October 3, 1963 (20 pages)

SMALL TOWN ‘SMALL WORLD. EDITORIALS . WIDENING OF BROAD STREET IS NOT A GOOD IDEA Nevada City is prospering ~ Traffic on downtown streets has become heavier. Parking spaces on Broad St. have become harder to find. Commercial vehicle drivers have adopted the double-parking habit so that they may deliyer to local stores without delay to their schedules. This double-parking on Broad St. has caused even greater congestion for the heavier traffic that is making its way to town to shop and carry on other business. Nevada City's councilmen are aware of the increasing problem of traffic on downtown streets. They seem to want to do something about solving the problem. City Manager Charles Smith has suggestedto the council that the National Hotel-City Hall side of Broad St. be ' widened three feet at the expense of the sidewalk. He is checking with state officials to determine whether the city can use state gas tax funds to do this job. : We donot believe the proposed solution to the traffic problem is one that has the best interests of Nevada City merchants or residents at heart. Broad St.isthe city's main business street. The sidewalk area must carry present and future customers to Nevada City stores. Any program that would narrow the.sidewalk on either side of BroadSt. is a program that would limit the growth of downtown business. The proposed widening would also cause the destruction or drastic modification of the National Hotel's pillarsupported balcony. : The real problem in Nevada City is a parking problem. Widening of the street would not avail customers of additional parking spaces. It would only officially condone an illegal procedure---doubleparking. If the city council.wants traffic to move more smoothly over Broad St. it should set about securing permanent parking lots in the downtown area. We hope the city will seek the advice of local merchants before a program is initiated that would make any such drastic change inthe downtown area as the narrowing of a sidewalk. While Nevada City is prospering, there are problems to be solved. They can best be solved by. looking tothe _ root ofthe problem, not by taking tem-porary stop-gap measures that might hurtratherthan help the local economy in the future. / # A JOB WELL DONE BY NEVADA CITY BPW Nevada City Business .and Professional Women should be congratulated for the success oftheir Capitol District Fall Conference Saturday and Sunday. It is noteworthy that the Beeps had a well-organized conference, they carried off the program and entertainment of some 135 guests at the conference with a minimum of help from other organizations and businesses. Indeed, the Nevada City BPW dida beautiful job of promoting businesses within the town to their visitors. The RedCarpet of welcome, stretching up Broad St., was a topic of conversation and drew praise from the visitors. The Beeps are to be congratulated for their imagination. Its beneficial use of a portion of Broad St. is in sharp contrast witha contemplated narrowing of sidewalks on one side of that street---a proposal that would be detrimental to the business community. The Nevada City Beeps drew praise from those women who attended the conference, not only for the organizational excellence of the meetings, but also because the affair was attended by a large local delegation. They deserve applause from local residents. In this conference, the Nevada City= BPW. has proved again its value to the . city, and done so at a time that lends impetus tothe celebration next week of National Business Women's Week. SIERRA BYWAYS HEDDA WILL DISCOVER. THE FACTS OF LIFE SHADES OF BOURBON HILL..Whiskeytown, that's where President Kennedy stopped Saturday to dedicate a dam, may be the only place inthe U.S, with a post SS Vad INCOMPARABLE “ly W, A< ODOROUS SNUFFS, — DELICIOUS FINE CUTS, Etc. One. Price for all Seres and Coloura. and that bey office named after a liquor..The Department of Interior tells us so. And it sought for 71 years to get its name..Jedediah Smith and Hudson's Bay trappers did not get into the Whiskeytown area until well after 1820. The first settler came in 1844, followed by Fremont and . Kit Carson,.As in our area, it was the gold miners who had the greatest impact in the early days.. Whiskeytown started out in 1849 as Franklin City. But the ' struggle to get its present name began before Prohibition and lasted well after Repeal, .Some say that Whiskeytown wasso named because of its ability to use up a keg of the stuffeach day. Others contend that both Whiskeytown and nearby Brandy Creek were so designate d at about the same time when kegs fell from pack trains and split open.). Anyway, in 1850 the town was known as Whiskeytown, and then the post office closed in 1864 and when it reopened in 1881 the Post-Office Department * saidthe old name wasn't dignified, and the fight began. The school there has always been known as Whiskeytown School and that's what the people wanted for the post office. But Washington held out, naming it first Blair, thenStella, then Schilling.. It should be pointed out that Schilling was the name of an old-time resident, but the association of that name with a brand of tea really caused quite a stir in Whiskeytown.. Finally in 1952 the Post Office Department gave in and Whiskeytown be-. came itself again---the same Whiskeytown that saw Lotta Crabtree sing to the prospectors on stages improvised from tables or bartops, the same town that saw stage robberies by Rattlesnake Dick, Sheetiron Jack and Black Bart..Only ten miles from Redding, Whiskeytown somehow seems out of place: it should have been situated in Nevada County. Hi HEDDA,. 5% From one frustrated freeway fighter to another, this report from Hedda Hopper and a comment Hollywood is shaking from news that a freeway is going to go right through the most beautiful area in the world---Beverly Hills, natch---shaking more than from any previous earthquake.. Hedda puts itthis way, “Steal their girls, beat them at poker, take away their star billing, but invade their homes and you've got a fight.".. As proof, each person at a recent mass meeting to fight the freeway shelled out $100 asa starters cscs And everybody who is anybody was there, from Jack Benny to Clifton Webb, Hedda said, and we imagine Jayne Mansfield, Yes, -Sit, Hedda says “the California Division of Highways is going tohaveto get its little old map maker to draw up a new route, and I kid you not.”.. Well, now, Hedda, I had never thought you lacked knowledge of the facts of life, but let me warn you not to wager one of your fine hats on that little old map maker changing any plans. Let me tell you, Hedda, political facts ot lite are different than birds and bees and all that stuff. When it comes to highway engineers you are dealing with the pride of a creator when you suggest he change HIS design. No sir, not even girls, poker, star billing, nor the $100 per head will turn an engineer's head, And you might throw in Jack Benny, Clifton Webb and Jayne Mansfield to boot, all without effect But nice try, anyway. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN STATE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM EUROPEANS ABOUT GUIDING CITY GROWTH A conference sponsored by the University of California last weekend brought tothisrapidly growing state spokesmen from other countries of the world, each of whom described how his country is attempting to build or maintain beautiful cities which do not encroach unnecessarily on the open country. Circumstances of city growth and development in these countries is different in many ways from that in California, but nevertheless the experience of these countries canbe useful to California as it plans for the future, for many of the problems abroad are similar to ours. Sir Edwin Herbert, chairman of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, described the existing governmental chaos in London, composed as it is of many small, ancient parish and county governments, His commission. recommended and parliament ---Dean Thompson nby"9 o8eg ‘S96T ‘€ 19q0199** ‘1083NN ey L** g a8eg’’

SMALL TOWN ‘SMALL WORLD. EDITORIALS . WIDENING OF BROAD STREET IS NOT A GOOD IDEA Nevada City is prospering ~ Traffic on downtown streets has become heavier. Parking spaces on Broad St. have become harder to find. Commercial vehicle drivers have adopted the double-parking habit so that they may deliyer to local stores without delay to their schedules. This double-parking on Broad St. has caused even greater congestion for the heavier traffic that is making its way to town to shop and carry on other business. Nevada City's councilmen are aware of the increasing problem of traffic on downtown streets. They seem to want to do something about solving the problem. City Manager Charles Smith has suggestedto the council that the National Hotel-City Hall side of Broad St. be ' widened three feet at the expense of the sidewalk. He is checking with state officials to determine whether the city can use state gas tax funds to do this job. : We donot believe the proposed solution to the traffic problem is one that has the best interests of Nevada City merchants or residents at heart. Broad St.isthe city's main business street. The sidewalk area must carry present and future customers to Nevada City stores. Any program that would narrow the.sidewalk on either side of BroadSt. is a program that would limit the growth of downtown business. The proposed widening would also cause the destruction or drastic modification of the National Hotel's pillarsupported balcony. : The real problem in Nevada City is a parking problem. Widening of the street would not avail customers of additional parking spaces. It would only officially condone an illegal procedure---doubleparking. If the city council.wants traffic to move more smoothly over Broad St. it should set about securing permanent parking lots in the downtown area. We hope the city will seek the advice of local merchants before a program is initiated that would make any such drastic change inthe downtown area as the narrowing of a sidewalk. While Nevada City is prospering, there are problems to be solved. They can best be solved by. looking tothe _ root ofthe problem, not by taking tem-porary stop-gap measures that might hurtratherthan help the local economy in the future. / # A JOB WELL DONE BY NEVADA CITY BPW Nevada City Business .and Professional Women should be congratulated for the success oftheir Capitol District Fall Conference Saturday and Sunday. It is noteworthy that the Beeps had a well-organized conference, they carried off the program and entertainment of some 135 guests at the conference with a minimum of help from other organizations and businesses. Indeed, the Nevada City BPW dida beautiful job of promoting businesses within the town to their visitors. The RedCarpet of welcome, stretching up Broad St., was a topic of conversation and drew praise from the visitors. The Beeps are to be congratulated for their imagination. Its beneficial use of a portion of Broad St. is in sharp contrast witha contemplated narrowing of sidewalks on one side of that street---a proposal that would be detrimental to the business community. The Nevada City Beeps drew praise from those women who attended the conference, not only for the organizational excellence of the meetings, but also because the affair was attended by a large local delegation. They deserve applause from local residents. In this conference, the Nevada City= BPW. has proved again its value to the . city, and done so at a time that lends impetus tothe celebration next week of National Business Women's Week. SIERRA BYWAYS HEDDA WILL DISCOVER. THE FACTS OF LIFE

SHADES OF BOURBON HILL...Whiskeytown, that's where President Kennedy stopped Saturday to dedicate a dam, may be the only place inthe U.S, with a post SS Vad INCOMPARABLE “ly W, A< ODOROUS SNUFFS, — DELICIOUS FINE CUTS, Etc. One. Price for all Seres and Coloura. and that bey office named after a liquor...The Department of Interior tells us so. And it sought for 71 years to get its name...Jedediah Smith and Hudson's Bay trappers did not get into the Whiskeytown area until well after 1820. The first settler came in 1844, followed by Fremont and . Kit Carson,..As in our area, it was the gold miners who had the greatest impact in the early days... Whiskeytown started out in 1849 as Franklin City. But the ' struggle to get its present name began before Prohibition and lasted well after Repeal, ..Some say that Whiskeytown wasso named because of its ability to use up a keg of the stuffeach day. Others contend that both Whiskeytown and nearby Brandy Creek were so designate d at about the same time when kegs fell from pack trains and split open..). Anyway, in 1850 the town was known as Whiskeytown, and then the post office closed in 1864 and when it reopened in 1881 the Post-Office Department * saidthe old name wasn't dignified, and the fight began. The school there has always been known as Whiskeytown School and that's what the people wanted for the post office. But Washington held out, naming it first Blair, thenStella, then Schilling... It should be pointed out that Schilling was the name of an old-time resident, but the association of that name with a brand of tea really caused quite a stir in Whiskeytown... Finally in 1952 the Post Office Department gave in and Whiskeytown be-. came itself again---the same Whiskeytown that saw Lotta Crabtree sing to the prospectors on stages improvised from tables or bartops, the same town that saw stage robberies by Rattlesnake Dick, Sheetiron Jack and Black Bart...Only ten miles from Redding, Whiskeytown somehow seems out of place: it should have been situated in Nevada County. Hi HEDDA,.. 5% From one frustrated freeway fighter to another, this report from Hedda Hopper and a comment Hollywood is shaking from news that a freeway is going to go right through the most beautiful area in the world---Beverly Hills, natch---shaking more than from any previous earthquake... Hedda puts itthis way, “Steal their girls, beat them at poker, take away their star billing, but invade their homes and you've got a fight."... As proof, each person at a recent mass meeting to fight the freeway shelled out $100 asa starters cscs And everybody who is anybody was there, from Jack Benny to Clifton Webb, Hedda said, and we imagine Jayne Mansfield, Yes, -Sit, Hedda says “the California Division of Highways is going tohaveto get its little old map maker to draw up a new route, and I kid you not.”... Well, now, Hedda, I had never thought you lacked knowledge of the facts of life, but let me warn you not to wager one of your fine hats on that little old map maker changing any plans. Let me tell you, Hedda, political facts ot lite are different than birds and bees and all that stuff. When it comes to highway engineers you are dealing with the pride of a creator when you suggest he change HIS design. No sir, not even girls, poker, star billing, nor the $100 per head will turn an engineer's head, And you might throw in Jack Benny, Clifton Webb and Jayne Mansfield to boot, all without effect But nice try, anyway. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN STATE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM EUROPEANS ABOUT GUIDING CITY GROWTH A conference sponsored by the University of California last weekend brought tothisrapidly growing state spokesmen from other countries of the world, each of whom described how his country is attempting to build or maintain beautiful cities which do not encroach unnecessarily on the open country. Circumstances of city growth and development in these countries is different in many ways from that in California, but nevertheless the experience of these countries canbe useful to California as it plans for the future, for many of the problems abroad are similar to ours. Sir Edwin Herbert, chairman of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, described the existing governmental chaos in London, composed as it is of many small, ancient parish and county governments, His commission. recommended and parliament ---Dean Thompson nby"9 o8eg ‘S96T ‘€ 19q0199** ‘1083NN ey L** g a8eg’’