December 20, 1937 (6 pages)

7 Sa, . . . damning profusely everything from . metaphor. . Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. Reading the various accounts of the Downieville flood in the San Franc&sco and Sacramenfo papers and of course in those journals near at hand, we are inclined to give the palm for the best story of it to the Downieville Mountain Messenger. The word picture of five and six-room hemes suddenly throwing off their moorings and sailing down the Yuba like. full-rigged ships with important destinations downstream, conveys a sense of the disaster, the height of the flood, as nothing else, we have seen in print. Of coursv, under all the circumstances the Messenger should publish the best story. ] We would like to attribute this excellent story written by an eyewitness of the flood to Vie Cassidy, editor, manager and grease monkey of the Messenger, but we are fairly well acquainted with his. talents which lie more in business getting than in the writing end of the game, and reluctantly, canvassing the possibilities. of writing talent in Downieville, must deny him the authorship unless he supports the claim with an affidavit. Ross Taylor might shave written! it, but by ‘temperament he is extremely active and we doubt whether he could sit still for half an hour and turn out as neat a story as this. So by a process of elimination we finally come to the conclusion ithat*little Mrs. Vie Cassidy wrote the story. When one thinks of the very narrow escape she had from being washed down the Yuba in the of the bridges and residences, we are certain that Providence watches over editors and their families. A couple of years ago Mrs. Vic came to Downieville, a bride and she has grown into the newspaper business and into the hearts of Downieville folks like nobody’s business. If she had vanished with the flood, it would have been a calamity not only for her widowed husband ’but for all of Downieville and points beyond. wake Vic, stofming into the Nugget office four days after the disaster, and Ne ty Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ton The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and fdr justifiable ends. — Alexander HamilFrom: the Californian, March 15, 1848: Vol. 11,No. 101. The County Seat Paper = NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1937. Santa Claus The donations to the Downieville Christmas celebration were accepted Saturday by Miss Jane Bennett in the Bank of America lobby, and Miss Bennett: turned over $10.45 to the local committee which brings the total of, $75.55 account for to date. There are 26 children of Downieville who will be special proteges of the general Nevada City committee. of which DeWitt Nelson was charman. This committee which has the names and ages of the children, has appointed a sub committee consisting of Mrs. K. L. Tatman and Mrs. Harry Poole to select suitable gifts for each child on the list. Lloyd Dudley, Clyde Gwin and Fred Conti are the committee, which will go to Downieville tomorrow evening on behalf of Nevada City’s’ part in the big Christmas celebration which will be ‘held on Memorial hall in Downieville tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. The rest of Downieville children, numbering about 100 will be cared for by the donations of Grass Valley, Auburn and Marysville. The order of E. Clampus Vitus of Auburn is coordinating the activities of the four cities which are making possible a bang-up Christmas for the children of Downieville and vicinity who were bereft of their usual Christmas. Fifteen minutes is allotted each city to put on an entertainment and arrangements are now being made for Nevada City’s share in this combined entertainment. Nevada City’s “allotment of $150 toward a-total fund of $30,000 for the relief of flood sufferers in eight northern California counties, has already been oversubscribed. Purchased in this city pursuant to orders from General Red Cross headquarters according to Frank Finnegan, president of the Nevada City Unit of the Red Cross, was more than $4700 worth of supplies of all kinds for the immediate relief of A to Zed, when kidded about being . three days late’ with the story, when} ‘he should have announced it the Saturday ‘morning after the Friday afternoon inundation (Saturday being his regular publication day) vehe-mently declares that during the big snow storm last winter he was six} days late and nobody uttered a crit-. icism, but when he’s three days late. with the story of the biggest catastrophe in Downieville’s recorded his-. tory, everybody is yelling his head . off. There were circumstances, Many of them, which precluded such a world scoop. The high tide of the . flood had backed into the lower floor, of the Messenger building. The. editor’s wife had nearly been drowned, and Vic himself had been so busy helping: put things to rights in the community, that the ‘‘scoop’”’ had to be postponed, and a postponed scoop, of course, is never a scoop. But by and large under the editorship of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Cassidy the Mountain Messenger has come to life again. It is a real newspaper and just about 1000 per cent better than it was some years back. Time was wheff one of Vic’s predecessors used to count that edition lost which did not have at least 200 typographical errors and one libel suit on the front ‘page. Of course, it frequently happened that his errors in printing nullified the basis for libel. That is to say, if he had viciously libeled Bill Jones, but inadventeltly spelled the name Bill Bones, the said Bill Jones had to be very sure he was the chap libeled before he could make a suit stand up in court. This is not really a technical defense in libel, if all, Bill Jones’ neighbors came to the eonclusion that the Bill Bones named in the paper was intended to mean Bill Jones, he can bring his suit with a fair chance of winning. The editor’s intent iswhat counts, As a matter of fact one of Vic’s predecessors did finally come ~to his come-uppance. Another editor in Sierra county nailed his canterous hide to the barn door. The Mountain Messenger scripe had called _ his neighboring scribe a ‘human skunk’ and for a wonder ‘there were no typographical errors in the epithet. A jury found damages for a thousand dollars for this odious and odorous So it is no overstatement to say that under the Vic Cassidys' the “week considering ‘Downieville sufferers. REV. BUCKNER SENDS GREETING Cards from Rev. H. Buckner, pastor of the local Methodist church whois recovering from a severe operation in Sacramento, sent messages to the members of the different organizations of his church thanking them for gifts and messages of cheer. Rev. Buckner is making steady gain in recovery from the recent opera; tion. . The Methodist. church Sunday sehool will have a Christmas tree and party Wednesday December 29. The Ladies Aid Society and Missionary Society enjoyed Christmas trees this past week. Jonn L. Piper, District Maintenance Engineer of the State Division of Highways was in Nevada City last the Downieville damage and repairs. Tom Bigelow was also here. 000 per cent. Now, having awarded this bouquet we come to another matter that calls for chiding. In the personal column, under Vic’s own name we find an item which reads: Vie Cassidy, being stopped by a traffic officer, doing better than the speed limit. Very fortunate to get off without a ticket. The officer was very courteous. Think his name was Elliott; not sure, There is a bit of juvenile braggadocio about that item. In the first place he had better be sure of the traffic officer’s name. They object very seriously to nonehalance on the part of arrested speeders. And unless Vic was running a race with the flood to see which would get to Goodyear’s Bar first, there really was no reason for excessive speed. We know, however, that during the flood Vie and family were on the wrong side of the river for racing. In the next place, people’ who really count in the world, don’t smile any more when speeders are menyourself?” Sure we were, but the worst that could happen to us then was a rumaway horse. Nowadays when: one meets friends withlimbs in plaster casts and bandages around lacerated faces and scalps and reads the road traffic fatality figures, speeding connotes obituaries and Mountain Messenger is improved 1,death’s heads. tioned. ‘‘But wern’t you young once: oe ae = to Visit Downieville Kiddies CAROL SINGING THURSDAY EVE The Nevada City high school choiristers will sing their Christmas carols in Grass Valley on Wednesday evening, December 22 and in Nevada City on Thursday evening, December 23. Besides the Christmas carols there will be several A Capella numbers as follows: “The Sleep of the Child Jesus,’ “O Filii et Filiae’’ and “A both nights follow: Wednesday night, 22 at Grass Valley. 7:1’—Town Talk. December 7:30—Grass Valley Christmas tree. 7:45—Grass Valley Elks building. 8:00—Grass Valley hibh school. Thursday night, December 23 at Nevada City: 7:00 —Corner Prospect and Clay. 7:15—Plaza. 7:30—Christmas tree at Bank of America corner. 7:30—Broad street at gore at top of hill. 8:00—Nevada City high school. MINER KILLED BY FALLINGROCK W. A. Boatwright, residing on Nevada City-Grass Valley highway, was injured at about noon at the North Star mine’ in Grass Valley. He passed away at 3:15 at Jones Memorial hospital this afternoon. Survivors are his wife and _ five small children, the oldest being about 12 and the youngest 3. The youngest child is still in Dr. Karo’s hospital in Grass Valley where ‘he has» been for several months recuperating from serious burns. The young miner was working in a drift and the accident was due tse a falling rock. MARRIED IN SACRAMENTO Everette Kistle, son of Albert Kistle, Sr., and Miss Genevieve Vranish of Sacramento surprised their many friends when they were married at the home of the bride’s family in Sacramento last week. They have returned to make their home on Gold Flat in the Albert Kistle Jr. house. French Carol,’ The itinerary for! JUDGE MCINTOSH SAYS FLOOD DID $500,000 DAMAGE Just how much substantial reliet may be expected from the Federal government, if any, is a question which the Downieville Flood Relief committee would like to have answered According to Judge Raymond McIntosh who with John M. Sheedy, operator of the Telegraph mine, were in Nevada City Saturday, the damage amounts to easily a half million dollars. It is well known that relief to replace homes lost in the Dust Bowl and in other floods, outright grants in some cases, and long time loans in others, was given by various Federal agencies. Congressman Englebright and Senator Johnson are reported working vigorously to obtain aid for Downieville. The state has. no legal means of reimbursing, or even making ‘loans to those who have lost their property through flood, fire or other ‘act of God.”’ But so far as state high“Ways and bridges are concerned, steps are already heing taken to repair and replace whatever is needed. Fred Garrison, divisional highway superintendent, states that the temporary bridge across Goodyear creek is already in place and that a new concrete bridge will be erected later on. The highway bridge in Downieville whieh was badly wrecked may never be rebuilt. Judge McIntosh states that Downieville people are urgently asking that when the State Highway Commission builds again it will build a high single span across the North Fork. At present the bridge across the North fork of the North Fork is being used; this was the only span that did not go out. One abutment of that bridge was damaged but it has since been shored up and will; serve for awhile. On the highway slides, estimated by Garrison at 100,000 yards are being rapidly removed. a buildings and equipment of the Telegraph mine were swept away. Several other mining properties suffered similarly. Until these mines are rehabilitated payrolls they carried are stopped. Judge McIntosh states that a list of the damage done includes, 19 houses washed away, 12. partially wrecked, 4 businesses destroyed, and 7 partially destroyed. It is hoped that the Federal government, through one agency or another, will at least provide a loan fund, giving long terms and low rates which will enable mine operators, business firms and home owners to replace what has been lost in the flood. Valiant, and faithful Bid envy and hatred In the shining paths Breathing the olden message, ““Peace and good will to men.” Peace and Goodwill . (By A. Merriam Conner) Softly the bells are chiming Under the vaulted blue, Peace and the: Christmas spirit Are calling to me and to you; And here where the fields are smiling And in winter lands afar, The eyes of earth’s children are lifted To the light of one shining star. Beautiful golden legend Thrilling the world again, Easing the weight of our burdens Soothing the throb of pain; Whispering low; “be patient, still;”’ Linger, oh Christmas spirit, Dwell in our midst for aye, Shedding the light of gladness Over life’s shadowed way; Speak to the troubled nations, cease, Till the whole world walks serenely . a» of peace” Softly the bells are chiming Under the vaulted blue, Peace and the Christmas spirit Are calling to me and to you; May we not keep them with us, All through the glad New Year, With the’ light of the star to guide us And the angel's songs to cheer? Gand ~ E. M. Rector, Vice President of the Nevada City Branch of Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, is in receipt of advices from the San Francisco office of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the effect that J. F. McCullough, representing that department of the government, ‘is now en route to Dow-. nieville for the ‘purpose of making an official’: survey of the flood damage there. This will be welcome news to the Downieville people, who have been awaiting such action as a precedent to possible emergency relief loans. According to Mr. Rector, representatives of the WPA‘ have heretofore visited Downieville, and expressed the opinion that some assistance can be afforded for public works rehabilitation through that body. However, this type project presents some restrictions which it may be difficult to meet under the stricken conditions now prevailing there, and it is now hoped that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will be in a position to afford the aid, both for public and private reconstruction which is so much needed. DR: PAULA TOBIAS ROTARY SPEAKER NEXT THURSDAY Dr. Paula Tobias will be the speaker at the luncheon of the Rotary club next Thursday, Dr. Tobias formerly lived in Germany and her topic will be “Yuletide in Germany.”’ She will recount the age-old customs and tell of the musical traditions which attach to the season Christmas festivities will be observed by club in singing the Christmas anthems and carols from the Rotary song book. FREE CHRISTMAS MATINEE TUES. FOR CHILDREN Bill Tamblyn, manager of the Nevada Theatre, has announced ‘that tomorrow’. (Tuesday) afternoon at 2:15 o’clock, there will be a free Christmas matinee for the children. The show is an’ especially good one, a Joe E. Brown comedy, entitled “Alibi Ike.’’ There will also be a couple of short skits to round out the afternoon’s entertainment. All children are cordially invited to attend this free Christmas show. CHECK ARTIST COLLECTS XMAS FUNDS FOR SELF A man pretending to be an engineer giving the name of Burns succeeded in taking up an involuntary Christmas collection for his own benefit Sunday evening afid_ this morning. He cashed a number of checks, artistically endorsed, usually for a small amount, among Nevada City merchants. It is believed that the Christmas largess those collected amounted to about $25. He disappeared from Nevada City shortly before the bank opened this morning. ‘He had a pleasing personality and a pleasant smile. CHRISTMAS MASS AT ST. CANICE CHURCH Christmas services at St. Canice church includes mass at on Christmas morning at 7:30 o’clock. During the mass a mixed choir will several of the well known Ghristmas hymns: Mass will be said at Cherokee at 10:30 o’clock on-.Christmas Day. Next Sunday where will be but one mass in Nevada City; the seecond will‘be in Birechville. the Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Clark of Rélief Hill Mining Company and Carl Penrose and wife came down from North Bloomfield today to spend the day shopping. £ RFC Official Surveys Downieville Disasters STORM DESTROYS THREE BRIDGES ON RURAL ROADS CAMPTONVILLE, Dec. 20.—Three ’ bridges were lost on rural roads in this section during the past storm. The Garden Valley bridge was considerably moved from where it stood, and the channel widened and changed. The bridge is still nearby, but in suche a position as to make if impossible to put it back. The Oregon Creek “bridge on the road from here to Challenge was” completely washed away and is now in Bullards Bar lake. This was not a very long bridge but a heavy one due to heavy timber trucks halling from Oregon Hill. to the P. G. & E. flume. The small bridge on tne Mill creek road near the Kennedy, which was newly built last year completely washed away. This bridge was under the supervision of the Forest Service the other two were county bridges. ROSEVILLE VS." C. AT ROSEVILLE JAN. 7 Thirty eight to thirty in favor of Nevada City is the score of the basketball game played in the Nevada City high school ie between the. Yellowjackets and the Miners. Nevada City B team lost with a score of 35 to 15. The A teams lined up follows: Nevada City; Kopp and Hoff, forwards Lotz, center; Doolititle and Clark, guards; Grass Valley—Rood and Marks, forwards; Ham, cent Keeny and Ostrom, guards. Nevada City will play Roseville January 7 at Roseville. CAR OVERTURNS THREE TIMES Richard John Sofge, son of Si Sofge of Willow Valley, miraculously escaped injuries yesterday when his car plunged over the Tahoe Ukiah highway about seven miles east of Nevada City and rolled over three times before stopping. He attempted to pass a car driven by Louis Pitts, Zeibright mine employee, and evidently misjudged the distance. He hooked the fender of the Pitts machine as he turned to escape hitting the other car. Edward Frost, 13 years old, riding with Sofge, suffered slight\cuts and bruises, and was treated by Dr. W. W. Reed in Nevada City. The accident. happened at 1:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and was phoned to patrol headquarters. As it was broadcast over the radio Captain Joe Blake and Traffic Officer Carl C. Kitts picked up ‘the accident and. responded arriving at 2 o’clock. Miss Amy Lou McCraney and Bill Polkinghorn, students at the University of California, have returned for . the holidays. : BIRTHDAYSI! Send a Greeting to. Your Friends. x” 6 Deceniber 21, 1937 ELIZA SHURTLIFF Nevada City DECEMBER 22, 1937 MRS. JAMES PENROSE : Pine Street December 23, 1937 THOMAS JENNINGS Zion Street December 24, 1937 Boulder Street THOMAS HADDY CHRISTMAS DAY ALBERT POLGLASE Nevada City December 26, 1937 G. L. PAINE Nevada City December 28, 1937 NORMAN CHATETELD San Andreas LYDIA O. GROVES MISS NANCY JONES . _ Nevada Street

7 Sa, . . . damning profusely everything from . metaphor. . Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. Reading the various accounts of the Downieville flood in the San Franc&sco and Sacramenfo papers and of course in those journals near at hand, we are inclined to give the palm for the best story of it to the Downieville Mountain Messenger. The word picture of five and six-room hemes suddenly throwing off their moorings and sailing down the Yuba like. full-rigged ships with important destinations downstream, conveys a sense of the disaster, the height of the flood, as nothing else, we have seen in print. Of coursv, under all the circumstances the Messenger should publish the best story. ] We would like to attribute this excellent story written by an eyewitness of the flood to Vie Cassidy, editor, manager and grease monkey of the Messenger, but we are fairly well acquainted with his. talents which lie more in business getting than in the writing end of the game, and reluctantly, canvassing the possibilities. of writing talent in Downieville, must deny him the authorship unless he supports the claim with an affidavit. Ross Taylor might shave written! it, but by ‘temperament he is extremely active and we doubt whether he could sit still for half an hour and turn out as neat a story as this. So by a process of elimination we finally come to the conclusion ithat*little Mrs. Vie Cassidy wrote the story. When one thinks of the very narrow escape she had from being washed down the Yuba in the of the bridges and residences, we are certain that Providence watches over editors and their families. A couple of years ago Mrs. Vic came to Downieville, a bride and she has grown into the newspaper business and into the hearts of Downieville folks like nobody’s business. If she had vanished with the flood, it would have been a calamity not only for her widowed husband ’but for all of Downieville and points beyond. wake Vic, stofming into the Nugget office four days after the disaster, and Ne ty Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ton The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and fdr justifiable ends. — Alexander HamilFrom: the Californian, March 15, 1848: Vol. 11,No. 101. The County Seat Paper = NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1937. Santa Claus The donations to the Downieville Christmas celebration were accepted Saturday by Miss Jane Bennett in the Bank of America lobby, and Miss Bennett: turned over $10.45 to the local committee which brings the total of, $75.55 account for to date. There are 26 children of Downieville who will be special proteges of the general Nevada City committee. of which DeWitt Nelson was charman. This committee which has the names and ages of the children, has appointed a sub committee consisting of Mrs. K. L. Tatman and Mrs. Harry Poole to select suitable gifts for each child on the list. Lloyd Dudley, Clyde Gwin and Fred Conti are the committee, which will go to Downieville tomorrow evening on behalf of Nevada City’s’ part in the big Christmas celebration which will be ‘held on Memorial hall in Downieville tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. The rest of Downieville children, numbering about 100 will be cared for by the donations of Grass Valley, Auburn and Marysville. The order of E. Clampus Vitus of Auburn is coordinating the activities of the four cities which are making possible a bang-up Christmas for the children of Downieville and vicinity who were bereft of their usual Christmas. Fifteen minutes is allotted each city to put on an entertainment and arrangements are now being made for Nevada City’s share in this combined entertainment. Nevada City’s “allotment of $150 toward a-total fund of $30,000 for the relief of flood sufferers in eight northern California counties, has already been oversubscribed. Purchased in this city pursuant to orders from General Red Cross headquarters according to Frank Finnegan, president of the Nevada City Unit of the Red Cross, was more than $4700 worth of supplies of all kinds for the immediate relief of A to Zed, when kidded about being . three days late’ with the story, when} ‘he should have announced it the Saturday ‘morning after the Friday afternoon inundation (Saturday being his regular publication day) vehe-mently declares that during the big snow storm last winter he was six} days late and nobody uttered a crit-. icism, but when he’s three days late. with the story of the biggest catastrophe in Downieville’s recorded his-. tory, everybody is yelling his head . off. There were circumstances, Many of them, which precluded such a world scoop. The high tide of the . flood had backed into the lower floor, of the Messenger building. The. editor’s wife had nearly been drowned, and Vic himself had been so busy helping: put things to rights in the community, that the ‘‘scoop’”’ had to be postponed, and a postponed scoop, of course, is never a scoop. But by and large under the editorship of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Cassidy the Mountain Messenger has come to life again. It is a real newspaper and just about 1000 per cent better than it was some years back. Time was wheff one of Vic’s predecessors used to count that edition lost which did not have at least 200 typographical errors and one libel suit on the front ‘page. Of course, it frequently happened that his errors in printing nullified the basis for libel. That is to say, if he had viciously libeled Bill Jones, but inadventeltly spelled the name Bill Bones, the said Bill Jones had to be very sure he was the chap libeled before he could make a suit stand up in court. This is not really a technical defense in libel, if all, Bill Jones’ neighbors came to the eonclusion that the Bill Bones named in the paper was intended to mean Bill Jones, he can bring his suit with a fair chance of winning. The editor’s intent iswhat counts, As a matter of fact one of Vic’s predecessors did finally come ~to his come-uppance. Another editor in Sierra county nailed his canterous hide to the barn door. The Mountain Messenger scripe had called _ his neighboring scribe a ‘human skunk’ and for a wonder ‘there were no typographical errors in the epithet. A jury found damages for a thousand dollars for this odious and odorous So it is no overstatement to say that under the Vic Cassidys' the “week considering ‘Downieville sufferers. REV. BUCKNER SENDS GREETING Cards from Rev. H. Buckner, pastor of the local Methodist church whois recovering from a severe operation in Sacramento, sent messages to the members of the different organizations of his church thanking them for gifts and messages of cheer. Rev. Buckner is making steady gain in recovery from the recent opera; tion. . The Methodist. church Sunday sehool will have a Christmas tree and party Wednesday December 29. The Ladies Aid Society and Missionary Society enjoyed Christmas trees this past week. Jonn L. Piper, District Maintenance Engineer of the State Division of Highways was in Nevada City last the Downieville damage and repairs. Tom Bigelow was also here. 000 per cent. Now, having awarded this bouquet we come to another matter that calls for chiding. In the personal column, under Vic’s own name we find an item which reads: Vie Cassidy, being stopped by a traffic officer, doing better than the speed limit. Very fortunate to get off without a ticket. The officer was very courteous. Think his name was Elliott; not sure, There is a bit of juvenile braggadocio about that item. In the first place he had better be sure of the traffic officer’s name. They object very seriously to nonehalance on the part of arrested speeders. And unless Vic was running a race with the flood to see which would get to Goodyear’s Bar first, there really was no reason for excessive speed. We know, however, that during the flood Vie and family were on the wrong side of the river for racing. In the next place, people’ who really count in the world, don’t smile any more when speeders are menyourself?” Sure we were, but the worst that could happen to us then was a rumaway horse. Nowadays when: one meets friends withlimbs in plaster casts and bandages around lacerated faces and scalps and reads the road traffic fatality figures, speeding connotes obituaries and Mountain Messenger is improved 1,death’s heads. tioned. ‘‘But wern’t you young once: oe ae = to Visit Downieville Kiddies CAROL SINGING THURSDAY EVE The Nevada City high school choiristers will sing their Christmas carols in Grass Valley on Wednesday evening, December 22 and in Nevada City on Thursday evening, December 23. Besides the Christmas carols there will be several A Capella numbers as follows: “The Sleep of the Child Jesus,’ “O Filii et Filiae’’ and “A both nights follow: Wednesday night, 22 at Grass Valley. 7:1’—Town Talk. December 7:30—Grass Valley Christmas tree. 7:45—Grass Valley Elks building. 8:00—Grass Valley hibh school. Thursday night, December 23 at Nevada City: 7:00 —Corner Prospect and Clay. 7:15—Plaza. 7:30—Christmas tree at Bank of America corner. 7:30—Broad street at gore at top of hill. 8:00—Nevada City high school. MINER KILLED BY FALLINGROCK W. A. Boatwright, residing on Nevada City-Grass Valley highway, was injured at about noon at the North Star mine’ in Grass Valley. He passed away at 3:15 at Jones Memorial hospital this afternoon. Survivors are his wife and _ five small children, the oldest being about 12 and the youngest 3. The youngest child is still in Dr. Karo’s hospital in Grass Valley where ‘he has» been for several months recuperating from serious burns. The young miner was working in a drift and the accident was due tse a falling rock. MARRIED IN SACRAMENTO Everette Kistle, son of Albert Kistle, Sr., and Miss Genevieve Vranish of Sacramento surprised their many friends when they were married at the home of the bride’s family in Sacramento last week. They have returned to make their home on Gold Flat in the Albert Kistle Jr. house. French Carol,’ The itinerary for!

JUDGE MCINTOSH SAYS FLOOD DID $500,000 DAMAGE Just how much substantial reliet may be expected from the Federal government, if any, is a question which the Downieville Flood Relief committee would like to have answered According to Judge Raymond McIntosh who with John M. Sheedy, operator of the Telegraph mine, were in Nevada City Saturday, the damage amounts to easily a half million dollars. It is well known that relief to replace homes lost in the Dust Bowl and in other floods, outright grants in some cases, and long time loans in others, was given by various Federal agencies. Congressman Englebright and Senator Johnson are reported working vigorously to obtain aid for Downieville. The state has. no legal means of reimbursing, or even making ‘loans to those who have lost their property through flood, fire or other ‘act of God.”’ But so far as state high“Ways and bridges are concerned, steps are already heing taken to repair and replace whatever is needed. Fred Garrison, divisional highway superintendent, states that the temporary bridge across Goodyear creek is already in place and that a new concrete bridge will be erected later on. The highway bridge in Downieville whieh was badly wrecked may never be rebuilt. Judge McIntosh states that Downieville people are urgently asking that when the State Highway Commission builds again it will build a high single span across the North Fork. At present the bridge across the North fork of the North Fork is being used; this was the only span that did not go out. One abutment of that bridge was damaged but it has since been shored up and will; serve for awhile. On the highway slides, estimated by Garrison at 100,000 yards are being rapidly removed. a buildings and equipment of the Telegraph mine were swept away. Several other mining properties suffered similarly. Until these mines are rehabilitated payrolls they carried are stopped. Judge McIntosh states that a list of the damage done includes, 19 houses washed away, 12. partially wrecked, 4 businesses destroyed, and 7 partially destroyed. It is hoped that the Federal government, through one agency or another, will at least provide a loan fund, giving long terms and low rates which will enable mine operators, business firms and home owners to replace what has been lost in the flood. Valiant, and faithful Bid envy and hatred In the shining paths Breathing the olden message, ““Peace and good will to men.” Peace and Goodwill . (By A. Merriam Conner) Softly the bells are chiming Under the vaulted blue, Peace and the: Christmas spirit Are calling to me and to you; And here where the fields are smiling And in winter lands afar, The eyes of earth’s children are lifted To the light of one shining star. Beautiful golden legend Thrilling the world again, Easing the weight of our burdens Soothing the throb of pain; Whispering low; “be patient, still;”’ Linger, oh Christmas spirit, Dwell in our midst for aye, Shedding the light of gladness Over life’s shadowed way; Speak to the troubled nations, cease, Till the whole world walks serenely . a» of peace” Softly the bells are chiming Under the vaulted blue, Peace and the Christmas spirit Are calling to me and to you; May we not keep them with us, All through the glad New Year, With the’ light of the star to guide us And the angel's songs to cheer? Gand ~ E. M. Rector, Vice President of the Nevada City Branch of Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, is in receipt of advices from the San Francisco office of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the effect that J. F. McCullough, representing that department of the government, ‘is now en route to Dow-. nieville for the ‘purpose of making an official’: survey of the flood damage there. This will be welcome news to the Downieville people, who have been awaiting such action as a precedent to possible emergency relief loans. According to Mr. Rector, representatives of the WPA‘ have heretofore visited Downieville, and expressed the opinion that some assistance can be afforded for public works rehabilitation through that body. However, this type project presents some restrictions which it may be difficult to meet under the stricken conditions now prevailing there, and it is now hoped that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will be in a position to afford the aid, both for public and private reconstruction which is so much needed. DR: PAULA TOBIAS ROTARY SPEAKER NEXT THURSDAY Dr. Paula Tobias will be the speaker at the luncheon of the Rotary club next Thursday, Dr. Tobias formerly lived in Germany and her topic will be “Yuletide in Germany.”’ She will recount the age-old customs and tell of the musical traditions which attach to the season Christmas festivities will be observed by club in singing the Christmas anthems and carols from the Rotary song book. FREE CHRISTMAS MATINEE TUES. FOR CHILDREN Bill Tamblyn, manager of the Nevada Theatre, has announced ‘that tomorrow’. (Tuesday) afternoon at 2:15 o’clock, there will be a free Christmas matinee for the children. The show is an’ especially good one, a Joe E. Brown comedy, entitled “Alibi Ike.’’ There will also be a couple of short skits to round out the afternoon’s entertainment. All children are cordially invited to attend this free Christmas show. CHECK ARTIST COLLECTS XMAS FUNDS FOR SELF A man pretending to be an engineer giving the name of Burns succeeded in taking up an involuntary Christmas collection for his own benefit Sunday evening afid_ this morning. He cashed a number of checks, artistically endorsed, usually for a small amount, among Nevada City merchants. It is believed that the Christmas largess those collected amounted to about $25. He disappeared from Nevada City shortly before the bank opened this morning. ‘He had a pleasing personality and a pleasant smile. CHRISTMAS MASS AT ST. CANICE CHURCH Christmas services at St. Canice church includes mass at on Christmas morning at 7:30 o’clock. During the mass a mixed choir will several of the well known Ghristmas hymns: Mass will be said at Cherokee at 10:30 o’clock on-.Christmas Day. Next Sunday where will be but one mass in Nevada City; the seecond will‘be in Birechville. the Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Clark of Rélief Hill Mining Company and Carl Penrose and wife came down from North Bloomfield today to spend the day shopping. £ RFC Official Surveys Downieville Disasters STORM DESTROYS THREE BRIDGES ON RURAL ROADS CAMPTONVILLE, Dec. 20.—Three ’ bridges were lost on rural roads in this section during the past storm. The Garden Valley bridge was considerably moved from where it stood, and the channel widened and changed. The bridge is still nearby, but in suche a position as to make if impossible to put it back. The Oregon Creek “bridge on the road from here to Challenge was” completely washed away and is now in Bullards Bar lake. This was not a very long bridge but a heavy one due to heavy timber trucks halling from Oregon Hill. to the P. G. & E. flume. The small bridge on tne Mill creek road near the Kennedy, which was newly built last year completely washed away. This bridge was under the supervision of the Forest Service the other two were county bridges. ROSEVILLE VS." C. AT ROSEVILLE JAN. 7 Thirty eight to thirty in favor of Nevada City is the score of the basketball game played in the Nevada City high school ie between the. Yellowjackets and the Miners. Nevada City B team lost with a score of 35 to 15. The A teams lined up follows: Nevada City; Kopp and Hoff, forwards Lotz, center; Doolititle and Clark, guards; Grass Valley—Rood and Marks, forwards; Ham, cent Keeny and Ostrom, guards. Nevada City will play Roseville January 7 at Roseville. CAR OVERTURNS THREE TIMES Richard John Sofge, son of Si Sofge of Willow Valley, miraculously escaped injuries yesterday when his car plunged over the Tahoe Ukiah highway about seven miles east of Nevada City and rolled over three times before stopping. He attempted to pass a car driven by Louis Pitts, Zeibright mine employee, and evidently misjudged the distance. He hooked the fender of the Pitts machine as he turned to escape hitting the other car. Edward Frost, 13 years old, riding with Sofge, suffered slight\cuts and bruises, and was treated by Dr. W. W. Reed in Nevada City. The accident. happened at 1:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and was phoned to patrol headquarters. As it was broadcast over the radio Captain Joe Blake and Traffic Officer Carl C. Kitts picked up ‘the accident and. responded arriving at 2 o’clock. Miss Amy Lou McCraney and Bill Polkinghorn, students at the University of California, have returned for . the holidays. : BIRTHDAYSI! Send a Greeting to. Your Friends. x” 6 Deceniber 21, 1937 ELIZA SHURTLIFF Nevada City DECEMBER 22, 1937 MRS. JAMES PENROSE : Pine Street December 23, 1937 THOMAS JENNINGS Zion Street December 24, 1937 Boulder Street THOMAS HADDY CHRISTMAS DAY ALBERT POLGLASE Nevada City December 26, 1937 G. L. PAINE Nevada City December 28, 1937 NORMAN CHATETELD San Andreas LYDIA O. GROVES MISS NANCY JONES . _ Nevada Street