February 1, 1935 (6 pages)

iain ee se Sika oh See tesae Scribe for it? This is Nevada City’s ONLY Hometown Newspaper. It supports things worth while. Do you subevada City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association OE WR NE ER eT a aOR IRANGT aed par Your Hometown Newscommunity, adv good builder. 2er helps build your Readers and make ertisers a Vol. IX, No. 26 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, FEB. 1935. EIGHTH OF ALL TAXES ARE PAID"BY CAR OWNERS Motor car owners now pay one out of every eight tax dollars col-. the United States by fed. jected in eral, state and local governments. Presenting facts and lof the figures to’ support this assertion, a statement . the direction of Walter W. Bradley, {plan of the state administration to}home counties if under the State Depart-} over MINERAL OUTPUT Concessions Made InOF STATE GAINS! By WALTER W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist The total value of the . production of 1934, just closed, estimated Division of Resources, ment of Natural under by the California State putomouis . State Mineralogist, to have been Association. declares that turns the scales heavily against proposals to increase the motoring tax burden, either through increase of special levies on motorists as a class or roan diversion of gasoline tax money.” The total of motor vehicle owner taxes in the United States in 1933, the last year for which complete figures are available, was $1,137,872,000, the statement sets forth. State. gasoline taxes totalled $518,195,712; registration fees, $301,932,039; federal excise taxes, including federal gasoline tax, was $247,744,425; pérsonal property and municipal taxes $370,000,000. Average annual: state registration fees 2nd gasoline taxes paid mmereased from $8.68 in $34.42 in 1933. The combined rate of state and federal taxation on gasoline,’ ranging from 3 cents per gallon in some per cat 1919 to states to 8 cents in others, amounts! to an average of 5.14 cents per galTon. The average car during a life perjiod of seven years, yields’ taxes amounting to 223 per cent of its average value. In the period 1921-1930 vehicle taxes increased 435 per cent «ompared with an increase of 153 cer cent in registration and 59 per cent in expenditures on state highways.and local roads and streets. “Back of the ever ready tendenc, to single out the motorist to pay more than his share of the common tax.burden is the obsolete’ notion that the automobile still ‘is a luxury,’’ the statement continues. “One has only to look around him to realize that such a notion is not based on fact. The automobile is a necessity to modern life and must not be tax‘ed back into the luxury class.’’ PLUMBAGO-ELDORADO SHAFT IS IS DRAINED Word comes from A. B. Campbell, superintendent of the Plumbago-Fl. ‘dorado mine at Alleghany that the . unwatering progress is progressing rapidly, the shaft motor . . . . having been) drained, and prepared for the skip, . to between the eighth and ninth levels. Air and water -lines have been run down and it pected that the unwatering will have been completed within the next two weeks. New timbering has been placed in certain sections and actual mine operations are ex. pected to start within the above period. “ In the meanttime, a new Deister . concentrating table has been instal. ted along with two new motors in the mill, which at present is running ore tests. Ore is being developed in virgin territory between the third and fourth levels,’ where drifting and crosscutting is going on. Values are being tested on 50 ton sample mill runs and at the same time mill adjustments are being made in preparation for continuous’ operations in the immediate future. W. D. O’Brien, mining engineer, who recently examined the property placed himself. on record as being not only greatly pleased with the progress to date, but as \ also impressed with the showing of values to date. Campbell is holding back just what these values are until he has completed his sampling on considerable tonnage and knows just what to expect in his first mill runs. down is exprocess . SPENCEVILLE MINE Sidney Woods, superintendent. of the SpenceyiHe mine has four men employed in reopening the property. Plans of the company are to install plant to handle a larger amount of different equipment and enlarge the “the. $254,918,000. amount of taxes paid by automo-. tailed in the tabulation below, bile cwners provides a story which! ‘eum, . fiscal year jest timber , been paratively nieville and « ore. This is in \part, as. there are more than 50 mineral substances on California’s commercial list, it is impracticable at this early date to obtain definite figures on other than the more important items. The blank report forms are . being mailed to the operators in al) mineral lines, and the detailed and complete report will be compiled and published later. The estimated total of $254,918,000 is an increase of approximately $48,428,000 over the value of the 19933 production, which was valued at $206, 489, 058. creases in value of outputs over the previous year were shown by petrolgold and cement; with lesser increases by silver, quicksilver, cellaneous industrial minerals, and salines. The only important mineral substances which show decreas; are brick and coped production and value and hollow building tile, per. The value of the petroleum output showed a marked increase, although’ the quantity of about 174,996,000 barrels was an increase of! The \ prices of all grades of crude oil did, only 0.6% over that of 1933. though than not vary during the year, the average was much higher that of 1933. A teceipts of bullion at the mint, and ismelters showed an _ increased output of gold of some 77,000 fine ounces over 1933. The value: of gold in 1934 was $35.00 a. fine ounce, compared with an weighted value of $25.56 for and $20.67 previous to 1933. The structural group showed an: 1933 Automobile Association . increase owing to an increased out. although the value] per barrel was somewhat lower. This increase might be accounted for by the large amount of Public Works’ construction in progress during the year. Both, the industrial and saline groups trend was for increased values. FOREST RECEIPTS SHOW 48 PER CENT INCREASE! The Forest Service reports a net increase of 48 per cent in receipts for permits and uses of the resources of the 18 national forests in California for the first half of the 1935 as compared to a year ago. Forestry officials state, that the increase is due mainly to resumption of legging on national forput of cement, yearly cut. stipulations waived by the Forest Service because of economic conditions. Greater spending ability on the part nual lof the public is indicated by a 26 per cent increase in payments for rentals of land in the face of a com, small increase in the number of permits, showing that, permittees apparently have money to make payments more promptly. RECONNOISANCE SURVEY ’ FOR HIGHWAY IS MADE state highway engineers is making a reconnoisance survey of highway ‘routes through this city with a view to selecting the best one. This action is in accordance with the request made by the city council some weeks ago. TAHOE-UKIAH HIGHWAY CLEARED TO U. S. 40 snow plows from DowTruckee have cleared Tahoe-Ukiah highway between House and its connection S. 40 below Emigrant Gap. road has_ been A crew of Highway the Junction with U. For sometime the blocked from the Junction House east. Fred Garrison, in charge of this section for the State Highway Commission, expects to have the road open today. mineral California for the year is conservatively by the statistical section Mines, Departdebut . The largest in misj average ! sale areas where the an". had . } : Plan To Transfer All Roads To State Gegt. SACRAMENTO, Jan. take over, ment of Public roads, should Works, all county be approved by tlf® i legislature, county surveyors in the’ smaller counties at least, shall enter state service,as residént engineers for the highway division. It generally more is argued that these men are: familiar with local. from highway . gineers w ould be headquarters. This program , ransfer of county Monae throughout! the state to the . partment, road taxes in the. counties. Kelly quoted figures to show that! the county boards of supervisors in; 11920 spent $72,000,000 on roads . land $42,000,000 in 1934. increase can . $30,000,000 raised an the gasoline tax of 1. cent, by ‘in the supervisors last year give back to the accruing as their share if their gasOline tax. allocation increased from a quarter to half a cent. Kelly stated that .in 1937 counties will be required to begin paying back relief moneys allotted them from the $20,000,000 relief bond issue, the first voted by: the The gasoline tax moneys ; were. pledged by the counties in the event they otherwise had failed to repay the funds drawn by them for relief. He voices the opinion that. some . counties would become bankrupt in! sofar as road construction and maintenance are concerned within a comparatively few years. j Another amendment to the legislation Kelly will accede to is.one which would require that the man ‘employed on road projects by the state be residents of the county where the bulk of their laborsware to be performed. This is to remove the objections based on the contencities. $6,000,000, ' is state. ‘ tion that county residents would not 31.—If the,be employed on it is proposed, according } that the state has an to Earl Lee Kelly, director, that the . $4,000,000 care and maintain-, ance of the State Public Works De-, thereby doing away with ' ty . . i which the! . . while road work in the state the maintenance and cons tion of all roads. Kelly called attention to the Face . investment “used 75 highways { ber the ;handling 47 per cent of the “traffic,{Sharp will investin of the equipment, per cent time on counties have jIment of $8,000,000 in equip! ‘which is used 20 per cent of ‘time on roads handling 11 the an per traffic problems and needs than entes the traffic. omnsac oo FREMEN’S BALL NETS $759 CASH: EXPLOITATION OF Fire Chief E. ape one Ott; their takes trucof nent the; cent! { . . yesterday completed his report:on the receinta? the New jand disbursements’ of masquerade ball. given eve .for {fees ee penses, amounted to $1 le 76, net proceeds were $759.¢ awarded make a grand total receipts $1055.65. Vire: Chief Ott will now payment on that report was Native Daughters have nation of .$5, the firm Finnegan $5, and the Betting Works, $1of states that make Armory compiled made a of Jone Nevada firemen large Since OLIVER ‘Thomas Oliver, of has leased his mining property Gold Flat to Mr, W. J. Huckins, mer mining man of. Black South Dakota. A crew has been employed about 10 days cleaning out the tunnels and shaft. feet deep and one tunnel is in ak 500 feet. It is understood the company will sink to develop bodies. The mine lies in a mineral belt and has a good production record. ; PROPERTY LEASED Nevada City, Hills; The shaft is 98 annual : Year’ the benefit of Armory Hall. He declared that the state, with pre total receipts were $91 ; ". Ex-! and . Donaltake over all the work performed by ; tions of Nevada City nee ents and still gapds and merchandise offered and ' tion before the members of the Asas prizes totaled $138.50, . Legislature of . ross ; voted ‘the the another Hall. }j the do-., s & . City on forfor old pout new ore fine past Me teste giekicies: ? % eee este ste eeiex <? oe Se stesteshe See * ener) Mees sehen} Se fe nhs she ofa she ofa ate-ate ke ohe ae ote ate fe ote ake ole fesjeotestestest we sterterk oe whe ake fe ote okeate ole ote ote ake se nfe of nfs of Slties That Are To Be. We are the little cities, Born in the early dawn— French Corral and Sweetland, Birchvile and old San Juan; We knew the swift advancement Of a day that came to shine, With the building of homes in the forests And the wealth of a roaring mine. We are the little cities, Seiiridlibiditidicieinlieieitieieieielieieeiie ie ioe nie iieinoing Ne +4) o <> Reared in the golden day Of pioneer toil and achievement Now far, so far away; The hills smiled down upon us, And the groves of oak and pine Rejoiced in the added beauty Of flowering tree and vine. We are the little cities, Touched by the sunset light As the day our hearts had cherished Faded away into night; The roaring mines were silenced, And under each brooding hill, The homes that love had builded Grew strangely dark and still. We are the little cities That waited the long night.through, Dreaming with weary longing For the olden skies of blue; And now as the first ‘sure dawning Of a golden day wé see— We are the little cities, The cities that are to bs! —A,. Merriam Conner. he she she nko ne she ne ote oe ot 4, ote he ate ah ahesfeate ater i tes) este ste pbb 3s) A ye Mere, celeste Neate Meter testestetelesetfentstesteleesentrtestsfesieoneotestesfsoeoerteatentoffeoesinfentent fle oeofertofente fe ofeoofntesteatecfeoesfntatesterteteofne , 125 jing { mendous problem * i state, and ‘lic arbiters UNEMPLOYMENT { . { i . State F. unemployWilliam the the southern Ranger who is in charge of limits of! . { ;ment camp at City, Indian city. A their private ‘Rices Crossing to Thompsons Corners. ‘set two miles of poles on {ned eighi and a half mile Men e@ep coming and peo0ing all ‘the time but at present there at the camp. The largest num: ever aty camp was Mr continue throuzhout the. with his program of fire proof-. and._repairing of roads. Me from this camp fought a number of forest fires the past. season. PUBLISHERS URGE 50 men workin Flat crew . Nevada has the this west of working old road 5 Ps ' is also » ' telephone Shady Tre "on Greek, or men have the line. 135. year ‘STATE RESOURCES LAMENT O, Jan. 29 With of the 47th annual-conventhe California Newspaper Publishers association at Santa Cruz Sunday, Clarke F. Waite, newelected president, filed the resoluSAC the close +tion:. of ly of the California unanimously endorsing . sembly and Senate which was association perpetuation of present Iegislarespective counties to advertising through outside the by the enabling the foreces of publications tion use leading State of The resolution follows: WHEREAS, The-.current session of the California lLegistature will shertlesistation now being will seek to abolish the California statute empower counties in revenues for tite California. ly consider urged which isting acts in books which the state to raise purpose of exp!loiting the state’s resourees in manner that will dound to the benefit of said couniics wealth, and WHEREAS, by factual record of such revenue by California counties through recognized advertising media, through the placing of exhibits in eastern fairs, through work to develop new industries and to create new Iets for the products, tural and manufactured, of such ! counties, appreciably increased their -wealth and aided the welfare of their and WHEREAS, Ox. a reis shown that the spending the majority of because it market outboth agricul-. has people, California has a tre-} idle unemploy can best be met by utilizing modern exploitation and advertising methods to the end that new jobs will be created, payrolls expanded and new wealth brought to the of ed which Sharp. . i line from} Plan. . itial MERCHANTS TO CAMP MIEN, 125 PLAY AUBURN HERE SATURDAY The Nevada City Merchants will play the Auburn. A and B cagers Saturday. night in Armory Hall. The . Merchants’ stand in third place in . the Placer-Nevada basketball league, , and will try to better their position ;in this game. The Lincoln squad . leading .with Roseville in second . place. The + Merchants’ should be . able to take the Auburn hoopsters, ;as the boys from Auburn have not . been showing so well lately. A number of post-season games jhaye been lined up for the Mern . Chants among which will be the* ‘4 . Blue Ghosts, a negro squad who ; have been barn-storming the country with great success. The Ghosts are a colorful outfit, and very popular with the fans. They play a fast breaking, ‘smooth game, and will undoubtedly make a hit here. They are scheduled to . appear against the Merchants on the local court on February 9. The College of Pacific Frosh team is also on the list to appear, the date will be announced later. TO PLANT FOUR: MILLION TREES IN SHELTER BELT SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—Inwork on the President’s plan ~ for a 1,000-mile shelter belt. for trees stretching from North Dakota to the Panhandle of Texas will commence early this spring with the planting, by the U. S. Forest Service, of four million trees on 150 miles of the belt located in six different states. Basing his statements on explorations of the region, contact with local authorities and scientific data, F. A. Silcox, chief forester, says that the Forest Service is whole-heartedly back. of planting shelter belts in the. prairieplains region and is more than ever convinced of the value of this project to agriculture and to the improvement of physical conditions. Planting will be confined to a zone of agricultural land which under normal conditions should support productive farms and where there is an annual rainfall of from 18 to 20 inches on the western boundary to 25 inches on the eastern side of the belt, which foresters say is sufficient. precipitation to support tree growth under proper handling. No attempt will be made, except experimentally, to plant trees on marginal lands, which, ‘because of alkalinity of the soil or deficient rainfall present an agricultural hazard. The Shelter Belt will not replace marginal lands but will make good agricultura lands more valune on} . is are; is continucompetitioi: Our inWHEREAS, our state ally faced with keen from other states that seek both needed tourist revenues and new dustries which means employment for our people, therefore . BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Newspaper Publishers’ Association, gathered at our annual ¢onvention this 19th day of January, 1935, goes empRatically on record as opposed to any legislation that . would either bring an end to cur-' tail the exploitation work of Call-. fornia counties and wilt further take} steps to resist such legislation being enacted . AND,. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we believe that since the . continuance or discontinuance Or: such work is a matter that rests . with the individual counties -with the county boards of supervisors as pub.-. on such matters, there is; no practical need for new legislation to deal with the question. RECENT LAND PURCHASE : FENCED ~— Street Superintendent H. H. Hallett with a crew has just completed elearing and fencing a tract of land around the two city reservoirs on Sugar Loaf. The city officials purchased seven acres ot ground near the reservoirs recently making the i Mrs, Ji P. . by.the past presidents, Mrs. . Perry and Mrs. Moomey. able and contribute to the perman‘ency and stability of agriculture. ‘P. T. A. PROGRAM IN HONOR OF FOUNDERS The grammar school ParentTeacher’s Association will hold its regular meeting. at two o’clock this A founders day program will follow the business meeting. The program includes: Founding of the Parent: Teachers Association by Muscardini; Review of the Nevada City branch of the P. T. A. Ww. C. afternoon. ‘LATE JOHN NIHELL IS LAID TO REST Funeral services for the late John Nihell, of Alleghany, were held in the Catholic church there on Wednesday. Rev. Father O'Reilly, of St. Canice church celebrated a mass for the repose of the soul and preached a sermon in memory of the deceasPall bearers were: Hamilton — ‘Eddy, E. T. Davey, Elmo Trewella, Mike Shea,’ John Colman and William Morrison. Funeral arrangements were under the direction toad the Holmes Funeral Home. . f Leones Truscott has been pt as night clerk afSthe National tract about 12 acres in -all. ‘His dutties began last

iain ee se Sika oh See tesae Scribe for it? This is Nevada City’s ONLY Hometown Newspaper. It supports things worth while. Do you subevada City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association OE WR NE ER eT a aOR IRANGT aed par Your Hometown Newscommunity, adv good builder. 2er helps build your Readers and make ertisers a Vol. IX, No. 26 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, FEB. 1935. EIGHTH OF ALL TAXES ARE PAID"BY CAR OWNERS Motor car owners now pay one out of every eight tax dollars col-. the United States by fed. jected in eral, state and local governments. Presenting facts and lof the figures to’ support this assertion, a statement . the direction of Walter W. Bradley, {plan of the state administration to}home counties if under the State Depart-} over MINERAL OUTPUT Concessions Made InOF STATE GAINS! By WALTER W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist The total value of the . production of 1934, just closed, estimated Division of Resources, ment of Natural under by the California State putomouis . State Mineralogist, to have been Association. declares that turns the scales heavily against proposals to increase the motoring tax burden, either through increase of special levies on motorists as a class or roan diversion of gasoline tax money.” The total of motor vehicle owner taxes in the United States in 1933, the last year for which complete figures are available, was $1,137,872,000, the statement sets forth. State. gasoline taxes totalled $518,195,712; registration fees, $301,932,039; federal excise taxes, including federal gasoline tax, was $247,744,425; pérsonal property and municipal taxes $370,000,000. Average annual: state registration fees 2nd gasoline taxes paid mmereased from $8.68 in $34.42 in 1933. The combined rate of state and federal taxation on gasoline,’ ranging from 3 cents per gallon in some per cat 1919 to states to 8 cents in others, amounts! to an average of 5.14 cents per galTon. The average car during a life perjiod of seven years, yields’ taxes amounting to 223 per cent of its average value. In the period 1921-1930 vehicle taxes increased 435 per cent «ompared with an increase of 153 cer cent in registration and 59 per cent in expenditures on state highways.and local roads and streets. “Back of the ever ready tendenc, to single out the motorist to pay more than his share of the common tax.burden is the obsolete’ notion that the automobile still ‘is a luxury,’’ the statement continues. “One has only to look around him to realize that such a notion is not based on fact. The automobile is a necessity to modern life and must not be tax‘ed back into the luxury class.’’ PLUMBAGO-ELDORADO SHAFT IS IS DRAINED Word comes from A. B. Campbell, superintendent of the Plumbago-Fl. ‘dorado mine at Alleghany that the . unwatering progress is progressing rapidly, the shaft motor . . . . having been) drained, and prepared for the skip, . to between the eighth and ninth levels. Air and water -lines have been run down and it pected that the unwatering will have been completed within the next two weeks. New timbering has been placed in certain sections and actual mine operations are ex. pected to start within the above period. “ In the meanttime, a new Deister . concentrating table has been instal. ted along with two new motors in the mill, which at present is running ore tests. Ore is being developed in virgin territory between the third and fourth levels,’ where drifting and crosscutting is going on. Values are being tested on 50 ton sample mill runs and at the same time mill adjustments are being made in preparation for continuous’ operations in the immediate future. W. D. O’Brien, mining engineer, who recently examined the property placed himself. on record as being not only greatly pleased with the progress to date, but as \ also impressed with the showing of values to date. Campbell is holding back just what these values are until he has completed his sampling on considerable tonnage and knows just what to expect in his first mill runs. down is exprocess . SPENCEVILLE MINE Sidney Woods, superintendent. of the SpenceyiHe mine has four men employed in reopening the property. Plans of the company are to install plant to handle a larger amount of different equipment and enlarge the “the. $254,918,000. amount of taxes paid by automo-. tailed in the tabulation below, bile cwners provides a story which! ‘eum, . fiscal year jest timber , been paratively nieville and « ore. This is in \part, as. there are more than 50 mineral substances on California’s commercial list, it is impracticable at this early date to obtain definite figures on other than the more important items. The blank report forms are . being mailed to the operators in al) mineral lines, and the detailed and complete report will be compiled and published later. The estimated total of $254,918,000 is an increase of approximately $48,428,000 over the value of the 19933 production, which was valued at $206, 489, 058. creases in value of outputs over the previous year were shown by petrolgold and cement; with lesser increases by silver, quicksilver, cellaneous industrial minerals, and salines. The only important mineral substances which show decreas; are brick and coped production and value and hollow building tile, per. The value of the petroleum output showed a marked increase, although’ the quantity of about 174,996,000 barrels was an increase of! The \ prices of all grades of crude oil did, only 0.6% over that of 1933. though than not vary during the year, the average was much higher that of 1933. A teceipts of bullion at the mint, and ismelters showed an _ increased output of gold of some 77,000 fine ounces over 1933. The value: of gold in 1934 was $35.00 a. fine ounce, compared with an weighted value of $25.56 for and $20.67 previous to 1933. The structural group showed an: 1933 Automobile Association . increase owing to an increased out. although the value] per barrel was somewhat lower. This increase might be accounted for by the large amount of Public Works’ construction in progress during the year. Both, the industrial and saline groups trend was for increased values. FOREST RECEIPTS SHOW 48 PER CENT INCREASE! The Forest Service reports a net increase of 48 per cent in receipts for permits and uses of the resources of the 18 national forests in California for the first half of the 1935 as compared to a year ago. Forestry officials state, that the increase is due mainly to resumption of legging on national forput of cement, yearly cut. stipulations waived by the Forest Service because of economic conditions. Greater spending ability on the part nual lof the public is indicated by a 26 per cent increase in payments for rentals of land in the face of a com, small increase in the number of permits, showing that, permittees apparently have money to make payments more promptly. RECONNOISANCE SURVEY ’ FOR HIGHWAY IS MADE state highway engineers is making a reconnoisance survey of highway ‘routes through this city with a view to selecting the best one. This action is in accordance with the request made by the city council some weeks ago. TAHOE-UKIAH HIGHWAY CLEARED TO U. S. 40 snow plows from DowTruckee have cleared Tahoe-Ukiah highway between House and its connection S. 40 below Emigrant Gap. road has_ been A crew of Highway the Junction with U. For sometime the blocked from the Junction House east. Fred Garrison, in charge of this section for the State Highway Commission, expects to have the road open today. mineral California for the year is conservatively by the statistical section Mines, Departdebut . The largest in misj average ! sale areas where the an". had . } : Plan To Transfer All Roads To State Gegt. SACRAMENTO, Jan. take over, ment of Public roads, should Works, all county be approved by tlf® i legislature, county surveyors in the’ smaller counties at least, shall enter state service,as residént engineers for the highway division. It generally more is argued that these men are: familiar with local. from highway . gineers w ould be headquarters. This program , ransfer of county Monae throughout! the state to the . partment, road taxes in the. counties. Kelly quoted figures to show that! the county boards of supervisors in; 11920 spent $72,000,000 on roads . land $42,000,000 in 1934. increase can . $30,000,000 raised an the gasoline tax of 1. cent, by ‘in the supervisors last year give back to the accruing as their share if their gasOline tax. allocation increased from a quarter to half a cent. Kelly stated that .in 1937 counties will be required to begin paying back relief moneys allotted them from the $20,000,000 relief bond issue, the first voted by: the The gasoline tax moneys ; were. pledged by the counties in the event they otherwise had failed to repay the funds drawn by them for relief. He voices the opinion that. some . counties would become bankrupt in! sofar as road construction and maintenance are concerned within a comparatively few years. j Another amendment to the legislation Kelly will accede to is.one which would require that the man ‘employed on road projects by the state be residents of the county where the bulk of their laborsware to be performed. This is to remove the objections based on the contencities. $6,000,000, ' is state. ‘ tion that county residents would not 31.—If the,be employed on it is proposed, according } that the state has an to Earl Lee Kelly, director, that the . $4,000,000 care and maintain-, ance of the State Public Works De-, thereby doing away with ' ty . . i which the! . . while road work in the state the maintenance and cons tion of all roads. Kelly called attention to the Face . investment “used 75 highways { ber the ;handling 47 per cent of the “traffic,{Sharp will investin of the equipment, per cent time on counties have jIment of $8,000,000 in equip! ‘which is used 20 per cent of ‘time on roads handling 11 the an per traffic problems and needs than entes the traffic. omnsac oo FREMEN’S BALL NETS $759 CASH: EXPLOITATION OF Fire Chief E. ape one Ott; their takes trucof nent the; cent! { . . yesterday completed his report:on the receinta? the New jand disbursements’ of masquerade ball. given eve .for {fees ee penses, amounted to $1 le 76, net proceeds were $759.¢ awarded make a grand total receipts $1055.65. Vire: Chief Ott will now payment on that report was Native Daughters have nation of .$5, the firm

Finnegan $5, and the Betting Works, $1of states that make Armory compiled made a of Jone Nevada firemen large Since OLIVER ‘Thomas Oliver, of has leased his mining property Gold Flat to Mr, W. J. Huckins, mer mining man of. Black South Dakota. A crew has been employed about 10 days cleaning out the tunnels and shaft. feet deep and one tunnel is in ak 500 feet. It is understood the company will sink to develop bodies. The mine lies in a mineral belt and has a good production record. ; PROPERTY LEASED Nevada City, Hills; The shaft is 98 annual : Year’ the benefit of Armory Hall. He declared that the state, with pre total receipts were $91 ; ". Ex-! and . Donaltake over all the work performed by ; tions of Nevada City nee ents and still gapds and merchandise offered and ' tion before the members of the Asas prizes totaled $138.50, . Legislature of . ross ; voted ‘the the another Hall. }j the do-., s & . City on forfor old pout new ore fine past Me teste giekicies: ? % eee este ste eeiex <? oe Se stesteshe See * ener) Mees sehen} Se fe nhs she ofa she ofa ate-ate ke ohe ae ote ate fe ote ake ole fesjeotestestest we sterterk oe whe ake fe ote okeate ole ote ote ake se nfe of nfs of Slties That Are To Be. We are the little cities, Born in the early dawn— French Corral and Sweetland, Birchvile and old San Juan; We knew the swift advancement Of a day that came to shine, With the building of homes in the forests And the wealth of a roaring mine. We are the little cities, Seiiridlibiditidicieinlieieitieieieielieieeiie ie ioe nie iieinoing Ne +4) o <> Reared in the golden day Of pioneer toil and achievement Now far, so far away; The hills smiled down upon us, And the groves of oak and pine Rejoiced in the added beauty Of flowering tree and vine. We are the little cities, Touched by the sunset light As the day our hearts had cherished Faded away into night; The roaring mines were silenced, And under each brooding hill, The homes that love had builded Grew strangely dark and still. We are the little cities That waited the long night.through, Dreaming with weary longing For the olden skies of blue; And now as the first ‘sure dawning Of a golden day wé see— We are the little cities, The cities that are to bs! —A,. Merriam Conner. he she she nko ne she ne ote oe ot 4, ote he ate ah ahesfeate ater i tes) este ste pbb 3s) A ye Mere, celeste Neate Meter testestetelesetfentstesteleesentrtestsfesieoneotestesfsoeoerteatentoffeoesinfentent fle oeofertofente fe ofeoofntesteatecfeoesfntatesterteteofne , 125 jing { mendous problem * i state, and ‘lic arbiters UNEMPLOYMENT { . { i . State F. unemployWilliam the the southern Ranger who is in charge of limits of! . { ;ment camp at City, Indian city. A their private ‘Rices Crossing to Thompsons Corners. ‘set two miles of poles on {ned eighi and a half mile Men e@ep coming and peo0ing all ‘the time but at present there at the camp.. The largest num: ever aty camp was Mr continue throuzhout the. with his program of fire proof-. and._repairing of roads. Me from this camp fought a number of forest fires the past. season. PUBLISHERS URGE 50 men workin Flat crew . Nevada has the this west of working old road 5 Ps ' is also » ' telephone Shady Tre "on Greek, or men have the line. 135. year ‘STATE RESOURCES LAMENT O, Jan. 29 With of the 47th annual-conventhe California Newspaper Publishers association at Santa Cruz Sunday, Clarke F. Waite, newelected president, filed the resoluSAC the close +tion:. of ly of the California unanimously endorsing . sembly and Senate which was association perpetuation of present Iegislarespective counties to advertising through outside the by the enabling the foreces of publications tion use leading State of The resolution follows: WHEREAS, The-.current session of the California lLegistature will shertlesistation now being will seek to abolish the California statute empower counties in revenues for tite California. ly consider urged which isting acts in books which the state to raise purpose of exp!loiting the state’s resourees in manner that will dound to the benefit of said couniics wealth, and WHEREAS, by factual record of such revenue by California counties through recognized advertising media, through the placing of exhibits in eastern fairs, through work to develop new industries and to create new Iets for the products, tural and manufactured, of such ! counties, appreciably increased their -wealth and aided the welfare of their and WHEREAS, Ox. a reis shown that the spending the majority of because it market outboth agricul-. has people, California has a tre-} idle unemploy can best be met by utilizing modern exploitation and advertising methods to the end that new jobs will be created, payrolls expanded and new wealth brought to the of ed which Sharp. . i line from} Plan. . itial MERCHANTS TO CAMP MIEN, 125 PLAY AUBURN HERE SATURDAY The Nevada City Merchants will play the Auburn. A and B cagers Saturday. night in Armory Hall. The . Merchants’ stand in third place in . the Placer-Nevada basketball league, , and will try to better their position ;in this game. The Lincoln squad . leading .with Roseville in second . place. The + Merchants’ should be . able to take the Auburn hoopsters, ;as the boys from Auburn have not . been showing so well lately. A number of post-season games jhaye been lined up for the Mern . Chants among which will be the* ‘4 . Blue Ghosts, a negro squad who ; have been barn-storming the country with great success. The Ghosts are a colorful outfit, and very popular with the fans. They play a fast breaking, ‘smooth game, and will undoubtedly make a hit here. They are scheduled to . appear against the Merchants on the local court on February 9. The College of Pacific Frosh team is also on the list to appear, the date will be announced later. TO PLANT FOUR: MILLION TREES IN SHELTER BELT SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—Inwork on the President’s plan ~ for a 1,000-mile shelter belt. for trees stretching from North Dakota to the Panhandle of Texas will commence early this spring with the planting, by the U. S. Forest Service, of four million trees on 150 miles of the belt located in six different states. Basing his statements on explorations of the region, contact with local authorities and scientific data, F. A. Silcox, chief forester, says that the Forest Service is whole-heartedly back. of planting shelter belts in the. prairieplains region and is more than ever convinced of the value of this project to agriculture and to the improvement of physical conditions. Planting will be confined to a zone of agricultural land which under normal conditions should support productive farms and where there is an annual rainfall of from 18 to 20 inches on the western boundary to 25 inches on the eastern side of the belt, which foresters say is sufficient. precipitation to support tree growth under proper handling. No attempt will be made, except experimentally, to plant trees on marginal lands, which, ‘because of alkalinity of the soil or deficient rainfall present an agricultural hazard. The Shelter Belt will not replace marginal lands but will make good agricultura lands more valune on} . is are; is continucompetitioi: Our inWHEREAS, our state ally faced with keen from other states that seek both needed tourist revenues and new dustries which means employment for our people, therefore . BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Newspaper Publishers’ Association, gathered at our annual ¢onvention this 19th day of January, 1935, goes empRatically on record as opposed to any legislation that . would either bring an end to cur-' tail the exploitation work of Call-. fornia counties and wilt further take} steps to resist such legislation being enacted . AND,. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we believe that since the . continuance or discontinuance Or: such work is a matter that rests . with the individual counties -with the county boards of supervisors as pub.-. on such matters, there is; no practical need for new legislation to deal with the question. RECENT LAND PURCHASE : FENCED ~— Street Superintendent H. H. Hallett with a crew has just completed elearing and fencing a tract of land around the two city reservoirs on Sugar Loaf. The city officials purchased seven acres ot ground near the reservoirs recently making the i Mrs, Ji P. . by.the past presidents, Mrs. . Perry and Mrs. Moomey. able and contribute to the perman‘ency and stability of agriculture. ‘P. T. A. PROGRAM IN HONOR OF FOUNDERS The grammar school ParentTeacher’s Association will hold its regular meeting. at two o’clock this A founders day program will follow the business meeting. The program includes: Founding of the Parent: Teachers Association by Muscardini; Review of the Nevada City branch of the P. T. A. Ww. C. afternoon. ‘LATE JOHN NIHELL IS LAID TO REST Funeral services for the late John Nihell, of Alleghany, were held in the Catholic church there on Wednesday. Rev. Father O'Reilly, of St. Canice church celebrated a mass for the repose of the soul and preached a sermon in memory of the deceasPall bearers were: Hamilton — ‘Eddy, E. T. Davey, Elmo Trewella, Mike Shea,’ John Colman and William Morrison. Funeral arrangements were under the direction toad the Holmes Funeral Home. . f Leones Truscott has been pt as night clerk afSthe National tract about 12 acres in -all. ‘His dutties began last