April 3, 1941 (6 pages)

. Tobias &r ‘ This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. f you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month ity Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA eget ines J J Vol. 15, $e No. 27. The Gold Cantey THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941. tecieeideiiadigneicicas d By Soft Snow © in Arrives Tomorrow In N.C. Iro\ Cars Will Join Caravan Ranger Snider Lies Hurt Here For Journey To In Lonely Mountain Hut Truckee and Reno Nev. CARS FROM CITIES ALL ALONG ROUTE 20 TO BE IN CARAVAN WHICH WILL STOP IN NEVADA CITY OVERNIGHT TOMORROW The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, *% ghwa Met By Admirers, Band “WELCOME HOME, CHAMP!” With that and suitable other banners flying, Elton (Bub) Tobiassen of Nevada City, Nevada County’s only athlete in history to gain nattion* wide fame, will be met at the city limit Saturday night upon his arrival home after winning the 145 pound national intercollegiate boxing championship in State College, Pa. The welcoming celebration plans for the local boxing champion have been spontaneous and scores are expected to be on hand’to cheer Tobiassen and join in the congratulation program arranged in his honor at the “Nevada City High School Auditorium. Balked by a fall of soft snow, which hampered travel at every step, the rescue party which set out: yesterday to bring back Ranger Hck. Snider, who has been lying injured in a shelter hut in French A erent since Tuesday morning, was making but slow progress toay. The rescue crew was able to only reach -Cedars Lodge last night and at 8 a. m. this morning again resumed their journey, Assistant Forest Supervisor Ernest L. Baxter, who is leading the rescue party, said they hope to reach Snider tonight and early tomorrow will start the return trip. Tomorrow night will be spent:at the Cedars and SatThe local‘high schdol band will be present for the fete.and will play while Tobiassen is marched triumphantly from the city limit to the high school auditorium, where the program will be held. % Out Loud By H. M. 1. We are filled with amazement at times that the German leader. ship should appeal to standards of . international conduct as regards that part of the world which Hitler does not control, while they themselves have long since discarded such standards. Instance, their thunder in regard to the German ship seizure in the United States harbors. They have violated all rights of neutrals, flouted all international law, as it once was known, and yet their shouts of anger when this and other nations decides to protect themselves from the sabotage or sinking of ships. in their harbors, are so silly . as even to lack humor. . Sometimes we are inclined to . think that the Germans are exhibiting an immature or retarded . kind of mentality, Just as Hitler, . when bested in anargument, flies . storms and . ebandon, into a terrific rage, blusters.in hysterical! the entire reasoning of the Ger. man diplomatic corps is apparently on the same order. What the Germans do is right and approved by Almighty God, what any other people do that does not fit the Hitler plan is, wrong and originates in Satan. Having come to power through an appeal to fear, first of their own people, then of the fears of their neighbors, the Nazis apparently think that fear will be their ally time without end, "They have already found’ that the “doughty British’are unafraid, and so far as this coumtry is: concerned, we have the same feeling of confidence that an ambi-dexterous sheriff armed with two guns might have when about to meet a one-gunned highwayman. If it comes to a showdown, the job may take time, a lot of money, and the sacrifice of numbers of our young men, but the American peole have made up their minds to go through with it, And again we say that this isn’t our war. We did not start it, and we are not directly responsible for Tt; But nevertheless, with war flaming all around, threatening to burn the United States in due time, we have got to help put out the fire. For war grows with what it feeds on, in this case, unprotected or unprepared nations such as Scandinavia, the Lowlands, France, most of the Balkans, China and Indo-China. There are times when we think this country moves far too slowly amd cautiously. For instance, people from one end of this country; to the other have protested flat ag: sressive Japan should not ‘be (Continued on ‘Page ‘Twe). ' home. ELKS RULER TO Walling, ‘trustee, Nevada City for’an with the Smiths. 'n ‘the high school auditorium Elton will be presented with a gift from his Nevada City admirers, Mayor Benjamin Hall will probably make the presentation. Howard Briggs of Grass Valley, also member of California Aggies boxing team who made the trip to Pennsylvania with Hlton, will be present and will give an account of the championship batttles. Coach Crip Toomey and Trainer Shaw of the Aggies boxing squad have been invited to attend the reception. Along with Tobiassen will card, signed by all the gift presented to be a congratulatory those who con. tributed toward the purchase of the champion’s gift. The card, embellished by a picture . of Tobiassen in ‘fighting togs, has the . fo'lowing inscription: “Nevada County friends of Elton . Tobiassen, who brought honor to his home community, Nevada City, . through winning the intercollegiate . national . pounddivision, take this means of: boxing championship, 145 expressing’ their congratulations, “This gift is in recognition of your ontstanding contribution to your home town’s fame and glory and the fact you are the first athlete from Nevada County to gain national attention in the sporting world.” Dwight Steele is the chairman of , the committee ‘arranging for the celebration for Young Tobiassen, son of Sheriff and Mrs. Carl J. Tobiassen. The reception plans include the serving of coffee and doughnuts free following the program, The entire township, women, men and children alike are urged to be on hand to welcome Tobiassen back BE. INSTALLED, HERE TONIGHT Chester Scheemer wil! be installed as exalted ruler of the Nevada City Lodge of Elks here tonight with A. B. Snyder of Grass Valley, past district deputy rgand. exalted ruler, conducting the exercises, Prior to the installation the Elks members will enjoy a dinner, which is -scheduled to be served at 6:30. The dinner will be Italian style. Harrison Randall is the outgoing exalted ruler but Harrison will be installed as secretary to succeed John Fortier who has resigned. Other officers to be installed are: . Carl Hieronimus, leading knight; Robert Polglase, loyal knight; John Sbaffi (by proxy), lecturing knight; Horace Curnow, treasurer; George tyler and . James Colley, HERE FROM KANSAS Mrs. Horace B. Stout of Wichita, Kan., is visiting here at the home of her niece, Mrs. Leland S, Smith. Mrs. Stout intends to be in this city for a considerable time. Tomorrow Mrs. Smith will motor to Chicd 'to pick up her mother, Mrs. Franees L. Caldwelel of Alturas, who will come ‘to extended satay the; Nevada City will be host to scores here tomorrow night, when the goodwill caravan of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway 20 Association stops overnight before making the trip to Truckee and Reno in furtherance of publicizing route 20 as the best scenic highway to the coast. The goodwill caravan, which will include automobiles from Fort Bragg, Willits, Lake County, Yuba City and Marysville, will arrive here late tomorrow.When the caravan leaves for Truckee Saturday morning, it will be augmented by automobiles from Nevada City and Grass Valley. H. F. Sofge is in charge of arrangements for the entertainment and welcoming of the visitors to this city. Hagry Corson of Nice and I:°L. Putnam of Yuba City, directors of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway Association, will lead the caravan into the city. The principal purpose of the goodwill caravan is to contact business and civic leaders in. Truckee and Reno and secure their aid in stimulating travel over the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway, which branches from U.S. 40 near Emigrant Gap, and passes through this city and to the Mendocino coast. William Riley, secretary of the Willits Chamber of Commerce, telegraphed The Nugget the date of the meeting of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway 20 Association at Willits, which was scheduled for April 11th, has been postponed until April 18. Riley announced the change in the meeting date will in no way interfere with the goodwill caravan. “On April 18th meeting date,” Riley wired, “Willits Chamber of Commerce will be host to Governor Olson, legisi lators, Redwood Empire Association members, Chamber of Commerce officials and supervisors from six counties. Reservations may be made through the Willits Chamber.” Position Of Gold Mining In National Defense Rush Is Puzzling Will Nevada County’s gold minin program rush? That question is a gold mine operators are F-4 industry be forgotten in the defense « So gold mining suffered. But the the mines increased from several hundred men to nearly 2800. The population of the towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City increased threefold. Many abandoned mines were reopened. Steel Increases Now developments are similar to what took place whén the United States entered the World War. Steel prices have increased and is hard to obtain, . ee aa 7 Many of the experienced miners puzzle to Nevada County residents and even the in this district were conducted at a loss in practically every instance and some of. the mines were forced AT SANTFARTUM steel and powder, the most essential ite ge ca cage m,n op war necessities in the operation of 4 Mrs. Myrtle Louise MHeidrich, a mine, increased in. price amd at the lengthy illness. from the mines to-those industries. Mrs. Heidrich returned to Nevada. War industries could afford to pay City from ‘Sheepranch, Calaveras} higher wages. The price of ‘gold er Heidrich, who is employed at . Sheepranch. es the war industries, The deceased was born at Pike atock: at the Holmes Funeral ee pression years from 1929 on Nevada in this city. Rev, H. D,-Todd of Sac-' county was looked upon as the white ramento will officiate at the servic-. spot of the nation. Employment in ALLEGHANY SNOW HEAVY The present storm has deposited 17 inches of snow in Alleghany, it ‘TAHOE FOREST OFFICE’ — . . ‘Mary Lou Hansen “and “LaVerne Willard aré now Working at the Taapparently beginning to worry. to close down. member of the prominent pioneer. same time the industries engaged in . could not be increased ‘at the operCity on September 22, 1898. . industry staged a comeback in this es. Cremation will follow at East . was reported here today, hoe National Forest office under the], . medical attention. urday morning Snider will be tak Anxiety is being felt,for Sni attempt to remove Ranger Archie Ramsey . Named Defendant In Damage Suit — A total of $14,231.36. damages is. sought by Mrs. Angelene Roberts and Mrs. Gladys Jones of this city in. a suit filed in the superior court} here against Archie Ramsey, also of. this city. The suit is the result of injuries . sustained by Mrs. Roberts and Mrs, . Jones in an automobile accident in. Bear Valley last November 3rd. . Ramsey was the driver of the machine. The suit sets forth the two plaint-,. iffs, who were riding in the Ramsey, automobile, admonished Ramsey to! put on his skid chains because of the . slippery condition of the road. Ram-. sey, however, neglected to put on the} chains and as a result, leges, tree, Mrs. Roberts seeks $7,500 general. damages, and in addition $764.36 . for medical attention, Mrs. Jones asks $5,000 general damages, plus $350 in loss of wages while recovering from her injuries, plus $542 for ROTARY ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS The Nevada City Rotary Club today elected, directors to take office July 1. The new directors will be Guerdon Ellis, Frank Finnegan, Art Innes, Helm Kjorlie, Lambert Thomas, and Dr. B. W. Hummelt. directors will meet within the next few days and elect a club als to take office July. 1. Guest speaker at today’s meeting was Charles Rich, United States secret service agent, who explained that his chief duties were to check forgers of U: two and a half millions of counterfeit dollars were placed in circulation. Frank Wilson, the head of the secret service at that time inaugurated a drive to reduce this figure,.Last year the total counterfeit money circulated amounted to but $126,000. This feat was accomplished by a tremendous campaign of ‘education among” business men, which resulted in making them first class aids in suppression of the crime of counterfeltiig °7rTt Oe ne wel te Government check forgers are not usually considered if the’ same ‘class as ‘counterfeiters, as their crime usually spriige” from ‘suddén “temptation, whdréas ‘tHe Suatéerteiter thust ee Sy Be he % " Oldtimers recall that during the Costs Go Up Chatfield family, died at the Nevada making war materials gradually like County, several months ago nen . ators’ whim so they could not afford The funeral services have neha county, banner gold producing counLawn. National Youth “Administration ‘setWorld War operations at the mines The reason? Material, such as City Sanitarium yesterday after aja Magnet drew all able bodied men of her health, Her husband is Waltto boost wages to meet the scale set set for Saturday morning at 10 ine ty of the state, and during the deTWO NEW GIRLS EMPLOYED AT. up. (Continued on Page Two) The! en by snowmobile to der’s safety. . Snider suffered a fall, Soda Springs. Expert skiers of the Tahoe National Forest set out at dawn yesterday on a nineteen mile errand of H. I. Snider of Truckee from a shelter hut in French Meadows, where he lies alone with a leg injury. Forest Supervisor Guerdon Ellis believes the rescuers . cannot bring Snider to medical aid before tomorrow. * mercy dash in an Were Making Survey Ranger Snider, accompanied. by . Assistant Forest Supervisor Ernest Baxter of Nevada City and Quentin Queen of Nordon, a forest service employe, arrived in the meadows . Tuesday to make the annual snow, survey. Bad weather developed and injuring a leg. The two men packed the injured’ ranger to the shelter and after making him as comfortable as possible, returned for aid. They arrived at the. . Cedars at 6:45 D, m. worn and ex-. hausted. Left By Fire They reported they placed Snider’s cot as close to the fire as safety allowed and arranged so he could reach fuel. The shelter is a specially designed building for such emergencies and is stocked with emergency rations, blankets and fuel. Snow depths range from three to six feet in level placés to many’ times’ that amount in drifts over tle enthe suit al-. tire meadow and in the country behis automobile skidded into a; tween. Temperatures at night hover around zero. Baxter said Snider’s ski caught in. a piece of brush and in his fall hig’ leg was wrenched badly, although’ probably not fracturéd. In Rough Country Associate Forester Leland Smith, Ranger John R, Hodgson and Elwood. Stone were’ joined by “other expert’ skiers at Soda Springs and before Sunup yesterday were well into ‘the wild North Fork Canyon. They were’ joined at the Cedars, nine miles from. Soda Springs by Baxter and Queen” From there the party went over thé rough terrain for seven and one half miles over a cutoff which follows the old road, Then they droped into the Middle Fork Canyon and skied three. miles to the shelter hut. In removing Snider the party was expected to follow a longer but easpresident . ier route by way of the Lost Emigrant Mine. Ski Patrol Aids The rescuers are taking the equipment of the Auburn Unit of the National Ski Patrol which includes a nited States Treasury checks ; specially ‘designed toboggan for the and counterfeiters, He stated in 1936. transport of injured persons, “It will be impossible for the ' party to bring Snider out to Cisco before tomorrow noon,’ Ellis said. “There was a ten inch fall of new snow during the night and the terTain is very difficult even for the most éxpért of skiers” .Ellis said that because of the rough countfy and soft snow it is impractical to: use one of several snow tractors available in the Norden Soda Springs, Sugar Bow] area, FAIR DATES. SET ; The dates for the Nevada County Fair havé been ‘set by the Western The fair will be held in Grass Valley from September 26th. to. ber 28th. 1 1. che

. Tobias &r ‘ This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. f you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month ity Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA eget ines J J Vol. 15, $e No. 27. The Gold Cantey THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941. tecieeideiiadigneicicas d By Soft Snow © in Arrives Tomorrow In N.C. Iro\ Cars Will Join Caravan Ranger Snider Lies Hurt Here For Journey To In Lonely Mountain Hut Truckee and Reno Nev. CARS FROM CITIES ALL ALONG ROUTE 20 TO BE IN CARAVAN WHICH WILL STOP IN NEVADA CITY OVERNIGHT TOMORROW The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, *% ghwa Met By Admirers, Band “WELCOME HOME, CHAMP!” With that and suitable other banners flying, Elton (Bub) Tobiassen of Nevada City, Nevada County’s only athlete in history to gain nattion* wide fame, will be met at the city limit Saturday night upon his arrival home after winning the 145 pound national intercollegiate boxing championship in State College, Pa. The welcoming celebration plans for the local boxing champion have been spontaneous and scores are expected to be on hand’to cheer Tobiassen and join in the congratulation program arranged in his honor at the “Nevada City High School Auditorium. Balked by a fall of soft snow, which hampered travel at every step, the rescue party which set out: yesterday to bring back Ranger Hck. Snider, who has been lying injured in a shelter hut in French A erent since Tuesday morning, was making but slow progress toay. The rescue crew was able to only reach -Cedars Lodge last night and at 8 a. m. this morning again resumed their journey, Assistant Forest Supervisor Ernest L. Baxter, who is leading the rescue party, said they hope to reach Snider tonight and early tomorrow will start the return trip. Tomorrow night will be spent:at the Cedars and SatThe local‘high schdol band will be present for the fete.and will play while Tobiassen is marched triumphantly from the city limit to the high school auditorium, where the program will be held. % Out Loud By H. M. 1. We are filled with amazement at times that the German leader. ship should appeal to standards of . international conduct as regards that part of the world which Hitler does not control, while they themselves have long since discarded such standards. Instance, their thunder in regard to the German ship seizure in the United States harbors. They have violated all rights of neutrals, flouted all international law, as it once was known, and yet their shouts of anger when this and other nations decides to protect themselves from the sabotage or sinking of ships. in their harbors, are so silly . as even to lack humor. . Sometimes we are inclined to . think that the Germans are exhibiting an immature or retarded . kind of mentality, Just as Hitler, . when bested in anargument, flies . storms and . ebandon, into a terrific rage, blusters.in hysterical! the entire reasoning of the Ger. man diplomatic corps is apparently on the same order. What the Germans do is right and approved by Almighty God, what any other people do that does not fit the Hitler plan is, wrong and originates in Satan. Having come to power through an appeal to fear, first of their own people, then of the fears of their neighbors, the Nazis apparently think that fear will be their ally time without end, "They have already found’ that the “doughty British’are unafraid, and so far as this coumtry is: concerned, we have the same feeling of confidence that an ambi-dexterous sheriff armed with two guns might have when about to meet a one-gunned highwayman. If it comes to a showdown, the job may take time, a lot of money, and the sacrifice of numbers of our young men, but the American peole have made up their minds to go through with it, And again we say that this isn’t our war. We did not start it, and we are not directly responsible for Tt; But nevertheless, with war flaming all around, threatening to burn the United States in due time, we have got to help put out the fire. For war grows with what it feeds on, in this case, unprotected or unprepared nations such as Scandinavia, the Lowlands, France, most of the Balkans, China and Indo-China. There are times when we think this country moves far too slowly amd cautiously. For instance, people from one end of this country; to the other have protested flat ag: sressive Japan should not ‘be (Continued on ‘Page ‘Twe). ' home. ELKS RULER TO Walling, ‘trustee, Nevada City for’an with the Smiths. 'n ‘the high school auditorium Elton will be presented with a gift from his Nevada City admirers, Mayor Benjamin Hall will probably make the presentation. Howard Briggs of Grass Valley, also member of California Aggies boxing team who made the trip to Pennsylvania with Hlton, will be present and will give an account of the championship batttles. Coach Crip Toomey and Trainer Shaw of the Aggies boxing squad have been invited to attend the reception. Along with Tobiassen will card, signed by all the gift presented to be a congratulatory those who con. tributed toward the purchase of the champion’s gift. The card, embellished by a picture . of Tobiassen in ‘fighting togs, has the . fo'lowing inscription: “Nevada County friends of Elton . Tobiassen, who brought honor to his home community, Nevada City, . through winning the intercollegiate . national . pounddivision, take this means of: boxing championship, 145 expressing’ their congratulations, “This gift is in recognition of your ontstanding contribution to your home town’s fame and glory and the fact you are the first athlete from Nevada County to gain national attention in the sporting world.” Dwight Steele is the chairman of , the committee ‘arranging for the celebration for Young Tobiassen, son of Sheriff and Mrs. Carl J. Tobiassen. The reception plans include the serving of coffee and doughnuts free following the program, The entire township, women, men and children alike are urged to be on hand to welcome Tobiassen back BE. INSTALLED, HERE TONIGHT Chester Scheemer wil! be installed as exalted ruler of the Nevada City Lodge of Elks here tonight with A. B. Snyder of Grass Valley, past district deputy rgand. exalted ruler, conducting the exercises, Prior to the installation the Elks members will enjoy a dinner, which is -scheduled to be served at 6:30. The dinner will be Italian style. Harrison Randall is the outgoing exalted ruler but Harrison will be installed as secretary to succeed John Fortier who has resigned. Other officers to be installed are: . Carl Hieronimus, leading knight; Robert Polglase, loyal knight; John Sbaffi (by proxy), lecturing knight; Horace Curnow, treasurer; George tyler and . James Colley, HERE FROM KANSAS Mrs. Horace B. Stout of Wichita, Kan., is visiting here at the home of her niece, Mrs. Leland S, Smith. Mrs. Stout intends to be in this city for a considerable time. Tomorrow Mrs. Smith will motor to Chicd 'to pick up her mother, Mrs. Franees L. Caldwelel of Alturas, who will come ‘to extended satay the; Nevada City will be host to scores here tomorrow night, when the goodwill caravan of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway 20 Association stops overnight before making the trip to Truckee and Reno in furtherance of publicizing route 20 as the best scenic highway to the coast. The goodwill caravan, which will include automobiles from Fort Bragg, Willits, Lake County, Yuba City and Marysville, will arrive here late tomorrow.When the caravan leaves for Truckee Saturday morning, it will be augmented by automobiles from Nevada City and Grass Valley. H. F. Sofge is in charge of arrangements for the entertainment and welcoming of the visitors to this city. Hagry Corson of Nice and I:°L. Putnam of Yuba City, directors of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway Association, will lead the caravan into the city. The principal purpose of the goodwill caravan is to contact business and civic leaders in. Truckee and Reno and secure their aid in stimulating travel over the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway, which branches from U.S. 40 near Emigrant Gap, and passes through this city and to the Mendocino coast. William Riley, secretary of the Willits Chamber of Commerce, telegraphed The Nugget the date of the meeting of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway 20 Association at Willits, which was

scheduled for April 11th, has been postponed until April 18. Riley announced the change in the meeting date will in no way interfere with the goodwill caravan. “On April 18th meeting date,” Riley wired, “Willits Chamber of Commerce will be host to Governor Olson, legisi lators, Redwood Empire Association members, Chamber of Commerce officials and supervisors from six counties. Reservations may be made through the Willits Chamber.” Position Of Gold Mining In National Defense Rush Is Puzzling Will Nevada County’s gold minin program rush? That question is a gold mine operators are F-4 industry be forgotten in the defense « So gold mining suffered. But the the mines increased from several hundred men to nearly 2800. The population of the towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City increased threefold. Many abandoned mines were reopened. Steel Increases Now developments are similar to what took place whén the United States entered the World War. Steel prices have increased and is hard to obtain, . ee aa 7 Many of the experienced miners puzzle to Nevada County residents and even the in this district were conducted at a loss in practically every instance and some of. the mines were forced AT SANTFARTUM steel and powder, the most essential ite ge ca cage m,n op war necessities in the operation of 4 Mrs. Myrtle Louise MHeidrich, a mine, increased in. price amd at the lengthy illness. from the mines to-those industries. Mrs. Heidrich returned to Nevada. War industries could afford to pay City from ‘Sheepranch, Calaveras} higher wages. The price of ‘gold er Heidrich, who is employed at . Sheepranch. es the war industries, The deceased was born at Pike atock: at the Holmes Funeral ee pression years from 1929 on Nevada in this city. Rev, H. D,-Todd of Sac-' county was looked upon as the white ramento will officiate at the servic-. spot of the nation. Employment in ALLEGHANY SNOW HEAVY The present storm has deposited 17 inches of snow in Alleghany, it ‘TAHOE FOREST OFFICE’ — . . ‘Mary Lou Hansen “and “LaVerne Willard aré now Working at the Taapparently beginning to worry. to close down. member of the prominent pioneer. same time the industries engaged in . could not be increased ‘at the operCity on September 22, 1898. . industry staged a comeback in this es. Cremation will follow at East . was reported here today, hoe National Forest office under the], . medical attention. urday morning Snider will be tak Anxiety is being felt,for Sni attempt to remove Ranger Archie Ramsey . Named Defendant In Damage Suit — A total of $14,231.36. damages is. sought by Mrs. Angelene Roberts and Mrs. Gladys Jones of this city in. a suit filed in the superior court} here against Archie Ramsey, also of. this city. The suit is the result of injuries . sustained by Mrs. Roberts and Mrs, . Jones in an automobile accident in. Bear Valley last November 3rd. . Ramsey was the driver of the machine. The suit sets forth the two plaint-,. iffs, who were riding in the Ramsey, automobile, admonished Ramsey to! put on his skid chains because of the . slippery condition of the road. Ram-. sey, however, neglected to put on the} chains and as a result, leges, tree, Mrs. Roberts seeks $7,500 general. damages, and in addition $764.36 . for medical attention, Mrs. Jones asks $5,000 general damages, plus $350 in loss of wages while recovering from her injuries, plus $542 for ROTARY ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS The Nevada City Rotary Club today elected, directors to take office July 1. The new directors will be Guerdon Ellis, Frank Finnegan, Art Innes, Helm Kjorlie, Lambert Thomas, and Dr. B. W. Hummelt. directors will meet within the next few days and elect a club als to take office July. 1. Guest speaker at today’s meeting was Charles Rich, United States secret service agent, who explained that his chief duties were to check forgers of U: two and a half millions of counterfeit dollars were placed in circulation. Frank Wilson, the head of the secret service at that time inaugurated a drive to reduce this figure,.Last year the total counterfeit money circulated amounted to but $126,000. This feat was accomplished by a tremendous campaign of ‘education among” business men, which resulted in making them first class aids in suppression of the crime of counterfeltiig °7rTt Oe ne wel te Government check forgers are not usually considered if the’ same ‘class as ‘counterfeiters, as their crime usually spriige” from ‘suddén “temptation, whdréas ‘tHe Suatéerteiter thust ee Sy Be he % " Oldtimers recall that during the Costs Go Up Chatfield family, died at the Nevada making war materials gradually like County, several months ago nen . ators’ whim so they could not afford The funeral services have neha county, banner gold producing counLawn. National Youth “Administration ‘setWorld War operations at the mines The reason? Material, such as City Sanitarium yesterday after aja Magnet drew all able bodied men of her health, Her husband is Waltto boost wages to meet the scale set set for Saturday morning at 10 ine ty of the state, and during the deTWO NEW GIRLS EMPLOYED AT. up. (Continued on Page Two) The! en by snowmobile to der’s safety. . Snider suffered a fall, Soda Springs. Expert skiers of the Tahoe National Forest set out at dawn yesterday on a nineteen mile errand of H. I. Snider of Truckee from a shelter hut in French Meadows, where he lies alone with a leg injury. Forest Supervisor Guerdon Ellis believes the rescuers . cannot bring Snider to medical aid before tomorrow. * mercy dash in an Were Making Survey Ranger Snider, accompanied. by . Assistant Forest Supervisor Ernest Baxter of Nevada City and Quentin Queen of Nordon, a forest service employe, arrived in the meadows . Tuesday to make the annual snow, survey. Bad weather developed and injuring a leg. The two men packed the injured’ ranger to the shelter and after making him as comfortable as possible, returned for aid. They arrived at the. . Cedars at 6:45 D, m. worn and ex-. hausted. Left By Fire They reported they placed Snider’s cot as close to the fire as safety allowed and arranged so he could reach fuel. The shelter is a specially designed building for such emergencies and is stocked with emergency rations, blankets and fuel. Snow depths range from three to six feet in level placés to many’ times’ that amount in drifts over tle enthe suit al-. tire meadow and in the country behis automobile skidded into a; tween. Temperatures at night hover around zero. Baxter said Snider’s ski caught in. a piece of brush and in his fall hig’ leg was wrenched badly, although’ probably not fracturéd. In Rough Country Associate Forester Leland Smith, Ranger John R, Hodgson and Elwood. Stone were’ joined by “other expert’ skiers at Soda Springs and before Sunup yesterday were well into ‘the wild North Fork Canyon. They were’ joined at the Cedars, nine miles from. Soda Springs by Baxter and Queen” From there the party went over thé rough terrain for seven and one half miles over a cutoff which follows the old road, Then they droped into the Middle Fork Canyon and skied three. miles to the shelter hut. In removing Snider the party was expected to follow a longer but easpresident . ier route by way of the Lost Emigrant Mine. Ski Patrol Aids The rescuers are taking the equipment of the Auburn Unit of the National Ski Patrol which includes a nited States Treasury checks ; specially ‘designed toboggan for the and counterfeiters, He stated in 1936. transport of injured persons, “It will be impossible for the ' party to bring Snider out to Cisco before tomorrow noon,’ Ellis said. “There was a ten inch fall of new snow during the night and the terTain is very difficult even for the most éxpért of skiers” .Ellis said that because of the rough countfy and soft snow it is impractical to: use one of several snow tractors available in the Norden Soda Springs, Sugar Bow] area, FAIR DATES. SET ; The dates for the Nevada County Fair havé been ‘set by the Western The fair will be held in Grass Valley from September 26th. to. ber 28th. 1 1. che