August 30, 1935 (6 pages)

. Da ‘, a? * ‘Thinking Out Loud vada City Nugge COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA 4 Paeteetetetetett The Nevada City Nugget helps your city and county to grow in population and prosperity. By subscribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, you help yourself. eee a oS LILLIES ee . therefore, (By H. M. L.) Prof. Noel Keys, of the educationUniversity of the fact for department of the California, comments on that while special classes subnormat children, are generally established with no protest from the tax paying public, classes for superchildren, with intelligent 130 to 140, are rarenormal quotients from ly grouped and assigned to special elasses. He states that precocious children are usually as far above.the ‘average child as the subnormal are below the average; that the bright children numerous the feebler much important are ,as as minded and more to society. Keys advoclasses for classes for the averwill take care larger proportion of and-tast, classes for He points out that children are gBivfrom ten to twenty "attention as the unchildren. Assembling classes by themwould not necessarily mean though they would need teachers and for. study. In other words Prof. rates a’ three track school, the subnormal, age, of of by. far the school childreh, supernormal. minded which course the the en feeble anywhere much bright times as “usually these. children in selves extra cost, «pecially qualified wider range of subjects a Congressman Hamilton Fish in an address before the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, recently gave talk on ‘‘Red PropaUnited States.”’ Fish was the and Nazism concur apparent Fovern7 very sane ganda in. the stated that communism vause of facism in Italy One it becomes with any study of the two ments: that the strong forces of telligence the property owning instituted Germany. must in view,. for in this inand Fascism defense. It is little to choose beFacism and Communism. But and higher really self classes, Nazism in be there may true that tween does and institutions degree than Facism 4 protect. can the civilization greater preserve of to a Barron. or . communisin, which in Russia destroyed.the intelligensia and elevated . the illiterate and imcompetent to . brutal and savage power. Congressman Fish estimates that ut of 125,000,000 people in this country communists and their sympathizers number not more than one million. He sees no immediate danger of their attaining their objectives. He declares that they should not be recognized as a party in the United States since they take order's the Moscow. Fish: ot jails. from Internationale in Said afraid “Communists are not . our courts The ifraid. of is being deported. it the duty police, our or . our only thing they are} I believe Congress to all their of arrange deportation of alien comto Americans.’’ for munists and give jobs to loyal refuting communisti¢c the United States military Incidentally, that greedy, propaganda big, ‘Congressman go to war, again, of . defense and not munition . makers. We must stop trying to pull the chestnuts the fire for other nations; must stop trying the police the world.” nation, . “If we ever . is a Fishssaid: it must be for a war a war out of we An import-export merchant, Mr. F. L. McDonald, speaking before the immigration section of the Commonwealth Club, last week, advocat~ ed that every one be finger printed, Many people have advocated that, but he offered a very novel suggestion, i. e. that members of the Commonwealth Club. itself. set a good example by being finger printed, and that act be given as much publicity as possible under the slogan: ‘‘To be right, be registered.” WASHINGTON P. T. A. OFFICERS WILL MEET The Washington grammar school Pp, T. A. will hold an executive meeting this afternoon in the library of the school building. The officers are to plan their programs and work they have ‘undertaken. The association expects to continue the library project, of which Mrs. E. J. Kilroy is president, and to furnish milk for the school, : The last two years have been quite successful, the membership increasing until it had reached 100 last term. Mrs. Leland Smith is the president. The first meeting of the fall term will be the first Friday in September. : : TOWNSEND CLUB TO BE Vol. IX, No. 85. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The GOLD Center FRIDAY. AUGUST 30, 1935. NEW GRIDIRON READY FOR NEV. CITY HI TEAMS Nevada City High School’s purple and battles on its own gridiron this seagold eleven will fight its pigskin son. For the first time in the history of high school football here,} Nevada City will be able to hold its: encounters with opposing elevens on the field adjacent to the high school building. This field greatly proved through labo by boys’ physic-! al education classes in past years and the SERA this summer. ; Disappointment, at the announcethat SERA ‘labor would into inspiration boys of the local high ed continue the work tioning the field during education periods and on free days. The state highway scraper and scarifier are being obtained to aid in makpreparing the was imby ment cease, as the decidsoon turned school condito of physical ing a thorough Job of field. With the beginning the WPA will begin work -on the bleacher seats to be erected on the field. Although the completion of this. project may not be until latthere is a possibility that it will be prepared for this season’s games. Resumption of the work has begun undexw the direction of PrinE. Kjorlie and Coach B. C. The spirit of the local high striving within itself to project this kind is of activity in also er, already cipal H. school in complete a of certainly to be admired. NEW CCC CAMP TO OPEN NEAR CAMPTONVILLE’ i CAMPTONVILLE, Aug. 29. ae est Supervisor. Richard L. R. Bigeof Nevada City was in this sec-} and in company with Forest Ranger Frank W.-Meggzers, they made a of these parts for the erection of a new CCC Camp, low, tion Monday survey fter looking gt several locations, they finally settled upon a government site a short distance below the! Jaynes ranch, bordering the Marysville road. Water for this camp sien be pumped from Bamboo. creek. . The new camp will accomodate . about 200 members and is expected } 'to open about October first, and re-j; main all winter. Remembering the, past experience of other camps in} this section, the inauguration of this! camp is not looked upon by much, favor by the people of this section. FORMED, FRENCH CORRAL Attorney H. es Dy ke to, Townsend club meet with the people Sunday evening, September 8, at the . French Corral school house for the! purpose of forming a Townsend club. W. A. Borton of French Corral is! in charge of ‘arrangements for the! meeting. A ! } ) ; t { t ‘ t } { ‘ of Sacramen-{ organizer, will! of the Ridge INJURED ‘BY DRAG SAW i CAMPTONVILLE, Aug. 29.—Albert L. Treloar, a resident of Rebel Ridge, was painfully injured Wednesday morning when a_dragsaw which he had working on a big log, flew off the log, and the saw, while in motion struck him in the back, inflicting several bad, deep cuts, and also injuring his arm. The saw continued in motion and dashed down the canyon side. : The injured man was rushed to Downieville where Dr. C. C. Sutton gave him medical attention. VISITORS FROM KANSAS Mr. and Mrs. John Figurski Nevada City have as guests Mr. gurski’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Vogan of Coffeyville, Kansas. They arrived Sunday making of Fi; the trip specially to be present for little George Figurski’s birthday on Wednesday, as Mrs. Vogan is his gzod-mother. The home city of Mr. and Mrs. Vogan, which is in the oil belt, was in the edge of the vast dust storm. of last year. They like California and will go to Los Angeles to visit with Mrs. Vogan’s paents, before returr' flame— } ‘BANK. POSTOFFICE AND NEVADA CITY NUGGET . { «WILL CLOSE MONDAY Bee ; . The Nevada City soutottioe, the cates and many stores and pro: fessional offices will be closed . Monday, Labor Day, a national holiday. The der Nevada City Nugget in orto give its staff a holiday, in the of businesses, will not publish > ae view of general closing inost . }a paper on Monday, September HOW POOR LO WOODED HILLS (By A. MER RIAM Whenever I the has CONNER to infer light bourne vain i burning presume advocate of that last reserved things, dramaretired to those imagine one, is sure to bok, us, tically the claim in loud, conservationist!” for who point and ex“What at. Lo, Indian, assertive tones: a Now if our aborigines really are entitled to consideration as foresters, gentlemen farmers and garden the fact unirecognition. architects, is worthy of versal Read therefore this simple tale from archives of the -oF otherwise Indubitably true its airy substance past. deserves a passing notice only. date aweke, Upon a pre-historic morning, Little silently unknown, Chief Smoke arose and stood the tints of moistened appraising rosy dawn; he well presently manicured finger boldly a it breeze. into the face of with the he. turned heels and tribes into and thrust Pleased experiment, moccasined the slumbering a passing result of upon his his whooped action. ‘Up tain shouted in “wind right, up y'all and at it!”’ The command met. with obedience. In a trice the the tribe were hurriedly loose debris into piles, and upon shrubs and wished to burning. Meanwhile he no uncertones, time ripe, quick women of raking the graceful red smail, of plants which from the tying = bits save spring the virile, nut bucks had been laboriously propping ! the live oak up branches of incense removing birds, beasts and reptiles to the with laces of safety, and resinous ti protecting all wrappings unks of conifers’ numerous of asbestos. all had When >; ments preliminary made, arrangebeen Smoke selected a @lowing ember old meerschaum and dropped it into the tinder dry grass. s at his feet. He fanned the resultflare a vivid, herbiverous —the cleansing fire was on its from his rare e ant into way, By was nightfall the stupendous tas finished and the weary, spiring foresters returned to respective campoodies, to make whoopee and rejoice that the farflung wooded spaces had ‘been saved again, Upon minute inspection, Chief Little Smoke perceived that no devastating fire could possibly gain headway in the forests of California. Even the wildest and most inaccessible areas had been made secure. Millions of acres had‘ been sroomed and garnished until they resembled our modern city parks. All trails were clear, all streams tay exposed to the burning eye of Sol or the cooler contemplations of a. gibbous moon, as the case might be. Wonder not that in honor of the occasion, Chief Little Smoke presented his consort, Susietthe with a long string of vitreous beads and a hand carved placque upon which to strap their youngest hawk child. It fain pereyed is a tender, wistful would I believe it. legendGENERAL “GRAN dy PROPERTY Messrs. B. L. Eastman and Smith, who have an option on the General Grant property below Grass Valley are continuing with sampling of the 175 foot shaft. The work will be completed shortly and if satisfactory results are obtained an active development program will’ be undering home. taken. H. Griffith, secretary of jhe : ei City Chamber of Commerce, and W. Esterley, secretary of the} fof ore thas FIRE PURGED THE. cedar, . and other drooping growths, . [n . Chief Little, MISS BRAND IS . ' Mrs GANCG. = = they. HPO \ Miys, rOWN . mining division of the Grass Valley : Chambe1 have worked steadily the past hibits for of-Commerce, week the state fair at Sacramen. to. In the collecting of the mineral . exhibit they met with thé-splendid’ cooperation of thé mine owners and operatars in securing fine specimens and gold nuggets. The county . carried off honors several times i The County. G. vada first exhibits, Gere sted } Commissioner Nethe} famed apples, pears and plums. Many . fine samples of will be in’ mineral two men were assi by} Horticutural Lageson in securing from county orehards some of apples and pears . on display. ‘ A truck carried the exhibits 1 to Sacramento yesteerday and they . will be in the booth for the opening ; on Saturday morning. The exhibit; promises to be worthy of Nevada County. GIVEN RECEPTION . BY COMMUNITY spacious club rooms of the Wednesday evening ‘ Ne! the } ' Miss Minnie . I lodge City gather ed to pay In Wks vada Brand to her on the occasion of her pending departure to Sacramento. Seldom, deed, community neighbors of their respects . in. honor a civic progress it did night. A life member. the Women’s Civic Club, which owes its origin largely to her: planning, was tendered Miss Brand. . Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie made the pres--. entation. Miss Brand deeply moved . declared that she was not going fais away and that she would return often . io the city of her birth, teceiving with Miss Brand were George Gildersleeve, president ! Women’s Club, Mrs. } Mrs. Belle Douglass, Mrs. A-! Miss Winnie Mulloy, “a ‘rank: T. Nilon. Mrs. Kjorlie expressed of all the friends: of Miss Brand has lunity, that does any Jeader in \ j j . as Wednesday 1 ship in of the Civic Kjorlie, W. Lester, the tenet a life time that! made this com-. to make . in she was soon her home elsewhere. The evening concluded with this delightful pro-} . gram: Harp solo: ‘Mrs. Grace Ra;mond. Voce! solo: Louis Hooper, accom. panied by Mrs. Hooper. Violin selections: Edna Caldwel las . der Goede, accompanied by Jean. { Fraser White. Vocal solo: Mrs. Chariés Elliott, . . accompanied. iby Mrs.: Grace Ray. mond. « . their . During the program Mrs, Kjorlie . kc! read telegrams from Congressman . and’ Ms. H. L. Englebright and Mrs A.llison Watt, past grand president of the Native Daughters of the Golden West. Refreshments were served during the evening. LAWRENCE STONER AT . LAST FINDS UNCLE Through the kindly offices. of City Clerk George Calanan shortly after noon yesterday Lawrence Stoner, 20 years old, who came from Colorado to Nevada City to join his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. David Secoubes who live on the Marysville highway a short distance west of Grass Valley, after delay and disappointment was at length united with his relatives. Stoner’s suit case was rifled just as he entered California and he lost all his directions regarding how to find his uncle’s home or the mine where he worked. He applied in much distress to Mr. Calanan at the city hall, for aid. His uncle came to Nevada City Wednesday’ to meet Stoner, but somehow the boy missed him. But yesterday they met and Stoner was taken to his uncle’s home. Mr. and Mrs. George Leiter of Oakland are to motor to Nevada City for the coming week end and visit with Mr. Leiter’s brother, Charles Leiter and wife. . properties gathering ex-!, ; around { the . ter, Mrs. j ial ' ramento. . in-law ‘ ed Spring 0. Spring Hill the The has purchased Prisk and Shaw across the road from the . ; purchased all mineral rights underNe-. laying Grenbrook and Olympia park. Hill vada City-Grass Valley M. Shaw Spring acreage along the highway. Ed-. gar has retained five acres the home place on top of} hill, has surrendered The but the mineral rights. Shaw property consists.of 47 Prisk . 174 was acres and The contirmed the of acres, of this sale ie ae ee report yesterday by Hill Mining Buys Prisk Estate Mining Conrpany , Plate, . Hill mine. f . word equipment general manager of the Spring Ih addition to this Spring Hill has The new mill at the Spring Hilt mine will start operations September 1, according to H. R. Plate, Don Billick mill. in it will be men, Carlos charge of the is expected will be The Forty employed. Hill modern presents the last machinery and handling. Spring in for economic DEATH SUMMONS WILLIAM TORPEY William and passed mento 70 and Tor pey, native ated years, a of Rough Ready, at his home after He away in Sacraj an of . had followed . Tuesday months. illness several ! mining practically all his life in Ne-. vada county and near Tonopah, Nev.! He was well’ known for his know-, ledge, and kindly character and hadj many friends. { Mr. Torpey was a -member of . Quartz Parlor, N. ‘S.-G. -W., and. Grass Valley Arie’ of Eagles. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Mrs. Delia Torpey, a brother, Thom-; as Torpey of Nevada City, and sisMary Flannery of Sacraand nephews and nieces. took mento. Burplace in East Lawn in SacBILLY MEIN, SON OF TOM MEIN, VISITS OLD HOME Billy Mein, sixty born in this city years ago, after spent in Africa, yesterday to home nearly many years . visited Nevada City . the old family . the Englebright residence on East Broad street and renew old acquaintances. Mein was accompanied by Mrs.’*Mein, his daughter and sonand friends. The party They came down summer home on Lake Mein, father of Billy,' many years was: postmaster Nevada City. The family in Oakland. It will Mein ing wiew arin two ‘cars. their Tom rived from Tahoe. for now resides ; be Tom min‘He } imthat the noted Afriea. Hammond the Paul, and However, the remembered became one of in South Hays during Oom death. “was never ) 1 { . ‘ . ' i 4 of . { { a ) engineers . , and John prisoned were Boer war, on orders of condemnto sentence! executed. ADULT BIBLE CLASS ENJOYS GOOD PROGRAM The Adult: Bible Class’ of the] Methodist chureh of Nevada City held a Social meeting last evening. After a short business session a pro; gram of music and games were enjoyed. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of the evening. Those on the committee were: Mesdames W. E. Johnston, ,Snyder and Lane and Mr. Garfield Robson. Tomorrow evening an ice cream social is to be held at the Granholm dairy ranch on ‘Gold Flat. Proceeds from this affair will be used toward the reshingling of jthe Methodist church. EDWARD POORMAN HERE Edward Poorman, of San Jacinto, arrived in Nevada City yesterday to look after his mining interests. He is interested in the River Placers property on the Yuba River, which adjoins the Alaska owned by the Nonneman interests of San Francisco. Mr. Poorman with his parents resided in this city when he was 4a small boy and he always enjoys returping here for a visit. In the days of. the gold rush his mother, as a child, crossed the Hennes Pass, Sierra county, in a covered wagon. TINTIC STANDARD PROPERTY The old Blue Point gravel property being operated by the Tintic Standard company of Utah in the Smartsville area, has 35 men. employed, A big program of development .is being carried out. It is understood gold recovery, is being made from two drifts on the property. The new company has spent) many thousands of dollars in machinery and development ' 043,205 CITY TAX RATE cil was enabled to do this because of the fact that public utilities included ' this vear in the city roll are assessed at $101,830 and in addition to this, FIXED AT $1.60 The city council in’ an adjourned fixed the city is thirty The counevening $1.60, cénts less than session. last ‘ax rate at which last year. of raised to in assessments city property have fifty percent of the compliance with the law requires this assessed valuation throughout the state. been value which will be At the $1:60 rate there raised on the above amount about $16,691, . which is. approximately $1,500 more than was raised last year on the old rate and essessment basis. : « The new tax rate is’ hased on-thé following items: Sewer faad <<) os ea Water fund PATO STG i oe Se ae Libary Tune ee ae General fund Street Imp. fund Swimming pool fund OPAL sii ee ee The total assessment roll of :$1,is comprised of the following items: teal Property Personal property Public Utility SERA PROJECTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO WPA At a meeting of the Nevada CounSERA. committee of which Harold is chairman and P. .G. Seadden, secretary, held Wednesday night. in the Bank of America, ar: rangements transferring uncompleted SERA projects to the WPA. Attending ‘the conference were Fred A. Marsh, newly appointed manager of the three county district, with headquarters in «Auburn, and Richard Maddox, area director. The district consists of Placer, Nevada and Sierra counties. Among the projects rewritten was the road from Town Talk along Banner ridge to the Lava Cap mine. MARIPOSA ASKS FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL Although only twenty five per ~ cent of the eligible voters in. Mariposa county registered their opinion, the proposal to bond the county for $85,000 for the construction of ‘a new high school carried by an overwhelming majority at the: polis — last Saturday. Unofficial returns show the results to have been 662 for the bonds and 75 against. Results of the election were tele graphed to the Public Works. Admin istration in Washington, D. C., it is expected that notification of government’s participation will ar rive shortly.—Mariposa Times. $863,785 77,590 101.830 vy ¥ R it obinson were made for FALSE ALARM CAMPTONVILLE, . Aug. 28. About 12:30 a. m. Sunday nigh someone in the vicinity, thinking it huge joke, sent in several calls the iron emergency telephone on Marysville road and. got Ranger Frank: W. Meggers up. T phone Dispatcher A, H. Behrens @ the lookout on Pike Combes to answer to a false alarm

. Da ‘, a? * ‘Thinking Out Loud vada City Nugge COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA 4 Paeteetetetetett The Nevada City Nugget helps your city and county to grow in population and prosperity. By subscribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, you help yourself. eee a oS LILLIES ee . therefore, (By H. M. L.) Prof. Noel Keys, of the educationUniversity of the fact for department of the California, comments on that while special classes subnormat children, are generally established with no protest from the tax paying public, classes for superchildren, with intelligent 130 to 140, are rarenormal quotients from ly grouped and assigned to special elasses. He states that precocious children are usually as far above.the ‘average child as the subnormal are below the average; that the bright children numerous the feebler much important are ,as as minded and more to society. Keys advoclasses for classes for the averwill take care larger proportion of and-tast, classes for He points out that children are gBivfrom ten to twenty "attention as the unchildren. Assembling classes by themwould not necessarily mean though they would need teachers and for. study. In other words Prof. rates a’ three track school, the subnormal, age, of of by. far the school childreh, supernormal. minded which course the the en feeble anywhere much bright times as “usually these. children in selves extra cost, «pecially qualified wider range of subjects a Congressman Hamilton Fish in an address before the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, recently gave talk on ‘‘Red PropaUnited States.”’ Fish was the and Nazism concur apparent Fovern7 very sane ganda in. the stated that communism vause of facism in Italy One it becomes with any study of the two ments: that the strong forces of telligence the property owning instituted Germany. must in view,. for in this inand Fascism defense. It is little to choose beFacism and Communism. But and higher really self classes, Nazism in be there may true that tween does and institutions degree than Facism 4 protect. can the civilization greater preserve of to a Barron. or . communisin, which in Russia destroyed.the intelligensia and elevated . the illiterate and imcompetent to . brutal and savage power. Congressman Fish estimates that ut of 125,000,000 people in this country communists and their sympathizers number not more than one million. He sees no immediate danger of their attaining their objectives. He declares that they should not be recognized as a party in the United States since they take order's the Moscow. Fish: ot jails. from Internationale in Said afraid “Communists are not . our courts The ifraid. of is being deported. it the duty police, our or . our only thing they are} I believe Congress to all their of arrange deportation of alien comto Americans.’’ for munists and give jobs to loyal refuting communisti¢c the United States military Incidentally, that greedy, propaganda big, ‘Congressman go to war, again, of . defense and not munition . makers. We must stop trying to pull the chestnuts the fire for other nations; must stop trying the police the world.” nation, . “If we ever . is a Fishssaid: it must be for a war a war out of we An import-export merchant, Mr. F. L. McDonald, speaking before the immigration section of the Commonwealth Club, last week, advocat~ ed that every one be finger printed, Many people have advocated that, but he offered a very novel suggestion, i. e. that members of the Commonwealth Club. itself. set a good example by being finger printed, and that act be given as much publicity as possible under the slogan: ‘‘To be right, be registered.” WASHINGTON P. T. A. OFFICERS WILL MEET The Washington grammar school Pp, T. A. will hold an executive meeting this afternoon in the library of the school building. The officers are to plan their programs and work they have ‘undertaken. The association expects to continue the library project, of which Mrs. E. J. Kilroy is president, and to furnish milk for the school, : The last two years have been quite successful, the membership increasing until it had reached 100 last term. Mrs. Leland Smith is the president. The first meeting of the fall term will be the first Friday in September. : : TOWNSEND CLUB TO BE Vol. IX, No. 85. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The GOLD Center FRIDAY. AUGUST 30, 1935. NEW GRIDIRON READY FOR NEV. CITY HI TEAMS Nevada City High School’s purple and battles on its own gridiron this seagold eleven will fight its pigskin son. For the first time in the history of high school football here,} Nevada City will be able to hold its: encounters with opposing elevens on the field adjacent to the high school building. This field greatly proved through labo by boys’ physic-! al education classes in past years and the SERA this summer. ; Disappointment, at the announcethat SERA ‘labor would into inspiration boys of the local high ed continue the work tioning the field during education periods and on free days. The state highway scraper and scarifier are being obtained to aid in makpreparing the was imby ment cease, as the decidsoon turned school condito of physical ing a thorough Job of field. With the beginning the WPA will begin work -on the bleacher seats to be erected on the field. Although the completion of this. project may not be until latthere is a possibility that it will be prepared for this season’s games. Resumption of the work has begun undexw the direction of PrinE. Kjorlie and Coach B. C. The spirit of the local high striving within itself to project this kind is of activity in also er, already cipal H. school in complete a of certainly to be admired. NEW CCC CAMP TO OPEN NEAR CAMPTONVILLE’ i CAMPTONVILLE, Aug. 29. ae est Supervisor. Richard L. R. Bigeof Nevada City was in this sec-} and in company with Forest Ranger Frank W.-Meggzers, they made a of these parts for the erection of a new CCC Camp, low, tion Monday survey fter looking gt several locations, they finally settled upon a government site a short distance below the! Jaynes ranch, bordering the Marysville road. Water for this camp sien be pumped from Bamboo. creek. . The new camp will accomodate . about 200 members and is expected } 'to open about October first, and re-j; main all winter. Remembering the, past experience of other camps in} this section, the inauguration of this! camp is not looked upon by much, favor by the people of this section. FORMED, FRENCH CORRAL Attorney H. es Dy ke to, Townsend club meet with the people Sunday evening, September 8, at the . French Corral school house for the! purpose of forming a Townsend club. W. A. Borton of French Corral is! in charge of ‘arrangements for the! meeting. A ! } ) ; t { t ‘ t } { ‘ of Sacramen-{ organizer, will! of the Ridge INJURED ‘BY DRAG SAW i CAMPTONVILLE, Aug. 29.—Albert L. Treloar, a resident of Rebel Ridge, was painfully injured Wednesday morning when a_dragsaw which he had working on a big log, flew off the log, and the saw, while in motion struck him in the back, inflicting several bad, deep cuts, and also injuring his arm. The saw continued in motion and dashed down the canyon side. : The injured man was rushed to Downieville where Dr. C. C. Sutton gave him medical attention. VISITORS FROM KANSAS Mr. and Mrs. John Figurski Nevada City have as guests Mr. gurski’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Vogan of Coffeyville, Kansas. They arrived Sunday making of Fi; the trip specially to be present for little George Figurski’s birthday on Wednesday, as Mrs. Vogan is his gzod-mother. The home city of Mr. and Mrs. Vogan, which is in the oil belt, was in the edge of the vast dust storm. of last year. They like California and will go to Los Angeles to visit with Mrs. Vogan’s paents, before returr' flame— } ‘BANK. POSTOFFICE AND NEVADA CITY NUGGET . { «WILL CLOSE MONDAY Bee ; . The Nevada City soutottioe, the cates and many stores and pro: fessional offices will be closed . Monday, Labor Day, a national holiday. The der Nevada City Nugget in orto give its staff a holiday, in the of businesses, will not publish > ae view of general closing inost . }a paper on Monday, September HOW POOR LO WOODED HILLS (By A. MER RIAM Whenever I the has CONNER to infer light bourne vain i burning presume advocate of that last reserved things, dramaretired to those imagine one, is sure to bok, us, tically the claim in loud, conservationist!” for who point and ex“What at. Lo, Indian, assertive tones: a Now if our aborigines really are entitled to consideration as foresters, gentlemen farmers and garden the fact unirecognition. architects, is worthy of versal Read therefore this simple tale from archives of the -oF otherwise Indubitably true its airy substance past. deserves a passing notice only. date aweke, Upon a pre-historic morning, Little silently unknown, Chief Smoke arose and stood the tints of moistened appraising rosy dawn; he well presently manicured finger boldly a it breeze. into the face of with the he. turned heels and tribes into and thrust Pleased experiment, moccasined the slumbering a passing result of upon his his whooped action. ‘Up tain shouted in “wind right, up y'all and at it!”’ The command met. with obedience. In a trice the the tribe were hurriedly loose debris into piles, and upon shrubs and wished to burning. Meanwhile he no uncertones, time ripe, quick women of raking the graceful red smail, of plants which from the tying = bits save spring the virile, nut bucks had been laboriously propping ! the live oak up branches of incense removing birds, beasts and reptiles to the with laces of safety, and resinous ti protecting all wrappings unks of conifers’ numerous of asbestos. all had When >; ments preliminary made, arrangebeen Smoke selected a @lowing ember old meerschaum and dropped it into the tinder dry grass. s at his feet. He fanned the resultflare a vivid, herbiverous —the cleansing fire was on its from his rare e ant into way, By was nightfall the stupendous tas finished and the weary, spiring foresters returned to respective campoodies, to make whoopee and rejoice that the farflung wooded spaces had ‘been saved

again, Upon minute inspection, Chief Little Smoke perceived that no devastating fire could possibly gain headway in the forests of California. Even the wildest and most inaccessible areas had been made secure. Millions of acres had‘ been sroomed and garnished until they resembled our modern city parks. All trails were clear, all streams tay exposed to the burning eye of Sol or the cooler contemplations of a. gibbous moon, as the case might be. Wonder not that in honor of the occasion, Chief Little Smoke presented his consort, Susietthe with a long string of vitreous beads and a hand carved placque upon which to strap their youngest hawk child. It fain pereyed is a tender, wistful would I believe it. legendGENERAL “GRAN dy PROPERTY Messrs. B. L. Eastman and Smith, who have an option on the General Grant property below Grass Valley are continuing with sampling of the 175 foot shaft. The work will be completed shortly and if satisfactory results are obtained an active development program will’ be undering home. taken. H. Griffith, secretary of jhe : ei City Chamber of Commerce, and W. Esterley, secretary of the} fof ore thas FIRE PURGED THE. cedar, . and other drooping growths, . [n . Chief Little, MISS BRAND IS . ' Mrs GANCG. = = they. HPO \ Miys, rOWN . mining division of the Grass Valley : Chambe1 have worked steadily the past hibits for of-Commerce, week the state fair at Sacramen. to. In the collecting of the mineral . exhibit they met with thé-splendid’ cooperation of thé mine owners and operatars in securing fine specimens and gold nuggets. The county . carried off honors several times i The County. G. vada first exhibits, Gere sted } Commissioner Nethe} famed apples, pears and plums. Many . fine samples of will be in’ mineral two men were assi by} Horticutural Lageson in securing from county orehards some of apples and pears . on display. ‘ A truck carried the exhibits 1 to Sacramento yesteerday and they . will be in the booth for the opening ; on Saturday morning. The exhibit; promises to be worthy of Nevada County. GIVEN RECEPTION . BY COMMUNITY spacious club rooms of the Wednesday evening ‘ Ne! the } ' Miss Minnie . I lodge City gather ed to pay In Wks vada Brand to her on the occasion of her pending departure to Sacramento. Seldom, deed, community neighbors of their respects . in. honor a civic progress it did night. A life member. the Women’s Civic Club, which owes its origin largely to her: planning, was tendered Miss Brand. . Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie made the pres--. entation. Miss Brand deeply moved . declared that she was not going fais away and that she would return often . io the city of her birth, teceiving with Miss Brand were George Gildersleeve, president ! Women’s Club, Mrs. } Mrs. Belle Douglass, Mrs. A-! Miss Winnie Mulloy, “a ‘rank: T. Nilon. Mrs. Kjorlie expressed of all the friends: of Miss Brand has lunity, that does any Jeader in \ j j . as Wednesday 1 ship in of the Civic Kjorlie, W. Lester, the tenet a life time that! made this com-. to make . in she was soon her home elsewhere. The evening concluded with this delightful pro-} . gram: Harp solo: ‘Mrs. Grace Ra;mond. Voce! solo: Louis Hooper, accom. panied by Mrs. Hooper. Violin selections: Edna Caldwel las . der Goede, accompanied by Jean. { Fraser White. Vocal solo: Mrs. Chariés Elliott, . . accompanied. iby Mrs.: Grace Ray. mond. « . their . During the program Mrs, Kjorlie . kc! read telegrams from Congressman . and’ Ms. H. L. Englebright and Mrs A.llison Watt, past grand president of the Native Daughters of the Golden West. Refreshments were served during the evening. LAWRENCE STONER AT . LAST FINDS UNCLE Through the kindly offices. of City Clerk George Calanan shortly after noon yesterday Lawrence Stoner, 20 years old, who came from Colorado to Nevada City to join his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. David Secoubes who live on the Marysville highway a short distance west of Grass Valley, after delay and disappointment was at length united with his relatives. Stoner’s suit case was rifled just as he entered California and he lost all his directions regarding how to find his uncle’s home or the mine where he worked. He applied in much distress to Mr. Calanan at the city hall, for aid. His uncle came to Nevada City Wednesday’ to meet Stoner, but somehow the boy missed him. But yesterday they met and Stoner was taken to his uncle’s home. Mr. and Mrs. George Leiter of Oakland are to motor to Nevada City for the coming week end and visit with Mr. Leiter’s brother, Charles Leiter and wife. . properties gathering ex-!, ; around { the . ter, Mrs. j ial ' ramento. . in-law ‘ ed Spring 0. Spring Hill the The has purchased Prisk and Shaw across the road from the . ; purchased all mineral rights underNe-. laying Grenbrook and Olympia park. Hill vada City-Grass Valley M. Shaw Spring acreage along the highway. Ed-. gar has retained five acres the home place on top of} hill, has surrendered The but the mineral rights. Shaw property consists.of 47 Prisk . 174 was acres and The contirmed the of acres, of this sale ie ae ee report yesterday by Hill Mining Buys Prisk Estate Mining Conrpany , Plate, . Hill mine. f . word equipment general manager of the Spring Ih addition to this Spring Hill has The new mill at the Spring Hilt mine will start operations September 1, according to H. R. Plate, Don Billick mill. in it will be men, Carlos charge of the is expected will be The Forty employed. Hill modern presents the last machinery and handling. Spring in for economic DEATH SUMMONS WILLIAM TORPEY William and passed mento 70 and Tor pey, native ated years, a of Rough Ready, at his home after He away in Sacraj an of . had followed . Tuesday months. illness several ! mining practically all his life in Ne-. vada county and near Tonopah, Nev.! He was well’ known for his know-, ledge, and kindly character and hadj many friends. { Mr. Torpey was a -member of . Quartz Parlor, N. ‘S.-G. -W., and. Grass Valley Arie’ of Eagles. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Mrs. Delia Torpey, a brother, Thom-; as Torpey of Nevada City, and sisMary Flannery of Sacraand nephews and nieces. took mento. Burplace in East Lawn in SacBILLY MEIN, SON OF TOM MEIN, VISITS OLD HOME Billy Mein, sixty born in this city years ago, after spent in Africa, yesterday to home nearly many years . visited Nevada City . the old family . the Englebright residence on East Broad street and renew old acquaintances. Mein was accompanied by Mrs.’*Mein, his daughter and sonand friends. The party They came down summer home on Lake Mein, father of Billy,' many years was: postmaster Nevada City. The family in Oakland. It will Mein ing wiew arin two ‘cars. their Tom rived from Tahoe. for now resides ; be Tom min‘He } imthat the noted Afriea. Hammond the Paul, and However, the remembered became one of in South Hays during Oom death. “was never ) 1 { . ‘ . ' i 4 of . { { a ) engineers . , and John prisoned were Boer war, on orders of condemnto sentence! executed. ADULT BIBLE CLASS ENJOYS GOOD PROGRAM The Adult: Bible Class’ of the] Methodist chureh of Nevada City held a Social meeting last evening. After a short business session a pro; gram of music and games were enjoyed. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of the evening. Those on the committee were: Mesdames W. E. Johnston, ,Snyder and Lane and Mr. Garfield Robson. Tomorrow evening an ice cream social is to be held at the Granholm dairy ranch on ‘Gold Flat. Proceeds from this affair will be used toward the reshingling of jthe Methodist church. EDWARD POORMAN HERE Edward Poorman, of San Jacinto, arrived in Nevada City yesterday to look after his mining interests. He is interested in the River Placers property on the Yuba River, which adjoins the Alaska owned by the Nonneman interests of San Francisco. Mr. Poorman with his parents resided in this city when he was 4a small boy and he always enjoys returping here for a visit. In the days of. the gold rush his mother, as a child, crossed the Hennes Pass, Sierra county, in a covered wagon. TINTIC STANDARD PROPERTY The old Blue Point gravel property being operated by the Tintic Standard company of Utah in the Smartsville area, has 35 men. employed, A big program of development .is being carried out. It is understood gold recovery, is being made from two drifts on the property. The new company has spent) many thousands of dollars in machinery and development ' 043,205 CITY TAX RATE cil was enabled to do this because of the fact that public utilities included ' this vear in the city roll are assessed at $101,830 and in addition to this, FIXED AT $1.60 The city council in’ an adjourned fixed the city is thirty The counevening $1.60, cénts less than session. last ‘ax rate at which last year. of raised to in assessments city property have fifty percent of the compliance with the law requires this assessed valuation throughout the state. been value which will be At the $1:60 rate there raised on the above amount about $16,691, . which is. approximately $1,500 more than was raised last year on the old rate and essessment basis. : « The new tax rate is’ hased on-thé following items: Sewer faad <<) os ea Water fund PATO STG i oe Se ae Libary Tune ee ae General fund Street Imp. fund Swimming pool fund OPAL sii ee ee The total assessment roll of :$1,is comprised of the following items: teal Property Personal property Public Utility SERA PROJECTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO WPA At a meeting of the Nevada CounSERA. committee of which Harold is chairman and P. .G. Seadden, secretary, held Wednesday night. in the Bank of America, ar: rangements transferring uncompleted SERA projects to the WPA. Attending ‘the conference were Fred A. Marsh, newly appointed manager of the three county district, with headquarters in «Auburn, and Richard Maddox, area director. The district consists of Placer, Nevada and Sierra counties. Among the projects rewritten was the road from Town Talk along Banner ridge to the Lava Cap mine. MARIPOSA ASKS FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL Although only twenty five per ~ cent of the eligible voters in. Mariposa county registered their opinion, the proposal to bond the county for $85,000 for the construction of ‘a new high school carried by an overwhelming majority at the: polis — last Saturday. Unofficial returns show the results to have been 662 for the bonds and 75 against. Results of the election were tele graphed to the Public Works. Admin istration in Washington, D. C., it is expected that notification of government’s participation will ar rive shortly.—Mariposa Times. $863,785 77,590 101.830 vy ¥ R it obinson were made for FALSE ALARM CAMPTONVILLE, . Aug. 28. About 12:30 a. m. Sunday nigh someone in the vicinity, thinking it huge joke, sent in several calls the iron emergency telephone on Marysville road and. got Ranger Frank: W. Meggers up. T phone Dispatcher A, H. Behrens @ the lookout on Pike Combes to answer to a false alarm