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Vol. VII, No. 28 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center MONDAY, FEB. 12,1934
MONETIZATION OF
SILVER IS HOPE OF
WEST SENATORS
Administration Leaders Favor
Giving International Agreement, a Trial Before
Embarking on Bimetal
Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.
Although. they see
that the President will change his
attitude in regard to silver legislation at this session,
© Feu 42.
no indication ;
members
senate silver bloc, supported by the!
eleven silver states*governors’ committee, are awaiting another opportunity to press for silver legislation
before adjournment, being encouraged by the clpse vote in the senate
during consideration of the gold act
of 1934. :
Senator Wheeler of Montana, author of the rejected amendment,
stated recently he believed the substantial silvet_vote,_‘‘probably the
most substantial evidence of support
for silver in many congresses,”’’ is direct evidence that the White House
will be faced before the session Closes
with approving or disapproving a remonetization measure.
PRESIDENT HAS ALTERNATIVE
Administration leaders, however,
remained confident they will be able
to forestall such a development if
the White House rules against a sil-'
ver bill before the session ends. As
the President's
propose as an
pointed out
suppor ters.
recently,
intend to
aiternative the recalling
etary committee of the world economic confercnce to consider further an
international agreement. This will
becomes too
few
nianner
strength
the
in
,¢ done if silver
strong during
and would
substitute
at present.
next weeks,
be the of-a
to prevent remonetization
The silver group, however, lead by
Senator Wheeler, is probably more
opposed at the present time to inter-,
silv
Their
their
national agreements on
has been for some time.
sition in
that it was the agreement approved by
oppois explained belief
the President in December which enabled the administration to -defeat
Wheeler’s silver amendment to the
gold bill. It is pointed out that the
administration expressly asked senaagainst the Wheeler tors to vote
amendment on the ground that the}
international agreement step provid-:
ing for coinage of newly mined silver,
should first be given trial.
PITTMAN CRITICISE D
Senator Pittman of Nevada,
the London agreement provisions,
for critia
father
of
share of
the
to the
has come in his
from members of silver
group. who wedded
monetization plan as expressed
Wheeler proposal. Pittmen,
joined with Senator
during the senate
the latter’s agreement
it on the roll eall.
cism
are
reim the
however,
consideration
and voted for
$$$) —<$<$<$—<<<<———____—
TOM SCADDEN RESUMES
~ WORK ON ON OAK FLAT
Thomas Scadden left Nevada City
sunday for his mining property near
Columbia Hill, after spending the'
winter in Nevada City. He will stay,
until next October except for occasional visits to this city.
He will start at once on cleaning
out ditches on his Oak Flat mine of
320 acres. }
Mr. Scadden has
wee .
driven a tunnel;
strike in 280 feet and expects to 40 be initiated in a nation-wide hookoid channel in about another 20 \, of the radio. The date is the
feet. . thirty-sixth anniversary of the sinkHe is interested in the Placer':ing of the battleship Maine, in HaQueen property of 320 acres and will
also work on this property which adjoins the Oak Flat.
The Dudley Coe property of 80
acres in the same: district is to be!
worked by Mr. Scadden.
—————_—_—_--—_ 0SIX TEAMS BUSY ON
ELKS BOWLING ALLEYS
Six teams have been organized by
the Elks bowlers and they are using
the fine alleys of the Nevada City
lodge every night. The teams captains are Myers Mobley, Roland
Wright, Dave Richards, Arthur M.
Hoge, C.R. Clark and Bob Tharp.
There is to be a meeting of the;
‘bowlers tonight and plans are to be
made at this time for the-choosing oft
the teams.
of the mon-::
er than it!
W heele: .
of }
. burn.
YOUNG WIFE COMPLAINS
HUSBAND BEATHER
.On complaint of his wife, Ray Silva
+ Was .arrested at his home on Pine
street Saturday night by Chief of Police Robson. She charges that her
; husband beat her. The couple were
married but a few months since, and
Mrs. Zaida Silva, declares that two
! weeks after their marriage, her hus‘band gave her her first beating and
jhas beaten her since on other occaslions.
__. Silva was arraigned before Judge
__ . w.L. Mobley, pleaded not guilty and
(his bail was fixed at $200. He will
appear for trial tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
COMPETITIVE TEST
FOR NEVADA CITY
POSTMASTER JOB
To fill the vacancy in the position
of postmaster in this city, the United
of the!
; States Civil Service Commission has
announced,. at the request of the
Postmaster General, and in accordance with an order of the President,
pon open competitive examination.
The Nevada City office of postmaster
} pays $2500 ayear.
To be eligible for the examination,
lan applicant must be a citizen of the
, United States, must reside within the
delivery of this post office, must
have so resided for at least one year
j next preceding the date for close of,
: eae : 2 ear F e were made . Standard Time and 12:10 Eastern
receipt of applications, must be in Why SVG: the ee eee et By th Sie oust The P . t buvi Government seocak shisicdl dondiion sue ste eae y the ten taking part: os 1e President was pened pee gram o uying G
peor! Paes © sora WATER APPROPRIATION ( Dave Richards.... 25x25 ; by Mr. Walter Head, president of the . curities has been to put additional
aoe prescribed ae poe Both men : ; 23x25} Boy Scouts of America. 'ready cash in the market so that
and women are admitted. 5 rige £ : : . ao a sore i
{ . ; ; ae pe PROTESTS WITHDRAWN Bill Wrget, cc se cs 19x25} [he President said: “That in front ; the banks would resume the loaning
. Under the terms of the Executive ° 17x25! ; : . : : . of money i
. ord *, the Civil Service Commision woe tor the City Hall in San Francisco . =
' £> Z ree : { SSS : Z sonn: Museardini. -= <.42. 5 16x25 . , and in New York th tl ds . Statistics relative to the financiat :
i; will certify to the Postmaster Gen. All protests to the application to : 19526 an v oO ere are thousan “. . SUICS = 2 ;
$ i ‘ = > ; ati Vo ry Q .
ieral the names of the hishest three . appropriate water from the South = ee . a2 ‘of Scouts and Scouters listening for [situation February 8 follow: i
( ; : a SNL 62 ee es oe f “ 5 j a ae ; pas = iw
t aualitiod eligibles, if as many -as. Fork of Little Deer Creek, in Sailor tolanc rl Be the National ‘‘Good Deed” that I am . Money in circulation, $5,317,000, 4
three are qualified, from Which the! Flat, having been withdrawn, there “Ss fg 26 oe about to ask for. The President ; 000. as 2
' Postmaster General may select one! will be no hearing on the applicapee OL Se OBEY Sea ‘continued; ‘The aim of Scouting is! Monetary gold stocks, $7,036,000,! E ‘ ; : 42eXebo . j o A pe oy eyes Bie . fn :
for nomination by the President. Con‘tion, according to the notice issued oo Ro Clarke ae to build*up good citizenship” and . 000. :
: i pe : x pi dee CLARE > oy eee 23X20 . anti >. Oe \ ae j
firmation by the Senate is the final! by Edward Hyatt, state engineer, reae geentioned the 25th anniversary of . Government securities held by
: r : r AGU > r Se ~ ay > © . 2A sf j
action. ceived by the Nevada City Nugget. ccik Wiese ok fecae . Boy: Scouts to. be held at a Jubilee at . peqeral Reserve Banks, $2,432,000,F : ere vp Be CT a2 13 0 eee eaeeeeen teen, pa oXL0 Tachine 1e rears <q « .
Applicants will not be required to Edward Bickel, wiio made the ap= ai aoe ashington next year and said that . yo9. :
‘assemble in an.examination room for, plication, notice of which was pubheeia Gacabar Gaceemsal eae! while it would be impossible to have . leserve bank credit outstanding,
l eLaingiie tasks be Wie Ss cain ich fa dais “owannnce je Aen e zewis Saratini, Sacramento . 13X25: every troop of the Nation there, he . es\ene
se stie tests, ye rated on . lishe n this newspape August 11x25 . : . $2'606,000,000.
their education and business experi-. and September, states that within a nite es fc ae = , would like to have some representa. Manner bank “resaeve ‘baneieen
j : = S ME srine Pnarelll 3. 35 Bee ne Su Aer tae : Lagi sake 5 : . »
‘ence and fitness. The Civil Service . reasonable time, Sailor Flat, where _ = as OS RATS a 6 tives from every troop there. . go 736 000.000
'Com mission will make inquiry among . the water is to be used, will give this ESTO were ten guns and 37 en-. [he President announced the. ”*~’ ‘ : : :
eS 5 & : , . thusiastic rounds were fired. Special . « TITRN?? . <i, : teserve of Federal ‘Reserve Banks
' representatives local business and { community another producing mine : =e GOOD TURN that the Scouts of . 2 776.548.000 ‘
' professional men and women con-. and another payroll. peveen should Be aey Dave Rich-. a11 the Nation were asked to do. The . se : !
j cerning the experience, ability, and Those withdrawing their protests a ee anes 9 — e and’ Good Turn is: “That every troop. Federal Reserve notes in cireula;
. character of each applicant, and the . were the Quaker Hill Gold Mining . “ PEgh doin eae Senne alr jand every Scout are to collect furni. tion, See eet i
. evidence thus secured will be con-. Company, George E. Poor and others. most perfect record. gegen others ture, clothing, bedding or anything Federal Reserve: Bank notes in cir£
SS ene re A made good records also and Miss % : < j
. sidered _in determining the <rating s. ——o Caike = 3 clit LB gears old. (that can be gotten that will be help. culation, $201, eye 000.
i to be assigned to the applicants. SCOUTMASTER TAKES Cath erine: Tognarelli, . years ol¢ . fal to: thecneédy GE Dis neiion.’ He ;
t= Bie “Gnmmtesipn atadee nas pre mY SEA made—a—splendid-seore in ‘her then élosed his speech by asking all EMPTY N. G. PASSENGER y
' dential postmasters are not in ae TROOP T0 CHALK BLUFF shooting. : : : l the Scouts to join and follow him in ;
' classifified civil service and that its . See at . Dene ae th . Tepeating the Seout Oath. COACH UPSETS AT DEPOT .
: . —_—_—— Skeet clu uesday evening anda : see :
duties in connection with appoint-! Pe rp Ca ; = S pane 3 ae . “Amrerica, the Beautiful’’ was then i
, .A group of Boy Scouts under . who are interested are invited to at. . : 4
{ments to such positions are to hold} gceout Master Edd Addington, eneae 5 : : . Played by the Marine Band, Mr. An empty passenger coach at the :
examinations and to certify the re--joyeq Sunday at the ghost town-of . = p eeitcy Head, was again introduced Narrow Gauge passenger depot in
, Sults to the Postmaster General. The; Red Dog and down in the hydraulic GRAVE NE 0 Pe ee Ee ony Tey ) . Commission is not interested in the! qigeings at Chalk Bluff. LMI RS AT W RK ,and Citizenship.He also mentioned . on jts side when during switching opi
; political, religious, or fraternal affil-. They located an ideal picnic or UNDER DUTCH FI AT. the good deeds and helpful things . crations. one of the switthes wan a. ;
iations of any applicant. camp ground and a natural lake im that the Scouts have been doing: in / open and the car was shunted off. No 4
Full information and application the diggings. ' There is plenty of Se . time of distress such as follows: The . damage was done and the car was 4a
i bianks may be obtained from the sec-. yoom for a baseball field and other Messrs. J. P. McFadden and Fran, hurricane of Florida and times. of restored to the rails again within a id
‘retary of the local board of civil serv-. sports. They are ‘quite enthusiastic . S'S F@bian, who are opening a gravel, terrific storms and floods. He also . short time a
‘ice examiners at the post office in over the spot and plan to return of. ™ime under the town of Dutch Fiat,. said that Scouts are loyal and st-r1 C= qi
' this city, or from the United States ten. The boys enjoyed Alpine climb. *°'¢ Nevada City visitors Sunday. {up for their rights. CELIO SELLS ANOTHER TRUCK 4
. Civil Service Commission, Washing,ing, took pictures, and brought home ar, Pabtons mp fos . Eme work The chief executive, James E. . BUS eee: Se
ton, D. CG. . a lot of petrified wood. ed the Enterprise mine in the Quak-. West, was presented and he spoke on . Gove Celio, Chevrolet dealer for .
: == 0 are . Carl Tobiassen Sr. kindly donated & ote district east of oeaee Citys . ana about the Good Turn that the ; {O48 Section, reports today that he i
FOREIGN WAR VETERANS . the truck for the boys to make the iat esa dats oe _ . the. Duten . Presidént asked the Scouts to do. He} pas just delivered to i. 2) ee ij
trip and all enjoyed a fine day. at streets drifting 90. feet below . aiso stated that there is only fifteen . the Omega _mine, a new Chevrolet
WILL MEET IN AUBURN
Nevada City, Roseville and Placerville Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
meet with Donner Post of Auburn
tonight entertainment and initiation Veterans hall in Auin an
at the
A good sized class of recruits will
vana harbor.
Commander Nelson of Donner Post
has extended an invitation to the
public to attend the ceremonial celebrating this historical event.
At a meeting of Banner Mountain .
Post of Nevada City last week, John
Marks was elected Sr. Vice Commander to succeed Dr. F. E. McCullough,
who resigned on. account of leaving
Nevada City. Marks election made a
vacancy and Glen Clelland was elected to it and is now Junior Vice Commander.
Ex-Senator Tasker Oddie and Roy
Hardy, mining men of Nevada, are
expected to. visit Nevada county mine
probes age. early this weeks
_Mrs.° Otto BE. Sehiftner ‘duke sons,
Se and Robert, spent. the week cod
dent
life
on i
eaus
the
depr
your
‘cent
payvi
To explain,
1929
farmer’s grain
worth $2
your life is still’: worth $2 a week,
and it takes just as much grain to!
It takes $2 worth—but . the
you can buy $2 worth e grain for a . duced.
“one dollar”
support it.
“paper bill’’
Let us
Two-Dollar Dollar
To One Dollar Drops
BY LETSON BALLIET
Industrial Economist
I have been asked by many what; owns?
is meant of a 50-cent dollar;
what difference it makes,
lar is a dollar’’? In order to explain
lar” are fraudulent, untruthful pro-.
paganda of the capitalists. The cor-. man’s. The President’s plan is to
rect statement is, to reduce “the; make more money. It will make intwo-dollar dollar, to a one-dollar;dustry, employment and_ business
dollar’ and that is just what Presi-; double.
Roosevelt is aiming to do.
let us suppose tha
it required $2 worth of
Your life
In 1
for one week.
a week in 1929.
that says
‘and; come, by making the poor man pay
if a ‘‘dolto support a man’s
¥
cent bonus on all the money he has
'oaned out, and on all the bonds He.
Why double his interest inc!
his debts with ‘‘two-dollar dollars’’?
ree ie ee othe she Ne she she the shes Se heels she ne afente he rte oi
%Saint. Valentine reveals the news % t
z That tells us-all whose heart is % IN U. S. FINANCIAL ss 1
* whose. % ia
But most of those who pick and . : ier
eoose ANDBANKSTATUS =
No reason have
Let schoolboys: act
(like mine).
like teacher's
Dollar ‘Revatuation of the
etebibse
pet; a
Let sister choose the beau she'll . Brings Profit of $2,806,2 get;
The capitalists can buy grain
it will be necessary to use the cor-. enough to live a week, with two
rect term. “The words 50-cent dol-. ‘‘one-dollar dollars’’ and_ his life
isn’t worth any more than-the poor
; The so-called 50-60-cent dollar int
reality means that if the ‘‘two-dollar
dollar’’ reduced to $1.20 purchasing!
power from its $2 purchasing power,
the capitalists call it a 60-cent dollar,
because it cuts the rich man’s bonus
‘from 100 per cent to 20 per cent over;
;the actual value of the dollar,—and
is crying because his gain is re:
t in
the
was
933
At 59.06 cents the. present dollar .
t; but it really is worth $2, be5
: 3 valuation is $1.1812.
e it buys $2 worth. By doubling $
value of gold, the ._President SO are ew
would make “‘one-dollar dollars”’
double the amount of money, to re.
finance the masses, and relieve the,
ession conditions.
suppose. that you
banker $100, drawing 7
interest.
ng 14 per cent interest.
owed
If you have to pay
your note with ‘‘two-dollar dollars,”’
you are giving your banker’ $200 and
and ‘GOOD RECORDS MADE AT
SKEET CLUB SHOOTIN
A big crowd motored to the Skeet .
per shoot grounds,
up
ing and as spectators. The ever inularity of this ever popular sport.
The. following scores
in the. Pay. shaacarae visting) Arionds.
lon. quel est
Th
Scout Master
Tobiassen Sr., Junior Assistant Scout
Master A. Pratti, Carl Tobiassen Jr., z z a & '
Bob Small, Jack O'Neill, and Dick. Chicago capital is being used in}
hlarriath. this unusual mining enterprise. H
0 The town of Dutch Flat is situated .
Mrs. Henry Schroeder, who has]. over a rich channel that has been:
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred{ mined up to the city limits. It proMiller, in Grass Vdlley for some j duced large sums in early days.
time, is spending a few days in Ne: =0 }
vada City with her sister, Mrs. FlorMr. and Mrs. E. J. N. Ott had as .
ence Evans. recent visitors their son and family,
—O Mr. and Mrs. E. J. N. Ott Jr. from;
C. E. Bosworth is making a mark-! Sacramento.
ed improvement in his furniture Q
store by the building of a balcony ‘Carl Hoffman, well known mining ;
that will add greatly to his display. engineer of New York, is a Visitor . of America.
space. : oe City. \
e following made
Edd Addington,
the tr
Carl
the surface. Good progress is being
made in the work and they displayed . !
some nice looking nuggets and coarse!
gold taken from their operations
ip:
DOLLAR DAY SPECIAL .
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ON NEXT FRIDAY MORN,
FEBRUARY 16, 1934
bring direct to consumers a—
BIG VALUE and ;
MONEY-SAVING BUYING “APPEAL,
From Merchants and Business: Men: oa
. he
SCOUT REPORTS —
! President’s speech came over the Nawest of Nevada City } White House, Washington, D. C.
yesterday to take part in the shoot-!
creasing crowds are proving the pop-,; Band.
(his speech
; and the “Star Spangled Banner.’
dent ever talked to the Boy Scouts of
' America over the radio. It is also the .
‘first time that the President of the
. United States
‘call
_ We are all sure that the Nevada City;
. Seouts will respond to the call of
{the
The Nevada CityNugget will . . ! help him.
. Miles.Coughlin, ‘secretary.of <1¢ (+t!
Nevada City Seout Council reporied
to Saag jheadquanesy: for the foahioe :
. 413,000 to the Treasury
Let giddy girls for actors fret:
sete esfertetet me eberte erodes eatentente teste iets i
¢ And guys for Garbo pine. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—AmazFor me, one gal alone appeals—,. ing changés which have taken place \
Three times a day my heart she iin the country’s financial situation
steals— : : , compared with conditions existing at
I choose the one who-cooks my _the time of the bank holiday, when
mea]s ‘the entire banking structure virTo be my Valentine! # . tually
Diese lestosstecestecfetesfeesertesfesestesedectesteot deat. Federal Reserve Board fig : a
In the period from Mareh 8, 1933, j
to February 8, 1934, money in circujlation declined by $2,221,000,000, re_flecting the tremendous reduction in
. money in hoarding as.a result of reMESSAGE OF fark of confidence in the banking _ 2
structure, and the campaign of the ae
OUR PRESIDENT Government to empound gold in the :
§ ' Treasury. : : 4
collapsed, are disclosed by
eteteteteet
The value of monetary gold stocks
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster ,of the country increased by $2,793,-Troop 6, Nevada City . 000,000, as a result of the revaluaae
is the 24th anniversary of tion of the dollar. The net profit on 3
in-the United—StatesThe the revaluation of the dollar was ee
$2,806,413,000, there having been. a
slight decrease in the actual volume
of gold held as a result of exports:
‘Holdings of Government securities i
by the Federal Reserve Banks in:
creased $551,000,000. The reserve
banks have partially financed the
Government’s enormous’ borrowing
program, although the purpose of the
BY ALBERT PRATTI
This
Scouting
tional Broadcasting system through
Station KGO Oakland, from the
The program was opened with a
march played by the U. S. Marine
The President commenced
at 9:10. A. M.,. Pacific
.
days to do it in. Mr. Hopkins, fed,
,eral relief administrator, was presented and he stated that there are
thousands of families in distress
the whole union.
The articles that are
the
pick-up truck.
1.2]
re Jonathan Pascoe for twenty years.
non the staff of the Nevada City Dostae
i office has retired on a pension. Lloyd
gathered by Hiscox, for some years acting as subScouts for the Good Turn are stitute clerk, has now entered upon
to be turned over to the District regular duty.
‘Council or to the local Council. The . Oo
reports should be in duplicate. Mr. Leave your orders for chocolate
Hopkins also distributed instructions ©ream hearts, with names on them
and asked the cooperation of the at Colley’s Confectionery.
oa The Marine Band . 6 parents of scouts, 12 citizens, 4
The Scouts of Speke i boys of scout age who are not scouts
‘and 4 cubs.
whole nation.
then played
The President has the record of;
13 years of work with the Boy Senate: Addresses were made by ‘Miles
, Coughlin, who presided, Mayor Bem‘nets, Dr. C. W. Chapman, Judge
. Raglan Tuttle, Scoutmaster Edd ‘Ad. dnigton, and Horace Curnow, presi‘dent of the Seout Council. All ex. pressed themselves as pleased with
the attendance and deportment of
the scouts, and declared the Coun‘ceil would do its best in assisting them
to carry out the “good turn’’ asked
of them by. the eee
This is the first time that a Presirelief
America.
ever issued a
to the Boy Scouts of
President and do all we can to