September 25, 1968 (8 pages)

essential government serv ces are falling apart, more and more of the federal taxpayer's money is being spent on evermore numerous, costly and unneeded programs providing support in one form or another to U.S. citizens, An example is to be found in the plight of the Post Office Department. If reports are correct, the post office is unbelievably far behind in applying modern technology to the handling of the mails, Curbs are being imposed on postal service to help alleviate the postal deficit, yet billions of dollars under hundreds of programsare handed out each year in the name of federal-assistance to the the Nevada County Nugget I for breakdown September 25, 1968 American people, At latest count, there were at least 1,000 federal-assistance programs, They range from graduate scholarships to low-cost housing subsidies, Total cost of these programs, it is estimated, is in excess of $20 billion ‘yearly, The American people would be better served if government would spend their tax money and its energy on needed government services, Law enforcement, postal service, and airway facilities might be a good place to start. We need this more than a federal wet-nurse that we can't afford to carry us from the cradle to the grave, A NO-CLASS STRIKE The second annual disruption of the opening of New York City’s schools by a strike of teachers belong-' ing to the. United Federation of Teachers, combined with similar strikes in smaller school systems across the nation, reflects badly on those supposedly adult molders of young minds who put self above service. However sincerely some of the striking teachers. may feel that their grievances warrant consideration, it is trade unionism in its most unacceptable form to wait until the fall opening of classes to declare a walkout. Certainly legitimate claims can be aired and settled without using children as pawns. California is fortunate that the vast majority of its teachers as represented by their professional organization, the California Teachers Association, have a far higher level of dedication. Problems they have, but the solutions are sought—and often sought vigorously— in a professional way and with the welfare of the students always in the foreground. Washington man disappeared, may have died in heavy snow By Rye Slye Here is another chapter about the rough winters endured inthe Washington District long ago. The news stories are from tie files of the Nevada City Daily Transcr. ° ’ Jacob Tischer of Omega left there the day the big snowstorm started, to go to Dutch Flat, 10 miles by trail, to get a suit of cloths he was having made there. He was to have returned the next day, but he has not been heard from and the people of Omega fear he perished in the snow. He had a house at Omega and it is well stocked with provisions. He is about 40 years of age and unmarried, (January 14, 1890) * Five and one-half ft. of snow in the town of Washington, Con Grissel, one of the pioneers of the town, says he never before knew it to be more than two and one-half ft. (January 23, 1890) * ke The Washington stage sleigh was stuck in the snow, "on the 2nd" near the Central House, Had a cargo of liquor, cheese, syrup, rice, tea, coffee, drugs, boots, barley and other supplies. The load was placed on top of 3 or 4 ft. of snow and covered with a canvas, When George Grissel went to the cache last Monday he discovered many articles missing. On information given him he had four men living near by arrested for the theft. They admitted the theft, saying they needed the barley for their goats and the food for themselves, They did not say what use they had for the brandy and other liquors. (January 31, 1890), 2 ok Conrad Grissel, Washington stage man, says that to undertake to clear the snow-blocked road between Nevada City and Washington before April Ist, even though the most favorable weather should be enjoyed from _ this time on, would be a waste of labor and money, Other men acquainted with the difficulties of the task verify his opinion, (March 1, 1890). * : Alf. Tregido, Geo. A, Hare and H. C, Callahan, arrived in Nevada City from Ormondo and Maybert, yesterday. They came through in a sleigh drawn by four horses wearing snowshoes, being the first to drive over the road since it became blocked with snow about January Ist. It took them a day and 2 half to make the trip. Thursday night was spent at the Central House. (Saturday, March 15, 1890), * A narrow trail has been broken through the later fallen snow to give Nevada City a sort of communication with the town of Washington, The breaking was done from both directions, and the place the two parties of workers connected was the Shoke Ranch, four miles above the Central House, A tandem team of horses drawing a sled of three ft. gauge came down Tuesday. If it does not snow Thursday the sled will start back with athousand pounds of freight and -six beef . cattle for Washingtor. atch 27, 1890), Letters There is really little that can be said other than a very sincere thank you for the excellent cooperation and splendid service thay your paper extended to us as chairman for the Nevada City Elks Piggy Bank Night, last Saturday. Your. coverage did much to make this night the success that it was and enabled us to contribute to the fight against Cerebral Palsy. LEN & JOAN GILBERT Nevada City Elks #518 Nobody’s business! According to the Constitution, a census is supposed to be taken every 10 years. The original idea was to find’ out how many people lived in-the United States, There was no intention to probe into their private affairs. Now the Census Bureau is going far beyond this and wants the answers to such questions as: whether you have a home freezer, if you have been married before, how many people use your bathroom or kitchen and many other things that are really nobody's business. The next--census_.is-due-in 1970. Legislation that deserves unanimous support has been introduced to prohibit the federal government from using this occasion as a means of invading the privacy of American citizens, After all, the purpose of the census is to count peoplenot the number of gold fillings in their teeth. Nevada(County Rainfall Gauge . NEVADA CITY Max -Min R Sept, 18 85 45 0 Sept. 19 84 48 0 Sept, 20 69 35 0 Sept. 21 63 35 0 Sept, 22 68 30 0 Sept. 23 1S <.31 0 Sept. 24 81 38 0 Rainfall to date 1,09 Rainfall last year 1.20 GRASS VALLEY Max Min R Sept. 18 89 54 0 Sept, 19 83 54 0 Sept. 20 , 67 40 0 Sept. 21 . 68 39 0 Sept. 22 75 39 0 Sept. 23 81 40 0 Sept. 24 84 45 0 Rainfall to date 1:28 * Rainfall last year .05 i) Mac’s mulligan POLITICAL NOTE — The excited little Penn Valley boy raced home from school to triumphantly announce to his mother, "I've been elected vice-president of my class! I don't know what that is, but that's what I am!" * OK * CHOWCHILLA remembers, . and acts. In the Madera county town of 4,600, they have a drive on for 500,000. Christmas packages, one for every US serviceman fighting in Vietnam. The project is "S.O.S. Chowchilla" and the mayor issued a r7oclamation calling for display oi ‘he American flag until November 5 in honor of the servicemen. Service clubs, churches and individuals are all wrapped up in the drive. Interested? Address your letter or card to AMERI‘CAN SERVICEMAN, VIETNAM and place it inside your package, and mail the package to S.0.S., P.O. Box 66, Chowchilla, Calif, 93610, L.E. Gossett, president of the Rotary Club, isproject co-chairman, * Ok * . ACCIDENT PRONE? That gal with the amazing statistics who has created a traffic problem in New York better be careful. The 5-foot-4 brunette measures 43-25-37 and is in danger of falling on her face, * * * p HISTORICAL NOTES CHOW TIME — From the Nevada Democrat, September 30, 1862; "The undersigned has again opened his Two Bit House, 107 Broad Street, and is now ready to furnish his customers and the public in general with a SQUARE MEAL. FOR TWO BITS." Signed by Henry Pyrmont. THE TRUSTEES of the City of Nevada, on May 22, 1862, passed an ordinance levying a road tax of $4 "upon every ablebodied male inhabitant between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years residing within the corporation limits of the city of Nevada, and the Marshal is hereby authorized to demand and collect the same," HERE'S. YOUR CHANCE — From the Nevada Democrat, October 2, 1862: "The man who will invent a pencil which will answer the purposes of a pen, making an ineffacable mark like India Ink, can make a fortune. Just such a thing is a great desideratum. They could find their way into everybody's pocket. We wonder that the thing has not been long ago invented." * *& * LONGEVITY RECIPE, .old style — From the Nevada Democrat, October 4, 1862, "Joe Baldwin, a colored man, died in the Zanesville (Ohio) Infirmary on the 11th August, aged 121 years. He was a slave in Fair-fax county, Va., in the days .of Washington. He was 13 years of age at the time of Braddock's defeat, 1757. During his slave life, in accordance with the arrangements of his several masters, he had seven wives." U.S. SENATOR wearing two hats? Seems there's little possibility that Senator George Murphy, staunch Republican that he is, and the Northern California Press Director for Democratic senatorial candidate Alan Cranston are one and the same, Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows, but we have a hunch not that strange. Anyway, George Murphy sends word that Cranston has named Camptonville businessman Cliff Laurent as Sierra County chairman of Californians for Cranston, * kK O* GOOD STUFF — The man came into the bar using crutches. He stayed a while and then left. Now the bartender is trying to find him, because he left his crutches leaning against the wall. Didn't need them after trying a few snorts of the house's best. * * A HANDOUT from the committee plugging Assemblyman Gene Chappie's re-election includes this incredibly frank statement about apolitical rally: "Assemblyman Chappie and other office-seekers will give brief campaign speeches if they can get anyone's attention." Can't say the writer of that line doesn't know the. American people, one SPORTS OBSERVATION—Jon Engellenner, Bee newsman, claims ‘that in the past the Oakland area always had a strong contingent of Giant fans. Now, Jon says, "they're just a bunch ‘of Athletic supporters," * * * TWO HIGH school lads were standing on the corner appraising something they liked. "Boy, she's sure built, And what lines!" one said approvingly. Before his friend could add any comment the hotrod had disappeared around the corner, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street © Nevada City, Ca, 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. Decree No, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: ° one year, $3.00; two years, $5.00.1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ute x Oncer o

essential government serv ces are falling apart, more and more of the federal taxpayer's money is being spent on evermore numerous, costly and unneeded programs providing support in one form or another to U.S. citizens, An example is to be found in the plight of the Post Office Department. If reports are correct, the post office is unbelievably far behind in applying modern technology to the handling of the mails, Curbs are being imposed on postal service to help alleviate the postal deficit, yet billions of dollars under hundreds of programsare handed out each year in the name of federal-assistance to the the Nevada County Nugget I for breakdown September 25, 1968 American people, At latest count, there were at least 1,000 federal-assistance programs, They range from graduate scholarships to low-cost housing subsidies, Total cost of these programs, it is estimated, is in excess of $20 billion ‘yearly, The American people would be better served if government would spend their tax money and its energy on needed government services, Law enforcement, postal service, and airway facilities might be a good place to start. We need this more than a federal wet-nurse that we can't afford to carry us from the cradle to the grave, A NO-CLASS STRIKE The second annual disruption of the opening of New York City’s schools by a strike of teachers belong-' ing to the. United Federation of Teachers, combined with similar strikes in smaller school systems across the nation, reflects badly on those supposedly adult molders of young minds who put self above service. However sincerely some of the striking teachers. may feel that their grievances warrant consideration, it is trade unionism in its most unacceptable form to wait until the fall opening of classes to declare a walkout. Certainly legitimate claims can be aired and settled without using children as pawns. California is fortunate that the vast majority of its teachers as represented by their professional organization, the California Teachers Association, have a far higher level of dedication. Problems they have, but the solutions are sought—and often sought vigorously— in a professional way and with the welfare of the students always in the foreground. Washington man disappeared, may have died in heavy snow By Rye Slye Here is another chapter about the rough winters endured inthe Washington District long ago. The news stories are from tie files of the Nevada City Daily Transcr. ° ’ Jacob Tischer of Omega left there the day the big snowstorm started, to go to Dutch Flat, 10 miles by trail, to get a suit of cloths he was having made there. He was to have returned the next day, but he has not been heard from and the people of Omega fear he perished in the snow. He had a house at Omega and it is well stocked with provisions. He is about 40 years of age and unmarried, (January 14, 1890) * Five and one-half ft. of snow in the town of Washington, Con Grissel, one of the pioneers of the town, says he never before knew it to be more than two and one-half ft. (January 23, 1890) * ke The Washington stage sleigh was stuck in the snow, "on the 2nd" near the Central House, Had a cargo of liquor, cheese, syrup, rice, tea, coffee, drugs, boots, barley and other supplies. The load was placed on top of 3 or 4 ft. of snow and covered with a canvas, When George Grissel went to the cache last Monday he discovered many articles missing. On information given him he had four men living near by arrested for the theft. They admitted the theft, saying they needed the barley for their goats and the food for themselves, They did not say what use they had for the brandy and other liquors. (January 31, 1890), 2 ok Conrad Grissel, Washington stage man, says that to undertake to clear the snow-blocked road between Nevada City and Washington before April Ist, even though the most favorable weather should be enjoyed from _ this time on, would be a waste of labor and money, Other men acquainted with the difficulties of the task verify his opinion, (March 1, 1890). * : Alf. Tregido, Geo. A, Hare and H. C, Callahan, arrived in Nevada City from Ormondo and Maybert, yesterday. They came through in a sleigh drawn by four horses wearing snowshoes, being the first to drive over the road since it became blocked with snow about January Ist. It took them a day and 2 half to make the trip. Thursday night was spent at the Central House. (Saturday, March 15, 1890), * A narrow trail has been broken through the later fallen snow to give Nevada City a sort of communication with the town of Washington, The breaking was done from both directions, and the place the two parties of workers connected was the Shoke Ranch, four miles above the Central House, A tandem team of horses drawing a sled of three ft. gauge came down Tuesday. If it does not snow Thursday the sled will start back with athousand pounds of freight and -six beef . cattle for Washingtor. atch 27, 1890), Letters There is really little that can be said other than a very sincere thank you for the excellent cooperation and splendid service thay your paper extended to us as chairman for the Nevada City Elks Piggy Bank Night, last Saturday. Your. coverage did much to make this night the success that it was and enabled us to contribute to the fight against Cerebral Palsy. LEN & JOAN GILBERT Nevada City Elks #518 Nobody’s business! According to the Constitution, a census is supposed to be taken every 10 years. The original idea was to find’ out how many people lived in-the United States, There was no intention to probe into their private affairs. Now the Census Bureau is going far beyond this and wants the answers to such questions as: whether you have a home freezer, if you have been married before, how many people use your bathroom or kitchen and many other things that are really nobody's

business. The next--census_.is-due-in 1970. Legislation that deserves unanimous support has been introduced to prohibit the federal government from using this occasion as a means of invading the privacy of American citizens, After all, the purpose of the census is to count peoplenot the number of gold fillings in their teeth. Nevada(County Rainfall Gauge . NEVADA CITY Max -Min R Sept, 18 85 45 0 Sept. 19 84 48 0 Sept, 20 69 35 0 Sept. 21 63 35 0 Sept, 22 68 30 0 Sept. 23 1S <.31 0 Sept. 24 81 38 0 Rainfall to date 1,09 Rainfall last year 1.20 GRASS VALLEY Max Min R Sept. 18 89 54 0 Sept, 19 83 54 0 Sept. 20 , 67 40 0 Sept. 21 . 68 39 0 Sept. 22 75 39 0 Sept. 23 81 40 0 Sept. 24 84 45 0 Rainfall to date 1:28 * Rainfall last year .05 i) Mac’s mulligan POLITICAL NOTE — The excited little Penn Valley boy raced home from school to triumphantly announce to his mother, "I've been elected vice-president of my class! I don't know what that is, but that's what I am!" * OK * CHOWCHILLA remembers, . and acts. In the Madera county town of 4,600, they have a drive on for 500,000. Christmas packages, one for every US serviceman fighting in Vietnam. The project is "S.O.S. Chowchilla" and the mayor issued a r7oclamation calling for display oi ‘he American flag until November 5 in honor of the servicemen. Service clubs, churches and individuals are all wrapped up in the drive. Interested? Address your letter or card to AMERI‘CAN SERVICEMAN, VIETNAM and place it inside your package, and mail the package to S.0.S., P.O. Box 66, Chowchilla, Calif, 93610, L.E. Gossett, president of the Rotary Club, isproject co-chairman, * Ok * . ACCIDENT PRONE? That gal with the amazing statistics who has created a traffic problem in New York better be careful. The 5-foot-4 brunette measures 43-25-37 and is in danger of falling on her face, * * * p HISTORICAL NOTES CHOW TIME — From the Nevada Democrat, September 30, 1862; "The undersigned has again opened his Two Bit House, 107 Broad Street, and is now ready to furnish his customers and the public in general with a SQUARE MEAL. FOR TWO BITS." Signed by Henry Pyrmont. THE TRUSTEES of the City of Nevada, on May 22, 1862, passed an ordinance levying a road tax of $4 "upon every ablebodied male inhabitant between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years residing within the corporation limits of the city of Nevada, and the Marshal is hereby authorized to demand and collect the same," HERE'S. YOUR CHANCE — From the Nevada Democrat, October 2, 1862: "The man who will invent a pencil which will answer the purposes of a pen, making an ineffacable mark like India Ink, can make a fortune. Just such a thing is a great desideratum. They could find their way into everybody's pocket. We wonder that the thing has not been long ago invented." * *& * LONGEVITY RECIPE, .old style — From the Nevada Democrat, October 4, 1862, "Joe Baldwin, a colored man, died in the Zanesville (Ohio) Infirmary on the 11th August, aged 121 years. He was a slave in Fair-fax county, Va., in the days .of Washington. He was 13 years of age at the time of Braddock's defeat, 1757. During his slave life, in accordance with the arrangements of his several masters, he had seven wives." U.S. SENATOR wearing two hats? Seems there's little possibility that Senator George Murphy, staunch Republican that he is, and the Northern California Press Director for Democratic senatorial candidate Alan Cranston are one and the same, Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows, but we have a hunch not that strange. Anyway, George Murphy sends word that Cranston has named Camptonville businessman Cliff Laurent as Sierra County chairman of Californians for Cranston, * kK O* GOOD STUFF — The man came into the bar using crutches. He stayed a while and then left. Now the bartender is trying to find him, because he left his crutches leaning against the wall. Didn't need them after trying a few snorts of the house's best. * * A HANDOUT from the committee plugging Assemblyman Gene Chappie's re-election includes this incredibly frank statement about apolitical rally: "Assemblyman Chappie and other office-seekers will give brief campaign speeches if they can get anyone's attention." Can't say the writer of that line doesn't know the. American people, one SPORTS OBSERVATION—Jon Engellenner, Bee newsman, claims ‘that in the past the Oakland area always had a strong contingent of Giant fans. Now, Jon says, "they're just a bunch ‘of Athletic supporters," * * * TWO HIGH school lads were standing on the corner appraising something they liked. "Boy, she's sure built, And what lines!" one said approvingly. Before his friend could add any comment the hotrod had disappeared around the corner, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street © Nevada City, Ca, 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. Decree No, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: ° one year, $3.00; two years, $5.00.1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ute x Oncer o