October 21, 1948 (8 pages)

1 30 MILLION YEAR OLD oe] and gon and NATIVE DAUGHTERS DEDICATE PLAQUE AT BRIDGEPORT'S HISTORICAL COVERED BRIDGE em Se eT “. FOSSILS HERE ol NEVADA CITY: Professor BRIDGEPORT: A bronze plaque was dedicated 1 i ihe Univerityof Calor, who . Volume 21—No. 42 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIZ Thursday, October 21, 1948 /Sunday aftemoon at poeta ia ie: bite j recently returned from a search ‘ : ; i Ww ry oa ¥g for the ‘Dawn dengan riper placed on the north end of the bridge. The ceremony E ava ine 7 Hisnwer ast STRIKE OVER, a LT GOV KNIGHT was under the auspices of the Columbia Parlor of —! Sunday colecting fossi] leaf im: P ¢ & E T ‘ANK Fy o BLUE! French Corral, Native Daughters of the Golden West. a i Vee) cae ae in) aan Miss Teresa O'Connor, president of the parlor, un= f these deposits through Clarence CONSTRUCTION 0. K, T0 VISIT HERE veiled the plaque. 7 . ; : : es oh Martz, local policeman, who once AUBURN: Construction of The plaque read: This bridge was built by David ' Worked the gravel at Remington tanks for the new domestic water tA at . . Hill, Geatinent gine oF ee Pe WENESDAY . 1. Wood in 1862. It was constructed of lumber from as imprints 3 the mine in-. County towns has been resumed his sawmill in Plum Valley, Sierra County. It’s dediclude acorns,: walnuts, sycamore /0-week 4 Z a : ; y .; Upon settlement of the two-wee NEVADA CITY: Uisutenant cation was sponsored by the Columbia Parlor, No 70¢ of French Corral, Native Daughters of the Golden West, on October 17th, . 948. v % About 260 persons were present at the dedication. George W. Hala and 45 varieties of oak leaves. \. Professor Chaney believes the w» fossils are thirty million years old. He stated that this section rovides one of ‘the greatest “sources of these deposits known. Strike of boilermakers working” under private contract. The projeet. will be completed as rapidly ah equipment on order is received, according» to James R. Johnosn. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Governor Goodwin Knight will give a short public address in Nevada City at about 4 P. M. Wednesday, October 27. Arrangements for the talk are being made by local members of the, RepubliOfficer Martz, in an interview . division manager at ricer can Central Committee, headed by Scou) DRIVE Seid ee Cent ‘of we _ Calitorniae yesterday, stated that the fossils Work has gone, ahead’ without Vice-Chairman D, Robert Paine. eo; Hydraulic Mining Association, was are a black pattern embossed on interruption on phases of the, ; ; : a the chiet speaker. He mentione® the red clay surface. Chaney told] project not affected by labor _ Knight will speak from a plat= eo ; Ere ae me . the distinguished men of Argos him that the black is the carbon, . stoppage. Engineerin, design, acae —— ek res rns Nevada City Ss Yellowjacket gridiron heroes are ead says who had .passed over originally an element in the leaf. cess road work. c8nstruction of . 02 Pine Stree etween om. . Se De er ee p oa 2? Ss the bridge. : but now all that remains. The foundations and the ordering of ; ™Mercial and. Broad. Previous to this year, getting sterling support stimulated by eecbenks i “That bridge,’” said Hallock, carbon is soft and will rub off! equipment alk have progressed, his Nevada City appearance lissome drum mayjorettes. Pictured in their snappy ‘Was crected. in the year ‘thag at the touch of a finger, so that! Johnson said. Knight: will have. contacted Recostumes, from left to right they are: Florence (Fuzzy) Leland Stunterd was elected first s & sreat care is necessary in preColfax plant, first of the five . PUPHican leaders and the ates Rab M Bert Shirl Bode: VickiC iF Republican goveinor of California “> paring the fossils. scheduled for completion, requires ~, ae MMS pe ate oberts, Mary Dertino, Peed SPORE VAS O25 es NEVADA CITY: The Annual. During his campaign in the gold , The ancient leaves .resemble only delivery of valves and OHOE! oe Wi aanee er oun Diane Crase, Pat McElhannon, and Georgeanne BehrAppeal for Funds of the Tahoe; Mining country, he 1S. SBA te have modern plants, but with striking] equipment to be in operation DY pe ais weenie dinner aadcaa baum. Part Photo Area Council, Boy Scouts of . gone through this covered bridge. 4 differences. The. oak leaves, for. Novembéf 15, A partly finished] ~~ When he ad ein Ginee Vane $ ag : America is off to a good. start . Other famous men who traversed instance, are in many cases small. 300,000 gallon storage tank, which . Knight ‘will aie Wich: Pai nie : with all sections of the two and, the bridge were Heaist, Haggim er and with a much larger num-. was d layed, will be completed . ch cae ere: aor HRI COUNCIL : one-half county area now organ-. and Head, a mining tr umvirate, ber of points, than modern oak . and pimps already delivered wit teh Bt e ees eae execs ve) ¢ STMAS POLIO GROU ized under local leadership, ac. who at one time were predomie leaves. be cgnnected. The new tank will! papi dvipad ipo even pe cording to G. E. Kreatz, genera! . nant in mining circles of Nevada Giant sycamore leaves, with a. impfove pressure conditions and . einer ian Wena oe LAYS PLANS FOR chairman and se a sn count-es. span of 10 to 12 inches aeress, are i Make service available in ie Conieat Committee : ; } ah In_ the first few days —of— the Fred Conner, secretary of ths a feature of the remarkable fossil tions of town not previonsly . ° V&" eaters : = GREAT CELEBRATION drive, approximately 20 per cent. San Juan Chamber of Commerce, collection. No cones, needles or. ¢onnected to the syvsiem. The exIn addition to members of his GRASS VALLEY: Civie and : ; of the $12,000 Council budget has} re2d a. dedicatory poem by hig conifers were discovered, but isting reservoir will be used as, Staff, Enight will be accompanied fraternal or anizations of this city been collected, Kreatz indicated. wife, Adeline Conner. plenty df, regular, well-preserved Wadtncntation hiss. by State Senator Allen G. (Scoop) cee ee Tele Gitistmas hotkc PACK UNIT He pointed out that despite an Mrs. Adeje Browning of French . though ancient acorns were foyfid,} * at Auburn, foundations for the ee oHax SRE .,, day something to be well rememexcessive case load of 42 Cub and . Corral was general chairman of filtration, flocculation and _ sediTopic of Knight's address will. i¢7ea this year. _ Scout units for’ the one profess. the event. mentation tanks ;of a modern . be ““Why We Should Vote RepubA city Christmas council comBy Elmer Stevens ional executive to service. a regLineeee es EB as well as. Pleistocene maple ' seeds, complete with wings. Professor ee ns another expedition to the mington Hill mine in the near“future. When he comes, he is“@lways accompanied by University of California paleontology students, who assist in the’ excavation and preservation of the astonishing fossils: ~ JOHNBOUROUIN water elarification plant have been poured near the present Evendon settling basin. Additional land was purchased for the $350,000 plant, which will have a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons a day. Pipe is on order for additions to the distribution mains within ‘the city limits. At Rocklin and Loomis similar but smaller plants will be built. lican.”’ N. SAN JUAN LEGION POST INSTALLED prising representatives of all organizations of the city has been formed. Each organization will take charge of one ‘program or stunt for the Christmas holidays. For instance the Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce will present.an-— old melodrama, “The Drunkard,” in the Veterans Memdrial Building some time during the holiday week. The cast NEVADA CITY: The Nevada County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis made. good on its ‘promise to equip the county hospital with a. hot-pack machine when Dr. Harry March brought from Oakland a new machine purchased by. the Chapter. with its last-remaining funds. County Chairman Stevens announced that while our current hospitalized cases in San ular schedule of field trips to al! sections of the Council has been maintained. Kreatz stated that the average case load per executive for Boy Scout Councils was 30 units. “‘We are therefore serving the membership of the Tahoe Area Couneil at a—lower~-than average cost per boy served. It is essentia! that we realize our objective for this year in order to maintain . . BREAKS HIP IN STAIR FALL NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Herbert rag : & The water will -be~chicrinated at will be exclusively members of] Francisco have cost over $6,000 1 this sérvice,”’ he said. Foreman, wife of a gl nas L the Loomis, reservoir before dejuni ha e this year so far and our share of The chair : various , dealer, residing on Nevada Stree! = ae zs livery to the treatment plants. NORTH SAN JUAN: The 49er oo . i Counci) . the campaign in Nevada County oo Sa tee a inom cut down town ibe Two thousand feet of deteriorated . Post of the American Legion was is George Raddue and Mrs. Au-. Was $8,600, we by special consent Roseville, E. E. Watson: Lincoin,] Tuesday evening, missed her foot= if 14-inch stel pipe has been reformally instituted near here Satdrey Montre, president of the. in drawing from National HeadJoseph Lenci; Auburn, John A. ing on a flight of cement stepm ; placed with new pipe on the urday night. The ceremony took] piciness and Professional Wom-{. duarters for help were able to Raffeto, Jr.; Penryn, Ed. Pilz: . and fell-to the bottom of the stairs. CORPS LEAGUE Loomis-Rocklin line, and another. Place in Peterson’s Corners. Dar-. on’, Club. put aside the $385 for the hotLoomis, Markey Rasmussen: NewHer left wrist and left hip were 200-foot replacement section is. Y0ld DeCoe, district deputy cont Theodore Mathieson, dramatics. Pack machine which the Chapter “castle; Roy Wellington: Colfax-. broken. She is now in the Com~ now being installed” mander ,was in charge of the ritinstructor of the Grass Valley. promised the people of the counWeimar, E. W. Sinnock: Grass . Munity Hospital, Grass Valley, EY ADA CITY: The Grass Obtaining necessary pipe has. 24! and presented the new post. ryieh School, will make such] ty last January during our camValley. Carlton G Thomas: Ne-. under care of Dr. B. W. Hummelt. ings te ee been one of the major bottlenecks with its colors. changes in the dialogue of The ee The wit. be paced in es tada City, Walter Engell and Bud 7 F s é in the entire project, Johnson said. Douglas A, Buckbee, postmas. Drunkard as will apply to the. county aan oo made Ferecy; Truckee, Chares I. Brunk: THURMAN SPEAKS TQ e boar i a pie <—eE ap Piverett Perter; Lodge, Nevada City, elected offipossible by of superDesigns also are in progress. ter at North San Juan, was in-. local scene. : Downieville, James W. Sinnott. cers. ae for a clarification plant at New-. stalled as commander. Other offisupervisors, the county physician, , PHYSICIANS GROUP The officers are: commandant, castle. From sedimentation and] cers to take their seats were Dr. W. W. Reed, and Superintend: John Bourquin; vice commander, judge—advocate, filtration tanks the water will be earried to the existing reservoir William Trloar, senior vice commander; .Raymond Wolfe, junior POST OFFICE ent Veale for emergency cases, “I think the people of Nevada RETAIL SALES ON LEGISLATION C. L, Bishop; chaplain, Roy Stanfor delivery to the distribution. vice commander; Robert Mur. County have every right to be = SACRAMENTO: . Senator ATley; Sergeant-at-arms, «Wr > J. mains. dock, quartermaster; Harvey’ A. . proud of our county hospital, its. len G. Thurman, Colfax, guest Bishop. é ; The entire project in the five] Webster, chaplain; Thomas staff, physicians and personnel speaker at the California Rural Installation of officers will take towns will cost more than $522,000 Whiteside, officer of the day; and : who are doing everything possible é Health Conference, today told his place October 21st. On that date! and is designed to meet all an-{ George Corrigan, sergeant. to aid polio treatment and while audience of the State’s leading final arrangements for the Marine ticipated demands of the growing Following the ceremony there we hope there won’t be much. physicians, State and County Corps annual dinner on November TONIGHT AT DONNER population until 1970, Johnson was a dance which continued Charles Scott. Haley LETTER WEEK tober 17 to 23). It will be of help to have such ency treatment while the Chapter HERE IN 1947 reached $20,164,000 according to health officials, nurses and rep4th: will be completed. The dinner said. unti] after midnight. a willing and co-operative group resentatives of the Blue Shield of turkey will be served in SeaNEVADA CITY: Postmaster as we have. We have found the NEVADA CITY. A new ail-. voluntary health insurance plans mans Lodge. : William J. Wasley, in an anhighest type of service and we time high in dollar volume of re. that the most successful health * ( nouncement today, called atten-. should be grateful for such] tail sales was enjoyed by Nevada] projects are those inaugurated ak ROTARIANS DINE OLD q GCGER?S RAIL tion to the fact that this is Na-. people,” stated Stevens. county retail establishments dur. the community levet. * a : tional Leter Writing Week (OcThe county room is for emeérg-. ing 1947. when the sales total Speaking in favor of less State legislation, Senator Thurman ex~ : _ Wasley pointed out—the great} makes arrangements for therapy . preliminary estimates released to. plained: SUMMIT LODGE contribution to happiness made treatment through the National day by the research department “Once you come to the Legis— country itself was delightby keeping in touch with relatives. Foundation which has _ assisted] of the California State Chamber lature and ask for help and how: NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Rotary Club will give a Ladies Night dinner ‘meeting Thursday evening in Donner Summit Lodge on Highway 40. A short round table meeting Although the Salmon ufl, it must not be imagined that life was idyllic. As in any frontier country, drinking and the passions of men ran high. I well remember sitting in the bar at the back of the store at Forks of Salmon while a young and friends through letter-writing: He said that the factor that most facilitates prompt and satisfactory correspondence is keeping a supply of stationery, envelopes and stamps on hand at all times. the Nevada County chapter. A local Polio Chapter will in no way interfere with a patientphysician relationship. The Foundation funds are the people's funds and can be used for polio of Commerce. Nevada county’s’ retail sales dollar volume last year represents a 23.3 per cent gain over the county’s 1946 sales, which tetalled $16,357,000, and 128.6 per cent over to do a thing, you’! find that when your legislation comes out of the be bound legislative hopper around with more rek it wilk tape than an Egyptian mummy. human nature— At 8° -only will take place at noon in the eae “Write Today-Make Someone Only at the request of a physician : ; with a goodly helpin f litics . Sg . é a the 1939 retail vol Hoey NORE Of POl National Hotel, as is customary. German by the name of Bill Vogt was entertaining Happy” is the postoffice’s ‘slogan . or patient. Many people carry y oe _ * _— of $8,819,090 thrown in,” the Senator said, Rotarianh are asked to assemble for ‘this week. Wasley called at-. their own cases, but the National Food stores again enjoyed . “that when you ask the legis= large volume of Nevada County's with their ladies at the National Hotel at 6 P. M. Dinner will be served at 7:30. Ed Frantz is in charge of arrangementh for the us, up on the counter. A half drunk young breed who had had a fight with him, came in the door. Some one yelled, “Look out, Bill. He has a knife!’ and Vogt tention to the various posta] facilities available to the public, emphasizing advantages of air mail, special delivery and the regFoundation for Infantile Paralysis is a permanent fund aiding local patients while carrying on extensive reasearch in medical cenretail sales, with a total of $7,501,000. The State Chamber’s éstimates give the following doHar lature to accept the responsibility, for anything, control its personnel and its it wants to keep of the entire~ operation, expendevent. turned toward him, and watched him come across the istry service. ters and universities. volume in other ¥etail classifiitures.”’ HEADS PEP GIRLS GRASS VALLEY: Mrs.’ Florence Jasperson was chosen president of the Lambda chapter of and laid his plans for a complete round-up of his enemies, and then a get-away to the railroad and the East. County jail. Hawn is said to have sold two previous loads of iron scrap in Marin County. Sierra County now houses its prisoners for Lawrence Owens who died in the Nevada City Rest Home. He had been a patient for one week. Rosary services will be held this students have contributed streets. their work to making 150 signs for the Mrs, I. H: Tellman, Selma, direct— or of health for the P. T. -A. an@ Frank H. Weisman,’ San Frana : ae a cer bees : % room. While he was three paces away, Bill launched Speediest service is. available to *— eo Con eS Pleading for “home rule in the SUTTER CURATOR 8 d Nt de Socee th patrons who mai] early and use WILL ON ENVELOPE ace Konj: acon’ 4.” . running of district hospitals, Sen= himself from the counter an it his midri wit delivery zone numbers for metro. . Sena enue = ‘heaped ator Thurman declared: __ TO ADDRESS NEVADA {ince and the full weight of hia body. ‘The broed's. rit LEAVES SON $50,000 . rvs strc tmstinen . e, goman dered knife flew across the room, and he then suffered the . ’ ware and far implements, $1,-. PO0VeS @ of us, who are sincereCOUNTY HISTORIANS _ nile flew across the room, MINE EQUIPMENT = . , x=vApa ‘crn thnmas, 4 . g geet tr itements fi . Pina 9h a mre worst beating of his life at the hands of the wrathful Leary of Grass Valley, whd.died. “mroughout California retai. Pita! facilities in our area. te GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Doris October 14th, left a holographic. iis loved tr ain. See that we get the most quali T ton : srap establishments enjoyed their Foley, president of the Nevada. !€U % ; : e will, written on the back of & at sata “a : y t a _. fied men and women in our com= County Hihtorical Society, has I remember well a soft-spoken graduate of CarNABS A E HAWN manila envelope, consisting of one . &testest dollar volume of sales! munities on the board of directora: announced that: the first dinner . }. ; : i j + sentence, bequeathing his estate age : “Certainly it would be the meeting of the year will be held lisle by the name of Nicholls. . worked with him on A CITY: On. instruc-. of $50,000 to his son, George. P $11,052,689,000. This volume was height of folly to not insist that. i ks. He al gelesen 5 8 20,.1 pereent above the 1946 reIn Wesley Hus, ©. November ist/ the county trails for two or three weeks. He also was . iano yo) shoo Deel dobbaon . henry of Macks nek, tail sales, and 2467 per cent erent. . &t least dne or two. outstanding: 1 in Wesley Hall. A : id Si Cc ty, Pe Watt The estate consists of real 2 ' ae ". Physicians in the district be pre=j : : : n e man accident,. of Sierra County, Percy Watters, c sts of real es ; : ; 4 Speaker of the evening will be. ® half breed indian, who fo ines pan i h deputy sheriff of Nevada County,. tate of a rental value of $3,000 oe ee a i an Een, $0 Serve Gn iy meee : Carroll D. Hall, curator of Sut-/at the hands of one P. L. Young, an Englishman, who on Motday arrested @ @ Hawn (a year, valued at sshase 0 H H E And when it comes to the aetuak ee v ters Museum, Sacramento, Many . . ; bee . 29, of San Rafael, Marin County,. stocks and bonds worth $25,000, IG STUDENTS.AR operation of the hospital, staff Nevada County residents are exlived at Orleans. He was reported to have na part in Norte Ban Teta yielding $2,000 a year. The will restrictions should’ be set up im Biected to attend since Mr. ‘Hall . ner of Black Bart, the famous outlaw. ; Hawn will be charged with. was written in 1932. MAKING MORE SIGNS -—forder that the\ people be assured 8 widely known for his intimate : i N years . grand theft. When apprehended, Carlton S. Thomas of Grass of the highest quality of medical knowledge of the gold rush. He Anyhow, it seemed that in the TOuTEC 0 tel y he was driving a truck loaded. Valley, with the consent of George NEVADA: CITY: Nevada City. care,” Senator Thurman con» is co-author with Oscar Lewle, he had accumulated a grudge against almost CVETYOOGY . ich wicks, axes ana shovels, min-. Leary, askes ‘letters of adminis-. Streets, of which most have rustic cluded. of Bonanza Inn, the story of the. ing machinery, plumbing fixtures. tration be issued to him. signs giving: the name, will soon he Conference, held in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. in the country of any consequence. Dr. Kyselka ‘wes and other metal parts, which, it eS be supplied with more signs to] Senator Hotel, was sponsored by Reservations may be made. by. on his black books; Milt Dunphy, the local constable is alleged, were taken from closed Last Rites Held For name those which have none. Al] the California Medieal Agssocia= telephoning Mrs. Foley in Ne’ : mines near Alleghany, Sierra Wood, head of the handicraft. tion. Dr. Carroll B. Andrews, vada City or Miss Genevieve Kent . 9t Sawyer's Bar. When finally a prospector by 250 eae Lawrense Ohces classes in the Nevada City High. chairman of CMA’s Rural Media in Grass Valley. name of Dobbins came into the country and jumpe District Attorney A. R. Lowey. wives chee er announced voreeey that . cal Service, officiated at the one~ Sites * . Fi . : = f Si fel t tated h aut : uneral servIS Classes are making the signs day meeting, : *FLOSSIE J . ASPERSON some claims which he thought were his particular prop Re pl =. eles ta pid ices will be held in the Catholic . and two students, Ray Smart and. Other speakers included Dr, Rz erty, Nicholls went berserk. He established food caches County, and in the meantime will{ Church on Fell Street in San Jerry Murphy, will place them. Stanley Kneeshaw. Seo Jose, in various abandoned cabins across the mountains, . leave the man in the Nevada . Francisco at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow . Wood said that more than 100/ president-elect of CMA, ‘Dr. Charles H: Cutter, Sacramento,: 5 : * Dobbins was staying on Knownothing Creek with PERSONALS Phi Epsilon Phi sororit at a inthe jail here since th = evening in Holmes Funeral Home. cisco, assistant director of the y i jail e court Oo , . ney meeting Tuesday, October 12th. a friends by the name of Dannebrink. One morning as. house and jail at Downieville wens was born in Yugoslavia Mrs. Lola May Worth left last California Physician’s Service, in the home of Ms. Kay Arnofa, : 2 h 1 th Nicholl é were destroyed by fire several. ®? years ago. He came to this} Saturday for Missouri where she] who spoke on prepaid medicak Lime Kiln Ranch. Mrs. Jasperson . they were going up the trail, t ey. be bk Olls i menths ano. conte, wien etd of 10 and had . will be the guest of relatives. She. and hospital. service plans for succeeds Mrs. Veta Thompkins. ° er hi shoul er, e sto to ~% resided in Truckee ever since. For. will later visit in Texas, rural communities. Mrs. Marianne Latin, the local down with an one OY 5 Ppe East St T, many years he had been in the Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rundy % — “‘¥Wchapter’s corresponding secreatry, talk. . astern Star 10 ag iat ede business there. are home from a trip to San Diane Crase Heads during the recent meeting of the}: ses * r wife call you inute ago ° e leaves his wife, Mrs. Marie] Francisco where they visited ° Northern District in Oakland, ‘was ae I think I heard you vw fe youam d 3 Entertain Masons Owens, and two children, Olgaj Scott Rundy and his family. Decorations For Prom chosen to sit on the national ai-. Gus,” he said to Dannenbrink. Gus turned round an GRASS VALLEY: Aurora/and Bud Owens, all of Truckee. ‘Edward Gibbons joined his} NEVADA CITY: The Juniorrectorate, Mrs. Latin is also. went down the trail to his cabin and left the two of . Chapter, Order of Eastern Star,. A brother, Antone Owens of San/ wife, the former Katherine Celio, . Class yesterday appointed com= — chairman of the local chapter's . ’ ’ f will entertain all members of. Francisco is also bereaved. who has been visiting her mother . mittees to take care of its aI cancer project. She reported that . them in the trail. 2 q Masonic orders Monday evening, ee a ib for the past several weeks, on. Prom and the Junior Assembh 17 chapters had recently donated ‘From th evidence afterwar e trage was . October 28rd, at a banquet in irs. Frederick Brown, wife of. Monday for a short vacation. Fol-. Diane Crase is chairman $1,086 to the National Foundation . € 3 ; 1 5 k a8 a D> Lb; Masonic Hall, at 6:80 P. M. the chef at the Shamrock Cafe,. lowing a business trip to San/. decorations committee: Four members will attend ‘the . Teconstructed. Nicholls evidently attac opnins . _ The Gold Miners Chorus will] left Sunday by train trom Colfax. Francisco on which Mrs. Gibbons . Wilson, refreshments; Dick national convention to: be held in. with the axe and cut him severely. He had planned to . contribute several selections. A. for Memphis,, Tenessee, where she} will accompany him, they will re-. rose, music; and Jo 4 6s Angeles November 2ist-and. ' : Pl ; P. 5 arge committee is engaged in! will spend two months visiting . turn to their home in Los Angrams, The date bie > 22nd in the Ambassador Hotel. "' (Please turn to age 5) compiling an enjoyable program. relatives. Beles, December 10th in the high am

1 30 MILLION YEAR OLD oe] and gon and NATIVE DAUGHTERS DEDICATE PLAQUE AT BRIDGEPORT'S HISTORICAL COVERED BRIDGE em Se eT “. FOSSILS HERE ol NEVADA CITY: Professor BRIDGEPORT: A bronze plaque was dedicated 1 i ihe Univerityof Calor, who . Volume 21—No. 42 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIZ Thursday, October 21, 1948 /Sunday aftemoon at poeta ia ie: bite j recently returned from a search ‘ : ; i Ww ry oa ¥g for the ‘Dawn dengan riper placed on the north end of the bridge. The ceremony E ava ine 7 Hisnwer ast STRIKE OVER, a LT GOV KNIGHT was under the auspices of the Columbia Parlor of —! Sunday colecting fossi] leaf im: P ¢ & E T ‘ANK Fy o BLUE! French Corral, Native Daughters of the Golden West. a i Vee) cae ae in) aan Miss Teresa O'Connor, president of the parlor, un= f these deposits through Clarence CONSTRUCTION 0. K, T0 VISIT HERE veiled the plaque. 7 . ; : : es oh Martz, local policeman, who once AUBURN: Construction of The plaque read: This bridge was built by David ' Worked the gravel at Remington tanks for the new domestic water tA at . . Hill, Geatinent gine oF ee Pe WENESDAY . 1. Wood in 1862. It was constructed of lumber from as imprints 3 the mine in-. County towns has been resumed his sawmill in Plum Valley, Sierra County. It’s dediclude acorns,: walnuts, sycamore /0-week 4 Z a : ; y .; Upon settlement of the two-wee NEVADA CITY: Uisutenant cation was sponsored by the Columbia Parlor, No 70¢ of French Corral, Native Daughters of the Golden West, on October 17th, . 948. v % About 260 persons were present at the dedication. George W. Hala and 45 varieties of oak leaves. \. Professor Chaney believes the w» fossils are thirty million years old. He stated that this section rovides one of ‘the greatest “sources of these deposits known. Strike of boilermakers working” under private contract. The projeet. will be completed as rapidly ah equipment on order is received, according» to James R. Johnosn. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Governor Goodwin Knight will give a short public address in Nevada City at about 4 P. M. Wednesday, October 27. Arrangements for the talk are being made by local members of the, RepubliOfficer Martz, in an interview . division manager at ricer can Central Committee, headed by Scou) DRIVE Seid ee Cent ‘of we _ Calitorniae yesterday, stated that the fossils Work has gone, ahead’ without Vice-Chairman D, Robert Paine. eo; Hydraulic Mining Association, was are a black pattern embossed on interruption on phases of the, ; ; : a the chiet speaker. He mentione® the red clay surface. Chaney told] project not affected by labor _ Knight will speak from a plat= eo ; Ere ae me . the distinguished men of Argos him that the black is the carbon, . stoppage. Engineerin, design, acae —— ek res rns Nevada City Ss Yellowjacket gridiron heroes are ead says who had .passed over originally an element in the leaf. cess road work. c8nstruction of . 02 Pine Stree etween om. . Se De er ee p oa 2? Ss the bridge. : but now all that remains. The foundations and the ordering of ; ™Mercial and. Broad. Previous to this year, getting sterling support stimulated by eecbenks i “That bridge,’” said Hallock, carbon is soft and will rub off! equipment alk have progressed, his Nevada City appearance lissome drum mayjorettes. Pictured in their snappy ‘Was crected. in the year ‘thag at the touch of a finger, so that! Johnson said. Knight: will have. contacted Recostumes, from left to right they are: Florence (Fuzzy) Leland Stunterd was elected first s & sreat care is necessary in preColfax plant, first of the five . PUPHican leaders and the ates Rab M Bert Shirl Bode: VickiC iF Republican goveinor of California “> paring the fossils. scheduled for completion, requires ~, ae MMS pe ate oberts, Mary Dertino, Peed SPORE VAS O25 es NEVADA CITY: The Annual. During his campaign in the gold , The ancient leaves .resemble only delivery of valves and OHOE! oe Wi aanee er oun Diane Crase, Pat McElhannon, and Georgeanne BehrAppeal for Funds of the Tahoe; Mining country, he 1S. SBA te have modern plants, but with striking] equipment to be in operation DY pe ais weenie dinner aadcaa baum. Part Photo Area Council, Boy Scouts of . gone through this covered bridge. 4 differences. The. oak leaves, for. Novembéf 15, A partly finished] ~~ When he ad ein Ginee Vane $ ag : America is off to a good. start . Other famous men who traversed instance, are in many cases small. 300,000 gallon storage tank, which . Knight ‘will aie Wich: Pai nie : with all sections of the two and, the bridge were Heaist, Haggim er and with a much larger num-. was d layed, will be completed . ch cae ere: aor HRI COUNCIL : one-half county area now organ-. and Head, a mining tr umvirate, ber of points, than modern oak . and pimps already delivered wit teh Bt e ees eae execs ve) ¢ STMAS POLIO GROU ized under local leadership, ac. who at one time were predomie leaves. be cgnnected. The new tank will! papi dvipad ipo even pe cording to G. E. Kreatz, genera! . nant in mining circles of Nevada Giant sycamore leaves, with a. impfove pressure conditions and . einer ian Wena oe LAYS PLANS FOR chairman and se a sn count-es. span of 10 to 12 inches aeress, are i Make service available in ie Conieat Committee : ; } ah In_ the first few days —of— the Fred Conner, secretary of ths a feature of the remarkable fossil tions of town not previonsly . ° V&" eaters : = GREAT CELEBRATION drive, approximately 20 per cent. San Juan Chamber of Commerce, collection. No cones, needles or. ¢onnected to the syvsiem. The exIn addition to members of his GRASS VALLEY: Civie and : ; of the $12,000 Council budget has} re2d a. dedicatory poem by hig conifers were discovered, but isting reservoir will be used as, Staff, Enight will be accompanied fraternal or anizations of this city been collected, Kreatz indicated. wife, Adeline Conner. plenty df, regular, well-preserved Wadtncntation hiss. by State Senator Allen G. (Scoop) cee ee Tele Gitistmas hotkc PACK UNIT He pointed out that despite an Mrs. Adeje Browning of French . though ancient acorns were foyfid,} * at Auburn, foundations for the ee oHax SRE .,, day something to be well rememexcessive case load of 42 Cub and . Corral was general chairman of filtration, flocculation and _ sediTopic of Knight's address will. i¢7ea this year. _ Scout units for’ the one profess. the event. mentation tanks ;of a modern . be ““Why We Should Vote RepubA city Christmas council comBy Elmer Stevens ional executive to service. a regLineeee es EB as well as. Pleistocene maple ' seeds, complete with wings. Professor ee ns another expedition to the mington Hill mine in the near“future. When he comes, he is“@lways accompanied by University of California paleontology students, who assist in the’ excavation and preservation of the astonishing fossils: ~ JOHNBOUROUIN water elarification plant have been poured near the present Evendon settling basin. Additional land was purchased for the $350,000 plant, which will have a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons a day. Pipe is on order for additions to the distribution mains within ‘the city limits. At Rocklin and Loomis similar but smaller plants will be built. lican.”’ N. SAN JUAN LEGION POST INSTALLED prising representatives of all organizations of the city has been formed. Each organization will take charge of one ‘program or stunt for the Christmas holidays. For instance the Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce will present.an-— old melodrama, “The Drunkard,” in the Veterans Memdrial Building some time during the holiday week. The cast NEVADA CITY: The Nevada County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis made. good on its ‘promise to equip the county hospital with a. hot-pack machine when Dr. Harry March brought from Oakland a new machine purchased by. the Chapter. with its last-remaining funds. County Chairman Stevens announced that while our current hospitalized cases in San ular schedule of field trips to al! sections of the Council has been maintained. Kreatz stated that the average case load per executive for Boy Scout Councils was 30 units. “‘We are therefore serving the membership of the Tahoe Area Couneil at a—lower~-than average cost per boy served. It is essentia! that we realize our objective for this year in order to maintain . . BREAKS HIP IN STAIR FALL NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Herbert rag : & The water will -be~chicrinated at will be exclusively members of] Francisco have cost over $6,000 1 this sérvice,”’ he said. Foreman, wife of a gl nas L the Loomis, reservoir before dejuni ha e this year so far and our share of The chair : various , dealer, residing on Nevada Stree! = ae zs livery to the treatment plants. NORTH SAN JUAN: The 49er oo . i Counci) . the campaign in Nevada County oo Sa tee a inom cut down town ibe Two thousand feet of deteriorated . Post of the American Legion was is George Raddue and Mrs. Au-. Was $8,600, we by special consent Roseville, E. E. Watson: Lincoin,] Tuesday evening, missed her foot= if 14-inch stel pipe has been reformally instituted near here Satdrey Montre, president of the. in drawing from National HeadJoseph Lenci; Auburn, John A. ing on a flight of cement stepm ; placed with new pipe on the urday night. The ceremony took] piciness and Professional Wom-{. duarters for help were able to Raffeto, Jr.; Penryn, Ed. Pilz: . and fell-to the bottom of the stairs. CORPS LEAGUE Loomis-Rocklin line, and another. Place in Peterson’s Corners. Dar-. on’, Club. put aside the $385 for the hotLoomis, Markey Rasmussen: NewHer left wrist and left hip were 200-foot replacement section is. Y0ld DeCoe, district deputy cont Theodore Mathieson, dramatics. Pack machine which the Chapter “castle; Roy Wellington: Colfax-. broken. She is now in the Com~ now being installed” mander ,was in charge of the ritinstructor of the Grass Valley. promised the people of the counWeimar, E. W. Sinnock: Grass . Munity Hospital, Grass Valley, EY ADA CITY: The Grass Obtaining necessary pipe has. 24! and presented the new post. ryieh School, will make such] ty last January during our camValley. Carlton G Thomas: Ne-. under care of Dr. B. W. Hummelt. ings te ee been one of the major bottlenecks with its colors. changes in the dialogue of The ee The wit. be paced in es tada City, Walter Engell and Bud 7 F s é in the entire project, Johnson said. Douglas A, Buckbee, postmas. Drunkard as will apply to the. county aan oo made Ferecy; Truckee, Chares I. Brunk: THURMAN SPEAKS TQ e boar i a pie <—eE ap Piverett Perter; Lodge, Nevada City, elected offipossible by of superDesigns also are in progress. ter at North San Juan, was in-. local scene. : Downieville, James W. Sinnott. cers. ae for a clarification plant at New-. stalled as commander. Other offisupervisors, the county physician, , PHYSICIANS GROUP The officers are: commandant, castle. From sedimentation and] cers to take their seats were Dr. W. W. Reed, and Superintend: John Bourquin; vice commander, judge—advocate, filtration tanks the water will be earried to the existing reservoir William Trloar, senior vice commander; .Raymond Wolfe, junior POST OFFICE ent Veale for emergency cases, “I think the people of Nevada RETAIL SALES ON LEGISLATION

C. L, Bishop; chaplain, Roy Stanfor delivery to the distribution. vice commander; Robert Mur. County have every right to be = SACRAMENTO: . Senator ATley; Sergeant-at-arms, «Wr > J. mains. dock, quartermaster; Harvey’ A. . proud of our county hospital, its. len G. Thurman, Colfax, guest Bishop. é ; The entire project in the five] Webster, chaplain; Thomas staff, physicians and personnel speaker at the California Rural Installation of officers will take towns will cost more than $522,000 Whiteside, officer of the day; and : who are doing everything possible é Health Conference, today told his place October 21st. On that date! and is designed to meet all an-{ George Corrigan, sergeant. to aid polio treatment and while audience of the State’s leading final arrangements for the Marine ticipated demands of the growing Following the ceremony there we hope there won’t be much. physicians, State and County Corps annual dinner on November TONIGHT AT DONNER population until 1970, Johnson was a dance which continued Charles Scott. Haley LETTER WEEK tober 17 to 23). It will be of help to have such ency treatment while the Chapter HERE IN 1947 reached $20,164,000 according to health officials, nurses and rep4th: will be completed. The dinner said. unti] after midnight. a willing and co-operative group resentatives of the Blue Shield of turkey will be served in SeaNEVADA CITY: Postmaster as we have. We have found the NEVADA CITY. A new ail-. voluntary health insurance plans mans Lodge. : William J. Wasley, in an anhighest type of service and we time high in dollar volume of re. that the most successful health * ( nouncement today, called atten-. should be grateful for such] tail sales was enjoyed by Nevada] projects are those inaugurated ak ROTARIANS DINE OLD q GCGER?S RAIL tion to the fact that this is Na-. people,” stated Stevens. county retail establishments dur. the community levet. * a : tional Leter Writing Week (OcThe county room is for emeérg-. ing 1947. when the sales total Speaking in favor of less State legislation, Senator Thurman ex~ : _ Wasley pointed out—the great} makes arrangements for therapy . preliminary estimates released to. plained: SUMMIT LODGE contribution to happiness made treatment through the National day by the research department “Once you come to the Legis— country itself was delightby keeping in touch with relatives. Foundation which has _ assisted] of the California State Chamber lature and ask for help and how: NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Rotary Club will give a Ladies Night dinner ‘meeting Thursday evening in Donner Summit Lodge on Highway 40. A short round table meeting Although the Salmon ufl, it must not be imagined that life was idyllic. As in any frontier country, drinking and the passions of men ran high. I well remember sitting in the bar at the back of the store at Forks of Salmon while a young and friends through letter-writing: He said that the factor that most facilitates prompt and satisfactory correspondence is keeping a supply of stationery, envelopes and stamps on hand at all times. the Nevada County chapter. A local Polio Chapter will in no way interfere with a patientphysician relationship. The Foundation funds are the people's funds and can be used for polio of Commerce. Nevada county’s’ retail sales dollar volume last year represents a 23.3 per cent gain over the county’s 1946 sales, which tetalled $16,357,000, and 128.6 per cent over to do a thing, you’! find that when your legislation comes out of the be bound legislative hopper around with more rek it wilk tape than an Egyptian mummy. human nature— At 8° -only will take place at noon in the eae “Write Today-Make Someone Only at the request of a physician : ; with a goodly helpin f litics . Sg . é a the 1939 retail vol Hoey NORE Of POl National Hotel, as is customary. German by the name of Bill Vogt was entertaining Happy” is the postoffice’s ‘slogan . or patient. Many people carry y oe _ * _— of $8,819,090 thrown in,” the Senator said, Rotarianh are asked to assemble for ‘this week. Wasley called at-. their own cases, but the National Food stores again enjoyed . “that when you ask the legis= large volume of Nevada County's with their ladies at the National Hotel at 6 P. M. Dinner will be served at 7:30. Ed Frantz is in charge of arrangementh for the us, up on the counter. A half drunk young breed who had had a fight with him, came in the door. Some one yelled, “Look out, Bill. He has a knife!’ and Vogt tention to the various posta] facilities available to the public, emphasizing advantages of air mail, special delivery and the regFoundation for Infantile Paralysis is a permanent fund aiding local patients while carrying on extensive reasearch in medical cenretail sales, with a total of $7,501,000. The State Chamber’s éstimates give the following doHar lature to accept the responsibility, for anything, control its personnel and its it wants to keep of the entire~ operation, expendevent. turned toward him, and watched him come across the istry service. ters and universities. volume in other ¥etail classifiitures.”’ HEADS PEP GIRLS GRASS VALLEY: Mrs.’ Florence Jasperson was chosen president of the Lambda chapter of and laid his plans for a complete round-up of his enemies, and then a get-away to the railroad and the East. County jail. Hawn is said to have sold two previous loads of iron scrap in Marin County. Sierra County now houses its prisoners for Lawrence Owens who died in the Nevada City Rest Home. He had been a patient for one week. Rosary services will be held this students have contributed streets. their work to making 150 signs for the Mrs, I. H: Tellman, Selma, direct— or of health for the P. T. -A. an@ Frank H. Weisman,’ San Frana : ae a cer bees : % room. While he was three paces away, Bill launched Speediest service is. available to *— eo Con eS Pleading for “home rule in the SUTTER CURATOR 8 d Nt de Socee th patrons who mai] early and use WILL ON ENVELOPE ace Konj: acon’ 4.” . running of district hospitals, Sen= himself from the counter an it his midri wit delivery zone numbers for metro. . Sena enue = ‘heaped ator Thurman declared: __ TO ADDRESS NEVADA {ince and the full weight of hia body. ‘The broed's. rit LEAVES SON $50,000 . rvs strc tmstinen . e, goman dered knife flew across the room, and he then suffered the . ’ ware and far implements, $1,-. PO0VeS @ of us, who are sincereCOUNTY HISTORIANS _ nile flew across the room, MINE EQUIPMENT = . , x=vApa ‘crn thnmas, 4 . g geet tr itements fi . Pina 9h a mre worst beating of his life at the hands of the wrathful Leary of Grass Valley, whd.died. “mroughout California retai. Pita! facilities in our area. te GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Doris October 14th, left a holographic. iis loved tr ain. See that we get the most quali T ton : srap establishments enjoyed their Foley, president of the Nevada. !€U % ; : e will, written on the back of & at sata “a : y t a _. fied men and women in our com= County Hihtorical Society, has I remember well a soft-spoken graduate of CarNABS A E HAWN manila envelope, consisting of one . &testest dollar volume of sales! munities on the board of directora: announced that: the first dinner . }. ; : i j + sentence, bequeathing his estate age : “Certainly it would be the meeting of the year will be held lisle by the name of Nicholls. . worked with him on A CITY: On. instruc-. of $50,000 to his son, George. P $11,052,689,000. This volume was height of folly to not insist that. i ks. He al gelesen 5 8 20,.1 pereent above the 1946 reIn Wesley Hus, ©. November ist/ the county trails for two or three weeks. He also was . iano yo) shoo Deel dobbaon . henry of Macks nek, tail sales, and 2467 per cent erent. . &t least dne or two. outstanding: 1 in Wesley Hall. A : id Si Cc ty, Pe Watt The estate consists of real 2 ' ae ". Physicians in the district be pre=j : : : n e man accident,. of Sierra County, Percy Watters, c sts of real es ; : ; 4 Speaker of the evening will be. ® half breed indian, who fo ines pan i h deputy sheriff of Nevada County,. tate of a rental value of $3,000 oe ee a i an Een, $0 Serve Gn iy meee : Carroll D. Hall, curator of Sut-/at the hands of one P. L. Young, an Englishman, who on Motday arrested @ @ Hawn (a year, valued at sshase 0 H H E And when it comes to the aetuak ee v ters Museum, Sacramento, Many . . ; bee . 29, of San Rafael, Marin County,. stocks and bonds worth $25,000, IG STUDENTS.AR operation of the hospital, staff Nevada County residents are exlived at Orleans. He was reported to have na part in Norte Ban Teta yielding $2,000 a year. The will restrictions should’ be set up im Biected to attend since Mr. ‘Hall . ner of Black Bart, the famous outlaw. ; Hawn will be charged with. was written in 1932. MAKING MORE SIGNS -—forder that the\ people be assured 8 widely known for his intimate : i N years . grand theft. When apprehended, Carlton S. Thomas of Grass of the highest quality of medical knowledge of the gold rush. He Anyhow, it seemed that in the TOuTEC 0 tel y he was driving a truck loaded. Valley, with the consent of George NEVADA: CITY: Nevada City. care,” Senator Thurman con» is co-author with Oscar Lewle, he had accumulated a grudge against almost CVETYOOGY . ich wicks, axes ana shovels, min-. Leary, askes ‘letters of adminis-. Streets, of which most have rustic cluded. of Bonanza Inn, the story of the. ing machinery, plumbing fixtures. tration be issued to him. signs giving: the name, will soon he Conference, held in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. in the country of any consequence. Dr. Kyselka ‘wes and other metal parts, which, it eS be supplied with more signs to] Senator Hotel, was sponsored by Reservations may be made. by. on his black books; Milt Dunphy, the local constable is alleged, were taken from closed Last Rites Held For name those which have none. Al] the California Medieal Agssocia= telephoning Mrs. Foley in Ne’ : mines near Alleghany, Sierra Wood, head of the handicraft. tion. Dr. Carroll B. Andrews, vada City or Miss Genevieve Kent . 9t Sawyer's Bar. When finally a prospector by 250 eae Lawrense Ohces classes in the Nevada City High. chairman of CMA’s Rural Media in Grass Valley. name of Dobbins came into the country and jumpe District Attorney A. R. Lowey. wives chee er announced voreeey that . cal Service, officiated at the one~ Sites * . Fi . : = f Si fel t tated h aut : uneral servIS Classes are making the signs day meeting, : *FLOSSIE J . ASPERSON some claims which he thought were his particular prop Re pl =. eles ta pid ices will be held in the Catholic . and two students, Ray Smart and. Other speakers included Dr, Rz erty, Nicholls went berserk. He established food caches County, and in the meantime will{ Church on Fell Street in San Jerry Murphy, will place them. Stanley Kneeshaw. Seo Jose, in various abandoned cabins across the mountains, . leave the man in the Nevada . Francisco at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow . Wood said that more than 100/ president-elect of CMA, ‘Dr.. Charles H: Cutter, Sacramento,: 5 : * Dobbins was staying on Knownothing Creek with PERSONALS Phi Epsilon Phi sororit at a inthe jail here since th = evening in Holmes Funeral Home. cisco, assistant director of the y i jail e court Oo , . ney meeting Tuesday, October 12th. a friends by the name of Dannebrink. One morning as. house and jail at Downieville wens was born in Yugoslavia Mrs. Lola May Worth left last California Physician’s Service, in the home of Ms. Kay Arnofa, : 2 h 1 th Nicholl é were destroyed by fire several. ®? years ago. He came to this} Saturday for Missouri where she] who spoke on prepaid medicak Lime Kiln Ranch. Mrs. Jasperson . they were going up the trail, t ey. be bk Olls i menths ano. conte, wien etd of 10 and had . will be the guest of relatives. She. and hospital. service plans for succeeds Mrs. Veta Thompkins. ° er hi shoul er, e sto to ~% resided in Truckee ever since. For. will later visit in Texas, rural communities. Mrs. Marianne Latin, the local down with an one OY 5 Ppe East St T, many years he had been in the Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rundy % — “‘¥Wchapter’s corresponding secreatry, talk. . astern Star 10 ag iat ede business there. are home from a trip to San Diane Crase Heads during the recent meeting of the}: ses * r wife call you inute ago ° e leaves his wife, Mrs. Marie] Francisco where they visited ° Northern District in Oakland, ‘was ae I think I heard you vw fe youam d 3 Entertain Masons Owens, and two children, Olgaj Scott Rundy and his family. Decorations For Prom chosen to sit on the national ai-. Gus,” he said to Dannenbrink. Gus turned round an GRASS VALLEY: Aurora/and Bud Owens, all of Truckee. ‘Edward Gibbons joined his} NEVADA CITY: The Juniorrectorate, Mrs. Latin is also. went down the trail to his cabin and left the two of . Chapter, Order of Eastern Star,. A brother, Antone Owens of San/ wife, the former Katherine Celio, . Class yesterday appointed com= — chairman of the local chapter's . ’ ’ f will entertain all members of. Francisco is also bereaved. who has been visiting her mother . mittees to take care of its aI cancer project. She reported that . them in the trail. 2 q Masonic orders Monday evening, ee a ib for the past several weeks, on. Prom and the Junior Assembh 17 chapters had recently donated ‘From th evidence afterwar e trage was . October 28rd, at a banquet in irs. Frederick Brown, wife of. Monday for a short vacation. Fol-. Diane Crase is chairman $1,086 to the National Foundation . € 3 ; 1 5 k a8 a D> Lb; Masonic Hall, at 6:80 P. M. the chef at the Shamrock Cafe,. lowing a business trip to San/. decorations committee: Four members will attend ‘the . Teconstructed. Nicholls evidently attac opnins . _ The Gold Miners Chorus will] left Sunday by train trom Colfax. Francisco on which Mrs. Gibbons . Wilson, refreshments; Dick national convention to: be held in. with the axe and cut him severely. He had planned to . contribute several selections. A. for Memphis,, Tenessee, where she} will accompany him, they will re-. rose, music; and Jo 4 6s Angeles November 2ist-and. ' : Pl ; P. 5 arge committee is engaged in! will spend two months visiting . turn to their home in Los Angrams, The date bie > 22nd in the Ambassador Hotel. "' (Please turn to age 5) compiling an enjoyable program. relatives. Beles, December 10th in the high am