November 29, 1961 (12 pages)

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Volume 36 No. 48 10 Cents A Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, November 29, 1961 CROWD HITS SUBDIVISION CODE SAFE LANDING.This DC3 brought five congressmen to Loma Rica Airport anda luncheon hearing on the gold industry Monday. ~ CHAIRMAN. .Subcommittee chairman Congressman Ed Edmundson (standing) talks to 30 local leaders. Others include Congressman Harold T. Johnson (1) and ArnoldOlsen (r). Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce President Earl Covey presided. Santa Will Arrive In Wagon Saturday In Both Cities The 1961 Christmas season ishere, and Santa will make it official with a visit to Grass Valley and Nevada City Saturday. For the second year, the Muleteers are bringing Santa into town on their wagon, drawn by four large mules and escorted by the Muleteer mounted patrol, Santa will arrive in Grass Valley on Mill Street at 10:30 BROAD STREET DECORATIONS. .Dick Knee wires in place one of the many fir trees Nevada City merchants are placing up for a citywide Christmas tree decoration this year. a.m., the Muleteer procession escorted bythe Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department. A portion of Mill Street will be roped off to allow children there to have rides on the mules under the supervision of Muleteer members, Naturally, Santa will be available fora brief visit with the children, In the afternoon, Santa will leave Grass Valley and visit Nevada City. He is scheduled to arrive at2p m., and will make his way to a roped area on Pine Street in front of the Masonic Hall. Here, too, children can see Santa and ride the mules, This is the second year Santa has been escorted into the twin cities by mules, The Muleteers and their mules are becoming well known throughout the west. They have participated in parades in Auburn, Colusa, Sacramento and Salt Lake City. They also have taken partin the horse show at the Nevada County Fair, winning ribbons and trophies for their efforts, Leader of the Muleteers is Captain Hillis Hubbard, /To Restore Building SAN FRANCISCO ---A new plan for partial restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts, relic of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, has been placed before the Board of Supervisors, The plan was devised by John Cahill, local contractor, at the request of Mayor Christopher, tobe built with $5,800,000 available funds __ and some additional contrébutions, Architects have estimated that it would cost $12,850,980 to restore the Palace completely andrebuild the interior of the main building for theatre and convention use, The Cahill plan would trim this cost to $6,250,000 by eliminating all interior construction and substituting poured concrete for pre-cast concrete for the Palace exterior, i wht “ . Hopes For Gold Subsidy GLENBROOK ---A congresSional subcommittee on . Mines and Mining of the . House Interior and Insular . Affairs committe eheard pleas Monday from local leaders favoring a subsidy for the gold mining industry at a “field hearing" luncheon held atthe Gold Center Clud under the sponsorship of the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of Commerce, Congressmen warned that their hearings were not a promise of immediate relief for the industry. But they did promise action toward some legislation which will be designed with the goal of reopening gold mines and making profitable the mining still in progress, All major Nevada County mines are closed, The meeting was the result of action by Coagressman HaroldT, Johnson to bring other subcommittee members into his Mother Lode district to see for themselves the remains of what . was a decade ago a thriving industry, Chairman of the group was ~ . Congressmen Ed Edmundson, Oklahoma, Other congressmen on the committee includedJohnson, Walter Baring, Nevada, J. Edgar . Chenoweth, Colorado, and . Arnold Olsen, Montana, . After landing at Loma Rica Airport, the subcommittee was given a brief tour of Grass Valley mines before luncheon, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce President Earl . Covey told the committee in his speech of welcome that the area was honored to have the delegation in the Grass Valley area. Nevada County is in the throes of a depression, Covey said, and localresidents feel . something should be done to enable the mines to reopen, Thompson then said that 33 Nevada County mines were operating in the dead of winter in 1935, employing 2000 workers and having a monthly payroll of $280,000, The lack of this industry has caused a chronic unemployment problem within the county, Thompson said, since the order to close the Mines in World War II, Realtor Dave Maltman told the committee a subsidy which would reopen the mine would bring some $200, 000 in annual gold production, Engineer Jack Siegfried of Nevada City listed three problems that face the local mining companies in considering the reopening of any mines: 1, the fixed price (during inflationary: period), 2. the high cost of labor in an area where hard labor is necessary to mine, and 3, the disposition of tailings in a manner that would not cause polution of streams, Siegfried said it was his personal opinion that subsidies would aid mines already in operation, but would not encourage the reopening of major producers unless the subsidy were tied to some kind of a sliding scale which would guaranteeto a mining company the prospect of profitable operation over a 15 to 20 year period even in spite of inflationary forces, The engineer forecast that a subsidy would bring tremendous amounts of money into the area for promotional HEATED MEETING.Jerry Dodge addresses a question to planning director W. W. Roberts as the crowd listens intently at the subdivision ordinance hearing. Land Owners Raise Objections forms throughout the evening about the meaning of the NEVADA CIT Y---One hundred and sixty people attemptedtocrowd into a superior court chamber built to hold 80 spectators to express themselves Monday night on the proposed county subdivision ordinance, Almost everyone who spoke offered criticism of all or part of the ordinance, Emotions ran high and occasionally wild and planning commission chairman Cecil Edmunds rapped his gavel for order and quiet so many times that by the end of the public hearing the gavel was in need of major repairs, Most of the critical remarks were directed at part of one sentence of the 31 page ordinance, the part of paragraph 1.3 that begins "The regulations established by this ordinance shall apply to.any division of land or lands lying wholly or in part, ‘within the unincorporated territory of the county." Mrs, Marie Williford of Grass Valley asked a question that was asked in various The Weather NEVADA CITY Max, Min. Rainfall Nov, 22 43 25 .02 23 46 42 .08 24 50 40 .01 25 52 45 .00 26 54 43 9 O81. 48 . 37 Be: 28. S11. 30 225 29.53 230 . 00 4,18 10.72 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Rainfall Nov. 22 48 27 05 93°. 485-97 .30 24 50 41 .00 25° 62 44 .01 26 53 43 . 83 27 48 40 20 28 55. 34 . 00 29° 59: 37 . 32 Rainfall to date 4,75 Rainfall last year 10.72 ! schemes, however. . Chairman Edmondson said . the committee has a pretty strong conviction that a ! healthy domestic mining industry is vital to the economic health and security of the country. While he said it is impossible to predict what the outcome of these hearings will be, thereis a better climate in Washington now for gold legislation than in a long time. sentence, “If 1 own anacre of land," she asked “and build on half of it, do I have to gothrough this subdivision tigamarole to sell the other half?" The answer, offered by planning director William Roberts was: the division of land would come under the proposed ordinance, but it would not-be economically feasible for the owner to put improvements onsuch a small parcel, and an exception would undoubtedly be granted, Clearly, most of those present did not like the idea that a man who sold (or gave away or traded) one or two parcels of his land would be classed as a subdivider. At the same time, many supported theneed for a subdivision ordinance, Some said the proposed ordinance should be modified. One man said it should be scrapped altogether and rewritten from scratch, Robert McWhinney, Indian SpringsRd, rancher, said, "if the commission will back up a little bit and be realistic they wouldn't have any opposition, " CombieRd, cattle rancher Don Newton, no stranger to planning commission hearings, said, "We want a good subdivision ordinance but we don't want to come in and see you every time we do something of a non-subdivision nature.” Newton's speech was greeted with loud applause in theaudience, Newton said he represented “four or five rather large landowners" in his area, G, N, Dodge of Banner Rd, asked planning director William Roberts to state his background and qualifications for writing a subdivision ordinance. Chairman Edmunds declared Dodge out of order and stated Mr, Roberts’ qualifications were aot thetopic ofthe hearing, He noted that Mr, Roberts had, so far as he knew, the full confidence of the planning commission and the board of supervisors, Victor Huber, Grass Valley lawyer, announced that he wasrepresenting the Nevada Couaty Real Estate Board ARTISTS ' FAIR.Helen Bontecou. hangs some of the Christmas ornaments which will be offered for Artists’ Christmas Fair. sale at the annual The ornaments and many other original items made by local artists will be for sale at 312 Commercial Street, and 3. Nevada City, Dec. 2 ¢ He said the ordinance is “not required." He said the ordinance is “absolutely preposterous." He said that even though the state law requires the county to adopt an ordinance, it “can't be forced down your throat if you don't want it." He said, as a result of the ordinance we are “going to have inspectors all over the county." He said the ordinance would retard development in Nevada County, Commissioner Alfred Heller asked whether all of these “rather strong” opinions were held by every member of the real estate board, Huber seemed to indicate that they were, He saidto ask the members; many were inthe room, Assistant District Attorney Harry Woltersnoted that although the state could not force the county to adopt an ordinance it could do so indirectly as it hadrecently with regard toa building code, Everett Bailey, building contractor, said "the county needs a subdivision ordinance but not this one. “ A Nevada County “landowner and taxpayer for 20 years," C.G, Dana of Grass Valley, said he wondered "why regulatory bodies have bleeding hearts for buyers but little sympathy for landowners and taxpayers, " Herbert Nile, Nevada City real estate man, complained that the ordinance would make it too expensive for him to give away fairly sizeable parcels of his own rural land to members of his own family, due to the cost of improvements that might be required, Ben T ankle, resident of Nevada County since Oct, 15, said he had not read the ordinance but he thought it “will drive people out of the county." Hesaidheis a former real estate man, Leonard Carey, Grass Valley real estate broker, said he thought"objectionable portions" of the proposed ordinance need revision, He proposed that a small study group “of the populace” be formed to work with the planning commission for this purpose. There is no doubt, he added, that “we need some sort of regulation, “ Mrs, David Rose of Brunswick Rd, questioned several provisions of the ordinance which, she said, would work hardships on the subdivider who doesnot have very much (Continued on Page 4) ©

Nn Jam he eed npling eas, the lity ere the ed, 1 of 400 onof ey)00 ek ect Iblond pilannleinacioateaiansteetiedaameabeeethatanandeeenah oamurebiateden teats seat see ane aed NU NEVADA ‘COUNTY ae _ ‘ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washin Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, ben SE a pe Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, Notth Columbia, Columbia Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 36 No. 48 10 Cents A Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, November 29, 1961 CROWD HITS SUBDIVISION CODE SAFE LANDING..This DC3 brought five congressmen to Loma Rica Airport anda luncheon hearing on the gold industry Monday. ~ CHAIRMAN. .Subcommittee chairman Congressman Ed Edmundson (standing) talks to 30 local leaders. Others include Congressman Harold T. Johnson (1) and ArnoldOlsen (r). Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce President Earl Covey presided. Santa Will Arrive In Wagon Saturday In Both Cities The 1961 Christmas season ishere, and Santa will make it official with a visit to Grass Valley and Nevada City Saturday. For the second year, the Muleteers are bringing Santa into town on their wagon, drawn by four large mules and escorted by the Muleteer mounted patrol, Santa will arrive in Grass Valley on Mill Street at 10:30 BROAD STREET DECORATIONS.. .Dick Knee wires in place one of the many fir trees Nevada City merchants are placing up for a citywide Christmas tree decoration this year. a.m., the Muleteer procession escorted bythe Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department. A portion of Mill Street will be roped off to allow children there to have rides on the mules under the supervision of Muleteer members, Naturally, Santa will be available fora brief visit with the children, In the afternoon, Santa will leave Grass Valley and visit Nevada City. He is scheduled to arrive at2p m., and will make his way to a roped area on Pine Street in front of the Masonic Hall. Here, too, children can see Santa and ride the mules, This is the second year Santa has been escorted into the twin cities by mules, The Muleteers and their mules are becoming well known throughout the west. They have participated in parades in Auburn, Colusa, Sacramento and Salt Lake City. They also have taken partin the horse show at the Nevada County Fair, winning ribbons and trophies for their efforts, Leader of the Muleteers is Captain Hillis Hubbard, /To Restore Building SAN FRANCISCO ---A new plan for partial restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts, relic of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, has been placed before the Board of Supervisors, The plan was devised by John Cahill, local contractor, at the request of Mayor Christopher, tobe built with $5,800,000 available funds __ and some additional contrébutions, Architects have estimated that it would cost $12,850,980 to restore the Palace completely andrebuild the interior of the main building for theatre and convention use, The Cahill plan would trim this cost to $6,250,000 by eliminating all interior construction and substituting poured concrete for pre-cast concrete for the Palace exterior, i wht “ . Hopes For Gold Subsidy GLENBROOK ---A congresSional subcommittee on . Mines and Mining of the . House Interior and Insular . Affairs committe eheard pleas Monday from local leaders favoring a subsidy for the gold mining industry at a “field hearing" luncheon held atthe Gold Center Clud under the sponsorship of the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of Commerce, Congressmen warned that their hearings were not a promise of immediate relief for the industry. But they did promise action toward some legislation which will be designed with the goal of reopening gold mines and making profitable the mining still in progress, All major Nevada County mines are closed, The meeting was the result of action by Coagressman HaroldT, Johnson to bring other subcommittee members into his Mother Lode district to see for themselves the remains of what . was a decade ago a thriving industry, Chairman of the group was ~ . Congressmen Ed Edmundson, Oklahoma, Other congressmen on the committee includedJohnson, Walter Baring, Nevada, J. Edgar . Chenoweth, Colorado, and . Arnold Olsen, Montana, . After landing at Loma Rica Airport, the subcommittee was given a brief tour of Grass Valley mines before luncheon, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce President Earl . Covey told the committee in his speech of welcome that the area was honored to have the delegation in the Grass Valley area. Nevada County is in the throes of a depression, Covey said, and localresidents feel . something should be done to enable the mines to reopen, Thompson then said that 33 Nevada County mines were operating in the dead of winter in 1935, employing 2000 workers and having a monthly payroll of $280,000, The lack of this industry has caused a chronic unemployment problem within the county, Thompson said, since the order to close the Mines in World War II, Realtor Dave Maltman told the committee a subsidy which would reopen the mine would bring some $200, 000 in annual gold production, Engineer Jack Siegfried of Nevada City listed three problems that face the local mining companies in considering the reopening of any mines: 1, the fixed price (during inflationary: period), 2. the high cost of labor in an area where hard labor is necessary to mine, and 3, the disposition of tailings in a manner that would not cause polution of streams, Siegfried said it was his personal opinion that subsidies would aid mines already in operation, but would not encourage the reopening of major producers unless the subsidy were tied to some kind of a sliding scale which would guaranteeto a mining company the prospect of profitable operation over a 15 to 20 year period even in spite of inflationary forces, The engineer forecast that a subsidy would bring tremendous amounts of money into the area for promotional HEATED MEETING..Jerry Dodge addresses a question to planning director W.

W. Roberts as the crowd listens intently at the subdivision ordinance hearing. Land Owners Raise Objections forms throughout the evening about the meaning of the NEVADA CIT Y---One hundred and sixty people attemptedtocrowd into a superior court chamber built to hold 80 spectators to express themselves Monday night on the proposed county subdivision ordinance, Almost everyone who spoke offered criticism of all or part of the ordinance, Emotions ran high and occasionally wild and planning commission chairman Cecil Edmunds rapped his gavel for order and quiet so many times that by the end of the public hearing the gavel was in need of major repairs, Most of the critical remarks were directed at part of one sentence of the 31 page ordinance, the part of paragraph 1.3 that begins "The regulations established by this ordinance shall apply to.any division of land or lands lying wholly or in part, ‘within the unincorporated territory of the county.." Mrs, Marie Williford of Grass Valley asked a question that was asked in various The Weather NEVADA CITY Max, Min. Rainfall Nov, 22 43 25 .02 23 46 42 .08 24 50 40 .01 25 52 45 .00 26 54 43 9 O81. 48 . 37 Be: 28. S11. 30 225 29.53 230 . 00 4,18 10.72 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Rainfall Nov. 22 48 27 05 93°. 485-97 .30 24 50 41 .00 25° 62 44 .01 26 53 43 . 83 27 48 40 20 28 55. 34 . 00 29° 59: 37 . 32 Rainfall to date 4,75 Rainfall last year 10.72 ! schemes, however. . Chairman Edmondson said . the committee has a pretty strong conviction that a ! healthy domestic mining industry is vital to the economic health and security of the country. While he said it is impossible to predict what the outcome of these hearings will be, thereis a better climate in Washington now for gold legislation than in a long time. sentence, “If 1 own anacre of land," she asked “and build on half of it, do I have to gothrough this subdivision tigamarole to sell the other half?" The answer, offered by planning director William Roberts was: the division of land would come under the proposed ordinance, but it would not-be economically feasible for the owner to put improvements onsuch a small parcel, and an exception would undoubtedly be granted, Clearly, most of those present did not like the idea that a man who sold (or gave away or traded) one or two parcels of his land would be classed as a subdivider. At the same time, many supported theneed for a subdivision ordinance, Some said the proposed ordinance should be modified. One man said it should be scrapped altogether and rewritten from scratch, Robert McWhinney, Indian SpringsRd, rancher, said, "if the commission will back up a little bit and be realistic they wouldn't have any opposition, " CombieRd, cattle rancher Don Newton, no stranger to planning commission hearings, said, "We want a good subdivision ordinance but we don't want to come in and see you every time we do something of a non-subdivision nature.” Newton's speech was greeted with loud applause in theaudience, Newton said he represented “four or five rather large landowners" in his area, G, N, Dodge of Banner Rd, asked planning director William Roberts to state his background and qualifications for writing a subdivision ordinance. Chairman Edmunds declared Dodge out of order and stated Mr, Roberts’ qualifications were aot thetopic ofthe hearing, He noted that Mr, Roberts had, so far as he knew, the full confidence of the planning commission and the board of supervisors, Victor Huber, Grass Valley lawyer, announced that he wasrepresenting the Nevada Couaty Real Estate Board ARTISTS ' FAIR..Helen Bontecou. hangs some of the Christmas ornaments which will be offered for Artists’ Christmas Fair. sale at the annual The ornaments and many other original items made by local artists will be for sale at 312 Commercial Street, and 3. Nevada City, Dec. 2 ¢ He said the ordinance is “not required." He said the ordinance is “absolutely preposterous." He said that even though the state law requires the county to adopt an ordinance, it “can't be forced down your throat if you don't want it." He said, as a result of the ordinance we are “going to have inspectors all over the county." He said the ordinance would retard development in Nevada County, Commissioner Alfred Heller asked whether all of these “rather strong” opinions were held by every member of the real estate board, Huber seemed to indicate that they were, He saidto ask the members; many were inthe room, Assistant District Attorney Harry Woltersnoted that although the state could not force the county to adopt an ordinance it could do so indirectly as it hadrecently with regard toa building code, Everett Bailey, building contractor, said "the county needs a subdivision ordinance but not this one. “ A Nevada County “landowner and taxpayer for 20 years," C.G, Dana of Grass Valley, said he wondered "why regulatory bodies have bleeding hearts for buyers but little sympathy for landowners and taxpayers, " Herbert Nile, Nevada City real estate man, complained that the ordinance would make it too expensive for him to give away fairly sizeable parcels of his own rural land to members of his own family, due to the cost of improvements that might be required, Ben T ankle, resident of Nevada County since Oct, 15, said he had not read the ordinance but he thought it “will drive people out of the county." Hesaidheis a former real estate man, Leonard Carey, Grass Valley real estate broker, said he thought"objectionable portions" of the proposed ordinance need revision, He proposed that a small study group “of the populace” be formed to work with the planning commission for this purpose. There is no doubt, he added, that “we need some sort of regulation, “ Mrs, David Rose of Brunswick Rd, questioned several provisions of the ordinance which, she said, would work hardships on the subdivider who doesnot have very much (Continued on Page 4) ©