February 24, 1936 (4 pages)

_a® ‘nine inches of \ _ when he left and it was snowing Pro Thinking Out Loud (By H. M. L.) We note with some amusement the inconistencies of -others. Our Own inconsistencies are never amusing. Some other éditor, hoist by his own’ petard or trapped in his own gic always interests, not only fellow scribes, bit many readers. For instance, C. JK.’ s rabid ‘denunciation of the United States Supreme Court . . @ecause of its AAA thumbs down, nd his measured praise for its TVA Stand. Yet the Supreme Cott system has been unchanged since the days of John Marshall, Like the sun it shines on the just and the unjust. There are certain aspects of the TVA decision which C. K. convenjiently overlooks. If under one pre+text or another the Federal Goyernment can go into power business, ‘or another it business. business, the electric under one™ pretext may go into othe1 Why not the newspaper ‘We do not believe that the foundes intended that building dams for improving the navigibility of streams or preventing floods should sanction Federal dealing in electicity. For we can be sure that the founders had not the slightest inkling that production of electricity whine ing. But times and science works changes, and if any evidence were needed that the Supreme ‘Court changes, the TVA decision bears witness, For the court might have ruled . thatwhile the Federal government may produce electricity, it may not engage in wholesaling or retailing current in competition with private Wholesalers and retailers, and that it must dispose of its current gener-, ated to the highest private bidders.’ Instead it assumed that the Federal’). government .may produce electricity as a side line result of building dams for improving stream navigability. or preventing floods, and _ since the electricity is. produced the government, may, to all practical purposes, dispose, of it as a_ private utility would dispose of it. In other words the Federal government enters into activity, which hitherto has been the province of private investors only, not through the _ front door, but through the back door. It is interesting to observe that the court seems to: assume that the dams were built for the chicf purpose of improving streams navigability ete. and not, as they were in fact chiefly for producing .electricilt. This is where the real departure from precedent occurs. And it is this assumption that should be reassurring to all other private businesses. There must be’a point of departure, a pes to hang a favorable—decision upon. As a_ newspaper therefore, we can publisher, sean to the publishing business, upon which some time or other the United States Supreme Court might hang a decision which would put the government into the -business of publishing newspapers in competition with C. K. and the rest of us. if anyone with a ‘keener glim should find such a peg in the Constitution, please do not tell usvabout it. We prefer to sleep well o’ nights. Here is a sample of specious, or Brisbane, reasoning: Did you ever stop to think that hard times mean nothing to a hen? She just keeps on digging woms and laying eggs, regardless of what is said about conditions. If the ground is hard, she scratches the harder. If it’s dry, she digs deeper. If she strikes a rock, she works around > it. Bit always she digs up worms and turns them into hard-shelled profits. Did you ever know of a hen starving to death waiting for worms to dig themselves ‘to the surface? Did you ever hear one cackle because times were hard?. Not on your life. She saves her ‘breath for digging and her cackles for eggs, » Specious reasoning. There are u lot of things the dumb brutes’ do which we cannot or will not do and to, cite as an example for human ¢ondutt that of a hen, an ant or a bee, is one of the-dumbest things human kind does. Mr. J. J. Dent, who is employed on the South Yuba Canal at Excelsior Point, 24 miles northeast of Nevada City, spent Sunday evening with his family in Nevaia ‘it. There was ew snow at camp hard in this city when he departed fae y, this: morning. . ever . , .8row from any kind of dam _ build2’ the Consti_tution and find no sueh peg, relating 2 evada ity ugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA i city and you fee ase earner ne weeewen tmnt 2 The Nevada City. Nugget helps your advertising in the’ Nugget, therefore, and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and help yourself. Vol. 10, ble. 30. The County Seat Paper NEVADA Oe _ CALIFORNIA _ The GOLD Cea MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1936. TRAINED CAT AND FROG IN ONE-ACT DRAMA (By EDNA MARTINE) He is a big black, bob tailed, cat with white paws and a star in his face, named Snookums. He performs all sorts of tricks for his mistress, Mrs. Clara Scarfe of Boulder street. The latest being hide-and go seek. Snookums plays much like a dog and seems to know almost everything that is said, Mrs: Scarfe noticed the cat’ with something odd in his mouth one day last week, while she was upstairs; and upon investigation, she found he had her pet green frog from the hot house. He brought it to her and was rubbing it gently with his head. Mrs. Scarfe was shocked to see her pet at her feet all drawn up as if in misery and carried it back to the flowers in the hothouse, In a few minutes after the frog had gained his breath he started croaking saucily as if to say: “Your old black ‘nigger witch took me up there.”’ I The writer has often seen him perform, shaking hands, rolling over, sitting up, and taking food in his paw as he sits up eating it and glancing about as he nibbles away. If he does not like his dinner he rolls it up in the rug he uses for a table cloth. He meets everyone in a friendly manner as they pass the house. ENGLEBRIGHT REPORTED Nevada City Niece. Nevada City, Calif., Dear Editor: Some people in this the Second Congressional District do not seem to know that Congressman Harry L. Englebright is for the Townsend Plan, The Townsendies of this district appreciate his efforts to put the old age Revolving Pension Plan into a law for the people of’the U.S. A. We are behind our congressman and will vote for him. He has always worked for the people of this district. Dr. Townsend has found the ‘‘wave length’’ that’ will reach the people and touch their hearts; that will make them dauntless followers till they reach the goal. MR. AND MRS: W.H. Hs tegetips ila North. San Juan. SNOW PILES “i started falling in Nevada City at an early hour this morning and the storm has continued all day. The city’s surrounding area is covered .by two inchse of snow. The state highway headquarters at Nevada City at noon reported a foot of new snow at Steep Hollow making a total of three feet. All three snow plows and _~ equipment with crews are keeping the TahoeUkiah highway open through Bear Yalley and on to the junction above Emigrant Gap. Mr .E. J. Haverstock, Washington mail carrier, reported six inches of new snow at the junction of the Washington road and the TahoeUkiah. Two inches of new snow lay onthe ground at Gold Run on the Auburn route at noon. , Four inches of new snow was reported at Downieville at noon and the road was open as far.as Camp Pioneer six miles above Sierra City. From Mr. Garrison, district manSnow ers in the Marysville area in his district, had dropped four feet since Saturday evening. Twelve inches of new snow was reported at Alleghany at noon today. FLOWERS BLOOMING Ina visit to Goedetia, the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Goede; on Robinson Heights southeast of Nevada City, were noted signs of early springtime. There were the lovely blue stylosa winter iris and golden yellow crocus with two colors of red berries on sturdy cokoneaster shrub, all making a cheery sight at ‘the entrance to their charming home. Mr. George Hallock, superintend‘ent of the Sixteen-to-One Extension mine at Alleghany is in ‘Nevada ene i today. me EAE, hy ‘in the FOR TOWNSEND PLAN ager’s office, it was learned all ‘riv-. \ are to be Wednesday morning at 10 } ment. will be in the Catholic cemeANNIE BYRNES — FILES SUIT FOR $29,000 DAMAGES I Miwa Annie Rush ‘Bs ‘Byrnes filed suit Superior .Court yesterday against J. R. Tyrrell, Bret Harte Inn, the Mountain Oil company and various Richard Roes and John‘ Does for damages for alleged injuries received when she slipped on oil left on the sidewalk adjacent to the Bret Harte Inn. Miss Byrnes asks general damages of $25,000, specific damages of $1,000 for physicians care and medical treatment, $720 for time lost .as a result of the accident, and $3,000 in anticipation of more or less ‘per-. manent disability. The plaintiff alleges that the accident occurred February 27, and that her injuries included cranial suffering, headaches since the accident, partial paralysis of her right side and injury to the lower back. . Her attorneys are Faulkner, and Sanford of San Francisco. DR. HAWKINS ENTERS CITY COUNCIL RACE Dr. Walter Hawkins today filed his, nomination declaration for city councilman with the city clerk. The last. day for filing nomination papers is March 25. Others expected to file their nomination papers are Robert Nye and James Penrose, incumbents, and Charles Leiter. Three places on the board are to be filled in the elestion which takes April 14. They are the seats occupied. by Mayor Ray, Murchie, who declares he will not4 be a candidate for re-election, and James Penrose named to succeed Wade Armstrong, resigned, and Robert Nye, appointed to fill the vacaney caused by the death of late Mayor Seamon, COUNTY LIMITS TRUCK WEIGHTS UKIAH, Feb. 24.—Acting to save county roads-and highways from destruction, the Mendocino Couniy Board of Supervisors passed an crdinance limiting the Doyle loads of heavy trucks to 18,000: pounds. The-action was the second taken by the supervisors, a.previous ordinance providing a load limit for trucks having been found uneffect ive for lack of ‘“‘teeth.’’ The ordinance just passed makes it-a-misdemeanor to haul jover any county roadway a load in excess of 18,000 pounds and ‘provides a penalty of 500 fine of six months jail term. Trucks hauling heavy loads over county roads caused the paving to break up, forcing the county to an unreasonable expense to maintain them, the supervisors held in passing the ordinance. CIVIC CLUB TO HEAR ABOUT LIQUOR LAWS of great interest t to members and invited guests of the Woman’s Civic Club will be the meeting tonight at the Brand Studio. District Attorney Vernon Stoll will talk to the members on laws governing sale of liquor and admission of minors to places of selling liquor, . Following Mr. Stoll’s talk a’ short business meeting will be held ana also a radio broadcast burlesque. ' AGED WOMAN. SUCCUMBS EARLY THIS MORNING Mrs. Ellen* Hopnul aaad 78 years, revered and long time resident of Grass. Valley ,passed away at an early hour this morning. ’She leaves to mourn her passing two sons, Charles and William Sproul of Grass Valley and several grandsons; a sister in Maine; and a number of nieces and nephews living in different parts of the United States. Holmes-Hooper Funeral Home has charge of the funeral services which a. m.°in St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Fr. O'Meara officiating. Intertery. . at FARMER PLOWS WALLET UNDER: PLOWS IT UP AGAIN: NO INCREASE . Farmer J. R. Brown, who lost, a’ wallet containing $130 in ‘bills while he was plowing his” fiftyacre bean field thirteen miles south of Marysyille in Yuba county, Calif., last July, has just plowed his wallet back to sunshine with the bundle of ,money almost cut in two by the plow disc. Though not accumulating any interest, during its deposit under furrows, Farmer Brown says that he can’t complain about his bills being cut in half, because the value of the dollar already has suffered the same fate. Last July, Brown. secured a $200 loan from the Marysville Production Credit Association. Cashing his check, he settled $70 worth of bills and put the remaining $130 in his pants potket.-After an afternoon spent behind the plow, Brown noticéd that his wallet was gone. He could do nothing but mourn his loss and plant his bean seed. Today Robert Miner of the Farm Credit Administration’s Production Credit Corporation here, and the man who made the original loan to Brown, received a letter from W. Ray Chandler, of Yuba City, Calif., inspector for the Marysville association, which said: “J. R. Brown just plowed up his purse containing $130 in five dollar. bills. His disc had cut part way through the bunch, but he will be able to get new ones.” . gan will manage to. get into the . game is indefinite. Flu has kept them off the court recently, and Judge and Reuse George L. Jones, PLEADS GUILTY; ASKS PROBATION Clifford Cundy, ‘fo! former assistant manager of the Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley, pleaded guilty to grand theft in the superior court here on Friday and asked for probation. The grand theft charge was sworn to by James Tyrrell, mamager of the inn, after Cundy disappeared and a $600.shortage in hotel funds.was discovered. : Cundy later was apprehended in San Francisco and was brought to this county to stand trial. The hearing on his probation application was set for March. 7th. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP HOOP BATTLE IMPENDING Jven though not a League game, the hoop contest scheduled for Wednesday night between the Nevada City and Grass Valley high A and B quintets is, no doubt the most important game of the season both to players and spectators. The victors will reign as county champions, and the game will be a fight from whistle to gun. The Grass Valley gym will be the scene of the battle, and it is doubtful whether or not enough seats will be available for those desiring to attend. Tea In the first meeting of the two teams, the Yellowjackets defeated Miners in the A division. The locals played a good class of ball and heard the gun go off on a 28-27 victory in their favor. The score was too close for comfort, however; and the Miners came back a few weeks later for revenge. They got it—in the form of a 25-23 victory. But scores such as these decide little as to ability; so a third and deciding game was scheduled. Whether or not Stevens and Ortheir return may be in the Wednes day affair. The A starters will be chosen from the following list: Elliott, Wilde, Lopez, Steger, Santinelli, Stevens. The B’s enter the game with the} shadow of two losses from the Red and Gold B quint, 38-22 at the first meeting, and 27-22 in the last game. If their improvement keeps along the line of advance, surprising results may occur in this division Wednesday. The starting line up will probably include Bennett, Schiffner, Brown, Mullis and Organ. In the event that Organ is unable to ‘play, Gates will probably -see starting action. Miss. Helen J ones spent the week end with her parents, COUNTY SHARE . noteworthy Colonial of Hollister holida AUTO RECEIPTS TOTAL $7950 SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.—Motor ists of-California contributed $2,917,918.31 in 1935 to develop county roads and a like amount to build and maintain their state higthways, GovFrank F. Merriam today reported in announcing checks are being mailed’ county treasurers for final apportionment due.as a result last year’s vehicle registrations. The 65 per cent -of vehicle registration levies allotted equally in 1935 to-state-and county highway development, or $5,835,836.62, exceeds by $391,538.38 the amount apportioned in 1934 when 2,080,884 vehicles were registered in comparison with the record of 2,254,828 registrations in the last year. County treasuries received: $2,782,793.17 in the August settlement and the remaining $135,125.14 of the 1935 apportionment from motor vehicle funds now is being paid. The state highway system receives similar amounts, explains Ray Ingels,’ director of motor vehicles. _ Nevada county, with a’ total 6144 motor véhicles registered in 1935, received $7,950.80 for local road building and maintenance. The value of each Nevada county. vehicle registered in terms of road development here amounts to $1.29. TWO NOTED MEN ONU.C FACULTY ARE SUMMONED BERKELEY,. Feb. 24.—Two distinguished educators of the University of California, Both the sons of clergymen and both descended from forbears, died within an hour of-each other on the night of Monday, February 17, one as the result of an accident and the other from the infirmities of age. Dr. Cornelius Beach Bradley, 93, oldest emeritus professor and~ for fifty years or more an outstanding of of figure in the state’s educational life, and Dr. Robert Palfrey, Utter, pro. fessor of English and a direct des. cendant of General William Palfrey paymaster general of Washington’s army and ambassador to France; were the two scholars summoned, the first at his home at about midnight and. the second-at—the Cowell Mem-. orial Hospital on the campus, 11:15 p. m. Dr. Utter had been fatally injured by a falling eucalyptus tree while on the way to his home from the Faculty Club. Dr. Bradley died after an eftended illness, Missionary to. the Siamese peo-. ple for three years, educator and. lover of the great oudoors, Dr, Bradley had a particularly varied career. He was one of the founders of the Sierra Club and as such wrote voluminotisly on outdoor subjects. He was born in Bangkok, Siam, in 1843, graduated from Oberlin College, in Ohio, in 1868 and the Yale Divinity School in 1871 after which he _ returned to Siam as a_ missionary: While there he married Mary S. Comings of Greensboro, Vt. Both D1. and Mrs. Bradley claimed descent from early Colonial residents. Dr. Utter was born in Olympia, Washington, in 1875, and was a graduate of Harvard University with the class of 1898. He came to the University of California in 1920 as associate professor of English after serving as Jassociate (professor of English at Amherst College. Apart frém his educational activities Dr. Utter wrote for a number of popular publications, “among them The Nation and Harper’s, PAST, PRESENT DISTRICT. ATTORNEYS IN COURT Four of the five _ex-district attorneys of Nevada County, who are now living, were present at Friday's session. of the superior court. Former District Attorneys present were: Judge’George L. Jones, Fred L. Arbogast, now of Oakland, E. H. Armstrong of Grass Valley and WwW. E. Wright ef Nevada City. Nevada] county‘s present. Vernon. Stoll was alto —— district attorney, : ley “for ‘the GOVERNOR PUTS A-M. HOLMES ON STATE BOARD ““A. M. (Andy) Holmes, former mayor of Nevada City and former: coroner of Nevada County, has been signally honored by Governor Merriam by appointment to. the state boad of funeral directors and embalmers. This is the first time Nevada County has been recognized ‘by the appointment of one of its citizens to state office, since the late C. E. Clinch was named on the state prison, board a great many years ago. : Holmes succeeds W. B. O’Bierne of Jamestown as a member of the board. The dtities of the board are similar to, those of the medical. dental and other state bodies which maintain professional standards in the several professions. The board examines candidates for embalmer’s licenses, issues the licenses, exam— ines firms and individuals who seek funeral director’s licenses and issues licenses to successful applicants. The board considers complaints against mortuary firms and individuals involving criminal acts, or moral turpitude, unprofessional conduct, such aS fraud in the conduct of their business, false or misleading advertising, solicitation of human § dead bodies, the employment of “cappers’’ or ‘‘steerers,’’ aiding or abetting am } unlicensed person to practice fun-— eral directfng jor embalming, ac~ cepting ‘‘honoriums from mausoleum or crematory owners for turning over to them bodies for disposition, and a large number of other unethical or fraudulent practices which are strictly prohibited. The board has he power and duty to suspend or ‘fine licensees for infractions of the law. Holmes is the head of the Hol' mes Funeral Home in Nevada City and the Holmes-Hooper Funeral Home in Grass Walley, and for 23 years has been a funeral director in Nevada County. Te is past president of the Coroners. Association of, California, past president of the Northern California Funeral Directors, member of the California Funeral Directors association, and was among the very first. funeral directors in the state to receive an embalmer’s. license. Members of the board as now constituted come from the following cities: Los Angeles, Long — Beach, San_ Francisco,, San, Rafael. and Nevada City. : MR. ERNEST COLE PASSES ON IN SACRAMENTO Mr. Ernest Cole, prominent mining man and Nevada City resident for the last seven years, passed away 4 in Sacramento Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Packwood. The > news of his passing brought sorrow to his many friends in this section, Mr. Cole was 60 years of age last December. He has been ill for many months and with his wife had been staying in Marysville for a time in the hope of improvement from his illness, leaving for Sacramento about. ten days ago. : Mr. Cole has been in the employ of the «Newmont Mining company, many years and at time of his.death was superintendent of the Pennsylvania mine at Browns Valley. mine east of Nevada City when the company purchased the property years-ago. Mr. Cole has mined all over the world, having spent some time in Africa, Canada and in the United States. He was in Arizona and Nevada, coming to Nevada City ‘from Tonopah. ~ ‘He leaves to mourn his passing loving wife, daughter, Mrs. Raymon Packwood and two children, of Sacramento, a son William Cole ant two children of England. — His so served in.a submarine during ths world war and is now in the Engli postal service. “Mr. Ernest Cole became. a memb of the Odd Fellow lodge in the years ago. Tre remains ‘were } to Nevada City by Holmes" rangements have been time et. oi He was made foreman of the Murchie — °

_a® ‘nine inches of \ _ when he left and it was snowing Pro Thinking Out Loud (By H. M. L.) We note with some amusement the inconistencies of -others. Our Own inconsistencies are never amusing. Some other éditor, hoist by his own’ petard or trapped in his own gic always interests, not only fellow scribes, bit many readers. For instance, C. JK.’ s rabid ‘denunciation of the United States Supreme Court . . @ecause of its AAA thumbs down, nd his measured praise for its TVA Stand. Yet the Supreme Cott system has been unchanged since the days of John Marshall, Like the sun it shines on the just and the unjust. There are certain aspects of the TVA decision which C. K. convenjiently overlooks. If under one pre+text or another the Federal Goyernment can go into power business, ‘or another it business. business, the electric under one™ pretext may go into othe1 Why not the newspaper ‘We do not believe that the foundes intended that building dams for improving the navigibility of streams or preventing floods should sanction Federal dealing in electicity. For we can be sure that the founders had not the slightest inkling that production of electricity whine ing. But times and science works changes, and if any evidence were needed that the Supreme ‘Court changes, the TVA decision bears witness, For the court might have ruled . thatwhile the Federal government may produce electricity, it may not engage in wholesaling or retailing current in competition with private Wholesalers and retailers, and that it must dispose of its current gener-, ated to the highest private bidders.’ Instead it assumed that the Federal’). government .may produce electricity as a side line result of building dams for improving stream navigability. or preventing floods, and _ since the electricity is. produced the government, may, to all practical purposes, dispose, of it as a_ private utility would dispose of it. In other words the Federal government enters into activity, which hitherto has been the province of private investors only, not through the _ front door, but through the back door. It is interesting to observe that the court seems to: assume that the dams were built for the chicf purpose of improving streams navigability ete. and not, as they were in fact chiefly for producing .electricilt. This is where the real departure from precedent occurs. And it is this assumption that should be reassurring to all other private businesses. There must be’a point of departure, a pes to hang a favorable—decision upon. As a_ newspaper therefore, we can publisher, sean to the publishing business, upon which some time or other the United States Supreme Court might hang a decision which would put the government into the -business of publishing newspapers in competition with C. K. and the rest of us. if anyone with a ‘keener glim should find such a peg in the Constitution, please do not tell usvabout it. We prefer to sleep well o’ nights. Here is a sample of specious, or Brisbane, reasoning: Did you ever stop to think that hard times mean nothing to a hen? She just keeps on digging woms and laying eggs, regardless of what is said about conditions. If the ground is hard, she scratches the harder. If it’s dry, she digs deeper. If she strikes a rock, she works around > it. Bit always she digs up worms and turns them into hard-shelled profits. Did you ever know of a hen starving to death waiting for worms to dig themselves ‘to the surface? Did you ever hear one cackle because times were hard?. Not on your life. She saves her ‘breath for digging and her cackles for eggs, » Specious reasoning. There are u lot of things the dumb brutes’ do which we cannot or will not do and to, cite as an example for human ¢ondutt that of a hen, an ant or a bee, is one of the-dumbest things human kind does. Mr. J. J. Dent, who is employed on the South Yuba Canal at Excelsior Point, 24 miles northeast of Nevada City, spent Sunday evening with his family in Nevaia ‘it. There was ew snow at camp hard in this city when he departed fae y, this: morning. . ever . , .8row from any kind of dam _ build2’ the Consti_tution and find no sueh peg, relating 2 evada ity ugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA i city and you fee ase earner ne weeewen tmnt 2 The Nevada City. Nugget helps your advertising in the’ Nugget, therefore, and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and help yourself. Vol. 10, ble. 30. The County Seat Paper NEVADA Oe _ CALIFORNIA _ The GOLD Cea MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1936. TRAINED CAT AND FROG IN ONE-ACT DRAMA (By EDNA MARTINE) He is a big black, bob tailed, cat with white paws and a star in his face, named Snookums. He performs all sorts of tricks for his mistress, Mrs. Clara Scarfe of Boulder street. The latest being hide-and go seek. Snookums plays much like a dog and seems to know almost everything that is said, Mrs: Scarfe noticed the cat’ with something odd in his mouth one day last week, while she was upstairs; and upon investigation, she found he had her pet green frog from the hot house. He brought it to her and was rubbing it gently with his head. Mrs. Scarfe was shocked to see her pet at her feet all drawn up as if in misery and carried it back to the flowers in the hothouse, In a few minutes after the frog had gained his breath he started croaking saucily as if to say: “Your old black ‘nigger witch took me up there.”’ I The writer has often seen him perform, shaking hands, rolling over, sitting up, and taking food in his paw as he sits up eating it and glancing about as he nibbles away. If he does not like his dinner he rolls it up in the rug he uses for a table cloth. He meets everyone in a friendly manner as they pass the house. ENGLEBRIGHT REPORTED Nevada City Niece. Nevada City, Calif., Dear Editor: Some people in this the Second Congressional District do not seem to know that Congressman Harry L. Englebright is for the Townsend Plan, The Townsendies of this district appreciate his efforts to put the old age Revolving Pension Plan into a law for the people of’the U.S. A. We are behind our congressman and will vote for him. He has always worked for the people of this district. Dr. Townsend has found the ‘‘wave length’’ that’ will reach the people and touch their hearts; that will make them dauntless followers till they reach the goal. MR. AND MRS: W.H. Hs tegetips ila North. San Juan. SNOW PILES “i started falling in Nevada City at an early hour this morning and the storm has continued all day. The city’s surrounding area is covered .by two inchse of snow. The state highway headquarters at Nevada City at noon reported a foot of new snow at Steep Hollow making a total of three feet. All three snow plows and _~ equipment with crews are keeping the TahoeUkiah highway open through Bear Yalley and on to the junction above Emigrant Gap. Mr .E. J. Haverstock, Washington mail carrier, reported six inches of new snow at the junction of the Washington road and the TahoeUkiah. Two inches of new snow lay onthe ground at Gold Run on the Auburn route at noon. , Four inches of new snow was reported at Downieville at noon and the road was open as far.as Camp Pioneer six miles above Sierra City. From Mr. Garrison, district manSnow ers in the Marysville area in his district, had dropped four feet since Saturday evening. Twelve inches of new snow was reported at Alleghany at noon today. FLOWERS BLOOMING Ina visit to Goedetia, the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Goede; on Robinson Heights southeast of Nevada City, were noted signs of early springtime. There were the lovely blue stylosa winter iris and golden yellow crocus with two colors of red berries on sturdy cokoneaster shrub, all making a cheery sight at ‘the entrance to their charming home. Mr. George Hallock, superintend‘ent of the Sixteen-to-One Extension mine at Alleghany is in ‘Nevada ene i today. me EAE, hy ‘in the FOR TOWNSEND PLAN ager’s office, it was learned all ‘riv-. \ are to be Wednesday morning at 10 } ment. will be in the Catholic cemeANNIE BYRNES — FILES SUIT FOR $29,000 DAMAGES I Miwa Annie Rush ‘Bs ‘Byrnes filed suit Superior .Court yesterday against J. R. Tyrrell, Bret Harte Inn, the Mountain Oil company and various Richard Roes and John‘ Does for damages for alleged injuries received when she slipped on oil left on the sidewalk adjacent to the Bret Harte Inn. Miss Byrnes asks general damages of $25,000, specific damages of $1,000 for physicians care and medical treatment, $720 for time lost .as a result of the accident, and $3,000 in anticipation of more or less ‘per-. manent disability. The plaintiff alleges that the accident occurred February 27, and that her injuries included cranial suffering, headaches since the accident, partial paralysis of her right side and injury to the lower back. . Her attorneys are Faulkner, and Sanford of San Francisco. DR. HAWKINS ENTERS CITY COUNCIL RACE Dr. Walter Hawkins today filed his, nomination declaration for city councilman with the city clerk. The last. day for filing nomination papers is March 25. Others expected to file their nomination papers are Robert Nye and James Penrose, incumbents, and Charles Leiter. Three places on the board are to be filled in the elestion which takes April 14. They are the seats occupied. by Mayor Ray, Murchie, who declares he will not4 be a candidate for re-election, and James Penrose named to succeed Wade Armstrong, resigned, and Robert Nye, appointed to fill the vacaney caused by the death of late Mayor Seamon, COUNTY LIMITS TRUCK WEIGHTS UKIAH, Feb. 24.—Acting to save county roads-and highways from destruction, the Mendocino Couniy Board of Supervisors passed an crdinance limiting the Doyle loads of heavy trucks to 18,000: pounds. The-action was the second taken by the supervisors, a.previous ordinance providing a load limit for trucks having been found uneffect ive for lack of ‘“‘teeth.’’ The ordinance just passed makes it-a-misdemeanor to haul jover any county roadway a load in excess of 18,000 pounds and ‘provides a penalty of 500 fine of six months jail term. Trucks hauling heavy loads over county roads caused the paving to break up, forcing the county to an unreasonable expense to maintain them, the supervisors held in passing the ordinance. CIVIC CLUB TO HEAR ABOUT LIQUOR LAWS of great interest t to members and invited guests of the Woman’s Civic Club will be the meeting tonight at the Brand Studio. District Attorney Vernon Stoll

will talk to the members on laws governing sale of liquor and admission of minors to places of selling liquor, . Following Mr. Stoll’s talk a’ short business meeting will be held ana also a radio broadcast burlesque. ' AGED WOMAN. SUCCUMBS EARLY THIS MORNING Mrs. Ellen* Hopnul aaad 78 years, revered and long time resident of Grass. Valley ,passed away at an early hour this morning. ’She leaves to mourn her passing two sons, Charles and William Sproul of Grass Valley and several grandsons; a sister in Maine; and a number of nieces and nephews living in different parts of the United States. Holmes-Hooper Funeral Home has charge of the funeral services which a. m.°in St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Fr. O'Meara officiating. Intertery. . at FARMER PLOWS WALLET UNDER: PLOWS IT UP AGAIN: NO INCREASE . Farmer J. R. Brown, who lost, a’ wallet containing $130 in ‘bills while he was plowing his” fiftyacre bean field thirteen miles south of Marysyille in Yuba county, Calif., last July, has just plowed his wallet back to sunshine with the bundle of ,money almost cut in two by the plow disc. Though not accumulating any interest, during its deposit under furrows, Farmer Brown says that he can’t complain about his bills being cut in half, because the value of the dollar already has suffered the same fate. Last July, Brown. secured a $200 loan from the Marysville Production Credit Association. Cashing his check, he settled $70 worth of bills and put the remaining $130 in his pants potket.-After an afternoon spent behind the plow, Brown noticéd that his wallet was gone. He could do nothing but mourn his loss and plant his bean seed. Today Robert Miner of the Farm Credit Administration’s Production Credit Corporation here, and the man who made the original loan to Brown, received a letter from W. Ray Chandler, of Yuba City, Calif., inspector for the Marysville association, which said: “J. R. Brown just plowed up his purse containing $130 in five dollar. bills. His disc had cut part way through the bunch, but he will be able to get new ones.” . gan will manage to. get into the . game is indefinite. Flu has kept them off the court recently, and Judge and Reuse George L. Jones, PLEADS GUILTY; ASKS PROBATION Clifford Cundy, ‘fo! former assistant manager of the Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley, pleaded guilty to grand theft in the superior court here on Friday and asked for probation. The grand theft charge was sworn to by James Tyrrell, mamager of the inn, after Cundy disappeared and a $600.shortage in hotel funds.was discovered. : Cundy later was apprehended in San Francisco and was brought to this county to stand trial. The hearing on his probation application was set for March. 7th. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP HOOP BATTLE IMPENDING Jven though not a League game, the hoop contest scheduled for Wednesday night between the Nevada City and Grass Valley high A and B quintets is, no doubt the most important game of the season both to players and spectators. The victors will reign as county champions, and the game will be a fight from whistle to gun. The Grass Valley gym will be the scene of the battle, and it is doubtful whether or not enough seats will be available for those desiring to attend. Tea In the first meeting of the two teams, the Yellowjackets defeated Miners in the A division. The locals played a good class of ball and heard the gun go off on a 28-27 victory in their favor. The score was too close for comfort, however; and the Miners came back a few weeks later for revenge. They got it—in the form of a 25-23 victory. But scores such as these decide little as to ability; so a third and deciding game was scheduled. Whether or not Stevens and Ortheir return may be in the Wednes day affair. The A starters will be chosen from the following list: Elliott, Wilde, Lopez, Steger, Santinelli, Stevens. The B’s enter the game with the} shadow of two losses from the Red and Gold B quint, 38-22 at the first meeting, and 27-22 in the last game. If their improvement keeps along the line of advance, surprising results may occur in this division Wednesday. The starting line up will probably include Bennett, Schiffner, Brown, Mullis and Organ. In the event that Organ is unable to ‘play, Gates will probably -see starting action. Miss. Helen J ones spent the week end with her parents, COUNTY SHARE . noteworthy Colonial of Hollister holida AUTO RECEIPTS TOTAL $7950 SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.—Motor ists of-California contributed $2,917,918.31 in 1935 to develop county roads and a like amount to build and maintain their state higthways, GovFrank F. Merriam today reported in announcing checks are being mailed’ county treasurers for final apportionment due.as a result last year’s vehicle registrations. The 65 per cent -of vehicle registration levies allotted equally in 1935 to-state-and county highway development, or $5,835,836.62, exceeds by $391,538.38 the amount apportioned in 1934 when 2,080,884 vehicles were registered in comparison with the record of 2,254,828 registrations in the last year. County treasuries received: $2,782,793.17 in the August settlement and the remaining $135,125.14 of the 1935 apportionment from motor vehicle funds now is being paid. The state highway system receives similar amounts, explains Ray Ingels,’ director of motor vehicles. _ Nevada county, with a’ total 6144 motor véhicles registered in 1935, received $7,950.80 for local road building and maintenance. The value of each Nevada county. vehicle registered in terms of road development here amounts to $1.29. TWO NOTED MEN ONU.C FACULTY ARE SUMMONED BERKELEY,. Feb. 24.—Two distinguished educators of the University of California, Both the sons of clergymen and both descended from forbears, died within an hour of-each other on the night of Monday, February 17, one as the result of an accident and the other from the infirmities of age. Dr. Cornelius Beach Bradley, 93, oldest emeritus professor and~ for fifty years or more an outstanding of of figure in the state’s educational life, and Dr. Robert Palfrey, Utter, pro. fessor of English and a direct des. cendant of General William Palfrey paymaster general of Washington’s army and ambassador to France; were the two scholars summoned, the first at his home at about midnight and. the second-at—the Cowell Mem-. orial Hospital on the campus, 11:15 p. m. Dr. Utter had been fatally injured by a falling eucalyptus tree while on the way to his home from the Faculty Club. Dr. Bradley died after an eftended illness, Missionary to. the Siamese peo-. ple for three years, educator and. lover of the great oudoors, Dr, Bradley had a particularly varied career. He was one of the founders of the Sierra Club and as such wrote voluminotisly on outdoor subjects. He was born in Bangkok, Siam, in 1843, graduated from Oberlin College, in Ohio, in 1868 and the Yale Divinity School in 1871 after which he _ returned to Siam as a_ missionary: While there he married Mary S. Comings of Greensboro, Vt. Both D1. and Mrs. Bradley claimed descent from early Colonial residents. Dr. Utter was born in Olympia, Washington, in 1875, and was a graduate of Harvard University with the class of 1898. He came to the University of California in 1920 as associate professor of English after serving as Jassociate (professor of English at Amherst College. Apart frém his educational activities Dr. Utter wrote for a number of popular publications, “among them The Nation and Harper’s, PAST, PRESENT DISTRICT. ATTORNEYS IN COURT Four of the five _ex-district attorneys of Nevada County, who are now living, were present at Friday's session. of the superior court. Former District Attorneys present were: Judge’George L. Jones, Fred L. Arbogast, now of Oakland, E. H. Armstrong of Grass Valley and WwW. E. Wright ef Nevada City. Nevada] county‘s present. Vernon. Stoll was alto —— district attorney, : ley “for ‘the GOVERNOR PUTS A-M. HOLMES ON STATE BOARD ““A. M. (Andy) Holmes, former mayor of Nevada City and former: coroner of Nevada County, has been signally honored by Governor Merriam by appointment to. the state boad of funeral directors and embalmers. This is the first time Nevada County has been recognized ‘by the appointment of one of its citizens to state office, since the late C. E. Clinch was named on the state prison, board a great many years ago. : Holmes succeeds W. B. O’Bierne of Jamestown as a member of the board. The dtities of the board are similar to, those of the medical. dental and other state bodies which maintain professional standards in the several professions. The board examines candidates for embalmer’s licenses, issues the licenses, exam— ines firms and individuals who seek funeral director’s licenses and issues licenses to successful applicants. The board considers complaints against mortuary firms and individuals involving criminal acts, or moral turpitude, unprofessional conduct, such aS fraud in the conduct of their business, false or misleading advertising, solicitation of human § dead bodies, the employment of “cappers’’ or ‘‘steerers,’’ aiding or abetting am } unlicensed person to practice fun-— eral directfng jor embalming, ac~ cepting ‘‘honoriums from mausoleum or crematory owners for turning over to them bodies for disposition, and a large number of other unethical or fraudulent practices which are strictly prohibited. The board has he power and duty to suspend or ‘fine licensees for infractions of the law. Holmes is the head of the Hol' mes Funeral Home in Nevada City and the Holmes-Hooper Funeral Home in Grass Walley, and for 23 years has been a funeral director in Nevada County. Te is past president of the Coroners. Association of, California, past president of the Northern California Funeral Directors, member of the California Funeral Directors association, and was among the very first. funeral directors in the state to receive an embalmer’s. license. Members of the board as now constituted come from the following cities: Los Angeles, Long — Beach, San_ Francisco,, San, Rafael. and Nevada City. : MR. ERNEST COLE PASSES ON IN SACRAMENTO Mr. Ernest Cole, prominent mining man and Nevada City resident for the last seven years, passed away 4 in Sacramento Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Packwood. The > news of his passing brought sorrow to his many friends in this section, Mr. Cole was 60 years of age last December. He has been ill for many months and with his wife had been staying in Marysville for a time in the hope of improvement from his illness, leaving for Sacramento about. ten days ago. : Mr. Cole has been in the employ of the «Newmont Mining company, many years and at time of his.death was superintendent of the Pennsylvania mine at Browns Valley. mine east of Nevada City when the company purchased the property years-ago. Mr. Cole has mined all over the world, having spent some time in Africa, Canada and in the United States. He was in Arizona and Nevada, coming to Nevada City ‘from Tonopah. ~ ‘He leaves to mourn his passing loving wife, daughter, Mrs. Raymon Packwood and two children, of Sacramento, a son William Cole ant two children of England. — His so served in.a submarine during ths world war and is now in the Engli postal service. “Mr. Ernest Cole became. a memb of the Odd Fellow lodge in the years ago. Tre remains ‘were } to Nevada City by Holmes" rangements have been time et. oi He was made foreman of the Murchie — °