January 1, 1937 (8 pages)

. Phinking . Out Loud ia GPppy— BUILDING ISSUE ew Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and The Nevada City Nugget helps your and county to grow in population’ prosperity. By subscribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, therefore, ‘you help yourself. ; > H. M. L. In this issue we have called at ention to progress ” in the “huilding industry in Nevada City, ‘ated Valley and the rest of the county. It is four y 8 ago today that this newspaper assed into the present management *n that time employment in the fines has increased from 1200 gM approximately to over 2700 tay. This. influx of miners has mean‘ greatly added personnel in all tse lines which serve miners and tf Mining industry. Stores have qpibled their service staffs. There /re More professional men ,doctor nd lawyers than four years ago. Pe population of the county has algost doubled. All this new pulation needed housing and thef Wants have been taken Care of. Jumber yards have expanded two fqi. Contractors have been busy as ner before in twenty years. Cargnters have worked steadily at go@ wages. Plumbers, lathers, paper hangers, electricians have found ‘steadier employment than for °a 10g time past. Lumber mills have sphing into aetiyity ana lumbering i jagain ~an industry which can Mim a good secondary rank. Durig® the past year building construmpon has marched with population . peds. Old ad ve t been renovated and modewed. New splendid, paern Beh aut this F erected. start. Thep are homes of Nave been is only a running f hundreds of homes % in this c nty vhich are badly in need of pal modernization. In haany cas@ tM fath rooin still opens P the Kkich. The bath room fixare ‘tthe kind. that . Mr. FY buys for his extensive on ‘of ancient and superceded Cana, , There is much to be . In some instances, home e.planning to tear down the Scture and build anew. Thoring modernization plans are made by others. The New will probably see a consolidaMn gains made during the two Nee years past, that is to say, Slandard of comfort, home livi continue to be advanced. OWnhNevada City has taken its place in the front rank of mountain Cities' ‘One “Sreat new school building to house upwards of 600 elementary students is practically completed, and the school children will move int) it on the opening of the term. The capacity of the high school has been practically doubled and a new auditorium ‘built. This~too will be occupied with opening of school. Two tennis courts, and a terraced .athletic field for football and other sports have been constructed. Nevada City constructed a modern city hall “Will bea source of justified ride to every resident here, fompleted, and—don’t laugh— I ae grows measurably nearer. ne county board of supervisors m. aremodeled and virtually remade . . the court house .and is adding a eavat new annex to the county hos2 ital. Usually public improvements lag behind private building, but in this instance our public officials have ment pace with individual initiative. TMstreet improvement, a steady adva in making Pioneers Park a}. S ceMmmr for community recreation and actiity are among other evidences of @ aroused progressive community Ppirit. Nevada City, in the past year undoubtedly records a greater strid® forward than in the last forty years, This year. our conservative _business~mep believe, we will shift om second Mito high, op" eT EAM-LINED TRAIN day afternoon CongressMrs. Harry L. Englebright son Jackson left for Washm thw stream-lined train City Francisco. The congressional opens on January 5th. HnPhi will be in Washington 4a days before the sessions start tu mw with party leaders. pee Miss Geraldine Brown of Sacra‘o is spending the New Year ‘ays in Nevada ity visiting ‘limlbs were broken from trees, . .to.the Parks Bar Vol. 10, No. 118. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, JANUARY I, 1937. The heaviest snow storm _ since 1933 piled up 18 inches on the level Wednesday and Wednesday night. It has caused inconvenience in driving cars and has, at intervals, disrupted electric and telephone service. The local street crew cleared snow from the streets through Wednesday night until four o'clock Thursday morning. During yasterday afternoon the sun came out for short periods softening the snow. Later the city snow plow. cleared Broad street for traffic and for those wishing to attend the masquerade ball. last evening. Many snow laden A serious threat for a time was the blocking’ of the Snow Mountain and ‘Cascade ditches of the Nevada Irrigation District which carry water to the reservoirs of Nevada City, early Thursday morning. Crews were sent out eaTly and were on the job late last evening. There is plenty. of water in the reservoirs but the ditches will have to be kept open to prevent a water famine similar to that of four years ago Nick Sandow’» job yesterday was shoveling snow frota the city fife hydrants. Steve Matteoda,. mail carrier ‘between Nevada City and Graniteville went as far as Blue Tent yesterday morning and found three feet of snow. He stated he had sent all first class mail via “pony express’ from, that point. Supervisor C. S. Arbogast went out. on the road with snow plow and equipment. The tractor broke down causing some delay. The ridge route to Alleghany was blocked with snow during the first storm and reports Wednesday were the Foote road was closed as.far as Columbia Hill, Alpha Stores of ‘Nevada City sent a truck load of freight to Alleghany Wednesday, Joe Sbaffi, driver, went as far as Columbia till and a tractor took supplies to Alleghany from there. There are over six feet of snow at Alleghany. The Plaza Grocery of this. city called into delivery service Frea . Zanocco, his sleigh and sturdy team . of horses for delivery of groceries . about Nevada City. Electricity went off in City at an early hour Nevada Thursday Heaviest Snow Fall Since Winter of 1933 SS morning throwing the city in darkness. O. McCraney. superintendent of the Ragon mine stated electricity went off at 3 o’clock and miners were unable to work. P, G. & E. crews were sent to the property during the afternoon. Otherwise Mr. Mc8raney’ would have had to pull the pumps and would have been at large expense to unwater the shaft. The electric. line to the Murchie and Hoge mines is on a different system and gave no trouble. Mr. Fred Garrison superintendent of the highway maintenance, states the Yuba Pass is closed above Sierra City. On the Tahoe-Ukiah highway at Steep Hollow there is six feet of snow. Mr. Garrison has eight snow plows at work, day and night, the crews working three shifts. E. J. Haversock, mail carrier between Nevada City and Washington, is having considerable trouble with snow, there being 42 inches at the unction of the Washington road and the Tahoe-Ukiah 13 miles east of Nevada. City. The road was .opened Monday -by Supervisor Arbogast ana new. snow has piled up since then. The Dow nieville stage driver came through yesterday forenoon in his big motor stage and stated there were 48 inches of snow ,on, the ground in that city. Miss Snyder and Miss Gladys Bennyhoff, camod fire girls executives from Oakland and a group of girls arrived in Nevada City yesterday to go to the Oakland Camp on Lake Vera for New Years and ‘snow sports. Their car stalled on the summit at Sugar Loaf and they returned to this city and purchased a toboggan, placed their supplies on it and hiked the three miles to camp. Miss Rhea Rupert is at Piedmont camp with friends for the New Years celebration. f The telephone service between Nevada City and Downieville, Alleghany, Bloomfield, Graniteville and Washington was disrupted and the crews under Superintendent Hoff were endeavoring to find the breaks and repair them. The trunk line to Auburn and Sacramento was out for several hours yesterday. TAHOE-UKIAH HIGHWAY TO ADD ANOTHER LINK Another link in the famed TahoeUkiah highway is being constructed from the Nevada-Yuba. ‘county line bridge. The present road is full of: dangerous turns and grades. A new road is being built between the Parks Bar bridge and the county line’ and will avoid many of the present hazards that present themselves in the nowy used road. The works being done by the Chegis Construttiow Company of San Francisco, Trucks, steam shovels and many man and other equipment are being used on the construction and it is to be completed by spring. The state highway resident engineer in charge is William Remington. With the completion of the re-surfacing of the Grass Valley-Nevada City highway, another link of the famed higiway and this new road, the. Tahoe-Ukiah higway will be one of the most scenic and comfortable roads in the state. The work on the Nevada-Yuba county line to Parks Bar bridge is about seventy five per cent completed. Loss of the sight of his right eye is the possibility faced by William} Hoe, employed on the court house construction, .as the result of an injury. caused by a snowball. The snowball-was thrown by an unknown boy or man. Dr. W. P. Sawyer, to whose office -Hoe was taken, said that the blow had caused a hemorrhage and that sight may be destroyed, although there is a 50-50 chance MODERN THRILLS ENJOYED BY 90 YEAR OLD WOMAN Mrs. Samuel Clutter, ninety years young, revered pioneer of Nevada Citl, again demonstrated her. courage to do remarkable things at her age when she left this city early on Monday morning in~ several inches of snow to cross the bay bridge. She motored to the city with her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Jones and granddaughter, Miss Hazel Jones, returning the same evening. Mrs. Clhtter is full of vim and energy, although crippled at times with rheumatism, gets about remarkably well. Several years ago,she stated that she wished to take an airplane ride and also to ride over the then proposed bay ‘bridge. She had her airplane ride about two years ago and was thrilled, stating it was an even better ride than she Nevada City saw that shé had her airplane ride and accompanied . her on the trip. Aesnap shot kodak picture was taken of Mrs. Clutter, Dr. Carl Jones and Dr. W. W. Reed at the airport just after the ride. Meyers Mobley had the picture enlarged and presented it to her Mother’s day gift. Mrs. Clutter visited the bay bridge several months ago while it was under construction and waited impatiently for e when she could cross g oe ga as a 1s and relatives, of recovery. had anticipated. Meyers Mobley of], abick RESPONSE SAVES BEAUTIFUL HOME Fire, which it is ie ts thowent started from either an overheated chimney or electric wiring, called both fire tricks of the Nevada City Fire Department. to the two story home of Mrs. Martha Hoge at Nevada City’s northern limits yesterday forenoon. The firemen found the blaze running between the first and second floors and the inner outer walls. Several holes were cut into the walls to. enable the men to reach the fire and considefable damage was done by fire and water. Firemen had to wade through deep snow to get to the house. The beautiful. home and park like grounds of th Hoge property are one of the show places of Névada City. Twin Cities Headed For Another big Year Of Building Activity Nevada \City ‘ts prosperous and every day it is looking more prosperous. Paint does it. New roofs help do it. A pleasant flower garden, when spring comes, puts on the finishing touch. But new homes are springing up. Two years ago few people lived on the Red Dog road between Boulder street and the MurLe us Nearly ‘five thousand sacks «. ent will ‘have been used before the work is finished. BIG, MODERN LOBBY The inside is being remodeled. Many partitions have been broken out, the whole inside has been painted and a brand new lobby and stairs have been constructed. The lobby chie mine entrance. Today there are and stairs are made of a new buildRI vada City Grammar This building is the new NeSchool building, which will be ready for occupancy when aativct resumes after the Christmas and New Year’s vacation. The building is NEVADA CITY PROUD OF MODERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING of. white stucco. It replaces a two-story frame building. Courtesy Sacramento Bee. MASKED BALL PROFIT 10 BUY FIRE EQUIPMENT Proceeds of the 30th masquerade ‘ball of the Nevada City Fire Department will go towards fire fighting equipment. Not even snow kept away dancers and merrymakers from’ this gayest civic event of the year. Recently the firemen purchased a new fire truck chassis and fitted it out with funds derived from previous masquerade balls. All who supported the firemen’s ball knew that they were enabling the mien who make up the fine volunteer department to. keep Nevada City’s fire losses down to a minimum. — The ball was given in Armory Hall which was purchased by the firemen for their own and other: public affairs. Doors opened at 7:30 and a good introductory program by lo‘eal talent started the fun. Music for the dancers was furnished by the Abbott orchestra. annual NEVADA COUNTY PIONEER Mrs, Louisa B. Nicholson, Nevada rounty pioneer, is critically ill at her home on the old home place west of the Champion mine on Deer Creek. Mrs. Nicholson has reared a sturdy family of sons and daughters. One son, the: late Harry Nicholson, was sheriff of White Pine county; Nevada for several terms; another son, the late George Nicholson, employed by the stdte division of forestry was burned to death in a fierce fire near’ Quaker ° Hill several years ago; Mrs. Annie Whiting and Mrs, Ida Cole of Grass Valley and Miss Mamie Nicholx.n, who is;at home, are the daughters. An‘other son, Alfred Nicholson, also lives at the ranch home. Monday she resolved that she would live to take a ride over the Golden Gate bridge which is nearing completion She will be 90 years old in tray re last t . April. IS CRITICALLY ILL two score homes along that road. Stately residences have gone up on the old turnpike road to Grass Valley on the top of Town Talk and down its slope. Gold Flat is resuming building activity. Along the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, east of Nevada City, new .cottages have been erected. Out in Indian Flat is a new young Village. Nevada City and Valley and its neighborhoods, as Hills Flat, are growing and growing fast. And there have been no growing pains. The growing, reflecting prosperity, has also added _ to prosperity. New homes and better homes everywhere have become, no longer a luxury, as they were during the depression, but are A necessity. in just the same sense, only on a larger scale, that-the latest household appliances, or new model automobiles, have become. NEW HOMES ON EVERY ROAD Along any road, radiating from Nevada City or Grass Valley, new homes. new service stations or inns, bright in their new paint;-greet~the eye. This, by all signs and omens will be a year of great building activity. The Federal: government is helping now, and probably will continue to help home owners to new homes or modernized: homes during 1937. The ‘modernization and enlargement of the new county courthouse is-nearing completion and is expected to be ready for use about the end of February. Work was started in June, 1935. At that time only the addition of one wing, the left wing, was contemplated. The new part of the structure is composed of concrete reinforced with fabricated steel. The outside of the whole court house will be fin. ished in white plaster with a copper trim. Grass such environs, New additions to the building consist of new fourth story, east and west: wings which extend three quarters of the length of the sides of the building. and .an extension of alt three old stories to twenty feet further to the front than they had previously been. The cost of these improvements amounts to about ninety thousand dollars. The enlargements will make it possible for all county officers to have their headquarters in the new building. Even the jail is to be enlarged and made lighter by the addition of larger windows. ing material —— terrazo. which is crushed marble used in the Same’ manner as concrete is usually used. The terrazo columns in. the will be brightly He Se num, as will be. the larg. hted showcase. " These features, with the fnétaita tion of an Otis automatic. elevator, make’ the Nevada county court house one of the best and most modern in Northern California. The work during the pas‘ four and one half months has progressed rapidly under the direction of R. I. Gunn, who jis superintending the job for Lindgren and Swinerton. Sacramento contractors. NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL Nevada City people who have noticed the progress of the new courthouse have also been interested, in Nevada City’s new modern Spanishtype grammar school. The tiled roof and stuccoed walls of this building make it one of the most attractive of the many new buildings of Nevada county. There are two wings of class rooms. In the wing facing toward the east on (Main street there are ten classrooms, and in the southern wing at Cottage street there are two classrooms and the new auditorium. The new school house is built in the shape of a letter L with Mr. QGarlson’s office just in back of the vestiwhich is at the apex of the L angle. TWELVE CLASS ROOMS When school opens on January 4. eleven of the twelve classrooms will be in use. The classrooms are about 25 by 40. feet. There -is an electric clock in every room. All the clocks are coordinated by a master electric clock in the principal’s office. A fire alarm system is connected with the clocks, Heating is done by a central oil burner, which has outlets in all the rooms. ” A room has been provided for a school clinic, which will be under the direction of Mrs. Heffelfinger. There is also a ‘special room. for the teachers. Floors of the halls are of concrete. The spacious auditorium has a maple: floor and is complete with a large stage and footlights. Classrooms have floors constructed of Oregon pine. There are plenty of modern, Sanitary drinking fountains (Continued on Page Bight) Y eve; SO x. lobby ~ bule opening on the main entrance ©

. Phinking . Out Loud ia GPppy— BUILDING ISSUE ew Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and The Nevada City Nugget helps your and county to grow in population’ prosperity. By subscribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, therefore, ‘you help yourself. ; > H. M. L. In this issue we have called at ention to progress ” in the “huilding industry in Nevada City, ‘ated Valley and the rest of the county. It is four y 8 ago today that this newspaper assed into the present management *n that time employment in the fines has increased from 1200 gM approximately to over 2700 tay. This. influx of miners has mean‘ greatly added personnel in all tse lines which serve miners and tf Mining industry. Stores have qpibled their service staffs. There /re More professional men ,doctor nd lawyers than four years ago. Pe population of the county has algost doubled. All this new pulation needed housing and thef Wants have been taken Care of. Jumber yards have expanded two fqi. Contractors have been busy as ner before in twenty years. Cargnters have worked steadily at go@ wages. Plumbers, lathers, paper hangers, electricians have found ‘steadier employment than for °a 10g time past. Lumber mills have sphing into aetiyity ana lumbering i jagain ~an industry which can Mim a good secondary rank. Durig® the past year building construmpon has marched with population . peds. Old ad ve t been renovated and modewed. New splendid, paern Beh aut this F erected. start. Thep are homes of Nave been is only a running f hundreds of homes % in this c nty vhich are badly in need of pal modernization. In haany cas@ tM fath rooin still opens P the Kkich. The bath room fixare ‘tthe kind. that . Mr. FY buys for his extensive on ‘of ancient and superceded Cana, , There is much to be . In some instances, home e.planning to tear down the Scture and build anew. Thoring modernization plans are made by others. The New will probably see a consolidaMn gains made during the two Nee years past, that is to say, Slandard of comfort, home livi continue to be advanced. OWnhNevada City has taken its place in the front rank of mountain Cities' ‘One “Sreat new school building to house upwards of 600 elementary students is practically completed, and the school children will move int) it on the opening of the term. The capacity of the high school has been practically doubled and a new auditorium ‘built. This~too will be occupied with opening of school. Two tennis courts, and a terraced .athletic field for football and other sports have been constructed. Nevada City constructed a modern city hall “Will bea source of justified ride to every resident here, fompleted, and—don’t laugh— I ae grows measurably nearer. ne county board of supervisors m. aremodeled and virtually remade . . the court house .and is adding a eavat new annex to the county hos2 ital. Usually public improvements lag behind private building, but in this instance our public officials have ment pace with individual initiative. TMstreet improvement, a steady adva in making Pioneers Park a}. S ceMmmr for community recreation and actiity are among other evidences of @ aroused progressive community Ppirit. Nevada City, in the past year undoubtedly records a greater strid® forward than in the last forty years, This year. our conservative _business~mep believe, we will shift om second Mito high, op" eT EAM-LINED TRAIN day afternoon CongressMrs. Harry L. Englebright son Jackson left for Washm thw stream-lined train City Francisco. The congressional opens on January 5th. HnPhi will be in Washington 4a days before the sessions start tu mw with party leaders. pee Miss Geraldine Brown of Sacra‘o is spending the New Year ‘ays in Nevada ity visiting ‘limlbs were broken from trees, . .to.the Parks Bar Vol. 10, No. 118. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, JANUARY I, 1937. The heaviest snow storm _ since 1933 piled up 18 inches on the level Wednesday and Wednesday night. It has caused inconvenience in driving cars and has, at intervals, disrupted electric and telephone service. The local street crew cleared snow from the streets through Wednesday night until four o'clock Thursday morning. During yasterday afternoon the sun came out for short periods softening the snow. Later the city snow plow. cleared Broad street for traffic and for those wishing to attend the masquerade ball. last evening. Many snow laden A serious threat for a time was the blocking’ of the Snow Mountain and ‘Cascade ditches of the Nevada Irrigation District which carry water to the reservoirs of Nevada City, early Thursday morning. Crews were sent out eaTly and were on the job late last evening. There is plenty. of water in the reservoirs but the ditches will have to be kept open to prevent a water famine similar to that of four years ago Nick Sandow’» job yesterday was shoveling snow frota the city fife hydrants. Steve Matteoda,. mail carrier ‘between Nevada City and Graniteville went as far as Blue Tent yesterday morning and found three feet of snow. He stated he had sent all first class mail via “pony express’ from, that point. Supervisor C. S. Arbogast went out. on the road with snow plow and equipment. The tractor broke down causing some delay. The ridge route to Alleghany was blocked with snow during the first storm and reports Wednesday were the Foote road was closed as.far as Columbia Hill, Alpha Stores of ‘Nevada City sent a truck load of freight to Alleghany Wednesday, Joe Sbaffi, driver, went as far as Columbia till and a tractor took supplies to Alleghany from there. There are over six feet of snow at Alleghany. The Plaza Grocery of this. city called into delivery service Frea . Zanocco, his sleigh and sturdy team . of horses for delivery of groceries . about Nevada City. Electricity went off in City at an early hour Nevada Thursday Heaviest Snow Fall Since Winter of 1933 SS morning throwing the city in darkness. O. McCraney. superintendent of the Ragon mine stated electricity went off at 3 o’clock and miners were unable to work. P, G. & E. crews were sent to the property during the afternoon. Otherwise Mr. Mc8raney’ would have had to pull the pumps and would have been at large expense to unwater the shaft. The electric. line to the Murchie and Hoge mines is on a different system and gave no trouble. Mr. Fred Garrison superintendent of the highway maintenance, states the Yuba Pass is closed above Sierra City. On the Tahoe-Ukiah highway at Steep Hollow there is six feet of snow. Mr. Garrison has eight snow plows at work, day and night, the crews working three shifts. E. J. Haversock, mail carrier between Nevada City and Washington, is having considerable trouble with snow, there being 42 inches at the unction of the Washington road and the Tahoe-Ukiah 13 miles east of Nevada. City. The road was .opened Monday -by Supervisor Arbogast ana new. snow has piled up since then. The Dow nieville stage driver came through yesterday forenoon in his big motor stage and stated there were 48 inches of snow ,on, the ground in that city. Miss Snyder and Miss Gladys Bennyhoff, camod fire girls executives from Oakland and a group of girls arrived in Nevada City yesterday to go to the Oakland Camp on Lake Vera for New Years and ‘snow sports. Their car stalled on the summit at Sugar Loaf and they returned to this city and purchased a toboggan, placed their supplies on it and hiked the three miles to camp. Miss Rhea Rupert is at Piedmont camp with friends for the New Years celebration. f The telephone service between Nevada City and Downieville, Alleghany, Bloomfield, Graniteville and Washington was disrupted and the crews under Superintendent Hoff were endeavoring to find the breaks and repair them. The trunk line to Auburn and Sacramento was out for several hours yesterday. TAHOE-UKIAH HIGHWAY TO ADD ANOTHER LINK Another link in the famed TahoeUkiah highway is being constructed from the Nevada-Yuba. ‘county line bridge. The present road is full of: dangerous turns and grades. A new road is being built between the Parks Bar bridge and the county line’ and will avoid many of the present hazards that present themselves in the nowy used road. The works being done by the Chegis Construttiow Company of San Francisco, Trucks, steam shovels and many man and other equipment are being used on the construction and it is to be completed by spring. The state highway resident engineer in charge is William Remington. With the completion of the re-surfacing of the Grass Valley-Nevada City highway, another link of the famed higiway and this new road, the. Tahoe-Ukiah higway will be one of the most scenic and comfortable roads in the state. The work on the

Nevada-Yuba county line to Parks Bar bridge is about seventy five per cent completed. Loss of the sight of his right eye is the possibility faced by William} Hoe, employed on the court house construction, .as the result of an injury. caused by a snowball. The snowball-was thrown by an unknown boy or man. Dr. W. P. Sawyer, to whose office -Hoe was taken, said that the blow had caused a hemorrhage and that sight may be destroyed, although there is a 50-50 chance MODERN THRILLS ENJOYED BY 90 YEAR OLD WOMAN Mrs. Samuel Clutter, ninety years young, revered pioneer of Nevada Citl, again demonstrated her. courage to do remarkable things at her age when she left this city early on Monday morning in~ several inches of snow to cross the bay bridge. She motored to the city with her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Jones and granddaughter, Miss Hazel Jones, returning the same evening. Mrs. Clhtter is full of vim and energy, although crippled at times with rheumatism, gets about remarkably well. Several years ago,she stated that she wished to take an airplane ride and also to ride over the then proposed bay ‘bridge. She had her airplane ride about two years ago and was thrilled, stating it was an even better ride than she Nevada City saw that shé had her airplane ride and accompanied . her on the trip. Aesnap shot kodak picture was taken of Mrs. Clutter, Dr. Carl Jones and Dr. W. W. Reed at the airport just after the ride. Meyers Mobley had the picture enlarged and presented it to her Mother’s day gift. Mrs. Clutter visited the bay bridge several months ago while it was under construction and waited impatiently for e when she could cross g oe ga as a 1s and relatives, of recovery. had anticipated. Meyers Mobley of], abick RESPONSE SAVES BEAUTIFUL HOME Fire, which it is ie ts thowent started from either an overheated chimney or electric wiring, called both fire tricks of the Nevada City Fire Department. to the two story home of Mrs. Martha Hoge at Nevada City’s northern limits yesterday forenoon. The firemen found the blaze running between the first and second floors and the inner outer walls. Several holes were cut into the walls to. enable the men to reach the fire and considefable damage was done by fire and water. Firemen had to wade through deep snow to get to the house. The beautiful. home and park like grounds of th Hoge property are one of the show places of Névada City. Twin Cities Headed For Another big Year Of Building Activity Nevada \City ‘ts prosperous and every day it is looking more prosperous. Paint does it. New roofs help do it. A pleasant flower garden, when spring comes, puts on the finishing touch. But new homes are springing up. Two years ago few people lived on the Red Dog road between Boulder street and the MurLe us Nearly ‘five thousand sacks «. ent will ‘have been used before the work is finished. BIG, MODERN LOBBY The inside is being remodeled. Many partitions have been broken out, the whole inside has been painted and a brand new lobby and stairs have been constructed. The lobby chie mine entrance. Today there are and stairs are made of a new buildRI vada City Grammar This building is the new NeSchool building, which will be ready for occupancy when aativct resumes after the Christmas and New Year’s vacation. The building is NEVADA CITY PROUD OF MODERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING of. white stucco. It replaces a two-story frame building. Courtesy Sacramento Bee. MASKED BALL PROFIT 10 BUY FIRE EQUIPMENT Proceeds of the 30th masquerade ‘ball of the Nevada City Fire Department will go towards fire fighting equipment. Not even snow kept away dancers and merrymakers from’ this gayest civic event of the year. Recently the firemen purchased a new fire truck chassis and fitted it out with funds derived from previous masquerade balls. All who supported the firemen’s ball knew that they were enabling the mien who make up the fine volunteer department to. keep Nevada City’s fire losses down to a minimum. — The ball was given in Armory Hall which was purchased by the firemen for their own and other: public affairs. Doors opened at 7:30 and a good introductory program by lo‘eal talent started the fun. Music for the dancers was furnished by the Abbott orchestra. annual NEVADA COUNTY PIONEER Mrs, Louisa B. Nicholson, Nevada rounty pioneer, is critically ill at her home on the old home place west of the Champion mine on Deer Creek. Mrs. Nicholson has reared a sturdy family of sons and daughters. One son, the: late Harry Nicholson, was sheriff of White Pine county; Nevada for several terms; another son, the late George Nicholson, employed by the stdte division of forestry was burned to death in a fierce fire near’ Quaker ° Hill several years ago; Mrs. Annie Whiting and Mrs, Ida Cole of Grass Valley and Miss Mamie Nicholx.n, who is;at home, are the daughters. An‘other son, Alfred Nicholson, also lives at the ranch home. Monday she resolved that she would live to take a ride over the Golden Gate bridge which is nearing completion She will be 90 years old in tray re last t . April. IS CRITICALLY ILL two score homes along that road. Stately residences have gone up on the old turnpike road to Grass Valley on the top of Town Talk and down its slope. Gold Flat is resuming building activity. Along the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, east of Nevada City, new .cottages have been erected. Out in Indian Flat is a new young Village. Nevada City and Valley and its neighborhoods, as Hills Flat, are growing and growing fast. And there have been no growing pains. The growing, reflecting prosperity, has also added _ to prosperity. New homes and better homes everywhere have become, no longer a luxury, as they were during the depression, but are A necessity. in just the same sense, only on a larger scale, that-the latest household appliances, or new model automobiles, have become. NEW HOMES ON EVERY ROAD Along any road, radiating from Nevada City or Grass Valley, new homes. new service stations or inns, bright in their new paint;-greet~the eye. This, by all signs and omens will be a year of great building activity. The Federal: government is helping now, and probably will continue to help home owners to new homes or modernized: homes during 1937. The ‘modernization and enlargement of the new county courthouse is-nearing completion and is expected to be ready for use about the end of February. Work was started in June, 1935. At that time only the addition of one wing, the left wing, was contemplated. The new part of the structure is composed of concrete reinforced with fabricated steel. The outside of the whole court house will be fin. ished in white plaster with a copper trim. Grass such environs, New additions to the building consist of new fourth story, east and west: wings which extend three quarters of the length of the sides of the building. and .an extension of alt three old stories to twenty feet further to the front than they had previously been. The cost of these improvements amounts to about ninety thousand dollars. The enlargements will make it possible for all county officers to have their headquarters in the new building. Even the jail is to be enlarged and made lighter by the addition of larger windows. ing material —— terrazo. which is crushed marble used in the Same’ manner as concrete is usually used. The terrazo columns in. the will be brightly He Se num, as will be. the larg. hted showcase. " These features, with the fnétaita tion of an Otis automatic. elevator, make’ the Nevada county court house one of the best and most modern in Northern California. The work during the pas‘ four and one half months has progressed rapidly under the direction of R. I. Gunn, who jis superintending the job for Lindgren and Swinerton. Sacramento contractors. NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL Nevada City people who have noticed the progress of the new courthouse have also been interested, in Nevada City’s new modern Spanishtype grammar school. The tiled roof and stuccoed walls of this building make it one of the most attractive of the many new buildings of Nevada county. There are two wings of class rooms. In the wing facing toward the east on (Main street there are ten classrooms, and in the southern wing at Cottage street there are two classrooms and the new auditorium. The new school house is built in the shape of a letter L with Mr. QGarlson’s office just in back of the vestiwhich is at the apex of the L angle. TWELVE CLASS ROOMS When school opens on January 4. eleven of the twelve classrooms will be in use. The classrooms are about 25 by 40. feet. There -is an electric clock in every room. All the clocks are coordinated by a master electric clock in the principal’s office. A fire alarm system is connected with the clocks, Heating is done by a central oil burner, which has outlets in all the rooms. ” A room has been provided for a school clinic, which will be under the direction of Mrs. Heffelfinger. There is also a ‘special room. for the teachers. Floors of the halls are of concrete. The spacious auditorium has a maple: floor and is complete with a large stage and footlights. Classrooms have floors constructed of Oregon pine. 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