February 26, 1932 (6 pages)

Att FE RERE SLED” SP DOLLIES IE 0 RI OE ET RR eT Se ena o The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City get ~ VOLUME VI, NUMBER 16 = GOLD CENTER '=FHE NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIF ORNIA _ The County Seat Paper FRIDAY, F EB. 26, 195 STATE EXPERT IS HERE TO SURVEY ~ TAXES ON MINES An (tem, in last week’s Nugget told ef the appointment of R. Bender to make a survey of the mining propfrom the tax list at the court house. Mr. -Bender has chosen to begin his work in Nevada county, in the Nevada City-Grass Valiscy district, and has been here for the last wcek wiih Thomas Lewis. @ great deal of time. When the list ‘cempiling a list of nininz properties ia Gone the two men will begin the This is tedious work and has tuken @ great dealof time. When the fist ' ig done hte two men will begin the aetual work of e«xaminins the mines with the purpose 2f fixing the valuation on the provortiss. This work is under the direction of the Tax Rea@arch Bureau of the Board of Equalization. There is so much complaint made from the various quarters to the Board of Equalization that an appropriation was made'by the Legislature at the last session for tax research work. This work was divided into various groups: agriculture, timber, oil, etc. The other groups have already been a twork. The work is an experiment by the state and its value is yet unknown, but an effort will be made to equalize the tax burden and to reduce taxes where it is possible. Mr. Bender’s work of placing the values on the mining properties he has divided the state into eight or nine districts. Nevada county is the Mother Lode district. He expects to be here for several weeks but will.) not be able at this time to make the examination of the mines in eastern Nevada county or in Sierra county. These will come later. Both metalic and non-metalic are considered in this study and, if posible, the whloe atate will be covered. Owing to the limited funds allowed by the Legislature, October Ist ‘a the limit set for the work to be completed. In order to complete the work in this time it will necessitate that Mr. Bender and Mr. Lewis put im long hours. Mr. Bender is a mining engineer amd has 30 years experience in miniag and so is well fitted to carry on this research work. He is ably assisted by Mr. Lewis who is @ practical mining man. After the reports are made out they must meet with the approval of the next session of the Legislature, and if so approved the report will “ be printed. Mr. Bender states that the mine ewners can assist him greatly if they-will answer pis questions free= /ty as this research is being carried en for their benefit. -WURCHIE MINE LAYOFF HITS LOCAL BUSINESS Mining activity has encountered a temporary setback in the Nevada @ty area, due to the temporary layoff of approximately 100 men at the ‘Murchie Mine, according to the February issue of the Business Review compiled by the Bank of America. NT & S A. This action has been taken to pe:-: mit extensive plant repair work and underground changes and improvements. When, these are completed, however, more miners will be employed than at present. The Murchie Mine wag taken over ‘the first of the year by the Newmont Company. Mr. irvin, a mining man of wide experience, is the new lithe ear at ‘the property. STANLEY NASON IS HELD SUICIDE AFTER INQUEST A coroner’s jury at Grass Valley Wednesday night found that Stanley I. Nason, mining engineer whose body was found on the Rough and Ready ditch last Sunday, came to his death by swallowing potassium of cyanide. : Nason had. been making his home at the Bret Harte Inn. He left there two weeks ago, presumably to return to his home ih the east. He has a wife in Connecticut. ““Construction is lagging behind in the ease of inexpensive _residences,” the Review states, “deapite recent steady building both in Grass yaw and in Nevada Bank 3 wi te 3 Meer & & 8. >. terest to this section. pass a bill to this end: Unlike Washington, D. C. Our Dear Senator: who are placer mining by hand Moratoritum on Sara Work? : . A suggestion comes to the publisher which is of peculiar inIt is that a moratorium be entertained on the annual agsessment work for $100 on each mining for the years ending July 1,1982, and July 1, 1938. This gestion, strange as it may seem, comes from Los Angeles, from the office of John Duling, mining engineer. ing to the depressed conditions throughout the country the mining industry has had to carry exceptional financial burdens, par-. ticularly the small mine owners and poor prospectors, and that. this burden should be relieved for the next two years. The suggestion will be welcomed by the many claim owners . in this district who will no doubt follow Mr. Duling’s example 4 and write to their representatives in Congress asking them to . the legislative halls, this bill will be a great aid to the small owner and wuld benefit a large number of people in these mountain counties who have from one to six claims creating a real burden on them to do the assessment work each year. : The following is a letter which went from Mr. Duling’s office to Senator Hiram Johnson, and is an example of letters sent out from his office to senators_.and congressmen: Hon. Hiram W. Johnson, United States Senator, ‘We think you should give us a moratorium on the representation of mining claims until after July, 1933. exempted entrymen on homesteads from the requirement of remaining in the possession of. their homesteads, and we think mining claimants are entitled to like consideration. There are thousands of these mining locators, we are told, tains are full of them. They are scarcely making their bacon and beans and sour dough bread, and these—a lot of them,who have lode as well as placer claims elsewhere—are appealing to us to write to you and our other representatives in Congress for this relief, and stating that they can not quit their holdings to perform the annual labor on their other claims; and, we think, they should not be required to do so during these hard times. We think you would be doing a real public service to pass a resolution exempting the annual labor on mining claims for the years ending July 1, 1932, and July 1, 1933. 4 ‘Respectfally yours, JOHN F. DULING, Mining Engineer, Central Building, Los Angeles, Calif. He feels that owmany bills which pass through We see you have this year; the hills and moun-FINE SPECIMENS ARE TAKEN FROM GOODYEAR BAR ‘Messrs. Milton Champlin and O. M. Lattin have fifed upon good looking minéral ground two miles north of Goodyears Bar and also a mile and a half from St. Charles Hill. There are nine or 10 claims in the property and on one claim there is an old shaft. This is a new discovery, but sufficient prospecting has been done that the ore carries The main some to determine good values. several feet wide. Messrs. Champlin and Lattin are waiting until the weather improves. ft ‘will be another month before they can start work. Snow is on the ground to a depth of from four to 10 feet. Mr. Champlin was a Nugget visitor Friday. He was on his way to the southern part of the State. : He stated that a Mr. Westle, who has a quartz property near his claims is making plans to build a ledge is cabin and. start opening up his ground. 5 A Mr. Kretz also has quartz claims nearby and is preparing to work them. On the North Fork of the Yuba River just below Messrs. Champlin and Lattin, is a man by the name of West, who is placering his gravel claim, which is on the edge of the river. i Mr. Champlin ‘brought some fine looking specimens into The Nugget office and was preparing . to have them assayéd. MARY ANN GODFREY, 80, DIES AT CAMPTONVILLE Mrs. Mary Ann Godfrey, a resident of the -Camptonville section for more than 75 years, died at her home there Wednesday: morning. The funeral will be held from the Camptonville Masonic hall this atternoon at 2 o’clock. She was 80 years old, a native of Manchester, England. She came to California with her family in 1854 and settled at Camptonville. Ov January 24, 1859 she became the bride of Silas Godfrey. Five children’ were born to the: couple, three of whom survive. They are Mrs. John Ramm and Frank Godfrey of Camptonville and Henry Godfrey of Berke. y. 3 CANDIDATES SEEK ASSEMBLY JOB OF SEAWELL With politicians of Nevada county casting about for.a likely candidate for the assembly from the Sixth District, three hats were hurled into the ring this week from other parts f the district. : Those who seek the post to be vacated January 1 by Jerry Seawell of Roseville are Jesse M. Mayo of San Andreas, H. Berie Tohmas of Placerville and Thomas Maul of Placerville. H. Berle Thomas, editor-publisher of the Placerville Daily Republican, has formaliy announced his entry into the campaign for the assembly, sixth district, under the new -reap. portionment. Mr. Tomas was’ in Nevada City Monday on a brief visit. The new Sixth District comprises the largest area in the state, reaching from Nevada County on the north to Mariposa County on the south, and Thomas in his announcement, stated it was his belief that a man well versed in the problems which confront the mountain counties has, at the present time, a golden opportunity to be of service to the 83,000 people in the ten counties. Publisher and editor of the Republican, in El Dorado County, for the last ten years, the formal announcement issued by Thomas states that he was born and raised in sections which had the same problems in mining, . stockraising agriculture, lumbering and natural resources which now confront the Sixth Assembly District. A country-newspaperman al! his life, he is a republican, at present the president of the Placerville Lions’ Club, an active worker in various fraternal and civic organizations to which he -belongs, and is vitally interested in development of the mountain counties. During the 1930 federal census Thomas was supervisor of the 4th California district comprising all of the counties in the present assembly district except Mono and Inyo. In that capacity, he visited the counties of the district on many occasions, coming in personal contact with the problems of the people and making acquaintances which he feels would be of assistance to him in serving the counties in the event of his election. This development, his statemen: sets forth, depends upon legislation ' (Continued on Page 2) . T ROAD BULLETINS TELL HISTORY OF OLD GOLD CENTER Road bulletins designed to give the tourist the ‘historic value of Nevada county points are being issued by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, through J. L. Wolff, chairman of the touring department. One of the most» recent bulietins mation regarding points along the Marysville-Nevada City road: Thé Yuba River Canyon Country can best be reached from the northern Sacramento Valley by way of Marysville from where ‘the Tahoe Ukiah Highway travels eastward over flat marshy country; and thereafter rolling hillocks which grow gradually higher until the timber line suddenly appears near Browns Valley. Here the road begins. to climb as it winds around the hills and eventually reaches the Parks ‘Bar Bridge across the main Yuba. From this large concrete structure the motorist can nearly always. see some miners working, with pan or cradle, recovering from the grave) some of the gold which has been washed down from the high mountains. They operate exactly as did the '49’ers wheh they first began forging up stream along the Yuba. Shortly after crossing this bridge the highway reaches Timbuctoo, famous in the annals of ’49 history, where in an old brick building was located the Wells Fargo Express office through which many fortunes in gold have passed, two of’ the earliest prospectors to reach this region discovered a negro from Timbuctoo, Africa, already on the job and therefrom comes the name. This old building where the sign; “Gold dust bought; Wells Fargo and Company; Lowe Brothers and Company; Exchange for sale On All the Principal Cities of the Atlantic States and Europe,’’ is still faintly visible has beén turned into a museum by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West. It contains a number of interesting relics. The. tourist now finds himself, as he climbs still further eastward, in a country rich in historic lore. All of this region was very thickiy populated during ’49 and the ’50’s. A short distance beyond the road passe» through the old settlement of Smartsville where many early type buildings are still standing, although like in many of the ’49 towns some of these may not stand much longer The State of California is rebuilding a section of this road_ ,east\ of Smartsville, into a broad highway but the tourist will have no trouble in. passing. thissection -under con struction. . The next settlement is Rough and Ready which is reached after passing many of the early day farm buildings. \ “The Millionaire of Rough and Ready” is the title of one of Bret Harte’s stories that has carried this town’s fame around the world. It was founded by soldiers who had eC General Zachary Taylor, old ‘Rough and Ready,’’ and the town was named in his honor. The original Odd Fellows Hall which some authorities believe to be the first erected in the State is\still in business. The town was settled by the Rough and Ready Company in the fall of 1849; gold diggings were found immediately and the population grew 80° fast that in 1850 there was 1000 votes cast. During the middle 50’s there were over three hundred substantial buildings in the town but most of these were destroyed by the fire that occured in 1859. This town has the distinction of being perhaps the only one that has ever officiaily voted to become a_ separate state, seceding froni California. However several days later, when the excitesobered up, the solemn resolutions were forgotten. In the old hotel Mrs Elba Moore conducts the post-office, a store and beside the watering trough at which the stage teams used to slack their thirst stands the gasoline. pump to show the mode of travel is somewhat changed since. those early days, In the large room esting collection of many he and ) books used no hotel and bar ee course, is an intergives the following interesting infor-. _ served in Mexico under} ment had died down the leaders had} . which used tobe the lobby of the} Los ANGELES MAN NOW TS SALMON MINE OWNER. Mr. C.:D.' Wickes was down from the Salmon Mine last Friday. In a conversation with a Nugyet representative he remarked that tne Salmon Mine is now owned outright by C. B. ‘Conrad of Los Angeies. The stockholders of the old Parnall Mines Company have signed quit claim deeds waiving all rights. The transaction weeks ago. This property holds: much promise, as it is situated in a good gold producing district. OVER 200 JOIN IN DEDICATION OF TREES HERE With Approximately 200 persons participating in the parade, patriotic and civic. groups of Nevada City joined here Monday in the celebmtion of George Washington’s 200th anniversary. Three trees were formally dedicated to the memory of Washington. At the conclusion of the dedication ceremonies a program was presented at the Nevada Theater, with an oration by the Rev. Washburn of Trinity Episcopal church. The parade was formed at the Washington school, where a_ tree slanted a year ago was dedicated. McKinley Lotz, commander of Hague Thomas Hegarty Post American Legion, commanded the Jarade, which was led by the little Misses Marylee Carr and Helen Margaret Holmes, dressed in colonial costumes. Then came the Legion colors and armed coior guard, the rifles dating back nearly to Revolutionary days. The Nevada City high school band followed, with large groups from che Legion, Legion Auxiliary, school children, Boy Scouts and representatives of civic groups completing the formation. The parade proceeded first to the Native Daughters Park, —where a tree was dedicated. At the city hali the Woman’s Civic Club dedicated inother tree. R. J. Bennetts presided at the gathering in the theater. The following program was rendered: America—by the audience, ac companied by the orchestras of the high school and grammar school. Invocation—Father O’Reilly. Selection by orchestra. Vocat selection— Mrs. Elliott. * Reading of winning Legion essays and awarding prizes. Colonial .dance—Group school girls. Address—Rev. Washburn. Star Spangled Banner—Vocal selection by Mrs. Talbot. Community Singing — Audience accompanied by Trumpet Quartet, Mr. Sweeney, Tony Wiel, Schiffner,, Fred Browning. Benediction—Rev. Washburn. Fountain \pens the American\Legion to Betsey Bennett of Nevada\ City and Edith Berryman of Grass Valley as a feature of the Washington Day celebration. The girls were chosen as the writers of the twos best essays on the life of Washington submitted by pupils’ of the Nevada City and \Grass Valley ‘schools. The awards were made by E. K. Smart, past commander of the local Legion post. Several hundred essays were submitted in the contest, and all showed exceptional merit, Smart declared. : The essay by Miss Bennett was read by her to the audience. Miss Berryman, who has been sick, was unable to read hers. Zz 0 — EAT OUTDOOR SUPPER An outdoor supper. on Sugar Loaf featured a hike by Nevada City Boy Scouts Tuesday evening. Bob Tamblyn, senior patrol leader, headed the expedition. Other members of the party included Nat Robins, Artie’ Cartoscelli, Albert rattle, Bob Schiffner; Richard Marriott, Franklin. Tuttle, — Kirkham, Cecil Sehiffner, Dean McMinn, Grové Cer Ed Seon / Phd os ¥ took. place about two Charles vor Was fornia held a meeting at the Travel— ers Hotel, last Saturday, February 20th. Presi—dent Errol MacBoyle of Grass Val—~ ley, presided. adjourned meeting from December meeting. elected: mento, Lee I. Rowland, of Los -‘Mo-ding, sentative of the Mining Association: Cecil were awarded by OF MINING BODY The Mining Association of Cal ~ Sackemento, Californis,. The meeting was am: 19th, and was purely a business: The following directors were re~ W. F. Gormley, of Saera— linos, Roscoe J. Anderson, of Red— and Charles L. Gilmore, oF Sacramento, Director at Large. By request from the Tax Re~ search Bureau of the Board oe Equalization, Arthur’ Foote of Grass: Valley, was elected as the repreto. act on a committee Research on Mines. : President MacBoyle reported that: the finances. were being raised to. allow for a field secretary. The members of the Association are verpy anxious that this be brought ahout as it will greatly strengthen the organization. : SNOWBOUND PROSPECTORS; OF BLUE TENT VISIT CITY Mr. and Mrs. Buckdahl, who ares” prospecting for gold in the Binge Tent district were Nevada City visi-tors Tuesday. Mrs. Buckdahl is the tiny pros-pector who left their eamp in thee deep snow early in the year and was brought to town by three Nevadas State mining men, when she hadi climbed up through several feet of snow to the roadside. ~ They had walked in from campy ¢nd purchased supplies to take baek: Both praised Mr. George Calanam. and Mrs. Eleanor Hoeft De Weina and wished to thank them publiclyfor their assistance and also for Mras De Weins permission to remain: at the camp. they live in. es Mr. Buckdahl ‘was a partner of the late Mr. Tilton and has heen imi this section about 27 years. Some time back Sheriff Carter ber: came alarmed. over them thinking= they might havé perished in the coldi and looked them up. : TAHOE ROAD IS OPENED BY HIGHWAY SNOW PLOW State highway plows, which have» — been working during the past week: to open the, Tahge-Truckee road,. plowed their way through to "Tahoe City. last Sunday.The plows left a ditch behind them ten\ feet deep in most places. Where théy cut through town, di— rectly in front of the Tahoe Inn, a snow bank thirteen’ feet high in teft. A parking space shoveled out: Sunday morning was packed full ef — cars to the last foot of space beforey ; noon. The plows are now working their way to the state highway camp nea the mouth of the Truckee River, and when this road is \ cleared ba will begin on the strenuous un taking of clearing the lake shares highway from’ Tahoe City to thee 9 . California-Nevada state line — Lakeside, Lake Tahoe. ‘ BE DECIDED TON The B basketball ch of the Sierra Foothill be. determined — ; for the Tax: Pes of Placer county. Y game will enter — against the winner League. The starting e-u1 City. kta 3 will

Att FE RERE SLED” SP DOLLIES IE 0 RI OE ET RR eT Se ena o The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City get ~ VOLUME VI, NUMBER 16 = GOLD CENTER '=FHE NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIF ORNIA _ The County Seat Paper FRIDAY, F EB. 26, 195 STATE EXPERT IS HERE TO SURVEY ~ TAXES ON MINES An (tem, in last week’s Nugget told ef the appointment of R. Bender to make a survey of the mining propfrom the tax list at the court house. Mr. -Bender has chosen to begin his work in Nevada county, in the Nevada City-Grass Valiscy district, and has been here for the last wcek wiih Thomas Lewis. @ great deal of time. When the list ‘cempiling a list of nininz properties ia Gone the two men will begin the This is tedious work and has tuken @ great dealof time. When the fist ' ig done hte two men will begin the aetual work of e«xaminins the mines with the purpose 2f fixing the valuation on the provortiss. This work is under the direction of the Tax Rea@arch Bureau of the Board of Equalization. There is so much complaint made from the various quarters to the Board of Equalization that an appropriation was made'by the Legislature at the last session for tax research work. This work was divided into various groups: agriculture, timber, oil, etc. The other groups have already been a twork. The work is an experiment by the state and its value is yet unknown, but an effort will be made to equalize the tax burden and to reduce taxes where it is possible. Mr. Bender’s work of placing the values on the mining properties he has divided the state into eight or nine districts. Nevada county is the Mother Lode district. He expects to be here for several weeks but will.) not be able at this time to make the examination of the mines in eastern Nevada county or in Sierra county. These will come later. Both metalic and non-metalic are considered in this study and, if posible, the whloe atate will be covered. Owing to the limited funds allowed by the Legislature, October Ist ‘a the limit set for the work to be completed. In order to complete the work in this time it will necessitate that Mr. Bender and Mr. Lewis put im long hours. Mr. Bender is a mining engineer amd has 30 years experience in miniag and so is well fitted to carry on this research work. He is ably assisted by Mr. Lewis who is @ practical mining man. After the reports are made out they must meet with the approval of the next session of the Legislature, and if so approved the report will “ be printed. Mr. Bender states that the mine ewners can assist him greatly if they-will answer pis questions free= /ty as this research is being carried en for their benefit. -WURCHIE MINE LAYOFF HITS LOCAL BUSINESS Mining activity has encountered a temporary setback in the Nevada @ty area, due to the temporary layoff of approximately 100 men at the ‘Murchie Mine, according to the February issue of the Business Review compiled by the Bank of America. NT & S A. This action has been taken to pe:-: mit extensive plant repair work and underground changes and improvements. When, these are completed, however, more miners will be employed than at present. The Murchie Mine wag taken over ‘the first of the year by the Newmont Company. Mr. irvin, a mining man of wide experience, is the new lithe ear at ‘the property. STANLEY NASON IS HELD SUICIDE AFTER INQUEST A coroner’s jury at Grass Valley Wednesday night found that Stanley I. Nason, mining engineer whose body was found on the Rough and Ready ditch last Sunday, came to his death by swallowing potassium of cyanide. : Nason had. been making his home at the Bret Harte Inn. He left there two weeks ago, presumably to return to his home ih the east. He has a wife in Connecticut. ““Construction is lagging behind in the ease of inexpensive _residences,” the Review states, “deapite recent steady building both in Grass yaw and in Nevada Bank 3 wi te 3 Meer & & 8. >. terest to this section. pass a bill to this end: Unlike Washington, D. C. Our Dear Senator: who are placer mining by hand Moratoritum on Sara Work? : . A suggestion comes to the publisher which is of peculiar inIt is that a moratorium be entertained on the annual agsessment work for $100 on each mining for the years ending July 1,1982, and July 1, 1938. This gestion, strange as it may seem, comes from Los Angeles, from the office of John Duling, mining engineer. ing to the depressed conditions throughout the country the mining industry has had to carry exceptional financial burdens, par-. ticularly the small mine owners and poor prospectors, and that. this burden should be relieved for the next two years. The suggestion will be welcomed by the many claim owners . in this district who will no doubt follow Mr. Duling’s example 4 and write to their representatives in Congress asking them to . the legislative halls, this bill will be a great aid to the small owner and wuld benefit a large number of people in these mountain counties who have from one to six claims creating a real burden on them to do the assessment work each year. : The following is a letter which went from Mr. Duling’s office to Senator Hiram Johnson, and is an example of letters sent out from his office to senators_.and congressmen: Hon. Hiram W. Johnson, United States Senator, ‘We think you should give us a moratorium on the representation of mining claims until after July, 1933. exempted entrymen on homesteads from the requirement of remaining in the possession of. their homesteads, and we think mining claimants are entitled to like consideration. There are thousands of these mining locators, we are told, tains are full of them. They are scarcely making their bacon and beans and sour dough bread, and these—a lot of them,who have lode as well as placer claims elsewhere—are appealing to us to write to you and our other representatives in Congress for this relief, and stating that they can not quit their holdings to perform the annual labor on their other claims; and, we think, they should not be required to do so during these hard times. We think you would be doing a real public service to pass a resolution exempting the annual labor on mining claims for the years ending July 1, 1932, and July 1, 1933. 4 ‘Respectfally yours, JOHN F. DULING, Mining Engineer, Central Building, Los Angeles, Calif. He feels that owmany bills which pass through We see you have this year; the hills and moun-FINE SPECIMENS ARE TAKEN FROM GOODYEAR BAR ‘Messrs. Milton Champlin and O. M. Lattin have fifed upon good looking minéral ground two miles north of Goodyears Bar and also a mile and a half from St. Charles Hill. There are nine or 10 claims in the property and on one claim there is an old shaft. This is a new discovery, but sufficient prospecting has been done that the ore carries The main some to determine good values. several feet wide. Messrs. Champlin and Lattin are waiting until the weather improves. ft ‘will be another month before they can start work. Snow is on the ground to a depth of from four to 10 feet. Mr. Champlin was a Nugget visitor Friday. He was on his way to the southern part of the State. : He stated that a Mr. Westle, who has a quartz property near his claims is making plans to build a ledge is cabin and. start opening up his ground. 5 A Mr. Kretz also has quartz claims nearby and is preparing to work them. On the North Fork of the Yuba River just below Messrs. Champlin and Lattin, is a man by the name of West, who is placering his gravel claim, which is on the edge of the river. i Mr. Champlin ‘brought some fine looking specimens into The Nugget office and was preparing . to have them assayéd. MARY ANN GODFREY, 80, DIES AT CAMPTONVILLE Mrs. Mary Ann Godfrey, a resident of the -Camptonville section for more than 75 years, died at her home there Wednesday: morning. The funeral will be held from the Camptonville Masonic hall this atternoon at 2 o’clock. She was 80 years old, a native of Manchester, England. She came to California with her family in 1854 and settled at Camptonville. Ov January 24, 1859 she became the bride of Silas Godfrey. Five children’ were born to the: couple, three of whom survive. They are Mrs. John Ramm and Frank Godfrey of Camptonville and Henry Godfrey of Berke. y. 3 CANDIDATES SEEK ASSEMBLY JOB OF SEAWELL With politicians of Nevada county casting about for.a likely candidate for the assembly from the Sixth District, three hats were hurled into the ring this week from other parts f the district. : Those who seek the post to be vacated January 1 by Jerry Seawell of Roseville are Jesse M. Mayo of San Andreas, H. Berie Tohmas of Placerville and Thomas Maul of Placerville. H. Berle Thomas, editor-publisher of the Placerville Daily Republican, has formaliy announced his entry into the campaign for the assembly, sixth district, under the new -reap. portionment. Mr. Tomas was’ in Nevada City Monday on a brief visit. The new Sixth District comprises the largest area in the state, reaching from Nevada County on the north to Mariposa County on the south, and Thomas in his announcement, stated it was his belief that a man well versed in the problems which confront the mountain counties has, at the present time, a golden opportunity to be of service to the 83,000 people in the ten counties. Publisher and editor of the Republican, in El Dorado County, for the last ten years, the formal announcement issued by Thomas states that he was born and raised in sections which had the same problems in mining, . stockraising agriculture, lumbering and natural resources which now confront the Sixth Assembly District. A country-newspaperman al! his life, he is a republican, at present the president of the Placerville Lions’ Club, an active worker in various fraternal and civic organizations to which he -belongs, and is vitally interested in development of the mountain counties. During the 1930 federal census Thomas was supervisor of the 4th California district comprising all of the counties in the present assembly district except Mono and Inyo. In that capacity, he visited the counties of the district on many occasions, coming in personal contact with the problems of the people and making acquaintances which he feels would be of assistance to him in serving the counties in the event of his election. This development, his statemen: sets forth, depends upon legislation ' (Continued on Page 2) . T ROAD BULLETINS TELL HISTORY OF OLD GOLD CENTER Road bulletins designed to give the tourist the ‘historic value of Nevada county points are being issued by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, through J. L. Wolff, chairman of the touring department. One of the most» recent bulietins mation regarding points along the Marysville-Nevada City road: Thé Yuba River Canyon Country can best be reached from the northern Sacramento Valley by way of

Marysville from where ‘the Tahoe Ukiah Highway travels eastward over flat marshy country; and thereafter rolling hillocks which grow gradually higher until the timber line suddenly appears near Browns Valley. Here the road begins. to climb as it winds around the hills and eventually reaches the Parks ‘Bar Bridge across the main Yuba. From this large concrete structure the motorist can nearly always. see some miners working, with pan or cradle, recovering from the grave) some of the gold which has been washed down from the high mountains. They operate exactly as did the '49’ers wheh they first began forging up stream along the Yuba. Shortly after crossing this bridge the highway reaches Timbuctoo, famous in the annals of ’49 history, where in an old brick building was located the Wells Fargo Express office through which many fortunes in gold have passed, two of’ the earliest prospectors to reach this region discovered a negro from Timbuctoo, Africa, already on the job and therefrom comes the name. This old building where the sign; “Gold dust bought; Wells Fargo and Company; Lowe Brothers and Company; Exchange for sale On All the Principal Cities of the Atlantic States and Europe,’’ is still faintly visible has beén turned into a museum by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West. It contains a number of interesting relics. The. tourist now finds himself, as he climbs still further eastward, in a country rich in historic lore. All of this region was very thickiy populated during ’49 and the ’50’s. A short distance beyond the road passe» through the old settlement of Smartsville where many early type buildings are still standing, although like in many of the ’49 towns some of these may not stand much longer The State of California is rebuilding a section of this road_ ,east\ of Smartsville, into a broad highway but the tourist will have no trouble in. passing. thissection -under con struction. . The next settlement is Rough and Ready which is reached after passing many of the early day farm buildings. \ “The Millionaire of Rough and Ready” is the title of one of Bret Harte’s stories that has carried this town’s fame around the world. It was founded by soldiers who had eC General Zachary Taylor, old ‘Rough and Ready,’’ and the town was named in his honor. The original Odd Fellows Hall which some authorities believe to be the first erected in the State is\still in business. The town was settled by the Rough and Ready Company in the fall of 1849; gold diggings were found immediately and the population grew 80° fast that in 1850 there was 1000 votes cast. During the middle 50’s there were over three hundred substantial buildings in the town but most of these were destroyed by the fire that occured in 1859. This town has the distinction of being perhaps the only one that has ever officiaily voted to become a_ separate state, seceding froni California. However several days later, when the excitesobered up, the solemn resolutions were forgotten. In the old hotel Mrs Elba Moore conducts the post-office, a store and beside the watering trough at which the stage teams used to slack their thirst stands the gasoline. pump to show the mode of travel is somewhat changed since. those early days, In the large room esting collection of many he and ) books used no hotel and bar ee course, is an intergives the following interesting infor-. _ served in Mexico under} ment had died down the leaders had} . which used tobe the lobby of the} Los ANGELES MAN NOW TS SALMON MINE OWNER. Mr. C.:D.' Wickes was down from the Salmon Mine last Friday. In a conversation with a Nugyet representative he remarked that tne Salmon Mine is now owned outright by C. B. ‘Conrad of Los Angeies. The stockholders of the old Parnall Mines Company have signed quit claim deeds waiving all rights. The transaction weeks ago. This property holds: much promise, as it is situated in a good gold producing district. OVER 200 JOIN IN DEDICATION OF TREES HERE With Approximately 200 persons participating in the parade, patriotic and civic. groups of Nevada City joined here Monday in the celebmtion of George Washington’s 200th anniversary. Three trees were formally dedicated to the memory of Washington. At the conclusion of the dedication ceremonies a program was presented at the Nevada Theater, with an oration by the Rev. Washburn of Trinity Episcopal church. The parade was formed at the Washington school, where a_ tree slanted a year ago was dedicated. McKinley Lotz, commander of Hague Thomas Hegarty Post American Legion, commanded the Jarade, which was led by the little Misses Marylee Carr and Helen Margaret Holmes, dressed in colonial costumes. Then came the Legion colors and armed coior guard, the rifles dating back nearly to Revolutionary days. The Nevada City high school band followed, with large groups from che Legion, Legion Auxiliary, school children, Boy Scouts and representatives of civic groups completing the formation. The parade proceeded first to the Native Daughters Park, —where a tree was dedicated. At the city hali the Woman’s Civic Club dedicated inother tree. R. J. Bennetts presided at the gathering in the theater. The following program was rendered: America—by the audience, ac companied by the orchestras of the high school and grammar school. Invocation—Father O’Reilly. Selection by orchestra. Vocat selection— Mrs. Elliott. * Reading of winning Legion essays and awarding prizes. Colonial .dance—Group school girls. Address—Rev. Washburn. Star Spangled Banner—Vocal selection by Mrs. Talbot. Community Singing — Audience accompanied by Trumpet Quartet, Mr. Sweeney, Tony Wiel, Schiffner,, Fred Browning. Benediction—Rev. Washburn. Fountain \pens the American\Legion to Betsey Bennett of Nevada\ City and Edith Berryman of Grass Valley as a feature of the Washington Day celebration. The girls were chosen as the writers of the twos best essays on the life of Washington submitted by pupils’ of the Nevada City and \Grass Valley ‘schools. The awards were made by E. K. Smart, past commander of the local Legion post. Several hundred essays were submitted in the contest, and all showed exceptional merit, Smart declared. : The essay by Miss Bennett was read by her to the audience. Miss Berryman, who has been sick, was unable to read hers. Zz 0 — EAT OUTDOOR SUPPER An outdoor supper. on Sugar Loaf featured a hike by Nevada City Boy Scouts Tuesday evening. Bob Tamblyn, senior patrol leader, headed the expedition. Other members of the party included Nat Robins, Artie’ Cartoscelli, Albert rattle, Bob Schiffner; Richard Marriott, Franklin. Tuttle, — Kirkham, Cecil Sehiffner, Dean McMinn, Grové Cer Ed Seon / Phd os ¥ took. place about two Charles vor Was fornia held a meeting at the Travel— ers Hotel, last Saturday, February 20th. Presi—dent Errol MacBoyle of Grass Val—~ ley, presided. adjourned meeting from December meeting. elected: mento, Lee I. Rowland, of Los -‘Mo-ding, sentative of the Mining Association: Cecil were awarded by OF MINING BODY The Mining Association of Cal ~ Sackemento, Californis,. The meeting was am: 19th, and was purely a business: The following directors were re~ W. F. Gormley, of Saera— linos, Roscoe J. Anderson, of Red— and Charles L. Gilmore, oF Sacramento, Director at Large. By request from the Tax Re~ search Bureau of the Board oe Equalization, Arthur’ Foote of Grass: Valley, was elected as the repreto. act on a committee Research on Mines. : President MacBoyle reported that: the finances. were being raised to. allow for a field secretary. The members of the Association are verpy anxious that this be brought ahout as it will greatly strengthen the organization. : SNOWBOUND PROSPECTORS; OF BLUE TENT VISIT CITY Mr. and Mrs. Buckdahl, who ares” prospecting for gold in the Binge Tent district were Nevada City visi-tors Tuesday. Mrs. Buckdahl is the tiny pros-pector who left their eamp in thee deep snow early in the year and was brought to town by three Nevadas State mining men, when she hadi climbed up through several feet of snow to the roadside. ~ They had walked in from campy ¢nd purchased supplies to take baek: Both praised Mr. George Calanam. and Mrs. Eleanor Hoeft De Weina and wished to thank them publiclyfor their assistance and also for Mras De Weins permission to remain: at the camp. they live in. es Mr. Buckdahl ‘was a partner of the late Mr. Tilton and has heen imi this section about 27 years. Some time back Sheriff Carter ber: came alarmed. over them thinking= they might havé perished in the coldi and looked them up. : TAHOE ROAD IS OPENED BY HIGHWAY SNOW PLOW State highway plows, which have» — been working during the past week: to open the, Tahge-Truckee road,. plowed their way through to "Tahoe City. last Sunday.The plows left a ditch behind them ten\ feet deep in most places. Where théy cut through town, di— rectly in front of the Tahoe Inn, a snow bank thirteen’ feet high in teft. A parking space shoveled out: Sunday morning was packed full ef — cars to the last foot of space beforey ; noon. The plows are now working their way to the state highway camp nea the mouth of the Truckee River, and when this road is \ cleared ba will begin on the strenuous un taking of clearing the lake shares highway from’ Tahoe City to thee 9 . California-Nevada state line — Lakeside, Lake Tahoe. ‘ BE DECIDED TON The B basketball ch of the Sierra Foothill be. determined — ; for the Tax: Pes of Placer county. Y game will enter — against the winner League. The starting e-u1 City. kta 3 will