March 24, 1949 (6 pages)

Volume 22—No. 12 NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA Thusdey, March 24, 1949 TWO ESCAPEES ARE RETURNED . >TO EL DORADO Ralph K. Wilkins, Wesley Finger, 21, were betanied Tuesday to El county jail by Rowland Morris, sheriff of El Dorado county, following their capture Monday afternoon on the old Downieville road one mile north of Nevada City by Uhdersheriff Otis Hardt. . Wilkins and Finger had escaped from the El Dorado _ jail Sunday morning where they were being held on federal.,mail theft and forgery chargesa The two young men were charged with stealing and cashing old -age pension and unemployment insuri ance checks from’ post office 4 boxes in Diamond Springs near Placerville. Hardt had been dispatehed out the old Downieville road to investigate another case and saw the two youths. walking along the road. Answering the description of a wanted -bulletin from Placerville, Hardt questioned them, took them to the sheriff’s office where the pair confessed their jailbreak. 3oth were broke and hungry. ; They had sawed through the iron bars of the El Dorado jail with smuggled hacksaws, and escaped Sunday night, and search was started the. following morning when the break: was discovered. Dorado = ee The two youths stole a light truck and had passed through Grass Valley, evidently on their way to Nevada. At Glenbrook they failed .to stop for an unloading school bus, were observed “and waved to the roadside by Lorris Richards, highway patrolman. They stopped and as the patrolman approached on foot’ they sped away. : Richards, not, knowing identity, ran to his car, and gave chase. The two men abandoned the truck at the Grass Valley Floral Shop, and by foot made their way through the Yuba River lumber company, across the highway, onto Ridge route and over to the old Downieville road where Hardt nabbed them. * DISTRICT RANCHER TO SEE DAUGHTER AFTER MANY YEARS Cecil Q. Brown, Grass Valley chicken raiser, couldn’t have been happier this week, than to know that a daughter, he had given in adoption to: Mr. and Mrs. Carroll ‘Bruce, Van Nuys, Los Angeles county, 20 years ago, was alive, prosperous and would , be up to see him in a, week from e Saturday, or April 2. ae or ceparene ey died 22 years ago, said yesterday, leaving him with two little motherless girls. He gave them both in adoption. The oldest one, Jacqueline refused to stay adopted, but had come back to her father. Joan or Joalene, as her father knew her, stayed with the family ‘who adopted her, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Bruce of Van Nuys. In first wife he Brown's the meantime Brown remarried, his-wife gave him five more daughters, all living. So when he heard that Joalene, now grown up with a. family of her own, she is Mrs. Joan Olsen, if you please, was coming up to see him on his hill top home on the ‘Colfax road, 17 miles from Grass Valley, he was mighty pleased. In fact he is planning in a way to have all seven of his dughters home. The Browns , have one married daughter in Idaho, they hope to. have home at that time. Joan’s, own sister, Jacqueline, has married and lives with her folks in the big home on the Colfax road. So that is why the Cecil Q. Browns are looking forward with unusual interest to the arrival a week from Saturday of Mrs, Joan Olsen of Van Nuys, Los Angeles. Mrs. Brown has never seen her and Mr. Brown has not . : € seen her since he kissed her good' bye in the Los Angeles courtroom, 21 years ago. : Shooting of Firearms In City Is Restricted Once again the occasional warm days of spring call the nimrod to the field, and once again city officials remind them of the restrictions against firing of guns within city limits or on ds property, 4 dormant their Hippoda iadybird or ladybug. of the business. Schnoor gathers the beetles while they — hibernate during the wintertime, and keeps.them in refrigeration and in a dormant state while awaiting shipment. ~ His vegetable biggest markets are the ranchers of Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington. The ladybugs are used to combat aphids and other insects that destroy green-leaf crops. Schoor declared the bugs eat only other insects and a popular belief. the ladybugs are a pest is erroneous. Because one sees the ladybug where a leaf has been eaten, many persons blame the beetle, when actually the jJadybug has eaten the insect that has eaten the plant. Schnoor says the bugs do not eat vegetation. The Camptonville bachelor often hires his neighbors and their children to help him gather the beetles, usually found in pine needles and oak leaves. Often he finds enough bugs in one nest of leaves to fill 25 to 100 ‘gallon containers. Schnoor says there are approximately 74,been gathering beetles from some nests for over 10 years. Favorite places for the nests are in sunny spots on the north ~ bank * of streams. Schnoor ships most of the bugs by expréss or ‘parcel post, but occasionally if he gets a large number of orders in one section he hauls them by truck. His biggest shipping’ bottleneck is the container, which he makes from crates and screen’ wire. Sehnoor ships hundreds of gallons of the bugs every season. He has not attempted to develop a domestic source of the bug. The cost of providing feed for them would be prohibitive. By refrigerating them after they are gathered he eliminates feed requirements. He has kept some pugs dormant as long as eight months. Schnoor believes the ladybug has strong homing instincts. He believes the bugs return to the same nest. Schnoor always: leaves a certain percentage of the bugs at the nest when he gathers them to form a nucleus for future harvestings. He hasn’t definitely ascertained it but he _ believes some of the beetles he has shipped away have returned to their native place. Schnoor says he has never observed a natural enemty of the ladybug. It has a bitter taste that safeguards) it from birds and fish. City Councils Meet On Water Problems Members. of the city councils of Nevada City and Grass Valley met in a joint closed session Tuesday evening in the Grass Valley city hall-to discuss further . the water problems of the Nevada irrigation district. The board of directors of the irrigation district, in letters to the mayors of the two communities, proposed a new contract to the municipalities. The mayor anrmounced the roups plan to. invite the directors of the district and Forrest Varney, district manaéeer, to a meeting at which it is hoped the entire problem will be selved. Dr. Mullis Shows Pictures to Lions The Nevada City Lioms club held it regular dinner meeting last night at the Deer Creek inn. Movies were presented by Dr. Walter Mullis, program’ chairman for the evening. Dr. Cyril Kerrin, president of the club, was in charge. DIVORCE GRANTED Sia A final diverce f@ecree was granted in Nevada County superior court yesterday. morning to Winifred B. Rader from John Stanley Rader on ad we Bs cruelty, Lady Bu Industry In ‘Cam ptonville A thriving industry in Camptonville i is the gathering and shipping to all points in the U.'S. of the beetle mia Convergens, more commonly called the 000 ladybugs in a gallon. He has’ fax and ‘s Is Louie E. Schnoor, is the organizer and developer % CONCERT WILL INTRODUCE TRINITY ORGAN The Rev. Max L. Christensen, rector of Trinity Episcopal hurch, announced today the wardens and vestry have decided to purchase the new Wurlitzer organ which has been on trial in the church building for some weeks. The organ, costing over $5,000 is designed for church and is completely echo the ,and chimes and the rear of concert music equipped with cabinets in church. John Davis, Trinity organist, states he is impressed with the flexibility, range, and power of the new. instrument, and feels it will be definite musica] as'set to the community. Davis will extend the usé of the console to Reginald Greenbrook on Sunlay, March 27, at. 7:30 in the evening, for a public recital. a Greenbrook has studied with Cowadry in London and with Wallace Rolls in this country and is now organist at the First Methodist church in San Jose. He conducts his own radio program, ‘‘Masterpiecesof Organ Music’”’ weekly from San _ Jose. A man of strong and varied talent, he has written several compositions for the organ himself, and will publish his book this year: “The Organ, the Musician, and Church Musc”’. The program for the evening has been chosen with a view toward demonstrating the unusual flexibiltiy of the organ. The program will include both religious and secular music as follows: Chorale on the hymn _ tune “St. Flavian’’, Seth Bingham; “Legende’’, Robert Bedell; foccata and Fuge in D minor, Baen Chorale, ‘“‘The Sheep May Safely Graze’, Bach; Fourth Organ Concerto, Handel; Ballade, Joseph Clokey; The Kettle Boils, ‘Clokey; Grandmother’ Knitting, Clokey; ‘Communion, Richard Purvis (Grace cathedral. organist); Sarabande, Teleman, arranged by Ludwig Altman. At the close of the recital Greenbrook will present an improvisation on a theme submitted by a local composer. There will be a voluntary silver offering. SHRINE. CLUB MEETS HERE SATURDAY FOR LADIES NIGHT FETE ‘A ladies’ night dinner will be held by the Gold -Unit Shrine club of Ben Ali temple, Saturday evening, at 7 o’clock, at Deer }Creek inn in Nevada City. The affair will be the final ladies fnight party for the outgoing ' officers. The Gold Unit club is composed of Shriners. residing in Nevada City, Grass Valley, Colthe Dutch Flat-Alta area. During the past year a ten . per cent gain in membership has ‘been made by the unit with a 65 per cent attendance present at all functions. The highlight of the past year ‘was the presentation of the Ben . Ali temple band and chanters in »a. concert held in the Grass Valley veterans memorial hall. _, Officers for the coming year are to be elected at a meeting to be held in Colfax in April. ' Present officers of the Gold Unit are Lou Kopp of Nevada City, president and CC. B. Grenfall of Grass Valley, secretary.All nobles and their ladies are cordially invited to attend Saturday night’s dinner. To facilitate final plans and arrangements, members who have. not indicated intentions to attend the affair are asked to contact Bob Jefford and C. B. Grenfell of Grass Valley, or Gus Dimmen and R. J. a een of Nevada City, CITY OPERATES $3,228.41 IN RED FEBRUARY The city government of Nevada City operated $3,228.41 in he red in the month of February, Twin City Gravel, $184.00. Water: Nevada Irrigation District, $424.45. Radio: Chas. Halstead, $12.50. Phones: Pacific Tel. ~& --Tel., $27.35. Plant Mix: Rice Bros, $202.46. Truck . chains: A; “W. Davis, $97.37. Paint: -Hansen’s. Paint Store, $17.92. Petty Cash: Sam Hooper, $73.76. Repairs to vehicles: Joe’s Shop, $40.75; Boston Ravine Service Station, $1.50. Printing: Nevada. City News, $58.94. ‘ Andrew Bryne Dies In ‘Bay Area City Word has ben received here of the death of Andrew M. Byrne, ‘former resident of Nevada City ‘who has lived. in Berkeley for the past two years. Bryne, who served as superintendent of road construction in this area, moved to the bay city with his wife two years ago where he was employed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. : The couple was well known and had many friends ‘here, Spring Creek Lumber Company Reorganized The Spring Creek lumber company has&S undergone reorganization this week and in the future will operate as a partnership instead of a corporation. The company is engaged in ‘cutting and hauling logs in the North Columbia area. The partners are Fred R. Johnson and Robert Robinson, High School P-TA Food Sale Saturday A food sale will be held Satirday in front of the Alpha Hardware Co. store on Broad street, by the Parent-Teachers association of Névada City high school. Mrs. Hazel Estes, president of the organization, is in charge of the sale. q ‘enced pilots, according to the report of the city treasurer, issued ‘this past week. Receipts totaled $2,575.39 against $5,803.80 disbursements. Balance in the city treasury at month’s end had. dropped to $21,991.41. RECEIPTS Balance in Treasury .$25,219.82 Water collections .-.-.-.:. 1,679.45 Personal taxes ---.:..-30.24 Meter collections .. 307.35. Business licenses -.-. 115.00 Building permits .-.,. 2.00 PeINIOS. © 5 3o5ks so ss castpc acess ea 103.50 Tel calls, meals .:.:.5 3.85 Paving, rent of airport 115.00 Birth certificates -.2.. 15.00 Rent of city trucks .. 129.00 Sales of Horses ...-50.00 ECGUVG ~ ccccdecsovattencossaaetegees 25.00 Total $27,795.21 DISBURSEMENTS General: fund 22.3.2 5. $5,465.62 Fire fund 78.35 hibrary fund 2-222. 259.83 Total $5,803.80 Balance in Treasury .-.-. $21,991.41 Balances in funds: fire, $1,295.03;. library, $3,134.34; general, $17,562.04. BILLS ‘ Meals: Fred Brown, $12.00; Neva Curry, $22.60. Labor: Gale Clark, $4.50; Niek Sandow, $194.00; William M. Hallett, $293.00; D. F. Kirkham, $271.00; Leroy Hoskins, $132.00; Ted Sigourney, $302.00; Ernest Young, $118.00; Dick James, $119.00; Noel Weldon, $8.00. Cash advanced: Geo. H. Calanan, $382.95. Police: Wm. Shipley, $96.00. Legal Notice: Nevada City Nugget, $7.50. Supplies: Miners Foundry, $55.50; . Nevada City Radio Electric, $12.50; Alpha Hardware Co., $58.12; Marvin Haddy,. $11.84; E. L. Holbrook, $31.51; Western Auto Supply, $15.06; Nevada City Feed and Fuel, $28.05; Headley’s Garage, $74.30; Richfield Service Station, $4.41; Plaza Tire Shop, $7.00; Plaza Grocery, $7.40; Steger Automotive Supply, $115.18; Leo Angelini, $275.00. Insurance: Tamblyn’s_ Insurance Agency, $110.83. Gas: Standard Oil Co., $58.14; Associated Oil Co., $156.70; Shell Oil Co., $7.40. Power: P.G.&.E., $348.42. Hauling snow: Bevard. & Sons, $55.54; E. F. Stanford, $54.00; LT. ED SANDIN RATED HIGH IN First Lieutenant Edward E. Sandin, Nevada City, has been appointed operations officer of the First Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo, a unit comprised of B29 superfortresses doing world-wide photographic mapping, tharting and reconnaissance. The announcement came this week from headquarters of the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance -Wing of the U. S. Air Forces at Topeka air force base, Topeka, Kans. Ed Sandin is now rated one the air force’s most experihaving totaled more than ten thousand flying hours to his credit, a seldom equalled record for his 34 years. His is the story of aviation from the time Lindbergh flew the Atlantic, but unlike many other well-known flyers. of that era, he has’ kept: flying and avoided the offers that may have led to fame and = wealth. His creed has always been the only good pilot is the one who flies. of Now he is just a first lieutenant with a lot of flying .hours, But he enjoys a quiet reknown that commands a deep respect for a. genial, big,-smiling pilot who has never outgrown his old friends, either in stature or position. A command on the ground requires a shining desk, a com. mand of the air only a humble cockpit. Ed has always _ insisted upon the latter. His name mentioned in highest echelons of the air force would receive instant recognition. He is well remembered in northern California. He would still be known to the fellow barn-storming pilots of the early 30’s who have since climbed the ladder of fame. He is well remembered by the mechanics, the grease monkeys,and the greying pilots who preferred and never deserted the sky road, those men who in the final analysis are the real pioneers of the flying world. 3orn in Vancouver, Canada, in 1914, the son of Scandinavian immigrants, he arrived when flying was. still an experiment and when the Mitchells and Rickenbackers were leaving the footprints he was soon to follow. A short time later his family moved to Sacramento and -then settled in Nevada City where they still reside. The incident of “his birth in Canada was to later humble his career in the air force when a direct captain’s' commission was offered him only to be retracted when his ‘“foreign’’ birth was noted. His early youth was the vicarious existence of a would-be pilot. At 16, oversized for a lad of that age, he lied about his age and‘succeded in taking flying lessons. In 1931. he received a comnercia] license from James Paynton, who since served as a colonel with the air force. From that day on, flying has been his sole occupation. He immediately took a job flying chartered passenger planes, doing exhibition flying for air shows, flying for the short lived Maddox airlines, carrying mail, and in his spare time instructing men many years his senior the art of flying. Long: since obscured in the dark ages of flight history, the Jennys, Hisso Traveliers, Ox Swallows, Ford Tri-Motors, and Atlantic Skyrockets were his link, primary, basic, and advanced trainers, In 1933, at the age of 19, he started his first business venture, the Sandin flying school, in Nevada* City, A success, it continued until shortly before the war. He was appointed manager of the local municipal airport, and did odd contract jobs such as sowing rice. With war clouds threatening and by now an experienced veteran in the flying game, Ed Sandin’ was offered the position of wing commander of flying training at the Visitia Dinuba school of aeronautics, at Visalia, which had a.contract with the army air forces to teach cadets. Many of the men he is now serving . with trained under him at ‘that school. In 1944, in recognition for his aid to the air corps during the war he was offered a _ direct captain commission which, as has been mentioned, was reduced to flight officer due to _ technicali“(Please Turn to Page 5) Morris Stolen Car Is Recovered in Capital The automobile belonging to Mrs. Francis Morris, Grove street, stolen last week, was recovered Saturday in North Sacramento by the police there. Chief of Police Max Solaro, accompanied ‘by Deputy ‘City Clerk Sam Hooper, went to North Sacramento to get the car early Saturday morning. . ARMY SERVICE The Weather Fred Bush, observer Thursday, March 17 . 54 36 Friday, Mareh 18° .. 62 37 Saturday, March 19 . 66 38 Sunday, March 20 .. 46 26 Monday, March 21 . 55 36 Tuesday, March 22 . 53 36 Wednesday, March 23 38 33 Rainfall: March 17, .08; March 18, .37; March 19, .68; March 20, .06; March 21, .12; March 22, .70; total for season, 41.30. GEORGEHANSEN HEADS ROTARY CLUB PROGRAM ' George Hansen will be program chairman for the -noon luncheon meeting of Nevada City Rotary -club at the Deer Creek Inn today. Rotarians, meeting. at last week’s meeting at the Deer Creek Inn heard William Wilson, Grass Valley high school principal, urge America to “plan for the future by practicing conservation.’’ Carrying the conservation message to the club as part of the state-wide “conservation week,” Wilson laid the problem of preserving our natural resources squarely in the lap of every citi” zen, Wilson said the government had taken many steps to conserve our natural resources, including timber, water, oil and minerals, but that individual efforts were needed to back up the laws of reclamation, flood control, and management. These, he pointed out, should be considered as personal problems. “Profit for the motive the present’’ of the ,selfish men Who exploited the natural. treasures during the early days of westward expansion,” the speaker said, adding that personal fortunes were made as they ignored the future. was When lands became ‘‘sick”’ the people moved on to other lands, further ‘exhausting life that grows in it, Wilson pointed out. Now we must practice strict conservation if we are to continue to enjoy the many luxuries vhich we have taken from nature. Program chairman was Ray Spickelmier. President Lloyd Geist was in charge of the meeting. Geist announc-d the following program chairmen for the next four months: Today, Bill Berriman; March $1, I. C. Bell; April, George ,Hansen, Floyd Lefebvre, Carl Foote, and Hobart Snider: May, Frank McGinnis, Ed Clark, Dick Harris and Chester Scheemer; June, _Harleth Brock, Bert Foreman, Horace Curnow, Max Christenson and Charles Elliott. BANNER PARK PETITIONS GO TO CAPITAL Petitions bearing 5,647 signatures -were presented Friday to the state park commission, division of beaches and parks, department of natural resources of the state of California, by Mr. and Mrs. Val Baima, Banner Mt. road, Grass Valley. The petitions ask for the formation of Banner Mountain Gold park on the mountain of the same name. Mr. and Mrs. Baima presented the petitions to Governor Earl Warren’s office, where théy were directed to the department of natural resources, where the petitions were placed in the office of Warren T. Hannum, chief of the department. KENNETH ADAMS NEW COMMANDER OF VFW Kenneth Adams, air force veteran, and insurance man in Grass Valley and Nevada City,. was elected commander of Banner Mountain post 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting in Nevada City Monday night. The announcement. was. made by Harleth Brock, commander who has served the past year as head of the organization. 3 ' Other officers, elected are: Olaf Bjorstal, Nevada City, senior vice commander; John T. Trauner, Grass Valley, junior vice commander; Louis J. Graff, Grass Valley, chaplain; Wallace Reid, Grass Valley, qurtermaster; Al Wharff, Nevada City, three-year trustee; and Brock of Nevada City, judge advocate. The new post commander is ‘active in civic and social affairs of the twin cities, holding mem-_ berships in the Nevada City Rotary club and the Grass Valley Elks. He is a representative of the Mutual lite inguratice eat retiring post’ Ever Increasing! TAXES . TAXES TAXES TAXES By H. F. “Si” Sofge. The present legislature has be~ fore it many‘ bills. that are ef vital importance to the retail} merchant, be he small or large in a business sense. The follow=— ing bills have been introduced during the session and are now in committee—They are interest— ing reading: Taxation: Several types eof new taxes have been suggested for the purpose of raising additional revenue. Other new taxes, ome of which have been endorse® by the governor ‘but to whieck there is considerable opposition, include the following: : Cigarette Tax—KFight pills ee been introduced which would’ imam pose a tax on cigarette; the rate of tax ranging from ene cent on. each four . cigarettes, 15 per cent. of retail price, ene cent.for each ten cigarettes, ane and one-half cents for each tem cigarettes or three cents for eact 20 cigarettes, to a floor tax (= of Oct. 1, 1949) of one milk for each cigarette weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000, or two mills for each cigarette weighing. over three pounds per 1,000—-these same rates to ap— ply for the privilege of distribut~— ing cigarettes after the date of Oct. 1, 1949. There are two general plans for the collection of the tax—it is not necessary t enter into details at the present time. Cigar Tax—Senate Dill 89% would impose a tax on cigars, smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco at the rate of one cent for each cigar and 20 cents for each pound of smoking or chewing: tobacco. Proceeds collected um= der this bill would be paid te. the California asademies fund. Gross Inoome Tax—-Assembly bill 2979, would direct the state, board of equalization to collect a gross income tax of 4% of gne& per cent, but the board is direct ed to raise or lower the tax rate monthly so the collections wilk approxjmate $12,500,000 monthly. Exempts non-profit organizations, the first sale of farm products and income .up to $250 per month. Checks—Assembly bill 1528 would impose a tax of 1-10th a& a cent on all checks, said tax te be collected for the state throug? the banks, the charge to be against the account of the de-~ positor. Theater Tickets — ARB 2074 would impose a tax of five cents on theater tickets all proceeds to be paid into the generak. fund of the state. Sales Tax——-Several bills pro~vide for inereasing the rate efthe sales tax and use tak overthe present two and one-half per cent. Some of the bills pra-. vide for a three ‘per cent rate, some for a three and one-half per cent rate and some for @& four _per. cent rate. Severak senate bills would repeal al® sections which contain exemp-. tions to the sales and use taxact. This would make food gub— ject to the tax. City or County Sales Tax——. ACA 47 would amend the sectiom of the constitution on liquor con-. trol to provide that nothing cone. tained therein would prevent im< position by a city or county of Sales or use taxes at. the same. rates and in the same manner as; such taxes are imposed on otherpersonal property within such city or county. Also, ACA $2 would prohibit cities or counties: from imposing such tax while a. similar tax is being’ impose@ Dy, the state. This would prevent city. and county sales taxes and prebably certain types of occasionak. ~ taxes. ‘i : Retail Stock-in-Trade —~SBF 1200 provides in assessing of retail stock-in-trade, its value ig, not to be computed merely as of the lien date of the first Mon. day of March and on the first day of.the preceding December, September and July, and diyids ing the sum by four, thus treaty. ing the assessment of such goods: differently from other personal: property, which is assessed as-of the first Monday in March. Taxing by Cities and Counties, —SB 1202 would allow the coun~. ties to levy private license taxes: for revenue as well as for regu~. lation. ; Holidays—AB 334 would adé@r Aug. 14 (V-J day) to the list days declared to be legal ho in California. AB 364 extends t circumstances under which . ? day shall be a legal holiday, present, if New Year’ Washington’s birthday, day, Independence day, Ad day, Columbus day or Christ -fall on Sunday, Monday i holiday. This bill went 6 v

Volume 22—No. 12 NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA Thusdey, March 24, 1949 TWO ESCAPEES ARE RETURNED . >TO EL DORADO Ralph K. Wilkins, Wesley Finger, 21, were betanied Tuesday to El county jail by Rowland Morris, sheriff of El Dorado county, following their capture Monday afternoon on the old Downieville road one mile north of Nevada City by Uhdersheriff Otis Hardt. . Wilkins and Finger had escaped from the El Dorado _ jail Sunday morning where they were being held on federal.,mail theft and forgery chargesa The two young men were charged with stealing and cashing old -age pension and unemployment insuri ance checks from’ post office 4 boxes in Diamond Springs near Placerville. Hardt had been dispatehed out the old Downieville road to investigate another case and saw the two youths. walking along the road. Answering the description of a wanted -bulletin from Placerville, Hardt questioned them, took them to the sheriff’s office where the pair confessed their jailbreak. 3oth were broke and hungry. ; They had sawed through the iron bars of the El Dorado jail with smuggled hacksaws, and escaped Sunday night, and search was started the. following morning when the break: was discovered. Dorado = ee The two youths stole a light truck and had passed through Grass Valley, evidently on their way to Nevada. At Glenbrook they failed .to stop for an unloading school bus, were observed “and waved to the roadside by Lorris Richards, highway patrolman. They stopped and as the patrolman approached on foot’ they sped away. : Richards, not, knowing identity, ran to his car, and gave chase. The two men abandoned the truck at the Grass Valley Floral Shop, and by foot made their way through the Yuba River lumber company, across the highway, onto Ridge route and over to the old Downieville road where Hardt nabbed them. * DISTRICT RANCHER TO SEE DAUGHTER AFTER MANY YEARS Cecil Q. Brown, Grass Valley chicken raiser, couldn’t have been happier this week, than to know that a daughter, he had given in adoption to: Mr. and Mrs. Carroll ‘Bruce, Van Nuys, Los Angeles county, 20 years ago, was alive, prosperous and would , be up to see him in a, week from e Saturday, or April 2. ae or ceparene ey died 22 years ago, said yesterday, leaving him with two little motherless girls. He gave them both in adoption. The oldest one, Jacqueline refused to stay adopted, but had come back to her father. Joan or Joalene, as her father knew her, stayed with the family ‘who adopted her, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Bruce of Van Nuys. In first wife he Brown's the meantime Brown remarried, his-wife gave him five more daughters, all living. So when he heard that Joalene, now grown up with a. family of her own, she is Mrs. Joan Olsen, if you please, was coming up to see him on his hill top home on the ‘Colfax road, 17 miles from Grass Valley, he was mighty pleased. In fact he is planning in a way to have all seven of his dughters home. The Browns , have one married daughter in Idaho, they hope to. have home at that time. Joan’s, own sister, Jacqueline, has married and lives with her folks in the big home on the Colfax road. So that is why the Cecil Q. Browns are looking forward with unusual interest to the arrival a week from Saturday of Mrs, Joan Olsen of Van Nuys, Los Angeles. Mrs. Brown has never seen her and Mr. Brown has not . : € seen her since he kissed her good' bye in the Los Angeles courtroom, 21 years ago. : Shooting of Firearms In City Is Restricted Once again the occasional warm days of spring call the nimrod to the field, and once again city officials remind them of the restrictions against firing of guns within city limits or on ds property, 4 dormant their Hippoda iadybird or ladybug. of the business. Schnoor gathers the beetles while they — hibernate during the wintertime, and keeps.them in refrigeration and in a dormant state while awaiting shipment. ~ His vegetable biggest markets are the ranchers of Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington. The ladybugs are used to combat aphids and other insects that destroy green-leaf crops. Schoor declared the bugs eat only other insects and a popular belief. the ladybugs are a pest is erroneous. Because one sees the ladybug where a leaf has been eaten, many persons blame the beetle, when actually the jJadybug has eaten the insect that has eaten the plant. Schnoor says the bugs do not eat vegetation. The Camptonville bachelor often hires his neighbors and their children to help him gather the beetles, usually found in pine needles and oak leaves. Often he finds enough bugs in one nest of leaves to fill 25 to 100 ‘gallon containers. Schnoor says there are approximately 74,been gathering beetles from some nests for over 10 years. Favorite places for the nests are in sunny spots on the north ~ bank * of streams. Schnoor ships most of the bugs by expréss or ‘parcel post, but occasionally if he gets a large number of orders in one section he hauls them by truck. His biggest shipping’ bottleneck is the container, which he makes from crates and screen’ wire. Sehnoor ships hundreds of gallons of the bugs every season. He has not attempted to develop a domestic source of the bug. The cost of providing feed for them would be prohibitive. By refrigerating them after they are gathered he eliminates feed requirements. He has kept some pugs dormant as long as eight months. Schnoor believes the ladybug has strong homing instincts. He believes the bugs return to the same nest. Schnoor always: leaves a certain percentage of the bugs at the nest when he gathers them to form a nucleus for future harvestings. He hasn’t definitely ascertained it but he _ believes some of the beetles he has shipped away have returned to their native place. Schnoor says he has never observed a natural enemty of the ladybug. It has a bitter taste that safeguards) it from birds and fish. City Councils Meet On Water Problems Members. of the city councils of Nevada City and Grass Valley met in a joint closed session Tuesday evening in the Grass Valley city hall-to discuss further . the water problems of the Nevada irrigation district. The board of directors of the irrigation district, in letters to the mayors of the two communities, proposed a new contract to the municipalities. The mayor anrmounced the roups plan to. invite the directors of the district and Forrest Varney, district manaéeer, to a meeting at which it is hoped the entire problem will be selved. Dr. Mullis Shows Pictures to Lions The Nevada City Lioms club held it regular dinner meeting last night at the Deer Creek inn. Movies were presented by Dr. Walter Mullis, program’ chairman for the evening. Dr. Cyril Kerrin, president of the club, was in charge. DIVORCE GRANTED Sia A final diverce f@ecree was granted in Nevada County superior court yesterday. morning to Winifred B. Rader from John Stanley Rader on ad we Bs cruelty, Lady Bu Industry In ‘Cam ptonville A thriving industry in Camptonville i is the gathering and shipping to all points in the U.'S. of the beetle mia Convergens, more commonly called the 000 ladybugs in a gallon. He has’ fax and ‘s Is Louie E. Schnoor, is the organizer and developer % CONCERT WILL INTRODUCE TRINITY ORGAN The Rev. Max L. Christensen, rector of Trinity Episcopal hurch, announced today the wardens and vestry have decided to purchase the new Wurlitzer organ which has been on trial in the church building for some weeks. The organ, costing over $5,000 is designed for church and is completely echo the ,and chimes and the rear of concert music equipped with cabinets in church. John Davis, Trinity organist, states he is impressed with the flexibility, range, and power of the new. instrument, and feels it will be definite musica] as'set to the community. Davis will extend the usé of the console to Reginald Greenbrook on Sunlay, March 27, at. 7:30 in the evening, for a public recital. a Greenbrook has studied with Cowadry in London and with Wallace Rolls in this country and is now organist at the First Methodist church in San Jose. He conducts his own radio program, ‘‘Masterpiecesof Organ Music’”’ weekly from San _ Jose. A man of strong and varied talent, he has written several compositions for the organ himself, and will publish his book this year: “The Organ, the Musician, and Church Musc”’. The program for the evening has been chosen with a view toward demonstrating the unusual flexibiltiy of the organ. The program will include both religious and secular music as follows: Chorale on the hymn _ tune “St. Flavian’’, Seth Bingham; “Legende’’, Robert Bedell; foccata and Fuge in D minor, Baen Chorale, ‘“‘The Sheep May Safely Graze’, Bach; Fourth Organ Concerto, Handel; Ballade, Joseph Clokey; The Kettle Boils, ‘Clokey; Grandmother’ Knitting, Clokey; ‘Communion, Richard Purvis (Grace cathedral. organist); Sarabande, Teleman, arranged by Ludwig Altman. At the close of the recital Greenbrook will present an improvisation on a theme submitted by a local composer. There will be a voluntary silver offering. SHRINE. CLUB MEETS HERE SATURDAY FOR LADIES NIGHT FETE ‘A ladies’ night dinner will be held by the Gold -Unit Shrine club of Ben Ali temple, Saturday evening, at 7 o’clock, at Deer }Creek inn in Nevada City. The affair will be the final ladies fnight party for the outgoing ' officers. The Gold Unit club is composed of Shriners. residing in Nevada City, Grass Valley, Colthe Dutch Flat-Alta area. During the past year a ten . per cent gain in membership has ‘been made by the unit with a 65 per cent attendance present at all functions. The highlight of the past year ‘was the presentation of the Ben . Ali temple band and chanters in »a. concert held in the Grass Valley veterans memorial hall. _, Officers for the coming year are to be elected at a meeting to be held in Colfax in April. ' Present officers of the Gold Unit are Lou Kopp of Nevada City, president and CC. B. Grenfall of Grass Valley, secretary.All nobles and their ladies are cordially invited to attend Saturday night’s dinner. To facilitate final plans and arrangements, members who have. not indicated intentions to attend the affair are asked to contact Bob Jefford and C. B. Grenfell of Grass Valley, or Gus Dimmen and R. J. a een of Nevada City, CITY OPERATES $3,228.41 IN RED FEBRUARY The city government of Nevada City operated $3,228.41 in he red in the month of February, Twin City Gravel, $184.00. Water: Nevada Irrigation District, $424.45. Radio: Chas. Halstead, $12.50. Phones: Pacific Tel. ~& --Tel., $27.35. Plant Mix: Rice Bros, $202.46. Truck . chains: A; “W. Davis, $97.37. Paint: -Hansen’s. Paint Store, $17.92. Petty Cash: Sam Hooper, $73.76. Repairs to vehicles: Joe’s Shop, $40.75; Boston Ravine Service Station, $1.50. Printing: Nevada. City News, $58.94. ‘ Andrew Bryne Dies In ‘Bay Area City Word has ben received here of the death of Andrew M. Byrne, ‘former resident of Nevada City ‘who has lived. in Berkeley for the past two years. Bryne, who served as superintendent of road construction in this area, moved to the bay city with his wife two years ago where he was employed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. : The couple was well known and had many friends ‘here, Spring Creek Lumber Company Reorganized The Spring Creek lumber company has&S undergone reorganization this week and in the future will operate as a partnership instead of a corporation. The company is engaged in ‘cutting and hauling logs in the North Columbia area. The partners are Fred R. Johnson and Robert Robinson, High School P-TA Food Sale Saturday A food sale will be held Satirday in front of the Alpha Hardware Co. store on Broad street, by the Parent-Teachers association of Névada City high school. Mrs. Hazel Estes, president of the organization, is in charge of the sale. q ‘enced pilots, according to the report of the city treasurer, issued ‘this past week. Receipts totaled $2,575.39 against $5,803.80 disbursements. Balance in the city treasury at month’s end had. dropped to $21,991.41. RECEIPTS Balance in Treasury ..$25,219.82 Water collections .-.-..-.:. 1,679.45 Personal taxes ---.:...-30.24 Meter collections .... 307.35. Business licenses -..-.. 115.00 Building permits ..-.,. 2.00 PeINIOS. © 5 3o5ks so ss castpc acess ea 103.50 Tel calls, meals ..:.:.5 3.85 Paving, rent of airport 115.00 Birth certificates -.2... 15.00 Rent of city trucks ... 129.00 Sales of Horses .....-50.00 ECGUVG ~ ccccdecsovattencossaaetegees 25.00 Total $27,795.21 DISBURSEMENTS General: fund 22.3.2 5. $5,465.62 Fire fund 78.35 hibrary fund 2-222. 259.83

Total $5,803.80 Balance in Treasury .-.-. $21,991.41 Balances in funds: fire, $1,295.03;. library, $3,134.34; general, $17,562.04. BILLS ‘ Meals: Fred Brown, $12.00; Neva Curry, $22.60. Labor: Gale Clark, $4.50; Niek Sandow, $194.00; William M. Hallett, $293.00; D. F. Kirkham, $271.00; Leroy Hoskins, $132.00; Ted Sigourney, $302.00; Ernest Young, $118.00; Dick James, $119.00; Noel Weldon, $8.00. Cash advanced: Geo. H. Calanan, $382.95. Police: Wm. Shipley, $96.00. Legal Notice: Nevada City Nugget, $7.50. Supplies: Miners Foundry, $55.50; . Nevada City Radio Electric, $12.50; Alpha Hardware Co., $58.12; Marvin Haddy,. $11.84; E. L. Holbrook, $31.51; Western Auto Supply, $15.06; Nevada City Feed and Fuel, $28.05; Headley’s Garage, $74.30; Richfield Service Station, $4.41; Plaza Tire Shop, $7.00; Plaza Grocery, $7.40; Steger Automotive Supply, $115.18; Leo Angelini, $275.00. Insurance: Tamblyn’s_ Insurance Agency, $110.83. Gas: Standard Oil Co., $58.14; Associated Oil Co., $156.70; Shell Oil Co., $7.40. Power: P.G.&.E., $348.42. Hauling snow: Bevard. & Sons, $55.54; E. F. Stanford, $54.00; LT. ED SANDIN RATED HIGH IN First Lieutenant Edward E. Sandin, Nevada City, has been appointed operations officer of the First Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo, a unit comprised of B29 superfortresses doing world-wide photographic mapping, tharting and reconnaissance. The announcement came this week from headquarters of the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance -Wing of the U. S. Air Forces at Topeka air force base, Topeka, Kans. Ed Sandin is now rated one the air force’s most experihaving totaled more than ten thousand flying hours to his credit, a seldom equalled record for his 34 years. His is the story of aviation from the time Lindbergh flew the Atlantic, but unlike many other well-known flyers. of that era, he has’ kept: flying and avoided the offers that may have led to fame and = wealth. His creed has always been the only good pilot is the one who flies. of Now he is just a first lieutenant with a lot of flying .hours, But he enjoys a quiet reknown that commands a deep respect for a. genial, big,-smiling pilot who has never outgrown his old friends, either in stature or position. A command on the ground requires a shining desk, a com. mand of the air only a humble cockpit. Ed has always _ insisted upon the latter. His name mentioned in highest echelons of the air force would receive instant recognition. He is well remembered in northern California. He would still be known to the fellow barn-storming pilots of the early 30’s who have since climbed the ladder of fame. He is well remembered by the mechanics, the grease monkeys,and the greying pilots who preferred and never deserted the sky road, those men who in the final analysis are the real pioneers of the flying world. 3orn in Vancouver, Canada, in 1914, the son of Scandinavian immigrants, he arrived when flying was. still an experiment and when the Mitchells and Rickenbackers were leaving the footprints he was soon to follow. A short time later his family moved to Sacramento and -then settled in Nevada City where they still reside. The incident of “his birth in Canada was to later humble his career in the air force when a direct captain’s' commission was offered him only to be retracted when his ‘“foreign’’ birth was noted. His early youth was the vicarious existence of a would-be pilot. At 16, oversized for a lad of that age, he lied about his age and‘succeded in taking flying lessons. In 1931. he received a comnercia] license from James Paynton, who since served as a colonel with the air force. From that day on, flying has been his sole occupation. He immediately took a job flying chartered passenger planes, doing exhibition flying for air shows, flying for the short lived Maddox airlines, carrying mail, and in his spare time instructing men many years his senior the art of flying. Long: since obscured in the dark ages of flight history, the Jennys, Hisso Traveliers, Ox Swallows, Ford Tri-Motors, and Atlantic Skyrockets were his link, primary, basic, and advanced trainers, In 1933, at the age of 19, he started his first business venture, the Sandin flying school, in Nevada* City, A success, it continued until shortly before the war. He was appointed manager of the local municipal airport, and did odd contract jobs such as sowing rice. With war clouds threatening and by now an experienced veteran in the flying game, Ed Sandin’ was offered the position of wing commander of flying training at the Visitia Dinuba school of aeronautics, at Visalia, which had a.contract with the army air forces to teach cadets. Many of the men he is now serving . with trained under him at ‘that school. In 1944, in recognition for his aid to the air corps during the war he was offered a _ direct captain commission which, as has been mentioned, was reduced to flight officer due to _ technicali“(Please Turn to Page 5) Morris Stolen Car Is Recovered in Capital The automobile belonging to Mrs. Francis Morris, Grove street, stolen last week, was recovered Saturday in North Sacramento by the police there. Chief of Police Max Solaro, accompanied ‘by Deputy ‘City Clerk Sam Hooper, went to North Sacramento to get the car early Saturday morning. . ARMY SERVICE The Weather Fred Bush, observer Thursday, March 17 . 54 36 Friday, Mareh 18° ... 62 37 Saturday, March 19 . 66 38 Sunday, March 20 ... 46 26 Monday, March 21 .. 55 36 Tuesday, March 22 . 53 36 Wednesday, March 23 38 33 Rainfall: March 17, .08; March 18, .37; March 19, .68; March 20, .06; March 21, .12; March 22, .70; total for season, 41.30. GEORGEHANSEN HEADS ROTARY CLUB PROGRAM ' George Hansen will be program chairman for the -noon luncheon meeting of Nevada City Rotary -club at the Deer Creek Inn today. Rotarians, meeting. at last week’s meeting at the Deer Creek Inn heard William Wilson, Grass Valley high school principal, urge America to “plan for the future by practicing conservation.’’ Carrying the conservation message to the club as part of the state-wide “conservation week,” Wilson laid the problem of preserving our natural resources squarely in the lap of every citi” zen, Wilson said the government had taken many steps to conserve our natural resources, including timber, water, oil and minerals, but that individual efforts were needed to back up the laws of reclamation, flood control, and management. These, he pointed out, should be considered as personal problems. “Profit for the motive the present’’ of the ,selfish men Who exploited the natural. treasures during the early days of westward expansion,” the speaker said, adding that personal fortunes were made as they ignored the future. was When lands became ‘‘sick”’ the people moved on to other lands, further ‘exhausting life that grows in it, Wilson pointed out. Now we must practice strict conservation if we are to continue to enjoy the many luxuries vhich we have taken from nature. Program chairman was Ray Spickelmier. President Lloyd Geist was in charge of the meeting. Geist announc-d the following program chairmen for the next four months: Today, Bill Berriman; March $1, I. C. Bell; April, George ,Hansen, Floyd Lefebvre, Carl Foote, and Hobart Snider: May, Frank McGinnis, Ed Clark, Dick Harris and Chester Scheemer; June, _Harleth Brock, Bert Foreman, Horace Curnow, Max Christenson and Charles Elliott. BANNER PARK PETITIONS GO TO CAPITAL Petitions bearing 5,647 signatures -were presented Friday to the state park commission, division of beaches and parks, department of natural resources of the state of California, by Mr. and Mrs. Val Baima, Banner Mt. road, Grass Valley. The petitions ask for the formation of Banner Mountain Gold park on the mountain of the same name. Mr. and Mrs. Baima presented the petitions to Governor Earl Warren’s office, where théy were directed to the department of natural resources, where the petitions were placed in the office of Warren T. Hannum, chief of the department. KENNETH ADAMS NEW COMMANDER OF VFW Kenneth Adams, air force veteran, and insurance man in Grass Valley and Nevada City,. was elected commander of Banner Mountain post 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting in Nevada City Monday night. The announcement. was. made by Harleth Brock, commander who has served the past year as head of the organization. 3 ' Other officers, elected are: Olaf Bjorstal, Nevada City, senior vice commander; John T. Trauner, Grass Valley, junior vice commander; Louis J. Graff, Grass Valley, chaplain; Wallace Reid, Grass Valley, qurtermaster; Al Wharff, Nevada City, three-year trustee; and Brock of Nevada City, judge advocate. The new post commander is ‘active in civic and social affairs of the twin cities, holding mem-_ berships in the Nevada City Rotary club and the Grass Valley Elks. He is a representative of the Mutual lite inguratice eat retiring post’ Ever Increasing! TAXES . TAXES TAXES TAXES By H. F. “Si” Sofge. The present legislature has be~ fore it many‘ bills. that are ef vital importance to the retail} merchant, be he small or large in a business sense. The follow=— ing bills have been introduced during the session and are now in committee—They are interest— ing reading: Taxation: Several types eof new taxes have been suggested for the purpose of raising additional revenue. Other new taxes, ome of which have been endorse® by the governor ‘but to whieck there is considerable opposition, include the following: : Cigarette Tax—KFight pills ee been introduced which would’ imam pose a tax on cigarette; the rate of tax ranging from ene cent on. each four . cigarettes, 15 per cent. of retail price, ene cent.for each ten cigarettes, ane and one-half cents for each tem cigarettes or three cents for eact 20 cigarettes, to a floor tax (= of Oct. 1, 1949) of one milk for each cigarette weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000, or two mills for each cigarette weighing. over three pounds per 1,000—-these same rates to ap— ply for the privilege of distribut~— ing cigarettes after the date of Oct. 1, 1949. There are two general plans for the collection of the tax—it is not necessary t enter into details at the present time. Cigar Tax—Senate Dill 89% would impose a tax on cigars, smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco at the rate of one cent for each cigar and 20 cents for each pound of smoking or chewing: tobacco. Proceeds collected um= der this bill would be paid te. the California asademies fund. Gross Inoome Tax—-Assembly bill 2979, would direct the state, board of equalization to collect a gross income tax of 4% of gne& per cent, but the board is direct ed to raise or lower the tax rate monthly so the collections wilk approxjmate $12,500,000 monthly. Exempts non-profit organizations, the first sale of farm products and income .up to $250 per month. Checks—Assembly bill 1528 would impose a tax of 1-10th a& a cent on all checks, said tax te be collected for the state throug? the banks, the charge to be against the account of the de-~ positor. Theater Tickets — ARB 2074 would impose a tax of five cents on theater tickets all proceeds to be paid into the generak. fund of the state. Sales Tax——-Several bills pro~vide for inereasing the rate efthe sales tax and use tak overthe present two and one-half per cent. Some of the bills pra-. vide for a three ‘per cent rate, some for a three and one-half per cent rate and some for @& four _per. cent rate. Severak senate bills would repeal al® sections which contain exemp-. tions to the sales and use taxact. This would make food gub— ject to the tax. City or County Sales Tax——. ACA 47 would amend the sectiom of the constitution on liquor con-. trol to provide that nothing cone. tained therein would prevent im< position by a city or county of Sales or use taxes at. the same. rates and in the same manner as; such taxes are imposed on otherpersonal property within such city or county. Also, ACA $2 would prohibit cities or counties: from imposing such tax while a. similar tax is being’ impose@ Dy, the state. This would prevent city. and county sales taxes and prebably certain types of occasionak. ~ taxes. ‘i : Retail Stock-in-Trade —~SBF 1200 provides in assessing of retail stock-in-trade, its value ig, not to be computed merely as of the lien date of the first Mon. day of March and on the first day of.the preceding December, September and July, and diyids ing the sum by four, thus treaty. ing the assessment of such goods: differently from other personal: property, which is assessed as-of the first Monday in March. Taxing by Cities and Counties, —SB 1202 would allow the coun~. ties to levy private license taxes: for revenue as well as for regu~. lation. ; Holidays—AB 334 would adé@r Aug. 14 (V-J day) to the list days declared to be legal ho in California. AB 364 extends t circumstances under which . ? day shall be a legal holiday, present, if New Year’ Washington’s birthday, day, Independence day, Ad day, Columbus day or Christ -fall on Sunday, Monday i holiday. This bill went 6 v