October 21, 1949 (6 pages)

Just. Wonderin’ . 4 I Wonder if our weary minds Would find a swift surcease From doubts and fears that nag us now ra If everyone afar and near, 4 Would talk a while of peace. I wonder if you ever tire of the clamor which continually deafens us with war ‘talk—Moscow, Communists, ‘atomic bombs, world war number three, and so on like a brook, forever and forever. + In a time of so called peace the main issue seems to be preparation for war and our newspapers and radios teem with agcounts of bigger and better weapons of death and destruction. Sensationalism is the order of the day. Has the world gone completely loco? I sometimes wonder what will bécome of our arsenals ‘ 2 — The Nevada City Nugeet, Friday, October 21, 1949 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, as defined by statute ROBERT H. and DONALD W. WRAY, Publishers KENNETH W. WRAY, Editor and Advertising Manager Member California Newspaper Publishers Association ' Published every Friday at Nevada City, California, and entered as as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under . Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. : ie SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year outside county (in advance) One-year in'county Gn advance) oa 2.50 Four months (in advance) .. One month (in advance) ‘o..2.cccccscccoe: TRUCK ROUTE One of these days the men who operate the Plaza Garage and the Plaza Service Station are going to have visitors and they won't be welcome. * The behemoths that haul lumber and logs through Neand forts would there be no war. What will we do with our vaunted stocks of atomic bombs? How can they be destroyed and made noneffective? Is America in the same predicament as the one in which the hunter found himself when he grasped the tail of a bear and couldn't vada City often whirl down Broad street with screaming u let go? : » brakes and an apparent disregard to, pedestrian and ve-. § he BE ee . Really, though, how could Uncle Sam destroy his hicular traffic that might be in the way. a at PRE. bombs? Where could he safely explode them? Would 10-18-49 ge One of these days one of those trucks might have its brakes fail and the heavily laden juggernaut will roll out of control down our hilly main stem and into the garage at the foot of the hill. Let’s not wait for such an event to occur with its potential loss of property damage and danger to life and Eo ais re ot Senne: he touch them off one at a time, or en masse, like a string i see ae Ener or Meanummaemerosce ,. of fire crackers? If they were detonated on land, what > , kind of a hole would said detonation make’in the earth's Letters to it oe — as that ee arn: crust and where would their.devastating powers end? If an IS. able to pass e winter}. ; °and greet anew the miracle of. im the ocean, what would become of the poor fish and spring. One could write a book. would there by tidal waves and radio-active salt water limb. : ° orebiee aie gc there te laving every shore and producing effects which now we = av ae ' The Nugget recommends that the city council of Ne{ e ditor aloe ig page gee oS can only imagine? a vada City establish a truck route through Nevada City wander you sense the charm of] Again, we hear that stock piles of these deadly and ents Pcrpenagie seay the. Unpredictable weapons are being added to day by day; ground is covered with the fall of} what if through some unforeseen circumstance, some unmany—especially the madronas/ toward accident, a pile of these things should let go— an ens Pere in Sue explode with a loud bang and spread destruction far and and September. The fragrance : : 2 floating about the home from all. near, just how far would that destruction extend, how. The views and opinions appearing in this column, Letters to The Editor, are not necessarily those of The Nugget. Editor of The Nugget, Sir: Who saves tax dollars? and recommends the following route: Southwest on West Broad to the intersection of Broad and Commercial ;.east on Commercial to the Plaza; south on Sacramento to the intersection of Sacramento and Searls; south on Searls to the city limits. a PRR Northbound trucks do not constitute a danger to life. Your recent editorial regarding . these dying leaves etches in the many of our thickly inhabited centers of population would = =, d d d b lavad mandatory publication of pro-. memory something that time can. . sg Property eae eae wig aa cuermeseuel ceedings of meetings of the Ne-/ never erase. What a sense of sat-. it engulf? In addition, the establishing of such a truck route . vada county board of supervisors . isfaction—too, when looking over. _I suppose all of these questions have been ably answerwould control the speed of trucks through Nevada City ent ts oat ay poet — the results of a summer of plan-. ed by those who are interested in producing bigger and . . straig ; -. ni d by means of stop signs at Commercial and York, Comcussion of the matter at a regular hen asic tvs sta oe better means of death and destruction, but for some reamercial and Pine, and the Plaza. meeting of this board the remark . tures of the fleeting summer be-. 80n oF other, I have never heard suitable explanations, so “ A further benefit would be the elimination of an often . was made by one or more mem-' fore dead winter takes over the. “] want to know L " ie ing bottl k of traffi ed b ] : bers of the board that such prorole of the ever present. It seems Aten wannabe occurring bottleneck of traffic caus y slow MOVING . ceedings had not been published,* as if all were good and all were. We have looked forward to war for several peaceful > a ds trucks climbing the grade on highway 20 to Town Talk. ~ SCHOOL BOARD The board of trustees of the Nevada City Unified School District, a body of individuals who often take a lot of abuse and serve without remuneration, has come to a ticklish situation that calls for forthright and honest fact-facing action. Instead the manner in which Wednesday night’s scheduled meeting was conducted was vacillating and rude. Mrs. George Becraft, newest member of the board, . and duly elected by the voters of Nevada City, stated yes-,. terday she was not notified the” schédiiled’ meeting had been cancelled. If such was the action, it was very rude.’ Mrs. Becraft has but one vote among five, and any time a democratic majority disagrees with her it has the power to outvote her. Vacillating and dodging the issue is not conducive to dignified and harmonious action of the board. We, personally, cannot see any fraudulent handling of school funds, although it is apparent from David Hartmann’s report to the board that slip-shod methods of a lig prevailed in the cafeteria and student body unds. oe tithe igs ia DIVORCE RATE Shirley Temple's suit for divorce has once again carried into focus the instability of married life in the film colony—at matter which has drawn sharp criticism from many quarters over the years. But there is reason to question whether the divorce rate is quite as high as publicity makes it appear. because of the desire to save expense to the county of Nevada. On: the other hand, any taxpayer of Nevada county has only to drive over the reconstruction of Ridge road to readily observe that tax dollars are squandered. A 36-inch CMP culvert has been installed. The county. of Nevada has seen fit to construct a headwall on the inlet end of this pipe. This headwall is 21 feet long and approximately one foot above fill slope. Under U. S. public roads administration, the standard head wall length for this size of pipe is 12° iget. For state division of highways, it is 10 feet, six inches and not. higher than fill slope. Also’ ,the county, of Nevada has constructed a headwal!.on the outlet end, which is most contrary to standard practice. Approximately six cubic yards of excess concrete were used. _ Again, Nevada county has hauled rock from its quarry at Murchie mine to backfill this headwall, when there: are hundreds of yards of dirt excavation in the roadway right of way. Again,” about a thousand feet from this culvert site in the direction of Nevada City, fifteen or twenty yards of crushed rock from Murchie mine crushing plant has been. placed in fill, while again there are hundreds of yards of dirt excavation ‘available at the site. The county of Nevada started some weeks ago with much fanfare to reconstruct Ridge road. There has been a litle scratching here and a little there. Very litMuch is heard of the marital smashups,. but little of the many .marriages which endure. What's more, the remarkable thing is perhaps not how many divorces there are, but how few, when the circumstances are taken into consideration. Hollywood celebrities live a fish bow] existence, and it is enough to try the nerves of anyone to have his every move subject to public scrutiny. Also, by the very nature of their work the home life of these people is greatly disrupted. This. doesn’t contribute to a smooth married . life. Add to these drawbacks the strain involved in. movie making itself and it becomes apparent that the . average Hollywood marriage has more than its share of hurdles to clear. . There is little excuse, of course, for some of the more . flagrant cases of mate changing, but on the whole, it . might be said that film people need a little more under. standing from the public and a little less criticism. . Women are more aggressive than men . . . unless the . man is encouraged. . : . ‘under this all embracing feeling peace with our lovely earth—yes, living through these immortal October days—and yet we know iad: that elsewhere men are feverish. D/€G; ly planning, working on some-. for the sake of change, why years now, we have considered all the best ways of winning it, we have doubted and feared, all this war clamor is getting monotonous. quaked and tremJust can't we contemplate an era thing everyone dreads to think! of peace? The use of atomic power for the benefit, inabout: building more and more atom bombs. and the paradox of it all comes when Man believes that creating such terrible weapons of war can keep peace or create a better world. There seems to be about us so much beauty that is truly immortal— beauty which is waiting for: poet and painter to capture—and still the year, 1949? of a universal love and kinship with the Creator there is war in stead of the slaughter of mankind? can't the nations of the earth act like civilized nations, fit to live and function in the light of this morning day, in In other words why “Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts.” Adeline Merriam Conner. the hearts of men. It comes so close to. bringing a sting of sharp pain to your heart when in the stillness of a holy evening or the sweetness of a pure morning you hear the crack of a rifle shot! You know that not far away a hunter has shot at one of God’s creatures. And you wonder long and deep just why this war and violence against man’s lower brothers? You ask many questions—why does man seek to disturb the perfectness of nature’s wonderful, good, brown earth? Nature is ever right and perfect and always is good. Alone, it is man who destroys that which is perfect. And so with the story of Autumn 1949 quickly passing her way we daily give thanks for such a bountiful and fruitful year. It has been such a wonderful year for our home. And we know many others feel the same was in a’position to see what was going on. I came into the know about 1880. Then the hotel was owned and managed by the Naffziger interests. I cannot remember whether Jake Naffziger was living then and in charge. I do know he died and his widow attempted to. manage the property. It seems your statements prior to that date are correct. The well known Rector brothers hailed from Holilster. (Banker E. M. Rector then an infant). The Rectors rented the hotel and it evidently was a struggle to make both ends meet. As I remember Mrs. Naffziger boosted the revit and Rectors outsmarted her: They leased the National hotel. Eventually made it one of the best and most popular hostelries north of Sacramento. For @ short time they managed both hotels and turned a sorry wreck back to tle has been accomplished. The home owners on Ridge road have spent a sizeable fortune in the last five years because of excessive wear and tear on their cars and excessive use of gasoline and oil in having to travel on_an atrocious road. The total cost to car and truck owners in Nevada county per year will run into the thousands. Many people coming into this county, wishing to build homes, turn away because of poor roads and streets, thereby a tremendous loss of business in Nevada county. Yes, Mr. Editor, WHO SAVES . TAX DOLLARS? Very truly yours, C. C. GILDERSLEEVE. Nevada City, Calif. October 19, 1949. Oct. 10, 1949 Sir: Up here on the Cascade ditch encircling the beautiful Banner mountain, autumn — has arrived. . Three nights in a row the tem-. perature has dropped to 28 derees. The garden—which was so ‘man’s tomb. as we do. Our crusade for a more beautiful life will go on and on. And ever we will raise our voice —though it be a “voice crying in the wilderness’ — asking that men over the earth be kind to all creatures, and that they really love them .by letting them live. We must remember that to be able to fulfill this law we must be a better person first. Sometime we will need to tear down the entire old structure so we can rebuild everying anew. But build we must—and build better—or else we perish. Most surely these men (who now as I write) are night and day beating out the . new weapons of war — for the . war that is already here — are . playing their roles well, and destiny will-write the last word over Mrs. Naffziger. Am not certain but think James Northway came along then. He failed to make it pay and began hunting partners. Morris was one of them; also Metzenbaugh. Another party whose name I have forgotten owned the lease for a time. Then James Luttrell. Under his guidance the house .was gutted by flames and sold to Ed Christenson’s father. Ed never ran the place. It seems rivalry between Main street and Broad street prompted the venture failed to pay from Dave Morgan ‘of the bank married Helen Naffziger and the bank eventually became owner through foreclosure. I sus; pect the bank took a substantial ished because he refused to learn . loss when the wreck wads sold to and grow.” . Christenson. The rivalry continVAL D. BAIMA gued betweeri Main and Broad er eee : streets. Rectors prospered Editor of The Nugget, Sir: bought the National and I have read with interest your started a rival bank, “The Neattempt to write a history of the vada County Bank.” The MorIt might well read: “Man perthe Main street businessmen to . build the Union and it appears . the date the doors were opened. . Citizens . and . then . Union hotel. ests operated the First National Bank on Main street. These people were Morganites. Ban of America finally acquired control of that stock so the place is just another office for Bank of America. Can say the Rector brothers, John and Balys, were the best and most intelligent businessmen during their time in Nevada City. ‘The estate left to their sons, G. J. (deceased) and E. M. was such that the family was no longer interested in the hotel business. It was leased (the National hotel) to others and finally sold which might make another story. Last year an elderly house guest of ours was desirous of learning when her father managed the National. We obtained the information from old files of newspapers in the town library. It seems her grandfather owned the National when the Rector brothers acquired the property. Would not be surprised if Emil Ott could give correct information about days gone by. Ask him about the goldbearing dirt we took from the excavation of the Legg & Shaw building when the brick addition was erected about 1903. Now the hot mill. Ask him about the time he and his boy chum ‘cleaned up the back yard by means of sluice box and the gold they obtained paid them for their trouble. Ask about the Chinese cleaning up Deer creek around the Plaza bridges using a.China pump to handle the water.Yours truly, . GEORGE! A. LEGG. Nevada City, Oct. 15, 1949. Va: gans were instrumental in pro-. moting the Bret Harte in Grass . . Valley. They had a branch bank flowers about the grounds are . the most inefficient and dishon. -there. Nevada county bank set u still blooming, but.their days arc . est managements the town has. /a branch in Grass Valley. numbered. It is such a thrilling had during its existence. No} The Giannini outfit as you time to be alive — always this . 2@mes mentioned, know finally acquired all the autumn! The harvest ever has. ' Having lived just ,across the} banking interests here. For a quickened the pulse of Man. For . street during my younger days/time certain Grass Valley interNo filibuster that politicians can cook up will ever . fresh and full of life all summer . “10 00°: ea equal those that a 110-pound American housewife can . —is now wilted and soon will be . Pe ee genirate Pp lies motley brown. Many of the . You seem to emphasize one of It’s a good thing for the country that a good portion of political campaign promises are never kept. Sa aaa I TRONT wn

Just. Wonderin’ . 4 I Wonder if our weary minds Would find a swift surcease From doubts and fears that nag us now ra If everyone afar and near, 4 Would talk a while of peace. I wonder if you ever tire of the clamor which continually deafens us with war ‘talk—Moscow, Communists, ‘atomic bombs, world war number three, and so on like a brook, forever and forever. + In a time of so called peace the main issue seems to be preparation for war and our newspapers and radios teem with agcounts of bigger and better weapons of death and destruction. Sensationalism is the order of the day. Has the world gone completely loco? I sometimes wonder what will bécome of our arsenals ‘ 2 — The Nevada City Nugeet, Friday, October 21, 1949 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, as defined by statute ROBERT H. and DONALD W. WRAY, Publishers KENNETH W. WRAY, Editor and Advertising Manager Member California Newspaper Publishers Association ' Published every Friday at Nevada City, California, and entered as as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under . Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. : ie SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year outside county (in advance) One-year in'county Gn advance) oa 2.50 Four months (in advance) .... One month (in advance) ‘o....2..cccccscccoe: TRUCK ROUTE One of these days the men who operate the Plaza Garage and the Plaza Service Station are going to have visitors and they won't be welcome. * The behemoths that haul lumber and logs through Neand forts would there be no war. What will we do with our vaunted stocks of atomic bombs? How can they be destroyed and made noneffective? Is America in the same predicament as the one in which the hunter found himself when he grasped the tail of a bear and couldn't vada City often whirl down Broad street with screaming u let go? : » brakes and an apparent disregard to, pedestrian and ve-. § he BE ee . Really, though, how could Uncle Sam destroy his hicular traffic that might be in the way. a at PRE. bombs? Where could he safely explode them? Would 10-18-49 ge One of these days one of those trucks might have its brakes fail and the heavily laden juggernaut will roll out of control down our hilly main stem and into the garage at the foot of the hill. Let’s not wait for such an event to occur with its potential loss of property damage and danger to life and Eo ais re ot Senne: he touch them off one at a time, or en masse, like a string i see ae Ener or Meanummaemerosce ,. of fire crackers? If they were detonated on land, what > , kind of a hole would said detonation make’in the earth's Letters to it oe — as that ee arn: crust and where would their.devastating powers end? If an IS. able to pass e winter}. ; °and greet anew the miracle of. im the ocean, what would become of the poor fish and spring. One could write a book. would there by tidal waves and radio-active salt water limb. : ° orebiee aie gc there te laving every shore and producing effects which now we = av ae ' The Nugget recommends that the city council of Ne{ e ditor aloe ig page gee oS can only imagine? a vada City establish a truck route through Nevada City wander you sense the charm of] Again, we hear that stock piles of these deadly and ents Pcrpenagie seay the. Unpredictable weapons are being added to day by day; ground is covered with the fall of} what if through some unforeseen circumstance, some unmany—especially the madronas/ toward accident, a pile of these things should let go— an ens Pere in Sue explode with a loud bang and spread destruction far and and September. The fragrance : : 2 floating about the home from all. near, just how far would that destruction extend, how. The views and opinions appearing in this column, Letters to The Editor, are not necessarily those of The Nugget. Editor of The Nugget, Sir: Who saves tax dollars? and recommends the following route: Southwest on West Broad to the intersection of Broad and Commercial ;.east on Commercial to the Plaza; south on Sacramento to the intersection of Sacramento and Searls; south on Searls to the city limits. a PRR Northbound trucks do not constitute a danger to life. Your recent editorial regarding . these dying leaves etches in the many of our thickly inhabited centers of population would = =, d d d b lavad mandatory publication of pro-. memory something that time can. . sg Property eae eae wig aa cuermeseuel ceedings of meetings of the Ne-/ never erase. What a sense of sat-. it engulf? In addition, the establishing of such a truck route . vada county board of supervisors . isfaction—too, when looking over. _I suppose all of these questions have been ably answerwould control the speed of trucks through Nevada City ent ts oat ay poet — the results of a summer of plan-. ed by those who are interested in producing bigger and . . straig ; -. ni d by means of stop signs at Commercial and York, Comcussion of the matter at a regular hen asic tvs sta oe better means of death and destruction, but for some reamercial and Pine, and the Plaza. meeting of this board the remark . tures of the fleeting summer be-. 80n oF other, I have never heard suitable explanations, so “ A further benefit would be the elimination of an often . was made by one or more mem-' fore dead winter takes over the. “] want to know L " ie ing bottl k of traffi ed b ] : bers of the board that such prorole of the ever present. It seems Aten wannabe occurring bottleneck of traffic caus y slow MOVING . ceedings had not been published,* as if all were good and all were. We have looked forward to war for several peaceful > a ds trucks climbing the grade on highway 20 to Town Talk. ~ SCHOOL BOARD The board of trustees of the Nevada City Unified School District, a body of individuals who often take a lot of abuse and serve without remuneration, has come to a ticklish situation that calls for forthright and honest fact-facing action. Instead the manner in which Wednesday night’s scheduled meeting was conducted was vacillating and rude. Mrs. George Becraft, newest member of the board, . and duly elected by the voters of Nevada City, stated yes-,. terday she was not notified the” schédiiled’ meeting had been cancelled. If such was the action, it was very rude.’ Mrs. Becraft has but one vote among five, and any time a democratic majority disagrees with her it has the power to outvote her. Vacillating and dodging the issue is not conducive to dignified and harmonious action of the board. We, personally, cannot see any fraudulent handling of school funds, although it is apparent from David Hartmann’s report to the board that slip-shod methods of a lig prevailed in the cafeteria and student body unds. oe tithe igs ia DIVORCE RATE Shirley Temple's suit for divorce has once again carried into focus the instability of married life in the film colony—at matter which has drawn sharp criticism from many quarters over the years. But there is reason to question whether the divorce rate is quite as high as publicity makes it appear. because of the desire to save expense to the county of Nevada. On: the other hand, any taxpayer of Nevada county has only to drive over the reconstruction of Ridge road to readily observe that tax dollars are squandered. A 36-inch CMP culvert has been installed. The county. of Nevada has seen fit to construct a headwall on the inlet end of this pipe. This headwall is 21 feet long and approximately one foot above fill slope. Under U. S. public roads administration, the standard head wall length for this size of pipe is 12° iget. For state division of highways, it is 10 feet, six inches and not. higher than fill slope. Also’ ,the county, of Nevada has constructed a headwal!.on the outlet end, which is most contrary to standard practice. Approximately six cubic yards of excess concrete were used. _ Again, Nevada county has hauled rock from its quarry at Murchie mine to backfill this headwall, when there: are hundreds of yards of dirt excavation in the roadway right of way. Again,” about a thousand feet from this culvert site in the direction of Nevada City, fifteen or twenty yards of crushed rock from Murchie mine crushing plant has been. placed in fill, while again there are hundreds of yards of dirt excavation ‘available at the site. The county of Nevada started some weeks ago with much fanfare to reconstruct Ridge road. There has been a litle scratching here and a little there. Very litMuch is heard of the marital smashups,. but little of the many .marriages which endure. What's more, the remarkable thing is perhaps not how many divorces there are, but how few, when the circumstances are taken into consideration. Hollywood celebrities live a fish bow] existence, and it is enough to try the nerves of anyone to have his every move subject to public scrutiny. Also, by the very nature of their work the home life of these people is greatly disrupted. This. doesn’t contribute to a smooth married . life. Add to these drawbacks the strain involved in. movie making itself and it becomes apparent that the . average Hollywood marriage has more than its share of hurdles to clear. . There is little excuse, of course, for some of the more . flagrant cases of mate changing, but on the whole, it . might be said that film people need a little more under. standing from the public and a little less criticism. . Women are more aggressive than men . . . unless the . man is encouraged. . : . ‘under this all embracing feeling peace with our lovely earth—yes, living through these immortal October days—and yet we know iad: that elsewhere men are feverish. D/€G; ly planning, working on some-. for the sake of change, why years now, we have considered all the best ways of winning it, we have doubted and feared, all this war clamor is getting monotonous. quaked and tremJust can't we contemplate an era thing everyone dreads to think! of peace? The use of atomic power for the benefit, inabout: building more and more atom bombs.. and the paradox of it all comes when Man believes that creating such terrible weapons of war can keep peace or create a better world. There seems to be about us so much beauty that is truly immortal— beauty which is waiting for: poet and painter to capture—and still the year, 1949?

of a universal love and kinship with the Creator there is war in stead of the slaughter of mankind? can't the nations of the earth act like civilized nations, fit to live and function in the light of this morning day, in In other words why “Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts.” Adeline Merriam Conner. the hearts of men. It comes so close to. bringing a sting of sharp pain to your heart when in the stillness of a holy evening or the sweetness of a pure morning you hear the crack of a rifle shot! You know that not far away a hunter has shot at one of God’s creatures. And you wonder long and deep just why this war and violence against man’s lower brothers? You ask many questions—why does man seek to disturb the perfectness of nature’s wonderful, good, brown earth? Nature is ever right and perfect and always is good. Alone, it is man who destroys that which is perfect. And so with the story of Autumn 1949 quickly passing her way we daily give thanks for such a bountiful and fruitful year. It has been such a wonderful year for our home. And we know many others feel the same was in a’position to see what was going on. I came into the know about 1880. Then the hotel was owned and managed by the Naffziger interests. I cannot remember whether Jake Naffziger was living then and in charge. I do know he died and his widow attempted to. manage the property. It seems your statements prior to that date are correct. The well known Rector brothers hailed from Holilster. (Banker E. M. Rector then an infant). The Rectors rented the hotel and it evidently was a struggle to make both ends meet. As I remember Mrs. Naffziger boosted the revit and Rectors outsmarted her: They leased the National hotel. Eventually made it one of the best and most popular hostelries north of Sacramento. For @ short time they managed both hotels and turned a sorry wreck back to tle has been accomplished. The home owners on Ridge road have spent a sizeable fortune in the last five years because of excessive wear and tear on their cars and excessive use of gasoline and oil in having to travel on_an atrocious road. The total cost to car and truck owners in Nevada county per year will run into the thousands. Many people coming into this county, wishing to build homes, turn away because of poor roads and streets, thereby a tremendous loss of business in Nevada county. Yes, Mr. Editor, WHO SAVES . TAX DOLLARS? Very truly yours, C. C. GILDERSLEEVE. Nevada City, Calif. October 19, 1949. Oct. 10, 1949 Sir: Up here on the Cascade ditch encircling the beautiful Banner mountain, autumn — has arrived. . Three nights in a row the tem-. perature has dropped to 28 derees. The garden—which was so ‘man’s tomb. as we do. Our crusade for a more beautiful life will go on and on. And ever we will raise our voice —though it be a “voice crying in the wilderness’ — asking that men over the earth be kind to all creatures, and that they really love them .by letting them live. We must remember that to be able to fulfill this law we must be a better person first. Sometime we will need to tear down the entire old structure so we can rebuild everying anew. But build we must—and build better—or else we perish. Most surely these men (who now as I write) are night and day beating out the . new weapons of war — for the . war that is already here — are . playing their roles well, and destiny will-write the last word over Mrs. Naffziger. Am not certain but think James Northway came along then. He failed to make it pay and began hunting partners. Morris was one of them; also Metzenbaugh. Another party whose name I have forgotten owned the lease for a time. Then James Luttrell. Under his guidance the house .was gutted by flames and sold to Ed Christenson’s father. Ed never ran the place. It seems rivalry between Main street and Broad street prompted the venture failed to pay from Dave Morgan ‘of the bank married Helen Naffziger and the bank eventually became owner through foreclosure. I sus; pect the bank took a substantial ished because he refused to learn . loss when the wreck wads sold to and grow.” . Christenson. The rivalry continVAL D. BAIMA gued betweeri Main and Broad er eee : streets. Rectors prospered Editor of The Nugget, Sir: bought the National and I have read with interest your started a rival bank, “The Neattempt to write a history of the vada County Bank.” The MorIt might well read: “Man perthe Main street businessmen to . build the Union and it appears . the date the doors were opened. . Citizens . and . then . Union hotel. ests operated the First National Bank on Main street. These people were Morganites. Ban of America finally acquired control of that stock so the place is just another office for Bank of America. Can say the Rector brothers, John and Balys, were the best and most intelligent businessmen during their time in Nevada City. ‘The estate left to their sons, G. J. (deceased) and E. M. was such that the family was no longer interested in the hotel business. It was leased (the National hotel) to others and finally sold which might make another story. Last year an elderly house guest of ours was desirous of learning when her father managed the National. We obtained the information from old files of newspapers in the town library. It seems her grandfather owned the National when the Rector brothers acquired the property. Would not be surprised if Emil Ott could give correct information about days gone by. Ask him about the goldbearing dirt we took from the excavation of the Legg & Shaw building when the brick addition was erected about 1903. Now the hot mill. Ask him about the time he and his boy chum ‘cleaned up the back yard by means of sluice box and the gold they obtained paid them for their trouble. Ask about the Chinese cleaning up Deer creek around the Plaza bridges using a.China pump to handle the water.Yours truly, . GEORGE! A. LEGG. Nevada City, Oct. 15, 1949. Va: gans were instrumental in pro-. moting the Bret Harte in Grass . . Valley. They had a branch bank flowers about the grounds are . the most inefficient and dishon. -there. Nevada county bank set u still blooming, but.their days arc . est managements the town has. /a branch in Grass Valley. numbered. It is such a thrilling had during its existence. No} The Giannini outfit as you time to be alive — always this . 2@mes mentioned, know finally acquired all the autumn! The harvest ever has. ' Having lived just ,across the} banking interests here. For a quickened the pulse of Man. For . street during my younger days/time certain Grass Valley interNo filibuster that politicians can cook up will ever . fresh and full of life all summer . “10 00°: ea equal those that a 110-pound American housewife can . —is now wilted and soon will be . Pe ee genirate Pp lies motley brown. Many of the . You seem to emphasize one of It’s a good thing for the country that a good portion of political campaign promises are never kept. Sa aaa I TRONT wn