January 20, 1947 (4 pages)

I rT A cet se marimar et 3 Valley Nugge 805 Broad Street, Nevada City, Telephone 36 Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at =. Nevada City, California -LEDTH, Jr. Editor Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday “at Nevada City, California, and entered as * matter of the second class in the postoffice at -_S -Owner and«<Publisher. } ee. 4 > * NEVADA CITY-GRASS ‘VALLEY NUGGET ___, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, tog IBROAD STREET Harley M. Leete, Jr. There are two people, at least, in this community who think that What the town _needs.is a city manager. Neither of, them seek to cast any reflection upon the present cizy éouneil, which is one of. the best * . Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (in-aivance) .. $3.00 month . SOE Soe ake . 30 cents couraged, or disgruntled person ck to the good old days,” seldom 't come right out and ‘tell us just desires to revert to and . suppose is own especial picture of long lost felicr to recall some desirable period of again in reality its entrancing months ild be choose? Not the ‘neorlithic ages; return to the sordid days of our cave ot to the good old times of Ghenghis dun, not to the time when the shadow. of » Lincoln's Gethseméne. Just where. as orn vages. could an honest goer backer 3 it. This is the time and place to which peace loving life in the joy of calm to go back to “the good old days?” in times and under circumstances ught of going back a few years is to the time when there were no conveniences for our homes? painless surgery, modern meth-‘ules concerning diet and health! . we do ut want to. go back, we sea of years.’ and that is gly perfect. However, obof our mental telescopes, we picture, many a disadvantage or woman now wishes to cope. backward, as for you and me. orward to conquer the act the path of progress, 1 human understanding tor ine y write the word} of ourteday, = and. banners flyin g.—AdeNii each shuddering land, not’ to our own. and air planes? Go back. . uld be our great pleasure to look’! are inevitably going. Forward. . [ter would certainly be capable ;turnimg out a mighty fine newspap-: ‘with a good deal less touble than it, #. @kes the present editor. And what's . more, he'd be a man of parts. “While you're we've ever had. The name of one of these two appears above. And the other is a man who knows at least as much about the town as any citijzen in it—I mean Harry Ferdinand Sofge. our secretary of commerce for 9 years. One of the least used but most picturesque etreets in Nevada City is Washington Road. This narrow’ lane winds between giant poplars and an occasional tiny house,\, progressing iby very easy stages f Coyote Street’ just below the-. tarium, behind the Hummelt and -Goyne properties to come out on the highway at city limite. One of Nevada Kity’s old home industries, the Nevada City Bottling Works is on Washington Road. . It’s one of those quaint, out-of-theway of town, that you’re liable to never know exists, unless by luck you stumble upon it. It’s the sort of thing that the artist, Clifford Warner used to draw and paint go well. ‘Warner really caught the spirit of ‘Nevada City. i Our bright modern court house and city hall left Warner cold. What ne liked to do was find a tumble-down #hack sleeping under. a towering poplar.A versatile artist, Warner would paint the house im a very advanced state of: decay, and the great} poplar would seem taller than it actually was. His. sensitive, soft-toned work, wasn’t popular here, but wold very well at Gump’s in San Francisco. Some’ day I am going to make a ANYTHING IN HIS COLUMN TO FILL IT UP; let’s talk about something interesting. Like about how the town looks when the sun is just rolling up from behind Banner Mountain in the morning, gilding the tops of the hillg-and the spires of churhes with pink and gald. Or how it looks in the afternoon when the red-yellow sun sinking in the direction of the Marysville Buttes, paints Los Hill and the houses and trees on West Broad Street a-bright mellow orange. ? "i AUFRDON ELLIS TELLS Continued From Page One log Cabin enar Camptonville was completed under contract to the Parke Construction Com ¥~ from forest highway funds. An adjacent section of 2:5 miles between Wilson’s and Camptonville, started in 1946 and now under construction by Teichert and Son will shortly be completed, Both of these eontracts with others planned for this year will do much toward opening up the timber ern Yuba County and: western Sierra County. Contracts: were awarded in 1946 totaling in excess of $1,000,000 for new timber utilization road into the Auburn working circle. Construction has ‘begun on fourteen miles or road and a 500 foot steel truss bridge across the North Fork of th: Middte Fork of the American River. This road, when completed will open up¢ an area of approximately one billion planned for a sustained cutting opston at or near Forest Hill with remanufacturing plant burn. area. Ellis concluded his report with the Statement that while each division owed increased production and accomplishment during 1946 plans already on hand for post war projects, which have now been doferred for years are dependent upon increased allotments in 1947. “For instance,” he.said, “most of our lookout towers, dwellings, telephone lines, roads, are in°a poor condition of répair: no in the ‘Audrawing of what a human being who is going to run a small country news paper and printing business, should Took like. This portrait is going. to show a character w equipment: ; : : . four arms-—one to hold the telephone receiver, one to take own ‘notes, ; “one to correct proofs( this always has to be done at the same time ews stories are taken down). and one to shake hands with people who come into the, office io ‘shake hands. ee two brains—one to write news stories and advertisements with and } one to plan ahead an manage the work of the shop at the same time news and ads are being written, ; Me 6 four éyes—to be worked in fourhour shifts so that neither pair ever gets tired. — two senses of ‘humor—one to be amused by things that can be printed in the paper and one for items that will never ‘see print. This somewhat grotesque charac-. cf! filing that’ -under. ith the following . . SPECIAL [ed cough sucker for ‘children 25c _ ‘NEW NOTE PAPERS WITH FLOWERED BORDERS— Noxzema Cream 35c¢ size now 23e Colonial ‘Dames All Purpose Cream, $2.00 size — Now $1.00 Tussy Wind and Weather Lotion, $1.00 size Now 50¢ Colgates Bubble Bath Kiddie-Kof Suckers, new medicatStayner Cold Formula: Tablets— a new formula 49c the . and recreational resources of eastSe board jfeet of virgin timber which te . ~~ recent plantings have been accomplished; we urgently need blister rust camps to Combat this dread timber menace in virgin sugar pine timber stands; poricupine comtrol is required in the second growth stands of the east portion of the Tahos; much of our fire equipment is badly ‘worn and campgrounds are highly inadequate in size and number. All. Strosnider—In Grass Vajjey ; these things require funds if we can. Vada County, January 14, 1947, fulfill olur obligations to the ever-in-. Mr. and Mts. Leon Stronider ot . creasing number of people using the; Jewhany, Sierra County, a Caught Tahoe national forest facilities. BIRTH ‘ MeCoy—In. Grass Valley, No County, January 9, 1947, to Mr, Mrs. John’ McCoy; a son. es Hanson—iIn Grass Valley, Ne County, January 14, 1947, to yp Mrs. Robert .Hanson of Seattle M daughter. : Paulson—tIn Grass Valley, ru County, January 15, 1947, to Wa ‘and Mrs. Leonard Paulso of Coda: : Ridge, a son. Tokas—In Grass. Valley, Nevada; Painter—In* Grass Valley, N, County, January 13, 1947, to Mr. County, January 14, 47, to My an eases” eee Tokas, a’ son. and Mrs. Lawrence Pa : ( BIRTH ter, a 801, Re tries ae It takes Service Demands We put up more sa ane electric ng 1946 than in any previous year. We are ditching-in more pipe 4or new gas Customers ‘than we have ever done before. But we are not yet caught up with increased demands for gas aad electric service to all customers. © Shoriage of Seutpmiait It requires 24 to 36 months to get dcelMery of essential transicrmers for substations and power lines. We are getting only a part of the gas pipe we need. Shortage of Transporiatien eee and trucks of every type needed to get men and maferials on thejob are gs difucult to get as passenger cars. Shortage of Labor ‘The conipany is operating scho. Is to train repairmen and line construction perscanel. We need imany moxé linenion. It takes a Jot of Ingenuicy Engiueering to maintain a dependable degree of service to our many gas and electric custoiners. At Eureka, for instance, we have converted, half-a-wrecked ship into a steam. electric generating plant. We rebuild, salvage and scour the market for needed material new or used. During this new year-of 1947 we hope a lot of needed items will become morc plentiful for all of us, LINEMEN WANTED! We Train You Soe P. G. and E. Now! P.G.-awk. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY aXw-t 4? i of woh GUY LEETE WiLL PUT] < a5 225 Served Ench Bay From 11:00.A.M. 2:00 P. M. ~ — ——— MILITARY SERVICE Honorably discharged veterans of the U. S. are en. titled to full military honors at their funerals. We have on file complete information on this matter and will be . pleased to advise anyone on the necessary steps to be . taken for such a service. Write or telephone for an appointment. TO ae ae Hooper & Weaver MORTICIANS—AMBULANCE SPRVICE 246 Church Street GRASS VALLEY ~ Telephone 864 Motor Rebuilding IS OUR SPECIALTY—Completely equipped 108 CLARK STREET : ‘BLUE-RIBBON WINNERS . “'U-! CHOICE LIQUORS represent the very finest in selection, # 43:7 aad moderate price. Shop. wee corm = gabe pat the GOLD PAN—its right om GOL STORE. OPEN DAILY — 10 A. M.'TO0 8 P.M. _ , obtain Application hi . City of Nevada construct . and’ 1 ment plant to b . ealled Ronninge r Creek at the n Street, and to effluent to’ Deer The treatment F a grit chamber, primary settlins tion, a standard and final settlin beds are include Preliminary ) may ‘be seen at . Clerk, Nevaa C' : of the Bureau o ing, 15 Shattuc 4, California. Interested pa desired either of these with the State I Health, 668 Pi Francisco 2, Ca weeks from date of this notice, a on public health Objections basec . tary or public . not be consider WILTON . , . Director 48, 20, 28.2%, 8 eottetetete tele de NEVA On THR! TOT IN SPC RECK NEV! * CHAMBER : Insurance, Public Sten Phone An STINSON 102 W. Grass Valley and let us i Bro Fi 111 East Ma Don’t . We'll pick turn it Grass .

I rT A cet se marimar et 3 Valley Nugge 805 Broad Street, Nevada City, Telephone 36 Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at =.. Nevada City, California -LEDTH, Jr. Editor Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday “at Nevada City, California, and entered as * matter of the second class in the postoffice at -_S -Owner and«<Publisher. } ee. 4 > * NEVADA CITY-GRASS ‘VALLEY NUGGET ___, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, tog IBROAD STREET Harley M. Leete, Jr. There are two people, at least, in this community who think that What the town _needs.is a city manager. Neither of, them seek to cast any reflection upon the present cizy éouneil, which is one of. the best * . Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (in-aivance) ... $3.00 month . SOE Soe ake . 30 cents couraged, or disgruntled person ck to the good old days,” seldom 't come right out and ‘tell us just desires to revert to and . suppose is own especial picture of long lost felicr to recall some desirable period of again in reality its entrancing months ild be choose? Not the ‘neorlithic ages; return to the sordid days of our cave ot to the good old times of Ghenghis dun, not to the time when the shadow. of » Lincoln's Gethseméne. Just where. as orn vages. could an honest goer backer 3 it. This is the time and place to which peace loving life in the joy of calm to go back to “the good old days?” in times and under circumstances ught of going back a few years is to the time when there were no conveniences for our homes? painless surgery, modern meth-‘ules concerning diet and health! . we do ut want to. go back, we sea of years.’ and that is gly perfect. However, obof our mental telescopes, we picture, many a disadvantage or woman now wishes to cope. backward, as for you and me. orward to conquer the act the path of progress, 1 human understanding tor ine y write the word} of ourteday, = and. banners flyin g.—AdeNii each shuddering land, not’ to our own. and air planes? Go back. . uld be our great pleasure to look’! are inevitably going. Forward. . [ter would certainly be capable ;turnimg out a mighty fine newspap-: ‘with a good deal less touble than it, #. @kes the present editor. And what's . more, he'd be a man of parts. “While you're we've ever had. The name of one of these two appears above. And the other is a man who knows at least as much about the town as any citijzen in it—I mean Harry Ferdinand Sofge. our secretary of commerce for 9 years. One of the least used but most picturesque etreets in Nevada City is Washington Road. This narrow’ lane winds between giant poplars and an occasional tiny house,\, progressing iby very easy stages f Coyote Street’ just below the-. tarium, behind the Hummelt and -Goyne properties to come out on the highway at city limite. One of Nevada Kity’s old home industries, the Nevada City Bottling Works is on Washington Road. . It’s one of those quaint, out-of-theway of town, that you’re liable to never know exists, unless by luck you stumble upon it. It’s the sort of thing that the artist, Clifford Warner used to draw and paint go well. ‘Warner really caught the spirit of ‘Nevada City. i Our bright modern court house and city hall left Warner cold. What ne liked to do was find a tumble-down #hack sleeping under. a towering poplar.A versatile artist, Warner would paint the house im a very advanced state of: decay, and the great} poplar would seem taller than it actually was. His. sensitive, soft-toned work, wasn’t popular here, but wold very well at Gump’s in San Francisco. Some’ day I am going to make a ANYTHING IN HIS COLUMN TO FILL IT UP; let’s talk about something interesting. Like about how the town looks when the sun is just rolling up from behind Banner Mountain in the morning, gilding the tops of the hillg-and the spires of churhes with pink and gald. Or how it looks in the afternoon when the red-yellow sun sinking in the direction of the Marysville Buttes, paints Los Hill and the houses and trees on West Broad Street a-bright mellow orange. ? "i AUFRDON ELLIS TELLS Continued From Page One log Cabin enar Camptonville was completed under contract to the Parke Construction Com ¥~ from forest highway funds. An adjacent section of 2:5 miles between Wilson’s and Camptonville, started in 1946 and now under construction by Teichert and Son will shortly be completed, Both of these eontracts with others planned for this year will do much toward opening up the timber ern Yuba County and: western Sierra County. Contracts: were awarded in 1946 totaling in excess of $1,000,000 for new timber utilization road into the Auburn working circle. Construction has ‘begun on fourteen miles or road and a 500 foot steel truss bridge across the North Fork of th: Middte Fork of the American River. This road, when completed will open up¢ an area of approximately one billion planned for a sustained cutting opston at or near Forest Hill with remanufacturing plant burn. area. Ellis concluded his report with the Statement that while each division owed increased production and accomplishment during 1946 plans already on hand for post war projects, which have now been doferred for years are dependent upon increased allotments in 1947. “For instance,” he.said, “most of our lookout towers, dwellings, telephone lines, roads, are in°a poor condition of répair: no in the ‘Audrawing of what a human being who is going to run a small country news paper and printing business, should Took like. This portrait is going. to show a character w equipment: ; : : . four arms-—one to hold the telephone receiver, one to take own ‘notes, ; “one to correct proofs( this always has to be done at the same time ews stories are taken down). and one to shake hands with people who come into the, office io ‘shake hands. ee two brains—one to write news stories and advertisements with and } one to plan ahead an manage the work of the shop at the same time news and ads are being written, ; Me 6 four éyes—to be worked in fourhour shifts so that neither pair ever gets tired. — two senses of ‘humor—one to be amused by things that can be

printed in the paper and one for items that will never ‘see print. This somewhat grotesque charac-. cf! filing that’ -under. ith the following . . SPECIAL [ed cough sucker for ‘children 25c _ ‘NEW NOTE PAPERS WITH FLOWERED BORDERS— Noxzema Cream 35c¢ size now 23e Colonial ‘Dames All Purpose Cream, $2.00 size — Now $1.00 Tussy Wind and Weather Lotion, $1.00 size Now 50¢ Colgates Bubble Bath Kiddie-Kof Suckers, new medicatStayner Cold Formula: Tablets— a new formula 49c the . and recreational resources of eastSe board jfeet of virgin timber which te . ~~ recent plantings have been accomplished; we urgently need blister rust camps to Combat this dread timber menace in virgin sugar pine timber stands; poricupine comtrol is required in the second growth stands of the east portion of the Tahos; much of our fire equipment is badly ‘worn and campgrounds are highly inadequate in size and number. All. Strosnider—In Grass Vajjey ; these things require funds if we can. Vada County, January 14, 1947, fulfill olur obligations to the ever-in-. Mr. and Mts. Leon Stronider ot . creasing number of people using the; Jewhany, Sierra County, a Caught Tahoe national forest facilities. BIRTH ‘ MeCoy—In. Grass Valley, No County, January 9, 1947, to Mr, Mrs. John’ McCoy; a son. es Hanson—iIn Grass Valley, Ne County, January 14, 1947, to yp Mrs. Robert .Hanson of Seattle M daughter. : Paulson—tIn Grass Valley, ru County, January 15, 1947, to Wa ‘and Mrs. Leonard Paulso of Coda: : Ridge, a son. Tokas—In Grass. Valley, Nevada; Painter—In* Grass Valley, N, County, January 13, 1947, to Mr. County, January 14, 47, to My an eases” eee Tokas, a’ son. and Mrs. Lawrence Pa : ( BIRTH ter, a 801, Re tries ae It takes Service Demands We put up more sa ane electric ng 1946 than in any previous year. We are ditching-in more pipe 4or new gas Customers ‘than we have ever done before. But we are not yet caught up with increased demands for gas aad electric service to all customers. © Shoriage of Seutpmiait It requires 24 to 36 months to get dcelMery of essential transicrmers for substations and power lines. We are getting only a part of the gas pipe we need. Shortage of Transporiatien eee and trucks of every type needed to get men and maferials on thejob are gs difucult to get as passenger cars. Shortage of Labor ‘The conipany is operating scho. Is to train repairmen and line construction perscanel. We need imany moxé linenion. It takes a Jot of Ingenuicy Engiueering to maintain a dependable degree of service to our many gas and electric custoiners. At Eureka, for instance, we have converted, half-a-wrecked ship into a steam. electric generating plant. We rebuild, salvage and scour the market for needed material new or used. During this new year-of 1947 we hope a lot of needed items will become morc plentiful for all of us, LINEMEN WANTED! We Train You Soe P. G. and E. Now! P.G.-awk. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY aXw-t 4? i of woh GUY LEETE WiLL PUT] < a5 225 Served Ench Bay From 11:00.A.M. 2:00 P. M. ~ — ——— MILITARY SERVICE Honorably discharged veterans of the U. S. are en. titled to full military honors at their funerals. We have on file complete information on this matter and will be . pleased to advise anyone on the necessary steps to be . taken for such a service. Write or telephone for an appointment. TO ae ae Hooper & Weaver MORTICIANS—AMBULANCE SPRVICE 246 Church Street GRASS VALLEY ~ Telephone 864 Motor Rebuilding IS OUR SPECIALTY—Completely equipped 108 CLARK STREET : ‘BLUE-RIBBON WINNERS . “'U-! CHOICE LIQUORS represent the very finest in selection, # 43:7 aad moderate price. Shop. wee corm = gabe pat the GOLD PAN—its right om GOL STORE. OPEN DAILY — 10 A. M.'TO0 8 P.M. _ , obtain Application hi . City of Nevada construct . and’ 1 ment plant to b . ealled Ronninge r Creek at the n Street, and to effluent to’ Deer The treatment F a grit chamber, primary settlins tion, a standard and final settlin beds are include Preliminary ) may ‘be seen at . Clerk, Nevaa C' : of the Bureau o ing, 15 Shattuc 4, California. Interested pa desired either of these with the State I Health, 668 Pi Francisco 2, Ca weeks from date of this notice, a on public health Objections basec . tary or public . not be consider WILTON . , . Director 48, 20, 28.2%, 8 eottetetete tele de NEVA On THR! TOT IN SPC RECK NEV! * CHAMBER : Insurance, Public Sten Phone An STINSON 102 W. Grass Valley and let us i Bro Fi 111 East Ma Don’t . We'll pick turn it Grass .