April 27, 1948 (6 pages)

te <0 RR scr ARBRE te 4 4 THINKING OUT LOUD 7 In April Spring seems to come overnight. One day the snew sifts down and the night lowers with gloomy clouds. The next morning a. breath of warm air comes through the trees with the sun shining brightly. One notices the bud have grown little pink nodules. A hyacinth pusheg up to the surface. The forsythia is covered with incipient bloom. The lilac sports small grape-like buds. e h Of course there have been harbingers. The dog toothed violets have been out for sometime. Snow, in the Mountains has bloomed, ce vering the patio wall with intermittent mantles of white, the aubretia have chimed in with blue and purple, and, of course, agi_ihe varied forms of daffodils and jonquils have been very gay for some time. % hh Then one realizes that Spring has been here. for quite some time. It did not come overnight. It has been: steadily pushing itself to the surface despite rains, snow _and frost, The dog toothed violets were the first. In fact they came right up through the thin layers of snow. So, give ? Well, it w as probably around “the first of April and the weather made little if any difference. Indeed, the star magnolia suddenly began fluttering its ragged white blossoms in the midst of a snow storm. ; ey & & A couple, of weks later the Japanese magnolia was showing off its large purple and white blooms that look for all the world like flocks of strange birds who have lighted on its naked branches. Then the larch buds suddenly swell and put out their tiny brushes of needles. The tulip tree is covered with little green spades that rapidly expand into leaves. A careful examinatidn shows the holly is beginning to bloom preparatory to donning its bright red berries for Christmas. e h From now until August it will be just one: blooming thing after another. By the pool] the orisata iris have shoved their lances through the soil and will bear their small blue and white flags in the gorgeous’ procession of .zane. The scyllas will be up and slooming early in May. The. Japanese quinces, if not the earliest of blooming things, keéps right on blossoming through April, though now the shrub is covered comfortably with foliage. ‘ hb The latter part of June and in July the iris in all their varied beauty will bloom. The Japanese with its flat exotic flowers, the Siberian with its dark and light blue varieties, and the magnificent of béarded iris will raise their heads in a great symphony of color and form. Peonies will swell and burst into globes of White and red, and Oriental poppies will add their note of bright orange to the garden, 3ut these are for the Summer. It is the Spring blossoms that are the most welcome: in. this region. For ‘the Winter is long,. with snow, cold and sterility, or so it seems, ruling everywhere. It is it dg first warm day, or even a bart of a day, that starts the buds swelling, -the -birds singing and the gray squirrels capering. i cee. Seen DON’T TEMPT FATE “Watch and wait—don’t temp fiite” isea slogan suggested by. the By H. M. Ly SR. ' Vol. 21—No. 17. NEVADA CITY-GRASS Mao CALIFORNIA Tuesday, April 27, 1948 when did Spring ar. SN CHAMBER APPOINTS GROUP § TO SCREEN FUND REQUESTS NEVADA CITY: The Nevada County Centennial Committee recently appointed by George Hansen, President of the Sierra-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce and confirmed by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors as a “screening committee” for applications for State Funds from the California Centennial Commission issues a call for plans and applications by May Ist for the fiscal year 1948-49. The Committee, consisting of Elmer Stevens, Al Irby, Downey Clinch, Wes Donnewirth, W. W. Esterley, Herbert Nile, Earl Covey and George Hallock, is anxious. to get things under way and draw up a program for submission to the Board of Supervisors by May 1st: Chairman Stevens wishes to make it very clear that this committe has not been relegated to project plans for the centennial but it sits-as a ““go-between’’—the local organizations, the County of Nevada and the State of California in matters concerning funds from the state. ‘The County of Ne-. vada if it wishes, can ear-mark county funds for the Centennial Years 1948-49-50. These funds can be matched dollar for dollar provided they are allocated to the proper projects. mittee’ comes in,”’ “Here is where the ‘screening comstates Chairman Stevens. “Of course, we realize that '49 and '50 are the big years for Nevada County, but surely Nevada County wants to get underway this year. Already El Dorado County has 30 applications in the State Commission office. $2,000,000 has been allocated by the State Legislature, and if Nevada County doesn’t get 1er share, we shall have only ourselves to blame,” added the.County Chairman. Organizations are urged to get under way and make known their plans to the committee. Fred Brady, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, is secretary for the Committee and will accept applications. LIONS CLUB DISTRICT MEET GRASS VALLEY: The district meeting of six Lions Clubs was held.in Grass. Valley’s.Bret. Harte. Inn Saturday night. The meeting honored District Governor E. R. Deering of Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, and commemorated charter night for the local club. L. R. Jefford was im charge of arrangements’ for the. dinner. Bruce Dennison, Donner Zone chairman, and Vernon Allen, deputy district governor from Placerville, El Dorado County, attended. Officers and members of the Auburn, Coifax, Downieville, Nevada City, and Grass Valley clubs attended. nec ae ae BIRTHS MUSIC—In Nevada. City, .Nevada County, April 22,°'°1948, to Mr.and. Mrs. Troyce Music, a daughter. California State Automobile <AsWORTHLEY; — In Nevada sociation for pedestrians on heavCity, Nevada. County, April 28rd, ily traveled streets and highways. . 1948. to Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth = Worthley, a’ son, fene de Reamur, a_ French SCHAEFFER — In Nevada scientist, is credited with. dis. City, Nevada. County,.April.20, covering the use of Wood pulp as. 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard a base for paper. Schaeffer, a daughter. an TT THEFROM rut BOOK EDITED BY C. ae, of a 4ger —_——_$—_$_ ‘\ . L. CANFIELD ‘ een Ra MAY 2, RED Tae nei his partners put in the week on our Rock Creek claims and are well satisfied “with the returns. They took in MacCalkins and Barker on the lay and six of them tackled it. It doesn’t make any difference to us how many are interested, as we get twenty per cent of what comes out. They cleaned up yesterday afternoon and had fifty-one ounces. That will give us two hundred dollars for our rake off and they are averaging about an ounce apiece per day. Dunn has an idea that he can do still better by increasimg the size of the boxes. They are now using ten by twelve-inch bottoms and ten inch sides. He has ordered at the mill two and a half feet bottoms and eighteeninch sides of two inches thickness, and will set these in the bed of the creek, anchoring them down permanently so that flood water will not carry them away. He says he is convinced that if he can hold them down he can catch most of the gold in the dirt that is carried down when the water is high and then clean up the eek at low water. . do not see any reason why it should not work. Anyway, the experiment will cost us nothing. Chinamen are getting to be altogether too elect: ful in the country. Six months ago it was seldom one was seen, but lately gangs of them have been coming in from below. There is a big camp of them down on Deer Creek, below Newtown, and we found a lot of them getting ready to work on the bars of the Yuba (Please turn to Page 3) . softball, . ¢ ratts, LEGION CELEBRATES WITH OPEN HOUSE GRASS VALLEY: The HagueThomasHegarty Post: of the American Legion on Saturday celebrated the ‘many improvements in the Veterans Memorial Building by holding Among the improvements are a new dining room and kitchen in the basement, and bowling alleys. Paul I. Jenks was low bidder. on the contract. The veterans have asked citizens of. all walks of life come tonight and admire the gleaming chromium furniture of kitchen ‘anddining . room, the beautiful bowling alleys, and the many changes made on the first floor. The be open to doors of the tonight at There will be an service for taking groups of visitors through it. The program with music, dancing, luncheon and other features will begin at i Po M, building will! 5:30 o’clock. official’ guide sear een COMMISSION ASKS FOR 2 DIRECTORS FOR SUMMER: PLAY GRASS VALLEY The Valley Recreation Commission finds that high school students expect to work during the. day time in vacation, and would like to be provided with Friday and Saturday night dancing, swimming. and bowling. Grammar school students want their day programs to. include basketball, tennis, handiweaving, leather work, Grass basket and plastic The commission, variance in the two groups, will ask the city council to provide two recreational directors for. the summer. to the due g TEE SIL ESS ELKS INVITE B.P.W.C. FOR MOTHER'S DAY GRASS VALLEY: The Grass Valley. Elks have invited the Business and Professional Women’s Club to join them in observing Mother’s Day at the Elks Hall on May 9th in the afternoon, Members of the club and. their families are invited. George F. Bennetts recently ected secretary, has resigned due to press of private business. Pending an election Fred E, Nettell, exalted ruler, appointed George Sullivan to take charge. G. V. JUNIOR PROM GRASS VALLEY: The annual “prom” of the junior class’ was given last Saturday evening in the Grass Valley High School. Patrons and patronesses were Messrs. and Mesdames_ Joseph Henwood, Frank Bennallack, Del Powell, John Martin, Leonard Prisk, Roy ‘Terrell, Elmer. Stevens, William Wilson, Gilbert Tennis, Robert Frost, Vincent Cortez,, Frank Hooper, Gene Leeper, .Chandler Church, W. T. Terrill, and Miss Emma White. ‘had open house. THE STORY OF SWEETLAND by Ada Perry Landsburg (Continued) EDITOR'S ‘NOTE: Landsburg was born town of Sweetland, January. 30, 1859. She was the daughter of John and Lydia, Perry;-and-spent many years there as Well in Relief Hill, North Bioomfield and Nevada City. She and her Ada Perry in the little as husband moved to Kuna, Idaho, to be ‘near her daughtey Linda. Some years. after her husband passed away, she the misfortune to fall, and she has been bed-ridden for more than ten years. hf When we read the papers these days, we wonder if some of the parents of today, would not be glad if their children could have had readers like these in their early childhood. It certainly must have had an influence for good on’ childish minds to hear some little youngster, on Friday afternoon recite the following lines: “Tll never smoke tobacco, No, it is a filthy weed I'll never put it in my mouth, said little Robert: Reed.” Or hear some of the more daring little urchins recite, Tobacco is a filthy weed, From the devil sprang the seed; Smoke tobacco burns your clothes, Makes a chimney of your nose.” At a later date, we think about 1870, our Readers were changed for a series of six beginning with the Ist and ending with the sixth. They too, were wonderful readers, MeGuffeys. We still ‘see them advertised and spoken of as very fine, but for molding the minds and shaping the lives of the very young, we think the Wilson’s were better, though McGuffey’s were good, The spelling Townsend's on’s, Geography, Monterth’s, History, Quankenbo's, later Swinton’s Condensed History. Grammar, Gheerts, later Brown’s. Physiology. author. Other Mental metic, lower loogy, books used, Speller later First WilCornell’s, later have forgotten the subjects Arithmetie, Algebra, (two and advanced, Word Analysis, writing (copy books) Spencerian system, and Bookeeping. Teachers in the new school building were Adam Zellars, Miss Clark, Miss Culbertson, Neil McNeil Kennedy from 1872 to 1877. To the last named teacliey of the Sweetland School the older scholars owed a debt of gratitude taught written were arithclasses) Botony, Zofor the lessons we had in Botany, Zoology, Bookeeping, French. Latin and Greek, as he was not obliged to teach them, He was with us three years, and in 1876 married one of his Greek scholars, Anna Quinn. In 1878 he taught at N. San.Juan and later at Nevada City School for several years; part of the time as .Superintendentofthe -school. His” wife was also a teucher in the school. It may be asked by some, especially by teachers of today, how as many classes could be taught in a one-room school of 80 scholars,-and~some-~may~doubt it, but the only help the -teachers had was’that from some of the older girls rho tovk the A. B. @. elass and and second reading classes int the ante-rooms and heard them read. Then they were Sent dut to play, but ealled in at recess time, to be reviewed in their lessons the -teacher, so that. they were not neglected, Many idies alternated, some jeeard twice, some three times . So much work kept the schol. . ars busy. T ‘hool was nevei whispering was ferbidden, Or communia noisy schoal. as strictly eation o ny kind. Every Scholar was expected, ana placed” on_his honor), to give a strict account of his disobedience to the laws of the school, .each evening just before school closed,. when the roll was called. It is also wonderful how much ecan_ be accomplished When the classes recite orally, and we believe is of much advantage to the scholar, as well as the teacher, Sitting in our seats, and hearing’ a have left class recite, behind us, which we if we chance to be listening, is like a review of our past work, or if a class is reciting which is ahead of us, in a measure prepares us for what will be our lessons later on. Dur. ing our.own recitations, the scholar who has not his or her lesson well prepared, has the advantage of hearing his. better prepared classmates recite, goes to his seat, better understanding the lesson than when the class was called to recite. We do not know if the plan followed then would work today, but it worked then. The following named scholars of Sweetland School were granted cer tificates to teach, by the Nevada City Board of Education, not having the advantage of a finishing school though all did not teach, Laura Mobley, Charles Brown, Augusta Brown, Emma Barnum,’ MELVIN L. PIEROVICH Candidate for Assembly JACKSON LAWYER IN ASSEMBLY RACE JACKSON: Melvin L. Pierovich, Attorney and Public Accountant of Jackson, and brother of the late. Judge Andrew L. Pierovich who for many years represented the Ninth Senatorial has as ,a Sixth in the Legislature, announced his candidacy member of the Assembly, Assembly District. Pierovich is 38, married and the father of a, girl. During the war he saw active service in both the Pacific and European ‘Theatres, in the former as an Infantryman in the 27th and 40th Divisions, and in the latter as a Military Government Officer in France and Germany. He has been a member of the bar since 1935 and for a number of years prior to the war was employed in the legal seetion of the office of the Franchise Tax Commissioner. Mr. Pierovich received his B. A. from St. Mary’s College and LLB. from _the. University _ of California, A lifelong resident of the Mother Lode, Mr. Pierovich feels that he appreciates the needs and District problems of the Sixth Assembly District. He is actively interested in mining and civie affairs. He is secretary of the Black>Hills4 Mining Company, owner® of the Italian Mine in Amador County, and alsoo publicity director for the Kit Carson Mountain Men of Amador County. RECENT ARRIVALS AT NATIONAL HOTEL A. Peterson and R. W. aie State Forest Service men from Quincey, . Calif. Mrs, Joelle Thatcher, Del Paso Heights, Calif. Dr. Matchett, Auburn, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. R. Patterson, Washington, Calif. ' Victor Anderson and Axel Jelson of Klamath Falls, Ore. MET: George A, McKesson, Marysville, Calif. Mr:. and Mrs; R. R. Williams, Carson City, Nevada. Mr. Leimer, F, C., San Francisco, Calif. Mr:Ralph Hossinger, Forest Service man from Colfax, Calif. Mr. J.» Mitchell of Folsom, Calif. Mr. L. W. Payne of Cloverdale, Michigan. Mr, and Mrs. F. C. Harding of San Fernando Valley. Mr. Ross Williams, West Point, Calif. Mr. and’ Mrs. W. B. McDowell, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barker of Calexico, Calif. Mr. W. J. Martin, Soda Springs. Prank.A. Dunn, Norwalk, Calif. D+, W.Thomas, and Wife; Piedmont, Calif. Mr. Judkins of Redding’ Calif Mr, Alex Swan. of “San. -Prancisco came up to attend his brother’s, funeral. James Swan also Ralph Grebmier and children of Palo Alto, . Mr. Zuener of the Clunie Hotel in Sacramento. Mr. B. C. Austin of San Franciseo, Calif. Ek. C. Benson from the Gaston Mine. Andy Jones from the Gaston Mine. : Mr. and, Mrs. A. A. Charonnat of Oakland, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Creaso of Galt, Calif. S. R. Dahl, San Leandro, Calif. Mrs. Robert Green, Oakland, Calif. Hugh Johnson, Reno, Nevada J. H. Kidd of Oakland, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kilmer, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. James Swan, Calif. John McNamara, Quincy Calif. R, E. Clark, Fresno, Calif. Alleghany, Mary Egan, Anna Slack, Anna Quinn, and (the writer),also Kate Brown. Hannah and Sarah Davis also were granted certificates but they had the advantage of a term at Mills Seminary. School at Sweetland. continued many years after the years 1878, but gradually grew smaller, and smaller, and at last ceased altogether, and the old town became a ghost town in deed and in truth, . ered (To be continued) ~~ Fishing : HISCOX PREDICTS POOR RESULTS ON MAY IST. OPENING DAY NEVADA CITY: Due to high water, Earl Hiscox, game warden declares, fishing will be poor on opening day, which this -year is May Ist. through. out the state. “All the mountain country, including Bowman’s Dam area,” said Hiscox, “will be closed on account of snow, blocked roads, and will be too much frozen for fishing even if the fishermen could get to them. t do not anticipate anyone getting many fish and those who do bring in trout will use bait, salmon eggs or, worms.F ly fishing probably will not be good until sometime in June or, maybe July. “The best fishing will be in the Bear, and the Forks of the Yuba River, South, Middle and North Yuba, between the 2000 and 3000 foot altitudes. These and their tribytaries, Dry Creek, Rock Creek, Deer Creek, Oregon Creek, and a dozen other smaller streams will prove the best fishing for opening day, but it is doubtful whether many anglers will bring im limits of 15 trout.’ The game warden spoke of the Narrows Dam_in the Yuba. which closed. off the Yuba River's three forks to steelhead that formally swarmed up in their season. “The dam is too high,”’ he said,“ ‘to make a fish ladder economically possible. “One thing . think fishermen should realize, is that this year, with the opening of the trout season on May Ist, the season for bass and all varieties of sunfish or perch also opens on the same day. That has a good deal! of bearing on fishing in Bullard’s Bar and ike lower lakes.”’ NATIONAL THEFT SOLVED BY SOLARO NEVADA CITY: ‘Max Solaro, Nevada City chief of police, reported yesterday that he thinks he has solved the robbery of the National Hotel Monday morning and the Nevada City Elks Club Sunday, in the apprehension of two boys 15 and 16 years of age, who .admitted the.two offenses. The Elks Club was entered but so far as could be ascertained nothing was taken. The National Hotel lost $42 in cash. The two were brought before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve yestérday and will appear in the juvenile court for further hearing. One of the youths is on probation for stéaling Frank Stewart’s jeep some months ago. Stewart is a deliveryman for .parce] post of the local post office, and proprietor of Stewart's Hat Shop. Pe Wanda Walton Wed To Richard Johnson NEVADA —-CITY.—-Fhe announcements of* Miss Walton and Richard J. last Saturday at the home bridegroom’s parents in Rio da, have been received here. The . bride the daughter Mrs. R. L. Cassidy of this The bridegroom’s parents are and Mrs. W. W. Johnson of Linda. Rev. H. G. Stevens, tor of ‘the Methodist Church Rio Linda officiated. The bridegroom served navy during the late war. Both he and his bride graduated from the Grant Union High School. . WALK ALONE AT BROADWAY SUN. MON., TUE. NEVADA CITY: Playing § at the Broadway Theater here Sunday, Moonday and the famous crime Walk Alone”, starring Lancaster, FRANKIE Lancaster) York after 14 prison fora prohibition shooting scrape in which he up his partner, Turner (Kirk Douglas). He to the swanky Regent Club which has replaced their old spéakeasy to take over his half of the business, “but -finds: that. Noll ‘has tricked him out of his interest. Kay Lawrence (Lizabeth Scott),: the club’s lovely chanteuse, has been in love with Noll, wedding Wanda Johnson of the Linof city is Rio pasin in the thriller, “I Burt MADISON back (Burt New in era covto years comes serving for put sides with Frankie against the scheming Turner, who is discarding her for rich Mrs. Alexis Richardson (Kristine Mi ller). Frankie recruits a small mob and moves into the Regent to take possession by force, but is balked by the complicated legal and corporate setup under’which the club is held and which was devised by Dave (Wendell Corey), the bookkeeper and his old-time pal. To discourage him further, the thwarted Frankie is brutally beaten up on the orders of Knoll. Then, fearful that Dave. will tell all to Frankie, Noll has him murdered and pins suspicion on Frankie. With Kay by his side, Frankie eludes the pursuing ° police and finally corners Knoll, breaking him down and getting a written confession. The desperate man tries to shoot his way out of his predicament, but‘is killed by police. And now Frankie and Kay, their exciting and dangerous night over, face the new day together. $ The Island of Guam was ceded by Spain to the ‘United States in 1898. Mr. . . the Tuesday. is, Noll ! foes . BIG GAIN IN INCOME HERE IN 7 YEARS NEVADA CrEY-; vevada County’s civilian ere nee enjoyed a 52.8 per cent increase in income between 1940 and 1947— from $10,307,000 in 1940 to $15, 748.005 last year—the research Gepartment of the > California . State Chamber of Commerce revealed today. During the same period, civilian incomes for the entire state increased 188.5 per cent, while in the mountain area, the increase was 107.4 per cent. The 1947 income of Nevada County _ residents, according to the. State Chamber's preliminary estimate, was 10.2 per cent over the estimate for 1946——$14,284,— 000. Salaries and wages, which ac« counted for $6,861,000 of the county‘s incomes in 1940, rose to' $8,687,000 in 1946, and reached $9,843,000 in 1947. S Nevada County proprietor’s net incomes—profits of proprietors and partners in non-incorporated farm and business enterprises— which totaled$1,080,000 in 1940: and $2,731,000 in 1946, reached $3,025,000 last year, according te State Chamber’s preliminary estimates. Civilian income from dividends, interest, yoyalties and net renta Was $1,128,000 in the county in 1940; $802,000 in 1946, ana $881, 000 last year. Other income of Nevada County residents—including pensions, payments to veterans, direct relief, compensation and social se-~ curity. payments— amounted to $1,238,000 in 1940. This reached $2,064,000 in 1946 and dropped ta $1,999,000 in 1947. California’s total ‘civilian in= come was $5,549,300,000 in 1940. By. 1946 the total was $14,504,700, 000. The 1947“ preliminary estimate, $16,009,500,000, is 188.5 per cent above the 1940 income, an@ 10.4 per cent ovey 1946. The 15 counties of the Moun-« tain region showed a. 107.4 per cent increase.in civilian income between 1940 and 1947, and 9.6 per cent between 1946 ‘and the folowing year. Total civilian. income of these counties-——Nevada, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Et Dorado, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono,’ Placer, Plunias, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Tuolumne ——-Wwas 105,928.000 in 1940; $200, 138,000 in 1946, and $219,675,000 in: 1947, ‘according: to” the Stata Chanrber of Commerce ————— fi SHERIFF HUNTS — FOR MISSING BOYS NEVADA CITY: Sheriff Rict« ard W. Hoskins has dispatched am all points bulletin over the short: wave radio asking the apprehension of two boys whe disappeared from their homes on April 12th. The boys are’ Jean Hummell, 14, of Grass Valley, and Franklin Kemp, 16, of North San Juan. Hummell is described as hav-< ing hazel eyes, brown hair, wearing an army flight jacket with a tur collar, yellow checkered shirt, blue jeans and brown oxford . shoes. He is 5 feet six inches tal? and weighs 130 pounds. Kemp ‘is 6 feet tall, weighs 160 pounds, His hair is a light brown color. He was wearing a khakt jacket, blue jeans and brown oxfords. ; Kemp's. mother reports she thinks he has joined the Navy in San Diego. The Grass Valley Po~ lice have wired the naval authorities there but have as yet Tes. ceived no reply to their query. ——

te <0 RR scr ARBRE te 4 4 THINKING OUT LOUD 7 In April Spring seems to come overnight. One day the snew sifts down and the night lowers with gloomy clouds. The next morning a. breath of warm air comes through the trees with the sun shining brightly. One notices the bud have grown little pink nodules. A hyacinth pusheg up to the surface. The forsythia is covered with incipient bloom. The lilac sports small grape-like buds. e h Of course there have been harbingers. The dog toothed violets have been out for sometime. Snow, in the Mountains has bloomed, ce vering the patio wall with intermittent mantles of white, the aubretia have chimed in with blue and purple, and, of course, agi_ihe varied forms of daffodils and jonquils have been very gay for some time. % hh Then one realizes that Spring has been here. for quite some time. It did not come overnight. It has been: steadily pushing itself to the surface despite rains, snow _and frost, The dog toothed violets were the first. In fact they came right up through the thin layers of snow. So, give ? Well, it w as probably around “the first of April and the weather made little if any difference. Indeed, the star magnolia suddenly began fluttering its ragged white blossoms in the midst of a snow storm. ; ey & & A couple, of weks later the Japanese magnolia was showing off its large purple and white blooms that look for all the world like flocks of strange birds who have lighted on its naked branches. Then the larch buds suddenly swell and put out their tiny brushes of needles. The tulip tree is covered with little green spades that rapidly expand into leaves. A careful examinatidn shows the holly is beginning to bloom preparatory to donning its bright red berries for Christmas. e h From now until August it will be just one: blooming thing after another. By the pool] the orisata iris have shoved their lances through the soil and will bear their small blue and white flags in the gorgeous’ procession of .zane. The scyllas will be up and slooming early in May. The. Japanese quinces, if not the earliest of blooming things, keéps right on blossoming through April, though now the shrub is covered comfortably with foliage. ‘ hb The latter part of June and in July the iris in all their varied beauty will bloom. The Japanese with its flat exotic flowers, the Siberian with its dark and light blue varieties, and the magnificent of béarded iris will raise their heads in a great symphony of color and form. Peonies will swell and burst into globes of White and red, and Oriental poppies will add their note of bright orange to the garden, 3ut these are for the Summer. It is the Spring blossoms that are the most welcome: in. this region. For ‘the Winter is long,. with snow, cold and sterility, or so it seems, ruling everywhere. It is it dg first warm day, or even a bart of a day, that starts the buds swelling, -the -birds singing and the gray squirrels capering. i cee. Seen DON’T TEMPT FATE “Watch and wait—don’t temp fiite” isea slogan suggested by. the By H. M. Ly SR. ' Vol. 21—No. 17. NEVADA CITY-GRASS Mao CALIFORNIA Tuesday, April 27, 1948 when did Spring ar. SN CHAMBER APPOINTS GROUP § TO SCREEN FUND REQUESTS NEVADA CITY: The Nevada County Centennial Committee recently appointed by George Hansen, President of the Sierra-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce and confirmed by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors as a “screening committee” for applications for State Funds from the California Centennial Commission issues a call for plans and applications by May Ist for the fiscal year 1948-49. The Committee, consisting of Elmer Stevens, Al Irby, Downey Clinch, Wes Donnewirth, W. W. Esterley, Herbert Nile, Earl Covey and George Hallock, is anxious. to get things under way and draw up a program for submission to the Board of Supervisors by May 1st: Chairman Stevens wishes to make it very clear that this committe has not been relegated to project plans for the centennial but it sits-as a ““go-between’’—the local organizations, the County of Nevada and the State of California in matters concerning funds from the state. ‘The County of Ne-. vada if it wishes, can ear-mark county funds for the Centennial Years 1948-49-50. These funds can be matched dollar for dollar provided they are allocated to the proper projects. mittee’ comes in,”’ “Here is where the ‘screening comstates Chairman Stevens. “Of course, we realize that '49 and '50 are the big years for Nevada County, but surely Nevada County wants to get underway this year. Already El Dorado County has 30 applications in the State Commission office. $2,000,000 has been allocated by the State Legislature, and if Nevada County doesn’t get 1er share, we shall have only ourselves to blame,” added the.County Chairman. Organizations are urged to get under way and make known their plans to the committee. Fred Brady, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, is secretary for the Committee and will accept applications. LIONS CLUB DISTRICT MEET GRASS VALLEY: The district meeting of six Lions Clubs was held.in Grass. Valley’s.Bret. Harte. Inn Saturday night. The meeting honored District Governor E. R. Deering of Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, and commemorated charter night for the local club. L. R. Jefford was im charge of arrangements’ for the. dinner. Bruce Dennison, Donner Zone chairman, and Vernon Allen, deputy district governor from Placerville, El Dorado County, attended. Officers and members of the Auburn, Coifax, Downieville, Nevada City, and Grass Valley clubs attended. nec ae ae BIRTHS MUSIC—In Nevada. City, .Nevada County, April 22,°'°1948, to Mr..and. Mrs. Troyce Music, a daughter. California State Automobile <AsWORTHLEY; — In Nevada sociation for pedestrians on heavCity, Nevada. County, April 28rd, ily traveled streets and highways. . 1948. to Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth = Worthley, a’ son, fene de Reamur, a_ French SCHAEFFER — In Nevada scientist, is credited with.. dis. City, Nevada. County,.April.20, covering the use of Wood pulp as. 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard a base for paper. Schaeffer, a daughter. an TT THEFROM rut BOOK EDITED BY C. ae, of a 4ger —_——_$—_$_ ‘\ . L. CANFIELD ‘ een Ra MAY 2, RED Tae nei his partners put in the week on our Rock Creek claims and are well satisfied “with the returns. They took in MacCalkins and Barker on the lay and six of them tackled it. It doesn’t make any difference to us how many are interested, as we get twenty per cent of what comes out. They cleaned up yesterday afternoon and had fifty-one ounces. That will give us two hundred dollars for our rake off and they are averaging about an ounce apiece per day. Dunn has an idea that he can do still better by increasimg the size of the boxes. They are now using ten by twelve-inch bottoms and ten inch sides. He has ordered at the mill two and a half feet bottoms and eighteeninch sides of two inches thickness, and will set these in the bed of the creek, anchoring them down permanently so that flood water will not carry them away. He says he is convinced that if he can hold them down he can catch most of the gold in the dirt that is carried down when the water is high and then clean up the eek at low water. . do not see any reason why it should not work. Anyway, the experiment will cost us nothing. Chinamen are getting to be altogether too elect: ful in the country. Six months ago it was seldom one was seen, but lately gangs of them have been coming in from below. There is a big camp of them down on Deer Creek, below Newtown, and we found a lot of them getting ready to work on the bars of the Yuba (Please turn to Page 3) . softball, . ¢ ratts, LEGION CELEBRATES WITH OPEN HOUSE GRASS VALLEY: The HagueThomasHegarty Post: of the American Legion on Saturday celebrated the ‘many improvements in the Veterans Memorial Building by holding Among the improvements are a new dining room and kitchen in the basement, and bowling alleys. Paul I. Jenks was low bidder. on the contract. The veterans have asked citizens of. all walks of life come tonight and admire the gleaming chromium furniture of kitchen ‘anddining . room, the beautiful bowling alleys, and the many changes made on the first floor. The be open to doors of the tonight at There will be an service for taking groups of visitors through it. The program with music, dancing, luncheon and other features will begin at i Po M, building will! 5:30 o’clock. official’ guide sear een COMMISSION ASKS FOR 2 DIRECTORS FOR SUMMER: PLAY GRASS VALLEY The Valley Recreation Commission finds that high school students expect to work during the. day time in vacation, and would like to be provided with Friday and Saturday night dancing, swimming. and bowling. Grammar school students want their day programs to. include basketball, tennis, handiweaving, leather work, Grass basket and plastic The commission, variance in the two groups, will ask the city council to provide two recreational directors for. the summer. to the due g TEE SIL ESS ELKS INVITE B.P.W.C. FOR MOTHER'S DAY GRASS VALLEY: The Grass Valley. Elks have invited the Business and Professional Women’s Club to join them in observing Mother’s Day at the Elks Hall on May 9th in the afternoon, Members of the club and. their families are invited. George F. Bennetts recently ected secretary, has resigned due to press of private business. Pending an election Fred E, Nettell, exalted ruler, appointed George Sullivan to take charge. G. V. JUNIOR PROM GRASS VALLEY: The annual “prom” of the junior class’ was given last Saturday evening in the Grass Valley High School. Patrons and patronesses were Messrs. and Mesdames_ Joseph Henwood, Frank Bennallack, Del Powell, John Martin, Leonard Prisk, Roy ‘Terrell, Elmer. Stevens, William Wilson, Gilbert Tennis, Robert Frost, Vincent Cortez,, Frank Hooper, Gene Leeper, .Chandler Church, W. T. Terrill, and Miss Emma White. ‘had open house. THE STORY OF SWEETLAND by Ada Perry Landsburg (Continued) EDITOR'S ‘NOTE: Landsburg was born town of Sweetland, January. 30, 1859. She was the daughter of John and Lydia, Perry;-and-spent many years there as Well in Relief Hill, North Bioomfield and Nevada City. She and her Ada Perry in the little as husband moved to Kuna, Idaho, to be ‘near her daughtey Linda. Some years. after her husband passed away, she the misfortune to fall, and she has been bed-ridden for more than ten years. hf When we read the papers these days, we wonder if some of the parents of today, would not be glad if their children could have had readers like these in their early childhood. It certainly must have had an influence for good on’ childish minds to hear some little youngster, on Friday afternoon recite the following lines: “Tll never smoke tobacco, No, it is a filthy weed I'll never put it in my mouth, said little Robert: Reed.” Or hear some of the more daring little urchins recite, Tobacco is a filthy weed, From the devil sprang the seed; Smoke tobacco burns your clothes, Makes a chimney of your nose.” At a later date, we think about 1870, our Readers were changed for a series of six beginning with the Ist and ending with the sixth. They too, were wonderful readers, MeGuffeys. We still ‘see them advertised and spoken of as very fine, but for molding the minds and shaping the lives of the very young, we think the Wilson’s were better, though McGuffey’s were good, The spelling Townsend's on’s, Geography, Monterth’s, History, Quankenbo's, later Swinton’s Condensed History. Grammar, Gheerts, later Brown’s. Physiology. author. Other Mental metic, lower loogy, books used, Speller later First WilCornell’s, later have forgotten the subjects Arithmetie, Algebra, (two and advanced, Word Analysis, writing (copy books) Spencerian system, and Bookeeping. Teachers in the new school building were Adam Zellars, Miss Clark, Miss Culbertson, Neil McNeil Kennedy from 1872 to 1877. To the last named teacliey of the Sweetland School the older scholars owed a debt of gratitude taught written were arithclasses) Botony, Zofor the lessons we had in Botany, Zoology, Bookeeping, French. Latin and Greek, as he was not obliged to teach them, He was with us three years, and in 1876 married one of his Greek scholars, Anna Quinn. In 1878 he taught at N. San.Juan and later at Nevada City School for several years; part of the time as .Superintendentofthe -school. His” wife was also a teucher in the school. It may be asked by some, especially by teachers of today, how as many classes could be taught in a one-room school of 80 scholars,-and~some-~may~doubt it, but the only help the -teachers had was’that from some of the older girls rho tovk the A. B. @. elass and and second reading classes int the ante-rooms and heard them read. Then they were Sent dut to play, but ealled in at recess time, to be reviewed in their lessons the -teacher, so that. they were not neglected, Many idies alternated, some jeeard twice, some three times . So much work kept the schol. . ars busy. T ‘hool was nevei whispering was

ferbidden, Or communia noisy schoal. as strictly eation o ny kind. Every Scholar was expected, ana placed” on_his honor), to give a strict account of his disobedience to the laws of the school, .each evening just before school closed,. when the roll was called. It is also wonderful how much ecan_ be accomplished When the classes recite orally, and we believe is of much advantage to the scholar, as well as the teacher, Sitting in our seats, and hearing’ a have left class recite, behind us, which we if we chance to be listening, is like a review of our past work, or if a class is reciting which is ahead of us, in a measure prepares us for what will be our lessons later on. Dur. ing our.own recitations, the scholar who has not his or her lesson well prepared, has the advantage of hearing his. better prepared classmates recite, goes to his seat, better understanding the lesson than when the class was called to recite. We do not know if the plan followed then would work today, but it worked then. The following named scholars of Sweetland School were granted cer tificates to teach, by the Nevada City Board of Education, not having the advantage of a finishing school though all did not teach, Laura Mobley, Charles Brown, Augusta Brown, Emma Barnum,’ MELVIN L. PIEROVICH Candidate for Assembly JACKSON LAWYER IN ASSEMBLY RACE JACKSON: Melvin L. Pierovich, Attorney and Public Accountant of Jackson, and brother of the late. Judge Andrew L. Pierovich who for many years represented the Ninth Senatorial has as ,a Sixth in the Legislature, announced his candidacy member of the Assembly, Assembly District. Pierovich is 38, married and the father of a, girl. During the war he saw active service in both the Pacific and European ‘Theatres, in the former as an Infantryman in the 27th and 40th Divisions, and in the latter as a Military Government Officer in France and Germany. He has been a member of the bar since 1935 and for a number of years prior to the war was employed in the legal seetion of the office of the Franchise Tax Commissioner. Mr. Pierovich received his B. A. from St. Mary’s College and LLB.. from _the. University _ of California, A lifelong resident of the Mother Lode, Mr. Pierovich feels that he appreciates the needs and District problems of the Sixth Assembly District. He is actively interested in mining and civie affairs. He is secretary of the Black>Hills4 Mining Company, owner® of the Italian Mine in Amador County, and alsoo publicity director for the Kit Carson Mountain Men of Amador County. RECENT ARRIVALS AT NATIONAL HOTEL A. Peterson and R. W. aie State Forest Service men from Quincey, . Calif. Mrs, Joelle Thatcher, Del Paso Heights, Calif. Dr. Matchett, Auburn, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. R. Patterson, Washington, Calif. ' Victor Anderson and Axel Jelson of Klamath Falls, Ore. MET: George A, McKesson, Marysville, Calif. Mr:. and Mrs; R. R. Williams, Carson City, Nevada. Mr. Leimer, F, C., San Francisco, Calif. Mr:Ralph Hossinger, Forest Service man from Colfax, Calif. Mr. J.» Mitchell of Folsom, Calif. Mr. L. W. Payne of Cloverdale, Michigan. Mr, and Mrs. F. C. Harding of San Fernando Valley. Mr. Ross Williams, West Point, Calif. Mr. and’ Mrs. W. B. McDowell, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barker of Calexico, Calif. Mr. W. J. Martin, Soda Springs. Prank.A. Dunn, Norwalk, Calif. D+, W..Thomas, and Wife; Piedmont, Calif. Mr.. Judkins of Redding’ Calif Mr, Alex Swan. of “San. -Prancisco came up to attend his brother’s, funeral. James Swan also Ralph Grebmier and children of Palo Alto, . Mr. Zuener of the Clunie Hotel in Sacramento. Mr. B. C. Austin of San Franciseo, Calif. Ek. C. Benson from the Gaston Mine. Andy Jones from the Gaston Mine. : Mr. and, Mrs. A. A. Charonnat of Oakland, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Creaso of Galt, Calif. S. R. Dahl, San Leandro, Calif. Mrs. Robert Green, Oakland, Calif. Hugh Johnson, Reno, Nevada J. H. Kidd of Oakland, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kilmer, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. James Swan, Calif. John McNamara, Quincy Calif. R, E. Clark, Fresno, Calif. Alleghany, Mary Egan, Anna Slack, Anna Quinn, and (the writer),also Kate Brown. Hannah and Sarah Davis also were granted certificates but they had the advantage of a term at Mills Seminary. School at Sweetland. continued many years after the years 1878, but gradually grew smaller, and smaller, and at last ceased altogether, and the old town became a ghost town in deed and in truth, . ered (To be continued) ~~ Fishing : HISCOX PREDICTS POOR RESULTS ON MAY IST. OPENING DAY NEVADA CITY: Due to high water, Earl Hiscox, game warden declares, fishing will be poor on opening day, which this -year is May Ist. through. out the state. “All the mountain country, including Bowman’s Dam area,” said Hiscox, “will be closed on account of snow, blocked roads, and will be too much frozen for fishing even if the fishermen could get to them. t do not anticipate anyone getting many fish and those who do bring in trout will use bait, salmon eggs or, worms.F ly fishing probably will not be good until sometime in June or, maybe July. “The best fishing will be in the Bear, and the Forks of the Yuba River, South, Middle and North Yuba, between the 2000 and 3000 foot altitudes. These and their tribytaries, Dry Creek, Rock Creek, Deer Creek, Oregon Creek, and a dozen other smaller streams will prove the best fishing for opening day, but it is doubtful whether many anglers will bring im limits of 15 trout.’ The game warden spoke of the Narrows Dam_in the Yuba. which closed. off the Yuba River's three forks to steelhead that formally swarmed up in their season. “The dam is too high,”’ he said,“ ‘to make a fish ladder economically possible. “One thing . think fishermen should realize, is that this year, with the opening of the trout season on May Ist, the season for bass and all varieties of sunfish or perch also opens on the same day. That has a good deal! of bearing on fishing in Bullard’s Bar and ike lower lakes.”’ NATIONAL THEFT SOLVED BY SOLARO NEVADA CITY: ‘Max Solaro, Nevada City chief of police, reported yesterday that he thinks he has solved the robbery of the National Hotel Monday morning and the Nevada City Elks Club Sunday, in the apprehension of two boys 15 and 16 years of age, who .admitted the.two offenses. The Elks Club was entered but so far as could be ascertained nothing was taken. The National Hotel lost $42 in cash. The two were brought before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve yestérday and will appear in the juvenile court for further hearing. One of the youths is on probation for stéaling Frank Stewart’s jeep some months ago. Stewart is a deliveryman for .parce] post of the local post office, and proprietor of Stewart's Hat Shop. Pe Wanda Walton Wed To Richard Johnson NEVADA —-CITY.—-Fhe announcements of* Miss Walton and Richard J. last Saturday at the home bridegroom’s parents in Rio da, have been received here. The . bride the daughter Mrs. R. L. Cassidy of this The bridegroom’s parents are and Mrs. W. W. Johnson of Linda. Rev. H. G. Stevens, tor of ‘the Methodist Church Rio Linda officiated. The bridegroom served navy during the late war. Both he and his bride graduated from the Grant Union High School. . WALK ALONE AT BROADWAY SUN. MON., TUE. NEVADA CITY: Playing § at the Broadway Theater here Sunday, Moonday and the famous crime Walk Alone”, starring Lancaster, FRANKIE Lancaster) York after 14 prison fora prohibition shooting scrape in which he up his partner, Turner (Kirk Douglas). He to the swanky Regent Club which has replaced their old spéakeasy to take over his half of the business, “but -finds: that. Noll ‘has tricked him out of his interest. Kay Lawrence (Lizabeth Scott),: the club’s lovely chanteuse, has been in love with Noll, wedding Wanda Johnson of the Linof city is Rio pasin in the thriller, “I Burt MADISON back (Burt New in era covto years comes serving for put sides with Frankie against the scheming Turner, who is discarding her for rich Mrs. Alexis Richardson (Kristine Mi ller). Frankie recruits a small mob and moves into the Regent to take possession by force, but is balked by the complicated legal and corporate setup under’which the club is held and which was devised by Dave (Wendell Corey), the bookkeeper and his old-time pal. To discourage him further, the thwarted Frankie is brutally beaten up on the orders of Knoll. Then, fearful that Dave. will tell all to Frankie, Noll has him murdered and pins suspicion on Frankie. With Kay by his side, Frankie eludes the pursuing ° police and finally corners Knoll, breaking him down and getting a written confession. The desperate man tries to shoot his way out of his predicament, but‘is killed by police. And now Frankie and Kay, their exciting and dangerous night over, face the new day together. $ The Island of Guam was ceded by Spain to the ‘United States in 1898. Mr. . . the Tuesday. is, Noll ! foes . BIG GAIN IN INCOME HERE IN 7 YEARS NEVADA CrEY-; vevada County’s civilian ere nee enjoyed a 52.8 per cent increase in income between 1940 and 1947— from $10,307,000 in 1940 to $15, 748.005 last year—the research Gepartment of the > California . State Chamber of Commerce revealed today. During the same period, civilian incomes for the entire state increased 188.5 per cent, while in the mountain area, the increase was 107.4 per cent. The 1947 income of Nevada County _ residents, according to the. State Chamber's preliminary estimate, was 10.2 per cent over the estimate for 1946——$14,284,— 000. Salaries and wages, which ac« counted for $6,861,000 of the county‘s incomes in 1940, rose to' $8,687,000 in 1946, and reached $9,843,000 in 1947. S Nevada County proprietor’s net incomes—profits of proprietors and partners in non-incorporated farm and business enterprises— which totaled$1,080,000 in 1940: and $2,731,000 in 1946, reached $3,025,000 last year, according te State Chamber’s preliminary estimates. Civilian income from dividends, interest, yoyalties and net renta Was $1,128,000 in the county in 1940; $802,000 in 1946, ana $881, 000 last year. Other income of Nevada County residents—including pensions, payments to veterans, direct relief, compensation and social se-~ curity. payments— amounted to $1,238,000 in 1940. This reached $2,064,000 in 1946 and dropped ta $1,999,000 in 1947. California’s total ‘civilian in= come was $5,549,300,000 in 1940. By. 1946 the total was $14,504,700, 000. The 1947“ preliminary estimate, $16,009,500,000, is 188.5 per cent above the 1940 income, an@ 10.4 per cent ovey 1946. The 15 counties of the Moun-« tain region showed a. 107.4 per cent increase.in civilian income between 1940 and 1947, and 9.6 per cent between 1946 ‘and the folowing year. Total civilian. income of these counties-——Nevada, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Et Dorado, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono,’ Placer, Plunias, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Tuolumne ——-Wwas 105,928.000 in 1940; $200, 138,000 in 1946, and $219,675,000 in: 1947, ‘according: to” the Stata Chanrber of Commerce ————— fi SHERIFF HUNTS — FOR MISSING BOYS NEVADA CITY: Sheriff Rict« ard W. Hoskins has dispatched am all points bulletin over the short: wave radio asking the apprehension of two boys whe disappeared from their homes on April 12th. The boys are’ Jean Hummell, 14, of Grass Valley, and Franklin Kemp, 16, of North San Juan. Hummell is described as hav-< ing hazel eyes, brown hair, wearing an army flight jacket with a tur collar, yellow checkered shirt, blue jeans and brown oxford . shoes. He is 5 feet six inches tal? and weighs 130 pounds. Kemp ‘is 6 feet tall, weighs 160 pounds, His hair is a light brown color. He was wearing a khakt jacket, blue jeans and brown oxfords. ; Kemp's. mother reports she thinks he has joined the Navy in San Diego. The Grass Valley Po~ lice have wired the naval authorities there but have as yet Tes. ceived no reply to their query. ——