December 13, 1943 (4 pages)

XY Nevada City Nugget — Monday, December 13, 1943 Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone, 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published Noo > at Nevada City. = Editor and Buss z Published Semi-Weekly, Monday ata ‘Ihursdiy at Nevada City, California, and entered a3 m. matter of the second class in the postofficve a: -Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3t . , eee ee, 1879. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (Im Advance) .-.-.--------------------$3.00 thin Month 2 Ce ee a. 30 eset JUST WONBDERIN’ I wonder about Santa Claus— As Christmas day is nearing, 2 In every store, on every street, Saint Nick is now appearing; He’s here and there and everywhere, With grotesque form and face and, hair, And disillusioned children stare and stare. . wonder what we grown ups are going to do about Santa ly beneficient personality who drove reindeers and was able to negotiate even the smallest of chimneys. os _ That is all changed now and the child who believes in the reality of Santa, must be credulous indeed. The dear old saint has been commercialized, almost to the point of debunk‘ing. Too many personal appearances, have made him as commonplace as the lamp posts along the streets and there isn't any thrill left in him. ; Perhaps despité the evidende of our eyes, we are witnessing the passing of Santa Claus. It may be that the time is fast approaching when no child will be required to believe in him as a living reality and the good old saint will be retired to the department of child knowledge, known as ‘‘make believe’. This will not be seriously regretted, if the spirit evoked by the Santa Claus myth is preserved and surely it must be préserved and developed into something even more beautiful in that better and happier era, which we hope may be created for future generations of. young children. i After all, the spirit is the thing and the spirit of many an ancient myth has worked miracles in the hearts and minds of men. There is, for instance, our own Paul Bunyan, just a myth created by, untutored lumberjacks and muleteers of the great north woods, but the spirit of him has widened and deepened ‘its influence year by year, and whenever there is a task that *‘can’t be done,” and wherever the word, “‘impossible’’ is spoken of a task that must be done, some one is sure to say ‘page Paul Bunyan, he’ll put this job over,” and the spirit thus invoked is seldom known to fail. . ” _ At this season of the year, as we read the Christmas ‘Carol, Tiny Tim steps from the pages of a book and places his little hand in ours. Tiny Tim is just the gentle figment of a great man’s imagination, but the influence he weilds knows neither bounds nor boundaries, it escapes the barriers of race, color and creed and speaks to the universal heart of mankind in a language all may understand. ee Tiny Tim, you are as real as human pain and sorrow, fear and doubt, Jove and hope and faith. Through the dark clouds which envelop a world at war, we see your fragile form; amid the din and strife we hear your faltering footsteps at our side; above the discord of our restless lives, we catch the music of your voice and pray that the time may soon come when all the peoples of the earth may join in your Christmas prayer, “God _ bless us, every one.”—A Merriam Conner. — “FEDERAL GRANTS-IN-AID” This book.is a summary of federal subsidies to states and ‘to organizations, programs. and individuals within states. It documents what every citizen knows — that constitutional practice is not a mere reflection of the written word framed in Philadelphia in 1787, but proceedeth by every inference of every act over the years. It shows that the first subsidy was negative, the assumption of state debts growing owt of their contributions to the common defense in the Revolution. It cent times did federal subsidies by-pass the state government or exercise a leveragé upon that government to levy taxes and make appropritions which in its sole and individual judgment it would not have done. It reveals that the process first of in. ducing states and then of coercing states has many stages between persuasiveness and compulsion and that what starts as humanitarian reform may end as a centralized bureaucracy. _. The story of the exchange of liberty for order, stability and security] under Fascism is the story not alone of wicked men, grasping for power and then abusing it. Far more tragically, it is the record of good men, gulled into thinking that * measures distasteful in form were none the less tolerable because they were to be carried on for good ends. The lesson in the long run will be no better than the political means. In a democrary, ends and means are, uniform. cn The record here set forth is ‘Gné of the deterioration of an _ instrument. Always the purpose hasbeen sound, but as the means have departed from democratic principles, as local selfgovernment has been encroached upon, and as the functions f the states have been determined in Washingtonfi the way hhas been opened for extravagance, for irresponsibility and for bureaucracy. The mastery of public business by the citizen nas been neeedlessly obstucted, and the choices which he ght to make have been made at a distance and by the use nds rather than at home by the use of his intelligence. Some states pay out more than they receive in subsidies, others receive more than they pay. This invites discon-' and controversy among stats. It permits sectional feeling rs the national unity which is.founded upon accenmmon interests and decentralizing the function of :t as much as.may be practicable. _ . : ecord, in summary, represents the effort to achieve eans which adversely affect the democratic means Claus. Time was, when he produced thrills of excitement; he . was real to the children of former generations—a mysterious. was designed to seal their common interest. Not until very re-. . make application for their remainWHICHEVER WINS, ae RAT FOR CONSUMERS Sale of Used Cars—Anyone selling his car must first send or take any coupons for the vehicle remdining in his possession to his ration board and obtain a receipt in duplicate. The original copy of the receipt will.be sent to the state motor vehicle registration department with the new owner’s application for registration. The purchaser must use the duplicate of this receipt when he applies to his ration board for gasoline rations. Deaiers and others holding new or used vehicles, including passenger cars, commercial vehicles or motorcycles, for resale will be required to file an inventory with their ration board of all such vehicles on hand as of the close of business December 3ist and obtain a receipt for each vehicle. Beginning January 1st, no vehicle is to be sold or transferred unless this. receipt in duplicate is given at the same time. Gasoline—A coupons are good for ‘three gallons each through January 21st. B and € may be renewed within but not before, 15 days from the date shown on the cover of the book. Tires—iContinued shortage of both new passenger and truck tires makes extensive use of recapping more urgent, i : ‘Meat Points—Farmers selling meat must charge for meats as—listed on the current consumer table of points. The points collected byethe farmer should be sent to the local board each month. i Washing Machines—The WPB has released enough metal so that essential repair parts for washing machines can be secured. Hard Candies—Specific cents per pound ceiling prices have been set for two special assortments of domestically manufactured hard candy. ‘Rugs and Carpets—The supply of carpet wool remains limited. Luggage—aAll luggage, leather or non-leather, has been placed under price control, and the ceiling prices must be stated plainly on tags attached to the merchandise. Ga: Industrial Users—Industrial users of rationed food will make application for, all foods allotments at one time and on a single form after December 15th. The re-registration, between December 15, and January 5, 1944, will include all industrial users who have previously registered with OPA. Industrial users must ing food allotments for 1943 before December 15th. : , Sugar—The available supply of sugar is still limited, hence we can hope for no increase in the sugar rationing allotment. Kitchen Fats—Retail meat dealers and other fats salvagers are authorized to give two points per pound for fats returned by housewives and others, effective as of December 13. TEN YEARS FAITHFUL SERVICE Irving Long, Who writes Metropolitan Life Insurance for Nevada County, is in receipt:of a handsome gold and white enamel pin—bearing the caption: ‘Faithful. Service.’’. marking ten years in this field. The . genera] manager of the company brought him the pin, instead of ¢alling in all agents in Northern. California for a big dinner in Sacramento as had been done”in former years. This departure was due, of course, io travel conditions. [The fiber from’ California red-. wood bark can be combined with SIDELIGHTS “Editor's Note: Cities and towns of Northern and Central California have had a colorful. and romantic past, the salient facts of which are known to most Californians. However, quch interesting information about the early days: of these communities is sometimes overlooked. With no pretense to historical completeness, the San Francisco Regional Service Committee has assembled some of this data in a series of articles of which this is the third. FRESNO Fresno, standing almost exactly at the center of the geographical center of California, has _ another claim to distinction — it is unique among larger California towns in that is has no Spanish or Mexican history. It is purely an American product — practically a creation of the ‘Central Pacific Railroad. In 1872 the railroad established a station (wnokn at first as Whistle iStop’’) near the tiny settlement which had grown up around the establishment of A. J. Manssen, a Hollander who in the. 1860c sank a well. put ub a ‘watering trough and established a ‘“‘horse restaurant’ which offered water for horses for one bit (12 1-2c) a day; hay as well as ‘water for three bits (37 1-2c). The railroad called the new town Fresno, the Spanish name for ash tree, though there was no ash trees nearer than the surrounding foothills. At this time the only town of any size in the vicinity was Millerton, which in 1874 moved bag and baggage—and houses—to Fresno, in order to be on the railroad. Simultaneously ‘it transferred to Fresno its status as the county seat. : Two agricultural developments (plus the spread of irrigation) contributed to make’ Fresno the principal marketing and shipping center of the San Joaquin Valley. One was the growth of the raisin industry, founded in California by ‘Agoston Haraszthy, a Hungarian viticulturist. Today the Fresno district is the “raisin center’ of the world, producing 60% of the raisins in the United States. The other development grew from experiments started in 1886 by F. ‘Roeding in Smyrna>fig culture. Phe ridicule Roeding met from _ other ranchers seemed justified when his outside the building for disposal and fig trees refused .to bear. But. in 1889 he imported a fig wasp by which alone the Smyrna fig can be cross fertilized, and thus founded another great ‘California agricultural industry. Next: ‘‘Stockton.” BOY SCOUTS CLEAN OUT TRINITY CHURCH DEBRIS Fifteen Boy Scouts Wolunteered io clean out the fire debris in Trinity Episcopal Church Saturday and the rector, Rev. Cedric Porter, reports that they did a splendid job.The hoys cleaned the church interior. thoroughly, removing _ the burnt carpets and charred wood, sorting their gleanings into piles haulage. They then attacked the basement where the worst damaze was done, cleaned that, and stowed into it twe’ cords of wood for use in the furnace. At noon a big surprise awaited the lads. Mrs. Fred*Anderson assisted by. Mrs. William Kensinger served them a hot luneh of hot dogs, beans, checelate and cookies. Late inthe afternoon: when ‘he job was. done, Rev. Porter escoried them to a conwool to produce an excellent woolidual responsibility. __ ¢ like textile. fectionery in town and treated’them . day, the 20th day of December, A. P. O. Box 2 LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE Miss Elm’ia Hecker, county treasurer and ex-officio tax collecto, statesi-that county taxes paid into the county treasuer’s office up vill Monday evening amounted to $169,672.97. Most of this was in first installments though many paid the full year’s taxes. : No. 4820 : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN’ AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA. In the Matter of the Dissolution of FOUNAIN HEAD GRAVEL MINING CORPORATION, a corporation. NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR Photo Fiatling PORTRAITS 107 Mill Street, Grass Valley Phone 3-W PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY — ann, HEARING . PETITION. FOR AP‘POINMENT OF TRUSTEE. The petition of Fernande Muller and Frank Wright for the appointment of a Trustee to proceed with the Winding up of the affairs of Fountain Head Gravel Mining Company, a dissolved corporation, having been filed’ pursuant’ to Section 403-B.of the. California Civil Code and the Court by its order, having fixed the time and place for the hearing of said petition and having prescribed the notice to be given thereon, : NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Friday, the 17th day of December, 1943, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. Jof said day has been appointed as the ime and the Court House of the said above entitled Court at Nevada City, Nevada County, California, has been appointed as the place at which said petition is to be heard.at which time and place any person interested therein may appear and show cause if any he has why said _ petition should not be granted. Dated: November 17th, 1943. 3 R. N. McCORMACK, Clerk of the above entitled Court. Nov. 22, 29; Dec: 6.13. ~~ } PROBATE No. 4358 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF THE TIME APPOINTED FOR PROBATE OF WILL IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CATFAFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA Inthe Matter of the Estate <of! Notice is hereby given that Monday, the 20th day of December, A. D. 1943, at 10 o’clock A. M. of that day, and the Court Room of said Court, at the Court House, in the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the last will of said Domingo Casci, deceased, and for hearing the application of Mary Casci for the issuance to her of Letters Testamentary thereon. «, } ‘Dated: Decemiber 8th, 1943. R. N. MeCORMACK, Clerk. By R. E. DEEBLE, Deputy Clerk: Dec. 9, 13, 16. PROBATE } No. 4843 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF TIME APPOINTED FOR PROBATE : OF WILL IN. THE SUPERIIOR COURT OF THE °STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE. COUNTY OF NEVADA In the Matter of the Estate WM. HY SEMMONS, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Monof D. 1943, at 10 o’clock A. M. of that day, and the Court Room of said court, at the Court House, in the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of: California, have been appointed’ as the time and place for proving the last will of said WM. HY SEMMONS, deceased, and for hearing the application of RONALD L. PASCOE for the issuance to him of ‘Letters Testamentary thereon. : Dated: December 3rd, 1943. R. N. McCORMACK, Clerk. By R. E. DEEBLE, Deputy Clerk. Dec. 6, 9, 13. WANTED—Coin collections. L. E. Sherow, Box 2, Nevada City. 12-13tf DOMINGO CASCI, Deceased. . : DR. JOHN R. BELL DENTIST i Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30 Evenings by Appointment Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 321 DOCTORS DR. A. BURSELL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Res. and Office, 446 Broad Srteet, Nevada City. Hours“9 A. M. to 8 PM. B. W. HUMMELT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 400 Broad Street Office Hours: 10-12 a. m:; 2-5 p. m. @venings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY ATTORNEYS HARRY M. McKEE ATTORNEY AT LAW 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. FRANK G. FINNEGAN ATTORNEY AT LAW 207 North Pine Street Nevada City, California Telephone 273 H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW Union Building Broad Street ‘Nevada City Telephone 28 ~ FUNERAL DIRECTORS HOLMES FUNERAL HOME The Holmes Funeral Home service is priced within the means of all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 246~Sacramento St:. Nevada City F : Sas __,MINING ENGINEERS Sa aan J. F. O°; CONNOR Mining and Civ Engineer United States Mineral Surveying . Eicensed Stirveyor 203 West Main St. GRASS VALLEY DENTISTS —S— Se DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER _BENTIST . . X-RAY ‘Faeilities Available Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening anpointments. 120% Mill Street. Phone 77. Grass ley, Galif., ‘ eons CARL POWER JONES, M.D PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 1 to 2: 7 to 8 p. m, Sundays 11:80 to 12:80 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley S. F. TOBIAS, M. D. errs ge AND SURGEON eal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-8 “a 1-8 Phone: Office 429. Residerice 1042 DANIEI L. HIRSCH, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offices and Receiving Hospital; 118 Bush St. Hours: 10-12; 25, évenings 7-8 P. M. Day or night phone 71. NEVADA €ITY FRATERNAL AND . ane CLUB DIRECTORY =— WANTED $50.00 GOLD PIECE Will pay $100.00 up, depending on variety and condition of coin. Also other pioneer gold coins. : L. E. SHEROW Nevada City 9-27-7p WOMEN’S GIVIC GLUB Regular meetings the 2nd and 1 4th Thursdays of the month, at the iri School Auditorium. 2:30 MRS. MRS. HAL DRAPER, Pres FLORENCE KJORLIB, Sec. I WILL PAY $1 Each For 1909 Indian head cents with letter ‘'S’? below wreath and 1909 Lincoln head cents with letter “S” below date and initials ‘‘VDB” near lower edge on reverse. Also. want gold dollars, $2.50 and $3 pieces. Box 2, Nevada City. 9-277p eee NEVADA CITY LODGE, No. 518 B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every second and fourth Thursday evening at 8 p. m. in Elks Home, Pine St. Phone. 108 Visitinw Elks welcome," ""” ‘ W:. LL. TAMBLYN, LAMBERT THOMAS, Sec. A! moving in standard furniture van. First class staroge facilities, Furniture bought and sold. Hills Flat Reliable Transfer, Grass Valley, CNC eat — HYDRAULIC PARLOR NO. 56 . ia N. S. G. W. sels every Tuesday evening.at Pythian * Castle, 232 Broad Street Visiting Native Sons welcome, GERALD D. PEARD, Pres. Phone 471-W or 39. 3-1tf EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING —_ Loud Speaker Systems for Rent. Complete stock of portable and large type radio batteries. "ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL — Specialists in Radio ills. 112 South Church neem neers ee DR. GQ, W. CHAPMAN, Ree, Sec’y OUSTOMAH LODGE, No, 16, I. 0. O. FB. Meets ever Tuesda y evening a 7:30, Odd Fellows Hall. oe CHESTER PETERSON, N. G. Street, Grass Valley: Phone 984. all to over-sized milkshakes. JONOTHAN PASCOR Rec. See’y. 2-19tf JOHN W. DARKE; Fin. Sec’y. Grass Valley . . . ahs ope

XY Nevada City Nugget — Monday, December 13, 1943 Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone, 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published Noo > at Nevada City. = Editor and Buss z Published Semi-Weekly, Monday ata ‘Ihursdiy at Nevada City, California, and entered a3 m. matter of the second class in the postofficve a: -Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3t . , eee ee, 1879. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (Im Advance) .-..-.--------------------$3.00 thin Month 2 Ce ee a. 30 eset JUST WONBDERIN’ I wonder about Santa Claus— As Christmas day is nearing, 2 In every store, on every street, Saint Nick is now appearing; He’s here and there and everywhere, With grotesque form and face and, hair, And disillusioned children stare and stare. . wonder what we grown ups are going to do about Santa ly beneficient personality who drove reindeers and was able to negotiate even the smallest of chimneys. os _ That is all changed now and the child who believes in the reality of Santa, must be credulous indeed. The dear old saint has been commercialized, almost to the point of debunk‘ing. Too many personal appearances, have made him as commonplace as the lamp posts along the streets and there isn't any thrill left in him. ; Perhaps despité the evidende of our eyes, we are witnessing the passing of Santa Claus. It may be that the time is fast approaching when no child will be required to believe in him as a living reality and the good old saint will be retired to the department of child knowledge, known as ‘‘make believe’. This will not be seriously regretted, if the spirit evoked by the Santa Claus myth is preserved and surely it must be préserved and developed into something even more beautiful in that better and happier era, which we hope may be created for future generations of. young children. i After all, the spirit is the thing and the spirit of many an ancient myth has worked miracles in the hearts and minds of men. There is, for instance, our own Paul Bunyan, just a myth created by, untutored lumberjacks and muleteers of the great north woods, but the spirit of him has widened and deepened ‘its influence year by year, and whenever there is a task that *‘can’t be done,” and wherever the word, “‘impossible’’ is spoken of a task that must be done, some one is sure to say ‘page Paul Bunyan, he’ll put this job over,” and the spirit thus invoked is seldom known to fail. . ” _ At this season of the year, as we read the Christmas ‘Carol, Tiny Tim steps from the pages of a book and places his little hand in ours. Tiny Tim is just the gentle figment of a great man’s imagination, but the influence he weilds knows neither bounds nor boundaries, it escapes the barriers of race, color and creed and speaks to the universal heart of mankind in a language all may understand. ee Tiny Tim, you are as real as human pain and sorrow, fear and doubt, Jove and hope and faith. Through the dark clouds which envelop a world at war, we see your fragile form; amid the din and strife we hear your faltering footsteps at our side; above the discord of our restless lives, we catch the music of your voice and pray that the time may soon come when all the peoples of the earth may join in your Christmas prayer, “God _ bless us, every one.”—A Merriam Conner. — “FEDERAL GRANTS-IN-AID” This book.is a summary of federal subsidies to states and ‘to organizations, programs. and individuals within states. It documents what every citizen knows — that constitutional practice is not a mere reflection of the written word framed in Philadelphia in 1787, but proceedeth by every inference of every act over the years. It shows that the first subsidy was negative, the assumption of state debts growing owt of their contributions to the common defense in the Revolution. It cent times did federal subsidies by-pass the state government or exercise a leveragé upon that government to levy taxes and make appropritions which in its sole and individual judgment it would not have done. It reveals that the process first of in. ducing states and then of coercing states has many stages between persuasiveness and compulsion and that what starts as humanitarian reform may end as a centralized bureaucracy. _. The story of the exchange of liberty for order, stability and security] under Fascism is the story not alone of wicked men, grasping for power and then abusing it. Far more tragically, it is the record of good men, gulled into thinking that * measures distasteful in form were none the less tolerable because they were to be carried on for good ends. The lesson in the long run will be no better than the political means. In a democrary, ends and means are, uniform. cn The record here set forth is ‘Gné of the deterioration of an _ instrument. Always the purpose hasbeen sound, but as the means have departed from democratic principles, as local selfgovernment has been encroached upon, and as the functions f the states have been determined in Washingtonfi the way hhas been opened for extravagance, for irresponsibility and for bureaucracy. The mastery of public business by the citizen nas been neeedlessly obstucted, and the choices which he ght to make have been made at a distance and by the use nds rather than at home by the use of his intelligence. Some states pay out more than they receive in subsidies, others receive more than they pay. This invites discon-' and controversy among stats. It permits sectional feeling rs the national unity which is.founded upon accenmmon interests and decentralizing the function of :t as much as.may be practicable. _ . : ecord, in summary, represents the effort to achieve eans which adversely affect the democratic means Claus. Time was, when he produced thrills of excitement; he . was real to the children of former generations—a mysterious. was designed to seal their common interest. Not until very re-. . make application for their remainWHICHEVER WINS, ae RAT FOR CONSUMERS Sale of Used Cars—Anyone selling his car must first send or take any coupons for the vehicle remdining in his possession to his ration board and obtain a receipt in duplicate. The original copy of the receipt will.be sent to the state motor vehicle registration department with the new owner’s application for registration. The purchaser must use the duplicate of this receipt when he applies to his ration board for gasoline rations. Deaiers and others holding new or used vehicles, including passenger cars, commercial vehicles or motorcycles, for resale will be required to file an inventory with their ration board of all such vehicles on hand as of the close of business December 3ist and obtain a receipt for each vehicle. Beginning January 1st, no vehicle is to be sold or transferred unless this. receipt in duplicate is given at the same time. Gasoline—A coupons are good for ‘three gallons each through January 21st. B and € may be renewed within but not before, 15 days from the date shown on the cover of the book. Tires—iContinued shortage of both new passenger and truck tires makes extensive use of recapping more urgent, i : ‘Meat Points—Farmers selling meat must charge for meats as—listed on the current consumer table of points. The points collected byethe farmer should be sent to the local board each month. i Washing Machines—The WPB has released enough metal so that essential repair parts for washing machines can be secured. Hard Candies—Specific cents per pound ceiling prices have been set for two special assortments of domestically manufactured hard candy. ‘Rugs and Carpets—The supply of carpet wool remains limited. Luggage—aAll luggage, leather or non-leather, has been placed under price control, and the ceiling prices must be stated plainly on tags attached to the merchandise. Ga: Industrial Users—Industrial users of rationed food will make application for, all foods allotments at one time and on a single form after December 15th. The re-registration, between December 15, and January 5, 1944, will include all industrial users who have previously registered with OPA. Industrial users must ing food allotments for 1943 before December 15th. : , Sugar—The available supply of sugar is still limited, hence we can hope for no increase in the sugar rationing allotment. Kitchen Fats—Retail meat dealers and other fats salvagers are authorized to give two points per pound for fats returned by housewives and others, effective as of December 13. TEN YEARS FAITHFUL SERVICE Irving Long, Who writes Metropolitan Life Insurance for Nevada County, is in receipt:of a handsome gold and white enamel pin—bearing the caption: ‘Faithful. Service.’’. marking ten years in this field. The . genera] manager of the company brought him the pin, instead of ¢alling in all agents in Northern. California for a big dinner in Sacramento as had been done”in former years. This departure was due, of course, io travel conditions. [The fiber from’ California red-. wood bark can be combined with SIDELIGHTS “Editor's Note: Cities and towns of Northern and Central California have had a colorful. and romantic past, the salient facts of which are known to most Californians. However, quch interesting information about the early days: of these communities is sometimes overlooked. With no pretense to historical completeness, the San Francisco Regional Service Committee has assembled some of this data in a series of articles of which this is the third. FRESNO Fresno, standing almost exactly at the center of the geographical center of California, has _ another claim to distinction — it is unique among larger California towns in that is has no Spanish or Mexican history. It is purely an American product — practically a creation of the ‘Central Pacific Railroad. In 1872 the railroad established a station (wnokn at first as Whistle iStop’’) near the tiny settlement which had grown up around the establishment of A. J. Manssen, a Hollander who in the. 1860c sank a well. put ub a ‘watering trough and established a ‘“‘horse restaurant’ which offered water for horses for one bit (12 1-2c) a day; hay as well as ‘water for three bits (37 1-2c). The railroad called the new town Fresno, the Spanish name for ash tree, though there was no ash trees nearer than the surrounding foothills. At this time the only town of any size in the vicinity was Millerton, which in 1874 moved bag and baggage—and houses—to Fresno, in order to be on the railroad. Simultaneously ‘it transferred to Fresno its status as the county seat. : Two agricultural developments (plus the spread of irrigation) contributed to make’ Fresno the principal marketing and shipping center of the San Joaquin Valley. One was the growth of the raisin industry, founded in California by ‘Agoston Haraszthy, a Hungarian viticulturist. Today the Fresno district is the “raisin center’ of the world, producing 60% of the raisins in the United States. The other development grew from experiments started in 1886 by F. ‘Roeding in Smyrna>fig culture. Phe ridicule Roeding met from _ other ranchers seemed justified when his outside the building for disposal and fig trees refused .to bear. But. in 1889 he imported a fig wasp by which alone the Smyrna fig can be cross fertilized, and thus founded another great ‘California agricultural industry. Next: ‘‘Stockton.” BOY SCOUTS CLEAN OUT TRINITY CHURCH DEBRIS Fifteen Boy Scouts Wolunteered io clean out the fire debris in Trinity Episcopal Church Saturday and the rector, Rev. Cedric Porter, reports that they did a splendid job.The hoys cleaned the church interior. thoroughly, removing _ the burnt carpets and charred wood, sorting their gleanings into piles haulage. They then attacked the basement where the worst damaze was done, cleaned that, and stowed into it twe’ cords of wood for use in

the furnace. At noon a big surprise awaited the lads. Mrs. Fred*Anderson assisted by. Mrs. William Kensinger served them a hot luneh of hot dogs, beans, checelate and cookies. Late inthe afternoon: when ‘he job was. done, Rev. Porter escoried them to a conwool to produce an excellent woolidual responsibility. __ ¢ like textile. fectionery in town and treated’them . day, the 20th day of December, A. P. O. Box 2 LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE Miss Elm’ia Hecker, county treasurer and ex-officio tax collecto, statesi-that county taxes paid into the county treasuer’s office up vill Monday evening amounted to $169,672.97. Most of this was in first installments though many paid the full year’s taxes. : No. 4820 : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN’ AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA. In the Matter of the Dissolution of FOUNAIN HEAD GRAVEL MINING CORPORATION, a corporation. NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR Photo Fiatling PORTRAITS 107 Mill Street, Grass Valley Phone 3-W PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY — ann, HEARING . PETITION. FOR AP‘POINMENT OF TRUSTEE. The petition of Fernande Muller and Frank Wright for the appointment of a Trustee to proceed with the Winding up of the affairs of Fountain Head Gravel Mining Company, a dissolved corporation, having been filed’ pursuant’ to Section 403-B.of the. California Civil Code and the Court by its order, having fixed the time and place for the hearing of said petition and having prescribed the notice to be given thereon, : NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Friday, the 17th day of December, 1943, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. Jof said day has been appointed as the ime and the Court House of the said above entitled Court at Nevada City, Nevada County, California, has been appointed as the place at which said petition is to be heard.at which time and place any person interested therein may appear and show cause if any he has why said _ petition should not be granted. Dated: November 17th, 1943. 3 R. N. McCORMACK, Clerk of the above entitled Court. Nov. 22, 29; Dec: 6.13. ~~ } PROBATE No. 4358 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF THE TIME APPOINTED FOR PROBATE OF WILL IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CATFAFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA Inthe Matter of the Estate <of! Notice is hereby given that Monday, the 20th day of December, A. D. 1943, at 10 o’clock A. M. of that day, and the Court Room of said Court, at the Court House, in the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the last will of said Domingo Casci, deceased, and for hearing the application of Mary Casci for the issuance to her of Letters Testamentary thereon. «, } ‘Dated: Decemiber 8th, 1943. R. N. MeCORMACK, Clerk. By R. E. DEEBLE, Deputy Clerk: Dec. 9, 13, 16. PROBATE } No. 4843 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF TIME APPOINTED FOR PROBATE : OF WILL IN. THE SUPERIIOR COURT OF THE °STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE. COUNTY OF NEVADA In the Matter of the Estate WM. HY SEMMONS, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Monof D. 1943, at 10 o’clock A. M. of that day, and the Court Room of said court, at the Court House, in the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of: California, have been appointed’ as the time and place for proving the last will of said WM. HY SEMMONS, deceased, and for hearing the application of RONALD L. PASCOE for the issuance to him of ‘Letters Testamentary thereon. : Dated: December 3rd, 1943. R. N. McCORMACK, Clerk. By R. E. DEEBLE, Deputy Clerk. Dec. 6, 9, 13. WANTED—Coin collections. L. E. Sherow, Box 2, Nevada City. 12-13tf DOMINGO CASCI, Deceased. . : DR. JOHN R. BELL DENTIST i Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30 Evenings by Appointment Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 321 DOCTORS DR. A. BURSELL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Res. and Office, 446 Broad Srteet, Nevada City. Hours“9 A. M. to 8 PM. B. W. HUMMELT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 400 Broad Street Office Hours: 10-12 a. m:; 2-5 p. m. @venings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY ATTORNEYS HARRY M. McKEE ATTORNEY AT LAW 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. FRANK G. FINNEGAN ATTORNEY AT LAW 207 North Pine Street Nevada City, California Telephone 273 H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW Union Building Broad Street ‘Nevada City Telephone 28 ~ FUNERAL DIRECTORS HOLMES FUNERAL HOME The Holmes Funeral Home service is priced within the means of all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 246~Sacramento St:. Nevada City F : Sas __,MINING ENGINEERS Sa aan J. F. O°; CONNOR Mining and Civ Engineer United States Mineral Surveying . Eicensed Stirveyor 203 West Main St. GRASS VALLEY DENTISTS —S— Se DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER _BENTIST . . X-RAY ‘Faeilities Available Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening anpointments. 120% Mill Street. Phone 77. Grass ley, Galif., ‘ eons CARL POWER JONES, M.D PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 1 to 2: 7 to 8 p. m, Sundays 11:80 to 12:80 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley S. F. TOBIAS, M. D. errs ge AND SURGEON eal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-8 “a 1-8 Phone: Office 429. Residerice 1042 DANIEI L. HIRSCH, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offices and Receiving Hospital; 118 Bush St. Hours: 10-12; 25, évenings 7-8 P. M. Day or night phone 71. NEVADA €ITY FRATERNAL AND . ane CLUB DIRECTORY =— WANTED $50.00 GOLD PIECE Will pay $100.00 up, depending on variety and condition of coin. Also other pioneer gold coins. : L. E. SHEROW Nevada City 9-27-7p WOMEN’S GIVIC GLUB Regular meetings the 2nd and 1 4th Thursdays of the month, at the iri School Auditorium. 2:30 MRS. MRS. HAL DRAPER, Pres FLORENCE KJORLIB, Sec. I WILL PAY $1 Each For 1909 Indian head cents with letter ‘'S’? below wreath and 1909 Lincoln head cents with letter “S” below date and initials ‘‘VDB” near lower edge on reverse. Also. want gold dollars, $2.50 and $3 pieces. Box 2, Nevada City. 9-277p eee NEVADA CITY LODGE, No. 518 B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every second and fourth Thursday evening at 8 p. m. in Elks Home, Pine St. Phone. 108 Visitinw Elks welcome," ""” ‘ W:. LL. TAMBLYN, LAMBERT THOMAS, Sec. A! moving in standard furniture van. First class staroge facilities, Furniture bought and sold. Hills Flat Reliable Transfer, Grass Valley, CNC eat — HYDRAULIC PARLOR NO. 56 . ia N. S. G. W. sels every Tuesday evening.at Pythian * Castle, 232 Broad Street Visiting Native Sons welcome, GERALD D. PEARD, Pres. Phone 471-W or 39. 3-1tf EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING —_ Loud Speaker Systems for Rent. Complete stock of portable and large type radio batteries. "ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL — Specialists in Radio ills. 112 South Church neem neers ee DR. GQ, W. CHAPMAN, Ree, Sec’y OUSTOMAH LODGE, No, 16, I. 0. O. FB. Meets ever Tuesda y evening a 7:30, Odd Fellows Hall. oe CHESTER PETERSON, N. G. Street, Grass Valley: Phone 984. all to over-sized milkshakes. JONOTHAN PASCOR Rec. See’y. 2-19tf JOHN W. DARKE; Fin. Sec’y. Grass Valley . . . ahs ope