March 6, 1968 (8 pages)

<> aie ounty Nugget Wednesday, March 6, 1968 NUGGET Water, water. There is something ironical about an area that has the finest supply and quality of water yet can't afford to get it to the user in sufficient amount and without polluting it. Nevada County is in that position as the user’and Nevada Irrigation District as supplier. Whatever may be said about the causes involved, the fact remains that we have the water, the raw material. And the necessary steps should be taken to make it available both in adequate amount and quality. Too many LSDers? A congressman says there are so many people whopossess LSD that any law prohibiting it would be umenforceable. He reached that conclusion after ‘hearing testimony about the insidious drug and the estimated two million Americans who use it. With that kind of reasoning you could get any law off the books provided you could showthat a great number of people are addicted to the thing the law is trying to prohibit. Let us then have a survey to learn how many citizens are opposed to paying income tax, or are addicted to avoiding such payments. When the court runs up in the millions, let's throw that law out, arguing that so many are involved we can't imprison them. Nevada County Judge selection At a time when courts across the land seem increasingly subject to criticism from citizens concerned with the effectiveness and direction of the judicial process, California is on the threshold of a breakthrough in its manner of selecting judges which could speed the way — for gteater court reform throughout the nation. _. The proposal, aimed at taking the selection of California judges out of politics, is advancing to the legislature and the voters with the full backing of Governor Reagan, Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor, the State Bar and the Judicial Council. In brief, the plan would see prospective appointees to the bench nominated for gubernatorial consideration by statewide and regional commissions widely representative of the bench, bar and public. The merit plan, which in concept has broad support in national legal circles as well, was advocated by the Governor in his campaign despite the fact that he and his successors would give up a major source of political patronage. “Never before has a governor so willingly and unselfishly made a sacrifice of this greatest of all appointive powers, solely in the interests of improving statewide administration of justice,” says State Bar Presi-dent John H. Finger of San Francisco. The plan, which now will be considered by the legislature for submission to the voters in November, is a credit to those who have labored for so long to bring it forth. With support of the lawmakers added to that of the Governor, the bench and the bar, the people of California will soon have the opportunity to advance even further the high standards of their nationally recognized judiciary. For whom the laws? Breaking down of law and or. Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min. R. February 28 71 36 .00 February 29 69 33 .00 March 1 67 34 .00 March 2 64 34 .00 March 3 69 33 .00 March 4 68 33 .00 March 5 69 34 .00 Rainfall to date 27.85 Rainfall last year 44,71 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. R. February 27 75 40 00 February 28 76 39 -00 February 29 70 38 00 March 1 68 38 .00 March 2 65 39 00 March 3 75 38 -00 March 4 72 38 -00 March 5 70 41 -00 Rainfall to date 33.47 Rainfall last year 42.96 hEYHOLE LOS ANGELES — Forma-. tion of the new Democrats of Southern California, a group of dedicated party volunteers .who split with the liberal California Democratic Council to support LBJ and regular party forces, may mean the end of the CDC as an effective political force, observers say. WASHINGTON—While ad. ministration officials deny it, capitol insiders say that tough wage-price control executive orders and enabling legislation are fully drawn up and being held in reserve should the government decide stronger economic restraints are essential. If this is to be a government of the people under the law, then some of the people are going to have to wake up. San Francisco's Mayor Joseph L, Alioto put it right following a recent uprising in the Haight-Ashbury district when he said: "The law will be enforced, firmly and fairly. Other people have rights, too." When people who flaunt the law get hurt, they cry out that their rights are being abused and that the police use excesSive force or are brutal. der by mass demonstrators can result in nothing but chaos and anarchy. But it isn't only those who act illegally en masse that need stopping but also those chronic individual law-breakers --and every area has them-who appear to think the statutes apply to others but not to them. When these scofflaws are convicted, it's up to the courts to follow through. The police and the juries have done their work. But if the chronic criminal gets a slap on the wrist, then society, not the criminal, suffers, NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. 401 Broad Street, Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. Decree No, 12,406,Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00, 1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION It WAS SUTTER who said "I've found it." He was talking about gold, and his statement ended up as the State motto. . Thanks to Katherine Dowd for explaining that to Mulligan who had written that nobody knew what "it" was. * * * ; QUOTE—Tom Leland, city engineer, told the Grass Valley city council recently; "Our grader is fixed. Our scoop is unfixed." INTEREST IN HISTORY never wanes, it seems, and there is an historian almost any place ' you look, Although I've never had any talent for the research necessary to be a good histori. an I occasionally crack a book and purloin a bit of its contents. Purloined the following thoughts from reading the third edition of Historic Spots in California: FREEWAYS AREN'T FREE, The taxpayers build and maintain them. But in the old days there were toll roads in Nevada County owned by private individuals and companies, The county bought up the last of these about 78 years ago. There was at one time a toll road from Nevada City to Washington; another between Nevada City and Grass Valley; and a third linked Nevada City and Downieville. IN THE 200 BLOCK OF MILL STREET there lived two of the most publicized women in California history--Lola Montez at 248 and Lotta Crabtree at 238 three doors away. Of course when Lola was in her prime Lotta was just a little girl. THAT LOLA must have been a standout. Born in Ireland in 1818 she-came to Grass Valley in 1854. She was the Countess of Landsfield, Bavaria, personal friend of George Sand, Alexander Dumas, Victor Hugo, Lamartine and Liszt. Her name was Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, alias Lola Montez. The historians said she had marked intellectual ability and almost angelic beauty. And that's saying a lot. READING ABOUT LOLA is enough to make a researcher out of anyone. Of course, as we know, historians may have a tendency-to paint the old days as more attractive than they really were. But there seems to have been one thing outstanding in those years long since past, and that was individuality. There was less of the herd tendency then than now. In this advanced period we are more sheeplike and less inclined to be ourselves. IN NEVADA CITY, for example, where there was so much gold mining going on, a fellow was tearing up one of the streets in his hunt for the desirable ore, A merchant came along and asked him to stop. The miner said there was no law to stophim, So the businessman hauled out a gun and announced that as of that moment he was making such a law. Accordingtohistory, the gold seeker left that claim in a hurry. * * * BACK TO THE FREEWAYS. The historian wrote: "Nevada City remained a storybook town Mac’s mulligan . until the 1960's, when construction of a freeway shattered much of its original charm. Still, in those parts of the city removed from the bustle of traffic, there may be found picturesque relics vividly recalling its historic past.'’ One of the buildings noted by the writer was "a gabled structure of substantial brick at Clay and Prospect streets. . known as The Castle." AND THE NATIONAL HOTEL which the historian describes as "a balconied brick structure with iron shutters" which remains "much-as it was in the 1850's and is still one of the gold country's outstanding hostelries." * * O&K POLITICS 1968, Every four years we. Americans go through a national political campaign and select a president. But before we get around to the voting we have to read about, listen to, and watch the goings on. Such as Romney's dropping out of the contest, Reagan's standing in the wings waiting for the crowd to clap him on, and Rockefeller's declaring himself willing after earlier declaring he wasn't interested, The Three R's down to two now. Of course there's Richard (another R?) Nixon, the only one of the big ones left who has made no bones about wanting the job. * * & EVERY GENERATION has its share of those who fear that the younger generation is lost or about to get lost or never will amount to anything. Main reason for this is that youngsters, especially when they get to their teens, have a tendency to look on the older folks as a bit on the doodler type, never getting the big things done. The kids are on the threshold and some of them will do the big things. Most of them won't. Most of them will grow up to be good solid parents and citizens, and the teen-agers will consider them a bit on the doodler type, never getting the big things done. Despite all of the gloomy : predictions nowadays, it is pleasantly surprising to find that there are so many good kids. In fact most of them fall in that category so far as I'm concerned. a * * * FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR there has been a decline of divorces in Nevada, How about that? And there was an increase in the number of marriages there during 1967, In Las Vegas there were 5,046 divorces and 42,341 marriages, In Reno, 3,695 mar. riages ended and 28,378 commenced, Looks like old Dan Cupid still gets around. * * * AND IN NEVADA some people reportedly are worried that Howard Hughes may become a political power. Hughes has bought more than $100 million worth of property of various kinds, But some Nevadans, far from fearing any political move, see Hughes' activities as the greatest things ever occuring in that exciting and unusual state. -

<> aie ounty Nugget Wednesday, March 6, 1968 NUGGET Water, water. There is something ironical about an area that has the finest supply and quality of water yet can't afford to get it to the user in sufficient amount and without polluting it. Nevada County is in that position as the user’and Nevada Irrigation District as supplier. Whatever may be said about the causes involved, the fact remains that we have the water, the raw material. And the necessary steps should be taken to make it available both in adequate amount and quality. Too many LSDers? A congressman says there are so many people whopossess LSD that any law prohibiting it would be umenforceable. He reached that conclusion after ‘hearing testimony about the insidious drug and the estimated two million Americans who use it. With that kind of reasoning you could get any law off the books provided you could showthat a great number of people are addicted to the thing the law is trying to prohibit. Let us then have a survey to learn how many citizens are opposed to paying income tax, or are addicted to avoiding such payments. When the court runs up in the millions, let's throw that law out, arguing that so many are involved we can't imprison them. Nevada County Judge selection At a time when courts across the land seem increasingly subject to criticism from citizens concerned with the effectiveness and direction of the judicial process, California is on the threshold of a breakthrough in its manner of selecting judges which could speed the way — for gteater court reform throughout the nation. _. The proposal, aimed at taking the selection of California judges out of politics, is advancing to the legislature and the voters with the full backing of Governor Reagan, Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor, the State Bar and the Judicial Council. In brief, the plan would see prospective appointees to the bench nominated for gubernatorial consideration by statewide and regional commissions widely representative of the bench, bar and public. The merit plan, which in concept has broad support in national legal circles as well, was advocated by the Governor in his campaign despite the fact that he and his successors would give up a major source of political patronage. “Never before has a governor so willingly and unselfishly made a sacrifice of this greatest of all appointive powers, solely in the interests of improving statewide administration of justice,” says State Bar Presi-dent John H. Finger of San Francisco. The plan, which now will be considered by the legislature for submission to the voters in November, is a credit to those who have labored for so long to bring it forth. With support of the lawmakers added to that of the Governor, the bench and the bar, the people of California will soon have the opportunity to advance even further the high standards of their nationally recognized judiciary. For whom the laws? Breaking down of law and or. Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min. R. February 28 71 36 .00 February 29 69 33 .00 March 1 67 34 .00 March 2 64 34 .00 March 3 69 33 .00 March 4 68 33 .00 March 5 69 34 .00 Rainfall to date 27.85 Rainfall last year 44,71 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. R. February 27 75 40 00 February 28 76 39 -00 February 29 70 38 00 March 1 68 38 .00 March 2 65 39 00 March 3 75 38 -00 March 4 72 38 -00 March 5 70 41 -00 Rainfall to date 33.47 Rainfall last year 42.96 hEYHOLE LOS ANGELES — Forma-. tion of the new Democrats of Southern California, a group of dedicated party volunteers .who split with the liberal California Democratic Council to support LBJ and regular party forces, may mean the end of the CDC as an effective political force, observers say. WASHINGTON—While ad. ministration officials deny it, capitol insiders say that tough wage-price control executive orders and enabling legislation are fully drawn up and being held in reserve should the government decide stronger economic restraints are essential. If this is to be a government of the people under the law, then some of the people are going to have to wake up. San Francisco's Mayor Joseph L, Alioto put it right following a recent uprising in the Haight-Ashbury district when he said: "The law will be enforced, firmly and fairly. Other people have rights, too." When people who flaunt the law get hurt, they cry out that their rights are being abused and that the police use excesSive force or are brutal. der by mass demonstrators can result in nothing but chaos and anarchy. But it isn't only those who act illegally en masse that need stopping but also those chronic individual law-breakers --and every area has them-who appear to think the statutes apply to others but not to them. When these scofflaws are convicted, it's up to the courts to follow through. The police and the juries have done their work. But if the chronic criminal gets a slap on the wrist, then society, not the criminal, suffers, NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. 401 Broad Street, Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. Decree No, 12,406,Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00, 1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION It WAS SUTTER who said "I've found it." He was talking about gold, and his statement ended up as the State motto. . Thanks to Katherine Dowd for

explaining that to Mulligan who had written that nobody knew what "it" was. * * * ; QUOTE—Tom Leland, city engineer, told the Grass Valley city council recently; "Our grader is fixed. Our scoop is unfixed." INTEREST IN HISTORY never wanes, it seems, and there is an historian almost any place ' you look, Although I've never had any talent for the research necessary to be a good histori. an I occasionally crack a book and purloin a bit of its contents. Purloined the following thoughts from reading the third edition of Historic Spots in California: FREEWAYS AREN'T FREE, The taxpayers build and maintain them. But in the old days there were toll roads in Nevada County owned by private individuals and companies, The county bought up the last of these about 78 years ago. There was at one time a toll road from Nevada City to Washington; another between Nevada City and Grass Valley; and a third linked Nevada City and Downieville. IN THE 200 BLOCK OF MILL STREET there lived two of the most publicized women in California history--Lola Montez at 248 and Lotta Crabtree at 238 three doors away. Of course when Lola was in her prime Lotta was just a little girl. THAT LOLA must have been a standout. Born in Ireland in 1818 she-came to Grass Valley in 1854. She was the Countess of Landsfield, Bavaria, personal friend of George Sand, Alexander Dumas, Victor Hugo, Lamartine and Liszt. Her name was Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, alias Lola Montez. The historians said she had marked intellectual ability and almost angelic beauty. And that's saying a lot. READING ABOUT LOLA is enough to make a researcher out of anyone. Of course, as we know, historians may have a tendency-to paint the old days as more attractive than they really were. But there seems to have been one thing outstanding in those years long since past, and that was individuality. There was less of the herd tendency then than now. In this advanced period we are more sheeplike and less inclined to be ourselves. IN NEVADA CITY, for example, where there was so much gold mining going on, a fellow was tearing up one of the streets in his hunt for the desirable ore, A merchant came along and asked him to stop. The miner said there was no law to stophim, So the businessman hauled out a gun and announced that as of that moment he was making such a law. Accordingtohistory, the gold seeker left that claim in a hurry. * * * BACK TO THE FREEWAYS. The historian wrote: "Nevada City remained a storybook town Mac’s mulligan . until the 1960's, when construction of a freeway shattered much of its original charm. Still, in those parts of the city removed from the bustle of traffic, there may be found picturesque relics vividly recalling its historic past.'’ One of the buildings noted by the writer was "a gabled structure of substantial brick at Clay and Prospect streets. . known as The Castle." AND THE NATIONAL HOTEL which the historian describes as "a balconied brick structure with iron shutters" which remains "much-as it was in the 1850's and is still one of the gold country's outstanding hostelries." * * O&K POLITICS 1968, Every four years we. Americans go through a national political campaign and select a president. But before we get around to the voting we have to read about, listen to, and watch the goings on. Such as Romney's dropping out of the contest, Reagan's standing in the wings waiting for the crowd to clap him on, and Rockefeller's declaring himself willing after earlier declaring he wasn't interested, The Three R's down to two now. Of course there's Richard (another R?) Nixon, the only one of the big ones left who has made no bones about wanting the job. * * & EVERY GENERATION has its share of those who fear that the younger generation is lost or about to get lost or never will amount to anything. Main reason for this is that youngsters, especially when they get to their teens, have a tendency to look on the older folks as a bit on the doodler type, never getting the big things done. The kids are on the threshold and some of them will do the big things. Most of them won't. Most of them will grow up to be good solid parents and citizens, and the teen-agers will consider them a bit on the doodler type, never getting the big things done. Despite all of the gloomy : predictions nowadays, it is pleasantly surprising to find that there are so many good kids. In fact most of them fall in that category so far as I'm concerned. a * * * FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR there has been a decline of divorces in Nevada, How about that? And there was an increase in the number of marriages there during 1967, In Las Vegas there were 5,046 divorces and 42,341 marriages, In Reno, 3,695 mar. riages ended and 28,378 commenced, Looks like old Dan Cupid still gets around. * * * AND IN NEVADA some people reportedly are worried that Howard Hughes may become a political power. Hughes has bought more than $100 million worth of property of various kinds, But some Nevadans, far from fearing any political move, see Hughes' activities as the greatest things ever occuring in that exciting and unusual state. -