December 6, 1943 (4 pages)

se Sprostag = We 7 THE Page Three ws fl» . FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BOTH CHRISTMAS ful as in normal times. 1 disappointment — by now. Our holiday lines are _ being shown. THE REXALL DRUG Phone 100 4 CAR AND GIFTS are not as plentiAvoid shopping R. E. HARRIS STORE Roca? DS now He peste se plese slestestestester"estestes® 5 ep Mee GOMES NINN ITE ON tt ae ite ne “KEEP ’EM + ig FLYING” * ag 3 ®BUY < ® DEFENSE * @®STAMPS + % —o-—— + Chamber*of Commerce * OFFICE IN CITY HALL 4 PHONE 575 ; WE REPAIR . AND WE FIX we can mepair. Grass Valley Lawn Mowers, Locks, Vacuum Cleamers, .Washing Machines, Electric Irons, Stoves, in short almost anything that is used around the house or the yerd, ART’S REPAIR SHOP RAY’S FIXIT SHOP 109 WEST MAIN STREET DRIVE IN VegetablesBeer and Wine STREETS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL NEVADA CITY, PHONE 8098 ee OF ALL KINDS * * mes Phones “UPHOLSTERY . John W. Darke 109-M FINE ‘WATCH REPAIRING Radio Service & Repairing Work Called for and Delivered Clarence R. Gray 520 Coyote Street Phone 152 Patiline and Johnnie Every Taste ’ Under Management of 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley BEER WINES, LIQUORS Delicious Mixed Drinks te Please —— —_—— dos prinrin.? GET YOURS AT ly . NUGQQET rendered” ~ . ANTE INFLATION PROGRAM SHOWS WEAKENING By RALPH H. TAYLOR . . + “I think you: have :first to put a There is mounting evidence that) ceiling over the whole price strucPresident. Roosevelt's hold-the-li a ture, including wages, rents and the anti-inflation pz#ogrqm is cracking. farm prices up to the parity level— wide open under -the incessant ba ;-,and no higher—-and then: to adjust tering of organized labor to‘open the! separate price schedules upward or . door to pay increases. . downward, if necessary, where justSteel workers are seeking a 15-7 ice or government policy so requir/eents an hour pay jump. ! es.” Miore than a million non-operating Mr. Baruch whose ~wisdom and. j rail workers are threatening to go. counsel even the New Dealers _ re-. ‘on strike if they fail to get a flat 8-. *:veet—-but do not. always follow— . cents an hour increase. declared then, nnequivocally, that. if . . And Senator Byrd has charged on inflation was to be controlled, wag-. {the floor of the United States Sen-. es must’ be controlled as well as the iaté that the War Labor Board “surprices. But wages: were not controlLewis when it a wage increase to United Mine Workers—and that this capitulation makes general pay boost to John L. sanctioned the and a sharp increase in the cost of! living inevitable, All wp and down the-line; as a -result of the pay jump given the coal . miners, there are indications unions which had held that hack increasto press them. And where the cost of living will go if wages are permitted to soar no one can even conjecture. Whether the pay increase to the coal miners was. warranted this writer cannot debate, for the facts are confused. But served more pay, to equalize their ‘wages with other workers. in less hazardous irdustries, as their spokesmen contend, then the government should have given them what they were entitled to—and not waited to give it to them grudgingly after they had walked out and threatened to paralyze the nation’s war effort. The fact “that the president had a quarrel with John L. Lewis —and that Lewis had an admitted desire to embarrass the president, even though he once contributed half‘a million dollars to insure his re-election-— should not have been permitted to influence the decision in this case. But quite apparently it was. And as a censequence, the government has been put in the position of yielding under duress—iwunder. threat of a strike which would, have: shut down war factories and ‘stopped the flow of materials to our men overseas. It is possible to explain the goyernment’s yielding to the coal miners’ demands (or Lewis’s demands) on the ground of expsdien'ccy—that nothing could be permitted to halt or slow down the war production program. But it is unfortunate, indeed, that the situation was allowed to drift to the point where the government, had no alternative but to give in, or let down our fighting men. All this could have been avoided, if the government had had the courage of its convictions in the beginning. ; ' if the miners deIS NEEDED even when eee is li ited Keyito ne -Market Prep. ~ DAVE RICHARDS, 213 Commercial Street . Phone 67 Nevada City We supply our patrons with the meat from the best cattle, sheep and hogs that money can buy. We have built our reputation on service and quality and reasonable prices. Ask “your neighbors about us. They we tell you. Boe is mae: —. = a} 4 : “ ay & . + = e: ed pay demands are now determined . la this connection, it should be re\ealled that on September 19, 1941. when a congressional.committee was considering the first price control bill, Bernard Baruch, the country’s top-notch authority on this subject, . declared: : “TI do not believe price-fixing. in piece-meal led—and now the whirlwind come to ities. How long, we wonder, will it take . for government economists and labthe country is reaping for that failure with*-economic realto grips . or-leaders to recognize that. there can be no effective price ceilings . without “similar wage ceilings? : . The farmer has no desire to hol down the ity worker. The farmer, in fact, wants the urban worker to have the best possible wage seale, . } . . . d . for the farmer knows that his income! to a great extent, is measured by the city man’s ability to buy. But the farmer knows, too, that he can’t survive very.long if prices for farm products are rigidly controlled, while labor’s wages go sky high and are uncontrolled, Washington, now, perhaps, is beginning to learn the same lesson. American agriculture can that it is not too late! only hope Home Department To Give Xmas Party Dec. 11 (Members of the executive board of the’ Nevada County Home_Department, meeting in the board room of the Nevada Irrigation District in Grass Valley, decided to hold their annual Christmas tree party on Saturday, December 11, in Memorial Park. * ‘Mrs. Bernice Pingree, chairman; Wwho attended convention sessions in Santa Cruz gave a report of the program there, and this was adopted for Nevada county. It follows: ‘.(1) Farm and Home safety by reducing personal accidents and structural fire, (2) 4-H club sponsorship ‘through leadership and participation, (3) Red Cross home nursing with a goal one member in each family, (4) war bond buying to provide Home Department ambulance planes, (5) education on legal matters pertaining to farm life,-(6) home food production and preservation, (7) conservation of health food, clothing, equipment and furnishings. AGED WOMAN SUMMONED Mrs., Mary L. Blythe, aged 89 years, passed away at.the Nevada County Hospital yesterday morning shortly after midnight. So far as known -she had no immediate relatives. She was born in Canada but had lived 71 years in the United States and 17 years in Grass Valley. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. The services were held this mefning at 10 a. m. with the Rev. Mark Pike officiating. SAN FRANCISCO TO GIVE SERVICE MEN XMAS PARTY SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—San} Francisco will show the many thou-. sands of women, in. this area that is still city that “knows ,how’’ by staging elaborate and colorful Christmas party exclusively for and women of all branches and ranks.of the armed forces. A comprehensive citywide citizens committee has been named under the charimanship of Supervisor Dan Gal-. service men and she the an} men CHARTS T0 SHOW . takin . in . AUTO FEES DUE . All local gasoline filling have received copies of charts shaw . ing the motor vehicle license fe due for 1944. Motor vehicle owners of the N vada City area may inspect these charts, upon request, to determin ;}how much they will be required to Fo8 The regular registration fee ot $3 for passenger cars should be add-. ed to the amount of the vehicle lie ense fee as~shown on the chart Weight fees must be added for trucks and trailers. Vehicle owners desiring to consul: these charts should take their 1945 estabThe. downtown offices Warfield lagher, lished atre Building. The Christmas party ed in the ¢ Friday, Day 5 Zio, and in the Loew’s will be stag ‘ December 24, and . and night, Satur. & ® with a continuous mas Eve, on Christmas day, December program starting at 2 p.m will intersperse the entertainment which-will be comprised of topacts and features from _— the radio and stage coupled with notch screen, * surprise novelties that will lend col. or and entertainment to the prograin. Special efforts. are being ealk aitention to this affair name of San Francisco and thereby offering: something unusual to the personnel the armed forces cn holiday leave. Decorative lighting effects will he stressed’ with what is’said to be the scheme of decorathe aumade to in the of most oustanding tions that has been ditorium in many -years. trees will adorn the“inside as well as the outside of the civic auditorium. An elaborate musical program will feature a number of bands—local, visiting and from the armed’ forces, with the San Franciscé Mumicipa! Band furnishing music throughout the two days program. : Cooperating in the movement are committees representing all the war service agencies. in the city, and the original sponsors of the festival are the members of the San Francisco Hotel Asedciation who contributed to a large fund as a good will gesture toward visiting service men. and ‘women. seen at CHRISTMAS USO PLANS ' The USO Club in Grass Valley will be open December 24th and 25 40 and owing to the fact that many of, in. the hostesses who wsually assist week end entertainment, will not be! available for the Christmas holidays, the committee in charge is asking for volunteers. ‘Contributions of candy, nuts, cookies and fruit are also’ sought. These are to be served visiting service men on Christmas. Eve. MEXICO IMPROVES HIGHWAYS Mexico’s highway ‘department is utilizing the present wartime period of light traffic to improve roads and highways, the California State Automobile Association reports. South-afthe border highway bridges and culverts are reported in good condition while grades are being brought within a six per cent limit. California is collecting state revenue this year at the rate’ of approximatel $1,000,000 a day or more than $41,000 an hour. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE :%ust By PLASTIC COVERING HELD FIRMLYIN "oy AN ADIESNE ON WE B PREFABRICATED. CHICKEN HOUSES pubes”NINE saicrTe ao9 AN? EQUIPPED WITH: = . SPECIAL GLASS. “TO ADMIT ULTRA-VIOLET SUN RAYS, ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR BACK YARV = t Christmas . ivic auditorium on Christ-. . Dancing . with them in the respective registration cards determine their der numbers This number is shown in the lowof the card. Most 1943 registration cards show tthe registration and paid in 19438. near the lower right following the words ‘Regis and ‘License Added they indicate total and vehicle license fees due in 1944. Where this information the registration card it is not necessary for. -the motorist to consult the charts to determine the amount d:e inasmuctr as the fees paid this year will ‘be exactly the same in 1944, Service station attendants will plain the chart which ple in. operation. All 1944 fees are due and payable beginning January Ist. Offices of the Department of .Motor Vehicles will begin the renewal season January 3rd: to elasstification of rehicles. er center vehicle license figures hand corfee These appear ner fee’’. the registration appears on oxcode is simSAN FRANCISCO FORCED TO CUT SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—The San Francisco Convention and, Tourist Bureau is worried over the lasting effects which the city’s “present preoccupation with the war may have on the city’s future—and it wants to tell the world about it. The nation should ‘know of the city’s complete devotion to the war whether or-not they trapped during effort in order to understand why San Francisco cannot deliver its usv*1 services, according to Walter ,/G. Swanson, bureau general manaser. “San Francisco is the largest build der of ships in the -world,’’ 6 aid Swanson, ‘It is the,port of embarkation of,;70 per cent of the operations on the Pa'ific, in which the greatest numiber of men,:and the largest amounts of materials fighting machines and ships were used for the major part of the war thus far. “But does the nation kf'ow this? Emphatically, no! “San Francisco, in undertaking this volume of services to the nation had to sacrifice its civilian business to a degree no other city in America did,,We are sacrificing long time customers which our city lost and is still losing, due to our 100 per cent ‘pre occupation with the war—one of the most serious municipal casualties of this whole war. “This is not said in the language of complaint. We are proud that our city has been drafted like our fighting men.’” The trouble is, according to Swanson, that people come here to San Franeisco, unprepared for the congestion and service depletion that exists here because of the city‘s allout war effort, and become enraged at the city when its usual services are not forthcoming. The remedy, he says, is publicity, so that visitors may know what to expect. SAIN FRAINCISCO, Dec. 6.—During the 1942-43 trapping season 1163 trappers were licensed in California. Of this number,-1070 trappers submitted reports to the State Division of Fish and Game _ indicating . Siskiyou county. Fee’’ . . together ate of said George Arthur Nihell. lhe past season. A total of $67 tats . pers reported that they had trapped, 86,593 animals. Included in this list of animals is everything in ne 5 fur from a house cat to the “high priced fisher. More, muskrat were ltaken than any other one species, . totalling 55,597. The average sta! wide ‘price paid for sides muskratskins was $1.68 per pelt. Four fisher and four. silver *% were reported caught during the las trapping season. and paid for Two of An average prite at $10.75 respectively. these pelts fur the fisher. were and ' silver was buyers. ‘trapped i} Tulare were caught by county’ The Shasta, two in fox and fF Lassen resno counLeys. Trappers also caught 1748 for which they prise of veh 27 received — sbi an averaze PROBATE OF PUBTICATION OF APPOINTED FOR PROBATE OF WILL SUPERMIOR COURT OT OF CALIFORNIA IN NOTICH TIME IN, THEY THE STATE AND FOR THE COUNTY OF \ NEVADA ‘In the Matter of the Estate of WM. HY SEMMONS, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Monday. the 20th day of December, A. D. 19438. at 10 o'clock A. M. of that day. and the Court Room of said court, af the Court House, in the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the last will of said WM. HY SEIMMONS. deceased, and for hearing the application of “RONALD L., PASCOE for the issuance to him of Letters Testamentary thereon. Dated: December 3rd, 1943. R. N. MecCORMACK; Clerk. By R. E. DEE'BLE, Deputy: Clerk. _ No, 4350 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA. rs) Fr DeIn the Matter of the Estate GEORGE ARTHUR NIHELL, ceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN by the undersigned Gladys Driver, as Administratrix With the Will Annexed of the state of George Arthur Nihell,’ deceased, to the Creditors of and all persons having claims against the said decedent to file them with the necessary vouchers within si (6) months after the first publication of this notice in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of th State of California, in and for the County of Nevada, or to. exhibi: them, with the necessary vouchers. within six (6) months after the firs: niblication of this rotice to the said administratrix at the law ‘offices of ;Lynne Kelly, 127 Mill Sirest® Gras: . Valley, Nevada County, California; ‘the same being her place ofbusiness ‘in all matters connected with the esis i Deceased. Dated November 6, 1943. GLADYS DRIVER, Administratrix With the Will Annexed of the estate of George Arthur Nihell. Deceased. ; LYNNE KELLY, Attorney for Administratrix, etc. First Publication November 8, 1948. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6. No. 4820 . IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THY STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE. .COUNTY OF NEVADA: In the Matter of the Dissolution 9f FOUNAIN HEAD GRAVEL MINING CORPORATION, a corporation.’ NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING PETITION FOR AP. POINMENT OF TRUSTER. The petition of Fernande Mulle” and Frank Wright for the appoin‘ment of a Trustee to proceed wit” the winding up of the affairs of Fountain Head Gravel Mining Comrpany, a dissolved corporation, haying been filed pursuant to Section» 403-B of the California Civil Cod» and -the Court by its order, havin~ fixed the time.and place; for ths hearing of said petition and having prescribed. the notice to be given thereon, NOTICE 1s HEREBY GIVEN the* Friday, the 17th day of December, 1943, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. of said day has been appointed'‘as tl > time and the Court House of the sai? above entitled Court at Nevada Cit~. (Nevada County, California, has bee» appointed as the place at which sai? petition is to be heard at which time and place any person interested therein may appear and show caus’, if any he has ‘why said petition should not be granted. Dated: November 17th, 1948. R. N. McCORMAICK, Clerk of,-the above entitled Court. Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6. 13. ANP” ‘PORCH USE a 3 A Newy DEVELOPED LIQuiD WHEN SPRAVED ON FRESHLY PAINTED — WALLG,Neursatizes oDoR ~ Hotel Clunie — TT’s FAMOUS COFFEE 8TH AND K STREET, ~ . vee Ree hs UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Ss ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA RATES FROM $1.50 UP a Exccilent Service—Best Food : TOY AND JACOBS. ‘JACK BRUN SHOP AND COCKTAIL

se Sprostag = We 7 THE Page Three ws fl» . FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BOTH CHRISTMAS ful as in normal times. 1 disappointment — by now. Our holiday lines are _ being shown. THE REXALL DRUG Phone 100 4 CAR AND GIFTS are not as plentiAvoid shopping R. E. HARRIS STORE Roca? DS now He peste se plese slestestestester"estestes® 5 ep Mee GOMES NINN ITE ON tt ae ite ne “KEEP ’EM + ig FLYING” * ag 3 ®BUY < ® DEFENSE * @®STAMPS + % —o-—— + Chamber*of Commerce * OFFICE IN CITY HALL 4 PHONE 575 ; WE REPAIR . AND WE FIX we can mepair. Grass Valley Lawn Mowers, Locks, Vacuum Cleamers, .Washing Machines, Electric Irons, Stoves, in short almost anything that is used around the house or the yerd, ART’S REPAIR SHOP RAY’S FIXIT SHOP 109 WEST MAIN STREET DRIVE IN VegetablesBeer and Wine STREETS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL NEVADA CITY, PHONE 8098 ee OF ALL KINDS * * mes Phones “UPHOLSTERY . John W. Darke 109-M FINE ‘WATCH REPAIRING Radio Service & Repairing Work Called for and Delivered Clarence R. Gray 520 Coyote Street Phone 152 Patiline and Johnnie Every Taste ’ Under Management of 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley BEER WINES, LIQUORS Delicious Mixed Drinks te Please —— —_—— dos prinrin.? GET YOURS AT ly . NUGQQET rendered” ~ . ANTE INFLATION PROGRAM SHOWS WEAKENING By RALPH H. TAYLOR . . + “I think you: have :first to put a There is mounting evidence that) ceiling over the whole price strucPresident. Roosevelt's hold-the-li a ture, including wages, rents and the anti-inflation pz#ogrqm is cracking. farm prices up to the parity level— wide open under -the incessant ba ;-,and no higher—-and then: to adjust tering of organized labor to‘open the! separate price schedules upward or . door to pay increases. . downward, if necessary, where justSteel workers are seeking a 15-7 ice or government policy so requir/eents an hour pay jump. ! es.” Miore than a million non-operating Mr. Baruch whose ~wisdom and. j rail workers are threatening to go. counsel even the New Dealers _ re-. ‘on strike if they fail to get a flat 8-. *:veet—-but do not. always follow— . cents an hour increase. declared then, nnequivocally, that. if . . And Senator Byrd has charged on inflation was to be controlled, wag-. {the floor of the United States Sen-. es must’ be controlled as well as the iaté that the War Labor Board “surprices. But wages: were not controlLewis when it a wage increase to United Mine Workers—and that this capitulation makes general pay boost to John L. sanctioned the and a sharp increase in the cost of! living inevitable, All wp and down the-line; as a -result of the pay jump given the coal . miners, there are indications unions which had held that hack increasto press them. And where the cost of living will go if wages are permitted to soar no one can even conjecture. Whether the pay increase to the coal miners was. warranted this writer cannot debate, for the facts are confused. But served more pay, to equalize their ‘wages with other workers. in less hazardous irdustries, as their spokesmen contend, then the government should have given them what they were entitled to—and not waited to give it to them grudgingly after they had walked out and threatened to paralyze the nation’s war effort. The fact “that the president had a quarrel with John L. Lewis —and that Lewis had an admitted desire to embarrass the president, even though he once contributed half‘a million dollars to insure his re-election-— should not have been permitted to influence the decision in this case. But quite apparently it was. And as a censequence, the government has been put in the position of yielding under duress—iwunder. threat of a strike which would, have: shut down war factories and ‘stopped the flow of materials to our men overseas. It is possible to explain the goyernment’s yielding to the coal miners’ demands (or Lewis’s demands) on the ground of expsdien'ccy—that nothing could be permitted to halt or slow down the war production program. But it is unfortunate, indeed, that the situation was allowed to drift to the point where the government, had no alternative but to give in, or let down our fighting men. All this could have been avoided, if the government had had the courage of its convictions in the beginning. ; ' if the miners deIS NEEDED even when eee is li ited Keyito ne -Market Prep. ~ DAVE RICHARDS, 213 Commercial Street . Phone 67 Nevada City We supply our patrons with the meat from the best cattle, sheep and hogs that money can buy. We have built our reputation on service and quality and reasonable prices. Ask “your neighbors about us. They we tell you. Boe is mae: —. = a} 4 : “ ay & . + = e: ed pay demands are now determined . la this connection, it should be re\ealled that on September 19, 1941. when a congressional.committee was considering the first price control bill, Bernard Baruch, the country’s top-notch authority on this subject, . declared: : “TI do not believe price-fixing. in piece-meal led—and now the whirlwind come to ities. How long, we wonder, will it take . for government economists and labthe country is reaping for that failure with*-economic realto grips . or-leaders to recognize that. there can be no effective price ceilings . without “similar wage ceilings? : . The farmer has no desire to hol down the ity worker. The farmer, in fact, wants the urban worker to have the best possible wage seale, . } . . . d . for the farmer knows that his income! to a great extent, is measured by the city man’s ability to buy. But the farmer knows, too, that he can’t survive very.long if prices for farm products are rigidly controlled, while labor’s wages go sky high and are uncontrolled, Washington, now, perhaps, is beginning to learn the same lesson. American agriculture can that it is not too late! only hope Home Department To Give Xmas Party Dec. 11 (Members of the executive board of the’ Nevada County Home_Department, meeting in the board room of the Nevada Irrigation District in Grass Valley, decided to hold their annual Christmas tree party on Saturday, December 11, in Memorial Park. * ‘Mrs. Bernice Pingree, chairman; Wwho attended convention sessions in Santa Cruz gave a report of the program there, and this was adopted for Nevada county. It follows: ‘.(1) Farm and Home safety by reducing personal accidents and structural fire, (2) 4-H club sponsorship ‘through leadership and participation, (3) Red Cross home nursing with a goal one member in each family, (4) war bond buying to provide Home Department ambulance planes, (5) education on legal matters pertaining to farm life,-(6) home food production and preservation, (7) conservation of health food, clothing, equipment and furnishings. AGED WOMAN SUMMONED Mrs., Mary L. Blythe, aged 89 years, passed away at.the Nevada County Hospital yesterday morning shortly after midnight. So far as known -she had no immediate relatives. She was born in Canada but had lived 71 years in the United States and 17 years in Grass Valley. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. The services were held this mefning at 10 a. m. with the Rev. Mark Pike officiating. SAN FRANCISCO TO GIVE SERVICE MEN XMAS PARTY SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—San} Francisco will show the many thou-. sands of women, in. this area that is still city that “knows ,how’’ by staging elaborate and colorful Christmas party exclusively for and women of all branches and ranks.of the armed forces. A comprehensive citywide citizens committee has been named under the charimanship of Supervisor Dan Gal-. service men and she the an} men CHARTS T0 SHOW . takin . in . AUTO FEES DUE . All local gasoline filling have received copies of charts shaw . ing the motor vehicle license fe due for 1944. Motor vehicle owners of the N vada City area may inspect these charts, upon request, to determin ;}how much they will be required to Fo8 The regular registration fee ot $3 for passenger cars should be add-. ed to the amount of the vehicle lie ense fee as~shown on the chart Weight fees must be added for trucks and trailers. Vehicle owners desiring to consul: these charts should take their 1945 estabThe. downtown offices Warfield lagher, lished atre Building. The Christmas party ed in the ¢ Friday, Day 5 Zio, and in the Loew’s will be stag ‘ December 24, and . and night, Satur. & ® with a continuous mas Eve, on Christmas day, December program starting at 2 p.m will intersperse the entertainment which-will be comprised of topacts and features from _— the radio and stage coupled with notch screen, * surprise novelties that will lend col. or and entertainment to the prograin. Special efforts. are being ealk aitention to this affair name of San Francisco and thereby

offering: something unusual to the personnel the armed forces cn holiday leave. Decorative lighting effects will he stressed’ with what is’said to be the scheme of decorathe aumade to in the of most oustanding tions that has been ditorium in many -years. trees will adorn the“inside as well as the outside of the civic auditorium. An elaborate musical program will feature a number of bands—local, visiting and from the armed’ forces, with the San Franciscé Mumicipa! Band furnishing music throughout the two days program. : Cooperating in the movement are committees representing all the war service agencies. in the city, and the original sponsors of the festival are the members of the San Francisco Hotel Asedciation who contributed to a large fund as a good will gesture toward visiting service men. and ‘women. seen at CHRISTMAS USO PLANS ' The USO Club in Grass Valley will be open December 24th and 25 40 and owing to the fact that many of, in. the hostesses who wsually assist week end entertainment, will not be! available for the Christmas holidays, the committee in charge is asking for volunteers. ‘Contributions of candy, nuts, cookies and fruit are also’ sought. These are to be served visiting service men on Christmas. Eve. MEXICO IMPROVES HIGHWAYS Mexico’s highway ‘department is utilizing the present wartime period of light traffic to improve roads and highways, the California State Automobile Association reports. South-afthe border highway bridges and culverts are reported in good condition while grades are being brought within a six per cent limit. California is collecting state revenue this year at the rate’ of approximatel $1,000,000 a day or more than $41,000 an hour. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE :%ust By PLASTIC COVERING HELD FIRMLYIN "oy AN ADIESNE ON WE B PREFABRICATED. CHICKEN HOUSES pubes”NINE saicrTe ao9 AN? EQUIPPED WITH: = . SPECIAL GLASS. “TO ADMIT ULTRA-VIOLET SUN RAYS, ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR BACK YARV = t Christmas . ivic auditorium on Christ-. . Dancing . with them in the respective registration cards determine their der numbers This number is shown in the lowof the card. Most 1943 registration cards show tthe registration and paid in 19438. near the lower right following the words ‘Regis and ‘License Added they indicate total and vehicle license fees due in 1944. Where this information the registration card it is not necessary for. -the motorist to consult the charts to determine the amount d:e inasmuctr as the fees paid this year will ‘be exactly the same in 1944, Service station attendants will plain the chart which ple in. operation. All 1944 fees are due and payable beginning January Ist. Offices of the Department of .Motor Vehicles will begin the renewal season January 3rd: to elasstification of rehicles. er center vehicle license figures hand corfee These appear ner fee’’. the registration appears on oxcode is simSAN FRANCISCO FORCED TO CUT SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—The San Francisco Convention and, Tourist Bureau is worried over the lasting effects which the city’s “present preoccupation with the war may have on the city’s future—and it wants to tell the world about it. The nation should ‘know of the city’s complete devotion to the war whether or-not they trapped during effort in order to understand why San Francisco cannot deliver its usv*1 services, according to Walter ,/G. Swanson, bureau general manaser. “San Francisco is the largest build der of ships in the -world,’’ 6 aid Swanson, ‘It is the,port of embarkation of,;70 per cent of the operations on the Pa'ific, in which the greatest numiber of men,:and the largest amounts of materials fighting machines and ships were used for the major part of the war thus far. “But does the nation kf'ow this? Emphatically, no! “San Francisco, in undertaking this volume of services to the nation had to sacrifice its civilian business to a degree no other city in America did,,We are sacrificing long time customers which our city lost and is still losing, due to our 100 per cent ‘pre occupation with the war—one of the most serious municipal casualties of this whole war. “This is not said in the language of complaint. We are proud that our city has been drafted like our fighting men.’” The trouble is, according to Swanson, that people come here to San Franeisco, unprepared for the congestion and service depletion that exists here because of the city‘s allout war effort, and become enraged at the city when its usual services are not forthcoming. The remedy, he says, is publicity, so that visitors may know what to expect. SAIN FRAINCISCO, Dec. 6.—During the 1942-43 trapping season 1163 trappers were licensed in California. Of this number,-1070 trappers submitted reports to the State Division of Fish and Game _ indicating . Siskiyou county. Fee’’ . . together ate of said George Arthur Nihell. lhe past season. A total of $67 tats . pers reported that they had trapped, 86,593 animals. Included in this list of animals is everything in ne 5 fur from a house cat to the “high priced fisher. More, muskrat were ltaken than any other one species, . totalling 55,597. The average sta! wide ‘price paid for sides muskratskins was $1.68 per pelt. Four fisher and four. silver *% were reported caught during the las trapping season. and paid for Two of An average prite at $10.75 respectively. these pelts fur the fisher. were and ' silver was buyers. ‘trapped i} Tulare were caught by county’ The Shasta, two in fox and fF Lassen resno counLeys. Trappers also caught 1748 for which they prise of veh 27 received — sbi an averaze PROBATE OF PUBTICATION OF APPOINTED FOR PROBATE OF WILL SUPERMIOR COURT OT OF CALIFORNIA IN NOTICH TIME IN, THEY THE STATE AND FOR THE COUNTY OF \ NEVADA ‘In the Matter of the Estate of WM. HY SEMMONS, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Monday. the 20th day of December, A. D. 19438. at 10 o'clock A. M. of that day. and the Court Room of said court, af the Court House, in the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the last will of said WM. HY SEIMMONS. deceased, and for hearing the application of “RONALD L., PASCOE for the issuance to him of Letters Testamentary thereon. Dated: December 3rd, 1943. R. N. MecCORMACK; Clerk. By R. E. DEE'BLE, Deputy: Clerk. _ No, 4350 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA. rs) Fr DeIn the Matter of the Estate GEORGE ARTHUR NIHELL, ceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN by the undersigned Gladys Driver, as Administratrix With the Will Annexed of the state of George Arthur Nihell,’ deceased, to the Creditors of and all persons having claims against the said decedent to file them with the necessary vouchers within si (6) months after the first publication of this notice in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of th State of California, in and for the County of Nevada, or to. exhibi: them, with the necessary vouchers. within six (6) months after the firs: niblication of this rotice to the said administratrix at the law ‘offices of ;Lynne Kelly, 127 Mill Sirest® Gras: . Valley, Nevada County, California; ‘the same being her place ofbusiness ‘in all matters connected with the esis i Deceased. Dated November 6, 1943. GLADYS DRIVER, Administratrix With the Will Annexed of the estate of George Arthur Nihell. Deceased. ; LYNNE KELLY, Attorney for Administratrix, etc. First Publication November 8, 1948. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6. No. 4820 . IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THY STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE. .COUNTY OF NEVADA: In the Matter of the Dissolution 9f FOUNAIN HEAD GRAVEL MINING CORPORATION, a corporation.’ NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING PETITION FOR AP. POINMENT OF TRUSTER. The petition of Fernande Mulle” and Frank Wright for the appoin‘ment of a Trustee to proceed wit” the winding up of the affairs of Fountain Head Gravel Mining Comrpany, a dissolved corporation, haying been filed pursuant to Section» 403-B of the California Civil Cod» and -the Court by its order, havin~ fixed the time.and place; for ths hearing of said petition and having prescribed. the notice to be given thereon, NOTICE 1s HEREBY GIVEN the* Friday, the 17th day of December, 1943, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. of said day has been appointed'‘as tl > time and the Court House of the sai? above entitled Court at Nevada Cit~. (Nevada County, California, has bee» appointed as the place at which sai? petition is to be heard at which time and place any person interested therein may appear and show caus’, if any he has ‘why said petition should not be granted. Dated: November 17th, 1948. R. N. McCORMAICK, Clerk of,-the above entitled Court. Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6. 13. ANP” ‘PORCH USE a 3 A Newy DEVELOPED LIQuiD WHEN SPRAVED ON FRESHLY PAINTED — WALLG,Neursatizes oDoR ~ Hotel Clunie — TT’s FAMOUS COFFEE 8TH AND K STREET, ~ . vee Ree hs UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Ss ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA RATES FROM $1.50 UP a Exccilent Service—Best Food : TOY AND JACOBS. ‘JACK BRUN SHOP AND COCKTAIL