October 2, 1968 (8 pages)

FOG 9 8 Cerne PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LIBRARY . _ SACTO CAL 95814 a Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valle ity, . y, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherok ie nn ae ve: sens Pde taco poke eo ere pda Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Wathingtén, ie: ‘Tent, Th ce oe Ridge I > . Ss city, » Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, icago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sai 2 i ) i Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, sandy Flat ‘setuntope), Olsles Git © dese mite ° i] i} , Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens Volume 45 NUMBER 40 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1968 A DITCH is dug along the main street of the town of Washington for installation of four-inch pipe, part of the Washington Water District's new system. The $44,000 project is being constructed to tap water in Henderson Ravine, About 11,000 feet of gravity pipeline will be laid. State sales tax will remain 5 per cent California's sales and use tax, twice scheduled to drop this year, will continue at the 5% rate -at least until next July-in most of the state, Member Paul Leake of the State Board of Equalization confirmed today. The City of Los Angeles, however, will have an additional 1% sales tax effective October 1, for six months. And Los Angeles City and County voters will decide November 5 whether to permit a one-half percent sales tax later for rapid transit. The rapid transit tax would become effective April 1, 1969 when the special city sales tax ends. The state and local sales tax, once set to drop July 1 of this year to 4 1/2% and then postpened until Oct. 1 unless property tax relief was enacted, now will remain at 5% unless the property tax relief proposition --1-A--fails on the November ballot. Under the Constitutional Amendment (Prop. 1-A) placed before the voters by the 1968 Legislature, the statewide sales tax will drop to 4 1/2% on July 1, 1969, if the Amenc™ment loses, Leake said, ; Nat’! 4-H Week 4-H improves the employability of youth through useful work projects, by teaching positive attitudes toward work, by stressing the importance of marketable skills and credentials, and by helping youth to explore a wide range of educational and career possibilities. Nearly all of the 4-H projects and associated, activities are referred to as project work. Each provides an opportunity for sampling many work-related situations and brings young October 6 to 12 people into direct association with experienced adults engaged in related activities, Each project also has built-in stages of proficiency and challenge. These educational projects are the code around which "learning by doing" experiences are built, The typical 4-H participant enrolls in three projects per year. Overall, 4-H'ers are enrolled in 7,000,000 projects annually in the nation. Modern business, industry, agriculture, education and social services require specific occupational skills. “te WEEK-END PROSPECTOR pans for gold in downtown Washington, The new ''diggins" were developed when the contractor opened the ditch for the new water system pipeline, No bonanza , occurred, but many panners claimed the "showed color" and had a lot of fun doing it. Mine tour slated i Oct. 5-6 The second annual Tour of the Mines, sponsored by the Nevada City-Grass Valley Kiwanis Club will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6. The tours will include visits to many of the mines and diggins that made history in this area, The schedule will cover the Pennsylvania, Scotia, Empire, Idaho Maryland, Champion, North Star, and Brunswick mines and. the Malakoff and Manzanita Diggins. The tour starts at 8 a.m. at the Nevada County Fairgrounds with the mine visits. Lunch will be served at the fairgrounds. The tour of the diggins will be in the afternoon ending at 4 p.m., in time for a visit to the Mining Exhibit in Grass Valley. Last year, upwards of a thousand persons made the tour in one day, causing the sponsors to set a two-day program this year. al : ~% ade 1 e

FOG 9 8 Cerne PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LIBRARY . _ SACTO CAL 95814 a Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valle ity, . y, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherok ie nn ae ve: sens Pde taco poke eo ere pda Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Wathingtén, ie: ‘Tent, Th ce oe Ridge I > . Ss city, » Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, icago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sai 2 i ) i Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, sandy Flat ‘setuntope), Olsles Git © dese mite ° i] i} , Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens Volume 45 NUMBER 40 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1968 A DITCH is dug along the main street of the town of Washington for installation of four-inch pipe, part of the Washington Water District's new system. The $44,000 project is being constructed to tap water in Henderson Ravine, About 11,000 feet of gravity pipeline will be laid. State sales tax will remain 5 per cent California's sales and use tax, twice scheduled to drop this year, will continue at the 5% rate -at least until next July-in most of the state, Member Paul Leake of the State Board of Equalization confirmed today. The City of Los Angeles, however, will have an additional 1% sales tax effective October 1, for six months. And Los Angeles City and County voters will decide November 5 whether to permit a one-half percent sales tax later for rapid transit. The rapid transit tax would become effective April 1, 1969 when the special city sales tax ends. The state and local sales tax, once set to drop July 1 of this year to 4 1/2% and then postpened until Oct. 1 unless property tax relief was enacted, now will remain at 5% unless the property tax relief proposition --1-A--fails on the November ballot. Under the Constitutional Amendment (Prop. 1-A) placed before the voters by the 1968 Legislature, the statewide sales tax will drop to 4 1/2% on July 1, 1969, if the Amenc™ment loses, Leake said, ; Nat’! 4-H Week 4-H improves the employability of youth through useful work projects, by teaching positive attitudes toward work, by stressing the importance of marketable skills and credentials, and by helping youth to explore a wide range of educational and career possibilities. Nearly all of the 4-H projects and associated, activities are referred to as project work.

Each provides an opportunity for sampling many work-related situations and brings young October 6 to 12 people into direct association with experienced adults engaged in related activities, Each project also has built-in stages of proficiency and challenge. These educational projects are the code around which "learning by doing" experiences are built, The typical 4-H participant enrolls in three projects per year. Overall, 4-H'ers are enrolled in 7,000,000 projects annually in the nation. Modern business, industry, agriculture, education and social services require specific occupational skills. “te WEEK-END PROSPECTOR pans for gold in downtown Washington, The new ''diggins" were developed when the contractor opened the ditch for the new water system pipeline, No bonanza , occurred, but many panners claimed the "showed color" and had a lot of fun doing it. Mine tour slated i Oct. 5-6 The second annual Tour of the Mines, sponsored by the Nevada City-Grass Valley Kiwanis Club will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6. The tours will include visits to many of the mines and diggins that made history in this area, The schedule will cover the Pennsylvania, Scotia, Empire, Idaho Maryland, Champion, North Star, and Brunswick mines and. the Malakoff and Manzanita Diggins. The tour starts at 8 a.m. at the Nevada County Fairgrounds with the mine visits. Lunch will be served at the fairgrounds. The tour of the diggins will be in the afternoon ending at 4 p.m., in time for a visit to the Mining Exhibit in Grass Valley. Last year, upwards of a thousand persons made the tour in one day, causing the sponsors to set a two-day program this year. al : ~% ade 1 e