April 30, 1934 (8 pages)

arora sesamin . ao ostnenea e rnc NEVADA CITY NUGGET WNU Service. TLAWS of EDEN Copyright, by Peter B. Kyne. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY ATTORNEYS . MINING ENGINEERS ‘ HARRY M. McKEE Attorney at Law 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. Phone 278 R ¢ ’ EDWARD C. UREN Mining and Civil Engineer Mining Reports Furnished Mining District Maps Nevada City W. E. WRIGHT ATTORNEW AT LAW Office in Union Building C. A. Wallbrecht ELECTRICAL ENGINEER —located Ai— SYNOPSIS bought: up our mortgage and called it . I'll expect you to sell to me for nine, . reckless and improvident for a girl in . Phone 28 Nevada City FRENCH ‘CORRAL fe and our notes. You're-a two-gun man, . of course. I've got to have a profit.” your financial fix?" he demanded Will consulg with you on all classes a At the close of the Mexican war, . aren't you?” “And if I agree to sell to you at that gravely, Fr of work,— Advice given. : Robin Kershaw, with his bride, rode “My dear girl, permit me to explain. . price, what?” “You talk like Silas Babson,” she re+ T. Nilon Lynne ha Hennessy —— ——— si ee into northeastern ‘California. Here we Your father’s notes had ‘been renewed “That will enable you take up your . torted gaily. G Vy I] rhc al gre eden aon vores, four times; they were overdue and the . father’s unsecured notes and rehabill“Well, I'm not objecting, Lorry, but NILON, biriisvaghe she KELLY rass a ey Below Eden Valley is.a less valuable . Interest was in default, and the super. tate your credit at this bunk. In re. I greatly fear this new car will be re Office, 127 Mili St G Vall = eciiciias tract which Kershaw’'s wife christens intendent of state banks had jumped . turn [ll renew -your mortgage for . garded by Babson as an extravagance; Mores & Powell Bldg "Nee City DR. E. C. SKINNER » ieliice ee ee. pt dat oT me about them more than once. I for. three years,” it's bound to hurt your credit.” Osteopathic Physician ¢ a ies. Thine c nacho blood over fences . Sot your father should be spared “At 6 per cent?’ she Insisted. “Nate, Silas Babson can take a jump Evenings by appointment a aud water for irrigation. Kershaw . shocks. The law forces us to protect “Can't possibly,” he defended, into Eden Valley creek for all I care, George L.Jones Frank G. Finnegan Office 413 W. Main St. Phone 710 if kills Hensley and the blood-feud is on, the money of our depositors,” “Is that your final decision, Mr, Bab. ’'m washed up with him and his bank.” GRASS “VALI RY CALIF lg remains of one clan. Nate Tichenor . gage. Why?” “Absolutely, [ dislike to appear ment. “How come?” ATTORNEYS AT LAW DR. VERNON V. ROOD i is the. sole survivor on the Hensley “For an investment and to save it . arsh, but business : business “. if “I've sold my ur thousand acres Office: Morgan & Powell Building, . Physician and Surgeon q coe ect ee at wearer. art . ffom falling into the hands of your . ! permit sentiment tov Det he Maia ranch of the Bar 1 Broad Street, Nevada City, Cal. . Office and residence at 128 Neal St., ’ : 9" ease spare me ye ‘reotyp 0 2 ous: olars— 3) i 10 to 12 «captioned Time Fone Valley enemy? a spare me your stereotyped . for four hundred th usand doll TELEPHONE 273 Grass Valley. Office hours 10 t bah ker: achemen ts onteoi the trriga' “Nate Tichenor." hts: wis<fast and hypocritical maunderings,” the girl . cash! And I've cleaned up Babson A. M.,—2 to 4 P. M.—7-to 8 P. M. Fe tion and hydro-electric possibilities of thinking ana Bataon felt a thrill of interrupted angrily. “I’m not w foo) . and his little red brick bank and have . =======—— PS Ree ee ae . . sae Pet a ee ahd nide-te his eins. Done eo bi as st Bea mew a ieee thousand dollars working DOCTORS MELVIN E. BERRYMAN 4 are oye a window. Make out a satisfaction o capital left. Dentist ie need was “exitlae bc Abi aly payee Wines a ital i et Aas sath ae mortgage, sign it before a notary’ pub“Then God's in his heaven and all's = Hours 8:30 to 5:00. Evenings by_ap: & lands necessary to the project. Nate. She vee coe oe ee Pibskbaiede ces Set) ne et me Ba og oie UE twitl-. -well-with-the-wortd: But why aid you . “W.-W. Reed; M. D. pointment. Thomas Bldg., 139% Mill a however, has no Intention of carrying © May. give you a bank cashier's check fdr sell your land and keep the impending Nevada City, California St. Grass Valley Telephone 35. 4 tm re aes bi ties nba petteh beon sit ute with anger, but controlled the exact amount due. Hand me those . deal a secret from me? Somebody Office 418 Broad Street. Se ee en ene, . Corry . bimself. “You will, of uyrse, under: . onsecured hotes, marked ‘Paid,’ and . wants to put a dam in the gorge and : J. F. O°.;CONNOR met in France just before. Owen was and why I 4 t 8 isd Q Hours: 1 to 3 and 7to 8 P. M. ; xX : killed. They ,became buddies, and Nate . «5tand why, 0 DO ArEUG Bh you, . cou shall have another bank cashler’s . they needed your lund for the resevResidence Phone 2. Office Phone 362 Civil and Mining Engineer Promised that if he survived Owen he . My de#fr. You are under’a strain— check for the amount of them, with . voir, You know very well the Bar H United States Mineral Surveying. fe hedge pif ah en prother . overwrought. Now I .will repeat a Interest. There are the checks"— . owns the dam site; if we'd worked toLicensed Surveyor. Upstairs over City pe Lorry’s lake-site and Nate's dam. and she tossed them on the table be. gether we could both have sold, but Alfred H. Tickell, M. D. Hall, Main Street, Grass’ Valley. . Gf aite makes legal application. for the } fore him. : how that they have your land they Y y Vy allocation of flood waters to the For: He stared at them in frank amazehave a terrific advantage over me," ~ ruaiclan and Gucgean H. N. MARCH, M. D. a ‘ lorn Valley irrigation district, which fi de . _ Nevada City, California Physician and Surgeon my d ay cesuntras . ment, Why, where did you get all “But you're a low-tlung rascal, Nate Office 207 Pine Street feside 152% Mill Street, up-stairs, second a » . that money?" ‘he demanded, Tichenor, to suspect I'd leave you hold525 Nevada Street ae floor. 10-12 a. m., 2-5 Pp, m. daily. 4 “f : . “That's none of your business, sir. ing the sack. I told that man 1 Mon. Wed. Fri. evenings, Phone .19 R i y CHAPTER Vi—Continued Aa You called upon my father to pay up wouldn’t sell for a million dollars unGrass Valley, 5 \ oe . in five days or stand suit. fle’s dead, . less they secured your dam site first.” B. W. Hummelt, M. D. A. W. STORZ 4 Babson’s face expressed a hypobut I’m obeying orders, Your bluffs “I suspected the sort of girl you ara, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON . Dentiet id critical concern. “That's much too — . = . called. Nobody has ever run a blazer Lorry, but I wanted to make certain. * abe widad OL X-RAY 4 s bad, Henry,” he replied, “I'm sorry on the Kershaw clan and got away . Forgive my little deceit. I took the : ree 152% Mill St., Golden Rule Bld Plas » about Rance. He was as hard‘as steel, a gua with it. And you were trying to run liberty of deciding to sell your land and moe oun oe $08 al re Office Hours: 9 to 12—1 to a hs 4 but honest. You never had to guess a blazer, you know, Tried to Scare . naming the price to the Mountain Valere ig . ‘ Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays— { where Rance Kershaw stood on any 7 mre: ae a oe of mine.” . ley Power company. I would never 7 to 9 P. M.—Phone 578, proposition.” Secretly he could have fp e was desolated. © you mean . have sold my dam site to that corpora. Sawyer, M : given three long, raucous cheers. 43 to tell me you refuse the fine offer . tlon until assured there would be no W. P. Sa yer, M. D. Dwight D. Johnson, M. D. “T suppose the girl will have to liquineve just made you? argument with you’ over the price of Expert Refraction Office Hours: 2 to 4 p. m. 7 to 8 p. m. date now,” he continued after a moIdo, I'd rather give the land away your land. Did Babson try to trade Modern Glasses Ta Gouth Coed eee a: ment’s thought. “She can't carry on than sell it to you. you out of your land today?” Best quality lenses and mountings. ‘4 with that business alone, and the esHe fled from her stormy presence She related to him in detafl her in. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours: DR. W. C. EVANS tate is badly embarrassed financially. ‘\, Y pr lb about puso eee Mo peak terview with the banker. 1 ee oe <P m. Pe ota ce ra Dentist T'll be hanged if I see, Henry, how this \ ookby pussy-footed in and handec “Il should say you gave Babson a . Polntment. side ce 7 SUGBh: X-RAY bank is going to carry the Kershaw GZ her the canceled evidence of her fapoke under the heart. How did he . 4¢8¢e 73, Ott Building, Nevada City. Corner Mill and Main Streets, Tele d estate along to take a chance on getyates oe keine “ assimilate {t?” phone 102, Grass Valley, California j 4> thy xy back.” r. Rookby’s eyes were. round with Pe , . H. B. i ng its money ack : E wonder and resentment as he w As if his world was crashing about Dr. H. B. Towsley, €ARL POWER JONES, M. D. So I thought,” Rookby answered. t Bee WRTCHEG 1, Perhaps I should not have at. CHIROPRACTOR G Valles Galifacni : “By the way, Nate Tichenor's come ™ Fee coun inte: Rep hettered. old, ane at tacked him with such ferocity, but I Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 12 a. m Act g. back to Eden Valley.” the curb and roll out Valley Center £ 1 “8c ae Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. _. ‘ “You Killed Him,” Q ‘. have a temper, Nate, and when a p.m, to 5 p. m. Sundays 11:30 to 12:30. Babson started as if bee-stung. boulevard the direction of Gold Run, lying, scheming, hypocritical, cold: Evenings by Appointment f “Rance Kershaw owed the Bar H a lot query I made you when you first en. “@ Be peat Paw a ag county hearted snake like Silas Babson . ‘812 Broad Street Nevada City Dr. Robt. W. Dettner ‘ of money on chattel mortgage for cat. tered this room. In what manner can I . mcd ocaml © satistaction of the crosses my trail . like to shoot hig . S==————— hoe <= Dentist tle he bought in 1920, Henry, he must . be’ of service to th ughte : ve EN X-Ray Facilities Available th -s H th fc . ld tri © the daughter of my “By George,” he sald to Babson, head off. D TISTS i y of owe the Bar ree or four years’ . 0 riend and revered customer, i : Nate smiled approvingly. He liked Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening appoint rent.” Rane rf sycophantically, “that’s certainly one is : . ceford Kershaw? salty damsel, eh, chief?” the fire in her. Here was no wishy; ments. 120% Mill street. Phone 77. “Undoubtedly,” Mr. Rookby opined. “You say you bought the mortgage ease a : washy, clinging vine of a girl, de DR. WALTER J. HAWKINS Grass Valley, California “Nate Tick "s let th i She’s a devil, Henry—a she devil ’ ° Dentist ate Tichenor's let that steer have . ag an Investment. If I pay up the on wheels, She's all the wild Ker. . Pendent, selfish, and sex-conscious. A ; OSCAR E. WINBURN all pag aiconcn a the . overdue Interest, will you renew it forshaws rolled into one--and I'm a star. . ™4n’s woman with a code of conduct . 312 Broad Street. Hours 9:00 A. M. Aitowney Ae hae estate is In so deep it can’t -clim out, . five years at the same rate of inter\ ‘ + . to 6:00 P. M. Evenings by appoint: he’s come back to give the Kershaw Ne eg Spangled jackass without brains enough Men ots me Of 8 very Gallant gon ment, Phune 95, 152 Mill Street Campbell Bldg. elan the final clout that will finish it.” . wp) ‘ nas # pound sapd ina. hale.” oe. GRASS VALLEY, CAL. “1 wouldn't 66 to Sure ‘about tint : . : mortgage Is at 6 -per At three o'clock he went home, sufShe laughed, walking round her new Phone 47 Wi Siabaok” ANA Widen can o a cen * was si when money fering froma violent headache, due . Ca? and admiring it. OR. JOHN R. BELL Pa . ew bent coats . wasn't quite so tight as at present, solely to futile rage. But he was not “A carload of smooth two-year-old Dentist DEA 4 ry ian a sat ara ie me I'm sorry, but a renewal will cost you at all in danger of a nervous collapse . Steers, averaging ten hundred and fifty Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30 THE NEW L H Seclctiens . the i aan 8 by . ni cent. Pm getting that from how, for the fight was in the open at . pounds, sold for seven cents in the Evenings by Appointment There was a young man wanted Lorey Kerahaw of Rat Tict i others. lust and he drew a subtle comfort . Union stock yards in Los Angeles; toMorgau & Powell Bldg. Phone 321 Beer. y TS ate dichenor tn “Will you’ renew the unsecured notes frow that knowledge. He knew now . day,” he announced. “Things are cer. : He wanted it sparkling and clean, that hour of stress; the kindly and and cut the interest on them to 8 per . wie inly looki for old R K When he found the New Deal, he nei 3 Where Lorry Kershaw had gotten all . tainly loo ng up for o ance Kereighborly action of Tichenor there: cent?” f ab A. M. HOLMES let out a squeal, : a that money. Undoubtedly she nad . shaw’s girl. . M. atter; the arrival of Rube Tenney to “Perhaps, [lt have to h tat E It was here that he found it was take over the job of riding boss on, the aps, ave to have a state. sold her land to that mysterious power She turned on him with shining Funeral Director : sar ene ment of the financial condition of your company, Well, he was routed tn ti yes. “How did you get the news 1 DEAR OLD SCHLITZ. . Circle K; the apparent friendliness . ™°?t ° . & the . 9786. a ae na Nevada City — Grass Valley MAIN ST GRASS VALLEY : father's estate first. lower end of the Pan, but he would . quickly?” . i between Tichenor and Lorry. Kershaw, es The Service of Sincerity ak ‘faithfully reported by Miss Lizzie “The estate is land poor and cow . go to the attack ugain at the upper “My valet has a portable radio.” Bachman to all in Valley Center aa poor and it hasn’t any. money. It’s . . end of the Handle. And, despite the “Your what?” would listen to her énece necttal practically insolvent,” i fact that his alternative proposition “My valet.” “Ligsie was only up these with tidery He threw up his hands and smiled . Would save the district the cost of “Oh, Nate, ['m ashamed of you. A reo masa sical nig ; : . pages ee wearily. “How like a woman to ask . erecting a huge impounding dam, Babgreat, big, strong man like you, with i oo. eit, te cr such favors in the face of such a state. . son. would gladly have abandoned tt, . all your heads and legs and arms and BOARD BY THE MONTH . Rookby faint = pie oot . ment,” he sighed, then brightened sua. . for It carried risks and almost the cer. teeth! A valet! I know you had a ' if eo 4 aoe bie ie sake. Gai — denly. “However, we might strike a . tainty of expensive lawsuits which . chauffeur, which ts bad enough, but . § SHAMROCK CAFE ; Bud’ Seamon and Jake Rachatler ten happy compromise. 1 was interested . Might so delay surface irrigation in you've kept the valet In niding.” Then Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wyant, Props. BROAD ST., NEVADA CITY ’ dollars each for digging Rance’s to note recently that your father made Forlorn Valley as to ruin him and the . she was suddenly tender. “Ah, Nate, rave.” you a deed of gift to four thousand . Bank of Valley Center, even though . you're a dear. I had thought Eden & “Liberal, ain't. he?” Babson com. . 2¢e8 in the lower part of Eden Val. eg last the valley should win the . Valley would be unbearably lonely mented. “Henry, this is the most h—la lded sic eigen yey sg eaph ith { cracking piece of news that’s come out Pe: Bodged. AOE nF SB 2 Rew : of Eden Valley ‘since Taylor Hensley *1 would be glad to entertain a propoCHAPTER VII respect to myself. [t wasn't my plan W. R. JEFFORD & SON and Rance Kershaw had their ruckus, . Sition to buy that land from you, Miss wes fo remain here more than a week—" Just the same, I'm banking Nate Tiche. . Lorry. As agricultural land it is Nate Tichenor wus at the Circle K “But you’re not going away so M nor’s no softy in business matters; worthless, as grazing lind. it is very headquarters’ when Lorry Kershaw . soon?” Funeral Directors he’s half Hensley and a grouch don't . Poor, apo a a rage fishing pre. came in that night from her trip. to “Why not? I’ve completed my bus!die easy in that breed. The Hensleys . Serve it fs exce ent. I Know a man . Gold Run, ness——all except renewing the lease AMBULANCE SERVICE ? always did want all of iden Valley. who noni be wig in to pay you a “Welcome, stranger,” she greeted . on the Bar H to the Kershaw estate. and now that Nate Tichenor sees a . fair price for that land.” him, as she drove up. “Come out and . its heirs and assigns. I suppose yoa < bully chance to get it cheap, together “Bes much?" help me admire my new car.” desire to renew the lease?” Nevada City Grass Valley with the Kershaw cattle, he'll grab it, Well, I'm pretty certain I can anHe came and looked the new car “Just because you know I have a Has Lorry Kershaw been in here to . !oad it on him at ten dollars an acre, . over soberly, “Aren't you a little bit see me since her father died?” “In yesterday. Told her you'd be back last night so maybe she'll call today.” : “How is she? Pretty well busted up?” “Pert as they make ‘em.” “I'm not surprised. Nothing weak about the Kershaws. Well, Henry, we Shall see that which we shal] see,” Two days later Lorry Kershaw came into the bank. Babson led her at once into his private office (usually he vecupied a desk In a fenced-off corner of the banking room) and, with many protestations of sympathy for the loss of her father and regret that hig ab. sence from Valley Center had milituted ugainst his attendance at the funeral, begged her to be sented and inform him in what manner he could be of service to her. To his amaze ment the girl looked him over coldly, “You should be sorry for father's death,” she shot at him. “You killed him.” ,"12 My dear Lorry, how can you say such a thing? : “You wrote him a letter and he knew you were going to close {n on SPSS SLLLLLLLLLLSLLL ILS LLL PIS LLS LISS LTS TIS Have on Streams That ingenious tittle enzineer, the beaver, ts due for a spanking at the hands of scientists who have been given the job of determining what effect, If any, its dam building operations have on trout fishing. Preliminary examinations by the Scientists tend toward condemnation of beavers’ presence on trout streams {f good fishing Is to. be maintuined, and the acceptance of this only means that a handred thousand fishermen will be clamoring for beaver hides, suys « writer in the Detroit News, So far the investigators have found that a trout won't jump over a beaver dam that obstructs its free passage to the headwaters for spawning purposes, but that it will drop over going down stream. So this dvesn’t let the female trout get back to its spawning beds once {t passes a dam, and that is bad for the natural reproduction of Investigating Effect That Beaver Dams Where the Trout Lives Onin neice years, and then the sport disappears and the trout taken from such still wa. ters are generally unfit to eat, having a muddy flavor, “Beaver dams,” the report says, “have a very definite Influence on the chemical conditions of the water in @ Streum and frequently cause stagnaHon, and trout taken from such water could not be eaten, All of the Streams surveyed so far possessed a large amount: of fermenting and decaying Vegetation,” If future findings are along the same line, the beaver will Join the ranks of the otter, Great Blue heron, Shake und tish duck as enemes to trout fishing. And this means that trout tish. ermen will not rest content until some attempt is made to remove them’ from the best tront strearus, Coffee Berry Like Cherry at the branding corral myself, “get the branding done quickly." water, hundred thousand dollars on hand you want thirty thousand of it." With this: light banter she strove to hide the shock his announcement had given her. “Yes, Pll want a renewal. When are you leaving, Nate?” “Tomorrow morning, Will you drive this shiny new cur over to Gold Run tomorrow, lunch with see me off on my Journey?” She shook her raven head, “No, “No, . think not. . Partings are tittle deaths—and we stuart our calf-brandIng tomorrow. There are only two men on the payroll! who can rope a ealf by the hind legs and drag him to the fire, The others are Indians— neck-ropers; so . have to take a hand Got to His face brightened. “lf you'll give me a horse and a riata ['l stay over a few days and help you. It's so long since I've worked In a branding corral and . ought to keep my hand in,” They sat down on the running board of Lorry’s new car and chatted until Mra. Tenney called them in to dinner, . . served them and discreetly retired to the kitchen, was silent, then, with the Impetuosity For a tong time Lorry me there and . The Dugout Valley Hotel Building, Grass Valley 4 Corner Mill and Neal Streets, Entrance on Neal St. } SMARTEST AND NEWEST CAFE IN GRASS VALLEY HOME COOKING—AND—IT’S GOOD . : Complete Service at Pleasant Prices . LUNCHES TO TAKE OUT—THESE ARE OUR PRIDE . PERCOLATED COFFEE THAT SATISFIES Ca SE ED —Mrs. Bessie Jarrell, Prop.— GRRE aa as ti any appearance, the faculty Grass Valley Cleaners . Ed. Burtner, Prop. Clothes cleaned and neatly pressed, spick-and-span of looking prosperous is often the vehicle to real PROSPERITY Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention him. You kuew he had « weak heart trout. It has been discovered also When picked from the tree the cof. f her nature, suddenly she returned to WE CREDIT YOUR PHONE . ~that—shocks were bad for him-yet . that the backwaters of a beaver dam . fee berry looks like a red cherry, each pele scildaal aaiiiak ao mii Phone 375 se ; Grass Valley ‘you shoew ed itm. “You waiited tu, You . create good fishing for two or three . berry containing two beans. ° TO BM CONTINUED, > 3 ap z ¢. : a Re xf ~4

arora sesamin . ao ostnenea e rnc NEVADA CITY NUGGET WNU Service. TLAWS of EDEN Copyright, by Peter B. Kyne. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY ATTORNEYS . MINING ENGINEERS ‘ HARRY M. McKEE Attorney at Law 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. Phone 278 R ¢ ’ EDWARD C. UREN Mining and Civil Engineer Mining Reports Furnished Mining District Maps Nevada City W. E. WRIGHT ATTORNEW AT LAW Office in Union Building C. A. Wallbrecht ELECTRICAL ENGINEER —located Ai— SYNOPSIS bought: up our mortgage and called it . I'll expect you to sell to me for nine, . reckless and improvident for a girl in . Phone 28 Nevada City FRENCH ‘CORRAL fe and our notes. You're-a two-gun man, . of course. I've got to have a profit.” your financial fix?" he demanded Will consulg with you on all classes a At the close of the Mexican war, . aren't you?” “And if I agree to sell to you at that gravely, Fr of work,— Advice given. : Robin Kershaw, with his bride, rode “My dear girl, permit me to explain. . price, what?” “You talk like Silas Babson,” she re+ T. Nilon Lynne ha Hennessy —— ——— si ee into northeastern ‘California. Here we Your father’s notes had ‘been renewed “That will enable you take up your . torted gaily. G Vy I] rhc al gre eden aon vores, four times; they were overdue and the . father’s unsecured notes and rehabill“Well, I'm not objecting, Lorry, but NILON, biriisvaghe she KELLY rass a ey Below Eden Valley is.a less valuable . Interest was in default, and the super. tate your credit at this bunk. In re. I greatly fear this new car will be re Office, 127 Mili St G Vall = eciiciias tract which Kershaw’'s wife christens intendent of state banks had jumped . turn [ll renew -your mortgage for . garded by Babson as an extravagance; Mores & Powell Bldg "Nee City DR. E. C. SKINNER » ieliice ee ee. pt dat oT me about them more than once. I for. three years,” it's bound to hurt your credit.” Osteopathic Physician ¢ a ies. Thine c nacho blood over fences . Sot your father should be spared “At 6 per cent?’ she Insisted. “Nate, Silas Babson can take a jump Evenings by appointment a aud water for irrigation. Kershaw . shocks. The law forces us to protect “Can't possibly,” he defended, into Eden Valley creek for all I care, George L.Jones Frank G. Finnegan Office 413 W. Main St. Phone 710 if kills Hensley and the blood-feud is on, the money of our depositors,” “Is that your final decision, Mr, Bab. ’'m washed up with him and his bank.” GRASS “VALI RY CALIF lg remains of one clan. Nate Tichenor . gage. Why?” “Absolutely, [ dislike to appear ment. “How come?” ATTORNEYS AT LAW DR. VERNON V. ROOD i is the. sole survivor on the Hensley “For an investment and to save it . arsh, but business : business “. if “I've sold my ur thousand acres Office: Morgan & Powell Building, . Physician and Surgeon q coe ect ee at wearer. art . ffom falling into the hands of your . ! permit sentiment tov Det he Maia ranch of the Bar 1 Broad Street, Nevada City, Cal. . Office and residence at 128 Neal St., ’ : 9" ease spare me ye ‘reotyp 0 2 ous: olars— 3) i 10 to 12 «captioned Time Fone Valley enemy? a spare me your stereotyped . for four hundred th usand doll TELEPHONE 273 Grass Valley. Office hours 10 t bah ker: achemen ts onteoi the trriga' “Nate Tichenor." hts: wis<fast and hypocritical maunderings,” the girl . cash! And I've cleaned up Babson A. M.,—2 to 4 P. M.—7-to 8 P. M. Fe tion and hydro-electric possibilities of thinking ana Bataon felt a thrill of interrupted angrily. “I’m not w foo) . and his little red brick bank and have . =======—— PS Ree ee ae . . sae Pet a ee ahd nide-te his eins. Done eo bi as st Bea mew a ieee thousand dollars working DOCTORS MELVIN E. BERRYMAN 4 are oye a window. Make out a satisfaction o capital left. Dentist ie need was “exitlae bc Abi aly payee Wines a ital i et Aas sath ae mortgage, sign it before a notary’ pub“Then God's in his heaven and all's = Hours 8:30 to 5:00. Evenings by_ap: & lands necessary to the project. Nate. She vee coe oe ee Pibskbaiede ces Set) ne et me Ba og oie UE twitl-. -well-with-the-wortd: But why aid you . “W.-W. Reed; M. D. pointment. Thomas Bldg., 139% Mill a however, has no Intention of carrying © May. give you a bank cashier's check fdr sell your land and keep the impending Nevada City, California St. Grass Valley Telephone 35. 4 tm re aes bi ties nba petteh beon sit ute with anger, but controlled the exact amount due. Hand me those . deal a secret from me? Somebody Office 418 Broad Street. Se ee en ene, . Corry . bimself. “You will, of uyrse, under: . onsecured hotes, marked ‘Paid,’ and . wants to put a dam in the gorge and : J. F. O°.;CONNOR met in France just before. Owen was and why I 4 t 8 isd Q Hours: 1 to 3 and 7to 8 P. M. ; xX : killed. They ,became buddies, and Nate . «5tand why, 0 DO ArEUG Bh you, . cou shall have another bank cashler’s . they needed your lund for the resevResidence Phone 2. Office Phone 362 Civil and Mining Engineer Promised that if he survived Owen he . My de#fr. You are under’a strain— check for the amount of them, with . voir, You know very well the Bar H United States Mineral Surveying. fe hedge pif ah en prother . overwrought. Now I .will repeat a Interest. There are the checks"— . owns the dam site; if we'd worked toLicensed Surveyor. Upstairs over City pe Lorry’s lake-site and Nate's dam. and she tossed them on the table be. gether we could both have sold, but Alfred H. Tickell, M. D. Hall, Main Street, Grass’ Valley. . Gf aite makes legal application. for the } fore him. : how that they have your land they Y y Vy allocation of flood waters to the For: He stared at them in frank amazehave a terrific advantage over me," ~ ruaiclan and Gucgean H. N. MARCH, M. D. a ‘ lorn Valley irrigation district, which fi de . _ Nevada City, California Physician and Surgeon my d ay cesuntras . ment, Why, where did you get all “But you're a low-tlung rascal, Nate Office 207 Pine Street feside 152% Mill Street, up-stairs, second a » . that money?" ‘he demanded, Tichenor, to suspect I'd leave you hold525 Nevada Street ae floor. 10-12 a. m., 2-5 Pp, m. daily. 4 “f : . “That's none of your business, sir. ing the sack. I told that man 1 Mon. Wed. Fri. evenings, Phone .19 R i y CHAPTER Vi—Continued Aa You called upon my father to pay up wouldn’t sell for a million dollars unGrass Valley, 5 \ oe . in five days or stand suit. fle’s dead, . less they secured your dam site first.” B. W. Hummelt, M. D. A. W. STORZ 4 Babson’s face expressed a hypobut I’m obeying orders, Your bluffs “I suspected the sort of girl you ara, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON . Dentiet id critical concern. “That's much too — . = . called. Nobody has ever run a blazer Lorry, but I wanted to make certain. * abe widad OL X-RAY 4 s bad, Henry,” he replied, “I'm sorry on the Kershaw clan and got away . Forgive my little deceit. I took the : ree 152% Mill St., Golden Rule Bld Plas » about Rance. He was as hard‘as steel, a gua with it. And you were trying to run liberty of deciding to sell your land and moe oun oe $08 al re Office Hours: 9 to 12—1 to a hs 4 but honest. You never had to guess a blazer, you know, Tried to Scare . naming the price to the Mountain Valere ig . ‘ Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays— { where Rance Kershaw stood on any 7 mre: ae a oe of mine.” . ley Power company. I would never 7 to 9 P. M.—Phone 578, proposition.” Secretly he could have fp e was desolated. © you mean . have sold my dam site to that corpora. Sawyer, M : given three long, raucous cheers. 43 to tell me you refuse the fine offer . tlon until assured there would be no W. P. Sa yer, M. D. Dwight D. Johnson, M. D. “T suppose the girl will have to liquineve just made you? argument with you’ over the price of Expert Refraction Office Hours: 2 to 4 p. m. 7 to 8 p. m. date now,” he continued after a moIdo, I'd rather give the land away your land. Did Babson try to trade Modern Glasses Ta Gouth Coed eee a: ment’s thought. “She can't carry on than sell it to you. you out of your land today?” Best quality lenses and mountings. ‘4 with that business alone, and the esHe fled from her stormy presence She related to him in detafl her in. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours: DR. W. C. EVANS tate is badly embarrassed financially. ‘\, Y pr lb about puso eee Mo peak terview with the banker. 1 ee oe <P m. Pe ota ce ra Dentist T'll be hanged if I see, Henry, how this \ ookby pussy-footed in and handec “Il should say you gave Babson a . Polntment. side ce 7 SUGBh: X-RAY bank is going to carry the Kershaw GZ her the canceled evidence of her fapoke under the heart. How did he . 4¢8¢e 73, Ott Building, Nevada City. Corner Mill and Main Streets, Tele d estate along to take a chance on getyates oe keine “ assimilate {t?” phone 102, Grass Valley, California j 4> thy xy back.” r. Rookby’s eyes were. round with Pe , . H. B. i ng its money ack : E wonder and resentment as he w As if his world was crashing about Dr. H. B. Towsley, €ARL POWER JONES, M. D. So I thought,” Rookby answered. t Bee WRTCHEG 1, Perhaps I should not have at. CHIROPRACTOR G Valles Galifacni : “By the way, Nate Tichenor's come ™ Fee coun inte: Rep hettered. old, ane at tacked him with such ferocity, but I Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 12 a. m Act g. back to Eden Valley.” the curb and roll out Valley Center £ 1 “8c ae Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. _. ‘ “You Killed Him,” Q ‘. have a temper, Nate, and when a p.m, to 5 p. m. Sundays 11:30 to 12:30. Babson started as if bee-stung. boulevard the direction of Gold Run, lying, scheming, hypocritical, cold: Evenings by Appointment f “Rance Kershaw owed the Bar H a lot query I made you when you first en. “@ Be peat Paw a ag county hearted snake like Silas Babson . ‘812 Broad Street Nevada City Dr. Robt. W. Dettner ‘ of money on chattel mortgage for cat. tered this room. In what manner can I . mcd ocaml © satistaction of the crosses my trail . like to shoot hig . S==————— hoe <= Dentist tle he bought in 1920, Henry, he must . be’ of service to th ughte : ve EN X-Ray Facilities Available th -s H th fc . ld tri © the daughter of my “By George,” he sald to Babson, head off. D TISTS i y of owe the Bar ree or four years’ . 0 riend and revered customer, i : Nate smiled approvingly. He liked Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening appoint rent.” Rane rf sycophantically, “that’s certainly one is : . ceford Kershaw? salty damsel, eh, chief?” the fire in her. Here was no wishy; ments. 120% Mill street. Phone 77. “Undoubtedly,” Mr. Rookby opined. “You say you bought the mortgage ease a : washy, clinging vine of a girl, de DR. WALTER J. HAWKINS Grass Valley, California “Nate Tick "s let th i She’s a devil, Henry—a she devil ’ ° Dentist ate Tichenor's let that steer have . ag an Investment. If I pay up the on wheels, She's all the wild Ker. . Pendent, selfish, and sex-conscious. A ; OSCAR E. WINBURN all pag aiconcn a the . overdue Interest, will you renew it forshaws rolled into one--and I'm a star. . ™4n’s woman with a code of conduct . 312 Broad Street. Hours 9:00 A. M. Aitowney Ae hae estate is In so deep it can’t -clim out, . five years at the same rate of inter\ ‘ + . to 6:00 P. M. Evenings by appoint: he’s come back to give the Kershaw Ne eg Spangled jackass without brains enough Men ots me Of 8 very Gallant gon ment, Phune 95, 152 Mill Street Campbell Bldg. elan the final clout that will finish it.” . wp) ‘ nas # pound sapd ina. hale.” oe. GRASS VALLEY, CAL. “1 wouldn't 66 to Sure ‘about tint : . : mortgage Is at 6 -per At three o'clock he went home, sufShe laughed, walking round her new Phone 47 Wi Siabaok” ANA Widen can o a cen * was si when money fering froma violent headache, due . Ca? and admiring it. OR. JOHN R. BELL Pa . ew bent coats . wasn't quite so tight as at present, solely to futile rage. But he was not “A carload of smooth two-year-old Dentist DEA 4 ry ian a sat ara ie me I'm sorry, but a renewal will cost you at all in danger of a nervous collapse . Steers, averaging ten hundred and fifty Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30 THE NEW L H Seclctiens . the i aan 8 by . ni cent. Pm getting that from how, for the fight was in the open at . pounds, sold for seven cents in the Evenings by Appointment There was a young man wanted Lorey Kerahaw of Rat Tict i others. lust and he drew a subtle comfort . Union stock yards in Los Angeles; toMorgau & Powell Bldg. Phone 321 Beer. y TS ate dichenor tn “Will you’ renew the unsecured notes frow that knowledge. He knew now . day,” he announced. “Things are cer. : He wanted it sparkling and clean, that hour of stress; the kindly and and cut the interest on them to 8 per . wie inly looki for old R K When he found the New Deal, he nei 3 Where Lorry Kershaw had gotten all . tainly loo ng up for o ance Kereighborly action of Tichenor there: cent?” f ab A. M. HOLMES let out a squeal, : a that money. Undoubtedly she nad . shaw’s girl. . M. atter; the arrival of Rube Tenney to “Perhaps, [lt have to h tat E It was here that he found it was take over the job of riding boss on, the aps, ave to have a state. sold her land to that mysterious power She turned on him with shining Funeral Director : sar ene ment of the financial condition of your company, Well, he was routed tn ti yes. “How did you get the news 1 DEAR OLD SCHLITZ. . Circle K; the apparent friendliness . ™°?t ° . & the . 9786. a ae na Nevada City — Grass Valley MAIN ST GRASS VALLEY : father's estate first. lower end of the Pan, but he would . quickly?” . i between Tichenor and Lorry. Kershaw, es The Service of Sincerity ak ‘faithfully reported by Miss Lizzie “The estate is land poor and cow . go to the attack ugain at the upper “My valet has a portable radio.” Bachman to all in Valley Center aa poor and it hasn’t any. money. It’s . . end of the Handle. And, despite the “Your what?” would listen to her énece necttal practically insolvent,” i fact that his alternative proposition “My valet.” “Ligsie was only up these with tidery He threw up his hands and smiled . Would save the district the cost of “Oh, Nate, ['m ashamed of you. A reo masa sical nig ; : . pages ee wearily. “How like a woman to ask . erecting a huge impounding dam, Babgreat, big, strong man like you, with i oo. eit, te cr such favors in the face of such a state. . son. would gladly have abandoned tt, . all your heads and legs and arms and BOARD BY THE MONTH . Rookby faint = pie oot . ment,” he sighed, then brightened sua. . for It carried risks and almost the cer. teeth! A valet! I know you had a ' if eo 4 aoe bie ie sake. Gai — denly. “However, we might strike a . tainty of expensive lawsuits which . chauffeur, which ts bad enough, but . § SHAMROCK CAFE ; Bud’ Seamon and Jake Rachatler ten happy compromise. 1 was interested . Might so delay surface irrigation in you've kept the valet In niding.” Then Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wyant, Props. BROAD ST., NEVADA CITY ’ dollars each for digging Rance’s to note recently that your father made Forlorn Valley as to ruin him and the . she was suddenly tender. “Ah, Nate, rave.” you a deed of gift to four thousand . Bank of Valley Center, even though . you're a dear. I had thought Eden & “Liberal, ain't. he?” Babson com. . 2¢e8 in the lower part of Eden Val. eg last the valley should win the . Valley would be unbearably lonely mented. “Henry, this is the most h—la lded sic eigen yey sg eaph ith { cracking piece of news that’s come out Pe: Bodged. AOE nF SB 2 Rew : of Eden Valley ‘since Taylor Hensley *1 would be glad to entertain a propoCHAPTER VII respect to myself. [t wasn't my plan W. R. JEFFORD & SON and Rance Kershaw had their ruckus, . Sition to buy that land from you, Miss wes fo remain here more than a week—" Just the same, I'm banking Nate Tiche. . Lorry. As agricultural land it is Nate Tichenor wus at the Circle K “But you’re not going away so M nor’s no softy in business matters; worthless, as grazing lind. it is very headquarters’ when Lorry Kershaw . soon?” Funeral Directors he’s half Hensley and a grouch don't . Poor, apo a a rage fishing pre. came in that night from her trip. to “Why not? I’ve completed my bus!die easy in that breed. The Hensleys . Serve it fs exce ent. I Know a man . Gold Run, ness——all except renewing the lease AMBULANCE SERVICE ? always did want all of iden Valley. who noni be wig in to pay you a “Welcome, stranger,” she greeted . on the Bar H to the Kershaw estate. and now that Nate Tichenor sees a . fair price for that land.” him, as she drove up. “Come out and . its heirs and assigns. I suppose yoa < bully chance to get it cheap, together “Bes much?" help me admire my new car.” desire to renew the lease?” Nevada City Grass Valley

with the Kershaw cattle, he'll grab it, Well, I'm pretty certain I can anHe came and looked the new car “Just because you know I have a Has Lorry Kershaw been in here to . !oad it on him at ten dollars an acre, . over soberly, “Aren't you a little bit see me since her father died?” “In yesterday. Told her you'd be back last night so maybe she'll call today.” : “How is she? Pretty well busted up?” “Pert as they make ‘em.” “I'm not surprised. Nothing weak about the Kershaws. Well, Henry, we Shall see that which we shal] see,” Two days later Lorry Kershaw came into the bank. Babson led her at once into his private office (usually he vecupied a desk In a fenced-off corner of the banking room) and, with many protestations of sympathy for the loss of her father and regret that hig ab. sence from Valley Center had milituted ugainst his attendance at the funeral, begged her to be sented and inform him in what manner he could be of service to her. To his amaze ment the girl looked him over coldly, “You should be sorry for father's death,” she shot at him. “You killed him.” ,"12 My dear Lorry, how can you say such a thing? : “You wrote him a letter and he knew you were going to close {n on SPSS SLLLLLLLLLLSLLL ILS LLL PIS LLS LISS LTS TIS Have on Streams That ingenious tittle enzineer, the beaver, ts due for a spanking at the hands of scientists who have been given the job of determining what effect, If any, its dam building operations have on trout fishing. Preliminary examinations by the Scientists tend toward condemnation of beavers’ presence on trout streams {f good fishing Is to. be maintuined, and the acceptance of this only means that a handred thousand fishermen will be clamoring for beaver hides, suys « writer in the Detroit News, So far the investigators have found that a trout won't jump over a beaver dam that obstructs its free passage to the headwaters for spawning purposes, but that it will drop over going down stream. So this dvesn’t let the female trout get back to its spawning beds once {t passes a dam, and that is bad for the natural reproduction of Investigating Effect That Beaver Dams Where the Trout Lives Onin neice years, and then the sport disappears and the trout taken from such still wa. ters are generally unfit to eat, having a muddy flavor, “Beaver dams,” the report says, “have a very definite Influence on the chemical conditions of the water in @ Streum and frequently cause stagnaHon, and trout taken from such water could not be eaten, All of the Streams surveyed so far possessed a large amount: of fermenting and decaying Vegetation,” If future findings are along the same line, the beaver will Join the ranks of the otter, Great Blue heron, Shake und tish duck as enemes to trout fishing. And this means that trout tish. ermen will not rest content until some attempt is made to remove them’ from the best tront strearus, Coffee Berry Like Cherry at the branding corral myself, “get the branding done quickly." water, hundred thousand dollars on hand you want thirty thousand of it." With this: light banter she strove to hide the shock his announcement had given her. “Yes, Pll want a renewal. When are you leaving, Nate?” “Tomorrow morning, Will you drive this shiny new cur over to Gold Run tomorrow, lunch with see me off on my Journey?” She shook her raven head, “No, “No, . think not. . Partings are tittle deaths—and we stuart our calf-brandIng tomorrow. There are only two men on the payroll! who can rope a ealf by the hind legs and drag him to the fire, The others are Indians— neck-ropers; so . have to take a hand Got to His face brightened. “lf you'll give me a horse and a riata ['l stay over a few days and help you. It's so long since I've worked In a branding corral and . ought to keep my hand in,” They sat down on the running board of Lorry’s new car and chatted until Mra. Tenney called them in to dinner, . . served them and discreetly retired to the kitchen, was silent, then, with the Impetuosity For a tong time Lorry me there and . The Dugout Valley Hotel Building, Grass Valley 4 Corner Mill and Neal Streets, Entrance on Neal St. } SMARTEST AND NEWEST CAFE IN GRASS VALLEY HOME COOKING—AND—IT’S GOOD . : Complete Service at Pleasant Prices . LUNCHES TO TAKE OUT—THESE ARE OUR PRIDE . PERCOLATED COFFEE THAT SATISFIES Ca SE ED —Mrs. Bessie Jarrell, Prop.— GRRE aa as ti any appearance, the faculty Grass Valley Cleaners . Ed. Burtner, Prop. Clothes cleaned and neatly pressed, spick-and-span of looking prosperous is often the vehicle to real PROSPERITY Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention him. You kuew he had « weak heart trout. It has been discovered also When picked from the tree the cof. f her nature, suddenly she returned to WE CREDIT YOUR PHONE . ~that—shocks were bad for him-yet . that the backwaters of a beaver dam . fee berry looks like a red cherry, each pele scildaal aaiiiak ao mii Phone 375 se ; Grass Valley ‘you shoew ed itm. “You waiited tu, You . create good fishing for two or three . berry containing two beans. ° TO BM CONTINUED, > 3 ap z ¢. : a Re xf ~4