February 13, 1933 (4 pages)

& fs" * NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Nevada City peat Nevada City Nugget is a h e United Press Alemb Nevada City Nugget LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. . . . The County Seat ot ated CITY, CAL IFORNIA The GOLD Center MONDAY, FEB. 13, eee BACK TO NORMAL. . cas. —0 Fire Turns Out to Be Trash Burning Flame A large percentage of the shoping crowd on Broad street saw what goked like a potentially serious upper Boulder street last afternoon about 5:30. Mobley, deciding from the aspect of things that it was’ @ himney fire on the Talbot home,, the The fire on Friday Firenan Myers and turned in alarm. fire' trucks responded like the minute! 1en at Lexington and pulled up ae the Nevada County Lumber ot . pany yards in time to enjoy a huge . clean-up fire that was being Staged . by the lumber company. ' The ineident shows that the Ne-. vada City Fire Department isi. on) It all resulted in: No jeu —no collisions——-no the job.” age used. donewater a ne ODE TO THE FIREMEN By H. B. W. it started with a rainbow, Continued with a big snow, Pitches plugged with ice floe, Officials took it so-so. The people just said Oh! Oh! Firemen took on all the woe, Eive ryone a.real hero, Soon they made the water flow. SY eee Sybella Jobnson of Sacramento, was. @ Nevada City visitor Friday. ~. RED CROSS AIDS FAMILY. : : STRANDED NEAR DELHI Counties Seek To Of fse set. Tax Exempl U.S. Forests . stranded in Box CanThe division has just issued a ode aeeecieasied of order. ologic map of the-Sierra Nevada, . at Spee a eel ger one Nevada County Mineral channels \and 1e principa gold . ; mines of the region. Similar maps . Exhibit Goes to Chicago of the Weaverville and Redding areas . soon will be ready for distribution, . W. = Griffith, it was announced. ' of the Nevada City Chamber of Com“The covered by these merce, has received a maps are attracting the interests of the secretary-manager letter from Chamber of regions Los Angeles Comthousands of persons, for here they merce, acknowledging receipt of the \find they may © earn a living even Nevada county mineral exhibit which ,during these days of depression,” will be forwarded, along with other Walter W. Bradley, state mineralostate exhibits, to the Exposition ay The larger Chicago. the exhibit t contains Nevada , Said. OEe “The state geological survey has from county obtained much authentic information Paar (from a large number of areas in vari 8 ey ages Ea ious parts of the state, It is. pub$4 dindlicline Begun lishing a number. of economic reOn Birchfield Gravel ports and maps on the geology and mineral resources of such areas as Siskiyou and Del Norte counties, Sacramento valley, Sonoma, For the last Clerkin reports working three days, W.: P: that he has been four men on his gravel mine at Birchfield near French Corral. He has begun hydraulicking claims that have not been worked in the last fifty years. He has a permit for working 65,000 yeards. wn OSAD COW QUARREL and and AnmounFresno Madera counties, southern Mono parts of San Bernardino and Los geles counties, the Panamint tains and Salinas valley.” Bradley further explained that the information has been correlated in order to make ‘it of particular usefulness to prospectors and investors. up, enough points to win if the team’s defensive play had come up to snuff. But 42 points still is enough to win the majority of basketball games and so it did Friday night. In the. preliminary game;~ the Roseville B team led the Nevada City B team by a Slight but effective margin entire route. The final score of 35-to even a thesA teams’ was laboring that practice. the offensive for the 28 was than that of The EB te: same aes FSET eleser game. the was mM unthe. A Tan der handicap lack of and Sbaffi team blyn were most de pendable players on but the A team City’s defensive play tide of Plans outlined by Coach Bev ron of Nevada City, call for like also, Nevada eould not stem the Roseville’s offense. Bar a strenuous week of ag’ternoon practices this week in preparing for the Lincoln. game here next Friday night Barron plans to have no alibis and will shoot the work against Lincoln. fe) DOWNIEVILLE GETS WATER DOWNIEVILLE, Feb. 13—Downieville, aided by a volunteer force has broken it’s three weeks water famine. The ditch which supplie Minerals, mines, limestone, oil and eases the town has been cleared for six gas, water supply and the geologic HOLLISTER (UP)—It's all right. miles to Sweetwater Ravine. Water conditions relating to highways andlif two cows want to ‘kick at ae now flowing into the empty reserother construction jobs represent other, but in this case Nesson Sch-. voir. During the three weeks Dowsome of the practical phases of the midt was between them. _He was] nieville has been without fire progeologie study. treated at King City for bruises. 4 . tection. . . ‘CARS MEET, ONE TURNSYesterday afternoon about 4:20 ee . yon near De Ihi, on the road to Alle‘hen Mrs. Ed Uren of this city. was)CAMPTONVILLE, Feb. 10—Con-. ghany, whose destitution was reportcsiieding om Graces Valley, she! SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12-—-(UP)—— tions are wore. a normal as . od in: these columns last Friday, has} SACRAMENTO, Feb 13-—-(UP)—, worthy of the early attention St the . Pulled well ovér to her side of the, The state capitol is a spooky plaee ee: gure the past few. days, th _been succored by the ted Cross es oa See : \jegislature: No. solution can be. road to allow another car to-pass, go-. these days. It’s. full of skeletons— Nevada City stages, freight and/this city. Instant measures were) alifornia’s problem of exer Cer eM eo ae ; -. ing the opposite direction. Both cars. that is, skeleton. bills mail, are now Yunning about on. 'taken by George Calanan ted Cross . from the local property tax is acute . reached, however, without action 0 ved aoaee ; as a : : . : Be Us an, Coveress. Gnu iH fore. the Jy? ae apparently plenty of room, but The whole situation came about time, and the Marysville line chairman, for — relief . and legislative action should be ta-. se ney the south bound auto pulled t far . : : =a) ’ = 71 ; ay ef i eee j Pane $4 oiais ay a aS yun auto p 24 [00 ar) hecause e gis rs CE sf ake through the road Thursday from ken to correet the situation, partic-. Course open for the legislature w ould . : Ss : : ie <4 j : : ed ant Taek ee 23 e ee a cee aeration GC nex (off of the road and in cutting his. their minds.in a period so short as Dobbins with horses. ularly relative to federal lands. seem to be to memorialize Congress. ; bapa : he hie a: : : . exp sale ar , rEg 2 ehr fact : ir ! 4 ‘JAY BRUCE TELLS HOW pata i a ats , The problem is particularly acute) wheels sharply to regain the high-. four weeks, the length of the firstThe snow has settled. considerably . This is the recommendation of the. ? x lway, the driver turned his car over! half sessi t is : lin Alpine cotnty where the exempt) ~<” 5 See ri half session. although there is still two or three Ww CATCH L LIONS ALIVE state tax research bureau in a report z lon its side. The accident occured : + e 5 fay Pe £ sf ei Fs BE =a 1 Ese ss € b: € 2 ele 9° Wh rede bee ¢ ES feet in most places. Some of the; which points out that there are 20,feders) ands Se sie ee about 150 feet south of the Midway . Fhe suesten residents have shoveled their cars, 286,434 acres of tax-exempt national)“ nsive as taxable property, and five Barbecue. . of getting around: the law lmiting = = s = i 5 ltimes as 3 Pp oes rinity @ MY sé . pack RG per eo so. -neaam = out so they can travel. <A group of KINGSBURG, Cal., Feb. 13—-(UP) . forests, parks and other federal lands. ‘ mes as great‘in Trinity and oe Mrs tren stopped her car at Sees 1 number of the assembly and : : . : beni ree . ae . = . a¥ . St i i ‘ ra nce pier " = intr Sey a local men volunteered their services. —Want to know how to catch a. in the state with an assessed wataa-. (oUnUSs ee eee ee land offered aid. as did eight or ten senate to the tatroduction OF a0s “F es 5 3 ‘ p . ‘ : A The © ney 4 r ee ig suegest Ses 2 bic I re a Ww bil is} ring j free to shovel out the main’ street of; mountain lion? : . tion estimated at $95,110,000. The first step toward this sugsest-) 944.) passing autoists 2nd Thomas more tea tre Hills cele the town, getting he post office} Jay Bruce ate lio ar, . ‘ed relief has been taken with the in-. ,,. ; half of the session. » ++ a t a es Fac : Ace a . ; = i eee me eee . In Nevada county federal holdings I ty Agee oe oF & “tpsotution ih the . Riley of the Midway Barbecue. A eee hig ae Hite “wore: 4hee the firs ay, and up as far as the. claims it’s easy @ : : roauctlo é "es ) ‘ P F : Suen iS are ittie more “tHe be GAY Bae one asy snd gives th: followtotal 115,597 acres with an assessed) = : . man in a ear going to, Nevada,City,,. Pauly residence the second day. Tel-. ine instructions: . state senate by Senator Harold Pow: bill titles, but each one holds a place a 2 : ; ins : nS: . valuation of $420,000, the report} Se : : . was asked to send a tow car hack ee oe 2 a a ; ephone lines have most all been re-. “First, with the aid of the dogs, "4 ers, Mocoe county. . é j a : luntil the author makes up his mind : . ‘ . said. . ma : help-as the combined efforts of sev-. ; : : : paired, and some of the roads havej. and after;walking many weary miles, . . This resolution asks Congress to. 4) mon. were unequal to the o¢ fabont that new law so important to been cleared of trees. . you ge e li ip < 3) f x . ‘Tt does not seem that th »!appropriate funds sufficient to pay me ae : : the welfare-of the state. i . : a Ss : . bie Bon ae a es long) : ea = ; E ~ "+ leasion when they tried _to turn tne, : . his section did not suffer much] pole is then cut (the longer the: be t= . . benefits derived locally from the na-} 5 cents an acre to counties in lieu of dav sent Side a0 na twa wien When the legislature eonvened { Ca I sige . > I 2 i from broken: buildings. A -few < Z. ter) whie is use sli ¢ se . tional forests and parks compenss ateltaxes on federal lands . ; : learly las ntt he naker =< ! . : ] : 1 eee aes tt ti hi ; eee lthe car had to break a window in the} ‘ arly last month, the law makers all abar ed shacks. gave’ way here 4 loverits hee 1e counties in which the re loSe as . assure xg ther ore W i ibandoned shacks. gave way here ain Lprer its head. . ; ! 2 : u y a Other legislators also have indi-. car to get out. The older man, wlio] #ssured each -other there would be here 108 } it 2 aces “Atter << ir a eated for the loss i axes,’ the refof : . . skelet ills is yes there, but most habitable places After. about the third attempt, . : so. in ‘taxes, 4 cated they intend to introduce meas-. appeared somewhat dazed, suffered no skeleton bills this year: : 2 oe meses oe = aie Bee noose. We slipped over {fs User . Ee a ures seeking relief for counties with-. a ent hand as the only injury. Hel . 4 atudy of the 7.695 meanures 7 » 22 g © > j . “ee $ ‘ 5 : . + ¥ % ' PPR , " =] loss in this locality was felt by pee the dogs have to be tied and) This loss is so great in certain. in whose boundaries substantial tax. was the driver of the over-turned. troduced shows, however, hundreds La r . Ia ‘fg 2 > x i i tT. Langley at Bear Park, who had. the animal lowered to the ground, j counties, that the problem seems. exempt holdings are located. car. oe of measures that are bills in name al ate ew si om} being ca s 2 : = Race = Al edd completed a ni a room. being care ful not to strangle the cap Upon receiving word that. the only. Aa: y q » r is ay 3 aY-4 iret y Sane ° ° rs 3 so 25 dwertins house, which, while cover oe Then its hind feet are securely . Former Resident of This Rainfall Adds 1.42 wrecked car needed help, a tow truck One of the most glaring examples ed ‘with snow, 4 large tree fell ac-) Ul fo A fttee with 2 Bt Te ee City Dies in Santa Cruz Inches to Season’s Total. was sent to the scene by the Plaza}o fthis type of tentative legislation ross it, completely wrecking the. holding its hee ud, after which a sack Ms : i te : : re ae furnished wy the. “‘e ae i if pa Dineen . — Garage. But when it reached the] was, furnishec y the economy nj ; y r repair. ae: e se e + i , tal os 3 3 5 a a ¢ = = ae : building beyond repair. At the samejis slipped over the entire body with Sts Ocean “Bacbce the femmes! Saturday’s and Sunday's ‘rainfall. place where the over-turned car was bloc of the lower house, organized time, a good sized limb-broke from. a hole cut for the head. Then the Ve eae ladded 1.42 inches to the season's] supposed to be, the driver was told during the last two days of the sesanother tree and crashed throughjlon can be tied to a pole and W. P. Jones, passed away in Sant A total, according to Mrs. Helen Ber-. that the men had obtained other help} sion. one orm Sabine: 7 Ee pore oor ee Cruz Friday. Mrs./Barker was born eer, who keeps the weather records}and had gone on their way. The group had a program, the deat the home of David Lewis, on S i fed i Tee duiat i for this city. The rain melted off 0 tails of which had not been worked Nn eee a eae g anaed and reared in: Nevada, City, graduat: : = : Spring street, gave way to the heavy : f : the N d oa aes : mS ,. much of the snow and with clear 7 out. So the members merely introeos : poe : ; : : ing from the Nevada City high schoo! é tee ce : ‘ weight. and collapsed in one place. E ; +1 1896 Sh oe ; a es in thi weather promised there should be a iy duced some 40 bills which said: “An Several beams in the Hotel Francis : 7 : . further decrease in the depth of snow pact to amend—sections of the act enwere considerably strained, but re-. )! SI Ate EMy _ = SL ro ee relat this elevation. Af . iieG——. awa ; = Ree : eae moved to San Frangiseo. n latter; — q 7s if q t See P lieved by the removal of snow from Au Hh : ee so oe Se C9 YO: a: oa 3 Irom such a description it would the roof. A huge chunk of solidiyears they made their home im san 3 ERAGARE appear the lawmakers left themseles ee er ee , ‘ fa Crue, Besides her husband, two WHY NOT CALL HIM : fied snow fell off the front of the SACRAMENTO Pep 12--(UPi-. , : a ae : ves adequate leeway. In the meanSeal cinie. ee litteriue che Tatler IN. ) 342 G siaes ca averece or 42 other ypward anc urray I-. COLONEL FOR SHORT?’ ACRAMENTO, . eb. CiP)—-. 2. or at least until Pembane 23 se : S At € re as esa tas ees b h P. oe ve ‘ise 3 eer Srey 4 ATanaca nt « d yerati 7 1e ee i : the poreh roof. SGM deo Ree the eeislal eee. ‘ n, both of San: Francisco, survive 3 . Afi Management and operation, of the when the legislature revonvenes, the ast ok. the — of the Pendolal . 445 ine pit halt as her. veterans’ Home at Yountville may}. .jetons will have to shiver along saw ear here fell i : >} ‘ : 'R aN Fel mS UP be transferred from the state to the} : ‘Se saw mill ne her« ll in due to the . A check of legislative expense SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1 UP) 1. : ee : esa? fou until th are amended and given a heavy snow on it. The owners re . not including the cost of printing ‘he Ai VER. RAILWAY EXPRESS The longest Wide ot any state em-. ra ernmen eo tO, little legislative flesh and blood. moved. the snow once, but with SO/jhe 3,698 bills introduced, shows a ployee: pe . " eee eae Until that time the complete promany buildings to take care-of and)tota) expenditure of $54,966., Of this 10 SELL MONEY ORDERS Inspector assigned to chegking. /'0r 0 tilah\™ eram of the 19: legislature will shortage of help conditions got the)the senate spent $20,643, and the commercial registration and collectVandererift has proposed the . not be known. best of them and a portion of the] ,ccambly, $34,323 BEE es ; ine delinquent fees .for the depart-. iransfer as an economy measure for Spgs a eee aa F , pet Rina hire 8 Of interest to buSiness people of : fa ee. 4 : mill fell in. Included in the legislative bills are], i ; 5; M peopie Of ment of motor vehicles.” the state and has been advised 0 ; i . Bie ONG aes Nevada City, is the recent announcewp. Greer of the state. highway! Brigadier’ General Frank T. Hines SIL Sesame. meee Eo the traveling expenses of the law: ey Pe ce eens yas akioeias g ee eee Tere peace ee me Men from several mines in snowmakers “ranging re 96610 for ment: otf LOS American. Iuxpress Com-! patrol’ A Official holder Au thel head of the United: States Veterans’ . eins, A See ieee ae eas woe O'. pany that they will sell’“money or-. , . ieee ele ge oe Arle core les : : pany that 1e) sel 1e) ee a . oe, ae : linka Imenoc: FI bound section: : have been aye iO} Senator Ben Hulse of Imperial coun-. agers through the Western Union ofa ee wet to town during tie past few Gays! (4°10 eenie for Senator J. Abts Es : . a oe ! 9 —______—_ tion of the Yountville property. or ere cis ee i piste J. “sl fice: located in the lobby ofthe Naa ; : 2 : ps to get mail and a few necessary SUD) Inman, Sacramento. ie fever tet ffi eit ROSEVILLE AGAIN BEATS Veterans’ Homes in Oregon and Working ten men sinee last Auplies. A piercing north wind durOther expense items included such ¢ ee 1 f pee . . New York have. been taken over by. gust, the Gilmore brothers have put Ste EG osha, 2 me or such. sales from 8:30 a. Mm. until =o Ars : : 7 < : A ing the past few days has formed) things as $33.65 for gold-plated bad4 ; : a ; e NEVADA CITY TEAM te federal government, Vandegrift. their drain tunnel through their ; BORN fe : iS noon and.from 1:00 until 6:0 7 1 J : : a very heavy erust upon the snow, ges for the sargeants-at-arms. x ; : } : jsaid. eravel property, about six miles out enabling a person to walk o ntop of o DOS Caen a Uepeaes pe of IloWa Hill ,for a of about ae from. .9:00 until _10:00-a,—1m. nd Playing a. fighting eg: > wi é most of It. oy eae Ae Pen a Playing a ighuin game with 4 Ole Tt yf 900. feet. In another ‘ee months Fe. ff 15:00 until 6:90 p. m. on Sunday maior hawdicag, the Neve City . % ATE ; : i 2 ii : He r E Pe: H ae they expect to be in\pay dirt that ive BA . Peeause the local post office 15 hizh sehool class A-basketball teain. &¢ cs ae 2 Bed is aS Ee ee ; Le Wy. cl 1 Satu y atia ae and “Suns owas feated by the Roseville high ; ; a AE 4 " osed * ivday afternoons and Sunde rs ed bj : 08 ki aus NAS F six feet. above bed rock, according to 4 Ly SS UB4 WV iA davs. many people have been disapschool in the Redniens Hall of this NOSE pete Ga) es eD.50 epavel : Sou, ; oan Z : is é " OSTS es. ft row LNe pzZ.s Bre =} Marna pointed in the past in attempting to city, Friday night. ‘The score of 41 bE Rap a WES Merb bake : ie ce r se : WE up to-the grass roots, a dis,ance of OH lt send money over the week ends., The:to 29 tells the story. The—big han200 feet; the gravel will average be UL FI Wie ERS every day kedule of the Western) dicap that the local team labored THO le i = ia nee 3a AGL YG Aaa : ; : : : tween five and seven cents per; . inion office will renvedy the condiunder was the lack of practice durbk te bie-—yard 1 } at--eould-beoRy Superintendent H. H. Hallet Jr., ere ASTEN POO Febe TeetT ry tien Yi dd Danae the =e er ane the tw or eck proceding ~~ Tie = . (ch uiislesd 4 icpatace Bue SHI reported Uns Wioriing that “all thre: on We af ae of the Nevada City office. game, the last week of, which, the SACRAMENTO, Feb 12-—(UP)-—: Bee eine a hich the city draws A gnide to ‘The Way Out of The De-} : d : : Pea co : ,. . too low a grade for drifting. reservoirs from which tne City ays ere ; when sent t sinte in the United, o™ had but one day's workout. Californians with a lee to “pbeieee ey E erin: filled The Snow. Dression lias been issued by the When sent. to pomts in the cnite : : i a Within their limit of six feet above water are NOW ued. onoyv oi. ea > see Nepal As for the game itself, Nevada. come landowners have little cause ; eaee Sa oie aes state. . States, American Express money or-. — : ee bed rock, the Gilmore brothers and Mountain ditch at night time ows : ; : Rae Se en eee _City should have taken it but their. for worry over the lack of available} ae Gusdr loaf é it Not, however, that the publication ders are priced as follows: From one : : S : ; their partners have over 490,000 cuinto the Sugar yoat reservoir but) _ Z be ee aS “ hability to “sink ‘em meant the. sites to purchase. : : luring the day the water is used bears any such encouragement title, cent to $2.50 the charge is 6 cents. a 3 VW Cl a7 . bie yards of workable gravel, in ‘ ay : 2 rey : Seat ee ate ad a Sh eS fe) yall game. Chapman an oc -ecords ¢ ivisi ; ands : : his tor $ashing out the’ ditell bit the state diviaion 6f mines, is, be eharse sradually increases un# = ; _ a Records at the division of lands) .yich they expect to find some that ma 5 § rs . A i ve ewards vere g aes s 4 st "3 aie ¢ eat z s}x : But this water flows unchecked into hopeful it may: be of use to many/til from S86.00.1o$100,006 the) CAEN TONS: were the most ef-)show. the state has approximately) yil)\ go considerably higher than eels ete Be oe a ; bonne eepkiie ans of earning a. charge is 54 cents. Foreign rates are. fective scorers for the locals‘ and. 750,000 acres of “school lands’ for) g959\ They ar i the reservoir at night persons seeking means Of earning a)" * = clea ead ee Ge 4 ce ie S355 hey are not counting on th $ B ght. is somewhat higher according to the. With the aid of their teammates ran b= 5 AU Bt 5 sale cheap—-and few buyers in a Of eateh in For, according to Surveyor OE Wis. the choice are and what remains for chiefly of desert and possible future value but . which at the present time is virtually worthless. These course, there’s a Kingsbury, lands gone, sale consists area of “school lands’ first came allocated to California the 16th and 26th section in each township. Revenue derived from the sale of these sections since that time has gone inplays, . fund which 000,000. towa school now totals morexthan $7 For many years the land was diswhere fortunes weresxtaken from land bought for a song, appointments followed other chases. One. section ty, originally sold for $800, its present owners, system of' selling ras adopted, as high as $150 per acre. present system the price is fixed by appraisal after must be .cash. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET SHARPLY AND UPSETS hill) into. being-in 1853 when Congress . posed of at $1.25 an acre for good, bad and indifferent property, the records. showing many instances while sharp dispurin Kern counis ow valued at more than $25,000,000 ‘hy an oil company: The price was raised to $2.50 an acre in 1909 and ten years later a at public auction some parcels bringing Under the application is placed with a filing fee of $5, and payment ‘SKELETON BILLS . HAUNT CAPITOL . that richer gravel, however, but have . developed their production to such a point that their cost of working the gravel will be something less than . $2.50 per cubic yard. The gravel on he Gilmore mine ts . }cemented, a condition that they will . overcome by the use of a ball mill lthat has been installéd on the proplerty. A hammar is used in /running the tunnel and\a mucking jack machine aids. materially in cutting the costs of moving gravels Track ;has been; laid in the tunnel ‘and a eight cars is used to ‘haul the mined When gravel, .-is . train of gravel out. their. objective, the $2.50 reached, the Gilmore brothers will handle from 100 to 200 yards per working day. The crew of ten-men Will_be maintained. Without the use of their mucking machine, the cost of working the gravel by hand would be in the eighborhood of $4.00 per cubic yard. The mucking machine ‘“euts the cost of handling gravel about in half. Besides the placer gold that will be revovered from the gravel, L. Gilmore states that all of the black sand concentrates will be saved and shipped to a smelting company. This will boost the total values recovered. The Gilmore brothers, L. Gilmore, Cc. H. Gilmore and S. Gilmore, have as their partners three Lda Angeles men, namely: William Swartz, Dr. Swartz, and O,.C. Pauff. _ Za 7 .

& fs" * NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Nevada City peat Nevada City Nugget is a h e United Press Alemb Nevada City Nugget LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. . . . The County Seat ot ated CITY, CAL IFORNIA The GOLD Center MONDAY, FEB. 13, eee BACK TO NORMAL. .. cas. —0 Fire Turns Out to Be Trash Burning Flame A large percentage of the shoping crowd on Broad street saw what goked like a potentially serious upper Boulder street last afternoon about 5:30. Mobley, deciding from the aspect of things that it was’ @ himney fire on the Talbot home,, the The fire on Friday Firenan Myers and turned in alarm. fire' trucks responded like the minute! 1en at Lexington and pulled up ae the Nevada County Lumber ot . pany yards in time to enjoy a huge . clean-up fire that was being Staged . by the lumber company. ' The ineident shows that the Ne-. vada City Fire Department isi. on) It all resulted in: No jeu —no collisions——-no the job.” age used. donewater a ne ODE TO THE FIREMEN By H. B. W. it started with a rainbow, Continued with a big snow, Pitches plugged with ice floe, Officials took it so-so. The people just said Oh! Oh! Firemen took on all the woe, Eive ryone a.real hero, Soon they made the water flow. SY eee Sybella Jobnson of Sacramento, was. @ Nevada City visitor Friday. ~. RED CROSS AIDS FAMILY. : : STRANDED NEAR DELHI Counties Seek To Of fse set. Tax Exempl U.S. Forests . stranded in Box CanThe division has just issued a ode aeeecieasied of order. ologic map of the-Sierra Nevada, . at Spee a eel ger one Nevada County Mineral channels \and 1e principa gold . ; mines of the region. Similar maps . Exhibit Goes to Chicago of the Weaverville and Redding areas . soon will be ready for distribution, . W. = Griffith, it was announced. ' of the Nevada City Chamber of Com“The covered by these merce, has received a maps are attracting the interests of the secretary-manager letter from Chamber of regions Los Angeles Comthousands of persons, for here they merce, acknowledging receipt of the \find they may © earn a living even Nevada county mineral exhibit which ,during these days of depression,” will be forwarded, along with other Walter W. Bradley, state mineralostate exhibits, to the Exposition ay The larger Chicago. the exhibit t contains Nevada , Said. OEe “The state geological survey has from county obtained much authentic information Paar (from a large number of areas in vari 8 ey ages Ea ious parts of the state, It is. pub$4 dindlicline Begun lishing a number. of economic reOn Birchfield Gravel ports and maps on the geology and mineral resources of such areas as Siskiyou and Del Norte counties, Sacramento valley, Sonoma, For the last Clerkin reports working three days, W.: P: that he has been four men on his gravel mine at Birchfield near French Corral. He has begun hydraulicking claims that have not been worked in the last fifty years. He has a permit for working 65,000 yeards. wn OSAD COW QUARREL and and AnmounFresno Madera counties, southern Mono parts of San Bernardino and Los geles counties, the Panamint tains and Salinas valley.” Bradley further explained that the information has been correlated in order to make ‘it of particular usefulness to prospectors and investors. up, enough points to win if the team’s defensive play had come up to snuff. But 42 points still is enough to win the majority of basketball games and so it did Friday night. In the. preliminary game;~ the Roseville B team led the Nevada City B team by a Slight but effective margin entire route. The final score of 35-to even a thesA teams’ was laboring that practice. the offensive for the 28 was than that of The EB te: same aes FSET eleser game. the was mM unthe. A Tan der handicap lack of and Sbaffi team blyn were most de pendable players on but the A team City’s defensive play tide of Plans outlined by Coach Bev ron of Nevada City, call for like also, Nevada eould not stem the Roseville’s offense. Bar a strenuous week of ag’ternoon practices this week in preparing for the Lincoln. game here next Friday night Barron plans to have no alibis and will shoot the work against Lincoln. fe) DOWNIEVILLE GETS WATER DOWNIEVILLE, Feb. 13—Downieville, aided by a volunteer force has broken it’s three weeks water famine. The ditch which supplie Minerals, mines, limestone, oil and eases the town has been cleared for six gas, water supply and the geologic HOLLISTER (UP)—It's all right. miles to Sweetwater Ravine. Water conditions relating to highways andlif two cows want to ‘kick at ae now flowing into the empty reserother construction jobs represent other, but in this case Nesson Sch-. voir. During the three weeks Dowsome of the practical phases of the midt was between them. _He was] nieville has been without fire progeologie study. treated at King City for bruises. 4 . tection. . . ‘CARS MEET, ONE TURNSYesterday afternoon about 4:20 ee . yon near De Ihi, on the road to Alle‘hen Mrs. Ed Uren of this city. was)CAMPTONVILLE, Feb. 10—Con-. ghany, whose destitution was reportcsiieding om Graces Valley, she! SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12-—-(UP)—— tions are wore. a normal as . od in: these columns last Friday, has} SACRAMENTO, Feb 13-—-(UP)—, worthy of the early attention St the . Pulled well ovér to her side of the, The state capitol is a spooky plaee ee: gure the past few. days, th _been succored by the ted Cross es oa See : \jegislature: No. solution can be. road to allow another car to-pass, go-. these days. It’s. full of skeletons— Nevada City stages, freight and/this city. Instant measures were) alifornia’s problem of exer Cer eM eo ae ; -. ing the opposite direction. Both cars. that is, skeleton. bills mail, are now Yunning about on. 'taken by George Calanan ted Cross . from the local property tax is acute . reached, however, without action 0 ved aoaee ; as a : : . : Be Us an, Coveress. Gnu iH fore. the Jy? ae apparently plenty of room, but The whole situation came about time, and the Marysville line chairman, for — relief . and legislative action should be ta-. se ney the south bound auto pulled t far . : : =a) ’ = 71 ; ay ef i eee j Pane $4 oiais ay a aS yun auto p 24 [00 ar) hecause e gis rs CE sf ake through the road Thursday from ken to correet the situation, partic-. Course open for the legislature w ould . : Ss : : ie <4 j : : ed ant Taek ee 23 e ee a cee aeration GC nex (off of the road and in cutting his. their minds.in a period so short as Dobbins with horses. ularly relative to federal lands. seem to be to memorialize Congress. ; bapa : he hie a: : : . exp sale ar , rEg 2 ehr fact : ir ! 4 ‘JAY BRUCE TELLS HOW pata i a ats , The problem is particularly acute) wheels sharply to regain the high-. four weeks, the length of the firstThe snow has settled. considerably . This is the recommendation of the. ? x lway, the driver turned his car over! half sessi t is : lin Alpine cotnty where the exempt) ~<” 5 See ri half session. although there is still two or three Ww CATCH L LIONS ALIVE state tax research bureau in a report z lon its side. The accident occured : + e 5 fay Pe £ sf ei Fs BE =a 1 Ese ss € b: € 2 ele 9° Wh rede bee ¢ ES feet in most places. Some of the; which points out that there are 20,feders) ands Se sie ee about 150 feet south of the Midway . Fhe suesten residents have shoveled their cars, 286,434 acres of tax-exempt national)“ nsive as taxable property, and five Barbecue. . of getting around: the law lmiting = = s = i 5 ltimes as 3 Pp oes rinity @ MY sé . pack RG per eo so. -neaam = out so they can travel. <A group of KINGSBURG, Cal., Feb. 13—-(UP) . forests, parks and other federal lands. ‘ mes as great‘in Trinity and oe Mrs tren stopped her car at Sees 1 number of the assembly and : : . : beni ree . ae . = . a¥ . St i i ‘ ra nce pier " = intr Sey a local men volunteered their services. —Want to know how to catch a. in the state with an assessed wataa-. (oUnUSs ee eee ee land offered aid. as did eight or ten senate to the tatroduction OF a0s “F es 5 3 ‘ p . ‘ : A The © ney 4 r ee ig suegest Ses 2 bic I re a Ww bil is} ring j free to shovel out the main’ street of; mountain lion? : . tion estimated at $95,110,000. The first step toward this sugsest-) 944.) passing autoists 2nd Thomas more tea tre Hills cele

the town, getting he post office} Jay Bruce ate lio ar, . ‘ed relief has been taken with the in-. ,,. ; half of the session. » ++ a t a es Fac : Ace a . ; = i eee me eee . In Nevada county federal holdings I ty Agee oe oF & “tpsotution ih the . Riley of the Midway Barbecue. A eee hig ae Hite “wore: 4hee the firs ay, and up as far as the. claims it’s easy @ : : roauctlo é "es ) ‘ P F : Suen iS are ittie more “tHe be GAY Bae one asy snd gives th: followtotal 115,597 acres with an assessed) = : . man in a ear going to, Nevada,City,,. Pauly residence the second day. Tel-. ine instructions: . state senate by Senator Harold Pow: bill titles, but each one holds a place a 2 : ; ins : nS: . valuation of $420,000, the report} Se : : . was asked to send a tow car hack ee oe 2 a a ; ephone lines have most all been re-. “First, with the aid of the dogs, "4 ers, Mocoe county. . é j a : luntil the author makes up his mind : . ‘ . said. . ma : help-as the combined efforts of sev-. ; : : : paired, and some of the roads havej. and after;walking many weary miles, . . This resolution asks Congress to. 4) mon. were unequal to the o¢ fabont that new law so important to been cleared of trees. . you ge e li ip < 3) f x . ‘Tt does not seem that th »!appropriate funds sufficient to pay me ae : : the welfare-of the state. i . : a Ss : . bie Bon ae a es long) : ea = ; E ~ "+ leasion when they tried _to turn tne, : . his section did not suffer much] pole is then cut (the longer the: be t= . . benefits derived locally from the na-} 5 cents an acre to counties in lieu of dav sent Side a0 na twa wien When the legislature eonvened { Ca I sige . > I 2 i from broken: buildings. A -few < Z. ter) whie is use sli ¢ se . tional forests and parks compenss ateltaxes on federal lands . ; : learly las ntt he naker =< ! . : ] : 1 eee aes tt ti hi ; eee lthe car had to break a window in the} ‘ arly last month, the law makers all abar ed shacks. gave’ way here 4 loverits hee 1e counties in which the re loSe as . assure xg ther ore W i ibandoned shacks. gave way here ain Lprer its head. . ; ! 2 : u y a Other legislators also have indi-. car to get out. The older man, wlio] #ssured each -other there would be here 108 } it 2 aces “Atter << ir a eated for the loss i axes,’ the refof : . . skelet ills is yes there, but most habitable places After. about the third attempt, . : so. in ‘taxes, 4 cated they intend to introduce meas-. appeared somewhat dazed, suffered no skeleton bills this year: : 2 oe meses oe = aie Bee noose. We slipped over {fs User . Ee a ures seeking relief for counties with-. a ent hand as the only injury. Hel . 4 atudy of the 7.695 meanures 7 » 22 g © > j . “ee $ ‘ 5 : . + ¥ % ' PPR , " =] loss in this locality was felt by pee the dogs have to be tied and) This loss is so great in certain. in whose boundaries substantial tax. was the driver of the over-turned. troduced shows, however, hundreds La r . Ia ‘fg 2 > x i i tT. Langley at Bear Park, who had. the animal lowered to the ground, j counties, that the problem seems. exempt holdings are located. car. oe of measures that are bills in name al ate ew si om} being ca s 2 : = Race = Al edd completed a ni a room. being care ful not to strangle the cap Upon receiving word that. the only. Aa: y q » r is ay 3 aY-4 iret y Sane ° ° rs 3 so 25 dwertins house, which, while cover oe Then its hind feet are securely . Former Resident of This Rainfall Adds 1.42 wrecked car needed help, a tow truck One of the most glaring examples ed ‘with snow, 4 large tree fell ac-) Ul fo A fttee with 2 Bt Te ee City Dies in Santa Cruz Inches to Season’s Total. was sent to the scene by the Plaza}o fthis type of tentative legislation ross it, completely wrecking the. holding its hee ud, after which a sack Ms : i te : : re ae furnished wy the. “‘e ae i if pa Dineen . — Garage. But when it reached the] was, furnishec y the economy nj ; y r repair. ae: e se e + i , tal os 3 3 5 a a ¢ = = ae : building beyond repair. At the samejis slipped over the entire body with Sts Ocean “Bacbce the femmes! Saturday’s and Sunday's ‘rainfall. place where the over-turned car was bloc of the lower house, organized time, a good sized limb-broke from. a hole cut for the head. Then the Ve eae ladded 1.42 inches to the season's] supposed to be, the driver was told during the last two days of the sesanother tree and crashed throughjlon can be tied to a pole and W. P. Jones, passed away in Sant A total, according to Mrs. Helen Ber-. that the men had obtained other help} sion. one orm Sabine: 7 Ee pore oor ee Cruz Friday. Mrs./Barker was born eer, who keeps the weather records}and had gone on their way. The group had a program, the deat the home of David Lewis, on S i fed i Tee duiat i for this city. The rain melted off 0 tails of which had not been worked Nn eee a eae g anaed and reared in: Nevada, City, graduat: : = : Spring street, gave way to the heavy : f : the N d oa aes : mS ,. much of the snow and with clear 7 out. So the members merely introeos : poe : ; : : ing from the Nevada City high schoo! é tee ce : ‘ weight. and collapsed in one place. E ; +1 1896 Sh oe ; a es in thi weather promised there should be a iy duced some 40 bills which said: “An Several beams in the Hotel Francis : 7 : . further decrease in the depth of snow pact to amend—sections of the act enwere considerably strained, but re-. )! SI Ate EMy _ = SL ro ee relat this elevation. Af . iieG——. awa ; = Ree : eae moved to San Frangiseo. n latter; — q 7s if q t See P lieved by the removal of snow from Au Hh : ee so oe Se C9 YO: a: oa 3 Irom such a description it would the roof. A huge chunk of solidiyears they made their home im san 3 ERAGARE appear the lawmakers left themseles ee er ee , ‘ fa Crue, Besides her husband, two WHY NOT CALL HIM : fied snow fell off the front of the SACRAMENTO Pep 12--(UPi-. , : a ae : ves adequate leeway. In the meanSeal cinie. ee litteriue che Tatler IN. ) 342 G siaes ca averece or 42 other ypward anc urray I-. COLONEL FOR SHORT?’ ACRAMENTO, . eb. CiP)—-. 2. or at least until Pembane 23 se : S At € re as esa tas ees b h P. oe ve ‘ise 3 eer Srey 4 ATanaca nt « d yerati 7 1e ee i : the poreh roof. SGM deo Ree the eeislal eee. ‘ n, both of San: Francisco, survive 3 . Afi Management and operation, of the when the legislature revonvenes, the ast ok. the — of the Pendolal . 445 ine pit halt as her. veterans’ Home at Yountville may}. .jetons will have to shiver along saw ear here fell i : >} ‘ : 'R aN Fel mS UP be transferred from the state to the} : ‘Se saw mill ne her« ll in due to the . A check of legislative expense SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1 UP) 1. : ee : esa? fou until th are amended and given a heavy snow on it. The owners re . not including the cost of printing ‘he Ai VER. RAILWAY EXPRESS The longest Wide ot any state em-. ra ernmen eo tO, little legislative flesh and blood. moved. the snow once, but with SO/jhe 3,698 bills introduced, shows a ployee: pe . " eee eae Until that time the complete promany buildings to take care-of and)tota) expenditure of $54,966., Of this 10 SELL MONEY ORDERS Inspector assigned to chegking. /'0r 0 tilah\™ eram of the 19: legislature will shortage of help conditions got the)the senate spent $20,643, and the commercial registration and collectVandererift has proposed the . not be known. best of them and a portion of the] ,ccambly, $34,323 BEE es ; ine delinquent fees .for the depart-. iransfer as an economy measure for Spgs a eee aa F , pet Rina hire 8 Of interest to buSiness people of : fa ee. 4 : mill fell in. Included in the legislative bills are], i ; 5; M peopie Of ment of motor vehicles.” the state and has been advised 0 ; i . Bie ONG aes Nevada City, is the recent announcewp. Greer of the state. highway! Brigadier’ General Frank T. Hines SIL Sesame. meee Eo the traveling expenses of the law: ey Pe ce eens yas akioeias g ee eee Tere peace ee me Men from several mines in snowmakers “ranging re 96610 for ment: otf LOS American. Iuxpress Com-! patrol’ A Official holder Au thel head of the United: States Veterans’ . eins, A See ieee ae eas woe O'. pany that they will sell’“money or-. , . ieee ele ge oe Arle core les : : pany that 1e) sel 1e) ee a . oe, ae : linka Imenoc: FI bound section: : have been aye iO} Senator Ben Hulse of Imperial coun-. agers through the Western Union ofa ee wet to town during tie past few Gays! (4°10 eenie for Senator J. Abts Es : . a oe ! 9 —______—_ tion of the Yountville property. or ere cis ee i piste J. “sl fice: located in the lobby ofthe Naa ; : 2 : ps to get mail and a few necessary SUD) Inman, Sacramento. ie fever tet ffi eit ROSEVILLE AGAIN BEATS Veterans’ Homes in Oregon and Working ten men sinee last Auplies. A piercing north wind durOther expense items included such ¢ ee 1 f pee . . New York have. been taken over by. gust, the Gilmore brothers have put Ste EG osha, 2 me or such. sales from 8:30 a. Mm. until =o Ars : : 7 < : A ing the past few days has formed) things as $33.65 for gold-plated bad4 ; : a ; e NEVADA CITY TEAM te federal government, Vandegrift. their drain tunnel through their ; BORN fe : iS noon and.from 1:00 until 6:0 7 1 J : : a very heavy erust upon the snow, ges for the sargeants-at-arms. x ; : } : jsaid. eravel property, about six miles out enabling a person to walk o ntop of o DOS Caen a Uepeaes pe of IloWa Hill ,for a of about ae from. .9:00 until _10:00-a,—1m. nd Playing a. fighting eg: > wi é most of It. oy eae Ae Pen a Playing a ighuin game with 4 Ole Tt yf 900. feet. In another ‘ee months Fe. ff 15:00 until 6:90 p. m. on Sunday maior hawdicag, the Neve City . % ATE ; : i 2 ii : He r E Pe: H ae they expect to be in\pay dirt that ive BA . Peeause the local post office 15 hizh sehool class A-basketball teain. &¢ cs ae 2 Bed is aS Ee ee ; Le Wy. cl 1 Satu y atia ae and “Suns owas feated by the Roseville high ; ; a AE 4 " osed * ivday afternoons and Sunde rs ed bj : 08 ki aus NAS F six feet. above bed rock, according to 4 Ly SS UB4 WV iA davs. many people have been disapschool in the Redniens Hall of this NOSE pete Ga) es eD.50 epavel : Sou, ; oan Z : is é " OSTS es. ft row LNe pzZ.s Bre =} Marna pointed in the past in attempting to city, Friday night. ‘The score of 41 bE Rap a WES Merb bake : ie ce r se : WE up to-the grass roots, a dis,ance of OH lt send money over the week ends., The:to 29 tells the story. The—big han200 feet; the gravel will average be UL FI Wie ERS every day kedule of the Western) dicap that the local team labored THO le i = ia nee 3a AGL YG Aaa : ; : : : tween five and seven cents per; . inion office will renvedy the condiunder was the lack of practice durbk te bie-—yard 1 } at--eould-beoRy Superintendent H. H. Hallet Jr., ere ASTEN POO Febe TeetT ry tien Yi dd Danae the =e er ane the tw or eck proceding ~~ Tie = . (ch uiislesd 4 icpatace Bue SHI reported Uns Wioriing that “all thre: on We af ae of the Nevada City office. game, the last week of, which, the SACRAMENTO, Feb 12-—(UP)-—: Bee eine a hich the city draws A gnide to ‘The Way Out of The De-} : d : : Pea co : ,. . too low a grade for drifting. reservoirs from which tne City ays ere ; when sent t sinte in the United, o™ had but one day's workout. Californians with a lee to “pbeieee ey E erin: filled The Snow. Dression lias been issued by the When sent. to pomts in the cnite : : i a Within their limit of six feet above water are NOW ued. onoyv oi. ea > see Nepal As for the game itself, Nevada. come landowners have little cause ; eaee Sa oie aes state. . States, American Express money or-. — : ee bed rock, the Gilmore brothers and Mountain ditch at night time ows : ; : Rae Se en eee _City should have taken it but their. for worry over the lack of available} ae Gusdr loaf é it Not, however, that the publication ders are priced as follows: From one : : S : ; their partners have over 490,000 cuinto the Sugar yoat reservoir but) _ Z be ee aS “ hability to “sink ‘em meant the. sites to purchase. : : luring the day the water is used bears any such encouragement title, cent to $2.50 the charge is 6 cents. a 3 VW Cl a7 . bie yards of workable gravel, in ‘ ay : 2 rey : Seat ee ate ad a Sh eS fe) yall game. Chapman an oc -ecords ¢ ivisi ; ands : : his tor $ashing out the’ ditell bit the state diviaion 6f mines, is, be eharse sradually increases un# = ; _ a Records at the division of lands) .yich they expect to find some that ma 5 § rs . A i ve ewards vere g aes s 4 st "3 aie ¢ eat z s}x : But this water flows unchecked into hopeful it may: be of use to many/til from S86.00.1o$100,006 the) CAEN TONS: were the most ef-)show. the state has approximately) yil)\ go considerably higher than eels ete Be oe a ; bonne eepkiie ans of earning a. charge is 54 cents. Foreign rates are. fective scorers for the locals‘ and. 750,000 acres of “school lands’ for) g959\ They ar i the reservoir at night persons seeking means Of earning a)" * = clea ead ee Ge 4 ce ie S355 hey are not counting on th $ B ght. is somewhat higher according to the. With the aid of their teammates ran b= 5 AU Bt 5 sale cheap—-and few buyers in a Of eateh in For, according to Surveyor OE Wis. the choice are and what remains for chiefly of desert and possible future value but . which at the present time is virtually worthless. These course, there’s a Kingsbury, lands gone, sale consists area of “school lands’ first came allocated to California the 16th and 26th section in each township. Revenue derived from the sale of these sections since that time has gone inplays, . fund which 000,000. towa school now totals morexthan $7 For many years the land was diswhere fortunes weresxtaken from land bought for a song, appointments followed other chases. One. section ty, originally sold for $800, its present owners, system of' selling ras adopted, as high as $150 per acre. present system the price is fixed by appraisal after must be .cash. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET SHARPLY AND UPSETS hill) into. being-in 1853 when Congress . posed of at $1.25 an acre for good, bad and indifferent property, the records. showing many instances while sharp dispurin Kern counis ow valued at more than $25,000,000 ‘hy an oil company: The price was raised to $2.50 an acre in 1909 and ten years later a at public auction some parcels bringing Under the application is placed with a filing fee of $5, and payment ‘SKELETON BILLS . HAUNT CAPITOL . that richer gravel, however, but have . developed their production to such a point that their cost of working the gravel will be something less than . $2.50 per cubic yard. The gravel on he Gilmore mine ts . }cemented, a condition that they will . overcome by the use of a ball mill lthat has been installéd on the proplerty. A hammar is used in /running the tunnel and\a mucking jack machine aids. materially in cutting the costs of moving gravels Track ;has been; laid in the tunnel ‘and a eight cars is used to ‘haul the mined When gravel, .-is . train of gravel out. their. objective, the $2.50 reached, the Gilmore brothers will handle from 100 to 200 yards per working day. The crew of ten-men Will_be maintained. Without the use of their mucking machine, the cost of working the gravel by hand would be in the eighborhood of $4.00 per cubic yard. The mucking machine ‘“euts the cost of handling gravel about in half. Besides the placer gold that will be revovered from the gravel, L. Gilmore states that all of the black sand concentrates will be saved and shipped to a smelting company. This will boost the total values recovered. The Gilmore brothers, L. Gilmore, Cc. H. Gilmore and S. Gilmore, have as their partners three Lda Angeles men, namely: William Swartz, Dr. Swartz, and O,.C. Pauff. _ Za 7 .