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FLIER’S BONES —
STATE CHAMBER
COMMITTEE OK’S
ROAD PROGRAM
The bones of an army air forces
sergeant were brought out from
the high Sierra late yesterday
by Coroner Alvah G. Hooper,
Deputy Sheriff John Blackburn,
and Reginald Peacock, Auburn,
discoverer otf the remains.
q
Pending
identification,
the
bones are at the Myers Grass
Valley mortuary. It is believed
Volume 22—No. 41
NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA
LAWRENCE CONTINUES .
SENATE TESTIMONY
GOLD TRADING ACT
CURNOW REPORTS SLOW
Nevada County Dog Fanciers RESPONSE TO CANCER
association will meet tonight at
7 o'clock at the Ridge road home SOCIETY FUND DRIVE
Dog Fanciers Meet
Tonight at Kuskas
Joseph S. Lawrence continues
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Kuska
for another lesson in the obedience course. Friends of dogs are
welcome to the meeting, the
Kuskas declare.
H. A. Curnow, county chairman for the American Cancer society drive for funds to obtain a
quota of $1500 for Nevada county
says that the final date to file a
report and to close the campaign
is July 31.
The local committees with
John J. Fortier as chairman for
Grass Valley district and Ray
Scott as.chairman for the Truckee district were givén an extension from July 1 to July 31,
Ne¥ada county unit of the Calito assist in raising the quota
fornia highway patrol will move of $1500 set for Nevada county.
the deceased man was one of his testimony for the gold tradtwo sergeants who were reported ing act before the U. S. senate
“9;
missing on a private flight from committee on banking and curHamilton
field
in
February, rency conducted in May.
1947. The body of the other missOnly three countries, Socialist
ing man was found near a plane England, Communist Russia and
in October, 1947, about four miles the United States prohibits the
from where Peacock made the possession of gold by its citizens.
gruesome discovery Sunday
The French and Belgian citizen
noon.
can have whatever gold there is,
Peacock was on a fishing trip and they can keep it in their.
to the Lake Fordyce country with bank vaults and no one knows!
his brother and father but was how much there is out of ’circualone at the time he found the lation, and he can do that and
skeletonlying about 100 yards not worry about going to jail,
north of Fordyce creek on the either.
south face of Old Man Mountain.
I have heard guesses, and they
The bones were scattered over ranged from a low figure of $2,an area of 100 yards indicating 000,000,000 to a high figure of
animals had been at the remains. $5,000,000,000, not by the governThe retrieving party returned ment or the banks—just by the
to Grass. Valley about 7 o’clock citizens. It ‘is a curious fact, we
pride. ourselves upon’ our freelast night.
dom. A great deal of the conten
PATROLMAN JACKSON
RIDES HERD ON COWS
IN DOWNTOWN AREA
Three cows have beén returned
to their owner, Harry Sisk, after
they spent a day under the supervision of the Nevada City police
department.
Patrolman J. J. Jackson picked
up the three critters meandering
along Boulder Street one block
from the Plaza in downtown Nevada City Saturday.
City officials were dismayed
at the prospects of caring for and
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL TO MOVE INTO
NEW OFFICES THURSDAY
into new offices Thursday locat
tion abroad in the world today
revolves around two different
ideologies. We boast about the
freedom of.the individual in our
country as against the bondage
of the individual in the countries
holding other ideologies. And yet
when it comes to the freedom of
the individual in the simple matter of possession of gold, we
treat our citizens the same as
Socialist England “and Communist Russia.
Tangier is one of the qutstand
Tuesday, July 26, 1949
ie
CAN SHE QUALIFY?
MIAMI, Fla.—Here is Shirley
Rhodes, 18, judged Miss Florida 1949 in all her simplicity
The members of the commited on the Nevada City-Grass Valtee
in charge of the drive elected
ley highway one mile east of the
not to organize a house solicitaNevada County Golf club course.
tion, but had hoped that several
Open house and public inspection
of the building will be held Monhundred letters mailed to residents of the county together with
day.
:
a-canvass of the respective busiEd Nygard constructed’ the ness districts and cancer cans
building for E. T. Fisher, both placed
in
convenient places
of Grass Valley. The building would bring the desired results.
followed California ranch style
Curnow says that while the
with red rust siding.
returns for Nevada City district
Western half of the building have been most re-assuring with
contains the private offices of contributions received to date
Captain J. E. Blake, patrol squad from about one hundred donors
room, general public office, and amounting to approximately
KAPI radio console and a photo$400 without inclusion of the
graphic dark room.
cancer cans which funds are yet
The eastern half is one large to be determined that he was
public rogm for the department somewhat disappointed about the
general response to such a
of motor vehicles.
worthy
cause.
The building is air conditioned
He further stated that if conand will be individual room
heated by electricity. All floors tributions from the Nevada City
district were received during. the
are asphalt tile.
coming week which would agAdjoining the office is a 1000gregate at least $50 that the Newatt radio station and tower opvada City district will have sup‘erated by the highway patrol. ©
ported its full share of the quota
It is the fourth location in
for Nevada county.
°
Grass Valley in thirty years un
Highway committee of the
California Chamber of Commerce .,
meeting in Sacramento approved —
recent recommendations of state
highway improvements in Nevada county by representatives
of Nevada City and Grass Valley.
The recommendations were
presented the committee during
its tour of northern California to
determine where highway work
is needed.
Projects approved include
grading, surfacing and realignment of highway 20 west of Grass
Valley for eight miles; realignment and construction of an improved highway between Nevada
City and Grass Valley; realignment and construction of highway 49 for an eight-mile stretch
south from North San Juan;
grading and realignment of highway 20 at Browns Valley; and
grading and surfacing of highway 49 from DeWitt state hospital to Nevada county line.
0. H. RENNER NAMED
HEAD OF GLEN RIDGE
IMPROVEMENT GROUP
O. H. Renner was elected president of the Glen Ridge Improvement club Friday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Valdix.
Other officers named are Mrs.
Audrey Weselsky, secretary; and
Mrs. Mae Raddue, treasurer. Re°
tiring officers are C. E. Rogers,
president; Mrs. G. Wilson, secretary; and J. U. Poore, treasurer.
The evening’s activities included follow-up plans on
promised Ridge road construction
and other civic matters. A social
hour followed.
ing free gold markets of today.
and beauty. She competed in
And Beyrouth, is another, and,
Miami Beach July 16, after
Paris, of course, is an outstandbeing chosen Miss Tampa. Her
next stop will be Atlantic City
ing market for free gold, and in
those places it is entirely. legal for the big Miss America Competition.
for the individual! citizen to have
feeding the animals, inasmuch as
gold.
the department has had its hands
Curnow reports that John ForBut now if you are a Mexican may be. You will have an item ider supervision of Captain Blake.
full taking .care of a _ serious
tier
as chairman for the Grass
peon or a Chinese coolie you can of valid information which is
ownerless dog problem.
Valley district is making a dehave your gold. But if you are an utterly lacking today, an item of¢
termined effort to raise the quoAmerican citizen and you are information the lack of which tota assigned to. his district, and
found
carrying
a _ couple
of day makes the success of agen.
Myrtle Larghero, Nevada City,
regardless of the fact that refiled suit in superior court FriAmerican double eagles in your cies like the International Moneturns have been disappointing to day against Mary Louise Livesay,
pocket, your ‘government can tary Fund not only difficult, but
A final computation of U. S. date that he is quite confident Nevada City beauty shop operatake them away from you—and virtually impossible.
that Grass Valley will meet its tor, asking $5,000 damages, claimI am not sure they cannot put
S. 13 and. S.286 would provide savings bonds sold during the
quota as it has always.-done—in ing her hair was “burned, ruined
“Opportunity
Drive”
revealed
you in jail for 10 years.
an open market in which buyers
and destroyed” through carelessWe are speaking of the factors and sellers can match bids and that Nevada county met its quota the past.
Will Doige, Oakland, president
The county chairman stated ness and negligence by the opthat determine currency values . offers in terms of a substance and went over the top 151.8 per
of the Nevada County Reunion
cent, it was announced today by inasmuch as no receipts have erator. In the complaint, Mrs.
association, is heading a movementioned just above, factors ap-. which has always rated priority
plying where gold is not the as a measuring unit of value. The C. R. Clinch, chairman of the been issued to donors in the NeLarghero charges the defendant
ment now underway
in the bay
standard, where the currency is zold in which the values of world treasury department’s volunteer vada City district that in a few on July 5, 1949, through “unarea to organize a Nevada Coundays or at the close of the camskillful use of electrical equipnot convertible into gold. And currencies will be expressed on committee.
ty club, to hold periodic social
Nevada county citizens pur-! paign he proposes to submit to ment” her hair was destroyed
the international monetary fund these open markets will provide
gatherings.
has control over none of these a valid common denominator by chased series E bonds totaling the local papers for publication and fell off.
Doidge is planning to have a factors. As a result, the world
‘a complete list of names and .
William: J. Cassettari, Grass
which these currencies: can be $74,430.50. The quota set by
picnic
meeting
in Mosswood today has a fantastic structure
amounts
of
contributions
reValley, is attorney for plaintiff.
Washington was $49,000.00.
compared one with the other.
park, Oakland, to discuss the of exchange rates, with the offiIn announcing the figures, ceived from donors as the only
A free market for gold will inproposed new club. Tentative cial rates, generally speaking, be-.
means under the circumstances
troduce, for the first time in alClinch paid high tribute to memplans call for the picnic to be ing the least valid of all. A free .
to give proper’ and due acknowlbers
of
his
committee
who
conmost a generation, light and saniheld in September on a' Sunday. market
for
gold
would cut ty to a Subject that has been comducted the drive over a period of edgement for contributions re. ceived.
through: this preposterous fabric . plicated by monetary chauvintwo months.
“We
wish
to
publicly
thank
all}
of fiat and fiction.
. ism, bureaucratic aspiration, soH. S. “Bert” Foreman, owner
Let me just expand that statecialist fantasy, and public ignothose who took part in the effort. .
of Foreman & Judd store at corThe workers .. and the bondment a little. I have stated a minrance.
ner of Pine and Commercial, will
have
ute ago that if you do have a
A free:market for gold is an buyers, themselves
conduct a clearance sale of his
made
a
fine
contribution
to
the
Four-color Nevada City fun free market for gold, then you invitation to.a rational solution.
entire stock of merchandise bewill have people coming. to such The absurd restraints and penalfuture welfare of our people and
Nevada County Sheriff’s Posse ginning at 10 a.m., Thursday.
maps arrived Saturday and are
a market with folding money in ties now applicable to the ownerto our community,” Clinch said.
being distributed by the genial
adopted
by-laws at a regular
3
Foreman announced the lease
meeting Friday in Cardinal hall.
secretary of the Nevada City their hands, bidding for the gold. ship of gold in this country are
on
the building has expired and
which
others
bring
in
for
sale.
matched
only
in
Socialist
EngChamber of Commerce, H. F.
The rules and regulations were
AWAITING ARRAIGNMENT
And day after day you will have} land and Communist Russia. For
he wishes to clear out his merdrawn
up
by
Robert
C.
Schiffner,
“Si” Sofge.
that, the matching of bids and. America, that last citadel of perEd Rosell, 49, Grass Valley, local attorney, and an advisory chandise before Aug. 1.
The map was drawn by George offers under complete freedom.
sonal liberty and economic freewill be arraigned in Grass Valley board.
Foreman operated the store for
Mathis, Nevada City artist, and Thereby all these fellows will
dom, this is strange company.
justice court tomorrow on a
the past four years and has been
The
posse
is
planning
extensive
points out the highlights of the be able to determine values for
Of course, if you had a free charge of grand theft. He is in . participation in the forthcoming active in Nevada City business
community and the attractions tnemselves, results depending on
market in gold in which the valNevada county jail, unable to) Nevada county fair scheduled for for 17 years. He formerly man-+
of the surrounding area.
how highly they value their paue of gold: might be $45 an ounce, furnish bail. Rosell was arrested .
Aug. 25-28 in the county. fairaged the lumber yards of the TaThey are available at the office per currency and how highly your value in the treasury would between Nevada City and Grass
' grounds in Grass Valley.
hoe Sugar Pine Co. and Diamond
of the Nevada City Chamber of they value gold and that process not mean a great deal. It would
Valley on highway 20 by Sheriff
Bud Kyle and Sheriff Richard Match Co. He has been president
Commerce in city hall and will will set the value.
be a purely nominal value withRichard W. Hoskins.
of the Nevada City Chamber of
W. Hoskins head the posse.
be placed in various locations
Now, to be sure, that value is out any great significance.
Commerce and Highway Twenty
about the city when more arrive not going to be the same one day
As to the possibilities of con.
association.
from the lithographer.
as for another day, it will change fusion, certainly it might conForeman said he and his wife
tomorrow from what it is today. . fuse some people;. but, on the
will remain in Nevada City.
But that is true of every service
. other hand, would it be any more
RECUPERATING
A large advertisement of great
and every commodity in a free} confusing than the present situsavings
and bargains will be pubeconomy.
The
fact
is
that
you
ation that we have today?
Rodger, 6-year old son of Millished in the Friday edition of
There is no question but that
ton Anderson, Nevada City, and will have such values as will be
The Nugget and in an issue of
Mrs. Milton Anderson, Grass Valvalid under our conditions. They if we do have a free market m
the Grass Valley Union this
will
be
determined
under
what
gold,
that
gold
will
not
stabilize
ley, is recuperating satisfactorily
week.
from severe facial injuries sufyou might call economic town a fixed price, at $30 or $40, but
meetings,
where
people
will
meet
it will fluctuate from day to day.
fered recently when struck by a
board whipped back from a saw and make their valuations, the I think there is no question whatat the Diamond Match Co. lumvalue of what they have comever but that is what the price
pared to the value of what they will do—it will fluctuate.
Woodchuck Flat Camp
ber yard, Grass Valley.
want that the other fellow has.
But,
is
that
not
entirely
charThe boy has been removed
4-H clubs of Nevada county
And once you have that, then acteristic of all our economy, of
from Sutter hospital, Sacramento,
will
hold their annual outing
you will know precisely what an all goods as well as gold? Everyand is now in a private home
from Thursday to Sunday at
American paper dollar is worth thing that we deal wtih, everyawaiting further treatment. AnWoodchuck Flat camp on the
in terms of gold, and you will thing that has a price, acts in
derson was told by doctors plastic
upper Fordyce road on land
know. also what a pound sterling that same manner, the price will
surgery to repair damaged facial
leased from the U. S. forest servis worth in terms of gold, and fluctuate from day to day, that
tissue may have to wait three or
ice.
what the French france and all is true of everything as well as
four years.
Nevada county 4-H clubs will
these other currencies are worth gold.
set up the camp grounds and the
in terms of gold.
And even taking this case,
Placer county 4-H clubs will
And, knowing that, having an where you have an_ effectively
HELD IN JAIL
break up the camp when they
equation in which one member maintained value of gold at a
Wellington Smith Lathram, 20, in each case is a common sub-j figure of, say, $30, if you could
complete their outing in August.
and Donald Edward Phillips, 19, stance, a common denominator, maintain that, in a free market
both of Sierra county, are lodged then you will have this bridge you would still have these flucUNKNOWN ASSAILANTS SHOOT FROM AMBUSH
BAD CHECK CHARGE
in Nevada county jail awaiting that you need, a bridge by which tuations in the prices of other
\
HOLLYWOOD,
Calif—Edward “Neddie” Herbert is lifted into
arraignment in Sierra justice you can move from one currency commodities, .you would have
Ray Miller has been returned
an
ambulance
after
he
was
shot
in
the
back
while
leavin,
an
court on a charge of grand theft. to another. You can tell then these changing prices—changing
to Yuba City on a bad check
They were arrested Saturday in from that common denominator, from day to day—in other things, exclusive restaurant on the celebrated Sunset Strip. Herbert,
along with gang leader Mickey Cohen, a special investigator as‘charge, following his arrest Satthe Ruby mine area by Sierra namely gold, what the real value in terms of the price of gold iturday by Nevada County shersigned to guard Cohen, and a woman,.\were wounded by uncounty Sheriff Dewey Johnson. of dollars or francs or sterling
(continued on page 4)
known assailants who escaped.
iff's officers.
NEVADA COUNTY CLUB
MAY BE FORMED IN
SAVINGS BONDS SALES
TOPS QUOTA
BY HALF
LOCAL BEAUTY PARLOR
OPERATOR DEFENDANT
IN $5000 DAMAGE SUIT
METROPOLITAN AREA
NEVADA CITY FUN MAP
NOW IN DISTRIBUTION
FOREMAN WILL CLOSE
OUT FURNITURE STORE
POSSE ADOPTS BYLAWS
AT REGULAR MEETING
4-H Clubs At
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