August 6, 1937 (6 pages)

ee . Thinking Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA City and The Nevada City Nugget eds your advertising in the Nugget, therefore, i you help yourself. é and county to grow in population prosperity. By subsribing to, and . e H. M. L. “T notice by the papers,’”’ gaid the Old Timer, barging in at a busy moment, ‘‘that the Japs and Chinks are at it again. I think nations suffer like individuals from superiority and inferiority complexes. The Ja‘panese, I think, are victims of the latter, while Ihave a notion that the Chinese feel themselves vastly superior to the rest of the world. Their civilization is so old that the nation: is like our own descendants ‘of Mayflower immigrants. Some of these New Englanders.) became so snooty that-Lowell wrote ’em up in one of his poems. “Now of. course Japanese civilization is just as old.as the Chinese and the reason they suffer from inferjority complex, is probably because]: they have seen so much of Occidental civilization that they just naturally know that it will take them several hundred years to catch up. The fact that they have won two wars, of course, makes their war chiefs feel pretty cocky, but they never have gone up against a first class modern power. Actually they rate about third class nationally. so far as population and wealth are concerned, They trot with Greece, Spain, Belgium and Portugal. But so far as intelligence goes they are right up in the front rank. Winning two wars and being born with a high I. Q. has won them a place in world councils with the big powers of Europe and America. ‘%%nfortunately the Japanese standards of honor are entirely different from those of Occidental nations. Their pledged word is nothing if it stands in the way of enlarging their boundaries. In California Chinese honesty is almost a proverb. It may be their religion or philosophy, or it may be just their smart business sense, but a Chinese rarely cheats or lies in.a business deal. But the Japanese regard both these expedients as smart and in time will have to learn that chicanery.in national relations is both stupid and dangerous. “Tt is as plain as the nose on your face that the Japanese have seized this moment to bite ‘off another piece of China, first because the late elections in Japan put a crimp in the army and navy plans of expansion, and the army, running wild again, intends to wage war whether or not the taxpayers at thome approve it. Second they think conditions in Russia are propitious. When Stalin killed off several of his tallest generals the Japs either found ont or suspected that the Russian army was in bad shape for a war. Third their agreement with Germany they think takes care of the contingency that Russia may choose the moment to fight when the Rising Suns troops are delving into China’s bowels. Fourth and last, the Japanese generals think that with all Europe on the edge of an explosion, none of the Western Powers will be much interested in what happens to China, “But I well remember that Germany had a big European conquest all figured out.’ Their big, military moguls did not think England would. come in, and they never dreamed that the United States would take a hand in the game. And so Japan may be altogether wrong. The Russian bear is fiercely agitated about the raid Japanese made on one of his consulates, using the White Russians as catspaws. The government bossed papvers‘in Mioscow and Leningrad are printing real fighting talk. If those Russian’ jbombing planes, should swoop down across Manchuria and drop a thousand or so bombs in flim. sy Japanese cities without warning, it would probably mean the beginning of the end of Japanese expansion for at least another generation. Japan’s 66 million cannot fight China’s 400 million and Russia’s 170 million at the same time. “And I: doubt whether Hitler would move against Russia to save Javan’s hide. To lick Russia either on the European or Asiatic front is real man-sized job. I think Russia is at least three times as strong, in a military sense, as it was in 1914. They have the biggest army and the most tanks and planes of any army in the world. They have gold and wheat, plenty of both. Hitler has nothing to feed and maintain an army with, nor for that matter has Japan. Hitler can never be sure of England’s attitude any more than the Kaiser could, though the Kaiser thought he knew. “So its anybody’s guess where this war, that Japan has started so -Honchalantly, flouting Europe, Russia, and ineldentally the United "Vol. 11. No. 62. The County Seat Paper ‘NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center . FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937. SWIM CONTEST . NEXT SUNDAY / ATCITY POOL: Verle Gray, life guard and manager of the municipal pool, has drained and cleaned the big tank in preparation, for a swimming meett Sunday afternoon, beginning at two o’clock. There will be diving, swimming, races for beginners, intermedjiates, and advanced swimmers. There will be a watermelon race, balloon blowing,. greased pole, tug of war, and tests of various skills in the water. a PN Pe Gray wishes to take this means of ‘thanking Miss Rhea Rupert of the Piedmont Camp Fire Girls at Lake Vera, for the charming feature the Piedmont girls contributed to the Program last Friday evening, and to the management of Lake Olympia for loaning two canoes used in “Pale Moon.” ® The program follows: Beginners events—Glide, ° Steamboat, penny scramble, running jump into water and standing jump into water. Intermediate —Plunge, egg and spoon race, balloon race, and weinie eating contest, under water swim, penny scramble, get the watermelon. Advanced—Tug of war, greased pole, under water swim, elimination. Trace, get the watemelon, sack race, weiner eating contest, hammer and nail race, scramble. Diving—Lon Beard on the high tower. \ NUGGET THANKED FOR PUBLICITY HELP TO U.C. Mr. Harley M. Leete : Editor, Nevada City Nugget. Dear Mr. Leete: May I express to you the avpreciation of the University for your support which you gave to its efforts to secure an adequate state appropriation for the coming biennium. Knowledge of this help has come to me through clippings furnished to the president’s office by friends of the University in your community. As you will know, the governor finally signed the University approducting $455,000 from our request, which had received the unanimous approval of the legislature and the widespread endorsement of the people of the state, and thus reducing state support to a figure more than $1,000,000 Below the University buddifficult to undérstand in view of the improved economic outlook for the coming biennium and the sound condition of state finances. It leaves the University with the problem of finding ways and means of caring, with out adequate funds, for an enrollment already 23 per cent greater than it was in the last year of normal state appropriation and certain to oe greater still in the coming biennium. I refer to these matters not in a controversial spirit but in order that the reason for any failure of the University to live up to its full public responsibility may be understood in advance. The regents asked for absolute minimum support on an économy basis. They did not get it and must do their best to absorb the deficit by curtailing and, in some cases, eliminating services. Certainly, the University cannot escape the serious consequences of cancelling many staff replacements and additions, and postponing programs that have long been needed in _ public health, agriculture and other fields. However, it seems clear to me that without your help and similar help from hundreds of other newspapers and thousands of citizens, the educational and research needs of the state would have received even shorter shift than they did. I wish, therefore, to express to you personally and in behalf of the regents, faculty, and students of the University sincere thanks for your cooperation. We shall continue to do the best we can to merit your confidence. Yours sincerely, ROBERT S. SPROUL. States, and breaking all her treaty pledges to do it, will end. My bunch is that Japan will take a priation bill in reduced amount, de-. get of six years ago. This action is+ SAFE DRIVING, _ ROTARY THEME At luncheon tn the the National Hotel yesterday the Rotary club discussed the need of improving the road between Nevada City and Auburn, and also between Nevada City and Downieville: Oscar Odegaard suggested that the Rotary give the, Chambers of Commerce in tHis city and —-in ‘Grass Valley stronger support in the state chamber which meets every two’ months in Sacramento. This view of problem met the approval of elub members. Mr. George L. Chaney, who recently purchased the garage business of Chas. E. Leiter, was. admitted to membership. ‘ Bae Lew Volz, manager for the California State Automobile association for the Auburn district read to the ‘club two short stories on safe driving. In these stories he indicated that ‘the careless hunter and the careless fisherman was almost without exception a careless driver. The first story had to do with the ambulance driver and young doctor in an emergency, hospital. The sad ending is that the ambulance driver, speeding to the scene of a wreck, finds on arriving that it is own wife and young children who are terribly injured in a bad crash. The second deals with a careless hunter and driver who at length loses his own life and that of a careful driving friend. Mr. Volz declared that while the automobile association has done much good in getting safety train. ing installed as a part of school curriculums, in organizing safety clubs throughout the state, and in checking careless drivers through reports turned in from motorists giving the license numbers of reckless or careless drivers, the only sure cure for highway accidents is the realization by every individual driver of his own fesponsibility. Common courtesy, exemplified when two pedestrians bump into each other on the sidewalk ana profusely apologize one to the other, should lead’ every driver to extend the same courtesy to other drivers. Courtesies such as dimming lights when meeting other cars at night, using every precaution when passing other tars, and in sounding the horn whenever by any chance a warning is needed are also among the best rules for safety. LAST RITES FOR MRS. MAE SUMMERS Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mae Summers, native of Nevada City; who passed away at her home on Clay street Wednesday, will be held at the Holmes Funeral Home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Deceased, 60 years of age, was born. reared and educated in this city. She had been residing with her sister, Mrs. Ada ‘Norton on Clay street for the past ten years and all that time was an invalid cared for by her sister, Mrs. Norton. In January Mrs. Norton suffered a stroke and since then the invalids had been ‘cared for by others. Mrs. Norton is the sole surviving member of the Thomas L. Robinson family. SUPT. OF SCHOOLS OFFICE ~ moving day. in AusYesterday was County Superintendent Blla M. 1tin's office in the court house. Book cases and furniture were moved into her remodeled modern office. Many books were placed on_ ‘the shelves yesterday and she is comfortably situated after the crowded conditions of her old office. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Elberger, who have operated the Nevada City laundry on Commercial street for about three years, sold their business to Bessie Bateman and Blanche Gropér’ of Washington last week. The new owners finished moving into their place of business early this week. MINUTE MELODIES (Songs of Northern California) REQUIEM (Lotus) Low muttering winds in we trees, : Dull thundering gloom and . purple sky, : _ Wild. throbbing storm—poor ‘janan, $20.00;.H. S. Hallett, $150.4 aching heat! fui Aight is tit for Love to aa SLIDE, FIREMEN SLIDE! CITY TS METROPOLITAN Quick action on the part of the firemen is now assured whenever an alarm comes in. A bright, shining, polished metal rod five inches in diameter stands in the middle of'a big round hole in the second floor of . the . firemen’s quarters in the city. hall It has just been installed and Herb Hal-: lett, the city councilmen, ex-Mayor Ray Murcrie, the chief of police and other city officials are having a lot of fun sliding down it., However it is a one way route. No one slides up. The trick is to leap at the met: al pole, grasp it securely, wrap legs \about it tightly and slide’ down gracefully to the floor below, ‘hop on the fire engine and away to one of Nevada City’s seyen assorted hills, where the fire rages. Now that the county court house has an elevator the only thing lacking now to make Nevada City strictly motropotitan is an escalator. LIQUOR CLOSING ORDINANCE MAY BE REPEALED Ted Janiss last might presented a petition to the city council asking that the city ordinance which -requires the closing of all liquor establishments inj Nevada City at 12 o’clock midnight, be repealed. The petition was signed by many business men as well as those engaged in the liquor trade. Janiss, in the petition, called attention to the decision of Judge Tyrrel in Alameda county, in which the closing ordinance was declared invalid, due to the fact that the state constifutional amendment had superceded all local ordinances govern‘ing the sale of liquor. This decision was also reinforced by an affirmative opinion from the attorney genMoney to The article reprinted below from indicate since $40,000,000 has been appropriated .for the improvement; of the nation’s airports, it might be possible to obtain sufficient funds to, complete Nevada City’s airport on top of Cement Hill. The article fol-. lows: : Airport improvement and _ construction will get approximately $40,000,000 between July 1, this year and June 30, 1938, under the new Works Progress Administration pro-. gram, it was learned on July 7. This, is slightly less than the, $45,000,000 roughly allocated airports during the past year. The funds are not. earmarked by W. P. A., but a general understanding is reached that airports will get a sizeable sum out of the ttotal million and a half appropriation. Up to April 30, the WPA had exthe total cost of projects now in operation estimated at $78,355,608. With. the additional forty fillions ‘the tota] by July, 1938, should be about $128,000,000. With funds assured for the continuation of the airport program, Major A. B.-MicMullen, chief of the airport section of the Bureau of Air Commerce, announced that he is advecating ‘‘more than one airport’ for every community of any size in order to ease the acute traffic problém that has been increasing in magnitude at some of the major terminals. He also is advocating ‘parallel Tunways” to provide additional landing and take off facilities, at’ large fields. “A serious traffic problem exists right now,’ Major MeMullen said. “No one has the right-answer yet, but it seems reasonable to say that scheduled airlines and private and non-scehuled flyers can’t continue to use one airport in a large city. 1 eral’s office. Mayor Hall stated that he had no. doubt that th ecity ordinance was! no longer effective, but suggested that the matter be referred to the city’s counsel, Jones and Finnegan, He remarked however, that the city council under recent legislation may object to granting licenses to disorderly liquor establishments or those which become in any way a public . nuiseres. Under the new law when! the city council files an objection . with the state, board of equalization the license renewal is denied. Janiss stated that under a new cooperative plan between retailers and wholesalers, the former intended to exercise greater control over their own membership in order to avoid public const of this character. Chief of Police Garfield Robson reported that since the work on the sidewalks was resumed July 6 and up till August 2, 650 linier feet of sidewalks had been built at a cost of $731.40. This is a1 WPA project. Incidentally it is learned that vagrants are now given an opportunity to work. for their board for the city. Two or three thus employed are reported to have earned their board. The following bills were ordered paid: GENERAL FUND R. L. P. Bigelow, $100.00; Garfield Robson, $105.00; Geo. H. Cal00; Jas. Allan, $100.00; Dr. E. M. Roesner, $40.00; Mrs. Emma Foley; $12.50; Miles P. Coughlin, $12.50; Max Solaro, $41.50; Chas. Ninnis, $122.00; Nevada Irrigation Dist., $517.44; P. G. & EB. $262.00; John Richards, $12.75; John Kron, $12.00; Arthur Pratti, $104.00; Ljoyd White, $121.50; Nick Sandow, $117.00; Ted Sigourney, $117.00; Bert Moody, $117.00; C. F. Hurst, $12.00; H. S. Hurst, $44.00; Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co. $27.81; Wm. Williamson, $34.73; White Motor, $10.80; General. Petroleum, $26.35; Hellbach Motor Co., $19.99; J. W. Shebley, $3.25; Glen H. Cleland, $12.67; Ed. Christenson, $15.65; Standard Oi) Co., $94.92; Union Pyb. Co., $2.10; Howard: Penrose, $9.75; Calif. State Auto. Assn.,-$13.76; O. Tompkins, $99.91;. Miners’ Foundry, $33.97; bl 886.22: Orane-€o.,. W146; . mento, who will be 91 in November, have been campaigning for several the July “American Aviation’ would, ‘pended $57,391,054 for airports with . Why Not Try to Get ” Complete Nev. City Airport ? uirports to a city for some time and they will simply have to be built to solve the present traffic jam. : “What we need are -whole systems. of airports—not just one to a city. Why should a man have to travel} twenty to forty miles across a large metropolitan center just to get to one airport? There should be airports on more than one side of a city. “Alternate airports are also necessary from a weather standpoint. Often an airport on one side of a large city will be cjosed in avhen the oth~er sioe of the city hag ceiling sufficient for landing. ternate airports would aid not only the scheduled airlines but would provide more facilities for private flyers. The Illinois Pilot’s Assoefation has tre right idea when it campaigns for several airports in Chicago.” ‘ It 4s understood that both Fred D. Fagg, Jr., director of the Burean, and Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, believe that there will thave to be several airports to a city. Major McMullen believes that par-~ allel runways would increase incoming and outgoing traffic at busy airports. One runway in each direction would be used for landing and the other for take-offs. He believes parallel runways would speed up traffic at Newark by at least twenty per. cent. At present transport planes are often lined up waiting to get off the field during busy parts of the day. A comprehensive survey of airport facilities over the country, including specific data on paved runways, hangars, ete., is now under way by the airport section. This will probably not be completed until the first of the year. Meanwhile vertical photographs are ‘being taken of every airport in the country. About 500 have been completed so far by the Army Air Corps. ~ Natienal Guard. observation and photographic units are now being used for this survey. Great-Grandad Bids 80 Descendants to Fair SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5. 5421 Tenth Ave., — Nick Singley, Sacrahas invited his'22 children, 31 grand children, 26 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild to attend the California State Fair, September 3 to 12. Singley,.a covered wagon baby, believes he has the largest number of descendants of any man in California Thumbing through Bible, Singley remarked: “If I can get all of my children to attend the fair it will certainly be a long step in obtaining a recoord attendance.”’ Singley was born in Utah in 1846 while his parents were enroute from Pennsylvania to California. He was reared in Humboldt county and spent his entire life in. northern Califor. the family nia. He has been a constant visitor at the California state fair and can recount many tales of the early days. Singley’s memory remains sharp. He backs statements with a huge family Bible in which is inscribed the record of every important event in his and his children’s lives. Singley was married twice, first in 1871 to Nellie Crickot of Nevada City to whom ten children were born. Divorced in 1896 he married Anna J. Rhodes of Yreka to whom were born ten boys and two girls. The youngest was born when Singley was 75 years old. “We decided to hold a reunion this year at ‘the fair because I believe the 1937 fair will top them all,” Singley told Postman R. D. Hays, as he hand-, ed over 80 invitations to the reunion, He said: “T want the entire family to see what a great state they live in.’ SELBY FLAT NOTES — Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Keast and cation camping in the Younker’s ravine, a pleasant spot with spring water handy. Mrs. N. J. Mauly of Camp Celio ‘is home after a few weeks vacation in Oakland. Eldon M. Williams has recovered from the spider bite of a week ago and is able to resume his work. He warns his neighbors to be on. the lookout for, these poisonous insects in damp, dark: places. Noyes, $19.78; Schreiber’s Cafe, $63-., 35;. Sam Gould, $48.25; Art Remple $10.02; Cliff DeBerry, $141.63; Marysville Caterpijlar and Equip. Co., $186. 46; Peter Zdrick, $138. oe x FIRE FUND P. G. & E. lights, $1.60; step-daughter are spending their va-} WOMAN DIES WHILE ENROUTE TO DOCTOR Mrs. Ailene Widner recently of'In. dian Flat passed away at the Donner Summit while enroute to Grass Valley with her husband; on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Widner had moved to Don ner Lake to be with her husband who is employed on the new er) way. along Donner Lake. . : Apparently feeling well thou h she had been under medical care be fore. going to Donner, Mrs. Widner went fishing early Tuesda: “morning. Later in. the day she. was. H Bernard of Truckee > she be taken toa ; laro, $51.50; Capital Fire EB. Harris, $7.57; R. L. P. Bigelow, a Bi Bosworth Furniture Co., $33.12; R. Seh

ee . Thinking Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA City and The Nevada City Nugget eds your advertising in the Nugget, therefore, i you help yourself. é and county to grow in population prosperity. By subsribing to, and . e H. M. L. “T notice by the papers,’”’ gaid the Old Timer, barging in at a busy moment, ‘‘that the Japs and Chinks are at it again. I think nations suffer like individuals from superiority and inferiority complexes. The Ja‘panese, I think, are victims of the latter, while Ihave a notion that the Chinese feel themselves vastly superior to the rest of the world. Their civilization is so old that the nation: is like our own descendants ‘of Mayflower immigrants. Some of these New Englanders.) became so snooty that-Lowell wrote ’em up in one of his poems. “Now of. course Japanese civilization is just as old.as the Chinese and the reason they suffer from inferjority complex, is probably because]: they have seen so much of Occidental civilization that they just naturally know that it will take them several hundred years to catch up. The fact that they have won two wars, of course, makes their war chiefs feel pretty cocky, but they never have gone up against a first class modern power. Actually they rate about third class nationally. so far as population and wealth are concerned, They trot with Greece, Spain, Belgium and Portugal. But so far as intelligence goes they are right up in the front rank. Winning two wars and being born with a high I. Q. has won them a place in world councils with the big powers of Europe and America. ‘%%nfortunately the Japanese standards of honor are entirely different from those of Occidental nations. Their pledged word is nothing if it stands in the way of enlarging their boundaries. In California Chinese honesty is almost a proverb. It may be their religion or philosophy, or it may be just their smart business sense, but a Chinese rarely cheats or lies in.a business deal. But the Japanese regard both these expedients as smart and in time will have to learn that chicanery.in national relations is both stupid and dangerous. “Tt is as plain as the nose on your face that the Japanese have seized this moment to bite ‘off another piece of China, first because the late elections in Japan put a crimp in the army and navy plans of expansion, and the army, running wild again, intends to wage war whether or not the taxpayers at thome approve it. Second they think conditions in Russia are propitious. When Stalin killed off several of his tallest generals the Japs either found ont or suspected that the Russian army was in bad shape for a war. Third their agreement with Germany they think takes care of the contingency that Russia may choose the moment to fight when the Rising Suns troops are delving into China’s bowels. Fourth and last, the Japanese generals think that with all Europe on the edge of an explosion, none of the Western Powers will be much interested in what happens to China, “But I well remember that Germany had a big European conquest all figured out.’ Their big, military moguls did not think England would. come in, and they never dreamed that the United States would take a hand in the game. And so Japan may be altogether wrong. The Russian bear is fiercely agitated about the raid Japanese made on one of his consulates, using the White Russians as catspaws. The government bossed papvers‘in Mioscow and Leningrad are printing real fighting talk. If those Russian’ jbombing planes, should swoop down across Manchuria and drop a thousand or so bombs in flim. sy Japanese cities without warning, it would probably mean the beginning of the end of Japanese expansion for at least another generation. Japan’s 66 million cannot fight China’s 400 million and Russia’s 170 million at the same time. “And I: doubt whether Hitler would move against Russia to save Javan’s hide. To lick Russia either on the European or Asiatic front is real man-sized job. I think Russia is at least three times as strong, in a military sense, as it was in 1914. They have the biggest army and the most tanks and planes of any army in the world. They have gold and wheat, plenty of both. Hitler has nothing to feed and maintain an army with, nor for that matter has Japan. Hitler can never be sure of England’s attitude any more than the Kaiser could, though the Kaiser thought he knew. “So its anybody’s guess where this war, that Japan has started so -Honchalantly, flouting Europe, Russia, and ineldentally the United "Vol. 11. No. 62. The County Seat Paper ‘NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center . FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937. SWIM CONTEST . NEXT SUNDAY / ATCITY POOL: Verle Gray, life guard and manager of the municipal pool, has drained and cleaned the big tank in preparation, for a swimming meett Sunday afternoon, beginning at two o’clock. There will be diving, swimming, races for beginners, intermedjiates, and advanced swimmers. There will be a watermelon race, balloon blowing,. greased pole, tug of war, and tests of various skills in the water. a PN Pe Gray wishes to take this means of ‘thanking Miss Rhea Rupert of the Piedmont Camp Fire Girls at Lake Vera, for the charming feature the Piedmont girls contributed to the Program last Friday evening, and to the management of Lake Olympia for loaning two canoes used in “Pale Moon.” ® The program follows: Beginners events—Glide, ° Steamboat, penny scramble, running jump into water and standing jump into water. Intermediate —Plunge, egg and spoon race, balloon race, and weinie eating contest, under water swim, penny scramble, get the watermelon. Advanced—Tug of war, greased pole, under water swim, elimination. Trace, get the watemelon, sack race, weiner eating contest, hammer and nail race, scramble. Diving—Lon Beard on the high tower. \ NUGGET THANKED FOR PUBLICITY HELP TO U.C. Mr. Harley M. Leete : Editor, Nevada City Nugget. Dear Mr. Leete: May I express to you the avpreciation of the University for your support which you gave to its efforts to secure an adequate state appropriation for the coming biennium. Knowledge of this help has come to me through clippings furnished to the president’s office by friends of the University in your community. As you will know, the governor finally signed the University approducting $455,000 from our request, which had received the unanimous approval of the legislature and the widespread endorsement of the people of the state, and thus reducing state support to a figure more than $1,000,000 Below the University buddifficult to undérstand in view of the improved economic outlook for the coming biennium and the sound condition of state finances. It leaves the University with the problem of finding ways and means of caring, with out adequate funds, for an enrollment already 23 per cent greater than it was in the last year of normal state appropriation and certain to oe greater still in the coming biennium. I refer to these matters not in a controversial spirit but in order that the reason for any failure of the University to live up to its full public responsibility may be understood in advance. The regents asked for absolute minimum support on an économy basis. They did not get it and must do their best to absorb the deficit by curtailing and, in some cases, eliminating services. Certainly, the University cannot escape the serious consequences of cancelling many staff replacements and additions, and postponing programs that have long been needed in _ public health, agriculture and other fields. However, it seems clear to me that without your help and similar help from hundreds of other newspapers and thousands of citizens, the educational and research needs of the state would have received even shorter shift than they did. I wish, therefore, to express to you personally and in behalf of the regents, faculty, and students of the University sincere thanks for your cooperation. We shall continue to do the best we can to merit your confidence. Yours sincerely, ROBERT S. SPROUL. States, and breaking all her treaty pledges to do it, will end. My bunch is that Japan will take a priation bill in reduced amount, de-. get of six years ago. This action is+ SAFE DRIVING, _ ROTARY THEME At luncheon tn the the National Hotel yesterday the Rotary club discussed the need of improving the road between Nevada City and Auburn, and also between Nevada City and Downieville: Oscar Odegaard suggested that the Rotary give the, Chambers of Commerce in tHis city and —-in ‘Grass Valley stronger support in the state chamber which meets every two’ months in Sacramento. This view of problem met the approval of elub members. Mr. George L. Chaney, who recently purchased the garage business of Chas. E. Leiter, was. admitted to membership. ‘ Bae Lew Volz, manager for the California State Automobile association for the Auburn district read to the ‘club two short stories on safe driving. In these stories he indicated that ‘the careless hunter and the careless fisherman was almost without exception a careless driver. The first story had to do with the ambulance driver and young doctor in an emergency, hospital. The sad ending is that the ambulance driver, speeding to the scene of a wreck, finds on arriving that it is own wife and young children who are terribly injured in a bad crash. The second deals with a careless hunter and driver who at length loses his own life and that of a careful driving friend. Mr. Volz declared that while the automobile association has done much good in getting safety train. ing installed as a part of school curriculums, in organizing safety clubs throughout the state, and in checking careless drivers through reports turned in from motorists giving the license numbers of reckless or careless drivers, the only sure cure for highway accidents is the realization by every individual driver of his own fesponsibility. Common courtesy, exemplified when two pedestrians bump into each other on the sidewalk ana profusely apologize one to the other, should lead’ every driver to extend the same courtesy to other drivers. Courtesies such as dimming lights when meeting other cars at night, using every precaution when passing other tars, and in sounding the horn whenever by any chance a warning is needed are also among the best rules for safety. LAST RITES FOR MRS. MAE SUMMERS Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mae Summers, native of Nevada City; who passed away at her home on Clay street Wednesday, will be held at the Holmes Funeral Home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Deceased, 60 years of age, was born. reared and educated in this city. She had been residing with her sister, Mrs. Ada ‘Norton on Clay street for the past ten years and all that time was an invalid cared for by her sister, Mrs. Norton. In January Mrs. Norton suffered a stroke and since then the invalids had been ‘cared for by others. Mrs. Norton is the sole surviving member of the Thomas L. Robinson family. SUPT. OF SCHOOLS OFFICE ~ moving day. in AusYesterday was County Superintendent Blla M. 1tin's office in the court house. Book

cases and furniture were moved into her remodeled modern office. Many books were placed on_ ‘the shelves yesterday and she is comfortably situated after the crowded conditions of her old office. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Elberger, who have operated the Nevada City laundry on Commercial street for about three years, sold their business to Bessie Bateman and Blanche Gropér’ of Washington last week. The new owners finished moving into their place of business early this week. MINUTE MELODIES (Songs of Northern California) REQUIEM (Lotus) Low muttering winds in we trees, : Dull thundering gloom and . purple sky, : _ Wild. throbbing storm—poor ‘janan, $20.00;.H. S. Hallett, $150.4 aching heat! fui Aight is tit for Love to aa SLIDE, FIREMEN SLIDE! CITY TS METROPOLITAN Quick action on the part of the firemen is now assured whenever an alarm comes in. A bright, shining, polished metal rod five inches in diameter stands in the middle of'a big round hole in the second floor of . the . firemen’s quarters in the city. hall It has just been installed and Herb Hal-: lett, the city councilmen, ex-Mayor Ray Murcrie, the chief of police and other city officials are having a lot of fun sliding down it., However it is a one way route. No one slides up. The trick is to leap at the met: al pole, grasp it securely, wrap legs \about it tightly and slide’ down gracefully to the floor below, ‘hop on the fire engine and away to one of Nevada City’s seyen assorted hills, where the fire rages. Now that the county court house has an elevator the only thing lacking now to make Nevada City strictly motropotitan is an escalator. LIQUOR CLOSING ORDINANCE MAY BE REPEALED Ted Janiss last might presented a petition to the city council asking that the city ordinance which -requires the closing of all liquor establishments inj Nevada City at 12 o’clock midnight, be repealed. The petition was signed by many business men as well as those engaged in the liquor trade. Janiss, in the petition, called attention to the decision of Judge Tyrrel in Alameda county, in which the closing ordinance was declared invalid, due to the fact that the state constifutional amendment had superceded all local ordinances govern‘ing the sale of liquor. This decision was also reinforced by an affirmative opinion from the attorney genMoney to The article reprinted below from indicate since $40,000,000 has been appropriated .for the improvement; of the nation’s airports, it might be possible to obtain sufficient funds to, complete Nevada City’s airport on top of Cement Hill. The article fol-. lows: : Airport improvement and _ construction will get approximately $40,000,000 between July 1, this year and June 30, 1938, under the new Works Progress Administration pro-. gram, it was learned on July 7. This, is slightly less than the, $45,000,000 roughly allocated airports during the past year. The funds are not. earmarked by W. P. A., but a general understanding is reached that airports will get a sizeable sum out of the ttotal million and a half appropriation. Up to April 30, the WPA had exthe total cost of projects now in operation estimated at $78,355,608. With. the additional forty fillions ‘the tota] by July, 1938, should be about $128,000,000. With funds assured for the continuation of the airport program, Major A. B.-MicMullen, chief of the airport section of the Bureau of Air Commerce, announced that he is advecating ‘‘more than one airport’ for every community of any size in order to ease the acute traffic problém that has been increasing in magnitude at some of the major terminals. He also is advocating ‘parallel Tunways” to provide additional landing and take off facilities, at’ large fields. “A serious traffic problem exists right now,’ Major MeMullen said. “No one has the right-answer yet, but it seems reasonable to say that scheduled airlines and private and non-scehuled flyers can’t continue to use one airport in a large city. 1 eral’s office. Mayor Hall stated that he had no. doubt that th ecity ordinance was! no longer effective, but suggested that the matter be referred to the city’s counsel, Jones and Finnegan, He remarked however, that the city council under recent legislation may object to granting licenses to disorderly liquor establishments or those which become in any way a public . nuiseres. Under the new law when! the city council files an objection . with the state, board of equalization the license renewal is denied. Janiss stated that under a new cooperative plan between retailers and wholesalers, the former intended to exercise greater control over their own membership in order to avoid public const of this character. Chief of Police Garfield Robson reported that since the work on the sidewalks was resumed July 6 and up till August 2, 650 linier feet of sidewalks had been built at a cost of $731.40. This is a1 WPA project. Incidentally it is learned that vagrants are now given an opportunity to work. for their board for the city. Two or three thus employed are reported to have earned their board. The following bills were ordered paid: GENERAL FUND R. L. P. Bigelow, $100.00; Garfield Robson, $105.00; Geo. H. Cal00; Jas. Allan, $100.00; Dr. E. M. Roesner, $40.00; Mrs. Emma Foley; $12.50; Miles P. Coughlin, $12.50; Max Solaro, $41.50; Chas. Ninnis, $122.00; Nevada Irrigation Dist., $517.44; P. G. & EB. $262.00; John Richards, $12.75; John Kron, $12.00; Arthur Pratti, $104.00; Ljoyd White, $121.50; Nick Sandow, $117.00; Ted Sigourney, $117.00; Bert Moody, $117.00; C. F. Hurst, $12.00; H. S. Hurst, $44.00; Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co. $27.81; Wm. Williamson, $34.73; White Motor, $10.80; General. Petroleum, $26.35; Hellbach Motor Co., $19.99; J. W. Shebley, $3.25; Glen H. Cleland, $12.67; Ed. Christenson, $15.65; Standard Oi) Co., $94.92; Union Pyb. Co., $2.10; Howard: Penrose, $9.75; Calif. State Auto. Assn.,-$13.76; O. Tompkins, $99.91;. Miners’ Foundry, $33.97; bl 886.22: Orane-€o.,. W146; . mento, who will be 91 in November, have been campaigning for several the July “American Aviation’ would, ‘pended $57,391,054 for airports with . Why Not Try to Get ” Complete Nev. City Airport ? uirports to a city for some time and they will simply have to be built to solve the present traffic jam. : “What we need are -whole systems. of airports—not just one to a city. Why should a man have to travel} twenty to forty miles across a large metropolitan center just to get to one airport? There should be airports on more than one side of a city. “Alternate airports are also necessary from a weather standpoint. Often an airport on one side of a large city will be cjosed in avhen the oth~er sioe of the city hag ceiling sufficient for landing. ternate airports would aid not only the scheduled airlines but would provide more facilities for private flyers. The Illinois Pilot’s Assoefation has tre right idea when it campaigns for several airports in Chicago.” ‘ It 4s understood that both Fred D. Fagg, Jr., director of the Burean, and Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, believe that there will thave to be several airports to a city. Major McMullen believes that par-~ allel runways would increase incoming and outgoing traffic at busy airports. One runway in each direction would be used for landing and the other for take-offs. He believes parallel runways would speed up traffic at Newark by at least twenty per. cent. At present transport planes are often lined up waiting to get off the field during busy parts of the day. A comprehensive survey of airport facilities over the country, including specific data on paved runways, hangars, ete., is now under way by the airport section. This will probably not be completed until the first of the year. Meanwhile vertical photographs are ‘being taken of every airport in the country. About 500 have been completed so far by the Army Air Corps. ~ Natienal Guard. observation and photographic units are now being used for this survey. Great-Grandad Bids 80 Descendants to Fair SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5. 5421 Tenth Ave., — Nick Singley, Sacrahas invited his'22 children, 31 grand children, 26 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild to attend the California State Fair, September 3 to 12. Singley,.a covered wagon baby, believes he has the largest number of descendants of any man in California Thumbing through Bible, Singley remarked: “If I can get all of my children to attend the fair it will certainly be a long step in obtaining a recoord attendance.”’ Singley was born in Utah in 1846 while his parents were enroute from Pennsylvania to California. He was reared in Humboldt county and spent his entire life in. northern Califor. the family nia. He has been a constant visitor at the California state fair and can recount many tales of the early days. Singley’s memory remains sharp. He backs statements with a huge family Bible in which is inscribed the record of every important event in his and his children’s lives. Singley was married twice, first in 1871 to Nellie Crickot of Nevada City to whom ten children were born. Divorced in 1896 he married Anna J. Rhodes of Yreka to whom were born ten boys and two girls. The youngest was born when Singley was 75 years old. “We decided to hold a reunion this year at ‘the fair because I believe the 1937 fair will top them all,” Singley told Postman R. D. Hays, as he hand-, ed over 80 invitations to the reunion, He said: “T want the entire family to see what a great state they live in.’ SELBY FLAT NOTES — Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Keast and cation camping in the Younker’s ravine, a pleasant spot with spring water handy. Mrs. N. J. Mauly of Camp Celio ‘is home after a few weeks vacation in Oakland. Eldon M. Williams has recovered from the spider bite of a week ago and is able to resume his work. He warns his neighbors to be on. the lookout for, these poisonous insects in damp, dark: places. Noyes, $19.78; Schreiber’s Cafe, $63-., 35;. Sam Gould, $48.25; Art Remple $10.02; Cliff DeBerry, $141.63; Marysville Caterpijlar and Equip. Co., $186. 46; Peter Zdrick, $138. oe x FIRE FUND P. G. & E. lights, $1.60; step-daughter are spending their va-} WOMAN DIES WHILE ENROUTE TO DOCTOR Mrs. Ailene Widner recently of'In. dian Flat passed away at the Donner Summit while enroute to Grass Valley with her husband; on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Widner had moved to Don ner Lake to be with her husband who is employed on the new er) way. along Donner Lake. . : Apparently feeling well thou h she had been under medical care be fore. going to Donner, Mrs. Widner went fishing early Tuesda: “morning. Later in. the day she. was. H Bernard of Truckee > she be taken toa ; laro, $51.50; Capital Fire EB. Harris, $7.57; R. L. P. Bigelow, a Bi Bosworth Furniture Co., $33.12; R. Seh