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Nevada City Nugget
SOS Broad Steve+t. Phone 36
fc, as defined bv statute. Printed an:! Published
at Nevada City.
Editor and Publisher
ed Semi-Weekly, Monday and Friday at
vada @iny, Galifornia, and entered as mail
ae second class in the postoffice at
¥, under Act of Congress, March 32.
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‘ NEVADA CITY NUGGET -— FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1938.
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The C(g)eck .
Ai the age of seventy eizht, when .
. ; most people are very happy if they .
; can still drag one foot after the oth. . Oe
iii Sle, old Frank Fippan of Rough and
SUBSCRIPTION RATES re Ready can ne a ate hundred and!
Sipe (ie tear LE Adtance): 656582 Se Se $2.50 ¥ six pound anvil. Old Frank was bor» .
Gost «+ . in Rough and Ready in 1860, when ai
LL REESE SEAR ELA LE SEA OLE LEER SRO EEOLOSEOEESE OS . Jad had io be xobust. to get” alone
HS Sune ea ae erie naam oe eer eS eee -\and he has lived there_ever since,
Co ie ll} thrivine on the belmv climate and/
eid . . : . ; seventy eight he can perform feats .
Pa Ci EOD al MAG reas lof Strength that put the prime of life .
ee . far beyond childish thirty or purile .
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce as might have been forty five. At ninety, Frank will .
viding collective bargaining for employes in industry.
U. S. chamber maintains. ’
An impartiality of administration must be maintained,
the national chamber contends.
Labor as represented on the west coast by Harry Bridges has opposed any change in the Wagner act. Legislative investigation of the national labor relations board practices has
been urged by employers.
The att, as viewed. by some, has been responsible for the
labor war which has developed between the CIO and AFL. To
end this war, which has been damaging to labor, to industry
and to the public is one of the aims of the U.-S. chamber.
Labor turmoil is rapidly reaching a degree where the
public must take a hand and bring about two-way regulation.
It must be done to prevent recurrences of the uprising of Nevada City and Grass Valley against a labor condition they considered inimical to their communities.
Labor will not take the lead. Industry or congress will
have to. The act must be adjusted so that labor agreements
will be arrived at peacefully and will be carried’ out by both
sides. Continuation of the present course will only lead to
bloodshed and what will amount to virtual civil war.—Sacramento Union. :
No Strike In Nevada County .
There is no strike at the Murchie Mine. Nor has there
been one.
Yet 200 miners have been vilified for working at the
Murchie. They have been) called “rats” and> un-American.
They have had to pass through an unauthorized picket line in
order to go to work. They have been called vile names and
stoned on their way to work. These 200 workers at the Murchie are Nevada County residents. The “pickets” are from
out-of-state. Remember—there is no strike at ‘the Murchie.
Nor has there been one!
_. And then one day the situation exploded. A miner resented the insults hurled at him and his fellow workers. He
went after a “‘picket.’’ He was hit on the head by a big stone
and dangerously injured. Then things happened fast.
A crowd of several hundred miners literally took the
picket line to pieces. A number of C. I. O. agitators were told
to. leave the county and not return. CC. I. O. headquarters
were destroyed. By whom? Vigilantes? No—by the miners
_ themselves.
For many months professional agitators have been attempting to organize the miners of the Nevada City-Grass
“ Valley Mining district. . They have met with scant success.
ese communities have been mined for too long to need outside labor advice. The men have had friendly relations with
their employers and in return have worked steadily and at top
‘wages in depressions and out.
anticipated urges legislative change in the Wagner act pro: .
The protection afforded employes against interference . pan
with their right to self-organization must be extended by the . strength beiongs to Frank as it did
government fo labor organizations as well as employers, the . t® b's pioneer taiher pes iene
> . Frank s father crossed the plains i
probably be able to lift a th
red pound anvil
hree hund:/
in each hand. {
practices his
a covercd wagen just after the Don-!
her party starved to death in the}
Emigrant Gap Pass. The elder Fippan
Saw the white bones of the dead Donner people
mer sun wiven he hiked through the : é
Gap. He settled,in the healthful hill IN MARCH 1838
town of Rough and Ready after sev.
eral bouts with yellow. fever in.
Marysville. In about 1855 he open-. DG Ses ck
ed the blacksmith shop. that. still, Mrs. Iva Williamson, public librarstands in Rough and Ready. Vigilian repon's that the city library was
; antes were the chief law enforce-, open to the public 27 days, books
ment agencies iat that time. The eld. borrowed for home use 1836; fiction
er Fippan became a Ieader in *he!1262: juvenile 383; miscellaneous
work of preserving a semblance of . 191; books borrowed from stiate lilaw and order in the teeming placer; brary 6. :
camp. An idea of the quality of law Visitors to reading rooms 1531;
enforcement in the fifties and six-. men 515; women 161; ‘boys 495;
ties in Rough and Ready. may be had. girls 361; number of borrowers 1,from the fact that while barroom. 227; tctal attendance 2758; daily atshootings between men usually went, tendance 102.
unpunished, those who molested Cards issued, 13 adult and ten
women soon found themselves en-. juvenile, cards cancelled 6 adult and
tertaining the populace with a floor-. 5 juvenile, present registration 1293.
less dance under the seventy five foot) Books purchased 20; books donatcottonwood that is now known as/ed 5; books discarded 9, present acthe “Hanging Tree.” cession 10792.
Following is a list of books purPrank hae an early photograph . “Paset, Nowody'e in Town, Wana Fer
taken of the town just after the big. P&T: Trumpets apenas ce ic aati
boom. Of about forty big frame. /otte:. Paradise Trail, William B.
buildings along the main Street, at movery:) GORE fal Bie peal Pegey
least twenty were saloons. Rough Dern; Famous Psychic and Ghost
and Ready was never a great resia-. Stories, J. Walter sg ta ve
enee ‘district like North San Juan} °?70" Miss Wells, Sylvia ©. Gerof French Corral, but always’ ‘re. "™62; The Trumpet Sea, Ben Amos
mained a roaring camp while in its
hey-day. It was a great center for
miners with their pockets full of
gold dust to come to and blow their .
glittering earnings for the even
Allen; Marigold, Grace Livingston
Hill; The Crooked Furrow, Jeffery .
Farnol; Once to Every Man, Fanny
Heaslip Lee; Light of Other Days, .
F Elizabeth Corbett; Sixteen Hands, .
brighter bangles of th ; .
xf of the parlor houses Homer Covey; Out of Africa, Isak . and booze palaces. F .
when the be women ben geese et ee See pal ent throug . ton; R. F. D. Charles Allen Smart; .
Rough and Ready, All the men for Hawk in the Wind, Helen Topr'
miles around had heard that a woman : pte io pe
; : ; Miller; Under Capricorn, Helen sis:.
was to come in on the morning stage. . 3 é f
. hy 2 ‘ . pson, Hell on Ice, Commander Ed-.
pr aPek the tee Ee, OF Aple for. sca Ellsberg; The Strongest Son the day and the four horse stage] 5. bara Stevane Cape tt
tolled slowly through the town, the! The following books were a gift
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miners crowded around the w r= . 5 ss from Ben Sweeney, How We Govern, .
and .
ful creature,
dumped ee ie eg . Prederick P. Woellner; Orderly, M. .
s me tn, Nes lap. p Werner; A Political Primer for She collected ar Y i red . i
bucks from ae pcan le ae a ie Se 3 n starved wor-. . fees a A. Maleolm;
ihipcees bakers HL take . ippine Civics, George A. } ;
Grass Valle left for . Civic Sciences in the Home, Geo. W.
as Hunter and Walter G. Whitman.
There isn’t much ‘to do in ‘FipPan’s blacksmith shop any more.
William's; Action of Acquila, Henry . !
SIERRA CREST MOUNTAIN
TRAIL IS CHARTED
Superintendent DeWitt Nelson and
Grazing Inspector Leland Smith, of
the local headquarters Tahoe National forest, returned Wednesday
evening from a two day trip in deep
snow in the high Sierra. Ranger H.
I. Snider of Truckee accompanied
them. The men are working on the
section of the proposed Sierra Crest
Trail that will go through their national forest.
Last season 15 foot poles were
placed for ski sites but the unusually deep snow buried these and also covered a ski shelter. On their
trip Wednesday they dug eight feet
deep and found the shelter which
they entered and left provisions.
They traveled 15 miles Tuesday and
10 miles Wednesday over snow ranging from 13 to 15 feet in depth and
report a very good trip.
Sites for ski courses and proposed
ski courses were charted and spots
for shelter huts were looked over.
During the season-when snow is
either off the groun@ or only a few
feet deep signs will be placed directing persons to these selected sites.
They will be high enough to be seen
in deepest snow periods.
The Sierra Crest Trail is to be
charted through ‘the length of the
mountains as far south of Mt. Whitney country. Work is now progressing well in the Stanislaus country.
In the Norden area where surveys
were made this week the Sierra Club
COLFAX a
TUES.
MAY .
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will assist in placing signs The aim
is to build shelter huts along the .
route that they may be temporary
protection to persons lost in
mountains,
the . a
English Complexion
Treatment
YARDLEY POWDER—a new
powder of extra fine texture
especially suitable for dry skin
$1.10
Foundation Creme, Complexion Cream, Toning Lotion, Milk
of Lavender, Lip Sticks of all
shades. :
We are Nevada City agents for
Yardley English toiletries and
always have a fresh, complete
stock. q
. MOTHERS DAY
. May 10th
. GREETING CARDS—to Mother
. —other Mother — Mother of
some one dear—like a mother.
5c to 50c
Mothers Day Candy—Beautiful
Boxes—
50c and up
Margaret Burnham Candy with
detachable Whistler Mother
Picture for Framing.
DICKERMAN
. Drug Store
] “NEVADA CITY
HOME LOST BY FIRE .
!
A. Ward lost hissmall home and .
entire contents in a fire of undeter.
mined origin last Thursday evening .
at about 11 o’clock. It is in the Lake.
Olympia area and when the fire was .
noticed by neighbors it was too late .
Mr. Ward is working a pravel prop.
and many horses a day now comes
only an occasional tourist to purchase an ox-shoe as a curio. Frank
Where they once shoed several oxen. CRUSADER ORATORICAL
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erty on Dger Creek in the Newbows . .
Phone Us for Prompt
Delivery
NEVADA CITY ICE
DELIVERY
At Plaza — Nevada City
the loss quite keenly, _ PHONE 57 CONTEST IN S. F. TONIGHT . 2722, "¢ of Nevada city. He toots
So there is no strike at the Murchie nor anywhere else . *°lls them for twenty five cents,. The championship of the high
in Nevada County which is less than they used to east . School public speaking (contest spon. ° aie new. sored by The California Crusaders
Let us ask a fair question. If the majority of men—at :
‘ = will be decided at the Veterans’ War
least 2000 out-of 2200—want to continue work why should. Peter Voies, the famous Califor-. Memorial building, San Francisco,
they be intimidated? nia prospector, notorious for shoot-. Thursday evening.
If they ARE intimidated—and surely the Murchie men aun i ties pai oe Ep lle! : Ream ihe cig Aiton
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have been — then where, oh where, are the “‘friends of the to see Frank Fippan and maybe get ae. ° pate ik deine cen
working men?
his donkeys shoed or a néw part for qualifying for final competition are
The C. I. O. and allies are frantically wiring President. his wagon or prospecting outfit. Fip-. winners of regional elimination conRoosevelt for troops to protect their picket lines. Something . ?2" Tather admires old Peter Voies. tests held, last week
“new in labor circles! A labor union asking for military inter-. 2° #5 ®!ways studying new ways. northern California.
3 ti ll Pee h ' of prospecting, and at times made a Jesse Franklin of Oroville high
yention usually considered as anathema! very good living, though he had such. school will represent the Sacramen* The miners of Nevada County have made their inten-. a picturesquely bedraggiled appear-. to valley district, having won the
to exercise that right. They have had to fight to get the idea ive side line of charging people who} week at Marysville in competition
erase They proved thete willingness io fight a hae ANS wanted to photograph him. with the foremost speakers of five . ’
Sgro ——— other counties. Eric Rood of Grass
ability as well. Only a few frame buildings, most. -vValley high school represented. Ne.
_ Perhaps this idea will penetrate into some heads. Perhaps. °! them built in the fifties or six-. vada county in this meet.
the men of Nevada County will be permitted to solve their. ''°% S¥‘vive from the days when six
: thousand people lived by the rofits
own problems without unwelcome “‘assistance,” Perhaps not. ere
: of hydraulic mining near Rough and! earned its name of Rough and Ready
But one thing at least has been demonstrated—the NeReady. Like the towns of the San. men used to entertain themselves in
County miners have had the opportunity to speak and . Juan Ridge, Rough and Ready ‘has a. lusty drinking in the saloons, used to
for themselves. That they did act—quickly and decisively . ¢limate that is miraculously milder . curse and gamble and brawl and pick
onstrates that, at least in one spot of ‘these United. ‘!#" ‘he nearby towns of Nevada. themselves up again with another >
a “bieed *” ks W (City and Grass Valley. It has the . drink. The name of the town was ie
devi wor reedom means something. — estern . flowering blackened fruit trees that, once spread far and wide ‘by the. ”
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in their age make the ruins of the. roughness of its men and the -wildé
roaring days of the gold rush, its; ness of its painted women. Men
crumbling old stone fences pay tri-. ried guns and used them. Sat
bute to the industry of the pioneers; . night was a miner’s orgy of
it has a past much like the towns of. Women, and fighting. Now ih Rougn
the Ridge, but Rough and Ready has. and Ready not much is Jeft of the
no hope of a renaisance of mining as. Pioneer licentiousness, set Saturdo the Ridge towns, and it is happy. day night for a long/time the citiin ‘its rural resignation. zens have gathered 4n masse in the
Odd Fellows hall for a whist party.
that} Last time they had eighteen ‘tables.
If you produce something better than the
average, use the telephone to find a matrket. There is always some one
who is willing to pay for
quality. The telephone will
help find that person.
If something happens and
you need doctor or veterinarian, the telephone will quick‘ly deliver yoursmessage.
throughout
Rain or shine, the telephone is ready.
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