October 28, 1949 (8 pages)

< v @ a “ARSON THOUGHT CAUSE OF FIRE AT NC ATRPORT William and Lucille Swain, operators of the Nevada Gity airport, announced they will start immediate rebuilding of an office building to re constructed building destroyed by fire late Monday evening. The fire is believed to have been the work of-an arsonist or arsonists and Undersheriff Otis Hardt and, Lew Gerlinger, inves_tigator for the state division of forestry, are continuing an investigation of the case, The fire was reported at 10:55 ‘p.m.; Monday by Patrolmen Clarence Martz and Ben Barry. who saw. the flames on the airport hill while on routine patrol of Nevada City. The two patrolmen turned in the fire alarm -and immediately proceeded to the scene. They found the office building a mass of flames and beyond control. ‘The officers.spotted: a crude fuse burning near the hangars and extinguished the fuse. The fuse was a quarter-inch hemp rope soaked in cleaning: solvent that led to crudé piles of lumber placed beneath the motors of three planes in the hangar. Swain said the rope had been taken from the front of the hangar. A drum of cleaning solvent was outside the building, Swain said he believed the fire was set by someone who had been to the field»several times and knew his ‘way around. Swain had been at the airport until 10 o’clock and stated he had been. plagued by vandals stealing gasoline and materials recently and was hoping to catch them. The building was valued at $3,500 by Swain who said he ‘could give no.reason for. the.fire or the attempt to destroy his planes and hangars. Swain took over the airport last winter on a long-term lease. from the city. Swain had expended approximately $14,000 in the airport project and was within a month of being able to start operation. : CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGES MONEY FOR ARMORY SITE PURCHASE The Chamber of Commerce has pledged itself to raise $2,250 this week to purchase a two-acre National Guard armory site at Cashin field near the south city limits of Nevada City. The pledge _‘was' made at an informal gathering of the city council and_officers and directors of the cham‘ber held at city hall Friday night. I. C. Bell, vice president of the chamber, announced yesterday the pledge had been attained and that clearance of title was only obstacle in the way. Bell said $250 had been presented to the chamber as a gift and four individuals loaned the remaining $2,000. The armory will cost $105,000 and the money for its construction has been allocated, according *to Senator Harold Johnson. Nation Guard officials said they are ready to start construction as soon as a grant deed or lease is presented. The building will require three full time employes, Captain Harleth Brock, commander of company E, 184th Infantry, said and will bring approximately ‘$50,000 annual drill pay and salaries. ~ RICHARD NOREN RITES SCHEDULED TOMORROW Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock at St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Grass Valley, for Richard Noren, 18, Nevada’ City apprentice seaman, killed Sept. 28, while on duty with the navy at Guam. Rosary will be held at 8 o’clock tonight at Holmes Funeral Home. Interment will be in Forest View cemetery. Noren died in a naval hospital at Guam shortly after he had been struck in the chest by a flying piece of plywood thrown by an electric saw. , PTA Budget Is Today’s Feature at Gold Flat _ Budgets and projects will feature this afternoon’s regular gettogether of the Gold Flat ParentTeachers association at which Mrs. Robert Michell will preside. A short program will be given followed by refreshment. said. replace the newly Convening time is 3:30, Mrs. Michell Volume 22, No. 60 Panes ncn 2 NEVADA CITY Friday, October 28, 1949 ELMER STEVENS RETIRES COUNTY POLIO LEADER Elmer Stevens, who has devoted 15 years to the Nevada County chapter of the National Foundatired Monday evening. Ray Hodge, California highway patrol employee, was elected to succeed Stevens, Others officers chosen at the annual meeting were Juliet Cox, vice chairman; Adele Sturtevant, second vice chairman; Bob Peterson, secretary; Bob Graziani, treasurer. Directors named by Hodge are Bernice Glasson, Effie Myers, Gertrude Esterly, Virginia Hilliard, Beatrice Becraft, Vivian Berggren, Mrs. Leo McGrath, Isabel Hefelfinger, Wilda Steuber, Marie Williford, Dallas Fellerson, Walter Barrett, Elmer Stevens, Edward Frantz, William Wilson, and G. T. Tennis. Hodge also reported the polio building will be continued. with Miss Barbara Newman in charge. The annual report showed 23 patients were hospitalized for polio during the epidemic in August, and 31 cases were reported for therapy by county physicians. Matt DePauli, retiring treasurer, reported the chapter spent $13,670 for hospitalization of polio cases from Nevada county. The: county chapter received $19,000 from the national headquarters, according to the treasurer’s report. , Upon recommendation of retiring chairman Stevens the chapter will name a separate campaign chairman, In the past the county chairman served as campaign chairman also. ° JOHN OAKIE'T0 HEAD ‘SCHOOL REORGANIZING COMMITTEE IN COUNTY Robert Hanley and Frank G. Finnegan were elected Nevada City members of a 11-member school reorganization committee chosen Wednesday evening at a delegation of school board represenatives in Hennessy school in Grass Valley. John Oakie was elected chairman. ent of schools, in accordance with assembly bill 970 which provides organization of the committee to consider matters pertaining to reorganization. of school districts within the county. The first meeting of the committee was set for Wednesday evening, Nov. 16, in the Hennessy schoolhouse. Others named to the committee were Mel Gelhaus, Dr. Walton Prescott, Herb Pingree, Robert Vance, Oakie, Robert Steuber, Ralph Alderman, Mrs. Cecelia Browning and William Rutherford, . Next Week One of ‘Many Organizations Meetings Next week will be a busy one for organizations. Monday evening at 8 o’clock at city hall the Nevada County Sportsmen’s association will get together. H. F. Sofge, secretary, says nomination of officers is an important*évent of the program. Motion pictures and refreshments are other attfactions. , Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock the board of supervisors will administer the business affairs of the county government. Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock the board of directors of Nevada City chamber of commerce will gather. : Thursday evening city council is scheduled, ‘Boy Scout Fund Drive Nears Goal of $1,350 Chairman Guerdon Ellis stated yesterday afternoon the drive to raise funds in ‘Nevada City’ for the 1950 Boy Scout program in the Tahoe area cpuncil is nearing the $1,350 goal. . Ellis stated he hoped the drive end. tion for Infantile Paralysis, re. center at the Veterans Memorial . The meeting was called by W. A. Carlson, county superintend. would be completed this week. . } } . 3 MY! WHAT THE PUBLICITY MEN WILL DO TO GET A PICTURE PRINTED This picture was sent to us by a firm trying to get some advertising for nothing—a very common practice. Normally their efforts result. in a one, way trip to’ our huge waste basket, but this picture has a couple outstanding . features that break down our will to re. sist. The caption the publicity agent sent us said something about birthdays. which probably explains the candled cake in case you noticed it. PRISON LABOR WILL WORK IN NEVADA COUNTY Approximately 60 prisoners, all of whom are being prepared for parole, are expected to arrive at a temporary labor camp near Higgins Corner next week, according to word received here by Don Knowlton, ranger of the di. vision of forestry, First. project for the prisoners }.will be construction of a perma. ion said the permanent. camp la. bor will be used primarily for; . forest conservation and fire pre-. ' vention. The camp will be oper. ,ated by Associate Ranger A. J. . Hayes who will serve as liaison . . between Knowlton and Emory . . Sloat, Placer county ranger. . Officials of the state department of corrections decided on . the Placer county site for a perpayeneat camp after the Nevada county board of supervisors ex. pressed themselves in opposition . to the camp within the county. . APPLEGATE HEARING SCHEDULED TUESDAY: . Further hearings before the . California public utilities com. mission on the application of the . Applegate Drayage company, of . Sacramento, for a common car. rier license to establish regular . 1 . . service in Neveda City and .Grass Valley and vicinity will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock in the chambers of the board of supervisors, Sacramento county courthouse, Sacramento. Representatives of the chambers of comemrce of Nevada City and Grass Valley, and the Applegate firm and Pacific Motor Transport have been invited. The two chambers’ endorsed Applegate’s application earlier this year. Applegate offers twice-daily drayage service between this district and Sacramento. © WALTER BEATON WINS $3,000 FOR INJURIES Walter Beaton, Nevada City, was awarded $3,000 damages for personal injuries in Nevada county superior court Monday. He had brought suit against the Pacific Gas & Electric company and Frank Scatena, company ditch tender at Bear valley. The. suit .followed a collision between Beaton’s vehicle and the road near -highway 20 July 28, 1948, Beaton sustained. a fractured arm and ather injuries. Frank G. Finnegan, Nevada ditch tender’s truck on Bowman} (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA 4Col. Crockett Column On Page Six Today An unusual amount of front page news has relegated Colonel James C. Crockett’s column to page six today. The colonel’s copyrighted. articles, which have drawn the wrath of the Kremlin, will be published in book form by The Nugget on completion of the series. ROY JENKINS REOPENS THE . UNION HOTEL The Union hotel—for 85 years an institution in Nevada City— reopened its doors to the public last night following remodeling of the cocktail lounge and dance floor. Roy Jenkins, who recently purchased the hotel from Mrs. Getta Roscoe, is the new host. The interior of the cocktail lounge and dance room has been completely redecorated. The door ways are draped in maroon velvet and capped with light green cornices. Colored lights indirectly light the cocktail lounge which is painted fuchsia, Bar stools are upholstered in light green leather and the floor has been recovered with inlaid linoleum. The dance room, in its day a gambling room, has been painted turquoise blue. The floor is refinished and an orchestra stand has been built. Jenkins has hired the Western Rhythm Boys to furnish music for dancing nightly through and including a big Halloween ball ‘Monday evening. The band also furnished music last night. , Jenkins presented gardenias to the ladies at the opening last night. Clayton Evans will manage the cocktail lounge, Jenkins said. Jenkins said he expects to have the dining room reopened in two or three weeks. It is being renent camp near Auburn. Knowl. modeled. NEVADA COUNTY WILL GET $3,444 SHARE FOR STORM-DAMAGED ROADS Nevada and 28 other counties of California will each receive $3,444 as a share of the $100,000 made available by the last legislature for restoration of county roads damaged by last winter’s storms. The distribution was made at a meeting in Sacramento Wednesday when representatives of the 29 counties gathered with officials of the allocations division of the state finance department. Nevada county was represented by Warren Odell, chairman of the board of supervisors; J. F. O’Connor, road commissioner; and -Ralph E. Deeble, county clerk. _ O’Connor said yesterday Nevada county has spent $17,000 on roads damaged by last winter’s severe storms. Varney Is Speaker at Farm Center Tonight Forrest Varney, manager of the Nevada irrigation district, will be the speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Nevada City Farm Center at Seaman’s lodge, The meeting is scheduled for!8 o’clock. New officers of the center will be installed at the meeting. D. M. Loney is the new chairman; Mrs. Ralph Schorr is secretary, and Ralph Schogr is vice chairman. . A. M. Brass, retiring. chairman, will be in charge of the meeting. Pot-luck refreshments will be served, Trinity Episcopal’ Card Party Planned Nov. 12 Trinity Episcopal church will sponsor a card party at Elks hall Saturday, Nov.:12. The party is to start at 7:30 o’clock and there will be a variéty of games with many prizes. ‘ é Mrs. Elsie Siegfried is general chairman and tickets may be obtained from any member of the congregation after Sunday. ‘City, represented the plaintiff. r Rrefreshments will be served. . of fairs and expositions, and Al DICK PENROSE NAMED WEER’S PREP PLAYER Dick Penrose, senior halfback of Coach Douglas Watt’s Yellowjackets of Nevada City high schoagl was named by the San Frantisco Examiner as Northern Calif8rnia’s Prep of the Week— an honor it bestows each week on an outstanding high school player, es Penrose, a triple threat man who is equally adept at running, throwing and kicking the pigskin is also one of Watt’s shining luminaries on defense. The San Francisco newspaper commented thusly: “Three touchdown passes in one 48-minute game! That’s the brightest part of the brilliant record established by Nevada City’s Dick Penrose last weekend, and that’s why the Yellowjacket star is the Examiner’s Prep of the Week. “Penrose loosed his aerial bombs as if he were equipped with the best of military sighting devices as he passed to Dean Morrison for -yards and followed with a flip to Norman Ellis for 50 yards and six points and still another hit Nick Pello for 30 and a third touchdown. “When it was all over, Penrose had passed his Yellowjackets to a 27-19 triumph over San Juan in a Sierra Foothill League game. “The Examiner soon will send Dick his Prep of the Week certificate.” i ROBERT STEUBER TO BE INSTALLED PRESIDENT STATE EMPLOYEE UNIT Robert Steuber, California highway patrol, will be installed president of the newly formed . Gold Miners chapter of Califor. nia State Employees association . tomorrow evening at Seaman’s. lodge. Installation of officers and the granting of a charter will highlight the evening’s activities set to start at 8 o’clock. High ranking officials of the state organization will attend. Dancing and a pot-luck dinner with round out the evening. All employees of the state of California are invited to attend. Other officers to be installed are John Riley, board of equalization, vice president; Alfreda Higer, welfare department, secretary; James Hayes, state division of forestry, treasurer; Kief Melberg, welfare department, chief counselor; Joseph W. Weselsky, state division of forestry, sergeant-at-arms, EIGHTH COUNTY FAIR SET FOR AUGUST 24-27 _The 1950 eighth annual Nevada county fair will be held Aug. 24 to 27 inclusive, according to an announcement by: directors of the 17th District Agricultural association following a meeting held the latter part of last week. The fair will probably be an open. air fair in view of the long range planning necessary to get construction of permanent buildings underway. Major effort of the meeting was compilation of information and data for a master plan for the fair grounds on McCourtney road, Grass Valley. Al Snyder, chief of the division Dreyfus, state division of architecture, met with the group and worked. outs space requirements for various types of exhibits. The board tentatively approved plans for an 80x198 ft. building for general exhibition. Absentee Ballots a : Available to. Thursday Absentee ballots for the special election Tuesday, Nov. 8, will be available at the county clerk’s office until Thursday, next week. Ralph E., Deeble, clerk, stated yesterday they are for use by electors who will be. unable to ‘vote on regular election day. i COUNTY SECOND” QUARTER SALES SHOW DECLINE Taxable sales in Nevada county during the second quarter of 1949 totalled $3,786,440 to bring $94,661 into the state treasury, according to figures released by Jerrold L. Seawell, third district member of the state board of equalization. Although the’ economic outlook at the opening of the quarter was somewhat gloomy, tne Easter trade and a higher than anticipated level of trade later in the quarter combined to hold the total of taxable sales 5.36 percent below. the tetal for the second quarter of 1948. Nevada county’s decrease percentage was the third worst in the state. Only Amador with 10.21 percent decline, and Santa Barbara with 6.14’ percent had higher declines. State average was 1.14 percent decline. Other counties showing decline for the second quarter of 1949 from.the same quarter of 1948 were Alameda, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco. Alpine had the highest gain at 42.36 percent with Colusa second with 26.12 percent. Other counties that showed a increase of 10 percent or more were El Dorado, . Lake, lLassen,. Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Placer, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tuolumne. Nevada county taxable sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, amounted to $15,032,280 a decrease of 4.69 percent over the previous fiscal year. Only one county, Amador, had a higher percentage of decrease in taxable sales than Nevada. Other counties with decreases for the fiscal year were Imperial, Modoc, and San Francisco. Colusa county had the biggest percentage increase of 1948 fiscal year sales over the previous fiscal year. Other counties with high percentage increases were Alpine, Butte, Del Norte, Madera, . Marin, Mendocino; Placer, Plumas, Sutter, Tuolumne, Ventura, and Yolo. State average was 1.79 percent increase. \ NEVADA CITY WILL GET $5,630 ALLOCATION FOR LIQUOR FEE EARNINGS. * Nevada City will receive from the state board. of equalization $5,630 as its allocation of liquor license fee earnings during the first eight months of 1949, according to Jerrold, L. Seawell, third district member of the board of equalization. The unincorporated area of the county #will receive $14,925, according to Seawell. The earnings during the period covered in the report represent an increase of 2.7 percent over the corresponding périod of 1948. A new streamlined accounting program will result in nearly a 60 percent increase in the amount of license fee payments to be distributed to cities and counties during the current fiscal year as compared with last year’s distribution, Seawell said. The April,_ 1950, allocation will include earnings during the six months from Sept. 1, 1949, through Feb. 28, 1950. LOCAL OFFICERS ARE ALERTED FOR TATUM Nevada, Placer and El Dorado tounties sheriffs offices and city police departments of the counties were alerted Monday night by an all+point bulletin that Jack Tatum, escaped Phoenix, Ariz., jailbreaker, had been seen in Nevada and that he —have been enroute to Marysvilf@ his home. Tatum took part in an escape Saturday from Phoenix jail, Two ° were ‘killed in the break. Road blocks were set up on highways 40 and 20 and Sheriff Richard W: Hoskins conducted a widespread search of the Bear valley following reports a red . convertible answeting description. of Tatum’s getaway car was seen speeding on, highway 40 early on Tuesday. ; The Weather . Fred Bush, observer high low Priday,. Oct, 2). 54 26 Saturday, Oct. 22 .. 64 28 Sunday, Oct. 23 .. 65 .30 Monday, Oct. 24 .. 69 31 © Tuesday, Oct. 25. .. 72 Wednesday, Oct. 26.. 72 — Thursday, Oct. “ sn eeseas 65 vie

< v @ a “ARSON THOUGHT CAUSE OF FIRE AT NC ATRPORT William and Lucille Swain, operators of the Nevada Gity airport, announced they will start immediate rebuilding of an office building to re constructed building destroyed by fire late Monday evening. The fire is believed to have been the work of-an arsonist or arsonists and Undersheriff Otis Hardt and, Lew Gerlinger, inves_tigator for the state division of forestry, are continuing an investigation of the case, The fire was reported at 10:55 ‘p.m.; Monday by Patrolmen Clarence Martz and Ben Barry. who saw. the flames on the airport hill while on routine patrol of Nevada City. The two patrolmen turned in the fire alarm -and immediately proceeded to the scene. They found the office building a mass of flames and beyond control. ‘The officers.spotted: a crude fuse burning near the hangars and extinguished the fuse. The fuse was a quarter-inch hemp rope soaked in cleaning: solvent that led to crudé piles of lumber placed beneath the motors of three planes in the hangar. Swain said the rope had been taken from the front of the hangar. A drum of cleaning solvent was outside the building, Swain said he believed the fire was set by someone who had been to the field»several times and knew his ‘way around. Swain had been at the airport until 10 o’clock and stated he had been. plagued by vandals stealing gasoline and materials recently and was hoping to catch them. The building was valued at $3,500 by Swain who said he ‘could give no.reason for. the.fire or the attempt to destroy his planes and hangars. Swain took over the airport last winter on a long-term lease. from the city. Swain had expended approximately $14,000 in the airport project and was within a month of being able to start operation. : CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGES MONEY FOR ARMORY SITE PURCHASE The Chamber of Commerce has pledged itself to raise $2,250 this week to purchase a two-acre National Guard armory site at Cashin field near the south city limits of Nevada City. The pledge _‘was' made at an informal gathering of the city council and_officers and directors of the cham‘ber held at city hall Friday night. I. C. Bell, vice president of the chamber, announced yesterday the pledge had been attained and that clearance of title was only obstacle in the way. Bell said $250 had been presented to the chamber as a gift and four individuals loaned the remaining $2,000. The armory will cost $105,000 and the money for its construction has been allocated, according *to Senator Harold Johnson. Nation Guard officials said they are ready to start construction as soon as a grant deed or lease is presented. The building will require three full time employes, Captain Harleth Brock, commander of company E, 184th Infantry, said and will bring approximately ‘$50,000 annual drill pay and salaries. ~ RICHARD NOREN RITES SCHEDULED TOMORROW Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock at St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Grass Valley, for Richard Noren, 18, Nevada’ City apprentice seaman, killed Sept. 28, while on duty with the navy at Guam. Rosary will be held at 8 o’clock tonight at Holmes Funeral Home. Interment will be in Forest View cemetery. Noren died in a naval hospital at Guam shortly after he had been struck in the chest by a flying piece of plywood thrown by an electric saw. , PTA Budget Is Today’s Feature at Gold Flat _ Budgets and projects will feature this afternoon’s regular gettogether of the Gold Flat ParentTeachers association at which Mrs. Robert Michell will preside. A short program will be given followed by refreshment. said. replace the newly Convening time is 3:30, Mrs. Michell Volume 22, No. 60 Panes ncn 2 NEVADA CITY Friday, October 28, 1949 ELMER STEVENS RETIRES COUNTY POLIO LEADER Elmer Stevens, who has devoted 15 years to the Nevada County chapter of the National Foundatired Monday evening. Ray Hodge, California highway patrol employee, was elected to succeed Stevens, Others officers chosen at the annual meeting were Juliet Cox, vice chairman; Adele Sturtevant, second vice chairman; Bob Peterson, secretary; Bob Graziani, treasurer. Directors named by Hodge are Bernice Glasson, Effie Myers, Gertrude Esterly, Virginia Hilliard, Beatrice Becraft, Vivian Berggren, Mrs. Leo McGrath, Isabel Hefelfinger, Wilda Steuber, Marie Williford, Dallas Fellerson, Walter Barrett, Elmer Stevens, Edward Frantz, William Wilson, and G. T. Tennis. Hodge also reported the polio building will be continued. with Miss Barbara Newman in charge. The annual report showed 23 patients were hospitalized for polio during the epidemic in August, and 31 cases were reported for therapy by county physicians. Matt DePauli, retiring treasurer, reported the chapter spent $13,670 for hospitalization of polio cases from Nevada county. The: county chapter received $19,000 from the national headquarters, according to the treasurer’s report. , Upon recommendation of retiring chairman Stevens the chapter will name a separate campaign chairman, In the past the county chairman served as campaign chairman also. ° JOHN OAKIE'T0 HEAD ‘SCHOOL REORGANIZING COMMITTEE IN COUNTY Robert Hanley and Frank G. Finnegan were elected Nevada City members of a 11-member school reorganization committee chosen Wednesday evening at a delegation of school board represenatives in Hennessy school in Grass Valley. John Oakie was elected chairman. ent of schools, in accordance with assembly bill 970 which provides organization of the committee to consider matters pertaining to reorganization. of school districts within the county. The first meeting of the committee was set for Wednesday evening, Nov. 16, in the Hennessy schoolhouse. Others named to the committee were Mel Gelhaus, Dr. Walton Prescott, Herb Pingree, Robert Vance, Oakie, Robert Steuber, Ralph Alderman, Mrs. Cecelia Browning and William Rutherford, . Next Week One of ‘Many Organizations Meetings Next week will be a busy one for organizations. Monday evening at 8 o’clock at city hall the Nevada County Sportsmen’s association will get together. H. F. Sofge, secretary, says nomination of officers is an important*évent of the program. Motion pictures and refreshments are other attfactions. , Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock the board of supervisors will administer the business affairs of the county government. Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock the board of directors of Nevada City chamber of commerce will gather. : Thursday evening city council is scheduled, ‘Boy Scout Fund Drive Nears Goal of $1,350 Chairman Guerdon Ellis stated yesterday afternoon the drive to raise funds in ‘Nevada City’ for the 1950 Boy Scout program in the Tahoe area cpuncil is nearing the $1,350 goal. . Ellis stated he hoped the drive end. tion for Infantile Paralysis, re. center at the Veterans Memorial . The meeting was called by W. A. Carlson, county superintend. would be completed this week. . } } . 3 MY! WHAT THE PUBLICITY MEN WILL DO TO GET A PICTURE PRINTED This picture was sent to us by a firm trying to get some advertising for nothing—a very common practice. Normally their efforts result. in a one, way trip to’ our huge waste basket, but this picture has a couple outstanding . features that break down our will to re. sist. The caption the publicity agent sent us said something about birthdays. which probably explains the candled cake in case you noticed it. PRISON LABOR WILL WORK IN NEVADA COUNTY Approximately 60 prisoners, all of whom are being prepared for parole, are expected to arrive at a temporary labor camp near Higgins Corner next week, according to word received here by Don Knowlton, ranger of the di. vision of forestry, First. project for the prisoners }.will be construction of a perma. ion said the permanent. camp la. bor will be used primarily for; . forest conservation and fire pre-. ' vention. The camp will be oper. ,ated by Associate Ranger A. J. . Hayes who will serve as liaison . . between Knowlton and Emory . . Sloat, Placer county ranger. . Officials of the state department of corrections decided on . the Placer county site for a perpayeneat camp after the Nevada county board of supervisors ex. pressed themselves in opposition . to the camp within the county. . APPLEGATE HEARING SCHEDULED TUESDAY: . Further hearings before the . California public utilities com. mission on the application of the . Applegate Drayage company, of . Sacramento, for a common car. rier license to establish regular . 1 . . service in Neveda City and .Grass Valley and vicinity will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock in the chambers of the board of supervisors, Sacramento county courthouse, Sacramento. Representatives of the chambers of comemrce of Nevada City and Grass Valley, and the Applegate firm and Pacific Motor Transport have been invited. The two chambers’ endorsed Applegate’s application earlier this year. Applegate offers twice-daily drayage service between this district and Sacramento. © WALTER BEATON WINS $3,000 FOR INJURIES Walter Beaton, Nevada City, was awarded $3,000 damages for personal injuries in Nevada county superior court Monday. He had brought suit against the Pacific Gas & Electric company and Frank Scatena, company ditch tender at Bear valley. The. suit .followed a collision between Beaton’s vehicle and the road near -highway 20 July 28, 1948, Beaton sustained. a fractured arm and ather injuries. Frank G. Finnegan, Nevada ditch tender’s truck on Bowman} (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA 4Col. Crockett Column On Page Six Today An unusual amount of front page news has relegated Colonel James C. Crockett’s column to page six today. The colonel’s copyrighted. articles, which have drawn the wrath of the Kremlin, will be published in book form by The Nugget on completion of the series. ROY JENKINS

REOPENS THE . UNION HOTEL The Union hotel—for 85 years an institution in Nevada City— reopened its doors to the public last night following remodeling of the cocktail lounge and dance floor. Roy Jenkins, who recently purchased the hotel from Mrs. Getta Roscoe, is the new host. The interior of the cocktail lounge and dance room has been completely redecorated. The door ways are draped in maroon velvet and capped with light green cornices. Colored lights indirectly light the cocktail lounge which is painted fuchsia, Bar stools are upholstered in light green leather and the floor has been recovered with inlaid linoleum. The dance room, in its day a gambling room, has been painted turquoise blue. The floor is refinished and an orchestra stand has been built. Jenkins has hired the Western Rhythm Boys to furnish music for dancing nightly through and including a big Halloween ball ‘Monday evening. The band also furnished music last night. , Jenkins presented gardenias to the ladies at the opening last night. Clayton Evans will manage the cocktail lounge, Jenkins said. Jenkins said he expects to have the dining room reopened in two or three weeks. It is being renent camp near Auburn. Knowl. modeled. NEVADA COUNTY WILL GET $3,444 SHARE FOR STORM-DAMAGED ROADS Nevada and 28 other counties of California will each receive $3,444 as a share of the $100,000 made available by the last legislature for restoration of county roads damaged by last winter’s storms. The distribution was made at a meeting in Sacramento Wednesday when representatives of the 29 counties gathered with officials of the allocations division of the state finance department. Nevada county was represented by Warren Odell, chairman of the board of supervisors; J. F. O’Connor, road commissioner; and -Ralph E. Deeble, county clerk. _ O’Connor said yesterday Nevada county has spent $17,000 on roads damaged by last winter’s severe storms. Varney Is Speaker at Farm Center Tonight Forrest Varney, manager of the Nevada irrigation district, will be the speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Nevada City Farm Center at Seaman’s lodge, The meeting is scheduled for!8 o’clock. New officers of the center will be installed at the meeting. D. M. Loney is the new chairman; Mrs. Ralph Schorr is secretary, and Ralph Schogr is vice chairman. . A. M. Brass, retiring. chairman, will be in charge of the meeting. Pot-luck refreshments will be served, Trinity Episcopal’ Card Party Planned Nov. 12 Trinity Episcopal church will sponsor a card party at Elks hall Saturday, Nov.:12. The party is to start at 7:30 o’clock and there will be a variéty of games with many prizes. ‘ é Mrs. Elsie Siegfried is general chairman and tickets may be obtained from any member of the congregation after Sunday. ‘City, represented the plaintiff. r Rrefreshments will be served. . of fairs and expositions, and Al DICK PENROSE NAMED WEER’S PREP PLAYER Dick Penrose, senior halfback of Coach Douglas Watt’s Yellowjackets of Nevada City high schoagl was named by the San Frantisco Examiner as Northern Calif8rnia’s Prep of the Week— an honor it bestows each week on an outstanding high school player, es Penrose, a triple threat man who is equally adept at running, throwing and kicking the pigskin is also one of Watt’s shining luminaries on defense. The San Francisco newspaper commented thusly: “Three touchdown passes in one 48-minute game! That’s the brightest part of the brilliant record established by Nevada City’s Dick Penrose last weekend, and that’s why the Yellowjacket star is the Examiner’s Prep of the Week. “Penrose loosed his aerial bombs as if he were equipped with the best of military sighting devices as he passed to Dean Morrison for -yards and followed with a flip to Norman Ellis for 50 yards and six points and still another hit Nick Pello for 30 and a third touchdown. “When it was all over, Penrose had passed his Yellowjackets to a 27-19 triumph over San Juan in a Sierra Foothill League game. “The Examiner soon will send Dick his Prep of the Week certificate.” i ROBERT STEUBER TO BE INSTALLED PRESIDENT STATE EMPLOYEE UNIT Robert Steuber, California highway patrol, will be installed president of the newly formed . Gold Miners chapter of Califor. nia State Employees association . tomorrow evening at Seaman’s. lodge. Installation of officers and the granting of a charter will highlight the evening’s activities set to start at 8 o’clock. High ranking officials of the state organization will attend. Dancing and a pot-luck dinner with round out the evening. All employees of the state of California are invited to attend. Other officers to be installed are John Riley, board of equalization, vice president; Alfreda Higer, welfare department, secretary; James Hayes, state division of forestry, treasurer; Kief Melberg, welfare department, chief counselor; Joseph W. Weselsky, state division of forestry, sergeant-at-arms, EIGHTH COUNTY FAIR SET FOR AUGUST 24-27 _The 1950 eighth annual Nevada county fair will be held Aug. 24 to 27 inclusive, according to an announcement by: directors of the 17th District Agricultural association following a meeting held the latter part of last week. The fair will probably be an open. air fair in view of the long range planning necessary to get construction of permanent buildings underway. Major effort of the meeting was compilation of information and data for a master plan for the fair grounds on McCourtney road, Grass Valley. Al Snyder, chief of the division Dreyfus, state division of architecture, met with the group and worked. outs space requirements for various types of exhibits. The board tentatively approved plans for an 80x198 ft. building for general exhibition. Absentee Ballots a : Available to. Thursday Absentee ballots for the special election Tuesday, Nov. 8, will be available at the county clerk’s office until Thursday, next week. Ralph E., Deeble, clerk, stated yesterday they are for use by electors who will be. unable to ‘vote on regular election day. i COUNTY SECOND” QUARTER SALES SHOW DECLINE Taxable sales in Nevada county during the second quarter of 1949 totalled $3,786,440 to bring $94,661 into the state treasury, according to figures released by Jerrold L. Seawell, third district member of the state board of equalization. Although the’ economic outlook at the opening of the quarter was somewhat gloomy, tne Easter trade and a higher than anticipated level of trade later in the quarter combined to hold the total of taxable sales 5.36 percent below. the tetal for the second quarter of 1948. Nevada county’s decrease percentage was the third worst in the state. Only Amador with 10.21 percent decline, and Santa Barbara with 6.14’ percent had higher declines. State average was 1.14 percent decline. Other counties showing decline for the second quarter of 1949 from.the same quarter of 1948 were Alameda, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco. Alpine had the highest gain at 42.36 percent with Colusa second with 26.12 percent. Other counties that showed a increase of 10 percent or more were El Dorado, . Lake, lLassen,. Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Placer, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tuolumne. Nevada county taxable sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, amounted to $15,032,280 a decrease of 4.69 percent over the previous fiscal year. Only one county, Amador, had a higher percentage of decrease in taxable sales than Nevada. Other counties with decreases for the fiscal year were Imperial, Modoc, and San Francisco. Colusa county had the biggest percentage increase of 1948 fiscal year sales over the previous fiscal year. Other counties with high percentage increases were Alpine, Butte, Del Norte, Madera, . Marin, Mendocino; Placer, Plumas, Sutter, Tuolumne, Ventura, and Yolo. State average was 1.79 percent increase. \ NEVADA CITY WILL GET $5,630 ALLOCATION FOR LIQUOR FEE EARNINGS. * Nevada City will receive from the state board. of equalization $5,630 as its allocation of liquor license fee earnings during the first eight months of 1949, according to Jerrold, L. Seawell, third district member of the board of equalization. The unincorporated area of the county #will receive $14,925, according to Seawell. The earnings during the period covered in the report represent an increase of 2.7 percent over the corresponding périod of 1948. A new streamlined accounting program will result in nearly a 60 percent increase in the amount of license fee payments to be distributed to cities and counties during the current fiscal year as compared with last year’s distribution, Seawell said. The April,_ 1950, allocation will include earnings during the six months from Sept. 1, 1949, through Feb. 28, 1950. LOCAL OFFICERS ARE ALERTED FOR TATUM Nevada, Placer and El Dorado tounties sheriffs offices and city police departments of the counties were alerted Monday night by an all+point bulletin that Jack Tatum, escaped Phoenix, Ariz., jailbreaker, had been seen in Nevada and that he —have been enroute to Marysvilf@ his home. Tatum took part in an escape Saturday from Phoenix jail, Two ° were ‘killed in the break. Road blocks were set up on highways 40 and 20 and Sheriff Richard W: Hoskins conducted a widespread search of the Bear valley following reports a red . convertible answeting description. of Tatum’s getaway car was seen speeding on, highway 40 early on Tuesday. ; The Weather . Fred Bush, observer high low Priday,. Oct, 2). 54 26 Saturday, Oct. 22 .... 64 28 Sunday, Oct. 23 .... 65 .30 Monday, Oct. 24 ... 69 31 © Tuesday, Oct. 25. .... 72 Wednesday, Oct. 26... 72 — Thursday, Oct. “ sn eeseas 65 vie