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NFVADA CITY NUGGET THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941
PAGE TWO
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Nevada City Nugget
305 Broad Street. Phone 36.
A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published
at Nevada City.
H. M. LEETE os Editor and Publisher
Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday
a: Nevada City, California, and entered as mail
matter of the second class in the postoffice at
Nicvada City under Act of Congress, March 3,
1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One year (In Advance)
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. A Western Justice
Californiaand the west have no representation on the
-U. S: supreme court despite pleas each time there is a vacancy
that recognition be given to this section of the country.
The nine members of the court, including Associate Justice James Clark Reynolds, all are from states east of the
Rockies and with one exception from east of the Mississippi.
Nearest approach to a westerner on the court is Justice
William Orville Douglas, who was born in Minnesota and
studied law in. Walla Walla, Washington.
Chief Justice Hughes, who is reported ready to resign
soon, is from New York, as is Justice Harlan F. Stone. Justice
Owen J. Roberts is a Pennsylvanian. Justice Hugo Lafayette
Black is an Alabaman. Justice Stanley Forman Reed is a Kentuckian, Justice Felix Frankfurter is from Massachusetts
though born in Austria. Justice Frank Murphy is from Michian.
: More than half of the geographical area of the United
States Kas no justice of its own on the court. No one on the
court has first-hand knowledge of the many problems confronting the people in this vast expanse of territory. This lack
of familiarity might have a strong influence on decisions in
litigation arising in the many states that are not represented.
The view point of a westerner would be most helpful in interpreting the laws adopted by congress, or in deciding appeals
from the grain, cattle, gold-bearing and mountainous areas.
The first appeal to President Roosevelt from official
Washington was to name Senator James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina to the supreme court. Byrne§ has been one of the administration’s stalwarts in congress and has the backing of
his Democratic colleagues. If chosen, he would be confirmed
more or less unanimously as a matter of senatorial courtesy.
If Byrnes should be appointed, the west again would be
ignored, though in this area are many legal lights fully as
qualified to sit on the highest court and who are of the same
party as the president.
Politics will control the appointment, as it usually does
when one of the nation’s most important vacancies is to be
filled. Many from all over the country will aspire for the job,
including higher court judges in California and other states
west of the Mississippi. But politics shouldn't influence the
selecton of a supreme court justice. The best qualified man,
with due allowance for geographical location, ought to be
. selected. The place to find such a qualified appointee is one
of the federal benches, or the federal court of appeals. Friendship and political expediency have been followed
by President Roosevelt in making his previous five supreme
court appointments. In the sixth he can very well seek the
man, preferably one from the sunset side of the nation.
An Encouraging Note
Striking an encouraging note in the world unrest today
has been the extended work of the Boy Scouts of America,
the world’s largest youth organization. The men and boys
registered in this federally-chartered group have pledged
themselves to follow a program of strengthening and invigorating democracy in the United States. A nine-point program
stressing self-reliance and ability to react in times of emergency has been-undertaken by more than a million and-a half
members of the Boy Scout movement.
These twelve to sixteen year old boys, under the leadership of volunteer adult workers, are “learning by doing.”
Faced with practical situations demanding instantaneous and
intelligent reactions these boys are receiving valuable training for emergency crises. In this preparation to act the Boy
Scouts have pledged themselves to be ‘‘united with all lovers
of freedom, whatever their tongue or origin. To keep our nation strong in valor and confident in freedom, so that the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not
perish from the earth.”’
To this end the 47,000 Scout units throughout the country have made a roll call of their entire membership to isolate
weak spots in local organizations. Troops have taken stock of
themselves in order that they might organize emergency service corps in local communities, prepared to act when danger
of any kind threatens.
These efforts hearten sincere and worried. Americans
who view the future with fear for this country’s. inherent
rights and values. They are in keeping with the long service
record of the Boy Scouts of America.
Floods, storms, and fires have seen these khaki-clad
youths in immediate action. New England and Florida still
recovering from the hurricanes and floods of 1938 remember
the Boy Scout work with appreciation. Older folks can remember them at work in war times. During the World War.
over 400,000,000 dollars worth of Liberty Loan subscriptions were sold by Boy Scouts. Forty-three million dollars
worth of War Savings Stamps were distributed by these
“107. mm street’ Nevada County Photo Center
‘PHONE 67 . Portraits, Commercial Photography,
PN. 5 8 Hour Kodak Finishing, Old Coptes,
orocnaprer:.__.-Enlarging and: Framing,
De ote “Kodaks and Photo Supplies,
Grass Valley _. Movie Cameras and Films
THE VOICE OF HISTORY
. . . i EN . ee GOVERNMENT
: gun q . OF THE PEOPLE,
ne FOR THE PEOPLE,
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PY ats Naw pte . . , AND BY THE PEOPLE}
. SHALL NOT PERISH
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EARTH.
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. wonder why when some men climb
To dizzy heights that scrape the sky,
They feel a primitive desire
To hop right off and fly.
And there are also those who climb
And reach the top of fame’s high hill,
Who soon come.tumbling down again,
Like Jack and Jill.
I wonder at this strange impulse to jump off which is
felt by some people when standing upon a height and looking
down into the depths below them. Does it indicate that some
of our pre-historic ancestors were winged creatures, and that
inherited instincts impel us under given circumstances?
There are also those to whom success, fame and fortune,
especially when suddenly attained, prove to be dizzy heights,
upon which they become light headed, smug, egotistical and
erratic. We have seen this happen to American celeberities—.
a sorry sight, indeed.
I wonder if we, the American public, are to blame for
many painful cases of inflated ego. We are incurable hero
worshippers and we hail heroes and near heroes, with equal
enthusiasm.. and when some one performs a stunt, we literally go mad with excitement, tear up telephone books, stage
riots.
To most of us, the stunt is ‘the thing. We seldom ask.
‘what good does it do?” If it is collosal, thrilling and highly
entertaining, we raise a shout and go out of bounds. Some
years‘ago, we were swept off balance by those who swam
chartnels or other wide bodies of water. This stunt involved
no special risk to the stunter—a stout boatkept pace with his
every stroke and in it were friends ready to. serve refreshments when needed; if he were overcome by fatigue or set
. upon by cramps, they hauled him aboard and returned him
isnominiously to disappointed thrill seekers upon the shore.
If he succeeded in beaching himself sans aid, the entire civilized world went completely daft. . wonder why.
Aviation had produced many a thrill prior to the first
world war. When the holocaust was over, our young aviators
came home, many of them wearing decorations which testified to their skill and courage under the most terrifying circumstances. They had made reconnoisance flights over enemy terrain, they had engaged in dog fights with dangerous
and determined antagonists. These men were not stunters—
they were real heroes—and as such, we welcomed ‘and acclaimed them. They had won our gratitude — our pride in
them was fully justified. Yet, how many of them can you call
by name today.
Years passed, during which the science of aviation progressed by leaps and flights. . Then came the famous solo
flight across the Atlantic. A stunt? Of course. The individual
whom we overwhelmed and spoiled by excessive adulation,
was not a super-man; he had no more intelligence, skill and
nerve, than many other young aviators of that time. The
craft he piloted cannot be given too much credit for his success, for later another man flew a pile of junk over the same
route, with a degree of nonchalance which turned the whole
affair into a gorgeous joke.
The one element which made sure to the success of both
adventures, was luck, and luck is the stuff from which successful stunts are made.
Uncle Silas says: “The trouble with us is, we feed our
stunters with such great portions of the bread of greatness,
that they just can’t take it.”’
—A. MERRIAM CONNER.
youngsters. Scouts under direction of national leaders located
over 2,500 carloads of standing walnut trees for defense authorities. Herbert Hoover, food administrator for the United
States, complimented Scouts upon their efficient cultivation
of war gardens and farms. These teen-age boys, directly aiding the government, delivered’ over thirty million pieces of
literature.
American democracy is in the spotlight today. While the
‘youth of the United States is being trained in a non-military
fashion, not only to meet the exigencies of a war-time emergency; but:also to’‘meet the complexities of a peace-time existSIERRA COUNTY
WILL OPERATE
WITH YOUR
ASSEMBLYMAN THURMAN
. AT THE STATE CAPITOL
We would like to discuss in detail
some of the proposed measures which ;
TS:
may be of interest to the people of a County, recognizing the
the Sixth Assembly District but that gnow sports advantages of the Bald
will be impossible until we receive Mountain area in the Forest-Alleghthe printed bills, When we left Sac-. any district, will operate a caterpilrp
ramento following the recess, but
350 of the 2564-bills introduced in.
the assembly had been printed. Like.
wise but a small number of the pills .
introduced in the senate had been
printed.
In every session, there are numerous “freak” bills introduced. Last
\ session there was the “sugar bowl”
bill and this session there is the bill
. to prohibit roosters from being kept
within 200 feet of any dwelling in
any city.
Of course the ‘“‘freak’’ bills are in
the minority. The many measures introduced are not necessarily new
laws proposed but a large number
of bills introduced are amendments
to existing laws. There are many
pills which have been introduced to
amend the fish and game code, the
labor code and other state codes.
Of interest to gold mining, but
four mining bills have been introduced, one in the lower house and three
in the senate. The assembly Dill
would requiré gold dredge operators
to fill up their dredging holes upon
the completion of their operations.
Senate Bill 139, by Senator Fletcher, would require county recorders when requested, to furnish certified abstracts of title, showing instruments of record, required in proceedings to obtain patents to mineral lands of the United States.
Senate Bill 845, by Senator Dillinger, relates to mining claims, tunnel locations and mill sites and the
recording of notice of location etc.
Senator Jesse Mayo has introduced a bill which will again permit the
Division of Mines to handle the sale
of their publications, At the present
time, such publications are handled
by the Bureau of Documents.
Your assemblyman was co-author
with Assemblyman Rodney. Turner
of Kern County, on an _ assembly
joint resolution memorializing Congress and th peresident of the United States to exempt all income from
gold mining from all excess profit
taxes, as was done under the Excess Profits Tax Law of 1917, The resolution passed both in the assembly and
in the senate.
Of interest to the sportsmen of
the district, a total of 174 bills pertaining to fish and game have been
introduced, 61 in the senate and 113
in the assembly. We will discuss some
of these bills in a later article.
EAMPTONVILLE NOTES
CAMPTONVIILLE, Feb. 6.—Warren and Leland Pauly returned to
Marysville Sunday, evening after
spending the week end here at their
home,
Miss Roby Godfrey who suffered
a. heart attack is confined at the
Nevada City Sanitarium and is improving. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Meggers
returned Tuesday from a montlis
absence spent in visiting ‘relatives
in Nebraska and Wisconsin and touring: the southern states.
Mrs. Margaret Colton left a few
days ago for her home at Sacramento after spending a visit with her
sister Mrs. Rachael Labadie at. the
Hotel Francis,
Hotel Francis for the past two years
left a few days ago for the lower
country.
lar and sled each Sunday to transport skiers into the area,
The cost of the eaterpillar and
gled operation will come, from Sierra
County’s budgeted advertising fund.
Last Sunday was the first time the
sled was in operation and approximately 150 were transported to Bald
Mountain to participate in the snow
sports.
~ Supervisor Guerdon Bilis of the
Tahoe National Forest, one of those
attending, said the Bald Mountain
area is one of the most excellent
skiing grounds in the state.
Skiing in that section is especially good for those who desire to do
their skiing over @ large area and
to see new country.
LOST—Female pointer. Answers to
name of Queen. If found call Vic
Gates. Reward.
WANTED — 5 Gravel Mines Dredge
work. The more yardage the better. Give me complete description
and terms. Address, Box 313,
Sonora, Calif. 2-32tp
Home Cooked Lunches served all day
at the Rainbow Inn, 127% Broad
street. Soup, Salad, Entree, Bread.
and Butter, Coffee or Pot of Tea.
26 cents. Try our Hamburgers and
Chili Beans.
FOR SALE—Cosy home, four rooms,
bath, large yard. Close in. $1,100
terms. Phone 393-J. 12-1210tp
LOLA MONTEZ HOUSE
248 Mill St., Grass Valley
BOOKS for sale and for rent. Magazine subscriptions. Choice Christmas and Birthday cards. Swedish
weaving. Antiques, China, old
prints. furniture. 12-21moc
MXPERT RADIO REPAIRING —
Loud Speaker Systems for Rent 'r
Sale. Authorized Philco Auto Radio
Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL
—Specialists in Radio Ills, 11%
.
Mr. Kenyon who has been at the
South Church Street, Grass Valley.
Phone 984, 2-19tf
WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals,
round, 25c, fancy, 50c. All work
guaranteed. J. M, Bertsche, Watch
ahd Clock repairing. With Ray’s
Fixit Shop, New location, 109 West
Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-1tf
MERCHANDISE EXCHANGE
Take a look at some of the bargains in\ used merchandise.
Everything priced right. Buy,
se!l and trade.
210 Main St., Phone 410.
GENE MELTON.
eich a!
_future.
ence, worried Americans may well relax. their fears for the
ee
Boulder Street
Murphy’s Fine Finishes
for all types of painting.
LARGE SELECTIONS OF COLORS.
Nevada County Lumber Company —
“The Pioneer Lumber Yard”
Phone 500
Nevada City
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