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st
Se
Thinking .
Out Loud .
evada City Nu
es nae COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA
ooet
' in the right to publish the Trui h;
. Witt good motives and for just. ifiable ends. —Alexander Hamil. ton
From the Californian,
March 15, 1848:
The Liber*y of the Te consists
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2
Vol. 12, No. 10. The County S
‘HH. M. L.
The word “scab’’ commonly used
against men who insist on working
while some of their fellow workers
are on strike, has taken on an
odious meaning. A scab originally,
was the dry covering over a wound
or a soré formed as a_ protection
against infection in the healing processes of nature. Thus far has ‘“‘scab’’
been distorted from its original and
hygienic meaning:
“e
As applied. to men who have returned to their work at ithe Murchie mine, “scab” is a word that
Should be attached to every manjack
of us who heartily approves of the
courageous course these men are
taking, This epithet is being applied
in a ‘case where there was no strike
in any legal sense. It is reported that
a few men sitting up all night with
eatPaper = NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
The Gold Center "MONDAY, JANUARY 31. 1938.
FRANK RETURNS
had been misappropriated, “Stipervis.
or Joe Frank on Saturday returned .
the money to the+«county treasury, . was. drizzl
indicating thereby that he knew the.
letter‘s contents. \ .
The letter sent a fortnight ago to:
Frank stated that unless he comday.
plied with the demand, suit would be
WATCH FOR GROUND
HOG NEXT WEDNESDAY
rels scampered
across the rails,
. q Sround, making spring time mus'{ ic of ‘chirps and chatter. Look out
folks Wednesday is ground hog
RAINFALL NOW
back and forth
evén when mist
ing down to moisten the
snow has fallen. .
.
.
.
. Stated measurements this
filed to recover the missing amount.
or without stimulants, decided
sometime “between twilight and NEVADA
The matter developed when the
report of the 1937 Nevada County
»dawn, that they would call a ’’quickie strike’. They communicated with .
a group in the Lava Cap mine andj;
in the early hours of morning were
reinforced with men coming off shift
at the Lava Cap, to stop men going
to work on day shift in the Murchie,
No demand of any kind had been
Grand: Jury was made public. The
document contained.a report made
to the grand jurors by L. M. Straine
an accountant in which attention was
called’ to the practice of the supervisors in cashing county warrants
made payable to employees in their
respective road districts and the recommendation made that the county
Eig'yteen
their homes
spent at Ca
Springs.
deep and th
ENJOY SNOW SPORTS
but happy over
Snow was about three feet
and other snow
CITY SCOUTS hoe Ukiah highway;
Bear valley grade east
City. Ten inches of new snow fell at
Sierra City last night and, there are
18 inches on the ground at Yuba
Pass. With this »last snow -fall there
is about 60 inches of snow at Norden
or Donner Summit; 35 at Pruckee
and 8 at Emigrant Gap.
A strong wind storm
Boy Scouts returned to
Sunday afternoon tired
a joyous week end
mp Pahatsi near Soda
ere was plenty of skiing
a down
sports besides lots
blew
i a INCHES
ent Fred Garrison states that lots of
It started falling
at eight o’clock in the upper country
and seven snow plows’ went out at
. midnight to keep the roads open. He
morning
were,ten inches of new snow at the
junction ofthe Washington and Tawhile 19 inches
had fallen at Steep Hollow on the
of Nevada
REY. CHAS, F. WASHBURN
War.
ELEVEN PASS U. S.
I
Eleven
Archie Donike, Edith Naomi Oats,
Kenneth Ronald Finch, John Warren, and Charles Francis Washburn,
all of Grass Valley; Edward Lanfranco, Truckee;; George Kagerer,
and Maria Madeline Tognarelli, Nevada City.
BECOMES U. S. CITIZEN
CITIZENSHIP TESTS
persons were. admitted to.
United States citizeiship by Judge! .Raglan Tuttle today. hey are el welfare and the school work will at=follows: Guilio’ Artuso, Richard ronMartin Heather, Hugh Monaghan,» :
HIGH SCHOOL
P.T.A. SPONSORS
. Spring is just around the ook tev. Charles aisha — came.
391 T0 COUNTY ner! Weeks ahéad of time manA steady rain‘ has e continued to fall} from Canada some years agio.'to be-. TY TH
zanita shrubs andother spring all day while snow falls at the high-. .come pastor of . a Tri-. PAR THURSDAY
pee . j flowers are out and one of the . . °" elevations. The storm started. ity Episcopal ‘churches in Nevada
Although he dunios that he ever . local citizens says he’ saw chipabout eight o'clock last evening and. City and Grass Valley, becanre a cit-. The High Sehool PF. PT. A. is male
received a letter from District At: . munks chasing ground hogs last [. brought 1.23 inches of rain to Neizen of the United. States today,{fing great plans for the card party
torney ‘Vernon Stoll, demanding that . Friday. All day Friday as ore was . vada City at 7:30 this morning. The} When a clasS‘icame in to take ‘tests) sponsored by them for Thursday
$391.20 which the county grand . run out of the Hoge mine on Har. degeenal rainfall to, this morning] for citizenship. Rey, Washburn was levening, February 3. Auction, con=
jury some months ago considered . mony Ridge chipmunks and squirmeasures 32.44 inches. Superintend=-. an a@tmy chaplain during the World tract, whist, mah jongg and monepoly will be arranged with prizes for
each game. There will be a fine
door prize. ea
The proceeds of the evening. will
The used for the benefit of the school
children as is all the funds of the
yb. T. A. It is hoped that not only
[those having children in school but
also all those interested in child
. ATTEMPT MADE TO
. ROB CRAMPTON HOME
.
Fourth attempt was made by house
r a wyreole iA t + made upon the Murohie mine man' Facial te of good things to eat for the eroup!— a ee Pace ae os aa Se ay wed wis “peak Gree ee
agement, no strike vote was taken] ‘TC@SUrer honor no warrants unless has awa ene . Some property damage, tearing off ae fee ig ae
5 nee i presented by those to whom they of about 100 boys and scoutmasters. parts of -roofs; .¢tc. Mr. James H
they returned from the President’s
among the miners themselves, and + i. The boys are high in their Oraise of . > a nEe a ae : RESIGNATI
] ball about 12:30 Saturday night.
yet this small CIO group has the in-. “© ‘sued: +] Maben of Maben’s Dairy. south. of . I¥Ma¥g RAWaAW 2 ; : eye
. Papua es Straine’s report stated: tne good eats. zrass Valley had the corrugated jon
They entered the house by one door
solence to call this a “strike” and to 1 4 : Boys from Troop 6 were the fol: ‘ : ona es
and the burglars retreated through yell “scab” at the majority of minSe ee lowing Clement H 4 a Jo ‘ Wi eg Otte dairy barn 40 by BO 0 AFFY ATE ithe cas door down stairs, the door
ers who returned to work just as. >Tought to an abrupt halt upon the cae i a oe on ". feet inside. A large clock was blown
ne od hich choy ued: beghe, al
soon as’ the plockade af the Red Dog grand jury's investigation of he ae . an ee oe off. the shelf in the milk house when
ns Le oe
road was cleared. In justification of . *4PeTV'SOr o ae ee ore Swi wee . . Mee the strong wind shook the building. ARE REPORTED & % : this mowomeutal blunder they intrict, who admitted he had approae Hee i ou ae The milk house has five foot high ¥; ¥ Bak
voke the Wagner Act, President thay certain se cas oe to Pete Sees : eh VES OE eal cemént walls the rest of the sides : : ‘Roosevelt and the Constitution. eg ce road employee Those trom Tibop 8¢ Were. Lelkad and top being corrugated jiron. oe Garesio, secretary — so MOR AT CRUSADE
‘ oes is strict. cea ee ye :
rreen of the local CIO affiliate, it Oe Mad & However che business men of the It was stated that few of the emae Mee era ee % ee pa FATHER OF I. B. DAVIS We reported on good authority, this .
ce ee a ie oo ae: loves Mua her remembered oe 2 pe eee nebs oe amen ;
. afternoon, have resigned from their . TO PEP Ip FALL
ee. desir tig returh to their’ work ecasions or amounts paid them by the Co hone aoe te oe SUCCUMBS SUNDAY. offices in this organization. . 3 st 4 in the Mixehiec, their moral support, supervisor for comparison with the . é acco ae ees ; Miss Plaiffé “Black, of the a ece
must share with them the ignominy,. @#mounts for which the warrants} Frank Davis, 78 years of age, ¥ alee jonal Labor defense, was a visitCAMPATCNS
iPoany of Helag called “scahs.’. For . Were drawn, Straine reported BANK OF AMERICA 1S suffered a stroke paralysis about tee bce in the sheriff’s office this afterSJFEEVESA £45
we ave all wha is known in law as “Silva. (Manuel Silva) testified . weeks ago, passed away at 5:30 last; noon. She called’ on ,the young men .
“accessories before the fact.” Wejthat he was a grader operator and FOURTH IN UJ. S. RANK evening at the home of. his son, L. arrested for rioting: who are being .
doubt a single ‘business or pro-. that Frank had tended the grader.
B. Davis on Grove street. Mr. Davis . held in the county jail. . By CLEM WHITAKER -; fessional/man has tha slightest feel-. ‘7 h!8 s'ead on various occasions and . SAN -PRANCISCO, Jan. 31,__. With his wife, who survives him,} Grant Spear, who was treated at' The sensational bombing of Harry
ae ae che oe ee Cherian cy hae evidently had collected from the} eens Cua moa ae moved. from . Oakdale, Stanislaus . Landis Clinic last week for infected . Raymond, Los Angeles vice investiing with these miners, who are his] county for such work in ad dition to! es ene fhe ee ae ne ie county, to this icity las May, and . Scalp wounds received in the clash . gator—closely followed by the Santa neighbors and friends. 4 epithet} 275 Salary as a Su Hnervisor.’” . ee hewiine fete bus ‘peenaes friends made in the community are ; pn the-Red Dog road, January 17, is . Anita race track bribe scandal and so freely applied to them. Rather The investigation developed that . to ae or rere meee rae sorry to learn of his passing. jnow able to be about and is apparent-. the San Francisco expose of scarletthey must feel pride in the fact hat. pijbough a—~oad employe worked aie an Ranker. of New Vann = Roy Davis, his son and wife. have/ly in e000 health. He visited the . letter "B girls’ in liquor taverngs
Since the CIO has created a distiithcore ape of days the W ees pan oe ere ig ee as not . lived in Nevada City about two and . nicket line a See on the Red (may bring political repercussions ance in Nevada County, they har draws in Bis oe contained claims . the larsest hank onthe Wrest . 3 half years. Services will be held ; Dog road. Jim Vasion and he are ouy pwhieh wil--reverberate throughout aligned “themsélves with the hour Wer 22 additional number or 1s . Coast be ieee watae at 10:30 Wednesday morning in the}. on bail.
_the state during the 1938 campaign
owning, hard working miners, who and the supervisor appropriated. to nan Ae Oe oy aes eau) Holmes Chapel and interment will; . Next. Friday five of those accused . season.
have made Nevada County the great-. ‘i8\own use the sum-in excess -of al tanking ft adie Baek a i be in Pine Grove cemetery. : . of nioting will be arraigned in Sup-. A red hot morals crusade, remest producer of gold in California. that ee Se ere. revealed as making sibstawGi
eh ~ a ae ee 7 = ties Bei
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strides toward third position. long hours and low wages are the. Tuttle. Grant Spear, who ess too . paigns which were waged in bygone The reason the CIO tail (a stub MINE ACCIDENT VICTIM
rule. Moreover, “the speeding up of. il! to be presen at the preliminary . years by former Senator Edwin C. tail, growing shorter every day) is
So industry which has occurred {in Ja-. Hearing petare Justice of ie Peace . Grant and the old Sacahe Lave as unable to wag the mining industry BURI THIS MORNING Han ulate Weare das munee ihe prob-. Walter Mobley, may be arraigned . forcement League, is said‘to be in
in Nevada County, is precisely be: ie STANDARD OF lem ot lone house a serious menace . wave thot uneyided ahs has his pre-. the making.
cause Nevada County,mine operators W. W. Henry, 8% was struck by to the worker’s health © liminary chee cee in De, = And California's 3,000,000 odd
pay the highest mining wages, wit" . a falling rock at tha\g400 level of the Changes in the welfare of the farm . A the Murchie eine he night} voters, before the year is out, are the best hours and working condi. North Star mine at wbaut eight o-' LIVING q AWLY population’ are more . difficult jo) SDE went on ay as eyene ee for likely to be sitting as a “committee
tions. in California. The CIO is there-} clock Friday morning. Me was struck 4a ¥ 2 2 ik ke measure, but a rough estimate based! ‘he first time since picketing was in-. of the whole” to determine what to fore sowing its seed on a _ veryjon the head and shoulded and died on the welds and prices of the TUE eemaniuandes do about it! ; ;
rocky and arid soil. Probably fifty . within afew minutes. RISES IN JAPAN cin crops,.the size of the farms
Here are some of the behind-theper cent of the miners employéd in Henry and George Teroah am abe uy ae ad & & population and .changes—in. the cost A A IJ W AND GUESTS scenes developments which have
this county own their own homes. engaged in barring down some ine ; of living indiéaties that “if the real. 4Be 440 We Te come in the wake of the Los AnMore than 50 per cent of those stead. when Henry was hit by falling SAIN FRANCISCO, Jan, 21,—."‘The rages of industrial workers ate now . geles bombing and attendant explosily employed are members of the. as the hanginf wallof the south. C@@dition of the Japanese poop? Bas eae 40 per cent to 50 per cent above DINNER DANCE SAT. ions: Mine Workers Protective League. stope of the level fell. Teroah was ot suffered Serious ap eas ay . the pre war level, it.seems likely that i : 1. The drive to. repeal pariThe League co-operating with, and. uninjured and did all he could to d Sa Yess; aus, an the contr ia peal inoamie Of an agricultural! The Nevada Ose Cla yy the. mutuel betting (it was outlawed
not everlastingly fehting, the mine. make the injured man comfortable, . oo he I any te family in 1936 and 19387 must have. American Association of University . about 25 years ago under somewhat owners, has year by year, by reason-. Henry was struck in much the same cea Sx agcording ti A eR, o been at least 20 per cent to 30 per. Women will hold its’ first annual. Similar conditions) has been intenable, progressive, practical negotia-~. manner as Ward Boatwright was fat= meh sg Ge aust Policy and the cert above the pre war level.” De-. ainner dance at the et Harte Inn. Sified by church leaders and funds
tions and planning with mine man-. ally hurt at the same property a litee ar. Living’’ by Me Blizabeth spite the rapid growth of population} 9, Saturday night, r ary 5. Tojare being raised to qualify the reagements, raised the standard of. tle over a month ago. sie ioe peter, published in the the per capita food supply in Japan. this meeting membets are inviting . Pealer for a place. on the November > wages and hours in Nevada County
Deceased leaves a wife, Mrs. Turto a higher level than in almost any . ny Henry and a daughter, Miss AlSee) loyment\ with a mioderappreciably increased in. recent
other mining community in the Uni-. pha Mae Henry. ate decline in real ages may reflect eave
ted States. Even in the depths of the Funeral services were held in. ? better situation ans increasing ” “gt. must be borne in mind,” Dr.
Hoover depression ,the U. S. Bureau . Grass Valley this morning with the . W@Se rates along with } Schum star points out “that statisof Commerce designated Nevada] friends and co-workers attending. Sloyiaent;” Br. Be a i ie. of inpracenent in livCounty a ‘white spot’ on the coun-. — . Factory employment in J ne : Sacks cack tc “ad Was
try’s economic map. We have every. Scab!” at our level headed and in-. increased tremendously sineds, 1931, . 2S stan ‘
confidence that this county will con=
‘tinue to be a white spot during the
present Roosevelt depression,
ber should desert his striped pole tO! earnings have risen for »m= : fminine d a ud : ‘ _ housed and clothed by decent JapanIt would be interesting to specu-. Play a role in the local mining dram Dloyees, owing to longer working : dards. The only fair comlate regarding what might have hap-. is his own business. We merely point. qays, though they have decreased ei a a comparison within the
i ‘ f ad the. out its incongruity. for Ww : paris
pened in Nevada County, had i has ee ; country \at different intervals. .This
CIO intrusion here ‘had wise and Real wages (wages in terms of 2
capable leadership. But in a mining
community we have to be realists,. clearer. The picket Ane on te Red) reached their peak in 1931, and he ee : oo
see things as they are and not as. Dos road crystallized sentiment. have since declined by 12 per cent, 2 < pe ee ae ene
they might be. The fact is that the. Overnight, business and profession-. , oo -qing to statistics; but the au-. /™ stingy st oPths wala aohiev
leaders, one of them reported to be a al men, -whose bread and butter like thor points out that “if we make. 2 ee aay ~< oles
barber, sent into Nevada County to. that of the miners Ahemaelys deproper allowance for the. fact that od ee sh e Ne é
lead’ hard rock miners into John’ lh. pends on the mining snguetey, Op ane the proportion-of unskilled labor has epee then, esi — ; oo ies
Lewis’ promised land, have not been. ly espoused th cause of. the Mine risen with increasing employment] . The sere stale us ata
able to attract.-the substantial, in-. Workers Protective League, which (thereby keeping down average earnoe . i se Pee
telligent, home owning mine workers. Wile protecting its own members ings) and that substantial hes ee areaet wih Ene coneege sts s \.
to their banners. We have no disdain . protects, ina larger sense, the min: ate paid twice.a year by the: large cation. in EBS. ae oe
for any honest calling, because we . ing industry. We have come to a fork companies, it seems prohable that. — 2° J Ggenmnnleiea Ee he “ aN
i ’ ri yractical un5 A ; ment is the anvbitions of the Jepan=":
remember with reverence that our. in-the road and with prac a real wages -have risen for, the bulk ey eae is kane ta
greatest President was first a rail-. @nimity have turned to the ee of the workers employed by the. °°” oo : saat ipeh . hee
splitter. But if the report of barber-. We choose to give the word “scab larger establishments engaged in inohgoks ours = gee es oe al 4
: : Ae its origina neaning, ¢ tural .propeg living standards in Japan may be
leadership is true, there is some-. 18 Orig ines Meaning, SNe dustry, mining and commerce, : ee sae
‘Wing extremely judricous in the . Cess of healing a wound, in this case “For unskilled labor, for the work. . 20Per forattempt of a man* whose only acquaintance with powder is with talcum powder, attempting to lead a
dustrious
subject for
¢ than for
a
extraneous foreigi matter
dustrial body of Nevada County.
mine workrs, is a better
a Walt Disney cartoon
this column, Why any barper cent for
One thing is becoming every day
housing, com
the intrusion of
in the inwound caused by ers employed
factories or
group, of men who live and work
with blasting powder,
‘he absurdity. of such leadership
home in this city t :
spending about six months in Aris.
the situation
Gruen returned to his
Saturday after
Beujamin
cultural
. wages of un
exhorting its followers to shout zona.
: Some of the
ey
f
3about 65 per cent for men an
have declined since 1931, but actua
cultural workes and small farmers,
The surplus labor Supply in the agri‘districts
has been not only maintained but
does not in any way imply that these
standards are comparable with western standards or that even now.the
nation as a whole is adequately fed,
women. Wages in
comparison clearly demonstrates that
modities and services)
in small workshops or : {
retail stores, for agriMrs. William J. Mariante of Los
Angeles who has -been visiting Mrs.
Catherine H. Cooper in Selby Flat
for the past three weeks left for her
home today. Her’ husband is now in
Columbia, South America on a business trip.
may be vey different.
depresses the
skilled labor,’’ and jin
small workshops, very
\ .
“
fand will always
friends and it bids fair to be an outstanding social event of the year.
One of the objectives of the A. A.
U. W. is to grant fellowships to women of outstanding work and brilliancé to continue their studies and
work. At present the California chapters have two women who are engaged in research work under fellowships,
Any money above the actual cost
of Saturday’s dinner dance will be
devoted to the fellowship fund.
HAHMOYY RIDGE CLUB
ri
The Harmouy Rides Neighborly
club was the guest of Mrs. Kenneth
Arbogast at her home in Blue Tent
on Thurgday. A business meeting
preceded by a fine pasty luncheon
served by the hostess ‘was held. Mrs.
L. -L./Larrabee will be hostess for
the February meeting.
FORTY FRIENDS PAY RESPECTS
e
Sunday afternoon Mrs Nancy
James received over forty friends in
honokof her mother, Mrs. Mary Hilt, .
who has a resident of Nevada
City since\1925 and was indeed happy to have so many old friends eall
remember the hapta
ben
py event.‘
Mr. and Mrs. Ray: Wilde and son,
Ray, Jr., and daughter; Miss Gertrude Wilde visited in*™Sierra City
Several days ago with Mrs. Wilde’s
mother, Mrs. Nellie Wade.
have secured financial backing since
rector of institutions. .
ballot.
2. A second anti-gambling drive
(the race tracks may support this
one!) is under consideration to plug
loopholes in the laws prohibitini
bookmaking and to wipe out the
“bookies.” Bookmaking, incidentally,
was at the bottom of the Santa Anita. scandal rather than pari-mueutl
betting.
“Dry” organizations, charging
that “graft, liquor and gambling interests are having a field day in
California,’’ p¥an to capitalize on
recent developments to press for new
restrictive liquor legislation. One
measure, which will be submitted to
the voters is designed to compel the
liquor industry to support a state
hospital for inebriates and .other patients whose condition may be charged up to acute alcoholism. Another
initiative act. will ba liquor dispensaries within 200 yards of schools
and playgrounds. .
The fight to outlaw race track
betting, although it was inaugurated
by church leaders, is reported to
3 .
the Santa Anita blow up from Los
Angeles and San Francisco merchants and some of the state’s leading banking institutions. And the
proposed state hospital for alcholics (to be supported by the liquo I
industry) would start off with an
rollment of approximately — 90,
cording to Harry’ Lutgens,
ports that number. now
various state supported