April 20, 1948 (8 pages)

= o 3 te ad pete versal enactement by the Latin ey, pe that what happenend in Bogota, op THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L., SR. — J ed el Well, just supposing Secretary of State George -Marshall did know that Communists in Columbia were planning a bloody demonstration to disc edit the PanAmerican conclave at Bogota. ‘Vol. 21—No. 16 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA , Tuesday, April 20, 1948 What should the former head of this country’s armed services have done about it? : eae, fel To our way of thinking he did exactly the right thing. He went ahead with his plans and those of his aides, as though there ould be nothing but. the usual routine, nothing to mar the deliberations of the American delegates. The fact. that. the demonstrations turned out to be more far reaching and destructive, both as regards life and property, than had been expected, does not alter how we voted. THE RIGHT TO VOTE Two of the primary factors which differentiate a democracy for the totalitarian states are the bill of rights and the secret ballot—the hace accordne ing to individual conscience wihout a This sacred privilege enables the people to control the government. In states where this right is abused or non-existent, the state soon controls the people. nowing CRAMPTON’S GRAND THEFT CHARGES DROPPED the picture NEVADA CITY: The comuae ae And since, in these cases, the state is controlled . plaint_against Lonnie Goss and i ill gi he’ . Mrs. Evelyn Engell, charged with Undoubtedly it will give the. /by a small and usually power-mad clique, the people . grand theft was dismissed Satrepreséntatives of this country an argument ~to~advocate™g uni= American states of laws which will make it more difficult for Communists to put on a show such as they did in Bogota. For instance, we anticipate that the Chilean delegation will be set for repressive measures of a .drastic kind. For Chile has long had a considerable number of Communists, some of whom were admitted to the government only a few years ago. Significant in the Bogota uprising was the disappearance of the police following the assassiper cent. must utilize this basic tool nation of Jorge Gaitan, a liberal leader. The police very patently must have been sympathetic fellow travelers, Or it may be, Comlose all of their_rights,.are soon the cringing slaves of the governing organization. In our nation, founded on freedom, even those who take their orders from foreign totalitarian states are privileged to vote. Under orders, they do so, 100 Therefore, those of us who love democracy, and who realize that the intelligent exercise of the right to the secret ballot is its cornerstone, now more than ever April 22nd is the last day to register for the primary election for county, state and federal office. Advance democracy by registering and voting! urday on motion of. District Attorney Vernon Stoll when-it came up. for preliminary hearing in the court of Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve. This action was taken with the consent of the complaining witness, Frank A. Crampton, Bureau of Reclamation official, who maintains a’ home here while working in Sacramento. He complained that.the two defendants had taken from his, premises certain household ‘items and books. HALLOCK, INGALLS SHOW SIGHTS TO PACIFIC STUDENTS for governing ourselves. H. M. L, Jr. munists. * * * CORONER NABBED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING GRASS VALLEY: Coroner Alvah Hooper was cited for drunken driving Saturday morning following an accident at Bennett and Bank Street when he turned too sharply and hung his front wheels over the sidewalk into City Square. City police investigated the accident and a tow car was ealled to take Hooper’s ear into a garage for repairs. Hooper was uninjured, TYRELL HEADS As for such hysterical statements as those of Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkloetter that this could happen in this country, is probably bosh. Representative Donald Jackson of California, who flew up from Bogota to report his personal experience also sounds a . bit overwrought in his statement -ecan and will happen in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, unless we who remain free and unfettered gird ourselves for an allout battle with the enemy”. * of * As has been pointed out by calmer heads, the Communists of this country should be obliged to declare themselves as such. Then when they are known they would NEW BOND DRIVE be under the watchful eyes of all patriotic citizens. And,.we are Tames: Ci GRASS. VALLEY: Tyrrell, chairman of the Nevada County committee for the U. S. véry certain they should not be permitted to organize as a political party, when, as has just been Treasury Department's Savings demonstrated in Bogota, they €X-/ ponags sales, during the eight war pect and’ conspire fo take’ Oe!) loan drives, Was ¢alied On. the ba SQyeremes’ by cree : members to resume: the old funceet f tions. Every government has a right Plans are made for the comto defend itself against armed rev-. yunities to participate in a new olution, and it is the duty of B0V-. )on@ selling campaign. Tyrrell ernment to do so. It seems to US/ ropes that there will be new the—best_way_to_deal_with Com-. ny empers—interested—in—the—swork munism is to force its members. 06 ¢eqeral security selling, especoftato the open, where they may be ially .young veterans who helped known and judged for what they are. The Taft-Hartley Act labor leaders, who wish to themselves of its provisions to declare their poljtics. Bit by bit the Communists in this country are being crowded into an unhealthy corner, to win the war and wish to make certain the country is kept strong and at peace. » forces avail Twenty-two Stitches ! Needed When Car Window Hits Man NEVADA CITY: Dorsey ruff, 35, sawmill worker of North San Juan, driving .home_ early Sunday morning was blinded by approaching car lights and drove into a ditch on the Downieville Highway. He got a garage truck to pull him:out and while looking out the door to guide the car, the door slammed shut, forcing his Wallace we doing .the country a is net, so far as anybody knows, a Communist,.but in every state where his Independent ProgresParty filed its petition for a place onthe ballot,. the signae@tures are being scrutinized. Whether Wallace knows it or not, his followers are marked with the believe is Woodservice. He Henry sive stigma of radicalism. His whole] head through the glass. His foreargument is for the appeasement . head was badly cut and there was ot 2Zussia. And this. country is. a long slash across his nose. The through with appeasement. Wal-]. physician, Dr. B. W. Hummelt, lace rallies the appeasers,. used 22. stitehes. to close’ his ———_—_——— wounds. EASTERN STAR ENTERTAINS ———__—__—. GRASS VALLEY Aurora BIRTH Chapter, Ordey of Eastern, Star, McLAUGHLIN—In Nevada last Monday night entertained. City; Nevada County, April: 22; Job’s Daughters and members of}.1948, to Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Mecthe DeMolay chapter at a potluck Laughlin, a daughter. dinner in the Masonic Temple — here. In early colonial days, paper Frances Sleep sire, er 6F arrangements. SUDDEN FIRE DESTROYS HOME ON SACRAMENTO STREET NEVADA CITY: A sudden blaze resulted in a $2,000 loss in damage to the home of William Harbour, 205 Sacramento Street yesterday afternoon. sf Germaine Marsh, 12, reported’the fire 4:25 P. M. Mrs. Harbour was resting in the living room, while the kitchen and roof blazed, when the Marsh Girl and Freda Barbour, . 2, burst into the house and told her of the flames. The fire department responded immediately and, after brief difficulty in connecting hoses, extinguished the blaze. The unused second story of the house was cgfemolished, as well as most of the roof. Considerable damage was suffered by first floor rooms as well, although the frame of the house remained intact. The personal belongings of the family, including furniture, were rescued by volunteers, including a large number of students from Nevada City High School, a block away. ‘ The house was formerly the home of Dr. Stewart ,wellknown veterinary. was very rare in this country. GRASS VALLEY:.Eighty students from the,College of the Pacific. arrived this morning from SIERRA NEVADA Stockton, in the first of the hisCHAMBER MEETS torical tours planned. by that institution. Elmer Stevens, of the HERE TONIGHT NEVADA: CITY: The _ Sierra Nevada Chamber of Commerce, a county-wide organization, will meet this evening in the Nevada Grass Valley High School faculty, aided by George Hallock and Eugene Ingalls, took the students for a tour of historical monuments and markers in Grass Valley before luncheon. City Chamber of Commerce headAfter luneheon the students quarters in the City hall. toured Nevada City. The ladies The chamber will discuss new] of the Methodist Church served developments in its road sign proposals and consider arrangements for attending the Sierra Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting later this month in Downieville. the young people a pasty luncheon in Wesley Hall. During luncheon Dr. Rockwell Hunt of the College of the Pacifie addressed the students. H P. Davis of. Nevada City discussed the ancient river channels of this region and their historicat significance.’ Cloves article of formed an -important ancient caravan traffic. i ) Diary of a 4ger FROM THE BOOK EDITED BY C. L. CANFIELD eae ae) I notice that the miners now, instead of mining alone, or with a single partner, as was generally the rule at first, have got to forming companies of half a dozen or a dozen men and working their claims more systematically and extensively. Ounce diggings are not as easily found as they were a year or two ago and the creeks, gulches, and shallow placers are pretty well worked out. There are a lot of deep diggings, mostly operated by means of shafts, and some of these are down as much as one hundred and fifty feet. On coyote and Manzanita Hills they have rigged up whims, and hoist the dirt by horsepower, and at Red Dog and its vicinity they have built water wheels. which they use. both to pump and raise the gravel. There is a lot of improvement in mining methods since we first began and. suppose there: will be a lot more before the gold is all taken out of the. ground. > CHAPTER XXiIll. MAY 2, 1852.—We got our sluice boxes back in the creek, finishing yesterday, and John Dunn and three of his partners will start in tomorrow morning. The are going to adopt the same plan thaf we tried, using as big a head of water as the boxes will carry, and. ground-sluice all of the gravel through with as little handling as possible. The bed-rock will have to be creviced and cleaned by hand. If it pays they will make the same proposition to Platt and Dixon. They have enough ground of ours to keep them busy all summer. Dunn and his crowd are taking up all the vacant ground.on Brush Creek and will work it the same way. It isa pity we did not know enough two years ago to wash the ground through sluices, instead of rocking it. We could have cleaned up a fortune in a month. We thought when the Long Tom came in, that it would never be improved upon. Now one rarely sees either rocker or Tom except in dry gulches and ravines where water is scarce. I was over on Gopher Point a short time ago. The miners are having lots of trouble getting gold out of the cement. They run some of it through sluices, but the water has but little effect on it, and half of it goes into the tailrace without breaking up. The richest of it they spread out on the bare bed-rock and let it weather slack, and then pound it up with sledge hammers. In spite of all this they are making money. Over on the other side of th@river, at Humbug, they have struck (Please turn to Page 3) FOREST SERVICE GIVES VIEW ON CO-OPERATIVE SUSTAINED YIELD NEVADA CITY: A_ thorough explanation of Forest Services view of the “Cooperative Sustained Yield” law “was given at yesterday's regular weeklyluncheon meeting of the Nevada City Rotary Club by William Swingler, assistant Regional Forester of the U.S. Forest Service, San Francisco. “The keynote Stabilization,” of the law is Swingler said, “stabilization of communities, taxable. forést ~ wealth, ~employ= ment, stream flow and all results of good forestry.” Swingler was thorough in his remarks in explanation of the law which is now under fire in Nevada County where some of the lumbermen are already = organized against it. Law Explained The law, 273, passed Senate Bill Number by Congress during the war, authorizes, according to the speaker, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to _ establish’ two types of: sustained yield. units—‘‘Cooperative’’ and “Federal”. This authority has been delegated to the Chief of the U. S. Forest Service. In “Cooperative Units” a lanaowner or a group of landowners agree to operate their land in the same manner that’ the lands are managed in order sustain production thereon. The Forest Service in turn agrees to include in the unit public lands intermingled or adjacent thereto. When ‘the ‘“‘Cooperative Unit’’ has been approved by the Chief of the Forest Service, timber on these public lands is sold to the operator at not less than the appraised rates on a non-competive basis. Such Co-operative Unit agreements cover a designated period of.time, usually 50 years. “Federal Units” may be established this law when it is necessary to sustain the life of a community which. is dependent on the timber in question.; Such units ‘do not involve.private land as they consist of about. 90% of public lands. Under such a setup timber is advertised for competitive bidding, but it must be manufactured in the community inyolved. There is only one ‘Federal ‘Unit’ in the one in New Mexico involving a United States and that is a small cut of nearly 1-%. million board feet a year. Woodleaf. Not Yet Approved went on to say there are ‘no “Cooperative” yet. in California. Urider this law a landowner or a group of landowners can. either contact the Forest Service or vice versa if it is believed that the area would qualify. The landowner must own at least 20% of the timber and at least 30% of the growing capacity. ofthe-area;~There~must~ be sufficient timber involved to make it worth while and there must be a community to be stablized. When these conditions are met the Chief-of the Fovest Services gives clearance to negotiate the matter. Public Hearings are then called to help the Chief decide if the unit in question is in the interest of the Public. Swingler stated that as far the Woodleaf Unit was concerned no decision has been reached and the to Yield under Sustained Swingler that units as as case in now ;on the desk of the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. “There are. Many problems involved in administration. of the law,’ Swingler continued. “It is most difficult to determine the best qualified lumbey operator or owner—that final decision is made by the Chief.’ ‘Another problem the Forest Service faces is when to notify the general public that such a Cooperative Sustained Yield Unit is being negoiated.” “It is a new law and many such problems will have to be ironed out as we go along.” Swingler stated that the “law does create a minor monopoly,” but pointed out that so long as publie interests are protected by public agencies this is not a serfous problem. Monopolies are now accepted in many forms of industries in the nation. He cited telephone, power, water and railroads, which are in effect monopolies. The speaker stated that many sawmills throughout the nation will have to go out of business regardless of this law. In any area where mills are cutting 100 million feet of timber each year and. the land is grawing only 20 to 30 million feet a year the sawmills will cut themselves out of business. When that has been done no logging will be possible until the young trees grow up and this may take from 20. to 50 years. During that period the communities and industry will suffer.’ The Sustained. Yield Law was enacted to encourage continuous production ,on the private lands to prevent this from happening. But it means a reduction in the amount of timber being cut now and some lumbermen will be affected. Public’ VETERANS GROUP SUPPORTS WW Il ROCKET SHIP SKIPPER NEVADA CITY: The Veterans of Foreign Wars last night endorsed Harley M. Leete, Jr. for County, Supervisor. Leete, who commanded a 1,000 rocket assault barge which battered German forces in the Normandy and Southern France D-Day landings was introduced by Past Commander William Mullis. Commander of Banner Mountain Post No. 2655 Harleth Brock presided at the meeting. The group was unanimous in endorsement of Leete, who spoke briefly, saying that ifelected he would serve veteran's interests with the natural enthusiasm of one personal. WASHINGTON NOTES By Congressman: Clair Engle POWER—HOW AND WHERE There has been a great ‘deal of finger pointing in‘ California recently in connection with the current power shortage. It is perfectly apparent that the P.G. & E. failed to anticipate the power requirements of California. The statement by Black, P. G. & E.’ President, that there is no power shortage, has been none, and will, be none, made in 1946 before the Appropriations Committee will not be soon forgotten. P. G. & E. opposition to the development and distribution of public power has¢ slowed appropriations for’ the power features of the Central] Valley project. The people in California want to know when and how they are going to get some more power. I appeared before the Appropriations Committee this week and made three specific recommendations: : First, that we unshackle power Jevelopment in California by giving adaquate funds for the Bur‘au to proceed and to free those funds from the hampering restrictions which have prevented their efficient use. Secondly, (and this is perhaps the most important and the recommendation which. will give us -the earliest possible relief), I recommend the immediate construction of transmission lines to bring the power now being wasted in the Bonneville System to California. The power now being wasted there amounts to nearly 2,000,000,000 kilowatt hours’ per year. That is more power than will be produced at Shasta and Keswick Dams when the~-power units are completed and in full operation. These transmission lines would cost less than ‘$15,000,000 and would give California additional power. equivalent to another Shasta and another Keswick Dam. T stress the fact that this is waste power—not power which is being used by the people in the Bonneville System. Historical studies of the Bonneville System prove that this energy waste exists now and will always continThe reason is that the BonneVille peak load occurs at, the time of the minimum _—_run-off.-of—the Columbia River, and therefore at the time when the minimum He. ,»amount of power can be. produced. When the heavy run-off occurs the power is wasted because there isn’t the demand at that time. Power demand is based on what is ealled “firm” power. Obviously industry is not going to contract for power from Bonneville when it is known that power will be cut off during the perfod of peak demand and minimum production of power. In other words, the limit on the sale of firm industrial power in the Bonneville System is the firm power which can be produced during the period of minimum run-of and unfortunately that happens to coincide: with the months peak demand. Consequently, waste power is inherent in the Bonneville System. My proposal is that this 2,000,000,000' kilowatt hours of waste power can be taken. over transmission lines to California. During the time of its use we can cut-off operation of ouy hydro plants ahd hold the water ‘back of our reservoirs to meet our peak demand periods. And we can also take our steam power ,plants off the line, which now produce nearly 50% of the power used in’ California. The saving on fuel oil alone by this system (steam plants are operated by oil) will be something like $6,000,000 a year. We can thus save $6,000,000 a year worth of a natural resource (oil) and. with the saving pay for these lines in’ something like two years. In addition, this is the only method of of quickly meeting the California power shortage because _ these transmission lines, if started imto whom mediately, could be built’ in two years. I hope this recommendation will be given serious consideration by the people in California and by the appropriate cemmittee of Congress. It has full support and is backed by their experts, Third and last, I recommend the fastest possible construction of the Folsom Dam Project and others like it. My bill authorizing the power and irrigation features. of the Folsom Dam Project is now proceeding through the Congress, and the Appropriations Committee of the House, and the Appropriations ‘Subcommittee of the Senate have alre allowed: $1, 000,000 to start tion of the dam. Bureau . those interests were The meeting saw a spirited discussion of local veteran's sérvice problems’ with Donald Paine, Commander Brock, and Junior Commander Olaf Bjornstal leading the discussion. Others who added pertinent comment were Bob Allene ‘and Rudy Plagemann, The new officers conducted the ritual.and.meeting. with excellent decorum, Plans were discussed for the administration of Buddy Poppy Day, and for a dance to be held in May. STATE DEPT. — PREPARES FOR FIRE SEASON NEVADA CITY: The fire seas< on for the State Division of Forestry opened officially April 15th and in preparation for it, Louis Moran and James Hayes, experienced fire fighters and administrators have been assigned to the state division’s headquarters just outside this city. Moran is coming from Sacramento, where he has had several years ‘experience in such work and Hayes from El] Dorado County where he has_had training in extinguishing fires on state and private lands. Permits are now all outdoor fires. TB. ASSOCIATION TO GET MOBILE X-RAY UNIT HERE GRASS VALLEY: Officers and directors of the Nevada County Tuberculosis Association meeting” in the James S. Hennessy Schoot made tentative arrangements for the services of a. mobile X-ray unit during the first week of Oct. The group decided to hold the annual dinner meeting in September, A nominating committee required for consisting of Judge yeorge Tn Jones, Miss Bernice Glasson and Mrs. Marjorie Matteson was appointed to select officers and directors for 1948-49 term. A total of 1772 X-rays were taken, it was reported, of Nevada County residents during last year’s trip of the mobile unit. Last Rites For Stephen A. Little GRASS VALLEY: vices were held 10 o’clock in St. Chureh for Funeral ser-= this morning at Patrick’s Catholic Stephen A. Little, who died Saturday at his home at 7 P.M. Interment was made in the Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Myers Mortuary Chapel. Little’ was born in Forest Springs 82 years ago, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Little, pioneer Settlers of than area. He fol-’ lowed mining in’Grass Valley and in Utah during his active years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Little, sons, George H., and Stephen A. Little, both of Grass Valley, a+ daughter, Mrs. Pauline L. Patterson, and grandsons Robert. J. and Paul H. Patterson. THUGS MAKE FAST $42 IN HOTEL RAID. NEVADA CITY: A couple. of tricky robbers made a fast $42 for themselves. at 4 A. M. Monday when, on a neat but dirty double play, they distracted the attention of Night Clerk Robert Allene and. made off with all the ready cash © from the National’s till that: they could lay their hands on. As Allene sat at the desk; making out a report on his shift as night manager, he heard a terrific crash on the stairs above. One of the footpads had thrown a small white table from the top floor down the stairs. The table rolled all the way down the flight, lodging with a bang against the door of Hotel Manager LeFebvre. As Allene ran to see What caused the noise, an unseen accomplice entered the lobby, scoop ed up $42 in greenbacks, and fore tunately overlooked a bag of mon .ey containing $120. ‘ A full-scale police inv i is under way with fing being cheéked oaninnt records. These three if pressed my opini 4 is 8 2) $y

= o 3 te ad pete versal enactement by the Latin ey, pe that what happenend in Bogota, op THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L., SR. — J ed el Well, just supposing Secretary of State George -Marshall did know that Communists in Columbia were planning a bloody demonstration to disc edit the PanAmerican conclave at Bogota. ‘Vol. 21—No. 16 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA , Tuesday, April 20, 1948 What should the former head of this country’s armed services have done about it? : eae, fel To our way of thinking he did exactly the right thing. He went ahead with his plans and those of his aides, as though there ould be nothing but. the usual routine, nothing to mar the deliberations of the American delegates. The fact. that. the demonstrations turned out to be more far reaching and destructive, both as regards life and property, than had been expected, does not alter how we voted. THE RIGHT TO VOTE Two of the primary factors which differentiate a democracy for the totalitarian states are the bill of rights and the secret ballot—the hace accordne ing to individual conscience wihout a This sacred privilege enables the people to control the government. In states where this right is abused or non-existent, the state soon controls the people. nowing CRAMPTON’S GRAND THEFT CHARGES DROPPED the picture NEVADA CITY: The comuae ae And since, in these cases, the state is controlled . plaint_against Lonnie Goss and i ill gi he’ . Mrs. Evelyn Engell, charged with Undoubtedly it will give the. /by a small and usually power-mad clique, the people . grand theft was dismissed Satrepreséntatives of this country an argument ~to~advocate™g uni= American states of laws which will make it more difficult for Communists to put on a show such as they did in Bogota. For instance, we anticipate that the Chilean delegation will be set for repressive measures of a .drastic kind. For Chile has long had a considerable number of Communists, some of whom were admitted to the government only a few years ago. Significant in the Bogota uprising was the disappearance of the police following the assassiper cent. must utilize this basic tool nation of Jorge Gaitan, a liberal leader. The police very patently must have been sympathetic fellow travelers, Or it may be, Comlose all of their_rights,.are soon the cringing slaves of the governing organization. In our nation, founded on freedom, even those who take their orders from foreign totalitarian states are privileged to vote. Under orders, they do so, 100 Therefore, those of us who love democracy, and who realize that the intelligent exercise of the right to the secret ballot is its cornerstone, now more than ever April 22nd is the last day to register for the primary election for county, state and federal office. Advance democracy by registering and voting! urday on motion of. District Attorney Vernon Stoll when-it came up. for preliminary hearing in the court of Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve. This action was taken with the consent of the complaining witness, Frank A. Crampton, Bureau of Reclamation official, who maintains a’ home here while working in Sacramento. He complained that.the two defendants had taken from his, premises certain household ‘items and books. HALLOCK, INGALLS SHOW SIGHTS TO PACIFIC STUDENTS for governing ourselves. H. M. L, Jr. munists. * * * CORONER NABBED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING GRASS VALLEY: Coroner Alvah Hooper was cited for drunken driving Saturday morning following an accident at Bennett and Bank Street when he turned too sharply and hung his front wheels over the sidewalk into City Square. City police investigated the accident and a tow car was ealled to take Hooper’s ear into a garage for repairs. Hooper was uninjured, TYRELL HEADS As for such hysterical statements as those of Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkloetter that this could happen in this country, is probably bosh. Representative Donald Jackson of California, who flew up from Bogota to report his personal experience also sounds a . bit overwrought in his statement -ecan and will happen in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, unless we who remain free and unfettered gird ourselves for an allout battle with the enemy”. * of * As has been pointed out by calmer heads, the Communists of this country should be obliged to declare themselves as such. Then when they are known they would NEW BOND DRIVE be under the watchful eyes of all patriotic citizens. And,.we are Tames: Ci GRASS. VALLEY: Tyrrell, chairman of the Nevada County committee for the U. S. véry certain they should not be permitted to organize as a political party, when, as has just been Treasury Department's Savings demonstrated in Bogota, they €X-/ ponags sales, during the eight war pect and’ conspire fo take’ Oe!) loan drives, Was ¢alied On. the ba SQyeremes’ by cree : members to resume: the old funceet f tions. Every government has a right Plans are made for the comto defend itself against armed rev-. yunities to participate in a new olution, and it is the duty of B0V-. )on@ selling campaign. Tyrrell ernment to do so. It seems to US/ ropes that there will be new the—best_way_to_deal_with Com-. ny empers—interested—in—the—swork munism is to force its members. 06 ¢eqeral security selling, especoftato the open, where they may be ially .young veterans who helped known and judged for what they are. The Taft-Hartley Act labor leaders, who wish to themselves of its provisions to declare their poljtics. Bit by bit the Communists in this country are being crowded into an unhealthy corner, to win the war and wish to make certain the country is kept strong and at peace. » forces avail Twenty-two Stitches ! Needed When Car Window Hits Man NEVADA CITY: Dorsey ruff, 35, sawmill worker of North San Juan, driving .home_ early Sunday morning was blinded by approaching car lights and drove into a ditch on the Downieville Highway. He got a garage truck to pull him:out and while looking out the door to guide the car, the door slammed shut, forcing his Wallace we doing .the country a is net, so far as anybody knows, a Communist,.but in every state where his Independent ProgresParty filed its petition for a place onthe ballot,. the signae@tures are being scrutinized. Whether Wallace knows it or not, his followers are marked with the believe is Woodservice. He Henry sive stigma of radicalism. His whole] head through the glass. His foreargument is for the appeasement . head was badly cut and there was ot 2Zussia. And this. country is. a long slash across his nose. The through with appeasement. Wal-]. physician, Dr. B. W. Hummelt, lace rallies the appeasers,. used 22. stitehes. to close’ his ———_—_——— wounds. EASTERN STAR ENTERTAINS ———__—__—. GRASS VALLEY Aurora BIRTH Chapter, Ordey of Eastern, Star, McLAUGHLIN—In Nevada last Monday night entertained. City; Nevada County, April: 22; Job’s Daughters and members of}.1948, to Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Mecthe DeMolay chapter at a potluck Laughlin, a daughter. dinner in the Masonic Temple — here. In early colonial days, paper Frances Sleep sire, er 6F arrangements. SUDDEN FIRE DESTROYS HOME ON SACRAMENTO STREET NEVADA CITY: A sudden blaze resulted in a $2,000 loss in damage to the home of William Harbour, 205 Sacramento Street yesterday afternoon. sf Germaine Marsh, 12, reported’the fire 4:25 P. M. Mrs. Harbour was resting in the living room, while the kitchen and roof blazed, when the Marsh Girl and Freda Barbour, . 2, burst into the house and told her of the flames. The fire department responded immediately and, after brief difficulty in connecting hoses, extinguished the blaze. The unused second story of the house was cgfemolished, as well as most of the roof. Considerable damage was suffered by first floor rooms as well, although the frame of the house remained intact. The personal belongings of the family, including furniture, were rescued by volunteers, including a large number of students from Nevada City High School, a block away. ‘ The house was formerly the home of Dr. Stewart ,wellknown veterinary. was very rare in this country. GRASS VALLEY:.Eighty students from the,College of the Pacific. arrived this morning from SIERRA NEVADA Stockton, in the first of the hisCHAMBER MEETS torical tours planned. by that institution. Elmer Stevens, of the HERE TONIGHT NEVADA: CITY: The _ Sierra Nevada Chamber of Commerce, a county-wide organization, will meet this evening in the Nevada Grass Valley High School faculty, aided by George Hallock and Eugene Ingalls, took the students for a tour of historical monuments and markers in Grass Valley before luncheon. City Chamber of Commerce headAfter luneheon the students quarters in the City hall. toured Nevada City. The ladies The chamber will discuss new] of the Methodist Church served developments in its road sign proposals and consider arrangements for attending the Sierra Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting later this month in Downieville. the young people a pasty luncheon in Wesley Hall. During luncheon Dr. Rockwell Hunt of the College of the Pacifie addressed the students. H P. Davis of. Nevada City discussed the ancient river channels of this region and their historicat significance.’ Cloves article of formed an -important ancient caravan traffic. i ) Diary of a 4ger FROM THE BOOK EDITED BY C. L. CANFIELD eae ae) I notice that the miners now, instead of mining alone, or with a single partner, as was generally the rule at first, have got to forming companies of half a dozen or a dozen men and working their claims more systematically and extensively. Ounce diggings are not as easily found as they were a year or two ago and the creeks, gulches, and shallow placers are pretty well worked out. There are a lot of deep diggings, mostly operated by means of shafts, and some of these are down as much as one hundred and fifty feet. On coyote and Manzanita Hills they have rigged up whims, and hoist the dirt by horsepower, and at Red Dog and its vicinity they have built water wheels. which they use. both to pump and raise the gravel. There is a lot of improvement in mining methods since we first began and. suppose there: will be a lot more before the gold is all taken out of the. ground. > CHAPTER XXiIll. MAY 2, 1852.—We got our sluice boxes back in the creek, finishing yesterday, and John Dunn and three of his partners will start in tomorrow morning. The are going to adopt the same plan thaf we tried, using as big a head of water as the boxes will carry, and. ground-sluice all of the gravel through with as little handling as possible. The bed-rock will have to be creviced and cleaned by hand. If it pays they will make the same proposition to Platt and Dixon. They have enough ground of ours to keep them busy all summer. Dunn and his crowd are taking up all the vacant ground.on Brush Creek and will work it the same way. It isa pity we did not know enough two years ago to wash the ground through sluices, instead of rocking it. We could have cleaned up a fortune in a month. We thought when the Long Tom came in, that it would never be improved upon. Now one rarely sees either rocker or Tom except in dry gulches and ravines where water is scarce. I was over on Gopher Point a short time ago. The miners are having lots of trouble getting gold out of the cement. They run some of it through sluices, but the water has but little effect on it, and half of it goes into the tailrace without breaking up. The richest of it they spread out on the bare bed-rock and let it weather slack, and then pound it up with sledge hammers. In spite of all this they are making money. Over on the other side of th@river, at Humbug, they have struck (Please turn to Page 3) FOREST SERVICE GIVES VIEW ON CO-OPERATIVE SUSTAINED YIELD NEVADA CITY: A_ thorough explanation of Forest Services view of the “Cooperative Sustained Yield” law “was given at yesterday's regular weeklyluncheon meeting of the Nevada City Rotary Club by William Swingler, assistant Regional Forester of the U.S. Forest Service, San Francisco. “The keynote Stabilization,” of the law is Swingler said, “stabilization of communities, taxable. forést ~ wealth, ~employ= ment, stream flow and all results of good forestry.” Swingler was thorough in his remarks in explanation of the law which is now under fire in Nevada County where some of the lumbermen are already = organized against it. Law Explained The law, 273, passed Senate Bill Number by Congress during the war, authorizes, according to the speaker, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to _ establish’ two types of: sustained yield. units—‘‘Cooperative’’ and “Federal”. This authority has been delegated to the Chief of the U. S. Forest Service. In “Cooperative Units” a lanaowner or a group of landowners agree to operate their land in the same manner that’ the lands are managed in order sustain production thereon. The Forest Service in turn agrees to include in the unit public lands intermingled or adjacent thereto.

When ‘the ‘“‘Cooperative Unit’’ has been approved by the Chief of the Forest Service, timber on these public lands is sold to the operator at not less than the appraised rates on a non-competive basis. Such Co-operative Unit agreements cover a designated period of.time, usually 50 years. “Federal Units” may be established this law when it is necessary to sustain the life of a community which. is dependent on the timber in question.; Such units ‘do not involve.private land as they consist of about. 90% of public lands. Under such a setup timber is advertised for competitive bidding, but it must be manufactured in the community inyolved. There is only one ‘Federal ‘Unit’ in the one in New Mexico involving a United States and that is a small cut of nearly 1-%. million board feet a year. Woodleaf. Not Yet Approved went on to say there are ‘no “Cooperative” yet. in California. Urider this law a landowner or a group of landowners can. either contact the Forest Service or vice versa if it is believed that the area would qualify. The landowner must own at least 20% of the timber and at least 30% of the growing capacity. ofthe-area;~There~must~ be sufficient timber involved to make it worth while and there must be a community to be stablized. When these conditions are met the Chief-of the Fovest Services gives clearance to negotiate the matter. Public Hearings are then called to help the Chief decide if the unit in question is in the interest of the Public. Swingler stated that as far the Woodleaf Unit was concerned no decision has been reached and the to Yield under Sustained Swingler that units as as case in now ;on the desk of the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. “There are. Many problems involved in administration. of the law,’ Swingler continued. “It is most difficult to determine the best qualified lumbey operator or owner—that final decision is made by the Chief.’ ‘Another problem the Forest Service faces is when to notify the general public that such a Cooperative Sustained Yield Unit is being negoiated.” “It is a new law and many such problems will have to be ironed out as we go along.” Swingler stated that the “law does create a minor monopoly,” but pointed out that so long as publie interests are protected by public agencies this is not a serfous problem. Monopolies are now accepted in many forms of industries in the nation. He cited telephone, power, water and railroads, which are in effect monopolies. The speaker stated that many sawmills throughout the nation will have to go out of business regardless of this law. In any area where mills are cutting 100 million feet of timber each year and. the land is grawing only 20 to 30 million feet a year the sawmills will cut themselves out of business. When that has been done no logging will be possible until the young trees grow up and this may take from 20. to 50 years. During that period the communities and industry will suffer.’ The Sustained. Yield Law was enacted to encourage continuous production ,on the private lands to prevent this from happening. But it means a reduction in the amount of timber being cut now and some lumbermen will be affected. Public’ VETERANS GROUP SUPPORTS WW Il ROCKET SHIP SKIPPER NEVADA CITY: The Veterans of Foreign Wars last night endorsed Harley M. Leete, Jr. for County, Supervisor. Leete, who commanded a 1,000 rocket assault barge which battered German forces in the Normandy and Southern France D-Day landings was introduced by Past Commander William Mullis. Commander of Banner Mountain Post No. 2655 Harleth Brock presided at the meeting. The group was unanimous in endorsement of Leete, who spoke briefly, saying that ifelected he would serve veteran's interests with the natural enthusiasm of one personal. WASHINGTON NOTES By Congressman: Clair Engle POWER—HOW AND WHERE There has been a great ‘deal of finger pointing in‘ California recently in connection with the current power shortage. It is perfectly apparent that the P.G. & E. failed to anticipate the power requirements of California. The statement by Black, P. G. & E.’ President, that there is no power shortage, has been none, and will, be none, made in 1946 before the Appropriations Committee will not be soon forgotten. P. G. & E. opposition to the development and distribution of public power has¢ slowed appropriations for’ the power features of the Central] Valley project. The people in California want to know when and how they are going to get some more power. I appeared before the Appropriations Committee this week and made three specific recommendations: : First, that we unshackle power Jevelopment in California by giving adaquate funds for the Bur‘au to proceed and to free those funds from the hampering restrictions which have prevented their efficient use. Secondly, (and this is perhaps the most important and the recommendation which. will give us -the earliest possible relief), I recommend the immediate construction of transmission lines to bring the power now being wasted in the Bonneville System to California. The power now being wasted there amounts to nearly 2,000,000,000 kilowatt hours’ per year. That is more power than will be produced at Shasta and Keswick Dams when the~-power units are completed and in full operation. These transmission lines would cost less than ‘$15,000,000 and would give California additional power. equivalent to another Shasta and another Keswick Dam. T stress the fact that this is waste power—not power which is being used by the people in the Bonneville System. Historical studies of the Bonneville System prove that this energy waste exists now and will always continThe reason is that the BonneVille peak load occurs at, the time of the minimum _—_run-off.-of—the Columbia River, and therefore at the time when the minimum He. ,»amount of power can be. produced. When the heavy run-off occurs the power is wasted because there isn’t the demand at that time. Power demand is based on what is ealled “firm” power. Obviously industry is not going to contract for power from Bonneville when it is known that power will be cut off during the perfod of peak demand and minimum production of power. In other words, the limit on the sale of firm industrial power in the Bonneville System is the firm power which can be produced during the period of minimum run-of and unfortunately that happens to coincide: with the months peak demand. Consequently, waste power is inherent in the Bonneville System. My proposal is that this 2,000,000,000' kilowatt hours of waste power can be taken. over transmission lines to California. During the time of its use we can cut-off operation of ouy hydro plants ahd hold the water ‘back of our reservoirs to meet our peak demand periods. And we can also take our steam power ,plants off the line, which now produce nearly 50% of the power used in’ California. The saving on fuel oil alone by this system (steam plants are operated by oil) will be something like $6,000,000 a year. We can thus save $6,000,000 a year worth of a natural resource (oil) and. with the saving pay for these lines in’ something like two years. In addition, this is the only method of of quickly meeting the California power shortage because _ these transmission lines, if started imto whom mediately, could be built’ in two years. I hope this recommendation will be given serious consideration by the people in California and by the appropriate cemmittee of Congress. It has full support and is backed by their experts, Third and last, I recommend the fastest possible construction of the Folsom Dam Project and others like it. My bill authorizing the power and irrigation features. of the Folsom Dam Project is now proceeding through the Congress, and the Appropriations Committee of the House, and the Appropriations ‘Subcommittee of the Senate have alre allowed: $1, 000,000 to start tion of the dam. Bureau . those interests were The meeting saw a spirited discussion of local veteran's sérvice problems’ with Donald Paine, Commander Brock, and Junior Commander Olaf Bjornstal leading the discussion. Others who added pertinent comment were Bob Allene ‘and Rudy Plagemann, The new officers conducted the ritual.and.meeting. with excellent decorum, Plans were discussed for the administration of Buddy Poppy Day, and for a dance to be held in May. STATE DEPT. — PREPARES FOR FIRE SEASON NEVADA CITY: The fire seas< on for the State Division of Forestry opened officially April 15th and in preparation for it, Louis Moran and James Hayes, experienced fire fighters and administrators have been assigned to the state division’s headquarters just outside this city. Moran is coming from Sacramento, where he has had several years ‘experience in such work and Hayes from El] Dorado County where he has_had training in extinguishing fires on state and private lands. Permits are now all outdoor fires. TB. ASSOCIATION TO GET MOBILE X-RAY UNIT HERE GRASS VALLEY: Officers and directors of the Nevada County Tuberculosis Association meeting” in the James S. Hennessy Schoot made tentative arrangements for the services of a. mobile X-ray unit during the first week of Oct. The group decided to hold the annual dinner meeting in September, A nominating committee required for consisting of Judge yeorge Tn Jones, Miss Bernice Glasson and Mrs. Marjorie Matteson was appointed to select officers and directors for 1948-49 term. A total of 1772 X-rays were taken, it was reported, of Nevada County residents during last year’s trip of the mobile unit. Last Rites For Stephen A. Little GRASS VALLEY: vices were held 10 o’clock in St. Chureh for Funeral ser-= this morning at Patrick’s Catholic Stephen A. Little, who died Saturday at his home at 7 P.M. Interment was made in the Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Myers Mortuary Chapel. Little’ was born in Forest Springs 82 years ago, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Little, pioneer Settlers of than area. He fol-’ lowed mining in’Grass Valley and in Utah during his active years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Little, sons, George H., and Stephen A. Little, both of Grass Valley, a+ daughter, Mrs. Pauline L. Patterson, and grandsons Robert. J. and Paul H. Patterson. THUGS MAKE FAST $42 IN HOTEL RAID. NEVADA CITY: A couple. of tricky robbers made a fast $42 for themselves. at 4 A. M. Monday when, on a neat but dirty double play, they distracted the attention of Night Clerk Robert Allene and. made off with all the ready cash © from the National’s till that: they could lay their hands on. As Allene sat at the desk; making out a report on his shift as night manager, he heard a terrific crash on the stairs above. One of the footpads had thrown a small white table from the top floor down the stairs. The table rolled all the way down the flight, lodging with a bang against the door of Hotel Manager LeFebvre. As Allene ran to see What caused the noise, an unseen accomplice entered the lobby, scoop ed up $42 in greenbacks, and fore tunately overlooked a bag of mon .ey containing $120. ‘ A full-scale police inv i is under way with fing being cheéked oaninnt records. These three if pressed my opini 4 is 8 2) $y