December 2, 1943 (4 pages)

ge {. The Nugget is devered't to your home twice a week . for only 30 cents per _ month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, sal are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, TY, CALIFORNIA Vol. 17, No. 94. Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Those of us with a reasonably good memory recall that in the last few months of the first world war there was a_ succession. of “peace rumors, most of tthem originating in. neutral nations, The smashing victory of the allies in August, which set Leudendortf back on his heels, did not result in an armistice until November 11. But it was that tremendous smash in August that convinced the Germans that victory was not in the cards. It is probably true at. this moment that German military leaders have been convinctd they cannot win. The tremendous losses of men, material and territory in Russia, the gradual approach of the battle lines moving constantly westward toward Poland, and the terrific cataclysm caused ‘by the impact of American and British air forces on German cities, notably Berlin, may in a way parallel the reverses the Germans endured fin August, 1918. It is altogether likely that the reason peace overtures have not yet been received from bona fide German sources, as often pointed out, is that “unconditional surrender” is a bitter dose for Germans to take, and they propose to exhaust all possibilities of making conditions that will leave them something ‘with which to begin another try for world dominion. This ttime the entire race, every mnemper of it, is going to know beyond any doubt that they are beaten. Allied soldiers will march down all the German Main streets. For a considerable length of time their domestic economy will«be directed by military leaders of the United Nations. This prospect is too bleak for the Germans to face without making a last ditch fight. It may still be several months before the Germans ‘throw up the sponge, but if they are as coldly reasoning about the inevitable as they have been in prosecuting the war, it will eventually occur to them that they had better save some of their material wealth, even if at expense of such humiljations as no nation, at least no major nation, has suffered in all history.’ Unconditional surrender now would still leave Germany with the majority. of industrial plants, most of its cities, and the greater part of its railroads and canals. unscarred by war. In the era of reconstruction that follows the war, Germany will need these facjlities desperately, not for war, of course, but for the business of peaceful living. It would seem reasonable to think that this would occur even to the circumscribed minds of the arrogant junkers. Whether they wish to. save what remains of their industrial system, whether for war or peaice, it would seem, since they must inevitably lose the war they would accept dé: feat sooner rather than later. Of course’ if the Genmans quit *in the hope of salvaging their in-* dustries for making another war, it is our business, when peace com-: es to see to it that it never hap-_ pens. We sincerely believe that one a pti: placed on the. Germans when the war ends, will if maintained over half a eentury, result . an a long period of peace. That restriction would be the absolute prohibition of manufacturing or using planes of any kind. Let the United Nations maintain a world monopoly on plane making, with an abundance of military aircraft for the next 50 years, say, and Germany will not even think of war. To his might be added for good measure, prohibition against mak-~ing war equipment of any kind, particularly submarines. We do feel confident that when Germany at length sues for peace the. United: Nations, from their rich experience in dealing with the Teutonic superiority complex, will enforce such restrictions on * ARMY OFFICERS INCHARGE OF PTA PROGRAM The Nevada City Elementary Paren't-Teachers Association will give its annual Fathers’ Night dinner next Saturday evening, December 4th, in the auditorium of the elementary. school, which will be followed by an interesting skit planned by three army officers. The ‘officers are Mesos William K. Binkeley and Murray M. Johnson, and Lt. Col. John F. Smoeller. They promise something of unusual character in the way of music and drama. VIGILANT EYE KEPT ON XMAS TREE CUTTERS William French, law enforcement officer, and Elwood Stone, chief fire dispatcher, of the Tahoe National, ‘Forest; are keeping a vigilant eye on all those engaged in cutting Christmas trees this year. Patrols are maintained over highways through the forest and over the mountain roads of any kind. Stone reports that thus far this season no arrests have been made. Purveyors of Christmas trees seem fully aware of the severe penalties entailed for Cutting trees ‘without a ‘‘bill of sale from owners of private holdings within the forest, or. witaout permits from the forest service to cut in the government holdings. ‘MOTORISTS MAY RENEW NRIVER’S LICENSES NOW Motorists? of Nevada City; whose (California driver’s lienses expire in December of this year or January and February of 1944, can have them renewed now, according to = announcement today from the local. office of: the Department of . Motor Vehicles. Renewal before January 1. will save applicants from having to undergo long delays because of crowds obtaining new automobile licenses in January, it was pointed out. Examiners are,now able to handle the public with little delay, whereas, later on there may be long lines and many delays. There is no charge for driver’s license renewals. END MAY HAVE BEEN INCENDIARY iinyor: -Ben Hall, senior warden of the Trinity Episcopal Church, which was badly damaged by fire early Sunday morning, declares that in jhis opinion both the church fire and the fire Which gutted the Lege Building Saturday evening were of: incendiary origin. oe : He sdys ther. was nothing in the basement of the church which could have caused a fire by spontaneous all modern and in good order, it was learned. While it is true there were small amounts of used,” furniture stored: in the Legg Building these were not combustible. The building is usually locked. Hall believes that -. when insurance experts examine the buildings, they will conciude the fires were incendiary. Had. ‘it. not “been for _an_ early morning pheasant hunter, Walter Rore,-who saw the glint of flames in the basement wip dows of Trinity Church, it is believed the structure would} have burned to the. ground. Following the transfer of Byron Lake, mail carrier on the local. postoffice, te Richmond, California, Clifford A. Pooler has taken over the job. Pooler formerly drove a school bus here. Germany that for some generations she will not be able to erupt again, ch -. eradication, combustion._The electric wiring—-is+ _The Gold Center _ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, t 2.1943 ‘ ‘William H. Mayhoffer, Assistant’ Soil Conservationist who assisted in the organization of the Nevada ‘County Soil Conservation District, whelming majority, states that the district covers about 53,000 acres of the Wolf Creek drainage basin lying between Grass Valley and Béar River including the ‘Chicago Park and Pearfdale fruit sections. ‘Conservation of the soil ahd water resources and land use im‘provements are the main objectives,” said Mayhoffer. ‘These objectives include (1) brush clearing and weed (2) proper selection of crops and grasses, according to soil types, (3) irrigation and drainayve improvements, (4) erosion control and soil fertilization, (4) pasture management. “The five directors elected Tuesday were E. M. Karse of Peardale, Clarence ‘(Cunningham of Forest Springs, Clarence Gassaway of the Higgins (Corners section, Kenric Rolph of Sunshine Valley, and Lewis Sleeman of the Lime Kiln district. “In getting the district into operation the directors will set up a NEVADA COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION DIST. APPROVED which was voted Tuesday by an overprogram and plan. The program will summarize the agricultural resources and the various conservation and land use problems. The plan will outline the best known methods of handling these problems. “The district directors are authorized to make agreements for such technical and mechanical assistance as they may need in carrving out their plans, with the various county, state and federal agencies. “In order to set a proper program and plan a soil survey and soil map ‘will be essential. These can be provided by the Soil Conservation Service. “All those who aided in organiz‘ng the district are gratified that at least 75 per cent of those eligible voted in Tuesday’s election, and the overwhelming majority shown behind the district indicates strong support for ‘the program. The vote was 87 for, and 14 agaimst the district. “Credit for the:suwecess in forming the district should go to the organizing committee consisting of. A. €. McQuisten, Edward Blum, Malcolm Hammill, Lewis Sleeman, Kenric Rolph, A. C. Hocking, Clarence Cunningham and Charles Morandi.”’ WELL, ANYWAY 1944 LOOKS LIKE REPUBLICAN YEAR By CLEM WHITAKER Perhaps you didn’t the United States has quietly Republican, without even waiting for next year’s presidential election! know it, but Thateis the w rate, if adding. way it adds up, Republican at any sare doing the And it must be admitted, they can submit considerable supporting’ daia to. establish their contention. Here's the GOP case,. as their politico-mathematicians present it: Twenty six states now have Republican governors, or will have as soon as the newly elected governors of Kentucky and New Jersey take office. : These 26 states, together, command more than a majority of all the votes in the .-electoral college enough to elect a president in 1944. Therefore, the Derocratic Party, or or the Rooseveltian Party is now the minority party, and Republicanism is back in the saddle, even though not’ yet in conimend at the White House. Democratic stalwarts, of course, will be quick to point out that there are some loose ends in that figuring. For example, the fact that a state has elected a Republican governor does not necessarily mean that it would vote for a Republican for president. There may be upseis. ‘Republicans, however, can counter that with the fact that there are other states, with Democratic governors—like Indiana —which have predominantly Republican congressional delegations and which may be dential nominee. The Republican experts, too, will be quick.to point out, as indicative of a drift to GOP ranks, that Kentucky and Missouri, two of the states which now have Republican governors, are border states, which seldom leave the Democratic Party. That, they will.contend, foreshadows a Republican landslide in the offing. The Democrats, on the other hand, will dowbtless cite the fact that they won a majority (even though a slim Majority) of the seats in congress in the 1942 elections. © But the Republicans will counter by contending that this was an empty victory, indeed, as a good number of the Democratic congressmen are not New Dealers—and may be expected to bolt their party in ’44. Each party, at this stage, cau make a fair case for itself ‘‘on paper.’’ But it is well to remember ‘that politicians, like mathematicians, ‘are fast lads with figures. The GOP elephant is breathing right down the Democratic donkey’s neck, or vice versa, and that’s about all that caw be said for certain. e Mrs. Halstead Downey returned to San Bruno Saturday after spending the holidays here with her mother in law, Mrs. George Downey. b t \ ey gone} expected to go for the GOP presi-. PROPERTY TAX IN NEV. COUNTY DROPS 49 PCT. The property tax bill for County government this year $271,161, down 4.9 per cent from the $284,372 levy for 1942-1943, California Taxpayers association reported today, of tax levies for county government purposes. (City, school, and district levies are not included. In 1939-40, ty government to $265,116, the High point for property county purposes since in 1942-43 when the the tax levy for purposes association stated. tax bill for egunty government presented to the people totalled $284,372. Over the’ state as a_ iwhole, ernments dropped $9,260,000 for 1942-43 to 1943-44. ‘Tn amounted to -$120,069,244 © 1939-40 the $123,846,854. 953 levy for 1941-42. Forty six counties showed decreas19343-44 compared with 1942-43 while twelve es in county -levies for showed increases. ._ ‘Principal cause of reduction of county taxes was the taking over by the state of-half the cost of old age aid, formerly borne by the counties”’ “Next factthe association declared. or was for enforced economy. “Major factor working maximum tax reduction in bonus. CALIFORNIA BAR ADMITS 118 The committee of bar examiners of the State Bar of California today announced that 118 men and women had passed this year’s examination successfully and will be recommended to the Supreme Court for admission to practice law. This is the second year that the committee, by special arrangement with the armed forces has given the examination to,student applicants in the service at stations where ever they. were located throughout’ the world. The committee will move the admission of the successful applicants at a session of the Supreme Court to be held in San Francisco December 10, 1943, and in Los Angeles January 6, 1944, at which time _ those who are not away from California may take the oath. Mr. and Mrs. George Legg and Miss Mary Hoskin spent ,Thanksgiving holidays in San Francisco. Nevada Distinguished. Native . . Of Nevada City Passes Miss Maude Irene Murchie, native of Nevada City was found dead in her I street home in Sacramento on November 28. She was 68 years of age. : The deceased was born in this city of pioneer parentage. Her father was one of the original discoverers of the historic Murchie Mine. She received her education in the public schools, graduating with the Nevada City High School class of 1895. Her education was furthered at the San Jose State Normal School from which she graduated in 1907. The deceased also attended the Columbia University at New York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1909. Upon completing her ‘course at Columbia she was named the director of the household arts department of the San Jose State Normal School and on March 1, 1918, took the state position. She Supervised home economics works® im the © California schools as chief of the bureau Df home making education of the state education department. She was the cousin of Ray and Alice Murchie of this city and is utso survived by three brothers. Funeral services were held in Sacramento. Camp Beale Soldier Killed By Explosion One Camp Beale solditr was killed and three others injured in the accidental explosion of a shell in a medium field piece of Battery OC, 775th Field Artillery, range of the’ military late Friday. Private Charles L. Mills, 29, Fort Wayne, Indiana, died within 30 minutes of the accident. Mills had been} reservatioa totals . in making public its study special counamounted tax levy for 1939-40 was the ' property tax levy for the county govthis —-l. year, going down from: $129,329,236 for levy High . , point since then was the $131,078,against many counties was the increase in employee pay, in most cases provided as a war When planning budgets for the next fiscal year, the pay increase already granted employees should be kept prominent in the minds of the people and their governing boards.” the service since May. . The injured soldiers were: . Edward H: Perry; Peru, Private James H. Davis, 28, Linden, . Indiana and Private U. Patrick Mcrarity, 20, Sabika, Ohio. Units of the 775th Field Artillery in Grass Valley’s Private . participated istice Day parade. Grammar School In Camptonville Closes CAMPTONVILLE, Dec. 2.—The}. Camptonville Union Grammar Sch¢e ool . closed for the year last Wednesday . and.the pupils are prepared for a joyous winter vacation hoping for some snow. The spring term starts about the middle of (March after most of the bad weather is past. The Camptonville Branch of Marysville Union High School usually opens and closes with the grammar school but this year due to time lost last July, the high school running two weeks longer. The teachers, Mrs. Grace Pauly, principal and teacher of the elementary department and Mrs. Constance Pfiffer. of the primary grades and (Mrs. Veva K. Meggers of the high school plan to spend their vacations here. the Masonic Election In'Camptonville : ICAMPTONVILILE, Dec. 2.—Gravel Range Lodge No. 59 F & A M at their stated meeting Saturday evening elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: Fred J. Joubert, Worshipful Master, L. A. Williams, Senior Warden, Paul .McKee, Junior Warden, Joseph P. Pendola, Treasurer and Acton M. Cleveland, Secretary. Installation of officers is expected to take place during the month of January, weather permitting. GRASS VALLEY PTA TO MEET The Grass: Valley High School Parent Teachers Association will hold its December meeting next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Little Theatre of the high school at which talks‘on health and hygiene will be heard. The speakers will be Art Hooper and Miss Verna Greeley, heads respectively of the boys and girls physical education sections. Mrs. Vera Ingram, president of the-association, will give a report of the Congress of Parents and Teachers meeting in Sacramento last week. William Wilson, high school principal, will preside.at Saturday’s meeting. BASKETBALL GAMES The Folsom High School basketball teams will visit Névada City and Grass Valley tomorrow playing the A and B teams of Yellowjackets here in the afternoon and the Grass Valley Miners A and B.cagers in the evening. eee FREE ENTERPRISE. MEANS JUST THAT ~ “ j By CHARLES I. HILLER Editor Sacramento Union The words free enterprise are appearing a great deal in the news of late, typifying a national move to restore in the post-war era the liberties upon which the American republic is founded. The meaning of free eatorneae may not be fully understood and it is well to analyze the term so that its true definition will not be obscured by those desirous of turning their back on the so~called “good old days.”’ Free enterprise means just what it says, the right of the individual to engage in any legitimate undertaking for his own advancement and the benefit of his fellow citizens. Not a tyson or Political Move The term ‘is not. a trick one behind which are hidden all the evils of the private capitalistic system or all 'the wrongs that Big Business and Wall Street have committed in the past. The term isn’t applied to a political move to throttle fhe new deal, oust President Roosevelt or punish organized labor. The term is applied to the inalienable and _ constitutional. right of any American citizen to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Private and Public Enterprise at the firing} Indiana; . Arm-. In “America have grown up two great divisions, private enterprise and . public enterprise. Private enterprise . to which is applied the broader term . of free enterprise, means any under. taking free of governanent, domina‘tion. Public enterprise means any/thing in which the government itself engages such as ‘bureaucratic — intrusion into the industrial world, . public ownership of utilities or in . plain language, government in -business. Private, or free, enterprise resents the intnusion of government in ‘business. The advocates of public enterprise _ i range all the way from the extrem-jists to those who favor only mild . roediatory control over those ‘pro. viding the essentials and BECeHeEae of life to the people. The Happy Medium . The advocates of free enterprise range from the imdustrial barons who want no. restrictions to those who favor limited profits and’ incomes for all forms of private endeavor. Between the right and left is a happy medium toward ‘which most Americans have been directing their efforts and which keeps in curb the more harmful tendencies of either extreme. The outery for a return to free enterprise is aroused by the féar that the emergency powers transferred to the government in wartime will not be returned to the people after the peace comes. So much control is now being exercised in America by the federal agencies that it is felt great difficulty will be experienced in relaxing their grip when the need no longer exists. Ballots /Will Save the Nation Never since the adoption of the U. S. Constitution has less liberty been permitted the American people. Never has the economic status been in such involved state and the financial debt so great. There is plenty of sound reason for the advocates of free enterprise to be alarmed. Only direct action of the people by their ballots at some future election may Save the nation and prevent it from turning into something closely resembling a mild but benevolent form of dictatorship if the prevailing trends are not cunbed. In advocating the principle of free. enterprise and its continuance as the American system the proponents are not seeking to block reform or to do away with change. They are seeking to preserve the fundamentals of American democracy that contain all the liberties guaranteed under the constitution and a republican form of government. If free enterprise is ever eliminated in this country, then America will cease to be America. » RECOVERING FROM FOOTBALD INJURY Lloyd Hiscox stated yesterday t his son, Lowell, sophomore in hi school was able to be up and* his home, but said it wil time before he will be able down town. The boy was in; playing football in his p cation courses. He since October 3:

ge {. The Nugget is devered't to your home twice a week . for only 30 cents per _ month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, sal are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, TY, CALIFORNIA Vol. 17, No. 94. Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Those of us with a reasonably good memory recall that in the last few months of the first world war there was a_ succession. of “peace rumors, most of tthem originating in. neutral nations, The smashing victory of the allies in August, which set Leudendortf back on his heels, did not result in an armistice until November 11. But it was that tremendous smash in August that convinced the Germans that victory was not in the cards. It is probably true at. this moment that German military leaders have been convinctd they cannot win. The tremendous losses of men, material and territory in Russia, the gradual approach of the battle lines moving constantly westward toward Poland, and the terrific cataclysm caused ‘by the impact of American and British air forces on German cities, notably Berlin, may in a way parallel the reverses the Germans endured fin August, 1918. It is altogether likely that the reason peace overtures have not yet been received from bona fide German sources, as often pointed out, is that “unconditional surrender” is a bitter dose for Germans to take, and they propose to exhaust all possibilities of making conditions that will leave them something ‘with which to begin another try for world dominion. This ttime the entire race, every mnemper of it, is going to know beyond any doubt that they are beaten. Allied soldiers will march down all the German Main streets. For a considerable length of time their domestic economy will«be directed by military leaders of the United Nations. This prospect is too bleak for the Germans to face without making a last ditch fight. It may still be several months before the Germans ‘throw up the sponge, but if they are as coldly reasoning about the inevitable as they have been in prosecuting the war, it will eventually occur to them that they had better save some of their material wealth, even if at expense of such humiljations as no nation, at least no major nation, has suffered in all history.’ Unconditional surrender now would still leave Germany with the majority. of industrial plants, most of its cities, and the greater part of its railroads and canals. unscarred by war. In the era of reconstruction that follows the war, Germany will need these facjlities desperately, not for war, of course, but for the business of peaceful living. It would seem reasonable to think that this would occur even to the circumscribed minds of the arrogant junkers. Whether they wish to. save what remains of their industrial system, whether for war or peaice, it would seem, since they must inevitably lose the war they would accept dé: feat sooner rather than later. Of course’ if the Genmans quit *in the hope of salvaging their in-* dustries for making another war, it is our business, when peace com-: es to see to it that it never hap-_ pens. We sincerely believe that one a pti: placed on the. Germans when the war ends, will if maintained over half a eentury, result . an a long period of peace. That restriction would be the absolute prohibition of manufacturing or using planes of any kind. Let the United Nations maintain a world monopoly on plane making, with an abundance of military aircraft for the next 50 years, say, and Germany will not even think of war. To his might be added for good measure, prohibition against mak-~ing war equipment of any kind, particularly submarines. We do feel confident that when Germany at length sues for peace the. United: Nations, from their rich experience in dealing with the Teutonic superiority complex, will enforce such restrictions on * ARMY OFFICERS INCHARGE OF PTA PROGRAM The Nevada City Elementary Paren't-Teachers Association will give its annual Fathers’ Night dinner next Saturday evening, December 4th, in the auditorium of the elementary. school, which will be followed by an interesting skit planned by three army officers. The ‘officers are Mesos William K. Binkeley and Murray M. Johnson, and Lt. Col. John F. Smoeller. They promise something of unusual character in the way of music and drama. VIGILANT EYE KEPT ON XMAS TREE CUTTERS William French, law enforcement officer, and Elwood Stone, chief fire dispatcher, of the Tahoe National, ‘Forest; are keeping a vigilant eye on all those engaged in cutting Christmas trees this year. Patrols are maintained over highways through the forest and over the mountain roads of any kind. Stone reports that thus far this season no arrests have been made. Purveyors of Christmas trees seem fully aware of the severe penalties entailed for Cutting trees ‘without a ‘‘bill of sale from owners of private holdings within the forest, or. witaout permits from the forest service to cut in the government holdings. ‘MOTORISTS MAY RENEW NRIVER’S LICENSES NOW Motorists? of Nevada City; whose (California driver’s lienses expire in December of this year or January and February of 1944, can have them renewed now, according to = announcement today from the local. office of: the Department of . Motor Vehicles. Renewal before January 1. will save applicants from having to undergo long delays because of crowds obtaining new automobile licenses in January, it was pointed out. Examiners are,now able to handle the public with little delay, whereas, later on there may be long lines and many delays. There is no charge for driver’s license renewals. END MAY HAVE BEEN INCENDIARY iinyor: -Ben Hall, senior warden of the Trinity Episcopal Church, which was badly damaged by fire early Sunday morning, declares that in jhis opinion both the church fire and the fire Which gutted the Lege Building Saturday evening were of: incendiary origin. oe : He sdys ther. was nothing in the basement of the church which could have caused a fire by spontaneous all modern and in good order, it was learned. While it is true there were small amounts of used,” furniture stored: in the Legg Building these were not combustible. The building is usually locked. Hall believes that -. when insurance experts examine the buildings, they will conciude the fires were incendiary. Had. ‘it. not “been for _an_ early morning pheasant hunter, Walter Rore,-who saw the glint of flames in the basement wip dows of Trinity Church, it is believed the structure would} have burned to the. ground. Following the transfer of Byron Lake, mail carrier on the local. postoffice, te Richmond, California, Clifford A. Pooler has taken over the job. Pooler formerly drove a school bus here. Germany that for some generations she will not be able to erupt again, ch -. eradication, combustion._The electric wiring—-is+ _The Gold Center _ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, t 2.1943 ‘ ‘William H. Mayhoffer, Assistant’ Soil Conservationist who assisted in the organization of the Nevada ‘County Soil Conservation District, whelming majority, states that the district covers about 53,000 acres of the Wolf Creek drainage basin lying between Grass Valley and Béar River including the ‘Chicago Park and Pearfdale fruit sections. ‘Conservation of the soil ahd water resources and land use im‘provements are the main objectives,” said Mayhoffer. ‘These objectives include (1) brush clearing and weed (2) proper selection of crops and grasses, according to soil types, (3) irrigation and drainayve improvements, (4) erosion control and soil fertilization, (4) pasture management. “The five directors elected Tuesday were E. M. Karse of Peardale, Clarence ‘(Cunningham of Forest Springs, Clarence Gassaway of the Higgins (Corners section, Kenric Rolph of Sunshine Valley, and Lewis Sleeman of the Lime Kiln district. “In getting the district into operation the directors will set up a NEVADA COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION DIST. APPROVED which was voted Tuesday by an overprogram and plan. The program will summarize the agricultural resources and the various conservation and land use problems. The plan will outline the best known methods of handling these problems. “The district directors are authorized to make agreements for such technical and mechanical assistance as they may need in carrving out their plans, with the various county, state and federal agencies. “In order to set a proper program and plan a soil survey and soil map ‘will be essential. These can be provided by the Soil Conservation Service. “All those who aided in organiz‘ng the district are gratified that at least 75 per cent of those eligible voted in Tuesday’s election, and the overwhelming majority shown behind the district indicates strong support for ‘the program. The vote was 87 for, and 14 agaimst the district. “Credit for the:suwecess in forming the district should go to the organizing committee consisting of. A. €. McQuisten, Edward Blum, Malcolm Hammill, Lewis Sleeman, Kenric Rolph, A. C. Hocking, Clarence Cunningham and Charles Morandi.”’ WELL, ANYWAY 1944 LOOKS LIKE REPUBLICAN YEAR By CLEM WHITAKER Perhaps you didn’t the United States has quietly Republican, without even waiting for next year’s presidential election! know it, but Thateis the w rate, if adding. way it adds up, Republican at any sare doing the And it must be admitted, they can submit considerable supporting’ daia to. establish their contention. Here's the GOP case,. as their politico-mathematicians present it: Twenty six states now have Republican governors, or will have as soon as the newly elected governors of Kentucky and New Jersey take office. : These 26 states, together, command more than a majority of all the votes in the .-electoral college enough to elect a president in 1944. Therefore, the Derocratic Party, or or the Rooseveltian Party is now the minority party, and Republicanism is back in the saddle, even though not’ yet in conimend at the White House. Democratic stalwarts, of course, will be quick to point out that there are some loose ends in that figuring. For example, the fact that a state has elected a Republican governor does not necessarily mean that it would vote for a Republican for president. There may be upseis. ‘Republicans, however, can counter that with the fact that there are other states, with Democratic governors—like Indiana —which have predominantly Republican congressional delegations and which may be dential nominee. The Republican experts, too, will be quick.to point out, as indicative of a drift to GOP ranks, that Kentucky and Missouri, two of the states which now have Republican governors, are border states, which seldom leave the Democratic Party. That, they will.contend, foreshadows a Republican landslide in the offing. The Democrats, on the other hand, will dowbtless cite the fact that they won a majority (even though a slim Majority) of the seats in congress in the 1942 elections. © But the Republicans will counter by contending that this was an empty victory, indeed, as a good number of the Democratic congressmen are not New Dealers—and may be expected to bolt their party in ’44. Each party, at this stage, cau make a fair case for itself ‘‘on paper.’’ But it is well to remember ‘that

politicians, like mathematicians, ‘are fast lads with figures. The GOP elephant is breathing right down the Democratic donkey’s neck, or vice versa, and that’s about all that caw be said for certain. e Mrs. Halstead Downey returned to San Bruno Saturday after spending the holidays here with her mother in law, Mrs. George Downey. b t \ ey gone} expected to go for the GOP presi-. PROPERTY TAX IN NEV. COUNTY DROPS 49 PCT. The property tax bill for County government this year $271,161, down 4.9 per cent from the $284,372 levy for 1942-1943, California Taxpayers association reported today, of tax levies for county government purposes. (City, school, and district levies are not included. In 1939-40, ty government to $265,116, the High point for property county purposes since in 1942-43 when the the tax levy for purposes association stated. tax bill for egunty government presented to the people totalled $284,372. Over the’ state as a_ iwhole, ernments dropped $9,260,000 for 1942-43 to 1943-44.. ‘Tn amounted to -$120,069,244 © 1939-40 the $123,846,854. 953 levy for 1941-42. Forty six counties showed decreas19343-44 compared with 1942-43 while twelve es in county -levies for showed increases. ._ ‘Principal cause of reduction of county taxes was the taking over by the state of-half the cost of old age aid, formerly borne by the counties”’ “Next factthe association declared. or was for enforced economy. “Major factor working maximum tax reduction in bonus. CALIFORNIA BAR ADMITS 118 The committee of bar examiners of the State Bar of California today announced that 118 men and women had passed this year’s examination successfully and will be recommended to the Supreme Court for admission to practice law. This is the second year that the committee, by special arrangement with the armed forces has given the examination to,student applicants in the service at stations where ever they. were located throughout’ the world. The committee will move the admission of the successful applicants at a session of the Supreme Court to be held in San Francisco December 10, 1943, and in Los Angeles January 6, 1944, at which time _ those who are not away from California may take the oath. Mr. and Mrs. George Legg and Miss Mary Hoskin spent ,Thanksgiving holidays in San Francisco. Nevada Distinguished. Native . . Of Nevada City Passes Miss Maude Irene Murchie, native of Nevada City was found dead in her I street home in Sacramento on November 28. She was 68 years of age. : The deceased was born in this city of pioneer parentage. Her father was one of the original discoverers of the historic Murchie Mine. She received her education in the public schools, graduating with the Nevada City High School class of 1895. Her education was furthered at the San Jose State Normal School from which she graduated in 1907. The deceased also attended the Columbia University at New York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1909. Upon completing her ‘course at Columbia she was named the director of the household arts department of the San Jose State Normal School and on March 1, 1918, took the state position. She Supervised home economics works® im the © California schools as chief of the bureau Df home making education of the state education department. She was the cousin of Ray and Alice Murchie of this city and is utso survived by three brothers. Funeral services were held in Sacramento. Camp Beale Soldier Killed By Explosion One Camp Beale solditr was killed and three others injured in the accidental explosion of a shell in a medium field piece of Battery OC, 775th Field Artillery, range of the’ military late Friday. Private Charles L. Mills, 29, Fort Wayne, Indiana, died within 30 minutes of the accident. Mills had been} reservatioa totals . in making public its study special counamounted tax levy for 1939-40 was the ' property tax levy for the county govthis —-l. year, going down from: $129,329,236 for levy High . , point since then was the $131,078,against many counties was the increase in employee pay, in most cases provided as a war When planning budgets for the next fiscal year, the pay increase already granted employees should be kept prominent in the minds of the people and their governing boards.” the service since May. . The injured soldiers were: . Edward H: Perry; Peru, Private James H. Davis, 28, Linden, . Indiana and Private U. Patrick Mcrarity, 20, Sabika, Ohio. Units of the 775th Field Artillery in Grass Valley’s Private . participated istice Day parade. Grammar School In Camptonville Closes CAMPTONVILLE, Dec. 2.—The}. Camptonville Union Grammar Sch¢e ool . closed for the year last Wednesday . and.the pupils are prepared for a joyous winter vacation hoping for some snow. The spring term starts about the middle of (March after most of the bad weather is past. The Camptonville Branch of Marysville Union High School usually opens and closes with the grammar school but this year due to time lost last July, the high school running two weeks longer. The teachers, Mrs. Grace Pauly, principal and teacher of the elementary department and Mrs. Constance Pfiffer. of the primary grades and (Mrs. Veva K. Meggers of the high school plan to spend their vacations here. the Masonic Election In'Camptonville : ICAMPTONVILILE, Dec. 2.—Gravel Range Lodge No. 59 F & A M at their stated meeting Saturday evening elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: Fred J. Joubert, Worshipful Master, L. A. Williams, Senior Warden, Paul .McKee, Junior Warden, Joseph P. Pendola, Treasurer and Acton M. Cleveland, Secretary. Installation of officers is expected to take place during the month of January, weather permitting. GRASS VALLEY PTA TO MEET The Grass: Valley High School Parent Teachers Association will hold its December meeting next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Little Theatre of the high school at which talks‘on health and hygiene will be heard. The speakers will be Art Hooper and Miss Verna Greeley, heads respectively of the boys and girls physical education sections. Mrs. Vera Ingram, president of the-association, will give a report of the Congress of Parents and Teachers meeting in Sacramento last week. William Wilson, high school principal, will preside.at Saturday’s meeting. BASKETBALL GAMES The Folsom High School basketball teams will visit Névada City and Grass Valley tomorrow playing the A and B teams of Yellowjackets here in the afternoon and the Grass Valley Miners A and B.cagers in the evening. eee FREE ENTERPRISE.. MEANS JUST THAT ~ “ j By CHARLES I. HILLER Editor Sacramento Union The words free enterprise are appearing a great deal in the news of late, typifying a national move to restore in the post-war era the liberties upon which the American republic is founded. The meaning of free eatorneae may not be fully understood and it is well to analyze the term so that its true definition will not be obscured by those desirous of turning their back on the so~called “good old days.”’ Free enterprise means just what it says, the right of the individual to engage in any legitimate undertaking for his own advancement and the benefit of his fellow citizens. Not a tyson or Political Move The term ‘is not. a trick one behind which are hidden all the evils of the private capitalistic system or all 'the wrongs that Big Business and Wall Street have committed in the past. The term isn’t applied to a political move to throttle fhe new deal, oust President Roosevelt or punish organized labor. The term is applied to the inalienable and _ constitutional. right of any American citizen to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Private and Public Enterprise at the firing} Indiana; . Arm-. In “America have grown up two great divisions, private enterprise and . public enterprise. Private enterprise . to which is applied the broader term . of free enterprise, means any under. taking free of governanent, domina‘tion. Public enterprise means any/thing in which the government itself engages such as ‘bureaucratic — intrusion into the industrial world, . public ownership of utilities or in . plain language, government in -business. Private, or free, enterprise resents the intnusion of government in ‘business. The advocates of public enterprise _ i range all the way from the extrem-jists to those who favor only mild . roediatory control over those ‘pro. viding the essentials and BECeHeEae of life to the people. The Happy Medium . The advocates of free enterprise range from the imdustrial barons who want no. restrictions to those who favor limited profits and’ incomes for all forms of private endeavor. Between the right and left is a happy medium toward ‘which most Americans have been directing their efforts and which keeps in curb the more harmful tendencies of either extreme. The outery for a return to free enterprise is aroused by the féar that the emergency powers transferred to the government in wartime will not be returned to the people after the peace comes. So much control is now being exercised in America by the federal agencies that it is felt great difficulty will be experienced in relaxing their grip when the need no longer exists. Ballots /Will Save the Nation Never since the adoption of the U. S. Constitution has less liberty been permitted the American people. Never has the economic status been in such involved state and the financial debt so great. There is plenty of sound reason for the advocates of free enterprise to be alarmed. Only direct action of the people by their ballots at some future election may Save the nation and prevent it from turning into something closely resembling a mild but benevolent form of dictatorship if the prevailing trends are not cunbed. In advocating the principle of free. enterprise and its continuance as the American system the proponents are not seeking to block reform or to do away with change. They are seeking to preserve the fundamentals of American democracy that contain all the liberties guaranteed under the constitution and a republican form of government. If free enterprise is ever eliminated in this country, then America will cease to be America. » RECOVERING FROM FOOTBALD INJURY Lloyd Hiscox stated yesterday t his son, Lowell, sophomore in hi school was able to be up and* his home, but said it wil time before he will be able down town. The boy was in; playing football in his p cation courses. He since October 3: