December 7, 1944 (4 pages)

1944 red Word Orse Og ed whey 11 in the Ng a fir uries, Hy accolints lis moth t will be the holi, War I. a — _ fered .by counties or the state for country; treats them as: predators. man should be shot on, suspicion, -~at-whenhe -has had ample ‘op-. “fon, based on circumstantial evi_-ace to hundreds of innocent citize penalty. He ‘can only die once, _RUal pasty dinner Tuesday evening one by members, were offered for The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week _ for only 30 cents per month ——___— RATE “God grants liberty only to thik sa love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.” —Daniel ‘Webster le . Nevada City Nu COVERS ential GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA This paper. gives you complete coverage of all locak happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your . ~ town, read The Nugget. Vol. 18, No. 96. Thinking 1. Out Loud a as By. H. M.'L. We confess that we are smarting a little as a result of the amart remark of Attorney General Robert W. Kenny, that the reward for Bhaugh seemed more of a bounty than a reward. He objected #o the “dead or alive’ phrase. On second thought, however, we recall as do many others, that in practically.every bank in Califer-. ‘mia is posted a reward “dead or alive’ for the apprehension of any person attempting to rob the bank. a Se what And after all, is any “dead or alive’ reward, but a bounty. We have grown to as6sociaté the word with bounties of: the ears of predators or pests in the animal ‘world. About the only difference we can see is that if a suapected felon ia ‘brought in standing up, the persons bringing him are given a reward. If he comes. in feet first, the word “bounty” fits the case as well as any other. However, rewards ‘have “been offered for the .apprehension of mersons suspected of a felony since the Republic was young. Often as not they have been or the “dead or alive’ variety. And for this Treason, men who live off their fellow men, stealing cattle or horses, or robbing banks and unarmeéd citizens, or in any way obtaining a livelihood other than by . honest labor, are in. fact ipredators. .And thé law; in~any. civilized J Of course, we do9n’t think a portunity to come ‘into court and stand trial,.no reasonable’ person but. will suspect that a man evading atrest is guilty. In case of murder, an innocent person ‘who é ‘accused, naturally seeks rotection of the law. He Wants to be: tried and acquitted. That is what ‘courts of law are for, just. as.surely as they are there. f) ‘prove the guilt of wrong doer and fix their punishment. However, when a person * is eharged with a felony, the charge is actually only a strong suspicfence. But it does make the per802 accused: Heble te arrest. In fact it is the duty of any peace offieer, or citizen, to arrest him and ‘@ring him inte custody. Mow, the law is quite clear, if such person evades arrest, defies arresting ofticer, then he may.be shot er taken in any. ether lawful manner: Often suspeeted felons are trap.[ ped. Sometimes, it is n: Ste of: t fer a reward to stimulate the hunt . for the sugpected peréon, A murderer at large ie @ ¢onstamt menens. If he commits another ‘murder, or a series: of murders, there . jis nothing in law to increase the “and many a desperado fleeing justice has committed additional mur‘ders in his attempt to escape at-Snement _ for his crimes. So when the attorney general remarks that the $300 reward of-. fered apparently is snore 1 nat‘Ure’of a bounty, than of-areward, we will ask the attorney general thig . one, whetisr any “dead or alive” reward not legally as much @ bounty, as ‘if offered for predatorg in the animal world. Society must protect itself, and if a bounty will do it, why not a bounty? It’s an ugly word, but not more. ugly than a murderer at large. PASTY DINNER St. Catherine’s Guild gave its’ anin the parish houge of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Salad, pasties and Were served at a’ moderate fee. Several fine pieces of needlework, TRAPPED MEN HQ. AIR SERVICE COMMAND, Somewhere in England—tThe draMmatie story of the Seventh Army’s “lost battalions” almost 1000 men trapped behind the enemy’s lines witheut food for five days—today has a new hero. He is 30 year old Captain Lee E. Vanderhoven of Taylorsville, Calif. who Played a vital role.in the final, successful dropping of food and supplies by P-47 Thunderbolts. + An Air Service Command armament officer, Capt. Vanderhoven was at the front .on a technical mission when the ‘ emergency call came through for help. Because he flew as @ bombardier in the Pacific and this theatre, he volunteered to work out problems which were holding up aid for the trapped soldiers. Capt. Vanderhoven ‘worked all night on the design and building of containers for—the\. urgently needed supplies. ‘With the help of.a signal company, the set up a special radio sight, ‘because fog hid the 300 by 500 yard target which had to be hit in order to reach the trapped men. He computed all the necessary dropping angles and wind allowances, and then directed the pilots by radio, telling them when and where to drop their supplies to hit the target. ” “Working together with those signal company men under an atmosphere of excitement and stress, and seeing the good fellowship and: team work present was an unforgettable énce,” ‘Capt. Vandenhoven reorted after completion of the yuccessful operation. Numerou mmendations for his work in this incident “have been received by the captain’s chief, Major General Hugh J. Kerr; commanding: general-of Air Service Command, . .U. a. Strategic Air Forces {i Burope.He is the husband of Mrs. Margaret M. Vanderhoven of 329 Harrisont Ave., ‘Salt Lake City. On a recent, ‘short emergency trip to the states, he was able to see her through the help of Generaly Henry H., Arnold,’ commanding general of the Army Air Forces, who arranged for her to be flown to Washington. (Commented (Capt. Vanderhoven on his return: to this headquarters: “It-sure makes you feel good to know you're wofking for a boss like that.” ‘ The young captain is the inventor of the “bomb cluster adaptor” the device which doubles and some times], treblés the load of small and medium ‘bombs carried. by U. S. heavy bombers including the new B-29 Senne: fortress. He ig the.son of Mr. and Mrs. Ger‘ald L. Vanderhoven of Taylorsville, former ownetg and: operators. of the Indian Valley Cromarty Co. Cunath Contractor To ; 'Pay Uninsured Employe Judgment against. Louis Monfre, eement contractor, wag filed here by the county clerk following receipt} of decision by the California Indus-. . trial Accident Commission that he} ‘had wilfully neglected to take out /inmeurance. The commission found that Henry Conti had sustained injuries of a} permanent nature ‘while employed by Monfre. Their decision not. only orders Monfre to pay in ‘the above sum. to his former employe, ‘but . adds $26.49 per week between February 20,.1944 and August 1, 1944 the interval in which Conti was totally incapacitated. The commission reserves . the right to reopen the, case in event time should disclose greater disability than now found. TRUCKEE MAN JAILED William Felder, 29, is in the county jail charged with drunken and disorredly conduwet in Truckee. euder pigeon by a knife weilder whose name he gave as Sturgil, and a ban-d} aged head and hand indicated he was slashed. He states the weapon used was a pocket knife. Felder states he has been in California seven months, and in ‘Truckee ut two "weeks. He said\he came originally from. Binghampten, New York, He js a iabenet ee 'CAN GO PLACES . IN POLITICS. . tion under Governor Dewey’s. leader-. asserted he was attacked) these securities until the war ends. __ NEVADA C CITY, PRESSURE GROUP By, CLEM WHITAKER A swell organized pressure groud, sure of what it wants, and deter-} mined to get it, can do a more effective job of politics: in the United States than the regularly constitut‘ed party organizations of either fap es Republicans or Democrats. Ai The CIO Political Action ‘Conints tee demonstrated that at the recent election, regardiesg of whether you prove or disapprove ofits. objectives, The feat was not as surprising or stupendous as it might seem, however, for the truth of the matter is that both the Republican and Demo cratic party organizations have beéstowed “honors” more than they have enlisted or trained workers ia recent years, and have consequently become political armies of many generalgs and but few privates. — The newly born PAC, run by heavy handed Sidney Hillman? while it wag guilty of some colossal political blunders, low violations, was an army with ove general and 5,580,000 privates—and the privates took and followed -orders, with the result that they reached a lot of voters. The party regulars in Democratic ‘party as well as the Republican, compaigned in what *has come to he accepted as nephornite manner, making fervid speeches and issuing mimeogpraphed handouts to the press, but when it ¢ame to ringing doorbells and reaching’ individual voters they were woefully inefficient as they have been for some years past. The PAIC on the other hand, while it fumbled and stumbléd in its public utterances, actually built an organization which called on the voterg almost’ as regularly as the postman, sold: them a bill of.goods then got them to the polls. : It was boasted at the recent CIO convention that Roosevelt, without ‘PAC aid would have been defeated —and there are few in practicai politics who will deny the truth of that statement. For the New Deal or ganization long in power and: split ‘by many jealousies. and factional disputes, lacked its. old time punch. And while the Republican organizaship was more skilfully’ managed than for some years past, it was till critically lacking in effective personnel to carry thé message te the voters. The PAC however, may have wor pal polities, for it has tee many axes serve a good purpose; it may eon\vinee the old line party chisftiane sadly shert of crusading, fighting. the abiitte to geld: tha: Fishing is Good . : SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7—Winter steelhead and salmon: fishing in the ‘coastal streams is expeated to be! good this year. In Santa Barbara county, several limits of steelhead have already been taken. from the lagoon at Surf. Wardens of . the Fish and Game Division in Ventura county report that moving into the Ventura river. A few steelhead and salmon have been. taken in Pescadero lagoon, San Mateo county, but the bar at the mouth jof the stream has closed again, which will end fishing for awhile. )Grilse are being caught in Russian river and Salmon creek, and fishing is good in the streams on the coast of Humboldt and Mendocino counties. League Invites Total Of 21,000 In War . ; The Nevada County Mine. Workers Protective League has authorized the purchase of $1000 of Sixth War. ‘Loan bonds. This brings their total ‘holdings in war bonds to $21,000. The league has purchased bonds in each of the war loans ‘offered since the war began and members have expressed the hope that it may continue. to invest surplus. funds in like or dislike its methods, or ap-} and -perhaps a few a jaan OSRD has been solving technical ‘inery in perhaps the greatest mobilits first. and laet big fight in nation-}done so, enabling our troops to rol to grind to continue long in public the Jap on every front. : favor. But its perfermances in the} recent campaign neay nonetehless . whether the feat could be repeated members, whe have comyictions. ang ‘ey maintaining a high levef of mili. tary an@ naval effieioney throug: reparmement plan or a great arma rce. ‘scientists never again can be’ out-. steelhead are. . CALIF ORN RNIA LABORTORIES ALWAYS NEEDED (By LEONE BAXTER “weet the earliest days of organized warfare, men have known tne necessity to prepare for impending conflict as best they could, with whatever weapons and gear the times afforded. f The getrongest shield. and the sharpest lance generally have been those of the victor, And yet, who was ever completely prepared for a battle or ready for a war except the aggressor? This country’s own defense story, the frenzied process of readying the arms against attack, indicates that ‘we ourselves have paid scant heed to the age old and reiterated lesson ot ‘Preparedness. Our record is one of literally turning our backs and wait ing for the enemy to strike. On home soil, the Wright brothers offered the world the first practical flying machine in 1903. But it was not until they had flown abroad after having been cold‘ shouldered ere, that the army showed much interest in their work. Many Americans airmen in World War I had to fly in foreign built planes. Radar was born in 1922, here in America—and permitted to lie dormant for nearly a quarter century. Successful robot bombs were launched in 1918 from U. S. testing fields, by American inventors. Nothing was done with them either. Other countries anticipated us in developing the rocket plane, ie proplusion, the mighty bazooka and other weapons of defense and offense. : Today in the midst-of war, mili-' tary men are joining with sciertisis to urge retention. of the great research and development organization the country. has built. while fighting been ‘tried here before, ard its uc: 7 4g proved.by American progress L in a war race started from two laps at least behind the enemy. . The Office of Scientific Research and Development writes scientist Waldemar Kaempffert of New York, is made up nine tenths of professors and enegineers “who never smelled gunpowder in action” and one tenth do not direct, but mainly present the problems to be tackled. In civilian laboratories throughout the country, rowbles and developing war: machization of ‘science ever seen. Its job is. to mateh and to excel the “swper ‘science’ of the enemy. And it has ‘back the “undefeatable”’ Nazi and The scientists themselves doubt in the future ageinst an aggressor wily enough to prepare again, wider . that future peace may be supported ‘eeargh ihetead of airy posetWie ‘disAn .effective peace bloc, they believe would ‘be the world’s awarpe-. ‘ness that American engineers and ‘maneuvered by the military scien-. tists of an seerenwer nation. : County’s Cities and Districts ‘Owe $485,128 Bonded debt of the county: and. 1943. an average of $28,38 per person. California taxpayers association stated making public its study of the latest data available on the combined debt of local. chiagusbesnatecaal in Calitornia countie®. was made up of $36, 000 for the cit! ies in the county. $387,750 for the school districts and $60,378 for the special districts. The last. figure may be incomplete, many special districts not teporting to any central agency. Tn all California counties and oth‘er local governments had a total 600 municipalities $528,726,: 156 the school districts $151,921,640 and special districts $48,289,377. two. counties Algine and, Meno; Te-. for its life. Nothing like it ever has . . io’ attiatd thet wtynedurey other local governments in Nevada . , county totalled $484,128 at June 30}¥% ‘There i serious i i f thi Total. bonded. debt in’ the county oor? **.® us infestation of this bonded debt of $862,657,662 at June . mise 1948. The counties owed $137,731-. ma: his . is Haveraged $110.66 per person. : Only . $1 es aS RrERnESe oeeese DITH TENDER LEWIS’ BOOTS . Paxton, ditch tender for the a Irrigation ‘District, yesterday afternoon discovered one of the missing ‘boots of the late Henry Lewis, murdered while deer hunting on insurance. The judement is for $21.43. The boot, one of the low topped. cowboy variety, was found in the ditch, a short distance from the place where Lewis body ‘was belieyed o have been thrown into the Snow Mountain ditch. It was positively identified by the murdered man’s father, Fred M. Lewis, Sr., and his brother, James Lewis, who had worn the boots. William, Ebaugh, shot and killed by Irvin W. Davis on (November 17th while. evading arrest, was charged with the murder of Lewis. When Lewis body was found his boots and trousers were missing. NORTH SAN JUAN, Nevada Co., Dec. 6—A ‘permanent water: association was organized here water district to embrace practically all the area known as the San Juan Ridge. Officers chosen were W. M.Moulton, president; secretary; Waid Oden, treasurer; J. W. Coleman, Thomas ™M. Adams, rectors. will tbe needed, it was voted to join ance of land owwers, those mot rep< . .as goon as possible in order te ap aNntieee ‘90 ite Sow ME: pommnetin nse gineers—will be available to make af °™ survey for) the projected water dis-. trict. It was decided to hold meet-. ""”’ ings on the first rere a bis apeh mee: : A group. of Nevada County officials and farm bureau representatives attended ‘a conference and inspection trip at Redding Shasta County to jeconsider Klamath weed control. week in Nevada County. The. meeting was called, ‘by. the}. agricultural: adjustment administra-. tion and representatives of six councounty were Supervisors Cary Arbo. Ported no debt. z District Attorney 1 Reviews Facts and Law. Pertaining To Ebaugh District Attorney H. Ward Shedon in a statement to A a F. Brady, foreman of the Nevada County Grand Jury, by, frvin W. Davis on November 17th were cogently reviewed, concludes that even if the grand jury could be persuaded indict Davis, there is on evidence to support a conviction he{fore a trial jury. His letter to Brady follows: — Monday . , of military and naval. experts who pnight for the purpose of forming a _The Gold Center _THURSDAY, Y, DECEMBER 7, 7 1944, ir Lee Sonnenberg, ! . . In order to determine. the num-. -y ‘ber of aeres suitable. for agriculture, . in order to find out how much water it, the Nevada County: Soi! Conservation . re, that their organizations are beidlyjcover tor weld domination. But gen: \Btwtrtet . at onee. . over burdened with gold beaid aad}etally they belNeve with Kaemrpffert resented at the meeting. will be con-. ” ties were present. Representing this. Spat and Warren Odell, County Clerk . to December 4, 1h Mr. A. -F. Brady, Foreman, Mer ovada. County Grand des Grass Valley, California. ! (My Dear Mr. Bindy: In view of the publicity that has’ been given to the killing of William . Hbaugh ‘by Irvin Davis and the demands that have beenmade for the investigation of the matter By t Grand Jury, I feel that it is in ort for me ag District Attorney, rf you my statemient. of the situs The persons complaining Present any new facts to suppl the evidence previously obtain am satisfied that many of the complaints were made only because: misunderstanding of the facts of case or a misconception of ‘the involved. This misunderstanding pears to be so general that it may, proper to review the Maglite in some detail. : The chief ground of cohnes pears to be that the killing Wbaugh was. unnetessary for th son that if Davis had notified sheriff of Ebaugh’s whereabou should have ‘been possible. overtaken him in force wit necessity of shooting. In th later developments, I I quite ‘. it: would have been the part dom for Davis. to. have refer belief that only peace right to search ~ a Glen Watson, Robert, Cassidy and}Arno Browning on the board of ee. F while there was” 0 targeattena-[ C1? that hed ‘been . calf. her fou

1944 red Word Orse Og ed whey 11 in the Ng a fir uries, Hy accolints lis moth t will be the holi, War I. a — _ fered .by counties or the state for country; treats them as: predators. man should be shot on, suspicion, -~at-whenhe -has had ample ‘op-. “fon, based on circumstantial evi_-ace to hundreds of innocent citize penalty. He ‘can only die once, _RUal pasty dinner Tuesday evening one by members, were offered for The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week _ for only 30 cents per month ——___— RATE “God grants liberty only to thik sa love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.” —Daniel ‘Webster le . Nevada City Nu COVERS ential GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA This paper. gives you complete coverage of all locak happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your . ~ town, read The Nugget. Vol. 18, No. 96. Thinking 1. Out Loud a as By. H. M.'L. We confess that we are smarting a little as a result of the amart remark of Attorney General Robert W. Kenny, that the reward for Bhaugh seemed more of a bounty than a reward. He objected #o the “dead or alive’ phrase. On second thought, however, we recall as do many others, that in practically.every bank in Califer-. ‘mia is posted a reward “dead or alive’ for the apprehension of any person attempting to rob the bank. a Se what And after all, is any “dead or alive’ reward, but a bounty. We have grown to as6sociaté the word with bounties of: the ears of predators or pests in the animal ‘world. About the only difference we can see is that if a suapected felon ia ‘brought in standing up, the persons bringing him are given a reward. If he comes. in feet first, the word “bounty” fits the case as well as any other. However, rewards ‘have “been offered for the .apprehension of mersons suspected of a felony since the Republic was young. Often as not they have been or the “dead or alive’ variety. And for this Treason, men who live off their fellow men, stealing cattle or horses, or robbing banks and unarmeéd citizens, or in any way obtaining a livelihood other than by . honest labor, are in. fact ipredators. .And thé law; in~any. civilized J Of course, we do9n’t think a portunity to come ‘into court and stand trial,.no reasonable’ person but. will suspect that a man evading atrest is guilty. In case of murder, an innocent person ‘who é ‘accused, naturally seeks rotection of the law. He Wants to be: tried and acquitted. That is what ‘courts of law are for, just. as.surely as they are there. f) ‘prove the guilt of wrong doer and fix their punishment. However, when a person * is eharged with a felony, the charge is actually only a strong suspicfence. But it does make the per802 accused: Heble te arrest. In fact it is the duty of any peace offieer, or citizen, to arrest him and ‘@ring him inte custody. Mow, the law is quite clear, if such person evades arrest, defies arresting ofticer, then he may.be shot er taken in any. ether lawful manner: Often suspeeted felons are trap.[ ped. Sometimes, it is n: Ste of: t fer a reward to stimulate the hunt . for the sugpected peréon, A murderer at large ie @ ¢onstamt menens. If he commits another ‘murder, or a series: of murders, there . jis nothing in law to increase the “and many a desperado fleeing justice has committed additional mur‘ders in his attempt to escape at-Snement _ for his crimes. So when the attorney general remarks that the $300 reward of-. fered apparently is snore 1 nat‘Ure’of a bounty, than of-areward, we will ask the attorney general thig . one, whetisr any “dead or alive” reward not legally as much @ bounty, as ‘if offered for predatorg in the animal world. Society must protect itself, and if a bounty will do it, why not a bounty? It’s an ugly word, but not more. ugly than a murderer at large. PASTY DINNER St. Catherine’s Guild gave its’ anin the parish houge of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Salad, pasties and Were served at a’ moderate fee. Several fine pieces of needlework, TRAPPED MEN HQ. AIR SERVICE COMMAND, Somewhere in England—tThe draMmatie story of the Seventh Army’s “lost battalions” almost 1000 men trapped behind the enemy’s lines witheut food for five days—today has a new hero. He is 30 year old Captain Lee E. Vanderhoven of Taylorsville, Calif. who Played a vital role.in the final, successful dropping of food and supplies by P-47 Thunderbolts. + An Air Service Command armament officer, Capt. Vanderhoven was at the front .on a technical mission when the ‘ emergency call came through for help. Because he flew as @ bombardier in the Pacific and this theatre, he volunteered to work out problems which were holding up aid for the trapped soldiers. Capt. Vanderhoven ‘worked all night on the design and building of containers for—the\. urgently needed supplies. ‘With the help of.a signal company, the set up a special radio sight, ‘because fog hid the 300 by 500 yard target which had to be hit in order to reach the trapped men. He computed all the necessary dropping angles and wind allowances, and then directed the pilots by radio, telling them when and where to drop their supplies to hit the target. ” “Working together with those signal company men under an atmosphere of excitement and stress, and seeing the good fellowship and: team work present was an unforgettable énce,” ‘Capt. Vandenhoven reorted after completion of the yuccessful operation. Numerou mmendations for his work in this incident “have been received by the captain’s chief, Major General Hugh J. Kerr; commanding: general-of Air Service Command, . .U. a. Strategic Air Forces {i Burope.He is the husband of Mrs. Margaret M. Vanderhoven of 329 Harrisont Ave., ‘Salt Lake City. On a recent, ‘short emergency trip to the states, he was able to see her through the help of Generaly Henry H., Arnold,’ commanding general of the Army Air Forces, who arranged for her to be flown to Washington. (Commented (Capt. Vanderhoven on his return: to this headquarters: “It-sure makes you feel good to know you're wofking for a boss like that.” ‘ The young captain is the inventor of the “bomb cluster adaptor” the device which doubles and some times], treblés the load of small and medium ‘bombs carried. by U. S. heavy bombers including the new B-29 Senne: fortress. He ig the.son of Mr. and Mrs. Ger‘ald L. Vanderhoven of Taylorsville, former ownetg and: operators. of the Indian Valley Cromarty Co. Cunath Contractor To ; 'Pay Uninsured Employe Judgment against. Louis Monfre, eement contractor, wag filed here by the county clerk following receipt} of decision by the California Indus-. . trial Accident Commission that he} ‘had wilfully neglected to take out /inmeurance. The commission found that Henry Conti had sustained injuries of a} permanent nature ‘while employed by Monfre. Their decision not. only orders Monfre to pay in ‘the above sum. to his former employe, ‘but . adds $26.49 per week between February 20,.1944 and August 1, 1944 the interval in which Conti was totally incapacitated. The commission reserves . the right to reopen the, case in event time should disclose greater disability than now found. TRUCKEE MAN JAILED William Felder, 29, is in the county jail charged with drunken and disorredly conduwet in Truckee. euder pigeon by a knife weilder whose name he gave as Sturgil, and a ban-d} aged head and hand indicated he was slashed. He states the weapon used was a pocket knife. Felder states he has been in California seven months, and in ‘Truckee ut two "weeks. He said\he came originally from. Binghampten, New York, He js a iabenet ee 'CAN GO PLACES . IN POLITICS. . tion under Governor Dewey’s. leader-. asserted he was attacked) these securities until the war ends. __ NEVADA C CITY, PRESSURE GROUP By, CLEM WHITAKER A swell organized pressure groud, sure of what it wants, and deter-} mined to get it, can do a more effective job of politics: in the United States than the regularly constitut‘ed party organizations of either fap es Republicans or Democrats. Ai The CIO Political Action ‘Conints tee demonstrated that at the recent election, regardiesg of whether you prove or disapprove ofits. objectives, The feat was not as surprising or stupendous as it might seem, however, for the truth of the matter is that both the Republican and Demo cratic party organizations have beéstowed “honors” more than they have enlisted or trained workers ia recent years, and have consequently become political armies of many generalgs and but few privates. — The newly born PAC, run by heavy handed Sidney Hillman? while it wag guilty of some colossal political blunders, low violations, was an army with ove general and 5,580,000 privates—and the privates took and followed -orders, with the result that they reached a lot of voters. The party regulars in Democratic ‘party as well as the Republican, compaigned in what *has come to he accepted as nephornite manner, making fervid speeches and issuing mimeogpraphed handouts to the press, but when it ¢ame to ringing doorbells and reaching’ individual voters they were woefully inefficient as they have been for some years past. The PAIC on the other hand, while it fumbled and stumbléd in its public utterances, actually built an organization which called on the voterg almost’ as regularly as the postman, sold: them a bill of.goods then got them to the polls. : It was boasted at the recent CIO convention that Roosevelt, without ‘PAC aid would have been defeated —and there are few in practicai politics who will deny the truth of

that statement. For the New Deal or ganization long in power and: split ‘by many jealousies. and factional disputes, lacked its. old time punch. And while the Republican organizaship was more skilfully’ managed than for some years past, it was till critically lacking in effective personnel to carry thé message te the voters. The PAC however, may have wor pal polities, for it has tee many axes serve a good purpose; it may eon\vinee the old line party chisftiane sadly shert of crusading, fighting. the abiitte to geld: tha: Fishing is Good . : SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7—Winter steelhead and salmon: fishing in the ‘coastal streams is expeated to be! good this year. In Santa Barbara county, several limits of steelhead have already been taken. from the lagoon at Surf. Wardens of . the Fish and Game Division in Ventura county report that moving into the Ventura river. A few steelhead and salmon have been. taken in Pescadero lagoon, San Mateo county, but the bar at the mouth jof the stream has closed again, which will end fishing for awhile. )Grilse are being caught in Russian river and Salmon creek, and fishing is good in the streams on the coast of Humboldt and Mendocino counties. League Invites Total Of 21,000 In War . ; The Nevada County Mine. Workers Protective League has authorized the purchase of $1000 of Sixth War. ‘Loan bonds. This brings their total ‘holdings in war bonds to $21,000. The league has purchased bonds in each of the war loans ‘offered since the war began and members have expressed the hope that it may continue. to invest surplus. funds in like or dislike its methods, or ap-} and -perhaps a few a jaan OSRD has been solving technical ‘inery in perhaps the greatest mobilits first. and laet big fight in nation-}done so, enabling our troops to rol to grind to continue long in public the Jap on every front. : favor. But its perfermances in the} recent campaign neay nonetehless . whether the feat could be repeated members, whe have comyictions. ang ‘ey maintaining a high levef of mili. tary an@ naval effieioney throug: reparmement plan or a great arma rce. ‘scientists never again can be’ out-. steelhead are. . CALIF ORN RNIA LABORTORIES ALWAYS NEEDED (By LEONE BAXTER “weet the earliest days of organized warfare, men have known tne necessity to prepare for impending conflict as best they could, with whatever weapons and gear the times afforded. f The getrongest shield. and the sharpest lance generally have been those of the victor, And yet, who was ever completely prepared for a battle or ready for a war except the aggressor? This country’s own defense story, the frenzied process of readying the arms against attack, indicates that ‘we ourselves have paid scant heed to the age old and reiterated lesson ot ‘Preparedness. Our record is one of literally turning our backs and wait ing for the enemy to strike. On home soil, the Wright brothers offered the world the first practical flying machine in 1903. But it was not until they had flown abroad after having been cold‘ shouldered ere, that the army showed much interest in their work. Many Americans airmen in World War I had to fly in foreign built planes. Radar was born in 1922, here in America—and permitted to lie dormant for nearly a quarter century. Successful robot bombs were launched in 1918 from U. S. testing fields, by American inventors. Nothing was done with them either. Other countries anticipated us in developing the rocket plane, ie proplusion, the mighty bazooka and other weapons of defense and offense. : Today in the midst-of war, mili-' tary men are joining with sciertisis to urge retention. of the great research and development organization the country. has built. while fighting been ‘tried here before, ard its uc: 7 4g proved.by American progress L in a war race started from two laps at least behind the enemy. . The Office of Scientific Research and Development writes scientist Waldemar Kaempffert of New York, is made up nine tenths of professors and enegineers “who never smelled gunpowder in action” and one tenth do not direct, but mainly present the problems to be tackled. In civilian laboratories throughout the country, rowbles and developing war: machization of ‘science ever seen. Its job is. to mateh and to excel the “swper ‘science’ of the enemy. And it has ‘back the “undefeatable”’ Nazi and The scientists themselves doubt in the future ageinst an aggressor wily enough to prepare again, wider . that future peace may be supported ‘eeargh ihetead of airy posetWie ‘disAn .effective peace bloc, they believe would ‘be the world’s awarpe-. ‘ness that American engineers and ‘maneuvered by the military scien-. tists of an seerenwer nation. : County’s Cities and Districts ‘Owe $485,128 Bonded debt of the county: and. 1943. an average of $28,38 per person. California taxpayers association stated making public its study of the latest data available on the combined debt of local. chiagusbesnatecaal in Calitornia countie®. was made up of $36, 000 for the cit! ies in the county. $387,750 for the school districts and $60,378 for the special districts. The last. figure may be incomplete, many special districts not teporting to any central agency. Tn all California counties and oth‘er local governments had a total 600 municipalities $528,726,: 156 the school districts $151,921,640 and special districts $48,289,377. two. counties Algine and, Meno; Te-. for its life. Nothing like it ever has . . io’ attiatd thet wtynedurey other local governments in Nevada . , county totalled $484,128 at June 30}¥% ‘There i serious i i f thi Total. bonded. debt in’ the county oor? **.® us infestation of this bonded debt of $862,657,662 at June . mise 1948. The counties owed $137,731-. ma: his . is Haveraged $110.66 per person. : Only . $1 es aS RrERnESe oeeese DITH TENDER LEWIS’ BOOTS . Paxton, ditch tender for the a Irrigation ‘District, yesterday afternoon discovered one of the missing ‘boots of the late Henry Lewis, murdered while deer hunting on insurance. The judement is for $21.43. The boot, one of the low topped. cowboy variety, was found in the ditch, a short distance from the place where Lewis body ‘was belieyed o have been thrown into the Snow Mountain ditch. It was positively identified by the murdered man’s father, Fred M. Lewis, Sr., and his brother, James Lewis, who had worn the boots. William, Ebaugh, shot and killed by Irvin W. Davis on (November 17th while. evading arrest, was charged with the murder of Lewis. When Lewis body was found his boots and trousers were missing. NORTH SAN JUAN, Nevada Co., Dec. 6—A ‘permanent water: association was organized here water district to embrace practically all the area known as the San Juan Ridge. Officers chosen were W. M.Moulton, president; secretary; Waid Oden, treasurer; J. W. Coleman, Thomas ™M. Adams, rectors. will tbe needed, it was voted to join ance of land owwers, those mot rep< . .as goon as possible in order te ap aNntieee ‘90 ite Sow ME: pommnetin nse gineers—will be available to make af °™ survey for) the projected water dis-. trict. It was decided to hold meet-. ""”’ ings on the first rere a bis apeh mee: : A group. of Nevada County officials and farm bureau representatives attended ‘a conference and inspection trip at Redding Shasta County to jeconsider Klamath weed control. week in Nevada County. The. meeting was called, ‘by. the}. agricultural: adjustment administra-. tion and representatives of six councounty were Supervisors Cary Arbo. Ported no debt. z District Attorney 1 Reviews Facts and Law. Pertaining To Ebaugh District Attorney H. Ward Shedon in a statement to A a F. Brady, foreman of the Nevada County Grand Jury, by, frvin W. Davis on November 17th were cogently reviewed, concludes that even if the grand jury could be persuaded indict Davis, there is on evidence to support a conviction he{fore a trial jury. His letter to Brady follows: — Monday . , of military and naval. experts who pnight for the purpose of forming a _The Gold Center _THURSDAY, Y, DECEMBER 7, 7 1944, ir Lee Sonnenberg, ! . . In order to determine. the num-. -y ‘ber of aeres suitable. for agriculture, . in order to find out how much water it, the Nevada County: Soi! Conservation . re, that their organizations are beidlyjcover tor weld domination. But gen: \Btwtrtet . at onee. . over burdened with gold beaid aad}etally they belNeve with Kaemrpffert resented at the meeting. will be con-. ” ties were present. Representing this. Spat and Warren Odell, County Clerk . to December 4, 1h Mr. A. -F. Brady, Foreman, Mer ovada. County Grand des Grass Valley, California. ! (My Dear Mr. Bindy: In view of the publicity that has’ been given to the killing of William . Hbaugh ‘by Irvin Davis and the demands that have beenmade for the investigation of the matter By t Grand Jury, I feel that it is in ort for me ag District Attorney, rf you my statemient. of the situs The persons complaining Present any new facts to suppl the evidence previously obtain am satisfied that many of the complaints were made only because: misunderstanding of the facts of case or a misconception of ‘the involved. This misunderstanding pears to be so general that it may, proper to review the Maglite in some detail. : The chief ground of cohnes pears to be that the killing Wbaugh was. unnetessary for th son that if Davis had notified sheriff of Ebaugh’s whereabou should have ‘been possible. overtaken him in force wit necessity of shooting. In th later developments, I I quite ‘. it: would have been the part dom for Davis. to. have refer belief that only peace right to search ~ a Glen Watson, Robert, Cassidy and}Arno Browning on the board of ee. F while there was” 0 targeattena-[ C1? that hed ‘been . calf. her fou