February 5, 1937 (6 pages)

ee . ( ss > of (i o “ey a legislative pardon. dignity the ‘new. deal,” the ‘new era,’ Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. We hear occasionally of a ‘silly season.’’ Nobody seems to know just which part of the twelve months constitutes this season, but it must be obvious to the discerning that it comes every two years when the legislature meets. Probably every legislator in his own private life and business exercises ordinary common sense. Put a couple of hundred of them in two large rooms in the State ‘Capitol and they seem to react like the contents of a pressure cooker. All the silliness of each member boils to the surface. There is pressure of course, from various interests—agriculture, liquor, utility and various groups. The fatheads in the two chambers are stewed under pressure and a scum of silly laws rises to the top. ‘For instance, a bill has been introduced in the legislature to compel all farmers to provide their help with linen bed sheets. As a matter of fact it probably would be easier to supply silk bed sheets than linen. Very few people outside the millionaire class use linen ‘bed sheets. Cotton is almost universally used. It would be more to the point to compel farmers to supply bathing facilities and compel farm hands to use them. : Of a different nature but fully as foolish is a bill to grant Tom MoonHe has peen found guilty of mass murder, first by a jury of his peers, second py four governors, third by the State Supreme Court. The case has now been jockeyed into position for a ruling by the United States Supreme Court. This oraven, cowardly dynamiter and murderer is the hero of communistic agitators. The man who introduced whe bill to, free this red-handed killer allies himselt with the destructive torces of this country. There are bills to reduce the per iod for interlocutory divorce from one year to nine minths, and éven to three ‘months. This of course is to accelerate the march of progressive matrimony. On the other hand there is a bill to wipe~out the three days the law now_ifmposes between taking out a marriage license and the marriage itself. Our legendary Cupid becomés a clown. The institution of marriage is slowly being shorn of its in conformity with a striptease and nudist age. : But the silly season passes in due time. The legislative hopper ceases its grinding, and when the grist at length appears on the governor’s desk much of it will be thrown into the ash can. We are well aware that to oppose some of these silly bills lays one liable to jibes and epithets of the sophisticated and the young. However, there are decent limits even to that great American virtue of tolerance. A man can be so very ‘broad’ that he becomes shallow. It seems that 20 per cent of the money expended on relief in California goes for administrative costs. County investigating agencies have been duplicated by State and Federal functionaries. There is an overlap of activities honeycombing the entire set up. In our view there is nothing to be done about it. Your tax payer who has his appendix removed so that his life may be saved to enable him to stagger through a few more years under an increasing .tax burden, will yell his head off at the surgeon’s fee, ‘but he will go on year after year uncomplaining while government horse leeches bleed his wallet The only thing necessary is to give the process a fancy name like ’ or the “eolden epoch,’’ and the tax payer will pungle without a whimper—i was ever thus. While the tax payer even takes a mild pride in the size of the roll he surrenders annually to political brass hats, let anyone try to sever these governmental limpets from the public payrolls and agonized shouts shake high Olympus, Thank heaven for the small blessings that flow from the winter season and its low temperatures. In Hollywood the screen’s great lovers have the flu and for some weeks past the half mile passionate kiss has been banished, They are unable to do anything but roll their eyes in fond gazing. There will come a time in mid-summer perhaps when we shall see a series of kissless films, when the love making will consist of gestures and facial contortions at intervening distances sufficient to foil the flu germs. Then we remember the solitary benefaction conferred by therflu epidemic. COVERS RICHEST GOLD Nevada City Nugget AREA IN CALIFORNIA ' city and you The Nevada City Nugget helps your 1 ‘advertising in the Nugget, and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and therefore, help yourself. No. I}. fine Beretta Seat — rceh hate oh CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, Vol. 11, 1937. avicCIBTO HAVE MEETING MON. AFTERNOON The regular meeting of the Nevada City Woman’s Civic Club will be held on Monday, February 8. Club business will be discussed, a report from the library committee will be given and the club will decide as to what action it will take in further helping the library this year. Following the business meeting will be’ a very delightful program. Mrs. Belnap Goldsmith will talk on her recent trip to Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith and son, Warren took a months trip into Mexico and stopped in Mexico City for some time. From Mexico City they took trips to the more remote parts of Mexico away from the regular tourist travel and saw many colorful and interesting sights. Miss Nancy Jones will give a travel talk on her trip to Norway last summer. Miss Jones and a group of friends had the unique pleasure of taking walking trips off the beaten paths in Norway, she will tell of the country through which they hiked and of the enjoyment of this way of seeing the country. Mondays meeting will be held tn the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ed, W. Schmidt on Broad street and will begin at 2:30 p. m. All members are urged to attend. IRRIGATION FEE MUST BE PAID BY WATER USERS The city council last evening, answering complaints of those property owners who object to paying an irrigation’ charge for the summer use of water, declared that the majority of water users have paid this charge and that those who are delinq ent will be treated exactly as other water users who do not pay their. regular monthly bills, that is they will be served with shut off notices, and if the irrigation charge is not then paid, their water will be turned off. Councilman Frank Davies was the only one absent from the meeting last night. He is ill with the yy at North Columbia. The report of the city treasurer was received. Bills appended below were ordered paid: TREASURER’S REPORT Recepits: To balance in treasury, $11,001.61. To water collection, $2,044.14. Interest $4.95. To city marshal, licenses, $741.00. Miscellaneous, $30.00. Irrigation, $173.50 Total, $13,965.20. CITY DISBURSEMENTS By warrants paid on general fund 3,335.57. By warrants paid on fire fund, $72,92. By warrants paid on library fund, $204.59. By street improvement. bonds paid, $3,000.00. By street imptovement bond’s coupons, $825.00. By swimming pool bonds paid, $1,000.00. By swimming pool bonds coupons paid, $25.00—$8,462.88. By balance in the treasury, $5,532.72. To balance in fire fund, $822.02. To balance in library fund; $1025.62. To balance in general fund, $3685.08. GENERAL FUND DISBURSEMENT R. L, P. Bigelow $95.00; Garfield Robson $135.00; Geo. H. Calanan $20.00; Mrs. Bmma Foley $12.50; H. S. Hallett $125.00; C, A. Wilkie $75.00; Dr. E. M. Roesner $40.00; Jas Williams $90.00; Miles D.-Coughlin $12.50; Chamber of Commerce $15.000; Park Commissioner $25.00; Nevada Irrigation District, water $479.17. Robert Walters $9.10; R. E. Johnson $12.50; Western Union $1.05; State Compensation Ins. Fund $231.82; C. H. Ninnis $72.00; John. Zunino $2.50; W. P. Fuller Company $19.32; R. E. Harris $2.07; Alpha Stores Ltd. $205.79; Alpha--Stores$275.52; -W. PB. A, $44.50; The Nevada City Nugget $33.50; Glenn H. Cleland $13.90; W. §. Gamewell Company $130.15; Pacific Telephone $3.46; Capital Firs e Williamson $2.70; Builders Supply House $7:57; Crane Co. $165.64; Howard Penrose $15.36; California’ State Automobile Assoc. $1.82; California State Automobile Assoc. $15.12: PB. G, & E. $3.18; Max Solaro $51.50; Plaza Super Servite Station $1.17; Alpha’ Stores $1.80; The CATERPILLAR RUNS OVER CAT:.CAT IS 0. K. CATERPILLAR DITTO Gomer HobKine of Gold Flat, who has a large gray cat of many summers, told friends Wednesday that as the county caterpillar went out Nimrod street .that morning it ran over his cat. The big creature, which weighs about 30 pounds, rolled over and over, ‘shook the snow from his furry coat, went home, laid down be-' fore the fire none the worse for his tough experience with several of his proverbial nine lives still to live. WOMAN WRITES OF HARDSHIPS IN RIVER FLOOD Mrs. Howard’ Bare Burr, Nevada City is in receipt of the following letter from her sister in Cincinnati which is in one of the main flood areas in the mid-west. A letter from Mrs. Burr’s niece, Alta, Tuesday stated her mother got up out of a sick bed and the two had gone to a Red Cross hospital to Gare for those who. were being brought in from the flooded areas. The health conditions she states are NOTES ON SNOW STORM HANDICAP E. J. Haverstock, mail carrier between Nevada City. and Washington came. out from Washington last Wednesday and has not been able to return. He goes out as far as his car will travel delivering mail along‘ the route and sent mail to Washington by a.man on. skiis last Friday. He stated there was eight feet of snow at the Central House. State highway crews ‘in their effort to clear the road had a snow plow break down enroute to the Junction Thursday. But Haverstock expects to be able to déliver mail very shortly. The warm rain which has been falling at Nevada~City since Wednesday night extends as far as the Five Mile House east of Nevada City. There is six feet of old snow on the ground and snow is falling . from there eastward. Superintendent Fred Garrison stated yesterday that the Tahoe-Ukiah highway is open a one-way lane as far as the ski course. One of the big snow plows broke down there during the forenoon and Mr. Garrison stated they would maintain the road this distance but it will not be opened further until larger snow equipment can be spared from the Donner Summit. Superintendent Jaok Rondoni of the Giant King mine, near Washington, was in Nevada City yesterday forenoon wih his men. He stated the Spanish mine tractor and the county tractor had opened the road from the mine to the Junction. It leaves about a four mile strip of highway closed between the ski course and the Junction. Banks of snow fully ten feet high are on each side of the highway thrown there by snow plows and it is impossible to see out of the one way lane. Superintendent Otto H. Schiffner of the Lava Cap mines southeast of Nevada City stated yesterday forenoon he had had his miners out on the ditch two days and ‘hoped to have sufficient water to resume operations last evening. CAMPTONVILLE RAISES QUOTA IN FIVE HOURS Within five hours after the telephone message was received here ad-~ vising that the Red Cross quota for the flood disaster for this community was $15.00, that amount was subscribed: and a check to the chapter at Marysville. The boys of the local CCC stub camp passed. a cup at the dinner table and subscribed $6.00 of “the amount. This disaster is taking place at the homes of some of these lads who live along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The following persons contributed: A. B. Massa, $2; Lydia C. Groves, $1; Acton M. Cleveland, $2; A Friend, $1; F. W. Meggers $1; A Friend, $1; A. H. Behrens, $1; Boys of Co. 3711 CCC Camp, $6; The list will remain. open for further contributions for those who wish to assist in helping the unfortunate people. ry and Supply Co. $17.17; R. TR: Bigelow $1.00; Sacramento. Pipe Works $66.98; Nevada City Garage $40.11; PG. GB. $226.75; Po G, 16: Nevada County Lumber Co. 28: J. W. Shebley $7.86 Pacifie Telephone Company -$5.75; Ma. Hurst $108.00; Willard Hurst $638.00; Adrian Hurst $59.00; Chas. Hurst $54.00; Nick -Sandow $103.& E. $7.$13.50; Lloyd White $101.00; Ted Sigourney $122.45; C. W. Towle $2.00; Arthur Pratti $20.00; R. K. Bowe $10.00; Bert Moody $36.00; Victor Dave $5.00. terrible. She thought there was nothing more devastating than floods until she beheld the-terrible fire that broke out in the flooded city of Cincinnati. The niece stated:there was 4 great deal of thievery going on throughout the flooded sections. forwarded Nevada City Garage $2.15; . Equipment Co. $5.15; Miners FoundCincinnati, Ohio; January 26, 1937. Dear Margaret: Just a few lines to let you know we’ are safe, though the back of this building is in ten feet of water and the cellar is flooded. We are on a hill anda can still get in and out the front door, so don’t think we will have to move, as the river is at a standstill. Oh! Margaret it is terrible! Buildings are being washed away all around us; across the street the entire block is condemned; one house has gone down, the others cracked and crumbling. God has. been very good to us, and as yet we haven’t suffered. I am stocked up on water, though much of the city hasn’t any. Water is being shipped in by train and motor tanks. We have no gas, but I have a coal heater and nearly a ton of coal, our greatest danger is fire. In the center of the flood gasoline is floating on the water from the tanks below us. The boys are on Red Cross duty. Alta is safe. She is a few blocks higher and if necessary I can go up there, but I~ don’t want to go there’s so much to do here. I’m sticking till I have to go. Ernest’s wife has an eight and a quarter pound boy, born yesterday. I was to go up there but can’t leave now. I will.go up later. I am sending you a paper. The river stands tonight at 80 feet. If we do not get more rain that will be the crest, so ‘don’t worry. From the roof. of my home I can see Newport, Dayton, Bellevue and ._ Port Thomas across the river in the adjacent state. They. are all suburbs of this city and about all you can see is the vast flood which covers them. Well, there isn’t much more I can say, except don’t worry as [ am alright, so bye, bye, and you will hear from us later. Eove. RUBIE. MINERS COME TO TOWN THROUGH ALL HAZARDS Tony Metz, Roy C. Beyers and Mr. Reed, miners at the Spanish mine north of. Washington, decided to come to Nevada City Sunday. They left Washington early in the morning without skiis or snow shoes and spent several hours climbing the steep grade in waist deep snow only to turn back along toward evening. A heavy crust on the snow held them up much of the time. Monday they started again reaching Buck Horn lodge at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, thoroughly worn out and soaking wet from forcing their way through the deep snow up the steep mountainside. Tuesday they made it out past the Junction of the Tahoe-Ukiah and Washington ‘roads. When night came on they made holes in the deep snow to spend the night. They happened to have a magazine with them and built a fire but were soaking wet and suffered greatly nearly freezing from the bitter cold. : : . The next night was. spent at the CCC camp several miles further toward Nevada City, where: snow is eight feet deep. They made. their way to Nevada City W ednesday forenoon thankful to get out alive and hope never to go through such an experience. Bert Austin, son of Mrs. Ella M. Austin, is very ill at his home in San Francisco. Mr. Austin had a rePATIENT COW DESPITE CRUEL EXPOSURE STILL GIVES MILK Charged with cruelty to animals, Leo R. Todd a miner residing on Alta Hill, appeared in the justice court of Judge Walter *Mibley yesterday afternoon and received a severe lecture. Deputy Sheriff Bill Woods, some time ago, on complaint of neighbors, warned Todd he would have to find a shelter for his cow. She was standing out in the weather with mud and snow up to her knees, Todd disregarded the warning and yesterday appeared to answer a complaint signed by Woods. In the meantime the cow had apparently been partly frozen and large sores appeared on her rump. The cow, notwithstanding the cruel neglect -is stili giving milk. Judge Mobley ordered Todd to put the cow under shelter before night, or else— REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT, ROTARY THEME Clyde Gwin was the speaker yesterday at the Rotary luncheon. He gave an excellent description of the plan for governmental reorganization which is now receiving the attention of the President and Congress. Every once in a while, Gwin stated, the administrative functions of the}; United States government becomes so unweildly as in large measure to lose its efficiency. Tragic incidents some times result in an overhauling of the governmental machine. Such an incident was the assassination of President. Garfield which resulted eventually , in the adoption of the Civil Service act in 1883. Under the new plan of reorganization proposed there would be twelve departmental heads, and all the various bureaus and boards would be grouped under these twelve heads. Outside this reorganized administrative and executive group would be three other boards or commissions. These would be the Civil Service Commission, the Auditor General, and the Natural Resources board which would function on a national and non-political plane. The Auditor General would replace the Comptroller of Treasury, and would be divested of some of the powers now held by the latter. All government posts would be under civil service. As matters stand today over 500,000 government plosiitions are under civil service while more than 200,000 are held appointive. The reorganization plan would increase the salaries in the top brackets to $12,000 per year for the posts of the greatest responsibility. The club heard a discussion of the proposed removal of the Daniels building, now being promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Hummelt declared that it was more important to chlorinate the city water supply than to spend the proposed $8,000 for a wider street to the court house. CITY HALL BUILDING DELAYED BY ILLNESS IlIness among PWA workers 01 the city hall, bad weather and delay of shipment in materials are given as reasons for slow progress on the building by C. A. Wilke superintendent. Three of the ten WPA workers who work in shifts of five in alternate weeks are ill. Plastering in the interior is going forward now, the work. being done by regular, not WPA men. . Plastering of the outside of the building, placing of millwork in the interior, laying of the cement floor in the apparatus room of the fire department-and the finishing of the interior plastering remain to be done. tf weather conditions were fair and there were no illness among workmen. the city hall could be finished within~two months. As it is now the finishing~date depend: up: An order has been placfurnace for but shipment on weather. ed for an oil burning heating the building the heating pystem has. ther-fore lapse after an attack of influenza. 4% has not been: made. Installation of}, P.G.&E. PROMISES TO AID MINERS ON BEAR RIVER The sounenieion. of of the Pacific Gas and Electric oe in the drive for the resumption of hydraulic mining in the Bear river section was reported to have been obtained : by a committee of hydraulic miners who conferred with the power com\pany officials in San Francisco @ week ago. The committee composed of Ralph Moss, chairman, A. H. Turner of Colfax and Ed C. Uren of Nevada City, will give its report at the meéting in Colfax’ Saturday of the California Hydraulic Miners Association. Turner stated: ‘‘The Pacific Gas and Electric Company officials gave us all the encouragement in the world,” He said the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has agreed to cooperate with federal engineers on the erection of the proposed Dog Bar debris dam. In a recent judgment handed down in Auburn the power company was given huge damages against miners on the Bear river and operating hydraulic miners were forced to halt operations .because of pollution: of Bear river waters, which is used in Placer county for domestic purposes. As a result of the judgment the power company took over the holdings of the Liberty Hill Mining Company and the You Bet Mining Company. The miners understand the Pacific Gas Company will allow the resumption of hydraulic mining if the operators will construct a by-pass above the source of the hydraulic mines. The water then would come. out in the power company conduits below the mines. Turner said there would still be enough water in the area for hydraulic mining. TRUCKEE RIVER DEER FEED ON SOY BEAN MEAL Senator Jerry Seawell recently called the attention of the state fish and game commission to the deer which have congregated in the vicinity of Truckee,’ apparently lacking food. He requested that méasures be taken for feeding them. He received the following reply: Senator Seawell Roseville, California. Dear Sir: Relative to your telephone call to me of last week, I wish to inform you that I have received a full report from Capt. A. H. Willard on the deer situation along the Truckee river, wherein he says that Mr. Leland Smith, the grazing authority for the Forest Service has been keeping a close watch on the deer, of which he says there are 250 in that vicinity, and that he found 40 head of deer in a deep snow back of Boca, but these deer have moved out in good shape. The deer have been fed soy bean cake and molasses, together with grain and salt. He reports that everything is going along in very good shape, and that the men .will continue to check on the situation during the rest of the winter and will take care of any emerge~ ency that might arise. : Yours very truly, CAPT. J. H. SANDERS. N. L. D. DISTRICTS A. ELECT THREE DIRECTORS William Ullrich of Chicago Park was succeeded by William Jaevkle as director of the Nevada Irrigation District at the election held Wednesday. Votes for the second division of the district were Ullrich 60, Jae‘ckle 210. Thomas. Mulcahy incumbent was re-elected as director of the first division. His opponent: was Joseph Day. Vote Mulcahy 124, Day 105 33 A. Isaack was unopposed and reelected as in the Placer county area. Votes 31. : he Harold Robinson, incumbent was — re-elected to the post of treasurerassessor of the entire district. Votes Robinson 364, Write-ins 7. ~Walter Butz, highway crew fo man in this district, is suffer been held up. from a severe attack of influenza.

ee . ( ss > of (i o “ey a legislative pardon. dignity the ‘new. deal,” the ‘new era,’ Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. We hear occasionally of a ‘silly season.’’ Nobody seems to know just which part of the twelve months constitutes this season, but it must be obvious to the discerning that it comes every two years when the legislature meets. Probably every legislator in his own private life and business exercises ordinary common sense. Put a couple of hundred of them in two large rooms in the State ‘Capitol and they seem to react like the contents of a pressure cooker. All the silliness of each member boils to the surface. There is pressure of course, from various interests—agriculture, liquor, utility and various groups. The fatheads in the two chambers are stewed under pressure and a scum of silly laws rises to the top. ‘For instance, a bill has been introduced in the legislature to compel all farmers to provide their help with linen bed sheets. As a matter of fact it probably would be easier to supply silk bed sheets than linen. Very few people outside the millionaire class use linen ‘bed sheets. Cotton is almost universally used. It would be more to the point to compel farmers to supply bathing facilities and compel farm hands to use them. : Of a different nature but fully as foolish is a bill to grant Tom MoonHe has peen found guilty of mass murder, first by a jury of his peers, second py four governors, third by the State Supreme Court. The case has now been jockeyed into position for a ruling by the United States Supreme Court. This oraven, cowardly dynamiter and murderer is the hero of communistic agitators. The man who introduced whe bill to, free this red-handed killer allies himselt with the destructive torces of this country. There are bills to reduce the per iod for interlocutory divorce from one year to nine minths, and éven to three ‘months. This of course is to accelerate the march of progressive matrimony. On the other hand there is a bill to wipe~out the three days the law now_ifmposes between taking out a marriage license and the marriage itself. Our legendary Cupid becomés a clown. The institution of marriage is slowly being shorn of its in conformity with a striptease and nudist age. : But the silly season passes in due time. The legislative hopper ceases its grinding, and when the grist at length appears on the governor’s desk much of it will be thrown into the ash can. We are well aware that to oppose some of these silly bills lays one liable to jibes and epithets of the sophisticated and the young. However, there are decent limits even to that great American virtue of tolerance. A man can be so very ‘broad’ that he becomes shallow. It seems that 20 per cent of the money expended on relief in California goes for administrative costs. County investigating agencies have been duplicated by State and Federal functionaries. There is an overlap of activities honeycombing the entire set up. In our view there is nothing to be done about it. Your tax payer who has his appendix removed so that his life may be saved to enable him to stagger through a few more years under an increasing .tax burden, will yell his head off at the surgeon’s fee, ‘but he will go on year after year uncomplaining while government horse leeches bleed his wallet The only thing necessary is to give the process a fancy name like ’ or the “eolden epoch,’’ and the tax payer will pungle without a whimper—i was ever thus. While the tax payer even takes a mild pride in the size of the roll he surrenders annually to political brass hats, let anyone try to sever these governmental limpets from the public payrolls and agonized shouts shake high Olympus, Thank heaven for the small blessings that flow from the winter season and its low temperatures. In Hollywood the screen’s great lovers have the flu and for some weeks past the half mile passionate kiss has been banished, They are unable to do anything but roll their eyes in fond gazing. There will come a time in mid-summer perhaps when we shall see a series of kissless films, when the love making will consist of gestures and facial contortions at intervening distances sufficient to foil the flu germs. Then we remember the solitary benefaction conferred by therflu epidemic. COVERS RICHEST GOLD Nevada City Nugget AREA IN CALIFORNIA ' city and you The Nevada City Nugget helps your 1 ‘advertising in the Nugget, and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and therefore, help yourself. No. I}. fine Beretta Seat — rceh hate oh CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, Vol. 11, 1937. avicCIBTO HAVE MEETING MON. AFTERNOON The regular meeting of the Nevada City Woman’s Civic Club will be held on Monday, February 8. Club business will be discussed, a report from the library committee will be given and the club will decide as to what action it will take in further helping the library this year. Following the business meeting will be’ a very delightful program. Mrs. Belnap Goldsmith will talk on her recent trip to Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith and son, Warren took a months trip into Mexico and stopped in Mexico City for some time. From Mexico City they took trips to the more remote parts of Mexico away from the regular tourist travel and saw many colorful and interesting sights. Miss Nancy Jones will give a travel talk on her trip to Norway last summer. Miss Jones and a group of friends had the unique pleasure of taking walking trips off the beaten paths in Norway, she will tell of the country through which they hiked and of the enjoyment of this way of seeing the country. Mondays meeting will be held tn the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ed, W. Schmidt on Broad street and will begin at 2:30 p. m. All members are urged to attend. IRRIGATION FEE MUST BE PAID BY WATER USERS The city council last evening, answering complaints of those property owners who object to paying an irrigation’ charge for the summer use of water, declared that the majority of water users have paid this charge and that those who are delinq ent will be treated exactly as other water users who do not pay their. regular monthly bills, that is they will be served with shut off notices, and if the irrigation charge is not then paid, their water will be turned off. Councilman Frank Davies was the only one absent from the meeting last night. He is ill with the yy at North Columbia. The report of the city treasurer was received. Bills appended below were ordered paid: TREASURER’S REPORT Recepits: To balance in treasury, $11,001.61. To water collection, $2,044.14. Interest $4.95. To city marshal, licenses, $741.00. Miscellaneous, $30.00. Irrigation, $173.50 Total, $13,965.20. CITY DISBURSEMENTS By warrants paid on general fund 3,335.57. By warrants paid on fire fund, $72,92. By warrants paid on library fund, $204.59. By street improvement. bonds paid, $3,000.00. By street imptovement bond’s coupons, $825.00. By swimming pool bonds paid, $1,000.00. By swimming pool bonds coupons paid, $25.00—$8,462.88. By balance in the treasury, $5,532.72. To balance in fire fund, $822.02. To balance in library fund; $1025.62. To balance in general fund, $3685.08. GENERAL FUND DISBURSEMENT R. L, P. Bigelow $95.00; Garfield Robson $135.00; Geo. H. Calanan $20.00; Mrs. Bmma Foley $12.50; H. S. Hallett $125.00; C, A. Wilkie $75.00; Dr. E. M. Roesner $40.00; Jas Williams $90.00; Miles D.-Coughlin $12.50; Chamber of Commerce $15.000; Park Commissioner $25.00; Nevada Irrigation District, water $479.17. Robert Walters $9.10; R. E. Johnson $12.50; Western Union $1.05; State Compensation Ins. Fund $231.82; C. H. Ninnis $72.00; John. Zunino $2.50; W. P. Fuller Company $19.32; R. E. Harris $2.07; Alpha Stores Ltd. $205.79; Alpha--Stores$275.52; -W. PB. A, $44.50; The Nevada City Nugget $33.50; Glenn H. Cleland $13.90; W. §. Gamewell Company $130.15; Pacific Telephone $3.46; Capital Firs e Williamson $2.70; Builders Supply House $7:57; Crane Co. $165.64; Howard Penrose $15.36; California’ State Automobile Assoc. $1.82; California State Automobile Assoc. $15.12: PB. G, & E. $3.18; Max Solaro $51.50; Plaza Super Servite Station $1.17; Alpha’ Stores $1.80; The CATERPILLAR RUNS OVER CAT:.CAT IS 0. K. CATERPILLAR DITTO Gomer HobKine of Gold Flat, who has a large gray cat of many summers, told friends Wednesday that as the county caterpillar went out Nimrod street .that morning it ran over his cat. The big creature, which weighs about 30 pounds, rolled over and over, ‘shook the snow from his furry coat, went home, laid down be-' fore the fire none the worse for his tough experience with several of his proverbial nine lives still to live. WOMAN WRITES OF HARDSHIPS IN RIVER FLOOD Mrs. Howard’ Bare Burr, Nevada City is in receipt of the following letter from her sister in Cincinnati which is in one of the main flood areas in the mid-west. A letter from Mrs. Burr’s niece, Alta, Tuesday stated her mother got up out of a sick bed and the two had gone to a Red Cross hospital to Gare for those who. were being brought in from the flooded areas. The health conditions she states are NOTES ON SNOW STORM HANDICAP E. J. Haverstock, mail carrier between Nevada City. and Washington came. out from Washington last Wednesday and has not been able to return. He goes out as far as his car will travel delivering mail along‘ the route and sent mail to Washington by a.man on. skiis last Friday. He stated there was eight feet of snow at the Central House. State highway crews ‘in their effort to clear the road had a snow plow break down enroute to the Junction Thursday. But Haverstock expects to be able to déliver mail very shortly. The warm rain which has been falling at Nevada~City since Wednesday night extends as far as the Five Mile House east of Nevada City. There is six feet of old snow on the ground and snow is falling . from there eastward. Superintendent Fred Garrison stated yesterday that the Tahoe-Ukiah highway is open a one-way lane as far as the ski course. One of the big snow plows broke down there during the forenoon and Mr. Garrison stated they would maintain the road this distance but it will not be opened further until larger snow equipment can be spared from the Donner Summit. Superintendent Jaok Rondoni of the Giant King mine, near Washington, was in Nevada City yesterday forenoon wih his men. He stated the Spanish mine tractor and the county tractor had opened the road from the mine to the Junction. It leaves about a four mile strip of highway closed between the ski course and the Junction. Banks of snow fully ten feet high are on each side of the highway thrown there by snow plows and it is impossible to see out of the one way lane. Superintendent Otto H. Schiffner of the Lava Cap mines southeast of Nevada City stated yesterday forenoon he had had his miners out on the ditch two days and ‘hoped to have sufficient water to resume operations last evening. CAMPTONVILLE RAISES QUOTA IN FIVE HOURS Within five hours after the telephone message was received here ad-~ vising that the Red Cross quota for the flood disaster for this community was $15.00, that amount was subscribed: and a check to the chapter at Marysville. The boys of the local CCC stub camp passed. a cup at the dinner table and

subscribed $6.00 of “the amount. This disaster is taking place at the homes of some of these lads who live along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The following persons contributed: A. B. Massa, $2; Lydia C. Groves, $1; Acton M. Cleveland, $2; A Friend, $1; F. W. Meggers $1; A Friend, $1; A. H. Behrens, $1; Boys of Co. 3711 CCC Camp, $6; The list will remain. open for further contributions for those who wish to assist in helping the unfortunate people. ry and Supply Co. $17.17; R. TR: Bigelow $1.00; Sacramento. Pipe Works $66.98; Nevada City Garage $40.11; PG. GB. $226.75; Po G, 16: Nevada County Lumber Co. 28: J. W. Shebley $7.86 Pacifie Telephone Company -$5.75; Ma. Hurst $108.00; Willard Hurst $638.00; Adrian Hurst $59.00; Chas. Hurst $54.00; Nick -Sandow $103.& E. $7.$13.50; Lloyd White $101.00; Ted Sigourney $122.45; C. W. Towle $2.00; Arthur Pratti $20.00; R. K. Bowe $10.00; Bert Moody $36.00; Victor Dave $5.00. terrible. She thought there was nothing more devastating than floods until she beheld the-terrible fire that broke out in the flooded city of Cincinnati. The niece stated:there was 4 great deal of thievery going on throughout the flooded sections. forwarded Nevada City Garage $2.15; . Equipment Co. $5.15; Miners FoundCincinnati, Ohio; January 26, 1937. Dear Margaret: Just a few lines to let you know we’ are safe, though the back of this building is in ten feet of water and the cellar is flooded. We are on a hill anda can still get in and out the front door, so don’t think we will have to move, as the river is at a standstill. Oh! Margaret it is terrible! Buildings are being washed away all around us; across the street the entire block is condemned; one house has gone down, the others cracked and crumbling. God has. been very good to us, and as yet we haven’t suffered. I am stocked up on water, though much of the city hasn’t any. Water is being shipped in by train and motor tanks. We have no gas, but I have a coal heater and nearly a ton of coal, our greatest danger is fire. In the center of the flood gasoline is floating on the water from the tanks below us. The boys are on Red Cross duty. Alta is safe. She is a few blocks higher and if necessary I can go up there, but I~ don’t want to go there’s so much to do here. I’m sticking till I have to go. Ernest’s wife has an eight and a quarter pound boy, born yesterday. I was to go up there but can’t leave now. I will.go up later. I am sending you a paper. The river stands tonight at 80 feet. If we do not get more rain that will be the crest, so ‘don’t worry. From the roof. of my home I can see Newport, Dayton, Bellevue and ._ Port Thomas across the river in the adjacent state. They. are all suburbs of this city and about all you can see is the vast flood which covers them. Well, there isn’t much more I can say, except don’t worry as [ am alright, so bye, bye, and you will hear from us later. Eove. RUBIE. MINERS COME TO TOWN THROUGH ALL HAZARDS Tony Metz, Roy C. Beyers and Mr. Reed, miners at the Spanish mine north of. Washington, decided to come to Nevada City Sunday. They left Washington early in the morning without skiis or snow shoes and spent several hours climbing the steep grade in waist deep snow only to turn back along toward evening. A heavy crust on the snow held them up much of the time. Monday they started again reaching Buck Horn lodge at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, thoroughly worn out and soaking wet from forcing their way through the deep snow up the steep mountainside. Tuesday they made it out past the Junction of the Tahoe-Ukiah and Washington ‘roads. When night came on they made holes in the deep snow to spend the night. They happened to have a magazine with them and built a fire but were soaking wet and suffered greatly nearly freezing from the bitter cold. : : . The next night was. spent at the CCC camp several miles further toward Nevada City, where: snow is eight feet deep. They made. their way to Nevada City W ednesday forenoon thankful to get out alive and hope never to go through such an experience. Bert Austin, son of Mrs. Ella M. Austin, is very ill at his home in San Francisco. Mr. Austin had a rePATIENT COW DESPITE CRUEL EXPOSURE STILL GIVES MILK Charged with cruelty to animals, Leo R. Todd a miner residing on Alta Hill, appeared in the justice court of Judge Walter *Mibley yesterday afternoon and received a severe lecture. Deputy Sheriff Bill Woods, some time ago, on complaint of neighbors, warned Todd he would have to find a shelter for his cow. She was standing out in the weather with mud and snow up to her knees, Todd disregarded the warning and yesterday appeared to answer a complaint signed by Woods. In the meantime the cow had apparently been partly frozen and large sores appeared on her rump. The cow, notwithstanding the cruel neglect -is stili giving milk. Judge Mobley ordered Todd to put the cow under shelter before night, or else— REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT, ROTARY THEME Clyde Gwin was the speaker yesterday at the Rotary luncheon. He gave an excellent description of the plan for governmental reorganization which is now receiving the attention of the President and Congress. Every once in a while, Gwin stated, the administrative functions of the}; United States government becomes so unweildly as in large measure to lose its efficiency. Tragic incidents some times result in an overhauling of the governmental machine. Such an incident was the assassination of President. Garfield which resulted eventually , in the adoption of the Civil Service act in 1883. Under the new plan of reorganization proposed there would be twelve departmental heads, and all the various bureaus and boards would be grouped under these twelve heads. Outside this reorganized administrative and executive group would be three other boards or commissions. These would be the Civil Service Commission, the Auditor General, and the Natural Resources board which would function on a national and non-political plane. The Auditor General would replace the Comptroller of Treasury, and would be divested of some of the powers now held by the latter. All government posts would be under civil service. As matters stand today over 500,000 government plosiitions are under civil service while more than 200,000 are held appointive. The reorganization plan would increase the salaries in the top brackets to $12,000 per year for the posts of the greatest responsibility. The club heard a discussion of the proposed removal of the Daniels building, now being promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Hummelt declared that it was more important to chlorinate the city water supply than to spend the proposed $8,000 for a wider street to the court house. CITY HALL BUILDING DELAYED BY ILLNESS IlIness among PWA workers 01 the city hall, bad weather and delay of shipment in materials are given as reasons for slow progress on the building by C. A. Wilke superintendent. Three of the ten WPA workers who work in shifts of five in alternate weeks are ill. Plastering in the interior is going forward now, the work. being done by regular, not WPA men. . Plastering of the outside of the building, placing of millwork in the interior, laying of the cement floor in the apparatus room of the fire department-and the finishing of the interior plastering remain to be done. tf weather conditions were fair and there were no illness among workmen. the city hall could be finished within~two months. As it is now the finishing~date depend: up: An order has been placfurnace for but shipment on weather. ed for an oil burning heating the building the heating pystem has. ther-fore lapse after an attack of influenza. 4% has not been: made. Installation of}, P.G.&E. PROMISES TO AID MINERS ON BEAR RIVER The sounenieion. of of the Pacific Gas and Electric oe in the drive for the resumption of hydraulic mining in the Bear river section was reported to have been obtained : by a committee of hydraulic miners who conferred with the power com\pany officials in San Francisco @ week ago. The committee composed of Ralph Moss, chairman, A. H. Turner of Colfax and Ed C. Uren of Nevada City, will give its report at the meéting in Colfax’ Saturday of the California Hydraulic Miners Association. Turner stated: ‘‘The Pacific Gas and Electric Company officials gave us all the encouragement in the world,” He said the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has agreed to cooperate with federal engineers on the erection of the proposed Dog Bar debris dam. In a recent judgment handed down in Auburn the power company was given huge damages against miners on the Bear river and operating hydraulic miners were forced to halt operations .because of pollution: of Bear river waters, which is used in Placer county for domestic purposes. As a result of the judgment the power company took over the holdings of the Liberty Hill Mining Company and the You Bet Mining Company. The miners understand the Pacific Gas Company will allow the resumption of hydraulic mining if the operators will construct a by-pass above the source of the hydraulic mines. The water then would come. out in the power company conduits below the mines. Turner said there would still be enough water in the area for hydraulic mining. TRUCKEE RIVER DEER FEED ON SOY BEAN MEAL Senator Jerry Seawell recently called the attention of the state fish and game commission to the deer which have congregated in the vicinity of Truckee,’ apparently lacking food. He requested that méasures be taken for feeding them. He received the following reply: Senator Seawell Roseville, California. Dear Sir: Relative to your telephone call to me of last week, I wish to inform you that I have received a full report from Capt. A. H. Willard on the deer situation along the Truckee river, wherein he says that Mr. Leland Smith, the grazing authority for the Forest Service has been keeping a close watch on the deer, of which he says there are 250 in that vicinity, and that he found 40 head of deer in a deep snow back of Boca, but these deer have moved out in good shape. The deer have been fed soy bean cake and molasses, together with grain and salt. He reports that everything is going along in very good shape, and that the men .will continue to check on the situation during the rest of the winter and will take care of any emerge~ ency that might arise. : Yours very truly, CAPT. J. H. SANDERS. N. L. D. DISTRICTS A. ELECT THREE DIRECTORS William Ullrich of Chicago Park was succeeded by William Jaevkle as director of the Nevada Irrigation District at the election held Wednesday. Votes for the second division of the district were Ullrich 60, Jae‘ckle 210. Thomas. Mulcahy incumbent was re-elected as director of the first division. His opponent: was Joseph Day. Vote Mulcahy 124, Day 105 33 A. Isaack was unopposed and reelected as in the Placer county area. Votes 31. : he Harold Robinson, incumbent was — re-elected to the post of treasurerassessor of the entire district. Votes Robinson 364, Write-ins 7. ~Walter Butz, highway crew fo man in this district, is suffer been held up. from a severe attack of influenza.