April 28, 1939 (6 pages)

Prinking Qut Loud By H. M, L. The course that. President Roosevelt is: following is one that may or may not involve us in a European war, if and when, there is a European war. We must confess that we regard it as a bluff, a gigantic saber rattling by a nation, whitch as, he. himself observed is “potentially far stronger than ‘Italy and Germany. combined.’ In Europe the bluff, of course, for hundreds of years has been a potent weapon of diplémacy. But. from our humble viewpoint, we regard it as a very dangerous twoedged weapon, and we think history warrants that view. bluff is called, the show down follows almost as certainly as night follows day. When the President states the facts regarding this country’s strength, he is hinting we may use it if occasion arises. Recently he has declared in effect that if he could prevent it, armed forces of the United Statse would never be Sent overseas to engage in a European war. To the totalitarian nations this kind of: thing is blowing hot and cold. Of what use is our potential strength, if we will 4 not use it? : Yet on the whole, we may find eb that among bluffers, a bluff from a bigger and more powerful bluffer will work. Hitler we have always regarded as a bluffer. His victories result from bluffs that were never called. He was so elated with his success in bluffing, that he finally-overdid the thing. He seized Czecho-Slavakia, swallowed it whole, and forgot: his own plea for other forays, that he was merely * consolidating German populations, when he raped a country of an entirely alien people. But if either of Europe’s dictators should call this bluff, national pride will almost certainly force us into a war, in which we have nothing whatever to gain, and we stand t6 lose in all probability what we hold dearest-—our democracy. Frankly we diatinet a President who gambles. The Republican Nationat ‘Committee in its current letter has the following to say regarding the course Mr. Roosevelt is pursuing: “The cause of American peace was not served when some weeks ago Mr. Roosevelt told reporters he might have to cut short his (Caribbean fishing trip because of some ‘unidentified European development. The cause of American peace was not served when Mr: Roosevelt in saying farewell to the. folks of Warm Springs alt. the end of another vacation said “I’ll be baick in the fall, if we don’t have a war.” “The cause of American peace was not served when Mr. Roosevelt adopted as his own the words of the Washington Post editorial which interpreted that pronoun “we? as meaning ‘twestern civilization” and went on to assert that in using that. word ‘we’, the President “told Hitler and Mussolini that the ‘tremendous force of the United States must be a factor in their current thinking” and that “he made it plain: that a war forced by them would from -the outset invdlve thé destinies of a nation which, as they fully realize, is potentially far stronger than Germany and: Italy united.” “The cause of American peace was not served when Mr. Roosevelt in his Pan American Day gpeech, in effect, appealed to the friendly nations abroad to rise up against their governments. by expressing. the hope that. “our sister natlonk beyond the seas will break the bond of ideas which constrain them toward con warfare.” “Neither the cause of American peace nor American democracy: is served by intimations that any criticism of or dissent from Mr. Roosevelt’s meddling in Europe's affairs is now treasonable. This country is not yet at war. But Mr. Roosevelt seems bent on doing his _ best to accustom us to the thought that ‘we are engaged in a ‘war. We refuse to believe it or be so bound. We hold no brief for the actions and atrocities of Hitler, Mussolini or ahy other dictator. But we cannot see why American blood should be shed for their actions. Moreover, we are old fashioned enough io believe that only the Congress of the United States can: declare war, Until it does, we propose to . subject Mr. Roosevelt’s actions, whether in the foreign or domestic field to tests of reason and in? slid telligence.”’ “Tf the . , O'Reilly alluded to the fact that the ity ugge COVERS RICHEST GOLD AR AREA IN CALIFORNIA w in the right. to: publish the fruth, ifiable ends: F ton, . The Liberty of the Press consists ith good motives and for “just—Alexander HamilVol. 13, No. 34. The County Seat Paper “NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center ‘FRIDAY, APRIL 28,7) CLYDE GWIN TO ‘HEAD NEVADA “CITY ROTARY The Hotery ry yesterday met briefly and adjourned in honor of the memory of the late Oscar Odegaard, founder and former president of the club. H. M. Leete read a eulogy upon Mr. Odegaard’s character. The club stood in silence for a short time and then adjourned. The new ‘board of directors of Rotary which goes into office on July first met following the meeting and Felected Clyde Gwin, to be president for the year beginning on that date. Carol Coughlan was re-elected to the office of secretary. OPEN HOUSE TODAY AT WASHINGTON SCHOOL There will be “open house” at the Washington Blementary School today, Cecil Klee, viice prikeipal extends a cordial invitation to parents to visit Classes ‘between the hours of 1 and 2 and see how thier children are taught. ’ At 2:30 p. m. ah important meeting of the Parent Teachers Association will (be held. Officers will be installed for the coming year. A general discussion will be held by the teachers on the subject of ‘‘Education.’’ Refreshments will follow the program. Each member of the PTA is asked to bring a cup and spoon OSCAR ODEGAARD BORNE TO REST Mass for the repose repose of the soul of Oscar Odegaard was said Wednesday in St. Canice Catholic church by the Rev. Father O’Reilly. In a’ brief eulogy of ,the departed Father day was the feast day of St. Joseph, father of the Savior. In the Catholic hierarchy of the saints, St. Joseph is patron of “‘happy days’’. The church was ‘filled ‘with the neighbors and ‘friends and relatives of the late Osear Odegaard and his family. Profuse and beautiful floral tributes testified mutely to the wide affection in which he was held in: this community. Large delegations of Elks, Rotarians, and Antlers were present to pay homage to his memory. Marshal Geiselman was organist. Mrs. Charles Elliott sang beautifully ‘‘Lead Kindly Light’? and ‘‘Nearer My God to Thee.” Pall bearers were Robert Tamblyn, Carl Libbey, Howard Wylie, John Fortier, Clyde Gwin and William Cain. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Holmes Funeral ‘Home. : COLLISION ON BRIDGE (Chief of Police Garfield Robson was called Wednesday afternoon to investigate a automobile accident on the south end of Gault Bridge. <A ear driven ‘by Charles W. Worthley and owned by Mrs. Dollie Boatwright collided ‘with a car driven ‘by Mrs, BE. M. Baker of Peardale The Boatwright car was coming from the south and the Baker war was frav/eling across the bridge from”. the north. “Phe Baker machine had a badly mashed fender “and broken bumiper. The Boatwright car received a mashed front wheel, badly sprung axle and tire blowout. Mrs. Bakers car will be repaired according to the chief of police. RESERVOIR. IMPROVED Street Superintendent Herbert HalJett and crew spent the ‘first three days of this week rebuilding the six foot wire fence albout the city reservoirs on Sugar Loaf. They put in a spillway between the two lakes and graded the banks,of the greatly enlarged ‘bodies of water. One reservoir has ‘been enlarged to over twice its ‘former capacity and the other once and a half which will supply. the needs of this» rapidly growing city for some years to come. Mrs. Bill Baker, Mrs, Pat Shep;ard and Mrs. B. Bowden of Alleghany were Nevada City visitors yes terday. Mrs. Joe St. Helaire, former operator of the Bowman Beauty Parlor in Nevada City is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stanley. She sold her business in ‘OaMex, bona will take a long ‘. will be conducted in conjunction with ANONYMOUS THREATS . RECEIVED BY SHERIFF: Sheriff Carl J. Pobinmben displayed'a little message he received several days ago and it was presumably office during the recent CIO labor trouble at the Narrows Dam. In ‘his coming and going he had noted a Prince Albert tobacco can lying against the door step and finally picked it up to throw it in the trash basket. Deputy «Sheriff Lester Hubbard opened the can to find a tiny slip of paper fitting the can and on you sure.” ‘When asked about‘it he said that over a preiod of time he had received a number of such anonymous threats and had even received a number of telephone calls. The persons calling names. HAROLD HARTUNG TAKES OVER HIS Nevada City residents will be glad to know that the jewelry business of the late’ A. Hartung at 306 Broad street will, after May 1, be conducted under the pioneer name of Hartung. HaroldHartung and his mother, Mrs. Margaret K. Hartung, have acquired the interest of the other heirs inthe business. The ‘jewelry store Hartung’s jewelry store . Grass Valley. To Robert Steger of this city has been assigned the task of building a new front, with modern display windows similar jo those in the Grass Valley store. The store will be thoroughly renovated and remodeled. It will be closed on ‘May first for a few days while these improvements are being mode, and an announcement of its opening will be madé sometime later. 5 Harold Hartung wa sreared in Nevada City and retains the friendship of many Nevada City residents, some of whom attended the schools here. with him. The store under Harold Hartung’s direction will be. in charge of Mrs. Esther Sandow, experienced jeweler of San Francisco. in left at the outer door of the sheriffs . which was written in pencil “I get: day, May 13. were careful not to divulge their; The Hartung jewelry store in Newith the growth and prosperity of the started in 1866 by F. C. Luetje, who, was a skilled watch maker: In 1872, Cc. J. Brand, a first class manufacturing jeweler ‘became associated with Luetje. Brand took care of the manufacture of jewelry and silverware and Luetje continued his work as a ‘watchmaker and repairer, Brand achieved a wide reputation as a manufactufer of gold nugget jewelry, a reputation that the Hartungs have maintained. The . firm formerly ‘occupied a building next to the Bennetts’ building, but with the wide success which attended their services, they moved into the present building, 306 Broad street in 1874, where the store has been for the last 65. years. In the following year, A. Hartung ‘entered the service of the firm as an apprentice. He served for five years in that capacity and later attended a horological school in Europe, Shortly after his return he“was admitted as a partner with F. C. ‘Luetje and this partnership continued successfully until about 1897, when H. W. Har¥. tung, who had also learned the trade finishing in Philadelphia and ‘Chicago, bought out the one half interest of Mr. Luetje and the Hartung brothers formed a co-partnership under the firm name of A. and H. W. Hartung. This partnership’ continued until 1916, when it was dissolved by mutual consent. H. W. Hartung took over the Grass Valley store and A. Hartung continued: in the Nevada City store. This Grass Valley store was purchased from Carl Zapf. Mr. A. Hartung and son, Everett, H. W. Hartung and C. J. Brand formed a co-partnership under the name of BH, W, Hartung and Com. pany. Owing to the death of E. W. Hartung this partnership was dissolved later and H. W: Hartung took over 'by purchase, the entire stock and good will of the firm. « Herman W. Brand, who had learned the jewelers’ trade under his father was accepted as a full partner by his father in 1897. This jewelry company was known as the ©. J. Brand and Son Jewelry Store. It is inter. county seat. This (business was first . . Francis (Pete) NOR. SAN JUAN PLANS WHALE OF A TIME MAY 13) Ww. E. Moulton of Da Ob North San Juan and Christian “Anderson” -of Grass Valley transacted ‘business in Sacramento this week pertaining to the San Juan Electric Festival whieh ltakes place on two days and. nights viz. May 13th and. 14th. Mr. Ander'gon is coordinating the two day’s . eelebration andprogram. From the success reported’ iby the two men the Fiesta gives promise of being streamlined and ‘modern to the nth de#ree. The E Clampus Vitus is in charge of the program for SaturThere ‘will be dance that evening. On May 14th:there will be a metropolitan matinee show with the evening dance to follow. Both days’-programs are designed to give fun and-pleasure to the great throng expected. — = P. T. A. MEETS TODAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The Nevada City Elementary Sehool P. T. A. will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The teachers will render a program. The new officers recently chosen will be installied. Refreshments will be served and each member requested to bring: her own cup and spoon. “GAY NINETIES” "CELEBRATION AT ALLEGHANY Alleghany will ‘be festive .with a “Gay _Nineties’ celberation on May 20th sponsored by the Alleghany Dramatic Club, a live organization which has put on a dramatic play each year for several years. Their play, “On the Bridge at Midnight” will be a large part of the celebration. It is a great melodrama, but to relieve the tensions there will be a big dance aftenward which the whole town and throngs of guests will attend. DEATH SUMMONS WIFE vada City is ‘bound up historically , OF FOREST RANGER Francis Land, the wife of Land, forest ranger stationed et Sierraville passed away Tuesday evening in the hospital at Loyalton. Mrs. Land was a school Mrs. teacher in Penryn. She was taken ill] last Sunday and suceumbed after a very brief illness. Funeral services were held vesterday in Sacramento. Francis Land is the brother of Leslie Land, also on the forest service staff. STOLEN CAR FOUND Sometime Tuesday evening a thief stole a car from the Helbach Motor company of Grass Valley and one of the salesmen found the car parked in the (Native Sons lof on Commercial street in Nevada City early Wednesday morning. Officers are attempting to locate the guilty party. Dr. W. W. Reed, who has been taking treatment at the Merey hospital in Sacramento, returned within the last few days and has resumed his practice in this city. Dr. Foster assisted in the office while the was away. : Miss June Hawke who underwent an appendictomy at Landis Clinic last week.was removed to her home in. Gold Flat yesterday. store. The Brand family continued the business until 1925; The male members of the family ‘having passed on, the mother and daughter decided to close. out the business and conducted a sale of the fixtures. A. Hartung purchased their fixtures and put in a stock of jewelry and silverware and continued the business until his recent death. One -ean readily understand the pride that the new qwner in. the second generation of Hartungs, takes in such a business and its long and honorable history. Nevada City’s old} . time families still use and ‘esteem . silverware, ‘watches and clocks puresting to. note that at one time there : ‘wer me Hoople. working ns his, du CIOs convicted on various offenses in Nevada.county have complained of the food which they received when lodged in the county jail. As a result of their complaint an investigation was made by W. O. Deal, Samitary Inspector from the State Department of Public Health. The inspector, accomipanied by Dr. Carl P. Jones, county health officer came to Sheriff Tobiassen’s office un-' announced and unexpected and with Sheriff Tobiassen went to the county jail to imspect it, Sheriff Tobiassen has received a letter dated April 25, 1939 from Eaward T. Ross, Chief Bureau of ‘Sanitary Inspections of the State Department of Health, thé’ letter to the sheriff said: “For your information. I enclose copy of a report submitted to me by W. O.-Deal, following his recent investigation of a complaint concerning the food served at the sia ee county jail, Nevada City.’ The report enclosed with the letter follows and clearly states the excellent condition of the Neavda county jail and fine quality of the food served the prisoners: Location: Nevada Nevada City. ; Subject: Investigation of food supply and general conditions. From: W. O. Deal, spector. To: Mr.-Edward T. Ross, Chief, Bureau of Sanitary Inspections. County Jail, Sanitary InIn accordance with your instruetions on April 19, in company with Dr. Carl P. Jones, county health officer, and Sheriff Carl Tobiassen an investigation was made of conditions in the Nevada County jail. This jail is of modern ‘construction in every detail and was found in excellent sanitary condition. With reference to the complaint made by inmates regarding lack of food, the matter was discussed with the sheriff, who stated that it costs Nevada County Jail Board Above Average — Says State Inspector : — the county approximately fifty cents a day to feed each inmate and that two meals are served, one at about nine o’clock in-the morning and the ~ other at about four o’clock in the af» ternoon. The food is obtained from restaurants, four in number, each ‘of which supplies meals for one month at a time. Following are the average menus served: ears Breakfast: 2 eggs (boiled, fried or scrambled. Potatoes (fried or hash browned), 3 slices of bread. 2 tablespoons of sugar. 2 cups or coffee or more. Canned milk. (Soine mornings rolled oats with fresh pai: ‘is served.) Dinner: Roast beef, roast lamb or spanish hamburger with gravy. Po-tatoes, boiled or mashed. String beans, or other vegetable. Salad. 3 slices of white bread. 2 cups of coffee. 2 tablespoons of sugar. al milk. Inmates are kept aionlicd ‘with tobacco. At the time of our visit, the food” was being furnished by the Schreiber Cafe. An investigation of this — restaurant was made and it was found to be-in clean and sanitary condition. Food is conveyed ‘to the jail in clean metal containers and is properly protected from contamina, die tion en route. Ss The sheriff states that in his opin-. ion the food is ample and so far as could ‘be seen it is wholesome and served in a cleanly manner. gs The inmates of the jail receive medical care, when necessary from Dr. Jones, Dr. Reed, Dr. Titkell nee Dr, Hummelt. Our investigation shows that the complaint ‘was unfounded, as the quantity and quality of food served is above the average supplied in places of this kind and the jail on the whole is maintained in excellent con_ dition. : Respectfully submitted, W. O. DEAL Sanitary mr ates CYNAMITE BLAST AT YOU BETIS CAUSE OF SUIT The dynamite blast at ithe Brown Brothers Mine at Browns Hill, near You Bet, last August, which catapulted rocks and debris for a great distance, injuring two women and damaging several cars, has resulted in the filing of a $30,000 damage suit in the superior court here. 5 The plaintiffs are Mrs. Margaret Seymour, one of the women injured and her husband, b. N. Seymour. The Hercules Powder: Company and Alpha Stores, Ltd., are named as the defendants. The complaint recited that Mrs. Seymour, standing 1000 ‘feet away and off the property was struck by stones, rocks and clods of earth and since has ‘been incapac, itated. (Mrs. Seymour, asks — $20, 000. for her’ injuries and? Seymour asks $10,wife. a TWO FRIENDS. IN JAIL A warrant was issued for the arrest of Taylor Comer on. a petty ed in Bakersfiqld. Deputy Sheriff city Tuesday and returned with him charge, were friends in the Truckee district. A short time after Hayes was placed in the jail he asked ComTruckee’'to Nevada City. It is stated when the machine arrived miles and the suitcases and; sloaee were missing. : \ 000 for the loss ot services of his’ theft charge and he was apprekendpli Will Woods went to the southern} er to bring his car and clothing from ee it. was} ‘found. it had. ‘been driven over 200} SEN. SEAWELL HITS EVASIONS OF RELIEF HEAD SACRAMENTO, TO, April 27. — tea tacking ‘“‘evasions and procrastinations” of Relief Director H. D. An-— derson, Senator Jerrold L. Seawell of Roseville charged Anderson with “deliberately. playing wpon the miseries’’ of persons needing state aid to satisfy some hidden complex. Anderson’s office released a press statement to the effect that 33,000 relief clients ‘would fbe cut from lief rolls, and. the next day contra= dicted thestatement. “Tis it not enough that our unfortunate icitizens on relief have to cope with their own economic instability, without having to contend ‘with : caprices of Anderson,” Senator Seawell asked. The Roseville © solon “wanted know why Anderson issued the st that thousands Wollld be cut off, a then followed that fabrication another of reassurance. “Maybe the relief director lowing the logic of the mor when asked why he was hi ing self on the head with a hamir ied he did it because it fel when ‘he ee Wednesday. Comer and Ova Hayes, ve the latter in the Nevada county jail} serving a sentence on a delinquency }.~> Mrs. Oct: Séarte. naa announcement rom _her ‘grar NERS

Prinking Qut Loud By H. M, L. The course that. President Roosevelt is: following is one that may or may not involve us in a European war, if and when, there is a European war. We must confess that we regard it as a bluff, a gigantic saber rattling by a nation, whitch as, he. himself observed is “potentially far stronger than ‘Italy and Germany. combined.’ In Europe the bluff, of course, for hundreds of years has been a potent weapon of diplémacy. But. from our humble viewpoint, we regard it as a very dangerous twoedged weapon, and we think history warrants that view. bluff is called, the show down follows almost as certainly as night follows day. When the President states the facts regarding this country’s strength, he is hinting we may use it if occasion arises. Recently he has declared in effect that if he could prevent it, armed forces of the United Statse would never be Sent overseas to engage in a European war. To the totalitarian nations this kind of: thing is blowing hot and cold. Of what use is our potential strength, if we will 4 not use it? : Yet on the whole, we may find eb that among bluffers, a bluff from a bigger and more powerful bluffer will work. Hitler we have always regarded as a bluffer. His victories result from bluffs that were never called. He was so elated with his success in bluffing, that he finally-overdid the thing. He seized Czecho-Slavakia, swallowed it whole, and forgot: his own plea for other forays, that he was merely * consolidating German populations, when he raped a country of an entirely alien people. But if either of Europe’s dictators should call this bluff, national pride will almost certainly force us into a war, in which we have nothing whatever to gain, and we stand t6 lose in all probability what we hold dearest-—our democracy. Frankly we diatinet a President who gambles. The Republican Nationat ‘Committee in its current letter has the following to say regarding the course Mr. Roosevelt is pursuing: “The cause of American peace was not served when some weeks ago Mr. Roosevelt told reporters he might have to cut short his (Caribbean fishing trip because of some ‘unidentified European development. The cause of American peace was not served when Mr: Roosevelt in saying farewell to the. folks of Warm Springs alt. the end of another vacation said “I’ll be baick in the fall, if we don’t have a war.” “The cause of American peace was not served when Mr. Roosevelt adopted as his own the words of the Washington Post editorial which interpreted that pronoun “we? as meaning ‘twestern civilization” and went on to assert that in using that. word ‘we’, the President “told Hitler and Mussolini that the ‘tremendous force of the United States must be a factor in their current thinking” and that “he made it plain: that a war forced by them would from -the outset invdlve thé destinies of a nation which, as they fully realize, is potentially far stronger than Germany and: Italy united.” “The cause of American peace was not served when Mr. Roosevelt in his Pan American Day gpeech, in effect, appealed to the friendly nations abroad to rise up against their governments. by expressing. the hope that. “our sister natlonk beyond the seas will break the bond of ideas which constrain them toward con warfare.” “Neither the cause of American peace nor American democracy: is served by intimations that any criticism of or dissent from Mr. Roosevelt’s meddling in Europe's affairs is now treasonable. This country is not yet at war. But Mr. Roosevelt seems bent on doing his _ best to accustom us to the thought that ‘we are engaged in a ‘war. We refuse to believe it or be so bound. We hold no brief for the actions and atrocities of Hitler, Mussolini or ahy other dictator. But we cannot see why American blood should be shed for their actions. Moreover, we are old fashioned enough io believe that only the Congress of the United States can: declare war, Until it does, we propose to . subject Mr. Roosevelt’s actions, whether in the foreign or domestic field to tests of reason and in? slid telligence.”’ “Tf the . , O'Reilly alluded to the fact that the ity ugge COVERS RICHEST GOLD AR AREA IN CALIFORNIA w in the right. to: publish the fruth, ifiable ends: F ton, . The Liberty of the Press consists ith good motives and for “just—Alexander HamilVol. 13, No. 34. The County Seat Paper “NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center ‘FRIDAY, APRIL 28,7) CLYDE GWIN TO ‘HEAD NEVADA “CITY ROTARY The Hotery ry yesterday met briefly and adjourned in honor of the memory of the late Oscar Odegaard, founder and former president of the club. H. M. Leete read a eulogy upon Mr. Odegaard’s character. The club stood in silence for a short time and then adjourned. The new ‘board of directors of Rotary which goes into office on July first met following the meeting and Felected Clyde Gwin, to be president for the year beginning on that date. Carol Coughlan was re-elected to the office of secretary. OPEN HOUSE TODAY AT WASHINGTON SCHOOL There will be “open house” at the Washington Blementary School today, Cecil Klee, viice prikeipal extends a cordial invitation to parents to visit Classes ‘between the hours of 1 and 2 and see how thier children are taught. ’ At 2:30 p. m. ah important meeting of the Parent Teachers Association will (be held. Officers will be installed for the coming year. A general discussion will be held by the teachers on the subject of ‘‘Education.’’ Refreshments will follow the program. Each member of the PTA is asked to bring a cup and spoon OSCAR ODEGAARD BORNE TO REST Mass for the repose repose of the soul of Oscar Odegaard was said Wednesday in St. Canice Catholic church by the Rev. Father O’Reilly. In a’ brief eulogy of ,the departed Father day was the feast day of St. Joseph, father of the Savior. In the Catholic hierarchy of the saints, St. Joseph is patron of “‘happy days’’. The church was ‘filled ‘with the neighbors and ‘friends and relatives of the late Osear Odegaard and his family. Profuse and beautiful floral tributes testified mutely to the wide affection in which he was held in: this community. Large delegations of Elks, Rotarians, and Antlers were present to pay homage to his memory. Marshal Geiselman was organist. Mrs. Charles Elliott sang beautifully ‘‘Lead Kindly Light’? and ‘‘Nearer My God to Thee.” Pall bearers were Robert Tamblyn, Carl Libbey, Howard Wylie, John Fortier, Clyde Gwin and William Cain. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Holmes Funeral ‘Home. : COLLISION ON BRIDGE (Chief of Police Garfield Robson was called Wednesday afternoon to investigate a automobile accident on the south end of Gault Bridge. <A ear driven ‘by Charles W. Worthley and owned by Mrs. Dollie Boatwright collided ‘with a car driven ‘by Mrs, BE. M. Baker of Peardale The Boatwright car was coming from the south and the Baker war was frav/eling across the bridge from”. the north. “Phe Baker machine had a badly mashed fender “and broken bumiper. The Boatwright car received a mashed front wheel, badly sprung axle and tire blowout. Mrs. Bakers car will be repaired according to the chief of police. RESERVOIR. IMPROVED Street Superintendent Herbert HalJett and crew spent the ‘first three days of this week rebuilding the six foot wire fence albout the city reservoirs on Sugar Loaf. They put in a spillway between the two lakes and graded the banks,of the greatly enlarged ‘bodies of water. One reservoir has ‘been enlarged to over twice its ‘former capacity and the other once and a half which will supply. the needs of this» rapidly growing city for some years to come. Mrs. Bill Baker, Mrs, Pat Shep;ard and Mrs. B. Bowden of Alleghany were Nevada City visitors yes terday. Mrs. Joe St. Helaire, former operator of the Bowman Beauty Parlor in Nevada City is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stanley. She sold her business in ‘OaMex, bona will take a long ‘. will be conducted in conjunction with ANONYMOUS THREATS . RECEIVED BY SHERIFF: Sheriff Carl J. Pobinmben displayed'a little message he received several days ago and it was presumably office during the recent CIO labor trouble at the Narrows Dam. In ‘his coming and going he had noted a Prince Albert tobacco can lying against the door step and finally picked it up to throw it in the trash basket. Deputy «Sheriff Lester Hubbard opened the can to find a tiny slip of paper fitting the can and on you sure.” ‘When asked about‘it he said that over a preiod of time he had received a number of such anonymous threats and had even received a number of telephone calls. The persons calling names. HAROLD HARTUNG TAKES OVER HIS Nevada City residents will be glad to know that the jewelry business of the late’ A. Hartung at 306 Broad street will, after May 1, be conducted under the pioneer name of Hartung. HaroldHartung and his mother, Mrs. Margaret K. Hartung, have acquired the interest of the other heirs inthe business. The ‘jewelry store Hartung’s jewelry store . Grass Valley. To Robert Steger of this city has been assigned the task of building a new front, with modern display windows similar jo those in the Grass Valley store. The store will be thoroughly renovated and remodeled. It will be closed on ‘May first for a few days while these improvements are being mode, and an announcement of its opening will be madé sometime later. 5 Harold Hartung wa sreared in Nevada City and retains the friendship of many Nevada City residents, some of whom attended the schools here. with him. The store under Harold Hartung’s direction will be. in charge of Mrs. Esther Sandow, experienced jeweler of San Francisco. in left at the outer door of the sheriffs . which was written in pencil “I get: day, May 13. were careful not to divulge their; The Hartung jewelry store in Newith the growth and prosperity of the started in 1866 by F. C. Luetje, who, was a skilled watch maker: In 1872, Cc. J. Brand, a first class manufacturing jeweler ‘became associated with Luetje. Brand took care of the manufacture of jewelry and silverware and Luetje continued his work as a ‘watchmaker and repairer, Brand achieved a wide reputation as a manufactufer of gold nugget jewelry, a reputation that the Hartungs have maintained. The . firm formerly ‘occupied a building next to the Bennetts’ building, but with the wide success which attended their services, they moved into the present building, 306 Broad street in 1874, where the store has been for the last 65. years. In the following year, A. Hartung ‘entered the service of the firm as an apprentice. He served for five years in that capacity and later attended a horological school in Europe, Shortly after his return he“was admitted as a partner with F. C. ‘Luetje and this partnership continued successfully

until about 1897, when H. W. Har¥. tung, who had also learned the trade finishing in Philadelphia and ‘Chicago, bought out the one half interest of Mr. Luetje and the Hartung brothers formed a co-partnership under the firm name of A. and H. W. Hartung. This partnership’ continued until 1916, when it was dissolved by mutual consent. H. W. Hartung took over the Grass Valley store and A. Hartung continued: in the Nevada City store. This Grass Valley store was purchased from Carl Zapf. Mr. A. Hartung and son, Everett, H. W. Hartung and C. J. Brand formed a co-partnership under the name of BH, W, Hartung and Com. pany. Owing to the death of E. W. Hartung this partnership was dissolved later and H. W: Hartung took over 'by purchase, the entire stock and good will of the firm. « Herman W. Brand, who had learned the jewelers’ trade under his father was accepted as a full partner by his father in 1897. This jewelry company was known as the ©. J. Brand and Son Jewelry Store. It is inter. county seat. This (business was first . . Francis (Pete) NOR. SAN JUAN PLANS WHALE OF A TIME MAY 13) Ww. E. Moulton of Da Ob North San Juan and Christian “Anderson” -of Grass Valley transacted ‘business in Sacramento this week pertaining to the San Juan Electric Festival whieh ltakes place on two days and. nights viz. May 13th and. 14th. Mr. Ander'gon is coordinating the two day’s . eelebration andprogram. From the success reported’ iby the two men the Fiesta gives promise of being streamlined and ‘modern to the nth de#ree. The E Clampus Vitus is in charge of the program for SaturThere ‘will be dance that evening. On May 14th:there will be a metropolitan matinee show with the evening dance to follow. Both days’-programs are designed to give fun and-pleasure to the great throng expected. — = P. T. A. MEETS TODAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The Nevada City Elementary Sehool P. T. A. will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The teachers will render a program. The new officers recently chosen will be installied. Refreshments will be served and each member requested to bring: her own cup and spoon. “GAY NINETIES” "CELEBRATION AT ALLEGHANY Alleghany will ‘be festive .with a “Gay _Nineties’ celberation on May 20th sponsored by the Alleghany Dramatic Club, a live organization which has put on a dramatic play each year for several years. Their play, “On the Bridge at Midnight” will be a large part of the celebration. It is a great melodrama, but to relieve the tensions there will be a big dance aftenward which the whole town and throngs of guests will attend. DEATH SUMMONS WIFE vada City is ‘bound up historically , OF FOREST RANGER Francis Land, the wife of Land, forest ranger stationed et Sierraville passed away Tuesday evening in the hospital at Loyalton. Mrs. Land was a school Mrs. teacher in Penryn. She was taken ill] last Sunday and suceumbed after a very brief illness. Funeral services were held vesterday in Sacramento. Francis Land is the brother of Leslie Land, also on the forest service staff. STOLEN CAR FOUND Sometime Tuesday evening a thief stole a car from the Helbach Motor company of Grass Valley and one of the salesmen found the car parked in the (Native Sons lof on Commercial street in Nevada City early Wednesday morning. Officers are attempting to locate the guilty party. Dr. W. W. Reed, who has been taking treatment at the Merey hospital in Sacramento, returned within the last few days and has resumed his practice in this city. Dr. Foster assisted in the office while the was away. : Miss June Hawke who underwent an appendictomy at Landis Clinic last week.was removed to her home in. Gold Flat yesterday. store. The Brand family continued the business until 1925; The male members of the family ‘having passed on, the mother and daughter decided to close. out the business and conducted a sale of the fixtures. A. Hartung purchased their fixtures and put in a stock of jewelry and silverware and continued the business until his recent death. One -ean readily understand the pride that the new qwner in. the second generation of Hartungs, takes in such a business and its long and honorable history. Nevada City’s old} . time families still use and ‘esteem . silverware, ‘watches and clocks puresting to. note that at one time there : ‘wer me Hoople. working ns his, du CIOs convicted on various offenses in Nevada.county have complained of the food which they received when lodged in the county jail. As a result of their complaint an investigation was made by W. O. Deal, Samitary Inspector from the State Department of Public Health. The inspector, accomipanied by Dr. Carl P. Jones, county health officer came to Sheriff Tobiassen’s office un-' announced and unexpected and with Sheriff Tobiassen went to the county jail to imspect it, Sheriff Tobiassen has received a letter dated April 25, 1939 from Eaward T. Ross, Chief Bureau of ‘Sanitary Inspections of the State Department of Health, thé’ letter to the sheriff said: “For your information. I enclose copy of a report submitted to me by W. O.-Deal, following his recent investigation of a complaint concerning the food served at the sia ee county jail, Nevada City.’ The report enclosed with the letter follows and clearly states the excellent condition of the Neavda county jail and fine quality of the food served the prisoners: Location: Nevada Nevada City. ; Subject: Investigation of food supply and general conditions. From: W. O. Deal, spector. To: Mr.-Edward T. Ross, Chief, Bureau of Sanitary Inspections. County Jail, Sanitary InIn accordance with your instruetions on April 19, in company with Dr. Carl P. Jones, county health officer, and Sheriff Carl Tobiassen an investigation was made of conditions in the Nevada County jail. This jail is of modern ‘construction in every detail and was found in excellent sanitary condition. With reference to the complaint made by inmates regarding lack of food, the matter was discussed with the sheriff, who stated that it costs Nevada County Jail Board Above Average — Says State Inspector : — the county approximately fifty cents a day to feed each inmate and that two meals are served, one at about nine o’clock in-the morning and the ~ other at about four o’clock in the af» ternoon. The food is obtained from restaurants, four in number, each ‘of which supplies meals for one month at a time. Following are the average menus served: ears Breakfast: 2 eggs (boiled, fried or scrambled. Potatoes (fried or hash browned), 3 slices of bread. 2 tablespoons of sugar. 2 cups or coffee or more. Canned milk. (Soine mornings rolled oats with fresh pai: ‘is served.) Dinner: Roast beef, roast lamb or spanish hamburger with gravy. Po-tatoes, boiled or mashed. String beans, or other vegetable. Salad. 3 slices of white bread. 2 cups of coffee. 2 tablespoons of sugar. al milk. Inmates are kept aionlicd ‘with tobacco. At the time of our visit, the food” was being furnished by the Schreiber Cafe. An investigation of this — restaurant was made and it was found to be-in clean and sanitary condition. Food is conveyed ‘to the jail in clean metal containers and is properly protected from contamina, die tion en route. Ss The sheriff states that in his opin-. ion the food is ample and so far as could ‘be seen it is wholesome and served in a cleanly manner. gs The inmates of the jail receive medical care, when necessary from Dr. Jones, Dr. Reed, Dr. Titkell nee Dr, Hummelt. Our investigation shows that the complaint ‘was unfounded, as the quantity and quality of food served is above the average supplied in places of this kind and the jail on the whole is maintained in excellent con_ dition. : Respectfully submitted, W. O. DEAL Sanitary mr ates CYNAMITE BLAST AT YOU BETIS CAUSE OF SUIT The dynamite blast at ithe Brown Brothers Mine at Browns Hill, near You Bet, last August, which catapulted rocks and debris for a great distance, injuring two women and damaging several cars, has resulted in the filing of a $30,000 damage suit in the superior court here. 5 The plaintiffs are Mrs. Margaret Seymour, one of the women injured and her husband, b. N. Seymour. The Hercules Powder: Company and Alpha Stores, Ltd., are named as the defendants. The complaint recited that Mrs. Seymour, standing 1000 ‘feet away and off the property was struck by stones, rocks and clods of earth and since has ‘been incapac, itated. (Mrs. Seymour, asks — $20, 000. for her’ injuries and? Seymour asks $10,wife. a TWO FRIENDS. IN JAIL A warrant was issued for the arrest of Taylor Comer on. a petty ed in Bakersfiqld. Deputy Sheriff city Tuesday and returned with him charge, were friends in the Truckee district. A short time after Hayes was placed in the jail he asked ComTruckee’'to Nevada City. It is stated when the machine arrived miles and the suitcases and; sloaee were missing. : \ 000 for the loss ot services of his’ theft charge and he was apprekendpli Will Woods went to the southern} er to bring his car and clothing from ee it. was} ‘found. it had. ‘been driven over 200} SEN. SEAWELL HITS EVASIONS OF RELIEF HEAD SACRAMENTO, TO, April 27. — tea tacking ‘“‘evasions and procrastinations” of Relief Director H. D. An-— derson, Senator Jerrold L. Seawell of Roseville charged Anderson with “deliberately. playing wpon the miseries’’ of persons needing state aid to satisfy some hidden complex. Anderson’s office released a press statement to the effect that 33,000 relief clients ‘would fbe cut from lief rolls, and. the next day contra= dicted thestatement. “Tis it not enough that our unfortunate icitizens on relief have to cope with their own economic instability, without having to contend ‘with : caprices of Anderson,” Senator Seawell asked. The Roseville © solon “wanted know why Anderson issued the st that thousands Wollld be cut off, a then followed that fabrication another of reassurance. “Maybe the relief director lowing the logic of the mor when asked why he was hi ing self on the head with a hamir ied he did it because it fel when ‘he ee Wednesday. Comer and Ova Hayes, ve the latter in the Nevada county jail} serving a sentence on a delinquency }.~> Mrs. Oct: Séarte. naa announcement rom _her ‘grar NERS