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\LPHA
VALLEY
IONE $8
va
fefleoted in the purchasing
/ . q dollar, has considerably increased
Politically we believe this is a good
bs farmers received under
) does strike one that 2.2
» Ble need a lot of food, The population seems to’ have increased despite
NEVADA
CITY GET
——
GRASS
VALLEY
A TWICE-A-WEEK
NEWSPAPER
MONDAY. AND
THURSDAY
ee ania
‘The County Sot Paper_
a sana =
_NEVADA CITYGRASS. VALLEY, CALIFORNIA T
ore a
ae
LOUD ;
. By M. L.
guns for war purposes
price of butter sky high
ring’ the war. It is still up there
P a the consteNations, but the
taking
. Bges are also still in
, eSBs coud
awe also ene high:
2
We i “agate: “powever: that’ ,farmare making more money than for
, that is, farmers in general.
the ‘
omen for Republican virtory .in} .
4048, Farmers outside the ‘Southerit]. A. Experience of several. hundred
“ gsually. vote Republican cities . throughout the United States
States, shows that parking meters will inwhen they are prospefous . but, in
rd times, give the Democrat don
ey a chance to. pull the load.
it is certain that Republicans in
~ Pongress ‘will try to keep the farmer
“prosperous. They Know now that any
other course is likely to result in a
Democratic victory. Whether Repub
licans will continue the coddling the
the
Deal is not yet clear, but even if th
"pap bottle is partially withdrawn th
2 farmer stilt will sit pretty, we be_dieve, for several.years to come.
large one. Foo
~ basic
e reason is
e seems an assurance of plenty
water, there. are now some. 2.
to Dr. Hugh. H.
chiet ot: the U.S. Soil Consery tio
vice, an adequate diet from foo
_ @tlers, if the good doctor is corect,
@re naturally bound to slowly starve.
_ or at least stay. alive on a pitifully
~fiadequate diet. Making allowances
. tor a bureaucrat who probably has
i plenty of time to figure out the dire
fesults that would follow curtailing
é funds that support his bureau,
War's destruction while the availab
ed.
Whether it will catch up with the d
mand or not in the next few years,
-, May be debatable. In any event, pr
_ YWided our American
. #lven an open sesame to world trade,
(end no hampering, domestic, restrictions, the demand for food in the
farmers
“mmorld Will probably keep them in
‘ety prosperous condition for
_ them.
& more food by. mea
ton chemistry. The proe
ed, .of photosnynithesis in: plants
possible.
Ae them. Fertilizers
wont food supply.
‘Bowever, the food supply now
»
betomes pressing upon the mort
sections of the populati
ot war, scientists will become
find a solution.
r of ght years between~butf
and. the. common purse is slowly
or food brackets. It was not
ago that, at.this season of the
be purchased. for
0 cont a dozen,,as. contrasted ‘with
‘the present “65 cents. ‘But of. course
“posts ‘of! producing butter and eggs
farmers are never prosperous,
16 ‘eOntlude .
profit: margin, as.
power of
New
: water are mecessities.
ithout them ‘we ail perish. While
wow being raised on earth is only
" Possible for 1.6 Dillion of them. Th
billion peo“tood supply, temporarily has decreas:
aré
sevefal yeas, They may not need the
' Stibsidies the New ‘Deal lavished on
“Dr. Charles A. Kettering, head
scientist of General Motors Corporation, in a recent address opined that
“ s@lénce will devise a methgd ‘of pro3 of radia, he stat-}
understood, but once laborator-i at hit on its secret, a vast eni ent of food proxiction he con~ Kettering also
a that an abufidant supply of ferers are-present in sea water,
we find a cheap method of exalone
onld Probably more than double the
© to support the world’s preseit population adequately. will probhe Rot meet the demand until need
Thén, ag: happens under the impwet
in the problem and, as ‘usual,
EE roger to be
he science building of the Ufiiity of California and saw loa8
of: tomato plants with reddening
t growing from a codfse Wovellt:
ne suspended over a trough of
hee water had been chemicalOFFICIAL CITY.
INSTRUCTIONS ON
PARKING METERS
(Editor's Note: The questions and
#rwers below are furnished by the
city for the information of: prospective users of the parking meters).
Starting at 9a. m. Monday, motorists will -pay at the rate of five
eents per hour for parking vehicles
on Broad, North Pine, Commercial,
(Main, Sacramento and parts of Boul@er and Nevada Street in Nevada
City.
Im order that people of the area
may become acquainted with all details in connection with the. meters,
‘the folowing questions and answers
have been prepared at the request
of the City ,Council:
Q. What is a parking meter?
A,-&.meter is a -mechanital device
to regtlate limited parking with
equal fairness to everyone.
Q. How will parking meters help.
eliminate. parking problems in Nevada City?
. .
"Parking
Meters
NEVADA CITY: Officer
Clarence Martz at 9 a. m.
'IDAHO MARYLAND
MINERS PORTAL
SUIT 1S FILED
against the Idaho Maryland Mines
By PHYLLIS LINDLEY
Mill Workers ‘Union, 839, CIO
Three’ separate causes of action
ing of lumbermen and sawmill ophe Twin Cities Paper
Mass Meeting of
Lumbermen to Protest
Proposed Ordinances
GRASS VALLBY: A mass meet_MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1947
reverence meen
being issued,
this morning began tagging
automobiles parked by meters with the violation sign
showing. Today, however, :
only courtesy citations are
Tomorrow, bona fide tickets
Corporation are stated.in the brief
supporting the claims of 52 miners
fo Backpay for alleged violations of
{Séction V (a) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act. Filed on February 11
in the United States Distrfet t Court
for the Northern Distric, of Califoria, Southern Division, the -case has
d
as warning.
erators has been called for Wednesday night, Febnuary 26th,
Veterans Memorial Building,* Grass
Valley, to protest two proposed orboard of supervisors, which make
ad:
in the
inances, pending‘ before the county
8
rastic changes in logging and sawCouncil is: preparing au ardinanee’to
forbid truck-and car repairs on the
ceived from residents whose usé. oF
‘the sidewalks was obstructed by:
CTY COUNCIL
‘(NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City
idewalks. Complaints _ have ‘been’ Tecrease the turnover of vehicles 300}
citing the car owner oné.
dollar, will be given to
parking ordinance violators
who fail to feed the meters’
with nickels~and penniés.
City crews completed the
installation of the ‘shiny aluminum alloy gadgets on
Friday morning. Curiosity
prompted many citizens, to
give them a trial with nickels
and pennies. Visitors from’
to 500 per cent. By doing this, cruising to find a space will be materially’ redticed.
*Q. What fee must be paid.
A. One cent for twelve minutes,
+two eents for twenty four minutes,
three cents for thirty six minutes,
four cents for forty efght minutes,
end five cents or one nickel y
minutes. You can buy only
ed times with the stimpulated coins.
ea
e
e
besides insert the proper
eoin
coins?
:
d
vada City are. fully automatic,
y
9 . handles to wind.
ers’ be. in operation?
D.
d
empted.
e
t . legal time on thé meter?
the face of the
amount of time remaining,.
parking?
ir-. ing ifs $1.00. if paid to the
le
streets that *have meters?
a@Pa at about the center of
o-. Tight front wheel.
stalled the parking metérs?
a
other 50 per cent
goes to the city.
share of the revenue?
Council to decide.
money received from
is used. to improve traffic and pa
is
eurbs and can be used
the most,
Q. Who is responsible for
damage to a meter or meter post?
Persons responsible for an
for sixty
stipulat. Q. Does the motorist do anything .
or
Since the meters installed in Neall
the motorist has to do is insert the
proper coin. There are no eranks or
ple on this planet: eae Q.During, what: time will the met=!
Pis<P ott;
A. From 9 a.m.to 6 9.m. on week
out of town didn’t realize:
that the meters. had — just
been installed, and paid tribue as a matter of course.
“Reaction among local ¢itizens was varied. Some said
they thought it was an excellent thing for the community. while . others :
dicted the little . machi
vould be removed baie.
60 days. —
Elsewhere in this incie ae
the Nugget, the city’s offieial list of questions and ans:
wers gives information on
\all phases of: parking meter:
‘operation.
days. -Siudi@ays and tholidays are exQ: How can I tell the remaining
A. The white indicator hand on
meter shows the
Q. What is the penalty for overA. The penalty for overtime. parkCity
Judge or at the police department
within 24 hours of -tue time when
notice was attached to the vehicle.
Q. How should, I park my car on
A. In parallel parking spaces the
motorist should.park the vehicle with
the
Q. On what basis has the city inA. The meters have been installed
at no outlay of money by the ity. The
meter. company receives 50 per cant
of the money taken in by the meters.
This 50: per cent applies on the purchase price of the meter, in the event
‘the city decides o retain them after
the trial period of six months. The
of revenue, taken
Q. What will the city do with their
A. This is a question for the City
Generally the
parking” meters
rking conditions ‘in the city. Such as
street signs, marking thé streets and
where heeded
any
A. The city will hold the person or
y damege
. MINERS DEFEAT
INDIANS 5830.
GRASS VALUBY: With a first
period: score of 23 to 0, the Grass
Valley Miners A basketball team
marched on to defeat the Marysville
Indians 58 to 30 Friaay night, on
the Miners Sourt,. Friday night.
. At the end of the first quarter the
entire first string left the game and
second and third strings played the
major part of the rest of the game.
Even with Grass Valley using a reuntil mid way in the second quarter.
At the half time the score stood
at Grass Valley 31, Marysville 9.
Pete Daley; farword, tipped. 14
points for the Miners and ~Anthony
Lippi, center, and Albert Ah, guard,
each scored 13.
@enter Gern Nagler hit 10 points
for the Marysville five, and forward,
Bill Foreman hit 6.
In the B division, the Indians defeated the Miners 38 to 29. The
(Miners lead the first half with a 7
to 11 margin over the Iudians.
For Grass Valley, center Roy
Partington scored 11 points, with
Larry Orzalli, forward, following up
with 10 points.
INext Friday the Miners will meet
the Nevada City Yellowjackets on
the Nevada City court.
¢
>
aii!
* Conkinned on Page 5, oe. 4
out VALLEY
wee et
their subsistence “ame from the
It will be some time, we think,
intdes will
ing them in a fiel
opens a door into:
production.
inon.
énIf the price
‘used iby their fellow men,
air.
before this method of growing tomabecomé cheaper than sTow~
a. Still it decidedly
-the future of food
of essential tood commodities rises too high some expedROBBED OF CASH
GRASS VAULBY: The
been assigned to Judge Goodman of
Ban. Francisco.
spent on-the company’s premises and
to the benefit of the company be-)
fore and after
starting and quitting time. Employees
have been required, by reason of the
dirty and dangerous-nature of their
work and by reason of the valuable
nature of the products and materjials. they produce,
special work clothing and
gear, before going to work, the bief
states;
quired to check
Clothing, shower
spection before leaving tne company’s
“The employees claim pay for time
regularly schedled
to change into
safety
Employees are further rein tools, change
and undergo inmill operations and place restrittions on home owning in the county
horests. al
The superytsors have set Tuesday, March 4th, as a‘date for a hearing on the two ordinances, which are
backed by the national and state
forest officials as measures that are
garde as necessary to precent forest
fires;
The ordinance dealing with lumber slash provided that before cutting each operator must surround
each 10 acres of land to be cut over
must be enclosed in marginal strip
of 100 feet’ width: Limbs, bark and
discarded timber must be burned
within the timé limifs prescribed in
or trucks being torn ‘down aid
paired.
City Chamber of Commerce
premises.
gonmimed, employees have been re@eiving no eompensation.
(Clemens case” Franciso J. Mc-Ter. work petformed during
1.494% “orein the case_ot.yeterans, that
}period plus a period’ ‘equal to ‘time
serve team the Indians didn’t score}.
‘land a numiber o ClO officials
Valley
Grill, owned by Mrs. Lola Richmond
was robbed Thursday night. According to a report made to the Grass.
Valley police, the cash register was. "
4166téed of $41 in silver and currency
and three of the juke boxes were
opened and robbed of an peciiotses
For all such time thus
“We. did
not allege any specific time, but I
@m sure that we Can prove more
time thah was involved in the Mt.
nan, Jr. attorney for the miners, stated. today. In the Mt. Clemens case,,
tlie original test case or these chantithe pay suits, the judge ruled that
pul icient time wais consumed toa
‘rant’ Compensation.
# Individual claims are
for
three
valid
the
rs next preceding February 11,
served in the armed forces. Sinee the
claimants are unable te ascertain the
the exact amount of time involved
nor the exact amount of overtime,
rendered, no specific total liability
can be computed in the Idaho-Maryland case. Underscoring the uncertainties as to the time element, Mr.
MeTernan explailed, “our policy has
been to name specific amounts only
when, from the facts ‘available, we
can make a reliable estimate and not
have to make a fantastic claim: in
order to cover all possible contingencies.”
The brief also sets forth anastiele
regarding the present, 5vc¢ travel time
pay and overtime rates for Saturday
work. The case against. the Empire
Star is stilfunder ‘preparation. The:
claims against both. companies. are
still being accepted at the CIO office .
here. :
Judge Goodman is the judge who.
ruled in tavor of the CIO against
Vivian Kellams when she filed a
lible suit against the Labor Herald
rethe Public Resources Code.
inthe forest requires-~
maintain about their homes a fire
break free of inflammable material,
and to place on_ their
screen
tions prescribed by
Board of Fire Underwr jters are made
mandatory.
posed ordinances are declared
have police poiwers and empowered
to make arrests without warrants.
the largest: operators in logging.
price of logs, and undoubtedly put
The ordinance relating to homes
Owners to"
chimneys a
PrecauNational
or spark arrester.
the
All officers of the st#te and tederal forest. services, under the. proto.
Leading the opposition to the proposed: ordivance: te Clairivey, ‘logsing:
contractor who supplies a part of the
logs for the Iwaho Maryland Mines]
Corporation sawmills, amd is one of
Ivey declares that the ordinances
relating to slash would double the
every operator out of business,
The ordinances relating to homes
in the forest, he said» would undoubtedly require owners to keep
some one constantly on guard at the
dwellings. :
The advertisements inserted in
local newspapers are headlined:, The
Future of Nevada County Is Not
Worth a Tinker’s Dam, If—and goes
on t6 cite why in the opinion of the
lumbermen that will pe case. Petitions against the ordinances are bebing circulated among all coer
ed oe
DIVORCE
‘HURLBUT—In Nevada City, Nevada County, February 21, 1947,
Bernidean B. ‘Hurlbut against Edwin Lp. Here one: tiled;
cently.
érueltys. a
Enfércement Of meter parking
regulations in Auburn continued to
result in large numbers of citations
being issued this week, although the
officers in charge reported the vielations were decreasing.
Police Judge C. F. Richter stated
between 300 and 400 fines had been
paid by violators since the enforcement P period was begun on Februat?
10.
A large number of additional cita. tions are still outstanding he indie:
‘. ated.
Willis Endicott reported total collections from the mevers to date
tion Was made on Tuesday.
Collections are made about two
dicott said.
aay.
ient, We may bé sure, Will Be found
reduce fobds by new: scientific mint ammount.
eho which may ‘force Mrs. Richmond said thet the
down. It behooves the farmers, as as . amount taken from tne jukeboxes):
ai ee, Nat a sae picket
tained in front
jine which has been mainof aw ean
' Bndicott’s ~ figures that
othe 878-400 > day,
AUBURN’S REACTION TO METERS
VARIED, MANY FINES ARE PAID
amounted to $531.33, Last collec. .
days apaft and vary in a tae En-.
The fitst collection after the enforeement period was befun porter
ed to $160. The second collection.
was $107.30; and the’third, $172,
. anibther collection will be made t-.
and unfavorabie, are Deng received
by the city regarding the meters.,
Some parking violators claimed
that they had
o change to operate
the metere and went into stores to
obtain some: When they returned
they found citations on their cars.
_ 'The question ‘of delivery trucks,
which must make . numerous stops)
along the streets, is\ being consider-.
ed by. the city chanel,
-On the other hand, favorable retheir buying and no wn
several blocks to og cars. \
4
er
Nevada and California. He .
. ports have been received from out oft
town shoppers, who state they are
able to park in front of a . souk eee 4
ry find it}
necessary. to earry their purchases . .
The council authorized Bd, BR. R .
Hewston,
5 ae
chairman of the .
tee on parks, to build a small ‘aire
in Seaman’s Lodge in Pioneers Park, or
The council agreed to inspect . ‘thebaseball diamond with the chamber —
committee make plans for its pr
er drainage, ‘s
Removal of the cement mixer ané
oi truck from the fire house. ‘on
Main Street was ordered in ordér to
leave the old. structure fully aveilable ag a museum for the Nevads
County Historical Society. 4
WRESTLING —
GRASS VALLEY: Lucky Sumor
ovich, the. champion . .of Yugo-Sla :
battles Juan Mumberto, mpc
champton; in the main: event at
Veterans Memorial Hall wrestling
matches tonight. The Ywgo
wrestler. tips the sealés at. 5
pounds, while his opponent hag @
10-pound advantage. Semi. ;
are Mike Browning and Miekey
ey, the pride of Dublin.»
from Kansas City, and his oppon
both weigh 225 boundary 2
i
eee
neapolis. is 290 rons
FUNERAL Ay FOR
GRASS VALUEY: Funeral. services will be held today at 2p. a
the Hooper and Weaver Moi
for John G. Johnson who. di
Thursday evening in a local hospital
after six days of illness. Officers
the Madison Lodge -Masons . vill
in charge of the services. Int
will be in Fast Lawn Cemetery, &
ramento. Rev. William Adams
officiate.
Johnson was a native of §
‘aged 69 years. He had been a
all his active years, tollowing
vocation in Alaska, South Ame
years, ces
He was a aie cst of: the’ An
Oakland.,
Surviving are his wife Mrs. Je
Johnson and son, Robert, both
Grass Valley and another son, Ma
rice in Martinez, Contra Costa ¢om:
ty. hee
creation Council met Friday night
the Chamber of ‘Commerce rooms:
‘the city hall and orgdnized unde
constitution and by-laws, »:
of the. first board of ‘Uceivoce
Harold, Berliner, Ed’ Frantz, —
(Mrs, Carl i Tobiassen. Caer
. Dues are fixed at $1 per year
adults 50 cents a year’or studer
Mrs. Mary Havey is chairman
the, council and Mrs. T.S. Se
. mad TODAY bos
ive with