September 23, 1948 (8 pages)

inst any ’ ssly na Use! be$$ 1 St RO ee io ar : re > Lt, dle aod Re ae am . so. * foraging through the night. Dogs can do an even better job of flushing the wily buck. Dogs can . smell them as well as see them, ‘and often hear them, though we never heard .of a buck snoring while he lies dreaming in the “hazel shade’, The dogs startle ‘ where ? the estitmate. j arrived in New York where she THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L,, SR. — There is something very mysterious about the habit of bucks. This is the time of year, it is : said, when they go into hiding and ‘flock: by themselves. They go into “retreat” asthe churchmen say. But why? Well, it is prohably just a ‘very old custom with the bucks, So far as we ean re.member, however, we have never seen a saucy buck in broad daylight, cavorting in the open. They prefer to feed at night. Twilight or dawning suits them bést. : % hs A man, can reut them from the bottom of.the canyon where they are taking a midday snooze after the buck out of his light slumber and he goes bounding and crashing off through. the willow and brush, when he senses a dog on his trail. $ & & Tt he is disturbed by a@ man, he is very likely to be quite Sly. He risesto his legs and flits away, earefully avoids efhceking a dry twig. He slips through the brush like a phantom and sticks eften to the bottom of the canyon, instead of bounding out into the open and beating it'‘over the ridge a hunter is posted. Rousin the deer to frantic fear is the hound’s business, and hunters generally are very: fond of the ‘dogs, especially those breeds such as Red Bone and Blue Tick that seem to know. instinctively where the biggest. and fattest bucks are lying. $e h& & Curious things happen when the. buck. breaks into.’ the open anid flies before the hounds: One young hunter early this ‘season was at his stand waiting and watching.Suddenly coming through the brush he saw a big buck bounding directly toward him. Before ~he could -raise “his rifle the deer bounded directly over him and was gone, Sheepishly he had -to explain to his companions that. he was too slow on the trigger. Probably no hunter would have been quick enough. : & & Another hunter posted on a boulder at the bottom of-a-eanyon heard a slight, very slight, sound in the brush behind him. He turned in time to see a buck crossing swampy ground on a log, in order_to avoid’ the sucking sound his heoves would make in the mud. The deer held his head low. near the ground, and was letting the brush slide over’ his back. as noiseléssly. as “possible. The hunter fired just as the~buck disappeared behind a bush, and got his deer, a five pointer. He aimed at where the buck’s head should: be and drilled him neatly. S Hh & In all the years we have lived in the mountains the only deer we have actually seen have been does. They seem to know that they are the protected pets of the people. They choose the moment you are wheeling along happy and carefree, to jump into the road ahead of you and scare the wits out of you. The narrower the miss the better they like it. Not all of them escape. Often they are hit and brought in by the motorist to grace the tables of the county hospital. he We have long suspected that does form a considerable portion of the fare of mountain dwellers or of those who live at the foot of the foothills, Every: now and then the game warden and shere iff’s deputies go on night patrol and catch some. hungry rascal spotlighting. He does not have to possess a deer to be arrested All he needs is a spotlight and a rifle. But often he does have a doe in possession. . & & From long protection does have become almost as tame as domestic animals and+*the_ spotlighter finds easy victims. And since there is only one game warden to a vast country, it is no wonder the night hunter often goes home with meat enough, if he has a refrigerator, to last a-month. pall ee ieee CITY COUNCIL STILL WORKING ON SLOT MACHINE ORDINANCE NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Council has decided to withdraw its ordinance licensing free play or amusement slot machines and rewrite it, It is understood that some of the provisions conflict with an ordinance passed some years ago pertaining to the same subject. The council has ordered that no parking take place on the north side of Grove .Street. and has ordered parking meters removed from Sacramento Stréet and no parking will be permitted on that thoroughfare. A recent survey of the ‘city’s . -, system, shows that to. place sewer council. be needed operating renovations, sions of mins reported to the . $4,000 will it in good condition, Repairs, and several extenwere ineluded in pened me PERSONALS Louis Saban, a miner employed by the Newmont Company for many years, who formerly resided on Clay Street, is seriously ill at the Miners Hospital. Mr. and Msr. Leland S. Smith have received word from. their daughter Elizabeth that she has . suffering. expects to spend the next few months. . Volume 21—No. 38 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Thursday, September 23, 1948 RAINBOW GIRLS INSTALLATION NEVADA CITY: In-an impresSive ceremony in the Masonic Lodge on September 4th, Miss Joyce Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin: Lee, was installed as Worthy Adyisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. The work installation was efficiently directed by Retiring Worthy Advisor Sharon ’Colvin who was assisted by her Marshall, Georgann Behrbdaum, Chaplain .Lilllian KenSinger and tecorder Beverlee Brandt. The new officers installed with Joxce assist her in the administration of her duties during her term of office were: Arof to jclid just that. Armed Robbery At Spring Hill Grocery GRASS VALLEY: A tall man with a dark complexion got out of his car Tuesday evening in front of the Spring Hill Grocery on top of Shaw’s Hill, walked into the store, thrust a gun into the side of Dan Henry, th proprietor, and said “Put ‘em up.’ Henry A partner of the bandit then entered, jumped over the counter, opened the cash register, abstracted $140. Both left in the car. It was very dusky outside and LUMBERMEN PROTEST GOVT. MONOPOLY PORTLAND (Ore.):. Northern California*independent lumbermen added their voice of protest against monopoly of federal timber when they sent C. J. -MePheeters of Redding, to Eugene, Oregon last week to testify at a Senate investigation of public timberland management, McPheeters, who is well known leen Ronningen, Worthy Assistant e 8 : p among California lumbermen, as Advisor; Joanne Hefelfinger,. Henry could not see its number or any details of 6-. fisld. representative of the. lar: ppanty; = Diane Crase, Hope: . make or model. While Henry was standing with hands . ?e™™ens’ association of Northern Elizabeth Wilson, Faith; Maxine ‘ er ff 7 California. declared at the hearIvey, Recorder; Georgann Behr,UP, he was behind a partition, which prevented a view . ing that independents would. opHe ce eae Sd pik ae of the wrapping counter and the cash register. His ea ea-aperanve viele ago Leader; Madge Nelson, Chaplain; % . : r é "oac susti : yield «fgrIrma Kendrick, Musician; Joann . @escription of the man with the gun. was meager, and . cstry: manacement-wherever sten Waecter Choir Director; Pat th h iff d b h h h b h d d proposals were made, ibs eee sige ee e sheri oubts whether he can be apprehended. Sturtevant, Love; Joyce Snyder, Religion; Martyna-Smith, Nature; Shirley Baker, Immortality; Dorotha Smart, Fidelity; Shirley McEihannon, Patriotism; Ruth Estes, Service; Patricia McElhannon, Confidential Observer; ‘Diane Davis, Outside Observer; and Georginne. Danos, Banner Bearer. Mrs., Mary German and Mrs. Ruth Veale continued as Hostess and Mother Advisor. After Miss Lee’s delightful ac-ceptance speech and a short program of vocal and piano selections by Mr. Joe’ Day and Miss: Joanne Heffelfinger, the: girls and their families and guests retired to the banquet hall to conclude the evening with dancing and refreshments. : Honored guests for the evening included Donald Doty, Patron of Eastern Star; Mrs. Doty, Mother Advisor; “Marilyn Metcalf, Junior Past Worthy~Advisor and Joanne Gorwood, Worthy Associate Advisor, all of Marysville. OVERDOSE OF SLEEP PILLS NEARLY FATAL GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Daniel R. Hammock, 35, residing on East Bennett Street, was moved into a local-hospital Monday morning from-an overdose’ of sleeping capsules containing seconol. Se Both the police-and the sheriff’s office were notifted. Deputy A, D. Pepper reported the-woman had swallowed 15 capsules. “fhe an attempted suicide is suspected; preseription called for one. Hospital authorities believe the woman will recover. REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT OF CALIF. VICTORY SACRAMENTO All signs point toward a Dewey-Warren victory in California. That was the joint report William F. Reichel and Bernard Brennan, Northern and Southern California Campaign Chairmen, made yesterday to Herbert Brownell, Jr., National Manager of the Dewey-Warren campaign. Reichel and Brennan _ jointly issued the following statement: “We are happy to report to Mr. Brownell that the campaign to carry California for our national standard Qearers, Governors Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren, is going well. “The enthusiasm of our campaign workers and the evidence of -overwhelming support of the people for election of the DeweyWarren .-ticket, and Republican candidates for Congress and publie offices in California, clearly herald victory for the Republican Party. “We are also finding a great deal of support among the Democrats, most of whom are putting the welfare of the nation above the Party. “Of course, we are not going to let up on our campaigning and sit on our hands: There is too much at stake for the nation. Governor Dewey was re-elected a0vernor in 1946 by the largest majority in New York State history—687,151 votes over the united opposition of the Democrat, 3 “American Labor and Communist Parties, “ Governor Warren equalled that record in 1946. He was nominated in the June primaries by both the Republican and Democratic parties, and that was the end of the election. . “‘We confidently believe that on the basis of reports from all over the state and personal campaigning that on next November 2, the Dewey-Warren ticket will receive more votes than the combined votes of opposition tickets. $ $200 FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING GRASS VALLEY: Gus E Wallin, arrested Sunday’ and charged with drunken driving, pleaded .guilty yesterday before Justice .of the Peace Charles a Morehouse. He was fined $200. The bandit, Henry said, was about 5 feet 11 inches tall. He wore a tee shirt, and dark trousers and coat. The man who opened the cash register, Henry ULLRICH NAMED DEWEY-WARREN CAMPAIGN CHM. SAN FRANCISCO: This -éity, which had its beginnings in the Gold Rush of 1848-49, is host this week to the American Mining Congress, one of the most powerful and influential organizations in its field in the world. Modern : : oe miners are here from all parts _SAN FRANCISCO: Paul G. of the United States and Canada. Ullrich, prominent rancher of for the first time in several years. Chicago Park, today .was named chairman , of. the: Dewey-Warren An exhibition, arranged by 85) campaign’ committee for Nevada manufacturers in the civic audiCounty and will be in direct ‘toritum, will display much of the charge of the campaign for that equipment developed to make it area. safer and easier to extract wealth Y Announcement of Ullrich’s apfrom the earth, and which -have pointment was made by Murray enabled industry to assume its Draper, chairman of the Northern present international position. California Counties Organization The. conference will spotlight! committee. a the effect of national preparedUllrich, who also serves as ness and foreign aid on American. chairman of the Republican mining, as well as the future of. County Central Committee, will gold, silver and other metals. Also to be considered by delegates are such allied Subjects as industrial! relations and manpower problems, open headquarters in Grass Valley. In selecting Ullrich to head the Nevada County campaign, Draper said, “I am confident that he premium prices; stockpiles, sub-. wilt weld into an effective cam . sidies, exploration and developpaign force the many Republicans ment incentives, etc. > in Nevada County who have The conference will close._on] pledged their support to the Dew* Saturday, the 25th. ey-Warren ticket.”’ Cow Diccers T Charles Scott Haley RAIL ‘For a few days I rested and took fishing trips around the_hills with Tip:and his brother. Then we decided to take-a prospecting trip up to the little known country on the head of Nordheimer Creek and the Salmon Summit, and see what we could find. Most of it is up above~seven thousand feet in elevation, this is still some of the-most beautiful and rugged country to be found in northern California. In June, when . first saw it, it was especially~beautiful. Creeks full of water, snow on the summits, lush green verdure everywhere, and over all the tall pines, cedars and firs which made outdoor camping a pleasure not to. be equalled for four or five months of the year. After the hot and waterless desert, this delighted my very soul.We located a ledge which appeared promising, and started to drive a tunnel in on it that fall, but had to leave it reluctantly in’ October, as we had some placer mining on the river which we wanted to prepare for. My partner and . hiked out ‘to the coast over mountain trails, a distance of about a hundred and twenty miles, and caught the ‘lumber railroad at Blue Lake, twenty miles from Eureka. We made the trip in three days, and took the coast steamer down to San Francisco, to buy pipe and other supplies and have them shipped to the Forks before the Salmon Mountain pass could be closed. In the meantime, my partner's . father and brother had started wp their sawmill to get out the necessary lumber for our sluices and flumes. The spot we had picked to operate was called Mohawk Bar, an upper bench of the Salmon about six miles below Nordheimer which was owned by Billy Tripp, a local native who was our partner in the venture. . had panned it carefully and found plenty of fine ditch to the Salmon River, tied it in bundles, and launched it down the river to be landed at our bar, one sunny morning in late October. Our pipe and supplies were taken over a rough trail to a spot overlooking the Mohawk, from whence it had to be muled down the hill on our shoulders. The whole plan seemed very simple—but we still had a lot to learn. The river was still low, and full of rocky riffles. On the first of these our lumber floats grounded. Lashings soon parted with the pounding of the water, and soon five thousand feet of loose boards 1 a ~ (Please turn to Page 5) e ‘ta_ end e led. But gold is one simple thing ‘about which we can know, and all men can agree. A free gold market is our greatest need.”’ The hearing last week in Eugene brought out bitter charges by the independents, in a. campaign organized by Western Forest Industries Association, a regional organization of the independents, that the smaller operators were being discriminated against and: that the government program to enter into co-operative agreements was creating a monopoly on federal timber for the’ benefit of a favored_few of _thlarger operators. FREE GOLD MARKET ADVOCATED INSTEAD OF HIGHER PRICES All reports from Washington indicate the hopelessness ofattempts to secure an _ incréased price for gold through Sabena but the same sources clahm that if areal campaign is conducted there-is a chance to obtain a free market for gold, First stepsin that direction Were taken by Congressman Clair Engle of California and Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada~when they introduced companion bills to permit gold in any form to be “bought, held, sold or traded upon the open market within the United States, its territories and possessions, including .Alaska, for any purpose whatsoever.”’ Later, Senator Johnson of Colorado presented another bill to establish a free market for gold. Senator McCarran claimed that enactment of his bill would apply a brake to-inflationary pressures and would aid the treasury in immobilizing “‘hot’’ dollars. In other words a free market for gold wuld give investors the most substantial commodity in the world in which to place savings. Congressman Engle; in introCucing his bill, declared that he had four purposes in mind: First, the inflationary effect of all“goldgoing into the U. S Treastry as it does now; second, to American true relationship to an ounce of gold in the free market; third, to give the people of America a-historically values for their savings in these times of inflation and threatened the its stabilize the dollar position of by showing reliable repository of deflation; and fourth, to give the gold producers the benefit of a higher price for their product, ‘thus duction and the national wealth, increasing total gold proThe McCarran-Engle measures would not change the law under which the government buys all gold at $25 an ounce, and would not change the monetized value of gold. predict that a free market would result in a higher price in private The authors, however; transactions due to the desire of people to buy and hold gold, “It is about time,’’ Engle commented, ‘‘for the American government to get back into a sound currency. The only way that can be done is to give the American people a chance to reflect the true position of the American dollar in terms of an ounce of gold. Further, since we are so uneasy about little of it by letting gold get into private hands rather than forcing it finally ends up bank credit money and therefore ] More inflation we can stop a into the Treasury—where it in the form of inflation.” Another advocate of the free market for gold is Lewis Haney, professor of economics at York University. the present purchasing policy of our government as one designed to fix the price of gold, rather than to find out what the dollar New He describes gold, and in my innocence, thought that this was the . is worth. es ss a? Haney suggests that the true sole requisite for a successful placer mining operation. taba 66 Oe as We brought our lumber down the Nordheimer . should be determined in gold, commodities other than gold, labor and other’ currencies. The three essential steps he lists are the establishment of free markets for abor; second, the free markets for foreign exchange; and third, and most important, a free market for gold. “A free gold market,” he concluded, “is our only hope for a standard of value that may be truly objective. Commodity prices we can only measure as partial d unreal averages. Foreign change will always be control1 tion’s program for the next legisResident Nihell-A Street area are ci Barnes. The home-owners of object to the proposed vio ordinance (which zones this many children in that area sroperty values would resul “y. FARM BUREAU WILL DISCUSS NOV. BALLOT GRASS VALLEY: The women of Farm Bureau, representing the organization’s Home. Department, will spearhead a series of 40 meetings in that many counties, this month and next, devoted to a. discussion of the November ballot issues and a farm legislative program for 1949. ‘ This announcement was made today by Mrs. Milton Thompson, Director of the Nevada County Farm Bureau on information furnished by Mrs. Elsie Bigelow. . chairman the California Farm Bureau statewide of Federation's Home Department. Mrs. Bigelow is a member of the Federation’s board of directors. Discussion leaders at the meetings will be official and staff members of the Federation, and details of the time and place for each county meeting will be announced shortly, Mrs: Thompson } said. in the discussions on the 19 measures 9 Emphasis will be laid which appear on the November ballot, and the recommendations of the Federation’s board of directors. concerning these measures. i ‘The. meetings, according to Mrs. Thompson, will be open to the public, and urban as well as farm people are cordially invited te—attend. In addition to a discussion of the November 2 ballot measures, the 40 meetings ‘will present the California Farm Bureau Federalative session, Mis. Bigelow said. ““Women have a great stake in legislation affecting our farms and farm homes,’’.said Mrs. Thompson, “and we want to do our part in protecting our interests.”’ DAMAGES SUIT IN BABY HOME SALE NEVADA. CITY: William P, Bertoncini and his wife, Virginia M,--Bertonecini— have filed suit against Clyde L. Wood and _ his . wife, Lillian K. Wood, asking the . recovery of $2,986.55 paid upon a ehildren’s home in Grass Valley, and damages amounting to $10,000. The plaintiffs allege they purchased from the Woods the buildings and business, constituting a boarding home for children. When they attempted to secure a renewal of the license they allege that the state fire marshall would not pass the building without numerous alterations and changes, and that the social welfare agency of the state would not grant a license without the approval of the state fire marshall, ‘‘al] of which the defendants well knew at the~time of the gale.’’ BABY SLASHES WRIST, SAVED BY BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS NEVADA CITY: James Ray Gary, 19,months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gary of LeBarr Meadows, is n the Miner’s Hospital recovering from loss’ of blood occasioned when he slashed his wrist on a broken bottle while playing in the Gary yard. Scott Nichols, taxi driver, brought the child to the hospital in record time, after bandaging the little boy’s hand, The child was unconscious when it reached the hospital but, following blood transfusions, was revived, his life saved by a narrow margin of time. HENRY P. BEAN _ NEVADA CITY: Henry P. Bean, genial former lumberman of North San Juan, isithe new -owner of Don’s Fixit Shop, which he has renamed Henry’s Fixit Shop. .TMhe change of ownership occurred on August 31st, when Don Wheelock, public-spirited citizen and member. of the youth comEnforcement Of Zoning Ordinance NEVADA CITY: Residents of the Nurseryfor presentation to. the City Council requesting the council to deny an application for a business permit sought by a Mr. Polk, of Oakland, who proposes to establish a linens, lace and antique store at 504 Nursery Street in the residence former] grounds that commercial traffic would endanger the o] . . commercial enterprises there. section, \} he was Mrs, Carl Larson, and Mrs. P. CQ. and Mrs. Edna> mento, : Street Widening Bids council will immediately calp for bids for widening and improving South Auburn Street from Winchester Street. to the city limits. reported Highways has approved the; plans. and specifications for street widening ,and he recommended that the council give similar approval and proceed with the work. Bids BUYS DON’S FIXIT ne ae the coun September ae . Rate 3% Per $100. of the Nevada Irrigation meeting Saturday night, fixed assessment rate for the fiscal at 3 per cent per $100 valuatic /as compared with 2 las s Seek rculating a petition today ‘ y owned by Warren the quiet, residential area lation of the city zoning location as residéntial) on , and that a reduction of t from the introduction of The petition, which is being circulated lay, follows; We, the undersigned residents , of Nevada> City, hereby respectfuly petition the City Council of Ne ia City NOT. to grant. the. business license applied for. ,by antique. shop and business he Mr. Polk ‘for a linen and lace and proposes to conduct at 504 Nursery wireet; This application is contrary to the spirit and letter of the city zoning ordinance, in which the Nursery-Nihell-A Street area ig. zoned as residential. f The majority of undersigned, inclu diag a residents in this area, as well as citizens who object < io granting the license in principle, are unalterably Opposed to the opening of business at 504 Nursery Street. Practically all the residents of the --ncighborheed -have ~ small children and feel that, since the lack of commercial traffic in this ~’ area Was a prime factor in moving“ them to purchase property there, and ihe safety of their children is a matter. of paramount ims = portance, that. no such: business*~ license can righfully be granted. In addition to the safety of children, a second objection ig mace that the proposed busiress. entered in a very quiet residential would reduce property values. Furthermore, it could logicaliy be the opening wedge for other, even less desirable businesses and thus result in the eventual ruin,of this neighborhood, teh . We call attention to the” facet that, should such a license -be granted, we will oppose its opéraiion and seek tovhave it deelared a nuisance which it would indeed be, in this particular location, We respectfully submit these objections to.,the City Couneil of Nevada City, .and request that no licénse be granted, 7: MATT ARCH OPENS. © NEW GROCERY a NEVADA CITY: Matt Arch, former well-known real estate man of this area, and former Colorado -grocer, has opened up a new Street, Arch, welcomed back into’ the business community by his many friends, carriés a complete line of groceries, ‘meats, and vegeta-~ bles in his new store, He is open for business today, but the grand opening with complete stocks in all lines is sched uled for tomorrow. EMMANUEL PENROSE SERVICES WERE WED. NEVADA CITY: Funeral serve ices were held Wednesday, September 22nd, at 2 P. M. in Holmes Funeral Home for Emmanuel Penrose, killed Saturday night in an automobile accident. The services were conducted by Rev. Angus Miller, rector gf Trinity Episcopal Church. Interment was in Forest View Cemetery. The deceased was born 67 years ago in Moore’s Flat, near North Bloomfield.’ In his latter years a gardener. Besides hig” wife, Mrs. Mariette Penrose, he leaves the following brothers and sisters, Ralph Penrose, Nevada City, Edgar Penrose of Yuba City, grocery at 229 Commercial Peterson, beth of Nevada City, ‘oung of Sacra= aye Council Calls For. GRASS VALLEY: The city ‘Carlos McGuire, city engineer, that the Division of GRASS VALLEY: The directors Distric per cent mission, sold the business : to. year. ‘ re Bean. ; : However, the board has Wheelock is employed in the . obliged 'to borrow $250, transportation department of the. and 1.93 per cent of the°as: ess: Morris Vitamin business on Town. goes toward paying off he $250, ; Talk Ridge. o.0 in five years with interest, ‘ The business ‘is continuing . leaves 1.07° perceni 16 much as before, with emphasis. eral fund as compared with on prompt service and the model} cent for the general department. ene

inst any ’ ssly na Use! be$$ 1 St RO ee io ar : re > Lt, dle aod Re ae am . so. * foraging through the night. Dogs can do an even better job of flushing the wily buck. Dogs can . smell them as well as see them, ‘and often hear them, though we never heard .of a buck snoring while he lies dreaming in the “hazel shade’, The dogs startle ‘ where ? the estitmate. j arrived in New York where she THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L,, SR. — There is something very mysterious about the habit of bucks. This is the time of year, it is : said, when they go into hiding and ‘flock: by themselves. They go into “retreat” asthe churchmen say. But why? Well, it is prohably just a ‘very old custom with the bucks, So far as we ean re.member, however, we have never seen a saucy buck in broad daylight, cavorting in the open. They prefer to feed at night. Twilight or dawning suits them bést. : % hs A man, can reut them from the bottom of.the canyon where they are taking a midday snooze after the buck out of his light slumber and he goes bounding and crashing off through. the willow and brush, when he senses a dog on his trail. $ & & Tt he is disturbed by a@ man, he is very likely to be quite Sly. He risesto his legs and flits away, earefully avoids efhceking a dry twig. He slips through the brush like a phantom and sticks eften to the bottom of the canyon, instead of bounding out into the open and beating it'‘over the ridge a hunter is posted. Rousin the deer to frantic fear is the hound’s business, and hunters generally are very: fond of the ‘dogs, especially those breeds such as Red Bone and Blue Tick that seem to know. instinctively where the biggest. and fattest bucks are lying. $e h& & Curious things happen when the. buck. breaks into.’ the open anid flies before the hounds: One young hunter early this ‘season was at his stand waiting and watching.Suddenly coming through the brush he saw a big buck bounding directly toward him. Before ~he could -raise “his rifle the deer bounded directly over him and was gone, Sheepishly he had -to explain to his companions that. he was too slow on the trigger. Probably no hunter would have been quick enough. : & & Another hunter posted on a boulder at the bottom of-a-eanyon heard a slight, very slight, sound in the brush behind him. He turned in time to see a buck crossing swampy ground on a log, in order_to avoid’ the sucking sound his heoves would make in the mud. The deer held his head low. near the ground, and was letting the brush slide over’ his back. as noiseléssly. as “possible. The hunter fired just as the~buck disappeared behind a bush, and got his deer, a five pointer. He aimed at where the buck’s head should: be and drilled him neatly. S Hh & In all the years we have lived in the mountains the only deer we have actually seen have been does. They seem to know that they are the protected pets of the people. They choose the moment you are wheeling along happy and carefree, to jump into the road ahead of you and scare the wits out of you. The narrower the miss the better they like it. Not all of them escape. Often they are hit and brought in by the motorist to grace the tables of the county hospital. he We have long suspected that does form a considerable portion of the fare of mountain dwellers or of those who live at the foot of the foothills, Every: now and then the game warden and shere iff’s deputies go on night patrol and catch some. hungry rascal spotlighting. He does not have to possess a deer to be arrested All he needs is a spotlight and a rifle. But often he does have a doe in possession. . & & From long protection does have become almost as tame as domestic animals and+*the_ spotlighter finds easy victims. And since there is only one game warden to a vast country, it is no wonder the night hunter often goes home with meat enough, if he has a refrigerator, to last a-month. pall ee ieee CITY COUNCIL STILL WORKING ON SLOT MACHINE ORDINANCE NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Council has decided to withdraw its ordinance licensing free play or amusement slot machines and rewrite it, It is understood that some of the provisions conflict with an ordinance passed some years ago pertaining to the same subject. The council has ordered that no parking take place on the north side of Grove .Street. and has ordered parking meters removed from Sacramento Stréet and no parking will be permitted on that thoroughfare. A recent survey of the ‘city’s . -, system, shows that to.. place sewer council. be needed operating renovations, sions of mins reported to the . $4,000 will it in good condition, Repairs, and several extenwere ineluded in pened me PERSONALS Louis Saban, a miner employed by the Newmont Company for many years, who formerly resided on Clay Street, is seriously ill at the Miners Hospital. Mr. and Msr. Leland S. Smith have received word from. their daughter Elizabeth that she has . suffering. expects to spend the next few months. . Volume 21—No. 38 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Thursday, September 23, 1948 RAINBOW GIRLS INSTALLATION NEVADA CITY: In-an impresSive ceremony in the Masonic Lodge on September 4th, Miss Joyce Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin: Lee, was installed as Worthy Adyisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. The work installation was efficiently directed by Retiring Worthy Advisor Sharon ’Colvin who was assisted by her Marshall, Georgann Behrbdaum, Chaplain .Lilllian KenSinger and tecorder Beverlee Brandt. The new officers installed with Joxce assist her in the administration of her duties during her term of office were: Arof to jclid just that. Armed Robbery At Spring Hill Grocery GRASS VALLEY: A tall man with a dark complexion got out of his car Tuesday evening in front of the Spring Hill Grocery on top of Shaw’s Hill, walked into the store, thrust a gun into the side of Dan Henry, th proprietor, and said “Put ‘em up.’ Henry A partner of the bandit then entered, jumped over the counter, opened the cash register, abstracted $140. Both left in the car. It was very dusky outside and LUMBERMEN PROTEST GOVT. MONOPOLY PORTLAND (Ore.):. Northern California*independent lumbermen added their voice of protest against monopoly of federal timber when they sent C. J. -MePheeters of Redding, to Eugene, Oregon last week to testify at a Senate investigation of public timberland management, McPheeters, who is well known leen Ronningen, Worthy Assistant e 8 : p among California lumbermen, as Advisor; Joanne Hefelfinger,. Henry could not see its number or any details of 6-. fisld. representative of the. lar: ppanty; = Diane Crase, Hope: . make or model. While Henry was standing with hands . ?e™™ens’ association of Northern Elizabeth Wilson, Faith; Maxine ‘ er ff 7 California. declared at the hearIvey, Recorder; Georgann Behr,UP, he was behind a partition, which prevented a view . ing that independents would. opHe ce eae Sd pik ae of the wrapping counter and the cash register. His ea ea-aperanve viele ago Leader; Madge Nelson, Chaplain; % . : r é "oac susti : yield «fgrIrma Kendrick, Musician; Joann . @escription of the man with the gun. was meager, and . cstry: manacement-wherever sten Waecter Choir Director; Pat th h iff d b h h h b h d d proposals were made, ibs eee sige ee e sheri oubts whether he can be apprehended. Sturtevant, Love; Joyce Snyder, Religion; Martyna-Smith, Nature; Shirley Baker, Immortality; Dorotha Smart, Fidelity; Shirley McEihannon, Patriotism; Ruth Estes, Service; Patricia McElhannon, Confidential Observer; ‘Diane Davis, Outside Observer; and Georginne. Danos, Banner Bearer. Mrs., Mary German and Mrs. Ruth Veale continued as Hostess and Mother Advisor. After Miss Lee’s delightful ac-ceptance speech and a short program of vocal and piano selections by Mr. Joe’ Day and Miss: Joanne Heffelfinger, the: girls and their families and guests retired to the banquet hall to conclude the evening with dancing and refreshments. : Honored guests for the evening included Donald Doty, Patron of Eastern Star; Mrs. Doty, Mother Advisor; “Marilyn Metcalf, Junior Past Worthy~Advisor and Joanne Gorwood, Worthy Associate Advisor, all of Marysville. OVERDOSE OF SLEEP PILLS NEARLY FATAL GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Daniel R. Hammock, 35, residing on East Bennett Street, was moved into a local-hospital Monday morning from-an overdose’ of sleeping capsules containing seconol. Se Both the police-and the sheriff’s office were notifted. Deputy A, D. Pepper reported the-woman had swallowed 15 capsules. “fhe an attempted suicide is suspected; preseription called for one. Hospital authorities believe the woman will recover. REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT OF CALIF. VICTORY SACRAMENTO All signs point toward a Dewey-Warren victory in California. That was the joint report William F. Reichel and Bernard Brennan, Northern and Southern California Campaign Chairmen, made yesterday to Herbert Brownell, Jr., National Manager of the Dewey-Warren campaign. Reichel and Brennan _ jointly issued the following statement: “We are happy to report to Mr. Brownell that the campaign to carry California for our national standard Qearers, Governors Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren, is going well. “The enthusiasm of our campaign workers and the evidence of -overwhelming support of the people for election of the DeweyWarren .-ticket, and Republican candidates for Congress and publie offices in California, clearly herald victory for the Republican Party. “We are also finding a great deal of support among the Democrats, most of whom are putting the welfare of the nation above the Party. “Of course, we are not going to let up on our campaigning and sit on our hands: There is too much at stake for the nation. Governor Dewey was re-elected a0vernor in 1946 by the largest majority in New York State history—687,151 votes over the united opposition of the Democrat, 3 “American Labor and Communist Parties, “ Governor Warren equalled that record in 1946. He was nominated in the June primaries by both the Republican and Democratic parties, and that was the end of the election. . “‘We confidently believe that on the basis of reports from all over the state and personal campaigning that on next November 2, the Dewey-Warren ticket will receive more votes than the combined votes of opposition tickets. $ $200 FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING GRASS VALLEY: Gus E Wallin, arrested Sunday’ and charged with drunken driving, pleaded .guilty yesterday before Justice .of the Peace Charles a Morehouse. He was fined $200. The bandit, Henry said, was about 5 feet 11 inches tall. He wore a tee shirt, and dark trousers and coat. The man who opened the cash register, Henry ULLRICH NAMED DEWEY-WARREN CAMPAIGN CHM. SAN FRANCISCO: This -éity, which had its beginnings in the Gold Rush of 1848-49, is host this week to the American Mining Congress, one of the most powerful and influential organizations in its field in the world. Modern : : oe miners are here from all parts _SAN FRANCISCO: Paul G. of the United States and Canada. Ullrich, prominent rancher of for the first time in several years. Chicago Park, today .was named chairman , of. the: Dewey-Warren An exhibition, arranged by 85) campaign’ committee for Nevada manufacturers in the civic audiCounty and will be in direct ‘toritum, will display much of the charge of the campaign for that equipment developed to make it area. safer and easier to extract wealth Y Announcement of Ullrich’s apfrom the earth, and which -have pointment was made by Murray enabled industry to assume its Draper, chairman of the Northern present international position. California Counties Organization The. conference will spotlight! committee. a the effect of national preparedUllrich, who also serves as ness and foreign aid on American. chairman of the Republican mining, as well as the future of. County Central Committee, will gold, silver and other metals. Also to be considered by delegates are such allied Subjects as industrial! relations and manpower problems, open headquarters in Grass Valley. In selecting Ullrich to head the Nevada County campaign, Draper said, “I am confident that he premium prices; stockpiles, sub-. wilt weld into an effective cam . sidies, exploration and developpaign force the many Republicans ment incentives, etc. > in Nevada County who have The conference will close._on] pledged their support to the Dew* Saturday, the 25th. ey-Warren ticket.”’ Cow Diccers T Charles Scott Haley RAIL ‘For a few days I rested and took fishing trips around the_hills with Tip:and his brother. Then we decided to take-a prospecting trip up to the little known country on the head of Nordheimer Creek and the Salmon Summit, and see what we could find. Most of it is up above~seven thousand feet in elevation, this is still some of the-most beautiful and rugged country to be found in northern California. In June, when . first saw it, it was especially~beautiful. Creeks full of water, snow on the summits, lush green verdure everywhere, and over all the tall pines, cedars and firs which made outdoor camping a pleasure not to. be equalled for four or five months of the year. After the hot and waterless desert, this delighted my very soul.We located a ledge which appeared promising, and started to drive a tunnel in on it that fall, but had to leave it reluctantly in’ October, as we had some placer mining on the river which we wanted to prepare for. My partner and . hiked out ‘to the coast over mountain trails, a distance of about a hundred and twenty miles, and caught the ‘lumber railroad at Blue Lake, twenty miles from Eureka. We made the trip in three days, and took the coast steamer down to San Francisco, to buy pipe and other supplies and have them shipped to the Forks before the Salmon Mountain pass could be closed. In the meantime, my partner's . father and brother had started wp their sawmill to get out the necessary lumber for our sluices and flumes. The spot we had picked to operate was called Mohawk Bar, an upper bench of the Salmon about six miles below Nordheimer which was owned by Billy Tripp, a local native who was our partner in the venture. . had panned it carefully and found plenty of fine

ditch to the Salmon River, tied it in bundles, and launched it down the river to be landed at our bar, one sunny morning in late October. Our pipe and supplies were taken over a rough trail to a spot overlooking the Mohawk, from whence it had to be muled down the hill on our shoulders. The whole plan seemed very simple—but we still had a lot to learn. The river was still low, and full of rocky riffles. On the first of these our lumber floats grounded. Lashings soon parted with the pounding of the water, and soon five thousand feet of loose boards 1 a ~ (Please turn to Page 5) e ‘ta_ end e led. But gold is one simple thing ‘about which we can know, and all men can agree. A free gold market is our greatest need.”’ The hearing last week in Eugene brought out bitter charges by the independents, in a. campaign organized by Western Forest Industries Association, a regional organization of the independents, that the smaller operators were being discriminated against and: that the government program to enter into co-operative agreements was creating a monopoly on federal timber for the’ benefit of a favored_few of _thlarger operators. FREE GOLD MARKET ADVOCATED INSTEAD OF HIGHER PRICES All reports from Washington indicate the hopelessness ofattempts to secure an _ incréased price for gold through Sabena but the same sources clahm that if areal campaign is conducted there-is a chance to obtain a free market for gold, First stepsin that direction Were taken by Congressman Clair Engle of California and Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada~when they introduced companion bills to permit gold in any form to be “bought, held, sold or traded upon the open market within the United States, its territories and possessions, including .Alaska, for any purpose whatsoever.”’ Later, Senator Johnson of Colorado presented another bill to establish a free market for gold. Senator McCarran claimed that enactment of his bill would apply a brake to-inflationary pressures and would aid the treasury in immobilizing “‘hot’’ dollars. In other words a free market for gold wuld give investors the most substantial commodity in the world in which to place savings. Congressman Engle; in introCucing his bill, declared that he had four purposes in mind: First, the inflationary effect of all“goldgoing into the U. S Treastry as it does now; second, to American true relationship to an ounce of gold in the free market; third, to give the people of America a-historically values for their savings in these times of inflation and threatened the its stabilize the dollar position of by showing reliable repository of deflation; and fourth, to give the gold producers the benefit of a higher price for their product, ‘thus duction and the national wealth, increasing total gold proThe McCarran-Engle measures would not change the law under which the government buys all gold at $25 an ounce, and would not change the monetized value of gold. predict that a free market would result in a higher price in private The authors, however; transactions due to the desire of people to buy and hold gold, “It is about time,’’ Engle commented, ‘‘for the American government to get back into a sound currency. The only way that can be done is to give the American people a chance to reflect the true position of the American dollar in terms of an ounce of gold. Further, since we are so uneasy about little of it by letting gold get into private hands rather than forcing it finally ends up bank credit money and therefore ] More inflation we can stop a into the Treasury—where it in the form of inflation.” Another advocate of the free market for gold is Lewis Haney, professor of economics at York University. the present purchasing policy of our government as one designed to fix the price of gold, rather than to find out what the dollar New He describes gold, and in my innocence, thought that this was the . is worth. es ss a? Haney suggests that the true sole requisite for a successful placer mining operation. taba 66 Oe as We brought our lumber down the Nordheimer . should be determined in gold, commodities other than gold, labor and other’ currencies. The three essential steps he lists are the establishment of free markets for abor; second, the free markets for foreign exchange; and third, and most important, a free market for gold. “A free gold market,” he concluded, “is our only hope for a standard of value that may be truly objective. Commodity prices we can only measure as partial d unreal averages. Foreign change will always be control1 tion’s program for the next legisResident Nihell-A Street area are ci Barnes. The home-owners of object to the proposed vio ordinance (which zones this many children in that area sroperty values would resul “y. FARM BUREAU WILL DISCUSS NOV. BALLOT GRASS VALLEY: The women of Farm Bureau, representing the organization’s Home. Department, will spearhead a series of 40 meetings in that many counties, this month and next, devoted to a. discussion of the November ballot issues and a farm legislative program for 1949. ‘ This announcement was made today by Mrs. Milton Thompson, Director of the Nevada County Farm Bureau on information furnished by Mrs. Elsie Bigelow. . chairman the California Farm Bureau statewide of Federation's Home Department. Mrs. Bigelow is a member of the Federation’s board of directors. Discussion leaders at the meetings will be official and staff members of the Federation, and details of the time and place for each county meeting will be announced shortly, Mrs: Thompson } said. in the discussions on the 19 measures 9 Emphasis will be laid which appear on the November ballot, and the recommendations of the Federation’s board of directors. concerning these measures. i ‘The. meetings, according to Mrs. Thompson, will be open to the public, and urban as well as farm people are cordially invited te—attend. In addition to a discussion of the November 2 ballot measures, the 40 meetings ‘will present the California Farm Bureau Federalative session, Mis. Bigelow said. ““Women have a great stake in legislation affecting our farms and farm homes,’’.said Mrs. Thompson, “and we want to do our part in protecting our interests.”’ DAMAGES SUIT IN BABY HOME SALE NEVADA. CITY: William P, Bertoncini and his wife, Virginia M,--Bertonecini— have filed suit against Clyde L. Wood and _ his . wife, Lillian K. Wood, asking the . recovery of $2,986.55 paid upon a ehildren’s home in Grass Valley, and damages amounting to $10,000. The plaintiffs allege they purchased from the Woods the buildings and business, constituting a boarding home for children. When they attempted to secure a renewal of the license they allege that the state fire marshall would not pass the building without numerous alterations and changes, and that the social welfare agency of the state would not grant a license without the approval of the state fire marshall, ‘‘al] of which the defendants well knew at the~time of the gale.’’ BABY SLASHES WRIST, SAVED BY BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS NEVADA CITY: James Ray Gary, 19,months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gary of LeBarr Meadows, is n the Miner’s Hospital recovering from loss’ of blood occasioned when he slashed his wrist on a broken bottle while playing in the Gary yard. Scott Nichols, taxi driver, brought the child to the hospital in record time, after bandaging the little boy’s hand, The child was unconscious when it reached the hospital but, following blood transfusions, was revived, his life saved by a narrow margin of time. HENRY P. BEAN _ NEVADA CITY: Henry P. Bean, genial former lumberman of North San Juan, isithe new -owner of Don’s Fixit Shop, which he has renamed Henry’s Fixit Shop. .TMhe change of ownership occurred on August 31st, when Don Wheelock, public-spirited citizen and member. of the youth comEnforcement Of Zoning Ordinance NEVADA CITY: Residents of the Nurseryfor presentation to. the City Council requesting the council to deny an application for a business permit sought by a Mr. Polk, of Oakland, who proposes to establish a linens, lace and antique store at 504 Nursery Street in the residence former] grounds that commercial traffic would endanger the o] . . commercial enterprises there. section, \} he was Mrs, Carl Larson, and Mrs. P. CQ. and Mrs. Edna> mento, : Street Widening Bids council will immediately calp for bids for widening and improving South Auburn Street from Winchester Street. to the city limits. reported Highways has approved the; plans. and specifications for street widening ,and he recommended that the council give similar approval and proceed with the work. Bids BUYS DON’S FIXIT ne ae the coun September ae . Rate 3% Per $100. of the Nevada Irrigation meeting Saturday night, fixed assessment rate for the fiscal at 3 per cent per $100 valuatic /as compared with 2 las s Seek rculating a petition today ‘ y owned by Warren the quiet, residential area lation of the city zoning location as residéntial) on , and that a reduction of t from the introduction of The petition, which is being circulated lay, follows; We, the undersigned residents , of Nevada> City, hereby respectfuly petition the City Council of Ne ia City NOT. to grant. the. business license applied for. ,by antique. shop and business he Mr. Polk ‘for a linen and lace and proposes to conduct at 504 Nursery wireet; This application is contrary to the spirit and letter of the city zoning ordinance, in which the Nursery-Nihell-A Street area ig. zoned as residential. f The majority of undersigned, inclu diag a residents in this area, as well as citizens who object < io granting the license in principle, are unalterably Opposed to the opening of business at 504 Nursery Street. Practically all the residents of the --ncighborheed -have ~ small children and feel that, since the lack of commercial traffic in this ~’ area Was a prime factor in moving“ them to purchase property there, and ihe safety of their children is a matter. of paramount ims = portance, that. no such: business*~ license can righfully be granted. In addition to the safety of children, a second objection ig mace that the proposed busiress. entered in a very quiet residential would reduce property values. Furthermore, it could logicaliy be the opening wedge for other, even less desirable businesses and thus result in the eventual ruin,of this neighborhood, teh . We call attention to the” facet that, should such a license -be granted, we will oppose its opéraiion and seek tovhave it deelared a nuisance which it would indeed be, in this particular location, We respectfully submit these objections to.,the City Couneil of Nevada City, .and request that no licénse be granted, 7: MATT ARCH OPENS. © NEW GROCERY a NEVADA CITY: Matt Arch, former well-known real estate man of this area, and former Colorado -grocer, has opened up a new Street, Arch, welcomed back into’ the business community by his many friends, carriés a complete line of groceries, ‘meats, and vegeta-~ bles in his new store, He is open for business today, but the grand opening with complete stocks in all lines is sched uled for tomorrow. EMMANUEL PENROSE SERVICES WERE WED. NEVADA CITY: Funeral serve ices were held Wednesday, September 22nd, at 2 P. M. in Holmes Funeral Home for Emmanuel Penrose, killed Saturday night in an automobile accident. The services were conducted by Rev. Angus Miller, rector gf Trinity Episcopal Church. Interment was in Forest View Cemetery. The deceased was born 67 years ago in Moore’s Flat, near North Bloomfield.’ In his latter years a gardener. Besides hig” wife, Mrs. Mariette Penrose, he leaves the following brothers and sisters, Ralph Penrose, Nevada City, Edgar Penrose of Yuba City, grocery at 229 Commercial Peterson, beth of Nevada City, ‘oung of Sacra= aye Council Calls For. GRASS VALLEY: The city ‘Carlos McGuire, city engineer, that the Division of GRASS VALLEY: The directors Distric per cent mission, sold the business : to. year. ‘ re Bean. ; : However, the board has Wheelock is employed in the . obliged 'to borrow $250, transportation department of the. and 1.93 per cent of the°as: ess: Morris Vitamin business on Town. goes toward paying off he $250, ; Talk Ridge. o.0 in five years with interest, ‘ The business ‘is continuing . leaves 1.07° perceni 16 much as before, with emphasis. eral fund as compared with on prompt service and the model} cent for the general department. ene