December 9, 1947 (6 pages)

} . . ‘jaway, carry 0 4 patie OF . your petitione must have had guilty knowledge of the larceny or else they would not have been so anxious to bet. The charges were drawn tp in mock legal form and were full of ‘‘whereasas,” ““weherins,” “‘aforesaids” and “be it knowns’ as a lawyer's brief. As’! recall the document, it'runs about as follows: ; ae Brn = ty gs Before, on, about, or preceding ChristJay, some pé ty or parties unknown to the com: ants, tak ohous nnd corroborative circumstantial names, including my own and my Saleratus Ranch _ “Whereas, we believe these aforesaid named parties did feloniously, surreptitiously, not having the peace and dignity of Selby Flat, its hitherto untarnished and sustained name and reputation at heart, enter, {break into and force open a certain coop known to have dozen gobblers, and did abstract, take ff and levent with the ‘said ibrds, the property of the proprietor of the Selby Flat Hotel, and “Whereas, said gobblers having been provided, ¢ . bought and procured for the delectation, comfort, sus‘. tenance and happiness of your petitioners, it being unbderstood, agreed and promulgated that the aforesaid cooked, garnished and served to the denizens of Selby Flat, a town situatd and being in and about Brush Nevada County, state-of California, U. 5. A., ive of previous condition, sex, or color, at the two dollars and fifty cents per capita, with said felonious abstraction wrought upon s great mental and physical anguish, peace of mind as well as the dignity CLIOTIC! mae YOU'LL BE PROUD OF YOUR CLOTHES IF . vousstus ao: e We keep the spots . your work cores back regage ereR mags «1. 411. BENNETT STREET, GRASS VALLEY ~ ““"Felephone—Grass Valley 108 roasted, stuffed, . ’ a ay of Selby Flat, and “Whereas, the above-named and aforesaid parties did, contrary to the Statutes of the Commonwealth (See Randall on non sequitur, vol. IV, page 32), enter into a conspiracy, based, founded upon and made possible by their guilty knowledge of the intended forcible and felonious abstraction of the previous mentioned gobblers, wheedle, entreat and coax innocent bystanders, to wit, your petitioners, to wager, hazard, and bet certain sums.of money in regard to the presence of the aforesaid turkeys at a Christmas dinner, and “Whereas, it is a well known and deep founded principle of common law, as well as an obiter dicta, in all well regulated sporting circles, that no man can take advantage of or profit by betting on a dead sure thing; “Therefore, your petitioners respectfully pray this court, taking into consideration the heinousness and enormity of the offensive, to adjudge the aforesaid and before-named parties of the first’ part guilty of foul murder, and that if the court and jury be inclined to mercy and. should hesitate to impose capital punishment, that the least penalty to be meted out to these outlaws and disturbers of their neighbors’ turkey roosts be the return to your innocent and defrauded petitioners of the monies they were induced to put up, chance, and risk on a game where the cards were stacked ‘agin There was a lot more to it which I can’t remember, and it was a gay afternoon consumed in taking testimony, swearing witnesses and making mock speeches. It was nearly.dark before the trial was finished and the case submitted to the jury, which brought in a verdict without quitting their seats, of ‘Rape in the first de** The sentence was drinks ad libitum for the town, and the landlord got even as the crowd patronized his bar with a free hand and purse. After 1 went home and got to thinking it over it all . seemed childish and foolish, but Pard differed with me. . He argued that the lives we led were dismal enough and,that anything that would break the monotony and furnish musement was a safety valve. 1 guess he is ‘tight, for, nonsensical as it was, [ enjoyed it as much as any of them. After all, there was a damper to it, \for even at our wildest.we could not help thinking of ithe mysterious fate of Ristine and Carter, and that the last we ever saw of them was when we were eating supper in their cabin. BLOCKLAYING . Lostutter & Frost , FIREPLACES A SPECIALTY P.O. Box 1143 Grass Valley : PHONE: . 4—Nugget, Dec. 9, 1947' eis ites BIRTH Y—In Neva Nevada County, Tacit A 1947» to.Mr. and Mrs. Tho 2, Betry of Grass Valley a daughter. a MARRIAGE LICENSE LOGUB-ARQETTH—In y vada Cilty, Nevada County, vember 21, Leonard” men Logue, #3, and Phoebe Chariots rm { oo 40, both of Grass Val. MARRIAGE LICENSE PERRY-ABAS — In Ne City, Nevada County, No j 22, 1947, William Wiward pore 28, and Josephine Abas, 19 wae of Grass Valley. ; . LEGAL NOTICE i. es No. 8909 SUPERIOR CO pe STATE OF NEVADA. on ND FOR THE CoO NEVADA. Se AGNES MARY . RICE, Plain tiff, vs. JOSEPH RICE, Defend. ant. Action brought in the ‘Buperio Court of the State of Cali lida in and for the, County ome vada, and the Complaint tilea in the office of Clerk of gaia County of Nevada. The People of.the State of California send greetings to Jos. #PH RICE, Defendant. . You are hereby directed to appear, and answer the complainf in an action entitled-as above brought against you fn the Superior Court of the State of Cali. fornia in and for the County of Nevada within, ten days after tha service on you of this Summons —if served within this county; or within thirty days if served elsewhere. And.you are hereby notified that unless you appear and and answer as above required, the gaid Plaintiff will take judgment for any money Or damages demanded in the Complaint, as arising upon contract, or she will apply to the Court for any other relief demanded in the Complaint, Given under my hand and seal of the Superior. Court of the State of California. in and ‘for the County: of Nevada, this 20th day of November, A. D., 1947. (SEAL) aaa) R. E. DEEBLE, Clerk By: John Sbaffi, Deputy Clerk Frank G. Finnegan, Attorney. for . Plaintiff. iNov. 21, 28; Dec. 2, 9, 16, 28, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27. 246 COMMERCIAL STREET Is the Location of NEVADA CITY FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES H. S. Foreman, Prop. . Telechron By f i. Daytime—G.V. 1064. Evening—N.C. 23F12 re ae to 150,000 a Californians! — This year Bank of America . distributed $15,000,000. =. to Californians who planned ahead for Christmas. If you were one of these people, you: know the thrill, __ of receiving a Christmas Club check, If you didn't, ‘eceive a check this year, by all means join the 1948 Club now. You can make regular deposits of as little os 50¢ a week, or arrange for automatic deductions from your checking account, ot Bank of America. , yowerhouse by Aron order. You "yp. Take the giant electric generators spe agi ‘they take months and-years to build and assemble . for Northern and Central. California. Generator 0-63000 will be more than two years ‘old _ before it goes to work producing power. Factory fabrication time will take 21 months.:Upon arrival at the Remember Bank of / be Christmas Money Orders, cast gift certificates good anywhere Generator 0-63000 is one of fourteen new. units this Company is now installing! for new * Spey Bs Part of our present $350,000,000 4

} . . ‘jaway, carry 0 4 patie OF . your petitione must have had guilty knowledge of the larceny or else they would not have been so anxious to bet. The charges were drawn tp in mock legal form and were full of ‘‘whereasas,” ““weherins,” “‘aforesaids” and “be it knowns’ as a lawyer's brief. As’! recall the document, it'runs about as follows: ; ae Brn = ty gs Before, on, about, or preceding ChristJay, some pé ty or parties unknown to the com: ants, tak ohous nnd corroborative circumstantial names, including my own and my Saleratus Ranch _ “Whereas, we believe these aforesaid named parties did feloniously, surreptitiously, not having the peace and dignity of Selby Flat, its hitherto untarnished and sustained name and reputation at heart, enter, {break into and force open a certain coop known to have dozen gobblers, and did abstract, take ff and levent with the ‘said ibrds, the property of the proprietor of the Selby Flat Hotel, and “Whereas, said gobblers having been provided, ¢ . bought and procured for the delectation, comfort, sus‘. tenance and happiness of your petitioners, it being unbderstood, agreed and promulgated that the aforesaid cooked, garnished and served to the denizens of Selby Flat, a town situatd and being in and about Brush Nevada County, state-of California, U. 5. A., ive of previous condition, sex, or color, at the two dollars and fifty cents per capita, with said felonious abstraction wrought upon s great mental and physical anguish, peace of mind as well as the dignity CLIOTIC! mae YOU'LL BE PROUD OF YOUR CLOTHES IF . vousstus ao: e We keep the spots .. your work cores back regage ereR mags «1.. 411. BENNETT STREET, GRASS VALLEY ~ ““"Felephone—Grass Valley 108 roasted, stuffed, . ’ a ay of Selby Flat, and “Whereas, the above-named and aforesaid parties did, contrary to the Statutes of the Commonwealth (See Randall on non sequitur, vol. IV, page 32), enter into a conspiracy, based, founded upon and made possible by their guilty knowledge of the intended forcible and felonious abstraction of the previous mentioned gobblers, wheedle, entreat and coax innocent bystanders, to wit, your petitioners, to wager, hazard, and bet certain sums.of money in regard to the presence of the aforesaid turkeys at a Christmas dinner, and “Whereas, it is a well known and deep founded principle of common law, as well as an obiter dicta, in all well regulated sporting circles, that no man can take advantage of or profit by betting on a dead sure thing; “Therefore, your petitioners respectfully pray this court, taking into consideration the heinousness and enormity of the offensive, to adjudge the aforesaid and before-named parties of the first’ part guilty of foul murder, and that if the court and jury be inclined to mercy and. should hesitate to impose capital punishment, that the least penalty to be meted out to these outlaws and disturbers of their neighbors’ turkey roosts be the return to your innocent and defrauded petitioners of the monies they were induced to put up, chance, and risk on a game where the cards were stacked ‘agin There was a lot more to it which I can’t remember, and it was a gay afternoon consumed in taking testimony, swearing witnesses and making mock speeches. It was nearly.dark before the trial was finished and the case submitted to the jury, which brought in a verdict without quitting their seats, of ‘Rape in the first de** The sentence was drinks ad libitum for the town, and the landlord got even as the crowd patronized his bar with a free hand and purse. After 1 went home and got to thinking it over it all . seemed childish and foolish, but Pard differed with me. . He argued that the lives we led were dismal enough and,that anything that would break the monotony and furnish musement was a safety valve. 1 guess he is ‘tight, for, nonsensical as it was, [ enjoyed it as much as any of them. After all, there was a damper to it, \for even at our wildest.we could not help thinking of ithe mysterious fate of Ristine and Carter, and that the last we ever saw of them was when we were eating supper in their cabin. BLOCKLAYING . Lostutter & Frost , FIREPLACES A SPECIALTY P.O. Box 1143 Grass Valley : PHONE: . 4—Nugget, Dec. 9, 1947' eis ites BIRTH Y—In Neva Nevada County, Tacit A 1947» to.Mr. and Mrs. Tho 2, Betry of Grass Valley a daughter. a MARRIAGE LICENSE LOGUB-ARQETTH—In y vada Cilty, Nevada County, vember 21, Leonard” men Logue, #3, and Phoebe Chariots

rm { oo 40, both of Grass Val. MARRIAGE LICENSE PERRY-ABAS — In Ne City, Nevada County, No j 22, 1947, William Wiward pore 28, and Josephine Abas, 19 wae of Grass Valley. ; . LEGAL NOTICE i. es No. 8909 SUPERIOR CO pe STATE OF NEVADA. on ND FOR THE CoO NEVADA. Se AGNES MARY . RICE, Plain tiff, vs. JOSEPH RICE, Defend. ant. Action brought in the ‘Buperio Court of the State of Cali lida in and for the, County ome vada, and the Complaint tilea in the office of Clerk of gaia County of Nevada. The People of.the State of California send greetings to Jos. #PH RICE, Defendant. . You are hereby directed to appear, and answer the complainf in an action entitled-as above brought against you fn the Superior Court of the State of Cali. fornia in and for the County of Nevada within, ten days after tha service on you of this Summons —if served within this county; or within thirty days if served elsewhere. And.you are hereby notified that unless you appear and and answer as above required, the gaid Plaintiff will take judgment for any money Or damages demanded in the Complaint, as arising upon contract, or she will apply to the Court for any other relief demanded in the Complaint, Given under my hand and seal of the Superior. Court of the State of California. in and ‘for the County: of Nevada, this 20th day of November, A. D., 1947. (SEAL) aaa) R. E. DEEBLE, Clerk By: John Sbaffi, Deputy Clerk Frank G. Finnegan, Attorney. for . Plaintiff. iNov. 21, 28; Dec. 2, 9, 16, 28, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27. 246 COMMERCIAL STREET Is the Location of NEVADA CITY FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES H. S. Foreman, Prop. . Telechron By f i. Daytime—G.V. 1064. Evening—N.C. 23F12 re ae to 150,000 a Californians! — This year Bank of America . distributed $15,000,000. =. to Californians who planned ahead for Christmas. If you were one of these people, you: know the thrill, __ of receiving a Christmas Club check, If you didn't, ‘eceive a check this year, by all means join the 1948 Club now. You can make regular deposits of as little os 50¢ a week, or arrange for automatic deductions from your checking account, ot Bank of America. , yowerhouse by Aron order. You "yp. Take the giant electric generators spe agi ‘they take months and-years to build and assemble . for Northern and Central. California. Generator 0-63000 will be more than two years ‘old _ before it goes to work producing power. Factory fabrication time will take 21 months.:Upon arrival at the Remember Bank of / be Christmas Money Orders, cast gift certificates good anywhere Generator 0-63000 is one of fourteen new. units this Company is now installing! for new * Spey Bs Part of our present $350,000,000 4