December 30, 1943 (8 pages)

a unk liberty only to thisss who love.it, and arecal The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per . . Seeceeree The County _Seat Seat Paper _ BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR 1944 te _ coverage of all local h If you want to read 2 ofriends, your } nei NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA =o The Gold Center _ THURSDAY,"DECEMBER 30. . 194 ICKESWANTS TO . WPB NOW HASREPORT OF COLLECT COST SURVEY OF CLOSED GOLD MINES OF LONG TUNNEL MOST OF NEW HAPPY NEW Y POPULATION TO /NEVADA. CITY N NEWYEARS 1 RESOLUTIONS FOR 1944 ' By ROGER W. BABSON 1—GENERAL: Year 1944 pela COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ i EPSON should be . This paper gives yine it y month Vol. 7. ‘No. 102, és “guard and defend it.” —Daniel Webster More then a half a Robert Barry Coffinwrote: A fact finding investigation to determine conditions surrounding the representatives of the mining indusparts: (a) From January 1st to ° closed gold mines has been tomplettry in northern California. —/MinWe don't want that to k ‘date of _Germany’s collapse; By RALPH H. TAYLOR . ' LEADVILLE, Colo. Dec. 30.— ed by J. R. Lane, chief of the newly ‘ing and Industrial News. you, kind friend. This and (b) from ‘said date to DeBecause so many foolish resoluThis two mile high mining center organized western section of the War cember 31st. tions are lightly made, and so few will get its deep drainage tunnel to . }Production Board’s mining division. Ship ‘to come in. 2—Production: Babsonchart are kept. New Year’s resolutions are uncover drowned ore of The investigation was-.conducted foldeposits Index will average around 130, more often ridiculed than honored, copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver-—— lowing the filing of a series of reabout 12% below 1943. but perhaps, in the midst of the but under conditions that mine ownquests with WPB that gold mines 3—Commodities: Strength in worst war in the annals of civilizaers do not like, and that probably be permitted to resume operation to various commodities should be . tion, we have been sobered enough will cause long continued protest. the extent of paying maintenance followed by renewed weakness. by the course of tragic events to ‘costs. Gold mines in the ‘Mother Work has begun under a $1,400;4—Retail sales dollar volume . make a few solemn resolves—and 000 contract let by the Départment Lode area of California were inspectwill average higher for entire keep them! ed among others. of theInterior to Stiers Bros. Conyear, but physical volume will Mr. and Mrs. America, on this New struction Company of St. Louis, be down 10%. Lane and other members of the Year’s day, might well make a covwhose manager in the Rockies i¢ 5—Labor: Pressure for highWPB staff met with the mining comper cent of them expect to remain. enant with each other: John Raymond Austin, famous tunmittee of the San Francisco champermanently. er wage rates will continue divided into two ‘throughout the year with more labor troubl and more wage hiicreases than in 1948. if of irritated we may be, we hereby high driving We have about caught up If this proves true, our state popuother milestone on the way lation might soar well past the eight the Treasury tunnel in December 2 at which additional in ly resolve’ to always remember that Western Colorado, and the westert formation was presented by mining end of the Big Thompson—Grand people on the necessity of permitmillion mark when service men reour boy, “out there,’? is working Lake 13 mile water tunnel to bring ting gold mines to. maintain their turn to civilian life and further post harder, and risking mire. And we war migration to California takes irrigation water eastward across the properties. Final décision on ‘the ‘place. further resolve that we will never Divide. The Leadville tunnel is to matter rests with officials in Washlet him down, in deed or thought, 6—Stocks: \If° the market is low when Germany cracks it . will then go up; but nel driver, who already is in charge ber of commerce at a luncheon on (No matter how over worked and then high, it’ will go down. 7—Bonds: Good and medium grade bonds will hold close to present. levels throughout the year. BABSON PARK, Mass.\ Dec. 30.— Most firms are booked to capacity. If any more business’ were offered they would not be able to . handle it for many months. This is roughly my be finished in one year and 190 days. ington: The question is: Can-we support and that we will give the best that It will be 17,300 feet long, with latsuch a htge number in peaée time? is in us to speeding the day of vicOver 90 per cent of strategic meterals and will drain into the ArkanThere are reasons to think we can. tory when he can return to us. als used in the nation’s war producsas river. California no longer depends chiefly tion plants over the past two years And finally, we resolve, that the But Secretary of the Interior Harsince Pearl Harbor have come from on agriculture, mining and forestry America he comes back to will be as old L. Ickes made it a condition that the vast mineral.empire of the wes—we have added an industrial emgood or better than the America he pire: mine owners to be benefited pay tern states, according to Lane. left behind him—with at least as back to the government part of the Itvis true that*much of this indusmuch of human liberty as. he knew “Western mineral production has try is made up of ‘‘war babies’’—-cost through:-royalties set at 2 to’ 4 before, and at least as much opporper cent of the mill value of ores matched the all time production pace ship and aircraft buildimg which will tunity, and more if we can give it to taken from above.the tunnel level, 1 set by the nation’s war machine’, the be curtailed after the war, but a subhim. to 2 per cent of ores taken from beWPB Mining Chief explained. ‘‘Wesstantial part is producing chemicals, tern. mines—copper, mercury, “tungFor the farmer, we might suggest: low. plastics, and light metals and is ex forecast for 1944.The Babsonchart, Index of the Physical Volume. of Business for the final quarter. of 1943 averaged 141 compared with This difference is because water I hereby resolve, no matter what 150.7 for the same period of. 1942. The all time high was reached in difficulties may be put in my way in mines below the -tunnel level will December 1942 when my index stood iby--Washington bureaucrats, and restill have to be pumped up to that machinery shortages, level although the mine owners will at 155.6. It is not possible that this gardless of labor shortages and. OPA regulations, save 350 feet of vertical pumping record can. be exceeded in 1944. to produce for victory, without stint because the tunnel will be that much COMMODITY PRICES sten, lead, zinc, manganese, chrome and silver—geared open pit and underground output Operations were to their war job. streamlined to break the bottlenecks of ‘raw material shortages. early that production threatened, our efforts. pected after to continue, or even victory. (Mass expand production »f motor cars out here may become a reality. We now have a steel industry of our own. And beyond the Pac» ific lies the almost untapped potentialties of the Orient. © and in a very few days we ‘out into the new year of 19 great anticipations. Out into t chartered seas of life,, seas never have been = crossed. territory which never haye k veyed, nor its towering mo scaled. We can look back at year of terrible struggle indiy ly and nationally. on The legacy which 1943 has us is the most stupendous task. any year or God Almighty has” given to man. The year 1944 will go Gee history as trying on all free people. In this year it will be ed if Democracy can endure. IF try our resources. It will: try 1 valor of our best manhood. It ‘try our fatth in God to the nt grees-We have been deeded a war, Wefore which aH othe trade grow pale. This is a global w ' the whole world is in it. War developments will influence or letup, and to do all in my power lower than the present deep drainIn “Today, that tremendous flow of age Yak tunnel. : commodity prices during 1944. The to speed the day of peace. “You can’t stop California in this land, on the sea, in the sea ay critical. metals from the rich.ore And I further resolve that I will the air. The. past two years collapse of Germany, could result in At a hearing on the tunnel by a sources west of ~the Rockies has new parade,”’ recently declared A. P. a sharp,’though temporary, reaction stand only ‘for those means of mainof th been dark and doubtful at ti mineral stockGiannini, board echairman subcommittee of the Senate Combuilt our nation’s But the courage, the bravery, in leading wholesale indexes. If the ,taining farm ‘prosperity which are mittee on Public Lands, held in Denpiles to safer levels for the war proBank of America. “It isthe No. 1 heroism of the Allies fighting — going. in Italy or elsewhere should in the interests of all, and which agricultural state and it is attaining duction schedules ahead”’ ver several weeks ago. Senators Pat the prove unexpectedly -hard—indicating will encourage and maintain This does not. mean relaxation™of eminence in industry and will retain, have never been surpassed. T MeCarran, of Nevada, Abe Murdock a longer war—pricés should’ firm: highestindividual .efficiency in both Independence vincibility, their determi L howthis after the war.” of Utah, and Eugene D. Millikin. of current mineral production, Cattle and hogs may bring lower. avmanagement and labor, knowing full }trorr the east in further developing: win hasvearried them on. In ws ever, according to the WPB mine Colorado were a unit in insisting wealth is not erage prices. Soybean and corn pricwell that national -production head, but it means a curb our industry was asstred in the fact 1 we cried out ‘“They shall not es face the test of large marketings. found in money but in the volume of They will do well to hold. Increased goods and services available for the i : imports of coffee, cocoa.and sugar people. that congress meant. the 1,400, 000 to be spent outright for providing--minerals needed for war, and that no compensation should be col on extra cost ore developments and sub-marginal mining pointed out by Mr. Giannini that the We cry that again. operations. west has stood on its-own financial This will channel available manpow feet in handling its war activities. Our boy fighting the most brutal, the m . unscrupulous and fiendish enemy. world has ever known. So there is very indication that However, we go out into. is intion. 3 labor, we would suggest: we are building a sound, solid emIckes, however, insisted that a]. with high hopes and trust in dicated for most industrial comSignificant of increased national I’ will do everything in my power pire thatmay permanently shift the Colorado drainage tunnel law, passrecognition of the vital role taken We know ‘it will be a year of b modities. To what extent efforts to to keep the ‘‘no, strike’’ pledge by industrial and financial focus from ed ot allow mine operators to form by weéStern ‘mines in the war prosweat and tears, but no matter roll back food prices to September leaders made at the outbreak. of hosthe east to the Pacific Coast.—Calidrainage tunnel associations, program, is the new WPB move estabthe cost we are going to se 15,1942, levels -will succeed is tilities, recognizing that every~ viofornia Mining Journal. vided for repayment.—Christian Scithat we will back our gallant Mounting over all} problematical. lishing an all-western, eleven state lation of this pledge is a breach of ing men from the home front ence Monitor. shortages, unprecedented demand WIPB mining section, headed by trust and will needlessly endanger that our Democracy is worth 1 and the necessity for maximum outthe lives of those who are Rade Lane, who was formerly assistant in and worth dying for. On Miss Edith Johnson director of. the WPB mining division put will tend to maintain strong upfor me. we go and as we go shout bach in Washington. ward pressure on most prices. AdI will ask no more wage increases, Weds Thos. Hogan Lincoln “Democracy shall not . vancing parity prices, storage, inThis new WPB_ mining section unless I can honestly say that they Miss Edith May Johnson, formerserves as a clearing house for warish from the earth.” We shall ‘ eurance and back markets further are justified, and I will,not take adly of Nevada City, now residing at to 1945 a legacy of peace and time mining® problems in the eleven. tend to keep prices high. Subsidies. vantage of the war emergency to win Oakland, became the bride of Thowill, and fulfil the prophecy will be granted certain producers western states, with important disshorter hours or better working conmas Joseph Hogan, also a former nyson, when the War Flag w L be trict offices in San Francisco, Los during 1944. ditions, so long as my sons and broNevada City resident in Oakland last Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Oregon, furled, and the war drum at. 1 thers in the armed fortes are givweek. Approximately 85 members of the longer, in the parliament of The couple were untied in Spokane, Washington; Salt Lake Businessmen should watch the ing their all to defend the rights and marriage by Rev. Father Barni of _ (City, and Denver, already functionRoyal Netherlands Air Force, who federation of the world. government’s policy of disposing of priviliges I already enjoy. : Oakland. A victorious and happy new ing as advisory aides to local pare recently completed their instruction fts huge inventories of consumer “For the middleman and the food at the Royal Netherlands Flying to all. # and operators. With supplies at a merchandise. The bride is the daughter of the]: handler, we would suggest: -School, Jackson, Miss., arrived in World DAVID Ri in ' Prime objective of the’ new westthan level much higher Even though the OPA and other late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johngon ern regional mining pregram is to Grass Valley last evening to enjoy a ‘Wr, {I retailers, wholesalers, and government.agenciesy may éncourage who. resided in Nevada City for a 10 day vacation and rest period at peanufactureys should insist there; me to take a bigger profit than I number of years, and a sister .of streamline all mineral production to the Bret Harte Inn, before continuMiss Naney Jones I . markets ic meet military and essential civilian be no dumping on domest am:‘entitled to, I* will ‘not sell my Leonard Johnson, former garage rqquirements. San Francisco is ia ing to their new assignments. This @ould smash prices: ‘Flooding eountry short by war profiteering— owner here. Prior to her marriage, key district office on the “Pacific The group came from Mather the export markets could make it Mrs. Hogan was employed with the and I will not be a party to a sysField in busses, after arriving at the a ‘Coast, acting in coordination with difficult to sell goods abroad at Exchange of tem which I know encourage ‘‘black Industrial Indemnity flying field yesterday morning in Red Celia. portial . the néW regional mining offices in substan fair profit, I hope a market’? operations and which will San ere especial flying transports. to tioned in a given be Denver which are Lane’s headquarwill surplus tion of our eventually play havoc with our whole For the period,of their Grass Val‘England, in and Europe The ecleen is the son of Mrs. W. ters. ntal contine of people the food distribution system. ley visit, the Bret Harte Inn has litHosking of C. Hogan of 311 Washington street. Granting of increased WPB powChina. And for the serious minded, righterally been turned over to them. ECTS He is a graduate of the Nevada City ers to this western mining region SALES PROSP thinking citizens, who believes that high school and of St. Mary’s Colhas already slashed days from preMany Grass Valley organizations sales dollar retail. I forecast that a democracy can entire, only if pubare making plans to fete and enterwill average 5% to 10% higher in lic officials are held to. strict “aclege. He is connected with the Gray? vious schedules of wartime facility tain the visitors during their Grass of _. Eagle Copper Company at Yreka, and equipment services and priority 1944 than in 1943) Sales volume countability. we: would suggest: _Valley, visit. Notably among these and garlands of ap to start n assistance made available to scores (California. ‘eonsumer goods “will*agai I hereby “highly resolve that durGrass Valley ing to get a lot of li The bride was given in marriage ‘of important western mining operaorganizations is the climb as smaller companies get the ing 1944, when I go to the polls, I Chamber of Commerce, the Grass8. io gild, When exI e, by her brother, Leonard Johnson. tions. andis merch ar postw okay on will put aside other ‘consideration Miss Ruth Hogan of this city was Commenting on the future responValley USO Committee, Grass Val-. things you ‘tind pect some. decline from 1943 in the and vote only for those men, who I Legion, Bretiso.” . due sales bridesmaid while Mr. Hogan was atsibility_of Pacific states’ minerals in ley Elks, American physical volume of retail am convinced will do their utmost to Harte Inn management and others The letter: was. dntea emless tehded by his brother, Gerald HoU. S.’ war production, Lane concludand to scarcity of goods guard my country against the evils Some of the entertainment features 1943, has e andis gan. ~ merch ed. itute Subst ployment. of bureaucracy, regimentation and in Following a honeymoon to be “Western mineral production will are being coordinated and channeled sold well but manufacturers and the cipient dictatorship. As it. ‘Ta Nevada City and San Francontinue to be the spearhead of the through a special committee, which of wholesalers are now wary As I believe in the American sysmers couple will live in Yreka. raw metal reserves of the nation as has been named in the Chamber of consu ases, good war news incre ‘The Surgical Dressings Dressi tem of political liberty, I also be-} Commerce. : the war offensive shifts to the Pacwill wait for new postwar merchan-), of: free system American the The composition’ of the visitingyNevada City nea: Py in ‘lieve CHRIS \ TIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY ific theatre of war. Western steel dise rather than buy synthetic war. enterprise and individualopportunRoyal Netherlands: Air Force group keep plants, mills and smelters haive set made goods. Merchants should ity—and with my ballot, I will safeChristial Science Society of Nehigh production levels to meet.-the will include flying teams of Dutch, a workable inventory. Do’ not overguard both systems for the men [ vada City \hold services every Sunregional output goale of combat Javanese and Chinese evtraction. stock. have sent out o fight for me. day in th@ir church, 114Boulder weapons ,aircraft ships and muniThe following ten states are tops BORN Those are resolvés we need to street at 1] a. m. , tions. Miners at their posts, have a for 1944: New York, Pennsylvania make this New Year’s Day. And as Sunday school ny 9:45 a, m. tremendous job in passing the metal Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Texwe make them, let’s take a sacred A Wediesday evening testimonial ngWashi to the front lines, as every unit of Sanitarium, Nevada Sity, California, and n Orego rnia, las, Califo vow to keep them. If we do that, we meeting is held on the first. Wediesarmament and firing power contains Tuesday, December 28, 1943, to Mr. ton. Of smaller volume states, I like: can. look forward to the New Year day of each month at 8 oclock. a vital portion of metal from westand Mrs. Frank Pendola . of Georgia, Minnesota, Florida, NebrasOur reading room at 117 Broad ern mines.” ika, Utah and Arizona. Florida may with hope and confidence. But if we tonvilte, a son, see a real boom. Outstanding sales fail, 1944 may be a year of fearful street is open every day except SunWhile in San Francisco Lane conSTARK—At_ a a syed Knowing that, New days and holidays from 2 to 4 p. m. eities are scarcer. A year ago it was consequences. will hold down their prices. (Continued , heavy . demand For the members -of organized lected from mine owners. er into more essential war produc GRASS VALLEY HOST TO ROYAL DUTCH PILOTS SURGICAL DRESSIN PENDOLA — At the Nevada City. ] @imple to spot cities with expected oisnciaaaie onsia a aidan Aaphince see vanesilat ferred with, James A. Folger, WRB . ; Year’s resolutions this year should The public is cordially invited to regional director, A. G. Keating and. take on new meaning and new. gah attend our services and visit the Elliott Check, WPB: district mining} 1 ficance. rs reading room. (a Uh ahenmen pti and with ye ol. i re an \ ae 2 Pe ee ar err iw see Ba igen tbeitiegpoe Mb niet taser

a unk liberty only to thisss who love.it, and arecal The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per . . Seeceeree The County _Seat Seat Paper _ BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR 1944 te _ coverage of all local h If you want to read 2 ofriends, your } nei NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA =o The Gold Center _ THURSDAY,"DECEMBER 30. . 194 ICKESWANTS TO . WPB NOW HASREPORT OF COLLECT COST SURVEY OF CLOSED GOLD MINES OF LONG TUNNEL MOST OF NEW HAPPY NEW Y POPULATION TO /NEVADA. CITY N NEWYEARS 1 RESOLUTIONS FOR 1944 ' By ROGER W. BABSON 1—GENERAL: Year 1944 pela COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ i EPSON should be . This paper gives yine it y month Vol. 7. ‘No. 102, és “guard and defend it.” —Daniel Webster More then a half a Robert Barry Coffinwrote: A fact finding investigation to determine conditions surrounding the representatives of the mining indusparts: (a) From January 1st to ° closed gold mines has been tomplettry in northern California. —/MinWe don't want that to k ‘date of _Germany’s collapse; By RALPH H. TAYLOR . ' LEADVILLE, Colo. Dec. 30.— ed by J. R. Lane, chief of the newly ‘ing and Industrial News. you, kind friend. This and (b) from ‘said date to DeBecause so many foolish resoluThis two mile high mining center organized western section of the War cember 31st. tions are lightly made, and so few will get its deep drainage tunnel to . }Production Board’s mining division. Ship ‘to come in. 2—Production: Babsonchart are kept. New Year’s resolutions are uncover drowned ore of The investigation was-.conducted foldeposits Index will average around 130, more often ridiculed than honored, copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver-—— lowing the filing of a series of reabout 12% below 1943. but perhaps, in the midst of the but under conditions that mine ownquests with WPB that gold mines 3—Commodities: Strength in worst war in the annals of civilizaers do not like, and that probably be permitted to resume operation to various commodities should be . tion, we have been sobered enough will cause long continued protest. the extent of paying maintenance followed by renewed weakness. by the course of tragic events to ‘costs. Gold mines in the ‘Mother Work has begun under a $1,400;4—Retail sales dollar volume . make a few solemn resolves—and 000 contract let by the Départment Lode area of California were inspectwill average higher for entire keep them! ed among others. of theInterior to Stiers Bros. Conyear, but physical volume will Mr. and Mrs. America, on this New struction Company of St. Louis, be down 10%. Lane and other members of the Year’s day, might well make a covwhose manager in the Rockies i¢ 5—Labor: Pressure for highWPB staff met with the mining comper cent of them expect to remain. enant with each other: John Raymond Austin, famous tunmittee of the San Francisco champermanently. er wage rates will continue divided into two ‘throughout the year with more labor troubl and more wage hiicreases than in 1948. if of irritated we may be, we hereby high driving We have about caught up If this proves true, our state popuother milestone on the way lation might soar well past the eight the Treasury tunnel in December 2 at which additional in ly resolve’ to always remember that Western Colorado, and the westert formation was presented by mining end of the Big Thompson—Grand people on the necessity of permitmillion mark when service men reour boy, “out there,’? is working Lake 13 mile water tunnel to bring ting gold mines to. maintain their turn to civilian life and further post harder, and risking mire. And we war migration to California takes irrigation water eastward across the properties. Final décision on ‘the ‘place. further resolve that we will never Divide. The Leadville tunnel is to matter rests with officials in Washlet him down, in deed or thought, 6—Stocks: \If° the market is low when Germany cracks it . will then go up; but nel driver, who already is in charge ber of commerce at a luncheon on (No matter how over worked and then high, it’ will go down. 7—Bonds: Good and medium grade bonds will hold close to present. levels throughout the year. BABSON PARK, Mass.\ Dec. 30.— Most firms are booked to capacity. If any more business’ were offered they would not be able to . handle it for many months. This is roughly my be finished in one year and 190 days. ington: The question is: Can-we support and that we will give the best that It will be 17,300 feet long, with latsuch a htge number in peaée time? is in us to speeding the day of vicOver 90 per cent of strategic meterals and will drain into the ArkanThere are reasons to think we can. tory when he can return to us. als used in the nation’s war producsas river. California no longer depends chiefly tion plants over the past two years And finally, we resolve, that the But Secretary of the Interior Harsince Pearl Harbor have come from on agriculture, mining and forestry America he comes back to will be as old L. Ickes made it a condition that the vast mineral.empire of the wes—we have added an industrial emgood or better than the America he pire: mine owners to be benefited pay tern states, according to Lane. left behind him—with at least as back to the government part of the Itvis true that*much of this indusmuch of human liberty as. he knew “Western mineral production has try is made up of ‘‘war babies’’—-cost through:-royalties set at 2 to’ 4 before, and at least as much opporper cent of the mill value of ores matched the all time production pace ship and aircraft buildimg which will tunity, and more if we can give it to taken from above.the tunnel level, 1 set by the nation’s war machine’, the be curtailed after the war, but a subhim. to 2 per cent of ores taken from beWPB Mining Chief explained. ‘‘Wesstantial part is producing chemicals, tern. mines—copper, mercury, “tungFor the farmer, we might suggest: low. plastics, and light metals and is ex forecast for 1944.The Babsonchart, Index of the Physical Volume. of Business for the final quarter. of 1943 averaged 141 compared with This difference is because water I hereby resolve, no matter what 150.7 for the same period of. 1942. The all time high was reached in difficulties may be put in my way in mines below the -tunnel level will December 1942 when my index stood iby--Washington bureaucrats, and restill have to be pumped up to that machinery shortages, level although the mine owners will at 155.6. It is not possible that this gardless of labor shortages and. OPA regulations, save 350 feet of vertical pumping record can. be exceeded in 1944. to produce for victory, without stint because the tunnel will be that much COMMODITY PRICES sten, lead, zinc, manganese, chrome and silver—geared open pit and underground output Operations were to their war job. streamlined to break the bottlenecks of ‘raw material shortages. early that production threatened, our efforts. pected after to continue, or even victory. (Mass expand production »f motor cars out here may become a reality. We now have a steel industry of our own. And beyond the Pac» ific lies the almost untapped potentialties of the Orient. © and in a very few days we ‘out into the new year of 19 great anticipations. Out into t chartered seas of life,, seas never have been = crossed. territory which never haye k veyed, nor its towering mo scaled. We can look back at year of terrible struggle indiy ly and nationally. on The legacy which 1943 has us is the most stupendous task. any year or God Almighty has” given to man. The year 1944 will go Gee history as trying on all free people. In this year it will be ed if Democracy can endure. IF try our resources. It will: try 1 valor of our best manhood. It ‘try our fatth in God to the nt grees-We have been deeded a war, Wefore which aH othe trade grow pale. This is a global w ' the whole world is in it. War developments will influence or letup, and to do all in my power lower than the present deep drainIn “Today, that tremendous flow of age Yak tunnel. : commodity prices during 1944. The to speed the day of peace. “You can’t stop California in this land, on the sea, in the sea ay critical. metals from the rich.ore And I further resolve that I will the air. The. past two years collapse of Germany, could result in At a hearing on the tunnel by a sources west of ~the Rockies has new parade,”’ recently declared A. P. a sharp,’though temporary, reaction stand only ‘for those means of mainof th been dark and doubtful at ti mineral stockGiannini, board echairman subcommittee of the Senate Combuilt our nation’s But the courage, the bravery, in leading wholesale indexes. If the ,taining farm ‘prosperity which are mittee on Public Lands, held in Denpiles to safer levels for the war proBank of America. “It isthe No. 1 heroism of the Allies fighting — going. in Italy or elsewhere should in the interests of all, and which agricultural state and it is attaining duction schedules ahead”’ ver several weeks ago. Senators Pat the prove unexpectedly -hard—indicating will encourage and maintain This does not. mean relaxation™of eminence in industry and will retain, have never been surpassed. T MeCarran, of Nevada, Abe Murdock a longer war—pricés should’ firm: highestindividual .efficiency in both Independence vincibility, their determi L howthis after the war.” of Utah, and Eugene D. Millikin. of current mineral production, Cattle and hogs may bring lower. avmanagement and labor, knowing full }trorr the east in further developing: win hasvearried them on. In ws ever, according to the WPB mine Colorado were a unit in insisting wealth is not erage prices. Soybean and corn pricwell that national -production head, but it means a curb our industry was asstred in the fact 1 we cried out ‘“They shall not es face the test of large marketings. found in money but in the volume of They will do well to hold. Increased goods and services available for the i : imports of coffee, cocoa.and sugar people. that congress meant. the 1,400, 000 to be spent outright for providing--minerals needed for war, and that no compensation should be col on extra cost ore developments and sub-marginal mining pointed out by Mr. Giannini that the We cry that again. operations. west has stood on its-own financial This will channel available manpow feet in handling its war activities. Our boy fighting the most brutal, the m . unscrupulous and fiendish enemy. world has ever known. So there is very indication that However, we go out into. is intion. 3 labor, we would suggest: we are building a sound, solid emIckes, however, insisted that a].

with high hopes and trust in dicated for most industrial comSignificant of increased national I’ will do everything in my power pire thatmay permanently shift the Colorado drainage tunnel law, passrecognition of the vital role taken We know ‘it will be a year of b modities. To what extent efforts to to keep the ‘‘no, strike’’ pledge by industrial and financial focus from ed ot allow mine operators to form by weéStern ‘mines in the war prosweat and tears, but no matter roll back food prices to September leaders made at the outbreak. of hosthe east to the Pacific Coast.—Calidrainage tunnel associations, program, is the new WPB move estabthe cost we are going to se 15,1942, levels -will succeed is tilities, recognizing that every~ viofornia Mining Journal. vided for repayment.—Christian Scithat we will back our gallant Mounting over all} problematical. lishing an all-western, eleven state lation of this pledge is a breach of ing men from the home front ence Monitor. shortages, unprecedented demand WIPB mining section, headed by trust and will needlessly endanger that our Democracy is worth 1 and the necessity for maximum outthe lives of those who are Rade Lane, who was formerly assistant in and worth dying for. On Miss Edith Johnson director of. the WPB mining division put will tend to maintain strong upfor me. we go and as we go shout bach in Washington. ward pressure on most prices. AdI will ask no more wage increases, Weds Thos. Hogan Lincoln “Democracy shall not . vancing parity prices, storage, inThis new WPB_ mining section unless I can honestly say that they Miss Edith May Johnson, formerserves as a clearing house for warish from the earth.” We shall ‘ eurance and back markets further are justified, and I will,not take adly of Nevada City, now residing at to 1945 a legacy of peace and time mining® problems in the eleven. tend to keep prices high. Subsidies. vantage of the war emergency to win Oakland, became the bride of Thowill, and fulfil the prophecy will be granted certain producers western states, with important disshorter hours or better working conmas Joseph Hogan, also a former nyson, when the War Flag w L be trict offices in San Francisco, Los during 1944. ditions, so long as my sons and broNevada City resident in Oakland last Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Oregon, furled, and the war drum at. 1 thers in the armed fortes are givweek. Approximately 85 members of the longer, in the parliament of The couple were untied in Spokane, Washington; Salt Lake Businessmen should watch the ing their all to defend the rights and marriage by Rev. Father Barni of _ (City, and Denver, already functionRoyal Netherlands Air Force, who federation of the world. government’s policy of disposing of priviliges I already enjoy. : Oakland. A victorious and happy new ing as advisory aides to local pare recently completed their instruction fts huge inventories of consumer “For the middleman and the food at the Royal Netherlands Flying to all. # and operators. With supplies at a merchandise. The bride is the daughter of the]: handler, we would suggest: -School, Jackson, Miss., arrived in World DAVID Ri in ' Prime objective of the’ new westthan level much higher Even though the OPA and other late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johngon ern regional mining pregram is to Grass Valley last evening to enjoy a ‘Wr, {I retailers, wholesalers, and government.agenciesy may éncourage who. resided in Nevada City for a 10 day vacation and rest period at peanufactureys should insist there; me to take a bigger profit than I number of years, and a sister .of streamline all mineral production to the Bret Harte Inn, before continuMiss Naney Jones I . markets ic meet military and essential civilian be no dumping on domest am:‘entitled to, I* will ‘not sell my Leonard Johnson, former garage rqquirements. San Francisco is ia ing to their new assignments. This @ould smash prices: ‘Flooding eountry short by war profiteering— owner here. Prior to her marriage, key district office on the “Pacific The group came from Mather the export markets could make it Mrs. Hogan was employed with the and I will not be a party to a sysField in busses, after arriving at the a ‘Coast, acting in coordination with difficult to sell goods abroad at Exchange of tem which I know encourage ‘‘black Industrial Indemnity flying field yesterday morning in Red Celia. portial . the néW regional mining offices in substan fair profit, I hope a market’? operations and which will San ere especial flying transports. to tioned in a given be Denver which are Lane’s headquarwill surplus tion of our eventually play havoc with our whole For the period,of their Grass Val‘England, in and Europe The ecleen is the son of Mrs. W. ters. ntal contine of people the food distribution system. ley visit, the Bret Harte Inn has litHosking of C. Hogan of 311 Washington street. Granting of increased WPB powChina. And for the serious minded, righterally been turned over to them. ECTS He is a graduate of the Nevada City ers to this western mining region SALES PROSP thinking citizens, who believes that high school and of St. Mary’s Colhas already slashed days from preMany Grass Valley organizations sales dollar retail. I forecast that a democracy can entire, only if pubare making plans to fete and enterwill average 5% to 10% higher in lic officials are held to. strict “aclege. He is connected with the Gray? vious schedules of wartime facility tain the visitors during their Grass of _. Eagle Copper Company at Yreka, and equipment services and priority 1944 than in 1943) Sales volume countability. we: would suggest: _Valley, visit. Notably among these and garlands of ap to start n assistance made available to scores (California. ‘eonsumer goods “will*agai I hereby “highly resolve that durGrass Valley ing to get a lot of li The bride was given in marriage ‘of important western mining operaorganizations is the climb as smaller companies get the ing 1944, when I go to the polls, I Chamber of Commerce, the Grass8. io gild, When exI e, by her brother, Leonard Johnson. tions. andis merch ar postw okay on will put aside other ‘consideration Miss Ruth Hogan of this city was Commenting on the future responValley USO Committee, Grass Val-. things you ‘tind pect some. decline from 1943 in the and vote only for those men, who I Legion, Bretiso.” . due sales bridesmaid while Mr. Hogan was atsibility_of Pacific states’ minerals in ley Elks, American physical volume of retail am convinced will do their utmost to Harte Inn management and others The letter: was. dntea emless tehded by his brother, Gerald HoU. S.’ war production, Lane concludand to scarcity of goods guard my country against the evils Some of the entertainment features 1943, has e andis gan. ~ merch ed. itute Subst ployment. of bureaucracy, regimentation and in Following a honeymoon to be “Western mineral production will are being coordinated and channeled sold well but manufacturers and the cipient dictatorship. As it. ‘Ta Nevada City and San Francontinue to be the spearhead of the through a special committee, which of wholesalers are now wary As I believe in the American sysmers couple will live in Yreka. raw metal reserves of the nation as has been named in the Chamber of consu ases, good war news incre ‘The Surgical Dressings Dressi tem of political liberty, I also be-} Commerce. : the war offensive shifts to the Pacwill wait for new postwar merchan-), of: free system American the The composition’ of the visitingyNevada City nea: Py in ‘lieve CHRIS \ TIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY ific theatre of war. Western steel dise rather than buy synthetic war. enterprise and individualopportunRoyal Netherlands: Air Force group keep plants, mills and smelters haive set made goods. Merchants should ity—and with my ballot, I will safeChristial Science Society of Nehigh production levels to meet.-the will include flying teams of Dutch, a workable inventory. Do’ not overguard both systems for the men [ vada City \hold services every Sunregional output goale of combat Javanese and Chinese evtraction. stock. have sent out o fight for me. day in th@ir church, 114Boulder weapons ,aircraft ships and muniThe following ten states are tops BORN Those are resolvés we need to street at 1] a. m. , tions. Miners at their posts, have a for 1944: New York, Pennsylvania make this New Year’s Day. And as Sunday school ny 9:45 a, m. tremendous job in passing the metal Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Texwe make them, let’s take a sacred A Wediesday evening testimonial ngWashi to the front lines, as every unit of Sanitarium, Nevada Sity, California, and n Orego rnia, las, Califo vow to keep them. If we do that, we meeting is held on the first. Wediesarmament and firing power contains Tuesday, December 28, 1943, to Mr. ton. Of smaller volume states, I like: can. look forward to the New Year day of each month at 8 oclock. a vital portion of metal from westand Mrs. Frank Pendola . of Georgia, Minnesota, Florida, NebrasOur reading room at 117 Broad ern mines.” ika, Utah and Arizona. Florida may with hope and confidence. But if we tonvilte, a son, see a real boom. Outstanding sales fail, 1944 may be a year of fearful street is open every day except SunWhile in San Francisco Lane conSTARK—At_ a a syed Knowing that, New days and holidays from 2 to 4 p. m. eities are scarcer. A year ago it was consequences. will hold down their prices. (Continued , heavy . demand For the members -of organized lected from mine owners. er into more essential war produc GRASS VALLEY HOST TO ROYAL DUTCH PILOTS SURGICAL DRESSIN PENDOLA — At the Nevada City. ] @imple to spot cities with expected oisnciaaaie onsia a aidan Aaphince see vanesilat ferred with, James A. Folger, WRB . ; Year’s resolutions this year should The public is cordially invited to regional director, A. G. Keating and. take on new meaning and new. gah attend our services and visit the Elliott Check, WPB: district mining} 1 ficance. rs reading room. (a Uh ahenmen pti and with ye ol. i re an \ ae 2 Pe ee ar err iw see Ba igen tbeitiegpoe Mb niet taser