May 18, 1948 (6 pages)

. The Diary ofa 49°er Creek has (Continued from Page 1) paid well, and good diggings have been found on Badger Hill, but the best pay in that section has been taken out of Blind Shady, a gulch that emties into Big Shady Creek. I am told that there are a . dozen claims on this ravine that have averaged a hundred dollars a day to the man. It does seem as if there was no end to the gold deposits. -*« rush to Gold Bluff,:on the ocean There has been a big beach above. Trinity, but most of the miners have come back badly disappointed. There were marvelous stories of the waves washing up dust on the beach by the bushel, but it was all an exaggeration. While there was some gold found, it was difficult to gather and in no such quantities as reported. It is curous how restless the majority of the miners are and how ready to pack up and ' drift away on the strength of mere rumors. i 0d > Marie is a prophet. There has been an explosion on Round Mountain and we can hardly get head or tail of it: Anyway, there was a shooting match, and nobody hurt, the woman; has skipped the country with some other man and the one we thought her husband is back in the cabin alone, refusing to talk to anybody end more unsociable than ever. Marie saw the woman in Nevada with a stranger. They stayed there for a couple of days and then took the stage for parts unknown. From the little that the woman confided to ~~" Marie, the stranger called her. companion. out-of the . cabin and, after a few high words, drew a pistol and began shooting. He took to the brush and she did not think he was hit. Then she changed her dress, put on the clothes that belonged to her sex and came away with the new comer. She seemed to concede the stranger's right of possession and was not unhappy. The sheriff went out to the cabin, the intruder (Please turn to Page 5) having ~#—Sheriff Reports ‘No Sign of Woman’s Body NEVADA CITY: Following a long search along the Bear River May 9, Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins reported that no trace of the body of a woman, purportedly seen floating in the water, had been found. According to the reports made by a‘fisherman, Fred Thorn, the body was seen near Steep Hollow. Ditch tenders along the river have been asked to keep a sharp look4 out. Regional Officer Visits Girl Scouts GRASS VALLEY: Miss Eleanor Moniger of Oakland, regional officer of the Girl, Seouts, visited Grass Valley this week and made the rounds of the camps selected by the local council. Mrs. Clay Caldwell, camp director of the local council, entertained Miss Moniger at luncheon to which other members of the local council were invited. The visitor expressed herself as pleased with the development. of SUIT FOR $9,250 IN DAVE’S INN WRECK NEVADA CITY: Suit was filed recently by Maudie Dadisman and Harry H. Dunlap for an aggregate of $9,250 in damages allegedly resulting from the wrecking of the restaurant at 413 East Main Street, Hills Flat, October 138th, 1947, when a lumber truck and trailer, rounding the curve there, crashed into its front. ‘ Defendants in the suit are’ Don Ray Baxter, H. S. Quirin and Fritz Quirin, the latter two, reportedly employed by Baxter, The Plaintiffs allege they had to pay rent for building while unable to use it until the front of glass and cement was reconstructed. <_< Body Returned For Last Rites NEVADA CITY: The body of Lieutenant Tevis €. Ferguson of Town Talk, the first of those from this area who gave their lives in the late war, to be returned here, will be cremated in East Lawn, Sacramento, and the,ashes placed in a niche in the Begonia Room of the Columbarium. there. ~ The young officer was killed in an accident near Brisbane, Australia on July 15th, 1942. A month before ‘he sailed for Australia, he was married to Miss Sybil Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Earl Taylor of Grass Valley. He graduated from Stanford University in March, 1941. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ferguson of Town Talk. % Young Mother Has Fatal Heart Attack GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services were held on May 11 for Georgan Lu Bond Trathern in the Myers Mortuary. Chapel. Mrs. Trathern died May 8 as a result ot a severe heart attack, following the birth of a son_on May 5, Rev. Frank Buck, rector of the Emmanuel Espiscopal Church, eonducted the service. Mrs. Trathen was a native of Grass Valley, aged 22 years. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Bond, graduating from the Grass Valley High School in 1948. She was formerly an honored queen of Jobs Daughters. (Surviving are her husband, Elwood Trathern, her infant son, her father and mother, a sister, Mrs. Avern Ducotey, and several aunts, uncles and cousins of this city. % convened in ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE SPEAKS BEFORE . LUMBER WORKERS PLACERVILLE: Roy A. Smith, candidate for Assemblyman from District 6, in a recent talk before a large group of area. lumber workers, stressed “‘that the basic economy of Our area depends on whether the working man is employed and whether he is compensated adequately for his labors.’’ ; “~% The lum <e=workers’ group lacerville, El Dorado county seat, and welcomed ‘as spaeker the candidate, a veteran of five year’s service in the army in World War If. As a native of the Sierra region, he could relate first-hand the twofold benefits of a prospérous economy: “The advantages to the working men of continuous employment with adequate income, and the advantages to the small business men throughout the area, who depend primarily on the buying power of the working men for livelihood.’’ “Lumbering and agriculture, including the large fruit industry, are the foremost employers in the 10 counties which comprise District 6,’"’ Smith reminded. “When the workers in these trades are not employed or are not compensated adequately, so that they can subsist in the seasons of. lay-off, it works hardships on both ‘business and laborer alike. The seasonal quality of work in. much of this area must be remembered in remuneration to the workers.” Smith further stated that he is a firm supporter of the working men, and that if elected to the State legislature “‘—will take every Farmers and Orchardists ‘Witness Ditch Opening -~GRASS VALLEY: County farmers and orchardists recently witnessed a demonstration of opening drainage ditches on the A. F. Gelhaus Ranch by means of dynamite. The ranch is seven miles east of Grass Valley in the Peardale district. This is the second demonstiation. of blasting open drainage ditches with explosives in recent months. ‘The Nevada County Soil Conservation District, the Alpha Hardware Company and the Hercules Powder Company co-operated in the demonstration, Nevada % PASSENGER TRAVEL Eighty-five percent of all passenger travel in the United States is reported by National Automobile Club to be by motor vehicle. % the Rucker campsite and other It is estimated that twelve per Indigo is the most important . sites chosen for the use of the ny “ the weight of a beet is blue dye “known. Girl Scouts and Brownies. sugar. ' ‘ LOO eiieieogeieieiegeieinieieiejeuiesey, I Grass Valley Radio Service MO \ NG Local or Long Distance “AL” Meliza HOUSEHOLD GOODS : PSH apes BOUGHT AND SOLD * Rapio SERVICE FIREPROOF STORAGE Sound Systems © Recordings Reliable Pete. & Philco Auto Radios Free Pick-up and Delivery in Nevada City Wgoestesesteretertesestesteoertoostestedestefesteteatetesesleiteceatesatecestesfetectertestedestesteateofetesieteste Storage Grass Valley Phone 39 Hills Flat RAR RAR AB A OOO ROR RO OR ORO OO De lh a ih ke ie he ie ee ae ae Y LOOK at America’s Leading Trucks— CHEVROLETE Advance-Design TRUCKS Today, American business that New heavy-duty Chevrolet 4-speed Synchro-Mesh Truck Transmissions and Splined Axle Hub Connection e New Advance-Design Gearshift Control and Foot-Operated Parking Brake in 3-speed transmission * models e Improved Valve-In-Head Engine e Exclusively designed Brakes, ; From headlight to tail light, new Chevrolet Advance-Design trucks bring you the future's streamlined appearance in every feature of body, cab, fenders and hood! looks ahead looks to the leader's line. of Advance-Design trucks for ! Only Advance-Design trucks have the famous Cab that "Breathes!’* Fresh clean, cool air is drawn in and used air forced out! Air is heated in cold weather. The Cab is Flexi-Mounted, cushioned on rubber, higher standards of value on the job. Today, Chevrolet trucks bring you the features of tomorrow— wee ° H eee with a fully-adjustable seat and allAdvance-Design features at the round visibility with rear corner e e . * lowest prices in the volume field! windows, Look ahead and look at them now Shy Chaiedick allers ven tha lfaweid e e prices in the volume field! Here are —on display in our showroom. trucks with comparable equipment ‘ and specifications that list for less than competitive makes—some Pox vnoter models as much as $150. *Fresh alr heating and ventilating system ond rear corner windows optional af extra cost. aes MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET Co. Raddue Building, West Main Street Phone Grass Valley 119’ ae (Political Advertisement) WILLIAM Asks Your Vote for ASSEMBLYMAN (Sixth District) Primary Election: June 1, 1948 PUTT ~ * = m “Sas Wren necccnnm™ Grass Valley Laundry & Dry. Cleaners 111 BENNETT STREET ‘GRASS. VALLEY Telephone—Grass Valley 108 Report On State residents of Nevada County during the month of April, it was freported by Marvin E. Couey, manager of the Chico disability insurance office of the Califonia Department of Employment. because of should file a claim for disability benefits through the California,. , Department of Employment after the eighth day of unemployment and disability, must be filed before the twentyeighth day in order to be timely. cording to wages earned by. an individual during the base period of their claim. Weekly benefits range from ten dollars to twentyfive dollars per week. forms and information the disability program may be obtained at any office of the California Dapartment ment. ee) Final Rites For Indian Springs Rancher GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services were held Saturday /afternoon in the Hooper and his Yuba City home Thursday morning. Rev.:W. W. Turner, pastor of the Congregational Church conducted the service. was in the family. plot in Indian Springs Cemetery. Springs 73 years ago. He lived on the ranch where he was born until three and a half years ago, ‘when he retired. He was a progressive farmer who maintained a ‘close and stock raising methods. was a member of the Odd fellows for 50 years and served on the. Nevada Irrigation District board of directors for a long time. He was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West for 29 years. opportunity to further their ‘cause. Laura L. Robinson of Yuba City, Sutter County, Robinson, and daughter Mrs. Avis Eddy, four grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great grandchildren. Unemployment Disability Approximately $4,786.99 in state disability insurance was paid to Persons who are unemployed Sickness or “injury but their claim Disability benefits are paid acDisability claim regarding . insurance of EmployVeaver Mortuary for Guy V. obinson, ranchman who died in Interment Robinson was born in’ Indian knowledge of agriculture He Bereaved are his . wife, Mrs. a son, Guy N. both of Indian Springs, RAY & PHIL. eae \ 3 t Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, May 18, 1948—3 C.OF C. DINNER IS BIG SUCCESSGRASS VALLEY: More than 100 persons attended thé Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce annual dinner Tuesday evening in Bret Harte Inn “at which the new Secretary-Manager Fred Brady was introduced. ! Grass Valley’s newly organized Junior Chamber of Commerce, presented a gardenia corsage to each woman at the dinner and a white carnation boutonniere to each man. President Lou Hartman pointed out that the chamber had $90 in the bank at the first of the year and owed $500. It now has $2400 as nest egg and owes $400 in current. bills. . Paul Bergemann, president. of the Nevada City Chamber of Cemmerce, H.,F. Sofge, its secretary, were introduced. Brady gave a brief history of the Grass Valley Chamber which was organized in 1910, and declared that chambers of commerce were the means by which many communities _ had gained “many worthwhile objectives. He said that cooperation and determination are the twin factors in building bigger and better cities. % Funeral Held Thursday For Mrs. Nellie Thomas . GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services were held May 13 at 2 P.M. in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary for Mrs. Nellie Sebata Thomas, who died May 10 in. a local hospital. Mrs. Thomas was born in Iowa, Placer County, 74 years ago. She was the widow of Alfred Thomas and leaves daughter, Mrs. Bernice ~ Phillips. of SanFrancisco. She was the sister of Mrs. Bessie Dunn, Grass Valley, and a brother,-Ward Mitchell of Grass Valley. Two grandchildren and ofe great grandson are bereaved. Mrs. Mitchell was.:a life long member of the. Methodist Ghurch and active in its affairs. Rev. Donald Getty conducted theservices. Interment was -at’ the City Cemetery. friends Invite your to visit Nevada County. (Political Advertisement) ALLEN G. (Scoop) THURMAN Our SENATOR J. PAUL BERGE 246 Sacramento St. 24-HOUR AMBUL Reverence. and Efficiency FUNERAL HOME Telephone 203 Funeral arrangements are trying in time of deep sorrow. For that reason, you’ll prefer the sympathetic efficient staff at HOLMES FUNERAL Home. Every minute detail may be safely entrusted to us. At all times, reverence jis shown for the dead and consideration . for the living. MANN, Owner Nevada City ANCE SERVICE Albert L. ATTORNEY the Opening o Nevada including 8 years Attorney for Irrigation Announces Opposite the Court House Telephone 684-J 11 years Federal Attorney 4 years Trial Examiner, California Railroad Commission Former Attorney, Modesto Johnson AT LAW f His Office City the National Park Service Property Taxes : Increase NEVADA CITY: Property tax requirement for Nevada County government activities of a countywide nature “for 1947-48 was ap $85,503 to a gross tax requirement of $349,898 for the year, compared with $264,395 for 1946-47, Califor— nia Taxpayer’s association said today, making public the first sec= tion of its study of factors af<fecting the tax requirements of California’s fifty-eight counties, Gross expenditures for county= : wide activities were budgeted at $1,034,686 for 1947-48, compare@ with $783,566 for 1946-47. Budget appropriations” “for most activities of less than county-wide coverage are not included. S Surplus, subvéntions, and mis-< ceHaneous other non-tax revenues applying to the 1947-48 budget for these county expenditures amounted to $684,788 for 1947-48, compared with $519,171 for 1946=47. . For the fifty counties included in the study, net tax requirement foy county-wide activities shows: anincrease of $13,869.896 for 194T= 48, with a total of $144,822, 796 compared with: the $130,952,900 for 1946-47, the. association reported. Data for Alpine, Del Norte, Kings, Lake, Mariposa,.San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, and Sierra counties are not included. Gross expenditures for county-: wide activities for 1947-48 were budgeted by $376,644,801, compared with $300,002,684 for 1946-4T. Surplus and nontax revenues for 1947-48 reached $231,822,005, compared with $169,049,784 for 1946-47. Federal and state subven— . tions and grants, almost all of which comes from some kind of tax, make up the bulk of the so= called ‘‘nontax’’ revenues. Budgets, the base for tax re= quiremenst and tax rates, are’ im process in most local government units right now, the association pointed out. Considerable care .on the part of taxpayers and public officials will be needed, if taxes are not to go up again in 1948-49, the association said. ss The Pacific end-of the Panama: canal is 27 miles edst of the Atlantic end, BROADWAY Direction T. and D. Jr. Enterprises, Inc. TUESDAY BLACK BART With YVONNE DE CARLG DAN DURYEA. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY NIGHT SONG MERLE OBERON . DANA ANDREWS Also LONE WOLF IN LONDON GERALD ’MOHR NANCY SAUNDERS FRIDAY -SATURDAY PRINCE OF THIEVES JON HALL PATRICIA MORISON Also DANGEROUS YEARS WILLIAM HALOP ANN E. TODD SUNDAY MONDAY and 4 TUESDAY q District ‘Anita VERONICA LAKE

. The Diary ofa 49°er Creek has (Continued from Page 1) paid well, and good diggings have been found on Badger Hill, but the best pay in that section has been taken out of Blind Shady, a gulch that emties into Big Shady Creek. I am told that there are a . dozen claims on this ravine that have averaged a hundred dollars a day to the man. It does seem as if there was no end to the gold deposits. -*« rush to Gold Bluff,:on the ocean There has been a big beach above. Trinity, but most of the miners have come back badly disappointed. There were marvelous stories of the waves washing up dust on the beach by the bushel, but it was all an exaggeration. While there was some gold found, it was difficult to gather and in no such quantities as reported. It is curous how restless the majority of the miners are and how ready to pack up and ' drift away on the strength of mere rumors. i 0d > Marie is a prophet. There has been an explosion on Round Mountain and we can hardly get head or tail of it: Anyway, there was a shooting match, and nobody hurt, the woman; has skipped the country with some other man and the one we thought her husband is back in the cabin alone, refusing to talk to anybody end more unsociable than ever. Marie saw the woman in Nevada with a stranger. They stayed there for a couple of days and then took the stage for parts unknown. From the little that the woman confided to ~~" Marie, the stranger called her. companion. out-of the . cabin and, after a few high words, drew a pistol and began shooting. He took to the brush and she did not think he was hit. Then she changed her dress, put on the clothes that belonged to her sex and came away with the new comer. She seemed to concede the stranger's right of possession and was not unhappy. The sheriff went out to the cabin, the intruder (Please turn to Page 5) having ~#—Sheriff Reports ‘No Sign of Woman’s Body NEVADA CITY: Following a long search along the Bear River May 9, Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins reported that no trace of the body of a woman, purportedly seen floating in the water, had been found. According to the reports made by a‘fisherman, Fred Thorn, the body was seen near Steep Hollow. Ditch tenders along the river have been asked to keep a sharp look4 out. Regional Officer Visits Girl Scouts GRASS VALLEY: Miss Eleanor Moniger of Oakland, regional officer of the Girl, Seouts, visited Grass Valley this week and made the rounds of the camps selected by the local council. Mrs. Clay Caldwell, camp director of the local council, entertained Miss Moniger at luncheon to which other members of the local council were invited. The visitor expressed herself as pleased with the development. of SUIT FOR $9,250 IN DAVE’S INN WRECK NEVADA CITY: Suit was filed recently by Maudie Dadisman and Harry H. Dunlap for an aggregate of $9,250 in damages allegedly resulting from the wrecking of the restaurant at 413 East Main Street, Hills Flat, October 138th, 1947, when a lumber truck and trailer, rounding the curve there, crashed into its front. ‘ Defendants in the suit are’ Don Ray Baxter, H. S. Quirin and Fritz Quirin, the latter two, reportedly employed by Baxter, The Plaintiffs allege they had to pay rent for building while unable to use it until the front of glass and cement was reconstructed. <_< Body Returned For Last Rites NEVADA CITY: The body of Lieutenant Tevis €. Ferguson of Town Talk, the first of those from this area who gave their lives in the late war, to be returned here, will be cremated in East Lawn, Sacramento, and the,ashes placed in a niche in the Begonia Room of the Columbarium. there. ~ The young officer was killed in an accident near Brisbane, Australia on July 15th, 1942. A month before ‘he sailed for Australia, he was married to Miss Sybil Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Earl Taylor of Grass Valley. He graduated from Stanford University in March, 1941. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ferguson of Town Talk. % Young Mother Has Fatal Heart Attack GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services were held on May 11 for Georgan Lu Bond Trathern in the Myers Mortuary. Chapel. Mrs. Trathern died May 8 as a result ot a severe heart attack, following the birth of a son_on May 5, Rev. Frank Buck, rector of the Emmanuel Espiscopal Church, eonducted the service. Mrs. Trathen was a native of Grass Valley, aged 22 years. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Bond, graduating from the Grass Valley High School in 1948. She was formerly an honored queen of Jobs Daughters. (Surviving are her husband, Elwood Trathern, her infant son, her father and mother, a sister, Mrs. Avern Ducotey, and several aunts, uncles and cousins of this city. % convened in ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE SPEAKS BEFORE . LUMBER WORKERS PLACERVILLE: Roy A. Smith, candidate for Assemblyman from District 6, in a recent talk before a large group of area. lumber workers, stressed “‘that the basic economy of Our area depends on whether the working man is employed and whether he is compensated adequately for his labors.’’ ; “~% The lum <e=workers’ group lacerville, El Dorado county seat, and welcomed ‘as spaeker the candidate, a veteran of five year’s service in the army in World War If. As a native of the Sierra region, he could relate first-hand the twofold benefits of a prospérous economy: “The advantages to the working men of continuous employment with adequate income, and the advantages to the small business men throughout the area, who depend primarily on the buying power of the working men for livelihood.’’ “Lumbering and agriculture, including the large fruit industry, are the foremost employers in the 10 counties which comprise District 6,’"’ Smith reminded. “When the workers in these trades are not employed or are not compensated adequately, so that they can subsist in the seasons of. lay-off, it works hardships on both ‘business and laborer alike. The seasonal quality of work in. much of this area must be remembered in remuneration to the workers.” Smith further stated that he is a firm supporter of the working men, and that if elected to the State legislature “‘—will take every Farmers and Orchardists ‘Witness Ditch Opening -~GRASS VALLEY: County farmers and orchardists recently witnessed a demonstration of opening drainage ditches on the A. F. Gelhaus Ranch by means of dynamite. The ranch is seven miles east of Grass Valley in the Peardale district. This is the second demonstiation. of blasting open drainage ditches with explosives in recent months. ‘The Nevada County Soil Conservation District, the Alpha Hardware Company and the Hercules Powder Company co-operated in the demonstration, Nevada % PASSENGER TRAVEL Eighty-five percent of all passenger travel in the United States is reported by National Automobile Club to be by motor vehicle. % the Rucker campsite and other It is estimated that twelve per Indigo is the most important . sites chosen for the use of the ny “ the weight of a beet is blue dye “known. Girl Scouts and Brownies. sugar. ' ‘ LOO eiieieogeieieiegeieinieieiejeuiesey, I Grass Valley Radio Service MO \ NG Local or Long Distance “AL” Meliza HOUSEHOLD GOODS : PSH apes BOUGHT AND SOLD * Rapio SERVICE FIREPROOF STORAGE Sound Systems © Recordings Reliable Pete. & Philco Auto Radios Free Pick-up and Delivery in Nevada City Wgoestesesteretertesestesteoertoostestedestefesteteatetesesleiteceatesatecestesfetectertestedestesteateofetesieteste Storage Grass Valley Phone 39 Hills Flat RAR RAR AB A OOO ROR RO OR ORO OO De lh a ih ke ie he ie ee ae ae Y LOOK at America’s Leading Trucks— CHEVROLETE Advance-Design TRUCKS Today, American business that New heavy-duty Chevrolet 4-speed Synchro-Mesh Truck Transmissions and Splined Axle Hub Connection e New Advance-Design Gearshift Control and Foot-Operated Parking Brake in 3-speed transmission * models e Improved Valve-In-Head Engine e Exclusively designed Brakes, ; From headlight to tail light, new Chevrolet Advance-Design trucks bring you the future's streamlined appearance in every feature of body, cab, fenders and hood! looks ahead looks to the leader's line. of Advance-Design trucks for ! Only Advance-Design trucks have the famous Cab that "Breathes!’* Fresh clean, cool air is drawn in and used air forced out! Air is heated in cold weather. The Cab is Flexi-Mounted, cushioned on rubber, higher standards of value on the job. Today, Chevrolet trucks bring you the features of tomorrow— wee ° H eee with a fully-adjustable seat and allAdvance-Design features at the round visibility with rear corner e e . * lowest prices in the volume field! windows, Look ahead and look at them now Shy Chaiedick allers ven tha lfaweid e e prices in the volume field! Here are —on display in our showroom. trucks with comparable equipment ‘ and specifications that list for less than competitive makes—some Pox vnoter models as much as $150. *Fresh alr heating and ventilating system ond rear corner windows optional af extra cost. aes MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET Co. Raddue Building, West Main Street Phone Grass Valley 119’ ae (Political Advertisement) WILLIAM Asks Your Vote for ASSEMBLYMAN (Sixth District) Primary Election: June 1, 1948 PUTT ~ * = m “Sas

Wren necccnnm™ Grass Valley Laundry & Dry. Cleaners 111 BENNETT STREET ‘GRASS. VALLEY Telephone—Grass Valley 108 Report On State residents of Nevada County during the month of April, it was freported by Marvin E. Couey, manager of the Chico disability insurance office of the Califonia Department of Employment. because of should file a claim for disability benefits through the California,. , Department of Employment after the eighth day of unemployment and disability, must be filed before the twentyeighth day in order to be timely. cording to wages earned by. an individual during the base period of their claim. Weekly benefits range from ten dollars to twentyfive dollars per week. forms and information the disability program may be obtained at any office of the California Dapartment ment. ee) Final Rites For Indian Springs Rancher GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services were held Saturday /afternoon in the Hooper and his Yuba City home Thursday morning. Rev.:W. W. Turner, pastor of the Congregational Church conducted the service. was in the family. plot in Indian Springs Cemetery. Springs 73 years ago. He lived on the ranch where he was born until three and a half years ago, ‘when he retired. He was a progressive farmer who maintained a ‘close and stock raising methods. was a member of the Odd fellows for 50 years and served on the. Nevada Irrigation District board of directors for a long time. He was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West for 29 years. opportunity to further their ‘cause. Laura L. Robinson of Yuba City, Sutter County, Robinson, and daughter Mrs. Avis Eddy, four grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great grandchildren. Unemployment Disability Approximately $4,786.99 in state disability insurance was paid to Persons who are unemployed Sickness or “injury but their claim Disability benefits are paid acDisability claim regarding . insurance of EmployVeaver Mortuary for Guy V. obinson, ranchman who died in Interment Robinson was born in’ Indian knowledge of agriculture He Bereaved are his . wife, Mrs. a son, Guy N. both of Indian Springs, RAY & PHIL. eae \ 3 t Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, May 18, 1948—3 C.OF C. DINNER IS BIG SUCCESSGRASS VALLEY: More than 100 persons attended thé Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce annual dinner Tuesday evening in Bret Harte Inn “at which the new Secretary-Manager Fred Brady was introduced. ! Grass Valley’s newly organized Junior Chamber of Commerce, presented a gardenia corsage to each woman at the dinner and a white carnation boutonniere to each man. President Lou Hartman pointed out that the chamber had $90 in the bank at the first of the year and owed $500. It now has $2400 as nest egg and owes $400 in current. bills. . Paul Bergemann, president. of the Nevada City Chamber of Cemmerce, H.,F. Sofge, its secretary, were introduced. Brady gave a brief history of the Grass Valley Chamber which was organized in 1910, and declared that chambers of commerce were the means by which many communities _ had gained “many worthwhile objectives. He said that cooperation and determination are the twin factors in building bigger and better cities. % Funeral Held Thursday For Mrs. Nellie Thomas . GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services were held May 13 at 2 P.M. in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary for Mrs. Nellie Sebata Thomas, who died May 10 in. a local hospital. Mrs. Thomas was born in Iowa, Placer County, 74 years ago. She was the widow of Alfred Thomas and leaves daughter, Mrs. Bernice ~ Phillips. of SanFrancisco. She was the sister of Mrs. Bessie Dunn, Grass Valley, and a brother,-Ward Mitchell of Grass Valley. Two grandchildren and ofe great grandson are bereaved. Mrs. Mitchell was.:a life long member of the. Methodist Ghurch and active in its affairs. Rev. Donald Getty conducted theservices. Interment was -at’ the City Cemetery. friends Invite your to visit Nevada County. (Political Advertisement) ALLEN G. (Scoop) THURMAN Our SENATOR J. PAUL BERGE 246 Sacramento St. 24-HOUR AMBUL Reverence.. and Efficiency FUNERAL HOME Telephone 203 Funeral arrangements are trying in time of deep sorrow. For that reason, you’ll prefer the sympathetic efficient staff at HOLMES FUNERAL Home. Every minute detail may be safely entrusted to us. At all times, reverence jis shown for the dead and consideration . for the living. MANN, Owner Nevada City ANCE SERVICE Albert L. ATTORNEY the Opening o Nevada including 8 years Attorney for Irrigation Announces Opposite the Court House Telephone 684-J 11 years Federal Attorney 4 years Trial Examiner, California Railroad Commission Former Attorney, Modesto Johnson AT LAW f His Office City the National Park Service Property Taxes : Increase NEVADA CITY: Property tax requirement for Nevada County government activities of a countywide nature “for 1947-48 was ap $85,503 to a gross tax requirement of $349,898 for the year, compared with $264,395 for 1946-47, Califor— nia Taxpayer’s association said today, making public the first sec= tion of its study of factors af<fecting the tax requirements of California’s fifty-eight counties, Gross expenditures for county= : wide activities were budgeted at $1,034,686 for 1947-48, compare@ with $783,566 for 1946-47. Budget appropriations” “for most activities of less than county-wide coverage are not included. S Surplus, subvéntions, and mis-< ceHaneous other non-tax revenues applying to the 1947-48 budget for these county expenditures amounted to $684,788 for 1947-48, compared with $519,171 for 1946=47. . For the fifty counties included in the study, net tax requirement foy county-wide activities shows: anincrease of $13,869.896 for 194T= 48, with a total of $144,822, 796 compared with: the $130,952,900 for 1946-47, the. association reported. Data for Alpine, Del Norte, Kings, Lake, Mariposa,.San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, and Sierra counties are not included. Gross expenditures for county-: wide activities for 1947-48 were budgeted by $376,644,801, compared with $300,002,684 for 1946-4T. Surplus and nontax revenues for 1947-48 reached $231,822,005, compared with $169,049,784 for 1946-47. Federal and state subven— . tions and grants, almost all of which comes from some kind of tax, make up the bulk of the so= called ‘‘nontax’’ revenues. Budgets, the base for tax re= quiremenst and tax rates, are’ im process in most local government units right now, the association pointed out. Considerable care .on the part of taxpayers and public officials will be needed, if taxes are not to go up again in 1948-49, the association said. ss The Pacific end-of the Panama: canal is 27 miles edst of the Atlantic end, BROADWAY Direction T. and D. Jr. Enterprises, Inc. TUESDAY BLACK BART With YVONNE DE CARLG DAN DURYEA. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY NIGHT SONG MERLE OBERON . DANA ANDREWS Also LONE WOLF IN LONDON GERALD ’MOHR NANCY SAUNDERS FRIDAY -SATURDAY PRINCE OF THIEVES JON HALL PATRICIA MORISON Also DANGEROUS YEARS WILLIAM HALOP ANN E. TODD SUNDAY MONDAY and 4 TUESDAY q District ‘Anita VERONICA LAKE