March 6, 1974 (8 pages)

eS a DS epigteeeadyh inte raaereetapa ates een TE Ea NS = eae asin: NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Se papa PT eRe wine nie Mate 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., March 6,1974. amptonville News} CAMPTONVILLE, Feb. 25. Robert L. Pense is recovering’ from an injury received while at work at the Feather River Postmaster Leland K. Pauly spent Thursday in Marysville attending a Postmasters School of Instruction. Master David Gore injured his ‘head last week in a fall at his home; medical attention was given at the Sierra-Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley. Judge Acton .M. Cleveland went to Live Oak Thursday to attend the monthly meeting of the Yuba-Sutter . Law Enforcement Administrators Council. Sheriff Gary Miller of Marysville was in town Friday on business. County appoints new mental health director Dr. Norbert J. McNamara has been ‘appointed director of ‘mental’ health services and of drug abuse and alcoholic programs for the county. ‘ Supervisors Tuesday appointed Dr. McNamara to succeed Dr. Dan Palmer, who has served as director of mental health and drug abuse since the _ county contracted with Sierra View to handle the mental health program here. The position of director of the alcoholic program was established Tuesday. Dr. Palmer will continue with Sierra View on a part time basis and will continue to handle the bulk of the work in this county. Sierra View, with headquarters in Auburn, serves Nevada and three other northern California counties. The board also approved establishment of an Alcoholic Advisory Board. Hopefully the board will be the same personnel as the present Drug Abuse Technical Committee. It probably will be necessary to augment. this committee because, by law, three exalcoholics must be on the Dr, McNamara came_ to Sierra View from Santa Barbara county, where he was_ local director of mental health services from 1969 to August of last 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. ot REISS Telephone 265-2559 . PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00\ Two Years. $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER ¥ PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION year. He received his medical degree from the University of Oregon Medical School. He completed internship at the Public Health Service Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. He has held other psychiatric positions including in the San Mateo and Marin county programs. Nevada county, according to Dr. McNamara, has_ the distinction of being the last county in California to implement a mental health . This could be good in that it has not become tied to tradition—and bad in that it was tardy in getting to the money soon enough, according to the doctor. : Dale Rinard, Sierra View regional-administrator, introduced Dr. McNamara. He suggested that, according to the professional services contract signed between Kings View (parent of Sierra View) and the county, that supervisors .approve recruitment of Dr. McNamara to succeed Dr. Palmer. ; Rinard also discussed an Alcohol Rehabilitation. program for the county. There is new~ state money ($11,000) available through legislation which became effective Jan. 1. This availability is for 18 months. To participate the county must match state funds on a 10-90 per . cent basis. And also it must have an alcoholic director and an advisory board within whose membership are three people who have been treated for alcoholism. Supervisor Tom Turner questioned the need for the program here. Jack Love, drug and alcohol abuse coordinator for Sierra View, answered some of ‘ Turner’s questions. — Another spokesman for Sierra ‘View reported that representatives of law enforcement and school departments have determined that alcohol is a major problem in this county. Turner delved into ‘‘presentence investigation” which had been discussed. In answer to the supervisor’s question if ‘Sierra View has _ sought cooperation of the Nevada Justice Court judge Love said it has; and that the judge has “sentenced” .some to Sierra View. Love also said that Sierra View cooperates closely with AA, which was the only resource in this area until recently. Rough and Ready News By Fay Dunbar People who live in glass houses, my mother TRIED to teach me, should never throw stones. Last week in this column I commented on thesupervisor who thinks “he knows best”’ for us — always. I commented in a very derogatory way about his ability to always ‘‘put his foot in his mouth.” Well I'did a much better job of that than he usually does. I wouldn’t change one word of my criticism of his ideas about mass transportation in our county but there was a word in my comment that was most misleading. I think of all supervisors as our supervisors. When I mean only District Four Supervisor I say District Four’ Supervisor. Just a. personal peculiarity I find. Most people who called thought I was referring to our District Four Supervisor Larry Filer. Larry may have his shortcomings, as all human beings have, but thinking he is smart enough to run the whole county is not one of them. I refer you to the article in The Union of February 20, 1974 for identification of the supervisor who does feel he always knows best. What-made me sizzle was “He claimed no matter how well intentioned ‘citizens can only go so far’ ’’. He referred to their formulation of the general plan with great disdain. Previously I have always thought of supervisors as citizens. Seems we have some kind of superior being right here in Nevada county. I just blew my top! Sorry about that! I still can’t change my criticism. The HE referred to in The Union article, and by me, was not Larry Filer. Just in case my peculiar punctuation is confusing let me say the entire quote ‘was from The Union. In The Union quote was the ‘citizens can only go. so far’ quote of our supervisor. R&R. Larry tells me that in 1950 there were 11 candidates for supervisor for District Four. He also says after you get as much competition as he has now you might as well feel ‘‘the more the merrier’. R&R _ With the death, a week ago, of Russell K. Abbott, Rough and Ready has lost another of its old timers. Russell was born on the old Abbott Ranch near the top of Rough and Ready. grade as it goes up the hill toward Grass Valley. He -was one of six Abbott children born and raised there. There were three brothers and three sisters. Russell attended the old Rough .and Ready School. After the sale of the home ranch he moved to-Alta Street in Grass Valley to live. He was a member of Rough and Ready Grange and served it well for several years before his illness. He is survived by his wife Marguerite G. Abbott, a very active member of Rough and Ready Grange; two sisters, Grace Davey of Grass Valley and Mary Wells of Pacifica and his brothers Lucius Abbott of Oakland and Neil Abbott of Concord. He was a retired Oakland law officer. His youth was spent in mining in the local area. He was 75 years old. He leaves one son, Russell K. Abbott of Moraga and a daughter Nadine Rossi of Napa. Funeral services were held last Monday. R&R 7 Rough and Ready’s Secession Day committee met last Thursday to begin plans for the Secession Day Celebration. Annually one day is set aside by the Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce to commemorate its boisterous youth. This year it will be June 30. There will be ano host luncheon at the Mexican Villa on April 7 to kick of the secession period. Early in 1850, angered by new Miners, taxes levied in Washington and collected by the California ‘Territorial government agency at Marysville, the mining camp of Rough and Ready decided to handle its own problems. On April 7, 1850, they seceeded from the Union, declared themselves: independent, drew up a Constitution remarkably similar to that of the U. S. Government, elected officers and proceeded to settle their ‘own problems in their own unique way. The problem that precipitated this action was that of old Joe Swiegart. Rough and Ready’s early gold was close to the surface. It was reputed to be beautiful in color and of the highest quality. Joe had a good claim and he was very popular. Rough and Ready was visited by a slicker from up Boston Ravine way in Grass Valley. This slicker bet Joe he couldn’t take $200 of gold out of the mine in a day. The camp couldn’t allow this slight to Rough and Ready’s gold. Joe, who knew his claim was a good one, was willing to gamble on it. The slicker was to get whatever he took out of the mine if it was less than $200. Arrangements were made for friends of Joes to the digging. Joe and his friends had _never heard of the gentle art of malingering. The slicker watched closely and worked slower and slower as he neared the $200 mark. He managed to not quite reach it. The citizenry were angered but helpless with the nearest law miles away. So they held a mass meeting in the same saloon where the slicker was squandering his ill gotten gains. They declared themselves the Great Republic of Rough and Ready and proceeded to run the slicker out of town. Everything was fine until they tired of governing. When the Fourth of July neared the miners wanted to join their neighboring camps in the celebration. So they declared themselves back in the Union again so that they might celebrate its independence. Celebrations were very big in those days. Col. E. F. Brundage was the leader of the Secessionists. He was elected first President of the Great Republic. Wm. G. Ross and Stephen S. Ford were its first law officers. Law andorder was the thing these early settlers needed most. History repeats itself. Many people have asked me if I believe these stories. These are historical facts set down by Thompson and West in 1880. Yes, I believe them but I wish I had known Thompson and West. Interpretations and flourishes are important parts of the written word. It would help to know the authors for better interpretations of the written stories. Some parts of the facts that are cold may be that way just because the authors were not in-~. terested in that type of thing. They poked so much fun at judges that I sometimes get annoyed. I know they were not perfect. This is probably one thing where the influence pet the author’s thinking has overcolored the facts. Maybe they knew a judge that wasn’t on the ball Anyway I feel they overplayed their facts with judges. It would be nice-to have more equally reliable sources of information , for comparison. —R&R, The energy crisis may yet prove to be a good thing for America. We Americans seem to rise to our greatest achievements under stress. Even in small things such. as the development of forests and the of waste; we have new developments. ‘Crops and Soils” of January of this year reports that two paper manufacturers, cooperating with the University of Kentucky, . have developed a method that will produce ten times as much wood for making paper as forested land in the hills. They used sycamores. er er cue ee ee ee crops. planted seedlings which reached a height of 15 to 20 feet in three to five years. These can ‘be cut again and again for at least five to 10 successive sproutings. Just like our Christmas tree businesses. R&R— In the matter of the recycling of waste the studies still: go on. There is much argument about the energy necessary for recycling. Some studies seem to prove that more is used than is saved. A conclusion will someday be reached. In the meantime it behooves us to try to save what .we have. Some of it can never be replaced. . Inthe matter of removing oil from shale at a cost of $5 a barrel. In the crisis they have quickly found it won’t be necessary to tear up the whole countryside and move the shale. For $1.18 a barrel they can blast a chamber in the shale and pump in gas. They fire it. The oil is melted out. It seeps. to the bottom and is pumped away. D— clever, these Americans, when they need to be.ts at A thle

eS a DS epigteeeadyh inte raaereetapa ates een TE Ea NS = eae asin: NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Se papa PT eRe wine nie Mate 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., March 6,1974. amptonville News} CAMPTONVILLE, Feb. 25. Robert L. Pense is recovering’ from an injury received while at work at the Feather River Postmaster Leland K. Pauly spent Thursday in Marysville attending a Postmasters School of Instruction. Master David Gore injured his ‘head last week in a fall at his home; medical attention was given at the Sierra-Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley. Judge Acton .M. Cleveland went to Live Oak Thursday to attend the monthly meeting of the Yuba-Sutter . Law Enforcement Administrators Council. Sheriff Gary Miller of Marysville was in town Friday on business. County appoints new mental health director Dr. Norbert J. McNamara has been ‘appointed director of ‘mental’ health services and of drug abuse and alcoholic programs for the county. ‘ Supervisors Tuesday appointed Dr. McNamara to succeed Dr. Dan Palmer, who has served as director of mental health and drug abuse since the _ county contracted with Sierra View to handle the mental health program here. The position of director of the alcoholic program was established Tuesday. Dr. Palmer will continue with Sierra View on a part time basis and will continue to handle the bulk of the work in this county. Sierra View, with headquarters in Auburn, serves Nevada and three other northern California counties. The board also approved establishment of an Alcoholic Advisory Board. Hopefully the board will be the same personnel as the present Drug Abuse Technical Committee. It probably will be necessary to augment. this committee because, by law, three exalcoholics must be on the Dr, McNamara came_ to Sierra View from Santa Barbara county, where he was_ local director of mental health services from 1969 to August of last 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. ot REISS Telephone 265-2559 . PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00\ Two Years.. $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER ¥ PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION year. He received his medical degree from the University of Oregon Medical School. He completed internship at the Public Health Service Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. He has held other psychiatric positions including in the San Mateo and Marin county programs. Nevada county, according to Dr. McNamara, has_ the distinction of being the last county in California to implement a mental health . This could be good in that it has not become tied to tradition—and bad in that it was tardy in getting to the money soon enough, according to the doctor. : Dale Rinard, Sierra View regional-administrator, introduced Dr. McNamara. He suggested that, according to the professional services contract signed between Kings View (parent of Sierra View) and the county, that supervisors .approve recruitment of Dr. McNamara to succeed Dr. Palmer. ; Rinard also discussed an Alcohol Rehabilitation. program for the county. There is new~ state money ($11,000) available through legislation which became effective Jan. 1. This availability is for 18 months. To participate the county must match state funds on a 10-90 per . cent basis. And also it must have an alcoholic director and an advisory board within whose membership are three people who have been treated for alcoholism. Supervisor Tom Turner questioned the need for the program here. Jack Love, drug and alcohol abuse coordinator for Sierra View, answered some of ‘ Turner’s questions. — Another spokesman for Sierra ‘View reported that representatives of law enforcement and school departments have determined that alcohol is a major problem in this county. Turner delved into ‘‘presentence investigation” which had been discussed. In answer to the supervisor’s question if ‘Sierra View has _ sought cooperation of the Nevada Justice Court judge Love said it has; and that the judge has “sentenced” .some to Sierra View. Love also said that Sierra View cooperates closely with AA, which was the only resource in this area until recently. Rough and Ready News By Fay Dunbar People who live in glass houses, my mother TRIED to teach me, should never throw stones. Last week in this column I commented on thesupervisor who thinks “he knows best”’ for us — always. I commented in a very derogatory way about his ability to always ‘‘put his foot in his mouth.” Well I'did a much better job of that than

he usually does. I wouldn’t change one word of my criticism of his ideas about mass transportation in our county but there was a word in my comment that was most misleading. I think of all supervisors as our supervisors. When I mean only District Four Supervisor I say District Four’ Supervisor. Just a. personal peculiarity I find. Most people who called thought I was referring to our District Four Supervisor Larry Filer. Larry may have his shortcomings, as all human beings have, but thinking he is smart enough to run the whole county is not one of them. I refer you to the article in The Union of February 20, 1974 for identification of the supervisor who does feel he always knows best. What-made me sizzle was “He claimed no matter how well intentioned ‘citizens can only go so far’ ’’. He referred to their formulation of the general plan with great disdain. Previously I have always thought of supervisors as citizens. Seems we have some kind of superior being right here in Nevada county. I just blew my top! Sorry about that! I still can’t change my criticism. The HE referred to in The Union article, and by me, was not Larry Filer. Just in case my peculiar punctuation is confusing let me say the entire quote ‘was from The Union. In The Union quote was the ‘citizens can only go. so far’ quote of our supervisor. R&R. Larry tells me that in 1950 there were 11 candidates for supervisor for District Four. He also says after you get as much competition as he has now you might as well feel ‘‘the more the merrier’. R&R _ With the death, a week ago, of Russell K. Abbott, Rough and Ready has lost another of its old timers. Russell was born on the old Abbott Ranch near the top of Rough and Ready. grade as it goes up the hill toward Grass Valley. He -was one of six Abbott children born and raised there. There were three brothers and three sisters. Russell attended the old Rough .and Ready School. After the sale of the home ranch he moved to-Alta Street in Grass Valley to live. He was a member of Rough and Ready Grange and served it well for several years before his illness. He is survived by his wife Marguerite G. Abbott, a very active member of Rough and Ready Grange; two sisters, Grace Davey of Grass Valley and Mary Wells of Pacifica and his brothers Lucius Abbott of Oakland and Neil Abbott of Concord. He was a retired Oakland law officer. His youth was spent in mining in the local area. He was 75 years old. He leaves one son, Russell K. Abbott of Moraga and a daughter Nadine Rossi of Napa. Funeral services were held last Monday. R&R 7 Rough and Ready’s Secession Day committee met last Thursday to begin plans for the Secession Day Celebration. Annually one day is set aside by the Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce to commemorate its boisterous youth. This year it will be June 30. There will be ano host luncheon at the Mexican Villa on April 7 to kick of the secession period. Early in 1850, angered by new Miners, taxes levied in Washington and collected by the California ‘Territorial government agency at Marysville, the mining camp of Rough and Ready decided to handle its own problems. On April 7, 1850, they seceeded from the Union, declared themselves: independent, drew up a Constitution remarkably similar to that of the U. S. Government, elected officers and proceeded to settle their ‘own problems in their own unique way. The problem that precipitated this action was that of old Joe Swiegart. Rough and Ready’s early gold was close to the surface. It was reputed to be beautiful in color and of the highest quality. Joe had a good claim and he was very popular. Rough and Ready was visited by a slicker from up Boston Ravine way in Grass Valley. This slicker bet Joe he couldn’t take $200 of gold out of the mine in a day. The camp couldn’t allow this slight to Rough and Ready’s gold. Joe, who knew his claim was a good one, was willing to gamble on it. The slicker was to get whatever he took out of the mine if it was less than $200. Arrangements were made for friends of Joes to the digging. Joe and his friends had _never heard of the gentle art of malingering. The slicker watched closely and worked slower and slower as he neared the $200 mark. He managed to not quite reach it. The citizenry were angered but helpless with the nearest law miles away. So they held a mass meeting in the same saloon where the slicker was squandering his ill gotten gains. They declared themselves the Great Republic of Rough and Ready and proceeded to run the slicker out of town. Everything was fine until they tired of governing. When the Fourth of July neared the miners wanted to join their neighboring camps in the celebration. So they declared themselves back in the Union again so that they might celebrate its independence. Celebrations were very big in those days. Col. E. F. Brundage was the leader of the Secessionists. He was elected first President of the Great Republic. Wm. G. Ross and Stephen S. Ford were its first law officers. Law andorder was the thing these early settlers needed most. History repeats itself. Many people have asked me if I believe these stories. These are historical facts set down by Thompson and West in 1880. Yes, I believe them but I wish I had known Thompson and West. Interpretations and flourishes are important parts of the written word. It would help to know the authors for better interpretations of the written stories. Some parts of the facts that are cold may be that way just because the authors were not in-~. terested in that type of thing. They poked so much fun at judges that I sometimes get annoyed. I know they were not perfect. This is probably one thing where the influence pet the author’s thinking has overcolored the facts. Maybe they knew a judge that wasn’t on the ball Anyway I feel they overplayed their facts with judges. It would be nice-to have more equally reliable sources of information , for comparison. —R&R, The energy crisis may yet prove to be a good thing for America. We Americans seem to rise to our greatest achievements under stress. Even in small things such. as the development of forests and the of waste; we have new developments. ‘Crops and Soils” of January of this year reports that two paper manufacturers, cooperating with the University of Kentucky, . have developed a method that will produce ten times as much wood for making paper as forested land in the hills. They used sycamores. er er cue ee ee ee crops. planted seedlings which reached a height of 15 to 20 feet in three to five years. These can ‘be cut again and again for at least five to 10 successive sproutings. Just like our Christmas tree businesses. R&R— In the matter of the recycling of waste the studies still: go on. There is much argument about the energy necessary for recycling. Some studies seem to prove that more is used than is saved. A conclusion will someday be reached. In the meantime it behooves us to try to save what .we have. Some of it can never be replaced. . Inthe matter of removing oil from shale at a cost of $5 a barrel. In the crisis they have quickly found it won’t be necessary to tear up the whole countryside and move the shale. For $1.18 a barrel they can blast a chamber in the shale and pump in gas. They fire it. The oil is melted out. It seeps. to the bottom and is pumped away. D— clever, these Americans, when they need to be.ts at A thle