February 13, 1941 (6 pages)

sa a i The Nugget is delivered to . your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month t laces COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Nevada City N ugget ’ City Prepared To Fete Tahoe 20 Members — — coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your This paper gives you complete ' friends, . . The neighbors, read your do lad ~) } —S eS Vol. 15, No. 13. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, The G Gold Center THURSDAY, , FEBRUARY 13, 1941 er tae Cr erent SST TE —e TE EES ——~— Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement throughout the world, at a ripe agie, has gone to his reward. A hero, one of the few, of the Boer War, knighted for his, valor, he left ‘a legacy to the world, the value of which no one can appraise. Its value grows rapidly Interest upon it is compounded daily. The fortune he bequeathed can make all humanity spiritually rich. As a fagtor in a world sadly battling primordial ferocities, the Boy Scout is potentially the builder of the world that must rise tomorrow from the ruin of today. Oscar Kirkham, assistant regjonal director of the Boy Scouts, addressed the Grass Valley Rotary elub Monday on Scouts and Scouting. He drew a moving picture of the movement in its sweep through all nations, except in a flew totalitarian states which have abolished it, Mr. Kirkham; during his address illustrated his ‘theme, with little vignettes, episodes, thumbnail sketches, if you like, of individual scouts and their achievements. An Eagle Scout, was valedictorjan at the graduation exercises of a famous school in Hawaii. The scouts, all brown lads of mixed races, were there in force. The Eagle Scout did a splendid job when his turn came to speak. Mr. Kirkham walked down the hall with him after the program was over, and asked: “Would you mind telling me who your grand parents were?’’ The boy replied: “‘My grandparents on my father’s side were a Norwegian man and a Portuguese woman, On my mother’s gide they were a Chinese man and a Hawaiian woman.” Inquired Mr. Kirkham: “And just what nationality do you call yourself, if I may ask?” Replied the scout: “I am 100 per cent American ”’ On the island of Molokai, there is a leper colony. There are many children there, and among them has been formed a troop of Boy Seouts. Somle with fingers sloughed away, some with ears crumbling, others partly blind, and still others with frightful lesions on their. limbs or bodies. But they have the true scout spirit and are carrying on, their days filled with bright adventures and boy activitjes. To Mr. Kirkham on his visit there, they gave the scout salute and put on a special program in his. honor. And that reminds us of Robert Louis Stevenson’s great, angry letter, written in defense of Fathef Damien. It has recently been yvepublished in a volume entitled: “A Treasury of the World’s Great Letters by M. Lincoln Schuster. Robert Louis Stevenson, who knew Molokai and its sad colony, was enraged by a criticism of Father Damien, then devoting his life to the leper colony, by a Protestant clergyman named the Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde. Using his pen as a fine scalpel, he removed bit by bit every inch of spiritual hide from the Reverend Hyde It is a letter that every scout should read along with all of Robert .Louis Stevenson’s books. For Stevenson was a great scout even though he died when the scout movement was just moving out of its swaddling clothes. In this time of test in which all values of civilization are subjected to a fiery trial, the Boy Scouts are assigned a role of major importance in national life. Theirs to merit the trust that their founder reposed in them, a trust, indeed, that all free peoples have and do repose in them. For they are the stout link that couples all the fine achievements of past generations with whatever is fine in the generations to come. The high school seniors will be Popular Lecture Series. Will Be Presented Again serThe popular “Open Forum” ies of lectures sponsored by the Ne. vada City Unified School District! will again be presented this year. . The lecture series will open on March 6th and will continue once each week, excluding Easter week, until eight lectures are given, The series will be opened by Stev-. en Barooshian of the Placer, Junior} College, who will lecture on March: 6th and March.13th. Dr. Knowles Will Lecture ! . . . Dr. Tully Knowles, president of the College of Pacific, will lecture’ on March 20th. Barooshian’s. third ‘lecture will be on (March 27th, fol-, . lowed by the appearance here again . of Dr. Knowles on April 3rd. . On April 17th, April 24th (May 1st, Dr. G. A. Werner, profes-: ‘cee of history at the College of Pa. cific, will lecture. The lectures will be given at the ; Nevada City Elementary School aud-: ' itorium, . H. E. Kjorlie and said the ‘as last year. The forum is of interest to scores of residents. of this city. HIGH SCHOOL PT.A. PROGRAM The High School PTA will hold its regular meeting on Friday at three o’clock with H, E. Kjorlie in charge of the program, A string sextette under the direction of Ralph Smith will entertain, and the high school chorus under Mrs. Marian Libbey’s ayreckion will sing. James Hyde, former Stanford University professor will be guest speaker, his subject being “Forgotten Phasas of American Democracy.” Mrs, Frantz will discuss girl scout activities. During the business session a nominating committee will be elected, and during the afternoon refreshmenst will be served. AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSES INJURIES TOLOCAL YOUTH Tommy Mutz, local taxi driver, recovering at his home on ls . Street here from injuries suffered early yesterday morning when a car reportedly operated by George Williams left the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway near the old Nevada City Ski Course and crashed into a cement abutment, Williams was also injured but was able to go to his home after emergency treatment by Dr. W. W. Reed. Highway Patrolman Carl Kitts investigated the accident. The operator of the car, according to Kitts, was driving at a high rate of speed and apparently left the highway when it skidded. si Makes Stockton Trip— Undersheriff William D. Woods made a trip to Stockton Tuesday with an insane patient. Program For Students to Gain Occupational Experience Again Offered At Local High School Nevada City High School senior students again have the opportunity of gaining practical experience in the occupations they wish to follow upon graduation. H; E. Kjorlie, city superintendent of schools, today announced the unique method of giving students work experience started this week with the cooperation of local business concerns and will continue throughout the semester.Students Work Half Day For the Gratien of the apprenticeship course the students will attend School half a day and will work at their chosen profession in various stores and offices the remainder of the school day. the same basis as academic subjects for the time spent on their “‘jobs.” & . suited to the trade or vocation of ' students was pioneered . thern part of the state will follow . tion; given eredits toward graduation on “The purpose of the program,” Kjorlie said, “is to give work ew perience to students prior to their graduation and provide an opportunity to determine whether they ‘are their choice.”’ Last year’s program was a decided success. Under the direction of Superintendent Kjorie, the idea of giving practical training to senior in Nevada City. Susanville . High School has adopted the plan and it is expected many other high schools in the norsuit. Labor Endorses . Program PLANNED FOR VISITORS Return From South— vacation trip, Grand and Glorious Time Promised Tahoe-Pacific Association Delegates Who Attend Session Here Sat.-Sun. TRIP THROUGH IDAHO-MARYLAND MINE, LOMA RICA RANCHO AND SNOW SPORTS AT NEVADA CITY’S COURSE : Come to us next Saturday and Sunday and we will give you a grand and glorious good time. That, in brief, is the invitation that has gone out to all members of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway No. 20 association that is scheduled to meet here this week-end. All Chambers of Commerce along this great scenic route which heads up at Lake Tahoe, 6000 above sea level, and ends at Fort Bragg on the Pacific ocean, are members of the association and their members, generally speaking are/also association members. Large Crowd Expected Here : President Bert Foreman, and Secretary H, F. Sofge, of the Nevada Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schiffner have, City Chamber have been active in the Tahoe-Pacific Highway No. 20 asreturned from Southern California, . sociation, in fact they are among the founders. They expect a record crowd where they spent several days in a. here. For at the.other end of the road, Fort Bragg, more than 75 guests attended the association meeting there a few months ago %* The National Hotel will be headHarry Landsberg, one of the officials of the Los Angeles Iron and Steel Company which three years ago purchased the property of the Hobart Lumber Company at Hobart Mills, seven miles morth of Truckee, anThe program has the endorsement of the Carpenters Union and_ the Mine Workers Protective League, indicating that labor is in accord with; the idea of the unusual apprenticeship training. Superintendent Kjorlie also has a letter from the state labor commission showing that body has no objection to the plan. Kjorlie reports he has splendid cooperation from the business firms of this ¢ity in the program. The students and. the firms, with which they will be connected . for the period of training are: “Open . i Forum” will be conducted the same Students Participating Bill Kilroy, Shebley’s Service StaCharles Thomas, Lawrence , Motors; Harry Roberts, welding de"panied; Miners Foundry; Don Odgers, Miners Foundry Machine Shop; John Davis, Kopp’s Bakery; Mildred Ratcliff, accounting department of the Alpha Stores; Francis Savio, Hartung’s Jewelry Store; LaVonne Gates, Gallagher’s Save More Store; Doris Royznski and June Curtis, Nevada City office of the state department of employment; Walter Miller, Mac Elwood, Joyce Henwood and Jean Elliott, Tahoe’ National Forest under Chief Clerk’ Charles Everhart. NARROWS DAM ENGINEER PASSES runeeal services were held yesterday in Stanford Memorial chapel, Stanford University, for the late Franklin Bolzinger, one of the U. S, engineers in charge of construction at the Narrows Dam. He and his wife lived in Grass Valley during his duty at the dam. The deceased was of Swiss ancestry born in New Orleans in 1887, and graduated from Stanford in 1915 with an A. B. degree in civil engineering. He was world war veteran with the 316th Engineers, 91st division, fought at San Mihiel and Argonne Forest, and following the war entered the service ‘of Standard Oil. For 14 years he was supervisor of utilities for that company with headquarters at Richmond. During recent years he has worked on the Oakland Bridge approaches, the O'Shaughnessy plan for San Francisco, Santa Clara Conservation District, the Benecia Arsenal dam, and flood control work for California. Mr. Bolzinger died at night of coronary thrombosis. Surviving him are his wife, Blinor and daughter Rosemary, his mother and sister and two brothers. He is the son of the late Bruno Bolzinger, for many years professor emeritus at Stanford University, Drives To Sacramento— Dr. John R. Topic drove to Sacramento Tuesday night on business. received! : the, nounced negotiations are being made i to lease the property to the government for an army cantonment. Landsberg said he and his brother, Joseph Landsberg, had been consulting with officers of the 9th Corps Area in San Francisco and that in. dications are favorable for completion of the transaction Many Facilities The town, deserted when the .lum. bering industry’ there was discon; tinued, has. sixty private dwellings, nearly all uniform in structure and with molern conveniences, including plumbing, water, electricity, sewers and in some instances steam heat. There are twenty seven barracks, ARMY CANTONMENT MAY BE . ESTABLISHED IN EASTERN END OF NEVADA COUNTY SOON erected last year by the CCC, a large mess hall capable of serving 2,000 men, a hospital, hotel and annex modern in construction The town, Landsberg points out, is located ideally for training ski soldiers. Snow is available all winter, the roads are open all year. Airplane fields are nearby. Has Railroad Connection The Southern Pacific Railroad is only seven miles from Hobart Mills and the Western Pacifie only a few miles further at the north, offering accessible transportation facilities. A state highway connects Hobart Mills, which is in the eastern end of Nevada County, with Truckee. A smalt winter training camp has been located on Donner Summit but it is proposed, according to reports, to have thle one at Hobart Mills similar to the Mt, Rainier quarters, housing approximately 2,000 officers and enlisted men. War Relief. WPA Worker Dies At County Hospital Edward Smith, 64, worker on the Scotts Flat dam project, died at the county hospital here today. The body of the deceased lies at the Holmes Funeral Home, where arrangements for the funeral are to be made. Smith was a native of Pennsylvania. He entered the hospital for treatment several days ago. Total Rainfall For Year Reaches 50 Inches The rainfall figures for the year reached the 50 inch mark during this week’s storm. The heavy fall of rain did not interfere with traffic to any extent -n the highways in this. vicinity. The state division of highways maintenance office here reported no serious slides occurred on the Downieville road and the snow plows had no trouble in keeping the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway open to travel. The full amount of rain last year was only 27 inches. The normal for this district is 50 inches. Hard Times Dance To Be Held In Gold Flat Prizes for the most original costume will be awarded at the ‘hard times” party and dance at the Gold Flat Country Club gathering Saturday night. The music for dancing will be furnished by. Mrs. Charles Goodnight and Ned Dennis. Lieutenant Colonel ‘Rhys Davies, D. S. .0., tion of the British Empire Service League, will speak tonight in the Vet-. taken to the Nevada City Chamber erans. Memoria Building in Grass Valley for the benefit of Lecture On Battle of Britain To Be Given Tonight In G. V:z the Besides the lecture of Colonel Davies,. which will be upon ‘‘The Bat-, tle of Britain,’ there will be a concert by Harold George’s orchestra and singing by the California-Cornish Gold Mining Singers. *% The winning tickets on the oil paintings which are being raffled for the BWR will be drawn tonight. The! oil paintings are now in display in! the Pacific Gas and Electric Company office in Nevada City. The lecture and concert tonight is! . places of historic interest in being sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion andi Canadian Legion. Colonel Davies arrived in Nevada City Monday and since that time has! been in constant demand as a speaker before service clubs and various other organizations, The British war hero, who is in constant touch with the British Intelligence Service, wiil leave tomorrow. While in this county he has been the house guest of Mr, and Mrs. Bert Foreman of Nevada City. Civic Club Dinner For Husbands Draws Large Attendance The annual husband’s dinner of the Nevada City Women’s Civic Club Tuesday night at the Methodist Church was well attended. The dinner was served by the Ladies Ald Society. Mrs. Arletta Douglas, president of the Business and Professional Women’s Cub of Grass Valley, gave an interesting talk on “Home Defense.” H. BH. Kjorlie, George Calanan, Robert Nye, Mrs. Isabel Heefelfinger and James Hyde participated in the impromptu discussion which followed. Musical selections were rendered by Mrs, Genevieve Biliott, Mrs. Madeline Draper and Ralph Smith. The evening closed with the singing of The Star Spangled Banner. : of the Bureau of Informa-, British, of Gommerce ski course at Omega quarters for the visitors. A hospitality committee will meet the delegates and offer all services possible to insure their enjoyment of their stay here. Entertainment Offered The dinner Saturday night at; seven o’clock will be followed by .an hour’s entertainment. There will be music during the dinner and the program following will include a PLENTY OF SNOW A heavy new fall of snow’ has assured excellent skiing for the weekend at the Nevada City Ski Course on Omega Hill. The pack at the local ski course is in excess of 40 inches and at Steep Hollow . more than 50 inches. : This is good news. to local chamber of commerce officials, who plan _ festivities in the snow Sunday for members of the TahoePacific Highway 20 Association who attend the meeting here during the weekend. high school chorus under the direction of Mrs. Marian Libbey, vocal solos, a violin solo, movies. of the snow fields in Norway, Sweden and Nevada County. si Sunday morning the guests will be taken through the surface workings of one of the big mines, and will be shown Errol MacBoyle’s famous stable of race horses, They will be Hill near Steep Hollow. All visitors have been asked to bring skis and toboggans to give this new course @ thorough trial. The Nevada City Skt club is participating in the event. Trips Are Planned Those visitors who do naof,care for the trip to the snow fields and ski courses will be shown the many Nevada ' City and environs, They may visit the city’s airport and obtain a splendid view of the surrounding country. They may visit Pioneers Park and note the progress the city has made in providing recreational facilities, not only for the families residing here, but for visitors as well. SKI LIFT MAY BEREADY FORUSE BY SUNDAY Skiing exercises will be given — members of the newly formed Nevada City Ski Club at the Blement— ary School Auditorium tomorrow night. The exercises will follow a. short business meeting, which will be pre. sided over by President Dwight — Steele. : The ski club is endeavoring to complete the installation of a ski lift at the Omega course by Sul when members of the Tahoe-P: Highway 20 Association will be ¢ tertained at the course, AD onal . ski in expected e present : night’s m 0 8 ercises and to

sa a i The Nugget is delivered to . your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month t laces COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Nevada City N ugget ’ City Prepared To Fete Tahoe 20 Members — — coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your This paper gives you complete ' friends, . . The neighbors, read your do lad ~) } —S eS Vol. 15, No. 13. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, The G Gold Center THURSDAY, , FEBRUARY 13, 1941 er tae Cr erent SST TE —e TE EES ——~— Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement throughout the world, at a ripe agie, has gone to his reward. A hero, one of the few, of the Boer War, knighted for his, valor, he left ‘a legacy to the world, the value of which no one can appraise. Its value grows rapidly Interest upon it is compounded daily. The fortune he bequeathed can make all humanity spiritually rich. As a fagtor in a world sadly battling primordial ferocities, the Boy Scout is potentially the builder of the world that must rise tomorrow from the ruin of today. Oscar Kirkham, assistant regjonal director of the Boy Scouts, addressed the Grass Valley Rotary elub Monday on Scouts and Scouting. He drew a moving picture of the movement in its sweep through all nations, except in a flew totalitarian states which have abolished it, Mr. Kirkham; during his address illustrated his ‘theme, with little vignettes, episodes, thumbnail sketches, if you like, of individual scouts and their achievements. An Eagle Scout, was valedictorjan at the graduation exercises of a famous school in Hawaii. The scouts, all brown lads of mixed races, were there in force. The Eagle Scout did a splendid job when his turn came to speak. Mr. Kirkham walked down the hall with him after the program was over, and asked: “Would you mind telling me who your grand parents were?’’ The boy replied: “‘My grandparents on my father’s side were a Norwegian man and a Portuguese woman, On my mother’s gide they were a Chinese man and a Hawaiian woman.” Inquired Mr. Kirkham: “And just what nationality do you call yourself, if I may ask?” Replied the scout: “I am 100 per cent American ”’ On the island of Molokai, there is a leper colony. There are many children there, and among them has been formed a troop of Boy Seouts. Somle with fingers sloughed away, some with ears crumbling, others partly blind, and still others with frightful lesions on their. limbs or bodies. But they have the true scout spirit and are carrying on, their days filled with bright adventures and boy activitjes. To Mr. Kirkham on his visit there, they gave the scout salute and put on a special program in his. honor. And that reminds us of Robert Louis Stevenson’s great, angry letter, written in defense of Fathef Damien. It has recently been yvepublished in a volume entitled: “A Treasury of the World’s Great Letters by M. Lincoln Schuster. Robert Louis Stevenson, who knew Molokai and its sad colony, was enraged by a criticism of Father Damien, then devoting his life to the leper colony, by a Protestant clergyman named the Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde. Using his pen as a fine scalpel, he removed bit by bit every inch of spiritual hide from the Reverend Hyde It is a letter that every scout should read along with all of Robert .Louis Stevenson’s books. For Stevenson was a great scout even though he died when the scout movement was just moving out of its swaddling clothes. In this time of test in which all values of civilization are subjected to a fiery trial, the Boy Scouts are assigned a role of major importance in national life. Theirs to merit the trust that their founder reposed in them, a trust, indeed, that all free peoples have and do repose in them. For they are the stout link that couples all the fine achievements of past generations with whatever is fine in the generations to come. The high school seniors will be Popular Lecture Series. Will Be Presented Again serThe popular “Open Forum” ies of lectures sponsored by the Ne. vada City Unified School District! will again be presented this year. . The lecture series will open on March 6th and will continue once each week, excluding Easter week, until eight lectures are given, The series will be opened by Stev-. en Barooshian of the Placer, Junior} College, who will lecture on March: 6th and March.13th. Dr. Knowles Will Lecture ! . . . Dr. Tully Knowles, president of the College of Pacific, will lecture’ on March 20th. Barooshian’s. third ‘lecture will be on (March 27th, fol-, . lowed by the appearance here again . of Dr. Knowles on April 3rd. . On April 17th, April 24th (May 1st, Dr. G. A. Werner, profes-: ‘cee of history at the College of Pa. cific, will lecture. The lectures will be given at the ; Nevada City Elementary School aud-: ' itorium, . H. E. Kjorlie and said the ‘as last year. The forum is of interest to scores of residents. of this city. HIGH SCHOOL PT.A. PROGRAM The High School PTA will hold its regular meeting on Friday at three o’clock with H, E. Kjorlie in charge of the program, A string sextette under the direction of Ralph Smith will entertain, and the high school chorus under Mrs. Marian Libbey’s ayreckion will sing. James Hyde, former Stanford University professor will be guest speaker, his subject being “Forgotten Phasas of American Democracy.” Mrs, Frantz will discuss girl scout activities. During the business session a nominating committee will be elected, and during the afternoon refreshmenst will be served. AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSES INJURIES TOLOCAL YOUTH Tommy Mutz, local taxi driver, recovering at his home on ls . Street here from injuries suffered early yesterday morning when a car reportedly operated by George Williams left the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway near the old Nevada City Ski Course and crashed into a cement abutment, Williams was also injured but was able to go to his home after emergency treatment by Dr. W. W. Reed. Highway Patrolman Carl Kitts investigated the accident. The operator of the car, according to Kitts, was driving at a high rate of speed and apparently left the highway when it skidded. si Makes Stockton Trip— Undersheriff William D. Woods made a trip to Stockton Tuesday with an insane patient. Program For Students to Gain Occupational Experience Again Offered At Local High School Nevada City High School senior students again have the opportunity of gaining practical experience in the occupations they wish to follow upon graduation. H; E. Kjorlie, city superintendent of schools, today announced the unique method of giving students work experience started this week with the cooperation of local business concerns and will continue throughout the semester.Students Work Half Day For the Gratien of the apprenticeship course the students will attend School half a day and will work at their chosen profession in various stores and offices the remainder of the school day. the same basis as academic subjects for the time spent on their “‘jobs.” & . suited to the trade or vocation of ' students was pioneered . thern part of the state will follow . tion; given eredits toward graduation on “The purpose of the program,” Kjorlie said, “is to give work ew perience to students prior to their graduation and provide an opportunity to determine whether they ‘are their choice.”’ Last year’s program was a decided success. Under the direction of Superintendent Kjorie, the idea of giving practical training to senior in Nevada City. Susanville . High School has adopted the plan and it is expected many other high schools in the norsuit. Labor Endorses . Program PLANNED FOR VISITORS Return From South— vacation trip, Grand and Glorious Time Promised Tahoe-Pacific Association Delegates Who Attend Session Here Sat.-Sun. TRIP THROUGH IDAHO-MARYLAND MINE, LOMA RICA RANCHO AND SNOW SPORTS AT NEVADA CITY’S COURSE : Come to us next Saturday and Sunday and we will give you a grand and glorious good time. That, in brief, is the invitation that has gone out to all members of the Tahoe-Pacific Highway No. 20 association that is scheduled to meet here this week-end. All Chambers of Commerce along this great scenic route which heads up at Lake Tahoe, 6000 above sea level, and ends at Fort Bragg on the Pacific ocean, are members of the association and their members, generally speaking are/also association members. Large Crowd Expected Here : President Bert Foreman, and Secretary H, F. Sofge, of the Nevada Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schiffner have, City Chamber have been active in the Tahoe-Pacific Highway No. 20 asreturned from Southern California, . sociation, in fact they are among the founders. They expect a record crowd where they spent several days in a. here. For at the.other end of the road, Fort Bragg, more than 75 guests attended the association meeting there a few months ago %* The National Hotel will be headHarry Landsberg, one of the officials of the Los Angeles Iron and Steel Company which three years ago purchased the property of the Hobart Lumber Company at Hobart Mills,

seven miles morth of Truckee, anThe program has the endorsement of the Carpenters Union and_ the Mine Workers Protective League, indicating that labor is in accord with; the idea of the unusual apprenticeship training. Superintendent Kjorlie also has a letter from the state labor commission showing that body has no objection to the plan. Kjorlie reports he has splendid cooperation from the business firms of this ¢ity in the program. The students and. the firms, with which they will be connected . for the period of training are: “Open . i Forum” will be conducted the same Students Participating Bill Kilroy, Shebley’s Service StaCharles Thomas, Lawrence , Motors; Harry Roberts, welding de"panied; Miners Foundry; Don Odgers, Miners Foundry Machine Shop; John Davis, Kopp’s Bakery; Mildred Ratcliff, accounting department of the Alpha Stores; Francis Savio, Hartung’s Jewelry Store; LaVonne Gates, Gallagher’s Save More Store; Doris Royznski and June Curtis, Nevada City office of the state department of employment; Walter Miller, Mac Elwood, Joyce Henwood and Jean Elliott, Tahoe’ National Forest under Chief Clerk’ Charles Everhart. NARROWS DAM ENGINEER PASSES runeeal services were held yesterday in Stanford Memorial chapel, Stanford University, for the late Franklin Bolzinger, one of the U. S, engineers in charge of construction at the Narrows Dam. He and his wife lived in Grass Valley during his duty at the dam. The deceased was of Swiss ancestry born in New Orleans in 1887, and graduated from Stanford in 1915 with an A. B. degree in civil engineering. He was world war veteran with the 316th Engineers, 91st division, fought at San Mihiel and Argonne Forest, and following the war entered the service ‘of Standard Oil. For 14 years he was supervisor of utilities for that company with headquarters at Richmond. During recent years he has worked on the Oakland Bridge approaches, the O'Shaughnessy plan for San Francisco, Santa Clara Conservation District, the Benecia Arsenal dam, and flood control work for California. Mr. Bolzinger died at night of coronary thrombosis. Surviving him are his wife, Blinor and daughter Rosemary, his mother and sister and two brothers. He is the son of the late Bruno Bolzinger, for many years professor emeritus at Stanford University, Drives To Sacramento— Dr. John R. Topic drove to Sacramento Tuesday night on business. received! : the, nounced negotiations are being made i to lease the property to the government for an army cantonment. Landsberg said he and his brother, Joseph Landsberg, had been consulting with officers of the 9th Corps Area in San Francisco and that in. dications are favorable for completion of the transaction Many Facilities The town, deserted when the .lum. bering industry’ there was discon; tinued, has. sixty private dwellings, nearly all uniform in structure and with molern conveniences, including plumbing, water, electricity, sewers and in some instances steam heat. There are twenty seven barracks, ARMY CANTONMENT MAY BE . ESTABLISHED IN EASTERN END OF NEVADA COUNTY SOON erected last year by the CCC, a large mess hall capable of serving 2,000 men, a hospital, hotel and annex modern in construction The town, Landsberg points out, is located ideally for training ski soldiers. Snow is available all winter, the roads are open all year. Airplane fields are nearby. Has Railroad Connection The Southern Pacific Railroad is only seven miles from Hobart Mills and the Western Pacifie only a few miles further at the north, offering accessible transportation facilities. A state highway connects Hobart Mills, which is in the eastern end of Nevada County, with Truckee. A smalt winter training camp has been located on Donner Summit but it is proposed, according to reports, to have thle one at Hobart Mills similar to the Mt, Rainier quarters, housing approximately 2,000 officers and enlisted men. War Relief. WPA Worker Dies At County Hospital Edward Smith, 64, worker on the Scotts Flat dam project, died at the county hospital here today. The body of the deceased lies at the Holmes Funeral Home, where arrangements for the funeral are to be made. Smith was a native of Pennsylvania. He entered the hospital for treatment several days ago. Total Rainfall For Year Reaches 50 Inches The rainfall figures for the year reached the 50 inch mark during this week’s storm. The heavy fall of rain did not interfere with traffic to any extent -n the highways in this. vicinity. The state division of highways maintenance office here reported no serious slides occurred on the Downieville road and the snow plows had no trouble in keeping the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway open to travel. The full amount of rain last year was only 27 inches. The normal for this district is 50 inches. Hard Times Dance To Be Held In Gold Flat Prizes for the most original costume will be awarded at the ‘hard times” party and dance at the Gold Flat Country Club gathering Saturday night. The music for dancing will be furnished by. Mrs. Charles Goodnight and Ned Dennis. Lieutenant Colonel ‘Rhys Davies, D. S. .0., tion of the British Empire Service League, will speak tonight in the Vet-. taken to the Nevada City Chamber erans. Memoria Building in Grass Valley for the benefit of Lecture On Battle of Britain To Be Given Tonight In G. V:z the Besides the lecture of Colonel Davies,. which will be upon ‘‘The Bat-, tle of Britain,’ there will be a concert by Harold George’s orchestra and singing by the California-Cornish Gold Mining Singers. *% The winning tickets on the oil paintings which are being raffled for the BWR will be drawn tonight. The! oil paintings are now in display in! the Pacific Gas and Electric Company office in Nevada City. The lecture and concert tonight is! . places of historic interest in being sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion andi Canadian Legion. Colonel Davies arrived in Nevada City Monday and since that time has! been in constant demand as a speaker before service clubs and various other organizations, The British war hero, who is in constant touch with the British Intelligence Service, wiil leave tomorrow. While in this county he has been the house guest of Mr, and Mrs. Bert Foreman of Nevada City. Civic Club Dinner For Husbands Draws Large Attendance The annual husband’s dinner of the Nevada City Women’s Civic Club Tuesday night at the Methodist Church was well attended. The dinner was served by the Ladies Ald Society. Mrs. Arletta Douglas, president of the Business and Professional Women’s Cub of Grass Valley, gave an interesting talk on “Home Defense.” H. BH. Kjorlie, George Calanan, Robert Nye, Mrs. Isabel Heefelfinger and James Hyde participated in the impromptu discussion which followed. Musical selections were rendered by Mrs, Genevieve Biliott, Mrs. Madeline Draper and Ralph Smith. The evening closed with the singing of The Star Spangled Banner. : of the Bureau of Informa-, British, of Gommerce ski course at Omega quarters for the visitors. A hospitality committee will meet the delegates and offer all services possible to insure their enjoyment of their stay here. Entertainment Offered The dinner Saturday night at; seven o’clock will be followed by .an hour’s entertainment. There will be music during the dinner and the program following will include a PLENTY OF SNOW A heavy new fall of snow’ has assured excellent skiing for the weekend at the Nevada City Ski Course on Omega Hill. The pack at the local ski course is in excess of 40 inches and at Steep Hollow . more than 50 inches. : This is good news. to local chamber of commerce officials, who plan _ festivities in the snow Sunday for members of the TahoePacific Highway 20 Association who attend the meeting here during the weekend. high school chorus under the direction of Mrs. Marian Libbey, vocal solos, a violin solo, movies. of the snow fields in Norway, Sweden and Nevada County. si Sunday morning the guests will be taken through the surface workings of one of the big mines, and will be shown Errol MacBoyle’s famous stable of race horses, They will be Hill near Steep Hollow. All visitors have been asked to bring skis and toboggans to give this new course @ thorough trial. The Nevada City Skt club is participating in the event. Trips Are Planned Those visitors who do naof,care for the trip to the snow fields and ski courses will be shown the many Nevada ' City and environs, They may visit the city’s airport and obtain a splendid view of the surrounding country. They may visit Pioneers Park and note the progress the city has made in providing recreational facilities, not only for the families residing here, but for visitors as well. SKI LIFT MAY BEREADY FORUSE BY SUNDAY Skiing exercises will be given — members of the newly formed Nevada City Ski Club at the Blement— ary School Auditorium tomorrow night. The exercises will follow a. short business meeting, which will be pre. sided over by President Dwight — Steele. : The ski club is endeavoring to complete the installation of a ski lift at the Omega course by Sul when members of the Tahoe-P: Highway 20 Association will be ¢ tertained at the course, AD onal . ski in expected e present : night’s m 0 8 ercises and to