January 6, 1949 (6 pages)

cmaplary of the President and to that of a number of industry could afford such an extravagance. fives but if the cancer is not discovered until it is in _its geriougs*stages, the prospect for life is scant. ~works with the Marshall plan, did not materialize. 4guestions were practically unanimous that there would “minds of those who rule the Russians and direct Comba ee EE ape Come eee ee 4—Nevada City Grass Valley Nugget, January 6, 1949 = NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY NUGGET 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, ‘as defined by. statute , HARLEY M. LEETE, JR., Owner and: Publisher Member California Newspaper Publishers Association ‘Published every Thursday at Nevada City; California, and entered ‘as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under vact of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne year (in advance) ‘Qne month (in advance) £3 $3.00 30 cents + HOW MORE PAY EQUALS ECONOMY Former President Herbert Hoover is the head of-a commission which has been studying the structure of the Federal government, with an eye to recommending changes that’ will make for efficiency and economy. . One of the recommendations would add to the Officials of less-than-cabinet rank. Strangely enough, Mr. Hoover says that the increases, in the long run, will be economy. More strangely, as the former President is correct. Since the war something . like 3,500,000 persons have left the govenment’s employ and about 2,500,000 persons have been employed. Adequate salaries, it is believed, would have prevented much of nfhe turnover and, since it costs thte government money io train workers, the net result. of adequate pay will economy. With more ddequate salaries it is believed that workers would tend to stay on the job. No private HOW YOU CAN PROBABLY LIVE LONGER Figures recently released. show that 1,445,370 Americans died in 1947, with 460,580 passing on »-bevause of heart diseases and. 189,811 dying because of cancer. : We call attention to these figures because, obviously, if the individuals now living take proper precautions to prevent.their death from heart diseases er cancer, they will have a much better chance to reach old age. While, no cures have been developed for either of these human killers, everybody knows that one suffering from heart diseases should take precautions against over-exercise, over-eating and other excesses. In some forms of heart trouble, proper diet and rigorous self-control will enable the victim to get along for many years. ! In connection with cancer, for which there ns noknown cure, individuals could greatly reduce the death toll if. they exercise prudence and insist upon regular physical examinations. Doctors tell us that early detection of cancer often enables them to save , By comparison with these modern killers of men and women, the death fall from highway accidents, which is entirely too large, seems small. In 1947, 2,697 lives were lost in} automobile accidents. Interesting also is the total figure for homicides, “which, in 1947, accounted for only 8,555 deaths. INTERNATIONALISM BY THE DOLLAR The United’ Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, often referred to as ECAFE,: has recently adjourned its session in Australia with a general feeling that its expectations have not been realized. The commission hopes to initiate important steps in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Far East, with some emphasis upon a five year plan for agriculture. The though that the greup might function for the Far East, as the European Advisory council What was the matter, one may ask? The simple explanation is that the commission could not function ithout cash, either from the United States or some international sources and the cash was not forthcoming. One explanation was that Asia continues to be in turmoil and, therefore, not a safe place for the investment of funds. It is little short of amazing how the other nations of the earth look to the United States to provide the cash that is necessary for almost every international scheme. It is likewise little short of amazing that the people of this country, through their government, have contributed so much money in the effort to rehabilitate other peoples. As we have pointed out before, never in the history of the world has any other nation been so liberal in.the expenditure of funds in behalf of foreign people and the rehabilitation of foreign governments. sf THE “NO WAR” GUESS A ‘newspaper correspondent, after visiting London. Paris and. Berlin, says that “there will be no war,’ basing his opinion upon the answers to quesce asked of the various citizens of the three capitals and prominent officials connected with the American government. The answers that~ the correspondent got to his} be no war, but, just the same, they mean nothing. About all that can be said of the idea of asking the questions is: that the replies make a good newspaper story. The question of war or peace in Europe will not depend upon the opinions of private citizens or public officials. It can only be answered if one can read the munist policies from Moscow. Expressions of opinion: Grifffm-went over an embankment and the nose of Mrs, Griffin was She was taken toa hospital and a back to the scene of the accident to search for the missing appendage, ear’s running board, ed back to the hospital in a surg. “Looks pretty good,’’ the qoctor commented. recently. i “SAMARITANS Clark. agreement. ation. become more effective the IT’S TIME FOR JAIL SENTENCES Most of the anti-trust cases prosecuted by the Departennat of ‘Justice are based on complaints: from business itself, according to Attorney General Tom C. Admitting that bigness itself is not necessarily bad and that a single suit might do little to bring down [prices, the Attorney General expressed his opinion that concentrated effort to enforce the anti-trust:statute tends to open the channels of competition which means that prices usually are lower than _— fixed. ‘by In connection with the conviction of some corporations and individuals for violating the anti-trust statute, Mr. Clark did not think that stiffer { provisions for jail sentences are necessary, pointing out.that in the few cases where the Department recommended jail terms, the judges did not accept the recommendDespite the opinion of the Attorney General, we: think that enforcement of the anti-trust law would instant that Congress pro-. vides mandatory jail sentences for those who wilfully violate the statute. Certainly, it is a farce to fine prominent business men $5,000 for acts in violation of the statute when the guilty men and their corporate connections acquire considerable profit out of the illegal combinations. Greetings for the New~Year. Let’s begin this year with a page of old, tried and _ true kitchen hints. Cream To make sweet cream sour add 2 tablespoons lemon juice or 1 teaspoon vinegar to each enp of cream. To whip cream readily add a few drops of lemon~—juice and chill thereyghlyebefore whipping. To keep scalding milk from scorching, rinse pan with hot water before using. Eggs To cut hard cooked eggs without breaking the yolk, dip the knife into water. To glaze the top of rolls, pastry, ete., brush before baking with slightly beaten egg white and 1 tablespoon water or milk. Use whole egg for a yellow glaze. Butter To make butter balls scald a pair of wooden batter paddles and place in ice water about 1 hour. Measure butter by table‘spoons to make balls uniform in size. Have butter firm but not hard. Roll lightly between paddles {with a circular motion to form balls. Drop on a chilled plate, on eracked ice or into ice water. To save time when serving hot. biscuits for dinner prepare them in the morning, (using double action baking powder). Cut into shapes, place on baking sheet and place in réfrigerator. Put into the oven to bake about 20 minutes before serving. To save time prepare a quantity of white sauce ‘at one time. Pour into quart jar, cover, store in refrigerator and use as needed. To remove fish odors from cooking utensils add 2. tablespoons of ammonia to the dish water. To keep brown sugar from becoming hard place it in a glass jar and cover tightly. To sprinkle sugar or sugar mixtures such as sugar and spice or. sugar and. flour’ use a, salt shaker. To peel grapefruit and oranges easily let them stand in boiling water about 8 minutes. before peeling. To obtain most pce from lemons heat before squeezing. To avoid wrinkled skins on baked-appless slit in a few places before baking. To butter_bread for thin sandwiches, spread end of loaf with softened butter and cut~—as thin as possible. Repeat: To avoid shrinkage of pastry Place in pie pan without stretching and set aside 5 minutes before fluting the edge. Or place another pie pan on pastry before baking, Remove after 15 minutes of baking. To grease pan easily mix % cup of flour with % cup shortening to a smooth paste. Spread thinly on pans. Keep a supply. of the mix in a covered dish to use when needed. To' keep parsley, mint and watercress fresh, wash thoroughly. Shake off excess water. Place in a glass jar, cover and place in refrigerator. For delicious and crisp celery let stand in cold water to which 1 téaspoon sugar per quart has been added. To keep cauliflower white while cooking use One-half milk and one-half water and cook without covering until just tender: To test heat on a griddle iron place a few drops of water on griddle and if water scatters it is hot enough to brown food. To clean waffle irons easily use a small stiff brush. To clean a burnt or greasy pan easily pour 1 inch water into pan, add about 1 teaspoon soda, cover and heat to boiling. NEWS NOTES ss & & 8 EMPTY PURSE RETURNED BALTIMORE, Md.—In the excitement of watching her son, Date, 3%, take second place for his costume in a parade, Mrs. Nelson R. Coleman, Jr., lost her pocketbook. Several weeks -later, she received a neatly-wrapped package which contained her pocketbook and in it were her personal papers and accessories. In_ the change purse, instead of cash, was a note, reading: “‘Sorry this had to happen to you. But we really needed the money very badly.’”’ BOTTLE SNATCHER JAMESTOWN, N. Y.— James O’Brien, a patrolman, saw a cul. pritsteal a quart of milk. from a neighbor’s home, carry the bottie to a nearby lot, remove the cap and lap.away,O’Brien figured there wasn’t much sense ‘in arresting—a police dog. STEALS BUS YORK—A young negro man stole a big Eighth Avenue bus from a transit “garage and ran it over itS regular route, collecting fares. Business was fine untily the ‘tvolunteer”’ drive sideswiped a taxicab, kept right on going until he crashed into another taxicab. Surveying the growing commotion, the climbed from‘his seat and strolled off into a subway station and that was the last seen of him. LOST NOSE RECOVERED NEWHALL, Calif.—Returning from their honeymoon, the automobile of Mr. and Mrs. Edward + co % % NEW off as she was the ‘windshield. completely cut hurled. through seurrying physician sent police which they found on ‘the It was rushieal bag and sewed back on.! NEW YORK — Florence Crisby other people amount’to nothing morethan a guess. : padore,.74, was limping along on_ ag a bed and fired it. crutches when one of the crutches broke. Two men approached and offered to get. her a new pair and soon returned with the crutches. When the elderly woman, after thanking the man gratefully;-reached-into her pocketbook for a dollar, the pair snatched her purse containing $87 and fled. Caught later, they were identified as merchant seamen and were charged with grand larceny. SHOTGUN. BLAST KILLS BABY AUGUSTA, Ga.—A three year eld child, Robert Clifton Macky, Jr. found a loaded gun behind struck cld baby brother, George Frederick Macky, fatally wounding him. j lent among people of 50/ years ” By H. M.: L., SR. l — ———— “There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” This is a slogan we sit down to breakfast with every morning. It. is written in a kind of tatting script on the table mat) under our plate, cup and saucer. It opens the day with a pleasant mental challenge. Is happiness a duty? Or is it something -which arises from exterior sources, 2 fine sunny morning, say, or con-. sciousness of money in the bank sufficient for one’s needs? Or, has it something to do with good health, kind thoughts, or sound digestion? 4 e h h : The slogan assumes that happiness' is a duty. Duties usually exercise a conscious compulsion, and somehow we don’t like to feel compelled to be happy, willy nilly. However, all duties are not unpleasant, Being happy, if a duty}; should be a pleasant duty. As the duty ‘becomes a habit, and in time most of our duties do become. habits, it evokes less and less rebellion. In the long run, happiness can become a habit. When that occurs, happiness. has ceased to be a duty, it is a part of our character. We say of a person who .seems happy most ot the time: “He has a happy disposition.’’ Sometimes we say. it with envy. & & Happiness, generally, has more to do with our thinking than with our emotions. If we train ourselves to think of pleasant: things, pleasant activities, pleasant objectives and refuse entrance into our minds ofresentments, hates, envy and prejudices,. we shall have ample room for happy thoughts. As a rule newspaper folk, have only “.good. things to say of a-person who is dead. He may have been a-scalliwag most of his life, but the article recording his death only mentions “the good things he did while alive. If we carry that attitude a little further into our everyday —relations with the living, we raise those relations to a plane of happiness for ourselves. & & & . Sometimes we _ hear _ people speak of the “good, old days.” The horse and buggy era, for instance, was simpler, easier, slower. Those things are true and, perhaps, it would seem as if happiness were more generally prevaago than now. We think for instance of the men and /women, at last count it was 98, who have leaped to their-death from Golden Gate bridge. All of them must have been unhappy, so unhappy indeed, that in most instances, their minds were jnhinged.° A half century ago wé¢ don’t recall any such number of suicides. e h /h It is difficult to/make any comparison because /a half century ago, we only had a population of: between one half and two thirds ‘of the population we now have. We would have to have the ratio of suicides to death from ‘other causes to be able to say definitely that in 1900, the people of the United States were happier than they now /are. e+ he H We confess we do believe people were happier in .1900than they now are, speaking .very generally of course: One reason is that we didn’t travel so fast. The pace was siower on land and sea, and the air was something to look through, not travel through. We had not triumphed in two. world wars and we had no federal.taxes worth mentioning, to worry about. Every tub stood on its own bottom. It was not propped up by government subsidies. This is a much more worried world than we ‘knew 50 years ago. We live much faster, and also, due to advances in medicine and medical care, much longer. But in ovr opinion we were happier in Ahe “good, old days.” hb : We recall as a youn® fellow, all spruced up in our’Sunday-goto-meetings. driving into town The fatal shot; the child’s eight months: from the country in a phaeton, behind .a fine black mare and picking up a girl to go for a moonlight drive. In those days we had more moonlight and much ges Hie ese ‘ i ee ~ Just Wonderin’ lt. Wonder Now Year Forty Nine, Just what are your intentions; What innovations will’ you bring— What new and strange inventions? What virile leaders will arise? What war flags will be furled? What will the U. N. do to serve This strange befuddled ‘world? I Wonder if the New Yeai Forty Nine paused for a split moment after stepping through the portals of time, surveyed the world to which he had been assigned and breathlessly exclaimed, ‘‘What a job!’ Certainly no former year ever confronted a span of time so filled with knotty problems to be solved, so many obstacles to be overcome, so many stupendous tasks: to be accomplished. Upon every hand we hear the question, “What will this New Year bring us>’’ However, that is not the question ; in this crucial moment of world history, the query is, ““what can we bring.to the New Year?’” We have its days and weeks and months before us; how can we use them to the best advantage? What can we do to make them fruitful? Shall we review our tasks with pride or shame, when in due tome, this year of ’49 is filed away in thte archives of eternity and a new year comes to take its place. I think it portends well for America that both Democrats and Republicans have accepted the election of Mr. Truman with so much poise and dignity. We. hear little arrogant boasting upon the one side, very few wails of despair upon the other. The people registered their preference at the polls and all true Americans seem to have moved in behind the newly elected leaders with the determination to do all possible «to make them successful. That is the American spirit and if all work together in the spirit of co-operation all will be well in the land we adore. Qh yes, there will be plenty of criticism; the two party system calls for that and the differences. of opinion, openly expréssed, make our political system the active and virile thing it is. A Republican friend consoles herself for the election of Mr. Truman by.remembering that Dewey and Warren were gentlemanly: during their weeks of campaigning. But, politics is not a parlor game; it is morelike a slugging miatch. The little man who pulls his punches is almost sure to take the count. Pethapsthe Republican candidates were too gentlemanly, Anyway, the little man who came out fighting is now in command and the time for post mortems is définitely ; past. Now, we need wisdom and understanding as never we should pray. We must have vision. As a nation and as individuals, we must take the long view and realize that the processes of evolution are working in the world about us—a beautiful process is evolution, if we can stem the tide that would turn it into revolu-. tion and send strange and destructive currents down upon us. Let's exercise our brain cells by doing a bit of real thinking ‘every day. Let’s hope that our leaders and the leaders of all other nations as well, will use their mental equipment, which, after all, is of fargreater potency in world affairs, than atomic bombs or marching armies. With hope in our hearts we may smile in the face of the New Year; so let’s come out of the shadows and enjoy the sunlight that is always a great part of this earthly existence. Let’s have fun and be gay; but above all, let’s do a bit of daily thinking and a better anda brighter tomorrow for all the sons of men. ~ Adeline Merriam Conner. DEAL FOR $9 COSTS 30 DAYS. GRASS VALLEY: Ralph Carter, who stole an overcoat then. made a deal with a grocer to pay him $9.00, which he alleged the owner Owed him, and would gladly pay when notified the grocer had his coat, was sentenced tot serve 30 days in the county jail, On conviction of obtaining money under false .pretenses. % friends to visit léss gas and electric light. Driving along the road, we grew careless, let the reins go slack, and the first thing we knew the mare had clamped them under her tail, and clamped is the word. What to Go? Well, the young ‘“‘feller’’ hop} red out of the buggy and took.the mare by the bit before she bolted, and the girl laboriously lifted the mare’s stubborn tail and extricated the reins. Nothing to it. In those days we didn’t travel so fast, but. we were happier. Invite your Nevada County. driver . HE INSISTS SHES FROZE UP AND HAS TO BE THAWED OUT! £ Y PEGGY 15 DRAWING UP % HER NEW YEAR'S RESObefore in the world’s history. For these two qualities: ~ let's do our part however small it may be, to make __

cmaplary of the President and to that of a number of industry could afford such an extravagance. fives but if the cancer is not discovered until it is in _its geriougs*stages, the prospect for life is scant. ~works with the Marshall plan, did not materialize. 4guestions were practically unanimous that there would “minds of those who rule the Russians and direct Comba ee EE ape Come eee ee 4—Nevada City Grass Valley Nugget, January 6, 1949 = NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY NUGGET 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, ‘as defined by. statute , HARLEY M. LEETE, JR., Owner and: Publisher Member California Newspaper Publishers Association ‘Published every Thursday at Nevada City; California, and entered ‘as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under vact of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne year (in advance) ‘Qne month (in advance) £3 $3.00 30 cents + HOW MORE PAY EQUALS ECONOMY Former President Herbert Hoover is the head of-a commission which has been studying the structure of the Federal government, with an eye to recommending changes that’ will make for efficiency and economy. . One of the recommendations would add to the Officials of less-than-cabinet rank. Strangely enough, Mr. Hoover says that the increases, in the long run, will be economy. More strangely, as the former President is correct. Since the war something . like 3,500,000 persons have left the govenment’s employ and about 2,500,000 persons have been employed. Adequate salaries, it is believed, would have prevented much of nfhe turnover and, since it costs thte government money io train workers, the net result. of adequate pay will economy. With more ddequate salaries it is believed that workers would tend to stay on the job. No private HOW YOU CAN PROBABLY LIVE LONGER Figures recently released. show that 1,445,370 Americans died in 1947, with 460,580 passing on »-bevause of heart diseases and. 189,811 dying because of cancer. : We call attention to these figures because, obviously, if the individuals now living take proper precautions to prevent.their death from heart diseases er cancer, they will have a much better chance to reach old age. While, no cures have been developed for either of these human killers, everybody knows that one suffering from heart diseases should take precautions against over-exercise, over-eating and other excesses. In some forms of heart trouble, proper diet and rigorous self-control will enable the victim to get along for many years. ! In connection with cancer, for which there ns noknown cure, individuals could greatly reduce the death toll if. they exercise prudence and insist upon regular physical examinations. Doctors tell us that early detection of cancer often enables them to save , By comparison with these modern killers of men and women, the death fall from highway accidents, which is entirely too large, seems small. In 1947, 2,697 lives were lost in} automobile accidents. Interesting also is the total figure for homicides, “which, in 1947, accounted for only 8,555 deaths. INTERNATIONALISM BY THE DOLLAR The United’ Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, often referred to as ECAFE,: has recently adjourned its session in Australia with a general feeling that its expectations have not been realized. The commission hopes to initiate important steps in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Far East, with some emphasis upon a five year plan for agriculture. The though that the greup might function for the Far East, as the European Advisory council What was the matter, one may ask? The simple explanation is that the commission could not function ithout cash, either from the United States or some international sources and the cash was not forthcoming. One explanation was that Asia continues to be in turmoil and, therefore, not a safe place for the investment of funds. It is little short of amazing how the other nations of the earth look to the United States to provide the cash that is necessary for almost every international scheme. It is likewise little short of amazing that the people of this country, through their government, have contributed so much money in the effort to rehabilitate other peoples. As we have pointed out before, never in the history of the world has any other nation been so liberal in.the expenditure of funds in behalf of foreign people and the rehabilitation of foreign governments. sf THE “NO WAR” GUESS A ‘newspaper correspondent, after visiting London. Paris and. Berlin, says that “there will be no war,’ basing his opinion upon the answers to quesce asked of the various citizens of the three capitals and prominent officials connected with the American government. The answers that~ the correspondent got to his} be no war, but, just the same, they mean nothing. About all that can be said of the idea of asking the questions is: that the replies make a good newspaper story. The question of war or peace in Europe will not depend upon the opinions of private citizens or public officials. It can only be answered if one can read the munist policies from Moscow. Expressions of opinion: Grifffm-went over an embankment and the nose of Mrs, Griffin was She was taken toa hospital and a back to the scene of the accident to search for the missing appendage, ear’s running board, ed back to the hospital in a surg. “Looks pretty good,’’ the qoctor commented. recently. i “SAMARITANS Clark. agreement. ation. become more effective the IT’S TIME FOR JAIL SENTENCES Most of the anti-trust cases prosecuted by the Departennat of ‘Justice are based on complaints: from business itself, according to Attorney General Tom C. Admitting that bigness itself is not necessarily bad and that a single suit might do little to bring down [prices, the Attorney General expressed his opinion that concentrated effort to enforce the anti-trust:statute tends to open the channels of competition which means that prices usually are lower than _— fixed. ‘by In connection with the conviction of some corporations and individuals for violating the anti-trust statute, Mr. Clark did not think that stiffer { provisions for jail sentences are necessary, pointing out.that in the few cases where the Department recommended jail terms, the judges did not accept the recommendDespite the opinion of the Attorney General, we: think that enforcement of the anti-trust law would instant that Congress pro-. vides mandatory jail sentences for those who wilfully violate the statute. Certainly, it is a farce to fine prominent business men $5,000 for acts in violation of the statute when the guilty men and their corporate connections acquire considerable profit out of the illegal combinations. Greetings for the New~Year. Let’s begin this year with a page of old, tried and _ true kitchen hints. Cream To make sweet cream sour add 2 tablespoons lemon juice or 1 teaspoon vinegar to each enp of cream. To whip cream readily add a few drops of lemon~—juice and chill thereyghlyebefore whipping. To keep scalding milk from scorching, rinse pan with hot water before using. Eggs To cut hard cooked eggs without breaking the yolk, dip the knife into water. To glaze the top of rolls, pastry, ete., brush before baking with slightly beaten egg white and 1 tablespoon water or milk. Use whole egg for a yellow glaze. Butter To make butter balls scald a pair of wooden batter paddles and place in ice water about 1 hour. Measure butter by table‘spoons to make balls uniform in size. Have butter firm but not hard. Roll lightly between paddles {with a circular motion to form balls. Drop on a chilled plate, on eracked ice or into ice water. To save time when serving hot. biscuits for dinner prepare them in the morning, (using double action baking powder). Cut into shapes, place on baking sheet and place in réfrigerator. Put into the oven to bake about 20 minutes before serving. To save time prepare a quantity of white sauce ‘at one time. Pour into quart jar, cover, store in refrigerator and use as needed. To remove fish odors from cooking utensils add 2. tablespoons of ammonia to the dish water. To keep brown sugar from becoming hard place it in a glass jar and cover tightly. To sprinkle sugar or sugar mixtures such as sugar and spice or. sugar and. flour’ use a, salt shaker. To peel grapefruit and oranges easily let them stand in boiling water about 8 minutes. before peeling. To obtain most pce from lemons heat before squeezing. To avoid wrinkled skins on baked-appless slit in a few places before baking. To butter_bread for thin sandwiches, spread end of loaf with softened butter and cut~—as thin as possible. Repeat: To avoid shrinkage of pastry Place in pie pan without stretching and set aside 5 minutes before fluting the edge. Or place another pie pan on pastry before baking, Remove after 15 minutes of baking. To grease pan easily mix % cup of flour with % cup shortening to a smooth paste. Spread thinly on pans. Keep a supply. of the mix in a covered dish to use when needed. To' keep parsley, mint and watercress fresh, wash thoroughly. Shake off excess water. Place in a glass jar, cover and place in refrigerator. For delicious and crisp celery let stand in cold water to which 1 téaspoon sugar per quart has been added. To keep cauliflower white while cooking use One-half milk and one-half water and cook without covering until just tender: To test heat on a griddle iron place a few drops of water on griddle and if water scatters it is hot enough to brown food. To clean waffle irons easily use a small stiff brush. To clean a burnt or greasy pan easily pour 1 inch water into pan, add about 1 teaspoon soda, cover and heat to boiling. NEWS NOTES ss & & 8 EMPTY PURSE RETURNED BALTIMORE, Md.—In the excitement of watching her son, Date, 3%, take second place for his costume in a parade, Mrs. Nelson R. Coleman, Jr., lost her pocketbook. Several weeks -later, she received a neatly-wrapped package which contained her pocketbook and in it were her personal papers and accessories. In_ the change purse, instead of cash, was a note, reading: “‘Sorry this had to happen to you. But we really needed the money very badly.’”’ BOTTLE SNATCHER JAMESTOWN, N. Y.— James O’Brien, a patrolman, saw a cul. pritsteal a quart of milk. from

a neighbor’s home, carry the bottie to a nearby lot, remove the cap and lap.away,O’Brien figured there wasn’t much sense ‘in arresting—a police dog. STEALS BUS YORK—A young negro man stole a big Eighth Avenue bus from a transit “garage and ran it over itS regular route, collecting fares. Business was fine untily the ‘tvolunteer”’ drive sideswiped a taxicab, kept right on going until he crashed into another taxicab. Surveying the growing commotion, the climbed from‘his seat and strolled off into a subway station and that was the last seen of him. LOST NOSE RECOVERED NEWHALL, Calif.—Returning from their honeymoon, the automobile of Mr. and Mrs. Edward + co % % NEW off as she was the ‘windshield. completely cut hurled. through seurrying physician sent police which they found on ‘the It was rushieal bag and sewed back on.! NEW YORK — Florence Crisby other people amount’to nothing morethan a guess. : padore,.74, was limping along on_ ag a bed and fired it. crutches when one of the crutches broke. Two men approached and offered to get. her a new pair and soon returned with the crutches. When the elderly woman, after thanking the man gratefully;-reached-into her pocketbook for a dollar, the pair snatched her purse containing $87 and fled. Caught later, they were identified as merchant seamen and were charged with grand larceny. SHOTGUN. BLAST KILLS BABY AUGUSTA, Ga.—A three year eld child, Robert Clifton Macky, Jr. found a loaded gun behind struck cld baby brother, George Frederick Macky, fatally wounding him. j lent among people of 50/ years ” By H. M.: L., SR.. l — ———— “There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” This is a slogan we sit down to breakfast with every morning. It. is written in a kind of tatting script on the table mat) under our plate, cup and saucer. It opens the day with a pleasant mental challenge. Is happiness a duty? Or is it something -which arises from exterior sources, 2 fine sunny morning, say, or con-. sciousness of money in the bank sufficient for one’s needs? Or, has it something to do with good health, kind thoughts, or sound digestion? 4 e h h : The slogan assumes that happiness' is a duty. Duties usually exercise a conscious compulsion, and somehow we don’t like to feel compelled to be happy, willy nilly. However, all duties are not unpleasant, Being happy, if a duty}; should be a pleasant duty. As the duty ‘becomes a habit, and in time most of our duties do become. habits, it evokes less and less rebellion. In the long run, happiness can become a habit. When that occurs, happiness. has ceased to be a duty, it is a part of our character. We say of a person who .seems happy most ot the time: “He has a happy disposition.’’ Sometimes we say. it with envy. & & Happiness, generally, has more to do with our thinking than with our emotions. If we train ourselves to think of pleasant: things, pleasant activities, pleasant objectives and refuse entrance into our minds ofresentments, hates, envy and prejudices,. we shall have ample room for happy thoughts. As a rule newspaper folk, have only “.good. things to say of a-person who is dead. He may have been a-scalliwag most of his life, but the article recording his death only mentions “the good things he did while alive. If we carry that attitude a little further into our everyday —relations with the living, we raise those relations to a plane of happiness for ourselves. & & & . Sometimes we _ hear _ people speak of the “good, old days.” The horse and buggy era, for instance, was simpler, easier, slower. Those things are true and, perhaps, it would seem as if happiness were more generally prevaago than now. We think for instance of the men and /women, at last count it was 98, who have leaped to their-death from Golden Gate bridge. All of them must have been unhappy, so unhappy indeed, that in most instances, their minds were jnhinged.° A half century ago wé¢ don’t recall any such number of suicides. e h /h It is difficult to/make any comparison because /a half century ago, we only had a population of: between one half and two thirds ‘of the population we now have. We would have to have the ratio of suicides to death from ‘other causes to be able to say definitely that in 1900, the people of the United States were happier than they now /are. e+ he H We confess we do believe people were happier in .1900than they now are, speaking .very generally of course: One reason is that we didn’t travel so fast. The pace was siower on land and sea, and the air was something to look through, not travel through. We had not triumphed in two. world wars and we had no federal.taxes worth mentioning, to worry about. Every tub stood on its own bottom. It was not propped up by government subsidies. This is a much more worried world than we ‘knew 50 years ago. We live much faster, and also, due to advances in medicine and medical care, much longer. But in ovr opinion we were happier in Ahe “good, old days.” hb : We recall as a youn® fellow, all spruced up in our’Sunday-goto-meetings. driving into town The fatal shot; the child’s eight months: from the country in a phaeton, behind .a fine black mare and picking up a girl to go for a moonlight drive. In those days we had more moonlight and much ges Hie ese ‘ i ee ~ Just Wonderin’ lt. Wonder Now Year Forty Nine, Just what are your intentions; What innovations will’ you bring— What new and strange inventions? What virile leaders will arise? What war flags will be furled? What will the U. N. do to serve This strange befuddled ‘world? I Wonder if the New Yeai Forty Nine paused for a split moment after stepping through the portals of time, surveyed the world to which he had been assigned and breathlessly exclaimed, ‘‘What a job!’ Certainly no former year ever confronted a span of time so filled with knotty problems to be solved, so many obstacles to be overcome, so many stupendous tasks: to be accomplished. Upon every hand we hear the question, “What will this New Year bring us>’’ However, that is not the question ; in this crucial moment of world history, the query is, ““what can we bring.to the New Year?’” We have its days and weeks and months before us; how can we use them to the best advantage? What can we do to make them fruitful? Shall we review our tasks with pride or shame, when in due tome, this year of ’49 is filed away in thte archives of eternity and a new year comes to take its place. I think it portends well for America that both Democrats and Republicans have accepted the election of Mr. Truman with so much poise and dignity. We. hear little arrogant boasting upon the one side, very few wails of despair upon the other. The people registered their preference at the polls and all true Americans seem to have moved in behind the newly elected leaders with the determination to do all possible «to make them successful. That is the American spirit and if all work together in the spirit of co-operation all will be well in the land we adore. Qh yes, there will be plenty of criticism; the two party system calls for that and the differences. of opinion, openly expréssed, make our political system the active and virile thing it is. A Republican friend consoles herself for the election of Mr. Truman by.remembering that Dewey and Warren were gentlemanly: during their weeks of campaigning. But, politics is not a parlor game; it is morelike a slugging miatch. The little man who pulls his punches is almost sure to take the count. Pethapsthe Republican candidates were too gentlemanly, Anyway, the little man who came out fighting is now in command and the time for post mortems is définitely ; past. Now, we need wisdom and understanding as never we should pray. We must have vision. As a nation and as individuals, we must take the long view and realize that the processes of evolution are working in the world about us—a beautiful process is evolution, if we can stem the tide that would turn it into revolu-. tion and send strange and destructive currents down upon us. Let's exercise our brain cells by doing a bit of real thinking ‘every day. Let’s hope that our leaders and the leaders of all other nations as well, will use their mental equipment, which, after all, is of fargreater potency in world affairs, than atomic bombs or marching armies. With hope in our hearts we may smile in the face of the New Year; so let’s come out of the shadows and enjoy the sunlight that is always a great part of this earthly existence. Let’s have fun and be gay; but above all, let’s do a bit of daily thinking and a better anda brighter tomorrow for all the sons of men. ~ Adeline Merriam Conner. DEAL FOR $9 COSTS 30 DAYS. GRASS VALLEY: Ralph Carter, who stole an overcoat then. made a deal with a grocer to pay him $9.00, which he alleged the owner Owed him, and would gladly pay when notified the grocer had his coat, was sentenced tot serve 30 days in the county jail, On conviction of obtaining money under false .pretenses. % friends to visit léss gas and electric light. Driving along the road, we grew careless, let the reins go slack, and the first thing we knew the mare had clamped them under her tail, and clamped is the word. What to Go? Well, the young ‘“‘feller’’ hop} red out of the buggy and took.the mare by the bit before she bolted, and the girl laboriously lifted the mare’s stubborn tail and extricated the reins. Nothing to it. In those days we didn’t travel so fast, but. we were happier. Invite your Nevada County. driver . HE INSISTS SHES FROZE UP AND HAS TO BE THAWED OUT! £ Y PEGGY 15 DRAWING UP % HER NEW YEAR'S RESObefore in the world’s history. For these two qualities: ~ let's do our part however small it may be, to make __