December 8, 1933 (8 pages)

worth while. Do you scribe for it? This is’ Nevada Otty’s, ONLY Hometown Newspaper. It supports things subNevada f ) 5 City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the as Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association good . Your Hometown Newspaper helps build your community. advertisers “ Readers and make it a builder. Vol. VII, No. 11 Big The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _The GOLD Center FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1933 State Labor Camp Quota Almost Filled: Nevada City Camp Now Employs Almost 100 Men in Projects Along High There are now 87 meén at Nevada ‘City State Labor Camp, a half mile above the Nevada City high school on the Nevada City-Grass Valley highway, and’ this quota it is expected will be increased to 100 men or camp capacity. The men are being employed 30 hours a week at a maximum wage of 45 cents an hour. Their work consists mainly in cleaning brush off the highway right of way. Some of them are engaged in the same work as “the C .C. C. boys in clearing the Pon-derosa fire break. William Sharp of the State Forestry service is in charge of the camp. National. Forest Supervisor Bigelow announced that in the Tahoe area 400 young men of the C. C. C. ways and in Forests administration, registered with Probation Officer A. W. McGagin, W. O'Neil or Stanley Wooleock. In Nevada county 125 men will be employed. Among other projects started, or about to be started is the telephone line for the forestry service from Nevada City to North Bloomfield, a firebreak at North Bloomfield ,and construction of the Ponderosa Way be-’ tween Deer Creek and Rite’s Crossing on the North Yuba. URGES HOLIDAY WORK FOR THOSE camps will be employed in various prejects by December 15. Many of these men. will be taken from the lists provided by the County Relief! CHAMBER WILL SEND DELEGATES, TOROAD MEET Interstate highway development , directly affecting motor travel in the future in western states is promised , &@ powerful stimulus from the meet. ing of good roads leaders tomorrow, December 9, at Reno, Nevada, accor-' ding to the California State Auto Association, which is in charge of ar-: ransements for the event. 1 bute to the people of Nevada for the} improvement of the two transcontinentalroutes crossing that state, the Lincoln highway and the Victory highway. The Reno meeting will also include diseussion of other inter state highway projects. The Nevada City chamber of commeree will send a delegation to the Reno meeting. If the weather permits many will motor.ever instead of. going by. train. Those so far signifying their intention of going are: Forest Supervisor R .L. P. Bigelow, Postmaster P. G. Scadden; S. Lee Leiter, one of the directors of the local’ chamber of} commerce; F. F. Cassidy, president af the local chamber of commerce; *h. N. McCormack, county clerk; anda. menibers of the county board of supervisors. COUNTY DEFRAYS COSTS. OF HYDRAULIC DATA’ The Nevada ‘Coane Develo» ment Association on Wednesday granted the request of the Nevada City Cham! ber. of Commerce and defrayed the expenses of., the representation re, cently made by mining interests ‘of this sectin before the California Debris Commission in regard to hydraulic mining. Those engineers who gathered . data regarding the proposed projects l which the U. S. engineers are now . . . considering for the construction of ner. debris dams in order to permit resumption of hydraulic mining, be remunerated. The total approximates $250. SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATIO wil! amount By THE CUB'RI REPORTER This week end the Northera Cali. fornia Scholarship Federation will hold it’s annual convention’ under the auspices of the Nevada City high . school Honor Society. Members of! the Federation will arrive Saturday from, Stockton, Sacramento, Auburn, Vallein. Grass Valley, Oroville, Placerville and San Juan. In preparation for the entertaining of the delegates, the high school’s Honor Society has by the expert leadership of Miss Brotnov, produced a play “Those who have parts in the play are‘ Cecilia Woods, Edna Kicker, Marjorie Masterson, Bill Kirkham, Sally Robinson and Enid Pemberthy. 5 o> . ae . . it was originally planned as a tri. . day for the lata Her hig TO MEET IN NEVADA CITY *: of the Holmes Funeral Home, was in} Will be made at Corning and Orland ; Neaves, Meals $14.30; EMPRESS SOON WILL mine start the erection of a 200 ton daily . capacity mill which will be located on a raise slightly to the northwest of the present buildings. are. drifting and stoping excellent ore. ; two shifts a day. E. C. perintendent. Merchants and shopkeepers are ured to give holiday work to those who actually need it, in a statement today by E, Tilden Mattox, District ' Compfiance Direetor. It has been called to the attention of, National Recovery Administration officials that many establishments in i pr eparingfor the Christmas rush are . employing sales people who are realily not in particular need of employ. ment. Some of those new employees are merely persons who desire extra spending money. ' I . “Of eourse the employers themselves cannot always control this,” Mr. Mattox stated, ‘but in fairness . to the many deserving workers who have been unsuccessful in obtaining even part-time employment, we must appeal to the fair minded citizens, whose means are sufficient to provide for their daughters and sons, to consider the many thousands of people who are in serious need. The success of the President’s Reemployment Program can only be obtained through the full cooperation of all.” During the Christmas rush, inventory, and other peak times, exceptions to the maximum. periods of labor are provided for in the Retail Trade Code. FIRE FOLLOWS DINNER ON THANKSGIVING DAY Following a Thanksgiving dinner; the family of Mrs. James Riley of forest, adjourned to the living room for a radio program. While there neighbors discovered a fire in the rear of the house. Volunteer firemen hurried to the house but owing to the lack of water the’ building burned to the ground. Neighbors succeeded in saving much of the family clothing and furniture. ‘EARLY DAY RESIDENT IS BORNE TO REST! The last rite: s were said Wednes. Mrs. Mary J. Hallett, beloved by wide circle of friends and relatives. The services were conducted by the Rev. H. H. BuckMrs. Hallott was one of the early day residents of Nevada City. four sons, H. H. Holden, Fred and Eugene Hallett, a grandson, Herbert Hallet, and a son-in-law, Henry Wiseman, were pall bearers. Many beautiful floral pieces “attested the h esteem in which, Mrg. Hallett has en held. The interment, in charge . . ring Grov e Cemetery. . . —o FRECT 200 TON MILL Within a short time the Empress in the Newtown district “will ‘At present a large erew of men The 80 ton mill is crushing ore Jacobs is su. . iy J . . . . John ,; MOST IN NEED, ENGLEBRIGHT IN VALLEY WATER PROJECT DRIVE o HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT Congressman eadicedahea cea ae “SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7—A campaign caravan, in behalf, of the Central Valley Water Project, outstanding leaders from some of the sections most vitally in need of water, will leave here early this afternoon for a three-day tour of Sacramento valley cities. Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Solano counties will he represented in the caravan by business and civic leaders, with Congressman Harry L. Englebright of Nevada City, Senator J. M. Sacramento and Senator Bradford S. Crittenden of Stockton Heading-up the speaking corps. CAPITAL MEETING HELD Sections of the caravan arrived here shortly before noon to meet with Sacramento business men and leaders in the campaign at a get-together of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce before leaving for the valley tour. Congressman Englebright will open the campaign with an address before a mass meeting at Red Bluff this evening, outlining federal plans for co-operating in construction of the great water project. * W. P. Dwyer of San Francisco and Sacramento, president of the Sacramento Navigation Company and a recognized authority” on river navigation problems, will also be a member of the caravan, dealing with the importance of the project in relation to river transportation problems. Senator Inman, chairman of the State-wide committee conducting the campaign, will speak at Oroville Saturday noon and at Marysville Saturday evening. At’ Marysville, Senator Crittenden, who acted as chairman of the legislative committee which investigated the {water project, will deliver an addross on the history of the program. Fred H. Tibbetts, prominent con-. will also speak at several of the valley meetings, stressing the benefits of the project to valley land owners. . Mass meetings of the tour navel been arranged as follows: Red Pe ee 7th, 8p. NE hoe sida noon;* December 8th. Chico—Friday, m. Oroville—Saturday noon* December 9th. Marysvitle—Satur day, 9th, 8 p. m. Short stops Wath addresses, December December 8th, & Dp. Deceinber . also, Friday morning, at Gridley Priday . afternoon, and at Yitha City poe day afternoon, M. E. Dittmar, active in Lassen Voleanic National’ Park work, charge of the tour. is in BEN TONIN] NAMZD MEADS. Yow ilKE JUDGE, The Beard od dione Supervisors on Tuesday appointed Ben Tonini Justice’ of the Peace for Meadowlake township at Truckee. Mr. Tonini will occupy the bench vacancy caused by the death of Judge C. A. Ocker. Mr. Tonini has been prominent. for many years in Truckee civic affairs. e carrying, of; Inman of! luncheon under the auspicsy Sultnig engineer of San Francisco,} W. C. oe Nightwatchman 65.00 }Robbins, Hauling Rock, $13.50; Chas. . “HEY! SANTA CLAUS WILL SOON BE HERE Say Folks! only +068 short weeks . left to buy those Christmas presents. The local merchants are well stocked with all kinds of nice presents that will bring joy “to hamber M Air Port . Top of the hearts of every member of . the family on Christmas. morn. i For those who want to send a . . : : ‘few gifts to the folks back home . . . The Nevada City Chenier oP Con it is high tine to. get into ac. . . merce is handing in an application to . Hon the Aeronautics department of the Department of Commerce for the establishment of one of the 2,000 airports, authorized in a recent appropriation, on the top of Cement hill. This project involves the expendilture of $5,000 for each airport, or a total of $10,000,000. A letter received by Secretary W. H. Griffith of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce from R. E. Fischer, . chairman of the Statewide Aeronautical committee, states: “Briefly, this (offer of the 0 erhment) means that your commun-! ity has an opportunity to: do two things. First, you can secure a safe, adequate airport for your city, all improvements to be paid for out of Federal funds. Second, you will secure Federal relief for unemployment,in your community, as 80 per cent of the funds expended are to be for wages.”’ For several years the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce has _ been pushing a plan to establish a landing field on top of Cement Hill, where there are over 150 level acres of land, affording room for two runways each 3,000 feet long and 500 feet wide. The site has already been approved by two aeronautic engineers from the Department of Commerce, Local mereahnts are ready and . willing to serve you and just re. member Christmas only comes just once a year. Shopping now wiil save disappointments later on. So lets get the old Christmas spirit and get going before the best bargains are all snapped up. There are only 14 more shopping days to go in. Before you send all of that hard earned money to some . distant point, look over the stocks of our own merchants. They are . well supplied to take care of your trade and you can see just what you are getting and that means a lot when only a few days left to shop in. Those dollars you spend at home will be right back in your own pocket in a few days time. Just try it out once and see if it don’t work out to the welfare of all concerned. CITY COUNCIL BACKS NEV. CITY AIRPORTPLAN The City Council last evening unanimously endorsed the proposed airport project for Nevada City and adoptedthe following resolutions: WHEREAS, the United. States Department of Commerce has. anfrouneed that its Aeronautical Branch will .assist in the construction of Aircraft Landing Fields, providing certain requirements are met by any municipality or community desiring such a field; and; WHEREAS, there is situate about one mile North of Nevada City, Nevada County, California, an airport site that is generally considered to be of Class ‘SA”’ character: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: . That the City éf Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, through its Board of Trustees, respectfully re= quests the Aeronautical Branch of j the United States . Department of Commerce to examine and consider said above-mentioned airport site, with a view of asssiting in the -construction of the same. The poiowite bills were ordered paid: ae RA FUND x 2 Ada Rich, Water Gollector $85.00 obson, Chief-of Police$125. strategically ideal for north and south and east and west flying. The site is perennially free of fogs: and mists, and lies in an alternative (mail pilots over the ‘‘hump”’ south of Emigrant-Gap, Often the pilots are obliged to detour north as far as Yuba pass before the cloud masses wing their way to Reno. _The Ce“ment Hill lies at point ideally situated for an emergency landing for all east and west aerial traffic. Similarfilled with fog north and south, fliers must also ascend and veer toward the Sierras to get a clear way. NEW SHAMROCK CAFE NOW OPEN The M Cafe Fooeaty ieased by Mrs. Blanche Neaves and Mrs. Ida Mae: Foote of the Shamrock Cafe will . " present an entirely modern appearance when’ the. new owners open it today. : . Garfield R > ae ee oie 0 pees and installing. them has been in Se bo geaas. City Cler ag charge of L. S. Smith and Son, conee Ppeppice Sh acr Preasurer Soaeeens no tractors, and the seats have been es! Miles D. Couglin, City Judge .12.50 ; pecially contrived to give the maxiHerbert S. Hahett, Street Supt. 62.50 {mum of comfort. In* fact all the . wood work supplied by this firm is not only of the latest modern type, but has artistic values as. well. ‘Earnest Carnes, sign painter and Dr. E. M. Roesner, So; 00. Oa Of Commerce _.-.-: 1b, 007 Nev Irr. District. Water _.. 172.80 Pac: Gas & Elect. Co. Lights.247. 97} Meat Ins.: Cement Hill in as much, who j .have declared’ that the location is! route to the one. now taken by air-! yield them a clear streak in which to! ly when the Sacramento Valley is: The work of designing the booths « oves For Qn Level The Nevada City Countil has signified its desire to assist in making this landing field an actuality by adopting appropriate resolutions. Mr. Griffith this evening will atj tend a meeting of: the Aeronautical ;committee and the Sacramento Valley Council this morning at 10 o’clock in Sacramento, Where fur-: ther developments of the statewide . drive to take full advantage of this Iederal offer will be discussed. “TO ORGANIZE HYDRAULIC DIST. ON SOUTH YUBA A petition asking for the formation of a mining aera, to be known as the Black Rock District has been filed with the Nevada County Board of Supervisors by W. H. Taylor, F. Hoge and Arthur W. Hoge of Nevada City. The petition is the first to be filed in the county under the provision of ‘‘an act to provide for the organi‘zation, operation, financing, govern'ment and dissolution of placer mining districts’’ passed by the 1933 California stat elegislature. The act was introduced by Senator J. L. Seawell of Roseville, ye The properties to be included in the proposed district are the Relief . Hill and the placer mining property . of the Omega placer claims. The proposed plans are to construct a e¢onee dam acréss the South Fork of the .Yuba River to empound debris from placer mining operations to be ‘ carried on above the dam! , Thé proposed dam will have a ' height of 109 feet above the. river bed and have a storage capacity. of 5,000,000 cubic feet. The cost of the project is estimated at $169,060. SUPERVISORS NAME COMMITTEE ONC WA “The Nevada County Board of Su> pervisors has appointed a committee of ten to make recommendations for the local CWA program. The recommendations will be sub. mittea to the CWA, which will de‘eide upon the projects for which the funds will be awarded. The committee comprises: H. O. Kohler, WadiiweienR. A. ; Eddy, Nevada City; E.: K. Smart, M. Henry Argall, Fred Bitney and J. Harris Jr., Grass Valley: Herman Hartung, Pleasant Valley; Charles Gearhart, You Bet; T. -B. English, North Columbia, and W. . A. Levee, Little York. Probation Officer A. W. Stata. 4 yin charge of unemployment registra-__.____ J tion, announces that twelve men will be put to work next week on the Grass Valley-Colfax highway, be1 . decorator did a splendid piece of work in painting anddecorating thinterior and later will put the new sign on the plate glass window. . ae T & T. Co. Rent Of-Phone 14. 30! . J. Nilom‘4% Year Sal City At.100. Can City Nogeet Printing 104.55! Nev. Co. Luaber Company Lbr. 72,22 . The ~ \sworth Furniture has also Miners Foupary & Supply -. ----$65, we been enlisted in supplying parts of Bank Of America, Furniture .60. 0q, the new furniture. Edd Addington Reita D. Curnow Ins. Policy.127. ae has installed the electrical fixtures 1% Shell Oil Co., Supplies... 59.44 and: appliances, making it electrically Chas. R. Hadley Company.. 56.08 one of the*most convenient dining; Alpha Stores, Ltd. 00.0.2 39.95 . . rooms and kitchens in the county. . Service Garage $24; 775 S. S. Treve-j Mrs. Blanche Neaves and her part,thick, Hauling §$2050;. Mrs B. A. ; mer and daughter, Mrs. Ida Mae James Pen-. rose & Son, Supplies $8.45; F, F. . Breese, Labor and Suppiles$3.05; . Rudd’s Auto Court, Gas $2. 03; PG. , Scadden, Postmaster, Suppiles$6.2 24; G. Robson R. R. fare,$1.15; Webb! Motors, Suppiles .4ic; Nevada Co\N. ?, RR. Freight .76e; H.M. Hallett, f Labor, £104; Nick Sandow, Labor, $97.; Chas. Sharp, Labor, $96; Fred: Rilerman, Labor, $84.; Standard Oil: : { Company, Supplies $15.71; Thos. . Foote, are extremely {the new restaurant. They will install ja fine plate glass window at the i i front and in the rear, every modern ; appliance and convenience will be pused for the cooking and storage of goods. . The Shamrock Cafe has a large fand loyal list of patrons who will i be immensely pleased with their new dining reom when ft opens for business this morning. pleased with} ! projects, $5,000 for each being alloiTWO HI DELEGATES TO tween Bear River and Grass Valley, under the svpervision of the sta. highway commission. The work will be divided into two ~ cated by the CWA.:The men registered with McGagin will report at the Nevada County Courthouse today ane Friday. : ATTEND BOYS CONCLAVE By. THE CUB REPORTER — Ben Sweeney and Dick Bennett are going to répresent. Nevada ~ cy, high school at the annual Y. “M. ee } A.—-sponsored, elder boys 5 ence. This conference is held every” year for the purpose: of giving t 4 boys new outlook on school life. . The boys will leave Saturday for Coa a Hanks, Labor $8.50; George W. Gik-. sage dersleeve, Printing $2.50. Rent of Phone, $2.50; Capital Fire Horace B Dow Premium on InsurEquipment Co., Supplies $21. 71; The} ance Policy $16.25. ‘Miner’s Foundry Supply Co. $916; FIRE FUND: Nevada City Garage, Gas, $4.24; G. Herbere 8. Hallet Trued Driver H. Clelland, Gas $2.20; Service Gar{high school. — lusa where the conference will .held under the Sheen of Co _ Addison, how: Nevada . ent in‘ the ee of Lights, $3.66; Pacific T. & T Co. for age, Gas, $2; H. M. Hallet, $2.00.

worth while. Do you scribe for it? This is’ Nevada Otty’s, ONLY Hometown Newspaper. It supports things subNevada f ) 5 City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the as Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association good . Your Hometown Newspaper helps build your community. advertisers “ Readers and make it a builder. Vol. VII, No. 11 Big The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _The GOLD Center FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1933 State Labor Camp Quota Almost Filled: Nevada City Camp Now Employs Almost 100 Men in Projects Along High There are now 87 meén at Nevada ‘City State Labor Camp, a half mile above the Nevada City high school on the Nevada City-Grass Valley highway, and’ this quota it is expected will be increased to 100 men or camp capacity. The men are being employed 30 hours a week at a maximum wage of 45 cents an hour. Their work consists mainly in cleaning brush off the highway right of way. Some of them are engaged in the same work as “the C .C. C. boys in clearing the Pon-derosa fire break. William Sharp of the State Forestry service is in charge of the camp. National. Forest Supervisor Bigelow announced that in the Tahoe area 400 young men of the C. C. C. ways and in Forests administration, registered with Probation Officer A. W. McGagin, W. O'Neil or Stanley Wooleock. In Nevada county 125 men will be employed. Among other projects started, or about to be started is the telephone line for the forestry service from Nevada City to North Bloomfield, a firebreak at North Bloomfield ,and construction of the Ponderosa Way be-’ tween Deer Creek and Rite’s Crossing on the North Yuba. URGES HOLIDAY WORK FOR THOSE camps will be employed in various prejects by December 15. Many of these men. will be taken from the lists provided by the County Relief! CHAMBER WILL SEND DELEGATES, TOROAD MEET Interstate highway development , directly affecting motor travel in the future in western states is promised , &@ powerful stimulus from the meet. ing of good roads leaders tomorrow, December 9, at Reno, Nevada, accor-' ding to the California State Auto Association, which is in charge of ar-: ransements for the event. 1 bute to the people of Nevada for the} improvement of the two transcontinentalroutes crossing that state, the Lincoln highway and the Victory highway. The Reno meeting will also include diseussion of other inter state highway projects. The Nevada City chamber of commeree will send a delegation to the Reno meeting. If the weather permits many will motor.ever instead of. going by. train. Those so far signifying their intention of going are: Forest Supervisor R .L. P. Bigelow, Postmaster P. G. Scadden; S. Lee Leiter, one of the directors of the local’ chamber of} commerce; F. F. Cassidy, president af the local chamber of commerce; *h. N. McCormack, county clerk; anda. menibers of the county board of supervisors. COUNTY DEFRAYS COSTS. OF HYDRAULIC DATA’ The Nevada ‘Coane Develo» ment Association on Wednesday granted the request of the Nevada City Cham! ber. of Commerce and defrayed the expenses of., the representation re, cently made by mining interests ‘of this sectin before the California Debris Commission in regard to hydraulic mining. Those engineers who gathered . data regarding the proposed projects l which the U. S. engineers are now . . . considering for the construction of ner. debris dams in order to permit resumption of hydraulic mining, be remunerated. The total approximates $250. SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATIO wil! amount By THE CUB'RI REPORTER This week end the Northera Cali. fornia Scholarship Federation will hold it’s annual convention’ under the auspices of the Nevada City high . school Honor Society. Members of! the Federation will arrive Saturday from, Stockton, Sacramento, Auburn, Vallein. Grass Valley, Oroville, Placerville and San Juan. In preparation for the entertaining of the delegates, the high school’s Honor Society has by the expert leadership of Miss Brotnov, produced a play “Those who have parts in the play are‘ Cecilia Woods, Edna Kicker, Marjorie Masterson, Bill Kirkham, Sally Robinson and Enid Pemberthy. 5 o> . ae . . it was originally planned as a tri. . day for the lata Her hig TO MEET IN NEVADA CITY *: of the Holmes Funeral Home, was in} Will be made at Corning and Orland ; Neaves, Meals $14.30; EMPRESS SOON WILL mine start the erection of a 200 ton daily . capacity mill which will be located on a raise slightly to the northwest of the present buildings. are. drifting and stoping excellent ore. ; two shifts a day. E. C. perintendent. Merchants and shopkeepers are ured to give holiday work to those who actually need it, in a statement today by E, Tilden Mattox, District ' Compfiance Direetor. It has been called to the attention of, National Recovery Administration officials that many establishments in i pr eparingfor the Christmas rush are . employing sales people who are realily not in particular need of employ. ment. Some of those new employees are merely persons who desire extra spending money. ' I . “Of eourse the employers themselves cannot always control this,” Mr. Mattox stated, ‘but in fairness . to the many deserving workers who have been unsuccessful in obtaining even part-time employment, we must appeal to the fair minded citizens, whose means are sufficient to provide for their daughters and sons, to consider the many thousands of people who are in serious need. The success of the President’s Reemployment Program can only be obtained through the full cooperation of all.” During the Christmas rush, inventory, and other peak times, exceptions to the maximum. periods of labor are provided for in the Retail Trade Code. FIRE FOLLOWS DINNER ON THANKSGIVING DAY Following a Thanksgiving dinner; the family of Mrs. James Riley of forest, adjourned to the living room for a radio program. While there neighbors discovered a fire in the rear of the house. Volunteer firemen hurried to the house but owing to the lack of water the’ building burned to the ground. Neighbors succeeded in saving much of the family clothing and furniture. ‘EARLY DAY RESIDENT IS BORNE TO REST! The last rite: s were said Wednes. Mrs. Mary J. Hallett, beloved by wide circle of friends and relatives. The services were conducted by the Rev. H. H. BuckMrs. Hallott was one of the early day residents of Nevada City. four sons, H. H. Holden, Fred and Eugene Hallett, a grandson, Herbert Hallet, and a son-in-law, Henry Wiseman, were pall bearers. Many beautiful floral pieces “attested the h esteem in which, Mrg. Hallett has en held. The interment, in charge . . ring Grov e Cemetery. . . —o FRECT 200 TON MILL Within a short time the Empress in the Newtown district “will ‘At present a large erew of men The 80 ton mill is crushing ore Jacobs is su. . iy J . . . . John ,; MOST IN NEED, ENGLEBRIGHT IN VALLEY WATER PROJECT DRIVE o HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT Congressman eadicedahea cea ae “SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7—A campaign caravan, in behalf, of the Central Valley Water Project, outstanding leaders from some of the sections most vitally in need of water, will leave here early this afternoon for a three-day tour of Sacramento valley cities. Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Solano counties will he represented in the caravan by business and civic leaders, with Congressman Harry L. Englebright of Nevada City, Senator J. M. Sacramento and Senator Bradford S. Crittenden of Stockton Heading-up the speaking corps. CAPITAL MEETING HELD Sections of the caravan arrived here shortly before noon to meet with Sacramento business men and leaders in the campaign at a get-together of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce before leaving for the valley tour. Congressman Englebright will open the campaign with an address before a mass meeting at Red Bluff this evening, outlining federal plans for co-operating in construction of the great water project. * W. P. Dwyer of San Francisco and Sacramento, president of the Sacramento Navigation Company and a recognized authority” on river navigation problems, will also be a member of the caravan, dealing with the importance of the project in relation to river transportation problems. Senator Inman, chairman of the State-wide committee conducting the campaign, will speak at Oroville Saturday noon and at Marysville Saturday evening. At’ Marysville, Senator Crittenden, who acted as chairman of the legislative committee which investigated the {water project, will deliver an addross on the history of the program. Fred H. Tibbetts, prominent con-. will also speak at several of the valley meetings, stressing the benefits of the project to valley land owners. . Mass meetings of the tour navel been arranged as follows: Red Pe ee 7th, 8p. NE hoe sida noon;* December 8th. Chico—Friday, m. Oroville—Saturday noon* December 9th. Marysvitle—Satur day, 9th, 8 p. m. Short stops Wath addresses, December December 8th, & Dp. Deceinber . also, Friday morning, at Gridley Priday . afternoon, and at Yitha City poe day afternoon,

M. E. Dittmar, active in Lassen Voleanic National’ Park work, charge of the tour. is in BEN TONIN] NAMZD MEADS. Yow ilKE JUDGE, The Beard od dione Supervisors on Tuesday appointed Ben Tonini Justice’ of the Peace for Meadowlake township at Truckee. Mr. Tonini will occupy the bench vacancy caused by the death of Judge C. A. Ocker. Mr. Tonini has been prominent. for many years in Truckee civic affairs. e carrying, of; Inman of! luncheon under the auspicsy Sultnig engineer of San Francisco,} W. C. oe Nightwatchman 65.00 }Robbins, Hauling Rock, $13.50; Chas. . “HEY! SANTA CLAUS WILL SOON BE HERE Say Folks! only +068 short weeks . left to buy those Christmas presents. The local merchants are well stocked with all kinds of nice presents that will bring joy “to hamber M Air Port . Top of the hearts of every member of . the family on Christmas. morn. i For those who want to send a . . : : ‘few gifts to the folks back home . . . The Nevada City Chenier oP Con it is high tine to. get into ac. . . merce is handing in an application to . Hon the Aeronautics department of the Department of Commerce for the establishment of one of the 2,000 airports, authorized in a recent appropriation, on the top of Cement hill. This project involves the expendilture of $5,000 for each airport, or a total of $10,000,000. A letter received by Secretary W. H. Griffith of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce from R. E. Fischer, . chairman of the Statewide Aeronautical committee, states: “Briefly, this (offer of the 0 erhment) means that your commun-! ity has an opportunity to: do two things. First, you can secure a safe, adequate airport for your city, all improvements to be paid for out of Federal funds. Second, you will secure Federal relief for unemployment,in your community, as 80 per cent of the funds expended are to be for wages.”’ For several years the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce has _ been pushing a plan to establish a landing field on top of Cement Hill, where there are over 150 level acres of land, affording room for two runways each 3,000 feet long and 500 feet wide. The site has already been approved by two aeronautic engineers from the Department of Commerce, Local mereahnts are ready and . willing to serve you and just re. member Christmas only comes just once a year. Shopping now wiil save disappointments later on. So lets get the old Christmas spirit and get going before the best bargains are all snapped up. There are only 14 more shopping days to go in. Before you send all of that hard earned money to some . distant point, look over the stocks of our own merchants. They are . well supplied to take care of your trade and you can see just what you are getting and that means a lot when only a few days left to shop in. Those dollars you spend at home will be right back in your own pocket in a few days time. Just try it out once and see if it don’t work out to the welfare of all concerned. CITY COUNCIL BACKS NEV. CITY AIRPORTPLAN The City Council last evening unanimously endorsed the proposed airport project for Nevada City and adoptedthe following resolutions: WHEREAS, the United. States Department of Commerce has. anfrouneed that its Aeronautical Branch will .assist in the construction of Aircraft Landing Fields, providing certain requirements are met by any municipality or community desiring such a field; and; WHEREAS, there is situate about one mile North of Nevada City, Nevada County, California, an airport site that is generally considered to be of Class ‘SA”’ character: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: . That the City éf Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, through its Board of Trustees, respectfully re= quests the Aeronautical Branch of j the United States . Department of Commerce to examine and consider said above-mentioned airport site, with a view of asssiting in the -construction of the same. The poiowite bills were ordered paid: ae RA FUND x 2 Ada Rich, Water Gollector $85.00 obson, Chief-of Police$125. strategically ideal for north and south and east and west flying. The site is perennially free of fogs: and mists, and lies in an alternative (mail pilots over the ‘‘hump”’ south of Emigrant-Gap, Often the pilots are obliged to detour north as far as Yuba pass before the cloud masses wing their way to Reno. _The Ce“ment Hill lies at point ideally situated for an emergency landing for all east and west aerial traffic. Similarfilled with fog north and south, fliers must also ascend and veer toward the Sierras to get a clear way. NEW SHAMROCK CAFE NOW OPEN The M Cafe Fooeaty ieased by Mrs. Blanche Neaves and Mrs. Ida Mae: Foote of the Shamrock Cafe will . " present an entirely modern appearance when’ the. new owners open it today. : . Garfield R > ae ee oie 0 pees and installing. them has been in Se bo geaas. City Cler ag charge of L. S. Smith and Son, conee Ppeppice Sh acr Preasurer Soaeeens no tractors, and the seats have been es! Miles D. Couglin, City Judge ..12.50 ; pecially contrived to give the maxiHerbert S. Hahett, Street Supt. 62.50 {mum of comfort. In* fact all the . wood work supplied by this firm is not only of the latest modern type, but has artistic values as. well. ‘Earnest Carnes, sign painter and Dr. E. M. Roesner, So; 00. Oa Of Commerce _.-..-: 1b, 007 Nev Irr. District. Water _... 172.80 Pac: Gas & Elect. Co. Lights.247. 97} Meat Ins.: Cement Hill in as much, who j .have declared’ that the location is! route to the one. now taken by air-! yield them a clear streak in which to! ly when the Sacramento Valley is: The work of designing the booths « oves For Qn Level The Nevada City Countil has signified its desire to assist in making this landing field an actuality by adopting appropriate resolutions. Mr. Griffith this evening will atj tend a meeting of: the Aeronautical ;committee and the Sacramento Valley Council this morning at 10 o’clock in Sacramento, Where fur-: ther developments of the statewide . drive to take full advantage of this Iederal offer will be discussed. “TO ORGANIZE HYDRAULIC DIST. ON SOUTH YUBA A petition asking for the formation of a mining aera, to be known as the Black Rock District has been filed with the Nevada County Board of Supervisors by W. H. Taylor, F. Hoge and Arthur W. Hoge of Nevada City. The petition is the first to be filed in the county under the provision of ‘‘an act to provide for the organi‘zation, operation, financing, govern'ment and dissolution of placer mining districts’’ passed by the 1933 California stat elegislature. The act was introduced by Senator J. L. Seawell of Roseville, ye The properties to be included in the proposed district are the Relief . Hill and the placer mining property . of the Omega placer claims. The proposed plans are to construct a e¢onee dam acréss the South Fork of the .Yuba River to empound debris from placer mining operations to be ‘ carried on above the dam! , Thé proposed dam will have a ' height of 109 feet above the. river bed and have a storage capacity. of 5,000,000 cubic feet. The cost of the project is estimated at $169,060. SUPERVISORS NAME COMMITTEE ONC WA “The Nevada County Board of Su> pervisors has appointed a committee of ten to make recommendations for the local CWA program. The recommendations will be sub. mittea to the CWA, which will de‘eide upon the projects for which the funds will be awarded. The committee comprises: H. O. Kohler, WadiiweienR. A. ; Eddy, Nevada City; E.: K. Smart, M. Henry Argall, Fred Bitney and J. Harris Jr., Grass Valley: Herman Hartung, Pleasant Valley; Charles Gearhart, You Bet; T. -B. English, North Columbia, and W. . A. Levee, Little York. Probation Officer A. W. Stata. 4 yin charge of unemployment registra-__.____ J tion, announces that twelve men will be put to work next week on the Grass Valley-Colfax highway, be1 . decorator did a splendid piece of work in painting anddecorating thinterior and later will put the new sign on the plate glass window. . ae T & T. Co. Rent Of-Phone 14. 30! . J. Nilom‘4% Year Sal City At.100. Can City Nogeet Printing 104.55! Nev. Co. Luaber Company Lbr. 72,22 . The ~ \sworth Furniture has also Miners Foupary & Supply -. ----$65, we been enlisted in supplying parts of Bank Of America, Furniture .60. 0q, the new furniture. Edd Addington Reita D. Curnow Ins. Policy.127. ae has installed the electrical fixtures 1% Shell Oil Co., Supplies...... 59.44 and: appliances, making it electrically Chas. R. Hadley Company... 56.08 one of the*most convenient dining; Alpha Stores, Ltd. 00.0.2 39.95 . . rooms and kitchens in the county. . Service Garage $24; 775 S. S. Treve-j Mrs. Blanche Neaves and her part,thick, Hauling §$2050;. Mrs B. A. ; mer and daughter, Mrs. Ida Mae James Pen-. rose & Son, Supplies $8.45; F, F. . Breese, Labor and Suppiles$3.05; . Rudd’s Auto Court, Gas $2. 03; PG. , Scadden, Postmaster, Suppiles$6.2 24; G. Robson R. R. fare,$1.15; Webb! Motors, Suppiles .4ic; Nevada Co\N. ?, RR. Freight .76e; H.M. Hallett, f Labor, £104; Nick Sandow, Labor, $97.; Chas. Sharp, Labor, $96; Fred: Rilerman, Labor, $84.; Standard Oil: : { Company, Supplies $15.71; Thos. . Foote, are extremely {the new restaurant. They will install ja fine plate glass window at the i i front and in the rear, every modern ; appliance and convenience will be pused for the cooking and storage of goods. . The Shamrock Cafe has a large fand loyal list of patrons who will i be immensely pleased with their new dining reom when ft opens for business this morning. pleased with} ! projects, $5,000 for each being alloiTWO HI DELEGATES TO tween Bear River and Grass Valley, under the svpervision of the sta. highway commission. The work will be divided into two ~ cated by the CWA.:The men registered with McGagin will report at the Nevada County Courthouse today ane Friday. : ATTEND BOYS CONCLAVE By. THE CUB REPORTER — Ben Sweeney and Dick Bennett are going to répresent. Nevada ~ cy, high school at the annual Y. “M. ee } A.—-sponsored, elder boys 5 ence. This conference is held every” year for the purpose: of giving t 4 boys new outlook on school life. . The boys will leave Saturday for Coa a Hanks, Labor $8.50; George W. Gik-. sage dersleeve, Printing $2.50. Rent of Phone, $2.50; Capital Fire Horace B Dow Premium on InsurEquipment Co., Supplies $21. 71; The} ance Policy $16.25. ‘Miner’s Foundry Supply Co. $916; FIRE FUND: Nevada City Garage, Gas, $4.24; G. Herbere 8. Hallet Trued Driver H. Clelland, Gas $2.20; Service Gar{high school. — lusa where the conference will .held under the Sheen of Co _ Addison, how: Nevada . ent in‘ the ee of Lights, $3.66; Pacific T. & T Co. for age, Gas, $2; H. M. Hallet, $2.00.