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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