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April 26, 1940 (6 pages)

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PAGE FOUR Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. ‘Editor and Publisher H. M. LEETE -e ra Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Friday at Nevada City. California, and entered as mail matter of the second class in the postoffice at % S enter Nevada City. under Act of Congress, March 3, + 1879. + SUBSCRIPTION RATES F One year (Im Advance) .........02.00200022.. $2.50 4 Nese Sestostestosteatesteateateoteate cteatesteafeatectest festesfestesfestestesteates’ } To’ Regulate The Regulators f (From the New York World.Telegram) Coming soon for Congressional showdown is a measure as fundamental as any in our time. Fundamental, because it deals with the basic proposition of wether ours shall be a government by law or by men. The problem, though settled in the earlier and simpler days of our democracy, has grown as the complexities of modern life have grown. It is the problem of bureaucracy— of power delegated by lawmakers to boards and commissions —of the trend inherent in bureaucracy toward seizure of more ard more nower—toward combining within the bureaucratic function the authority of prosecutor. jury and iudge—_ and thereby toward breaking down the vital concépt of checks: and balances upon which our system was founded. . The measure would set up a method of review would slow down the racing engine that is bureaucracy. It is! the Logan-Walter bill. . The pressure for expansion of bureaucratic power is. nothine new and rothine unnatural. It reflects a perfectly , human impulse. The tendency will never restrain itself. It: must be checked hv that body in which the original respon. sibility for law-making is reposed. That body is Congress. And, that. that is why the Logan-Walter bill, with an airing of the whole: great subject, is so important. oo . ‘The great men who sat down together and conceived the Constitution of the United States had a considerable distrust for foreign methods of doing things. They distrusted despotism, tyranny, and arbitrary authority. They showed their attitude again and again in the simple, forthright phrasing of the Constitution itself. There is no passage that shows. their, attitude better than the simple phrase which reads: ‘‘No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States.” Americans, as a result, are accustomed to living under a system of representative democracy, wherein individual rights are respected and freedoms are zealously guarded. Sometimes lately, however, there have been those in Washington who appeared contemptuous of these beliefs: Take the National Labor Relations Board, for example. The evidence continues to pile up that this board considers itself.an exception to most traditional American rules; that it fancies itself in the role usually assigned to foreien despots. Like the official in the well-known Gilbert and Sullivan mus. ical comedy, ‘“The Mikado,” it plavs many roles; Judge, fury, Attorney, and even Executioner. That same official, Poo Bah by name, even came to invent one final eitle for himself— “Lord High Everything Else’’—and the moye one watches the actions of the board, the more it seems to be reaching out for that job, too. Americans are not accustomed to an attitude like this on _ the part of government-officials. And_if the-Wasner-Boardever pauses to ask itself why public opinion is so strongly against its arbitrary actions, it is sure to find its answer in the. fact that it has chosen to govern by caprice and with a sense of its own dictatorial power, rather than heeding the ideals formulated by a great French philosopher in the following stirrine words: “A free people obeys, but does not serve: it has leaders but not masters; it obeys the laws but only the laws. In brief, liberty always follows the fate of laws; she rules and perishes with them.” STIDENTS WHO . ARE ABSENT ADD. TO TAX BURDEN Occasionally one hears the term “A. D. A.” referred to in connection with the public schools, but few no doubt realize the meaning of the term in dollars and cents value to a school district. A. D, A. is an abbrev. ported by the state sales tax, would bring to each high school district the sum of $87.24 per A. D. A.; that is, on the basis of 336 pupils in average daily attendance at the Nevada City high school last year a ‘sum of $20,588.64 was made available for use by the Nevada City high school district in operating its school. In addition to this amount, a sum of $3200 is received for maintaining four years of high school work. The balance of the amount needed to operate the school comes, of course, as a result of local taxation. The facts Just ~Wonpgr-IN’ I wonder at the lessons taught By ocean tides that ebb and flow, Like them the tides of joy and peace Shall rise triumphantly, we know; And so we keep our steadfast faith And harbor no such word as, “‘fail,”’ Against the ebbing waves of wrath, The tides of justice shall prevail. . I. wonder how much longer the devastating waves of . human hate and wrath will continue to bring sorrow, pain and death to this tortured world; though lashed to fury by-every evil wind that blows, they must at length subside, their forces . spent, their powers no longer potent. Slowly, perhaps, the . bitter waves will ebb away, but sometime the sunlit tide of ‘good will and peace will come surging in—sometime human‘ity will rejoice in the dawning light of a new and far, far bet_ter day. . I wonder what will happen when those who have been . hypnotized by the roaring bombast of mad leaders, wake up and begin asking questions. The expedient of waging wars of aggression, has always been and still is a favorite one with war lords. It serves their purpose for a time; keeps the home folk interested, even fascinated; but ultimately, some one or a group of some ones does a bit‘of personal thinking, becomes curious—and troublesome; then the purge is invoked, but the heresy usually spreads and no tyrant can purge the entire citizenry of any land or nation. : Were . a follower of certain totalitarian leaders—and beginning to use my mind, here are a few thoughts which might arise in me: “‘this regime isn’t working out as I was led to believe it would; we have abolished capitalism, but militarism . has taken its place and the burden upon the common people grows heavier day by day; we were promised peace, happiness and the fat of the land, but we are getting war, sorrow . and deprivation; I’m tired of wearing black shirts and eating . black bread, tired of goose-stepping—but right there, I'd stop . thinking for the day and step into a cafe for a bite of coarse bread and a sip of weak, black coffee. I wonder if the inspired wisdom of poets is always to be . trusted: there is, for in instance, a poem written by Kipling in which he declares, “the female of the species is more deadly than the male; ‘‘now is that statement true or otherwise? A quiet, orderly gentleman sallied forth one day to seek for concrete evidence among domestic fowls and beasts. He came home looking as though he had been mauled by a dinasauer. and told a story of having been chased by an infuriated bull. horrified by the conflict between two barnyard roosters, berated by a turkey gobbler, hissed by a gander, knocked Nero, scratched by a tom-cat and served a convincing uppercut by an irate farmer the sanctity of whose fences he had disdown by a billy-goat, butted by a ram, bitten by a dog named! ELLA M. AUSTIN EXHIBITS SERIES OF PAINTINGS The beautiful collection of oil paintings by Mrs. Ella M. Austin, former county superintendent of schools, is on display in the drawing room of the National Hotel this week. They were first hung. for the court house group on Tuesday when a luncheon was enjoyed by the party. Mrs. Austin was persuaded to leave the paintings on display that the Business and Professional Woman’s Club might view them Wednesday evening. Yesterday the Rotary Club members viewed the paintings when they gathered for dinner. ; The group comprises California scenes. ‘‘Forest Fire’’ seems to attract most attention, although every one is of interest. The pictures are: “Forest Fire,’ ‘‘Yosemite Valley,” ‘Wild Grape Vines’’, this one being painted on her’ brother in _ law’s farm, A. Anderson at Spenceville, west of Nevada City; two of ‘‘California Poppies,’ ‘Arm of Green Bay;’’ “Coast near Capistrano;’’ ‘‘On ‘Merced River;’’ ‘Spring Time;”’ “Spring Time in the Coast Range;”’ and ‘‘Autumn Trees.’’ “‘Spring Time in ‘the Coast Range’’ was painted two months ago and is a little gem of beauty and color. ‘‘Autumn Trees” was painted in January and Mrs. Austin painted the view’ of Sugar Loaf mountain north of Nevada City catching the true color of red leaved maples and yellow Lombardy poplars. Both trees were brought to
Nevada City by early day pioneers and are one of the delights about the city in autumn. Mrs. Austin is a native of Nevada county and spent much of her life in the Spenceville district where she still owns a farm and home, although she has lived at the National Hotel twenty years. She held the office of county superintendent of schools in Nevadacounty-many~ years. This highly esteemed pioneer who has a hobby of painting beautiful subjects of nature, finds much satisfaction in her art, both in doing it, and in the Pleasure it gives those who view it. Mrs. Ronald Barnes and son, Barry, of Berkeley are making a two week’s visit with Mrs. Barnes’ fathLate studio upright piano, almost new to be sold here in Nevada City at PIANO FOR SALE: model big savings. Terms $6 monthly handles. For particulars write to G. Nichols, Adjuster, 301 Market St., San Francisco. Calif. 4-263te SIERRA BEGONIA GARDENS—126 Orchard St., off E. Broad St. Phone 400. Pansies, giant strain, roses, No. -1-grade, perennials, flowering shrubs, gladiola bulbs, started tuberous begonia bulbs, fibrous and rex begonias. Named varieties, 4-15 2tp. APARTMENT TO LEASE — Five rooms and bath. Broad street. Modern in all respects. With garage. Phone 95, 3-5tf EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING — Loud Speaker Systems for Rent or Sale. Authorized Philco Auto Radio Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL —Specialists in Radio Ills, 112 South Church Street, Grass Valley. Phone 984. 2-19tf Phone 743-3 State Farm Insurance AUTOMOBILE, LIFE, FIRE Local Agent MRS. WALTER E. PARSONS $08 S. Church St., Grass Valley, Calif. WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals, round, 25c, fancy, 50c. All work guaranteed. J. M. Bertsche, Watch and Clock repairing. With Ray’s Fixit Shop, New location, 109 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-1tf REAL ESTATE WALTER H. DANIELS LICENSED BROKER Phone 521 P. O. Box 501 Nevada City ACCIDENT, er, A. W. McGagin. Subscribe for The Nugget Nevada Ci STARTING SS 3 -BIG DAYSFriday, April \\SIEBRAND BROS REAT PICCADIL AND CARNIVAL COMBINED ty 3° YW wv ir — ie regarded in his flight for safety. Now that quiet gentleman is convinced that no fatter what the breed, the he-male“is more deadly than the she; Mr. Kipling to the contrary notwithstanding. Uncle Silas says: ‘‘] hope we have no recall; it might not do any harm to change tweedle-dee for tweedle-dum, but in this case we might get tweedle-dum-dum and that would surely shatter the body politic.” —A. MERRIAM CONNER. IAike to see fat people laugh, becase there seems to be so much of ‘them having a good time. the district. For every dollar lost in this manner local. property owners must be taxed in order to make up, the difference. fo iation of the term “average daily attendance,”’ or average number ' days a pupil has been in attendance at school for a current year. It is also the basis upon which school districts receive from the state money with which to aperate the school, Last year, for instance, the Nevada City high school reported an average daily attendance of 236. — found that the amount available. in the state school fund,’ a fund supof: The state here presented have many implications as far as parents and pupils are concerned. Reduced to a daily re-imbursement basis, they mean that for every ddy a pupil is absent, the school district loses 50 cents. That in itself does not seem to be so important until itis realized that some pupils are absent. as many as _30 days ‘or more in a school year. Last year pupil absences totaled 2285 days or a loss of $1142.77 to i -107 min street Nevada County Photo Center PHONE 67 Portraits, Commercial Photography, \ & 8 Hour Kodak Finishing, Old Copies, Drorecnapree Enlarging and Framing, Kodaks and Photo Supplies, Grass Valley Movie Cameras and Films ane * 4 ' The most important deduction to draw from these facts is that parents and pupis can cooperate with AIRCRAFT the schools by making every effort FACTORY to ‘have pupils present at school every JOBS day humanly possible’and not absent for reasons other than sickness. The Wanted At Once Se following are typical of excuses, othMechanically inclined er than for sickness, presented by men, ages 18-45, to bupils on the return. to. school.after+ absence: at the hair-dressers; stayed out too late last night; went out of town; resting after a strenuous week end; had company at home. “work in aircraft factories. Men accepted must finance self thrrough 6week training. See Dr. Swift, Bret Harte Hotel, Grass Valley, Tuesday or Wednesday, until 9 Pp. m. RETURNS HOME Rolland Wright, who was operated upon two weeks aga, has so far recovered that he will be able to leave ‘the hospital and return to his home today He has been quite ill. 10 Thrill Rides 10 Outstanding Sows NEW STREAMLINED UNDER F LOOD LIGHTS NOONS AT 2 O’CLOCK 28ACTS — 2BANDS — 300 PEOPLE Circus Prices—Adults ___ Free Tickets for Children under 14 years of age at your following merchants—Nevada City: Penrose Grocery, Bret Harte Dairy. Kopp’sMarket, Nevada City Ice Delivefy, National Hotel and Coffee Shop and the Boston Store. Mountain Chevrolet Co. and the Grass and at all Associated Oil Stations. “ALL SEATS FREE” MATINEE-‘SATURDAY AND SUNDAY” AFTER: DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 EACH NIGHT SHOW GROUNDS LOCATED AT CASHIN FIELD . The Only Show of Its Nature Exhibiting on the North American Continent 35c 15c Bakery, Keystone Meat Grass Valley: Valley Laundry — APRIL 27TH, 28TH ~%