February 12, 1937 (6 pages)

ae Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. We strongly suspect President has again yielded to the adulation of his brain trust. For it is now an open secret that the President consulted few members of Congress regarding his proposal to ‘pack’? the United States Supreme Court. He confronted the Democratic majority with an accomplished fact, a bill as he wanted it passed. He apparently has a low opinion of his subservient Congress. ‘Your rubber stamp here, if you please,’’ and the executive finger points. And presently, if and when the bill becomes law, he will appoint on the. Supreme Court men who have been his very advisers in framing this bill. Frankfurter, et al. Then anything that he orders a subservient Congress to dish out in the way of law will receive another rubber stamp O. K. from the United States Supreme Court. Think of it! One man in the White, House will then be clothed with the power that formerly resided in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the government. No matter how benevolent this dictator may be, no matter how enlightened and intelligent, no matter how near to the Perfect Man he is, it is too much power for the people of this Republic, 125,000,000 of them, to repose in one human being. There comes a clear call to those who know enough of. United States history, to revere it, who are intelligent enough to read the signs erected in Russia, Germany, Italy and Spain, to fight and to never stop fighting until we are out of this peril. Chester Rowell sounds the battle cry: “Time to fight, not quit!” Hearst’s wretched surrender to defeatism, may be only a call to rouse America’s fighting spirit, but a straightforward fight, frank and above board would have been better. sator Hiram Johnson, invalid though he is, is out on the firing line again. Senator Borah, Idaho’s sane statesman specially learned in Constitutional law is of the same mind as he. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, Senator Byrd, and many another Democrat and Republican will fight shoulder to shoulder to prevent this monstrous measure from becoming law. Seay Only one explanation of this scheme to pack the Supreme Court with brain trust adherents of the President, seems reasonable. The overwhelming victory of November has gone to his head. Drunk with power. It is not a new phenomenon in history. From time to time in the past, there have, under favorable circumstances for such upheavals, appeared ordinary men who have seized extraordinary powers, History reveals without exception that when this occurs, national disaster ensues. Nero feeding the people bread and entertaining them with gladitorial contests is the epitome of one-man government. The deteriorated people endured an insufferable tyrant. Rome was on its. way ~to~~oblivion. And today it is Mussolini aping the despotic and latter day. Caesars. It required centuries for Rome to collapse completely. Nowadays we move faster, physically and politically. Deterioration sets in, your benevolent hero promising that no one shall starve, (no one in the United States starved in former depressions), doling out billions for relief, removing the healthy incentive to work from thousands who ask little of life but a full belly. becomes the leader of a vast army which votes for doles and continuing benevolence. Apathy and indifference of the wellto-do, the aversidn of intellectuals to soiling their ‘hands in the political muck, leaves the road wide open to the conquering hero, the peepul’s friend. Presently, taxed down to the buff to provide bread for the government’s pensioners, your intelligent, self respecting, and thrifty citizen wakes up to fight, but finds it too late. The hero and his worshipping cohorts have taken over the government, legislative, judicial and executive. Now instead of going te the polls and voting, he must fight to keep out of the bread line, to keep from going to the poor house. He slept on his rights and the profligates moved in and appropriated them. , Of course, this is not a pretty picture. And it is not true as yet. But with airplane speed of the modern scientific world, we are moving toward it. When a sit-down striker can appropriate other people’s property, hold it for ransome on his own terms, and the governor of a great state, refuses to aid the courts in st rears = — stich COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA oo . NT rarer : = The Nevada City Nugget helps your fi city and county to grow in population : . and prosperity. By subscribing to, and : ‘ advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ——_—_ an satin VoL FL. Net3, The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center : ‘FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1937. that the FOUR HORSES KILLED WHEN BARNS COLLAPSE A barn on the Burris ranch fell in a few days ago killing two horses. The ranch formerly belonging to Frank Burris, now belongs to John McLean of San Bruno. He had a care taker there, but he had left. ‘ Likewise the barn on the Long ranch, H. A. Benthusen, residing at the property, collapsed and killedytwo more horses that were in the building. Previously the barn on the Cunningham ranch went down, along’ with that: on the Lohman ranch. These. were large structures. and their collapse involves a considerable loss to the owners. MOISTURE IN SNOW VARIES Although this area has had unusually severe winter theaverage moisture content is still many inches below normal. It is estimated about 75 inches of snow has fallen at Nevada City during the storm period but the moisture content is low. Leland Smith of the Tahoe National Forest stated before the last storm the moisture contentof the snow was .39 of an inch to a foot of snow. However the last snow was heavier and the moisture went up about 60 per cent. While an unusually severe winter, it has been odd in other ways also. Much comment is made of snow that measured about three feet in the Peardale section west of Grass Valley. Hundreds of young trees are bent over or uprooted by the heavy snow. Another district commented on is the Lake Bowman = section which is 6,000 feet elevation and has 64 inches of snow at present. Often this>section has a heavier snow fall than the Donner Summit which is 7,135 feet elevation. This year thc storms seem to carry snow from the west depositing it with the air currents. LOG CABIN-BULLARDS BAR ROAD IS CLOSED CAMPTONVILLE, Feb. 9.—More damages caused by the recent storm are being reported. Considerable damage has been done to the Marysville road on the lower end of the Bullards. Bar dam. A large culvert pipe plugged at the turn where the road goes down to; the power house and a deluge of water ran down the center of the road, cutting a huge gutter in the center, filling the top of the dam with debris. Because of this and the washout o the same road near the Klendendorf ranch above Dobbins, the county authorities have posted notices of closing the road until it can. be repaired, which cannot be until the snow is gone, It is impossible to get from the Los Cabin to Bullards Bar because of the snow. LEGION WILL PRESENT SAFETY ESSAY AWARDS Hague-Thomas-Hegarty Post. No. 130 of the American Legion will hold its annual good will dinner on Tuesday evening, March 2. Every member is expected to be present and to bring a business or mining man, staff or employee, as a guest. In the Veterans Memorial Building on Thursday night, March 4 the legion will hold its safety program. Several reels of safety pictures will be shown as part of the program and presentation of awards to the elementary grade students of Nevada county schools will be made for the best essays in the safety. essay program. Members of the California highway patrol will give talks. carrying out its order of evacuation in order to restore the property toa its rightful owrers, when a member of the President’s cabinet, declares that there has been no legal settle-. ment of Such an issue, and shuffles and blurrs the sharp question of right, it becomes. apparent that we have moved a long way down hill as a nation. When the minority labor leader can halt a great industry and deprive thousands of their jobs, and thousands more of the ownership of new cars, it is a sign that we are on the way out,into the outer darkness where there. is gnashing of DINNER MEETING OF CIVIC CLUB FEBRUARY 23 The Nevada City Woman’s Civic Club held a meeting at the home of Mrs. Ed W. Schmidt on Monday afternoon with thirty members present. Besides a very busy meeting the ladies enjoyed a very fine program. Miss Nancy Jones gave a most interesting travel talk on her trip to Norway last summer and Mrs. Belmap a talk on her trip to Mexico in December. The ladies decided to have a dinner at the Methodist church parlors on Tué@sday evening, February 23 to which they will invite their husbands. Mrs. Charles Elliott is chairman in charge of the dinner and program of the evening and a fine dinner, program, and jolly social time is looked forward to. After hearing the report of the library committee of which Mrs. A. W. Hoge is chairman, the ladies voted to donate $30 towards building some much needed new shelves for the library. The shelves will be made immediately and installed. The li-. brary committee consists of Mrs. A. W. Hoge, chairman, Mrs. Leland Smith and Mrs. W. P. Sawyer. After some discussion of the matter the ladies decided to have a legislative committee which will report on legislative measures brought up in congress. Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie, Mrs. C. E. Parsons, Mrs. Robert Nye and Mrs. Belnap Goldsmith form the committee. Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie will give a ten minute presentation of legislative matters at the next club meeting which will be held on March eighth. YELLOWJACKETS AND MINERS TO PLAY TONIGHT Tonight Nevada City and Valley basketball fans will witness one of the most exciting inter-city basketball games ever played, When the Grass Valley high school Miners travel here tonight they will do so with the hope of again defeating the Jackets as previously done the first of tthis season. The Nevada City high school Yellowjackets, however, will go on the floor as one of the most improved teams in the Sierra Foothill league. With the ‘close games of Placer and Grant still in their minds, and the defeat of the Lincoln team, the locals will stand a good chance to win the second of the Grass Valley games and make it possible for a county seat game later in the year. With Cliff Hoff, starring ace of the Jackets turning in the splendid performe-ce he is noted for and with Bennett, Perez, Joyal, Bonner and Clark assisting him in scoring for Barron’s',, boys, the Miners will have to do some pretty fast playing to over come the county seat boys. Meanwhile the Miner team shows in its past games that it can readily stand up for itself with the fast offense and defense playing it is noted for. The starting lineup will probably ibe: A team: Clark, Eonner, Perez, Joyal and Bennett. Hoff, due to a slight ankle injury has been taking it easy lately and will go in later in the game. The B team shows great promise with the following line-up: Angove, Gates, Kopp, Graham and Lotz. TRINITY PARISH VESTRYMEN DELEGATES The annual meeting of Trinity Parish was held Monday evening at which the rector, Rev. Charles Washburn gave his annual report. The Sunday school and guild reports were also read and approved. Vestrymen were elected as_ follows. E. T. R. Powell, R. L. P. BigeGrass ilowy Wade Armstrong, W. R. Rodda, W. W. Waggoner, J. J. Jackson, Richard Parsons and Fred Tredennick, Delegates were elected to the conference to be held in Sacramento in April as follows: J. J. Jackson, R. L. P. Bigelow, Wade Armstrong, Manford Reynolds, Mrs. George D. Wright, Miss Elma Hecker, Mrs. C. E. Parsons, Miss Mary Hoskin, Mrs. E. M. Rector. teeth. WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY;CALANAN CATTLE GET THEIR HAY The faithful Buick of George Calanan, city clerk has. again demonstrated its capacity to ‘‘take it.”’ With a bale of hay on the back seat, and a bale each on the two running boards, and a fourth bale wired to the trunk rack behind, George Calanan yesterday headed for the Ridge where he was born. For up there in the hills, between times, when he is not city clerking, Calanan-runs~aherd ofsteers on the ancient Calanan ranch on the Ridge. Hay the stock must have, with the ground covered with snow and spring a long way off, and the’ short, direct method of getting food to the animals is to take it to them in person with such conveyance as is immediately available. And hay the cattle got. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. TRUCKEE RESPONDS TO CALL FOR FLOOD RELIEF Frank Finnegan, chairman of the Red Cross committee, reports the following donations from <Truckee for relief of flood sufiferers: Truckee Lions Club $10.00; Truckee P. T. A. $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. E: H. Hommon~ $10.00; Truckee Chapter O. E. S. $5.00;. Mr. and Mrs. Garth Flint $5.00; Truckee American Legion $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pace $2.50; Mr. and Mrs. T. E; Pinckney $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Polyanich $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Wergeland $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hoffman $2.00; Mr. and Mrs, M. J. McGwinn $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. White $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hale $2.00; Mrs. Edith Fay $1.00; A. R. Baily $1.00; Dan Pazin $1.00; Margaret McGwinn $1.00; ‘Mrs. Hattie Oliver $1.00; James Hyslop $1.00; Mr. and Mrs, R. P. Bick $1.00; Miss Anne M. Munro $1.00; Mrs. Marion Lothrop $1.00; Mrs. Anona Loynd $1.00; Mr, and Mrs. R. A, Tonini $2.00. Total $77.00. N. C. MERCHANTS QUINT TO MEET NEGRO GHOSTS The Nevada City Merchants basketball team lost by a 45 to 48 score to Kraft . Cheese team of Stockton last Saturday night. The Nevada City boys state it was an interesting game and the visitors were a nice group. About twelve players and coach made the trip from Stockton. The next game. will be played against the Negro Ghosts, a tourin:z, team that travels over the country. They are an entertaining group and their coming is looked forward to with keen anticipation, FELLOWSHIP DINNER ON WEDNESDAY FEB. 17 At a splendid meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society. Wednesdav afternoon a plan was endorsed for the Fellowship Dinner nert Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock jin’ the ‘Methodist church. This is ‘a nationwide affair. All Methodist churches of the nation will meet that evening to hear E. Stanley Jones speak over the NBC network. TAHOE AREA COUNCIL MEET AT LOOMIS Seoutmaster Russ Seley, president of the scout leaders association of the Tahoe Area Council has called a meeting at Loomis, for Thursday evening, February 11, at 7:30 o’clock, to discuss scout and_ troop problems. A. F. Carveth will discuss troop committeeman jobs and Eric Lund is prepatimg some ingtructions in handycraft, that can be done at the troop meetings. Questions and details concernins the Amnual Rally, March 6, and the National Jamboree, will be answered by -scoutexecutive,_Rarris .Ricksecker. In the last few days Mirs. R. J. Carter received a letter from her son, Will Carter and family, who are at Bagiuo, Philippine Islands. They are all well and getting along nicely although they would enjoy a good visit with relatives and friends in Nevada county. TAHOE UKIAH HIGHWAY OPEN T0 JUNCTION Superintendent of highways, Fred Garrison announces that the TahoeUkiah highway has been cleared up to the Washington road junction and is now open to traffic. Chains are needed as there is a coating of frozen snow on the highway. ; A 75-caterpillar and bulldozer ana other machinery was rented by the state from A. Tieehert and Son of Sacramento to use in the work of opening the road to traffic. The road is not yet open from the junction to U. S. 40 above Emigrant Gap. A rotary plow will probably be used to clear this stretch of road. Wednesday food and mail was taken nito Washington. E. J. Haverstock the mail carrier says that he now will be able to take mail into Washington on regular’ schedule time. Mail for Washington had been waiting in the Nevada City postoffice awaiting opening of the road. LEGION HEAD SAYS: CONSCRIPT MEN, INDUSTRY WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11.— Constitutional authority of Congress to enact legisla gion providing for conscription of industry and manpower in event of war was defended before the Senate Military Affairs committee by Harry W. Colmery, national commander of the American Legion. Testifying in connection with a bill €S. 25) sponsored by the Legion and introduced by Sen. Sheppard (D. Tex.) chairman of the committee, Colmery cited numerous Supreme Court decisions to support his contentions, The bill would give the President authority to draft manpower and industry for government use in time of war, stabilize prices, license commercial and industrial firms, and would levy a tax of 95 per cent on all war time excess profits. Colmery pointed out that the proposed bill, also under consideration by the House Military Affairs committee as H. R. 1954 (Hill, DAla), actually did not go far beyond powers granted the President by Congress during the World War, and noted that the government then had taken over operation of railroads and telephone and telegraph companies. . He warned, however, that inclusion of a provision in the bill to provide for conscriptinn of financial resources, suggested by Sen. Lee (DOkla) ‘‘would get you pretty close”’ to the necessity for a Cons fitional amendment. FIVE GENERATIONS AT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Word has been received by relatives in Nevada City that Mrs. Mary Hill, former Nevada City resident celebrated her 880th birthday January 30 at the home of a granddaughter in Napa. Five generations were represented in this long-lived family by Mrs. Mary Hill, Mrs. Marie Cooksey, Mrs. Bessie White, Mrs. Olive Hopping and two children. Mrs. Hill came to Nevada City with her parents when she was 13 years old and resided here may years, moving tu Sacramento to reside with a _ sou some time ago. Mrs. Nancy James.of this ‘city is her daughter. ROTARY CLUB OPPOSES DIVISION OF DISTRICT The Rotary club at luncheon yesterday discussed pending measures afiécting the international character of the organization, and passed a resolution to be sent to the headquarters at Chicago protesting the proposed division of the Second Rotary district; comprising California, Nevada and Hawaii into five smaller districts. This was followed by a general discussion of matters pertaining to the welfare of the club. ] CHUCK HOLES FILLED Supervisor C. S. Arbogast states that he has been kept busy the last few days filling breaks in the pavement the men and machinery to work, breaks are’filled. A bad washout on the Indian Flat road has been rex. paired until it is passable, in the road to the Murchie . mine. As the snow melts, permitting: WATER HEARING ON EIGHT NLD. : APPLICATIONS The Division of Water Resources will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 15, 1937 at 10:00 o’clock. A. M., in Room 401, Public Works Building, Sacramento, California, on eight applications by Nevada Irrigation District to appropriate water in Sierra, Nevada and Placer counties. Four applications propose diversions from Middle Fork of Yuba river, Canyon Creek, Bear river and Deer Creek for mining purposes within said district. Two applications propose diversions from Wilson, .Poison, Clear, Texas, Fall, Trap and Rucker Creeks for irrigation and domestic purposes within the district. Two applications propose diversion from Texas, Clear, Fall, Trap, Rucker, Wilson and Poison Creeks for power purposes in Spaulding Rim, Spaulding No. 1, Spaulding No. 2, Deer Creek, Drum, Drum No. 2, Drum No, 3, Halsey and Wise power houses. The applications are protested by Andy ‘Fitz Mining and Milling Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Redstone Mines Corporation, Artic Trustees and J. Powers Flit, Jr., and Martin Vanberg,: Tollis-C. Utter and Marie M. Compton who claim prior rights to the use of said waters. Hearings before the Division of Water: Resources are open to the public and appearances thereat are not glimited to parties of record interest in the applications heard. Mr. Harold Conkling, Deputy State Engineer, will ‘conduct the hearing. WOLF TO SERVE UNEXPIRED TERM, NEVADA PRISON Fred Wolf, who is charged with buying a used car in Grass Valley with a forged check, for $350, and then with filling up.the car with clothes, suit cases and other personal property, paying for them with more forged checks, and finally selling the car and contents in Sacramento for $200 in cash, will be returned to Carson City to serve an unexpired term of nine years in the Nevada State prison. It was on this condition that local authorities decided to permit the man to be returned, rather than try him here on a new charge, Wolf: has an interesting criminal history. He has served time first in Carson City, next in San’ Quentin, again in Folsom and fially in the Nevada State prison for another term. In each ease his crime was forgery. It is reported that he is related by marriage to a former Nevada State prison warden. He was paroled from Nevada State prison twice and each time went on another spree and purchased more goods and chattels with fictitious checks. The Nevada State prison warden is ex‘pected to take the man back to Carson City today. MEETING TONIGHT OF TWIN CITY CHAMBERS This evening at the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce rooms the Nevada City and Grass Valley chambers of commerce will-hold a meeting. President Fred Conner announces that matters in which both com-. munities are interested will be discussed and an effort will be made to enlist the aid of Senator J. L. Seawell in accomplishing them. There will be a dinner meeting in. Grass Valley next Tuesday, February 9, at which Senator Seawell will be present as the guest of honor. CHAMPION CIRCLE Champion . Circle Thimble Club . eelebrated its fifth anniversary--of — founding at a most delightful meeting of members in Native Sons hall yesterday afternoon. Kopp’s Bakery baked the large birthday cake which was included in the dainty refresh— ments served. Grass Valley members of the order were invited to be their guests. An enjoyable time was spent — playing cards. xy

ae Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. We strongly suspect President has again yielded to the adulation of his brain trust. For it is now an open secret that the President consulted few members of Congress regarding his proposal to ‘pack’? the United States Supreme Court. He confronted the Democratic majority with an accomplished fact, a bill as he wanted it passed. He apparently has a low opinion of his subservient Congress. ‘Your rubber stamp here, if you please,’’ and the executive finger points. And presently, if and when the bill becomes law, he will appoint on the. Supreme Court men who have been his very advisers in framing this bill. Frankfurter, et al. Then anything that he orders a subservient Congress to dish out in the way of law will receive another rubber stamp O. K. from the United States Supreme Court. Think of it! One man in the White, House will then be clothed with the power that formerly resided in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the government. No matter how benevolent this dictator may be, no matter how enlightened and intelligent, no matter how near to the Perfect Man he is, it is too much power for the people of this Republic, 125,000,000 of them, to repose in one human being. There comes a clear call to those who know enough of. United States history, to revere it, who are intelligent enough to read the signs erected in Russia, Germany, Italy and Spain, to fight and to never stop fighting until we are out of this peril. Chester Rowell sounds the battle cry: “Time to fight, not quit!” Hearst’s wretched surrender to defeatism, may be only a call to rouse America’s fighting spirit, but a straightforward fight, frank and above board would have been better. sator Hiram Johnson, invalid though he is, is out on the firing line again. Senator Borah, Idaho’s sane statesman specially learned in Constitutional law is of the same mind as he. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, Senator Byrd, and many another Democrat and Republican will fight shoulder to shoulder to prevent this monstrous measure from becoming law. Seay Only one explanation of this scheme to pack the Supreme Court with brain trust adherents of the President, seems reasonable. The overwhelming victory of November has gone to his head. Drunk with power. It is not a new phenomenon in history. From time to time in the past, there have, under favorable circumstances for such upheavals, appeared ordinary men who have seized extraordinary powers, History reveals without exception that when this occurs, national disaster ensues. Nero feeding the people bread and entertaining them with gladitorial contests is the epitome of one-man government. The deteriorated people endured an insufferable tyrant. Rome was on its. way ~to~~oblivion. And today it is Mussolini aping the despotic and latter day. Caesars. It required centuries for Rome to collapse completely. Nowadays we move faster, physically and politically. Deterioration sets in, your benevolent hero promising that no one shall starve, (no one in the United States starved in former depressions), doling out billions for relief, removing the healthy incentive to work from thousands who ask little of life but a full belly. becomes the leader of a vast army which votes for doles and continuing benevolence. Apathy and indifference of the wellto-do, the aversidn of intellectuals to soiling their ‘hands in the political muck, leaves the road wide open to the conquering hero, the peepul’s friend. Presently, taxed down to the buff to provide bread for the government’s pensioners, your intelligent, self respecting, and thrifty citizen wakes up to fight, but finds it too late. The hero and his worshipping cohorts have taken over the government, legislative, judicial and executive. Now instead of going te the polls and voting, he must fight to keep out of the bread line, to keep from going to the poor house. He slept on his rights and the profligates moved in and appropriated them. , Of course, this is not a pretty picture. And it is not true as yet. But with airplane speed of the modern scientific world, we are moving toward it. When a sit-down striker can appropriate other people’s property, hold it for ransome on his own terms, and the governor of a great state, refuses to aid the courts in st rears = — stich COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA oo . NT rarer : = The Nevada City Nugget helps your fi city and county to grow in population : . and prosperity. By subscribing to, and : ‘ advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ——_—_ an satin VoL FL. Net3, The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center : ‘FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1937. that the FOUR HORSES KILLED WHEN BARNS COLLAPSE A barn on the Burris ranch fell in a few days ago killing two horses. The ranch formerly belonging to Frank Burris, now belongs to John McLean of San Bruno. He had a care taker there, but he had left. ‘ Likewise the barn on the Long ranch, H. A. Benthusen, residing at the property, collapsed and killedytwo more horses that were in the building. Previously the barn on the Cunningham ranch went down, along’ with that: on the Lohman ranch. These. were large structures. and their collapse involves a considerable loss to the owners. MOISTURE IN SNOW VARIES Although this area has had unusually severe winter theaverage moisture content is still many inches below normal. It is estimated about 75 inches of snow has fallen at Nevada City during the storm period but the moisture content is low. Leland Smith of the Tahoe National Forest stated before the last storm the moisture contentof the snow was .39 of an inch to a foot of snow. However the last snow was heavier and the moisture went up about 60 per cent. While an unusually severe winter, it has been odd in other ways also. Much comment is made of snow that measured about three feet in the Peardale section west of Grass Valley. Hundreds of young trees are bent over or uprooted by the heavy snow. Another district commented on is the Lake Bowman = section which is 6,000 feet elevation and has 64 inches of snow at present. Often this>section has a heavier snow fall than the Donner Summit which is 7,135 feet elevation. This year thc storms seem to carry snow from the west depositing it with the air currents. LOG CABIN-BULLARDS BAR ROAD IS CLOSED CAMPTONVILLE, Feb. 9.—More damages caused by the recent storm are being reported. Considerable damage has been done to the Marysville road on the lower end of the Bullards. Bar dam. A large culvert pipe plugged at the turn where the road goes down to; the power house and a deluge of water ran down the center of the road, cutting a huge gutter in the center, filling the top of the dam with debris. Because of this and the washout o the same road near the Klendendorf ranch above Dobbins, the county authorities have posted notices of closing the road until it can. be repaired, which cannot be until the snow is gone, It is impossible to get from the Los Cabin to Bullards Bar because of the snow. LEGION WILL PRESENT SAFETY ESSAY AWARDS Hague-Thomas-Hegarty Post. No. 130 of the American Legion will hold its annual good will dinner on Tuesday evening, March 2. Every member is expected to be present and to bring a business or mining man, staff or employee, as a guest. In the Veterans Memorial Building on Thursday night, March 4 the legion will hold its safety program. Several reels of safety pictures will be shown as part of the program and presentation of awards to the elementary grade students of Nevada county schools will be made for the best essays in the safety. essay program. Members of the California highway patrol will give talks. carrying out its order of evacuation in order to restore the property toa its rightful owrers, when a member of the President’s cabinet, declares that there has been no legal settle-. ment of Such an issue, and shuffles and blurrs the sharp question of right, it becomes. apparent that we have moved a long way down hill as a nation. When the minority labor leader can halt a great industry and deprive thousands of their jobs, and thousands more of the ownership of new cars, it is a sign that we are on the way out,into the outer darkness where there. is gnashing of DINNER MEETING OF CIVIC CLUB FEBRUARY 23 The Nevada City Woman’s Civic Club held a meeting at the home of Mrs. Ed W. Schmidt on Monday afternoon with thirty members present. Besides a very busy meeting the ladies enjoyed a very fine program. Miss Nancy Jones gave a most interesting travel talk on her trip to Norway last summer and Mrs. Belmap a talk on her trip to Mexico in December. The ladies decided to have a dinner at the Methodist church parlors on Tué@sday evening, February 23 to which they will invite their husbands. Mrs. Charles Elliott is chairman in charge of the dinner and program of the evening and a fine dinner, program, and jolly social time is looked forward to. After hearing the report of the library committee of which Mrs. A. W. Hoge is chairman, the ladies voted to donate $30 towards building some much needed new shelves for the library. The shelves will be made immediately and installed. The li-. brary committee consists of Mrs. A. W. Hoge, chairman, Mrs.. Leland Smith and Mrs. W. P. Sawyer. After some discussion of the matter the ladies decided to have a legislative committee which will report on legislative measures brought up in congress. Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie, Mrs. C. E. Parsons, Mrs. Robert Nye and Mrs. Belnap Goldsmith form the committee. Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie will give a ten minute presentation of legislative matters at the next club meeting which will be held on March eighth. YELLOWJACKETS AND MINERS TO PLAY TONIGHT Tonight Nevada City and Valley basketball fans will witness one of the most exciting inter-city basketball games ever played, When the Grass Valley high school Miners travel here tonight they will do so with the hope of again defeating the Jackets as previously done the first of tthis season. The Nevada City high school Yellowjackets, however, will go on the floor as one of the most improved teams in the Sierra Foothill league. With the ‘close games of Placer and Grant still in their minds, and the defeat of the Lincoln team, the locals will stand a good chance to win the second of the Grass Valley games and make it possible for a county seat game later in the year. With Cliff Hoff, starring ace of the Jackets turning in the splendid performe-ce he is noted for and with Bennett, Perez, Joyal, Bonner and Clark assisting him in scoring for Barron’s',, boys, the Miners will have to do some pretty fast playing to over come the county seat boys. Meanwhile the Miner team shows in its past games that it can readily stand up for itself with the fast offense and defense playing it is noted for. The starting lineup will probably ibe: A team: Clark, Eonner, Perez, Joyal and Bennett. Hoff, due to a slight ankle injury has been taking it easy lately and will go in later in the game. The B team shows great promise with the following line-up: Angove, Gates, Kopp, Graham and Lotz. TRINITY PARISH VESTRYMEN DELEGATES The annual meeting of Trinity

Parish was held Monday evening at which the rector, Rev. Charles Washburn gave his annual report. The Sunday school and guild reports were also read and approved. Vestrymen were elected as_ follows. E. T. R. Powell, R. L. P. BigeGrass ilowy Wade Armstrong, W. R. Rodda, W. W. Waggoner, J. J. Jackson, Richard Parsons and Fred Tredennick, Delegates were elected to the conference to be held in Sacramento in April as follows: J. J. Jackson, R. L. P. Bigelow, Wade Armstrong, Manford Reynolds, Mrs. George D. Wright, Miss Elma Hecker, Mrs. C. E. Parsons, Miss Mary Hoskin, Mrs. E. M. Rector. teeth. WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY;CALANAN CATTLE GET THEIR HAY The faithful Buick of George Calanan, city clerk has. again demonstrated its capacity to ‘‘take it.”’ With a bale of hay on the back seat, and a bale each on the two running boards, and a fourth bale wired to the trunk rack behind, George Calanan yesterday headed for the Ridge where he was born. For up there in the hills, between times, when he is not city clerking, Calanan-runs~aherd ofsteers on the ancient Calanan ranch on the Ridge. Hay the stock must have, with the ground covered with snow and spring a long way off, and the’ short, direct method of getting food to the animals is to take it to them in person with such conveyance as is immediately available. And hay the cattle got. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. TRUCKEE RESPONDS TO CALL FOR FLOOD RELIEF Frank Finnegan, chairman of the Red Cross committee, reports the following donations from <Truckee for relief of flood sufiferers: Truckee Lions Club $10.00; Truckee P. T. A. $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. E: H. Hommon~ $10.00; Truckee Chapter O. E. S. $5.00;. Mr. and Mrs. Garth Flint $5.00; Truckee American Legion $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pace $2.50; Mr. and Mrs. T. E; Pinckney $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Polyanich $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Wergeland $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hoffman $2.00; Mr. and Mrs, M. J. McGwinn $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. White $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hale $2.00; Mrs. Edith Fay $1.00; A. R. Baily $1.00; Dan Pazin $1.00; Margaret McGwinn $1.00; ‘Mrs. Hattie Oliver $1.00; James Hyslop $1.00; Mr. and Mrs, R. P. Bick $1.00; Miss Anne M. Munro $1.00; Mrs. Marion Lothrop $1.00; Mrs. Anona Loynd $1.00; Mr, and Mrs. R. A, Tonini $2.00. Total $77.00. N. C. MERCHANTS QUINT TO MEET NEGRO GHOSTS The Nevada City Merchants basketball team lost by a 45 to 48 score to Kraft . Cheese team of Stockton last Saturday night. The Nevada City boys state it was an interesting game and the visitors were a nice group. About twelve players and coach made the trip from Stockton. The next game. will be played against the Negro Ghosts, a tourin:z, team that travels over the country. They are an entertaining group and their coming is looked forward to with keen anticipation, FELLOWSHIP DINNER ON WEDNESDAY FEB. 17 At a splendid meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society. Wednesdav afternoon a plan was endorsed for the Fellowship Dinner nert Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock jin’ the ‘Methodist church. This is ‘a nationwide affair. All Methodist churches of the nation will meet that evening to hear E. Stanley Jones speak over the NBC network. TAHOE AREA COUNCIL MEET AT LOOMIS Seoutmaster Russ Seley, president of the scout leaders association of the Tahoe Area Council has called a meeting at Loomis, for Thursday evening, February 11, at 7:30 o’clock, to discuss scout and_ troop problems. A. F. Carveth will discuss troop committeeman jobs and Eric Lund is prepatimg some ingtructions in handycraft, that can be done at the troop meetings. Questions and details concernins the Amnual Rally, March 6, and the National Jamboree, will be answered by -scoutexecutive,_Rarris .Ricksecker. In the last few days Mirs. R. J. Carter received a letter from her son, Will Carter and family, who are at Bagiuo, Philippine Islands. They are all well and getting along nicely although they would enjoy a good visit with relatives and friends in Nevada county. TAHOE UKIAH HIGHWAY OPEN T0 JUNCTION Superintendent of highways, Fred Garrison announces that the TahoeUkiah highway has been cleared up to the Washington road junction and is now open to traffic. Chains are needed as there is a coating of frozen snow on the highway. ; A 75-caterpillar and bulldozer ana other machinery was rented by the state from A. Tieehert and Son of Sacramento to use in the work of opening the road to traffic. The road is not yet open from the junction to U. S. 40 above Emigrant Gap. A rotary plow will probably be used to clear this stretch of road. Wednesday food and mail was taken nito Washington. E. J. Haverstock the mail carrier says that he now will be able to take mail into Washington on regular’ schedule time. Mail for Washington had been waiting in the Nevada City postoffice awaiting opening of the road. LEGION HEAD SAYS: CONSCRIPT MEN, INDUSTRY WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11.— Constitutional authority of Congress to enact legisla gion providing for conscription of industry and manpower in event of war was defended before the Senate Military Affairs committee by Harry W. Colmery, national commander of the American Legion. Testifying in connection with a bill €S. 25) sponsored by the Legion and introduced by Sen. Sheppard (D. Tex.) chairman of the committee, Colmery cited numerous Supreme Court decisions to support his contentions, The bill would give the President authority to draft manpower and industry for government use in time of war, stabilize prices, license commercial and industrial firms, and would levy a tax of 95 per cent on all war time excess profits. Colmery pointed out that the proposed bill, also under consideration by the House Military Affairs committee as H. R. 1954 (Hill, DAla), actually did not go far beyond powers granted the President by Congress during the World War, and noted that the government then had taken over operation of railroads and telephone and telegraph companies. . He warned, however, that inclusion of a provision in the bill to provide for conscriptinn of financial resources, suggested by Sen. Lee (DOkla) ‘‘would get you pretty close”’ to the necessity for a Cons fitional amendment. FIVE GENERATIONS AT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Word has been received by relatives in Nevada City that Mrs. Mary Hill, former Nevada City resident celebrated her 880th birthday January 30 at the home of a granddaughter in Napa. Five generations were represented in this long-lived family by Mrs. Mary Hill, Mrs. Marie Cooksey, Mrs. Bessie White, Mrs. Olive Hopping and two children. Mrs. Hill came to Nevada City with her parents when she was 13 years old and resided here may years, moving tu Sacramento to reside with a _ sou some time ago. Mrs. Nancy James.of this ‘city is her daughter. ROTARY CLUB OPPOSES DIVISION OF DISTRICT The Rotary club at luncheon yesterday discussed pending measures afiécting the international character of the organization, and passed a resolution to be sent to the headquarters at Chicago protesting the proposed division of the Second Rotary district; comprising California, Nevada and Hawaii into five smaller districts. This was followed by a general discussion of matters pertaining to the welfare of the club. ] CHUCK HOLES FILLED Supervisor C. S. Arbogast states that he has been kept busy the last few days filling breaks in the pavement the men and machinery to work, breaks are’filled. A bad washout on the Indian Flat road has been rex. paired until it is passable, in the road to the Murchie . mine. As the snow melts, permitting: WATER HEARING ON EIGHT NLD. : APPLICATIONS The Division of Water Resources will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 15, 1937 at 10:00 o’clock. A. M., in Room 401, Public Works Building, Sacramento, California, on eight applications by Nevada Irrigation District to appropriate water in Sierra, Nevada and Placer counties. Four applications propose diversions from Middle Fork of Yuba river, Canyon Creek, Bear river and Deer Creek for mining purposes within said district. Two applications propose diversions from Wilson, .Poison, Clear, Texas, Fall, Trap and Rucker Creeks for irrigation and domestic purposes within the district. Two applications propose diversion from Texas, Clear, Fall, Trap, Rucker, Wilson and Poison Creeks for power purposes in Spaulding Rim, Spaulding No. 1, Spaulding No. 2, Deer Creek, Drum, Drum No. 2, Drum No, 3, Halsey and Wise power houses. The applications are protested by Andy ‘Fitz Mining and Milling Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Redstone Mines Corporation, Artic Trustees and J. Powers Flit, Jr., and Martin Vanberg,: Tollis-C. Utter and Marie M. Compton who claim prior rights to the use of said waters. Hearings before the Division of Water: Resources are open to the public and appearances thereat are not glimited to parties of record interest in the applications heard. Mr. Harold Conkling, Deputy State Engineer, will ‘conduct the hearing. WOLF TO SERVE UNEXPIRED TERM, NEVADA PRISON Fred Wolf, who is charged with buying a used car in Grass Valley with a forged check, for $350, and then with filling up.the car with clothes, suit cases and other personal property, paying for them with more forged checks, and finally selling the car and contents in Sacramento for $200 in cash, will be returned to Carson City to serve an unexpired term of nine years in the Nevada State prison. It was on this condition that local authorities decided to permit the man to be returned, rather than try him here on a new charge, Wolf: has an interesting criminal history. He has served time first in Carson City, next in San’ Quentin, again in Folsom and fially in the Nevada State prison for another term. In each ease his crime was forgery. It is reported that he is related by marriage to a former Nevada State prison warden. He was paroled from Nevada State prison twice and each time went on another spree and purchased more goods and chattels with fictitious checks. The Nevada State prison warden is ex‘pected to take the man back to Carson City today. MEETING TONIGHT OF TWIN CITY CHAMBERS This evening at the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce rooms the Nevada City and Grass Valley chambers of commerce will-hold a meeting. President Fred Conner announces that matters in which both com-. munities are interested will be discussed and an effort will be made to enlist the aid of Senator J. L. Seawell in accomplishing them. There will be a dinner meeting in. Grass Valley next Tuesday, February 9, at which Senator Seawell will be present as the guest of honor. CHAMPION CIRCLE Champion . Circle Thimble Club . eelebrated its fifth anniversary--of — founding at a most delightful meeting of members in Native Sons hall yesterday afternoon. Kopp’s Bakery baked the large birthday cake which was included in the dainty refresh— ments served. Grass Valley members of the order were invited to be their guests. An enjoyable time was spent — playing cards. xy