February 21, 1944 (4 pages)

4, 194 1 ed —— 22. By son, > Marrig ge A. y d home 9 Y attende SToom wa 1 Beal, g and land, aS emplo mber Con year ag of the cat J. W. Gr is @ nati years farn County, 1 this ody ears, a) ways re ' irt for n and iia f friend 3 béén an Meek } od e was bo onsiderab egon an re comin at the est fain stre of frien¢ » wishin ns. NT vear all fabrics. . 00, es, econo yh I . discarded after the 1 The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.””—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA, This paper ‘gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. alien The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. 1 Gold Center MONDAY, F EBRUARY rae 1944 Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. =m GOLD PRODUCTION . SMALL IN 1943 Gold production at lode mines suffered even more seriously than The superman idea that has agitated the Germans for a hundred years, or possibly since the ‘time of Julius Caesar, we think ‘should have abated somewhat by this time. ‘Normally it would be beating the . Nazis have taken at Stalingrad and { ‘yeason something-—like this: , ‘time we march we ‘jn Berlin itself, not to mention other cities in the reich which have been considerably damaged. if the Prussians are so much bet‘ter than the -rest of humanity these disasters ought not to have yappened to them. But we are rather pessimistic about beating a new idea _ into stubborn German heads. We think when ‘the war is over your Prussian who has been suckled and reared in the firm belief that he is superior to all other races, will “Yes, we were stopped in this war, just “as we were stopped in 1918. But it required twice or thre times the “manpower, that Germany posses6e8 to .do it. It required billions of, “American dollars and British "pounds to do it. It cost our adver‘it required twice, three times the tt cost us. It Was a good war. a “good try. We will wait and try again. ” pe Our Prussian continues in this vein, not of optimism, but with that ‘hard, cold reasoning which ‘distinguishes his warrior caste: “We have-now had two good, wars. We did not reach the goal, but we did harden our people to war. and teach them how to fight. The next shall march “farther and fare better. One of our weaknesses was the lack of anadequate navy to fight off enemy invasion by sea. We shall not make re ‘that’ plindéY again, We also un“effort. _derestimated the productive capacity of the democracies and of . ‘Russia. That was bad. We should hays ‘known exactly how’ much they «ould produce by maximu no “Another thing we will do’ dif‘ferently next time: We will concentrate on one of our enemies. ‘We know now that Russia will not fight to save England. We .know “England will not fight” to save Russia. If both are threatened they will fight together to save them_ Selves, of course. The United Stat08 will fight to save England bee it beleves its future in the rid is linked with that of the omn onwealth of Nations. So, hen we try again we will first invade and take Russia. After ten i} of peace, no doubt, they ‘will sett guard. ‘After we have built ourselves @ navy, after we have built another air fleet large enough to grown into men’s boots and ye been trained from ten: years to be good .German soldiers.’ 8 Ve regovered the wealth be reluctant, after the manef of democracies, to go to wa ain. But we having lost all, our and slothful habits in two » and remembering bitterly near we were to victory in iS War, will fall on the Russians lean and hungry wolves, and, ‘out mercy. : ‘Parts of it as we can hold Make into new wealth, once are rested and ready again, ‘We shall complete the job, “Then one fine morning, be2 the United States is awake, ‘Shall flatten out ‘that island always beaten us. When is done we will be ready to K€ on all comers and whip them. ds our destiny.” may not’be the Prussian ing, of course, but roughly, Ink it is. That is why we ‘Rever advocate anything but just and drastic long term ane time . va still be poor. They will. shot away in this war. They “Once we have taken Russia, or. ng two bites of it instead of. ures to: cope. with. the Prusat placers in 1943 compared with 1942. Four fifths of the lode goid was recovered from gold ore and thé remainder from lead copper, zinccopper, tungsten and other base metal ores. The largest lode producer, Lava Cap Gold Mining Corporation, Grase ValleyiNevada City district, Nevada County, suspended operations at mid-year after making substantial shipments of gold concentrates much desired as smelter flux. Eagle-Shawmut ‘Ahine, Mother Lode district, Tuolumne County operated by Miller and Clemson. also shipped large quantities of gold concentrates during 1943. This company hoped to receive further extensions from the War Production Board so that its crew would be employed until unwdtering was completed at Penn mine, and activitias could be concentrated on es zineccopper ore there. Other mines that were operating as sources of concentrates for flux were the Mount’ Gaines mine, Hunter Valley district, operated by the Mount ‘Gaines Mining Co.; and the Pine Tree and Josephine mines, (Mother Lode district, operated by Pacific Mining Co., both in Mariposa -. County. Gold shipments made by Empire . Star Mines Co., Ltd., from the Empire Star mine, Grass Valley, . Nevada City district, Nevada County, though very small when compared with former years, were substantial, In September the New Verde Mines Co., a lessee of a tungstenbearing section of the. North Star mine (part of the Empire Star) be‘gan shipping gold produced as a byproduct of tungsten mining. Original Sixteen to One Mine Inc. shipped bullion from Original’ Sixteen to One mine, Alleghany district, Sierra County until September 1943. F. W. Royer shipped gold-bearing. siliceous flux from the Bagdad(Chase mine, Buckeye district, San Bernardino County. . Smaller shipments were reported from a number of other operations and from cleanups made early in 1943 at suspended operations. — SILVER : California silver production was 610,002 mine ounces valued at $433,779. Almost one half of 1943 silver production wa: sderived, from argentiferous lead ores, the principal producers of which were Shoshone Mines,-Inc., which operated *the Columbia No. 2 mine, Resting. Springs, district, Inyo: County and Darwin Mines (Imperial Metals, Inc. prior to March 1943) which operated a group of mines in the Darwin section of the Coso district including ithe Essex, Independence and the Columbia. ; ‘Both companies shipped lead ore to smelters, but the latter continued metallurgical tests with a view io reconstructing a flotation mill at the property. Much of the rest of he silver was produced : as a by. product of gold mining. (Lava Cap Gold Mining Corp. was the leading producer of silver as a by-product of gold mining, In ad4 dition a substantial output of silver was recovered by the United States Vanadium Qo. as a by-product of lore treated chiefly for tungsten and molybdenum.—Mining and Industrial News. Mrs. Louise Whitworth Is Called Bv Death Mrs. Louise Whitworth passed away yesterday afternoon , in this city following an illness. ‘of more than two years. She was .a natice of San Francisco and her younger years ‘were spent in Berkeley but during ‘ithe ‘past’ twenty years mueh’ of her ‘time has been: spent in Nevada City and Auburn for reasons of health. Dr. George Whitworth, her husband was a physician, who practiced in Berkeley for many years. Surviving her are two sons, Fred Whitworth of Palo Alto and Charles Whitworth of Berkeley. Funeral . arrangements are charge of Holmes “Funeral Home. sian mentality. A nation of eglomaniacs cannot be controlled ‘with sweet reasonableness. They will need foreign commissioners, armies and navies to keep them.in order. Treason must come to have a wider’ meaning than mere ‘betrayal of ones own country. It must “come: to mean any betrayel of ‘bomen, eeiiods meet on, earth. in MRS. NORA AUSTIN [S SUMMONED _ Mrs. ‘Nora Austin, a native of this city, passed away in Stockton yesterday following a long illness. She was approximately four score years of age and had lived nearly all her life in Nevada City in the home: her father built in the early days on Lost Hill. Mrs. Austin was a charter member of Laurel Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West. She was the wife of the late William Austin. Her mainden name was McArthur. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Holmés Funeral Home. Messina A Relative Of Nevada City Families Nevada City relatives and friends listened with ‘interest to Salvatore ‘Messina, tenor, in his role of Count Alma Viva in Rossini’s comic opera “‘Barber of Seville’ Sunday. afternoon. The rendition was made in the Sacramento high school auditorium and given by the Pacific Opera company. He is better known here as “Sal’’ Messina. Mrs. Grace Eva . ; Is Summoned Funeral services will be held in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary Chapel at 3 p. m. tomorrow afternoon for the late Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Eva who passed away in a local hospital Saturday evening following an emergency surgical operation. Rev. Herschell Fravel of the Congregational Church will read the service. Interment will be in the Elm Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Eva was a native of Sutter Creek Amador County, aged 43. The greater part of hér life was spent in Grass Valley. She was past president of Laurel Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, and a member of Esther Rebekah Lodge. Surviving’ are her husband, Richard Eva, and her mother, Mrs. Jennie Cornelius of Grass Valley. A. F. Richards Of Grass Valley Passes The last rites will be said tomorrow for the late Alfred. F. Richaftts who passed away Saturday afternoon at his home on East Bennett Street. The services’ will take place at 1 p. m. in the chapel of Hooper and Weaver with Rev. David Ralston of Nevada City officiating. Interment will be in the Red Men’s Cemetery: He was a native of Grass Valley aged 69 years. Richards was a miner but in his leisure hours he was an enthusiastic sportsman noted as a hunter’ and fisherman. He was affiliated with the Moose Lodge and the Mine Protective . League. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jesse Richards, ‘Grass Valley, and step daughter, Mrs. Henry Prisk; Jr., Grass Valley. j Father of Diidiiedies Performs Wedding Rite -The marriage of Jessie Helma James of, Berkeley, and Paul Warren Patterson of Richmond, Contra Costa County, took place in the home of the bridegroom’s parents, Dr. and Mrs, J. R. Patterson on the Glenbrook road Wednesday evening, February 16th. The couple exchanged vows beside the fireplace by candlelight and the ceremony .was performed by Dr. Patterson. The bride wore a suit of powder blue with a corsage of gardenias and was attended by her sister in law, Mrs. Grace Patterson. Orbie M. Patterson, a brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Refreshments were served following the ‘wedding. Demand For Houses In Twin Cities Area Ingreases Demand for houses in Grass Valley and Nevada City continues its upswing throughout the week,” real estate dealers . chambers* of com-' merce. and the Grass Valley Police Department reported yesterday. The police ‘rental office stated that on Thursday it had rented a ‘total of thirteen homes, mostly to members of the Replacement Depot at Pitts‘burg, which is shortly to be removed to Camp Beale. ‘Beginning next week it is expected of naval personnel officers to interest navy families now ‘around the San Francisco bay area, in homes in Nevada County, will be manifest. Several navy families, whose men are with the fleet in the Pacific, have already leased neues in Grass ‘Vaiieg. RAINFALL TOO SMALL ‘DOWNIEVILILE, Feb. 21 _—Frank Delaney, Tahoe Forest ranger stationed here, reports that rainfall to date is 25.04 inches as compared with 52. uy inches for the same ante ee . Judge Raymond McIntosh of Sierra . CHAMBER SEEKS. that the result of efforts on the part, GRAND OPENING DEWITT GENERAL HOSPITAL FEB, 27 The, general public will be given the opportunity of visiting the De Witt General hospital near “Auburn, and seeing the various services which will a. dental and surgical attentio unday, February at. A band concert will start at 1 p. m., to be followed by the official flag raising ceremony at 2:30 p. m, After the flag raisinge eremony, the public will be conducted on 4a tour of the hospital. GRAVEL MINE SUIT TO QUIET TITLE ENDS The suit brought by Mrs. Phoebe Edna Maguire against S. R. Miller. L. Lossen, Charles E. Lees and others to ‘quiet title to the Mammoth Gold Placer Mine in the Lowell Hill ‘District, was submitted Thursday to County, who heard the trial since Judge George L. Jones had disqualified himself. ants claims to have expended $10,000 on the property at Lowell Hill under contract from S. R. Miller, who held a lease from Mrs. Maguire. The name of Mrs. Romert Howard, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lees was mentioned in testimony relative to conferences, held at the mine. Mrs. Robert Howard is. the daughter in-law of Charles Howard, owner of: Sea Biscuit, and was formerly a movie actress with the stage name of Audrey Leeds. Charles Lees is a mining ‘engineer. and had followed this profession in South and Central American mines for many years before becoming interested in the ‘Lowell Hill gravel mine. + Mrs. Maguire is the widow of the late William Maguire, at one time owner ‘of the extensive gravel deposits: along the Bear River in the Lowell Hill. section. P 4 The attorneys will submit briefs and later on a day will be appointed for oral eelaniene TO FILL VACANT HOMES HERE The .Nevada ‘City Chamber of ‘Commerce has decided to engage in a publicity campaign in San Francisco with the goal of filling vacaat homes for the,duration with families of segvice men. At a meeting of the chamber Wednesday night it was decided to ask the city council to’ ex‘tend a formal invitation to navy or army families whose men are engaged in battlefront of the Pacific, to locate here for the duration. H. F. Sofge, chamber secretary, has isgued a public appeal to all those owning vacant dwellings to list them immediately with the chamber so that inquiries may be answered promptly and. satisfactorrily. Sofge reported that not only is there an increased demand for homes but that he had received several inquiries from persons who wish to engage in business in Nevada. City., Mrs. Frances Merrill of Cedar Ridge Summoned _. Funeral services were held this morning in the chapel of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary for the late Mrs. Frances Lioyd Merrill, of ‘Cedar Ridge, who passed away Thursday following a heart attack. The obsequies were conducted by Rev. Angus Fox of the Latter Day Saints. The body was sent to Provo, Utah, for interment. 3 Mrs. Merrill was 58 years of age and a native of Utah, She was the mother of Lloyd and Frank Merrill. of Grass Valley, Mrs. Edna Hill and Mrs. Delia Southern of Sacramento, Mrs. Ethel Peay of Utah, Mrs. Wanda Frandsen of Iowa, Mrs. Irene Charles E. Lees one of the defend-?; Hill of Idaho and. she, algo souvay ® . } REPUBLICANS ENDORSE JESSE MAYO FOR CONG. AUBURN, Feb. 2'1.—Senator Jesse (Mayo of ‘Calaveras county last week was endorsed for the Republican nomin«tion for congress from the Second California district by Republicans from 11 counties in the district, meetimg at the Hotel. Auburn at the call of Paul Claiborne, chairman of the Placer county Republican central committee. “The Republicans also effected .a second district organization with Homer Brown of Placerville, as temporary chairman and Claiborne as temporary secretary. Claiborne and Paul Ullrich of Nevada county were endorsed for a place on the Republican slate headed by Gov. Earl Warren of California in the presidential primaries. F. ‘Cc. Pugh and Alec Ross were nominated as alternates. These endorsements are subject to the approval of the state organization. Mayo, endorsed for congress, is a Calaveras county newspaper publisher. He recently participated in the three way non-partisan race for congress, won by Clair Engle of Tehama county. State Senator Randolph Collier announced he is not a candidate for the Republican nomination for congress. It was‘also announced Henry Lyon of Placerville will not seek the post. LOWELL SPARKS TOOCCUPY. PLACER BENCH AUBURN, Feb. 21.— Lowell L. Sparks distriét’“attétney of Placer county, was the only candidate to, file the necessary papers to run for superior judge of Placer county at the May primaries. The date for -declaration of intentions for this posi(Miss Lillian Rechenmacher. Superior (Placer county -had_ prevously . .announced he would retire November 10, 1944. Sparks will be unopposed on ae May ballot, and will be: elected -with‘out the necessity of going to the November ballot. He has served as district attorney of Placer county since January 1931, and has been reelected to the position thtee times since his. first term. He is a past president of the state . esadelation of district attorneys, and is at present secretary of the organ-. ization. 4 of the. Auburn Lions club and Boy Scout organizations. He is a past president of the Auburn Lions and of the Tahoe council, ‘Boy Scouts ot America. If Sparks is appointed to succeed, Judge Landis when he retires in November, the office of district attor‘ney will become vacant for a 26 supervisors of Placer county. If Sparks does not ascend the bench} until January, 1945, the supervisors ‘will fill the district attorney’s position for a 24 month term. Sparks now must file his petition to place him on the May: ballot. and. is the only attorney in Placer county. with a, legal right: to do so, due. to ‘the fact he is the only attorney to file a declaration of “ntention. + 6Petitions for supervisors in districts number three, four and. five may algo be filed next week. Incumbents are William Haines’ in the 3rd, Charles Geisendorfer in the fourth and John McFadden in, the fifth.—~. Auburn vousger Pa ag WAFFLE SALE manuel Episcopal .Chureh fn Grass Valley today holds its annual ‘eo Lenten sale of waffles. This sale, ii jusually held on Shrove Tuesda morning, but due to the fact th this year it falls on Washington tion closed Friday with County Clerk . p Judge J. B.° Landis, of month appointment by the. board of} . seab, vit ad St. Catherine’s Guild .: the EmFIFTY SIX DUTCHAIRMEN VISIT Fifty six members of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, staying at: Grass Valley for a rest period, visited Camp Beale Thureday. Although they-.have been in pe ing in this country for nearly two. years, since the conquest of their homeland in the Dutch East Indies, the fliers never before had been at an army ‘ground force camp, and they evinced great ‘interest at ees sights. A demonstration: of pasadiiaa firing was staged for the fliers by C battery of the 237rd field artillery, and they visited the Post Ordnance shops, where they were treated: te tank demonstrations. : Upon their arrival on the seid Capt. A. B. Wolff, commanding and. (Capt. J. P. Alberding, executive and — engineering officer of the group, were greeted by Col. A. D. Cowley, post commander, Lt. Col. Walter C. Rathbone, executive officer, Lt. Col. Barge E. Leonard, control officer and Lt. Col. Russel Ryan adjutant. Thirty of the visitors were. officers, and ten were accompanied by their wives. Of the twenty six enl ed men, three were accompanied by~ wives. All had graphic stories to tell of. their escape from the Dutch Indies in the last few hburs before the Japs captured those islands. -— At dinner, in the officers mess of the station complement, Col. Cowley briefly addressed the group and said he was certain the fliers would do the “hard job that is before you fo regain your native land, and do it wel.” te ‘“You are part of that comman which will devote its life to the. of destroying once and ‘for alt the viciousness of Japenese im ism,’’ he added. “Our thoughts with you, our hearts go with yol and. may “Ged: (btess ~your \ work q@head.” GR . Beale is going to its own: Wi It will, that” is, his 0 ren a patriotic civilian, women employes the post, or others. ‘in 8 communities who want to aid ‘ih mitting the resaiignmnent: ot men field forces: > © That's. the ‘word trom Cenc: a ard ee ‘Litman, chief of pereo! He has been active in the ‘sialite that be reassigned to ‘thle Pletion of their pas ‘A Wace recruiting r will "be at Beale in the at ‘to interview apy applicants f n~ listment in tee * is eligible. to. enlist pea vided that ¥fshe : she has parent's. co Six weeks basic taken at Ft. ‘DesMo completion the Wad ca to the station from which ed. i ‘s Os PLANT PATHOLOGIST ' Lu, A.“Lageson announced day that Dr. ‘Gilbert Stout, pathologist of the State . of Agriculture, an 1 treatment. and’ prevention ¥ m.! :Dr. Stout’ will ities ae Ainonay: ane isieonges he } day before. Besides. waffles, ham, bacon, eggs, coffee and fam he Birthday, the sale is bee held the] +,

4, 194 1 ed —— 22. By son, > Marrig ge A. y d home 9 Y attende SToom wa 1 Beal, g and land, aS emplo mber Con year ag of the cat J. W. Gr is @ nati years farn County, 1 this ody ears, a) ways re ' irt for n and iia f friend 3 béén an Meek } od e was bo onsiderab egon an re comin at the est fain stre of frien¢ » wishin ns. NT vear all fabrics. . 00, es, econo yh I . discarded after the 1 The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.””—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA, This paper ‘gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. alien The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. 1 Gold Center MONDAY, F EBRUARY rae 1944 Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. =m GOLD PRODUCTION . SMALL IN 1943 Gold production at lode mines suffered even more seriously than The superman idea that has agitated the Germans for a hundred years, or possibly since the ‘time of Julius Caesar, we think ‘should have abated somewhat by this time. ‘Normally it would be beating the . Nazis have taken at Stalingrad and { ‘yeason something-—like this: , ‘time we march we ‘jn Berlin itself, not to mention other cities in the reich which have been considerably damaged. if the Prussians are so much bet‘ter than the -rest of humanity these disasters ought not to have yappened to them. But we are rather pessimistic about beating a new idea _ into stubborn German heads. We think when ‘the war is over your Prussian who has been suckled and reared in the firm belief that he is superior to all other races, will “Yes, we were stopped in this war, just “as we were stopped in 1918. But it required twice or thre times the “manpower, that Germany posses6e8 to .do it. It required billions of, “American dollars and British "pounds to do it. It cost our adver‘it required twice, three times the tt cost us. It Was a good war. a “good try. We will wait and try again. ” pe Our Prussian continues in this vein, not of optimism, but with that ‘hard, cold reasoning which ‘distinguishes his warrior caste: “We have-now had two good, wars. We did not reach the goal, but we did harden our people to war. and teach them how to fight. The next shall march “farther and fare better. One of our weaknesses was the lack of anadequate navy to fight off enemy invasion by sea. We shall not make re ‘that’ plindéY again, We also un“effort. _derestimated the productive capacity of the democracies and of . ‘Russia. That was bad. We should hays ‘known exactly how’ much they «ould produce by maximu no “Another thing we will do’ dif‘ferently next time: We will concentrate on one of our enemies. ‘We know now that Russia will not fight to save England. We .know “England will not fight” to save Russia. If both are threatened they will fight together to save them_ Selves, of course. The United Stat08 will fight to save England bee it beleves its future in the rid is linked with that of the omn onwealth of Nations. So, hen we try again we will first invade and take Russia. After ten i} of peace, no doubt, they ‘will sett guard. ‘After we have built ourselves @ navy, after we have built another air fleet large enough to grown into men’s boots and ye been trained from ten: years to be good .German soldiers.’ 8 Ve regovered the wealth be reluctant, after the manef of democracies, to go to wa ain. But we having lost all, our and slothful habits in two » and remembering bitterly near we were to victory in iS War, will fall on the Russians lean and hungry wolves, and, ‘out mercy. : ‘Parts of it as we can hold Make into new wealth, once are rested and ready again, ‘We shall complete the job, “Then one fine morning, be2 the United States is awake, ‘Shall flatten out ‘that island always beaten us. When is done we will be ready to K€ on all comers and whip them. ds our destiny.” may not’be the Prussian ing, of course, but roughly, Ink it is. That is why we ‘Rever advocate anything but just and drastic long term ane time . va still be poor. They will. shot away in this war. They “Once we have taken Russia, or. ng two bites of it instead of. ures to: cope. with. the Prusat placers in 1943 compared with 1942. Four fifths of the lode goid was recovered from gold ore and thé remainder from lead copper, zinccopper, tungsten and other base metal ores. The largest lode producer, Lava Cap Gold Mining Corporation, Grase ValleyiNevada City district, Nevada County, suspended operations at mid-year after making substantial shipments of gold concentrates much desired as smelter flux. Eagle-Shawmut ‘Ahine, Mother Lode district, Tuolumne County operated by Miller and Clemson. also shipped large quantities of gold concentrates during 1943. This company hoped to receive further extensions from the War Production Board so that its crew would be employed until unwdtering was completed at Penn mine, and activitias could be concentrated on es zineccopper ore there. Other mines that were operating as sources of concentrates for flux were the Mount’ Gaines mine, Hunter Valley district, operated by the Mount ‘Gaines Mining Co.; and the Pine Tree and Josephine mines, (Mother Lode district, operated by Pacific Mining Co., both in Mariposa -. County. Gold shipments made by Empire . Star Mines Co., Ltd., from the Empire Star mine, Grass Valley, . Nevada City district, Nevada County, though very small when compared with former years, were substantial, In September the New Verde Mines Co., a lessee of a tungstenbearing section of the. North Star mine (part of the Empire Star) be‘gan shipping gold produced as a byproduct of tungsten mining. Original Sixteen to One Mine Inc. shipped bullion from Original’ Sixteen to One mine, Alleghany district, Sierra County until September 1943. F. W. Royer shipped gold-bearing. siliceous flux from the Bagdad(Chase mine, Buckeye district, San Bernardino County. . Smaller shipments were reported from a number of other operations and from cleanups made early in 1943 at suspended operations. — SILVER : California silver production was 610,002 mine ounces valued at $433,779. Almost one half of 1943 silver production wa: sderived, from argentiferous lead ores, the principal producers of which were Shoshone Mines,-Inc., which operated *the Columbia No. 2 mine, Resting. Springs, district, Inyo: County and Darwin Mines (Imperial Metals, Inc. prior to March 1943) which operated a group of mines in the Darwin section of the Coso district including ithe Essex, Independence and the Columbia. ; ‘Both companies shipped lead ore to smelters, but the latter continued metallurgical tests with a view io reconstructing a flotation mill at the property. Much of the rest of he silver was produced : as a by. product of gold mining. (Lava Cap Gold Mining Corp. was the leading producer of silver as a by-product of gold mining, In ad4 dition a substantial output of silver was recovered by the United States Vanadium Qo. as a by-product of lore treated chiefly for tungsten and molybdenum.—Mining and Industrial News. Mrs. Louise Whitworth Is Called Bv Death Mrs. Louise Whitworth passed away yesterday afternoon , in this city following an illness. ‘of more than two years. She was .a natice of San Francisco and her younger years ‘were spent in Berkeley but during ‘ithe ‘past’ twenty years mueh’ of her ‘time has been: spent in Nevada City and Auburn for reasons of health. Dr. George Whitworth, her husband was a physician, who practiced in Berkeley for many years. Surviving her are two sons, Fred Whitworth of Palo Alto and Charles Whitworth of Berkeley. Funeral . arrangements are charge of Holmes “Funeral Home. sian mentality. A nation of eglomaniacs cannot be controlled ‘with sweet reasonableness. They will need foreign commissioners, armies and navies to keep them.in order. Treason must come to have a wider’ meaning than mere ‘betrayal of ones own country. It must “come: to mean any betrayel of ‘bomen, eeiiods meet on, earth. in MRS. NORA AUSTIN [S SUMMONED _ Mrs. ‘Nora Austin, a native of this city, passed away in Stockton yesterday following a long illness. She was approximately four score years of age and had lived nearly all her life in Nevada City in the home: her father built in the early days on Lost Hill. Mrs. Austin was a charter member of Laurel Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West. She was the wife of the late William Austin. Her mainden name was McArthur. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Holmés Funeral Home. Messina A Relative Of Nevada City Families Nevada City relatives and friends listened with ‘interest to Salvatore ‘Messina, tenor, in his role of Count Alma Viva in Rossini’s comic opera “‘Barber of Seville’ Sunday. afternoon. The rendition was made in the Sacramento high school auditorium and given by the Pacific Opera company. He is better known here as “Sal’’ Messina. Mrs. Grace Eva . ; Is Summoned Funeral services will be held in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary Chapel at 3 p. m. tomorrow afternoon for the late Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Eva who passed away in a local hospital Saturday evening following an emergency surgical operation. Rev. Herschell Fravel of the Congregational Church will read the service. Interment will be in the Elm Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Eva was a native of Sutter Creek Amador County, aged 43. The greater part of hér life was spent in Grass Valley. She was past president of Laurel Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, and a member of Esther Rebekah Lodge. Surviving’ are her husband, Richard Eva, and her mother, Mrs. Jennie Cornelius of Grass Valley. A. F. Richards Of Grass Valley Passes The last rites will be said tomorrow for the late Alfred. F. Richaftts who passed away Saturday afternoon at his home on East Bennett Street. The services’ will take place at 1 p. m. in the chapel of Hooper and Weaver with Rev. David Ralston of Nevada City officiating. Interment will be in the Red Men’s Cemetery: He was a native of Grass Valley aged 69 years. Richards was a miner but in his leisure hours he was an enthusiastic

sportsman noted as a hunter’ and fisherman. He was affiliated with the Moose Lodge and the Mine Protective . League. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jesse Richards, ‘Grass Valley, and step daughter, Mrs. Henry Prisk; Jr., Grass Valley. j Father of Diidiiedies Performs Wedding Rite -The marriage of Jessie Helma James of, Berkeley, and Paul Warren Patterson of Richmond, Contra Costa County, took place in the home of the bridegroom’s parents, Dr. and Mrs, J. R. Patterson on the Glenbrook road Wednesday evening, February 16th. The couple exchanged vows beside the fireplace by candlelight and the ceremony .was performed by Dr. Patterson. The bride wore a suit of powder blue with a corsage of gardenias and was attended by her sister in law, Mrs. Grace Patterson. Orbie M. Patterson, a brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Refreshments were served following the ‘wedding. Demand For Houses In Twin Cities Area Ingreases Demand for houses in Grass Valley and Nevada City continues its upswing throughout the week,” real estate dealers . chambers* of com-' merce. and the Grass Valley Police Department reported yesterday. The police ‘rental office stated that on Thursday it had rented a ‘total of thirteen homes, mostly to members of the Replacement Depot at Pitts‘burg, which is shortly to be removed to Camp Beale. ‘Beginning next week it is expected of naval personnel officers to interest navy families now ‘around the San Francisco bay area, in homes in Nevada County, will be manifest. Several navy families, whose men are with the fleet in the Pacific, have already leased neues in Grass ‘Vaiieg. RAINFALL TOO SMALL ‘DOWNIEVILILE, Feb. 21 _—Frank Delaney, Tahoe Forest ranger stationed here, reports that rainfall to date is 25.04 inches as compared with 52. uy inches for the same ante ee . Judge Raymond McIntosh of Sierra . CHAMBER SEEKS. that the result of efforts on the part, GRAND OPENING DEWITT GENERAL HOSPITAL FEB, 27 The, general public will be given the opportunity of visiting the De Witt General hospital near “Auburn, and seeing the various services which will a. dental and surgical attentio unday, February at. A band concert will start at 1 p. m., to be followed by the official flag raising ceremony at 2:30 p. m, After the flag raisinge eremony, the public will be conducted on 4a tour of the hospital. GRAVEL MINE SUIT TO QUIET TITLE ENDS The suit brought by Mrs. Phoebe Edna Maguire against S. R. Miller. L. Lossen, Charles E. Lees and others to ‘quiet title to the Mammoth Gold Placer Mine in the Lowell Hill ‘District, was submitted Thursday to County, who heard the trial since Judge George L. Jones had disqualified himself. ants claims to have expended $10,000 on the property at Lowell Hill under contract from S. R. Miller, who held a lease from Mrs. Maguire. The name of Mrs. Romert Howard, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lees was mentioned in testimony relative to conferences, held at the mine. Mrs. Robert Howard is. the daughter in-law of Charles Howard, owner of: Sea Biscuit, and was formerly a movie actress with the stage name of Audrey Leeds. Charles Lees is a mining ‘engineer. and had followed this profession in South and Central American mines for many years before becoming interested in the ‘Lowell Hill gravel mine. + Mrs. Maguire is the widow of the late William Maguire, at one time owner ‘of the extensive gravel deposits: along the Bear River in the Lowell Hill. section. P 4 The attorneys will submit briefs and later on a day will be appointed for oral eelaniene TO FILL VACANT HOMES HERE The .Nevada ‘City Chamber of ‘Commerce has decided to engage in a publicity campaign in San Francisco with the goal of filling vacaat homes for the,duration with families of segvice men. At a meeting of the chamber Wednesday night it was decided to ask the city council to’ ex‘tend a formal invitation to navy or army families whose men are engaged in battlefront of the Pacific, to locate here for the duration. H. F. Sofge, chamber secretary, has isgued a public appeal to all those owning vacant dwellings to list them immediately with the chamber so that inquiries may be answered promptly and. satisfactorrily. Sofge reported that not only is there an increased demand for homes but that he had received several inquiries from persons who wish to engage in business in Nevada. City., Mrs. Frances Merrill of Cedar Ridge Summoned _. Funeral services were held this morning in the chapel of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary for the late Mrs. Frances Lioyd Merrill, of ‘Cedar Ridge, who passed away Thursday following a heart attack. The obsequies were conducted by Rev. Angus Fox of the Latter Day Saints. The body was sent to Provo, Utah, for interment. 3 Mrs. Merrill was 58 years of age and a native of Utah, She was the mother of Lloyd and Frank Merrill. of Grass Valley, Mrs. Edna Hill and Mrs. Delia Southern of Sacramento, Mrs. Ethel Peay of Utah, Mrs. Wanda Frandsen of Iowa, Mrs. Irene Charles E. Lees one of the defend-?; Hill of Idaho and. she, algo souvay ® . } REPUBLICANS ENDORSE JESSE MAYO FOR CONG. AUBURN, Feb. 2'1.—Senator Jesse (Mayo of ‘Calaveras county last week was endorsed for the Republican nomin«tion for congress from the Second California district by Republicans from 11 counties in the district, meetimg at the Hotel. Auburn at the call of Paul Claiborne, chairman of the Placer county Republican central committee. “The Republicans also effected .a second district organization with Homer Brown of Placerville, as temporary chairman and Claiborne as temporary secretary. Claiborne and Paul Ullrich of Nevada county were endorsed for a place on the Republican slate headed by Gov. Earl Warren of California in the presidential primaries. F. ‘Cc. Pugh and Alec Ross were nominated as alternates. These endorsements are subject to the approval of the state organization. Mayo, endorsed for congress, is a Calaveras county newspaper publisher. He recently participated in the three way non-partisan race for congress, won by Clair Engle of Tehama county. State Senator Randolph Collier announced he is not a candidate for the Republican nomination for congress. It was‘also announced Henry Lyon of Placerville will not seek the post. LOWELL SPARKS TOOCCUPY. PLACER BENCH AUBURN, Feb. 21.— Lowell L. Sparks distriét’“attétney of Placer county, was the only candidate to, file the necessary papers to run for superior judge of Placer county at the May primaries. The date for -declaration of intentions for this posi(Miss Lillian Rechenmacher. Superior (Placer county -had_ prevously . .announced he would retire November 10, 1944. Sparks will be unopposed on ae May ballot, and will be: elected -with‘out the necessity of going to the November ballot. He has served as district attorney of Placer county since January 1931, and has been reelected to the position thtee times since his. first term. He is a past president of the state . esadelation of district attorneys, and is at present secretary of the organ-. ization. 4 of the. Auburn Lions club and Boy Scout organizations. He is a past president of the Auburn Lions and of the Tahoe council, ‘Boy Scouts ot America. If Sparks is appointed to succeed, Judge Landis when he retires in November, the office of district attor‘ney will become vacant for a 26 supervisors of Placer county. If Sparks does not ascend the bench} until January, 1945, the supervisors ‘will fill the district attorney’s position for a 24 month term. Sparks now must file his petition to place him on the May: ballot. and. is the only attorney in Placer county. with a, legal right: to do so, due. to ‘the fact he is the only attorney to file a declaration of “ntention. + 6Petitions for supervisors in districts number three, four and. five may algo be filed next week. Incumbents are William Haines’ in the 3rd, Charles Geisendorfer in the fourth and John McFadden in, the fifth.—~. Auburn vousger Pa ag WAFFLE SALE manuel Episcopal .Chureh fn Grass Valley today holds its annual ‘eo Lenten sale of waffles. This sale, ii jusually held on Shrove Tuesda morning, but due to the fact th this year it falls on Washington tion closed Friday with County Clerk . p Judge J. B.° Landis, of month appointment by the. board of} . seab, vit ad St. Catherine’s Guild .: the EmFIFTY SIX DUTCHAIRMEN VISIT Fifty six members of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, staying at: Grass Valley for a rest period, visited Camp Beale Thureday. Although they-.have been in pe ing in this country for nearly two. years, since the conquest of their homeland in the Dutch East Indies, the fliers never before had been at an army ‘ground force camp, and they evinced great ‘interest at ees sights. A demonstration: of pasadiiaa firing was staged for the fliers by C battery of the 237rd field artillery, and they visited the Post Ordnance shops, where they were treated: te tank demonstrations. : Upon their arrival on the seid Capt. A. B. Wolff, commanding and. (Capt. J. P. Alberding, executive and — engineering officer of the group, were greeted by Col. A. D. Cowley, post commander, Lt. Col. Walter C. Rathbone, executive officer, Lt. Col. Barge E. Leonard, control officer and Lt. Col. Russel Ryan adjutant. Thirty of the visitors were. officers, and ten were accompanied by their wives. Of the twenty six enl ed men, three were accompanied by~ wives. All had graphic stories to tell of. their escape from the Dutch Indies in the last few hburs before the Japs captured those islands. -— At dinner, in the officers mess of the station complement, Col. Cowley briefly addressed the group and said he was certain the fliers would do the “hard job that is before you fo regain your native land, and do it wel.” te ‘“You are part of that comman which will devote its life to the. of destroying once and ‘for alt the viciousness of Japenese im ism,’’ he added. “Our thoughts with you, our hearts go with yol and. may “Ged: (btess ~your \ work q@head.” GR . Beale is going to its own: Wi It will, that” is, his 0 ren a patriotic civilian, women employes the post, or others. ‘in 8 communities who want to aid ‘ih mitting the resaiignmnent: ot men field forces: > © That's. the ‘word trom Cenc: a ard ee ‘Litman, chief of pereo! He has been active in the ‘sialite that be reassigned to ‘thle Pletion of their pas ‘A Wace recruiting r will "be at Beale in the at ‘to interview apy applicants f n~ listment in tee * is eligible. to. enlist pea vided that ¥fshe : she has parent's. co Six weeks basic taken at Ft. ‘DesMo completion the Wad ca to the station from which ed. i ‘s Os PLANT PATHOLOGIST ' Lu, A.“Lageson announced day that Dr. ‘Gilbert Stout, pathologist of the State . of Agriculture, an 1 treatment. and’ prevention ¥ m.! :Dr. Stout’ will ities ae Ainonay: ane isieonges he } day before. Besides. waffles, ham, bacon, eggs, coffee and fam he Birthday, the sale is bee held the] +,