November 28, 1973 (8 pages)

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Nov. og 4 By P. 1. Smith INotes Off The Coll “Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government; I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.’’ Thus spake Thomas Jefferson almost 200 years ago. And, today, as then, newspapers are still the ‘tyrants’ foe, the peoples’ friend.”’ Some random thoughts about coffee, as I sat drinking too much of it for breakfast this _ Morning. The first mention of coffee by a western writer may be found in a book of travels written by Dr. Leonhardt Rawolf of Swabia. He published the account of his rambles over the earth, and his various experiences in the Mid-East and Far-East with that ‘‘new and delectable beverage’, coffee, in 1582. And, early in the 16th Century, doctors, administrators and jurists opened a great debate over that ‘‘controversial’’ beverage, coffee, that was still raging a hundred years later. It was about500 years ago that an Arab in Ethiopia stumbled onto coffee, the drink that may have altered history and certainly will have a big place in its pages. But, did you know that in the 17th Century, a leading man of medicine in Marseilles, France, said that any man who drank excessive amounts of coffee ‘“‘would be unable to perform his marital obligations.’’ That remark served to empty the cafes of Marseilles almost overnight! Found this recipe for fresh mushroom soup in a daily newspaper from way down south. Sounded good, so I divided the two-quart ingredients by half to try it, then wished I’d made the full NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 , PUBLISHED EVERY » WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second closs 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 Yeors . -. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER . amount. See if you don’t enjoy it also. First you thinly slice one-half pound of very fresh, big mushrooms; then chop 2 stalks of celery rather fine and do the same to a small yellow onion. Peel and dice %4 pound of Irish potatoes and put out a quarter pound stick of butter, four ounces of evaporated milk, two bay leaves, two teaspoons of salt and a half-teaspoon of fresh ground black pepper, one teaspoon oregano and oneeighth teaspoon dill weed, a medium-sized clove of garlic _ which you will mince fine, and have some water boiling the teakettle. ‘Now, cook the dlotnicies in some of that boiling water until they are very tender, drain and set them aside. In a large pot or kettle saute the onions and celery in the butter and add the garlic and spices and cook over a medium heat until all are soft and squashy. Add _ the mushrooms and cook another 20 minutes over a low heat, stirring well. Blend the potatoes to a smooth texture and stir into the mushrooms and spices. Add the evaporated milk and enough boiling water to desired thickness. Serve piping hot with toasted, buttered French rolls. Oh, so good! Navy basic training school graduate SAN DIEGO — Navy Fireman Recruit Thomas C. Willey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Stevens _of Cedar Ridge, California, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center here. A 1973 graduate of Anaheim High School, Anaheim, Calif., he is scheduled to report to Hull . Maintenance Technician ‘‘A’’ School, Philadelphia. FOOTHILL SNOW and a cold morning contributed to this accident Wednesday. Bradley Richard Walker of Grass Valley ran off the highway Pigs Washington junction and his car came to a halt in this position. : PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION School Days Mean “>. “+ CAFE DRIVING DAYS Construction employes unearth fragments Three local employes of Granite Construction Company participated in a rare find while working off Buena Vista Drive near Watsonville. They are Bill Hatch, Jr., Bob McDonald and Andrew Garcia. Excavating machine operator Hatch and McDonald, a construction superintendent unearthed fragments of a mammoth, the giant hairy elephant that walked the earth during the Plesticene epoch which began a. million years ago. They are judged to be from the end of the epoch around 15,000 to 25,000 years ago. Found were three pieces of molars and a large chunk of one of the tusks. William Miller, a science teacher at Soquel High School and palentologist for the Natural History Museum in Santa = Cruz, tentatively identified the fragments as coming from an animal the genus Mammuthus, commonly known as the Woolly Mammoth. He believes that it may be one of the species of ‘‘primagenus,”’ a conclusion made possible by discovery of a similar tooth in the Opal Cliffs area, outside of Capitola, several years ago which later. were.determined to be of that species. The tusk and teeth pieces were taken to the Office of Glenn Dorsey, vice president of Granite. The company gave the ‘pieces to the museum. The Nevada county men brought home some ‘‘scrapings’’ Discovery was made at a level between 65 and 75 feet below the surface. The excavation was for a quarry operation needed for freeway construction. Miller conjectured that the mammal had probably been dead and decaying a long while before its remains were washed down the river and settled on the bar. * Most of the bones scattered and were lost but the molars and tusks are most resistent to decay. The Woolly Mammoth is an extinct elephant line. The other line is the mastadons which led to the breed of elephants now living. Among the other inhabitants walking the land with the Woolly Mammoth were such creatures as camels, giant sloths, saber tooth cats, little horses and giant wolf-like Victims in need The Ophir Hill Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary hopes that Nevada countyans will remember the spirit of the Christmas season and_ extend their help to a family whose home and belongings were destroyed by fire last week. When a house on Bennett Street near Grass Valley was practically demolished Tuesday Mrs. Lanna Taylor and her three children were left in desperate circumstances. Flames had made way with most of the family possessions including clothes, furniture, kitchen equipment, beddingnot to mention cherished toys and keepsakes. The mother and her three children have found temporary shelter in quarters where the rent is too high for their income. Because of the tragedy they have no utilities turned on and the only heat is from a wood Stove. : The auxiliary is heading a campaign to furnish the little family with necessities of life. animals. Also during that period the shoreline was probably much different with the sea level from 250 to 300 feet lower than it is at present, according to Miller. “It’s really hard to imagine what this county was like back then,”’ Miller said. He added that more and more material is being found to fill in the picture. of tire of help What do they need? “‘practically everything.” The mother has some health problems. The children’s ages are a boy 13 and his sisters aged 10 and 6. They are in school and clothing is a problem. Those who want to help may contact Mrs. Charles Kistle (telephone 273-8162) or Mrs. Jerry Daton (273-4128), the auxiliary members in charge of operation aid. Mrs. Kistle said some cash contributions have come in but more cash and other things are needed. Pots and pans, kitchen appliances (including a refrigerator) dishes, — etc: are on the ‘‘wanted list. ” To supplement her income Mrs. Taylor has been doing clerical work at home. Her typewriter and adding machine are among the items destroyed. The loan or gift of these items would help her continue her work. The mother also hopes if shelter is forthcoming it can be within the Union Hill School District, where the sccneiahass now attend school.

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Nov. og 4 By P. 1. Smith INotes Off The Coll “Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government; I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.’’ Thus spake Thomas Jefferson almost 200 years ago. And, today, as then, newspapers are still the ‘tyrants’ foe, the peoples’ friend.”’ Some random thoughts about coffee, as I sat drinking too much of it for breakfast this _ Morning. The first mention of coffee by a western writer may be found in a book of travels written by Dr. Leonhardt Rawolf of Swabia. He published the account of his rambles over the earth, and his various experiences in the Mid-East and Far-East with that ‘‘new and delectable beverage’, coffee, in 1582. And, early in the 16th Century, doctors, administrators and jurists opened a great debate over that ‘‘controversial’’ beverage, coffee, that was still raging a hundred years later. It was about500 years ago that an Arab in Ethiopia stumbled onto coffee, the drink that may have altered history and certainly will have a big place in its pages. But, did you know that in the 17th Century, a leading man of medicine in Marseilles, France, said that any man who drank excessive amounts of coffee ‘“‘would be unable to perform his marital obligations.’’ That remark served to empty the cafes of Marseilles almost overnight! Found this recipe for fresh mushroom soup in a daily newspaper from way down south. Sounded good, so I divided the two-quart ingredients by half to try it, then wished I’d made the full NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 , PUBLISHED EVERY » WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second closs 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 Yeors . -. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER . amount. See if you don’t enjoy it also. First you thinly slice one-half pound of very fresh, big mushrooms; then chop 2 stalks of celery rather fine and do the same to a small yellow onion. Peel and dice %4 pound of Irish potatoes and put out a quarter pound stick of butter, four ounces of evaporated milk, two bay leaves, two teaspoons of salt and a half-teaspoon of fresh ground black pepper, one teaspoon oregano and oneeighth teaspoon dill weed, a medium-sized clove of garlic _ which you will mince fine, and have some water boiling the teakettle. ‘Now, cook the dlotnicies in some of that boiling water until they are very tender, drain and set them aside. In a large pot or kettle saute the onions and celery in the butter and add the garlic and spices and cook over a medium heat until all are soft and squashy. Add _ the mushrooms and cook another 20 minutes over a low heat, stirring well. Blend the potatoes to a smooth texture and stir into the mushrooms and spices. Add the evaporated milk and enough boiling water to desired thickness. Serve piping hot with toasted, buttered French rolls. Oh, so good! Navy basic training school graduate SAN DIEGO — Navy Fireman Recruit Thomas C. Willey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Stevens _of Cedar Ridge, California, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center here. A 1973 graduate of Anaheim High School, Anaheim, Calif., he is scheduled to report to Hull . Maintenance Technician ‘‘A’’ School, Philadelphia. FOOTHILL SNOW and a cold morning contributed to this accident Wednesday. Bradley Richard Walker of Grass Valley ran off the highway Pigs Washington junction and his car came to a halt in this position. : PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION School Days Mean “>. “+ CAFE DRIVING DAYS Construction employes unearth fragments Three local employes of Granite Construction Company participated in a rare find while

working off Buena Vista Drive near Watsonville. They are Bill Hatch, Jr., Bob McDonald and Andrew Garcia. Excavating machine operator Hatch and McDonald, a construction superintendent unearthed fragments of a mammoth, the giant hairy elephant that walked the earth during the Plesticene epoch which began a. million years ago. They are judged to be from the end of the epoch around 15,000 to 25,000 years ago. Found were three pieces of molars and a large chunk of one of the tusks. William Miller, a science teacher at Soquel High School and palentologist for the Natural History Museum in Santa = Cruz, tentatively identified the fragments as coming from an animal the genus Mammuthus, commonly known as the Woolly Mammoth. He believes that it may be one of the species of ‘‘primagenus,”’ a conclusion made possible by discovery of a similar tooth in the Opal Cliffs area, outside of Capitola, several years ago which later. were.determined to be of that species. The tusk and teeth pieces were taken to the Office of Glenn Dorsey, vice president of Granite. The company gave the ‘pieces to the museum. The Nevada county men brought home some ‘‘scrapings’’ Discovery was made at a level between 65 and 75 feet below the surface. The excavation was for a quarry operation needed for freeway construction. Miller conjectured that the mammal had probably been dead and decaying a long while before its remains were washed down the river and settled on the bar. * Most of the bones scattered and were lost but the molars and tusks are most resistent to decay. The Woolly Mammoth is an extinct elephant line. The other line is the mastadons which led to the breed of elephants now living. Among the other inhabitants walking the land with the Woolly Mammoth were such creatures as camels, giant sloths, saber tooth cats, little horses and giant wolf-like Victims in need The Ophir Hill Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary hopes that Nevada countyans will remember the spirit of the Christmas season and_ extend their help to a family whose home and belongings were destroyed by fire last week. When a house on Bennett Street near Grass Valley was practically demolished Tuesday Mrs. Lanna Taylor and her three children were left in desperate circumstances. Flames had made way with most of the family possessions including clothes, furniture, kitchen equipment, beddingnot to mention cherished toys and keepsakes. The mother and her three children have found temporary shelter in quarters where the rent is too high for their income. Because of the tragedy they have no utilities turned on and the only heat is from a wood Stove. : The auxiliary is heading a campaign to furnish the little family with necessities of life. animals. Also during that period the shoreline was probably much different with the sea level from 250 to 300 feet lower than it is at present, according to Miller. “It’s really hard to imagine what this county was like back then,”’ Miller said. He added that more and more material is being found to fill in the picture. of tire of help What do they need? “‘practically everything.” The mother has some health problems. The children’s ages are a boy 13 and his sisters aged 10 and 6. They are in school and clothing is a problem. Those who want to help may contact Mrs. Charles Kistle (telephone 273-8162) or Mrs. Jerry Daton (273-4128), the auxiliary members in charge of operation aid. Mrs. Kistle said some cash contributions have come in but more cash and other things are needed. Pots and pans, kitchen appliances (including a refrigerator) dishes, — etc: are on the ‘‘wanted list. ” To supplement her income Mrs. Taylor has been doing clerical work at home. Her typewriter and adding machine are among the items destroyed. The loan or gift of these items would help her continue her work. The mother also hopes if shelter is forthcoming it can be within the Union Hill School District, where the sccneiahass now attend school.