February 14, 1936 (6 pages)

a) Thinking . Out Loud evada U _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and eget you advertising. in the The Nevada City Nugget helps your and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and Nugget, therefore, help yourself, (By H. M. L.) Dan D. Casement, president of the Farmers Independence Council of Kansas, says: ‘‘In Washington today they are trying to pass a law to help the farmer, with the' plausible exMeuse of restoring Treasury checks,” (interrupted by the adverse decis-+ion of the United States .Supreme Court). He points out that the ItalMian government has taken charge of ‘the economic life of the Italians and that the reason for doing ‘so is identical with that of the New Dealers. “Would you,” he asks, “like to live in Italy?’”’ As a matter of fact the present proposed farm aid bill, looks to the man who-doesn’t expect any free checks fromthe government, like a_face saving proposition. The frold AAA plan thrown jnto the ashcan by: the United States’ Supreme Court had already served its purpose, for good or ill, and it is only the farmer politicians who are yammering for more New Deal pap. It is reported with every aspect of truth that some 115,000 agents were employed in the AAA administration, and the new bill which is maturing will keep this huge force employed. This means much in an _ election year. For very few members of this army of Federal employes will ‘‘bite the hand that feeds ’em. The. Democratic administration enters the campaign with “not only the huge advantage that ins always hold ovey the outs, in the matter of Federal employes, but they have through the creation of hundreds of boards, commissions, many of them like the AAA with thousands of em: ployes, not incorporated in the Civil Service body, greatly augmented that. advantage. The total of ‘‘emergency’’ employes is well over 200,000. This is in addition to the normal Federal roll of something like 600,000. It is a safe bet that every one of those 200,000 employes would like to make their jobs permanent and the safest way to do it, is to vote for the administration that hired them. The notoriety which California and. Los Angeles have attained in the Press throughout the country, in this ‘‘direct action’’ method of dealing with the influx of hoboes coming to “sunny’’ California for the winter, may presently prove one of those boomerangs that have happened before when the constituted authorities undertook ‘‘direct action.” For past masters in that game are all the worthless elements in the. nation. It will be remembered that [whenever ‘there has been a strike started in the agricultural centers of the San Joaquin or Sacramento Vailleys, and deputy sheriffs undertook to coerce the workers, immediately there started a movement of communists .and agitators toward the center of disturbance who put on a real, mob scene and show. It -happened.at Wheatland years ago in the hop fields. It happened in the Kern county eotton fields only two years ago. It happened in San Francisco during the last. big water front strike, when for nearly a week: San Francisco had a‘communist form of government. We believe that. no: better method could have been adopted to bring to California hordes of the penniless and discontented than adopted by the. Los Angeles police x department. Jackson, as wéll.as)Washington delivered a farewell message, but\in all the Democratic Jackson day ban. _quet oratory which flowed so abund“antly recently, no one quoted that farewell message. Here is an excerpt from it: : “Tt is well known that there have . always been those amongst us who wish to enlarge the powers of the general government to overstep the boundaries marked out for it. by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created, and its. powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for. .claiming poything beyond them. “Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should be erty and firmly opposed, for one vil example will lead to other mea, sures still more: mischevious; ‘and if “the principle of constructive powers or _ supposed advantages or temporary. circumstances shall ever « ‘be permitted to justify the assumption. of a power not given by the Constitution, the general government will before long absorb all the powers of jegislation, and you will have in efPr but one consolidated .-governbt at ‘ Harley Leete, Jr., is spending the ol. 10, No, 27, The County ‘Sex Paper NEVADA! CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The FLY Cosisc 5 RIDAY; FEBRUARY 14, 1936. ¥ THIS IS WHY NEVADA ‘CITY PAYS $150 TO TREASURER YEARLY 4 The old city. hall which is now being torn down, was built in 1868. Felix: Gillet at that time was a member of the city council. The city treasurer was K. Caspar, and when the building was done. it developed that. the fund alloted to the building had failed by $50 to complete it. One of the city council turned to Caspay and declared jocularly that instead of receiving $200\a year salary for caring for the city’s funds, he would have to take $150. Caspar, 800d naturedly acquiesced. From that day to this, George Calanan, who recalls this bit of history, states, the city treasurer has received but $150.a year. Thus that deficit saved Nevada City in the fcourse of the 58 years that have elapsed a matter of almost $3,000. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR PIONEER RESIDENT Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the W. R. Jefford and ‘Son Funeral Home for the lat Robert F. McLead who passed away Wednesday morning at his home on Factory street. Mr. McLeod was a respected old time resident of this ‘city having resided heats more’ than 65 years. He was a carpenter and builder in which trade he was active until his retirement a few ytars ago. Surviving deceased are his wife, Mrs. Theresa McLeod and the following children: Howard McLeod of San Francisco; Mrs. Olive Vincent of Grass \Valley;. Mrs. Lucile Powell of Willows, Miss Loraine Mcleod of Oakland. A sister Mrs.’ Nannie Wanamake of Nevada City and a brother, Walter @, MeLeod.also survive: him, Rev. H. H. Buckner conducted the funeral services in the presence of friends. CITY LIBRARY IS PATRONIZED BY 2615 IN JANUARY Mrs, Iva Williamson, city librarian, reporting January activities in the public library states: The library was open to the public twenty six days. Number of books borrowed ford. honie use 2165; “fiction, 1738; fu venile 298; miscellaneous 129; books borrowed from -the><State-~ library 15, Visitors to the reading rooms, 13824 * men, 456; women, 169; boys, 449; gine: 250; number of borrow: ers 1291; total attendance, 2616; or daily average of 100. Twenty four adult and twelve juvenile cards were issued and six surrendered, making our present registration 1560. Twenty one books were purchased and four donated, present accession 10104, The following books were purchased: ‘“‘Smoke in Her Eyes,’ Aileén Corliss; “With All My Heart,’ Sata Christy; “Enchanted Interlude” Ktahleen Rollins; ‘‘Buckaree Clan of Montana,’’ Clee Wood; ‘Diane Looks at Life,”’’. Eleanor Browne; “Quality House,’ Celeste D.' Lindsay; ‘Will Rogers,’”’ P. J. O’Brien; “The Shining Gloud,’” Margaret Pedlér; “The Trail Driver,” Zane Grey; “Pistol Passport,’*\Bugene Cunningham; ‘“‘There Three. Roads Meet,” Ethel M. Dell; “The Motives. of Nicholas Holtz,’’ Af@éxander Laing; ‘‘Five Furies of Leoning Ladder,” B. M. Bower; ‘‘The Luck of the Bodkins,” P G. Wodehouse; “It Must Be. Your Tonsils.’?’ Kenneth Roberts; “The House in the Marsh,’’ Helen R. Mar_tin;"The Moon’s My Home,’’ Faith Baldwin; “Rebound;” Freeman. Lincoln; ‘“‘Career,’’ Phil Stong; ‘The Golden Height,’ Marguerite M. Marshall;’ ‘The World With a Fence,”’ Marian-Sims. 3 ‘ + The following hc tbline were a .gift from Jimmy Dawson: “Heart of Oak” Books, Books 1 and 2; Book ‘of Fairy ‘Tales and ‘Gingerbread Stories’ by Peter Mabie. A copy of ‘‘Jo’s Boys’’, Louisa M. /Alcott was given to us by Betty. 'O’Conner to replace a lost copy. running =*!‘board and into the car. Thd swotten ‘and make a report at the next meetSWOLLEN CREEKS, SLIDES; IMPEDE LOCAL MOTORISTS The heavy dowauout of rain this section this ‘week added several inches of moisture to. the seasonal rainfall assuring a: good supply of water for operation of gravel mines. Although a heavy wind and thunder accompanied the storm no damage was recorded. “While enroute to Nevada City on Tuesday .morning the.-Frencn Cerral-San Juan school bus encounter ed a slide and a large boulder about 1,000 yards north of the South Yuba River on the Downieville highway Mr. Frank Miller, driver of the school bus, who had 18 children in the big machine, stated the road was wide enough for a touring car to pass, but he would not take chances with the large, heavy, machine and backed up about a half mile, turned around, and went back with the chil dren. Thursday morning the rock ‘and ° debris had been removed but a small tree and more muck had moyedeinto the edge of the road, but it tne tases to--pass:: Mr X. J. Haverstock, stage drivin er of the Washington route, reported six inches of new snow at. the junction ofthe Tahoe-Ukiah ana ‘Washington reads. The South Yuba River at, aba ts has risen about two feet. Mr. Charles Genasti “of” Willow Valley while driving o town Tuesday with sis daughter encountered flood waters in Fly Creek. The muddy water ran. over th stream went down. shortly rain stopped. i Three snow plows, under. direc tion of Superintendent Fred carne on, of the, local state highway division, are removing snow on the Ta-. hoe-Ukiah highway. Snow fell at the rate of four inches an hour at times in the higher elevations,Four. feet of new snow is reported at Steep Hollow and six feet on the Donner Summit. Roads from Truckee to Lake Tahoe were blocked with snow for a time and two movie picture outfits are snowed in at Brockway summer resort on Lake Tahoe. a ee the closed at Bassetts, with new snow. Rain continues_to fall with no promise of a let up, 1.86 inches of rain fell over a 24 hour period or until 4:30 last evening, according to the rain gauge at Nevada’ City. Rain for the month.of February measures 8.23 inches and gives a seasonal rainfall of about 35.14 inches. ENTERPISING LADIES FORM COMMUNITY CLUB The ladies of the Sugar Loaf dis trict met>at the home of Mrs. May Luce Thursday and formed the Suear Loaf Community. Club. Hight were present to form the club and it was decided to hold a meeting the last Thursday of each month. Dainty > freshments were. served and several hours spent: and social converse, This makes the third club+ to beformed in Nevada ‘City’s adjacent districts and all are enjoying delightful meetings. There are al ready clubs in Gold Flat and Willow Valley. Members of ein .sewing the Sugar Loaf club are: Mrs. May luce, Mrs. WillDavis, Mrs.Kenneth Arbogast, Mrs. Mack Towle; Mrs. Paul Martin, MMrs. M.-L. Lewis~andMrs. R.A. Gordon Ross. NEW CITY MAP NEEDED At Tuesday’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the need for a new city may was discussed. C. M: Brown, George Schroder and Walter A, Garrison were appointed to investigate ing. twenty five were transferred .from the rent shelf to the free shelves. Our collections, fines, $5.68; rentinterested and one der way in August, SAME MAN BURIED BY SAME MORTICIAN TWICE . ) Believe it or not, here is a story fof an undertaker who buried the} same man twice. The story is vouched for by Clifford Warren Nevada City artist. While in France among the overseas forces during the world war, one Hibinger, an undertaker, buried a man named Black, killed in battle. The burial took place-in a “small town in France where the body was brought for the obsequies. Ten years lated Hibinger’s — remains were ‘disinterred, taken from their grave in France, and shipped home to—his native city Traverse, in Michigan. Hibinger in the meantime had _ returned home, Traverse also being his native place, and was there to receive the body and attend to its burial in the family plot in Trav-! erse. aan ae . The following telégram from Harry L. Englebright, congressman from this diStrict, indicates that. it~ now depends upon the owners of gold béaring gravels whether the proposed debris dams for impounding the debris shall be built on the near future, or not. The telegram follows: H, M. Leete, Editor, Nevada City Nugget: I am. very happy to advise you that the war department approyriation bill now on the floor of house includes an. appropriation of $138,000,000 for the construction of such projects as may be most desirable, authorized under the Rivers and Harbars bill of the last session of congress, As you know I succeeded in having included in the. Rivers and DEAD LINE ON FHA LOANS FOR EQUIPMENT APR. 1 Home owners of northern anda central California who have not yet availed’ themselves of the opportunity to modernize their homes under the provisions -of. the Federal Housing Act are advised that they have less than two months‘ time in which to do so. For, Title I of the Act, concerning the .Modernization Credit Plan, will, according to present arrangement, expire April 1. Under the ‘terms of the plan any home owner of accredited responsibility may modernize his dwelling and carry out provements of a permanent nature the assistance of the United of $35 to a maximum of the most lIbieral terms. The interest\ charged is the lowest ever askéd for that type of credit and the period for repayment of the principal may be extended to three Several small slides have . been. years, cleared on the Downieville highway Included in ‘the general scheme of and the route over the Yuba/Pass is} modernization is the perfection of ipment in ices and the dwelling’s interior e the way of labor saving dé conveniences. pliances, for frigerators, instance, includi cookipg ranges, machines) and tions, washing and ironing air-conditioning equipment, others. The gas and electric companies are of the-earliest of to adopt a policy of active cooperation with the Better Housing Program was tbe Pacific Gas: and Electric Company. The plan -got un19384 and in the following October the , company’s management announced a special offer consumers of a 50 per cent discount upon any amout in which a consumthese er’s monthly bill for electricity ‘might . exceed his bill for the corresponding month of the previous year at the same location. This, at the time, was frankly stated to be an inducement offer and the response was so gratifying that at-its expiration with the close of 1935 the company’s management was encouraged to issue a new schedule containing reduc-: of electric rates, tions which are estimated to afford the company’s customers for electric service a. saving of nearly $4,000;000-a year; The reduced rates are now in force. PLANS READY FOR PARK in-~ the aggregate. CARETAKER’S COTTAGE The Nevada CityPark Commission will meet this morning at’ Seaman’s Lodge in Pioneer Park to select a site for the care-takers cottage. The plans for the house arrived’ quarters in Auburn and it,is understood that funds are now available for the construction. The plans’ provide for two bedrooms, bath, yesterday: from WPA. headlarge Gas and electric ap-. " heaters, all types of heating. instal a. to its domestic and commercial . als, $27.60; total, $33.28. (Signed) IVA WILLIAMSON, Librarian, week end: with his parents, Fifty six books were rebound ana tack of bronchial pneumonia, Little Naomi Cleland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cleland,. of this city is recovering from a severe atliving room and kitchen. Whilé the plans call for an expenditure of approximately $5,000—the city’s share of this expense, it is understood has been reduced to not more than $700. Rental of the cottage will go toward the caretaker’s salary, if and when «la care-taker is appointed. Harbors bill of last session of Congress a provision for the construction of hydraulic mining dams at the Upper Narrows onthe Yuba River, the Dog Bar-site on the Bear River, the North “Fork site on the North Fork of the American-and the Lower Ruchachuck site on the Middle Fork of the American at a cost of $6,945,000. The chief of engineers of the United States Army in his report to Congress states that for the construction of these hydraulic mining dams he can expend during the fiscal year July 1, 19386 to June 30, 1937, for partial construction of the Upper Narrows dam site on the Yuba River $2,000,000, also for partial construction of the Dog Bar site and Money Soon Available Meh act: For Mine Debris Dams version canal $1,130,000; also for partial ) Censtruction work on the North Fork site $825,000 and for partial construction work on the Lower Ruckachuck site $690,000, or a total for said period of $7,645,000. Under the provisions of the last Rivers and Harbors Act, however, no work can be started on any of these dams until hydraulic miners assure to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that they will mine a sufficient amount of gravel during a twenty year period to insure the Therefore, when the present War Department. appropriations bill be~ comes law, appropriations will be available for all projects under Rivand Harbors Bill of last year which includes construction of the foregoing hydraulic mining dams. “he hydraulic mining Operators on the various streams indicated should im* mediately present their plans to the California Debris Commission and give them assurances that they will work sufficient ground to fill dams to the capacities that have been planned. I am very happy indeed to have brought this fight for resumppoint that money hydraulic ;mining dams as soon as miners are. able to qualify, so as to constructed. : HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT M. C, CRUSADERS TELL WHAT TOWNSEND PLAN WOULD DO Everyone in America over sixty years with an income of $2400 a year! -Everyone else in America with an annual income of only $486! These'and other striking figures stand out in the economie picture painted by the California Crusaders in the’ last of a series of bulletins in which they. break down the figures of the Townsend plan. Pointing = out “that under the Townsend Plan forty per cent of the national income would be paid out to about eight per. cent of the population, the Crusaders attack the Townsend contention that* business Bee be stimulated, the national increased, and jobs created g the elders. t faith in a pracage pension scheme the scourge those politicians who pledge themselves to -the plan ‘knowing: full well that it cannot be put into operatian. Or if tried it could only produca, chaos.’’ Analyzing the phactical requirements of administering such a plan the Crusaders point ott three certain results: First, an almost: completé\centralization of political and ecgnomic power in the federal government. Second, an enormous increase \in officialdom, both in number of th workers and in administering expenditures, plagues of graft and corruption. Third, a subjection of the daily life of all citizens to a prying and dictatorial government supervision. Roland “E: Tognazzini, chairman of the Crusaders executive commitCrusaders for these changes in our present economie life we would get not old age security—but national Ruin. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA Since the days of ’49, California has been noted — its mineral production. lineteen_ ee ‘tive showed .869,000 fine ounces of gold worth $30,429,000. Petroleum totaled 203,005,000 barrels worth $175,036,000 Natural gas amounted to 278,000;-];, $220, 616,000 out of a total mineral production for the state for 1935, of $256,938,000. Gold, oil and’ movies have. se attended by the usual} tee declared today that in return. ’ 000 M. cubic feet, worth $15, eines ‘These three items accounted for. ' ROTARIANS TO PLAY BENEFIT BASKETBALL The Rotary basketball, quintet . } was chosen at yesterday’s luncheon meeting. This team matched against a similar team from Grass Valley Rotary will put on a bénefit contesr tomorrow night in Armory Hall. The captain and surgeon of the Nevada City Rotary team will be Dr.\B. W. Hummelt, and his team will consist Bill.Cain, Keith ' Breckenridge, Frank Finnegan and Dr. Walter Hawkins. On reserve will be Horace Curnow, Howard Ross, Fred Sauvee, Walter Carlson, Lou Kopp;.Chester Scheemer and Ted Jannis. Preliminary to -the main event, will be. a game between. the Grass town team. Following the big Rothe Placerville A Town team and the Nevada City A town team. The Grass, Valley and Nev high school bands will play. Any Rotarian in Grass Valley“ or Nevada City will be glad to provide those who desire them, tickets at 50 cents each, The game is for the benefit of crippled children, a cause which Rotary International annually contributes a large sum. At the meeting yesterday arrangements were made for ufiforms and other details were determined. Dr: Walter’ Hawkins was chairman of the ay. An official of the CCC described occupied the _ president’s r Odegaard eine -confinThe jury sitting in he case of Martens vs. Merriam et al received the instructions of Judge n suit was brought by R. C, Martens’ result of accident in which he fel out of the cay door while enroute . Sacramento in Clifford ‘d_ Merri . California famous the world over,. remedial work for the Bear River ditary contest will be-a game-between government repayment cost of dams. assure the use of the dams when — ada City . 5 tion of hydraulic mining up to the—— is available. for. Valley Orioles and Nevada City’s B«@ id

a) Thinking . Out Loud evada U _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and eget you advertising. in the The Nevada City Nugget helps your and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and Nugget, therefore, help yourself, (By H. M. L.) Dan D. Casement, president of the Farmers Independence Council of Kansas, says: ‘‘In Washington today they are trying to pass a law to help the farmer, with the' plausible exMeuse of restoring Treasury checks,” (interrupted by the adverse decis-+ion of the United States .Supreme Court). He points out that the ItalMian government has taken charge of ‘the economic life of the Italians and that the reason for doing ‘so is identical with that of the New Dealers. “Would you,” he asks, “like to live in Italy?’”’ As a matter of fact the present proposed farm aid bill, looks to the man who-doesn’t expect any free checks fromthe government, like a_face saving proposition. The frold AAA plan thrown jnto the ashcan by: the United States’ Supreme Court had already served its purpose, for good or ill, and it is only the farmer politicians who are yammering for more New Deal pap. It is reported with every aspect of truth that some 115,000 agents were employed in the AAA administration, and the new bill which is maturing will keep this huge force employed. This means much in an _ election year. For very few members of this army of Federal employes will ‘‘bite the hand that feeds ’em. The. Democratic administration enters the campaign with “not only the huge advantage that ins always hold ovey the outs, in the matter of Federal employes, but they have through the creation of hundreds of boards, commissions, many of them like the AAA with thousands of em: ployes, not incorporated in the Civil Service body, greatly augmented that. advantage. The total of ‘‘emergency’’ employes is well over 200,000. This is in addition to the normal Federal roll of something like 600,000. It is a safe bet that every one of those 200,000 employes would like to make their jobs permanent and the safest way to do it, is to vote for the administration that hired them. The notoriety which California and. Los Angeles have attained in the Press throughout the country, in this ‘‘direct action’’ method of dealing with the influx of hoboes coming to “sunny’’ California for the winter, may presently prove one of those boomerangs that have happened before when the constituted authorities undertook ‘‘direct action.” For past masters in that game are all the worthless elements in the. nation. It will be remembered that [whenever ‘there has been a strike started in the agricultural centers of the San Joaquin or Sacramento Vailleys, and deputy sheriffs undertook to coerce the workers, immediately there started a movement of communists .and agitators toward the center of disturbance who put on a real, mob scene and show. It -happened.at Wheatland years ago in the hop fields. It happened in the Kern county eotton fields only two years ago. It happened in San Francisco during the last. big water front strike, when for nearly a week: San Francisco had a‘communist form of government. We believe that. no: better method could have been adopted to bring to California hordes of the penniless and discontented than adopted by the. Los Angeles police x department. Jackson, as wéll.as)Washington delivered a farewell message, but\in all the Democratic Jackson day ban. _quet oratory which flowed so abund“antly recently, no one quoted that farewell message. Here is an excerpt from it: : “Tt is well known that there have . always been those amongst us who wish to enlarge the powers of the general government to overstep the boundaries marked out for it. by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created, and its. powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for. .claiming poything beyond them. “Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should be erty and firmly opposed, for one vil example will lead to other mea, sures still more: mischevious; ‘and if “the principle of constructive powers or _ supposed advantages or temporary. circumstances shall ever « ‘be permitted to justify the assumption. of a power not given by the Constitution, the general government will before long absorb all the powers of jegislation, and you will have in efPr but one consolidated .-governbt at ‘ Harley Leete, Jr., is spending the ol. 10, No, 27, The County ‘Sex Paper NEVADA! CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The FLY Cosisc 5 RIDAY; FEBRUARY 14, 1936. ¥ THIS IS WHY NEVADA ‘CITY PAYS $150 TO TREASURER YEARLY 4 The old city. hall which is now being torn down, was built in 1868. Felix: Gillet at that time was a member of the city council. The city treasurer was K. Caspar, and when the building was done. it developed that. the fund alloted to the building had failed by $50 to complete it. One of the city council turned to Caspay and declared jocularly that instead of receiving $200\a year salary for caring for the city’s funds, he would have to take $150. Caspar, 800d naturedly acquiesced. From that day to this, George Calanan, who recalls this bit of history, states, the city treasurer has received but $150.a year. Thus that deficit saved Nevada City in the fcourse of the 58 years that have elapsed a matter of almost $3,000. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR PIONEER RESIDENT Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the W. R. Jefford and ‘Son Funeral Home for the lat Robert F. McLead who passed away Wednesday morning at his home on Factory street. Mr. McLeod was a respected old time resident of this ‘city having resided heats more’ than 65 years. He was a carpenter and builder in which trade he was active until his retirement a few ytars ago. Surviving deceased are his wife, Mrs. Theresa McLeod and the following children: Howard McLeod of San Francisco; Mrs. Olive Vincent of Grass \Valley;. Mrs. Lucile Powell of Willows, Miss Loraine Mcleod of Oakland. A sister Mrs.’ Nannie Wanamake of Nevada City and a brother, Walter @, MeLeod.also survive: him, Rev. H. H. Buckner conducted the funeral services in the presence of friends. CITY LIBRARY IS PATRONIZED BY 2615 IN JANUARY Mrs, Iva Williamson, city librarian, reporting January activities in the public library states: The library was open to the public twenty six days. Number of books borrowed ford. honie use 2165; “fiction, 1738; fu venile 298; miscellaneous 129; books borrowed from -the><State-~ library 15, Visitors to the reading rooms, 13824 * men, 456; women, 169; boys, 449; gine: 250; number of borrow: ers 1291; total attendance, 2616; or daily average of 100. Twenty four adult and twelve juvenile cards were issued and six surrendered, making our present registration 1560. Twenty one books were purchased and four donated, present accession 10104, The following books were purchased: ‘“‘Smoke in Her Eyes,’ Aileén Corliss; “With All My Heart,’ Sata Christy; “Enchanted Interlude” Ktahleen Rollins; ‘‘Buckaree Clan of Montana,’’ Clee Wood; ‘Diane Looks at Life,”’’. Eleanor Browne; “Quality House,’ Celeste D.' Lindsay; ‘Will Rogers,’”’ P. J. O’Brien; “The Shining Gloud,’” Margaret Pedlér; “The Trail Driver,” Zane Grey; “Pistol Passport,’*\Bugene Cunningham; ‘“‘There Three. Roads Meet,” Ethel M. Dell; “The Motives. of Nicholas Holtz,’’ Af@éxander Laing; ‘‘Five Furies of Leoning Ladder,” B. M. Bower; ‘‘The Luck of the Bodkins,” P G. Wodehouse; “It Must Be. Your Tonsils.’?’ Kenneth Roberts; “The House in the Marsh,’’ Helen R. Mar_tin;"The Moon’s My Home,’’ Faith Baldwin; “Rebound;” Freeman. Lincoln; ‘“‘Career,’’ Phil Stong; ‘The Golden Height,’ Marguerite M. Marshall;’ ‘The World With a Fence,”’ Marian-Sims. 3 ‘ + The following hc tbline were a .gift from Jimmy Dawson: “Heart of Oak” Books, Books 1 and 2; Book ‘of Fairy ‘Tales and ‘Gingerbread Stories’ by Peter Mabie. A copy of ‘‘Jo’s Boys’’, Louisa M. /Alcott was given to us by Betty. 'O’Conner to replace a lost copy. running =*!‘board and into the car. Thd swotten ‘and make a report at the next meetSWOLLEN CREEKS, SLIDES; IMPEDE LOCAL MOTORISTS The heavy dowauout of rain this section this ‘week added several inches of moisture to. the seasonal rainfall assuring a: good supply of water for operation of gravel mines. Although a heavy wind and thunder accompanied the storm no damage was recorded. “While enroute to Nevada City on Tuesday .morning the.-Frencn Cerral-San Juan school bus encounter ed a slide and a large boulder about 1,000 yards north of the South Yuba River on the Downieville highway Mr. Frank Miller, driver of the school bus, who had 18 children in the big machine, stated the road was wide enough for a touring car to pass, but he would not take chances with the large, heavy, machine and backed up about a half mile, turned around, and went back with the chil dren. Thursday morning the rock ‘and ° debris had been removed but a small tree and more muck had moyedeinto the edge of the road, but it tne tases to--pass:: Mr X. J. Haverstock, stage drivin er of the Washington route, reported six inches of new snow at. the junction ofthe Tahoe-Ukiah ana ‘Washington reads. The South Yuba River at, aba ts has risen about two feet. Mr. Charles Genasti “of” Willow Valley while driving o town Tuesday with sis daughter encountered flood waters in Fly Creek. The muddy water ran. over th stream went down. shortly rain stopped. i Three snow plows, under. direc tion of Superintendent Fred carne on, of the, local state highway division, are removing snow on the Ta-. hoe-Ukiah highway. Snow fell at the rate of four inches an hour at times in the higher elevations,Four. feet of new snow is reported at Steep Hollow and six feet on the Donner Summit. Roads from Truckee to Lake Tahoe were blocked with snow for a time and two movie picture outfits are snowed in at Brockway summer resort on Lake Tahoe. a ee the closed at Bassetts, with new snow. Rain continues_to fall with no promise of a let up, 1.86 inches of rain fell over a 24 hour period or until 4:30 last evening, according to the rain gauge at Nevada’ City. Rain for the month.of February measures 8.23 inches and gives a seasonal rainfall of about 35.14 inches. ENTERPISING LADIES FORM COMMUNITY CLUB The ladies of the Sugar Loaf dis trict met>at the home of Mrs. May Luce Thursday and formed the Suear Loaf Community. Club. Hight were present to form the club and it was decided to hold a meeting the last Thursday of each month. Dainty > freshments were. served and several hours spent: and social converse, This makes the third club+ to beformed in Nevada ‘City’s adjacent districts and all are enjoying delightful meetings. There are al ready clubs in Gold Flat and Willow Valley. Members of ein .sewing the Sugar Loaf club are: Mrs. May luce, Mrs. WillDavis, Mrs.Kenneth Arbogast, Mrs. Mack Towle; Mrs. Paul Martin, MMrs. M.-L. Lewis~andMrs. R.A.

Gordon Ross. NEW CITY MAP NEEDED At Tuesday’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the need for a new city may was discussed. C. M: Brown, George Schroder and Walter A, Garrison were appointed to investigate ing. twenty five were transferred .from the rent shelf to the free shelves. Our collections, fines, $5.68; rentinterested and one der way in August, SAME MAN BURIED BY SAME MORTICIAN TWICE . ) Believe it or not, here is a story fof an undertaker who buried the} same man twice. The story is vouched for by Clifford Warren Nevada City artist. While in France among the overseas forces during the world war, one Hibinger, an undertaker, buried a man named Black, killed in battle. The burial took place-in a “small town in France where the body was brought for the obsequies. Ten years lated Hibinger’s — remains were ‘disinterred, taken from their grave in France, and shipped home to—his native city Traverse, in Michigan. Hibinger in the meantime had _ returned home, Traverse also being his native place, and was there to receive the body and attend to its burial in the family plot in Trav-! erse. aan ae . The following telégram from Harry L. Englebright, congressman from this diStrict, indicates that. it~ now depends upon the owners of gold béaring gravels whether the proposed debris dams for impounding the debris shall be built on the near future, or not. The telegram follows: H, M. Leete, Editor, Nevada City Nugget: I am. very happy to advise you that the war department approyriation bill now on the floor of house includes an. appropriation of $138,000,000 for the construction of such projects as may be most desirable, authorized under the Rivers and Harbars bill of the last session of congress, As you know I succeeded in having included in the. Rivers and DEAD LINE ON FHA LOANS FOR EQUIPMENT APR. 1 Home owners of northern anda central California who have not yet availed’ themselves of the opportunity to modernize their homes under the provisions -of. the Federal Housing Act are advised that they have less than two months‘ time in which to do so. For, Title I of the Act, concerning the .Modernization Credit Plan, will, according to present arrangement, expire April 1. Under the ‘terms of the plan any home owner of accredited responsibility may modernize his dwelling and carry out provements of a permanent nature the assistance of the United of $35 to a maximum of the most lIbieral terms. The interest\ charged is the lowest ever askéd for that type of credit and the period for repayment of the principal may be extended to three Several small slides have . been. years, cleared on the Downieville highway Included in ‘the general scheme of and the route over the Yuba/Pass is} modernization is the perfection of ipment in ices and the dwelling’s interior e the way of labor saving dé conveniences. pliances, for frigerators, instance, includi cookipg ranges, machines) and tions, washing and ironing air-conditioning equipment, others. The gas and electric companies are of the-earliest of to adopt a policy of active cooperation with the Better Housing Program was tbe Pacific Gas: and Electric Company. The plan -got un19384 and in the following October the , company’s management announced a special offer consumers of a 50 per cent discount upon any amout in which a consumthese er’s monthly bill for electricity ‘might . exceed his bill for the corresponding month of the previous year at the same location. This, at the time, was frankly stated to be an inducement offer and the response was so gratifying that at-its expiration with the close of 1935 the company’s management was encouraged to issue a new schedule containing reduc-: of electric rates, tions which are estimated to afford the company’s customers for electric service a. saving of nearly $4,000;000-a year; The reduced rates are now in force. PLANS READY FOR PARK in-~ the aggregate. CARETAKER’S COTTAGE The Nevada CityPark Commission will meet this morning at’ Seaman’s Lodge in Pioneer Park to select a site for the care-takers cottage. The plans for the house arrived’ quarters in Auburn and it,is understood that funds are now available for the construction. The plans’ provide for two bedrooms, bath, yesterday: from WPA. headlarge Gas and electric ap-. " heaters, all types of heating. instal a. to its domestic and commercial . als, $27.60; total, $33.28. (Signed) IVA WILLIAMSON, Librarian, week end: with his parents, Fifty six books were rebound ana tack of bronchial pneumonia, Little Naomi Cleland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cleland,. of this city is recovering from a severe atliving room and kitchen. Whilé the plans call for an expenditure of approximately $5,000—the city’s share of this expense, it is understood has been reduced to not more than $700. Rental of the cottage will go toward the caretaker’s salary, if and when «la care-taker is appointed. Harbors bill of last session of Congress a provision for the construction of hydraulic mining dams at the Upper Narrows onthe Yuba River, the Dog Bar-site on the Bear River, the North “Fork site on the North Fork of the American-and the Lower Ruchachuck site on the Middle Fork of the American at a cost of $6,945,000. The chief of engineers of the United States Army in his report to Congress states that for the construction of these hydraulic mining dams he can expend during the fiscal year July 1, 19386 to June 30, 1937, for partial construction of the Upper Narrows dam site on the Yuba River $2,000,000, also for partial construction of the Dog Bar site and Money Soon Available Meh act: For Mine Debris Dams version canal $1,130,000; also for partial ) Censtruction work on the North Fork site $825,000 and for partial construction work on the Lower Ruckachuck site $690,000, or a total for said period of $7,645,000. Under the provisions of the last Rivers and Harbors Act, however, no work can be started on any of these dams until hydraulic miners assure to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that they will mine a sufficient amount of gravel during a twenty year period to insure the Therefore, when the present War Department. appropriations bill be~ comes law, appropriations will be available for all projects under Rivand Harbors Bill of last year which includes construction of the foregoing hydraulic mining dams. “he hydraulic mining Operators on the various streams indicated should im* mediately present their plans to the California Debris Commission and give them assurances that they will work sufficient ground to fill dams to the capacities that have been planned. I am very happy indeed to have brought this fight for resumppoint that money hydraulic ;mining dams as soon as miners are. able to qualify, so as to constructed. : HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT M. C, CRUSADERS TELL WHAT TOWNSEND PLAN WOULD DO Everyone in America over sixty years with an income of $2400 a year! -Everyone else in America with an annual income of only $486! These'and other striking figures stand out in the economie picture painted by the California Crusaders in the’ last of a series of bulletins in which they. break down the figures of the Townsend plan. Pointing = out “that under the Townsend Plan forty per cent of the national income would be paid out to about eight per. cent of the population, the Crusaders attack the Townsend contention that* business Bee be stimulated, the national increased, and jobs created g the elders. t faith in a pracage pension scheme the scourge those politicians who pledge themselves to -the plan ‘knowing: full well that it cannot be put into operatian. Or if tried it could only produca, chaos.’’ Analyzing the phactical requirements of administering such a plan the Crusaders point ott three certain results: First, an almost: completé\centralization of political and ecgnomic power in the federal government. Second, an enormous increase \in officialdom, both in number of th workers and in administering expenditures, plagues of graft and corruption. Third, a subjection of the daily life of all citizens to a prying and dictatorial government supervision. Roland “E: Tognazzini, chairman of the Crusaders executive commitCrusaders for these changes in our present economie life we would get not old age security—but national Ruin. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA Since the days of ’49, California has been noted — its mineral production. lineteen_ ee ‘tive showed .869,000 fine ounces of gold worth $30,429,000. Petroleum totaled 203,005,000 barrels worth $175,036,000 Natural gas amounted to 278,000;-];, $220, 616,000 out of a total mineral production for the state for 1935, of $256,938,000. Gold, oil and’ movies have. se attended by the usual} tee declared today that in return. ’ 000 M. cubic feet, worth $15, eines ‘These three items accounted for. ' ROTARIANS TO PLAY BENEFIT BASKETBALL The Rotary basketball, quintet . } was chosen at yesterday’s luncheon meeting. This team matched against a similar team from Grass Valley Rotary will put on a bénefit contesr tomorrow night in Armory Hall. The captain and surgeon of the Nevada City Rotary team will be Dr.\B. W. Hummelt, and his team will consist Bill.Cain, Keith ' Breckenridge, Frank Finnegan and Dr. Walter Hawkins. On reserve will be Horace Curnow, Howard Ross, Fred Sauvee, Walter Carlson, Lou Kopp;.Chester Scheemer and Ted Jannis. Preliminary to -the main event, will be. a game between. the Grass town team. Following the big Rothe Placerville A Town team and the Nevada City A town team. The Grass, Valley and Nev high school bands will play. Any Rotarian in Grass Valley“ or Nevada City will be glad to provide those who desire them, tickets at 50 cents each, The game is for the benefit of crippled children, a cause which Rotary International annually contributes a large sum. At the meeting yesterday arrangements were made for ufiforms and other details were determined. Dr: Walter’ Hawkins was chairman of the ay. An official of the CCC described occupied the _ president’s r Odegaard eine -confinThe jury sitting in he case of Martens vs. Merriam et al received the instructions of Judge n suit was brought by R. C, Martens’ result of accident in which he fel out of the cay door while enroute . Sacramento in Clifford ‘d_ Merri . California famous the world over,. remedial work for the Bear River ditary contest will be-a game-between government repayment cost of dams. assure the use of the dams when — ada City . 5 tion of hydraulic mining up to the—— is available. for. Valley Orioles and Nevada City’s B«@ id