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“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster
Nevada City Nu gget
{ The Nugget is delivered to
4} your home twice a week
for only 30 cents per
month
om
COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA
scaniaieianal
a
‘Vol. 17, No. 54.
The County Seat Paper
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ei
MAIL AT LAST
. REACHES NIPPON
Out Loud
PRISON CAMPS.
Thinking
Tanks, buses, jeeps; light artillery, heavy trucks, roll
up
and
down Broad street. But what interests us most are
those
boys,
‘brown and hard as nails, who drive
and man them. We only hope they
trust us stay-at-homes as much as
‘we trust them. Friday our troops
landed in Sicily, and “‘according
to plan’’ are taking over. No one
thas the slightest doubt they will
do just that. A few days ago our
troops and navy lads began taking
over Munda on Georgia Island in
the Solomons. Nobody has
the
least doubt that Munda in due
time will fall and that the Stars
and Stripes will presently flutter
up toward the blue,
from’
that
much bombed Jap stronghold.
is
in’
Thursdays in order to chop his winwest of Grass Valley, and a palatial
ter’s wood and do his vietory garhome beautifully furnished, is about
out stopping the motor the belt cardog foods, who bought the property
evidence that letters written by the
ried his finger over the pulley snapnext of kin to American prisoners
ping the large bone and driving it
held in Japanese prison camps have
back into his. hand. Dr. Harry N.
been réceived by them in considerMarch reduced the fracture.
able number.
The greatest assurance rests in the
oners
held
in
Japan
have
received
six of
your invited, with their mothers, to be
letters. It is impossible to say what hostesses to the soldier guests. Lauletters mean to us here. It is such a
jn their
The American Red Cross urges
next of ‘kin to continue writing regularly to imprisoned members of their
short time to do it. Comparing the
size
of
the
two
battles,
Tunisia
and Guadaleanal, the former was
infinitely larger, but the smaller
was considerably longer in time
victory.
needed to culminate in
The
reason
of course, was that
forces were moved by
of the store
may _ take
should look first to its own interests, since in no event would
using water for monitors wear the water out. It would still be
available for irrigation and power generation.
PURPLE HEART
GIVEN MOTHER
OF ELVON BEYER
JIM ALLEN NEW
POLICE CHIEF
The association adopted a motion
to make Hallock the chairman of a
committee to meet with the California Debris Commission and discuss
post-war plans thus outlined.
The
other members of the committee appointed were William Wilson of Forrel Parlor, Native Daughters of the
James Allen, for many years patest Hill and Claude Clark ‘Manager
Golden West provided
cakes
and rolman on the Nevada City police
of the Relief Hill mine.
force, on
Thursday
evening
was
sandwiches.
Wilson was chosen vice president
Mrs. Mary B. Beyer of Grass Valchosen by the city council to sucto fill the vacancy caused by
the
;ceed Max Solaro as chief of police.:!ley, mother of the late Corporal Eljdeath of Fred Harvey of Galt.
Rotary Club Installs
. Solaro last week joined the Sea Bees . von (C. Beyer, who was killed in ace.
grand pleasure that it hurts at first.
Dily at home.’’
to
relatively,
took a long time,
very
a
but
Tunisia,
prepare to take
President George Hallock of the California Hydraulic
Miners Association, which met yesterday in “the National
home there and named it after his
Hotel here, declared that it was time the association made
wife, is now selling the estate. The
papers are in escrow.
Dr. Ross, ready a plan for the future development of gravel mining and
sometime since purchased the Hills the conservation of water.
He stated thatin making a blue
Flat Fuel and Deed stoe, and, acprint for water storage when t he war ends, hydraulic mining
cording to the manager
Teceipt of mafl.
evening entertained a group of the over the store along with Lady Jane
Among these was Mrs. Royal C. 496th Field Artillery of Camp Beale Manor.
Johnson of Washington wha receivat a dance in the Elks Building. The
ed a letter from her son. Lt. Harlan group was in thargeof junior ofT. Johnson, Navy aviator, held in ficers and brought a Camp Beale orZentsuji Prison Camp, Japan. Writehestra to play. High school girls of
ing to his wife and his mother he ;Grass Valley and Nevada City were
‘I
Prepare . For Future
Development Advises
C. H. M. A. President:
two years ago from Harold Robinson, insurance man who built the
The Nevada City Elks last Friday C. L. Painter, Redman
acknowledging
they roll up and down Broad street
them ready for smashing blows. It
Elks Entertain Camp
Beale Soldiers at Dance
fact that relatives within the
last
week have received letters from pris
the letters until you are
our army and navy leaders exergetting
and_
preparing
cise in
Changing Hands Again
tary woodsaw. The belt slipped and!
Then you
motors, but in
Breaks Index Finger
dening, broke the index finger of his to change hands again. The new buyhand while operating his ro;er is’ Leonard Redman, chain store
12.—
ling we get of their: character as
military
Lady Jane Manse
right
small part due to the slight samp
large part is due to the care which
ee
Shoe Repair Man
‘grocery owner of Los Angeles.
The American Red Cross has anwhile attempting to replace it with-. Dr. W. J. Ross, manufacturer of
nounced that there is substantial
said:.
This confidence we have in our
officers
WASHINGTON, D. C. July
MONDAY. JULY 12, 1943.
_The Gold
ld Center’
Elmer H. Bundy of Grass Valley,
Lady Jane Manor, comprising 309
shoe repairer who closes his shop acres of foothill land eight miles
. By H. M. L.
troops and their
This paper gives your complete
coverage of all local happenings.
If you want to read about your
friends, your neighbors, read
The Nugget.
read, re-read and re-read
again hap
President Alfred Kramm
lof the U: S. Navy. The salary of the j tion
in
the Aleutian campaign
May!
Hallock stated that’ with further
. Storage of water it might be possible
The Grass Vailey Rotary Club at . ichief of police is $150 per month. . 20, this week received the medal of;(to extend the season for
hydraulic
families, even though they may not noon today with appropriate cere. Whether he will be requred to drive}. the Order of
the
Purple
Heart,!
mining. now about six months, to
awarded:
yet have had a reply from the Far ready has insstalled ts new. president. ithe fire truck has not yet been de. which was posthumously
Hast.
The
delegate
tonal
Red
Cross
of
the
InternaAlfred Kramm, jeweler, James
Committee in JaTyrrell, outgoing president will
pan as notified the American Red the recipient of the usual
Cross
jnine months each year.
C. cided. The fire delegates are asking. C°'poral Beyer for “military merit,
he hat a truck driver be employed for jand wounds in action.”
‘razzing.” {that job and that the police chief. . ‘The Order of the Purple
Regarding post-war planning, RobDahlberg of Auburn, was call-.
lert
Heart}
;ed upon to tell of the work now be. }was founded by George Washington
that many thousands of let. The
installation will be under the!ibe relieved of the duty.
‘ing done by a committee of eighteen
'tere have been delivered to the Am-!;direction of Past District Governor}.
Otis H. Hardt, who has been serlin the war of the Revolution to hon-' organized in Placer
County. He said
‘ericans as well as other United Na-. Paul Claibourne of Auburn.
‘ving in a part time capacity on the or men of-his command who were that the govern
ment is urging citithe cause of freedom and
tions prisoners held in the Far East. .
The Nevada City Rotary Club al. police force, was chosen to fill the wounded if
The mail route has been long and . ready installed its new president, vacancy, caused by
difficult, but the
American
Red U. S. N. Johnson elected in April,. tion, permanently.
Allen’s
. zens everywhere to get
{
promoliberty.
The medal
}
followed~
ready
for
(war’s aftermath. Millions of: men in
earlier
an
armed
services
will
be
released
to
from
Secretary
of!
and had to step into the post when the}
The city cd@@ncil will meet next ;personal lette
peace time industries when the war
ng
somethi
doing
of
'faster route has been opened only . president, Carroll Coughlan, resign. Thursday evening in an adjourned War Henry L. Stimson to Mre. Bey-.
the urgency
;ends. it is up to those who stay at
that the presdeat'
during the past month.
This new ed to enter the United States Navy. . session to discuss a new meat in-i er, who declare
then and there to halt the Japs.
work for
find
home, he said, to
nor . route is capable of handling only a'
time,
. of the United Stajes ordered that the
and could not choose
. spection ordinance.
c
them, and work that will profit each .
In
ion.
limited cargo of first class mail, so .
wait too long on preparat
.
The following bills for June were 'medal be awarded. A certificate of)‘community.
Well Known Miner
our armed
until
waited
the allies
been
had
attack
of
detail
every
worked out, then struck with demn
cisive and devastating force.
in
hung
Guadalcanal the battle
Tunisia
the balance for many long weeks.
were
Japs.
the
But eventnally
cleaned out and their attempts to
retake Guadalcanal were probably
relatvely as costly as anything recorded in history.
ie
er oe
Yes we can and do
trust
our
boys and their leadership to do a
careful, bloody, businesslke job of
soundly
beating
our enemies
in
battle. But can they trust us here
of
at home to keep their supplies
Cross announces
that a
new
. the American Red Coss emphasizes
ithe importance of using the lightest . Passesin Grass Valley
weight paper and envelopes, thus perAntone Fon of Grass Valley, 53,
;mitting a greater volume of letters .
died at his home in Boston Ravine
‘to go through. Censorship is expedSaturday night. He was a native of
base if letters are typwriitten or block'
j Austria but long since became an
. printed.
American
citizen.
For
many
. membership
ordered paid:
in
the
Order
of _
Jackson
$135.00;
-00;
Geo.
gene
Blake
years $30.00;
H.
Jim
Allen
Calanan
$35.00;
$20.00;
Ernest.
Sent to-his mother.
$13
A:
SUPERVISORS
APPROVE LAND
USE DISTRICT
Young!
Louie Kelley $130.00;
Nick
lhe had been a member of the Mine Sandow $140.00;, Otis A. Hardt $69$292.25;
‘Workers Protective League and was te 10; NID $284.65;. PGE
SMALL BOY HURT
IN EXPLOSION OF
DYNAMITE CAP
known as a capable and industrious Sam Hooper $177.28;
$5.10;
miner.
An
exploded
dynamite
cap,
will
munitions; food, planes and arms
probably rob Robert G. Rasmussen,
rolling steadily to them? Would
we win, here at home, any ribbons
age 9, of the sight of his eyes, following an explosion in a bonfire at
chicanreaucrats, all the political
and holes shot through the eyes.
the!
Dahlberg said that
among
the
Sam Hooper $125.00; Max Solaro ‘Purple Heart was also awarded Cor. :
. mMountan counties there was a world
$96/50; H. S. Hallett $170.00; J. J. ‘poral Beyer posthumously and was.
Surviving are his wife Mrs. Joseph-42;
Gladding
R. G. Steger
MacBean
Alpha Stores Ltd.
Co.
$39
$32.56;
R.
of development that could be done,
\euch as building dams, roads, bridges, and preparing for’ expansion in
lumber and mining industries.
A letter from Attorney C. L. Cham
berlain of Auburn was read, calling
attention to a case in which a placer
mine leaser failed to:pay the yardage
for storing gravel behind the
fees
debris dam on the North Fork of the’
American River. The property: the
Grass Valley,
The approval of the Nevada Counletter recited, is known as the Lost
Fon, of Montana. Funeral arrange$2.25; Union Oil Co. $63.00; Patty Board of Supervisors of a petiCamp Mine, and is owned by E. T.
ments will be.announced by Hooper rick and Moise Klinker Co. $2.06;
He leased the
tion to form a permanent Soil ConRobie of Auburn.
and Weaver Mortuary on the arrival George Bros. $42.42; Nevada Counservation and Land Use District in . Property and when the leaser failed
ty NGIRR Co. $5.19; The Ball Motor
of the brother.
the southern end of the county, to'. to pay yardage fees for gravel exCo. $2.30;° Union Pub. Co. 60c; Moinclude some 50,000 acres
in the cavated, the internal revenue collecttor Supply Co. $4.76; Helbach Moor
instituted
proceedings
umder
Peardale
and
Chicago
Park
sections,
William Hullet in
tors $4.89; National Hotel $14.01;
is only one step towards its establishwhich a lien will be placed upon the
Lawrence Motors $13.11; Richfield'
Frank Fon, both of EE, Harris $4.58; Sunnyside Greenand a brother, Rudy house $10.30; Nevada City Nugget
ine Fon, a son,
a Cedar Ridge play camp, late ThursTraining at Farragut
property until the fees are paid.
iment.
Oil Co. $86.40; Pac. Tel and Tel Co.
day afternoon.
‘President Hallock stated that he
FARRAGUT, Idaho, July
12.—
The petiton thus endorsed by the
$23.00; Sacramento Pipe Co. $108‘His brother, David
Rasmussen,
was very grateful for the letter. He
William John Hullett, son of Mrs. A.
supervisors
now
goes
to
the
State
.516.—$2,314.29.
age 6, and Norval Wallace, aged 12,
Soil Conservation Commission
for thought it might prove a very useful
M. Hullett of 504 Coyote street, Necompanions in play, were slightly
FIRE FUND
mines
vada City, began his recruit training
approval or rejection. If
approved
. lesson to owners of placer
injured in the same explosion. HowMax Solaro $51.50. Capital Fire the application will be returned to with regard to the contracts m:
this week at this U. S. Naval Trainever Robert’s condition is regarded
the supervisors who will then hold a with those who lease their properties
ing Station located in the mountains Equipment Co. $11.44.—$62.94.
We do hate a “‘better than thou”
as serious.
w
fello
g
errin
CITY
TREASURERS
REPORT
hearing, in which protestants may be on a royalty basis. It was suggested
our
st
again
.of
northern
Idaho.
attitude
At the Community Hospital the
Balance on hand $9,946.00.
heard. If then approved the project that royalties might be increased ta
During the next few weeks he will
countrymen in general, but in war boy was treated
by Dr. O. F. Lang
Receipts: Water collections $1.will be submitted to an election of include yardage fees. and that sum
undergo thorough physical training.
time, when, say, 120 million peoand Dr. Harry March.
The latter
obwar
a
419.10.
State tax $1,466.08. Licenthe landowners affected.
deposited at regular intervals in a
such
He will receive
actual
experience
ple find fault with
‘)stated that there was little hope of
bank
we
named in the contract. Failure
s,
ses
$126.34.
Delinquent
taxes
.$39‘Lewi
William
Mayhoffer,
field
represenL.
with
boats
on
beautiful
Lake
Pond
structor as John
saving one eye, the other will be imto
make
done
such deposits could be made
be
.20.
Taxes
$499.48.
Miscellaneous
tative
of
the
U.
S.
Department
of
could
that
Oreille,
beside
which
Farragut
is
loleast
the
think,
paired.
‘$9.48. Dog licenses $8.00. Building Agriculture and L. E. Sleman, Mala@ cause of cancellation of the concated.
to hearten our boys in the front
His condition gave some credence
d
;
recruit permits $2.00.—4$3.569.68 — $13,colm Hammill, A. E. Hocking and tract.
his
Upon completion of
lines, is throw this beetle-browe
that bird shot had entered his skin,
a
s
The
come
matter
e
515.68.
Edward
Blum,
farmers,
have
been
of
naming
opporTher
an
the
given
debris.
training, he will be
eaboteur into jail.
high for his head and face were badly tunity to qualify for one of the navy’s. Disbursements: Warrants paid on active in the preliminary steps todam at the Yuba Narrows after the
time in all the bungling in.
peppered with hundreds of abrasions
late congressman for ‘the ——
subverservice schools for additional specgeneral fund §1;734.33. Warrants ward forming a district.
places, all the coddling or
with
lips, ears and fingers lacerated
bug
District, Harry L. Englebright,
ialized training in a field which he paid on fire fund $51.50. Warrants
sives, all the feuding amon
with beautiful medals attached to
them for the part we play in this
this
answer
war? Anybody an
y
qualit
the
to
ding
accor
ion
quest
of. his conscience.
all
ery which hampers the nation’s
be
ld
shou
it
when
t,
effor
out war
Behalted, forcefully if necessary.
we can’t
eause, you and I know,
who acers
Lead
Jet our boys down.
me of
regi
a
r
unde
r
ecumulate powe
it to
use
and
kery
quac
ical
polit
right
g
shackle Uncle Sam’s stron
arm,
are
playing 4
dangerous
game.
Just now congress is taking a
How
vacation of two months.
many of us
at
home
can
take
a
vacation? Why shouldn’t the coal
miners take a vacation; strike for
They plead, these
two months?
congressmen, that they have been
at it without a breather for a long
One
time, two or three years.
congressmen, that they have been
work, real work, instead of delegating hundreds of bureaus to do
their work. Rather we think they
have become bored with
Wash
ington. The want to go home and
find out what their constituencies
are thinking. Well, there may be
something in that. Their constituents can tell them plenty.
His condition gave some evidence
of shot in the wounds, but rather of
has chosen.
paid on library fund $344.16—$2,
129.99.
Two-Teachers Are Wed
At Camp Roberts
discussed. It was unanimously sateen
to adopt a resolution and present it
The cuininaree of another war to the California congressional deleminute metal particals. They came
romance
To
is reported from Camp Robgation in congress, in time for its
ion
eminal
Ec
Typist
‘Balance in fire fund $454.83. Balto the conclusion that the boy had
ance in library fund $630.55. Balerts where Mss Zoe Winifred Branreconvening in September.
It wat
been injured by a blasting cap.
egan, former teacher in the James stated that a concurren
ance in general fund $10,300.21.
t resolution
12.—Many
Deputy Sheriff Bill Woods, who
SACRAMENTO, July
S. Hennessy School in Grass Valley, must be formally passed by both
in
are
made an investigation of the camp state offices in California
became the bride of Lieutenant Denhouses to affix a name to a dam or
Funeral Services Held
and bonfire site at Cedar Ridge, reneed of typist-clerks and stenographnis Armand Christin, former memother public work.
this for Late H. P. Shuey
orted that some explosive object had er-clerks. Hoping to: supply
ber of the Grass Valley High School
Following the business meeting ee
been thrown into the fire, either a need, the State Personnel Board toFuneral services were held Thursfactulty.
there was a short program in charge
cap or cartridge.
day announced examinations for the day in the chapel of
While teaching in Grau Valley, of Judge George L. Jones. Edward _
the Holmes
‘Mrs. Robert L. Rasmussen after junior and intermediate grades io Funeral Home here for the late Mrs. Christin enrolled in an enginKinyon of Grass
Valley gave a vivi
part. of
questioning the two boys less seribe held during the early
Harry Phillip Shuey,
jeweler,
64 ering class in Stanford University account of the flood caused by
th
Balance in treasury
$11,385.69.
Be Held In Grass Valley
that the August’ in approximately 25 cities years of age, who passed away afand was one of the first class of 35
breaking
dynamite throughout California. The examinater a lingering illness on Monday.
women junior engineers to ,gradu-‘
cap, which they threw into the fire tions will be held in Grass Valley to
completed
Shuey conducted a jewelry store ate. Lieutenant Christin
ously
injured,
youngsters
had
announced
found
a
of English Dam on
Middle Fork of the Yuba River in _
1883. Justice of the Peace George
enable local residents to qualify for in Grass Valley for eght years. He his basic training in Fort Sill, OklaGildersleeve recited a comic poem
These posiwas a native of Pennsylvania. His homa, a short time‘ago, and has
The ends of the boys fingers suswork in this locality.
now entitled “The Cremation of Bill Mcetained the most severe flesh abrations pay from $105.to $135 a month wife assed away three yeas ago. The been assigned to 65th. Replacement Gee.”
sions. He
also.
sustained
powder and range in entrance requirements funeral service was
conducted by Battalion of the Field Artillery at
The next meeting of on 2
burns and hundreds of impigmentafrom tenth grade education alone to Rev. Mark Pike and interment was Camp Roberts.
tion will be in Colfax, Placer
and one in Elm Ridge Cemetery.
tions as though he were kneeling or twelfth grade education
August 9th.
S
ONE DOLLAR A FISH bending over the charge
when
it year of office clerical experience for
the intermediate grades.
H. W. Carll of Sacramento was arwent off.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pratti of San
Mistletoe cAI: ;
Application forms and examina-> leeks arrived Sunday to spend rested yesterday by Game Warden
The boy’s father is Peciorca” in
tion bulletins describing these ~posithis week here visiting Pratti’s parEarl Hiscox on Grouse Ridge. Carli
war work at Oakland.
entertainE. C. Horel of
tions may be obtained from theState ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pratti, and had 34 trout in his possession. JusBill Zanoceco came up from RichPersonnel Board, 1015
.L_ Street, Mrs. Pratti’s sisters and families.
tice of the Peace George Gildersleeve
mond for a few days in this section. Sacramento, 14, California. July 23
fined him just one dolar a fish. He};
He is having work done on his auis the final date for filing applicaMrs. Clyde Gwin of Reno was a paid $34, departing Nevada City a
tomobile while here.
tions for these examinations.
visitor in Nevada City Thursday.
wiser fisherman.
with terrific results for Robert.
Lodge of I. 0. 0. F,