July 14, 1933 (6 pages)

. & “to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Belle Ay————— NEVADA CITY . Where Climate, Good Water . . . bet ame = . and Gold Invite the World. Nevada City Nu Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press —=—= SSS SEE e f . Nevada City Nugget . A LIVE NEWSPAPER pubLisnedin a iive town. Vol. VIL Ne 74 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933 Legislature, Meeting Monday, To Wrestle With State Deficit —_— By THOMAS B. MALARKEY SACRAMENTO, (Cal., July = 13—— (UP)—Gravely aware they. face one of the biggest tax crices in the states history and also an inevitable veto con_roversy with the ‘Rolph Administraition, California’s 120 legislators today prepared a re“convene. here Monday and do ‘their 3 utmost to straigh‘ten out the unfortu= nate tangle. If the state is to meet all its obligaions for the next “biennium, these legMALAR’ slators -must raise sufficient taxes to meet a deficit estimated between: $121,000,000 ana $128,000,000. FRED STEWART THANKS NUGGET FOR BALLOT AID State Board Sacramento. of Equalization July 13, 193% The Nugget, Nevada City, Calif. Dear Sirs: Seveny-six million dollars of this total represents the-~ counties’ fixed school charges, assumed by the state by virtue of passage of the RileyStewart tax revision plan. The remainder, between $45,000,000 and $52,000,000 is the actual 1931-33 deficit coupled with the anticipated 1933-35 deficit. » WHAT KIND OF TAX New taxes are inevitable. What shall they be?* Sales tax? Income tax? A hodge-podge of new levies, including. the aforementioned and such measures as stock itransfers tax, additional license fees, increased utility taxes, utility consumers tax, amusement tax or gross receipts tax? Sentitment appears to be erystallizing in favor of a sales itax. A two per cent levy would raise around $60,000,000; three per cent, about $92,000,000 and four per cent would wipe out the deficit. Some legislators favor a two per cent levy and a hodge-podge of other taxes to meet the situation. Other sroups urge a straight three per cent tax and suggest the’ state oi the ‘red’ for $35,000,000. Sin another would wipe the slate clear with a four per cent tax-—but these last are few. INCOME TAX ADVOCATED A numbe r of. legislative leaders have come forth with dual propositions—both income and sales tax. They hold a sales tax is essentially The success of Pro; osition Num-} ber 1, known as the Riley-Stewart . Tax Relief Plan, at the special elec-! tion on June 27 was in large pait due to the loyal and intelligent sup-} port of California newspapers. ; In leading this fight for tax re-! lief and the elimination of tax in-. equalities, you have rendered a tremoundously worthwhile service to California agriculture, business, in-! dustry and common taxpayers gen-' erally, as’ well as to the proponents . ! of the program. Please be assured of my deep ap-! preciation of your good work. Very sincerely yours, FRED BE. STEWART: . ene sates { ORIENTAL SOON STARTS MILLING AndTEW Carey, mill man for many * shape tor steady production. There is a crew of five men em. . Ploved at the property now getting . . : . ‘ out ore for milling within a short } time. . This property is in the same district as the famous 16 to 1 mine and work is going ahead in the 4000 foot tunnel. } ——_—_—o TRAIN CRASH VICTIM . ; IS BORNE TO GRAVE Mrs. Margaret Heard Shaeffer, who was killed as the result of a train accident just below Town Talk Monday night was burieq Bt cp, ni. Wednesday. Mrs. Shaeffer was a resident of Oakland. She was celebratine her 88th birthday by going ers of Downieville. Mrs. Shaeffer is 2i8O0 survived by several grand children. Holmes Funeral "Home funeral arrangements. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE ORDINANCES Chief of Police Garfield Robson has started a campaign of enforcement of several city ordinances in Nevada City,-in an effort to stop violations. Slot. machines operated in violation of the state law will no longer be tolerated and the machines have been ordered taken out of the various establishments housing them. The-parking law in effect from 2 A. M. until 6 A: M. will also be enforced, and violators subject to parmade the ; vetoes. Ltory. a “poor man’s” levy. Consequently ‘oO balance things up, there should be passed an income tax bearing down exceptionally hard on ‘incomes in the higher brackets. A virorous effort has been made ‘by legislators, tax groups and state officials to erystallize opinion before the session convenes. If legislative leaders can agree on a coherent program, it is believed it will be speedily adopted. Unpzid legislators will not be anxious to prolong a session during hot summer ' days. SESSION MAY LAST WEEKS ; But if key men cannot agree, the “session might last for weeks. eee —— “ONEHALFINROSE . BLOSSOM AND 3 INCH . __ PANSIES—WHAT NEXT? Mrs. J. R. Ivey, lover of flowers, has recently’ succeeded in another interesting experiment. From seed she has produced a single white rose on a. plant 2. inches high which bears blossoms one half inch in diameter. The tiny plant has perfect minature leaves and the rose petals give off a faint rose fragrance. Only a short time ago Mrs. ivey presented the Nugget office with a resplendent bouquet of pansies, none of which were less than three inches in diameter. N. D. G. W: SQUARE NOT . INTENDED FOR PARK, . WRITES NUGGET READER . Editor, Nevada City Nugget Nevada City, July 11, 1933 Dear Sir: Your editorial anent the band Stand in the Native Daughters Square gives me a pain in the neck. Being a recent arrival you probably do ‘not know that this Square Was not intended for a park ana should not be spoken of as such. It is intended for a Memorial to our Boys who offered their services in the World War. On that site stoou an old hotel, popular in its day, and productive to its Owner at one time. It had fallen into decay was a fire WALLBERG MINE MILLS 10 TONS OF ORE DAILY J. O. Wallberg, one of the owners and the manager of the Wallberg mine, nine miles from Bullards Bar and near Challenge in Yuba county, was in Nevada City this week to: obtain necessary supplies and equipment. : He states that the company now employs 10 men on’ one shift and is milling 10 tons of ore daily. The mine is equipped with a ten stamp and flotation facilities, a 75 horse power Diesel engine. The ore runs between $10 and $12 per ton in yalue and 15,000 tons of ore reserves have been blocked out. The tunnel is in 1,000 feet and there are 240 feet of backs at the face. The quartz is of the blue ribbon variety, and the vein is a true fissure vein with a diorite contact. The shaft is sunk on the ledg and is down: 300 feet. menace and unoccupied. By its removal, “adjoining property lieved of a very was rehigh: insurance rate Which fact is appreciated by those affected. e Native Daughters Were anxious to honor the local soldier boys and the town was and still is in need of a fountain for public use. A landscape artist was brought in and a definite plan made to complete the idea and it was hoped and expected that other organizations and citizens in general would ionevark A few made contributions but in ‘the main, Laurel Parlor has carried th burden alone and owing to Stringent times and demands for other Ppublie affairs we have kept in the background and been content to bide our time in Setting a suitable fountain. Graddually our shrubbery has attained a certain degree of beauty and made a suitable setting for the fountain. There have been to overcome. We Day about five dollars a month to maintain the plot in order, and every time the square is used as an auditorium for the neerby band concerts sprinklers are broken off and have to be replaced at a cost of fifty cents each. Many obstacles 6 ee . FACTS ABOUT NEVADA : CITY FROM THE “DIARY — OF A FORTY NINER” This is the first of a series of exNiner,”’ periences a unique record of the ex. i of a miner who lived in. the brave Argonaut days of Nevada’ City’s founding. These entries from . the. journal of this pioneer gold} » Seeker will appear in each Friday’s ; issue of the Nugget. Next in importance is the prospective fight over vetoes. Governor . Rolph yetoed 113 bills—one out of . every ten passed by the legislature. . Among many these were legislative ; “sacred -cows,”’ such as the bill, the Dill; t “joy rid-} ing" gleo-nargerine May 25, 1850—Sent over by Jim Karly for some tobaceco—five plugs . for two dollars. . . { I hear there are three women . ,.OVEL.on--Selby-Flyt2Whar we Miss } } more than anything else is that free school economy measures, the oe : ; Z state employes $5,000,000 salary re=4 eyears left Nevada City this week for ; Fg aS : ae ' ; duction act; several county governAileghany, where he is assisting in ; ; ; ee th : 0 ; ey es : ment bills and many judges salary putting 1e riental mine, mi in ; ; 20 =e : ; Measures. Rumblings of discontent have already been heard. Various gislators are amassing votes in an + élegislate bee ie ) . Struck a crevice in the bed-rock on actempt to override the executive's . If the lawmakers are in the mood when, for the time in over 40 years, they overrode Rolph’s veto of Mendocino county . same as first . ;Sovernment bills last May, political history may be made at this brief . July session. DEPARTMENTS NEED MONEY . Still another task is to decide! whether or not several state departments shall be granted more money. In this category come the department of social welfare, narcotics division, bureau of criminal identification, insurance division, bureau of ; commMerce and others. Governor tolph has announced he will pequpat . additional appropriations for these . state agéncies. He will contend the . budgetary allowance is inadequate . and vital governmental functions . are jeopardized. In its potentialities, this brief leg-j islative session looms as one of the most important: in the state’s hisThere is a possibility, of course, the lawmakers may meet, quickly sustain all vetoes, pass one sales tax and close shop. But it is admittedly remote. Too many toes Wer trod upon by these vetoes; and there .are too many clashing viewPoints on tax matters. king tags by the city police. Robson last week, “floated” eight undersirable itinerants out of town. They were found intoxicated on the streets. oO Melville Johns and two brothers of Grass Valley were Nevada City i visitors Wednesday. land it was lousy with gold. It took j me two days to work it out . lars. ‘Qlace “Nevada there are no women in this ey Barring out the breasers and . ; Sduaws, I dont suppose there are . twenty in all of Yuba county, our. . Side of Marysville. ; June 29, 1850—Wednesday I the rim of the creek (Rock Creek ) and I twenty-nine ounces, which with three ounces rocked the tfrst two days raised the ‘week’s work to more than five hundred dolgot almost July 20, 1850—He Says there is a New way of taking out gold by a machine, called a Long Tom. He saw it working at Kellogg’s claim on Brush Creek and as much dirt seal be put through it in a day as onc can with a rocker in a week. August 17, 1850—We finished the ditch on Thursday and turned in the water. It carries a lot more than we need and when we ran it into the gulch, Anderson Sot a new idea. We put a trench down through the middle of the-ravine and there was a pretty heavy fall. The top dirt is nothing but red clay and he began picking the dirt and Watching it run off into the creek and then he said, “What is the use of shoveling this all off when the water will do tt for us?” (Anderson had stumbled on another great step in mining, viz ground sluicing. ) August 31, 1850—I wag told that ‘he people living round Caldwell’s store held a meeting and called the City.”” Nevada is Spanish for snow. Other excerpts from this unique diary in Friday’s issue.) ——)-— Mr. and Mrs. C. Ww. McCall left Tuesday for their home in Oakland after a pleasant vacation in Nevada City. ‘cerpts from ‘the “Diary of a Forty . — RELIEF HILL GRAVEL Personally 1 appreciate the band and its leader and have always done my part to earry the burden but while We are suffering from the prevailing world depression let us ask for the use of the hotel porch and spend our monkey for music} and other needs of the band. We will a band stand near the swimming pool next year and meanwhile even with fallen arches or pains ik the neck we can still enjoy the music from the present site or even move Nevada City School . School budgets for the Nevada: $13,540 during City high school and the Washing. year. ton and Oakland district grammar The high schook district ‘enters *schools pubjjshed in this issue “pt un nee eee sbgee Peses esses : of $3,348 on hand. Among revenue the Nugget, show an estimated exitems that the school board expects penditure for the two Nevada City! to receive is the sum of $1,338 tuischools of $42,000. tion fees from the Oakland school The total proposed expenditures . district. Salaries for the high school for the Washington srammar schoo! . teachers during the coming year will is $21,025 while the total income isj amount to $15,050. Total estimate estimated at $25,399. The district . of expenditures is $21,635, while the the coming school will be taxed to raige $8,082. Sai-. estimate income Will amount to $21,aries for teachers will amount to; 549.7 JURY FINDS MRS. SCHAEFFER DIED FROM ACCIDENT A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroners jury Wedhesday night following. an inquest upon the death of Mrs. Margaret Hy WESTERN PEACE . ARMY TOTALS 99 ~ THOUSAND MEN SAN FRANCISCO, July 13;— (UP—A peate time army of more than 90,000 nien, conscripted under President Rooseyelt’s recovery program, was scattered in eight western states. Leading the recruits in the’ battle against the depression was General Malin Craig, Commander of the Ninth Corps Area, which’ contains 459 concentration camps in California, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. He will be assisted by his chief of sisted of C. E. Boreman, foreman, staff, Col. E. S. Hartshorn. « W. J. Coughlan, W. E. Bolander, The army is composed mostly of . Perey Jacob, G. W. Halstead, Aryoung men, many of whom neyer/ thur Smith and R. EB. Clary. have done manuel labor or been in The formal verdict follows: a forest, but Gen. Craig was opti“We find the deceased, Margaret mistic over their eagerness to tackle their job-—the first they have been able to obtain since the depression began. There also were Many World War veterans in the camps. , “Lieut. Gen. Hunter Ligett once wrote that the fighters of St. Mihier and the Marne were self-reliant, full of courage, intelligence and energy, evening as the result of injuries sustained when three cars of the Narrow Gauge railway plunged down: grade from Town Talk and were derailed and wrecked at the Macari crossing. J The jury, which held thé inquest under Coroner A. M. Holmes, conto her death at the Jones Memorial Hospital, Grass Valley, on July 10, 1933, as a result of a fractured skuli and shock sustained in accidental the Nevada Railroad.” Witnesses examined County Narrow Gauge were. Fred and I am happy to say these men Rundy, conductor of the train; Edalso have those attributes,’ said Gen. ward Horton, brakeman; Eugene Craig. Katzer, fireman and Melio Solaro, of “Faced with a life new to most of them, they have shown great ingenthe train erew: Dr. C. P. Jones, C. A. Morehouse, general agent of the co., Over to: the courthouse lawn: and ‘refrain from destroying the idea of . a Memorial when every other town! . and hamlet:in the United States has . municipal aid in ier boys. honoring the sold. Patriotically yours, BELLE DOUGLASS uity in making life comfortable, anc W. F. Sharpe, State Forest Ranger; in eliminating as far as possible the. Melvin G. Auld, survivor of the two friction inherent in -outdoor existpassenger; M. T. Ayers son-in-law of ence.”’ the deceased woman, and Martin The forest camp “soldiers” wili ties, master meghanic of the © railhave an opportunity to advance. Alroad company. though regulations provide” for a The train crew members testifiea . cash allowance of $30 a month, it that brakes.were.set.on—the-three: . Was announced eight per cent may be. cars, two box cars loaded with dyna. paid_$45, and an additional eight mite, and the passenger car in which . pet cent $36. Men chosen for the Mrs. Schaeffer was riding when the higher wage . fatal accident occured. They testiFISHERMEN LUCKY IN JACKSON MEADOWS A group of fisherman left City at two o'eloe ning motoring where and . Nevada . k last Sunday mor. to Jackson Meadows . a nice lot of fish were caught after a fine Dienic lunch they returned home the Same evening at eleven o'clock. Those in the crowd were: Mr. and Mrs. _ Noble McCormack, Mr. ana Mrs. Don Steger, Bob Steger, Miss Irma McCormack, Sammy and a Carl Steger, Miss Erline Sutton, Noble McCormack Jr., and Tom Rafter. MINE MAKES CLEAN UP A crew of seven men are now making a clean-up at the Relief Hill STavel mine near North Bloomfield, preparatory to stopping operations water. About 10,000 yards of gravel was worked this season. Carl Larson is foreman, and Q, ‘Clark Superintendent at the NEW TUNNEL BEING DRIVEN IN ZEIBRIGHT Driving of a new tunnel to develop “the downward extension of the vein-system in the mine. nage of low-grade has been revealed. 2 met etree ee for the summer due to shortage of! Zeibright mine, near Emgirant Gap, is to be undertaken shortly, and the mill reconditioned and Placed in operation. Old workings were recently cleaned out and repaired, and a large tonThe improved mill will treat thirty to thiry-five’tons daily. The Zeibrights is controlled by the Newmont Mining Corporation, with fied that they had stopped the train to do some switching ‘at the Standard Oil yards, and when this was done, noticed the three cars in motion, despite the fact that all brakes were set. Some of them ran afterthe runaway cars, but finally they gave up the chase and went after them with an engine and tender. Melvin Auld, the other surviving and uninjured passenger on the home here in town where she and/. tain, declared he did not believe the her daughter Lena have resided! brakes were Set, and stated that he aes von: . tried ineffectively to set them, when Mrs: Dahneke was formerly: Miss @fter coasting some distance, he disHelena Katrina Ahlers and was born Covered the cars were running away. ae eee in Bremen, Hanover, PAHATSI PRESS IS LIVELY SCOUT DAILY When about 18 years old she came . Subscriptions are being taken for to New York and became engaged to . Heinrich Diedrich Dahneke who was “Pathatsi Press’”’ the Camp Daily newspaper. The paper is being also a native of Hanover, Germany. Mr. Dahneke came to California ‘at the time of the gold excitement and settled in San Juan where he engagmailed daily for 20 cents a week or ed in mining. He soon sént for Miss 50 cents for the entire three week Ahlers and met. her if, San Francisco . period. This year the paper is printwhere they were married on May 6,. ed in the form of a four page folder. Each issue contains a nature cornet, Pathatsi Pokes and Jokes and an editorial on Scouting, in ad1860 by a German‘ Lutheran minister and came to San Juan where dition to the regular camp news and announcements. they made their home all through their married life. Two sons, Wilis hand colored. “Pahatsi Press” liam and Lou, and one daughter, Lena, were born here. curate and current history of cam Dp life and will be enjoyed by Scouts BELOVED RESIDENT-OF 4 2 NOR. SAN JUAN IS DEAD overseers. NORTH SAN “JUAN, July 13— On Wednesday morning Mrs. Helena Dahneke, one of North San Juan's few rq@maining early pioneers, passed peacefully away at the William died in Alaska in 1922 and Lou passed away in June of this year at his home in Palo Alto. Besides the (daughter, Miss Lena, there remains a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Dahneke became blind a number of years ago but never lost her cheerful, happy out look on life and always greeted her friends with able to be in camp this year. ~~ The mail’ Camp Pahatsi. E. W. Bennett, superintendent. a cordial welcome. ; : {'was able to be interested in its While Mrs. Dahneke was a lifevices, LO aS Be de le ee oe tae long member of the Lutheran faitn Funeral services will be held a she was a faithful attendant of the the home on Saturday local M. E. Church as long as she Rev. H. H. B offi “ii o terres hehe bs Schaeffer who passed away Monday — Heard Shaeffer, aged 88 years, came ~ derailing of railway ¢oach owned by . presents an acgould go and until, very» recently and friends of Scouting who are unes Press” is Dea Springs in care of 7 Budgets Total $42,000 The nature corner : . ag a ee

. & “to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Belle Ay————— NEVADA CITY . Where Climate, Good Water . . . bet ame = . and Gold Invite the World. Nevada City Nu Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press —=—= SSS SEE e f . Nevada City Nugget . A LIVE NEWSPAPER pubLisnedin a iive town. Vol. VIL Ne 74 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933 Legislature, Meeting Monday, To Wrestle With State Deficit —_— By THOMAS B. MALARKEY SACRAMENTO, (Cal., July = 13—— (UP)—Gravely aware they. face one of the biggest tax crices in the states history and also an inevitable veto con_roversy with the ‘Rolph Administraition, California’s 120 legislators today prepared a re“convene. here Monday and do ‘their 3 utmost to straigh‘ten out the unfortu= nate tangle. If the state is to meet all its obligaions for the next “biennium, these legMALAR’ slators -must raise sufficient taxes to meet a deficit estimated between: $121,000,000 ana $128,000,000. FRED STEWART THANKS NUGGET FOR BALLOT AID State Board Sacramento. of Equalization July 13, 193% The Nugget, Nevada City, Calif. Dear Sirs: Seveny-six million dollars of this total represents the-~ counties’ fixed school charges, assumed by the state by virtue of passage of the RileyStewart tax revision plan. The remainder, between $45,000,000 and $52,000,000 is the actual 1931-33 deficit coupled with the anticipated 1933-35 deficit. » WHAT KIND OF TAX New taxes are inevitable. What shall they be?* Sales tax? Income tax? A hodge-podge of new levies, including. the aforementioned and such measures as stock itransfers tax, additional license fees, increased utility taxes, utility consumers tax, amusement tax or gross receipts tax? Sentitment appears to be erystallizing in favor of a sales itax. A two per cent levy would raise around $60,000,000; three per cent, about $92,000,000 and four per cent would wipe out the deficit. Some legislators favor a two per cent levy and a hodge-podge of other taxes to meet the situation. Other sroups urge a straight three per cent tax and suggest the’ state oi the ‘red’ for $35,000,000. Sin another would wipe the slate clear with a four per cent tax-—but these last are few. INCOME TAX ADVOCATED A numbe r of. legislative leaders have come forth with dual propositions—both income and sales tax. They hold a sales tax is essentially The success of Pro; osition Num-} ber 1, known as the Riley-Stewart . Tax Relief Plan, at the special elec-! tion on June 27 was in large pait due to the loyal and intelligent sup-} port of California newspapers. ; In leading this fight for tax re-! lief and the elimination of tax in-. equalities, you have rendered a tremoundously worthwhile service to California agriculture, business, in-! dustry and common taxpayers gen-' erally, as’ well as to the proponents . ! of the program. Please be assured of my deep ap-! preciation of your good work. Very sincerely yours, FRED BE. STEWART: . ene sates { ORIENTAL SOON STARTS MILLING AndTEW Carey, mill man for many * shape tor steady production. There is a crew of five men em. . Ploved at the property now getting . . : . ‘ out ore for milling within a short } time. . This property is in the same district as the famous 16 to 1 mine and work is going ahead in the 4000 foot tunnel. } ——_—_—o TRAIN CRASH VICTIM . ; IS BORNE TO GRAVE Mrs. Margaret Heard Shaeffer, who was killed as the result of a train accident just below Town Talk Monday night was burieq Bt cp, ni. Wednesday. Mrs. Shaeffer was a resident of Oakland. She was celebratine her 88th birthday by going ers of Downieville. Mrs. Shaeffer is 2i8O0 survived by several grand children. Holmes Funeral "Home funeral arrangements. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE ORDINANCES Chief of Police Garfield Robson has started a campaign of enforcement of several city ordinances in Nevada City,-in an effort to stop violations. Slot. machines operated in violation of the state law will no longer be tolerated and the machines have been ordered taken out of the various establishments housing them. The-parking law in effect from 2 A. M. until 6 A: M. will also be enforced, and violators subject to parmade the ; vetoes. Ltory. a “poor man’s” levy. Consequently ‘oO balance things up, there should be passed an income tax bearing down exceptionally hard on ‘incomes in the higher brackets. A virorous effort has been made ‘by legislators, tax groups and state officials to erystallize opinion before the session convenes. If legislative leaders can agree on a coherent program, it is believed it will be speedily adopted. Unpzid legislators will not be anxious to prolong a session during hot summer ' days. SESSION MAY LAST WEEKS ; But if key men cannot agree, the “session might last for weeks. eee —— “ONEHALFINROSE . BLOSSOM AND 3 INCH . __ PANSIES—WHAT NEXT? Mrs. J. R. Ivey, lover of flowers, has recently’ succeeded in another interesting experiment. From seed she has produced a single white rose on a. plant 2. inches high which bears blossoms one half inch in diameter. The tiny plant has perfect minature leaves and the rose petals give off a faint rose fragrance. Only a short time ago Mrs. ivey presented the Nugget office with a resplendent bouquet of pansies, none of which were less than three inches in diameter. N. D. G. W: SQUARE NOT . INTENDED FOR PARK, . WRITES NUGGET READER . Editor, Nevada City Nugget Nevada City, July 11, 1933 Dear Sir: Your editorial anent the band Stand in the Native Daughters Square gives me a pain in the neck. Being a recent arrival you probably do ‘not know that this Square Was not intended for a park ana should not be spoken of as such. It is intended for a Memorial to our Boys who offered their services in the World War. On that site stoou an old hotel, popular in its day, and productive to its Owner at one time. It had fallen into decay was a fire WALLBERG MINE MILLS 10 TONS OF ORE DAILY J. O. Wallberg, one of the owners and the manager of the Wallberg mine, nine miles from Bullards Bar and near Challenge in Yuba county, was in Nevada City this week to: obtain necessary supplies and equipment. : He states that the company now employs 10 men on’ one shift and is milling 10 tons of ore daily. The mine is equipped with a ten stamp and flotation facilities, a 75 horse power Diesel engine. The ore runs between $10 and $12 per ton in yalue and 15,000 tons of ore reserves have been blocked out. The tunnel is in 1,000 feet and there are 240 feet of backs at the face. The quartz is of the blue ribbon variety, and the vein is a true fissure vein with a diorite contact. The shaft is sunk on the ledg and is down: 300 feet. menace and unoccupied. By its removal, “adjoining property lieved of a very was rehigh: insurance rate Which fact is appreciated by those affected. e Native Daughters Were anxious to honor the local soldier boys and the town was and still is in need of a fountain for public use. A landscape artist was brought in and a definite plan made to complete the idea and it was hoped and expected that other organizations and citizens in general would ionevark A few made contributions but in ‘the main, Laurel Parlor has carried th burden alone and owing to Stringent times and demands for other Ppublie affairs we have kept in the background and been content to bide our time in Setting a suitable fountain. Graddually our shrubbery has attained a certain degree of beauty and made a suitable setting for the fountain. There have been to overcome. We Day about five dollars a month to maintain the plot in order, and every time the square is used as an auditorium for the neerby band concerts sprinklers are broken off and have to be replaced at a cost of fifty cents each. Many obstacles 6 ee . FACTS ABOUT NEVADA : CITY FROM THE “DIARY — OF A FORTY NINER” This is the first of a series of exNiner,”’ periences a unique record of the ex. i of a miner who lived in. the brave Argonaut days of Nevada’ City’s founding. These entries from . the. journal of this pioneer gold} » Seeker will appear in each Friday’s ; issue of the Nugget. Next in importance is the prospective fight over vetoes. Governor . Rolph yetoed 113 bills—one out of . every ten passed by the legislature. . Among many these were legislative ; “sacred -cows,”’ such as the bill, the Dill; t “joy rid-} ing" gleo-nargerine May 25, 1850—Sent over by Jim Karly for some tobaceco—five plugs . for two dollars. . . { I hear there are three women . ,.OVEL.on--Selby-Flyt2Whar we Miss } } more than anything else is that free school economy measures, the oe : ; Z state employes $5,000,000 salary re=4 eyears left Nevada City this week for ; Fg aS : ae ' ; duction act; several county governAileghany, where he is assisting in ; ; ; ee th : 0 ; ey es : ment bills and many judges salary putting 1e riental mine, mi in ; ; 20 =e : ; Measures. Rumblings of discontent have already been heard. Various gislators are amassing votes in an + élegislate bee ie ) . Struck a crevice in the bed-rock on actempt to override the executive's . If the lawmakers are in the mood when, for the time in over 40 years, they overrode Rolph’s veto of Mendocino county . same as first . ;Sovernment bills last May, political history may be made at this brief . July session. DEPARTMENTS NEED MONEY .

Still another task is to decide! whether or not several state departments shall be granted more money. In this category come the department of social welfare, narcotics division, bureau of criminal identification, insurance division, bureau of ; commMerce and others. Governor tolph has announced he will pequpat . additional appropriations for these . state agéncies. He will contend the . budgetary allowance is inadequate . and vital governmental functions . are jeopardized. In its potentialities, this brief leg-j islative session looms as one of the most important: in the state’s hisThere is a possibility, of course, the lawmakers may meet, quickly sustain all vetoes, pass one sales tax and close shop. But it is admittedly remote. Too many toes Wer trod upon by these vetoes; and there .are too many clashing viewPoints on tax matters. king tags by the city police. Robson last week, “floated” eight undersirable itinerants out of town. They were found intoxicated on the streets. oO Melville Johns and two brothers of Grass Valley were Nevada City i visitors Wednesday. land it was lousy with gold. It took j me two days to work it out . lars. ‘Qlace “Nevada there are no women in this ey Barring out the breasers and . ; Sduaws, I dont suppose there are . twenty in all of Yuba county, our. . Side of Marysville. ; June 29, 1850—Wednesday I the rim of the creek (Rock Creek ) and I twenty-nine ounces, which with three ounces rocked the tfrst two days raised the ‘week’s work to more than five hundred dolgot almost July 20, 1850—He Says there is a New way of taking out gold by a machine, called a Long Tom. He saw it working at Kellogg’s claim on Brush Creek and as much dirt seal be put through it in a day as onc can with a rocker in a week. August 17, 1850—We finished the ditch on Thursday and turned in the water. It carries a lot more than we need and when we ran it into the gulch, Anderson Sot a new idea. We put a trench down through the middle of the-ravine and there was a pretty heavy fall. The top dirt is nothing but red clay and he began picking the dirt and Watching it run off into the creek and then he said, “What is the use of shoveling this all off when the water will do tt for us?” (Anderson had stumbled on another great step in mining, viz ground sluicing. ) August 31, 1850—I wag told that ‘he people living round Caldwell’s store held a meeting and called the City.”” Nevada is Spanish for snow. Other excerpts from this unique diary in Friday’s issue.) ——)-— Mr. and Mrs. C. Ww. McCall left Tuesday for their home in Oakland after a pleasant vacation in Nevada City. ‘cerpts from ‘the “Diary of a Forty . — RELIEF HILL GRAVEL Personally 1 appreciate the band and its leader and have always done my part to earry the burden but while We are suffering from the prevailing world depression let us ask for the use of the hotel porch and spend our monkey for music} and other needs of the band. We will a band stand near the swimming pool next year and meanwhile even with fallen arches or pains ik the neck we can still enjoy the music from the present site or even move Nevada City School . School budgets for the Nevada: $13,540 during City high school and the Washing. year. ton and Oakland district grammar The high schook district ‘enters *schools pubjjshed in this issue “pt un nee eee sbgee Peses esses : of $3,348 on hand. Among revenue the Nugget, show an estimated exitems that the school board expects penditure for the two Nevada City! to receive is the sum of $1,338 tuischools of $42,000. tion fees from the Oakland school The total proposed expenditures . district. Salaries for the high school for the Washington srammar schoo! . teachers during the coming year will is $21,025 while the total income isj amount to $15,050. Total estimate estimated at $25,399. The district . of expenditures is $21,635, while the the coming school will be taxed to raige $8,082. Sai-. estimate income Will amount to $21,aries for teachers will amount to; 549.7 JURY FINDS MRS. SCHAEFFER DIED FROM ACCIDENT A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroners jury Wedhesday night following. an inquest upon the death of Mrs. Margaret Hy WESTERN PEACE . ARMY TOTALS 99 ~ THOUSAND MEN SAN FRANCISCO, July 13;— (UP—A peate time army of more than 90,000 nien, conscripted under President Rooseyelt’s recovery program, was scattered in eight western states. Leading the recruits in the’ battle against the depression was General Malin Craig, Commander of the Ninth Corps Area, which’ contains 459 concentration camps in California, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. He will be assisted by his chief of sisted of C. E. Boreman, foreman, staff, Col. E. S. Hartshorn. « W. J. Coughlan, W. E. Bolander, The army is composed mostly of . Perey Jacob, G. W. Halstead, Aryoung men, many of whom neyer/ thur Smith and R. EB. Clary. have done manuel labor or been in The formal verdict follows: a forest, but Gen. Craig was opti“We find the deceased, Margaret mistic over their eagerness to tackle their job-—the first they have been able to obtain since the depression began. There also were Many World War veterans in the camps. , “Lieut. Gen. Hunter Ligett once wrote that the fighters of St. Mihier and the Marne were self-reliant, full of courage, intelligence and energy, evening as the result of injuries sustained when three cars of the Narrow Gauge railway plunged down: grade from Town Talk and were derailed and wrecked at the Macari crossing. J The jury, which held thé inquest under Coroner A. M. Holmes, conto her death at the Jones Memorial Hospital, Grass Valley, on July 10, 1933, as a result of a fractured skuli and shock sustained in accidental the Nevada Railroad.” Witnesses examined County Narrow Gauge were. Fred and I am happy to say these men Rundy, conductor of the train; Edalso have those attributes,’ said Gen. ward Horton, brakeman; Eugene Craig. Katzer, fireman and Melio Solaro, of “Faced with a life new to most of them, they have shown great ingenthe train erew: Dr. C. P. Jones, C. A. Morehouse, general agent of the co., Over to: the courthouse lawn: and ‘refrain from destroying the idea of . a Memorial when every other town! . and hamlet:in the United States has . municipal aid in ier boys. honoring the sold. Patriotically yours, BELLE DOUGLASS uity in making life comfortable, anc W. F. Sharpe, State Forest Ranger; in eliminating as far as possible the. Melvin G. Auld, survivor of the two friction inherent in -outdoor existpassenger; M. T. Ayers son-in-law of ence.”’ the deceased woman, and Martin The forest camp “soldiers” wili ties, master meghanic of the © railhave an opportunity to advance. Alroad company. though regulations provide” for a The train crew members testifiea . cash allowance of $30 a month, it that brakes.were.set.on—the-three: . Was announced eight per cent may be. cars, two box cars loaded with dyna. paid_$45, and an additional eight mite, and the passenger car in which . pet cent $36. Men chosen for the Mrs. Schaeffer was riding when the higher wage . fatal accident occured. They testiFISHERMEN LUCKY IN JACKSON MEADOWS A group of fisherman left City at two o'eloe ning motoring where and . Nevada . k last Sunday mor. to Jackson Meadows . a nice lot of fish were caught after a fine Dienic lunch they returned home the Same evening at eleven o'clock. Those in the crowd were: Mr. and Mrs. _ Noble McCormack, Mr. ana Mrs. Don Steger, Bob Steger, Miss Irma McCormack, Sammy and a Carl Steger, Miss Erline Sutton, Noble McCormack Jr., and Tom Rafter. MINE MAKES CLEAN UP A crew of seven men are now making a clean-up at the Relief Hill STavel mine near North Bloomfield, preparatory to stopping operations water. About 10,000 yards of gravel was worked this season. Carl Larson is foreman, and Q, ‘Clark Superintendent at the NEW TUNNEL BEING DRIVEN IN ZEIBRIGHT Driving of a new tunnel to develop “the downward extension of the vein-system in the mine. nage of low-grade has been revealed. 2 met etree ee for the summer due to shortage of! Zeibright mine, near Emgirant Gap, is to be undertaken shortly, and the mill reconditioned and Placed in operation. Old workings were recently cleaned out and repaired, and a large tonThe improved mill will treat thirty to thiry-five’tons daily. The Zeibrights is controlled by the Newmont Mining Corporation, with fied that they had stopped the train to do some switching ‘at the Standard Oil yards, and when this was done, noticed the three cars in motion, despite the fact that all brakes were set. Some of them ran afterthe runaway cars, but finally they gave up the chase and went after them with an engine and tender. Melvin Auld, the other surviving and uninjured passenger on the home here in town where she and/. tain, declared he did not believe the her daughter Lena have resided! brakes were Set, and stated that he aes von: . tried ineffectively to set them, when Mrs: Dahneke was formerly: Miss @fter coasting some distance, he disHelena Katrina Ahlers and was born Covered the cars were running away. ae eee in Bremen, Hanover, PAHATSI PRESS IS LIVELY SCOUT DAILY When about 18 years old she came . Subscriptions are being taken for to New York and became engaged to . Heinrich Diedrich Dahneke who was “Pathatsi Press’”’ the Camp Daily newspaper. The paper is being also a native of Hanover, Germany. Mr. Dahneke came to California ‘at the time of the gold excitement and settled in San Juan where he engagmailed daily for 20 cents a week or ed in mining. He soon sént for Miss 50 cents for the entire three week Ahlers and met. her if, San Francisco . period. This year the paper is printwhere they were married on May 6,. ed in the form of a four page folder. Each issue contains a nature cornet, Pathatsi Pokes and Jokes and an editorial on Scouting, in ad1860 by a German‘ Lutheran minister and came to San Juan where dition to the regular camp news and announcements. they made their home all through their married life. Two sons, Wilis hand colored. “Pahatsi Press” liam and Lou, and one daughter, Lena, were born here. curate and current history of cam Dp life and will be enjoyed by Scouts BELOVED RESIDENT-OF 4 2 NOR. SAN JUAN IS DEAD overseers. NORTH SAN “JUAN, July 13— On Wednesday morning Mrs. Helena Dahneke, one of North San Juan's few rq@maining early pioneers, passed peacefully away at the William died in Alaska in 1922 and Lou passed away in June of this year at his home in Palo Alto. Besides the (daughter, Miss Lena, there remains a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Dahneke became blind a number of years ago but never lost her cheerful, happy out look on life and always greeted her friends with able to be in camp this year. ~~ The mail’ Camp Pahatsi. E. W. Bennett, superintendent. a cordial welcome. ; : {'was able to be interested in its While Mrs. Dahneke was a lifevices, LO aS Be de le ee oe tae long member of the Lutheran faitn Funeral services will be held a she was a faithful attendant of the the home on Saturday local M. E. Church as long as she Rev. H. H. B offi “ii o terres hehe bs Schaeffer who passed away Monday — Heard Shaeffer, aged 88 years, came ~ derailing of railway ¢oach owned by . presents an acgould go and until, very» recently and friends of Scouting who are unes Press” is Dea Springs in care of 7 Budgets Total $42,000 The nature corner : . ag a ee