April 28, 1933 (6 pages)

NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. —— ~ Neva Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press a City Nugge Nevada City Nugget © A LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. Vol. VII, No. 52 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, APRIE 28, 1933 . Godchaux Sentenced To 6 Months In Jail Norman Godchaux, accused of grand theft, was yesterday morning convicted of petty theft. He waived time and was immediately sentenced by Judge Raglan Tuttle to months in the county jail. The verdict came after an all night session of the jury. The jury came in Wednesday night with a report of disagreement, nine to three. Judge Tuttle decided ‘they should sSiend more time in deliberating to' see if they could not arrive at a verdict and they were locked up for the night. Yesterday morning they agreed upon petty theft, Godchaux began serving: his term immediately. The trial began Tuesday when the following Jury was selected: Comer Hopkins, B. A. Douglass, Matthew Laity, William J. Richards, Jess C. Moomey, Charles F. Hurst, Alfred Davey, Frank <A. Thurston, William Stevenson, Sam C., Davis, Austin Otis and John Watson: Introduction of bogus checks issued by the defendant was offered by Deputy District Attorney Robert Tharp. This was sharply contested by Vernon Stoll. attorney for the defense, and the court heard the arSument after the jury had been excused. Tharp was able to show authorities for the admission of this evidence in support of the aceusation of grand theft, and the checks were admitted as evidence. Miss Pauline Powell, the prosecuting witness testified regarding numerous checks drawn by the defendant, supposedly in the usual conduct of the business under his name in Grass Valley. She testified that the money so drawn was her own six SACTO. DEMANDS STATE OFFICES RETURN THERE SACRAMENTO, April 27—(UP) —The far reaching measure seeking to bring back to the capital various Scattering state departments and divisional offices, is before thetassembly where it jis With treatment. The ate, faced rough measure, passed by the senprovides for return from various areas, principally San rane of important been aptly bill. The bill was introduced by Senator J. M.Inman, Sacramento, and heartily supported by the upper house. isco, State offices. It) has named the “home-coming’’ a large majority of Its supporters contended a ridiculous and e3 4 xtravagant SILUALOn.ercistiandgie CaNfoinia—a sit. uation where important State offices were scattered from border to border instead of being centralized in the state capital where long. The measure was economy and efficiency move. Senator Roy Fellom whose home city, San Francisco, would be hardest hit by the “home-coming”’ bill, bore the burden of opposition in the upper house. He argued it was absurd to contemplate moving state offices from cities where they are installed in established quarters, to Sacramento where no quarters are available. He Contended state agencies should be Situated where they could do the most g00d and argued that the present locations were satisfactory. they beThe ease with which the bill Zot through the senate is no index of its expected treatment in the assembly. A rural controlled upper house; most of whose members had nothing to ‘lose by the “home-coming” and who approved the Proposition of making “Sacramento the capital of California in fact, as well as name,” would naturally be disposed to Support the measure, legislative leaders Pointed out, YOUTH ACCUSED OF STEALING BLANKETS John Valezo, twenty years of age, residing on Sacramento. street was arrested last'night and lodged in the county jail on a charge of stealing blankets from Dad’s Place on Broad street. / hailed as an} and not partnership funds as Godchaux endeavored to establish. Other witness against Godchaux were L; Bole, Phillip Ringo and Luke Williams, owner of the building in Grass Valley where Godchaux ‘conducted his business. A. H. Mooser of the Grass Valley Bank of America testified Ytegarding checks cashed for Godchaux . Mrs. Lydia Wychoff and Mrs. R. A. Clark, employes of the store, were also called as witnesses. In his own defense. Godchaux took the stand and denied sending a telegram regarding funds that he said he had coming from a life insurance company, and a telegraph operator in Grass Valley, called in rebuttal produced the original telegram sent by Godchaux. Civics classes of the high school weire interested /Spedtators of the trial. MONITORS AT RELIEF HILL AT WORK AGAIN O. S. Clark operating the Relief Hill mine, was in town Tuesday and took a crew of six men out with him to start hydraulic operations. Lon Paine of Nevada City will be in charge of one of the monitors that is to tear down the high banks of gravel. Some of these banks are 80 feet in height. of this for deep Operations been held up count of the lack of water. propery. has time on acand, some snow later, Sufficient snow melted to fill the ditches. Herbert CLO wi OLke has now Paine is working with a men at Howland Flat, where they are washing gravel in a large property. The mine is situated nine miles above La Porte and the men go to and from the property on snow shoes six feet of over frozen snow. in opening up the ditch that brings water te the mine. They completed the work on the eight mile length of it a few days since. VERDI NEVADA CO. TAKE OVER OLYMPUS GROUP Dany, according to Louis Stine, has taken the Olympus sroup of claims near Gold Mound. A crew of over ground. E. Meecham is & Company of Los Angeles are the principal stockholders in 9. SCHOOL TRUSTEES WILL BE ELECTED TOMORROW An election of school trustees will be held tomorrow afternoon. The polls will be open from one o’clock until six o’clock at the Washington school. Candidates for elecion are two incumbents, R. J. Bennetts-and J. F. Colley. They are unapposed. 0 Special Music Service At M. E. Church Sunday Marshall Geiselman will sponsor a special music service in the Methodist church next Sunday evening. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will be guests of the evening. The choir will also feature special song numbers. re} Nevada City Students Win Scholarship Medals Miss Amy Lou McCraney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando E. McCraney, and Lacy Jones son of Mr. and ‘Mrs. T. Lacy Jones, were awarded medals for the excellent essays. which they wrote on the U. S. S. Contsitution. These essays were read Monday night. as part of the program in observance of Public School Week. Hagne-Thomas-Hegarty post of the American Legion sponsored. the essay contest and Commander Russel Feemster, commander of the post, onbehalf of the Legion made the presentatian of the medals. . his A crew of men have been engaged . mento. The Verdi Nevada Minine Com-. men have begun work in clearing the } president of . the Verdi Nevada company. Me sride . 3 . able to suppert the charges. FIRST GROUP OF C.C.C EXPECTED. _ HEREBY MAY 15 R. i. PB, the Tahoe National Forest, yesterday stated that he does not expect the first contingent of the Citizens Conservation Corps until May 15. They must first pass a two weeks period of training and conditioning in the concentration camps which will be established at the San Francisco Presidio find other military reservations about the bay. Mr. Bigelow is now busily preparing for the advent of 1800 men who will be distributed at the nine camps he has selected. Old hotel buildings at Sierra City, Sierraville and Bloomfield will be utilized, but most of the camips will be tent cities designed to house 200 men each. The recruits will not be given military training but will receive setting-up exercises and other training to condition them for the work which they will perform. The first to be admitted will be young men from 18 to 25 years of age, with dependants. They will receive $30 per month for 8 days work, five days a week. They. will be provided with clothing, food, beds, sbedding and shelter. They will be required to send part of their monthly pay check to those dependent upon them. fe) BILL MENACES RURAL SCHOOLS SAN. FRANCISCO, April 27.—-The entire structure of in California, rural education involving 1200 rural schools with less than 35 pupils each many with as few as five pupils, will be critically impaired should proposed amendments to the Ingels school bill at Sacramento be adopted, declared Roy W. Cloud, State executive (secretary of the California Teachers Association return from a here*today on week at SacraThe Ingels amendment, the fixed stitutional for counties for school support from $30 for elementary pupils in average daily attendance to a permissive minimum of $15, and from $60 to $30 for secondary pupils. bill; a reduces charges constitutional eonDefeated earlier in the session in the assembly the Ingels measure will be up for reconsideration during the coming week. A proposed amendment would eliminate San Francisco; Los Angeles and Alameda counties . from the permissive reductions, those counties continuing to pay the presfixed constitutional . . $30 and $60 respectively on the thehe con-. } thatetheir Taxpavers are better “In addition to the patently dis. criminatory nature of this proposed amendment,’’ said Cloud, ‘“‘the inevitable result will be to cripple rural education if not, in ‘many localities, to compel a complete abandonment of rural educational facilities, something that never yet'has happened in California’s history. “We have 1200 rural schools of from ten to. fifteen pupils. These schools today draw approximately $14000 per year from these fixed State and county charges, to pay for their entire maintenance, including the teacher’s salary. “This condition is and has been for a long time a serious problem in rural education. Any tampering now by ill advised legislation that will still further reduce these fixed charges will not only promote still greater difficulties in the rural field but -will bring about a crisis, and one entirely uncalled for, in our rural educational system.” ret Birthday Party for Adrianne Barnhart Mrs. Barnhart gave a birthday dinner party Wednesday evening in honor of the 11th birthday of her little daughter, Adrianne. Those enjoying the delightful event were: Marilyn Chapman, Helen Barker, Betty Smith, Madeline Bettles, Peggy Bettles, Catherine Davis, Adrianne Barnhart, James Nankerwis and Billy Gracey. Beautiful spring flowers were used profusely in. decorations. Miss Barnhart received a number of nice. birthday gifts. Bigelow, supervisor of provisions of . ecb er BEAR RIVER TO OFFER BEST FISHING MAY 1 Trout anglers of Nevada county and others who anticipated coming to the streams of this vicinity for the opening of the fishing season can hope for the best of fishermen’s luck when the season Monday opens. Streams along the Tahoe-Ukiah route are not so favorable because of snow‘and high water, and will not offer favorable conditions by the opening date of the -season. The Bear River, however, from Lowell Hill down, will offer favorable prospects at the beginning of the season. Fuller Lake, the haunt of the Grass «Valley Rifle, Rod and Gun Club, three miles above lake Spaulding, will be open to fishermen. However, the clubhouse of the organization will not be opened until the middle of May. DRIVER WRONG SIDE OF ROAD, FINED $25, CAMPTONVILLE,: April’ 26—-The case of the People of the State of California vs. F. D. Terry, of North Sacramento, came up in the Camptonville Justice Court Tuesday morning. Judge George F. Herzog, of Marysville Township presiding due to illness of Judge W. B. Meek. Terry was arrested a short time ago by Traffic Officer A. J. Ponta on a charge of driving on the wrong side of the road, pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. The case of the People was represented by Deputy District Attorney W. C. Rucker of Marysville, and Terry acted as his own attorney, having one witness besides himself. Considerable testimony was offered ,but the whole case hinged on whether or not the traffic officer was telling the truth and whether or not his word Was to be ‘taken against that of strangers. whom he apprehended as violators of the law, and after a short deliberation the jury upheld the officer in bringing in a verdict of’ guilty, and the Court sentenced the defendant to a fine of $25.00 or ten days in jail, the fine being accepted. The following acted as purors. in the case: Fred J. Joubert, R. C Zaring, S: .F. Price, Fred H, Butz, Mrs. Lola B. Cleveland, Mrs. Phyliss Butz, Mrs. Elizabeth Stalcup, Mrs. Sarah CalVin, Mis. Tda: ove tamm, Fred C. Kendall, Albert Hamilton and Mrs. Johanna ‘Turner: During the trial the jury was taken in the Lang school bus to the place'on the road where the made to view the spot and get a picture of the circumstances. arrest was OO MINE INSURANCE TO BE ALTA CALIFORNIA TOPIC In regard to the Alta California meéting to be held in Colfax on April. 29), the auspices of the Sjerra Nevada Grange Cooperating with the Colfax Chamber of Commerce, Lions Service Club, American Legion and other civic organizations, as outlined last week. Custom mills Was to be the chief subject of discourse, however since then the Alta California Ine., have been beseiged with demands to take a stand on the compensation insurance for mining, and to study the play of Assemblyman Jesse Mayo for reclasification of mining labor, consequently President Frank L. Roohr after studying the geography of the situation, finds that there are more people in the Sierra Nevada county sections more interested in insurance costs than a custom mill, therefore the dinner session will be confined to talks along this line in place of custom mills, in order that recommendations arising may be filled with the legislature. under In addition to the discussions on reduction and reclassification of mining insurance, the meeting will take up the subject of allocation of emergency relief funds for wandering families who have come into the mining regions. A plan will be discussed for securing special funds from the Emergency Relief Reconstruction Finance Corporation monies by having the Boards of Supervisors arrange ‘for a study of their county’ mining destitute and make Separate appliaction for funds for this particular problem. This item should interest evary chamber of commerce secretary. : a Mrs. Randall and baby of Vallejo ar® visitors in Nevada City Ferre cS MT TS Senate Debates Cut In Dollar Value ———$ $$ ________, Press dispatches from Washington D. C. yesterday stated that the greatest test of the Roosevelt inflation program, a vote on the clause for lowering the dollar’s gold content, loomed to-day as the senate drove for final disposal of the whole plan before adjournment. The campaign by Senator Reed (Republican, Pennsylvania) against the measure was resumed with his motion to strike out authority for the president to reduce the @ollar’s gold value’ by as’ much as. 50 per cent. : CONFIDENT OF VICTORY The adminitsration leaders were confident of victory’ on this point, however, and worked to vote down also within the day the Robinson (Republican, Indiana) amendment to pay the soldiers bonus out of the new currency to be issued under the bill. To the gold content section of the inflation plan has been attached a proposal which would give the chief executive authority to provide for free coinage of silver if he saw fit. DEBATE LIMITATION A limitation on debate was to go into effect ‘on the measure in midafternoon and leaders expected to hold the senate in session until: the farm bill, to which measures. has been out of the way. The bi-metalism clause was added to the inflation legislation late yesterday by a 41 to 26 vote in which Democratic leaders Majority. The vote came after the inflation attached is put joined with the a turbulent session during which Senator Borah (Republiean, Idaho) made a strong attack on the provision giving the DELINQUENT TAX IN STATE GROWS TO 12 MILLIONS SACRAMENTO, April -27-— CUP) —Financial stress of greater or lesser dgeree, particularly in agriecultural areas ,was revealed by a state wide survey conducted by the’ state controller’s office at the the state senate. request of Total tax delinquency of California’s 58 counties—this figure does not include municipalities or any other political sub-divisions within acounty was $12,776,824.53. Aver. agq delinquency by around 1] counties, was 2 percent. By population, however;--it ler smalas in most cases populous counmade a Was considerably ties fairly good showing While higher per centage delinquencies were in sparsely settled areas. Percetnage of tax delinquence for all purposes for the first installment of the current year’s taxes in Nevada county was 15 per cent. Delinquency in dollars and cents totalled $15,290 while cash om hand as of April 1 was $132,307. San Luis Opispo county led the delinquency parade with 48.49 per cent. Imperial county followed with 35 per cent. Delinquencies in metropolitan areas werenot as high as expected. San Francisco and Los Angeles showed approximately eight per cent. Ominous was the report of 16 counties that warrants were being registered. In Several of this number, the amount of registered warrants was relatively small; in others it reached a considerable amount. Total for the state on April 1 was $464,679.74. Sixteen other counties admitted they could not meet their next interest and redemption on when due. had already more issues. : The report, while serious enough, was not as bad as anticipated. However, many of the counties submitted their reports prior to the passage of the 60-day tax moratorium bill. A number of county auditors stated they might be compelled’ to regigter bond issues Ten more reported they defaulted on one or -Warrants in event the Moratorium became effective—which it now is, : oO G. L. Barnhart visited recently with her husband at Washinga Mrs. ton. president power to reduce the gold in the dollar. Borah asserted that this feature was ‘“‘distinctly a deflationary provision that will counteract any benefit that might be derived from other section.”” Reed and a number of other Republicans maintain the gold section is unconstitutional. BI-METALISM AMENDMENT The Wheeler-King bi-metalism amendment would authorize the president: “By, proclamation, to fix the weight of the gold dollar in grains nine-tenths fine and also to fix the weight of the silver dollar in grains nine-tenths fine at a definite fixed ration in relation to the gold dollar at such amounts as he finds necessary for his investigation to stabilize domestic prices or to protect the foreign commerce against the adverse effect of depreciated foreign currencies, and to provide for the unlimited coinage of such gold and Silver at the ration so fixed.” DONATION DAY IS. SET FOR MAY 5 Donation Day,, yearly event that was originated in the towns Nevada City and Grass Valley years ago, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon May 5,-by grammar and high schools and civic and fraternal organizations of both cities. The parade will start near ‘the Broad street fire house down Broad to the Plaza, up Main and Commercial, turning into Pine and back into Broad to the place of starting. Grammar school pupils carrying their donations, will lead the parade the high schools next, Boy Seouts, Legion, and then civic organizations and lodges. The Elks as is their custom, wiil be well represented with their jridiculous little) ‘‘go-get-em”’ cart. A ride in it is one of the neverto-be-forgotten events, It is hoped a large crowd will turn Out and give generously to solicitations. The donations of wood, food and clothing carried by the marchers are given to the Benevolent Socieyt to assist in helping those less fortunate. It has been a_ strenous winter for the society because of the calls for help from those coming into our community, At one time they also tried to assist single -men but found they were too numerous and had to cease that work i PIONEER OF REBEL RIDGE 1S CALLED TO FINAL REST CAMPTONVILLE, April 27.—Following an illness of several weeks, . Miner Jayne, pioneer resident of Rebel Ridge section, passed away Wednesday morning at a Marysville hospital. Although he had been failing, his condition was reported as improved and his passing came as a sudden shock to relatives and his friends. Miner Jayne was born in Sierra county ,near Downieville, November 7, 1864, making him 69 years of age. After a few years of childhood there he moved to this section where he spent the remainder of his life, following farming and mining in the locality where he lived. In the early days he married Kate Archer, and to this union several children were born, and from his labor tilling the soil and digging the yellow dust in the mining parts of his land, he brought up a large and respected family. He was a man of good disposition and even temperament and had a following of many friends. He was accustomed to speaking a kindly word and every ready to stretch out. a helping hand wherever Possible. He was well liked by all those who knew him. He is survived by a wife Kate Jayne, two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Brown, of this place, and Mrs. Ada Evans of Oroville, and five sons, Lester M. John M., Albert, Warren, and Daniel. ; : ie Funeral services will be held at _ the family cemetery at the home on Rebel Ridge Friday afternoon at two __ o'clock. The body was prepared for burial by Lipp and Sullivan, Marysville Morticans, hie ae

NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. —— ~ Neva Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press a City Nugge Nevada City Nugget © A LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. Vol. VII, No. 52 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, APRIE 28, 1933 . Godchaux Sentenced To 6 Months In Jail Norman Godchaux, accused of grand theft, was yesterday morning convicted of petty theft. He waived time and was immediately sentenced by Judge Raglan Tuttle to months in the county jail. The verdict came after an all night session of the jury. The jury came in Wednesday night with a report of disagreement, nine to three. Judge Tuttle decided ‘they should sSiend more time in deliberating to' see if they could not arrive at a verdict and they were locked up for the night. Yesterday morning they agreed upon petty theft, Godchaux began serving: his term immediately. The trial began Tuesday when the following Jury was selected: Comer Hopkins, B. A. Douglass, Matthew Laity, William J. Richards, Jess C. Moomey, Charles F. Hurst, Alfred Davey, Frank <A. Thurston, William Stevenson, Sam C., Davis, Austin Otis and John Watson: Introduction of bogus checks issued by the defendant was offered by Deputy District Attorney Robert Tharp. This was sharply contested by Vernon Stoll. attorney for the defense, and the court heard the arSument after the jury had been excused. Tharp was able to show authorities for the admission of this evidence in support of the aceusation of grand theft, and the checks were admitted as evidence. Miss Pauline Powell, the prosecuting witness testified regarding numerous checks drawn by the defendant, supposedly in the usual conduct of the business under his name in Grass Valley. She testified that the money so drawn was her own six SACTO. DEMANDS STATE OFFICES RETURN THERE SACRAMENTO, April 27—(UP) —The far reaching measure seeking to bring back to the capital various Scattering state departments and divisional offices, is before thetassembly where it jis With treatment. The ate, faced rough measure, passed by the senprovides for return from various areas, principally San rane of important been aptly bill. The bill was introduced by Senator J. M.Inman, Sacramento, and heartily supported by the upper house. isco, State offices. It) has named the “home-coming’’ a large majority of Its supporters contended a ridiculous and e3 4 xtravagant SILUALOn..ercistiandgie CaNfoinia—a sit. uation where important State offices were scattered from border to border instead of being centralized in the state capital where long. The measure was economy and efficiency move. Senator Roy Fellom whose home city, San Francisco, would be hardest hit by the “home-coming”’ bill, bore the burden of opposition in the upper house. He argued it was absurd to contemplate moving state offices from cities where they are installed in established quarters, to Sacramento where no quarters are available. He Contended state agencies should be Situated where they could do the most g00d and argued that the present locations were satisfactory. they beThe ease with which the bill Zot through the senate is no index of its expected treatment in the assembly. A rural controlled upper house; most of whose members had nothing to ‘lose by the “home-coming” and who approved the Proposition of making “Sacramento the capital of California in fact, as well as name,” would naturally be disposed to Support the measure, legislative leaders Pointed out, YOUTH ACCUSED OF STEALING BLANKETS John Valezo, twenty years of age, residing on Sacramento. street was arrested last'night and lodged in the county jail on a charge of stealing blankets from Dad’s Place on Broad street. / hailed as an} and not partnership funds as Godchaux endeavored to establish. Other witness against Godchaux were L; Bole, Phillip Ringo and Luke Williams, owner of the building in Grass Valley where Godchaux ‘conducted his business. A. H. Mooser of the Grass Valley Bank of America testified Ytegarding checks cashed for Godchaux . Mrs. Lydia Wychoff and Mrs. R. A. Clark, employes of the store, were also called as witnesses. In his own defense. Godchaux took the stand and denied sending a telegram regarding funds that he said he had coming from a life insurance company, and a telegraph operator in Grass Valley, called in rebuttal produced the original telegram sent by Godchaux. Civics classes of the high school weire interested /Spedtators of the trial. MONITORS AT RELIEF HILL AT WORK AGAIN O. S. Clark operating the Relief Hill mine, was in town Tuesday and took a crew of six men out with him to start hydraulic operations. Lon Paine of Nevada City will be in charge of one of the monitors that is to tear down the high banks of gravel. Some of these banks are 80 feet in height. of this for deep Operations been held up count of the lack of water. propery. has time on acand, some snow later, Sufficient snow melted to fill the ditches. Herbert CLO wi OLke has now Paine is working with a men at Howland Flat, where they are washing gravel in a large property. The mine is situated nine miles above La Porte and the men go to and from the property on snow shoes six feet of over frozen snow. in opening up the ditch that brings water te the mine. They completed the work on the eight mile length of it a few days since. VERDI NEVADA CO. TAKE OVER OLYMPUS GROUP Dany, according to Louis Stine, has taken the Olympus sroup of claims near Gold Mound. A crew of over ground. E. Meecham is & Company of Los Angeles are the principal stockholders in 9. SCHOOL TRUSTEES WILL BE ELECTED TOMORROW An election of school trustees will be held tomorrow afternoon. The polls will be open from one o’clock until six o’clock at the Washington school. Candidates for elecion are two incumbents, R. J. Bennetts-and J. F. Colley. They are unapposed. 0 Special Music Service At M. E. Church Sunday Marshall Geiselman will sponsor a special music service in the Methodist church next Sunday evening. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will be guests of the evening. The choir will also feature special song numbers. re} Nevada City Students Win Scholarship Medals Miss Amy Lou McCraney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando E. McCraney, and Lacy Jones son of Mr. and ‘Mrs. T. Lacy Jones, were awarded medals for the excellent essays. which they wrote on the U. S. S. Contsitution. These essays were read Monday night. as part of the program in observance of Public School Week. Hagne-Thomas-Hegarty post of the American Legion sponsored. the essay contest and Commander Russel Feemster, commander of the post, onbehalf of the Legion made the presentatian of the medals. . his A crew of men have been engaged . mento. The Verdi Nevada Minine Com-. men have begun work in clearing the } president of . the Verdi Nevada company. Me sride . 3 . able to suppert the charges. FIRST GROUP OF C.C.C EXPECTED. _ HEREBY MAY 15 R. i. PB, the Tahoe National Forest, yesterday stated that he does not expect the first contingent of the Citizens Conservation Corps until May 15. They must first pass a two weeks period of training and conditioning in the concentration camps which will be established at the San Francisco Presidio find other military reservations about the bay. Mr. Bigelow is now busily preparing for the advent of 1800 men who will be distributed at the nine camps he has selected. Old hotel buildings at Sierra City, Sierraville and Bloomfield will be utilized, but most of the camips will be tent cities designed to house 200 men each. The recruits will not be given military training but will receive setting-up exercises and other training to condition them for the work which they will perform. The first to be admitted will be young men from 18 to 25 years of age, with dependants. They will receive $30 per month for 8 days work, five days a week. They. will be provided with clothing, food, beds, sbedding and shelter. They will be required to send part of their monthly pay check to those dependent upon them. fe) BILL MENACES RURAL SCHOOLS SAN. FRANCISCO, April 27.—-The entire structure of in California, rural education involving 1200 rural schools with less than 35 pupils each many with as few as five pupils, will be critically impaired should proposed amendments to the Ingels school bill at Sacramento be adopted, declared Roy W. Cloud, State executive (secretary of the California Teachers Association return from a here*today on week at SacraThe Ingels amendment, the fixed stitutional for counties for school support from $30 for elementary pupils in average daily attendance to a permissive minimum of $15, and from $60 to $30 for secondary pupils. bill; a reduces charges constitutional eonDefeated earlier in the session in the assembly the Ingels measure will be up for reconsideration during the coming week. A proposed amendment would eliminate San Francisco; Los Angeles and Alameda counties . from the permissive reductions, those counties continuing to pay the presfixed constitutional . . $30 and $60 respectively on the thehe con-. } thatetheir Taxpavers are better “In addition to the patently dis. criminatory nature of this proposed amendment,’’ said Cloud, ‘“‘the inevitable result will be to cripple rural education if not, in ‘many localities, to compel a complete abandonment of rural educational facilities, something that never yet'has happened in California’s history. “We have 1200 rural schools of from ten to. fifteen pupils. These schools today draw approximately $14000 per year from these fixed State and county charges, to pay for their entire maintenance, including the teacher’s salary. “This condition is and has been for a long time a serious problem in rural education. Any tampering now by ill advised legislation that will still further reduce these fixed charges will not only promote still greater difficulties in the rural field but -will bring about a crisis, and one entirely uncalled for, in our rural educational system.” ret Birthday Party for Adrianne Barnhart Mrs. Barnhart gave a birthday dinner party Wednesday evening in honor of the 11th birthday of her little daughter, Adrianne. Those enjoying the delightful event were: Marilyn Chapman, Helen Barker, Betty Smith, Madeline Bettles, Peggy Bettles, Catherine Davis, Adrianne Barnhart, James Nankerwis and Billy Gracey. Beautiful spring flowers were

used profusely in. decorations. Miss Barnhart received a number of nice. birthday gifts. Bigelow, supervisor of provisions of . ecb er BEAR RIVER TO OFFER BEST FISHING MAY 1 Trout anglers of Nevada county and others who anticipated coming to the streams of this vicinity for the opening of the fishing season can hope for the best of fishermen’s luck when the season Monday opens. Streams along the Tahoe-Ukiah route are not so favorable because of snow‘and high water, and will not offer favorable conditions by the opening date of the -season. The Bear River, however, from Lowell Hill down, will offer favorable prospects at the beginning of the season. Fuller Lake, the haunt of the Grass «Valley Rifle, Rod and Gun Club, three miles above lake Spaulding, will be open to fishermen. However, the clubhouse of the organization will not be opened until the middle of May. DRIVER WRONG SIDE OF ROAD, FINED $25, CAMPTONVILLE,: April’ 26—-The case of the People of the State of California vs. F. D. Terry, of North Sacramento, came up in the Camptonville Justice Court Tuesday morning. Judge George F. Herzog, of Marysville Township presiding due to illness of Judge W. B. Meek. Terry was arrested a short time ago by Traffic Officer A. J. Ponta on a charge of driving on the wrong side of the road, pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. The case of the People was represented by Deputy District Attorney W. C. Rucker of Marysville, and Terry acted as his own attorney, having one witness besides himself. Considerable testimony was offered ,but the whole case hinged on whether or not the traffic officer was telling the truth and whether or not his word Was to be ‘taken against that of strangers. whom he apprehended as violators of the law, and after a short deliberation the jury upheld the officer in bringing in a verdict of’ guilty, and the Court sentenced the defendant to a fine of $25.00 or ten days in jail, the fine being accepted. The following acted as purors. in the case: Fred J. Joubert, R. C Zaring, S: .F. Price, Fred H, Butz, Mrs. Lola B. Cleveland, Mrs. Phyliss Butz, Mrs. Elizabeth Stalcup, Mrs. Sarah CalVin, Mis. Tda: ove tamm, Fred C. Kendall, Albert Hamilton and Mrs. Johanna ‘Turner: During the trial the jury was taken in the Lang school bus to the place'on the road where the made to view the spot and get a picture of the circumstances. arrest was OO MINE INSURANCE TO BE ALTA CALIFORNIA TOPIC In regard to the Alta California meéting to be held in Colfax on April. 29), the auspices of the Sjerra Nevada Grange Cooperating with the Colfax Chamber of Commerce, Lions Service Club, American Legion and other civic organizations, as outlined last week. Custom mills Was to be the chief subject of discourse, however since then the Alta California Ine., have been beseiged with demands to take a stand on the compensation insurance for mining, and to study the play of Assemblyman Jesse Mayo for reclasification of mining labor, consequently President Frank L. Roohr after studying the geography of the situation, finds that there are more people in the Sierra Nevada county sections more interested in insurance costs than a custom mill, therefore the dinner session will be confined to talks along this line in place of custom mills, in order that recommendations arising may be filled with the legislature. under In addition to the discussions on reduction and reclassification of mining insurance, the meeting will take up the subject of allocation of emergency relief funds for wandering families who have come into the mining regions. A plan will be discussed for securing special funds from the Emergency Relief Reconstruction Finance Corporation monies by having the Boards of Supervisors arrange ‘for a study of their county’ mining destitute and make Separate appliaction for funds for this particular problem. This item should interest evary chamber of commerce secretary. : a Mrs. Randall and baby of Vallejo ar® visitors in Nevada City Ferre cS MT TS Senate Debates Cut In Dollar Value ———$ $$ ________, Press dispatches from Washington D. C. yesterday stated that the greatest test of the Roosevelt inflation program, a vote on the clause for lowering the dollar’s gold content, loomed to-day as the senate drove for final disposal of the whole plan before adjournment. The campaign by Senator Reed (Republican, Pennsylvania) against the measure was resumed with his motion to strike out authority for the president to reduce the @ollar’s gold value’ by as’ much as. 50 per cent. : CONFIDENT OF VICTORY The adminitsration leaders were confident of victory’ on this point, however, and worked to vote down also within the day the Robinson (Republican, Indiana) amendment to pay the soldiers bonus out of the new currency to be issued under the bill. To the gold content section of the inflation plan has been attached a proposal which would give the chief executive authority to provide for free coinage of silver if he saw fit. DEBATE LIMITATION A limitation on debate was to go into effect ‘on the measure in midafternoon and leaders expected to hold the senate in session until: the farm bill, to which measures. has been out of the way. The bi-metalism clause was added to the inflation legislation late yesterday by a 41 to 26 vote in which Democratic leaders Majority. The vote came after the inflation attached is put joined with the a turbulent session during which Senator Borah (Republiean, Idaho) made a strong attack on the provision giving the DELINQUENT TAX IN STATE GROWS TO 12 MILLIONS SACRAMENTO, April -27-— CUP) —Financial stress of greater or lesser dgeree, particularly in agriecultural areas ,was revealed by a state wide survey conducted by the’ state controller’s office at the the state senate. request of Total tax delinquency of California’s 58 counties—this figure does not include municipalities or any other political sub-divisions within acounty was $12,776,824.53. Aver. agq delinquency by around 1] counties, was 2 percent. By population, however;--it ler smalas in most cases populous counmade a Was considerably ties fairly good showing While higher per centage delinquencies were in sparsely settled areas. Percetnage of tax delinquence for all purposes for the first installment of the current year’s taxes in Nevada county was 15 per cent. Delinquency in dollars and cents totalled $15,290 while cash om hand as of April 1 was $132,307. San Luis Opispo county led the delinquency parade with 48.49 per cent. Imperial county followed with 35 per cent. Delinquencies in metropolitan areas werenot as high as expected. San Francisco and Los Angeles showed approximately eight per cent. Ominous was the report of 16 counties that warrants were being registered. In Several of this number, the amount of registered warrants was relatively small; in others it reached a considerable amount. Total for the state on April 1 was $464,679.74. Sixteen other counties admitted they could not meet their next interest and redemption on when due. had already more issues. : The report, while serious enough, was not as bad as anticipated. However, many of the counties submitted their reports prior to the passage of the 60-day tax moratorium bill. A number of county auditors stated they might be compelled’ to regigter bond issues Ten more reported they defaulted on one or -Warrants in event the Moratorium became effective—which it now is, : oO G. L. Barnhart visited recently with her husband at Washinga Mrs. ton. president power to reduce the gold in the dollar. Borah asserted that this feature was ‘“‘distinctly a deflationary provision that will counteract any benefit that might be derived from other section.”” Reed and a number of other Republicans maintain the gold section is unconstitutional. BI-METALISM AMENDMENT The Wheeler-King bi-metalism amendment would authorize the president: “By, proclamation, to fix the weight of the gold dollar in grains nine-tenths fine and also to fix the weight of the silver dollar in grains nine-tenths fine at a definite fixed ration in relation to the gold dollar at such amounts as he finds necessary for his investigation to stabilize domestic prices or to protect the foreign commerce against the adverse effect of depreciated foreign currencies, and to provide for the unlimited coinage of such gold and Silver at the ration so fixed.” DONATION DAY IS. SET FOR MAY 5 Donation Day,, yearly event that was originated in the towns Nevada City and Grass Valley years ago, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon May 5,-by grammar and high schools and civic and fraternal organizations of both cities. The parade will start near ‘the Broad street fire house down Broad to the Plaza, up Main and Commercial, turning into Pine and back into Broad to the place of starting. Grammar school pupils carrying their donations, will lead the parade the high schools next, Boy Seouts, Legion, and then civic organizations and lodges. The Elks as is their custom, wiil be well represented with their jridiculous little) ‘‘go-get-em”’ cart. A ride in it is one of the neverto-be-forgotten events, It is hoped a large crowd will turn Out and give generously to solicitations. The donations of wood, food and clothing carried by the marchers are given to the Benevolent Socieyt to assist in helping those less fortunate. It has been a_ strenous winter for the society because of the calls for help from those coming into our community, At one time they also tried to assist single -men but found they were too numerous and had to cease that work i PIONEER OF REBEL RIDGE 1S CALLED TO FINAL REST CAMPTONVILLE, April 27.—Following an illness of several weeks, . Miner Jayne, pioneer resident of Rebel Ridge section, passed away Wednesday morning at a Marysville hospital. Although he had been failing, his condition was reported as improved and his passing came as a sudden shock to relatives and his friends. Miner Jayne was born in Sierra county ,near Downieville, November 7, 1864, making him 69 years of age. After a few years of childhood there he moved to this section where he spent the remainder of his life, following farming and mining in the locality where he lived. In the early days he married Kate Archer, and to this union several children were born, and from his labor tilling the soil and digging the yellow dust in the mining parts of his land, he brought up a large and respected family. He was a man of good disposition and even temperament and had a following of many friends. He was accustomed to speaking a kindly word and every ready to stretch out. a helping hand wherever Possible. He was well liked by all those who knew him. He is survived by a wife Kate Jayne, two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Brown, of this place, and Mrs. Ada Evans of Oroville, and five sons, Lester M. John M., Albert, Warren, and Daniel. ; : ie Funeral services will be held at _ the family cemetery at the home on Rebel Ridge Friday afternoon at two __ o'clock. The body was prepared for burial by Lipp and Sullivan, Marysville Morticans, hie ae