November 20, 1975 (16 pages)

4 The Nevada County Nugget Thurs., November 20, 1975 Ours Yours Viewpoints Theirs If not Disney . then who? Mickey has a good case, too. The proposed Disney recreation development at F Independence Lake-Mt. Lola promises some 750 local jobs, additional county revenues through taxes and an increased tourist trade guaranteed to haul in big bucks for local businessmen. Last week the Disney project ground to a virtual standstill. The reason? It seems the U.S. Forest Service is moving at a snail’s pace which makes it impossible for the Disney people to go ahead with their project. Disney’s limited partners, Southern Pacific and Sierra Pacific Power Co. have offered to trade what they describe as highly desirable land in Nevada and Sierra counties for land Disney directly needs for access and recreation use around Independence Lake. The Forest Service has announced it will not be able to deal further with Disney until a land-use study of the Truckee-Little Truckee Rivers area has been completed. This study is not expected to be done until June, 1976. The reasoning behind this delay is questionable. The Forest Service has recently recommended in a previous study that this area should be developed for recreational use. Environmental Impact reports are favorable to Disney’s plans. Disney is serious about needed recreational developments. The corporation has already been chased from its previously planned resort at Mineral King in the southern Sierra Nevada. Development there remains in limbo. The question Nevada countyans must now ask themselves is whether we want to also chase Disney away. If we do, we stand to lose money as well as open ourselves to the chance that another corporate giant, with considerably less environmental concern, may take up where Disney left off. Nuggetmailbag —— two overnight campgrounds Editor, The Nugget Dear Sir: I feel the United States Forestry Department is doing a very poor job of supplying recreation facilities to the public in the immediate area of Washington, California. Not only is this section of the Tahee, National Forest extremely picturesque, it is also a part of our American Heritage. Located on the south fork of the Yuba River, this area is rich with history of our Gold Rush Era. Unfortunately, our U.S. Forestry Officials must feel this area is not worth a great deal. The US. Forestry Dept. closed the MARRIAGE LICENSES HART-HART-Elton L. Hart Ill, 35, Kennewick, Wash., and Virginia G. Hart, 31, Smartville, obtained a license Nov. 7, 1978. , TITMUS-BREE-William M. / Titmus, 35, and Janet L. Bree, ' 92, both of Grass Valley, obtained a license Nov. 6, 1979. on the river, Golden Quartz and Keleher, in 1973, and has provided nothing to replace them. There is also a scarce amount of land on the river open to the public suitable for sun-bathing and swimming. The Fish and Game Dept. also adds to the lack of facilities by refusing to seed the river with fish; after paying nine dollars for a fishing license tHere are no fish to catch! It is my opinion, after visiting this area, that the property owners and prospectors are dominating the use of this part of my national forest, and the U.S. Forestry Officials seem to be in accord with this trend. I feel that as an American citizen I have the right to enjoy this part of my heritage. I want to see the U.S. Forestry Dept. provide recreational facilities to the general public JACKIE BOURGEOIS, Secretary Washington Business Association —~ \ i BAN ttt tt omaeL 4 p Local Truckee (Ed. Note: The following story is reprinted from ‘100 Years of Nevada County,” a book published by the Nevada County Nugget in 1951.) The town of Truckee is named after a Paiute Indian who guided the StephensTownsend-Murphy party across the Humboldt Sink in Nevada and across the Sierra Nevada in 1844, two years before the famed Donner party traveled the same route. His Indian name was pronounced “‘Tro-Kay” but the travelers called him “Truckee.’’ The Truckee district was then inhabited by the Washoe Indians and the party was uncertain about their friendliness. Their guide, Caleb Greenwood, had never crossed the summit, but depended on a sense of direction acquired during his furtrapping days. At the crossing of the Humboldt River, Truckee offered to guide the party to California, and soon became a great favorite of the travelers. The party named the Truckee River and a species of trout for their Indian guide. Donner Lake _—_ was discovered by Captain _ Stephens of the party, and although they named it Mountain Lake, it was known as Truckee Lake two years later when the ill-fated Donner party camped there. Truckee became a stage stop in 1864 for travelers to the Washoe mines, but at the time carried the name of Coburn’s Station. The town Came into Earl Waters Personal LD. Recent stories leaking out cumstances, persons , intent of the Department of Motor upon fraud, can obtain Vehicles have cast doubts numerous licenses, each with upon the reliability of the different identities. The driver’s license as a means of photographs may not even personal identification. The match since one can easily stories disclose the departchange outward appearances = ment’s battle to stamp out with wigs and other theatrjcal UAUti THY . could use a little detente too color existence in 1867 when the Central Pacific railway made it their headquarters while iat the transcontinental e. Truckee successfully led the Stephens party to Sutter’s Fort where he remained until 1846. He then joined Fremont’s battalion and was ever afterwards known as Captain Truckee. Fremont presented him with a bible and a copy of the St. Louis Republican. The Indian prized the two gifts and they were later to be buried with him. Truckee was buried in a grave near Como in the croppings of the. old Goliah Ledge. Red Dog Red Dog, situated nine miles southeast of Nevada City, was named after a town in Illinois. The site of Red Dog contains little to show it ever existed, but its birth in the fall of 1851 was almost overnight. J. Perkins, while prospecting, discovered the extremely rich hill diggings that paid. from surface down. A great rush to the spot developed and almost overnight a town with five hotels ma P In June, 1853, the town was almost completely deserted when the water supply gave out, a calamity that could be exceeded only by the failure of the liquor supply. During the height of its boom, the more decent element of the community attempted to have the name of Red Dog changed to Brooklyn, of all things. counterfeiters who are alleged crutches. to be operating in rings in some areas of the state. The driver license has come into wide usage for’a purpose for which it was never designed, that of establishing one’s identity with merchants and others. Invariably it is asked for when cashing a check and is also requested by drink emporiums to ensure that patrons are old enough to be served. Even many governmental agencies rely upon it when issuing important documents such as passports. Were it not for this broad usage of a paper intended only to certify to a traffic officer that one is qualified to drive a motor vehicle, the department would not now be confronted with a problem. It is the unofficial usage which has fathered the problem. For fake licenses, excepting in those isolated instances where a departmental employe has bootlegged some blanks for disposal on the black market, offer no real threat to the department’s primary function of permitting on the road only those qualified to drive. This is because’ the New applicants are usually required to furnish some proof of identity, even a birth certificate.’ But, it is well known . ‘that one ‘can readily obtain some other peron’s birth certificate. Because keepers of vital statistic records do not checkoff birth certificates against death certificates, a favorite trick is to lift a name from a tombstone. But that isn’t necessary since one can obtain a birth certificate of someone born and living in another state for use in California. Even in renewals there is no certainty since the information on the old license, required when renewing may be phoney to start. Department officials are keenly aware of _ the ‘inadequacies of the driver ilicense as an ID card. Such efforts as have been made to compel county clerks to crossfile death and birth certificates have been feeble and unsuccessful, probably because it wouldn’t prevent the improper use of such. documents unless a_nationwide system were instituted. A surer way to improve the California driver license is integrity of driver licenses made with an invisible state would be to require fingerseal seen only with special ; printing of all applicants. At lighting and a secret code present only the thumbprint is which makes the counterfeit used and that is optional with easily detectable to law enthe applicant. Besides it is forcement officers. almost impossible to ascertain The sole value of the “Ue identity from a single counterfeit then is not to thumbprint. enable an unqualified person But again the department to drive but to practice deceit has met with no enand fraud upon the unwary. couragement from _ the And the department’s Legislature for fingerprinting assumption of the responof drivers. Rather, great sibility of maintaining the resistance to such proposals integrity of the license is for arise from those who view it as the benefit of those who an erosion of personal privacy neither have any vested right and attack it as a police state in its unofficial usage nor pay tactic. for that privilege. Summed up, the reliance Still, as long as the problem Placed upon the driver license has arisen it would be well for as an ID'card by the retailers those relying upon it for their has been misplaced. Even own purposes to examine With the photograph all one more critically its value for can be sure of is that it is the their usage even if no counpicture of the person terfeit problem existed. doaeay ey the license. That it The fact is that untold ae Uae namie aaa numbers of perfectly legal dreas of that person is not licenses are in use which Suaranteed and the contain false information, Photograph may only be a real Descriptions, names and photograph of a clever addresses are phoney yet the ger lc duly issued by Merchants who have been e state. victimized by such deceit This is because, under should be working for a more present conditions, the certain ID method. They department has no foolproof should also be prepared to pay method of determining the some share of the costs in true identity of the driver proportion to the benefits applicant. Under such cirexpected.

4 The Nevada County Nugget Thurs., November 20, 1975 Ours Yours Viewpoints Theirs If not Disney .. then who? Mickey has a good case, too. The proposed Disney recreation development at F Independence Lake-Mt. Lola promises some 750 local jobs, additional county revenues through taxes and an increased tourist trade guaranteed to haul in big bucks for local businessmen. Last week the Disney project ground to a virtual standstill. The reason? It seems the U.S. Forest Service is moving at a snail’s pace which makes it impossible for the Disney people to go ahead with their project. Disney’s limited partners, Southern Pacific and Sierra Pacific Power Co. have offered to trade what they describe as highly desirable land in Nevada and Sierra counties for land Disney directly needs for access and recreation use around Independence Lake. The Forest Service has announced it will not be able to deal further with Disney until a land-use study of the Truckee-Little Truckee Rivers area has been completed. This study is not expected to be done until June, 1976. The reasoning behind this delay is questionable. The Forest Service has recently recommended in a previous study that this area should be developed for recreational use. Environmental Impact reports are favorable to Disney’s plans. Disney is serious about needed recreational developments. The corporation has already been chased from its previously planned resort at Mineral King in the southern Sierra Nevada. Development there remains in limbo. The question Nevada countyans must now ask themselves is whether we want to also chase Disney away. If we do, we stand to lose money as well as open ourselves to the chance that another corporate giant, with considerably less environmental concern, may take up where Disney left off. Nuggetmailbag —— two overnight campgrounds Editor, The Nugget Dear Sir: I feel the United States Forestry Department is doing a very poor job of supplying recreation facilities to the public in the immediate area of Washington, California. Not only is this section of the Tahee, National Forest extremely picturesque, it is also a part of our American Heritage. Located on the south fork of the Yuba River, this area is rich with history of our Gold Rush Era. Unfortunately, our U.S. Forestry Officials must feel this area is not worth a great deal. The US. Forestry Dept. closed the MARRIAGE LICENSES HART-HART-Elton L. Hart Ill, 35, Kennewick, Wash., and Virginia G. Hart, 31, Smartville, obtained a license Nov. 7, 1978. , TITMUS-BREE-William M. / Titmus, 35, and Janet L. Bree, ' 92, both of Grass Valley, obtained a license Nov. 6, 1979. on the river, Golden Quartz and Keleher, in 1973, and has provided nothing to replace them. There is also a scarce amount of land on the river open to the public suitable for sun-bathing and swimming. The Fish and Game Dept. also adds to the lack of facilities by refusing to seed the river with fish; after paying nine dollars for a fishing license tHere are no fish to catch! It is my opinion, after visiting this area, that the property owners and prospectors are dominating the use of this part of my national forest, and the U.S. Forestry Officials seem to be in accord with this trend. I feel that as an American citizen I have the right to enjoy this part of my heritage. I want to see the U.S. Forestry Dept. provide recreational facilities to the general public JACKIE BOURGEOIS, Secretary Washington Business Association —~ \ i BAN ttt tt omaeL 4 p Local Truckee (Ed. Note: The following story is reprinted from ‘100 Years of Nevada County,” a book published by the Nevada County Nugget in 1951.) The town of Truckee is named after a Paiute Indian who guided the StephensTownsend-Murphy party across the Humboldt Sink in Nevada and across the Sierra Nevada in 1844, two years before the famed Donner party traveled the same route. His Indian name was pronounced “‘Tro-Kay” but the travelers called him “Truckee.’’ The Truckee district was then inhabited by the Washoe Indians and the party was uncertain about their friendliness. Their guide, Caleb Greenwood, had never crossed the summit, but depended on a sense of direction acquired during his furtrapping days. At the crossing of the Humboldt River, Truckee offered to guide the party to California, and soon became a great favorite of the travelers. The party named the Truckee River and a species of trout for their Indian guide. Donner Lake _—_ was discovered by Captain _ Stephens of the party, and although they named it Mountain Lake, it was known as Truckee Lake two years later when the ill-fated Donner party camped there. Truckee became a stage stop in 1864 for travelers to the Washoe mines, but at the time carried the name of Coburn’s Station. The town Came into Earl Waters Personal LD. Recent stories leaking out cumstances, persons , intent of the Department of Motor upon fraud, can obtain Vehicles have cast doubts numerous licenses, each with upon the reliability of the different identities. The driver’s license as a means of photographs may not even personal identification. The match since one can easily

stories disclose the departchange outward appearances = ment’s battle to stamp out with wigs and other theatrjcal UAUti THY . could use a little detente too color existence in 1867 when the Central Pacific railway made it their headquarters while iat the transcontinental e. Truckee successfully led the Stephens party to Sutter’s Fort where he remained until 1846. He then joined Fremont’s battalion and was ever afterwards known as Captain Truckee. Fremont presented him with a bible and a copy of the St. Louis Republican. The Indian prized the two gifts and they were later to be buried with him. Truckee was buried in a grave near Como in the croppings of the. old Goliah Ledge. Red Dog Red Dog, situated nine miles southeast of Nevada City, was named after a town in Illinois. The site of Red Dog contains little to show it ever existed, but its birth in the fall of 1851 was almost overnight. J. Perkins, while prospecting, discovered the extremely rich hill diggings that paid. from surface down. A great rush to the spot developed and almost overnight a town with five hotels ma P In June, 1853, the town was almost completely deserted when the water supply gave out, a calamity that could be exceeded only by the failure of the liquor supply. During the height of its boom, the more decent element of the community attempted to have the name of Red Dog changed to Brooklyn, of all things. counterfeiters who are alleged crutches. to be operating in rings in some areas of the state. The driver license has come into wide usage for’a purpose for which it was never designed, that of establishing one’s identity with merchants and others. Invariably it is asked for when cashing a check and is also requested by drink emporiums to ensure that patrons are old enough to be served. Even many governmental agencies rely upon it when issuing important documents such as passports. Were it not for this broad usage of a paper intended only to certify to a traffic officer that one is qualified to drive a motor vehicle, the department would not now be confronted with a problem. It is the unofficial usage which has fathered the problem. For fake licenses, excepting in those isolated instances where a departmental employe has bootlegged some blanks for disposal on the black market, offer no real threat to the department’s primary function of permitting on the road only those qualified to drive. This is because’ the New applicants are usually required to furnish some proof of identity, even a birth certificate.’ But, it is well known . ‘that one ‘can readily obtain some other peron’s birth certificate. Because keepers of vital statistic records do not checkoff birth certificates against death certificates, a favorite trick is to lift a name from a tombstone. But that isn’t necessary since one can obtain a birth certificate of someone born and living in another state for use in California. Even in renewals there is no certainty since the information on the old license, required when renewing may be phoney to start. Department officials are keenly aware of _ the ‘inadequacies of the driver ilicense as an ID card. Such efforts as have been made to compel county clerks to crossfile death and birth certificates have been feeble and unsuccessful, probably because it wouldn’t prevent the improper use of such. documents unless a_nationwide system were instituted. A surer way to improve the California driver license is integrity of driver licenses made with an invisible state would be to require fingerseal seen only with special ; printing of all applicants. At lighting and a secret code present only the thumbprint is which makes the counterfeit used and that is optional with easily detectable to law enthe applicant. Besides it is forcement officers. almost impossible to ascertain The sole value of the “Ue identity from a single counterfeit then is not to thumbprint. enable an unqualified person But again the department to drive but to practice deceit has met with no enand fraud upon the unwary. couragement from _ the And the department’s Legislature for fingerprinting assumption of the responof drivers. Rather, great sibility of maintaining the resistance to such proposals integrity of the license is for arise from those who view it as the benefit of those who an erosion of personal privacy neither have any vested right and attack it as a police state in its unofficial usage nor pay tactic. for that privilege. Summed up, the reliance Still, as long as the problem Placed upon the driver license has arisen it would be well for as an ID'card by the retailers those relying upon it for their has been misplaced. Even own purposes to examine With the photograph all one more critically its value for can be sure of is that it is the their usage even if no counpicture of the person terfeit problem existed. doaeay ey the license. That it The fact is that untold ae Uae namie aaa numbers of perfectly legal dreas of that person is not licenses are in use which Suaranteed and the contain false information, Photograph may only be a real Descriptions, names and photograph of a clever addresses are phoney yet the ger lc duly issued by Merchants who have been e state. victimized by such deceit This is because, under should be working for a more present conditions, the certain ID method. They department has no foolproof should also be prepared to pay method of determining the some share of the costs in true identity of the driver proportion to the benefits applicant. Under such cirexpected.