January 5, 1934 (7 pages)

paper. scribe for it? t. This is. Nevada City’s ONLY Hometown NewsIt supports things worth while. Do you subNevada City Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association ugget wa co oun vant . Your Hometown News. paper helps build your community. Readers and beating: ae make it a good builder. , VOL. VIII. No. 17 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, JAN. 5th, 1934 . Rolph Commutes Death Sentence Of Murderer: Mayor Rolph, who upheld and defended the lynching of the two mur_derers who kidnaped and killed Hart, a San Jose youth, yesterday commuted the death sentence of a murderer, Jack D. Green, to one of life imprisonment. For nearly two years Green has _stood in the shadow of the gallows and in that time Rolph has granted eight reprieves from the noose. Rolph justified the lynching, or ‘the “rolphing’”’ as it n@w sometimes called, of the two San Jose murderers on the ground that in the courts justice was often defeated. Green was convicted with Josepn F. Regan of murdering Police Lieutenant Hugh A. Crowley during a Los Angeles theater burglary, January 11, 1932. Regan, alleged to have fired the fatal shot, has been hanged. Commenting on his action yester» BRUNSWICK TO SPEED PUMPING Additional pumps are to be install‘ed this “week at the old Brunswick shaft ,now. being reopened by the “Idaho-Maryland Mines Company, Ltd., to speed the work of unwater. ing the shafts of. both the ola and new Brunswick shafts, which join on _ the 1200 foot level. Water in the new shaft has been lowered to the 700 foot level by Means of dip buckets operated vb, @ouble drum hoist and an air ejector pump. -: The Idaho-Maryland. company is still installing tailings and cyanide plants. It will be two months fore they’ are completed. DR. W. W. REED ON SKIS SUCCORS INJURED MINER Robert white” who slipped the skip in the Zeibright mine broke his leg, was successfully moved Wednesday from the mine to the Jones Memorial hospital, Drs. Reed and Jones set the fractured member. Dr. W. W. Reed on ter the failure to get the to Emigrant Gap .on a sleigh would have been transferred a* waiting Holmes ambulance, sn mn the incline on skis and rendey ed first aid. Wednesday. White was removed by a Forest Service tracioto Ukiah-Tahoe miles. above the sane tion, and brought by to Grass Valley. CWA WORK WILL DO _ MUCH FOR SPORTSMEN 4—-Under sportsmen from res Tuesday, aiinjured man where to went 1e ae the highway two Washingtonroad ambuiance SAN FR RANCISCO, Jan. the civil works. program, of California are to reap much benefit. Approval has been’ given by Captain Edward Macauley, engineer for the CWA providing for the ex“penditure by the government of upward of $100,000 on fish hatcheries, egg-collecting stations, game farms and refuges. wh This work will provide employ‘ment for more than 300 men. Some ‘ rus the projects call for 750 days divided between 32 men. The Division of Fish and Game furnishes all ma“sf terials. re Needed repairs ‘tag hatcheries, new oads, new brood ponds, . receiving and aging tanks, all pad needed in the hatcheries, will thus \be provided under the program. On the game farms and game refuges necessary improvements will be speeded. Z GEORGE CLEMO CALLED BY GRIM REAPER Funeral arrangements are being made at the Holmes Funeral Home or the late George Clemo, who passed away early yesterday morning at his home on East Bennett \street. He was a native of this city and his déath comes as a shock to his many friends here. new fen-. . . where . l-anxtous-—to and . day; the governor said: “If I believed that Green haa shot or attempted to shoot Police Or ficer . 'Crowley, this application for clemency would have been forthwith denied. I am making this conclud-. ing statement in order that my determination. of this application may not be misunderstood or taken as a departure from my recognized proeedure in cases involving the killing of a police officer.” NEW LAVA CAP MILL STARTED The 250 ton daily. capacity mill at . ’ the Lava Cap mine, south east of Nevada City, went into operation on New Years Day and is running on one shift until such time as the company has made enough. development to go on a tkRree shift basis. This old property has been reopened and rehabilitated within the last few months under the untiring efforts of Superintendent Otto E. Schiffner and now all is in readiness for continuous operation. Ore is being hauled from the Banner to run the mill. It is anticipated that within the next two weeks advancement will be rapid at the Cen-; tral and Banner shafts of the Lava Cap property. Ninety men are employed in the mill and in the Central and Banner shafts of the Lava Cap mine. Corn King of . ‘The World. x C. Worth Holmes of Joy, Mercer county, Illinois, is shown above displaying proudly the ears which won him the world’s championship in the corn division, at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Holmes won with his Krug. Utility, a smooth-kerneled type, the first smooth-kerneled corn to win the coveted prize in the history of the show. S CITY COUNCIL SOON READY T0 BLOND CAT OF ~ JUDGE WINBURN Le LOST, STOLEN? Where Judge is Chestnut? . Winburn of Grass Valley have his cat returned to} and a reward will be paid for . leading to the recovery . { . him, information of the pet: Chestnut is about seventeen months ! . old, and we are informed that he had . habit of jumping at a over the aoede bed about five o'clock every morby hair that. it his customary And aim ning and pulling his an-.} to be akfast was servea, Then Chest. on the the zo-to sleep. i nounce was time with liver. . served . . bre of . so the liver { with ihe side. nut Cre on lie foot of and. vould judece’s bed Now Chestnut Where is he? Did mountain lion entice into battle, or artistic nature haired pet.to occupy ' is missing. bob! dia soine or is im one wiih golden spot eat some an take the his favorite in front or the fire-. place) The judge wants his pet back. . And $25.is a lot of money these days, but if Crestnut returned in good condition, the check will be delivered to the fortunate finder. DRUNKEN DRIVER FACES SUPERIOR COURT Perry Langley held to answer for drunken driving ~en December 27, folowing arrest by “Traffic Ofifcer Will Fouyer, will appear today before Judge Raglan Tuttle. Deputy District Attorney Robert Tharp yesterday filed an information against him. EMPRESS MINE SHIPS 38 TONS CONCENTRATES Phe November shipment of coneentrates to the ‘smelter from the Empress mine in the Newtown dis-. trict totaled 38 tons, which ‘it is es. timated brought close to $12,000. A-new 200 ton daily capacity mill is to be installed this year at the . property, which --will increase the, payroll and production. . » Excellent ore is being taken from different levels in the Empress shaft and the mine has a bright future. Forty. men are now employed un-— der Ed. C. Jacobs,.superintendent. is ; pal park ' deve man . business ,; drawn for . wer ,amounting to $5500 and for ,W. G. Robson, Chief of Police.125.00 George Calanan, City Clerk .20.00 Emma M. Foley, Treascurer.12.56 Miles D. Coughlin, Judge Sokiess 52 12.56 W. C. Jecrey, Nizhtwatchman.65.00 H.S.-Hatllet;. Supt.-oef Sts; .:-; 62.50 Dr. E.M. Rossner Meat Insp. .25.00 Chamber of Commerce --Allow.15.00 NL. D. Watec = IG. 88 Pac. T and T. Co., Phone Ser. .400 PG. and EB. Coe; Taghte _._. 246.40 Alpa Stores Ltd., Supplies.. 341.79 . 15 and 17 BUILD POOL The city council tast’ evening discussed in detail the new business license ordinance -which is reproduced on page three of this issue of the Nugget. Minor echanges were discussed but in the main the ordinance will probably be adopted much as it stands: + A suit to quiet title has been advised Attorney W. E. Wright to embrace all the parcels of land which the city has purchased for a municiin which to place the swimMayor —R.=J. stated that: the hoped to begin work of construction of the pool. The tion by ining pool. last. evening eity . council soon the council has received a —_ Ti tion night office. asking the rete It was j Jeffries in the of that recommended post his Police slops dismissal Chief Rob. younger . by¥ ed post. son, who desir to place a 4 +x in the large number signed Mr. Jef= . of . men have petition to the council. The council ordered warrants the payment of water, swimming pool bonds, the interest payments totaling $1770. The Following bills were ordered paid: yida Rich, Collector.$ 85.00 seand Waiter C. S. Arbogast, Rent of Equip.45.00 Standard Oil Co., Supplies .. 35.00 -Plaza Garage, Gas -— == 25.08 E.G. Uren, Surveying —..:. 19.50 S. Trevethick, Hauling... 15.00 Webb Motors, Supplies.-_----... 4.30 G2 Cleland; Gas = 2.533588 Bank of America, Safe Dep. Box.3.3u E. Christensen ,Shapening picks.2.00 W.G. Robson, Laundry.-:... 4.9 Chas. Sharp, Labor -----,-:----.100.00 Nick Sandow, Labor.--_-----.-.-.---.100.0u Fred Bilerman, Labor-._---..80°00 H. M. Hallett, Labor --58.0U H. L. Hurst, Labor 3 .8.00 (A. Carlisle <= Co Sanppites.. 3.73 ; Bond payment = eo UOnd lntorect. os 1770.00 rel Oo TWO BOYS WANTED WANTED—Two newsboys between years of age to carry routes—Salary $4 a ‘. DR. B. W. HUMMELT BUYS Bennetts . peti-. of William . camps. WOMAN’S ARM INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT! month. Apply NEV. CO. BENEFIT BY THE SHIFT IN SCHOOL TAXES LOS ANGELES, Jz Jan. 4.—The property owning taxpayer of Nevada county, owning property assesed at $3,000, had a reduction estimated at $50.70 on this county tax bill this year, because of the shift of school cests from the counties to the state, according to a study recently completed by California Taxpayers’ Association. The county schools will receive $92,864 from the state this year, in Place of the $89,352 levied last year by the county, according to L. D. Gifford, director of research of the association. The amount which will be received from the state this yeat is'the minimum county requirement under the former law, which, in addition, required that the county allow for a 10 per cent delinquency in collections: If it had not been for changes in the method of financing schools, the county would have had to levy this $92,864 for. general county school support. On present valuations, and allowing for delinaguencies, this would have required a fate of $1.69 per $100 of assessed valuation, in addition to the present levy. . This estimated reduction in local tax levies has been widely heralden as a “‘saving,’’ which, strictly speaxing, it is not, Mr. Gifford pointed out. The transfer of $40,000,000 annual school costs to the state does not mean an actual saving to the owners of common property, for they, along with their non-property owning neighbors, will pay from $45,000,000 to $50,000,000 to the state through the 21% per cent sales tax. OUT DR. MCCULLOUGH B. W. Hummelt, first lieutenthe U. S. Medical Corps, formerly -stationed at the Bloomfield Cc. €. C. camp and now serving the Cc. GC. camp near Grass‘ Valley, has purchased the medical practice and interest.of Dr. Frank McCullough in this city. He has also taken over the and office of Dr. McCullough . and will reside there with Mrs: Hummelt. Dr. ant-in cottage Predicting that the state's 1934 gold income will be at least $22,000,000, State Mineralogist Walter W.-Bradley sees nothing but good fortune ahead for California’s vast mining industry. : CONSERVATIVE FIGURE USED “When I say the year’s production will amount to $22,000,000, I feel I am making .a_ conservative guess,’ Bradley said. ‘Hor fam working on an assumption that there will be only a 15 per cent increase above $35. “But the fact’is that most mining in actual produ¢tion in ounces, and men ‘feel confident the government will boost the price of gold still further, perhaps to $41.34, double the price at this time last year. GREAT BOOM IS SEEN “Most estimates of future production are wild gusses. But in the case of mining even our conservative estimates must sound wild. Yet figures speak for ,themselves and figures show that California is in tor its greatest mining boom since the gold rush days. “The state’s gold production in 1932 was valued at slightly under $12,000,000. In spite of the recent ballyhoo, the 1933 figure will be greatly over that, probably arounG lic State Mineralogist Predicts $22,000, 000 Gold Output 1934 — 1921, when it was $3,629,223. At that time silver brought $1 an ounce. At one time the government was buying silver at as high as $1.30, one cent more than its actual coinage value. Last December the price was 26 cents, but today it is 64% cents under the government’s new purchase plan. ANCHO ERIE NOW HAS POWER LINE A power line to the Ancho-Erie and Rocky Glen mines near Washington, eastern Nevada county, has— been completed bythe Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The final hook-~ up was made after two feet, of snow had fallen. Supplies were taken inf ito the mines early in the season /for winter operations. The lower tunnel at the Ancho is being worked by a small crew; while at the Rocky Glen a compressor unit has been installed in the Spotswood tunnel. "It is reported these are the only two properties in operation in the Eureka district since the recent falk~ of snow. $14,000,000, and -ounce production will be about the same as 1932. MANY MINES REOPENING “That is because the increased gold price did not go into effect until September, and before that time output. being reopened have not yet reached the production stage. “Tf production did not go over the 1932 figure, 1934 revenue would be $18,000,000, due to the 50 per cent rise in the gold price: But the new mining~operators ought to increase the ounce production at least 15 per cent.”’ SILVER OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT to Bradley, the silver 1934 also is bright. Caliproduction .during the According outlook for fornia’s silver and Mrs. MeCullough . pr. will re. . move to Oakland, where Dr. Mc-. Re sullough will join. the Highland hos. . pital staff -.and devote his time to} his specialty, rectal disorders. The . . many friends of Dr. and Mrs. Mc. . Cullough will regret their: departure from: this. city. 3 Dr. Hummelt is a graduate of the . University Jof Oregon, which econ-. ferred. upon his the <A. B. .degree; . ;and of the University of -Oreg gon’s'. medical school. He served his year . of internship in the Cottage Hospital of Santa Barbara, where he studied under Drs. Sansun and Nuzum widely known for their work in high biood pressure, overweight and diabetes. From Santa Barbara he went to Los Angeles where he made special studies in obstetrics and for several months served on the City Medical staff, in charge of maturnity cases. Later he joined the U.S. Medical Corps for service in'the C. C. C. Dr. McCullough states that he will remain in Nevada. City fora few days with headquarters at the Harris Drug store, where those who wish to pay their bills may do so and receive a receipt. Mrs. Herman Katzer is making as good a recovery as possible from a recent serious auto accident, in the Jones Memorial hospital, ley. She was dragged. several feet and one arm had the flesh torn and rub. bed off up to the elbow. Latest reports are that skin grafting may have to be resorted to. A. heavy overeoat prevented . more serious injury. Mrs. Katzer is the daughter ot Constable and Mrs. Thomas Oliver of Nevada City. . uet of leAd and copper. . ed price of silver alone may not ,do much toward boosting the silver income of the state, Bradley avers, but rae Grass Val-. past few years’ has amounted to less than $1,000,000, caused by the low price of the metal and the fact that many lead and copper mines have been shut down. Most of the silver California is a by-prod-+ obtained in The inereaseconomic conditions became such that there was a decided slump in the gold . Many of the mines that are . ed to be standing A. E. Barnhart of Nevada City, is superintendent of the properties. . SMALL BOY NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING Tommy, the six year old son of Attorney and-Mrs. <A. J. Just o€ Downieville had a very narrow e6from drowning Monday while and his parents were . visiting friends whose home is on the banks of Jim Crow creek. <A narrow foot ‘bridge extends across this stream, which has recently been great'+ swollen by the rains. The boy went the bridge on an errand to The father who happen: by the window saw the returned, and falt into the stream. “He dashed out of the house raeed along the bank, and finally came abreast the boy carried down stream by the torrent, and wading dragged him asBoth were very wet, as a recape he across a neighbor. boy slip as he ‘in after him, hore. sult, and the boy had swallowed a great deal of Water. ARSE EN Sea verte onion eae ENGLEBRIGHT’S “HERE” HEARD OVER RADIO lead and copper mines can, be reopened, the combination of a higher price for these ‘metals and the new 64%-cent silver price will’ mean . prosperity to the sections of Califor. nia, such as Plumas and Kern coun. ties, that produce much of this states baser metals. Bradley said the state’s silver income maynever reach the peak of NEVADA CITY MAN TO TAKE BAGUIO MINE POST Mr. and Mrs. Merten Downey, popular young couple of Nevada City, left Tuesday for San Francisco. Mr. Downey will embark. today for Baguio, Philippine Islands, to join his old associate, Lamar Fleming, who was with him for several years in the mining industry in Peru, South America, where each held responsible positions. Mrs. Downey will see him depart and thenproceed to New Orleans, La., where she will visit with her relatives: for two months before joining her husband. 'Lamar Fleming, Mr. . Downey’s cousin, left recently for Baguio, where he is now employed on the staff of officers. for the Benc~' Cons. Mines. Last Tuesday evening, radio station KGO announced . ship had ar. rived that day in San _ Francisco bringing in a shipment of $300,000 in gold bulion from the mines of Baguio. Miss Dorothy Jones of San Bruno spent the week end in Nevada City . Nugget Office: : with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jackson Jr. returned: from the . gold mines _ ot Peru about two years ago. . Merten Downey is the son of-Mrs. George Downey of Nevada City. He’ ‘Nevada City neighbors of Congressman Harry L. Englebright, who listened on the radio Wednesday to the broadcast of the opening of the 73rd Congress, and the President’s ad-— Be dress, heard him answer ‘‘Here’’ when his name was called. This is the first time the proceedings of the Congress have ever been broadcast. In another year or so, ét may be possible that television will have been sufficiently perfected that hearers sitting in the homes throughout. the United States mav alsa ha spectators, viewing the Nations great deliberative body, as do now. only those who have admissions to the visitors gallery. WILLIAM B. KINKEAD SUMMONED BY DEATH Death Claimed i William B. Kinkead Wednesday morning in Berkeley. Mr. Kinkead was born in Nevada City and educated in the local schools. He was the-son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Kinkead, pioneers °** this city. After removing to the pay district he was employed for many years -by the Southern i. company: S a Surviving him are his ‘wite.: Mrs. teita Kinkead, a daughter, Kat rine, and a’son, Clifford, Three @isters also mourn his passiig, Misses Margaret and Katherine a and Mrs.-CaryS$. Arbogast of city. The funeral will take terment will be made in’ today, and according to re

paper. scribe for it? t. This is. Nevada City’s ONLY Hometown NewsIt supports things worth while. Do you subNevada City Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association ugget wa co oun vant . Your Hometown News. paper helps build your community. Readers and beating: ae make it a good builder. , VOL. VIII. No. 17 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, JAN. 5th, 1934 . Rolph Commutes Death Sentence Of Murderer: Mayor Rolph, who upheld and defended the lynching of the two mur_derers who kidnaped and killed Hart, a San Jose youth, yesterday commuted the death sentence of a murderer, Jack D. Green, to one of life imprisonment. For nearly two years Green has _stood in the shadow of the gallows and in that time Rolph has granted eight reprieves from the noose. Rolph justified the lynching, or ‘the “rolphing’”’ as it n@w sometimes called, of the two San Jose murderers on the ground that in the courts justice was often defeated. Green was convicted with Josepn F. Regan of murdering Police Lieutenant Hugh A. Crowley during a Los Angeles theater burglary, January 11, 1932. Regan, alleged to have fired the fatal shot, has been hanged. Commenting on his action yester» BRUNSWICK TO SPEED PUMPING Additional pumps are to be install‘ed this “week at the old Brunswick shaft ,now. being reopened by the “Idaho-Maryland Mines Company, Ltd., to speed the work of unwater. ing the shafts of. both the ola and new Brunswick shafts, which join on _ the 1200 foot level. Water in the new shaft has been lowered to the 700 foot level by Means of dip buckets operated vb, @ouble drum hoist and an air ejector pump. -: The Idaho-Maryland. company is still installing tailings and cyanide plants. It will be two months fore they’ are completed. DR. W. W. REED ON SKIS SUCCORS INJURED MINER Robert white” who slipped the skip in the Zeibright mine broke his leg, was successfully moved Wednesday from the mine to the Jones Memorial hospital, Drs. Reed and Jones set the fractured member. Dr. W. W. Reed on ter the failure to get the to Emigrant Gap .on a sleigh would have been transferred a* waiting Holmes ambulance, sn mn the incline on skis and rendey ed first aid. Wednesday. White was removed by a Forest Service tracioto Ukiah-Tahoe miles. above the sane tion, and brought by to Grass Valley. CWA WORK WILL DO _ MUCH FOR SPORTSMEN 4—-Under sportsmen from res Tuesday, aiinjured man where to went 1e ae the highway two Washingtonroad ambuiance SAN FR RANCISCO, Jan. the civil works. program, of California are to reap much benefit. Approval has been’ given by Captain Edward Macauley, engineer for the CWA providing for the ex“penditure by the government of upward of $100,000 on fish hatcheries, egg-collecting stations, game farms and refuges. wh This work will provide employ‘ment for more than 300 men. Some ‘ rus the projects call for 750 days divided between 32 men. The Division of Fish and Game furnishes all ma“sf terials. re Needed repairs ‘tag hatcheries, new oads, new brood ponds, . receiving and aging tanks, all pad needed in the hatcheries, will thus \be provided under the program. On the game farms and game refuges necessary improvements will be speeded. Z GEORGE CLEMO CALLED BY GRIM REAPER Funeral arrangements are being made at the Holmes Funeral Home or the late George Clemo, who passed away early yesterday morning at his home on East Bennett \street. He was a native of this city and his déath comes as a shock to his many friends here. new fen-. . . where . l-anxtous-—to and . day; the governor said: “If I believed that Green haa shot or attempted to shoot Police Or ficer . 'Crowley, this application for clemency would have been forthwith denied. I am making this conclud-. ing statement in order that my determination. of this application may not be misunderstood or taken as a departure from my recognized proeedure in cases involving the killing of a police officer.” NEW LAVA CAP MILL STARTED The 250 ton daily. capacity mill at . ’ the Lava Cap mine, south east of Nevada City, went into operation on New Years Day and is running on one shift until such time as the company has made enough. development to go on a tkRree shift basis. This old property has been reopened and rehabilitated within the last few months under the untiring efforts of Superintendent Otto E. Schiffner and now all is in readiness for continuous operation. Ore is being hauled from the Banner to run the mill. It is anticipated that within the next two weeks advancement will be rapid at the Cen-; tral and Banner shafts of the Lava Cap property. Ninety men are employed in the mill and in the Central and Banner shafts of the Lava Cap mine. Corn King of . ‘The World. x C. Worth Holmes of Joy, Mercer county, Illinois, is shown above displaying proudly the ears which won him the world’s championship in the corn division, at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Holmes won with his Krug. Utility, a smooth-kerneled type, the first smooth-kerneled corn to win the coveted prize in the history of the show.. S CITY COUNCIL SOON READY T0 BLOND CAT OF ~ JUDGE WINBURN Le LOST, STOLEN? Where Judge is Chestnut? . Winburn of Grass Valley have his cat returned to} and a reward will be paid for . leading to the recovery . { . him, information of the pet: Chestnut is about seventeen months ! . old, and we are informed that he had . habit of jumping at a over the aoede bed about five o'clock every morby hair that. it his customary And aim ning and pulling his an-.} to be akfast was servea, Then Chest. on the the zo-to sleep. i nounce was time with liver. . served . . bre of . so the liver { with ihe side. nut Cre on lie foot of and. vould judece’s bed Now Chestnut Where is he? Did mountain lion entice into battle, or artistic nature haired pet.to occupy ' is missing. bob! dia soine or is im one wiih golden spot eat some an take the his favorite in front or the fire-. place) The judge wants his pet back. . And $25.is a lot of money these days, but if Crestnut returned in good condition, the check will be delivered to the fortunate finder. DRUNKEN DRIVER FACES SUPERIOR COURT Perry Langley held to answer for drunken driving ~en December 27, folowing arrest by “Traffic Ofifcer Will Fouyer, will appear today before Judge Raglan Tuttle. Deputy District Attorney Robert Tharp yesterday filed an information against him. EMPRESS MINE SHIPS 38 TONS CONCENTRATES Phe November shipment of coneentrates to the ‘smelter from the Empress mine in the Newtown dis-. trict totaled 38 tons, which ‘it is es. timated brought close to $12,000. A-new 200 ton daily capacity mill is to be installed this year at the . property, which --will increase the, payroll and production. . » Excellent ore is being taken from different levels in the Empress shaft and the mine has a bright future. Forty. men are now employed un-— der Ed. C. Jacobs,.superintendent. is ; pal park ' deve man . business ,; drawn for . wer ,amounting to $5500 and for ,W. G. Robson, Chief of Police.125.00 George Calanan, City Clerk ..20.00 Emma M. Foley, Treascurer..12.56 Miles D. Coughlin, Judge Sokiess 52 12.56 W. C. Jecrey, Nizhtwatchman.65.00 H.S.-Hatllet;. Supt.-oef Sts; ..:-; 62.50 Dr. E.M. Rossner Meat Insp. .25.00 Chamber of Commerce --Allow.15.00 NL. D. Watec = IG. 88 Pac. T and T. Co., Phone Ser. ..400 PG. and EB. Coe; Taghte _.._. 246.40 Alpa Stores Ltd., Supplies.... 341.79 . 15 and 17 BUILD POOL The city council tast’ evening discussed in detail the new business license ordinance -which is reproduced on page three of this issue of the Nugget. Minor echanges were discussed but in the main the ordinance will probably be adopted much as it stands: + A suit to quiet title has been advised Attorney W. E. Wright to embrace all the parcels of land which the city has purchased for a municiin which to place the swimMayor —R.=J. stated that: the hoped to begin work of construction of the pool. The tion by ining pool. last. evening eity . council soon the council has received a —_ Ti tion night office. asking the rete It was j Jeffries in the of that recommended post his Police slops dismissal Chief Rob. younger . by¥ ed post. son, who desir to place a 4 +x in the large number signed Mr. Jef= . of . men have petition to the council. The council ordered warrants the payment of water, swimming pool bonds, the interest payments totaling $1770. The Following bills were ordered paid: yida Rich, Collector.$ 85.00 seand

Waiter C. S. Arbogast, Rent of Equip..45.00 Standard Oil Co., Supplies ... 35.00 -Plaza Garage, Gas -— == 25.08 E.G. Uren, Surveying —...:. 19.50 S. Trevethick, Hauling...... 15.00 Webb Motors, Supplies.-_----..... 4.30 G2 Cleland; Gas = 2.533588 Bank of America, Safe Dep. Box.3.3u E. Christensen ,Shapening picks.2.00 W.G. Robson, Laundry.-:..... 4.9 Chas. Sharp, Labor -----,-:----..100.00 Nick Sandow, Labor.--_-----.-.-.---.100.0u Fred Bilerman, Labor-._---....80°00 H. M. Hallett, Labor --58.0U H. L. Hurst, Labor 3 .8.00 (A. Carlisle <= Co Sanppites... 3.73 ; Bond payment = eo UOnd lntorect. os 1770.00 rel Oo TWO BOYS WANTED WANTED—Two newsboys between years of age to carry routes—Salary $4 a ‘. DR. B. W. HUMMELT BUYS Bennetts . peti-. of William . camps. WOMAN’S ARM INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT! month. Apply NEV. CO. BENEFIT BY THE SHIFT IN SCHOOL TAXES LOS ANGELES, Jz Jan. 4.—The property owning taxpayer of Nevada county, owning property assesed at $3,000, had a reduction estimated at $50.70 on this county tax bill this year, because of the shift of school cests from the counties to the state, according to a study recently completed by California Taxpayers’ Association. The county schools will receive $92,864 from the state this year, in Place of the $89,352 levied last year by the county, according to L. D. Gifford, director of research of the association. The amount which will be received from the state this yeat is'the minimum county requirement under the former law, which, in addition, required that the county allow for a 10 per cent delinquency in collections: If it had not been for changes in the method of financing schools, the county would have had to levy this $92,864 for. general county school support. On present valuations, and allowing for delinaguencies, this would have required a fate of $1.69 per $100 of assessed valuation, in addition to the present levy. . This estimated reduction in local tax levies has been widely heralden as a “‘saving,’’ which, strictly speaxing, it is not, Mr. Gifford pointed out. The transfer of $40,000,000 annual school costs to the state does not mean an actual saving to the owners of common property, for they, along with their non-property owning neighbors, will pay from $45,000,000 to $50,000,000 to the state through the 21% per cent sales tax. OUT DR. MCCULLOUGH B. W. Hummelt, first lieutenthe U. S. Medical Corps, formerly -stationed at the Bloomfield Cc. €. C. camp and now serving the Cc. GC. camp near Grass‘ Valley, has purchased the medical practice and interest.of Dr. Frank McCullough in this city. He has also taken over the and office of Dr. McCullough . and will reside there with Mrs: Hummelt. Dr. ant-in cottage Predicting that the state's 1934 gold income will be at least $22,000,000, State Mineralogist Walter W.-Bradley sees nothing but good fortune ahead for California’s vast mining industry. : CONSERVATIVE FIGURE USED “When I say the year’s production will amount to $22,000,000, I feel I am making .a_ conservative guess,’ Bradley said. ‘Hor fam working on an assumption that there will be only a 15 per cent increase above $35. “But the fact’is that most mining in actual produ¢tion in ounces, and men ‘feel confident the government will boost the price of gold still further, perhaps to $41.34, double the price at this time last year. GREAT BOOM IS SEEN “Most estimates of future production are wild gusses. But in the case of mining even our conservative estimates must sound wild. Yet figures speak for ,themselves and figures show that California is in tor its greatest mining boom since the gold rush days. “The state’s gold production in 1932 was valued at slightly under $12,000,000. In spite of the recent ballyhoo, the 1933 figure will be greatly over that, probably arounG lic State Mineralogist Predicts $22,000, 000 Gold Output 1934 — 1921, when it was $3,629,223. At that time silver brought $1 an ounce. At one time the government was buying silver at as high as $1.30, one cent more than its actual coinage value. Last December the price was 26 cents, but today it is 64% cents under the government’s new purchase plan. ANCHO ERIE NOW HAS POWER LINE A power line to the Ancho-Erie and Rocky Glen mines near Washington, eastern Nevada county, has— been completed bythe Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The final hook-~ up was made after two feet, of snow had fallen. Supplies were taken inf ito the mines early in the season /for winter operations. The lower tunnel at the Ancho is being worked by a small crew; while at the Rocky Glen a compressor unit has been installed in the Spotswood tunnel. "It is reported these are the only two properties in operation in the Eureka district since the recent falk~ of snow. $14,000,000, and -ounce production will be about the same as 1932. MANY MINES REOPENING “That is because the increased gold price did not go into effect until September, and before that time output. being reopened have not yet reached the production stage. “Tf production did not go over the 1932 figure, 1934 revenue would be $18,000,000, due to the 50 per cent rise in the gold price: But the new mining~operators ought to increase the ounce production at least 15 per cent.”’ SILVER OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT to Bradley, the silver 1934 also is bright. Caliproduction .during the According outlook for fornia’s silver and Mrs. MeCullough . pr. will re. . move to Oakland, where Dr. Mc-. Re sullough will join. the Highland hos. . pital staff -.and devote his time to} his specialty, rectal disorders. The . . many friends of Dr. and Mrs. Mc. . Cullough will regret their: departure from: this. city. 3 Dr. Hummelt is a graduate of the . University Jof Oregon, which econ-. ferred. upon his the <A. B. .degree; . ;and of the University of -Oreg gon’s'. medical school. He served his year . of internship in the Cottage Hospital of Santa Barbara, where he studied under Drs. Sansun and Nuzum widely known for their work in high biood pressure, overweight and diabetes. From Santa Barbara he went to Los Angeles where he made special studies in obstetrics and for several months served on the City Medical staff, in charge of maturnity cases. Later he joined the U.S. Medical Corps for service in'the C. C. C. Dr. McCullough states that he will remain in Nevada. City fora few days with headquarters at the Harris Drug store, where those who wish to pay their bills may do so and receive a receipt. Mrs. Herman Katzer is making as good a recovery as possible from a recent serious auto accident, in the Jones Memorial hospital, ley. She was dragged. several feet and one arm had the flesh torn and rub. bed off up to the elbow. Latest reports are that skin grafting may have to be resorted to. A. heavy overeoat prevented . more serious injury. Mrs. Katzer is the daughter ot Constable and Mrs. Thomas Oliver of Nevada City. . uet of leAd and copper. . ed price of silver alone may not ,do much toward boosting the silver income of the state, Bradley avers, but rae Grass Val-. past few years’ has amounted to less than $1,000,000, caused by the low price of the metal and the fact that many lead and copper mines have been shut down. Most of the silver California is a by-prod-+ obtained in The inereaseconomic conditions became such that there was a decided slump in the gold . Many of the mines that are . ed to be standing A. E. Barnhart of Nevada City, is superintendent of the properties. . SMALL BOY NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING Tommy, the six year old son of Attorney and-Mrs. <A. J. Just o€ Downieville had a very narrow e6from drowning Monday while and his parents were . visiting friends whose home is on the banks of Jim Crow creek. <A narrow foot ‘bridge extends across this stream, which has recently been great'+ swollen by the rains. The boy went the bridge on an errand to The father who happen: by the window saw the returned, and falt into the stream. “He dashed out of the house raeed along the bank, and finally came abreast the boy carried down stream by the torrent, and wading dragged him asBoth were very wet, as a recape he across a neighbor. boy slip as he ‘in after him, hore. sult, and the boy had swallowed a great deal of Water. ARSE EN Sea verte onion eae ENGLEBRIGHT’S “HERE” HEARD OVER RADIO lead and copper mines can, be reopened, the combination of a higher price for these ‘metals and the new 64%-cent silver price will’ mean . prosperity to the sections of Califor. nia, such as Plumas and Kern coun. ties, that produce much of this states baser metals. Bradley said the state’s silver income maynever reach the peak of NEVADA CITY MAN TO TAKE BAGUIO MINE POST Mr. and Mrs. Merten Downey, popular young couple of Nevada City, left Tuesday for San Francisco. Mr. Downey will embark. today for Baguio, Philippine Islands, to join his old associate, Lamar Fleming, who was with him for several years in the mining industry in Peru, South America, where each held responsible positions. Mrs. Downey will see him depart and thenproceed to New Orleans, La., where she will visit with her relatives: for two months before joining her husband. 'Lamar Fleming, Mr. . Downey’s cousin, left recently for Baguio, where he is now employed on the staff of officers. for the Benc~' Cons. Mines. Last Tuesday evening, radio station KGO announced . ship had ar. rived that day in San _ Francisco bringing in a shipment of $300,000 in gold bulion from the mines of Baguio. Miss Dorothy Jones of San Bruno spent the week end in Nevada City . Nugget Office: : with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jackson Jr. returned: from the . gold mines _ ot Peru about two years ago. . Merten Downey is the son of-Mrs. George Downey of Nevada City. He’ ‘Nevada City neighbors of Congressman Harry L. Englebright, who listened on the radio Wednesday to the broadcast of the opening of the 73rd Congress, and the President’s ad-— Be dress, heard him answer ‘‘Here’’ when his name was called. This is the first time the proceedings of the Congress have ever been broadcast. In another year or so, ét may be possible that television will have been sufficiently perfected that hearers sitting in the homes throughout. the United States mav alsa ha spectators, viewing the Nations great deliberative body, as do now. only those who have admissions to the visitors gallery. WILLIAM B. KINKEAD SUMMONED BY DEATH Death Claimed i William B. Kinkead Wednesday morning in Berkeley. Mr. Kinkead was born in Nevada City and educated in the local schools. He was the-son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Kinkead, pioneers °** this city. After removing to the pay district he was employed for many years -by the Southern i. company: S a Surviving him are his ‘wite.: Mrs. teita Kinkead, a daughter, Kat rine, and a’son, Clifford, Three @isters also mourn his passiig, Misses Margaret and Katherine a and Mrs.-CaryS$. Arbogast of city. The funeral will take terment will be made in’ today, and according to re