February 18, 1943 (4 pages)

SY ae Bee —— The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per “God grants liberty only to those who love ft, and are ready to guard and defend it.”” — Daniel Webster ~ evada City Nu eget This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read month ; The Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA = ——— = = = — a —— Vol. 17, No. 14. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1943. eral a ee eae SS a TE ET acceindeeineameed Thinking Out ‘Loud By H. M. L. The editor of the Sonoma IndexTribune, Mr. CO. G. Murphy, under the heading: “The Yanks Have What It Takes,” has some pertinent things to say about our fighting men and the vast ignorance of geography which keeps many Americans thoroughly muddled. It follows: It is*hard to say just who is to blame for the people’s misunderstanding, misconception or lack of knowledge concerning some of the territory in which we are now fighting. for democracy but the average American was not sufficiently informed. Blame indifference to geography or its teaching in the schools for tthe lack of knowledge of the islands in the Pacific. Blame ambassadors or pacifists or propagandists for the false impression that ‘fighting the Japs would be a “push over” and leveling their /paper hou'ses or planes, and factories a cinch. After coming. to grips with. the crafty Nips, and suddenly becoming conscious of the vast seas and many islands we must reduce and eonquer by force of arms, it becomes apparent that we have been too chesty and not so brainy concerning much of the country we are now an and really exploring. Praise the Lord we Yankees have the guts to fight anyone, anywhere but it would have been of incalcuable value had we realized more fully the extent of the terrain, its character and had we grasped the fact that the Japs are not just inoffensive ‘‘school boys’’, smiling softies and would be easy marks for our tough fighting men once we could get at ‘them. (Considering the wrong idea most Americans had of the ‘“‘banzai’’ brothers our charitable idea of their intent and the totally wrong conception we had of the geography of ithe Pacific, we are staging a remarkable campaign against ithe crafty enemy and now ‘have their number” as we say in slang parlance. Once our understanding is clear we can clear the deck for the all out action Jimmy Doolittle outlined. A University of California professor has recently pointed out how little the average person knows of just one of the battle zones— _ New Guinea. “Rew of us have any. idea of what the sparsely populated land has to offer to the world,’’ states Dr. Robert M. Glendinning, associate professor of geography: on the (Los Angeles campus of. the University of California. “With its area of more. than 300,000 square miles, the exact . area being unknown, New Guinea is the largest island in the world. If we choose to consider Greenland and Australia as con'tinents. ft is about twice the size of California and nearly three ‘times that. of the British Isles. “As an important’ ‘battle arena, these largely unsurveyed regions are destined to (be developed under the aegis of the United ‘Nations, and their commercial future seems assured by virtue of vast natural resources. The gold deposits. alone have gained considerable attention. “To think of New Guinea as a little place off the coast of Australia inhabited only by fuzzyheaded cannibals is to have a poor conception of the island. One of the next major developments by white men will be there.” : Nevada City Firemen Invited to Firemen’s Ball The Grass Valley fire department is rapidly completing all details for the big annual ball Saturday evening in the Veterans Memorial hospital. Firemen of Nevada City, and their ladies have been invited. § An excellentt orchestra from Sacramento has been engaged. ‘There will be a. fine program of entertainment by the Firemen’s Auxiliary under the chairmanship of Mrs. William Sp*oul. Friday there will be a rehea~sal of the picturesqune grand march the-opening spectacle of ithe annv2l ball. “Certainly this is a very large sum’’, said Bennetts, ‘‘to be raised by the Nevada City Red. Cross chapter, in view of the curtailment of gold mining, our chief industry. However, we shall not fail to meet the needs of our boys in ‘the service and to give assistance to their loved ones at home, when andwhere help may be needed. “The women of Nevada City are making a magnificent contribution in labor, producing all manner of things for the men in uniform, the material for which will be supplied from a portion of ithe funds raised. “Every local fraternal organization, corporation, every man, woman and child in Nevada City is requested to make a donation to the war fund, and to give as large a sum as possible. By reason of our reduced population the weight of responsibility falls heavily upon us. Where we gave $5 last year, we should give $20 or even more this year! wherever it is possible to do so. “A few pledges of $100 have already been received. This is encour-. aging and serves to confirm our faith. in the ability of the Nevada City Red. Cross chapter to meet its full quota.’’. GRASS VALLEY USO FUND HITS FAST STRIDE The Grass Valley USO committee has decided not to sequre temporary headquarters pending the rehabilitation of the building; destroyed by fire, at the corner of Neal and Mill streets. It is expected that the work of rebuilding the quarters that burned down on the morning they were to have been opened to visiting soldiers and sailors, will proceed rapidly. In the meantime a cash fund is rapidly being subscribed. All told almost $1200 has-been danated to paying off.the committee’s indebtedness. and toward a new fund for furnish-. ing the building when completed. . ‘Sometime since: the Hague-Thomas-Hegart: post of the American Legion issued a standing invitation to all men in uniform to make the Veterans Memorial building their headquarters while visiting Grass Valley. ~ aanene ADVISES TRUCK OWNERS NOT TO _L. R. MdNamara, Sacramento District Manager, today said to avoid waiting and confusion, the office of defense transportation urges operators of all-commercial vehicles, including farmers, not to wait for the deadline for tire inspections—Feb. 28. He further stated reports indicate, that inspection ef farm truck tires has been particularly slow. The record of tire inspections, Mc(Namara said, should be entered on the back of the certificate of war necessity, since certificates which do not have this valid endorsement cannot ‘be used to obtain gasoline ration coupons or tire certificates from local war price and raition boards: He pointed out, however, that nonlicensed off the highway equipmena including itrucks used exclusively on the farms are not included in this ruling amd the tires for these vehic les do.not have to be inspected. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH Septuagesima Sunday—-9:45 Sunday school. New enrollments inviited Junior choir under. direction Mrs. Fred Anderson and Miss Ruth Libbey. 11:00 Morning prayer. with sermon by the rector. Choir director, (Mrs. Carl Libbey. Organist, Mrs, F. Anderson. : REV. CEDRIC S. PORTER, Rector. Red Cross Drive To Raise $5,100 in Nevada City Opens March 1 Richard J. Bennetts, chairman of the Red Cross fund drive yesterday announced that beginning March Ist, the campaign will open to raise $5,100 as Nevada City’s quota and share of the_$125,000,000 which American Red Cross proposes to raise this year throughout the nation. war C10 SEEKING TO REENTER NEVADA COUNTY, REPORT A report that the CIO was attempting to re-organize the employes of the Lava. Cap mine, brought this comment from Otto E. Schiffner, general manager of the property: “Of course I do not blame the men for wanting more pay under present conditions. . ‘Now, while I have no knowledge of any such organization BILLS PENDING . Copies of all Senate and Assembly Bills introduced in the state legislature are now on file in the office of the Nevada City Nugget where they can be seen by anyone interested. The file of bills was sent to this office by ~ Asseniblyman Allen “Scoop”’ Thurman. HIGH SCHOOL PTA TO OBSERVE EOUNDERS DAY The Nevada City high school PTA will hold a meeting Friday evening at the high school in honor of Fathers and the founders of the PTA. A pot luck supper at 6:30 p. m will preceed the meeting and a cor dial invitation is extended to any one interested to attend. Anyone planning on attending is asked to cail 242 for reservations. An interesiting program has been planned by Mrs: Leland Smith program chairman for the evening. consisting of musical numbers, a short tribute and a picture will be shown by Mr. Kjorlie. The election of ‘the committee will be held. TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY DISTRICT MEET The tru'stees of the Nevada Coun ty Cemetery district, organized un der a law on the statute books for gome ten years, met in court house Tuesday afternoon. Claude Clark of ‘Bloomfield, and manager of the §elief Hill hydraulic mine, is chairman. The other two members are John (Crowley of Washington and Louis Ford of North San Juan. They were appoinited by the (Nevada County board.of supervisors last September. Under the law the district as. now organized includes the cemeteries in French Corral, Sweetland, ‘two in North San Juan, Cherokee, Bloomfield, Relief Hill, Moore’s Flat, Graniteville, and Washington. In»Moore’s Flat cemetery nio one has been buried in the last twenty ears. In Cheronominating “before his kee no interments, have. been. made}, for fifteen years. Most of these ten cemeteries are sadly. neglected. In them repose the remains of many of the Argonauts. The trustees are preparing. to levy small assesSment on property within the district next year in order to raise a small fund for the care of these cemeteries. Mrs. Richard Goyne, Nevada Coun ty sales manager for Christmas Seals reports that total sales amounted to $1406.96, about $150 more than las year. Fraternal societies, the school departments and the PTA all took an active interest in the campaign. The money is devoted to prevention and cure of tuberculosis. INTERMENT AT ROUGH AND READY in Grass Valley, Nevada ‘County (February 15, 19438, Walter I. Merrill, uncle of Harold Parr o fSacramento, brother of Will Merrill of Chico, a native of Grass Valley, 71 years of age; funeral services were held yesterday in Grass Walley, interment was in Rough and Ready: cemetery. being proposed, I can only say this, if ‘there is any intention: of asking for an increase in wages, it will simply rasult in closing down the mine. It is not possible to continue operations and raise wages.’ Over two months ago a committee of Lava Cap miners waited on Schiffner and asked for an increase of $1.00 wages. They were then, and are now, receiving $6.48 per 8-hour day. At that time he explained the conditions under which the Lava Cap was Poverating and announced the mine would be forced to close were any wage increases demanded. The: miners took a vote on the question and lby a very large majority agreed to continue operations at the presen wage scale and under unchanged con ditions. RE HARRIS SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK Robert H. Harris, owner of the Harris Drug store of this city, died Tuesday evening shortly before six o'clock at his home, 412 Nevada street. He was 74 years of age, and . had been ill for several months. Tues-/. day he complained to his wife of not . feeling well but until about an hour death refused to have a doctor. Dr. B. W. Hummelt was called, but he died shortly afterward. He was born in Elkin, North Carolina, studied pharmacy at Baltimore college, Maryland, and upon _his graduation moved to Montana where! he entered the drug business. Later he went to Washington state, and from there moved to Southern California. He came to Nevada City 18 years ago and purchased the drug business of -R. J. Bennetts of this, city. . Surviving the deceased are his wife Mrs. Marie Ferguson Harris, his daughter, Mrs. Charles P. Elliott, and two brothers, Walter Harris of Los Angeles, and Fletcher Harris of Seattle, a sister, Miss Meta Harris, also of Seattle, and three grandchildren, Barbara, Marie and Robert S. Elliott. Funeral services will take place in the Holmes Funeral Home chapel tomorrow afternoon. The Masonic lodge will conduct graveside services, Engine. No.1 of the Narrow Gauge railroad will leave tomorrow for Colfax where it will be loaded on a S. P. flat car and sent to Nevada, to become a museum piece of the Bliss family, prominent railroad and lumber circles for two generations in California. Engine No. 1 was purchased about 1927 from the Lake Tahoe railroad and. transportation company, and was used for some years prior to its acquisition ‘by the NC Narrow Gauge, in lumber. hauling‘in the. Tahoe area. F. R. Smith, salvage supervisor of the Merle L. Tobiassen company of Oakland, had the engine shunted onto a side track off Bennett street in Grass Valley. Yesterday was its last day in Nevada county. History minded camera addicts took snap shots of the locomotive. FALSE ALARM The Nevada City fire department recéived a fire call from the corner of Nevada and Grove streets yesterday noon at just about the same ‘time the noon bell rang. When the firemen answered the call they traveled the full length of the street and found it was a fales alarm, the first ever to come in when the noon bell was ready to ring. An investigation is being made. ! : STATE SURPLUS MAY PROVETO BE HEADACHE By RALPH H. TAYLOR At a time when most of the problems engendered ‘by the war involve critical shortages, and when the federal government is seeking every possible means of collecting new taxes to. meet the colossal costs of global conflict, California state government is so rich with cash surplus and so ‘embarrassed by needless tax revenues that if it were a private firm, instead of a.pulblic agency it would be in imminentdanger of being accused of conscienceless war profiteering. By a strange quirk of war economics, that is the anomalous position which the state finds itself in, as special committees, named by Governor Warren and the legislature, delve into the situation in an attempt to determine on a sound and equitable fiscal program. The huge state treasury surplus is expected to reach the astounding total of $250,000,000 by the end of the next biennium, June 30, 1945, according to estimates of some of the members of the legislative committees investigating the rags to riches phenomenon. The state surplus, after many years of staggering deficits was at, first considered by both state officials and lawmakers as a happy circumstance . and a welcome change, but it is now becoming clear that it may prove to be the biggest headache of the 1943 legislative session, and one of the} most serious problems of the Warren, administration, unless a practical program is promptly agreed upon for: husbanding part of the money for a. rainy day and returning the balance to the people in the form of tax re-. lief. . Governor Warren pointed up the problem in his inaugural message,, when he declared: “(California is now favored with ay sizeable surplus. It has come to us . very largely from taxes upon war industry. It comes to us in trust, for it . is the money of all the people of Cal-) ifornia. “This surplus, by its very existence constitutes a constant temptation to everyone to spend it just because it is there. Everyone sees, according to his own lights, a way, a place and a need for spending it-and in some ae stances even for purposes that have never before been considered state purposes. “T hold to the convicton that this money must be lifted above the _dissipating reach of grab ‘bag tactics. If we yield to such temptations, this surplus will soon be transformed into a deficit by processes which will result in an actual denial of the interests of the people as a whole. I want to see this money either committed for essential state projects or con'served.”’ ‘ Since the legislative session opened, the governor has made it clear that he believes part of the surplus should be returned to the people in the form of tax reductions, and that some of ‘the excess fund should be earmarked to meet after the war problems,’ when the state’s revenues may suddenly decline at a time when its costs will be increasing. Two things are of vital importance in making that program equitable and workable. ; ,.1. When a program of state tax reduction is brought in, it should. afford the greatest possible measure of relief to the greatest number of ipeople, but care’ must be taken not to impair the state’s ‘basic revenue measures so that they would prove. inadequate when the “war ‘boom’”’ comes to a sudden end. It will be better, ‘however, to err on the side of cutting too much, rather than too little, for new taxes always can be enacted if necessary, and a too great reserve in the treasury will inevitably invite extravagance. pee. 2. If it is determined to earmark a fund of millions of dollars to aid nos war and its people through the p ost war years, then safeguards must ‘be written into the proposals to make certain that) the money is actually conserved for that purpose and not dissipated needlessly. It should not tbe just left in the treasury in the fond hope that it will still be there at the war’s.end. It should be ‘‘frozen’’ until the emergency arises which demands that it be expended—and legislators at the current session should conscientiously refrain from ft Author, Defends “Pay-AsYou-Go Ta? Plan WASHINGTON. D. €.— Beardsley Ruml, author of the plan for income tax payment bearing his name ie shown as he defended the plan before the House Ways and Means Committee last week. He asserted that treasury proposals to collect 1943 income taxes over a period of years in any transition ‘Pay-As-You-Ge” violates the principle of taxation according to ability to pay. REORGANIZATION STATE AGENCIES IS PROPOSED By LLOYD LAPHAM SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.—(UP)— Proposals for reorganization of several state agencies and governmental operations, including a new and more Stringent plan for senate confirmation of all gubernatorial appointments, today were under study by the senate governmental efficiency committee. The bills were introduced ‘by the senate members of the joint interim budget committee. The confirmation bill provided not only that term, appointments to state positions be confirmed by the senate, but also that if the governor fails to fill an exist. ing vacancy while the senate is in . Session he may not fill it until the . legislature reconvenes. Several measures to increase the hours of work of state employes also were included in the group. One ‘would make it permissive to require a 48 hour work week for state em: ployees, and ati alternative bill would make a 40 hour week mandatory. (Most office employes of the state how work 37 or 37 1-2 hours. Denial of old age pension payments to persons found to belong to subversive groups or engaging in activites banned by the criminal syndi‘calism act was asked in another Dill. The state superintendent of banks, the insurance commissioner, and. the building and _ loan commissioner would be required to use the attorney general’s .office rather than private counsel by another measure. Gov. Warren previously ordered the building and loan commissioner to use -the attorney general’s office in Pacific States. Savings and Loan litigation, ; Also, the attorney general would ‘be empowered by another bill to survey the need for private attorney service in every state agency and order discontinuance of private counsel where hebelieved advisable. Further legislation affecting these and other agencies of the department. of investment would make all thedivision heads subject to civil ger-vice, Included would be the divisions of banking, building and loan, ¢orporations, insurance, real estate and. district securities. ~ * . The group also asked aboliton of the state lands commission, the state planning board and the waste } tion commission. eee The planning board would be suce ceeded by a "state economic planning board” of eight members representing agriculture and industrial groups. The board would be charged for the present with laying plans to meet postwar economic conditions. . : ‘Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen has been moved from the Community Hospital in Grass Valley to the home of his sister, Mrs. Ida Magonigal on Zz street. He is making a good recove! His broken leg is knitting rapid trying to jam through special appropriations 1

SY ae Bee —— The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per “God grants liberty only to those who love ft, and are ready to guard and defend it.”” — Daniel Webster ~ evada City Nu eget This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read month ; The Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA = ——— = = = — a —— Vol. 17, No. 14. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1943. eral a ee eae SS a TE ET acceindeeineameed Thinking Out ‘Loud By H. M. L. The editor of the Sonoma IndexTribune, Mr. CO. G. Murphy, under the heading: “The Yanks Have What It Takes,” has some pertinent things to say about our fighting men and the vast ignorance of geography which keeps many Americans thoroughly muddled. It follows: It is*hard to say just who is to blame for the people’s misunderstanding, misconception or lack of knowledge concerning some of the territory in which we are now fighting. for democracy but the average American was not sufficiently informed. Blame indifference to geography or its teaching in the schools for tthe lack of knowledge of the islands in the Pacific. Blame ambassadors or pacifists or propagandists for the false impression that ‘fighting the Japs would be a “push over” and leveling their /paper hou'ses or planes, and factories a cinch. After coming. to grips with. the crafty Nips, and suddenly becoming conscious of the vast seas and many islands we must reduce and eonquer by force of arms, it becomes apparent that we have been too chesty and not so brainy concerning much of the country we are now an and really exploring. Praise the Lord we Yankees have the guts to fight anyone, anywhere but it would have been of incalcuable value had we realized more fully the extent of the terrain, its character and had we grasped the fact that the Japs are not just inoffensive ‘‘school boys’’, smiling softies and would be easy marks for our tough fighting men once we could get at ‘them. (Considering the wrong idea most Americans had of the ‘“‘banzai’’ brothers our charitable idea of their intent and the totally wrong conception we had of the geography of ithe Pacific, we are staging a remarkable campaign against ithe crafty enemy and now ‘have their number” as we say in slang parlance. Once our understanding is clear we can clear the deck for the all out action Jimmy Doolittle outlined. A University of California professor has recently pointed out how little the average person knows of just one of the battle zones— _ New Guinea. “Rew of us have any. idea of what the sparsely populated land has to offer to the world,’’ states Dr. Robert M. Glendinning, associate professor of geography: on the (Los Angeles campus of. the University of California. “With its area of more. than 300,000 square miles, the exact . area being unknown, New Guinea is the largest island in the world. If we choose to consider Greenland and Australia as con'tinents. ft is about twice the size of California and nearly three ‘times that. of the British Isles. “As an important’ ‘battle arena, these largely unsurveyed regions are destined to (be developed under the aegis of the United ‘Nations, and their commercial future seems assured by virtue of vast natural resources. The gold deposits. alone have gained considerable attention. “To think of New Guinea as a little place off the coast of Australia inhabited only by fuzzyheaded cannibals is to have a poor conception of the island. One of the next major developments by white men will be there.” : Nevada City Firemen Invited to Firemen’s Ball The Grass Valley fire department is rapidly completing all details for the big annual ball Saturday evening in the Veterans Memorial hospital. Firemen of Nevada City, and their ladies have been invited. § An excellentt orchestra from Sacramento has been engaged. ‘There will be a. fine program of entertainment by the Firemen’s Auxiliary under the chairmanship of Mrs. William Sp*oul. Friday there will be a rehea~sal of the picturesqune grand march the-opening spectacle of ithe annv2l ball. “Certainly this is a very large sum’’, said Bennetts, ‘‘to be raised by the Nevada City Red. Cross chapter, in view of the curtailment of gold mining, our chief industry. However, we shall not fail to meet the needs of our boys in ‘the service and to give assistance to their loved ones at home, when andwhere help may be needed. “The women of Nevada City are making a magnificent contribution in labor, producing all manner of things for the men in uniform, the material for which will be supplied from a portion of ithe funds raised. “Every local fraternal organization, corporation, every man, woman and child in Nevada City is requested to make a donation to the war fund, and to give as large a sum as possible. By reason of our reduced population the weight of responsibility falls heavily upon us. Where we gave $5 last year, we should give $20 or even more this year! wherever it is possible to do so. “A few pledges of $100 have already been received. This is encour-. aging and serves to confirm our faith. in the ability of the Nevada City Red. Cross chapter to meet its full quota.’’. GRASS VALLEY USO FUND HITS FAST STRIDE The Grass Valley USO committee has decided not to sequre temporary headquarters pending the rehabilitation of the building; destroyed by fire, at the corner of Neal and Mill streets. It is expected that the work of rebuilding the quarters that burned down on the morning they were to have been opened to visiting soldiers and sailors, will proceed rapidly. In the meantime a cash fund is rapidly being subscribed. All told almost $1200 has-been danated to paying off.the committee’s indebtedness. and toward a new fund for furnish-. ing the building when completed. . ‘Sometime since: the Hague-Thomas-Hegart: post of the American Legion issued a standing invitation to all men in uniform to make the Veterans Memorial building their headquarters while visiting Grass Valley. ~ aanene ADVISES TRUCK OWNERS NOT TO _L. R. MdNamara, Sacramento District Manager, today said to avoid waiting and confusion, the office of defense transportation urges operators of all-commercial vehicles, including farmers, not to wait for the deadline for tire inspections—Feb. 28. He further stated reports indicate, that inspection ef farm truck tires has been particularly slow. The record of tire inspections, Mc(Namara said, should be entered on the back of the certificate of war necessity, since certificates which do not have this valid endorsement cannot ‘be used to obtain gasoline ration coupons or tire certificates from local war price and raition boards: He pointed out, however, that nonlicensed off the highway equipmena including itrucks used exclusively on the farms are not included in this ruling amd the tires for these vehic les do.not have to be inspected. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH Septuagesima Sunday—-9:45 Sunday school. New enrollments inviited Junior choir under. direction Mrs. Fred Anderson and Miss Ruth Libbey. 11:00 Morning prayer. with sermon by the rector. Choir director, (Mrs. Carl Libbey. Organist, Mrs, F. Anderson. : REV. CEDRIC S. PORTER, Rector. Red Cross Drive To Raise $5,100 in Nevada City Opens March 1 Richard J. Bennetts, chairman of the Red Cross fund drive yesterday announced that beginning March Ist, the campaign will open to raise $5,100 as Nevada City’s quota and share of the_$125,000,000 which American Red Cross proposes to raise this year throughout the nation. war C10 SEEKING TO REENTER NEVADA COUNTY, REPORT A report that the CIO was attempting to re-organize the employes of the Lava. Cap mine, brought this comment from Otto E. Schiffner, general manager of the property: “Of course I do not blame the men for wanting more pay under present conditions. . ‘Now, while I have no knowledge of any such organization BILLS PENDING . Copies of all Senate and Assembly Bills introduced in the state legislature are now on file in the office of the Nevada City Nugget where they can be seen by anyone interested. The file of bills was sent to this office by ~ Asseniblyman Allen “Scoop”’ Thurman. HIGH SCHOOL PTA TO OBSERVE EOUNDERS DAY The Nevada City high school PTA will hold a meeting Friday evening at the high school in honor of Fathers and the founders of the PTA. A pot luck supper at 6:30 p. m will preceed the meeting and a cor dial invitation is extended to any one interested to attend. Anyone planning on attending is asked to cail 242 for reservations. An interesiting program has been planned by Mrs: Leland Smith program chairman for the evening. consisting of musical numbers, a short tribute and a picture will be shown by Mr. Kjorlie. The election of ‘the committee will be held. TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY DISTRICT MEET The tru'stees of the Nevada Coun ty Cemetery district, organized un der a law on the statute books for gome ten years, met in court house Tuesday afternoon. Claude Clark of ‘Bloomfield, and manager of the §elief Hill hydraulic mine, is chairman. The other two members are John (Crowley of Washington and Louis Ford of North San Juan. They were appoinited by the (Nevada County board.of supervisors last September. Under the law the district as. now organized includes the cemeteries in French Corral, Sweetland, ‘two in North San Juan, Cherokee, Bloomfield, Relief Hill, Moore’s Flat, Graniteville, and Washington. In»Moore’s Flat cemetery nio one has been buried in the last twenty ears. In Cheronominating “before his kee no interments, have. been. made}, for fifteen years. Most of these ten cemeteries are sadly. neglected. In them repose the remains of many of the Argonauts. The trustees are preparing. to levy small assesSment on property within the district next year in order to raise a small fund for the care of these cemeteries. Mrs. Richard Goyne, Nevada Coun ty sales manager for Christmas Seals reports that total sales amounted to $1406.96, about $150 more than las year. Fraternal societies, the school departments and the PTA all took an active interest in the campaign. The money is devoted to prevention and

cure of tuberculosis. INTERMENT AT ROUGH AND READY in Grass Valley, Nevada ‘County (February 15, 19438, Walter I. Merrill, uncle of Harold Parr o fSacramento, brother of Will Merrill of Chico, a native of Grass Valley, 71 years of age; funeral services were held yesterday in Grass Walley, interment was in Rough and Ready: cemetery. being proposed, I can only say this, if ‘there is any intention: of asking for an increase in wages, it will simply rasult in closing down the mine. It is not possible to continue operations and raise wages.’ Over two months ago a committee of Lava Cap miners waited on Schiffner and asked for an increase of $1.00 wages. They were then, and are now, receiving $6.48 per 8-hour day. At that time he explained the conditions under which the Lava Cap was Poverating and announced the mine would be forced to close were any wage increases demanded. The: miners took a vote on the question and lby a very large majority agreed to continue operations at the presen wage scale and under unchanged con ditions. RE HARRIS SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK Robert H. Harris, owner of the Harris Drug store of this city, died Tuesday evening shortly before six o'clock at his home, 412 Nevada street. He was 74 years of age, and . had been ill for several months. Tues-/. day he complained to his wife of not . feeling well but until about an hour death refused to have a doctor. Dr. B. W. Hummelt was called, but he died shortly afterward. He was born in Elkin, North Carolina, studied pharmacy at Baltimore college, Maryland, and upon _his graduation moved to Montana where! he entered the drug business. Later he went to Washington state, and from there moved to Southern California. He came to Nevada City 18 years ago and purchased the drug business of -R. J. Bennetts of this, city. . Surviving the deceased are his wife Mrs. Marie Ferguson Harris, his daughter, Mrs. Charles P. Elliott, and two brothers, Walter Harris of Los Angeles, and Fletcher Harris of Seattle, a sister, Miss Meta Harris, also of Seattle, and three grandchildren, Barbara, Marie and Robert S. Elliott. Funeral services will take place in the Holmes Funeral Home chapel tomorrow afternoon. The Masonic lodge will conduct graveside services, Engine. No.1 of the Narrow Gauge railroad will leave tomorrow for Colfax where it will be loaded on a S. P. flat car and sent to Nevada, to become a museum piece of the Bliss family, prominent railroad and lumber circles for two generations in California. Engine No. 1 was purchased about 1927 from the Lake Tahoe railroad and. transportation company, and was used for some years prior to its acquisition ‘by the NC Narrow Gauge, in lumber. hauling‘in the. Tahoe area. F. R. Smith, salvage supervisor of the Merle L. Tobiassen company of Oakland, had the engine shunted onto a side track off Bennett street in Grass Valley. Yesterday was its last day in Nevada county. History minded camera addicts took snap shots of the locomotive. FALSE ALARM The Nevada City fire department recéived a fire call from the corner of Nevada and Grove streets yesterday noon at just about the same ‘time the noon bell rang. When the firemen answered the call they traveled the full length of the street and found it was a fales alarm, the first ever to come in when the noon bell was ready to ring. An investigation is being made. ! : STATE SURPLUS MAY PROVETO BE HEADACHE By RALPH H. TAYLOR At a time when most of the problems engendered ‘by the war involve critical shortages, and when the federal government is seeking every possible means of collecting new taxes to. meet the colossal costs of global conflict, California state government is so rich with cash surplus and so ‘embarrassed by needless tax revenues that if it were a private firm, instead of a.pulblic agency it would be in imminentdanger of being accused of conscienceless war profiteering. By a strange quirk of war economics, that is the anomalous position which the state finds itself in, as special committees, named by Governor Warren and the legislature, delve into the situation in an attempt to determine on a sound and equitable fiscal program. The huge state treasury surplus is expected to reach the astounding total of $250,000,000 by the end of the next biennium, June 30, 1945, according to estimates of some of the members of the legislative committees investigating the rags to riches phenomenon. The state surplus, after many years of staggering deficits was at, first considered by both state officials and lawmakers as a happy circumstance . and a welcome change, but it is now becoming clear that it may prove to be the biggest headache of the 1943 legislative session, and one of the} most serious problems of the Warren, administration, unless a practical program is promptly agreed upon for: husbanding part of the money for a. rainy day and returning the balance to the people in the form of tax re-. lief. . Governor Warren pointed up the problem in his inaugural message,, when he declared: “(California is now favored with ay sizeable surplus. It has come to us . very largely from taxes upon war industry. It comes to us in trust, for it . is the money of all the people of Cal-) ifornia. “This surplus, by its very existence constitutes a constant temptation to everyone to spend it just because it is there. Everyone sees, according to his own lights, a way, a place and a need for spending it-and in some ae stances even for purposes that have never before been considered state purposes. “T hold to the convicton that this money must be lifted above the _dissipating reach of grab ‘bag tactics. If we yield to such temptations, this surplus will soon be transformed into a deficit by processes which will result in an actual denial of the interests of the people as a whole. I want to see this money either committed for essential state projects or con'served.”’ ‘ Since the legislative session opened, the governor has made it clear that he believes part of the surplus should be returned to the people in the form of tax reductions, and that some of ‘the excess fund should be earmarked to meet after the war problems,’ when the state’s revenues may suddenly decline at a time when its costs will be increasing. Two things are of vital importance in making that program equitable and workable. ; ,.1. When a program of state tax reduction is brought in, it should. afford the greatest possible measure of relief to the greatest number of ipeople, but care’ must be taken not to impair the state’s ‘basic revenue measures so that they would prove. inadequate when the “war ‘boom’”’ comes to a sudden end. It will be better, ‘however, to err on the side of cutting too much, rather than too little, for new taxes always can be enacted if necessary, and a too great reserve in the treasury will inevitably invite extravagance. pee. 2. If it is determined to earmark a fund of millions of dollars to aid nos war and its people through the p ost war years, then safeguards must ‘be written into the proposals to make certain that) the money is actually conserved for that purpose and not dissipated needlessly. It should not tbe just left in the treasury in the fond hope that it will still be there at the war’s.end. It should be ‘‘frozen’’ until the emergency arises which demands that it be expended—and legislators at the current session should conscientiously refrain from ft Author, Defends “Pay-AsYou-Go Ta? Plan WASHINGTON. D. €.— Beardsley Ruml, author of the plan for income tax payment bearing his name ie shown as he defended the plan before the House Ways and Means Committee last week. He asserted that treasury proposals to collect 1943 income taxes over a period of years in any transition ‘Pay-As-You-Ge” violates the principle of taxation according to ability to pay. REORGANIZATION STATE AGENCIES IS PROPOSED By LLOYD LAPHAM SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.—(UP)— Proposals for reorganization of several state agencies and governmental operations, including a new and more Stringent plan for senate confirmation of all gubernatorial appointments, today were under study by the senate governmental efficiency committee. The bills were introduced ‘by the senate members of the joint interim budget committee. The confirmation bill provided not only that term, appointments to state positions be confirmed by the senate, but also that if the governor fails to fill an exist. ing vacancy while the senate is in . Session he may not fill it until the . legislature reconvenes. Several measures to increase the hours of work of state employes also were included in the group. One ‘would make it permissive to require a 48 hour work week for state em: ployees, and ati alternative bill would make a 40 hour week mandatory. (Most office employes of the state how work 37 or 37 1-2 hours. Denial of old age pension payments to persons found to belong to subversive groups or engaging in activites banned by the criminal syndi‘calism act was asked in another Dill. The state superintendent of banks, the insurance commissioner, and. the building and _ loan commissioner would be required to use the attorney general’s .office rather than private counsel by another measure. Gov. Warren previously ordered the building and loan commissioner to use -the attorney general’s office in Pacific States. Savings and Loan litigation, ; Also, the attorney general would ‘be empowered by another bill to survey the need for private attorney service in every state agency and order discontinuance of private counsel where hebelieved advisable. Further legislation affecting these and other agencies of the department. of investment would make all thedivision heads subject to civil ger-vice, Included would be the divisions of banking, building and loan, ¢orporations, insurance, real estate and. district securities. ~ * . The group also asked aboliton of the state lands commission, the state planning board and the waste } tion commission. eee The planning board would be suce ceeded by a "state economic planning board” of eight members representing agriculture and industrial groups. The board would be charged for the present with laying plans to meet postwar economic conditions. . : ‘Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen has been moved from the Community Hospital in Grass Valley to the home of his sister, Mrs. Ida Magonigal on Zz street. He is making a good recove! His broken leg is knitting rapid trying to jam through special appropriations 1