November 18, 1949 (6 pages)

~ HARTMANREPORTS NO FRAUD IN STUDENT BODY FUNDS AUDIT: . URGES BETTER BOOKKEEPING No evidence of misappropria-¥keeping work. Attention should tions ef student body of cafeteria funds were reported by David Hartman, Grass Valley accountant in his written report to the board of trustees of the Nevada City unified schodl district Monday evening before a gathering of 35 persons. Hartman pointed out in his report that the procedures pertaining to the care of funds and manner of keeping records had been such that it would be quite diffi‘cult if not impossible to’ detect irregularities. Hartman also said the situation which had become embarrassing, calls for a complete at‘titude change on the part of all ‘concerned. Hartman’s report on the audit follows: _ “In. connection with our examination of the accounts of the student body funds and the cafeteria accounts of the Nevada City high school and the Nevada City elementary school for. the ‘school year. 1948-49 and in harmony with your request there is submitted herewith the following statements of receipts and disbursements. “As stated in our recent communication pertaining to the installation of bookkeeping systems for these enterprises, the records iof the past are not adequate for the preparation of such reports as you requested. The auditor spent considerable time in collaboration with the school personnel to obtain the data presented. In some instances the memories of the school staff supplied information as to the nature of the various receipts and disbursements It was not possible always to state the exact amount of the items. At times the records did not. disclose definitely the purpose for which the money was paid. In other cases it was necessary_to take the total receipts for the year and proceed to prorate the same by means of memory, sundry memorandums, etc., to obtain an approximate breakdown .of the receipts. The foregoing situation applies to the student body funds of both schools. The cafeteria records of the elementary were such that a reasonably accurate statement of .both receipts and disbursements could be prepared. While the records of the cafeteria of the high school’ were somewhat lacking, it was) possible to obtain a statement of receipts and disbursements which is fairly dependable; some estimating was necessary in this situation, however. f be given to this situation at once. If her load calls for clerical assistance, this should be provided without delay; otherwise the installation of a bookkeeping system will be useless. “A number of questions regarding proper ficsal procedures have been asked. The auditor wishes to offer the following suggestions for thé consideration of the board and other school authorities. These suggestions are not presented with the idea that they are the final word on the subject; however, in most cases it is believed. conditions will be remedied if these suggestions or some modification of them is adopted. "1. The school board should assume responsibility in’ harmony with the education code requirements for the,care of the school funds under discussion. As there (Continued on page six). Volume 22, Maced NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA SUPERVISORS — BLAST SHERIFF HOSKINS OFFICE Richard W. Hoskins, sheriff of Nevada county, was called an the carpet by the Nevada county board of supervisors Monday afternoon and subjected, to a .barrage of questions regarding the sheriff’s office’s handling of the Charles Mendoca robbery case. Supervisor Carl Tobiassen, formerly sheriff for 12 years, and Supervisor Frank J_ Rowe led in interrogating the sheriff. Mendoca had reported to the supervisors that on the morning AGGREGATE USE MAY REVITALIZE HYDRAULICKING Revitalization of the hydraulic mining injlustry. in Nebada county wag voiced Sunday by George Hallock, Hydraulic Miners association, at a meeting of the organization at the National hotel, here. Hallock’s note of optimism was voiced in the face of.the mcent statement of President Harry S. Truman ‘that the price of gold would not be ‘increased as long as he was in the White House. of Oct. 7 he had surprised three men inthe act of stealing oil from his service station on the outskirts of Nevada City and declared that after he had held the trio at gunpoint for .45 minutes while he vainly tried to reach the sheriff’s office he turned them loose. Hoskins said Undersheriff Otis Hardt had investigated the case and in his opinion there was not sufficient evidence to hold the men. Hoskins said Mendoca had‘ declined to sign a complaint against the alleged thieves. At the hearing Monday Tobiasson said he felt there was ample: evidence for jailing the men, Tobiassen said, “We have furnished the facilities for 24 hour service and we should get it. I have had several similar comHallock said plans are under consideration acres of aggregate 28 feet deep within 20 miles of Nevada City. This aggregate, he continued, is “The balance of cash on hand of the high school student organi. zation ‘as of the beginning of the school year was not determinable. As a result schedule A (statement . of receipts and disbursements of . the student organizations of the Nevada City high school for the, year 1948-49) is incomplete. ees . ending baldrigce was $1,227.96. _ “As has been pointed out previously, the condition of the rec-} ords of these schools appears to, be an inheritance from the past; the present school personnel have . been following pretty much the. course of their predecessors. Although the school board is required by the education code to take. the primary responsibility for all . that pertains to the funds under discussion, there appears to be no evidence that any thing of the kind has ever behe done, N@ doubt in the remote past these funds were very small; the custody and record-keeping of.such seemed too trivial a matter for anyone to spend much time on. Through the years these four enterprises have grown until their total recepits amount to nearly $30,000 a year as of the present time. It is evident that the situation calls for a complete change of attitude on the part of all concerned. “The auditor found no evidence of misappropriations. But it should be pointed out that the procedures of the past as pertain the care of fundS and the keeping of records has been such that it would be quite difficult if not impossible to detect irregularities. ‘The work -ofinstalling the bookkeeping systems which the school board recently directed be done, is proceeding fairly well. It is the plan at the high school that the books be kept by ‘students under the direction of the teachers; of necessity the students must be given sufficient time to learn the new techniques, As of the present the matron of the high school cafeteria réports that her time for record-keeping is very limited. She is finding it . We need 40,000 acre feet of stor‘the forks and tributaries of the . to supply gravel for needed home construction created by increased population and industry in the state. The gold will be a byproduct and is estimated at 28 cents a yard, Hallock added the removal of the aggregate would create storage space for about 200,000 acre feet of water. Forrest Varney, manager of the Nevada irrigation district, stated “Water is becoming more and more.scare and is going to be the determining factor in how far the west can develop agriculturally and industrially. “The district is going to be short om deliveries of water unless we get rain before March. age to complete deliveries.” The association endorsed a proposed simplification of names of . Yuba river. COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM 19 COUNTIES ATTEND ROAD DISCUSSION MEET Supervisors Warren Odell, Jay Coughlan, Carl Tobiassen and Frank J. Rowe; County Road Engineer J, F. O’Connor; and County Clerk Ralph E. Deeble and officials of 18 other northern California counties gathered in the Veterans Memorial building, Red Bluff, Wednesday for a discussion on operations of the CollierBurns act and its development in various counties. Senator Randolph Collier, oi Yreka, presided at the hearings. COMMITTEE STUDIES SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAN The newly organized committee gn school district organization started a study Wednesday evening at a meeting in Grass Valley of the county’s high schools in Nevada City and Grass Valley with a view toward eventually unifying them. Robert Hanley, committeeman from Gold Flat s¢hool, said the present crowded conditions in the high schools and. elementary schools could be relieved by the adidtion of a ‘senior high school and the conversion of the two existing high schools into junior high schools to accommodate ad-. ditional students. FINED $200 FOR DWI Nellie Metcalfe, Chico, was fined $200 Tuesday by Police Judge Miles D, Coughlin after pleading guilty to a charge of difficult to keep up in her bookdriving while intoxicated, and daughters Faulkner; Grass Valley; who was one of three men killed Aug, 23, plaints and I wonder how much of this sort of thing is going on.” Tobiassen said that on the basis of his 12 years as sheriff he felt the mileage turned in by the present sheriff’s office was unreasonable. Hoskins retorted he is running the office as economically as possible and that there have been more arrests in the past three years than there: had been in the last four years of Tobiassen’s . regime. . TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE CLOSES LOCAL SCHOOLS THANKSGIVING WEEK All schools of Nevada City and . : be ; county will be closed’ all next . Marin county board®* of superviweek as the teachers participate . S°S; présented the western inter. with thirteen other northern Cal. ifornia counties in teachers’ Ce ¢ stitute in Sacramento Monday, . dollar, Beecher declared in urgTuesday and Wednesday. Thanksgiving holiday will keep the schools closed the balance of . the week, according to, Walter A. Carlson, of schools. incounty superintendent Classes will resume Monday, Nov. 28. $200,000 SUIT FILED IN SUPERIOR COURT Mrs, Ann C, Faulkner filed suit in Nevada county superior court yesterday on behalf of her two daughters, Warrene, 10, and Catherine, 9, asking $201,081,06 damages against Richter Bros., W. H. Darrough & Sons, M. J. Ruddy & Sons, and Robert L. Perez. ; The plaintiffs are the widow of Charles F. at the foot of the Bear valley grade, in a collision involving a pickup truck in which Faulkner was either a passenger or driving and a truck tractor operated by Perez. Perez was a driver employed by Richter Bros., one of the contracting firms doing construction work on a new section of highway 20 at Bear valley. Perez is charged with carelessly and negligently operating his truck in a manner that caused a log to swing from the truck and kill Faulkner and John H. Wearne and James MacDonald. Mrs. Faulkner asks $100,000 for herself, $50,000 for each child and $1,081.06 funeral expenses. Wallace Shepard, Sacramento, is attorney for plaintiffs. MEETING POSTPONED ' Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Nevada tounty chapter of the was postponed indefinitely, Kief Melberg, American Red Cro chairman, announced. FIRE RESTRICTIONS EASED IN FOREST ; . Special fire restrictions imposed by federal regulation earlier in the year, are rescinded as they apply to Tahoe national forest lands, according to an announcement by Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of the forest. Ellis said campfire permits are not now required: before building campfires, and smoking is no longer restricted to specific areas. Special emphasis should be given to continued need for burning permits fo dispose of debris and slash as required. by state law. State and federal agencies will require debris burning permits until Thursday, Dec. 1. DIVERSION OF HIGHWAY 40 TRAFFIC URGED Approximately sixty men and women met Saturday evening at Grass Valley’s. Bret Harte Inn to discuss ways and:means of channeling travel from U” S. highway 40 onto:state highway 20 and to the sea and the Redwood empire. The meeting, a gathering of the Highway 20 association brought together representatives of communities along the highway from Nevada City to Fort Bragg. Representatives from the. western end of the route urged the incorporation of the Willits to Fort Bragg road into highway 20 and improving the road from a mere cow trail. State Senators Louis ‘Sutton of Colusa and Harold T. Johnson of Roseyille, and Assemblyman Lloyd Lowrey’ of Rumsey, supervisors of seven counties in which the route travels and directors of The . . the association entered into the discussion. Johnson reported the division . of highways has authorized an engineering survey for a proposed four-lane Grass Valley-Nevada City highway. Albert F. Beecher, Lake coun. . ty, junior past president of the . Redwood Empire association, and T. Fred Bagshaw, chairman’ of ests of the association. “The tourist dollar is a good ing the diversion of a share of the 1,250,000 annual westbound cars on highway 40, onto highway 20. Beecher added that by’ promoting and publicizing the advantages of Lake county, it was possible to raise the assessed valuation of that county from. $7,000,000 in 1939 to $18,500,000 today with two-thirds of it attributed to travel promotion. : agshaw_ reported the nine “leounties of the Redwood empire contribute a total of $75,000 annually matched by business and community organizations for an annual budget of $150,000 to promote the Redwood empire. . Bagshaw said supervisors of the area consider the appropriations “good business.” Lowrey attacked Director of Public Works Charles H. Purcell charging the present policy of the department of public works of “show me a traffic count and you'll get the highway” was laughable in that no road could show a traffic count under conditions that the state lets the road remain. 4 “You have-to play politics to get roads,” Lowrey said. “If you have no political pressure or influence you get no roads.” H. F, Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City chamber of commerce, represented this community at the gathering. EMPIRE-STAR DECLARES e Directors of the Empire-Star Mining company, in a meeting at the New York headquarters of the organization have declared a dividend: of 75 cents per share, payable Nov. 30 on all stock. The company operates the Empire, Star mines in Nevada county. declared last year. NEVADA CITY There was no doubt of the superiority.of the Nevada City representatives at the Armistice day contest between Nevada City and Grass Valley high school—during intermission when the drum majorettes corps performed. Even Grass Valley conceded that. But for 24 minutes previous to the cavorting majorettes and for 24 minutes following—it was all Grass Valley as the Miners rolled to a 19-0 victory in the 46th renewal of the classic. A brawny young lad named Chuck Hollmer ripped and tore FE] Yellowjacket line to shreds and when he got tired of that he ran around their ends. But the greatest exhibition he gave during the afternoon was his wizardry in the art of propelling pigskin by footpower. Four times he kicked-off for the Miners for an average of A8 yards and he averaged 26 yards)* with five punts, one of which ‘was a 15 yard kick out of ‘bounds on the 15. yard line. In was able to get away. but midway in the second period the Miners marched 65 yards for its first touchdown. not capitalize. DIVIDEND NOVEMBER 30 Pennsylvania and North The dividend represents an increase from the 50 cents a share fact Dick Penrose was anly able to. get his hands on one“punt for a return. All other Miner punts went out of bounds. Three of Hollmer’s kicks were win coffin corner, one a beauty for 40 yards to the 6-yard line. ‘Nevada City’s line leaked like a sieve and Penrose was dropped for plenty of lost yardage trying to spot a receiver for his passes. He completed only two of 12 he Nevada City fought valiantly Fumbleitis by Yellowjackets gave Grass Valley further scoring opportunities but the Miners did With a minute left in the half Pello was guilty of interference on Merrill’s attempt to catch a pass from Cox and the Miners had first down on the Nevada GRASS: VALLEY VICTORY 31ST WIN IN 46 GAMES City eight. Holl took i h ee ie peat quafter .ended. Score Grass ValFriday, November 18, 1949 . HOLLMER AND VALCESCHINI LEAD MINERS TO 19-0 GRID WHIPPING OF YELLOWJACKETS six-inch line and Painter carried it.over. A Painter pass to Cox added the extra poiné and the half ended: on the ensuing kickoff 13-0. e Penrose punted two minutes in . the. final quarter to Painter on the Grass Valley 45 and the fleet halfback raced 55 yards for thé third and final touchdown. Play by play description of the game: . di ay First Quarter ‘Hollmer kickoff taken on 19 by Smithson returned to 28. Morrison’around left end for one. Penrose off right tackle to 33, gulli-fied Grass Valley offside and ball moved ‘to 34 Penrose pass to Smithson incomplete. Penrose lost three, Penrose punted to Hollmer on GV 30 returned to 35. Long pass by Hollmer incomplete. Nevada City penalized 15 yards for “ille. gal use of hands, first down for™ GV on 50. Hollmer left guard for eight, Cox lost two. Hollmer off rick tackle for six, and first down on NC 38. Cox no gain around left end. Hollmer pass: to Painter incomplete. Hollmer pass to Cox incomplete. j Hollmer puntéd out of bounds on, NC 17 Merrilt threw Morrison for nine yard loss. Penrose off right guard for 10. Penrose through right guard then cut to sidelines for 20 yards and first down on 38. Smithson off left tackle for six. Penrose lost a yard at right end. Penrose’ pass to Ellis incomplete. Penrose punted to Hollmer on GV 22. Hollmer through © left guard for 17 and first down on 39. Valceschini through center for 12 and first down on NC 49. Painter at center for four. Valceschini at right end for % yard. Hollmer at center for 4% vards. Valceschini off right guard to 34 nullified by backfield in motion, ball on 44. Hollmer punted out of bounds lost six .as ley 0, Nevada City 0. econd Quarter Smithson slipped and lost one. 3 Penrose off right tackle for -six, WITH YEI LOWJACKETS backfield in motion penalty refused, Grass Valley high school MiPenrose punted to Hollmer on. ners 19-0 victory over the Ne-. 50, returned to NC 33. Valcesvada City Yellowjackets Armis-. chini off right guard for two, tice day on Hennessey ‘field was; Hollmer off left tackle for two. the 3lst Grass Valley victory in. Valceschini pass to Merrill in46 recorded meets between the. complete. Valceschini pass to two schools. Hollmer incomplete NC taking Nevada City has walked off the] over on downs on NC 29. field the victors nine times and} Penrose pass to Ellis incomsix of the games ended in stale-. plete. Penrose off right tackle.for mate. four. Penrose pass“to-PeHo inGV Year NC_ i complete. . . ROP area 1949 2. ys. 0 Penrose punted to .GV_ 35, 1: SR 1640. 7 . O’Leary returning to NC 39, Cox . eee Ce Se 1067 ee Q jlost a yard at left end. Painter ~: 1 UR eee A NOMS ccs 7 . through center fof’ 17 yards and A eee See jh” Lara meme ai, 7 . first down on NC 44. Cox on @ 1 LS eels 1946) cc. 8 . handoff into center for five, Holl16 CE” 2, GU aioe, ee 6 mer reversed around right end . Tae ones 1942 . o 6 . for nine and first ddbwn on NC . ee ee ae RR 1042 2 0 30.Cox off left guard for one. Pcs (7 Sa SSA 6 . Hollmer through left guard for Ree pelea ee UC RAS 6 . 29 yards and a touchdown. Val1g Aes 1999 i. 0. ceschini into center failed in try . Sue ea ae 1OGG ees. 0 . for extra point. Grass Valley 6, (Spe ais pv ASO era 0 . Nevada City 0. 1 x ESE anes PEL, ORE Sea 0 Penrose took Hollmer’s kickoff Sk ee. 0 jon 15 and returned 20 yards. ae a jh Eee cases 0 . Penrose lost six yards. Penrose 16, on 1995 6 ca 7 . pass intended for Ellis interceptGee 1966) oe 7 . ed by Valceschini on NC 35 reBee een 1994 0 . turned to 25. m. 02 pT Le gre 7 Valcecshini at center for two. 400 1999: 0 . Valceschini passed to Hollmer on (ee 1060 es 6 . 8 for a first down. Valceschini on B58 is 1000) 19 . a handoff into center to two. An6 > ssc 1962 0 . derson * recovered Valceschini RSS ie 1996. Wj fumble on three. O8e O28) oe 0 Smithson sneaked through cen18a 4006 iS 0 j. ter for one. Penrose punted, out 19 1999 0 . of bounds on NC 39. te ee 16983. fo 2 Interference by Pello ruled on 7t, Aico eee NC es 0 . pass play from Cox to Merrill /\ Ea reateae 1600 ees 7 . giving Miners first down,on 13. >. eee 1910 0 0 (Continued on page five) -: 96 in 1919 sy 0 . Eee IS? icc ll The Weather _ Le a EE 15 Fred Bush, observer Gee. OIG i 35 high low A cw We ee O . Thursday, Nov. 10 . 45 32 ee Mees 6 . Friday, Nov. 11° .:. 55 31 . REC ree ARIS Boorse 3. . Saturday, Nov. 12 .. 55 32 Dt toe Se 5 . Sunday, Nov. 18 ... 66. 92 Be 1&4 ae ena 6 . Monday, Nov, # .. a OE . RS ULE Gea eS 3 . Tuesday, Nov. 15°. 65 30 2 ok 1914. 8 Wednesday, Nov. 16. 70 33 S focecans £O10 . S. ee 9 Rainfall: Nov. 10, .21; season, A Barrer raut ees TOTO coe 3 . 481. ‘ :

~ HARTMANREPORTS NO FRAUD IN STUDENT BODY FUNDS AUDIT: . URGES BETTER BOOKKEEPING No evidence of misappropria-¥keeping work. Attention should tions ef student body of cafeteria funds were reported by David Hartman, Grass Valley accountant in his written report to the board of trustees of the Nevada City unified schodl district Monday evening before a gathering of 35 persons. Hartman pointed out in his report that the procedures pertaining to the care of funds and manner of keeping records had been such that it would be quite diffi‘cult if not impossible to’ detect irregularities. Hartman also said the situation which had become embarrassing, calls for a complete at‘titude change on the part of all ‘concerned. Hartman’s report on the audit follows: _ “In. connection with our examination of the accounts of the student body funds and the cafeteria accounts of the Nevada City high school and the Nevada City elementary school for. the ‘school year. 1948-49 and in harmony with your request there is submitted herewith the following statements of receipts and disbursements. “As stated in our recent communication pertaining to the installation of bookkeeping systems for these enterprises, the records iof the past are not adequate for the preparation of such reports as you requested. The auditor spent considerable time in collaboration with the school personnel to obtain the data presented. In some instances the memories of the school staff supplied information as to the nature of the various receipts and disbursements It was not possible always to state the exact amount of the items. At times the records did not. disclose definitely the purpose for which the money was paid. In other cases it was necessary_to take the total receipts for the year and proceed to prorate the same by means of memory, sundry memorandums, etc., to obtain an approximate breakdown .of the receipts. The foregoing situation applies to the student body funds of both schools. The cafeteria records of the elementary were such that a reasonably accurate statement of .both receipts and disbursements could be prepared. While the records of the cafeteria of the high school’ were somewhat lacking, it was) possible to obtain a statement of receipts and disbursements which is fairly dependable; some estimating was necessary in this situation, however. f be given to this situation at once. If her load calls for clerical assistance, this should be provided without delay; otherwise the installation of a bookkeeping system will be useless. “A number of questions regarding proper ficsal procedures have been asked. The auditor wishes to offer the following suggestions for thé consideration of the board and other school authorities. These suggestions are not presented with the idea that they are the final word on the subject; however, in most cases it is believed. conditions will be remedied if these suggestions or some modification of them is adopted. "1. The school board should assume responsibility in’ harmony with the education code requirements for the,care of the school funds under discussion. As there (Continued on page six). Volume 22, Maced NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA SUPERVISORS — BLAST SHERIFF HOSKINS OFFICE Richard W. Hoskins, sheriff of Nevada county, was called an the carpet by the Nevada county board of supervisors Monday afternoon and subjected, to a .barrage of questions regarding the sheriff’s office’s handling of the Charles Mendoca robbery case. Supervisor Carl Tobiassen, formerly sheriff for 12 years, and Supervisor Frank J_ Rowe led in interrogating the sheriff. Mendoca had reported to the supervisors that on the morning AGGREGATE USE MAY REVITALIZE HYDRAULICKING Revitalization of the hydraulic mining injlustry. in Nebada county wag voiced Sunday by George Hallock, Hydraulic Miners association, at a meeting of the organization at the National hotel, here. Hallock’s note of optimism was voiced in the face of.the mcent statement of President Harry S. Truman ‘that the price of gold would not be ‘increased as long as he was in the White House. of Oct. 7 he had surprised three men inthe act of stealing oil from his service station on the outskirts of Nevada City and declared that after he had held the trio at gunpoint for .45 minutes while he vainly tried to reach the sheriff’s office he turned them loose. Hoskins said Undersheriff Otis Hardt had investigated the case and in his opinion there was not sufficient evidence to hold the men. Hoskins said Mendoca had‘ declined to sign a complaint against the alleged thieves. At the hearing Monday Tobiasson said he felt there was ample: evidence for jailing the men, Tobiassen said, “We have furnished the facilities for 24 hour service and we should get it. I have had several similar comHallock said plans are under consideration acres of aggregate 28 feet deep within 20 miles of Nevada City. This aggregate, he continued, is “The balance of cash on hand of the high school student organi. zation ‘as of the beginning of the school year was not determinable. As a result schedule A (statement . of receipts and disbursements of . the student organizations of the Nevada City high school for the, year 1948-49) is incomplete. ees . ending baldrigce was $1,227.96. _ “As has been pointed out previously, the condition of the rec-} ords of these schools appears to, be an inheritance from the past; the present school personnel have . been following pretty much the. course of their predecessors. Although the school board is required by the education code to take. the primary responsibility for all . that pertains to the funds under discussion, there appears to be no evidence that any thing of the kind has ever behe done, N@ doubt in the remote past these funds were very small; the custody and record-keeping of.such seemed too trivial a matter for anyone to spend much time on. Through the years these four enterprises have grown until their total recepits amount to nearly $30,000 a year as of the present time. It is evident that the situation calls for a complete change of attitude on the part of all concerned. “The auditor found no evidence of misappropriations. But it should be pointed out that the procedures of the past as pertain the care of fundS and the keeping of records has been such that it would be quite difficult if not impossible to detect irregularities. ‘The work -ofinstalling the bookkeeping systems which the school board recently directed be done, is proceeding fairly well. It is the plan at the high school that the books be kept by ‘students under the direction of the teachers; of necessity the students must be given sufficient time to learn the new techniques, As of the present the matron of the high school cafeteria réports that her time for record-keeping is very limited. She is finding it . We need 40,000 acre feet of stor‘the forks and tributaries of the . to supply gravel for needed home construction created by increased population and industry in the state. The gold will be a byproduct and is estimated at 28 cents a yard, Hallock added the removal of the aggregate would create storage space for about 200,000 acre feet of water. Forrest Varney, manager of the Nevada irrigation district, stated “Water is becoming more and more.scare and is going to be the determining factor in how far the west can develop agriculturally and industrially. “The district is going to be short om deliveries of water unless we get rain before March. age to complete deliveries.” The association endorsed a proposed simplification of names of . Yuba river. COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM 19 COUNTIES ATTEND ROAD DISCUSSION MEET Supervisors Warren Odell, Jay Coughlan, Carl Tobiassen and Frank J. Rowe; County Road Engineer J, F. O’Connor; and County Clerk Ralph E. Deeble and officials of 18 other northern California counties gathered in the Veterans Memorial building, Red Bluff, Wednesday for a discussion on operations of the CollierBurns act and its development in various counties. Senator Randolph Collier, oi Yreka, presided at the hearings. COMMITTEE STUDIES SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAN The newly organized committee gn school district organization started a study Wednesday evening at a meeting in Grass Valley of the county’s high schools in Nevada City and Grass Valley with a view toward eventually unifying them. Robert Hanley, committeeman from Gold Flat s¢hool, said the present crowded conditions in the high schools and. elementary schools could be relieved by the adidtion of a ‘senior high school and the conversion of the two existing high schools into junior high schools to accommodate ad-. ditional students. FINED $200 FOR DWI Nellie Metcalfe, Chico, was fined $200 Tuesday by Police Judge Miles D, Coughlin after pleading guilty to a charge of difficult to keep up in her bookdriving while intoxicated, and daughters Faulkner; Grass Valley; who was one of three men killed Aug, 23, plaints and I wonder how much of this sort of thing is going on.” Tobiassen said that on the basis of his 12 years as sheriff he felt the mileage turned in by the present sheriff’s office was unreasonable. Hoskins retorted he is running the office as economically as possible and that there have been more arrests in the past three years than there: had been in the last four years of Tobiassen’s . regime. . TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE CLOSES LOCAL SCHOOLS THANKSGIVING WEEK All schools of Nevada City and . : be ; county will be closed’ all next . Marin county board®* of superviweek as the teachers participate . S°S; présented the western inter. with thirteen other northern Cal. ifornia counties in teachers’ Ce ¢ stitute in Sacramento Monday, . dollar, Beecher declared in urgTuesday and Wednesday. Thanksgiving holiday will keep the schools closed the balance of . the week, according to, Walter A. Carlson, of schools. incounty superintendent Classes will resume Monday, Nov. 28. $200,000 SUIT FILED IN SUPERIOR COURT Mrs, Ann C, Faulkner filed suit in Nevada county superior court yesterday on behalf of her two daughters, Warrene, 10, and Catherine, 9, asking $201,081,06 damages against Richter Bros., W. H. Darrough & Sons, M. J. Ruddy & Sons, and Robert L. Perez. ; The plaintiffs are the widow of Charles F. at the foot of the Bear valley grade, in a collision involving a pickup truck in which Faulkner was either a passenger or driving and a truck tractor operated by Perez.

Perez was a driver employed by Richter Bros., one of the contracting firms doing construction work on a new section of highway 20 at Bear valley. Perez is charged with carelessly and negligently operating his truck in a manner that caused a log to swing from the truck and kill Faulkner and John H. Wearne and James MacDonald. Mrs. Faulkner asks $100,000 for herself, $50,000 for each child and $1,081.06 funeral expenses. Wallace Shepard, Sacramento, is attorney for plaintiffs. MEETING POSTPONED ' Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Nevada tounty chapter of the was postponed indefinitely, Kief Melberg, American Red Cro chairman, announced. FIRE RESTRICTIONS EASED IN FOREST ; . Special fire restrictions imposed by federal regulation earlier in the year, are rescinded as they apply to Tahoe national forest lands, according to an announcement by Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of the forest. Ellis said campfire permits are not now required: before building campfires, and smoking is no longer restricted to specific areas. Special emphasis should be given to continued need for burning permits fo dispose of debris and slash as required. by state law. State and federal agencies will require debris burning permits until Thursday, Dec. 1. DIVERSION OF HIGHWAY 40 TRAFFIC URGED Approximately sixty men and women met Saturday evening at Grass Valley’s. Bret Harte Inn to discuss ways and:means of channeling travel from U” S. highway 40 onto:state highway 20 and to the sea and the Redwood empire. The meeting, a gathering of the Highway 20 association brought together representatives of communities along the highway from Nevada City to Fort Bragg. Representatives from the. western end of the route urged the incorporation of the Willits to Fort Bragg road into highway 20 and improving the road from a mere cow trail. State Senators Louis ‘Sutton of Colusa and Harold T. Johnson of Roseyille, and Assemblyman Lloyd Lowrey’ of Rumsey, supervisors of seven counties in which the route travels and directors of The . . the association entered into the discussion. Johnson reported the division . of highways has authorized an engineering survey for a proposed four-lane Grass Valley-Nevada City highway. Albert F. Beecher, Lake coun. . ty, junior past president of the . Redwood Empire association, and T. Fred Bagshaw, chairman’ of ests of the association. “The tourist dollar is a good ing the diversion of a share of the 1,250,000 annual westbound cars on highway 40, onto highway 20. Beecher added that by’ promoting and publicizing the advantages of Lake county, it was possible to raise the assessed valuation of that county from. $7,000,000 in 1939 to $18,500,000 today with two-thirds of it attributed to travel promotion. : agshaw_ reported the nine “leounties of the Redwood empire contribute a total of $75,000 annually matched by business and community organizations for an annual budget of $150,000 to promote the Redwood empire. . Bagshaw said supervisors of the area consider the appropriations “good business.” Lowrey attacked Director of Public Works Charles H. Purcell charging the present policy of the department of public works of “show me a traffic count and you'll get the highway” was laughable in that no road could show a traffic count under conditions that the state lets the road remain. 4 “You have-to play politics to get roads,” Lowrey said. “If you have no political pressure or influence you get no roads.” H. F, Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City chamber of commerce, represented this community at the gathering. EMPIRE-STAR DECLARES e Directors of the Empire-Star Mining company, in a meeting at the New York headquarters of the organization have declared a dividend: of 75 cents per share, payable Nov. 30 on all stock. The company operates the Empire, Star mines in Nevada county. declared last year. NEVADA CITY There was no doubt of the superiority.of the Nevada City representatives at the Armistice day contest between Nevada City and Grass Valley high school—during intermission when the drum majorettes corps performed. Even Grass Valley conceded that. But for 24 minutes previous to the cavorting majorettes and for 24 minutes following—it was all Grass Valley as the Miners rolled to a 19-0 victory in the 46th renewal of the classic. A brawny young lad named Chuck Hollmer ripped and tore FE] Yellowjacket line to shreds and when he got tired of that he ran around their ends. But the greatest exhibition he gave during the afternoon was his wizardry in the art of propelling pigskin by footpower. Four times he kicked-off for the Miners for an average of A8 yards and he averaged 26 yards)* with five punts, one of which ‘was a 15 yard kick out of ‘bounds on the 15. yard line. In was able to get away. but midway in the second period the Miners marched 65 yards for its first touchdown. not capitalize. DIVIDEND NOVEMBER 30 Pennsylvania and North The dividend represents an increase from the 50 cents a share fact Dick Penrose was anly able to. get his hands on one“punt for a return. All other Miner punts went out of bounds. Three of Hollmer’s kicks were win coffin corner, one a beauty for 40 yards to the 6-yard line. ‘Nevada City’s line leaked like a sieve and Penrose was dropped for plenty of lost yardage trying to spot a receiver for his passes. He completed only two of 12 he Nevada City fought valiantly Fumbleitis by Yellowjackets gave Grass Valley further scoring opportunities but the Miners did With a minute left in the half Pello was guilty of interference on Merrill’s attempt to catch a pass from Cox and the Miners had first down on the Nevada GRASS: VALLEY VICTORY 31ST WIN IN 46 GAMES City eight. Holl took i h ee ie peat quafter .ended. Score Grass ValFriday, November 18, 1949 . HOLLMER AND VALCESCHINI LEAD MINERS TO 19-0 GRID WHIPPING OF YELLOWJACKETS six-inch line and Painter carried it.over. A Painter pass to Cox added the extra poiné and the half ended: on the ensuing kickoff 13-0. e Penrose punted two minutes in . the. final quarter to Painter on the Grass Valley 45 and the fleet halfback raced 55 yards for thé third and final touchdown. Play by play description of the game: . di ay First Quarter ‘Hollmer kickoff taken on 19 by Smithson returned to 28. Morrison’around left end for one. Penrose off right tackle to 33, gulli-fied Grass Valley offside and ball moved ‘to 34 Penrose pass to Smithson incomplete. Penrose lost three, Penrose punted to Hollmer on GV 30 returned to 35. Long pass by Hollmer incomplete. Nevada City penalized 15 yards for “ille. gal use of hands, first down for™ GV on 50. Hollmer left guard for eight, Cox lost two. Hollmer off rick tackle for six, and first down on NC 38. Cox no gain around left end. Hollmer pass: to Painter incomplete. Hollmer pass to Cox incomplete. j Hollmer puntéd out of bounds on, NC 17 Merrilt threw Morrison for nine yard loss. Penrose off right guard for 10. Penrose through right guard then cut to sidelines for 20 yards and first down on 38. Smithson off left tackle for six. Penrose lost a yard at right end. Penrose’ pass to Ellis incomplete. Penrose punted to Hollmer on GV 22. Hollmer through © left guard for 17 and first down on 39. Valceschini through center for 12 and first down on NC 49. Painter at center for four. Valceschini at right end for % yard. Hollmer at center for 4% vards. Valceschini off right guard to 34 nullified by backfield in motion, ball on 44. Hollmer punted out of bounds lost six .as ley 0, Nevada City 0. econd Quarter Smithson slipped and lost one. 3 Penrose off right tackle for -six, WITH YEI LOWJACKETS backfield in motion penalty refused, Grass Valley high school MiPenrose punted to Hollmer on. ners 19-0 victory over the Ne-. 50, returned to NC 33. Valcesvada City Yellowjackets Armis-. chini off right guard for two, tice day on Hennessey ‘field was; Hollmer off left tackle for two. the 3lst Grass Valley victory in. Valceschini pass to Merrill in46 recorded meets between the. complete. Valceschini pass to two schools. Hollmer incomplete NC taking Nevada City has walked off the] over on downs on NC 29. field the victors nine times and} Penrose pass to Ellis incomsix of the games ended in stale-. plete. Penrose off right tackle.for mate. four. Penrose pass“to-PeHo inGV Year NC_ i complete. . . ROP area 1949 2. ys. 0 Penrose punted to .GV_ 35, 1: SR 1640. 7 . O’Leary returning to NC 39, Cox . eee Ce Se 1067 ee Q jlost a yard at left end. Painter ~: 1 UR eee A NOMS ccs 7 . through center fof’ 17 yards and A eee See jh” Lara meme ai, 7 . first down on NC 44. Cox on @ 1 LS eels 1946) cc. 8 . handoff into center for five, Holl16 CE” 2, GU aioe, ee 6 mer reversed around right end . Tae ones 1942 . o 6 . for nine and first ddbwn on NC . ee ee ae RR 1042 2 0 30.Cox off left guard for one. Pcs (7 Sa SSA 6 . Hollmer through left guard for Ree pelea ee UC RAS 6 . 29 yards and a touchdown. Val1g Aes 1999 i. 0. ceschini into center failed in try . Sue ea ae 1OGG ees.. 0 . for extra point. Grass Valley 6, (Spe ais pv ASO era 0 . Nevada City 0. 1 x ESE anes PEL, ORE Sea 0 Penrose took Hollmer’s kickoff Sk ee.. 0 jon 15 and returned 20 yards. ae a jh Eee cases 0 . Penrose lost six yards. Penrose 16, on 1995 6 ca 7 . pass intended for Ellis interceptGee 1966) oe 7 . ed by Valceschini on NC 35 reBee een 1994 0 . turned to 25.. m. 02 pT Le gre 7 Valcecshini at center for two. 400 1999: 0 . Valceschini passed to Hollmer on (ee 1060 es 6 . 8 for a first down. Valceschini on B58 is 1000) 19 . a handoff into center to two. An6 > ssc 1962 0 . derson * recovered Valceschini RSS ie 1996. Wj fumble on three. O8e O28) oe 0 Smithson sneaked through cen18a 4006 iS 0 j. ter for one. Penrose punted, out 19 1999 0 . of bounds on NC 39. te ee 16983. fo 2 Interference by Pello ruled on 7t, Aico eee NC es 0 . pass play from Cox to Merrill /\ Ea reateae 1600 ees 7 . giving Miners first down,on 13. >. eee 1910 0 0 (Continued on page five) -: 96 in 1919 sy 0 . Eee IS? icc ll The Weather _ Le a EE 15 Fred Bush, observer Gee. OIG i 35 high low A cw We ee O . Thursday, Nov. 10 .. 45 32 ee Mees 6 . Friday, Nov. 11° ..:.. 55 31 . REC ree ARIS Boorse 3. . Saturday, Nov. 12 ... 55 32 Dt toe Se 5 . Sunday, Nov. 18 ..... 66. 92 Be 1&4 ae ena 6 . Monday, Nov, # .... a OE . RS ULE Gea eS 3 . Tuesday, Nov. 15°.. 65 30 2 ok 1914.. 8 Wednesday, Nov. 16.. 70 33 S focecans £O10 . S. ee 9 Rainfall: Nov. 10, .21; season, A Barrer raut ees TOTO coe 3 . 481. ‘ :