October 22, 1964 (40 pages)

or) —s90OUN AJUNOT) GPeAgN VIEE ,6G 19901IO ~ October 22, 1964.Nevada County Nugget. “i Creeks Are A Flowing Cesspool (Continued from Page 1) Here is what the fuss is all about. County Sanitarian Harold cox made a series of -laboratory tests of the water in Wolf Creek andinthe many ditches and runoff drains leading to Wolf Creek and his tests showed that the creek at times is nothing more than a flowing cesspool and that raw sewage can be seen running ‘ down the sides of our highways where children walk on their way toschool, and across lots presently being offered for sale. Health officers measure water pollution in terms of coloforms which are bacteria that live in the intestinal tract of warmblooded animals, including man. ‘According to the State Water Pollution Control Board, when a sample of water is taken from an average stream where there is TREATED sewage, there should be no morethan 50 coloforms per 100 cubic centimeters of water andthe limit should never exceed 700 coloforms per 100 cc's of water. Cox says that for a normal UNTREATED mountain stream or open ditch subject to all of nature's natural pollutants, 2300 coloforms per 100 cc's of water is about average. This would be average, therefore for the open Nevada Irrigation District ditches bringing water from mountain lakes and reservoirs. Coloform counts taken in June and July showed that intwo places in the county there were 2,400, 000 coldfof mS per 100 cc*s of water. Two tests taken in Wolf Creek at the Railroad Avenue bridge just outside Grass Valley andteststaken in the little creek running into Wolf Creek from behind Matson's Mill all registered two million, four hundred thousand coloforms, Other ‘tests showed there were 23,000 coloforms in Wolf Creek behind the Spanish Inn; 240,000 in water running down from the California Highway Patrol property; 700,000 inthe ditch behind the Midway Motel; 23,000 in water running down the left side of Hughes Road; 700, 600 in water on Manor Drive where one personhour's drive north of Pheonix in ° has an open drain leading direcly from his septic tank to the highway drain-off ditch which in turn runs into Wolf Creek. There are many other figures available all pointing out with devastating clarity that unless the situation is remedied, sooner or later we will face areal epidemic of typhoid, hepatitis or some similar water-borne disease. This past summer there were 18 cases of hepatitis in the county which Rayburn called “an abnormally large number" and while it could not be proven that the water carried the bug, no one wanted to say it did not! At the time, a health department press release described the outbreak as a mild epidemic. Now, whatcan be done to correct the situation in the Glenbrook Basin? In 1952 the State Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, Department of Public Health, prepared. a report for the Central Valley Regional Water Pollution Control Board entitled "Sanitary Survey of Wolf Creek and its Watershed” . This report stated that 64% of the (Continued on Page 18) At Carefree, about half-anArizona, you'll find one of the ‘largest sundials in the world. Some 50 feet high, it hasa 60-foot arm, a diameter of 90 feet, anda circumference of 284 feet, : McCarthy. Against Initiative State Senator John F. 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or) —s90OUN AJUNOT) GPeAgN VIEE ,6G 19901IO ~ October 22, 1964..Nevada County Nugget.. “i Creeks Are A Flowing Cesspool (Continued from Page 1) Here is what the fuss is all about. County Sanitarian Harold cox made a series of -laboratory tests of the water in Wolf Creek andinthe many ditches and runoff drains leading to Wolf Creek and his tests showed that the creek at times is nothing more than a flowing cesspool and that raw sewage can be seen running ‘ down the sides of our highways where children walk on their way toschool, and across lots presently being offered for sale. Health officers measure water pollution in terms of coloforms which are bacteria that live in the intestinal tract of warmblooded animals, including man. ‘According to the State Water Pollution Control Board, when a sample of water is taken from an average stream where there is TREATED sewage, there should be no morethan 50 coloforms per 100 cubic centimeters of water andthe limit should never exceed 700 coloforms per 100 cc's of water. Cox says that for a normal UNTREATED mountain stream or open ditch subject to all of nature's natural pollutants, 2300 coloforms per 100 cc's of water is about average. This would be average, therefore for the open Nevada Irrigation District ditches bringing water from mountain lakes and reservoirs. Coloform counts taken in June and July showed that intwo places in the county there were 2,400, 000 coldfof mS per 100 cc*s of water. Two tests taken in Wolf Creek at the Railroad Avenue bridge just outside Grass Valley andteststaken in the little creek running into Wolf Creek from behind Matson's Mill all registered two million, four hundred thousand coloforms, Other ‘tests showed there were 23,000 coloforms in Wolf Creek behind the Spanish Inn; 240,000 in water running down from the California Highway Patrol property; 700,000 inthe ditch behind the Midway Motel; 23,000 in water running down the left side of Hughes Road; 700, 600 in water on Manor Drive where one personhour's drive north of Pheonix in ° has an open drain leading direcly from his septic tank to the highway drain-off ditch which in turn runs into Wolf Creek. There are many other figures available all pointing out with devastating clarity that unless the situation is remedied, sooner or later we will face areal epidemic of typhoid, hepatitis or some similar water-borne disease. This past summer there were 18 cases of hepatitis in the county which Rayburn called “an abnormally large number" and while it could not be proven that the water carried the bug, no one wanted to say it did not! At the time, a health department press release described the outbreak as a mild epidemic. Now, whatcan be done to correct the situation in the Glenbrook Basin? In 1952 the State Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, Department of Public Health, prepared. a report for the Central Valley

Regional Water Pollution Control Board entitled "Sanitary Survey of Wolf Creek and its Watershed” . This report stated that 64% of the (Continued on Page 18) At Carefree, about half-anArizona, you'll find one of the ‘largest sundials in the world. Some 50 feet high, it hasa 60-foot arm, a diameter of 90 feet, anda circumference of 284 feet, : McCarthy. Against Initiative State Senator John F. McCarthy, ‘a Republican who voted against theRumford Act, has condemned Proposition 14, the constitutional amendment aimed at overturning the act and establishing a prohibition against any such laws in the ‘future. Outstanding in his objections to the amendment are the devastation Proposition 14 could create in ~__— +s SS ~ LEONARD F : CAREY..Realtor Phone 273-4300---P,O, Box 944, Grass Vallev, California Real Estate Investments -Mortgage Loans — the orderly legislative process under which the state has operated ever since its founding. "Our republican form of government cannot operate effec tively with rigid, inflexible constiiutional amendments, such as proposed by Proposition 14, which would deny our elected representatives their right and their duty with major state problems, " . Davesrn g , STORA GE @ You EVER MADE THE BEST MOVE 1 Pwome 279-090" y aes VAN 6 STORAGE 7s] FREE ESTIMATES PHONE 273—8781 . Silverware Diamonds Watches Clocks AND MANY OTHER GIFTS JEWELRY our Gold Nugget and Quartz Jewelry Makes Lasting Gifts & Appropriate Souvenirs Of The Gold Country EXPERT WATCH & “JEWELRY REPAIRING MARTURG'’S Grass (/) Valley i ewmeters Since 1875 124 MILLST,, GRASS VALLEY Phone 273—3039 This book gets better—page after page. One of the nicest things about saving at Bank of America is that the more you save, the more you earn—in the form of regular interest computed daily. Another is the receipt book you get—a brand new kind of book that not only keeps the teller’s record of your transactions but also gives you space for your own personal record as well. ‘This new arrangement makes it easier than ever to save at Bank of America. And a lot faster. If you’re looking for a brand new way to save money, open a savings account at Bank of America—foday! BANK OF AMERICA National Trust and Savings Association » Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation