February 17, 1947 (6 pages)

Ae visitors Ray, tend the-Natig, in Villiam le LiVinggin ‘ the week o yf thig J0llage al uf Dosned lacer Coy ring ip Ds 0 lives ont ad is visiy . law, Mr, NY P<. SONLY 54 . PER ‘MONTH NEVADA CITY ™ q eish GRASS VALLEY A TWICE-A-WEEK. _ NEWSPAPER MONDAY AND THURSDAY an er * Mol. a1, Ne, 45 The Coutity Seat Pasa _NEVADA CITY. GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. “The Twi in 1 Cities Paper MON D AY, FEBRUARY. 17, 1947. _aa——_, SS TRINKING OUT FLOW OF ILLICIT Lov ~~ GOLD TO MINT ca _____'. BRINGS ARREST We coc igo SL achltin heh @RASS VALLEY: a foe of 4 nae pea former Himpire Miné hoistman “was the other a pp 4Y NS . errested Thursday afternoon by state js afoot there that hasn’t ‘been afoot pee ‘ and federal officers who charged ince the time the Marsh sawmill was. ,. ss i 8 ‘ then we dowbt ff itech him with filing false gold sale afifithere. Even nae 1a Fae piowls a7 davits with the United States. Mint. et ie. pra Tene Bade a Walter Fish, United States Secret this par’ Se mut ea we pg Service officer, and John B. Bongard, of on ai a nate St eg: ; chief. inspector: of the State Division ing Ce ~ fase ena gaia a of Mines, flagged. down Shipman’s farming third or las 5o at) car on the Aluburn Highway near the is derived . Had S Ae ail de 6 . Bullion Mine and took him into cus never 8o immediate as that found int ay at the same time, they removcrushed quartz in a gravel bed, . eq an timated’ $3000 of gold bulthough often it is considerably more lion trom: his’ automobile. in the aggregate. Authorities investigating shipjments from Grass Valley of $30,000 in bullion and amalgam to the mint, had had Shipman under surveillance for some time. VICIOUS HUMAN POISONS DOGS, REWARD OFFERED GRAS SS VALLEY: Al Ahearn; who reported to the police that one of his hunting dogs had ‘been, poisoned, at the same time offered ‘a reward of $50 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for thé act. By H. M. x A one horse plow, somehow recalls the one hoss shay and other iatters of a bygone age, but ‘we shall not; be tempted to go off,on a -tangent. The virgin earth, for that ig probably what it is, is being turned up .to. the sun in Pioneers Park. That means, perhaps that a lawp is meditated in the. Memorial Grove there. ‘We hope it is. It does not look well to rémember our war dead with a memorial in a field of weeds. The dead are probally beyond ¢aring, ut _ the living should not be, that is, af we wish to sustain our civilization its present levels. We have been glad to note the interest the Nevada City Chmber of Commence is taking in Pioneers Park, and by the way the name is Pioneers Park, plural not singular. For, the park is intended be a memorial to all the pioneers of Nevada . City and nto one of them. The name \ was suggested by George Calanan, : and. adopted by.the first board. of mark commissioners appointed Wythe . Gty.couneil, ‘of Whickpthis writer was one. The mayor of Nevada City at the ffm the first Jboardewas, —— us Lionel Ostorne, whose black chow dog was.poisoned also offers q.reward. Al Harris of Conaway Avenue yesterday reported his dog had: died of strychnine Wednesday night. Seven dogs have recently been poisoned. NEV AD! AOOERY y: Chryias for adults was. A. Seaman, whose sén is now will continue Monday evening, FebMayadas ae r’ vated” “to ve be jeg dear 17th, in the Nevada City. high 1 YER Bae ro t A itGries wy as ‘ey. ee ; rses in metal art, leathterests of building there a beatiful school. Counses. in t er craft, wood working, welding and recreation center. for the city. sendine and receiving in code, will be organized. Teacher of the radio class will be The city bonded “itself for $10;/000 .to buy the land: and ‘build the municipal pool there. It was a long time before the city fathens were fifally brought to spending the money on it as the voters of the city intended, and two or three.times they proposed to do-someéething else-with the monéy, put each time the voters declared ficer of the Tahe National service. ‘ NL house, We can view the dilatory action of the city council with some charity, because Nevada City needed so many things besides a park and the. counPrising the people of this City stuck to their first choice as thariously as they did. er begins his duties that can be done. “COME AND GET IT” But we think that problem was wisely solved at length, and now we are entering a new era, apparently, of park development. Sometime since 1 care taker’s cottage purchased from the orest service, The cottage once Stood on a promotory riear the Washington Junction. Then the next hurdle “was to find a real care taker and find the money to pay his salary. This hag been accomplished, and presently, we shall have a man to take care of the park the year around. The Chamber of Commerce, looking for places: to put their shoulder to the wheel, has decided that: the Park is‘one place and the Nevada City airport the other. 'We_ believe the city council which has been carrying a heavy load for a good many years will ‘be glad ‘to have this strong shoulder bearing part of it. This leads us to the natural conclusion that. the more members the chamber enrolls, the stronger its shoulder to. the wheel will be. We have ‘been really proud of the way the secretary of the chamber, H. F. Sofge, has been enrolling new mem_ ders. A good healthy chamber is a big asset to any town. We beleve the chamber’s interest in the park, has Something to do with that man with the one-horse plow who was turning Lioyd Shipman }” . announcement from the governor’s a ‘beginning class in radio repairs.and, George. Craword, communications ofForest a boating pond alongside. Little Deer Creek in the upper end of they wanted the park. That is, a big! 7° park, and a playing (field, bigj. of the board to obtain state funds majority so Soe gepag ~“—"Tenough at least. for soft ball ‘and. appropriated “fer such purposes. by { : other games, and judicious planting . the 1941 legislature. ms of shrubs and trees, Of the latter the park will need little. for nature already. has been prodigal. There is a cement filter already in place for the \ municipal pool. All that needs to ‘ of cil has always been hard pressed to . wonk well is a proper filling of gravel lies are to be built in the baseme Oe ones, ae © eens ae sand ‘and charcoal. The filter was placed there during the regime of the first park commission and should be used to clear the water of algae and dirt. Perhaps when the ‘care takThat's eet curvaceous Citrus” NO ELECTION FOR STATE SENATOR BEFORE 1943 SAC RAMENTO: No special election for Sfate Senator from -this pears to be in sight for 1947. This. I is evident in the light of ,a recent -office thet no provision ‘for _a ballot 8 to fill the seat vacated by ® Terrold f Seawell is under consideration. » Precedent in special state elections to fill: legislative vacancies is. that they are held in ‘conjunction with, regularly scheduled local elections: In this senatorial district, there is t that covers the: whole area, to 1948. TELEPHONE RATES ARE GOING UP NEVADA CITY: In an interview regarding. inerease telephone company rates, Bugene R. Ingalls; telephone company manager said that the prinicipal rate changes Brena for Nevada City were: $3150, proposed $6.00. Residence $3. oresent, proposed $5.00. ‘ Ingalls stated that the number of telephones in service nere “had increased from. 405 in 1919 1067 in 1946, a Tle emphasized that the cost and . value of telephone service increases as the number of telephones “Which -ean, be reached without a toll’ charge. increases. ale ; CHPERVICORS APPROVE _ MEMORIAT. RULDING TPROVEMENT PLANS NEVADA CITY: At special meeting the Nevada County Board of Supervisors approved final plans for improvements in the Veterans Memorial Puilding to cost approximately $49,000. Warren Odell; chairman of the board, was designated representative The plans call for the reconstruction of the building to afford rooms for public offices and more revenue from the bujlding. Four bowling alTWIN CITY UNITY GROWS ROY SCOTS TO HOLD. . JOINT MINIATURE RALLY GRASS VALLEY: Grass Valley’s. Boy Scout, Troop 4, has been: invited ‘by Nevaa City’s Troop 24, to meet with them in Seaman’s Lodge, (Nevada City, Thursday, February 18, for a ‘minature’ rally, The troops are preparing for Council Rally. which will take* place in Roseville March 1.-. The members of both troops are trying out for the events of the big rally. Knot tying, flint and steel camp fire ignition, flag signals, ump drill, fire by friction, semaphore signalling, rope climbing, and other stunts. are being practiced. YE Ll OW JACKETS. é m2. ets unlimited cagers Friday . area, the 7th Senatorial District, -ap-. thoroughly trounced Yuba City’s five. and 65 to 21 at’the final whistle. The Yellow Jacket Bees did. not fare Yuba City 20 and Nevada. City 19 at half time with Nevada City losing in City’s consistent 40 baskets. i City’s A team was Jack Coley, cen. no regniarly scheduled local election . ter Yulba* City was Buzzy Rhine, with 9 points. ter for Nevada City, was high with 10 baskets; and Lee Cast, forward for Yuba City’ was KONG COX MEETS SO. GENTLEMAN Date effective 1919 T947 Business individual 3.00 4.04 Residence individual 2.50 °3.00} GRASS VALLEY: Ted (King Residence two party 295 2.50 . Konig). Cox.meets’ Pete Peterson, The Lesidence four party 500 2.25 . Southern” Gentleman “tonight “inthe Gervice connection charge Present Main’ Event at’ the regular Monday bench and got hit on the head by the {group of doll collectors. Seven ladies NEVADA CITY: The‘ Yellowjacknight: t was a score of 27 to 9 at half time o well, though they put up a-hard ighting defense. The Bees score was he finals with 35 points to Yuba High point man for the Nevada High man for center with 27 points. In the Bee game Don Amos, cenwith tops: +? points. active years on the Beyer Ranch ; 3 ee near Spenceville in raising cattle, 6% specializing in pure bred Herfords.’ TONIGHT KING The Beyers Ranch was taken. over ghee by the U. S. Army in 1942 and benight wrestling bout at the Veterans Memorial building, Cox will weigh in at 240 pounds. Semi-finals are Angelo Cistoldi. of 240 pounds and Bill Kuwusisto of ‘Minnesota at 230 pounds. In the preliminary, Mike Burnell. meets. Doc Hall; Burnell, who hails from Tulsa, tips’'the scales at 222 pounds while Doc Hall weighs 240. ogee weeks wrestling bouts continued throughout fhe one-hour blackout, during which Bill Hansen threw Tom Rice out of the riny. Rice, in falling, broke a spectator’s AUTO DEALERS TO ORGANIZE GRASS VALLEY: A dinner meeting ‘will be held Wednesday evening in the Hotel: Holbrooke for the purpose of organizing the Nevada County Automobile Dealers Association. The membership will include new and used car dealers, garage owners, automotive repair men, body and fender shop owners, and owners of parts stores. Object of the .association is stated to be the promotion of good fellowship and harmony within the automotive industry, and by mutual assistance to raise the standards of service to the motoring public. : DOLL COLLECTORS WILL BE GUESTS NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Warren Barnes of. Nursery Street will. be hostess: Tuesday at a luncheon for a will attend from Sacramento and one from Live Oak, besides a number of ‘Nevada City and Grass Valley collectors. Guests are bringing unusual dolls, ancient period represetnatives, eign in costume, and others of early American days. :, i Among thequent will be: MesFIREMEN’S BALL NEVADA CITY: Cameron R. Larsen, Chief of the Nevada City Fire Department, has received an invitation from William H. Strick, Fire Chief of Grass Valley, to attend the 72nd Annual Fireman’s Ball at the . Vetergns’ Memorial Hall in Grass Valley on the evening of February 22,1947. Maas Nevada City firemen have already signified theif intention of . . accompanying Chief Larsen to Grass Valley pursuant to the invitation. Admission’ to the dance, according to (Chief. Strick, will be by badge or Lother identificaton: as a member of the Nevada City Fire Department. Wp the soil in the Memorial Grove. priricess Buchanan will nardino way when the Na ie ae Orange Show opens Mar. 13 for Our idea of park improvements! Gieven of spectacular exhibits _ Would include a couple of modern : by stars of radio screen. ’ dames Lara Inks, Vedah Aslick, The Washington's Birthday Ball of . the Grass Valley Firemen is one of . , the outstanding social events of the] t Hazel Loder, Anna’ Lien, Florence Stradon, Mary Ready, and Mignonette Mersereau,.Olive Hickey, Lenore Coughlin and Maude Mae Shaw. " MOTORING MILES . 1946. saw .the average passenger ‘car owner use 65/1 gallons of gasoline ing to estimates . conditions, stay alert when at the wheel of sas automobile. CARRY ag member of four brothers who never married and sole survivor of the nine children born to George and Katherine Beyer, ‘who came from Germany to settle ‘in Indian Springs, Nevada . : County, in the 1850s. take place Wednesday under direcInterment will be inthe family plot in Indian Springs Cemetery, county. 83 years ago. He spent his came part of Camp Beale. The. re‘\arainder of Henry spent with his brothér Albert on the ‘POINT AREA NEAR SAN for. " and drive some 9766 milés, accordAuto-. mobile Citib. This means that high-. ]}. ‘ways were crowded’ and under such . the safe . motorist. will . CHARLES BEYER DIES TWO DAYS AFTER DEATH OF BROTHER, HENRY GRASS VALLEY:.Charles Beyer, 74, whose brother Henry preceded him in death by two days, died last evening in” a Nevada City hospital following an illness of several years. 4 Charles Beyer, like his brother, was engaged in cattle . raising all his life on the big Beyer Ranch near which in 1942 became a part of Camp Beale. ee SpencevilléAlbert -Beyer is the sole remaining Funeral services ror Charles will ion of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. Henry Beyer: was born in this Beyer’s life was Dean Beaver Ranch near Clear Creek. GOLD MINING IN WEST. ANDREAS IS EXPANDING SAN ANDREAS: Gold mining activities are -expanding -in the. West IN ATTRURN-MANV FINES. NINEDOGS IN Ee , GRASS VALLEY POISONED = * GRASS VALLEY: Chief of Police . Ben Jenkins reports that two more dogs have been reported to his of— fice as having died of poisoning: — These raises the total for the vat thrte weeks to nine. ad Aroused citizens have now ottorsd a a’ total of $110 for the atrest an@ — conviction .of the poisoner. The pol— ice are making a determined efto: to apprehend ‘he miscreant. PARKING METERS NOT. YET FULLY ACCEPTED ve “AUBURN: No special privileges—= that was the warning issued indirect~ Ms Ka tuenives eet eel” f privileges in this city. Several business. and! jcmedaeale people have inquired of council men whether they may not be granted @x+ Point district and. adjacent areas, with a number of properties expected.fo.go:on production this .year. Dan Valeras is developing ore in the Blaek Oak property. Lashley «and associates are installing machinery on the Waiker and J. E. Babcock ond Harry &. Briggs have started sinking ‘a shaft’at the Lockwood mine to develop a new vein ‘disclosed By ‘aia mond drilling. The Dollar Hill Mining Company f is preparing to work the Dollar Hill: property and operate the old Lockwood mill. The Brink interests are developing ore in the Yellow Aster and installing equipment, R. H, Tuck and L. V. Storrs are’ reopening the old Smith mine, operated formerly by. the Cutler interests of San Francisco. NATIONAL HOTEL HAS NEW RESIDENT MANAGER NEVADA > CITY: George Murphy, owner off the National Hotel has announced that he had named Dean F. McGrath to be resident manager. Mr. ‘. and Mrs. McGrath have arrived and will make the hotel their home. McGrath was a marine during the war and served overseas for three and a half years. Mrs.; MeGrath was formerly Miss LaVerne Willard, daughter Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Willard, former residents. Mrs. McGrath served in. the woman marines and met her husband while. she was in the service. She is a-graduate of the Nevada City High school with the class of 1939. BIRTH 11, 1947, to Mr. and. Mrs. Robert -V. Ball of Grass Valley a son: ‘. Auburn — police BALL—In Nevada City, February . but emptions from bothering to put: ont in Auburn parking meters. The wer at present is ‘that they may not. Councilmen feel that if any: person or praey* of persons are loin gpec‘ -ainance pearesywill” be. Peienas effect. i Chief of Police ‘Fred Adge.A an departmé : worked out satisfactory ments with out of town: trucks and vans and the rule ‘which will prevail with locally owned mercial vehicles is now bein ; died, When. a satisfactory arrangement has been found and put éffect concerning the latter’ an nouncement wilt be made it was. r¢ ported. : 3 That local motorists paveng accepted the meter ordinane al is @vidence in that about : tions are being issed ewe pies = to. be pbesiee who regead tt : money -in the ‘“‘slot’-rather ‘tha lation of the overtime limit. ~“)~ Fines for first offfenderg ate 6 at one dollar; second offenders in the year are two cettnpane VENDING M ACHINE. SELLS TRAVELER'S ‘ An innowat'on in. vending’ es is.the Insurograph. which ses, insurance Policies for. air elers, As an easy to operate a PLACE Dine insertion Of

Ae visitors Ray, tend the-Natig, in Villiam le LiVinggin ‘ the week o yf thig J0llage al uf Dosned lacer Coy ring ip Ds 0 lives ont ad is visiy . law, Mr, NY P<. SONLY 54 . PER ‘MONTH NEVADA CITY ™ q eish GRASS VALLEY A TWICE-A-WEEK. _ NEWSPAPER MONDAY AND THURSDAY an er * Mol. a1, Ne, 45 The Coutity Seat Pasa _NEVADA CITY. GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. “The Twi in 1 Cities Paper MON D AY, FEBRUARY. 17, 1947. _aa——_, SS TRINKING OUT FLOW OF ILLICIT Lov ~~ GOLD TO MINT ca _____'. BRINGS ARREST We coc igo SL achltin heh @RASS VALLEY: a foe of 4 nae pea former Himpire Miné hoistman “was the other a pp 4Y NS . errested Thursday afternoon by state js afoot there that hasn’t ‘been afoot pee ‘ and federal officers who charged ince the time the Marsh sawmill was. ,. ss i 8 ‘ then we dowbt ff itech him with filing false gold sale afifithere. Even nae 1a Fae piowls a7 davits with the United States. Mint. et ie. pra Tene Bade a Walter Fish, United States Secret this par’ Se mut ea we pg Service officer, and John B. Bongard, of on ai a nate St eg: ; chief. inspector: of the State Division ing Ce ~ fase ena gaia a of Mines, flagged. down Shipman’s farming third or las 5o at) car on the Aluburn Highway near the is derived . Had S Ae ail de 6 . Bullion Mine and took him into cus never 8o immediate as that found int ay at the same time, they removcrushed quartz in a gravel bed, . eq an timated’ $3000 of gold bulthough often it is considerably more lion trom: his’ automobile. in the aggregate. Authorities investigating shipjments from Grass Valley of $30,000 in bullion and amalgam to the mint, had had Shipman under surveillance for some time. VICIOUS HUMAN POISONS DOGS, REWARD OFFERED GRAS SS VALLEY: Al Ahearn; who reported to the police that one of his hunting dogs had ‘been, poisoned, at the same time offered ‘a reward of $50 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for thé act. By H. M. x A one horse plow, somehow recalls the one hoss shay and other iatters of a bygone age, but ‘we shall not; be tempted to go off,on a -tangent. The virgin earth, for that ig probably what it is, is being turned up .to. the sun in Pioneers Park. That means, perhaps that a lawp is meditated in the. Memorial Grove there. ‘We hope it is. It does not look well to rémember our war dead with a memorial in a field of weeds. The dead are probally beyond ¢aring, ut _ the living should not be, that is, af we wish to sustain our civilization its present levels. We have been glad to note the interest the Nevada City Chmber of Commence is taking in Pioneers Park, and by the way the name is Pioneers Park, plural not singular. For, the park is intended be a memorial to all the pioneers of Nevada . City and nto one of them. The name \ was suggested by George Calanan, : and. adopted by..the first board. of mark commissioners appointed Wythe . Gty.couneil, ‘of Whickpthis writer was one. The mayor of Nevada City at the ffm the first Jboardewas, —— us Lionel Ostorne, whose black chow dog was.poisoned also offers q.reward. Al Harris of Conaway Avenue yesterday reported his dog had: died of strychnine Wednesday night. Seven dogs have recently been poisoned. NEV AD! AOOERY y: Chryias for adults was. A. Seaman, whose sén is now will continue Monday evening, FebMayadas ae r’ vated” “to ve be jeg dear 17th, in the Nevada City. high 1 YER Bae ro t A itGries wy as ‘ey. ee ; rses in metal art, leathterests of building there a beatiful school. Counses. in t er craft, wood working, welding and recreation center. for the city. sendine and receiving in code, will be organized. Teacher of the radio class will be The city bonded “itself for $10;/000 .to buy the land: and ‘build the municipal pool there. It was a long time before the city fathens were fifally brought to spending the money on it as the voters of the city intended, and two or three.times they proposed to do-someéething else-with the monéy, put each time the voters declared ficer of the Tahe National service. ‘ NL house, We can view the dilatory action of the city council with some charity, because Nevada City needed so many things besides a park and the. counPrising the people of this City stuck to their first choice as thariously as they did. er begins his duties that can be done. “COME AND GET IT” But we think that problem was wisely solved at length, and now we are entering a new era, apparently, of park development. Sometime since 1 care taker’s cottage purchased from the orest service, The cottage once Stood on a promotory riear the Washington Junction. Then the next hurdle “was to find a real care taker and find the money to pay his salary. This hag been accomplished, and presently, we shall have a man to take care of the park the year around. The Chamber of Commerce, looking for places: to put their shoulder to the wheel, has decided that: the Park is‘one place and the Nevada City airport the other. 'We_ believe the city council which has been carrying a heavy load for a good many years will ‘be glad ‘to have this strong shoulder bearing part of it. This leads us to the natural conclusion that. the more members the chamber enrolls, the stronger its shoulder to. the wheel will be. We have ‘been really proud of the way the secretary of the chamber, H. F. Sofge, has been enrolling new mem_ ders. A good healthy chamber is a big asset to any town. We beleve the chamber’s interest in the park, has Something to do with that man with the one-horse plow who was turning Lioyd Shipman }” . announcement from the governor’s a ‘beginning class in radio repairs.and, George. Craword, communications ofForest a boating pond alongside. Little Deer Creek in the upper end of they wanted the park. That is, a big! 7° park, and a playing (field, bigj. of the board to obtain state funds majority so Soe gepag ~“—"Tenough at least. for soft ball ‘and. appropriated “fer such purposes. by { : other games, and judicious planting . the 1941 legislature. ms of shrubs and trees, Of the latter the park will need little. for nature already. has been prodigal. There is a cement filter already in place for the \ municipal pool. All that needs to ‘ of cil has always been hard pressed to . wonk well is a proper filling of gravel lies are to be built in the baseme Oe ones, ae © eens ae sand ‘and charcoal. The filter was placed there during the regime of the first park commission and should be used to clear the water of algae and dirt. Perhaps when the ‘care takThat's eet curvaceous Citrus” NO ELECTION FOR STATE SENATOR BEFORE 1943 SAC RAMENTO: No special election for Sfate Senator from -this pears to be in sight for 1947. This. I is evident in the light of ,a recent -office thet no provision ‘for _a ballot 8 to fill the seat vacated by ® Terrold f Seawell is under consideration. » Precedent in special state elections to fill: legislative vacancies is. that they are held in ‘conjunction with, regularly scheduled local elections: In this senatorial district, there is t that covers the: whole area, to 1948. TELEPHONE RATES ARE GOING UP NEVADA CITY: In an interview regarding. inerease telephone company rates, Bugene R. Ingalls; telephone company manager said that the prinicipal rate changes Brena for Nevada City were: $3150, proposed $6.00. Residence $3. oresent, proposed $5.00. ‘ Ingalls stated that the number of telephones in service nere “had increased from. 405 in 1919 1067 in 1946, a Tle emphasized that the cost and . value of telephone service increases as the number of telephones “Which -ean, be reached without a toll’ charge. increases. ale ; CHPERVICORS APPROVE _ MEMORIAT. RULDING TPROVEMENT PLANS NEVADA CITY: At special meeting the Nevada County Board of Supervisors approved final plans for improvements in the Veterans Memorial Puilding to cost approximately $49,000. Warren Odell; chairman of the board, was designated representative The plans call for the reconstruction of the building to afford rooms for public offices and more revenue from the bujlding. Four bowling alTWIN CITY UNITY GROWS ROY SCOTS TO HOLD. . JOINT MINIATURE RALLY GRASS VALLEY: Grass Valley’s. Boy Scout, Troop 4, has been: invited ‘by Nevaa City’s Troop 24, to meet with them in Seaman’s Lodge, (Nevada City, Thursday, February 18, for a ‘minature’ rally, The troops are preparing for Council Rally. which will take* place in Roseville March 1.-. The members of both troops are trying out for the events of the big rally. Knot tying, flint and steel camp fire ignition, flag signals, ump drill, fire by friction, semaphore signalling, rope climbing, and other stunts. are being practiced. YE Ll OW JACKETS. é m2. ets unlimited cagers Friday . area, the 7th Senatorial District, -ap-. thoroughly trounced Yuba City’s five. and 65 to 21 at’the final whistle. The Yellow Jacket Bees did. not fare Yuba City 20 and Nevada. City 19 at half time with Nevada City losing in City’s consistent 40 baskets.

i City’s A team was Jack Coley, cen. no regniarly scheduled local election . ter Yulba* City was Buzzy Rhine, with 9 points. ter for Nevada City, was high with 10 baskets; and Lee Cast, forward for Yuba City’ was KONG COX MEETS SO. GENTLEMAN Date effective 1919 T947 Business individual 3.00 4.04 Residence individual 2.50 °3.00} GRASS VALLEY: Ted (King Residence two party 295 2.50 . Konig). Cox.meets’ Pete Peterson, The Lesidence four party 500 2.25 . Southern” Gentleman “tonight “inthe Gervice connection charge Present Main’ Event at’ the regular Monday bench and got hit on the head by the {group of doll collectors. Seven ladies NEVADA CITY: The‘ Yellowjacknight: t was a score of 27 to 9 at half time o well, though they put up a-hard ighting defense. The Bees score was he finals with 35 points to Yuba High point man for the Nevada High man for center with 27 points. In the Bee game Don Amos, cenwith tops: +? points. active years on the Beyer Ranch ; 3 ee near Spenceville in raising cattle, 6% specializing in pure bred Herfords.’ TONIGHT KING The Beyers Ranch was taken. over ghee by the U. S. Army in 1942 and benight wrestling bout at the Veterans Memorial building, Cox will weigh in at 240 pounds. Semi-finals are Angelo Cistoldi. of 240 pounds and Bill Kuwusisto of ‘Minnesota at 230 pounds. In the preliminary, Mike Burnell. meets. Doc Hall; Burnell, who hails from Tulsa, tips’'the scales at 222 pounds while Doc Hall weighs 240. ogee weeks wrestling bouts continued throughout fhe one-hour blackout, during which Bill Hansen threw Tom Rice out of the riny. Rice, in falling, broke a spectator’s AUTO DEALERS TO ORGANIZE GRASS VALLEY: A dinner meeting ‘will be held Wednesday evening in the Hotel: Holbrooke for the purpose of organizing the Nevada County Automobile Dealers Association. The membership will include new and used car dealers, garage owners, automotive repair men, body and fender shop owners, and owners of parts stores. Object of the .association is stated to be the promotion of good fellowship and harmony within the automotive industry, and by mutual assistance to raise the standards of service to the motoring public. : DOLL COLLECTORS WILL BE GUESTS NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Warren Barnes of. Nursery Street will. be hostess: Tuesday at a luncheon for a will attend from Sacramento and one from Live Oak, besides a number of ‘Nevada City and Grass Valley collectors. Guests are bringing unusual dolls, ancient period represetnatives, eign in costume, and others of early American days. :, i Among thequent will be: MesFIREMEN’S BALL NEVADA CITY: Cameron R. Larsen, Chief of the Nevada City Fire Department, has received an invitation from William H. Strick, Fire Chief of Grass Valley, to attend the 72nd Annual Fireman’s Ball at the . Vetergns’ Memorial Hall in Grass Valley on the evening of February 22,1947. Maas Nevada City firemen have already signified theif intention of . . accompanying Chief Larsen to Grass Valley pursuant to the invitation. Admission’ to the dance, according to (Chief. Strick, will be by badge or Lother identificaton: as a member of the Nevada City Fire Department. Wp the soil in the Memorial Grove. priricess Buchanan will nardino way when the Na ie ae Orange Show opens Mar. 13 for Our idea of park improvements! Gieven of spectacular exhibits _ Would include a couple of modern : by stars of radio screen. ’ dames Lara Inks, Vedah Aslick, The Washington's Birthday Ball of . the Grass Valley Firemen is one of . , the outstanding social events of the] t Hazel Loder, Anna’ Lien, Florence Stradon, Mary Ready, and Mignonette Mersereau,.Olive Hickey, Lenore Coughlin and Maude Mae Shaw. " MOTORING MILES . 1946. saw .the average passenger ‘car owner use 65/1 gallons of gasoline ing to estimates . conditions, stay alert when at the wheel of sas automobile. CARRY ag member of four brothers who never married and sole survivor of the nine children born to George and Katherine Beyer, ‘who came from Germany to settle ‘in Indian Springs, Nevada . : County, in the 1850s. take place Wednesday under direcInterment will be inthe family plot in Indian Springs Cemetery, county. 83 years ago. He spent his came part of Camp Beale. The. re‘\arainder of Henry spent with his brothér Albert on the ‘POINT AREA NEAR SAN for. " and drive some 9766 milés, accordAuto-. mobile Citib. This means that high-. ]}. ‘ways were crowded’ and under such . the safe . motorist. will . CHARLES BEYER DIES TWO DAYS AFTER DEATH OF BROTHER, HENRY GRASS VALLEY:.Charles Beyer, 74, whose brother Henry preceded him in death by two days, died last evening in” a Nevada City hospital following an illness of several years. 4 Charles Beyer, like his brother, was engaged in cattle . raising all his life on the big Beyer Ranch near which in 1942 became a part of Camp Beale. ee SpencevilléAlbert -Beyer is the sole remaining Funeral services ror Charles will ion of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. Henry Beyer: was born in this Beyer’s life was Dean Beaver Ranch near Clear Creek. GOLD MINING IN WEST. ANDREAS IS EXPANDING SAN ANDREAS: Gold mining activities are -expanding -in the. West IN ATTRURN-MANV FINES. NINEDOGS IN Ee , GRASS VALLEY POISONED = * GRASS VALLEY: Chief of Police . Ben Jenkins reports that two more dogs have been reported to his of— fice as having died of poisoning: — These raises the total for the vat thrte weeks to nine. ad Aroused citizens have now ottorsd a a’ total of $110 for the atrest an@ — conviction .of the poisoner. The pol— ice are making a determined efto: to apprehend ‘he miscreant. PARKING METERS NOT. YET FULLY ACCEPTED ve “AUBURN: No special privileges—= that was the warning issued indirect~ Ms Ka tuenives eet eel” f privileges in this city. Several business. and! jcmedaeale people have inquired of council men whether they may not be granted @x+ Point district and. adjacent areas, with a number of properties expected.fo.go:on production this .year. Dan Valeras is developing ore in the Blaek Oak property. Lashley «and associates are installing machinery on the Waiker and J. E. Babcock ond Harry &. Briggs have started sinking ‘a shaft’at the Lockwood mine to develop a new vein ‘disclosed By ‘aia mond drilling. The Dollar Hill Mining Company f is preparing to work the Dollar Hill: property and operate the old Lockwood mill. The Brink interests are developing ore in the Yellow Aster and installing equipment, R. H, Tuck and L. V. Storrs are’ reopening the old Smith mine, operated formerly by. the Cutler interests of San Francisco. NATIONAL HOTEL HAS NEW RESIDENT MANAGER NEVADA > CITY: George Murphy, owner off the National Hotel has announced that he had named Dean F. McGrath to be resident manager. Mr. ‘. and Mrs. McGrath have arrived and will make the hotel their home. McGrath was a marine during the war and served overseas for three and a half years. Mrs.; MeGrath was formerly Miss LaVerne Willard, daughter Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Willard, former residents. Mrs. McGrath served in. the woman marines and met her husband while. she was in the service. She is a-graduate of the Nevada City High school with the class of 1939. BIRTH 11, 1947, to Mr. and. Mrs. Robert -V. Ball of Grass Valley a son: ‘. Auburn — police BALL—In Nevada City, February . but emptions from bothering to put: ont in Auburn parking meters. The wer at present is ‘that they may not. Councilmen feel that if any: person or praey* of persons are loin gpec‘ -ainance pearesywill” be. Peienas effect. i Chief of Police ‘Fred Adge.A an departmé : worked out satisfactory ments with out of town: trucks and vans and the rule ‘which will prevail with locally owned mercial vehicles is now bein ; died, When. a satisfactory arrangement has been found and put éffect concerning the latter’ an nouncement wilt be made it was. r¢ ported. : 3 That local motorists paveng accepted the meter ordinane al is @vidence in that about : tions are being issed ewe pies = to. be pbesiee who regead tt : money -in the ‘“‘slot’-rather ‘tha lation of the overtime limit.. ~“)~ Fines for first offfenderg ate 6 at one dollar; second offenders in the year are two cettnpane VENDING M ACHINE. SELLS TRAVELER'S ‘ An innowat'on in. vending’ es is.the Insurograph. which ses, insurance Policies for. air elers, As an easy to operate a PLACE Dine insertion Of