February 17, 1949 (8 pages)

% #-. Novak reported Clearing Skies ‘Bode Success + Fast disappearing snows . To Community Dollar Days and emergence from the cocoon of winter augur successful dollar days Friday -and Saturday in Nevada City. Merchants and businessmen of the city have been busy all this week preparing outstanding bargains and offers to the public. These two days of genuine values for shoppers are being sponsored by the Nevada City chamber of commerce. Bill Novak, a director of the chamber, is chairman of the event. response by the merchants to the gala dollar Gays is enthusiastic Novak emphasized ‘‘This chamber sponsored bargain event is to give the buyer’s dollar a break .”’ Merchants and businessmen of the city are carrying advertisements of featured bargains in this issue of the Nugget and in the Thursday evening edition of the Grass Valley Union. % 12-MILE SKI TRIP FOR MERCY ERRAND Two forest officers of the Foresthill ranger station traveled 12 niles on skis to the Pioneer mine on the north fork of the American river to bring aid to Clair Storey, a mine worked who had suffered a badly cut hand while working underground. Notified of the man’s injury, and that he was running a high @temperature, Fire Control Assistant Nichols and Bill Markleson, taking an extra pair of snow shoes, went into the mine, a distance requiring nearly a day to travel. They remained at _ the mine over night. The following day they helped Storey over fivé miles of the fugged mountain country, being met by Ranger Glen E_ Sindel and four men with a toboggan The injured man is reported recovering at Foresthill where he was taken for medical attention, Nevada City high school and Lincoln union high school will open the seventh annual basketball tournament at Auburn Feb. 26 with a game scheduled for 9 a.m. The winner of this game plays the winner of the Roseville-El Dorado county high school game, -and the loser moves into the consolation bracket to meet the loser of the Roseville-E] Dorado contest . Marysville plays Folsom in the upper bracket at 11 a.m. and Placer plays Grass: Grass Valley in the noon game. Consolation semifinas are schedued for 1 p m. and 38 p.m. Championship semi-finals are scheduled for 2 p.m and 4 p.m. : The consolation final will be played at 6:15 p.m. and. the championship final at :30 p m. ‘ WELFARE DIRECTOR Ke ago, and IS ROTARY SPEAKER Kief Melberg, Nevada county welfare director, is guest speaker at the Thursday dinner of Nevada City Rotary club at Deer Creek Inn. Melberg’ discusses the _ relief program emphasizing new aspects of California relief activities under proposition No 4 Courthouse Will Install New Oil-Burning Furnace Specifications for a new _ oilburning furnace for the Nevada county courthouse was drawn up in a special session of the board of supervisors Monday. The board will call for bids on the heating plant, expected to cost between 2.000 and $3,000. Attending the special meeting were Henry Loebr, Carl Tobiassen, Warren Odell, Frank Rowe, J. C. Coughlin, supervisors; Ralph BE. Deeble, county clerk, and Verron Stoll, district attorney. RECOVERY IS SATISFACTORY Vern Gularte, partner in the G and H Prescription Pharmacy is reported showing satisfactory recovery from a stomach ailment that required hospitalization He was taken to the hospital a week expected to remain ij LO VW “ S o = LIBR S Ij; SU, Be y 250 AT ELKS CHARITY BALL More than 250 persons were present at the 49th-annual Blks charity ball Saturday night at the Nevada City Elks hal), “Blackguts of 1949" directett by Frank Stewart, was reported. by representatiyes ef the audience as being one of-the finest amateur shows produced in Nevada City. Participating in the show .were Bill Tobiassen with a solo; Stewart and George Hansen dueting a song, “That Certain. Party’’; “Tea for Two,’ by Dee Montanari and Bill Gibson assisted by Audrey Kerrin, Rose French and Virginia Clapp, Lionettes; a hula dance number, featuring Dr Cyril Kerrin as “‘Hilo Hattie,” assisted by George Campbell, Rose French, Virginia Clapp, Allen Clapp, Moscoe Smart and Bill Gibson Assisting in the production were Dorothy Kitts at the piano, Roy Deeter. make-up; Frank Evers, curtain; Bill Campbell, lights Proceeds of the annual party go to the Elks clinic for treatment of eye, ear and nose diseases and dental care. Dr. W C. Mullis, who has done the dental work under the Elks clinic, spoke briefly on work of the clinic. Joanne Brehm to Sing At Crocker Concert The E. B. Crocker art gallery is announcing the fifth concert in the eighth concert seriés for Sunday. afternoon at 3. o’clock Joanne Brehm, soprano, of San Francisco, accompanied by ~ Mildred ‘Strand, will sing a program including the work of Scarlatti, Purcell, Faure, Debussy. Verdi, Cimara, Strauss, Sandoval, Carpenter, Curran and Seymour, Sunday’s program includes the “En Priere’’ by Faure, the Verdi aria ‘‘Pace, Face’ and “The Requieseat’’ by Sacramento’s own John Lawrence Seymour, Chamber of Commerce To Meet Monday Evening Nevada ‘City chamber of commerce ~ will ‘hold its postponed February meeting Monday evening at 8 p.m in the chamber’s room in the city hall, according to an announcement today by. H. F “Si’’ Sofge, secretary. The meeting will be presided over by Ray Spickelmier, president of the chamber of commerce. Teachers Club Postpones Regular February Confab Due to conflicts with teacher’s night school courses and «bad roads, the scheduled February 17th meeting of the Nevada County Rural Teachers: club, which was to take place at the Union Hill school, has been postponed. J. F. O’Connor, Nevada county road commissioner, is convalescing at the Jones memorial hospital. Valoue FENG: 7 NEVADA GITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Thursday, February 17, 1949 SNELL ORDERS COURT NOTES PRESENTED A North Sacramento court reporter, who: served in Nevada county superior court last summer in the damage suit of Engle vs. Clark, has’been given a month to untangle the shorthand notes he took during the trial so the case can be appealed to the district court of appeal In‘a jury trial held July 8, 1948, Engle was awarded damages amounting to $27,500 for injuries sustained when he was allegedly hit by a truck belonging to Clark on Highway ‘40 near Truckee. So far, so good for the court reporter, who was for the regular reporter, Miles D. Coughlin But, attorneys for the defendant appealed the case to the higher court on the grounds that Clark didn’t get a fair trial, that there was misconduct on the part of the jury, Gamages were awarded Engle Such an action requires a typed copy of the reporter’s transcript of the proceedings. Asked for a transeript to complete'-the file for the appeal, the. reporter. Fred Rund, said .he could not make out the shorthand notes he took of the testimony in the trial. The request for the reporter’s transcript -was first made last Oetober by J. A. Montgomery, attorney for Clark . a Ordered to appear last week before Judge James Shell to show cause why he should not prepare a transcript, he firmiy maintained it would be impossible to restore the proceedings of the trial from his shortland report, Judge Snell gave Rund 30 days to transcribe his shorthand into typewritten copy and present it to the court in person, pointing out that the court and counsel would decide upon the accuracy of the record JUDGMENT AWARDED IRRIGATION DISTRCT Almost $75,000 for damages to ditches and canals in the Camp Beale area will be awarded to the Nevada Irrigation District as the result of a decision of Judge Del Lemmon of the U.S. district court in Sacramento. The decision will end a_ suit condemning irrigation district property in Camp Beale brought by the U. S. government. Amount of the judgment was $54,560 plus $1,200 for land,’ and interest at seven per cent for six and one-half years. Tap Water Now Safe To Drink, Hallett Says The water emergency in. Nevada City appeared to be over this morning. according to Herb Hallett, water superintendent. Hallett reported the Canada Hill reservoir is filled. Tests of the water indicate it is fit for drinking, Hallett said. A snowslide Thursday night carried away approximately 80 feet of the Bowman-Spaulding eanal near Windy Point, according to an announcement by Varney. The break does not affect the Cascade, Snow Mountain or D-S canals, but does interfere with delivery of water to Lake Spaulding hydro-electric operations of the P.G.&E. ; Telephonic communication has been cut off with Bowman House because of the slide. Varney reported water was flowing in the Cascade canal at 2 am., Friday. An irrigation district crew worked until 5, p.m., Thursday and then was relieved by a crew from the Empire and Idaho-Maryland mines. ’ The Nevada City schools were open only two days last week, Wednesday and Thursday. Only about 25 per cent of the high school: pupils and less than 50 per cent of the elementary school students attended. Busses were unable to bring pupils which contributed to the poor attendance. Tom Farney, principal of Gold Flat school announced the school would remain closed during the present water famine that had affected families in the Oakland jAistrhete gn lot substituting . ; and «that excessive . Forty Niner In Long Beach;*Calif. Janet Cubbison models the “Forty Niner” bathing outfit which was ; designed by RuthSmall to com-_ mémorate the California centen. nial year, The costume consists 2% two-piece bathing suit, with toat and straw bonnet, all designed in blue and gold. _ COUNTY TO BE FETED TONIGHT Nevada county will be featured tenight at 8:30 o’clock in a 15minute radio program over stati6én KFBK, Sacramento. H. F “Si” Soefge, secretary of the Nevada County Mpértsiien’s association, will talk on recred= tion and its possibilities in Nevada county Also taking part in the program will be a talk by Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of Tahoe national forest. Lyman Gilmore. pioneer aviation enthusiast and claimant to fiying a plane before the Wright brothers, will speak on airplanes and aviation. Hugh Brown of Grass Valley will also be on the program. The program was _ transcribed on a wire recorder about a month ago.The program is second in a-series of KFBK presentations saluting northern California counties. Spaghetti and Ravioli Dinner at Elks Tonight Spaghetti and ravioli dinner. by one of the best Italian cooks in’ Nevada City will be featured tonight at the Elks hall. Losing bowling teams, Postal Clerks, Kyle’s Market and Washburn Painters are sponsors for the evening. . Saturday evening the El plan another family night program, featuring free instruction in square dancing, and a snack table. Wild Cat (Stuffed, of Course) Displayed Here Carl and Ida Foote have on! display at their store on Broad street a wildcat bagged by Clarence Ausley on Montezuma hill recently. The taxidermy is very excellent and as you enter the door you are sure a live tom cat is lying there. ATTEND INSTITUTE Miss Vivien Berggren, Mrs. Dallas Fellersen and Mrs _ Isabel Hefelfinger, school murses, are. attending the institutes for school . nurses in Sacramento, sponsored . by. the California state department Public. he KNEE RECEIVES FIRST VIDEO BROADCAST Successful television reception was ‘achieved here -this week by. Dick Knee, proprietor of a local radio store and shop. Knee received the broadcast in his store, using a stock set wtih a 10-inch screen. The reception was definitely “not good,’ Knee declared, ‘‘but we did get pictures on a broadcast from the television station in San Francisco.’’ With considerable work and experimenting ahead of him before hé could express satisfaction. Knee said further adjustments would be made this week-end, usnig a booster to give more clarity to both pictures and sound. Experiments will be needed on the type of antenna that will furnish best reception, Knee added. SCHOOL TERM. More Than Half of Snow Disappears From Streets ’ Of the six feet or more of snow which has fallen on Nevada City this season, Fred Bush, official weather observer, declares but 23 inches now remains. Yesterday the power machinery. removing snow was busy around the courthouse. Snow on North Pine street was being plowed into windrows and then dumped by a power shovel into the public library lot. Most of the snow which cluttered Broad and Commercial street has been dumped by power shovels and trucks into Deer creek. MLINARICH SUFFERS SEVERE FROSTBITE John Mlinarich, Nevada City real estate broker, was taken to Jones memorial hospital in Grass Valley Saturday afternoon with a severe case of frostbite in both feet, sustained while; working in ice-clogged Banner mountain ditch with.a volunteer N.I D. crew which :-has been working to clear the Twin Cities water channels since early last week. Mlinarich will be required to ‘remain in the hospital for several days until the extent of the damTerms of the Nevada City schools were extended to June 10 to compensate fer time lost by closing the educational plants because of the recent bad weather, at Monday evening’s meeting of the board of education) at the elementary school A report from Elementary School Principal Lloyd Geist revealed that 49 Cages of measles have peen reported from the Youngsters of the school since February 7. Twenty of this number are members of Miss Irma Atkins’ first grade where the mild measles epidemic was centered. High Prnicipal Ed Frantz reported attendance -following the week-long’ enforced holiday had held up surprisingly well, with only a few absences reported . this week Both schools are using bottled spring water-during the present ~— dies Chis. The board approved the recommendation of Frantz that teachers be given college credit for work taken on extension courses, Af audio-visual class-is currently béifig Offered it Grass Valley once a week, Frantz pointéd out, with local teachers: enrolled Nevada City’s bid for the War war surplus truck, owned by the school district, was accepted last night The city has been using the truck for several] months, Howard Penrose; president of the board, presided. Others: attending were M. D. Coughlin, elerk; Frantz, Geist, John Larue and Elton Kendricks, members School Warden Hiscox Says Deer in No Danger Although many deer are now seen in the lower country in vicinity 6f Nevada City and Grass Valley, Game Warden Earl Hiscox States they are in no danger. He says the deer are coming down from the higher elevations to escape the deeper snows. The deer are expected to get sufficient food off brush browsing to sustain them for the winter. Hiscox states he is supplying salt blocks for the animals. He recalls several years ago 3000 deer were trapped by a snow storm in French meadows and authorities hauled several tons of hay into them, In the spring most of the hay was still there. The deer refused to eat it. Hiscox reports quail are suffering most from the storms. With the soil frozen and snow covered, many of them have -starved to death. Two New Teachers Are Appointed in County Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools, announces the appointment’ of two rural teachers to take posts vacated, First is the appointment of Jean Estes, graduate of Chico . Nevada City, will be held Friday agé to his'feet can be definitely determined. The real estate dealer, who volunteered to help in the ditchclearing operations Thursday morning, learned that his feet were frozen after he had. worked 24 hours straight from Friday morning until early Saturdj, morning. : ri¢ Bald he first noticed his . feet being extessivély cold éarly Friday night. Later he noticed they weré warming up. Thinking the latter was a result of the added walking and wearing heavy rubber boots, he ignored the danger signal. Returning to his home Saturday morning, he went to bed When he woke up, his feet were swallen and discolored He was rushed to the hospital where his feet were placed in ice packs ‘to “thaw aut.” POWER OFF THREE =armD¢ RARITY SIINDAY Hvunw au. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company shut off all electric current in Nevada City between 1 and 4 &m Stndayy morning, while adjustméfits were made in the substation between Deer creek and the old Downieville highway. oes The substation, one of thé%oldest in the company’s system, is being modernized Larry Farrell, P.G.&E. manager, stated recent improvements, including expansion of the Grass Valley substation, rebuilding of the old substation at Pike, and at Downieville, Sierra county is costing approximately $300.000. When all are completed it is expected the improvements will reduce difficulties the company experienced this winter ~ =< Women’s Basketball Program at High School A weekly program of, young women’s sports is being/ held’ at Nevada City high schoo! gym/under direction of iss Helen Chapman, = The Scerwition. eeeee for girls over high schoo] age, are held every Thursday at 7:30. Athletic games are’ played, with emphasis now on basketball Classes in volleyball and badminton will follow. Girls interested in the program are asked to attend and bring tennis shoes. 4-H Club Will Meet Friday Evening Here A meeting of the 4-H Club of evening, at 7:30 p.m. at Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneer Park. Boys and girls. 10 years of age and older, are invited, with their» parents, to attend the meeting. Mrs. Mauritz Davis. van Hall is returning to her home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, followstate college, to replace George Ochs who recently resigned from the Birchville School because of ill health. The second is the ap-pointment of Bernard Karo to take the place of Darwin Wheeler in the Wolt distri . ing a 10-day visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Davis, here. She left Friday on the long journey home. Mrs. van SAMPLE COP¥ P.O. Boxholder iy Nevada City, Calif. DEER STROLLS INTO ALPHA HARDWARE Bob Hawkins was busy Momday afternoon in the shop of tie Alpha. Hardware, Broad stree& About 5 o’clock he, had occasiom to look up from his work ané peered into the staring eyes e& a big buck deer standing about four feet from him inside the shop ’ The deer had strolled itr through the back door and Hawkins doesn’t know how long the animal-watched him before Bob’s turning startled the beast The deer leaped through the shep window and for a time was corraled in the yard behind the haréware store. A large group of adults an& children gathered to watch the antics of the deer but. no one ekcept Dave. Richardson appeared anxious to corral the potential venison. The deer finally slipped by The Hut onto Main street, and headed out of town past the courthouse.GUS WASLEY HOME FROM THEWAR Mr. and Mrs William Wastey of Gold Flat have been notified by U. S army authorities that the body of their son, Gus, kille& nearly four years ago in the battle for the Philippines, will are rive here today. Final rites honoring the war hero will be hel@ Saturday at 2 pm. at the Holmes fiineral home under the direction of the V.F.W The well known Nevada City and Grass Valley man was killed by artillery fire in action Marek 30, 1945 on the island of Luzon after serving more than a year in Pacific combat.He was a private in Co -L, 68rd infantry, an@ had been cited for outstanding work by his company commander. Funeral services were held soon after his death by the regimentak chaplain and his body was laid country under the army. plan te return nation’s soidiers %6 their home burial grounds. 5 Born in Grass Valley June 2% 1915. Gus became well known im mining circles in this area. He spent most of his youth in Nevada City where he was graduated from the Nevada City. high school. He is survived by his wife and Kathryn, 4 They are making their home in Los Angeles His seven brothers and one sister are William, Cecil, George, Howard, Loren, Tom, Edgar. and Lillian. Siu: ne Ps t .ceeran War Dog Attacks Master in Berserk Frenzy _ Albert Kistle of Nevada City is reported recovering at Nevada county hospital from an injured forearm suffered last week-end whén hé was bitten by his German shepherd dog ; The animal, a ‘war d6#,”’ evidently went berserk, leaping om his master in an attempt to get at his throat, Kistle warded off the dog with his arm. Neighbors killed the dog. Its head was sent to the University of California laboratory to determiné@ possibility of rabies Redding Woman Cited For Reckless Driving _Mrs. Elizabeth Yates of Redding was cited Sunday by California highway patrol for reckless driving. She was alleged’ to be criving on the wrong side of the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, a few hundred yards east of Indian Springs road aoe She is reported to have swerved across the white line in an attempt to negotiate a curve. Her truck driven by Clyde L. Baker. Mrs Baker and her daughter, one year of age, were injured. Body of Carl Tobiassen ‘Returning From Pacific Supervisor Carl J Tobiassem . received a message stating the — bedy of his son, Car] J Jr., has been shipped from the island ef Okinawa and is experted to arrive in San Francisco within a. month. * interred in the family plot o Pine Grove cemetery. ATTEND AUDITORS’ CONFERENCE : County Clerk Ralph with her mother . been Hall spent most of her visit here . ! who has. b av Tést at Manila, Luzon isind His body was returned to this, 4 Marie, and two children, Mike, ® car struck the side of a pick-upThe remains. of his son will“be — i

% #-. Novak reported Clearing Skies ‘Bode Success + Fast disappearing snows . To Community Dollar Days and emergence from the cocoon of winter augur successful dollar days Friday -and Saturday in Nevada City. Merchants and businessmen of the city have been busy all this week preparing outstanding bargains and offers to the public. These two days of genuine values for shoppers are being sponsored by the Nevada City chamber of commerce. Bill Novak, a director of the chamber, is chairman of the event. response by the merchants to the gala dollar Gays is enthusiastic Novak emphasized ‘‘This chamber sponsored bargain event is to give the buyer’s dollar a break .”’ Merchants and businessmen of the city are carrying advertisements of featured bargains in this issue of the Nugget and in the Thursday evening edition of the Grass Valley Union. % 12-MILE SKI TRIP FOR MERCY ERRAND Two forest officers of the Foresthill ranger station traveled 12 niles on skis to the Pioneer mine on the north fork of the American river to bring aid to Clair Storey, a mine worked who had suffered a badly cut hand while working underground. Notified of the man’s injury, and that he was running a high @temperature, Fire Control Assistant Nichols and Bill Markleson, taking an extra pair of snow shoes, went into the mine, a distance requiring nearly a day to travel. They remained at _ the mine over night. The following day they helped Storey over fivé miles of the fugged mountain country, being met by Ranger Glen E_ Sindel and four men with a toboggan The injured man is reported recovering at Foresthill where he was taken for medical attention, Nevada City high school and Lincoln union high school will open the seventh annual basketball tournament at Auburn Feb. 26 with a game scheduled for 9 a.m. The winner of this game plays the winner of the Roseville-El Dorado county high school game, -and the loser moves into the consolation bracket to meet the loser of the Roseville-E] Dorado contest . Marysville plays Folsom in the upper bracket at 11 a.m. and Placer plays Grass: Grass Valley in the noon game. Consolation semifinas are schedued for 1 p m. and 38 p.m. Championship semi-finals are scheduled for 2 p.m and 4 p.m. : The consolation final will be played at 6:15 p.m. and. the championship final at :30 p m. ‘ WELFARE DIRECTOR Ke ago, and IS ROTARY SPEAKER Kief Melberg, Nevada county welfare director, is guest speaker at the Thursday dinner of Nevada City Rotary club at Deer Creek Inn. Melberg’ discusses the _ relief program emphasizing new aspects of California relief activities under proposition No 4 Courthouse Will Install New Oil-Burning Furnace Specifications for a new _ oilburning furnace for the Nevada county courthouse was drawn up in a special session of the board of supervisors Monday. The board will call for bids on the heating plant, expected to cost between 2.000 and $3,000. Attending the special meeting were Henry Loebr, Carl Tobiassen, Warren Odell, Frank Rowe, J. C. Coughlin, supervisors; Ralph BE. Deeble, county clerk, and Verron Stoll, district attorney. RECOVERY IS SATISFACTORY Vern Gularte, partner in the G and H Prescription Pharmacy is reported showing satisfactory recovery from a stomach ailment that required hospitalization He was taken to the hospital a week expected to remain ij LO VW “ S o = LIBR S Ij; SU, Be y 250 AT ELKS CHARITY BALL More than 250 persons were present at the 49th-annual Blks charity ball Saturday night at the Nevada City Elks hal), “Blackguts of 1949" directett by Frank Stewart, was reported. by representatiyes ef the audience as being one of-the finest amateur shows produced in Nevada City. Participating in the show .were Bill Tobiassen with a solo; Stewart and George Hansen dueting a song, “That Certain. Party’’; “Tea for Two,’ by Dee Montanari and Bill Gibson assisted by Audrey Kerrin, Rose French and Virginia Clapp, Lionettes; a hula dance number, featuring Dr Cyril Kerrin as “‘Hilo Hattie,” assisted by George Campbell, Rose French, Virginia Clapp, Allen Clapp, Moscoe Smart and Bill Gibson Assisting in the production were Dorothy Kitts at the piano, Roy Deeter. make-up; Frank Evers, curtain; Bill Campbell, lights Proceeds of the annual party go to the Elks clinic for treatment of eye, ear and nose diseases and dental care. Dr. W C. Mullis, who has done the dental work under the Elks clinic, spoke briefly on work of the clinic. Joanne Brehm to Sing At Crocker Concert The E. B. Crocker art gallery is announcing the fifth concert in the eighth concert seriés for Sunday. afternoon at 3. o’clock Joanne Brehm, soprano, of San Francisco, accompanied by ~ Mildred ‘Strand, will sing a program including the work of Scarlatti, Purcell, Faure, Debussy. Verdi, Cimara, Strauss, Sandoval, Carpenter, Curran and Seymour, Sunday’s program includes the “En Priere’’ by Faure, the Verdi aria ‘‘Pace, Face’ and “The Requieseat’’ by Sacramento’s own John Lawrence Seymour, Chamber of Commerce To Meet Monday Evening Nevada ‘City chamber of commerce ~ will ‘hold its postponed February meeting Monday evening at 8 p.m in the chamber’s room in the city hall, according to an announcement today by. H. F “Si’’ Sofge, secretary. The meeting will be presided over by Ray Spickelmier, president of the chamber of commerce. Teachers Club Postpones Regular February Confab Due to conflicts with teacher’s night school courses and «bad roads, the scheduled February 17th meeting of the Nevada County Rural Teachers: club, which was to take place at the Union Hill school, has been postponed. J. F. O’Connor, Nevada county road commissioner, is convalescing at the Jones memorial hospital. Valoue FENG: 7 NEVADA GITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Thursday, February 17, 1949 SNELL ORDERS COURT NOTES PRESENTED A North Sacramento court reporter, who: served in Nevada county superior court last summer in the damage suit of Engle vs. Clark, has’been given a month to untangle the shorthand notes he took during the trial so the case can be appealed to the district court of appeal In‘a jury trial held July 8, 1948, Engle was awarded damages amounting to $27,500 for injuries sustained when he was allegedly hit by a truck belonging to Clark on Highway ‘40 near Truckee. So far, so good for the court reporter, who was for the regular reporter, Miles D. Coughlin But, attorneys for the defendant appealed the case to the higher court on the grounds that Clark didn’t get a fair trial, that there was misconduct on the part of the jury, Gamages were awarded Engle Such an action requires a typed copy of the reporter’s transcript of the proceedings. Asked for a transeript to complete'-the file for the appeal, the. reporter. Fred Rund, said .he could not make out the shorthand notes he took of the testimony in the trial. The request for the reporter’s transcript -was first made last Oetober by J. A. Montgomery, attorney for Clark .. a Ordered to appear last week before Judge James Shell to show cause why he should not prepare a transcript, he firmiy maintained it would be impossible to restore the proceedings of the trial from his shortland report, Judge Snell gave Rund 30 days to transcribe his shorthand into typewritten copy and present it to the court in person, pointing out that the court and counsel would decide upon the accuracy of the record JUDGMENT AWARDED IRRIGATION DISTRCT Almost $75,000 for damages to ditches and canals in the Camp Beale area will be awarded to the Nevada Irrigation District as the result of a decision of Judge Del Lemmon of the U.S. district court in Sacramento. The decision will end a_ suit condemning irrigation district property in Camp Beale brought by the U. S. government. Amount of the judgment was $54,560 plus $1,200 for land,’ and interest at seven per cent for six and one-half years. Tap Water Now Safe To Drink, Hallett Says The water emergency in. Nevada City appeared to be over this morning. according to Herb Hallett, water superintendent. Hallett reported the Canada Hill reservoir is filled. Tests of the water indicate it is fit for drinking, Hallett said. A snowslide Thursday night carried away approximately 80 feet of the Bowman-Spaulding eanal near Windy Point, according to an announcement by Varney. The break does not affect the Cascade, Snow Mountain or D-S canals, but does interfere with delivery of water to Lake Spaulding hydro-electric operations of the P.G.&E. ; Telephonic communication has been cut off with Bowman House because of the slide. Varney reported water was flowing in the Cascade canal at 2 am., Friday. An irrigation district crew worked until 5, p.m., Thursday and then was relieved by a crew from the Empire and Idaho-Maryland mines. ’ The Nevada City schools were open only two days last week, Wednesday and Thursday. Only about 25 per cent of the high school: pupils and less than 50 per cent of the elementary school students attended. Busses were unable to bring pupils which contributed to the poor attendance. Tom Farney, principal of Gold Flat school announced the school would remain closed during the present water famine that had affected families in the Oakland jAistrhete gn lot substituting . ; and «that excessive . Forty Niner In Long Beach;*Calif. Janet Cubbison models the “Forty Niner” bathing outfit which was ; designed by RuthSmall to com-_ mémorate the California centen. nial year, The costume consists 2% two-piece bathing suit, with toat and straw bonnet, all designed in blue and gold. _ COUNTY TO BE FETED TONIGHT Nevada county will be featured tenight at 8:30 o’clock in a 15minute radio program over stati6én KFBK, Sacramento. H. F “Si” Soefge, secretary of the Nevada County Mpértsiien’s association, will talk on recred= tion and its possibilities in Nevada county Also taking part in the program will be a talk by Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of Tahoe national forest. Lyman Gilmore. pioneer aviation enthusiast and claimant to fiying a plane before the Wright brothers, will speak on airplanes and aviation. Hugh Brown of Grass Valley will also be on the program. The program was _ transcribed on a wire recorder about a month ago.The program is second in a-series of KFBK presentations saluting northern California counties. Spaghetti and Ravioli Dinner at Elks Tonight Spaghetti and ravioli dinner. by one of the best Italian cooks in’ Nevada City will be featured tonight at the Elks hall. Losing bowling teams, Postal Clerks, Kyle’s Market and Washburn Painters are sponsors for the evening. . Saturday evening the El plan another family night program, featuring free instruction in square dancing, and a snack table. Wild Cat (Stuffed, of Course) Displayed Here Carl and Ida Foote have on! display at their store on Broad street a wildcat bagged by Clarence Ausley on Montezuma hill recently. The taxidermy is very excellent and as you enter the

door you are sure a live tom cat is lying there. ATTEND INSTITUTE Miss Vivien Berggren, Mrs. Dallas Fellersen and Mrs _ Isabel Hefelfinger, school murses, are. attending the institutes for school . nurses in Sacramento, sponsored . by. the California state department Public. he KNEE RECEIVES FIRST VIDEO BROADCAST Successful television reception was ‘achieved here -this week by. Dick Knee, proprietor of a local radio store and shop. Knee received the broadcast in his store, using a stock set wtih a 10-inch screen. The reception was definitely “not good,’ Knee declared, ‘‘but we did get pictures on a broadcast from the television station in San Francisco.’’ With considerable work and experimenting ahead of him before hé could express satisfaction. Knee said further adjustments would be made this week-end, usnig a booster to give more clarity to both pictures and sound. Experiments will be needed on the type of antenna that will furnish best reception, Knee added. SCHOOL TERM. More Than Half of Snow Disappears From Streets ’ Of the six feet or more of snow which has fallen on Nevada City this season, Fred Bush, official weather observer, declares but 23 inches now remains. Yesterday the power machinery. removing snow was busy around the courthouse. Snow on North Pine street was being plowed into windrows and then dumped by a power shovel into the public library lot. Most of the snow which cluttered Broad and Commercial street has been dumped by power shovels and trucks into Deer creek. MLINARICH SUFFERS SEVERE FROSTBITE John Mlinarich, Nevada City real estate broker, was taken to Jones memorial hospital in Grass Valley Saturday afternoon with a severe case of frostbite in both feet, sustained while; working in ice-clogged Banner mountain ditch with.a volunteer N.I D. crew which :-has been working to clear the Twin Cities water channels since early last week. Mlinarich will be required to ‘remain in the hospital for several days until the extent of the damTerms of the Nevada City schools were extended to June 10 to compensate fer time lost by closing the educational plants because of the recent bad weather, at Monday evening’s meeting of the board of education) at the elementary school A report from Elementary School Principal Lloyd Geist revealed that 49 Cages of measles have peen reported from the Youngsters of the school since February 7. Twenty of this number are members of Miss Irma Atkins’ first grade where the mild measles epidemic was centered. High Prnicipal Ed Frantz reported attendance -following the week-long’ enforced holiday had held up surprisingly well, with only a few absences reported . this week Both schools are using bottled spring water-during the present ~— dies Chis. The board approved the recommendation of Frantz that teachers be given college credit for work taken on extension courses, Af audio-visual class-is currently béifig Offered it Grass Valley once a week, Frantz pointéd out, with local teachers: enrolled Nevada City’s bid for the War war surplus truck, owned by the school district, was accepted last night The city has been using the truck for several] months, Howard Penrose; president of the board, presided. Others: attending were M. D. Coughlin, elerk; Frantz, Geist, John Larue and Elton Kendricks, members School Warden Hiscox Says Deer in No Danger Although many deer are now seen in the lower country in vicinity 6f Nevada City and Grass Valley, Game Warden Earl Hiscox States they are in no danger. He says the deer are coming down from the higher elevations to escape the deeper snows. The deer are expected to get sufficient food off brush browsing to sustain them for the winter. Hiscox states he is supplying salt blocks for the animals. He recalls several years ago 3000 deer were trapped by a snow storm in French meadows and authorities hauled several tons of hay into them, In the spring most of the hay was still there. The deer refused to eat it. Hiscox reports quail are suffering most from the storms. With the soil frozen and snow covered, many of them have -starved to death. Two New Teachers Are Appointed in County Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools, announces the appointment’ of two rural teachers to take posts vacated, First is the appointment of Jean Estes, graduate of Chico . Nevada City, will be held Friday agé to his'feet can be definitely determined. The real estate dealer, who volunteered to help in the ditchclearing operations Thursday morning, learned that his feet were frozen after he had. worked 24 hours straight from Friday morning until early Saturdj, morning. : ri¢ Bald he first noticed his . feet being extessivély cold éarly Friday night. Later he noticed they weré warming up. Thinking the latter was a result of the added walking and wearing heavy rubber boots, he ignored the danger signal. Returning to his home Saturday morning, he went to bed When he woke up, his feet were swallen and discolored He was rushed to the hospital where his feet were placed in ice packs ‘to “thaw aut.” POWER OFF THREE =armD¢ RARITY SIINDAY Hvunw au.. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company shut off all electric current in Nevada City between 1 and 4 &m Stndayy morning, while adjustméfits were made in the substation between Deer creek and the old Downieville highway. oes The substation, one of thé%oldest in the company’s system, is being modernized Larry Farrell, P.G.&E. manager, stated recent improvements, including expansion of the Grass Valley substation, rebuilding of the old substation at Pike, and at Downieville, Sierra county is costing approximately $300.000. When all are completed it is expected the improvements will reduce difficulties the company experienced this winter ~ =< Women’s Basketball Program at High School A weekly program of, young women’s sports is being/ held’ at Nevada City high schoo! gym/under direction of iss Helen Chapman, = The Scerwition. eeeee for girls over high schoo] age, are held every Thursday at 7:30. Athletic games are’ played, with emphasis now on basketball Classes in volleyball and badminton will follow. Girls interested in the program are asked to attend and bring tennis shoes. 4-H Club Will Meet Friday Evening Here A meeting of the 4-H Club of evening, at 7:30 p.m. at Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneer Park. Boys and girls. 10 years of age and older, are invited, with their» parents, to attend the meeting. Mrs. Mauritz Davis. van Hall is returning to her home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, followstate college, to replace George Ochs who recently resigned from the Birchville School because of ill health. The second is the ap-pointment of Bernard Karo to take the place of Darwin Wheeler in the Wolt distri . ing a 10-day visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Davis, here. She left Friday on the long journey home. Mrs. van SAMPLE COP¥ P.O. Boxholder iy Nevada City, Calif. DEER STROLLS INTO ALPHA HARDWARE Bob Hawkins was busy Momday afternoon in the shop of tie Alpha. Hardware, Broad stree& About 5 o’clock he, had occasiom to look up from his work ané peered into the staring eyes e& a big buck deer standing about four feet from him inside the shop ’ The deer had strolled itr through the back door and Hawkins doesn’t know how long the animal-watched him before Bob’s turning startled the beast The deer leaped through the shep window and for a time was corraled in the yard behind the haréware store. A large group of adults an& children gathered to watch the antics of the deer but. no one ekcept Dave. Richardson appeared anxious to corral the potential venison. The deer finally slipped by The Hut onto Main street, and headed out of town past the courthouse.GUS WASLEY HOME FROM THEWAR Mr. and Mrs William Wastey of Gold Flat have been notified by U. S army authorities that the body of their son, Gus, kille& nearly four years ago in the battle for the Philippines, will are rive here today. Final rites honoring the war hero will be hel@ Saturday at 2 pm. at the Holmes fiineral home under the direction of the V.F.W The well known Nevada City and Grass Valley man was killed by artillery fire in action Marek 30, 1945 on the island of Luzon after serving more than a year in Pacific combat.He was a private in Co -L, 68rd infantry, an@ had been cited for outstanding work by his company commander. Funeral services were held soon after his death by the regimentak chaplain and his body was laid country under the army. plan te return nation’s soidiers %6 their home burial grounds. 5 Born in Grass Valley June 2% 1915. Gus became well known im mining circles in this area. He spent most of his youth in Nevada City where he was graduated from the Nevada City. high school. He is survived by his wife and Kathryn, 4 They are making their home in Los Angeles His seven brothers and one sister are William, Cecil, George, Howard, Loren, Tom, Edgar. and Lillian. Siu: ne Ps t .ceeran War Dog Attacks Master in Berserk Frenzy _ Albert Kistle of Nevada City is reported recovering at Nevada county hospital from an injured forearm suffered last week-end whén hé was bitten by his German shepherd dog ; The animal, a ‘war d6#,”’ evidently went berserk, leaping om his master in an attempt to get at his throat, Kistle warded off the dog with his arm. Neighbors killed the dog. Its head was sent to the University of California laboratory to determiné@ possibility of rabies Redding Woman Cited For Reckless Driving _Mrs. Elizabeth Yates of Redding was cited Sunday by California highway patrol for reckless driving. She was alleged’ to be criving on the wrong side of the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, a few hundred yards east of Indian Springs road aoe She is reported to have swerved across the white line in an attempt to negotiate a curve. Her truck driven by Clyde L. Baker. Mrs Baker and her daughter, one year of age, were injured. Body of Carl Tobiassen ‘Returning From Pacific Supervisor Carl J Tobiassem . received a message stating the — bedy of his son, Car] J Jr., has been shipped from the island ef Okinawa and is experted to arrive in San Francisco within a. month. * interred in the family plot o Pine Grove cemetery. ATTEND AUDITORS’ CONFERENCE : County Clerk Ralph with her mother . been Hall spent most of her visit here . ! who has. b av Tést at Manila, Luzon isind His body was returned to this, 4 Marie, and two children, Mike, ® car struck the side of a pick-upThe remains. of his son will“be — i