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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

September 10, 1959 (6 pages)

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= . “WHAT PRICE LETHARGY” The sanitation problem for our area is ina terrible state. We certainly have an eye sore right out of town for all to see. Our city dump. The refuse.from that dump sifts down into Deer Creek. God knows what waters it pollutes to the danger of our citizens. Over in Grass Valley the sewage system is so overloaded that additional users will not be permitted to hook on. The Planning Commission is without funds to make an adequate engineering study of the matter, and maybe the airports of the county might come first. Soon our Miracle Airport will have iridustry humming with activity in its nearby Industrial Park. Eighty foot roads are being built by a contractor from Sonoma, and while we don’t know who is going to pave these roads leading to each plant, nevertheless, it must be admitted that no lethargy is being shown in its development. This is great. But each plant will employ le. There are eight different acre plots for eight different plants. If eight plants employ 20 people each that would mean 160 new families in our area. What “are we going to do about affording them adequate housing ‘and sanitation? If the officials developing the Loma Rica Airport can have eighty foot paved roads that will allow a plane to taxi up to the plant, load merchandise and take off, we should be as modern as they are and try to cooperate with , them in affording thesse new families soon to come with adequate sanitation problems. Of course, two of the officials of the Loma Rica Industrial Airport are on our Planning Commission, but, then, probably they have been too busy developing Loma Rica Industrial Park to give too much consideration to our sanitation problem. — It’s time that other officials drop their lethargy and try to help meet the urgent problem of adequate sewage disposal. THE TROYCE MUSIC CASE All charges against Troyce Music were dismissed for lack of evidence last Friday, September 4th. Remember how Trocye Music was rushed to court and supposedly plead guilty to the very charges that have been dismissed against him for lack of evidence. Evidently eone must have told Troyce Musick that he had plead guilty to a felony and, not knowing that he had done so, promptly\had a hearing set before Judge Vernon Stoll. At this hearing Troyce Musick testified that he did not know he had plead guilty to a felony and his plea of guilty was set aside. Immediately a new warrant for his arrestwas sworn to in Judge Vic Montre’s Judicial Court and bond set at $10,000, and this warrant covered the very charge that had been dismissd against Musick. ea able to make bond, he remained in jail for several es weeks. How much of the taxpayers money was spent in this case? Why was it dismissed in the first place? Why arrest a man and subject him to all sorts of indignities if they did not have enough evidence to warrant a trial of the case? District Attorney Harold Berliner objected to the diggaissal. More taxpayers money ‘“‘down the drain.” A DISTURBING DISSENT Opposition of some truckers to a measure passed by the Legislature requiring air brake safety devices on all trucks is difficult to understand, and disturbing to contemplate. as The device required by SB 1073 would automatically ‘ compensate for failure in the air brake system and” make possible a stop that well could save lives and property—. ‘both of the trucker involved and of the general public. Opponents of the measure claim the devices are not yet fully proved—but, as the San Francisco Examiner points out, 500 municipal transit buses have carried such safety equipment for three years and 45 million miles on the famed but dangerous hills of that city, and not a single: brake failure accident has been recorded, despite many known brake failures. , ete That should establish the safety issue firmly. RECKLESS WALKING Nine out of every 10 pedestrians killed each year have never been licensed to drive a car. So reports the National Safety Council. The council points out that victims apparently do not have a knowledge of the minimum distance necessary for a car to stop in or have too much confidence in the ability of motorists to control their cars. There is also the fact that those who are generally the leas able physically to get out of the way of approaching vehicles are often the most careless in crossing streets and roads. Youngsters are inclined to dart about heedlessly at time. But one would expect better judgment from older people. Yet, oldsters frequently take the crosswalks without the slightest look to right or left. The mere existence of white lines on the pavement are not in themselves a means of protection. = As obvious as that is; it is something which many. people = 2 : fail to grasp. There should be stiffer penalties for reckless CHANGING GROWTH PATTERN That California is continuing to outstrip the national average in population growth is y news any more. But a shift in the elements of growth in this state is worth noting. The monthly economic rep of Bank of America, issued last month, points out that while migration to California continues to be the biggest factor in the population surge, spines eeacschghts apts ogee ; oar ‘ian * ! S — — —om ri E or 2d TIMES TOTA SOURCE: Notional Assoc: of Monufocturers, Stonford Research Institute, Western America Hospital Assn. inst. for Sociol Science Research (Freeman),NEA,beats ones TIMES MORE THAN HOSPITALS — (TOTAL ASSETS, 1957) : TIMES ESTIMATED COST HIGHWAYS {INTERSTATE & DEFENSE) L oF attrureei * ol @ “Which Road To Safety? In-our concern dver the terrible toll taken annually by highway accidents, it is only natural—and sensible—that we should seek every reasonable means of lowering drastically the number of fatalities. and injuries. . Certainly driver education falls in the classification of “reasonable means.” But driver education in general and driver instruction in our public schools in particular are two different things. Last week Dr. Marland K. Strasser, Pacific Coast representatve of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, made a fervent plea for the school program, citing figures as to its effectiveness and evidence as to its needs. There can be little quarrel with Dr. Strasser’s claim that a youthful driver who has been taught how to drive is a better risk on the highway than one who hasn’t. But a good many people who pay high insurance rates because they have a youthful driver in the family will wonder if the problem doesn’t go pretty far beyond the-efficacy of school driver training classes. ‘he automobile today is a lethal weapon—a temptingly exhilarating and “alluringly simple means of high-power locomotion. Its operation on todays high"speed, crowded highways should be guided by a high degree of! self-critical judgment, as well as dexterity and technical knowl-; edge. The question a great many People are pondering is, how— and how early— ican we acquire that necessary quality of judgtment? It is a question that is not easily answered. But somehow it must be—for everyone’s sake. TO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE 1 Remington .22 auto.’ rifle with Scope, model 550-1. fishing poles with reels. 4” jointer attachment. jigsaw for model 10ER Shopsmith. cultivator attachment. sickle bar mower snow blade for Gravely tractor. mm DD 1 1 1 The State of California came into a cool $100,000 recently simply because its former owner never bothered to make a will, The deceased man—an Imperial Valley pioneer—had ho known relatives so his money goes to the state. It is reasonable to assume, however, that he favored some charity or organization, if not some individual, which could have benefitted from his estate. But, what a man thinks and what he doés are two entirely different things, at least in the eyes of the law. So ,thé fortune built up through thrift-and wise investment over a period of many decades is, in effect, lost to the purposes he may well have had in mind. Because he did not act. And inaction seems to be a major plague among people; especially those who don’t realize that what their estates after death will not be done automatically. In fact, without a will, their estates may be distributed in a way campletely contrary to what they wanted. Making a will is not difficult. If should be done by an attorney to be sure it’s done right. An improper will is as good as,hone at ail, Also, since the executor’s fee is no different whether the executor is an individual (who might be unqualified for the task) or an_ institution, it is much more sensible to name a bank for that purpose. The man or woman-who spends a lifetime building an estate ought to think enough of it—and his loved ones or friends—to see that it is effectively used after death. 11,508-Bucks Are _ Taken In Six Weeks The State Department of Fish and Game has announced that 14,508 bucks had been taken at the end of the sixth week of the coastal season on deer, 244 less than the 14,752 killed last year.
Mendocino is the county with the highest take, 2,300 deer, followed by Monterey County with 1,871 and San Luis Obispo County with 1,115. -_ No. 3 Vista Ave., Grass Valley Phone 629-R Make offer for one or all. i} The season will end September 13. hit 1 Fatal Fallacies by Ted Key a —— ees Re: Development By JAMES DORAIS That passage of the Water Development Bond Act in the final days of the recent session of the Legislature was a major triumph for the new State Administration has been agreed on by all sides. But hardly had the first flush. of admiration at the Administration’s’ success in reconciling old controversies subsided when a rash of second-lookitis set in— not over the need for a statewide water plan but over the plan’s details. . ; In other words, the controversies that had blocked enactment of a bill before are still alive now that a bill has passed. And it is a foregone concluion that before the huge $1,750,000,000 bond issue is placed before the voters next they may wish to have done with‘year, the Water _ Development Bond Act’ compromise will be subjected to a major go-around at a special legislative session. One of the major voices demanding “clarification” is that of the state AFL-CIO .The powerful labor body has flatly announced that it will oppose the bond issue unless a provision limiting the number of acres entitled to irrigation under the water plan is written into the act. Any increase in land values of holdings in excess of so-called family farm size as a result of water development would, the AFL-CIO argues, be an “unjust enrichment.” The other side of the acreage limitation argument is that there. are virtually no family size farms in the lower San Joaquin Valley West Side proposed to be served by the state water plan, dnd if large farmers are arbitrarily forbidden to purchase irrigation water the cost of domestic and industrial water to Southern California users will be higher than necessary. The latter consideration ties into another controversy: will the project’s enormous cost be paid for in its entirety by: the water users who benefit, or will the taxpayers generally be asked to provide subsidies? A key controversy that stymied earlier enactment of a water act was the regional argument between. the South, which wanted a contitutional. amendment guarwated future protection for the COLD SUFFERERS ' Get STANBACK, tablets or powders, for relief of COLD DISCOMFORTS. The STANBACK prescription type formula is a combination of pain relieving ingredients that work together for FA RELIEF of HEADACHE, NEURALGIA and ACHING MUSCLES due to colds. STANBACK also REDUCES FEVER. SNAP BACK with STANBACK. i Recently a San Francisco mafi carrier received a cash award from the U.S. government for heroic action in saving a four.year-old child from a ~flaming death. The award was $100. But, while Uncle Sam gave with one hand he took away with the other. Even heroism, it s¢ems, is subject -to withholding tax. So $16 was taken out and the mail carrier got.a net of $82. It was all very proper, said an Internal Revenue Service spokesman, under the 1954. The postman also received a certificate of Superior Accommaster General. On this there was.no withholding tax. The money paid the hero came from a Post Office Department fund for incentive awards, omplishment-awards and awards for suggestions. ‘Our suggestion (for which we seek no award) is there there be no tax on heroism, water needs of the counties of orrigin. The Administration’s compromise provided that water contracts will be firm for the 40-year period of the bond issue. Now, voices “are raised in both sections .of the state contending the compromise doesn’t afford enough protection from either point of view. Still another controversy: is the state water plan merely a prototype of a vast public power project—another tax-subsidized TVAtype monument to the political prowess of anti-free enterprisers? The Act contains no statement of policy on pubile versus private power development, but under the wide powers it delegates to the State Department of Water Resources it is apparent that the state could go as deeply into the power business as it. chooses, Already, various left-oriented groups are referring to the Water Development Bond Act. as a plan to “put the state into the water and power business.” ’ Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, discovered in 1911, are now a national park. iy Settings for Superb Shaves! provisions of Section 61, Code of. plishment signed by the Postlocal governments,in the way of This fiscal folly is further compounded by the fact that there is almost certain to be a staggering. loss in power revenues. Official estimates offered in testimony before the committee showed that the. cost of producing Trinity power will be 9 mills. If the Federal Government continues to sell its Central Valley power to a favored handful of so-called preference customers—primarily the— Sacramento Municipal Utility District—for 4.5 mills, the annual loss will be $4 million. That is a total of another $200 million down the drain over the 50-year Trinity repayment period. ie The loser in the Trinity de bacle is not PG&E, but the taxpayers. These millions of dollars now lost forever could have been used to reduce taxes, to reduce the costs of Trinity and Cenral Valley Project water, or to help finance other needed water projects in California. That is a tragically high price for California taxpayers to pay for their senators’ servile obeisance to the cult of public power. California Asparagus Growers Association, with headquarters at Stockton, was organized in 1921. World's \ first! 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The rising percentage of natural increase ,says the bank report, “should make for a somewhat greater stability in the state’s future growth pat_. California with its estimated 15,280,000 population now 8.7 per cent of the national population of 175,093,000. is a gain from 7 per cent in 1950, and it is estimated er cent of all Americans will be living here in 1961. time the Golden State is expected to have 16,400,000