition of a fire escape on the courthouse to service the jail section. ~ It also noted deplorable conditions.at the county dump on Mecourtney Road. sUe The committee recommended hiring a man to supervise. dumping and prohibit garbage or dead animal being dumped in the area, It also asked the county to burn materials and bulldoze the area more often. ba seek reelection; cilman are Raymond J. McCullough, Richard G. Ballenger, and Maurice Muir. There also will be a contest fie city treasurer, Russell-J. Sweet, . who has held the office since his appointment in 1948, will seék reelection. He will be opposéd by Neil DuChien. Heretofore the office of city treasurer has paid $35 ‘4 month, but with the beginning of the new term the salary. will be $75 a month. City Clerk Robert O. Marson will have no opposition for his office. Felicia Schaps Would Go To New Zealand Felicia Schaps, Nevada County All-Star and California Diamond Star, has expressed her desire to became an international youth} exchangee. She is putting in her application to spend six months in New Zealand with various farm families. ° is open to outstanding young peoages of 21 and 30. The program people, reports Farm ~ Advisor Doug ~ Hamilton, March 5 to 12. This past year, 21 California Others who have filed for coun. Project Paet and electric power to Ebasco of some engineering services fee of 15 $29,000,000 involved in that p This program, known as IFYE, . tion of the project which Ebe will be ’ ple from the rural: areas in the] price will depend country. who are between the] sale of the revenue is a two-way exchange of young. Burney. previously this stipulation in connection} to by Ebasco, with National 4-H Club Week, . New York : IFYE program. Califronia sent . will I An engineering contract for an Bacay) proposed $40,000,000 Upper Yuba+.. Bear River development project has been approved and signed by dircetors of the. Nevada Irriga: ‘tion District. : The contract is with Ebasco Services, Inc., of New York. The contract, signed Monday, February 29, represénts pletion of the planning the first step in the cons Electric Co will provide three or The contract calls per cent-of the total be concerned. The NID Board €