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Chief’s age and
=
he felt it
his recent
was for the
HIS HENCHMEN i Sag citt
illness,
best interest
i
ign eae tinwid i oe Pe
and, in the event he dec
ided ‘p
San Francisco,
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Dear
Sir:
Which
we
State
Park
Recent
believe
official
Mr.
-Nordenholt’s
Suggestion’
that
Mr. James Snook be giv
en the po.
action
endangers’
tna
System
prompts
this
statement to the
people of Califo
rnia, particularly
in view of the fac
t
tha
at RE at Ss en ae ae os Se
ré
sign, the Commission
would accept
Dec. 29, 1934.
Editor, Nevada
City Nugget
Bd
mat
MUST
f
!
t the aet creating
the State Park
sition.
Before
the ° Commission
took this action, it
had received the
assurance’ of Mr.
Nordenholt that
there would be no imm
ediate change
in the personnel of the
State Park
employees, and also the fur
ther as
Surance that Mr. Snook
was a comman for the position
that it “shall petent
and
administer, protec
would give satisfaction.
t, and develop the
.
Sta
Commission
Provides
i
te Park System
for the use and
‘enjoyment of the
public.”
The California State Par
k System was cre
RE ET
A
* o
; F
‘providing for the
expenditure of six
Y
returning
from
this
meet
park
activities
are
concerned,
{
movement,
j
and the
commissioners
were selected because of
their long
standing interest in par
k work. Th3
Commission
nominated Colonel
Charles B. Wing, fromer
ly of Stan
>
ford University, ag Director,
and se
‘lecte1 2 secretary and
other omploees in the State Par
k organizzaticu
.
This
action’ is
to
ignore
the
wishes of the million
voters who voted favorably for the
passage of the
State Park bonds.
It also ignores
the wishes of the don
ors of money
and lands amounting
to several mil
lion
dollars in
total, which
was
given to the state thr
ough the State
Park Commission to mat
solely upon the merits of
ch the state
the indibonds, largely becaus
viduals to fill their resp
e of he econective jobs.
fidence of the donors
When Governor Rolph succ
in the asgureeded
Governor Young, he appr
ance that these Priceles
s Properties,
eciated the
which had been donate
non-political
circumstances
d to the state
and
by them, would be
sponsors of the whole Stat
conserved and
e Park
adm
inistered in the interest
movement, and did not dist
s of the
urb the
Public by employees who
State Park Service, so that
for seven
were selected as custodians upo
years since the organizzatio
n merit and
n of the
Sympathy with park wor
State Park Commission in
k.
December
It is also to ignore the
1927, Colonel Wing has
been Diclose cooperation between the
rector and Mrs. Gregory has
Federal Goybeen
a
Secretary of the Commissio
and the State Park Adm
n. Both
instra
io
of them have worked
t
n
through the Civilian
loyally and
Convation Camps, where mor
could not have given
more wholee than a
heartedly to the park movement ‘Million dollars in Federal funds
. .
has
b een spent in the state Parks
They are as efficient and
loyal exe-i
within
the year
cutives as it has ever been
because of: the comple
our privte .
conference of Federal
ilege to
know.
The
authorities in
State
Part:
the State Park representatives.
Segvice owes much of what
ever it
“
PY
are
million dollars by the
State, if this unqualified to hold the Positions to
amount were matched
by equai valwhich they have been appointed by
ues from other source
the Director of Natural’
s.
Resources,
From the very beginn
ing politics The employees displaced were origplayed but little Part in
inally encouraged by the
the selecState Park
tion of the State Par
Com
mission to take these
k Commission
positions
authorized by the act.
In making on the assurance that they were
these
non-political and that thei
appointments, the Gov
r tenure
ernor
would not. be distributed
yas Suided by the wishes
of the oras long as
fanizations
they ‘gave meritorious
which sponsored
service.
the
a
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Upon
ing, the State Park Com
mission to
its amazement, found tha
t despite
fated by legislative act
assurances
to the contrary,
in 1927.
Its
stil)
creation was largely
due to tha magother State Park employees, includ.
.
nificent work of the
womens’ clubs, ing the important Position of Secre‘of California, save the
Redwoods fary to the Commission, had been
League, and other non
-Political orslated for replacement, and had ac@enizations of simlar
character. The tually been replaced by persons who
game
for the most
organization
Part, as far as
actively
supany
ported the State’
Park Bond Act State Park: sympathies or previous
eg INES oe
ee ae ee a ey aS. ce eA*
THE NEVADA cCITy
NUGGET
=
¢
oe ee ee ee
ee a eS eee
MONDAY, DEC. 31, 1934
f
s
has hccomplished
&
to ;their
Whatever
information
was
avail
able from the representati
ves of
Governor Merriam’s administ
ration
Was to the effect: that
Park work
had been ‘conducted so
efficiently
e
es
@
i
Chief.
It
was
urged
j Structures built
by Mathers are stil
l
by the Franeisean
.
standing,
628th Annual
~ MASQUERADE
BALL —
“OF TH
E NEVADA CITY FIRE DEPART
MENT
—AT—
ante pene inliinm
D
OF
Sp
‘
T
and Mrs.
B
H. Hays
returned
e
a
to Bro
Se _
wns e
Valley
on Is An Unhappy One
BY PHILIP MARTIN
Wednesday after:
Spending Christmas with Mrs
THE baseball mart
held recently at Louisville furnishes
hot
sto
for Portola to spend
Christmas with a
his brother.
a
W. E. Hanson return
ed Tuesday 4
eve
He ading all others is the
deal
obrom and
Larry, French from Pittsb
urgh in
exc
ning from a short visit
with his
*
family at Sacramento.
His: son Ray
mond accompanied him, and
hange for Guy Bus
h, Babe
Herman, and Jim Wea
ver.
Incidentally, it is rumored
that Babe
Herman, once the pride and
:
tored to Nevada City a
on a short visit.
“.
few days ago
%
J. E. Deal ret ed Wedn
esday
fron’ Grass Valleyurnwh
ere he spent
Chr
istmas.
:
William O. Grant lef
t for Sacra
mento a few lays ago
on a short
Miss Lesta H. Jouber
t left Wednesday for Berkeley
to resume her
—
—
vi
work at the University of Cal
iforni
a —
after spending the holida
ys with her
Parents at Oak Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Havey and
3g
.
Fred J. Joubeft:’motorea
to Nevad
—_
Son and Mrs. Mary
Zaring motored
to Nevada City Monday
.
a City
visit.
Wednesday on a
:
short
a
Jack Richards
returned Tuesday
oo
from Nevada City
where he spent
Christmas with relative
s.
oho
William A, Lang and
Ross C. Zaring’ motored to Nevada
City on business Monday.
» Miss Elsie Ann, Price,
deputy suherintendent of schools,
:
Figuring
prominently in the recent Louisville
trades, Bruce
Campbell, top left, topnot
ch
land Indians, while Freddy slugger and fielder, goes to the Cleve
_of Plumas
county, arrived from
Quincy Monday to ‘Spend the hol
idays with her
Parent
bottom left, will perform nex Lindstrom, right, and Larry French,
t year for the Chicago Cubs.
Yankees. DiMaggio will not,
however, report to the Yanks
until
next fal 1,
than their accustomed vigo
r.
Already, Bill Ingram has hand
ed in his notice at the Univ
ersity
Att is not so well among
the
football coaching fraternity,
The coach-firing season has
ar
ness world. Eddie Casey
of Harvard is said to be contempl
ating
ing the anvil chorus wit
h more
William
ada City Wed
A. J. Heether and
Frank Goodman motored to Grass
Valley Monday on business,
Mr. and Mrs. Mandus
Carlson mo
e, his natural position, for the
play
Groves and
nesday.
leaguing, although only
29 years
old.
He’ll Probably play thi
rd
bas
Dublication, and undergrads
Mrs. Olive
Groves motored to Nev
om. Freddy
soned vet.
eran of 11 yeaisrsa sea
of National
rived, with the alumni
, student
the rest
of his fami: ly
wil] return shortly.
4
glory
of Brooklyn’s Dizzy Dodger
s, will
hever don a Pirate uni
form, but
will be shunted to the
Boston
Braves in return for Hal
Lee, a
tighthanded slugger.
The Cubs are very fortunat
e in
obtaining the Services
of Lind.
str
An important minor league
sends young Joe DiMaggio, deal
while fiychaser of the San erstFrancisco Seals, to the New York
+Fiot
Frank Burris left
afew days ago ‘a
4
wher eby the Chicag
o Cubs
taine d
Freddy Lindst
Cubs, although the out
field has
been his spot during the
last four
years with the Pirates and
Giants.
Larry
French,
a southpaw
workh orse of a pitcher, is
expected to inject a great deal of
ag:
8ressiveness into the Cubs
, a quality sadly lacking during
the last
campaign.
Another deal which sho
uld
have an effect on next
year’s
standings is the one that
sent
Bruce Campbell to the Clev
eland
Indians in return for Lett
y Weiland, Johnny Burnett, and
a wad
of cas h.
Burnett and Weiland
Dossess a good deal of late
nt ability, and Rogers Hornsby
{s the
guy to uncover hidden talent if
anyone can.
Campbell, & youngster with a
high sl ugging average, is expe
cted to fill the Indiana’
crying need
for someone to play
their short
right field in major leag
ue fashfon.
. Hay’s —
parents here.
ve leaguers with ple
nty of material to “muse over
during the.
winter months.
a wealth of material this
year,
will soon be on the outs
ide looking in. Frank Carideo
of Notre
Dame is definitely on his
way out
at Missouri, as is Dick
Hanley at
Northwestern.
:
These are only a few
of the
many cha
of California, to enter the
busi
the same action.
s,
Gloomy Gil Do
bie, long a fixture at Corn
ell, is
slated to lose his head shor
tly.
nges
which
will
before the 1935 grid season
Dr. Eddie Anderson of Hol
y
come
opens,
but it should give a rough
Cross, failing to make goo
d with
of the way the wind blows.
Mr. and Mrs.
5, ce.
Pri
Clarence E.
Samuel F.
;
Turner
is to be empjoyed.
Mrs. James High and
sons, Bob
and Vernon, .arrived Mo
nday from
Modest
iting
o to spend the holidays ‘vis
her
The
sister Mrs.
SERA crew
Samuel
is busy
doing.
‘
AY, 1935" be a happy and Prosperous year for
i
you is our sincere wish. Se!
:
et
eratio
g “1934” the big&est and: most
pleasanntinyeamakin
r that we have ever enjoyed
. . “+.. Sig
In order to show our apprec
iation we hawe Re:
solved: “To give even bi
gger and better values, and better servic
e, than we gave in the past.” *
With the opening of 1935 w
e fire the first big
Event.”
“White Goods
.
.
Ww
We are out to gain new frie
»
nds, so if you have.
never enjoyed our quality’ merc
ings, we have both lost.
F.
Some excavating
j
on the grammar
school grounds ma
king ready for a
ball court.
gun by starting our mammoth
ga
few
left a
days ago for Placer
county, where
he
Price.
idea
,
IN SISKIYOU COUNTY
BY ATTENDING THE
pa
R
;
Chicago Di; d Its Chri; stmas Shop ;
ping Early . . The Lot of the gate
;
Coach With
a
Poor Seas
MONITORS AT WORK
~ END THE OLD YEAR RIGHT
ve .
THE
WM. E. COLBY, Chairm
an
-MRS. EDMOND BROW
N
JOSEPH R. KNOWLA
ND.
Water was turned int
upon the basis of merit alon
o the giants
é of the
Klamath Mining Compan
throughout Governor Youn
g’s and
y at
the
beginning of December.
Governor Rolph’s
administrations,
The
Property is situated on
that there would be no dist
the Klamath
urbance
R iver, about four Mile
in the personnel.
s.
below
es
Hap
py Camp in Siskiyou
On short notice,
word was.
county.
reThe
Project is owned
ceived through Mr. George
entirely by
NordenLos Angeles men, con
holt, DirSctor of Natural Reso
sisting of T.
urces,
A Sheppard, and hig
in whose department the
associates D.
State Park
W. Harknegss,. R. L. Gof
Service operates, and who
f, D: A. Riis directze r, M. V. Fleet, who
ly responsible to the Governor,
form a private
that com
pany ‘that has been
the Governor wished
constituted
the Commisduring the current
sion to hold
year.
a meeting in Sacramento on December 10.
The ComOLDEST CITY ON CO
mission met in Sacram
AST
ento ag je
quested, and was adv
ised that ca
San Diego, whers
administration had sele
the California
cted a suePacific Int
ernationa] Expositien
cessor for the Chief
wil!
of the Division open
May 29, is the oldest
of Parks, and that
city on
the administra; th e
Pacific Coast.
tion desired Mr. Jam
Many of the ola
es Snook to be
appointed.
.
IN
(Signed).
whole
‘souled cooperation. The
same is
true of their assistants dow
n
the
line. Each has been selected
on the
basis of merit alone.’
5
. /
handise at sav-.
Ws
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