July 15, 1938 (6 pages)

te rn Pe che a ee 4 Dn omens a ar Pate. Fase yt abe deat lol oe ies or ng ie bahia teden ts quccge tl ‘ties ar hte: a od JULY MINING DEVELOPMENT ISSUE Thinking Out Loud Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ooet in with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists the right to publish the Truth, caiman” Vol. 42: No. 55. “The County Seat Paper oe “NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA were een mannnaret ns ot The Gold Center FRIDAY, JULY" 15, 1938. By H. M. L. Westwood, lumber mill cownm in Lassen county, has apparently undergone a CIO purge, beside which the recent clash in Nevada County sinks into insignificance. According to 'the press accounts 250 @IO-communists Were expelled from ase. wood and were not allowed to rest even for a night in Red Bluff but were obliged to sleep in their cars by. the wayside.’ Dispatches state that the purging force consisted of 900 men belonging to an imdependent union Who were willing to take a cut, estimated by the CIO at 17% per cent, in their wages, in order to continue -to ‘work. 4 As in Nevada City, the small majority of CIO allifiate was able. to close down the mill and throw nearly four times their number out of work. The merits of the proposed wage but, in the face of this fact, are beside the ‘point. The question raised is whether a majority in any industrial plant are to be debarréd. from work by a minority. The American form of igovernment provides for majority rule, and the rule of course, should be just as good for one group of Americans as another. Up till this time, the situation tof Westwood parallels that of Nevada City. Whether or not the CIO will return to their old camp ground of the Capitol lawn and ‘besiege the Governor, remains to be seen. In Nevada City following the set-to ‘of the miners with the ‘ClO on Tuesday, the CIO families moved on the Governor on Friday. Somebody gave the signal and they all were ‘‘expelled”’ just three days after the fracas. CIO members that were employed and were being given special escorts by the Sheriff. to and from their work, took a vacation, gathered their families and some bedding into their cars and camped iin Capitol park and later in the State Fair grounds. It witfl be interesting to observe whether this strategy is repeated in the Westwood instance. As hds-often occured. before,. the ery is raised that law and order has _ broken down. This is probably true. o . But on the other hand in the case of Nevada County, there ‘was an‘ unblemished record of industrial peace for something like 33. years. -In Westwood ‘there thave been labor troubles, but not in recent years and then only orderly strikes in which mutual compromiises finally resulted in resumption of work. A long series ef labor clashes both East and West seem to have followed the advent ofthe CIO organization in every community that they enter. Inevitably the suspicion rises that ‘the CIO are peculiarly at fault. The prime reason for break downs in law and order, is becoming more and more apparent. The CIO minorities attempt to enforce their will net only on employes but upon majortties of theirs fellow workmen, Then when they find themselves in the soup, they look to the National ‘Labor Relations board to extricate them. This the Labor Board’: attempts to do, but without any notable success thus far in’ this estate. . They have made decisions enough in favor of the ClO-communists, to be sure, but in all major asea ‘the/ board decisions have not been afs/ firmed in the Federal courts of ap-. peal, or, the im gome.-cases, in the: U.S Supreme Goust. The last willetin issued by the CIO allifiate stwtes that its tight to enter a float in the Fourth of July parade was denied. Almost coincident with this denial was the action of the CIO affiliate in Truckee in denying Sheriff Tobiassen his right to display his posters advertising ‘his candidacy for re-election. Merchants who displayed hig poster were threatened with a boycott.Two wrongs of course, do not make a right. Frankly we think the CIO should have been freely \permitted to enter’ tts float in Nevada City’s parade and that Sheriff Tobiassen should be. permitter to display ‘his campaign advertising. wherever he chooses. From long observation of feuds between labor organizations we. note that the conflict usually ‘boils down to a series of reprisals, all of them outside the pale of the law. Those who insist mightily on their own rights often do not -hesitate to (Continued on Page Six) Two boys, Raymond Yarborough, aged 20, and Ernest Kistle aged 17, were arrested Saturday night jailed until Wednesday when Attorney Harry McKee was engaged to put up bail for the boys. The boys were then’released without bail, and, according to their story, were not until then booked as being “held for investigation.” The boys were.taken into custody on the complaint of Jim Kistle, deputy sheriff, and brother of Ernest Kistle. According to Sheriff Tobiassen, Jim Kistle told him that the two boys had stolen a fire proof asbestos box containing $2,500 worth of Daisy Blue stock, other papers, and gold nuggets and gold nugget stick pins. The sheriff states that this is not the first time Ernest Kistle has made off with his brother Jim’s money. Over a year ago, Sheriff Tobiassen states, Ernest Kistle stole $1500 in currency from his brother and spent it very quickly. Ait that time Jim Kistle also refused to have his brother arrested. ' The sheriff said that the two boys while in jail told five different stories and ‘that he warned both boys of what further violations of the law ‘would mean, especially warning Ernest Kistle to stay away from his brother and to keep his hands off this off his brother’s property. A representative of the Nircess called on E. M. Yarborough, father of Raymond Yarborough yesterday morning. Yarborough complained bitterly that Jim Kistle on Saturday evening had encountered his son, Bill Yarborough, near the county hospital both in their cars, had run his son down and had beaten him severely with his billy on the supposition that Bill Yarborough had participated in the robbery of his Daisy Blue stock and gold nugge‘s. Mr. Yarborough stated he had gone tro the district attorney.to obtain a warrant for Jim Kistle’s arrest and had ‘been refused. Arthur Yarborough was with Bill in the car at the time of the beating. However, the sheriff states that Jim Kistle had been ordered to make the arrest. The sheriff said that Bill Yarborough had appeared suddenly with a new car, a new car radio and displayed evidence of sudden wealth, and that this naturally aroused susPicions regarding the source of his income. Further than the beating -he. received for having made what Jim Kistle considered an attempt to escape, nothing yet has developed from the encounter with Bill Yarborough. Sheriff Tobiassen said that he asked Jim Kistle for his star on Monand} afternoon . 48sen states that that is not true. The . iM the case of People vs. Grant Spea: day, the while the two boys declared that sheriff had also deprived Jim Kistle of his revolver, Sheriff Tobi. sheriff discredits. the story of the obbery told by the boys. He stated that Jim Kistle refused to prefer a complaint against the boys and under this condition, he had to release the boys after they had spént four days in jail. The boys left Nevada City July 2. They were appretended, on orders from the sheriff, by Tom Kistle another deputy, a brother of Jim and Raymond. Tom Kistle found them ‘on the Susanville road to Reno, brpught them to Reno and as far as Truckee wien the two boys gave ‘him the slip in their car and came: down to Nevada City viasColfax, while he came directly down thé Tahoe Ukiah toad. The boys were picked up Saturday night following their arrival. Raymond Kistle told the heriff and his brother Jim that he had sold the. contents of the box and tossed the box into the South Yuba as he crossed the bridge on the road to.Downieville and points north. Attempts ‘were made to find tthe box as it was suspected that the securities were still in it. Jim Kistle stated that he had found out from the Daisy Blue office in Gridley that he could have new shares issued in Daisy Blue, provided he would post a bond and following that had dismissed the matter against his ‘brother, Ernest and Raymond Yarborough. The boys following their reeked from jail signed an affidavit to the effect that they had stolen a coffee can and five quart jars ‘containing sponge gold from their brother’s cache in the barn on the Kistle ranch. The boys in ‘their affidavits state that the value of the gold was ‘between $7,000 and-—$10,000. ‘They . swore that ithey had given the gold to be sold to an employe of the Empire Star Mines company, that ‘he had given them $500 in currency and they had spent all except something over one hundred dollars of this sum. The miomey which was found in their car when they were arrested was returned to Jim Kistle. The boys stated that Ithere is a two stamp mill operated in the Kistle barn. When ‘the question of trying and convicting the boys was discussed, the sheriff said, Jim Kistle ‘broke down and cried and declared that he could not see his younger brother sent to reform school. Jim Kistle, the Sheriff stated was the oldest of twenty children and had been a father to the younger members of the family. John Bongard, state investigator, arrived in Grass Valley yesterday morning. ; SAN. JUAN COW. GIVES OWNER A Earl. Enais, author of “Smoke ' Rings” in San Francisco Chronicle, thas a comical yarn about a friend and his miraculous cow both of whom reside on historic San Juan Ridge. ‘The yarn follows: Harry Ramsden, a former ' steward at the Mill Valley Country Club, is now, a farmer. He is ranching near ‘North San Juan! ‘ above Nevada City where the grass hoppers dip their legs in rosin to.get better. sound’ effects, and the moonlight is so bright the coyotes wear eyeshades. ' Among other ranch properties Radsden has a Jersey ‘cow named Susie. In addition: to giving cream so thick it has to ba -cut ‘with scissors, Susie dearly loves her name, When Ramsden . goes to the fence and calls ‘“Soozee!"’ she comes loping like a dog, with her horns flapping and her milk churning until it foams. J : Ramsden revealed that Stisie’s expectancy. It is because she has @ passion for having her head MAGIC SHAMPOO} ‘. due to increased produetion and ad-. , enthusiasm is not due to food”. sormtehad: Ramsden always scratches her head when she responds. Susie rests her, chin on the fence; runs out a pongue abont. a yard long; and i Ramedenta shampoo. When Ramsden first 'took over the ranch he was. nearly bald. But now, as a result of Susie’s shampoos, he has a fine head of hair. He thinks he thas discovered something. He is checking up on all the other cows in Nevada county and if Susie is the . only one who can raise hair with her shampoo he plans to have her copyrighted, Ny LAVA CAP MINES ‘as,,Judge Tuttle’s comment Twenty men have heen added to the’ payroll at the Lava Cap mines ditional development of ore. Superintendent Otto Schiffner stated the sinking the Central shaft has been discontinued until the-labor contract has been ratified. © tailings dam will be completed at the end of the monith. The immense mill is treating 310 tons of ore per day. THIMBLE CLUB MEETS 2 The Thimble Gluh of .Champion Circle Neighbors of Wooderaft enjoyed a delightful picnic and. party in Pioneers park, yesterday afterngon. Two tables of bingo were play. ed by the assembled: group. Deputy Sheriff Kistle "’ Has His Brother Jailed SECOND ATTEMPT Mine. Em TO DISQUALIFY TUTTLE FAIS In a futile Kitenivt to disquafify Judge Raglan Tuttle from presiding charged with rioting, George An: derson, attorney for the defendant, placed Judge Tuttle on the witness stand and interrogated him respecting a consultation in the Judge’s chambers at the time five CIO pickets were sentenced to jail for rioting and also regarding a long-distance ‘telephone komversa'ton tat had taken place some three weeks ago. In the excitement of his examination of the judge, Attorney Anderson began shaking his index finger to give emphasis to ‘his words. Judge Tuttle from the witness stand abruptly asked: “You ate not wagging your finger at me, are you Mr. Anderson?” Mr. Anderson for a moment lost his aplomb and quickly apologized. Judge J. B. Landis of Placer county, who was assigned by the State Judicial Council to hear Attorney Anderson’s motion to d‘squalify Judge Tuttle, after hearing argument on the question for two hours yesterday morning and for a short time yesterday afternoon, denied the motion. At two o’clock yesterday afternoon Attorney Anderson submitted a motion for a change of venue without argument. Judge Tuttle will make his ruling on this motion some time later. Judge Tuttle yesterday set the . da‘e for the trial of Grant Spear, charged with rioting, for September 42; Attorney Anderson stated in ‘his fargument that Judge Tuttle had disPlayed bias in his comment at ‘the time of pronouncing sentence on Henry Yuen, C. E. Circle, Roy Staton, Peter Zrdich and James Vasion. He also held that in. ordering the bail money to be used to-satisfy the fine of $600 imposed on each of the five convicted men, he had also displayed bias and prejudice. In the course of telephone negotiations Attorney Anderson stated that Judge Tuttle had remarked that ‘there was no proof in the record to show who had put.up the bail for the five defendants. The attorney quoted from a recently amended statute to show that bail money deposited by third persons for defendants were not subject. to a court’s order to pay fines. When District Aittorney Stoll objected that this argument was beside the point, and irrelevant to the question of bias, Anderson stoutly maintained that Judge Tuttle’s.construction of the law in the matter of bail money, clearly indicated bias. District . Attorney Stoll, replying: to the arguments advanced, stated that in case of error on the part of the court in setting ap any rule, as alleged, regarding probation, ithe atterney for the defendants had ‘reourse to the State Suppeme Court, and if this contention were consider. ed sound, he could obtain a writ of . mandamus to compel ‘the superior court to consider probation. So far when pronouncing sentence was concerned, -. Stéll argued that the law permitted }ithe judge the widest lattitude in @onkidering all facts bearing on their conviction and on the question of probation, “Only a few persons were present r) hear the argument andJudge ; Landis’ decision. . ’ WILLIS GREEN SR. “Willis! Green, Sr., . Sr., died at Nevada City yesterday at 1:15 o’clock in the .afternoon, Mr. Green.who_had. resided in the Indian Flat district many years was born in Penn Valley and “was 77 years of age. He had followled mining and ranching throughout his life. He was a member of Oustomah lodge of Odd Fellows of Nevada City for about 50 years. Left to mourn this passing is a son, Willis Green, Jr. Funeral services will be held in on Sacramento street at 10 o’clock Saturday forenoon with interment ‘in Odd Fellows cemetery. _ CALLED BY DEATH the chapel at Holmes, Funeral Home: . QUEEN LIL MINE TO BE REOPENED Reopening-of the Queen Lil mine, owned by the Buffingtion family and located a short distance west of Nevada City, will take place shortly. The property has been inactive for some time, being last operated by the West Mines Company. A. Zugnoni, P. Moscatelli and P. Falconi, well known former miners, have taken the lease, it is reported. Orlando McCraney and Gordon Bettles, both in the Philippine Islands working mine property, operated this property for a time. COMMITTEES OF ROTARY NAMED BY ANDY HOLMES Andy . Holmes, president of the Rotary club at luncheon yesterday announced committees for the year. The club held an open meeting and various matters of interest were discussed. Members of the board of directors and committees follow: Board of Directors — Holmes, Leete, Brown, Draper, Gallagher, Kjorlie, Nelson, Coughlan, Secretary. Aims and Objects—Leete, Gwin, Odegaard, Hendricks, Hummelt, Kjorlie. Club Service—Odegaard, Tamblyn, Brown. Vocational Service—Larsen, Kjorlie, Hummelt. Community Service ‘Scheemer, Gallagher. Classification and Membership — Finnegan, Johnson, Long. Draper, International Service -— Home, Adamson. Program—Gwin. Fellowship and Attendance—Curnow, Lee, Evans. Rotary Information — Carlson, Coughlan. Public Information—Leete, Cain, Bigelow. Youth Service— Kjorlie, Curnow, Leete, Lee, Hendricks, Tamblyn. Crippled. Children — Hawkins, Hummelt, Finnegan. Rural-Urban Acquaintance Johnson, Noyes, Worth, Wright. \. DRY LIGHTNING STARTS 15 FIRES EAST OF SIERRAS Yesterday ‘the Fire Protective Division of the Tahoe National Forest service was busily engaged with fires’ in the ‘Truckee Giernevilie, district. ‘Fifteen anibionll. fires caused by dry lightning in this district were brought under control just about as soon as spotted. The lightning étrikes an old itree and starts a fire, the lookout spots it and notifies headquarters and men are immediately sent to the described: location. Over thirty men were out on the fires yesterday afternoon. Receiving and dispatching the ‘Jookout messages is one very important part of the work. These fifteen fifes necessitated some immediate but temporary changes in personnel of the service. Elliott Sawyer, protective assistant of Big Bend station was sent over to Truckee. Bud Sellers, dispatcher. at North Bloonifield was called in to assist E. M. Stone, chief dispatcher at Nevada City office, Miss Jean Wright will come up from San Francisco. today to spend her vacation with Mr. and. ‘Mrs. Howard Burr. = Several members ot the Companions of the Forest went to Grass ValJey last evening to.attend a banquet and {nstallation of officers of the order, among them being Mrs, Howard ployment In County Is Increasing ,. ceived from various properties, ‘reopening the Porphyry mine north° The past month marks an increase in mining employment in Nevada county. The total as revealed by the Nugget’s survey shows 2,512 men employed and a monthly payroll of $376,800. There is considerable demand for gravel properties and ‘+ is interesting to note that the You Bet gravel mine has resumed operations under a new management, Bays Placer, Thomas Diggings, Birchville and Artic mines have also resume ed operations during the past month, The following reports have been reboth quantz and gravel: PORPHYRY MINE Pat McLaughlin is in charge of west of Gold Run. Work started about two weeks ago and development is being done by open pit method. Seven men are employed. ATLAS DREDGING COMPANY The Atlas Dredging company ‘has set up their equipment and started operations ‘on, {the Mfle Kendrick; property two miles west of. Nevada City with 16 men employed. Work is progressing three shifts for the 24 hour period. W. Ford is president. of the company and Mr. Ackley is superintendent. MT. VERNON PROPERTY A crew is drifting from the 220 foot level of the old shaft on the Mt. Vernon property north of Nevada City to contact the Sweet ledge. The old shaft which is in the Kirkham ledge is down over 400 feet. Thomas Brown is in charge for a Nevada state company. ' KANAKA CORPORATION Robert MecAffee J,y., is in charge of drag line equipment that is handling many hundreds of yards of . gravel per day on Kanaka Creek just. south of Alleghany. Day and asSociates of Wallace, Idaho, have the lease and are mining the property. BLACK SWAN PROPERTY Two men are sinking a vertical shaft on the Black Swan property in the Mooney Flat district west of Nevada City. The shaft is down twenty feet. RELIANCE PLACER AND QUARTZ Mrs. Kittie Kimball of Nevada. City manager and one of the principal owners of the Reliance Placer and Quartz property has leased the ground to Joe Bell, Will Bell and Robert Smith. The men have been drifting and timbering im ‘the ane/ient channel on the property for ~ several weeks, They have struck ane other good looking ledge and era quite encouraged over their discgyeries. 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te rn Pe che a ee 4 Dn omens a ar Pate. Fase yt abe deat lol oe ies or ng ie bahia teden ts quccge tl ‘ties ar hte: a od JULY MINING DEVELOPMENT ISSUE Thinking Out Loud Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ooet in with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists the right to publish the Truth, caiman” Vol. 42: No. 55. “The County Seat Paper oe “NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA were een mannnaret ns ot The Gold Center FRIDAY, JULY" 15, 1938. By H. M. L. Westwood, lumber mill cownm in Lassen county, has apparently undergone a CIO purge, beside which the recent clash in Nevada County sinks into insignificance. According to 'the press accounts 250 @IO-communists Were expelled from ase. wood and were not allowed to rest even for a night in Red Bluff but were obliged to sleep in their cars by. the wayside.’ Dispatches state that the purging force consisted of 900 men belonging to an imdependent union Who were willing to take a cut, estimated by the CIO at 17% per cent, in their wages, in order to continue -to ‘work. 4 As in Nevada City, the small majority of CIO allifiate was able. to close down the mill and throw nearly four times their number out of work. The merits of the proposed wage but, in the face of this fact, are beside the ‘point. The question raised is whether a majority in any industrial plant are to be debarréd. from work by a minority. The American form of igovernment provides for majority rule, and the rule of course, should be just as good for one group of Americans as another. Up till this time, the situation tof Westwood parallels that of Nevada City. Whether or not the CIO will return to their old camp ground of the Capitol lawn and ‘besiege the Governor, remains to be seen. In Nevada City following the set-to ‘of the miners with the ‘ClO on Tuesday, the CIO families moved on the Governor on Friday. Somebody gave the signal and they all were ‘‘expelled”’ just three days after the fracas. CIO members that were employed and were being given special escorts by the Sheriff. to and from their work, took a vacation, gathered their families and some bedding into their cars and camped iin Capitol park and later in the State Fair grounds. It witfl be interesting to observe whether this strategy is repeated in the Westwood instance. As hds-often occured. before,. the ery is raised that law and order has _ broken down. This is probably true. o . But on the other hand in the case of Nevada County, there ‘was an‘ unblemished record of industrial peace for something like 33. years. -In Westwood ‘there thave been labor troubles, but not in recent years and then only orderly strikes in which mutual compromiises finally resulted in resumption of work. A long series ef labor clashes both East and West seem to have followed the advent ofthe CIO organization in every community that they enter. Inevitably the suspicion rises that ‘the CIO are peculiarly at fault. The prime reason for break downs in law and order, is becoming more and more apparent. The CIO minorities attempt to enforce their will net only on employes but upon majortties of theirs fellow workmen, Then when they find themselves in the soup, they look to the National ‘Labor Relations board to extricate them. This the Labor Board’: attempts to do, but without any notable success thus far in’ this estate. . They have made decisions enough in favor of the ClO-communists, to be sure, but in all major asea ‘the/ board decisions have not been afs/ firmed in the Federal courts of ap-. peal, or, the im gome.-cases, in the: U.S Supreme Goust. The last willetin issued by the CIO allifiate stwtes that its tight to enter a float in the Fourth of July parade was denied. Almost coincident with this denial was the action of the CIO affiliate in Truckee in denying Sheriff Tobiassen his right to display his posters advertising ‘his candidacy for re-election. Merchants who displayed hig poster were threatened with a boycott.Two wrongs of course, do not make a right. Frankly we think the CIO should have been freely \permitted to enter’ tts float in Nevada City’s parade and that Sheriff Tobiassen should be. permitter to display ‘his campaign advertising. wherever he chooses. From long observation of feuds between labor organizations we. note that the conflict usually ‘boils down to a series of reprisals, all of them outside the pale of the law. Those who insist mightily on their own rights often do not -hesitate to (Continued on Page Six) Two boys, Raymond Yarborough, aged 20, and Ernest Kistle aged 17, were arrested Saturday night jailed until Wednesday when Attorney Harry McKee was engaged to put up bail for the boys. The boys were then’released without bail, and, according to their story, were not until then booked as being “held for investigation.” The boys were.taken into custody on the complaint of Jim Kistle, deputy sheriff, and brother of Ernest Kistle. According to Sheriff Tobiassen, Jim Kistle told him that the two boys had stolen a fire proof asbestos box containing $2,500 worth of Daisy Blue stock, other papers, and gold nuggets and gold nugget stick pins. The sheriff states that this is not the first time Ernest Kistle has made off with his brother Jim’s money. Over a year ago, Sheriff Tobiassen states, Ernest Kistle stole $1500 in currency from his brother and spent it very quickly. Ait that time Jim Kistle also refused to have his brother arrested. ' The sheriff said that the two boys while in jail told five different stories and ‘that he warned both boys of what further violations of the law ‘would mean, especially warning Ernest Kistle to stay away from his brother and to keep his hands off this off his brother’s property. A representative of the Nircess called on E. M. Yarborough, father of Raymond Yarborough yesterday morning. Yarborough complained bitterly that Jim Kistle on Saturday evening had encountered his son, Bill Yarborough, near the county hospital both in their cars, had run his son down and had beaten him severely with his billy on the supposition that Bill Yarborough had participated in the robbery of his Daisy Blue stock and gold nugge‘s. Mr. Yarborough stated he had gone tro the district attorney.to obtain a warrant for Jim Kistle’s arrest and had ‘been refused. Arthur Yarborough was with Bill in the car at the time of the beating. However, the sheriff states that Jim Kistle had been ordered to make the arrest. The sheriff said that Bill Yarborough had appeared suddenly with a new car, a new car radio and displayed evidence of sudden wealth, and that this naturally aroused susPicions regarding the source of his income. Further than the beating -he. received for having made what Jim Kistle considered an attempt to escape, nothing yet has developed from the encounter with Bill Yarborough. Sheriff Tobiassen said that he asked Jim Kistle for his star on Monand} afternoon . 48sen states that that is not true. The . iM the case of People vs. Grant Spea: day, the while the two boys declared that sheriff had also deprived Jim Kistle of his revolver, Sheriff Tobi. sheriff discredits. the story of the obbery told by the boys. He stated that Jim Kistle refused to prefer a complaint against the boys and under this condition, he had to release the boys after they had spént four days in jail. The boys left Nevada City July 2. They were appretended, on orders from the sheriff, by Tom Kistle another deputy, a brother of Jim and Raymond. Tom Kistle found them ‘on the Susanville road to Reno, brpught them to Reno and as far as Truckee wien the two boys gave ‘him the slip in their car and came: down to Nevada City viasColfax, while he came directly down thé Tahoe Ukiah toad. The boys were picked up Saturday night following their arrival. Raymond Kistle told the heriff and his brother Jim that he had sold the. contents of the box and tossed the box into the South Yuba as he crossed the bridge on the road to.Downieville and points north. Attempts ‘were made to find tthe box as it was suspected that the securities were still in it. Jim Kistle stated that he had found out from the Daisy Blue office in Gridley that he could have new shares issued in Daisy Blue, provided he would post a bond and following that had dismissed the matter against his ‘brother, Ernest and Raymond Yarborough. The boys following their reeked from jail signed an affidavit to the effect that they had stolen a coffee can and five quart jars ‘containing sponge gold from their brother’s cache in the barn on the Kistle ranch. The boys in ‘their affidavits state that the value of the gold was ‘between $7,000 and-—$10,000. ‘They . swore that ithey had given the gold to be sold to an employe of the Empire Star Mines company, that ‘he had given them $500 in currency and they had spent all except something over one hundred dollars of this sum. The miomey which was found in their car when they were arrested was returned to Jim Kistle. The boys stated that Ithere is a two stamp mill operated in the Kistle barn. When ‘the question of trying and convicting the boys was discussed, the sheriff said, Jim Kistle ‘broke down and cried and declared that he could not see his younger brother sent to reform school. Jim Kistle, the Sheriff stated was the oldest of twenty children and had been a father to the younger members of the family. John Bongard, state investigator, arrived in Grass Valley yesterday morning. ; SAN. JUAN COW. GIVES OWNER A Earl. Enais, author of “Smoke ' Rings” in San Francisco Chronicle, thas a comical yarn about a friend and his miraculous cow both of whom reside on historic San Juan Ridge. ‘The yarn follows: Harry Ramsden, a former ' steward at the Mill Valley Country Club, is now, a farmer. He is ranching near ‘North San Juan! ‘ above Nevada City where the grass hoppers dip their legs in rosin to.get better. sound’ effects, and the moonlight is so bright the coyotes wear eyeshades. ' Among other ranch properties Radsden has a Jersey ‘cow named Susie. In addition: to giving cream so thick it has to ba -cut ‘with scissors, Susie dearly loves her name, When Ramsden . goes to the fence and calls ‘“Soozee!"’ she comes loping like a dog, with her horns flapping and her milk churning until it foams. J : Ramsden revealed that Stisie’s expectancy. It is because she has @ passion for having her head MAGIC SHAMPOO} ‘. due to increased produetion and ad-. , enthusiasm is not due to food”. sormtehad: Ramsden always

scratches her head when she responds. Susie rests her, chin on the fence; runs out a pongue abont. a yard long; and i Ramedenta shampoo. When Ramsden first 'took over the ranch he was. nearly bald. But now, as a result of Susie’s shampoos, he has a fine head of hair. He thinks he thas discovered something. He is checking up on all the other cows in Nevada county and if Susie is the . only one who can raise hair with her shampoo he plans to have her copyrighted, Ny LAVA CAP MINES ‘as,,Judge Tuttle’s comment Twenty men have heen added to the’ payroll at the Lava Cap mines ditional development of ore. Superintendent Otto Schiffner stated the sinking the Central shaft has been discontinued until the-labor contract has been ratified. © tailings dam will be completed at the end of the monith. The immense mill is treating 310 tons of ore per day. THIMBLE CLUB MEETS 2 The Thimble Gluh of .Champion Circle Neighbors of Wooderaft enjoyed a delightful picnic and. party in Pioneers park, yesterday afterngon. Two tables of bingo were play. ed by the assembled: group. Deputy Sheriff Kistle "’ Has His Brother Jailed SECOND ATTEMPT Mine. Em TO DISQUALIFY TUTTLE FAIS In a futile Kitenivt to disquafify Judge Raglan Tuttle from presiding charged with rioting, George An: derson, attorney for the defendant, placed Judge Tuttle on the witness stand and interrogated him respecting a consultation in the Judge’s chambers at the time five CIO pickets were sentenced to jail for rioting and also regarding a long-distance ‘telephone komversa'ton tat had taken place some three weeks ago. In the excitement of his examination of the judge, Attorney Anderson began shaking his index finger to give emphasis to ‘his words. Judge Tuttle from the witness stand abruptly asked: “You ate not wagging your finger at me, are you Mr. Anderson?” Mr. Anderson for a moment lost his aplomb and quickly apologized. Judge J. B. Landis of Placer county, who was assigned by the State Judicial Council to hear Attorney Anderson’s motion to d‘squalify Judge Tuttle, after hearing argument on the question for two hours yesterday morning and for a short time yesterday afternoon, denied the motion. At two o’clock yesterday afternoon Attorney Anderson submitted a motion for a change of venue without argument. Judge Tuttle will make his ruling on this motion some time later. Judge Tuttle yesterday set the . da‘e for the trial of Grant Spear, charged with rioting, for September 42; Attorney Anderson stated in ‘his fargument that Judge Tuttle had disPlayed bias in his comment at ‘the time of pronouncing sentence on Henry Yuen, C. E. Circle, Roy Staton, Peter Zrdich and James Vasion. He also held that in. ordering the bail money to be used to-satisfy the fine of $600 imposed on each of the five convicted men, he had also displayed bias and prejudice. In the course of telephone negotiations Attorney Anderson stated that Judge Tuttle had remarked that ‘there was no proof in the record to show who had put.up the bail for the five defendants. The attorney quoted from a recently amended statute to show that bail money deposited by third persons for defendants were not subject. to a court’s order to pay fines. When District Aittorney Stoll objected that this argument was beside the point, and irrelevant to the question of bias, Anderson stoutly maintained that Judge Tuttle’s.construction of the law in the matter of bail money, clearly indicated bias. District . Attorney Stoll, replying: to the arguments advanced, stated that in case of error on the part of the court in setting ap any rule, as alleged, regarding probation, ithe atterney for the defendants had ‘reourse to the State Suppeme Court, and if this contention were consider. ed sound, he could obtain a writ of . mandamus to compel ‘the superior court to consider probation. So far when pronouncing sentence was concerned, -. Stéll argued that the law permitted }ithe judge the widest lattitude in @onkidering all facts bearing on their conviction and on the question of probation, “Only a few persons were present r) hear the argument andJudge ; Landis’ decision. . ’ WILLIS GREEN SR. “Willis! Green, Sr., . Sr., died at Nevada City yesterday at 1:15 o’clock in the .afternoon, Mr. Green.who_had. resided in the Indian Flat district many years was born in Penn Valley and “was 77 years of age. He had followled mining and ranching throughout his life. He was a member of Oustomah lodge of Odd Fellows of Nevada City for about 50 years. Left to mourn this passing is a son, Willis Green, Jr. Funeral services will be held in on Sacramento street at 10 o’clock Saturday forenoon with interment ‘in Odd Fellows cemetery. _ CALLED BY DEATH the chapel at Holmes, Funeral Home: . QUEEN LIL MINE TO BE REOPENED Reopening-of the Queen Lil mine, owned by the Buffingtion family and located a short distance west of Nevada City, will take place shortly. The property has been inactive for some time, being last operated by the West Mines Company. A. Zugnoni, P. Moscatelli and P. Falconi, well known former miners, have taken the lease, it is reported. Orlando McCraney and Gordon Bettles, both in the Philippine Islands working mine property, operated this property for a time. COMMITTEES OF ROTARY NAMED BY ANDY HOLMES Andy . Holmes, president of the Rotary club at luncheon yesterday announced committees for the year. The club held an open meeting and various matters of interest were discussed. Members of the board of directors and committees follow: Board of Directors — Holmes, Leete, Brown, Draper, Gallagher, Kjorlie, Nelson, Coughlan, Secretary. Aims and Objects—Leete, Gwin, Odegaard, Hendricks, Hummelt, Kjorlie. Club Service—Odegaard, Tamblyn, Brown. Vocational Service—Larsen, Kjorlie, Hummelt. Community Service ‘Scheemer, Gallagher. Classification and Membership — Finnegan, Johnson, Long. Draper, International Service -— Home, Adamson. Program—Gwin. Fellowship and Attendance—Curnow, Lee, Evans. Rotary Information — Carlson, Coughlan. Public Information—Leete, Cain, Bigelow. Youth Service— Kjorlie, Curnow, Leete, Lee, Hendricks, Tamblyn. Crippled. Children — Hawkins, Hummelt, Finnegan. Rural-Urban Acquaintance Johnson, Noyes, Worth, Wright. \. DRY LIGHTNING STARTS 15 FIRES EAST OF SIERRAS Yesterday ‘the Fire Protective Division of the Tahoe National Forest service was busily engaged with fires’ in the ‘Truckee Giernevilie, district. ‘Fifteen anibionll. fires caused by dry lightning in this district were brought under control just about as soon as spotted. The lightning étrikes an old itree and starts a fire, the lookout spots it and notifies headquarters and men are immediately sent to the described: location. Over thirty men were out on the fires yesterday afternoon. Receiving and dispatching the ‘Jookout messages is one very important part of the work. These fifteen fifes necessitated some immediate but temporary changes in personnel of the service. Elliott Sawyer, protective assistant of Big Bend station was sent over to Truckee. Bud Sellers, dispatcher. at North Bloonifield was called in to assist E. M. Stone, chief dispatcher at Nevada City office, Miss Jean Wright will come up from San Francisco. today to spend her vacation with Mr. and. ‘Mrs. Howard Burr. = Several members ot the Companions of the Forest went to Grass ValJey last evening to.attend a banquet and {nstallation of officers of the order, among them being Mrs, Howard ployment In County Is Increasing ,. ceived from various properties, ‘reopening the Porphyry mine north° The past month marks an increase in mining employment in Nevada county. The total as revealed by the Nugget’s survey shows 2,512 men employed and a monthly payroll of $376,800. There is considerable demand for gravel properties and ‘+ is interesting to note that the You Bet gravel mine has resumed operations under a new management, Bays Placer, Thomas Diggings, Birchville and Artic mines have also resume ed operations during the past month, The following reports have been reboth quantz and gravel: PORPHYRY MINE Pat McLaughlin is in charge of west of Gold Run. Work started about two weeks ago and development is being done by open pit method. Seven men are employed. ATLAS DREDGING COMPANY The Atlas Dredging company ‘has set up their equipment and started operations ‘on, {the Mfle Kendrick; property two miles west of. Nevada City with 16 men employed. Work is progressing three shifts for the 24 hour period. W. Ford is president. of the company and Mr. Ackley is superintendent. MT. VERNON PROPERTY A crew is drifting from the 220 foot level of the old shaft on the Mt. Vernon property north of Nevada City to contact the Sweet ledge. The old shaft which is in the Kirkham ledge is down over 400 feet. Thomas Brown is in charge for a Nevada state company. ' KANAKA CORPORATION Robert MecAffee J,y., is in charge of drag line equipment that is handling many hundreds of yards of . gravel per day on Kanaka Creek just. south of Alleghany. Day and asSociates of Wallace, Idaho, have the lease and are mining the property. BLACK SWAN PROPERTY Two men are sinking a vertical shaft on the Black Swan property in the Mooney Flat district west of Nevada City. The shaft is down twenty feet. RELIANCE PLACER AND QUARTZ Mrs. Kittie Kimball of Nevada. City manager and one of the principal owners of the Reliance Placer and Quartz property has leased the ground to Joe Bell, Will Bell and Robert Smith. The men have been drifting and timbering im ‘the ane/ient channel on the property for ~ several weeks, They have struck ane other good looking ledge and era quite encouraged over their discgyeries. 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