October 11, 1961 (14 pages)

Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 132 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. Dial 265-2471 Alfred E. Heller. .. ean ss . . .Publishe: R,. Dean Thompson .. . . « « Editor-Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. 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 Three years, $7.00. Printed by Berliner & Mc Ginnis, Nevada City. rz EDITORIAL Good Objectives (From the Sunnyvale Daily Standard) The State Division of Highways has sometimes been accused in the selection of new routes of disregarding the destruction of the scenic values of the terrain through which a highway is to be conconstructed. 89 it was very good to hear last Friday from not only the present Chairman of the Highway Commission but also his immediate predecessor that there are values other than the straightest line betweentwo points which must be considered in selecting a new route. The occasion was a hearing at Lake Tahoe on the subject of an all-year route on the west side of the lake in the renowned Emerald Bay area. In this section, two alternatives are available, a lower route cutting throughtwos State Parks, and bridg_ ing the mouth of Emerald Bay, and the upper route, more expensive, which would, by steying closeto the existing road, bypass the center of these parks. Highway Commission Chairman Robert B. Bradford made it-clear the final choice must take into account the following objectives: To preserve park land for park purposes, preserve the natural beauty of Emerald Bay and allof Lake Tahoe, provide an all year highway and make provision forthe increasing number of people who want to come to and enjoy the lake. The inclusion of the first two qualifica. tions is vitally important. It was to Mr. Bradford's great credit he stressed them,. although indicating no final selection of . route has been made because the full procedure for developing information has not been completed. His predecessor, Frank Durkee, unhamperedas is Mr. Bradfordby holding a decision-making postiion, was more emphatic. The lowerroute,-said Mr. Durkee would create "unnecessary destruction of the bold landscape at the entrance to Emerald Bay which is inevitable ifa bridge and approaches are constructed at this lacation. "Once destroyed, itcan never be restored. Ifthis comes about, you will face condemnation throughout the State, " warnedthe former Highway Commission chairman, These significant comments by the two menwho have been and are the leaders in building highways in California are splendid. Theyreflect the realization that even inaStateaslargeas ours, the natural attractions, the beauty of forest, field, mountain, and water are not unlimited; and in the development of land generally we must take care not todestroythe irreplaceable. 2 for auto insurance Carl Early 209 Main Grass Valley 213 2304 Your Family Insurance Man . STATE FARM §~ STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY Home Office: Bloomington, lilinois AUTO LIFE & FIRE INSURANCE & The Mail BagDelayed answering accumulationThank you very much, good readers, for your cards about the columns on Graniteville and Washington. I know as many of you pointed out that I missed several good items. We'll go back again sometime and future. We see great changes in our mountain areas with the real possibility of a California State Park between the Yuba and North Bloomfield. The $50 million bond issue of the NID should have overwhelming approval in early 1962. It's with mixed emotions that we report to our hundreds of out of town readers that vast changes are taking place in Nevada County. Better roads, faster highways, new dams, dozens of new sub-divisions, thoughtful planning by our Nevada County Planning Commission, a million dollar high school, a successful people-owned hospital, the desire for hundreds to live off the beaten path and work elsewhere-live in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area work in MarysvilleSacramento and SF and commute on week-ends that's the new pattern, It's bringing in new and wonderful people, new money and new ideas. , We have worked for all this progress and will. continue to do so, The preservation of the past of this area is essential, however, along with progress that-we welcome, We can have our cake and eat it too, if our decision makers will ever keep our historical heritage in mind and protect that heritage as the bulldozers move in all Nevada County directions. Bouts a Callan Realty Company 2790 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA + PLAZA 8-6464——1 August 10th, 1961. Mr. Bob Paine, jc/o Nevada County Nugget, Nevada City, Cal. \Dear Mr. Paine: My cousin, William Morgan, recently presented me with some late copies jof the Nugget. I was amused and pleased with your column and have long . thought something like it was what the publication needed. I was particularly tickeled with a little paragraph about Mike Hyman's iano playing over at the Palace. I remember Mike well. We boys of the high school vintage of about 1912 or so also knew the way up National Alley. hat paragraph gave an idea: Several years ago while serving a term in the hospital, I diverted myself writing several short stories based on Nevada City episndes for the amusement of my son-in-law and other relatives I dug one of them out and am sending it to you with the thought I don't intend that you should use it in the Nugget; I haveother copies. in Kew York. it might amuse you. just read it and throw it away. Why don't you invite any local writers that you know of to submit you short stories on the old mining country background and publish some 12 or 15 of them in a souvenir anthology. There must be lots of would be writers like me who would like to contribute. If well screened and edited, I think sucha volume would go over big; the times are just right for it. I used other names for the Waracters in this little story that I am sending, but you will doubtless recognize who they were. Of course, Rusty was . me, but I had to disguise him. Best regards and continued success with your column. meee , Carroll Waite RM -214t avenue San Francisco Now back to our mailCarroll: The second-paragraph of your letter first: . Its the smart cookie (even in 1912) that . learned as much onthe way to school as he . didafter he got to school. Your idea about i Rd., local writers contributing to a souvenir anthology is an excellent one but a little hard to. come by. So little time. We have had some success inthis line with the Nevada County Historical Society bulletinsDoris Foley, Belle Douglas, Helen Nivens ; HP Davis, Bert Nile have made their contributions. Thanks for your letter. We'll try. Mrs, Betty French, a subscriber at 1024 A Las Gamos San Rafael, writes that she is working on a story about Lola Montez and would I please check and advise if Lola ever registered at the National Hotel: Don't see why she would have: with her homeon Mill Street, GV. Sorry, but I haven't the time to check those years to find if Lola ever did register at the National and if she did stay there, for any reason, without registering, I'm not going to snitch on her. Gertrude Trezona, 200 South Cliffwood, Los Angeles 49, liked our stories about the Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR but why didn't we do one on the Sunday school picnics via NCNG at Shebley's Pond. Be my guest, Gertrude Here's your ticket from the GV depot to the picnic. And you bring you up to date on the past and the * Words by Gi Fs J zi rs : ‘ i ; roe Coun cunceuiat are cherished ea s i take us back to childhood days Wherepila . With pesty Jacks, a a pot of tea and saffron . es carols sing whi le church bells ‘ring hears ner aes Be, py age vt To Shebley’s pond the Narrow Gauge,ay, out to our Would take us on our merry w a i. Saat Donation day parade each year O’ for those good old fashioned days, would we: with Hasty. pipe UE ee & can sing George Carson's song as you bump along on the ties: Matie Luther, 154 Race Street, G.V., who had previously asked: Which is the oldest continuously operated business in G.V. with the same family ownership; Alvin Jones’ Grass Valley Hardware or How ard Bennett’ Bootery? Wasn't satisfied with my last answer and being a school teacher is going to keep asking until she is satisfied: Well it's Howard Bennett’ Bootery for continuous family ownership but the Grass Valley Hardware has thereal longevity: Samuel Beverton owned the Hardware, sold it to Elam Biggs in 1879 and combined it with a business owned by Peter Johnson in 1889, The Jones family took over later. You went to school with both Howard and Alvon and should have known these dates. I had todelay my fall tulip planting to run down this information. Any my last answer for this time-others. % please be patient will get to your letters! as soon as possible this one from Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald of Buena Vista AveFairfax, Calif: Read a column about Sierra City andthat elderberries grew there and -please, didI have a recipe for elderberry . wine ? Said she goes tothe dentist in Fair-. fax andreads the Nugget there. Well, Mrs .! Fitzgeraldthere's aneasier, cheaper, lessi painful way toreadthe Nugget. Subscribe. For about six cents a copy. Never have. tasted elderberry wine but we did search and found a method thanks to Dorothy; Gilberg, of the Nugget's artist COmDOF TNE room staff. If we are too late for this year's elderberry crop save for 1962. And proceed at your ownrisk. This recipe has not been tasted in the Nugget kitchens: One peck elderberry blossoms, 3 pounds brown sugar, 3 gallons boiling water, 3 sliced oranges, 3 lemons, crush fruit and cover with sugar; add 23 cloves, 6 sticks cinnamon, put in stone jar, pour onboiling water, stand six days in a warm place, stir frequently, strain andreturnto jar, add one cake compressed yeast, cover with cheese cloth and when perfectly clarified, bottle. Now Mrs . Fitzgerald, Ialso mentioned there are 500 pound brown bears in Sierra City. Don't ask me how to cook one of them. Next week-The Malakoff Story with pictures of Lake City and North Bloomfield. Pa : Army Capt, Pictures Love And Hate By Jack Miner Everybody should still remember "Jim™ Hutchison, the man in the cover-alls outside the foundry where he worked a lifetime asa machinist. Everybody loved Jim, volunteer fireman, community-builder and friend. The other man in the picture, and I say it without reservation, was-the—mosthated man in all of Nevada County-that is by the crooks; for he was George Carter, a Sheriff. : Letter To The Editor Dear Sir: My son and his wife have bought property in the out= skirts of Nevada Cityand hope to build in the distant future. Their homeis in Las fayette, Contra Costa 7 County. . T he Nugget is such a fine little paper and they buy it when up there on weekends. Ihavethe Sept. 20 igsue and it is delightful. « <The photographs are wonderful. Capt. Arnold . On Sltiewe FORT BUCKNER, OKINAWA Raymond E, Arnold, 35, whose wife, Madelon, lives at’113 Sedat Way, Grass Valley, recently arrived on Okinawa and is now a member of Headquarters, IX Corps, Captain Arnold, son of Carroll R, Arnold, Route 2, Grass Valley, i operations officer of the Operations and Training Section of headquarters. He entered the Army in 1951 and was last stationed at Fort Sill, Okla, Respectfully, Mrs. F, G. Shaw Oakland (We donot publish letters not signed with the writer's name and address. We will, however, with-hold the writer's name on request.) N. GC, N. G. RR. NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE R. R. GOING COUPON. Good for One Contaeons: Passage on Date and from" STATION STAMPED ON BACK CHICAGO PARK CHICAGO PARK to RETURN COUPON GOOD FOR ONE CONTINUOUS PASSAGE STATION STAMPED ONLY ON DATE STAMPED ON BACK ON BACK Fornt aed ‘12497 Ex-1 Ex1 ? 12497 Avis, Attentively listeningtoCharles DeTurk, Chief State Division Parks & Beaches telling of the huge benefits that will accrue from a Malakoff Diggins State Park-beauty wise, recreational, historical andbusiness wise to Nevada County is L-R Eldon Tobiassen, NIDAssessor, State Senator Ron Cameron, Bob Paine andAssemblyman Paul Lunardi. Picture snapped by Bob ror at the Malakoff. CURNOWHALLS INSURANCE 316 Broad St, Dial 265-4586

Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 132 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. Dial 265-2471 Alfred E. Heller. ... ean ss . . .Publishe: R,. Dean Thompson ... . . « « Editor-Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. 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 Three years, $7.00. Printed by Berliner & Mc Ginnis, Nevada City. rz EDITORIAL Good Objectives (From the Sunnyvale Daily Standard) The State Division of Highways has sometimes been accused in the selection of new routes of disregarding the destruction of the scenic values of the terrain through which a highway is to be conconstructed. 89 it was very good to hear last Friday from not only the present Chairman of the Highway Commission but also his immediate predecessor that there are values other than the straightest line betweentwo points which must be considered in selecting a new route. The occasion was a hearing at Lake Tahoe on the subject of an all-year route on the west side of the lake in the renowned Emerald Bay area. In this section, two alternatives are available, a lower route cutting throughtwos State Parks, and bridg_ ing the mouth of Emerald Bay, and the upper route, more expensive, which would, by steying closeto the existing road, bypass the center of these parks. Highway Commission Chairman Robert B. Bradford made it-clear the final choice must take into account the following objectives: To preserve park land for park purposes, preserve the natural beauty of Emerald Bay and allof Lake Tahoe, provide an all year highway and make provision forthe increasing number of people who want to come to and enjoy the lake. The inclusion of the first two qualifica. tions is vitally important. It was to Mr. Bradford's great credit he stressed them,. although indicating no final selection of . route has been made because the full procedure for developing information has not been completed. His predecessor, Frank Durkee, unhamperedas is Mr. Bradfordby holding a decision-making postiion, was more emphatic. The lowerroute,-said Mr. Durkee would create "unnecessary destruction of the bold landscape at the entrance to Emerald Bay which is inevitable ifa bridge and approaches are constructed at this lacation. "Once destroyed, itcan never be restored. Ifthis comes about, you will face condemnation throughout the State, " warnedthe former Highway Commission chairman, These significant comments by the two menwho have been and are the leaders in building highways in California are splendid. Theyreflect the realization that even inaStateaslargeas ours, the natural attractions, the beauty of forest, field, mountain, and water are not unlimited; and in the development of land generally we must take care not todestroythe irreplaceable. 2 for auto insurance Carl Early 209 Main Grass Valley 213 2304 Your Family Insurance Man . STATE FARM §~ STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY Home Office: Bloomington, lilinois AUTO LIFE & FIRE INSURANCE & The Mail BagDelayed answering accumulationThank you very much, good readers, for your cards about the columns on Graniteville and Washington. I know as many of you pointed out that I missed several good items. We'll go back again sometime and future. We see great changes in our mountain areas with the real possibility of a California State Park between the Yuba and North Bloomfield. The $50 million bond issue of the NID should have overwhelming approval in early 1962. It's with mixed emotions that we report to our hundreds of out of town readers that vast changes are taking place in Nevada County. Better roads, faster highways, new dams, dozens of new sub-divisions, thoughtful planning by our Nevada County Planning Commission, a million dollar high school, a successful people-owned hospital, the desire for hundreds to live off the beaten path and work elsewhere-live in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area work in MarysvilleSacramento and SF and commute on week-ends that's the new pattern, It's bringing in new and wonderful people, new money and new ideas. , We have worked for all this progress and will. continue to do so, The preservation of the past of this area is essential, however, along with progress that-we welcome, We can have our cake and eat it too, if our decision makers will ever keep our historical heritage in mind and protect that heritage as the bulldozers move in all Nevada County directions. Bouts a Callan Realty Company 2790 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA + PLAZA 8-6464——1 August 10th, 1961. Mr. Bob Paine, jc/o Nevada County Nugget, Nevada City, Cal. \Dear Mr. Paine: My cousin, William Morgan, recently presented me with some late copies jof the Nugget. I was amused and pleased with your column and have long . thought something like it was what the publication needed. I was particularly tickeled with a little paragraph about Mike Hyman's iano playing over at the Palace. I remember Mike well. We boys of the high school vintage of about 1912 or so also knew the way up National Alley. hat paragraph gave an idea: Several years ago while serving a term in the hospital, I diverted myself writing several short stories based on Nevada City episndes for the amusement of my son-in-law and other relatives I dug one of them out and am sending it to you with the thought I don't intend that you should use it in the Nugget; I haveother copies. in Kew York. it might amuse you. just read it and throw it away. Why don't you invite any local writers that you know of to submit you short stories on the old mining country background and publish some 12 or 15 of them in a souvenir anthology. There must be lots of would be writers like me who would like to contribute. If well screened and edited, I think sucha volume would go over big; the times are just right for it. I used other names for the Waracters in this little story that I am sending, but you will doubtless recognize who they were. Of course, Rusty was . me, but I had to disguise him. Best regards and continued success with your column. meee , Carroll Waite RM -214t avenue San Francisco Now back to our mailCarroll: The second-paragraph of your letter first: . Its the smart cookie (even in 1912) that . learned as much onthe way to school as he . didafter he got to school. Your idea about i Rd., local writers contributing to a souvenir anthology is an excellent one but a little hard to. come by. So little time. We have had some success inthis line with the Nevada County Historical Society bulletinsDoris Foley, Belle Douglas, Helen Nivens ; HP Davis, Bert Nile have made their contributions. Thanks for your letter. We'll try. Mrs, Betty French, a subscriber at 1024 A Las Gamos San Rafael, writes that she is working on a story about Lola Montez and would I please check and advise if Lola ever registered at the National Hotel: Don't see why she would have: with her homeon Mill Street, GV. Sorry, but I haven't the time to check those years to

find if Lola ever did register at the National and if she did stay there, for any reason, without registering, I'm not going to snitch on her. Gertrude Trezona, 200 South Cliffwood, Los Angeles 49, liked our stories about the Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR but why didn't we do one on the Sunday school picnics via NCNG at Shebley's Pond. Be my guest, Gertrude Here's your ticket from the GV depot to the picnic. And you bring you up to date on the past and the * Words by Gi Fs J zi rs : ‘ i ; roe Coun cunceuiat are cherished ea s i take us back to childhood days Wherepila . With pesty Jacks, a a pot of tea and saffron . es carols sing whi le church bells ‘ring hears ner aes Be, py age vt To Shebley’s pond the Narrow Gauge,ay, out to our Would take us on our merry w a i. Saat Donation day parade each year O’ for those good old fashioned days, would we: with Hasty. pipe UE ee & can sing George Carson's song as you bump along on the ties: Matie Luther, 154 Race Street, G.V., who had previously asked: Which is the oldest continuously operated business in G.V. with the same family ownership; Alvin Jones’ Grass Valley Hardware or How ard Bennett’ Bootery? Wasn't satisfied with my last answer and being a school teacher is going to keep asking until she is satisfied: Well it's Howard Bennett’ Bootery for continuous family ownership but the Grass Valley Hardware has thereal longevity: Samuel Beverton owned the Hardware, sold it to Elam Biggs in 1879 and combined it with a business owned by Peter Johnson in 1889, The Jones family took over later. You went to school with both Howard and Alvon and should have known these dates. I had todelay my fall tulip planting to run down this information. Any my last answer for this time-others. % please be patient will get to your letters! as soon as possible this one from Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald of Buena Vista AveFairfax, Calif: Read a column about Sierra City andthat elderberries grew there and -please, didI have a recipe for elderberry . wine ? Said she goes tothe dentist in Fair-. fax andreads the Nugget there. Well, Mrs .! Fitzgeraldthere's aneasier, cheaper, lessi painful way toreadthe Nugget. Subscribe. For about six cents a copy. Never have. tasted elderberry wine but we did search and found a method thanks to Dorothy; Gilberg, of the Nugget's artist COmDOF TNE room staff. If we are too late for this year's elderberry crop save for 1962. And proceed at your ownrisk. This recipe has not been tasted in the Nugget kitchens: One peck elderberry blossoms, 3 pounds brown sugar, 3 gallons boiling water, 3 sliced oranges, 3 lemons, crush fruit and cover with sugar; add 23 cloves, 6 sticks cinnamon, put in stone jar, pour onboiling water, stand six days in a warm place, stir frequently, strain andreturnto jar, add one cake compressed yeast, cover with cheese cloth and when perfectly clarified, bottle. Now Mrs . Fitzgerald, Ialso mentioned there are 500 pound brown bears in Sierra City. Don't ask me how to cook one of them. Next week-The Malakoff Story with pictures of Lake City and North Bloomfield. Pa : Army Capt, Pictures Love And Hate By Jack Miner Everybody should still remember "Jim™ Hutchison, the man in the cover-alls outside the foundry where he worked a lifetime asa machinist. Everybody loved Jim, volunteer fireman, community-builder and friend. The other man in the picture, and I say it without reservation, was-the—mosthated man in all of Nevada County-that is by the crooks; for he was George Carter, a Sheriff. : Letter To The Editor Dear Sir: My son and his wife have bought property in the out= skirts of Nevada Cityand hope to build in the distant future. Their homeis in Las fayette, Contra Costa 7 County. . T he Nugget is such a fine little paper and they buy it when up there on weekends. Ihavethe Sept. 20 igsue and it is delightful. « <The photographs are wonderful. Capt. Arnold . On Sltiewe FORT BUCKNER, OKINAWA Raymond E, Arnold, 35, whose wife, Madelon, lives at’113 Sedat Way, Grass Valley, recently arrived on Okinawa and is now a member of Headquarters, IX Corps, Captain Arnold, son of Carroll R, Arnold, Route 2, Grass Valley, i operations officer of the Operations and Training Section of headquarters. He entered the Army in 1951 and was last stationed at Fort Sill, Okla, Respectfully, Mrs. F, G. Shaw Oakland (We donot publish letters not signed with the writer's name and address. We will, however, with-hold the writer's name on request.) N. GC, N. G. RR. NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE R. R. GOING COUPON. Good for One Contaeons: Passage on Date and from" STATION STAMPED ON BACK CHICAGO PARK CHICAGO PARK to RETURN COUPON GOOD FOR ONE CONTINUOUS PASSAGE STATION STAMPED ONLY ON DATE STAMPED ON BACK ON BACK Fornt aed ‘12497 Ex-1 Ex1 ? 12497 Avis, Attentively listeningtoCharles DeTurk, Chief State Division Parks & Beaches telling of the huge benefits that will accrue from a Malakoff Diggins State Park-beauty wise, recreational, historical andbusiness wise to Nevada County is L-R Eldon Tobiassen, NIDAssessor, State Senator Ron Cameron, Bob Paine andAssemblyman Paul Lunardi. Picture snapped by Bob ror at the Malakoff. CURNOWHALLS INSURANCE 316 Broad St, Dial 265-4586