December 30, 1938 (6 pages)

Thine Out. Loud . By H. M. L. A A good many people poke fun 4 ~at the Dies, committee and its in. vestigation of fun/American actp ivities, There is, undoubtedly much hat the committee might have omitted’ in itis probing, which ‘at ) times savored of rumor monger: ing, . comings, we will call attention to ' two achievements: . The first is its esanhe, backed ip. by abundant testimony of .Gov‘ernor Murphy’s conduct in the labor wars of Michigan. It Has been proved conclusively that he virtually nullified court orders in _ order to avoid, as he said, bloodP shed. We have pointed out in ce these columns time and again that ' jaw enforcement is tore import_ ant. than spilling blood. Tf this -> philosophy: of government were arried to its logical and silly con/’ clusion, no man attempting murder would suffer punishment. Law aforcement all: ‘along the lite en* bloodshed: ' In prohibition ¥ “many: an officer was killed; hy a boetlegget died in his. ts. Bloodshed is @ frequent innt in law enforopment. When Aibor .organizatiom. or at em~ peréprganization sties tha law,sting large for to + make defiance, seh ks should be Beeinoss of ‘the jstate to call mne troops to see that neither Peiolates the law, Murphy reto do this and. fncidentally botusal did not prevent blood-. . Whatever President Roose[has Said or may‘say in exten‘ fon of Murphy’s paitering, does not change the facts that the Dies ~ Gommittee established . jand censur6d. ~ The second achievement is the eommittee’s success in) calling national attention. to organizations of fascism and communism, That this.has.been, a. hit on. moi of investigation is of curse deplored. The .co mmittes has used a shotgun instead of 4 ritle.We would prefer one of two bulls-eyes to the general. ,scatter-gun performance which hits miltitudes rather than the few leaéers of organizations that are subversive. to our government, However, the committee has been definite in its charges against Harry Bridges and other communists ‘closely assocjated with the CIO. The testimony “of Homer Martin, head of the CIO * auto workers, though reluctantly Siiven, was thoroughly damning, As; presult of the* Dies committee’s Btivities we have a,mftch more mprehensive picture ‘of both Iscist and communistic organiza s than we have had before, and is, after discounting ll ; bird its that testified before that bay. ommentators have complained Man-Americanism is too looseHefined. What’ is un-Americanin one man’s mind is some& quite different in another’s. wre is one definition, however, we believe most thoughtful fzens can accept. That is: unhericanism is any kind of socor political activity which is bversive of democratic princip"es as expressed in the Coastitution of the United States. As a result of its four months of investigation the Dies committee is preparing to make the falriowing recommendations to Congress meeting next week: 1. Stricter immigrations laws, ‘with requirements that aliens enS ixering the country say whether hey believe in the American form i of government, fi), 2. Strict enforcement of the j@eportation laws. 8. Regulations that organiza-. “tions shown conclusively to be un+ American, file with the government ra an accounting of their finances, ; activities, and directors. > .4. Outlawing of all such _organizations as soon as possible. 5. Regulations that persons joining political organizations usé ae ‘heir real names and that Hsts of psuch names be available to the government for inspection. The Committee has accomplished much in exposing anti-Ameriean and un-American activities. There is still much work for it te do. Congress should promptly furnish it additional funds. However despite its short1 ss Jind x fo bet “* Bs evada City Nugg . oe ; COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA * in t} From the Californian, .March 15, 1848: Phe Liberty of the Press consists the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton +Vol.: 12. No. 101: ~The County Seat Paper pe NEVADA. CITY, CALIFORNIA __The Gold Center FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1938. ‘S 4 ie = Judge Raglan Tuttle of Nevada County’s superior’ court was yester. day appointed. by ‘Governor Frank Merriam ‘to the Third District Court of Appeals to finish out'the unexpired term of thé late Justice Plummer, For some time it haa been surmised that Judge Tuttle would receive this honor.*The telegram to the Nevada City Nugget; anttouncing the appointment came from’ Senator Jerry Seawell last evening. The many friends of Judge Tuttle-rejoiced that the governor has promoted him ‘to the higher court! though grieving that in’ all ‘probability he aid his family will soon make ‘their’ residancéin Sacramento.* fi * 2The resolution unanimously adopted by “the Nevada-County Bar endborsing Judge. 'Tuttlé undoubtedly “had: its influence upgn the governor’s action. ‘Judge Tuttle was appointéa tg. the ‘Superior Court in Nevada County by Govermor «Richardson following the resignation of. Judge George L. Jonr es: who regia ed to go into the bank-, ing business. In his’ position on the Court of “Appeals Judge Tuttle will: ". receive a wsatary of $10, 000 annually., His term in office, to fill fhe unexpired term of Justice Plummer; who was re-elected in 1934, will run toe Tuttle To Sit On Appellate Bench, to January 1, 1947. Justices of the] 12) Appellate Court are elected for year terms. The other Justices on! the court are John A.:Pullen-of Yc ramento and Rolfe L. ardent of Fs Santa Ros@,. In the Appellate Court in Sacra} mento tomorrow theré will be a mes morial* service for the late Justice F Plummer. It is” expected that. Judge ‘(now JSusticé) Tuttle will participate}, in this service, In view of the fact that Judge Tut the Appellate Court in the absendy or and had participated in ‘appréximat=} ely 180 decisions, rendered by that+ body, if* wduld seem that his selection to fill the:present vacancy -was-}: wholly logieal,*», He has often Been selected by Me} State Judicial Coutictl to sitsin not-’ able civtl and criminal trials, some of which have attracted state wi attention, He presided,. for instance, at the triat of ,the dynamiters, who were apprehended while enroute to hlow ;up ‘Standard Oil properties in the San Joaquin valley. Attempts to secure. a reversal of his rulings and judgment in that case, by appeal to higher state and federal courts, have been defedted all along the line. JEFFORD & SON ON PROBATION sk : pS VI ina & Rt The State Boned. ‘of Funeral Directors and Eimpalmers has handed io-vn a decision in the case of W.Tefford & Son’s Funeral Home 1er . shipped from Grass Valley to a town lin Nebraska. Jefford & Son must close for five days and will remain on probation year was the third which Jefford & Son have faced before the State Board. Evidence was introduced to show that Jefford & Son had shipped a . body to (Nebraska, practically unelothed, and in a container without metal lining. W. R. Jefford, head of the firm, was elected to the office of ‘county coroner, four years ago. Following his defeat for re-election to the office last month, he resigned the of{fice and A. M. Homles, former coroner and successful candidate against Jefford was appointed to fill out the remainder of Jefford’s term. of. office. abl VOTE FOR DIST. N.C. ANNEXATION The election held in the Sweetland school house on Tuesday, December 27° to decide whether or not the Sweetland school district should be annexed to the Nevada City Unified school district carried. The vote was 15 im favor of annexation and five against, The judges were: Frank S. Wood, E. C, Peters, Miss Ursula Reader. This is a move that will greatly further the best educational interests of the school pupils and is recommended by the state department of education, by the Nevada County Board of Education and in its current report by the county grand jury. Sweetland will maintain its elementary district. SERVICES AT TRINITY Sunday, January first. Archdeacon Barr G. Lee. An offeratory number ley and Bill Tobiassen. The .Rev. Lee will speak at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. in . ii Grass Valley, charged with improp-/; and illegal.treatment of a body . , o'clock and saw no fire. . for two years. The hearing early this} will be sung by Miss Patricia Pres-. , ROY GARMNER’S HOMENESTROYEN "The old Costa bod home beyond the . Thomas Coan ranch on the Do ville highway recently purchaser a toy Gardner was burned to the ground alyout three o’clock Christm2s morning. Leslie Orzalli, who was lady accompanying youns x? a Ten 9 at 3 He and in was a dance passed the house in less than an hou south side of the Having heard Gardner hard of hearing he went to the frant door, knocked and called, finally kicking in the door, but it was a mass of smoke and he could not enter. He went to a window on the north and knocked it in. Glancing in he: saw that no one was in the bed. Mrs. Al Garesio, who was also attending the dance it is stated, passed the house about the time Orzalli returned and summoned her husband from their home nearby» When Orzalli saw he could not save the “house he went to work on the garage. Two huge water tanks stood nearby and he kept throwing water on the building as Garesio arrived and -he also helped to save the garage. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Edwards, caretaker for Gardner, live in aPouse not far away and Mrs. Edward Saw the blaze and woke her « nd. They came to the fire also and at about that time the house was a flaming mass. Roy Gardner left during the latter part of the week to spend Christmas ‘with friends in San Francisco and returned to his newly acquired home on Tuesday. It is stated there were a number of treasured possessions and curios of Mr. Gardner’s in the house which was destroyed by the fire, saw house Every peace officer in Nevada County yesterday received ~a letter from District Attorney. Vernon Stoll stating that slot machines must be abolished throughout the county at once. The county as a unit must be clear of slot machifes. In a recent grand jury investigation it was recommended the legal authorities take the matter in hand. (Mrs. Margaret Bosworth received the sad news of the passing of her aunt, Mrs. J, McAlister Aitken, wife of a retired army officer. Burial took place in the Presidio Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cain and family spent Christmas in Arbuckle with relatives, There were thirty seven present for a happy reunion. Howe: tle had often’ been chosen to sit with be sickness of its regular members § to her about 3} returned . the } flames. ; little . SLOT. MACHINES. ~ MUST GO,SAYS DIST. ATTORNEY :.In a Circular letter addressed to ‘Bl peace officers in the county yesterday, District —Attorney——Vernon Stoll admonished them they must arrest all those who have slot ma@hines in their premises. He called ftiteir attention to the fact-that they emselves are liable ito arrest for ‘misdemeanor if they fail in their eduty. The District Attorney’s letter fole To. all “Peace Officers of Nevada eat: + Gentlemen: “<Gomplaints have been made to the Pistrict Attorney’s office that slot ‘machines are again prevalent in Newada County, and my investigations ‘indicate that these complaints are mot without substantial foundation. »” The existence of this condition is ‘im contravention. of Section 330a of ‘the Penal Code of the State of California, and. I wish to inform you that ‘aecording to. Section 335 of the Penal Code, it is a misdemeanor for any peace officer to fail to inform against or fail to prosecute any violator of Bection 330a. I therefore, as District Attorney of Nevada County, and in accordance with the above designated sections, advise you as peacé, officers of Neyada County and ‘the municipalities therein situate, to immediately take steps to rectify this situation and . A@yeatter prevent its recurrence. Tt is understood that you have fhe st cooperation of this office. in . , Bie tf pt Tappetction ‘of #Blation sy? these . sections, i Sincer@ly yours, . VERNON District Attorney of Ney STOLL, ada, Coun@. 3. -Tobiassen, Garfield Robson, Cen Jenkins, Hénry :Prisk, William Jeffery, William Bottcher, U, 8S. Webb. cict. ws Chief of: Police’ Garfield -Robson, under whose regime in Nevada City no slot machines are permitted to operate, sent the following reply: Mr, Vernon Stoll, District Attorney, ' Nevada City, California. Dear Mr. Stoll: I am in receipt of your letter under the heading, “To ‘all Peace Officers of Névada County.” The statements you make therein, I know to be facts, and I commend you for the courage of your ‘convictions in this matter, and pledge you the support of this office. ‘SHERIFF SAYS HE NEEDS MORE PAID DEPUTIES Regarding two recommendations of the grand jury pertaining to the conduct of the sheriff’s office, one that there shoud bea deputy at the office night and day, and.the other that, slot machines should be suppressed in Nevada county instead of running wide open as is now the case in all parts of the county except in Nevada City, Sheriff Tobiassen refused to comment on the latter cention of keeping a deputy in the office ty four hours he said} “This is the only county in the state offanything like the population we have in which the sheriff. is allowed but two deputies. In Madera county with 16,000 population. . the sheriff has .five deputies. In Glenn county with 13,000 population the sheriff “has seven deputies: In my four years in office we have. had . almost as many prisoners in the jail! as for the preceding 16 years. The total of my four years term lacks only 70. of the total number of prisoners registered in; the jail during the sixteen years prior to 1934.’ This office is . badly in need of a jailer.” PED led out there were sufficient funds Ont lhand to carry . continuance of the service, . dren of ‘health supervision . free . dental and medical clinics. led county for criticism by the . potters field with a (Grand Jury Hits Slot Machines and County Road Management ete cr The county grand jury, adjourning Wednesday, submitted its report to Judge Raglan Tuttle. The report censures jail conditions at Truckee, denounces the “wide open’’ condition under which slot machines are operated throughout the county except in Nevada City and finds the ro” ministration wasteful. The report commends the conduct of the superior judge, the sheriff.and district attorney in their courageous stand for enforeement. of the law. The jury described the condition of the county jail af Truckee as ‘‘deplorable’’, the report stating it is “unsanitary, has filthy bedding, and unless this condition is corrected at once we recommend that the jail be closed until put into condition so that human beings can be placed therein. At the present time Judge Smith of Truckee refuses to place a prisoner in this jail.” The jury stated that the law against slot -machines was being openly Violated throughout the county, Nevada City being excepted, and recommended that the peace officers, district attorney and ‘sheriff, eliminate the evil. Criticizing the actign of the county superintendent of schools in dropping the services of a nurse in the rural schools, the jury said the sal-. ary of the nurse was paid out of the state rural supervision. § fund. It pots work. Disthe jury . said, would lead to a drop in Bienes . 4 ance and the loss to the ehil. and the out this state the . follow up work by The methods of burial of hina hospital inmates came in. grand jury. The . recommended that instead of . the destitute dead in the . number only above the grave, the county allow $50 to a regular undertaker for the service. ‘If indigents are given a decent burial,’’ the report asked, “why not residents of the county, who may have been tax payers for years?” The grand jury recommended that in administering the old age pensions the assessed valuation of property owned by pensioners be reduced and the county take a lien thereon, and that the responsibility for the support of the needy aged be shifted to responsible children who are able to contribute, Increased aid to total invalids was advised, and discontinuance for cause of aid to aged recommended whete they were completely unable to spend the money for their own good. It was recommended ‘oak a deputy sheriff be kept in the sheriff’s office all twenty four hours, ready to. answer calls at all times. Countysrural school consolidation burying was favored and the formation of a} recom. . union high school mended. ‘The report pavesiea that the total cost of altering and ‘modernizing the county court house was $185,000. The grand jury’s report on county road expenditures was as. follows: In round numbers, exelusive of the amount: Spent ‘for bridges. and district sure, but regarding the recommenda“ Peulverts, $82,000 was spent on the reconstruction and upkeep of Nevada county’ Toads’ duying the fiscal year 1937-887 and about $3, 000 more-than this amount 48 allowed‘in the budget for this year for the same purpose. Twenty two thousand, five hundred} dollars. of, this. was ‘capital expense for the purchase ‘of new, equipment, ssl oh et to be spent on the a 00 for eduipment. is too largé “in. proportion to the total) amount spent, and is the <direct result of apres pithy into five j; vada county, well when most of the work was done by hand, but the result now is that expensive road machinery is' duplicated and lies idle half the time, so that each supervisor can have the machine he needs when he wants ‘to use it. A great, deal more can be accomplished with new. and modern equipment than with the best that could be obtained a few years ago. Therefore, when one district gets a new road machine which. does a. lot of work in a short time, the other districts are at a disadvantage until they each have one also. With one man responsible for allthe roads in the county -instead ‘of five, the road machinery could be kept in operation up in the mountains during the summer and in the lower part of the county during the winter, with the result that there would be a smaller eapital -inyest-” ment on which to pay interest, and machinery would not become obsolete before it was worn out. In’ Yuba’ county one man is in charge of all the roads, and they are kept in better @condition for less money than in Nevada county., The following figures are given for comparison, ' ’ Totah spent, excluding bridges and culverts, Nevada ‘county $81,969; Yuba county $87,585, Miles of. county. unty: $432; Yuba * aay. BEE ° $59,492;. Yuba county. $81,404. Spent per mile, Nevada County, $1242. Yuba county, $107.50. Soant on, equipment; Nevada county, $22,477; Yuba county, $6,181. Spent on equipment per mile, Ne$46. 80; Yuba county, road. ion county § $8.24. Nevada county spent 27% per cent of the total for equipment, and Yuba county 7.67 per cent. In the fiscal year 1936-37 Nevada county ~ spent 26 per cent for equipment in 1935-36, 30 per cent, so for the last three years about $20,000 a year has been spent for road machinery and about $55,000 a year in using it. From this it.will be seen‘that the county could employ one man at @ salary of $3,000 a year or more, con-~ tinue to pay the five. supervisors the: same amount they are receiving now, and have better roads for the ony total expenditure. Considering: the salaries that: they receive, the supervisors cannot be expected to spend all their time working for the county, nevertheless the roads should be. looked. after all the time, and it should be a full time job tospend $87,000 a year to the — best advantage. The committee recommends that. the Board of Supervisors. appoint one man at an adequate salary to. ‘be responsible for all the sine roads. Roy Burton, 46, of Nevada city * was arrested yest erday i Jot or the same ous and nam sented to the federal 's 33 consideration, se with, the offense unde 2,. and he will ‘be tried ere “Mr. dad daughter, : fonds: Wavnda ’ hia, -

Thine Out. Loud . By H. M. L. A A good many people poke fun 4 ~at the Dies, committee and its in. vestigation of fun/American actp ivities, There is, undoubtedly much hat the committee might have omitted’ in itis probing, which ‘at ) times savored of rumor monger: ing, . comings, we will call attention to ' two achievements: . The first is its esanhe, backed ip. by abundant testimony of .Gov‘ernor Murphy’s conduct in the labor wars of Michigan. It Has been proved conclusively that he virtually nullified court orders in _ order to avoid, as he said, bloodP shed. We have pointed out in ce these columns time and again that ' jaw enforcement is tore import_ ant. than spilling blood. Tf this -> philosophy: of government were arried to its logical and silly con/’ clusion, no man attempting murder would suffer punishment. Law aforcement all: ‘along the lite en* bloodshed: ' In prohibition ¥ “many: an officer was killed; hy a boetlegget died in his. ts. Bloodshed is @ frequent innt in law enforopment. When Aibor .organizatiom. or at em~ peréprganization sties tha law,sting large for to + make defiance, seh ks should be Beeinoss of ‘the jstate to call mne troops to see that neither Peiolates the law, Murphy reto do this and. fncidentally botusal did not prevent blood-. . Whatever President Roose[has Said or may‘say in exten‘ fon of Murphy’s paitering, does not change the facts that the Dies ~ Gommittee established . jand censur6d. ~ The second achievement is the eommittee’s success in) calling national attention. to organizations of fascism and communism, That this.has.been, a. hit on. moi of investigation is of curse deplored. The .co mmittes has used a shotgun instead of 4 ritle.We would prefer one of two bulls-eyes to the general. ,scatter-gun performance which hits miltitudes rather than the few leaéers of organizations that are subversive. to our government, However, the committee has been definite in its charges against Harry Bridges and other communists ‘closely assocjated with the CIO. The testimony “of Homer Martin, head of the CIO * auto workers, though reluctantly Siiven, was thoroughly damning, As; presult of the* Dies committee’s Btivities we have a,mftch more mprehensive picture ‘of both Iscist and communistic organiza s than we have had before, and is, after discounting ll ; bird its that testified before that bay. ommentators have complained Man-Americanism is too looseHefined. What’ is un-Americanin one man’s mind is some& quite different in another’s. wre is one definition, however, we believe most thoughtful fzens can accept. That is: unhericanism is any kind of socor political activity which is bversive of democratic princip"es as expressed in the Coastitution of the United States. As a result of its four months of investigation the Dies committee is preparing to make the falriowing recommendations to Congress meeting next week: 1. Stricter immigrations laws, ‘with requirements that aliens enS ixering the country say whether hey believe in the American form i of government, fi), 2. Strict enforcement of the j@eportation laws. 8. Regulations that organiza-. “tions shown conclusively to be un+ American, file with the government ra an accounting of their finances, ; activities, and directors. > .4. Outlawing of all such _organizations as soon as possible. 5. Regulations that persons joining political organizations usé ae ‘heir real names and that Hsts of psuch names be available to the government for inspection. The Committee has accomplished much in exposing anti-Ameriean and un-American activities. There is still much work for it te do. Congress should promptly furnish it additional funds. However despite its short1 ss Jind x fo bet “* Bs evada City Nugg . oe ; COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA * in t} From the Californian, .March 15, 1848: Phe Liberty of the Press consists the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton +Vol.: 12. No. 101: ~The County Seat Paper pe NEVADA. CITY, CALIFORNIA __The Gold Center FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1938. ‘S 4 ie = Judge Raglan Tuttle of Nevada County’s superior’ court was yester. day appointed. by ‘Governor Frank Merriam ‘to the Third District Court of Appeals to finish out'the unexpired term of thé late Justice Plummer, For some time it haa been surmised that Judge Tuttle would receive this honor.*The telegram to the Nevada City Nugget; anttouncing the appointment came from’ Senator Jerry Seawell last evening. The many friends of Judge Tuttle-rejoiced that the governor has promoted him ‘to the higher court! though grieving that in’ all ‘probability he aid his family will soon make ‘their’ residancéin Sacramento.* fi * 2The resolution unanimously adopted by “the Nevada-County Bar endborsing Judge. 'Tuttlé undoubtedly “had: its influence upgn the governor’s action. ‘Judge Tuttle was appointéa tg. the ‘Superior Court in Nevada County by Govermor «Richardson following the resignation of. Judge George L. Jonr es: who regia ed to go into the bank-, ing business. In his’ position on the Court of “Appeals Judge Tuttle will: ". receive a wsatary of $10, 000 annually., His term in office, to fill fhe unexpired term of Justice Plummer; who was re-elected in 1934, will run toe Tuttle To Sit On Appellate Bench, to January 1, 1947. Justices of the] 12) Appellate Court are elected for year terms. The other Justices on! the court are John A.:Pullen-of Yc ramento and Rolfe L. ardent of Fs Santa Ros@,. In the Appellate Court in Sacra} mento tomorrow theré will be a mes morial* service for the late Justice F Plummer. It is” expected that. Judge ‘(now JSusticé) Tuttle will participate}, in this service, In view of the fact that Judge Tut the Appellate Court in the absendy or and had participated in ‘appréximat=} ely 180 decisions, rendered by that+ body, if* wduld seem that his selection to fill the:present vacancy -was-}: wholly logieal,*», He has often Been selected by Me} State Judicial Coutictl to sitsin not-’ able civtl and criminal trials, some of which have attracted state wi attention, He presided,. for instance, at the triat of ,the dynamiters, who were apprehended while enroute to hlow ;up ‘Standard Oil properties in the San Joaquin valley. Attempts to secure. a reversal of his rulings and judgment in that case, by appeal to higher state and federal courts, have been defedted all along the line. JEFFORD & SON ON PROBATION sk : pS VI ina & Rt The State Boned. ‘of Funeral Directors and Eimpalmers has handed io-vn a decision in the case of W.Tefford & Son’s Funeral Home 1er . shipped from Grass Valley to a town lin Nebraska. Jefford & Son must close for five days and will remain on probation year was the third which Jefford & Son have faced before the State Board. Evidence was introduced to show that Jefford & Son had shipped a . body to (Nebraska, practically unelothed, and in a container without metal lining. W. R. Jefford, head of the firm, was elected to the office of ‘county coroner, four years ago. Following his defeat for re-election to the office last month, he resigned the of{fice and A. M. Homles, former coroner and successful candidate against Jefford was appointed to fill out the remainder of Jefford’s term. of. office. abl VOTE FOR DIST. N.C. ANNEXATION The election held in the Sweetland school house on Tuesday, December 27° to decide whether or not the Sweetland school district should be annexed to the Nevada City Unified school district carried. The vote was 15 im favor of annexation and five against, The judges were: Frank S. Wood, E. C, Peters, Miss Ursula Reader. This is a move that will greatly further the best educational interests of the school pupils and is recommended by the state department of education, by the Nevada County Board of Education and in its current report by the county grand jury. Sweetland will maintain its elementary district. SERVICES AT TRINITY Sunday, January first. Archdeacon Barr G. Lee. An offeratory number ley and Bill Tobiassen. The .Rev. Lee will speak at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. in . ii Grass Valley, charged with improp-/; and illegal.treatment of a body . , o'clock and saw no fire. . for two years. The hearing early this} will be sung by Miss Patricia Pres-. , ROY GARMNER’S HOMENESTROYEN "The old Costa bod home beyond the . Thomas Coan ranch on the Do ville highway recently purchaser a toy Gardner was burned to the ground alyout three o’clock Christm2s morning. Leslie Orzalli, who was lady accompanying youns x? a Ten 9 at 3 He and in was a dance passed the house in less than an hou south side of the Having heard Gardner hard of hearing he went to the frant door, knocked and called, finally kicking in the door, but it was a mass of smoke and he could not enter. He went to a window on the north and knocked it in. Glancing in he: saw that no one was in the bed. Mrs. Al Garesio, who was also attending the dance it is stated, passed the house about the time Orzalli returned and summoned her husband from their home nearby» When Orzalli saw he could not save the “house he went to work on the garage. Two huge water tanks stood nearby and he kept throwing water on the building as Garesio arrived and -he also helped to save the garage. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Edwards, caretaker for Gardner, live in aPouse not far away and Mrs. Edward Saw the blaze and woke her « nd. They came to the fire also and at about that time the house was a flaming mass. Roy Gardner left during the latter part of the week to spend Christmas ‘with friends in San Francisco and returned to his newly acquired home on Tuesday. It is stated there were a number of treasured possessions and curios of Mr. Gardner’s in the house which was destroyed by the fire, saw house Every peace officer in Nevada County yesterday received ~a letter from District Attorney. Vernon Stoll stating that slot machines must be abolished throughout the county at once. The county as a unit must be clear of slot machifes. In a recent grand jury investigation it was recommended the legal authorities take the matter in hand. (Mrs. Margaret Bosworth received the sad news of the passing of her aunt, Mrs. J, McAlister Aitken, wife

of a retired army officer. Burial took place in the Presidio Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cain and family spent Christmas in Arbuckle with relatives, There were thirty seven present for a happy reunion. Howe: tle had often’ been chosen to sit with be sickness of its regular members § to her about 3} returned . the } flames. ; little . SLOT. MACHINES. ~ MUST GO,SAYS DIST. ATTORNEY :.In a Circular letter addressed to ‘Bl peace officers in the county yesterday, District —Attorney——Vernon Stoll admonished them they must arrest all those who have slot ma@hines in their premises. He called ftiteir attention to the fact-that they emselves are liable ito arrest for ‘misdemeanor if they fail in their eduty. The District Attorney’s letter fole To. all “Peace Officers of Nevada eat: + Gentlemen: “<Gomplaints have been made to the Pistrict Attorney’s office that slot ‘machines are again prevalent in Newada County, and my investigations ‘indicate that these complaints are mot without substantial foundation. »” The existence of this condition is ‘im contravention. of Section 330a of ‘the Penal Code of the State of California, and. I wish to inform you that ‘aecording to. Section 335 of the Penal Code, it is a misdemeanor for any peace officer to fail to inform against or fail to prosecute any violator of Bection 330a. I therefore, as District Attorney of Nevada County, and in accordance with the above designated sections, advise you as peacé, officers of Neyada County and ‘the municipalities therein situate, to immediately take steps to rectify this situation and . A@yeatter prevent its recurrence. Tt is understood that you have fhe st cooperation of this office. in . , Bie tf pt Tappetction ‘of #Blation sy? these . sections, i Sincer@ly yours, . VERNON District Attorney of Ney STOLL, ada, Coun@. 3. -Tobiassen, Garfield Robson, Cen Jenkins, Hénry :Prisk, William Jeffery, William Bottcher, U, 8S. Webb. cict. ws Chief of: Police’ Garfield -Robson, under whose regime in Nevada City no slot machines are permitted to operate, sent the following reply: Mr, Vernon Stoll, District Attorney, ' Nevada City, California. Dear Mr. Stoll: I am in receipt of your letter under the heading, “To ‘all Peace Officers of Névada County.” The statements you make therein, I know to be facts, and I commend you for the courage of your ‘convictions in this matter, and pledge you the support of this office. ‘SHERIFF SAYS HE NEEDS MORE PAID DEPUTIES Regarding two recommendations of the grand jury pertaining to the conduct of the sheriff’s office, one that there shoud bea deputy at the office night and day, and.the other that, slot machines should be suppressed in Nevada county instead of running wide open as is now the case in all parts of the county except in Nevada City, Sheriff Tobiassen refused to comment on the latter cention of keeping a deputy in the office ty four hours he said} “This is the only county in the state offanything like the population we have in which the sheriff. is allowed but two deputies. In Madera county with 16,000 population. . the sheriff has .five deputies. In Glenn county with 13,000 population the sheriff “has seven deputies: In my four years in office we have. had . almost as many prisoners in the jail! as for the preceding 16 years. The total of my four years term lacks only 70. of the total number of prisoners registered in; the jail during the sixteen years prior to 1934.’ This office is . badly in need of a jailer.” PED led out there were sufficient funds Ont lhand to carry . continuance of the service, . dren of ‘health supervision . free . dental and medical clinics. led county for criticism by the . potters field with a (Grand Jury Hits Slot Machines and County Road Management ete cr The county grand jury, adjourning Wednesday, submitted its report to Judge Raglan Tuttle. The report censures jail conditions at Truckee, denounces the “wide open’’ condition under which slot machines are operated throughout the county except in Nevada City and finds the ro” ministration wasteful. The report commends the conduct of the superior judge, the sheriff.and district attorney in their courageous stand for enforeement. of the law. The jury described the condition of the county jail af Truckee as ‘‘deplorable’’, the report stating it is “unsanitary, has filthy bedding, and unless this condition is corrected at once we recommend that the jail be closed until put into condition so that human beings can be placed therein. At the present time Judge Smith of Truckee refuses to place a prisoner in this jail.” The jury stated that the law against slot -machines was being openly Violated throughout the county, Nevada City being excepted, and recommended that the peace officers, district attorney and ‘sheriff, eliminate the evil. Criticizing the actign of the county superintendent of schools in dropping the services of a nurse in the rural schools, the jury said the sal-. ary of the nurse was paid out of the state rural supervision. § fund. It pots work. Disthe jury . said, would lead to a drop in Bienes . 4 ance and the loss to the ehil. and the out this state the . follow up work by The methods of burial of hina hospital inmates came in. grand jury. The . recommended that instead of . the destitute dead in the . number only above the grave, the county allow $50 to a regular undertaker for the service. ‘If indigents are given a decent burial,’’ the report asked, “why not residents of the county, who may have been tax payers for years?” The grand jury recommended that in administering the old age pensions the assessed valuation of property owned by pensioners be reduced and the county take a lien thereon, and that the responsibility for the support of the needy aged be shifted to responsible children who are able to contribute, Increased aid to total invalids was advised, and discontinuance for cause of aid to aged recommended whete they were completely unable to spend the money for their own good. It was recommended ‘oak a deputy sheriff be kept in the sheriff’s office all twenty four hours, ready to. answer calls at all times. Countysrural school consolidation burying was favored and the formation of a} recom. . union high school mended. ‘The report pavesiea that the total cost of altering and ‘modernizing the county court house was $185,000. The grand jury’s report on county road expenditures was as. follows: In round numbers, exelusive of the amount: Spent ‘for bridges. and district sure, but regarding the recommenda“ Peulverts, $82,000 was spent on the reconstruction and upkeep of Nevada county’ Toads’ duying the fiscal year 1937-887 and about $3, 000 more-than this amount 48 allowed‘in the budget for this year for the same purpose. Twenty two thousand, five hundred} dollars. of, this. was ‘capital expense for the purchase ‘of new, equipment, ssl oh et to be spent on the a 00 for eduipment. is too largé “in. proportion to the total) amount spent, and is the <direct result of apres pithy into five j; vada county, well when most of the work was done by hand, but the result now is that expensive road machinery is' duplicated and lies idle half the time, so that each supervisor can have the machine he needs when he wants ‘to use it. A great, deal more can be accomplished with new. and modern equipment than with the best that could be obtained a few years ago. Therefore, when one district gets a new road machine which. does a. lot of work in a short time, the other districts are at a disadvantage until they each have one also. With one man responsible for allthe roads in the county -instead ‘of five, the road machinery could be kept in operation up in the mountains during the summer and in the lower part of the county during the winter, with the result that there would be a smaller eapital -inyest-” ment on which to pay interest, and machinery would not become obsolete before it was worn out. In’ Yuba’ county one man is in charge of all the roads, and they are kept in better @condition for less money than in Nevada county., The following figures are given for comparison, ' ’ Totah spent, excluding bridges and culverts, Nevada ‘county $81,969; Yuba county $87,585, Miles of. county. unty: $432; Yuba * aay. BEE ° $59,492;. Yuba county. $81,404. Spent per mile, Nevada County, $1242. Yuba county, $107.50. Soant on, equipment; Nevada county, $22,477; Yuba county, $6,181. Spent on equipment per mile, Ne$46. 80; Yuba county, road. ion county § $8.24. Nevada county spent 27% per cent of the total for equipment, and Yuba county 7.67 per cent. In the fiscal year 1936-37 Nevada county ~ spent 26 per cent for equipment in 1935-36, 30 per cent, so for the last three years about $20,000 a year has been spent for road machinery and about $55,000 a year in using it. From this it.will be seen‘that the county could employ one man at @ salary of $3,000 a year or more, con-~ tinue to pay the five. supervisors the: same amount they are receiving now, and have better roads for the ony total expenditure. Considering: the salaries that: they receive, the supervisors cannot be expected to spend all their time working for the county, nevertheless the roads should be. looked. after all the time, and it should be a full time job tospend $87,000 a year to the — best advantage. The committee recommends that. the Board of Supervisors. appoint one man at an adequate salary to. ‘be responsible for all the sine roads. Roy Burton, 46, of Nevada city * was arrested yest erday i Jot or the same ous and nam sented to the federal 's 33 consideration, se with, the offense unde 2,. and he will ‘be tried ere “Mr. dad daughter, : fonds: Wavnda ’ hia, -