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April 2, 1928 (6 pages)

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MOLUME II, NUMBER 20 Nevada City ugget THE GOLD CENTER _ NEVADA. CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, “CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER mene veer ns maar APRIL 2, 1928 “vel mine, two and a half miles west AZALEA GRAVEL MINE TO BE OPENED ARCHIBALD WINS OVER THE WESTERN} Jurist in Written Opinion Filed Saturday Holds Plaintiffs Entitled to Foreclose on Mortgage Given to Secure the Payment of Note to the Banner Mines Consolidated a It is reported that work will be resumed shortly at the Azalea graJudge Raglan Tuttle in a decision handed down.Saturday, ruled that the interests_ headed by A. R. Archbald of the New England company was justified in bringing its “foreclosure proceedings against the Western Mines Consolidated. This means that the plaintiffs can go ahead and perfect their title in end to valuable mining properties j the Nevada Ba. sin which will/mean so much {0 . Nevada City when once the rich Huonehties which have been idle for of Blue Canyon. The Azalea company was an organization o fconductors, engineers and railroad empolyes formed for the. purpose of tapping a lava capped gravel channel supposed to exist under the ridge lying between the railroad and Canyon creek .; above Towles. The tunnel was driven nor chwent . erly into the clay slates 550 feet is sincerely to be hoped that this will mean extensive Operations withThey picked up the east rim of the, channel at the end o fa raise 190° HOMESTAKE RESUMES menc¢ shortly at the Homestake property in the Steep owned by C. E. Jr. The snow is’ off the ground. Drifting will be resumed to cut:the back gravel ehannel. This property has shown excellent returns from its . gravel in past operations, ROBERTS SISTERS TENT which friends in the cléan-cut type of shows cellent vaudeville for a week’s OPERATIONS SHORTLY: Operations are exepected to comHollow district, Martz and son,-C.’ £ c ‘EASTER WILL BE ,end this week with special pious exercises at St. Canice’s church. High Mass will Thursday morning. the procession OAKVALE MINE TUNNEL PROGRESSING NICELY CLEBRATED IN Work is progressing satisfactorily ' THE CHURCH FS at the Oakvale mine in the Steep , Hollow, district with the driving of tHe new tunnel which is now in 150 ST. CANICE’S CHURCH feet and making good progress. The former ¢unnel too high to cut the bedrock under the gravel channel and. the water which fairly boiled up was too much to handle easily. The. new tunne 1 should’ give plenty of depth. It is planned to drive the new tunnel 350 feet in and then raise to the channel. Major comes to an was The Lenten season begin at nine o’clock on The mass over, forms in one of the aisles’ and proceeds to the altar of de Bertodano is SHOW COMING SOON repose where the Sacred Host is kept ite annel. Maj é is ioe Friday morning. Reine ‘visit the. church at any hour , that may suit them, but there an-hour. announced at which all may The Roberts has aes: Tent ‘Show . been winning many lower country by its Vs and its ex-} features is billed . stay at Hills Plat beburn. that they made a two week stop there and Were greeted by large aufeet above the main tunnel, .but the in the next year or so. R. F. D. Lemaboot Hid played Modesta ten ground swelled so badly on exposure mon, one of the directors of the : ae Sea aeons er to the air that the raise had to be, Banner Consolidated stated to The points in the lower country, they abandoned. . Nugget the past few days that some The wash was clean, well rounded ; large developments may be confidquartz gravel and is supposed to be; @@tly expected shortly. the same channel as that pasing from W. E. Wright who acted as attorthe Alta shaft at Alta up through p ney for the Archibald interests thruthe Lynn and Lee ranches and com, Out the litigation, handled the case monly known at Dutch Flat as the;in’ a masterly manner. Nary Red Channel. At Nary Red,. ‘The full text of Judge Tuttle’s In running the tunnel several quartz stringers have been cut which show good ore but ‘they will be ‘saved for future prospecting as the intention is to cut the gravel as goon as possible. MUGWUMP MINE HIT BY TH" BIG STORM The Mugwump mine just below Forest suffered approximately $1500 damage as the result of the big storm of last week. The high water ' washed out several hundred feet of snow sheds and at one time was up to the mouth of the tunnel. The crew were ready to pull ont the electric motors at that time but it did not become necessary. The drift is now in about 600 feet and — making good ; progress. : DEL’S CAFE OPENS DOORS ‘PINE GROVE RESERVOIR NEX? THURSDAY MORN GATE IN A CLOSE CAL! which lies between. Dutch Flat and , decision is printed on page five of rich. Its notable’ characteristic is the percentage of quartz boulders it ROUND MOUNTAIN MINE boulders have been shipped, at first ee to the Sacramento shops of the EssG. H. Mason has taken a working years to Pittsburg and. Stockton for! tain district the past week. The tun. use in glazing and enameling. nel which has been driven by Mr. \ ders because they seem to be par-; There are 180 acres of placer ground ticularly adapted for this purpose, in the property which prospects well have been shipped from Dutch Flat in the last 40 years. fact no work of any nature has bben done along this channel above Alta ther developments at this property are most promising. Clayton Chatfield has taken a virtue of papers recorded the past week. The properties are situate in Alta, this channel was hydraulicked . this issue. in early days and was’ unusually (Rattner ener er contains—being fully 90 per cent. For more than 40 years these quartz pee where they were used as flux in. interest in the Henry Goering minthe melting of iron, and of late!ing properties in the Round MounAs much as $1.50 per ton on the . Goering is now in 100 feet and des. ground has been paid for these boul. tined to cut the gravel channel. being ‘quite free from iron. It is es-. in values. timated that more than 250,000 tons The trough of the channel at the Azalea has never been exposed, in which is five miles west along its course and it would seem that furbond and lease on the Thomas Coan mining properties west of town by Section 3, Township 16 North, Range 8 East. Nevada City newest eating parlors FRENCH CORRAL, March 31 opens its doors next, Thursday mor(Special to The Nugget)—Rain! ning on Broad street, when Dels’. Rain! Rain! What a Week it has Cafe which has been made all spick and span gets under way. Jn. Del-! Raoulls cf many years experience as a chef will preside at the range and_ dispense tasty dishes daily. A speeialty will be made of chicken and raviola dinners on Sundays and a merchants’ lunch will be served weekdays. “A. delicatessen will also be operated and the Kopp Bakery , line will be handled. . been! At last writing we were glad lto hear the “patter on the roof’’— , but oh! how gl lad we were when it ceased, for who expected such a dejuge? Although French Corral did not suffer any particular damage We knew others were suffering and °’we were in constant dread of what might be. Pine Grove reservoir ‘had a close leall as they feared the waste gate There ares private dining’ rooms would go out. A crew of men was and tables for ladies. Gas will be hastily summoned and work was used for cooking and modern equip~! done to save it--The past few days ment has been installed throughout, lot sunshine are welcome indeed, alA large liood over the range — will carry off all odors and heat. The in. ,gray and more rain is threatened. . : nd a commodious chapel to the terior has. been all newly painted . oe Ee eS front. “4 formal invitation is extenand papered and presents an attracThe meeting dates of the newly] ‘ed in another column of this istive appearance. © formed Women’s. Club in Neyada}sue by Mr. W. R. Jefford and Mrs. Monsieur Del-Reoull © started out . as a culinary artist when he was but 14 years of age in the Grand Central in Paris and has seen wide experidays of each month, in these columns last issue. theugh at this writing the sky looks City are to be the Ist and 384 Thursinstead of the Ist and 3d Tuesdays as mentioned have been given-a flattering ‘réception. The opening Dill is ‘“‘The Un-' wanted Child.’’ Jack Sullivan was in town:-Friday arranging for the week’s stay and ordered generous space in. The Nugget. SERVICE CLUBS STAGE A WOOLLY EXHIBITION In one of the most excruciatingly funny exhibitions of the great indoor pastime, the Nevada City Lions and the Grass Valley Rotarians staged a wild “basket ball’? game Friday night that ended in a tie score, After the smoke of battle had cleared away ‘there were no casualties reported, but well verified rumor has it that the local drug stores were sol out on: liniment early Saturday. Football, baseball, wrestling matches featured the melee and it was agasoccer, rugby, and lean frog all _attend for During the day ;in charge of ce ais En KNIGHTS TEMP LARTO . THE METHODIST CPURCH: . will be the public prayers. On Good Friday there will be serat 9 o'clock. -The_ history. of vices The annual Hastert service of the i ; : a number of years, will be put to the Passion according to St. John’s vertically under the main line of the oF y e] t tween Grass Valley and Nevada City ,. ees : res , é Knights Templar of-Nevada ComSouthern Pacific. The property was work again. tes : Gospel will be part.of this day’s proé ' j : ‘ : commencing next Monday night, A,.. Ther ill also bes brief . mandery will be held this year at the . working in 1902 and at that time the. . The next step will be to bring] +i) 9th ee ee ee eeeaatot cuardh dnd t) eas $ : . . { Pea i " e ts) a4 3 ren a le Sermon main tunnel had-been driven 3332 foreclosure proceedings through sheservices in the afternoon and the see lriven 8332 os ut p gs t 8 e So well received were they at‘/AuStations of the Cross at 7 oS will be preached by.the Rev. H. H. feet, with a number of upraises. riff's sale and perfect the title. It ; ss bac eee ee eee Buckner. Sir Knights ‘will attend in MOE. < nig 8 je 8 ae an The office of Holy Saturday will earlier than on the previous mornings. The blessings of the paschal fire takes place in the vestibule ;.of the cg From this fire is lighted a taper which in. turn is used to light the paschal candle and sanctuary lamp. Water to be used in administering of the Sacrament of Baptism is also blessed on this morning. At the mass-today the bell which has not rung since Holy Thursday will be heard again. At the High Mass on Easter Stinday the choir will be under the direction of Professor Davis as usual. The musie will be that of the beautiful-mass in honor of St. Hedwig, a composition arranged for four voices. Benediction at the end of mass. The choir will be made up of Misses 2uth Grimes, Mary Stanley and Mrs. full uniform under jhe guidance of Eminent: Commander John TFT. The service will be held at an early ; hour next Sunday morning. begin an hour Jones. BOY SCOUTS ENJOY FINE SESSION, GRASS VALLEY, The second annual Patrol Leaders Conference of Tahoe Council, Boy Seouts of -America, embracing the 19 troops of Nevada and_ Placer counties, was held at Grass Valley” Friday-cvening and all day Saturday. Seven of the second class Scouts of Nevada City Troop No. 6 registered for the conference and attended both sessions. The activities commenced Friday George Calanan, sopranos; Mrs. F evening about 6 o’clock with suppér. served in the Elks’ banauet F, Cassidy alto; S. Hieronimus and : : room after which the first business Walter Parsons, tenors; E. W. : : Schmidt baritone: Miss Frieda of the conference was discussed. The ’ ’ = . : . : Tlieronimous, organist; Prof. J. R. meeting was similar to an ordinary patrol lead their convention, the visiting ers acting as delegates from respective troops and the entire pro eram and meeting was conducted by the boys themselves, Davies, director. TRINITY CHURCH Passion Week services at Trinity Wpiscopal Church will be as follows: inst the rule to call any fouls or balls out of bounds, Jim “Dolan being too busy collecting fines for the “Titty’’ to even keep out of the way of the panting athletes. [t was a scream from start to finish and the
large crowd was near collapse from laughing at the antics on the floor. Onc th ‘iller was indulged in by a prominent, local matron “when the heavy artillery of the timber barked the close of the first half. She was adjacent to the spot and under her sudden ‘‘setzen zie sich’’ was promptly executed delay sans grace. The high school A and B teams staged the preliminary and the A aggregation which was heid down in the first half romped away to a comsans and manding lead in the closing period and were never in danger. = The proceeds of the evening went to the Boy Scouts. JEFFORDS HAVE FORMAL OPENING THIS MIDWEEK The formal opening of the new W. R. Jefford and Son Funeral Parlors on Main Street will be held on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and the genral public is cor(ally invited to visit the new place between the hours of nine and five those days and view the wonderful transformation that has been accom. plised in the former Congregational structure. The builders and artisans wrought well in the conversion and the entire interior of the is a pleasing effect to the eye. Entering the beveled, glass nee doors Lionel R. Jefford. {Grass Valley, county hospital Saturday. ence as a chef. He attained quite 2°reputation in Downieville some Wm. years ago when he baked an imWas a business mense cake for the Native DaughSaturday and ters which was all decorated in real style. visitor reports ed. Lack lank of North § San Juan in our city storm conditions in his district as much improvthe this afternoon, . have building entrene finds a commodious lobby opening into the oiffces on the right, a staired hallway on the left Charles Lane, a pioneer resident of . passed away at the He came -to Grass Valley in 1858 and was a member of the Howell Zouaves. The funeral services are being held from ber of pretty gifts were presented the Jefford Parlors in’ Grass Valley Wednesday evening, 7 p. m.—Devotional service and address by the rector. wr s Friday, 11 a. m.—Good Friday devotional service and address by the Friday evening, Dr. S. B. Bleadon, Auburn dentist. gave an exh' bition’ of making plaster. of pari: models of various articles. The doce tor showed ‘the boys how to make rector. (Three hour service in Grass . . ; : fai ' a 4 impressions in moulding clay with Valley, commencing at 12«M. 8 ' ; . & ee objects such as Seout emblems o° Easter Sunday, 9:15 a. m.— ChoJ i t leaves and then how to reproduc: ral celebration of the Holy BEucharist. Special music. the form of the. original object in Easter Night, 7:30 p. m.—Eventhe plaster from the clay impres song with special music: sions. The local. boys were. keen]: METHODIST CHURCH interested in this work and severe! The special Templar service will of them brought back models which be rendered at 11 a. m. with augthey made following the demonstra tion. The main business of the meeting mented. choir and special sermon by the Rev. H. H.: Buckner. There will be a special devotional service on Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The subject will be ‘‘Christ, Our Redeemer.’’ Slogans—‘‘The Suffering of Chirist’s Soul was the Soul of His Suffering.’’ ‘‘The Way Hore older Scouts Leadership, . of addresses made by jon the ‘three subjects: Character and. Education. ing the delivery of each talk, all the SHERIFF CARTER RAIDS TROVATCRE RESTAURANT Sheriff Carter and Deputies Hellings and Hutchison paid A. Bassenelli of the Trovatore Restaurant in Gras Valley Saturday and found incriminating evidence in the form of some high powered liquor. A trip to Judge Mulroy’s court resulted inva $500 plaster. CAMP FIRE CEREMONIAL ON THURSDAY NIGHT Next Thursday evening there will be-a-public_ ceremonial for the Camp Fire Girls put on by the Oakland ceremonial team. The ceremonies are to be in the Odd Fellows Hall ‘and will be open to the public. to the other members troop at future meetings. State Saturday afternoon, Warden W. hike from Valley to Osborne Hill. Mr. kinds:o ftrees, bushes, birds flowers observed on the trip, scouts keeping notes on all the va “loties discovered. : about a_ doze? of the loca night parents Saturday friends and tended the banquet which brough the conference to a close. The fina eacted, including reports of the fin knowledge received at the conferenc MISS RUTH CURNOW PROVES AN ENJOYABLE HOSTESS Miss Ruth Curnow proved a most enioyable hostess last Friday afternoon at her home a numberof her young school friends bein 4 invited to help her celebrate her birthday. Her mother Mrs. Horace A. Curnow assisted in making the occasion a pleasant one for the guests. A nuihthe Memorial Park officials for th use of their buildings, ces helped make the Conference , Success. Mrs. interest in them. Mrs. ‘young hostess. Dainty refreshments -, Were served, ieee: i j (Continued to back page) ‘are working to that end. ; the race. for . Al Seaman, . engaged was disuession by the visiting Seouts”) FollowSeouts divided into separate groups . ed much valuable information from . the conference, and will’pass it on . of the local Fire F. Sharp took the Scouts and Scout officials for an interesting Memorial Park in Grass Sharp pointed out to the boys the various and the Seouts went to Grass Valley and. atbusiness of the meeting was trandings committee on the benefits and end a report of the resolutions committee, thanking the Elks lodge an@ Ground sluicing operations are under and_expressing appreciation to all the other,individuals whose donations and serviJ. H. Hansen was presented with a fine leather purse as an expression of the boys for her Hansen. had charge of the ‘“‘nosebag”’ end of the conference and very capably perforCITY ELECTIONS DRAWING NEAR DO YOUR DUTY the best Next Monday, one _ of contested muneipal elections in a of years owing,,to the fact candidates for number that there three positions as city the proposition.of putting the trustees on a modest basis. Seme of the candidates are frankly making an effort to win votes and The editorial on page two of this issue should given a careful reading by every qualified The terviews with the various candidates are seven trustees, and salary be voter. following covers in brief in. who were willing to be quoted on their aims and aspirations: Cc. R. MURCHTE “T haven’t given much thought to the matter as yet. Iam not making any elaborate promises as to what I would do. My thirty two years ex= perienca in the business life of: this city for itself. ; AL, SEAMAN One of the leading’ candidates in next Monday is long time resident of . Nevada City and well. known. He has lived here since 1872 and is actively in business at the present timé. He feels that if elected he will give his hest efforts in behalf of the taxpayers and citizens and work for an efficient business . administration of the city’s affairs at all times. Al has always given of his best in anythine he went inte and it is a safe Set that he would do the same as a sity trustes. He has shown too that ie is interested in securing the place and not leaving all the work to his *riends to do. LOUIS KOPP 6 Louie is not much on being interriewed, The Nugget representative ‘ound out after several visits. But vonsidering the large investments hat the Kopps, father and son, have nade in Nevada City the past few ‘ears is the best gauge of what they hink of our city. They are worthy itizens in every sense of the word. A. H. HADDY _.A, H, Haddy who has had previ‘us experience as a city trustee el‘ewhere expresses his views quite ‘ompletely in his announcement on ‘he back page of this issue. should speak trustee MR. ARMSTRONG Mr. W.°J3. Armstrong who has extensive mining interests at Forest ‘n Sierra county, has recently made investment in Nevada City in the shape of one of the finest homes that the city boasts. His bash-» statement from large fulness prevents a him. MR. PENROSE Jim Penrose as he is popularly termed by his. many friends, said. he was too busy tending store to give the trustee race yet, much serious thought. By the attention he has given his business and the long hours is The Way of The Cross.” and individaully discussed notes’ he has put in, ‘he has made a real piney aD each had made on the subject last -success of it ,which after all is discussed. The local Scouts receivthe criterion by which we should be judged. BENJ. HALL When asked by The Nugget as to aims and intents should he be elected trustee, Mr. Benj. Hall stated that it was time enough to cross bridges when: you got to them. He has been a long time resident of Nevada City. DAN M°GONIGLE IS . SHOWING FINE ROCK a} 1; Qan MecGonigle was in town from Downieville several days last week displaying. some jewelry 1. rock that came out of his country that was beautiful to gaze upon. He -. with Al Austin and Al Hincher are operating the Big Boulder property e . under lease from the Sierra Highland Corporation of San Francisco. tj and was o. way but will not be continued long owing to the short water season. The property which comprises 700. acres of placer ground is close to the a. Plumas. county ground. Prospecting will be carried . on during the summer. ; Arthur W.Hoge, Jr. Stanford University for visit with his parents, M A. W. Hoge. line and is rich