April 8, 1940 (6 pages)

Thinking Out Loud By CARL STARKEY Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty Of the Press consists —Alexander Hamil” “In the long run,’’ said a small town banker, ‘‘it will be the government that will suffer most from its cheap money policy, for it is rapidly succeeding in killing off thrift, the real ‘backbone of its security. Nothing can do more than. excessively cheap money to destroy the incentive to save ‘and invest in productive undertakings. And nothing can work @ heavier ‘burden on those milligns of people who depend for all or part of their livelihood on a little accumulated capital invested in securities or mortgages. The “big fellow”’ is hit least by cheap money—if you have enough capital, even an extremely low interest return will bring you an adequate income, It is the “little fellow’) with a few thousand dollars of savings, who bears the brunt of it. From the point of view of our national economy, cheap money has proved itself an almost unmitigated evil. It has forced banks to pare interest on deposits to the point of non-existence—the banks can’t pay a rate of interest they are unable to earn. And it has driven an abnormal amount of money. out of industry and into non-productive channels, such as government bonds. Why should a man take a chance on a venture on which he may lose when his possible return is extremely limited? The result is that more and more new industries,go begging ‘for capital which may reduce jobs, opportunities and new wealth for the people. No nation can be great when the incentive to save and be thrifty is destroyed. No nation can maintain its place in the sun when governmental policies virtually force money out of productive uses. No nation can go ahead when _ the little capital saved over arduous ‘years through a working man’s labor and sacrifice produces diminishing return. Any number of governmental laws and _ policies have ‘been aimed straight at the thrifty person, the millions of ordinary American who would normally be saving and investing, and abnormally cheap money has been among the most damaging. As Aesop once said in effect, a person who lays a trap for someone else is often caught in it himself. Aesop lived five hundred years before the Christian era and heard of anti-chain. store but the words he utprophetically correct. states judicial departments have recently announced never legislation, ‘tered were Several 1262. that the language of chain store tax laws leaves no alternative for the state but to proceed against all group-selling organizations.including oil companies, tire companies and voluntary independent groups like International Grocers Association and Red and White. Far-sighted independent merchants have long opposed discriminatorychain-store taxation. Their argument, concurred in by representatives of agriculture, labor, business and consumers, hasbeen to the effect that any special tax is dangerous in principle. They feared, and justly so, that once the practice was started, no one could foretell where or whom it would strike. Numerous court decisions have warned ‘that such taxes are legal technically, but warned against them. The fact that theyhave been classed as lawful measures, only adds to their potential threat to all businesses. Under this system, any enterprise that becomes the target of political attack is subject to possible Coerne tion—through taxation. Chain-store taxes were enacted ostensibly to curb chain-store competition in spite of the fact that competition between chains and independent merchants ‘was simply a healthy addition to the Americandistribution system. And now, as so many independent merehants feared, the recent legislation furnishes a striking example of how a trap laid for the chains will in all probability engulf the .independents. At the very. least it is a far more’ serious threat to their welfare than chain-store legislation ever was. Nap Safe on Third Rail SAN RAFABL, Cal. (U.P.)—James Calahan, poohhoos at the lethal dangers of touching the third rail of —@leetrieraitways: "He “went” to“ sleep on one with his nose square on the third rail. Police Officer Louis Dallara took him to the hospital, where the examining doctor found the nose bruised, evidences of ‘‘a 11rma Atkins, Norman Hefner, Oaktand;-Misses-Nora-Dunlevy.and_Marion Flynn, North San Juan; Mrs. Clara Weeks, Chicago Park; Miss Fern Rolph, Bear River; ‘Miss Bertha Groom, Forest Springs; Mrs. Preston, North Bloomfield, Miss Olga Owens, Cherokee; Mrs. Gladys Leal, French (Corral and ‘Mrs. Ruth Mannix, Washington. ‘Leroy Jefferys, few too many aboard.” but_,no trace of electric shock, 29. Vol. 14. Ne. The oo Seat t Paper _ EY eDA CITY, Secreta The — Center . _MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. ae eens er eee VOTE REGISTER SHOWS DECLINE IN NEVADA CO. A decrease of 491 votes from the general election of 1938 was. noted in the tabulation of voters recently completed by County Clerk R. N. McCormack, ex-officio registrar of voters. The Democratic registration is 6,688, and .Republican 3914. In 1938, the Democratfc jregistration was 6,688, making a loss for this year of 322. The republicans, while showing a loss in numbers are only 79 votes off, the registration in 1938 being 3993. Every supervisorial district in the county showed a loss in registration. District No. 1 in 1938 had 2812, this year 2787. District No. 2 had 5,746, this year it is 9 less. District No. 3 had 460 in 1938, this year 359. Dis-, trict No. 4 had 949 in 1938, this year it is 855. Largest Loss District No. 5 suffered the largest loss in registration due ‘o abandonment of the Hobart Mills plant. The registration in the district was 1140 in 1939, this year it is 878, a loss of There will be three new precincts this year. The Gold Flat precinct was divided into two precincts, Hills Flat was also cut into two precincts and Precinct No. 9 was added to Grass Valley. While the county is definitely Democratic ,there are eight precincts still loyal to G. O. P: They are Nevada City No.’ 2, Grass Valley Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, Indian Springs and Pleasant. Ridge. The registration in the five supervisorial districts is as ofllows: Voters Tabulated No. 1. (Nevada City) 2787. No. 2 (Grass Valley) 5737. No. 3 (Bloomfield) 359. No. 4 (Rough and Ready) 855. No. 5 (Truckee) 878. Minor parties: Socialist, 17; prohibition, 12; progressive, 6; declin92 sol. ed to state, RURAL TEACHERS VISIT SCHOOLS IN SACRAMENTO CO A group of teachers from Nevada led ‘by Walter of rucounty rural schools, Carlson, (County Superintendent Schools and Mrs, Sylva ‘Mosher, ral supervisor, visited like schools in Sacramento. Friday and observed the there. They were met in Sacramento by Miss Perle Sanderson and Mrs. Mae Wiles, rural of Sacramento county. attended were: Mrs. Miss Jean Britton, Union Hill; Mrs. work carried on supervisors Those who Grace Mounday, Mrs. Elsie DeMattei, Electricity For Cottage Hill to be Discussed At the next meeting of the Nevada County Farm Bureau in Peardale the problem of getting electricity to the Cottage Hill district will ‘be discussed. Two mines in that district, the Stockton Hill and the Maben Hill, at present must supply their own power. The former does so with a diesel plant which has not proved altogether satisfactory. There are also several farms that need service. The Farm. Bureau_is considering an appeal to the Rural Electrification Administration to supply the needed current. BENNETTS NAMED TO HEAD VFW AT RECENT MEETING Howard Bennetts nate at Grass Valley was-—chosencommander of Banner Mountain Post No. 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in an election of officers held Wednesday night at the veterans hall. Other officers elected included: Senior vice-commander; Michael Mullen, junior vicecommander; William Mitchell, quartermaster; Edwin Walker, adjutant; Llewellyn Wanamake, chaplain; Hubert R. Misner, officer of the day; Max Weiss, . service officer; A. J. Winnager, assistant service officer. . Christmas holidays and JAIL INMATE WANTED TO WARM HIS COFFEE James Bardell, who is Jess than five feet tall, was taken in off the streets by local city officers and locked-up in the city jail Friday night. Saturday morning Chief of Police Garfield Robson saw clouds of smoke issuing from.the barred windows of the jail and upon investigation found Bardell had built a fire of newspapers on the floor to heat some coffee. : Another man who had occupied the same bed previously had left his jar of eoffee as he departed. Bardell found it and decided he needed an eye opener. He was. in. formed fires could not be built in the jail without a permit and haled into court Saturday morning where City Judge Miles Coughlin gave him a floater out. of town. : ni Owing to the jail being concrete no damage was done. The prisoner cleaned up the room before he departed. : FRED YOST DIES AT LIVERMORE HOSPITAL Friends. in Nevada City received the message of the death of Fred Yost at four o’clock this morning in the veterans hospital His remains will be shipped to Nevada City and Holmes Funeral Home will have charge of funeral arrangements. He was aged 46 years and came to Nevada City just after getting out of the army 20 years ago. He was a World War veteran. He ‘was injured in an accident in the Murchie mine a year ago and never recovered. Yost went to the. hospital after the had been there ever since. Fred Yost was well liked for kindly ways and many friends mourn his passing. No date has been funeral arrangements. his will set for Cars Crash at Corner York and Commercial R. H. Trathen, Grass Valley counwhile driving on Commercial street in Nevada City Saturday af-! ternoon was in an accident which involved the car of Mrs. Isobel Hefelfinger, Nevada City school nurse. The two cars collided at the juncNo one was incilman, tion of York street. jured. Trathen claims he stopped at the stop sign. Mrs. Hefelfinger coming . down York street had her ‘car injured to the extent of a wrecked front fender and bent. steering rod. It is claimed the Trathen car hit the Hefelfinger machine. A report of the accident was turned inte the city police department. EIGHT SEASONAL BORDER STATIONS “WILL OPEN IN MAY SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 8.— (UP)—Eight seasonal border stattions of the department of agriculture will be opened between May 1 and May 15 and will remain open until the latter part of October, it was announced today. The stations will be operated by ‘23 temporary inspectors who will be employed from civil service lists. In addition, 29 additional inspectors will be hired for work during the summer tourist season at the 12 year round border stations. All of the seasonal stations are loeated. along the California Nevada border,on highways which are normally closed by snow during the winter season. They are at Peavine, Sierra county; Dog Valley, near Truckee, Nevada county; Brockway, Placer county; Stateline, El Dorado county; Woodfords, Alpine county, and Coleville, Bridgeport and Benton, all in Mono county. The quarantine stations are maintained to intercept insect pests and plant diseases which may be brought into the state on plants and fruit carried by tourists. Snow Survey— E, L. Baxter, assistant Tahoe national forest supervisor, of Nevada LU City,-and”~ Ranger Beardsley of Forest Hill returned the past week end from a snow survey in the high mountains in the national — forest. They found 50 inches of snow in Indian Valley, 90 inches on Wabena “Creek, four feet in French ‘Meadows. The snow gave a 48 per cent water in Livermore. . imumber content test. 1. SEVEN MEN TO RACE FOR CITY COUNCIL POSTS One of the hottest municipal eleetions in the history of Nevada City is scheduled for tomorrow when voters of this community cast their ballots for candidates running for the three expired posts on the city council. Seven men have filed nomination papers forthe three positions. In addition to the incumbents, James Penrose, Charles ,Leiter and Frank Davies, Luther Marsh, . Dr. John R. Ivey, Irvine Seaman and R. L. Bigelow have filed nomination papers. Mayor. Benj. Hall, ‘Nye are the holdover bers, The terms. of Foley as city. treasurer and Robert council mem. Mrs. Emma and Geo. Calanan as city clerk do not expire this year. The council has ordered election precincts numbers 3, 4 and 5 combined as ‘‘Consolidated Election Precinct A” and precinct numbers 1 and 2 as “Consolidated Election Precinct B” for the city election. The following will serve as election officers: Election Officers . Consolidated Election Precinct B —Judge, John H. Eden; inspector, Martha Dillon, clerks, Mrs. Clara Phillips and Miss ‘Minnie Sandow. Consolidated Election Precinct B —Judge, Mary Hosking; inspector, Richard Nickless; clerks Richard Nickless and Mrs. Minnie Young. Polls will be open from 8 -A, M. to 7 P. M. WALTER REYNOLDS GIVEN CITATION BY OFFICER L. DAVIES W. Reynolds was cited by Davies the latter part of last week for passing a stop sign On Commercial street where his car figured in a collision witn one dri. en by Dr. W. W. Reed. Reynolds claimed he did not see the stop sign and was in the wrong according to the report of the officer. : Dr; Reed who was traveling north on York street skidded his, car a of feet in an effort to prevent -a collision. The occupants of the ‘cars were not injured. Dr. Reed’s car had a damaged fender and running board while Reynolds’ car also had a damaged front fender. Walter Officer L. TWO CCC GROUPS CLEARING DAMSITE OF BRUSH, TIMBER REDDING, Cal., April 8.—(UP)— . Two companies of CCC youths are engaged in clearing brush and timber from parts of the 30,000 acre tract to be flooded upon completion of Shasta Dam, now under construction-on-the Saeramento-—river. To date, more than 1,260 acres of heawily wooded slopes have been cleared, chiefly along the tributary Pit and McCloud rivers and about 150 acres of brush and timber have been burned after slashing, Ralph Lowry, construction engineer at the dam reported. Other lesser projects carried out by the two camps are the land-scaping of the bureau of reclamation camp at Toyon three miles east of Shasta Dam, which includes construction of walks, driveways, rockeries, planting of lawn and shrubbery, and development of a park and recreational facilities for the government engineers, clerks, inspectors, surveyors and their families residing in Toyon. CELIO PROMOTED IN U. S. AIR CORPS Word from. the Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics at Santa Marie, California, states that Flying Cadet Gove Clarke Celio, Jr., Air Corps, United States Army, has successfully completed the elementary course in military flight training. and by order of the Chief of the Air Corps, has been advanced to the primary training center at Randolph Field, Texas. = Celio was born in Nevada City and is the son of G. C. Celio of this city. He is a graduate of the Nevada City high school, class of 1934, and attended San Jose State for two years. Returns Home— James Allen and wife, who have ‘been in the French Meadows district for some time on a prospecting ana development project on mining ground, are home for a few days. j Grass Valley highway. WOMEN’S CLUB WILL ENTERTAIN NORTHERN DISTRICT PRESIDENT Nevada City Women’s Civic Club will entertain Mrs. F. E. George, northern district president, -from Willows tomorrow evening. After thet “pT business meeting she will address the members. P.G.&E. To Tunnel Ten Miles, Freeing Bear River Placers The Pacific Gas & Biectets sonunminy is company is preparing to bore a tunnel ten and one half miles long, 12 by 16 feet in cross section dimensions, at a total cost of approximately, $2,500,000. The tunnel ‘intake, as projected, will be near the junction of the Little Bear with Bear River, above Dutch Vlat, and the water will be dumped back into Bear river near where the You Bet road crosses the Bear River above the dam, east of the Colfax-. There will be a short musical program and the four members of the quartet are Mrs. Hal Draper, Mrs. B. T. Elliott, Mrs. Charles Elliott, and Mrs. Ralph Smith. ELSIE SCHREIBER IS VICE-PRESIDENT OF GIRLS’ GROUP Elsie Schreiber, Nevada City high school junior, was elected vice-president of the Older Girls Conference at theannual two-day session held at Richardson Springs Saturday and Sunday, it was revealed. today. More’ than schools of Northern California tended the conference and heard inspirational and educational speeches and enjoyed two days of entertainment. Marysville Union High School was hostess to the group. Those who attended were: Margaret Odegaard, Marilyn Chapman and Adrianne Barnhart, seniors; Elsie Schreiber, Mary Innis, Mary Libbey and Betty Krough, juniors. SALES TAX INCOME DROPS LAST YEAR IN NEVADA COUNTY SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 8.—(UP) — California “collects “more money through its three per cent sales tax than any other state, with the total yield amounting to $89,400,729 in the fiscal year 1939, the state board of equalization revealed today. Two other states—Ohio and Illinois—-have larger populations than. California but collect less money, even though their tax rates are the same. In 1938, the last year for which: comparisons are . available, Ohio collected $50,561,010, and Illinois $80,917,601 while California’s revenue was $86,658,196, Dixwell Pierce, secretary of the board, said California’s record shows even more favorably when adjustments are made for exemptions from the various levies. Sales of gasoline and foodstuffs, ttaxed in Illinois but not in California, would provide an_ estimated $22,700,000 in additional revenue if they were subject to the three per cent levy here, Pierce explained. Comparative populations of the two states are 6,154,000 in California, and 7,878,000 in Illinois. Cost of administering the sales tax is 2.24 per cent, as compared with 1.68 per cent in Illinois, but Pierce said he believed the higher overhead cost here is more than justified by the greater collections. For the 1939 fiscal year, sales tax collections in evada County totalled $196,067, compared with $200,577 the previous year. DONATIONS RECEIVED Fred Garrison, secretary of the Co-ordinating Council, today announced that the following donations toward financing this summer’s recreation program had been received: Nevada City council $250, Rotary club $50,.\Native Daughters $10 and Firemen’s Apxiliary $2.50, making a total of $312.50. . The cost of the summer program is estimated at $500. CAR.IMPERILS.MEN. A driver who forgot to set his brakes imperiled the lives of half dozen men shortly after noon today. The car was parked in “front of the Mountain Equipment Co. With no brakes to hold it, it rolled over the bank into Clark street, where the city crew is engaged in widening the street. The car was badly damaged. 500 girls from high . at-! iCap mines, ,the Yuba and . uses in the lower country. ‘mine operation. The Newmont MinThis tunnel ‘will be a pressure tunnel, for the most part bored ‘through solid rock. The news of this big development leaked out through the activities of Timothy Burke, right-of-way engineer for the Pacific Gas and Electric company from the Drum _ Division headquarters in Auburn. The significance of this step is apparent to every mining man with interests, quartz or gravel, in the Bear river watershed. It will free to placer mining all tthe great gravel de posits between the Banner Ridge and the Southern Pacific railroad rightof-way as far up as Dutch Flat. It simplifies the debris and slickings ‘problem of the Zeibright and Lava in fact all quartz mills, after the tunnel is built, may dump their slickings into Green Horn and other streams, providing, of course, that the Federal Government proceeds now to build the debris dam at Dog Bar on the Bear river. The tunnel will bring the water through as clear crystal. It will at the outlet generate new power, and from there it will go on down the Bear river gorge to domestic and irrigation uses in Placer county. With the building of a dam at Dog Bar, already authorized along with American river dams, by congress, through the untiring ef-» forts of Congressman Harry L. Englebright of this district, the placer deposits at Liberty Hill, Scott’s Flat, Sailor Flat and along Greenhorn Creek can again be brought into production. You Bet’s big deosits of gravel may again be worked. Two years ago the Pacific Gas & Electric comany obtained a permenent injunction against the operators of the Liberty Hill placers and other gravel claims, and as damages took over the Liberty Hill property. The company at that. time was using the Bear river as a channel for its water delivered for domestic and irrigation Owing to the long continued complaints of the consumers the company finally as brought suit and obtained tthe injunction , The rights-of-woy now being secured by Timothy Burke provide for 100 feet in width, and that the tunnel construction shall be at least 100 feet below the surface. REPAIRS ON ELKS BUILDING PLANNED . FOR THIS SUMMER The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Nevada City Elks Home the holding corporation of the Nevada City Elks building, was held Friday night in the ladies’ room of the building. John J. Fortier presided. The report of the officers showed the corporation’s affairs to be in good condition. Contemplated repairs on the build_ ing were discussed and will be made this summer. They contemplate painting the front of the building and also.repairs on other portions of the building. Officers and directors for the ensuing year were elected as follows: John J. Fortier, president; John W. O’Neill, vice. president; P. G. Scadden, secretary; H. A. Curnow, treasurer; Thomas W. Richards, E. J. N. Ott and W. B. Celio. UNDERGROUND CONNECTION. An underground connection is being driven between the Empire mine and the Pennsylvania mine, two properties of the Empire-Star Mines Company, Ltd. The two shafts are being connected by means of a raise 500 feet from the Empire’s 3,400 foot level which will connect them -at—approximately—2,500—feet. These — properties have been contiected underground previous to this but the tunnel was wot suited to general ing Corporation which operates the Empire-Star, Murchie, Zeibright, the — Pennsylvania, Browns Valley in this territory gave out share profits a of December a4. 1939. S . 2 o

Thinking Out Loud By CARL STARKEY Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty Of the Press consists —Alexander Hamil” “In the long run,’’ said a small town banker, ‘‘it will be the government that will suffer most from its cheap money policy, for it is rapidly succeeding in killing off thrift, the real ‘backbone of its security. Nothing can do more than. excessively cheap money to destroy the incentive to save ‘and invest in productive undertakings. And nothing can work @ heavier ‘burden on those milligns of people who depend for all or part of their livelihood on a little accumulated capital invested in securities or mortgages. The “big fellow”’ is hit least by cheap money—if you have enough capital, even an extremely low interest return will bring you an adequate income, It is the “little fellow’) with a few thousand dollars of savings, who bears the brunt of it. From the point of view of our national economy, cheap money has proved itself an almost unmitigated evil. It has forced banks to pare interest on deposits to the point of non-existence—the banks can’t pay a rate of interest they are unable to earn. And it has driven an abnormal amount of money. out of industry and into non-productive channels, such as government bonds. Why should a man take a chance on a venture on which he may lose when his possible return is extremely limited? The result is that more and more new industries,go begging ‘for capital which may reduce jobs, opportunities and new wealth for the people. No nation can be great when the incentive to save and be thrifty is destroyed. No nation can maintain its place in the sun when governmental policies virtually force money out of productive uses. No nation can go ahead when _ the little capital saved over arduous ‘years through a working man’s labor and sacrifice produces diminishing return. Any number of governmental laws and _ policies have ‘been aimed straight at the thrifty person, the millions of ordinary American who would normally be saving and investing, and abnormally cheap money has been among the most damaging. As Aesop once said in effect, a person who lays a trap for someone else is often caught in it himself. Aesop lived five hundred years before the Christian era and heard of anti-chain. store but the words he utprophetically correct. states judicial departments have recently announced never legislation, ‘tered were Several 1262. that the language of chain store tax laws leaves no alternative for the state but to proceed against all group-selling organizations.including oil companies, tire companies and voluntary independent groups like International Grocers Association and Red and White. Far-sighted independent merchants have long opposed discriminatorychain-store taxation. Their argument, concurred in by representatives of agriculture, labor, business and consumers, hasbeen to the effect that any special tax is dangerous in principle. They feared, and justly so, that once the practice was started, no one could foretell where or whom it would strike. Numerous court decisions have warned ‘that such taxes are legal technically, but warned against them. The fact that theyhave been classed as lawful measures, only adds to their potential threat to all businesses. Under this system, any enterprise that becomes the target of political attack is subject to possible Coerne tion—through taxation. Chain-store taxes were enacted ostensibly to curb chain-store competition in spite of the fact that competition between chains and independent merchants ‘was simply a healthy addition to the Americandistribution system. And now, as so many independent merehants feared, the recent legislation furnishes a striking example of how a trap laid for the chains will in all probability engulf the .independents. At the very. least it is a far more’ serious threat to their welfare than chain-store legislation ever was. Nap Safe on Third Rail SAN RAFABL, Cal. (U.P.)—James Calahan, poohhoos at the lethal dangers of touching the third rail of —@leetrieraitways: "He “went” to“ sleep on one with his nose square on the third rail. Police Officer Louis Dallara took him to the hospital, where the examining doctor found the nose bruised, evidences of ‘‘a 11rma Atkins, Norman Hefner, Oaktand;-Misses-Nora-Dunlevy.and_Marion Flynn, North San Juan; Mrs. Clara Weeks, Chicago Park; Miss Fern Rolph, Bear River; ‘Miss Bertha Groom, Forest Springs; Mrs. Preston, North Bloomfield, Miss Olga Owens, Cherokee; Mrs. Gladys Leal, French (Corral and ‘Mrs. Ruth Mannix, Washington. ‘Leroy Jefferys, few too many aboard.” but_,no trace of electric shock, 29. Vol. 14. Ne. The oo Seat t Paper _ EY eDA CITY, Secreta The — Center . _MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. ae eens er eee VOTE REGISTER SHOWS DECLINE IN NEVADA CO. A decrease of 491 votes from the general election of 1938 was. noted in the tabulation of voters recently completed by County Clerk R. N. McCormack, ex-officio registrar of voters. The Democratic registration is 6,688, and .Republican 3914. In 1938, the Democratfc jregistration was 6,688, making a loss for this year of 322. The republicans, while showing a loss in numbers are only 79 votes off, the registration in 1938 being 3993. Every supervisorial district in the county showed a loss in registration. District No. 1 in 1938 had 2812, this year 2787. District No. 2 had 5,746, this year it is 9 less. District No. 3 had 460 in 1938, this year 359. Dis-, trict No. 4 had 949 in 1938, this year it is 855. Largest Loss District No. 5 suffered the largest loss in registration due ‘o abandonment of the Hobart Mills plant. The registration in the district was 1140 in 1939, this year it is 878, a loss of There will be three new precincts this year. The Gold Flat precinct was divided into two precincts, Hills Flat was also cut into two precincts and Precinct No. 9 was added to Grass Valley. While the county is definitely Democratic ,there are eight precincts still loyal to G. O. P: They are Nevada City No.’ 2, Grass Valley Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, Indian Springs and Pleasant. Ridge. The registration in the five supervisorial districts is as ofllows: Voters Tabulated No. 1. (Nevada City) 2787. No. 2 (Grass Valley) 5737. No. 3 (Bloomfield) 359. No. 4 (Rough and Ready) 855. No. 5 (Truckee) 878. Minor parties: Socialist, 17; prohibition, 12; progressive, 6; declin92 sol. ed to state, RURAL TEACHERS VISIT SCHOOLS IN SACRAMENTO CO A group of teachers from Nevada led ‘by Walter of rucounty rural schools, Carlson, (County Superintendent Schools and Mrs, Sylva ‘Mosher, ral supervisor, visited like schools in Sacramento. Friday and observed the there. They were met in Sacramento by Miss Perle Sanderson and Mrs. Mae Wiles, rural of Sacramento county. attended were: Mrs. Miss Jean Britton, Union Hill; Mrs. work carried on supervisors Those who Grace Mounday, Mrs. Elsie DeMattei, Electricity For Cottage Hill to be Discussed At the next meeting of the Nevada County Farm Bureau in Peardale the problem of getting electricity to the Cottage Hill district will ‘be discussed. Two mines in that district, the Stockton Hill and the Maben Hill, at present must supply their own power. The former does so with a diesel plant which has not proved altogether satisfactory. There are also several farms that need service. The Farm. Bureau_is considering an appeal to the Rural Electrification Administration to supply the needed current. BENNETTS NAMED TO HEAD VFW AT RECENT MEETING Howard Bennetts nate at Grass Valley was-—chosencommander of Banner Mountain Post No. 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in an election of officers held Wednesday night at the veterans hall. Other officers elected included: Senior vice-commander; Michael Mullen, junior vicecommander; William Mitchell, quartermaster; Edwin Walker, adjutant; Llewellyn Wanamake, chaplain; Hubert R. Misner, officer of the day; Max Weiss, . service officer; A. J. Winnager, assistant service officer. . Christmas holidays and JAIL INMATE WANTED TO WARM HIS COFFEE James Bardell, who is Jess than five feet tall, was taken in off the streets by local city officers and locked-up in the city jail Friday night. Saturday morning Chief of Police Garfield Robson saw clouds of smoke issuing from.the barred windows of the jail and upon investigation found Bardell had built a fire of newspapers on the floor to heat some coffee. : Another man who had occupied the same bed previously had left his jar of eoffee as he departed. Bardell found it and decided he needed an eye opener. He was. in. formed fires could not be built in the jail without a permit and haled into court Saturday morning where City Judge Miles Coughlin gave him a floater out. of town. : ni Owing to the jail being concrete no damage was done. The prisoner cleaned up the room before he departed. : FRED YOST DIES AT LIVERMORE HOSPITAL Friends. in Nevada City received the message of the death of Fred Yost at four o’clock this morning in the veterans hospital His remains will be shipped to Nevada City and Holmes Funeral Home will have charge of funeral arrangements. He was aged 46 years and came to Nevada City just after getting out of the army 20 years ago. He was a World War veteran. He ‘was injured in an accident in the Murchie mine a year ago and never recovered. Yost went to the. hospital after the had been there ever since. Fred Yost was well liked for kindly ways and many friends mourn his passing. No date has been funeral arrangements. his will set for Cars Crash at Corner York and Commercial R. H. Trathen, Grass Valley counwhile driving on Commercial street in Nevada City Saturday af-! ternoon was in an accident which involved the car of Mrs. Isobel Hefelfinger, Nevada City school nurse. The two cars collided at the juncNo one was incilman, tion of York street. jured. Trathen claims he stopped at the stop sign. Mrs. Hefelfinger coming . down York street had her ‘car injured to the extent of a wrecked front fender and bent. steering rod. It is claimed the Trathen car hit the Hefelfinger machine. A report of the accident was turned inte the city police department. EIGHT SEASONAL BORDER STATIONS “WILL OPEN IN MAY SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 8.— (UP)—Eight seasonal border stattions of the department of agriculture will be opened between May 1 and May 15 and will remain open until the latter part of October, it was announced today. The stations will be operated by ‘23 temporary inspectors who will be employed from civil service lists. In addition, 29 additional inspectors will be hired for work during the summer tourist season at the 12 year round border stations. All of the seasonal stations are loeated. along the California Nevada border,on highways which are normally closed by snow during the winter season. They are at Peavine, Sierra county; Dog Valley, near Truckee, Nevada county; Brockway, Placer county; Stateline, El Dorado county; Woodfords, Alpine county, and Coleville, Bridgeport and Benton, all in Mono county.

The quarantine stations are maintained to intercept insect pests and plant diseases which may be brought into the state on plants and fruit carried by tourists. Snow Survey— E, L. Baxter, assistant Tahoe national forest supervisor, of Nevada LU City,-and”~ Ranger Beardsley of Forest Hill returned the past week end from a snow survey in the high mountains in the national — forest. They found 50 inches of snow in Indian Valley, 90 inches on Wabena “Creek, four feet in French ‘Meadows. The snow gave a 48 per cent water in Livermore. . imumber content test. 1. SEVEN MEN TO RACE FOR CITY COUNCIL POSTS One of the hottest municipal eleetions in the history of Nevada City is scheduled for tomorrow when voters of this community cast their ballots for candidates running for the three expired posts on the city council. Seven men have filed nomination papers forthe three positions. In addition to the incumbents, James Penrose, Charles ,Leiter and Frank Davies, Luther Marsh, . Dr. John R. Ivey, Irvine Seaman and R. L. Bigelow have filed nomination papers. Mayor. Benj. Hall, ‘Nye are the holdover bers, The terms. of Foley as city. treasurer and Robert council mem. Mrs. Emma and Geo. Calanan as city clerk do not expire this year. The council has ordered election precincts numbers 3, 4 and 5 combined as ‘‘Consolidated Election Precinct A” and precinct numbers 1 and 2 as “Consolidated Election Precinct B” for the city election. The following will serve as election officers: Election Officers . Consolidated Election Precinct B —Judge, John H. Eden; inspector, Martha Dillon, clerks, Mrs. Clara Phillips and Miss ‘Minnie Sandow. Consolidated Election Precinct B —Judge, Mary Hosking; inspector, Richard Nickless; clerks Richard Nickless and Mrs. Minnie Young. Polls will be open from 8 -A, M. to 7 P. M. WALTER REYNOLDS GIVEN CITATION BY OFFICER L. DAVIES W. Reynolds was cited by Davies the latter part of last week for passing a stop sign On Commercial street where his car figured in a collision witn one dri. en by Dr. W. W. Reed. Reynolds claimed he did not see the stop sign and was in the wrong according to the report of the officer. : Dr; Reed who was traveling north on York street skidded his, car a of feet in an effort to prevent -a collision. The occupants of the ‘cars were not injured. Dr. Reed’s car had a damaged fender and running board while Reynolds’ car also had a damaged front fender. Walter Officer L. TWO CCC GROUPS CLEARING DAMSITE OF BRUSH, TIMBER REDDING, Cal., April 8.—(UP)— . Two companies of CCC youths are engaged in clearing brush and timber from parts of the 30,000 acre tract to be flooded upon completion of Shasta Dam, now under construction-on-the Saeramento-—river. To date, more than 1,260 acres of heawily wooded slopes have been cleared, chiefly along the tributary Pit and McCloud rivers and about 150 acres of brush and timber have been burned after slashing, Ralph Lowry, construction engineer at the dam reported. Other lesser projects carried out by the two camps are the land-scaping of the bureau of reclamation camp at Toyon three miles east of Shasta Dam, which includes construction of walks, driveways, rockeries, planting of lawn and shrubbery, and development of a park and recreational facilities for the government engineers, clerks, inspectors, surveyors and their families residing in Toyon. CELIO PROMOTED IN U. S. AIR CORPS Word from. the Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics at Santa Marie, California, states that Flying Cadet Gove Clarke Celio, Jr., Air Corps, United States Army, has successfully completed the elementary course in military flight training. and by order of the Chief of the Air Corps, has been advanced to the primary training center at Randolph Field, Texas. = Celio was born in Nevada City and is the son of G. C. Celio of this city. He is a graduate of the Nevada City high school, class of 1934, and attended San Jose State for two years. Returns Home— James Allen and wife, who have ‘been in the French Meadows district for some time on a prospecting ana development project on mining ground, are home for a few days. j Grass Valley highway. WOMEN’S CLUB WILL ENTERTAIN NORTHERN DISTRICT PRESIDENT Nevada City Women’s Civic Club will entertain Mrs. F. E. George, northern district president, -from Willows tomorrow evening. After thet “pT business meeting she will address the members. P.G.&E. To Tunnel Ten Miles, Freeing Bear River Placers The Pacific Gas & Biectets sonunminy is company is preparing to bore a tunnel ten and one half miles long, 12 by 16 feet in cross section dimensions, at a total cost of approximately, $2,500,000. The tunnel ‘intake, as projected, will be near the junction of the Little Bear with Bear River, above Dutch Vlat, and the water will be dumped back into Bear river near where the You Bet road crosses the Bear River above the dam, east of the Colfax-. There will be a short musical program and the four members of the quartet are Mrs. Hal Draper, Mrs. B. T. Elliott, Mrs. Charles Elliott, and Mrs. Ralph Smith. ELSIE SCHREIBER IS VICE-PRESIDENT OF GIRLS’ GROUP Elsie Schreiber, Nevada City high school junior, was elected vice-president of the Older Girls Conference at theannual two-day session held at Richardson Springs Saturday and Sunday, it was revealed. today. More’ than schools of Northern California tended the conference and heard inspirational and educational speeches and enjoyed two days of entertainment. Marysville Union High School was hostess to the group. Those who attended were: Margaret Odegaard, Marilyn Chapman and Adrianne Barnhart, seniors; Elsie Schreiber, Mary Innis, Mary Libbey and Betty Krough, juniors. SALES TAX INCOME DROPS LAST YEAR IN NEVADA COUNTY SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 8.—(UP) — California “collects “more money through its three per cent sales tax than any other state, with the total yield amounting to $89,400,729 in the fiscal year 1939, the state board of equalization revealed today. Two other states—Ohio and Illinois—-have larger populations than. California but collect less money, even though their tax rates are the same. In 1938, the last year for which: comparisons are . available, Ohio collected $50,561,010, and Illinois $80,917,601 while California’s revenue was $86,658,196, Dixwell Pierce, secretary of the board, said California’s record shows even more favorably when adjustments are made for exemptions from the various levies. Sales of gasoline and foodstuffs, ttaxed in Illinois but not in California, would provide an_ estimated $22,700,000 in additional revenue if they were subject to the three per cent levy here, Pierce explained. Comparative populations of the two states are 6,154,000 in California, and 7,878,000 in Illinois. Cost of administering the sales tax is 2.24 per cent, as compared with 1.68 per cent in Illinois, but Pierce said he believed the higher overhead cost here is more than justified by the greater collections. For the 1939 fiscal year, sales tax collections in evada County totalled $196,067, compared with $200,577 the previous year. DONATIONS RECEIVED Fred Garrison, secretary of the Co-ordinating Council, today announced that the following donations toward financing this summer’s recreation program had been received: Nevada City council $250, Rotary club $50,.\Native Daughters $10 and Firemen’s Apxiliary $2.50, making a total of $312.50. . The cost of the summer program is estimated at $500. CAR.IMPERILS.MEN. A driver who forgot to set his brakes imperiled the lives of half dozen men shortly after noon today. The car was parked in “front of the Mountain Equipment Co. With no brakes to hold it, it rolled over the bank into Clark street, where the city crew is engaged in widening the street. The car was badly damaged. 500 girls from high . at-! iCap mines, ,the Yuba and . uses in the lower country. ‘mine operation. The Newmont MinThis tunnel ‘will be a pressure tunnel, for the most part bored ‘through solid rock. The news of this big development leaked out through the activities of Timothy Burke, right-of-way engineer for the Pacific Gas and Electric company from the Drum _ Division headquarters in Auburn. The significance of this step is apparent to every mining man with interests, quartz or gravel, in the Bear river watershed. It will free to placer mining all tthe great gravel de posits between the Banner Ridge and the Southern Pacific railroad rightof-way as far up as Dutch Flat. It simplifies the debris and slickings ‘problem of the Zeibright and Lava in fact all quartz mills, after the tunnel is built, may dump their slickings into Green Horn and other streams, providing, of course, that the Federal Government proceeds now to build the debris dam at Dog Bar on the Bear river. The tunnel will bring the water through as clear crystal. It will at the outlet generate new power, and from there it will go on down the Bear river gorge to domestic and irrigation uses in Placer county. With the building of a dam at Dog Bar, already authorized along with American river dams, by congress, through the untiring ef-» forts of Congressman Harry L. Englebright of this district, the placer deposits at Liberty Hill, Scott’s Flat, Sailor Flat and along Greenhorn Creek can again be brought into production. You Bet’s big deosits of gravel may again be worked. Two years ago the Pacific Gas & Electric comany obtained a permenent injunction against the operators of the Liberty Hill placers and other gravel claims, and as damages took over the Liberty Hill property. The company at that. time was using the Bear river as a channel for its water delivered for domestic and irrigation Owing to the long continued complaints of the consumers the company finally as brought suit and obtained tthe injunction , The rights-of-woy now being secured by Timothy Burke provide for 100 feet in width, and that the tunnel construction shall be at least 100 feet below the surface. REPAIRS ON ELKS BUILDING PLANNED . FOR THIS SUMMER The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Nevada City Elks Home the holding corporation of the Nevada City Elks building, was held Friday night in the ladies’ room of the building. John J. Fortier presided. The report of the officers showed the corporation’s affairs to be in good condition. Contemplated repairs on the build_ ing were discussed and will be made this summer. They contemplate painting the front of the building and also.repairs on other portions of the building. Officers and directors for the ensuing year were elected as follows: John J. Fortier, president; John W. O’Neill, vice. president; P. G. Scadden, secretary; H. A. Curnow, treasurer; Thomas W. Richards, E. J. N. Ott and W. B. Celio. UNDERGROUND CONNECTION. An underground connection is being driven between the Empire mine and the Pennsylvania mine, two properties of the Empire-Star Mines Company, Ltd. The two shafts are being connected by means of a raise 500 feet from the Empire’s 3,400 foot level which will connect them -at—approximately—2,500—feet. These — properties have been contiected underground previous to this but the tunnel was wot suited to general ing Corporation which operates the Empire-Star, Murchie, Zeibright, the — Pennsylvania, Browns Valley in this territory gave out share profits a of December a4. 1939. S . 2 o