July 19, 1937 (4 pages)

et eS Thinking Out Loud Hi. M. L. “When I was a young feller,” said the Old Timer, ‘‘politics ranked, a close second to religion. If you were a Baptist, you consorted with Baptists and had little truck with Methodists or Seventh Day Advent= ists. Likewise if you were a Republican you trusted a Republican, but you were a little chary of Democrats. There was something suspect about everybody who was not a Baptist or a Republican. By and large Baptists except in the South, were all Republicans, so.that you didn’t have to draw jany line among your own religious brethren. Methodist Republicans were just a trifle peculiar except in the heat of a national campaign, when you accepted them as almost equal to Baptist Republicans. No lines like that are drawn nowjadays, of course, the automobile or something else has obliterated all those boundaries of. prejudice, “T ean remember very distinctly that Jim Blaine, the man from Maine, was not just an ordinary Republican politician. He was a statesman and a_ hero. When Grover Cleveland defeated him in 1884, Republicans regarded it as biggest national calamity since the Civil War. Indeed Cleveland was the first Democrat elected to the White House, following that event, an interval of 20 years. “But Cleveland turned out to be a mighty good President, except for “turning out the rascals,’” and putting Democrats in their places, his administration might very well be described as that of a liberal (for the times) Republican. It was Cleveland who protected United States mails with United States troops. He was that kind of an American that us old Republicans remember with a good deal of respect, despite his Democratic label. “Sometimes TI hear people saying that history will repeat itself, comparing the political power of the G. A. R. with that the the veterans. today. The Grand Army of Republic was everything that name implies. The ‘“‘boys in blue’ were idolized after the Civil War. They were given all the good governmental jobs, especially postmasterships, “regardless of sability or anything else. He was a G. A. R. and nothing too good for him. I had a neighbor who was a Copperhead wp till the last minute of the war, then turned Republican and enlisted just in time, though he had not expected it, for one engagement. In that little fracas a stray bmllet clipped off a piece of his nose. It made him a hero for miles around. ‘He lived for fifty years and besides always being on the Federal payroll as postmaster, revenue collector or whatnot, he always drew a fat pension, and on top of that compensation for the dime’s worth of his nose that was missing. His badge of heroism engraved on his ugly map, forgave everything else, for there never was a born a more unregenerate liar and rascal than that scalawag Republican. But people honored and rewarded the “boys in blue,’ without discriminating. “But history is not repeating itself really, for today though everywhere veterans of the World War are respected, and very frequently given political preferment, the number’ of men-who were enrolled in America’s fighting ranks abroad, was much less, with respect to the entire population, than in the Civil War,.so their voting power is less. Moreover the life or death of our Republic was never at stake, as it was in the Civil War, though in the midst of the war hysteria we were made to believe it was. Thus it happens that veterans organizations nowadays do not wield the political power that the G: A. R. did in its heydey. “But I am really sorry that they have less political power than their G. A. R. dads and granddads did. Because in a very short time another world war will open up. In fact it seems to be started right now be‘tween the Chinese and Japanese in North China. For I am certain that the veterans will put all the brakes they can upon another attempt to put the United States into a foreign war. If there were enough of them they could keep us out, and maybe they can anyway. They know what war is. Most of us don’t. Sherman said it was hell, but nobody but a veteran believes him.” ’ Mrs. Andy Dow of Oakland is making an extended visit with Mrs. Ray Murchie at her home on Broad Pi ~ COVERS RICHEST be D AREA IN CALIFORNIA cet The Nevada oe Nugget helps city and county to grow in and prosperity. advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ee By subsribing to, a Vel 1 No. 57. The County Bent Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA Tes Gold prren MONDAY, JULY 19, 193 CALIFORNIA 1937 TAXES HIGHER ~—-BYS118,000,000 SAN FRANCISCO, July. 19.—Californians paid $118,000,000 taxes during the fiscal year: ending June 30, 1937, than during the previous year, an 18 per cent increase in one year, according to figures compiled by the Tax Committee of the State Chamber of Commerce. Total Federal, State: and local taxes paid during the year 1936-37 amounted to $746,000,000, as compared to. $628,000,000 for the previous year, Of this amount, Federal taxes totalled $251,000,000; State taxes $204,000,000, and county, city and district taxes $291,000,000. Commenting on these _ figures, compiled from preliminary Federsi ad state reports, just issued, A. E. Roth, chairman of the State Chamber’s Tax Committee, stated. “The ability of personal earnings and wages and‘ productive business activity to keep pace with expanding governmental services and costs should be a problem of first concern to every citizen. Nor do these figures include the many licenses, fees, and other non-tax income derived by our governments from a wide range of sources. . “Analysis of this record,’’ said Roth, . and business increased 26 per cent, while those on property-homes, farms, land and buildings, etce., inereased about 9 per cent. It has been roughly estimated that business activity increased about 18 per cent during the last year. “When we further consider,” said loth, “that some $54,000,000 increased state expenditures were authorized by the legislature for the 1937-39 biennium, and the prospect for general inereased budget _requests in counties, districts and cities for the 1937-38 fiscal year, there is small wonder that taxpayers are becoming outspoken in their demand for utmost economy, and more active more in their efforts to , seek retrenchments.” : Mederal .. 1936-37 250,916,000 States sig. 3 1936-3 204,423,000 Counties ..:1936-37 97,807,000 Cities .35-7:s. 1936-37 91,894,000 Districts .. 1936-37 .101,172,000 Totals ..-. 1936-37 $746,212,000 Per. Cent 1935-36 Increase Increase 191,047,000 59,869,000 31q% 170,239,000 34,184,000 20% 94,348,000 3,459,000 4% 84,487,000 7,407,000 8% 88,419,000 12,753,000 14% 628,540,000 117,672,000 18% GRACEY PUTS 25 MINERS TO WORK Within the last few days the crew + ; at the Gracey mine southeast of Nevada City 25 men. Many changes and improveAmong them ‘Has been enlarged to ments are being made. that of retimbering of the top of the ishaft, repairs to the hoist, renewed timbers in the head frame. Larger pumps will handle a heavy flow of water in the bottom of the shaft, unwatering it so that active operations may continue steadily. The mill is to be operated on a 24 hour basis. It is reported more asays around $20 per ton in a four foot veing and enough ore is blocked out. to keep the fill running several months. Thomas Coan is superintendent. Leasors have been mining an milling ore for some months past. L. Ww. Cheney of Oakland sold his interests in the property to the Orleans Lode Mining company last year. FORMER EDITOR OF — TRANSCRIPT IS VISITOR H. G. Comfort, ort. publisher of the Shafter Press, and Mrs. Comfort were visitors in Nevada City today. Mr. Comfort was editor of the Transeript, Nevada City’s Argonaut daily, which*was taken over by the Calkins interests and finally faded away 1913 along with several other newspapers owned by the Calkins. -He was a great friend of the late Joe Snyder and found a good deal of pleasure in looking up old acquaintances for he had not been back to Nevada “shows that taxes on incomes . }. SLEEP KNITS UP THE RAGGED SLEEVE OF CARE Night Watchman up a sad inebriate the other night Allen picked and carefulyy stored it in one of the brand new jail cells in the city hall. A few minutes later, as he paced his beat he began thinking about his birdie in the cage, and reflected on the surprise that Chief Garfield Robson had, when he looked in on the spiphlicated gent he ‘had left only a few minutes in one of those nice new rooms. He had _ overlooked a broom in the cell, but his lodger had not. Every window pane had been neatly punctured through the bars with the groom handle. So Allen thinks to himself: ‘I'll have another look, just for luck,”’ He went back and looked thnough the little square lookout in the door and saw a-neat pile of clothés in the middle of the floor, but nothing else. ‘Great Jehhosophat, that feller couldn’t have crawléa out between the ibars,’ the offieer murumred. Then he entered and began to leok more carefully. Finally he .spied a naked toe sticking out from under the bed. On all fours Allen took’a good look, and there was the prisoner in his birthday pajamas sleeping it off on the, cold cement floor with his back against the cool . cement wall. j . i STATEP.T.A. ASKS STRINGENT LAW FORDEGENERATES SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.— Shocked by recent brutalities, the state board of managers of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers has moved to provide more drastic penalties for sex crimes against children. The board adopted a_ resolution . asking. state legislation, making. sgueh offenses felonies intsead of misdemeanors, as they are classified currently in some instances. The resolution also demanded that persons conyicted of. such crimes be refused paroles. “When the crimes are committed against children, the outhorities round up known degenerates, of which there are a serious number,” the resolution said. ‘‘May of these include former convicts, paroled after previous offenses. “These crimes apparently are om the increase. The shock to the child victims is such that a wholesome life following such experience often is impossible.” Copies of -the resolution went to Governor Frank F. Merriam and the parole board members. Earlier in its two day session the board approved a resolution urging a recreation theme for the 1939 Golaen’ Gate international exposition which would make it.‘a constructive experience in the lives of youths” rather than ‘‘a eeu < circus”’. MORELOCALPHONES IN USE THANLAST YEAR E. E. Hoss, county manager of the telephhone company, reports that telephone connections show a slight increase over this of last July. There are now 776 telephone subscribers as compared 749 in July, 1936. Grass Valley also shows an increase from 1471 last July to 1535 today. Horace Dow, of Seattle, is here ‘) visiting his parents;*Mr-and Mrs. M. I. Dow on the Tahoe Ukiah highway east of Nevada City. MINUTE MELODIES ( Songs : of Northern California) FOR THE DEAF (Cisco) Snow flakes Are frozen songs That heaven sends to. those Who cannot hear the symphonies Of rain, ROY GRIFFTHS DEETER. City since he left here 24 years ago. . TOM RICKARD TELLS OF LIFEIN CM.T.C CAMP Tom ficned: era graduate of he Nevada City high school with the class of '37 has written this letter to let his classmates and friends know how interesting ‘his work has become. Phil Joyal, classmate, planned to attend C. Mé T. C. but his papers came too late’ for him to make the trip much to his disappointment, Fort Winfield Scott, July 14, 1937. Nevada City Nugget. Nevada City, Thought I would write to tell you of C. M. T. C. life, so will start at the beginning of the day. We are up by 6:00 a. m. for reveille, when ‘. the flag is hoisted to the top of the pole. At 6:15 we go to mess (breaffast). When we return to our barracks, the first thing we do is to Two boys are desills and clean up our room. tailed to clean window radiators. room and line up the beds so that they are in line. 7:45 our first drill of the day begins. At 8:15 we stop until 8:30 when we have a marksmanship drill. This is over at 10. At 10:20 we march from our barracks to the gym‘. nasium about one half mile away for a citizenship lecture. We return at 10:50. From 11:00 there is more infantry drill with .30 calibre army rifles and sidearms, (bayonet, ammunition, belt.) When 12:00 occurs, it happens. We all eat lunch. It really is a dinner. By the way, we don’t starve here. We have all we want. Between 1:00 and 1:45 is another infantry drill period with rifles and sidearms for the purpose of perfecting rifle handling. From 2:00 to 4:00 is the athletic period. I take baseball one day-and volley ball the next. Our last drill of the day is from 4:15 to 5:00.We either: have a ‘battalion parade made up of two batteries of two platoons each. At 5:00 the flag is lowered and we are dismissed for supper. After supper the boys make up their beds. Some go to the army Y. M. C.’A., some stay in quarters, listen to the’ radio, read papers or the magazines or write letters The day room or reading room is the. place for reading or writing letters. The first sargeant comes in with “only 10 minutes before lights out boys.”’ The time from 6:00 on has just sped by. We jump in bed (literally) before 9:00 (lights out time.) Boys have until 10:30 to get in barracks, but, after then they are put on extra duty list. By 9:30 most of the boys asleep, 11 taps. Day is done. The bay bridge is one half‘ mile from us, then ‘“‘Camp Harold N. Roberts.”. Ft. Winfield Scott, Presidio, San Francisco. The boys are classified by the years they have attended camp. First year, basic, mid year, ired; third year, white, and fourth year, blue. Commisions as captains, lieutenants are waiting for the fourth year are -+men. The commissions are in the ree ‘serve army. More next time. TOM RICKARD. . TWO REAL ESTATE SALES ARE COMPLETED A real estate sale was completed today when O. Bettcher sold-to John Piantoni the Pine Rock Park auto court and trailer camp at the junction of the Tahoe Ukiah highway and the Willow Valley road near the county hospital. W. H. Daniels, real estate deale of Nevada City, made the sale, He also sold the George Von Dornum house and lot on upper Boulder streét to Mrs. Grace Buffinton of Los Angeles. Her daughter,. Mrs. Everett Robinson ‘resides on West Broad street in this city. ASSAY OFFICE Firemen responded to.a fire alarm ing at the H. D. Draper assay plant and office at Commercial and Main steets. It is thought an overheated chimney in the assay plant caused the blaze. It spread rapidly in the old shingles in the roof. Firemen Soon had the flames extinguished. ea The rest sweep up the . FIRE SOON OUT} call-at about 11 o’clock this morn-. Ed Sanden, Lava Cap miner and owner of an airplane, which he flies from the municipal airport on Cement Hill, yesterday afternoon came within a hairbreadth of losing his life. He had been over hauling the engine and was taking it up for a trial when it stalled at an altitude of between 200 and 300 feet. He immediatély shut off the motor as a safeguard against fire and began Pilot Has Close Shave When Engine Stal way to spiral «glide for thhe ground. He hit the field with the plane partly under control but not sufficiently to prevent its ‘bouncing across the run— and into a barbed. wite fence which tiearly scalped him. Other injuries were a broken finger, face bruises and a sprained neck. ‘The plane was badly damaged. Sanden is now at the Nevada City Santiarium under th.ecare of a physician. BUILDING WILL REPLACE FORMER CENTRAL HOUSE Concrete foundations have been poured for the new building that is to replace the old Central House, on thhe Ski Course, nine miles east of Nevada City on the Tahoe Ukian highway, which was destroyed by fire about two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Max Latz, who operate the ski course each season and who lost all of their belongings in the fire, are the new’ owners. He will build as far as possible this year in the construction of this new building which will be 24 by 48 feet in size. The bar room and lunch counter will occupy 30 by 24 . feet. The exterior will be imitation logs and in time the interior will be finished in knotty pine. Mr. and Mrs. . Lantz live in a small house up in the . old apple orchard. on the big field, . but the new building will be nearer . the road than the first Central House. : Mr. and ‘Mrs. Lantz will -conduct the ski course again when sufficient snow has fallen. There was really too much snow last year as it was piled up many feet on each side of the highway by snow plows. ROTARY CLUB T0 BE CAMP FIRE GIRLS GUESTS The Nevada City Rotary club: nas : accepted an invitation extended by Piedmont Camp Fire Girls to lunch next Thursday at their camp at Lake Vera. The invitation was extended by ‘Miss Rhea Rupert, their guardian, and: Bill Cain, Rotary president, has accepted the invitation for the club. The Piedmont Camp at Lake Vera is regarded as one of the finest in California. This is attributed largely to the expert management of Miss Rupert. TRIAL OF ED PASCOE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 7 The trial of Ed Pascoe, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was on Saturday set ‘by: ‘Judge Raglan: Tuttle for trial on September 7. His bail was raised from $300 set by the justice court. to $2000. Lacking bail he remained in the custody of the sneriff. Attorney William Cassetari was appotted by the court to defend him. 3 ‘Don Harger, charged with passing fidtitious checks, on recommendation of Probation Officer A. W. Mc Gagin, was granted probation for five years under the usual conditions. 3 ee EEE Send a Greeting _., to Your Friends. ~° ~ July 19th to July 25th Birthdays for this week are as follows: Monday, July 19th, 1937 NATHANIEL, ROBINS MRS. R. D. MACAFEE, JR. Tuesday, July 20th, 1937 BERYL ROBINSON Sunday, July 25th, 1937 MRS. BESSIE YELLAND —Herey Biethday_— . started when members of the party i heads and started to go to telephone shoulder and lodged in the back of ROCKS THROWN AT PRIVY LEAD T0 SHOOTING ROW Sheriff Carl Tobianien and District Attorney Vernon Stoll are this afternoon investigating the story of Jam~es T. Tacket, owner of an auto court on Railroad avenue in Hills Flat, who declares he was beaten by tenants and ‘their guests during a whiskey and beer party, held in one of his cottages, who attempted to frighten his assailants by firing a revolver, and who claims. that he accidentally shot one of the party, a woman. The wounded woman is Mrs. ‘Don Bliss, a sister of Harlan Cozad who rents the cottage, from which the row apparently proceeded. ; According to Tacket, the trouble in the Cozad cottage began throwing rocks at his new WPA privy. Tacket protested and drew curses he said, from members of the party who threatened him with a beating. He went to the Grass Valley police and. asked for protection. Te police Tefused, owing to his residence outside the city. and on his return to his house, the row was started again and Tacket says he fired a shot over their the sheriff. At this point Tacket says, Mrs. Bliss hit him with something, he does not know what, and he slipped on a round pebble and fell backward. His elbow struck the ground and the revolver in his hand was discharged the bullet striking Mrs. Bliss. According to Bill Frazer, Grass, Valley nightwatchman the bullet entered her arm ranged up through hér her neck. She was taken to the i es Memorial hospital. Tacket appeared at the anécitile office this afternoon. He states that after he fell his assailants gave him a terrible beating and his face bears witness to the truth of his statement. One eye is swollen and very black. His nose is enlarged greatly, andvat different points on his cranium are egg-like swellings. iti xf MISS CHAPMANON = N. C. SCHOOL FACULTY Miss Helen Chapman who last week successfully passed the county teachers examiations given by the county board of edueation, has been appointed to the teaching staff of the Nevada City grammar school: Miss: Chapman is well known in Nevada City and it is felt that the board has made a very fine selection for the school. Miss Chapman received her early education in the Nevada City schools, then attended’ and graduated from the University of California, Jater attending Columbia Untversity where she received her 8 ters degree. Other new appointments for the é grammar school are, Wallace Leslie — of San Rafael military academy and ~~ Miss Virginia Ram of Camptonville. J. Clark McGinnis and Miss May Snell have resigned from the teaching staff. EB DUDLEY RESIGNS TO ACCEPT STATE POST E. °*B. Dudley, chairman ‘board of supervisors, has be his office to accept a state appointment as welfare officer for Nev county. Mr, Dudley will continue 61 the board of supervisors until successor: is ‘appointed. : ‘Cecil Schiffner, ‘who ‘is atte

et eS Thinking Out Loud Hi. M. L. “When I was a young feller,” said the Old Timer, ‘‘politics ranked, a close second to religion. If you were a Baptist, you consorted with Baptists and had little truck with Methodists or Seventh Day Advent= ists. Likewise if you were a Republican you trusted a Republican, but you were a little chary of Democrats. There was something suspect about everybody who was not a Baptist or a Republican. By and large Baptists except in the South, were all Republicans, so.that you didn’t have to draw jany line among your own religious brethren. Methodist Republicans were just a trifle peculiar except in the heat of a national campaign, when you accepted them as almost equal to Baptist Republicans. No lines like that are drawn nowjadays, of course, the automobile or something else has obliterated all those boundaries of. prejudice, “T ean remember very distinctly that Jim Blaine, the man from Maine, was not just an ordinary Republican politician. He was a statesman and a_ hero. When Grover Cleveland defeated him in 1884, Republicans regarded it as biggest national calamity since the Civil War. Indeed Cleveland was the first Democrat elected to the White House, following that event, an interval of 20 years. “But Cleveland turned out to be a mighty good President, except for “turning out the rascals,’” and putting Democrats in their places, his administration might very well be described as that of a liberal (for the times) Republican. It was Cleveland who protected United States mails with United States troops. He was that kind of an American that us old Republicans remember with a good deal of respect, despite his Democratic label. “Sometimes TI hear people saying that history will repeat itself, comparing the political power of the G. A. R. with that the the veterans. today. The Grand Army of Republic was everything that name implies. The ‘“‘boys in blue’ were idolized after the Civil War. They were given all the good governmental jobs, especially postmasterships, “regardless of sability or anything else. He was a G. A. R. and nothing too good for him. I had a neighbor who was a Copperhead wp till the last minute of the war, then turned Republican and enlisted just in time, though he had not expected it, for one engagement. In that little fracas a stray bmllet clipped off a piece of his nose. It made him a hero for miles around. ‘He lived for fifty years and besides always being on the Federal payroll as postmaster, revenue collector or whatnot, he always drew a fat pension, and on top of that compensation for the dime’s worth of his nose that was missing. His badge of heroism engraved on his ugly map, forgave everything else, for there never was a born a more unregenerate liar and rascal than that scalawag Republican. But people honored and rewarded the “boys in blue,’ without discriminating. “But history is not repeating itself really, for today though everywhere veterans of the World War are respected, and very frequently given political preferment, the number’ of men-who were enrolled in America’s fighting ranks abroad, was much less, with respect to the entire population, than in the Civil War,.so their voting power is less. Moreover the life or death of our Republic was never at stake, as it was in the Civil War, though in the midst of the war hysteria we were made to believe it was. Thus it happens that veterans organizations nowadays do not wield the political power that the G: A. R. did in its heydey. “But I am really sorry that they have less political power than their G. A. R. dads and granddads did. Because in a very short time another world war will open up. In fact it seems to be started right now be‘tween the Chinese and Japanese in North China. For I am certain that the veterans will put all the brakes they can upon another attempt to put the United States into a foreign war. If there were enough of them they could keep us out, and maybe they can anyway. They know what war is. Most of us don’t. Sherman said it was hell, but nobody but a veteran believes him.” ’ Mrs. Andy Dow of Oakland is making an extended visit with Mrs. Ray Murchie at her home on Broad Pi ~ COVERS RICHEST be D AREA IN CALIFORNIA cet The Nevada oe Nugget helps city and county to grow in and prosperity. advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ee By subsribing to, a Vel 1 No. 57. The County Bent Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA Tes Gold prren MONDAY, JULY 19, 193 CALIFORNIA 1937 TAXES HIGHER ~—-BYS118,000,000 SAN FRANCISCO, July. 19.—Californians paid $118,000,000 taxes during the fiscal year: ending June 30, 1937, than during the previous year, an 18 per cent increase in one year, according to figures compiled by the Tax Committee of the State Chamber of Commerce. Total Federal, State: and local taxes paid during the year 1936-37 amounted to $746,000,000, as compared to. $628,000,000 for the previous year, Of this amount, Federal taxes totalled $251,000,000; State taxes $204,000,000, and county, city and district taxes $291,000,000. Commenting on these _ figures, compiled from preliminary Federsi ad state reports, just issued, A. E. Roth, chairman of the State Chamber’s Tax Committee, stated. “The ability of personal earnings and wages and‘ productive business activity to keep pace with expanding governmental services and costs should be a problem of first concern to every citizen. Nor do these figures include the many licenses, fees, and other non-tax income derived by our governments from a wide range of sources. . “Analysis of this record,’’ said Roth, . and business increased 26 per cent, while those on property-homes, farms, land and buildings, etce., inereased about 9 per cent. It has been roughly estimated that business activity increased about 18 per cent during the last year. “When we further consider,” said loth, “that some $54,000,000 increased state expenditures were authorized by the legislature for the 1937-39 biennium, and the prospect for general inereased budget _requests in counties, districts and cities for the 1937-38 fiscal year, there is small wonder that taxpayers are becoming outspoken in their demand for utmost economy, and more active more in their efforts to , seek retrenchments.” : Mederal .... 1936-37 250,916,000 States sig. 3 1936-3 204,423,000 Counties ...:1936-37 97,807,000 Cities .35-7:s. 1936-37 91,894,000 Districts .... 1936-37 .101,172,000 Totals ...-. 1936-37 $746,212,000 Per. Cent 1935-36 Increase Increase 191,047,000 59,869,000 31q% 170,239,000 34,184,000 20% 94,348,000 3,459,000 4% 84,487,000 7,407,000 8% 88,419,000 12,753,000 14% 628,540,000 117,672,000 18% GRACEY PUTS 25 MINERS TO WORK Within the last few days the crew + ; at the Gracey mine southeast of Nevada City 25 men. Many changes and improveAmong them ‘Has been enlarged to ments are being made. that of retimbering of the top of the ishaft, repairs to the hoist, renewed timbers in the head frame. Larger pumps will handle a heavy flow of water in the bottom of the shaft, unwatering it so that active operations may continue steadily. The mill is to be operated on a 24 hour basis. It is reported more asays around $20 per ton in a four foot veing and enough ore is blocked out. to keep the fill running several months. Thomas Coan is superintendent. Leasors have been mining an milling ore for some months past. L. Ww. Cheney of Oakland sold his interests in the property to the Orleans Lode Mining company last year. FORMER EDITOR OF — TRANSCRIPT IS VISITOR H. G. Comfort, ort. publisher of the Shafter Press, and Mrs. Comfort were visitors in Nevada City today. Mr. Comfort was editor of the Transeript, Nevada City’s Argonaut daily, which*was taken over by the Calkins interests and finally faded away 1913 along with several other newspapers owned by the Calkins. -He was a great friend of the late Joe Snyder and found a good deal of pleasure in looking up old acquaintances for he had not been back to Nevada “shows that taxes on incomes . }. SLEEP KNITS UP THE RAGGED SLEEVE OF CARE Night Watchman up a sad inebriate the other night Allen picked and carefulyy stored it in one of the brand new jail cells in the city hall. A few minutes later, as he paced his beat he began thinking about his birdie in the cage, and reflected on the surprise that Chief Garfield Robson had, when he looked in on the spiphlicated gent he ‘had left only a few minutes in one of those nice new rooms. He had _ overlooked a broom in the cell, but his lodger had not. Every window pane had been neatly punctured through the bars with the groom handle. So Allen thinks to himself: ‘I'll have another look, just for luck,”’ He went back and looked thnough the little square lookout in the door and saw a-neat pile of clothés in the middle of the floor, but nothing else. ‘Great Jehhosophat, that feller couldn’t have crawléa out between the ibars,’ the offieer murumred. Then he entered and began to leok more carefully. Finally he .spied a naked toe sticking out from under the bed. On all fours Allen took’a good look, and there was the prisoner in his birthday pajamas sleeping it off on the, cold cement floor with his back against the cool . cement wall. j . i STATEP.T.A. ASKS STRINGENT LAW FORDEGENERATES SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.— Shocked by recent brutalities, the state board of managers of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers has moved to provide more drastic penalties for sex crimes against children. The board adopted a_ resolution . asking. state legislation, making. sgueh offenses felonies intsead of misdemeanors, as they are classified currently in some instances. The resolution also demanded that persons conyicted of. such crimes be refused paroles. “When the crimes are committed against children, the outhorities round up known degenerates, of which there are a serious number,” the resolution said. ‘‘May of these include former convicts, paroled after previous offenses. “These crimes apparently are om the increase. The shock to the child victims is such that a wholesome life following such experience often is impossible.” Copies of -the resolution went to Governor Frank F. Merriam and the parole board members. Earlier in its two day session the board approved a resolution urging a recreation theme for the 1939 Golaen’ Gate international exposition which would make it.‘a constructive experience in the lives of youths” rather than ‘‘a eeu < circus”’. MORELOCALPHONES IN USE THANLAST YEAR E. E. Hoss, county manager of the telephhone company, reports that telephone connections show a slight increase over this of last July. There are now 776 telephone subscribers as compared 749 in July, 1936. Grass Valley also shows an increase from 1471 last July to 1535 today. Horace Dow, of Seattle, is here ‘) visiting his parents;*Mr-and Mrs. M. I. Dow on the Tahoe Ukiah highway east of Nevada City. MINUTE MELODIES

( Songs : of Northern California) FOR THE DEAF (Cisco) Snow flakes Are frozen songs That heaven sends to. those Who cannot hear the symphonies Of rain, ROY GRIFFTHS DEETER. City since he left here 24 years ago. . TOM RICKARD TELLS OF LIFEIN CM.T.C CAMP Tom ficned: era graduate of he Nevada City high school with the class of '37 has written this letter to let his classmates and friends know how interesting ‘his work has become. Phil Joyal, classmate, planned to attend C. Mé T. C. but his papers came too late’ for him to make the trip much to his disappointment, Fort Winfield Scott, July 14, 1937. Nevada City Nugget. Nevada City, Thought I would write to tell you of C. M. T. C. life, so will start at the beginning of the day. We are up by 6:00 a. m. for reveille, when ‘. the flag is hoisted to the top of the pole. At 6:15 we go to mess (breaffast). When we return to our barracks, the first thing we do is to Two boys are desills and clean up our room. tailed to clean window radiators. room and line up the beds so that they are in line. 7:45 our first drill of the day begins. At 8:15 we stop until 8:30 when we have a marksmanship drill. This is over at 10. At 10:20 we march from our barracks to the gym‘. nasium about one half mile away for a citizenship lecture. We return at 10:50. From 11:00 there is more infantry drill with .30 calibre army rifles and sidearms, (bayonet, ammunition, belt.) When 12:00 occurs, it happens. We all eat lunch. It really is a dinner. By the way, we don’t starve here. We have all we want. Between 1:00 and 1:45 is another infantry drill period with rifles and sidearms for the purpose of perfecting rifle handling. From 2:00 to 4:00 is the athletic period. I take baseball one day-and volley ball the next. Our last drill of the day is from 4:15 to 5:00.We either: have a ‘battalion parade made up of two batteries of two platoons each. At 5:00 the flag is lowered and we are dismissed for supper. After supper the boys make up their beds. Some go to the army Y. M. C.’A., some stay in quarters, listen to the’ radio, read papers or the magazines or write letters The day room or reading room is the. place for reading or writing letters. The first sargeant comes in with “only 10 minutes before lights out boys.”’ The time from 6:00 on has just sped by. We jump in bed (literally) before 9:00 (lights out time.) Boys have until 10:30 to get in barracks, but, after then they are put on extra duty list. By 9:30 most of the boys asleep, 11 taps. Day is done. The bay bridge is one half‘ mile from us, then ‘“‘Camp Harold N. Roberts.”. Ft. Winfield Scott, Presidio, San Francisco. The boys are classified by the years they have attended camp. First year, basic, mid year, ired; third year, white, and fourth year, blue. Commisions as captains, lieutenants are waiting for the fourth year are -+men. The commissions are in the ree ‘serve army. More next time. TOM RICKARD. . TWO REAL ESTATE SALES ARE COMPLETED A real estate sale was completed today when O. Bettcher sold-to John Piantoni the Pine Rock Park auto court and trailer camp at the junction of the Tahoe Ukiah highway and the Willow Valley road near the county hospital. W. H. Daniels, real estate deale of Nevada City, made the sale, He also sold the George Von Dornum house and lot on upper Boulder streét to Mrs. Grace Buffinton of Los Angeles. Her daughter,. Mrs. Everett Robinson ‘resides on West Broad street in this city. ASSAY OFFICE Firemen responded to.a fire alarm ing at the H. D. Draper assay plant and office at Commercial and Main steets. It is thought an overheated chimney in the assay plant caused the blaze. It spread rapidly in the old shingles in the roof. Firemen Soon had the flames extinguished. ea The rest sweep up the . FIRE SOON OUT} call-at about 11 o’clock this morn-. Ed Sanden, Lava Cap miner and owner of an airplane, which he flies from the municipal airport on Cement Hill, yesterday afternoon came within a hairbreadth of losing his life. He had been over hauling the engine and was taking it up for a trial when it stalled at an altitude of between 200 and 300 feet. He immediatély shut off the motor as a safeguard against fire and began Pilot Has Close Shave When Engine Stal way to spiral «glide for thhe ground. He hit the field with the plane partly under control but not sufficiently to prevent its ‘bouncing across the run— and into a barbed. wite fence which tiearly scalped him. Other injuries were a broken finger, face bruises and a sprained neck. ‘The plane was badly damaged. Sanden is now at the Nevada City Santiarium under th.ecare of a physician. BUILDING WILL REPLACE FORMER CENTRAL HOUSE Concrete foundations have been poured for the new building that is to replace the old Central House, on thhe Ski Course, nine miles east of Nevada City on the Tahoe Ukian highway, which was destroyed by fire about two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Max Latz, who operate the ski course each season and who lost all of their belongings in the fire, are the new’ owners. He will build as far as possible this year in the construction of this new building which will be 24 by 48 feet in size. The bar room and lunch counter will occupy 30 by 24 . feet. The exterior will be imitation logs and in time the interior will be finished in knotty pine. Mr. and Mrs. . Lantz live in a small house up in the . old apple orchard. on the big field, . but the new building will be nearer . the road than the first Central House. : Mr. and ‘Mrs. Lantz will -conduct the ski course again when sufficient snow has fallen. There was really too much snow last year as it was piled up many feet on each side of the highway by snow plows. ROTARY CLUB T0 BE CAMP FIRE GIRLS GUESTS The Nevada City Rotary club: nas : accepted an invitation extended by Piedmont Camp Fire Girls to lunch next Thursday at their camp at Lake Vera. The invitation was extended by ‘Miss Rhea Rupert, their guardian, and: Bill Cain, Rotary president, has accepted the invitation for the club. The Piedmont Camp at Lake Vera is regarded as one of the finest in California. This is attributed largely to the expert management of Miss Rupert. TRIAL OF ED PASCOE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 7 The trial of Ed Pascoe, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was on Saturday set ‘by: ‘Judge Raglan: Tuttle for trial on September 7. His bail was raised from $300 set by the justice court. to $2000. Lacking bail he remained in the custody of the sneriff. Attorney William Cassetari was appotted by the court to defend him. 3 ‘Don Harger, charged with passing fidtitious checks, on recommendation of Probation Officer A. W. Mc Gagin, was granted probation for five years under the usual conditions. 3 ee EEE Send a Greeting _., to Your Friends. ~° ~ July 19th to July 25th Birthdays for this week are as follows: Monday, July 19th, 1937 NATHANIEL, ROBINS MRS. R. D. MACAFEE, JR. Tuesday, July 20th, 1937 BERYL ROBINSON Sunday, July 25th, 1937 MRS. BESSIE YELLAND —Herey Biethday_— . started when members of the party i heads and started to go to telephone shoulder and lodged in the back of ROCKS THROWN AT PRIVY LEAD T0 SHOOTING ROW Sheriff Carl Tobianien and District Attorney Vernon Stoll are this afternoon investigating the story of Jam~es T. Tacket, owner of an auto court on Railroad avenue in Hills Flat, who declares he was beaten by tenants and ‘their guests during a whiskey and beer party, held in one of his cottages, who attempted to frighten his assailants by firing a revolver, and who claims. that he accidentally shot one of the party, a woman. The wounded woman is Mrs. ‘Don Bliss, a sister of Harlan Cozad who rents the cottage, from which the row apparently proceeded. ; According to Tacket, the trouble in the Cozad cottage began throwing rocks at his new WPA privy. Tacket protested and drew curses he said, from members of the party who threatened him with a beating. He went to the Grass Valley police and. asked for protection. Te police Tefused, owing to his residence outside the city. and on his return to his house, the row was started again and Tacket says he fired a shot over their the sheriff. At this point Tacket says, Mrs. Bliss hit him with something, he does not know what, and he slipped on a round pebble and fell backward. His elbow struck the ground and the revolver in his hand was discharged the bullet striking Mrs. Bliss. According to Bill Frazer, Grass, Valley nightwatchman the bullet entered her arm ranged up through hér her neck. She was taken to the i es Memorial hospital. Tacket appeared at the anécitile office this afternoon. He states that after he fell his assailants gave him a terrible beating and his face bears witness to the truth of his statement. One eye is swollen and very black. His nose is enlarged greatly, andvat different points on his cranium are egg-like swellings. iti xf MISS CHAPMANON = N. C. SCHOOL FACULTY Miss Helen Chapman who last week successfully passed the county teachers examiations given by the county board of edueation, has been appointed to the teaching staff of the Nevada City grammar school: Miss: Chapman is well known in Nevada City and it is felt that the board has made a very fine selection for the school. Miss Chapman received her early education in the Nevada City schools, then attended’ and graduated from the University of California, Jater attending Columbia Untversity where she received her 8 ters degree. Other new appointments for the é grammar school are, Wallace Leslie — of San Rafael military academy and ~~ Miss Virginia Ram of Camptonville. J. Clark McGinnis and Miss May Snell have resigned from the teaching staff. EB DUDLEY RESIGNS TO ACCEPT STATE POST E. °*B. Dudley, chairman ‘board of supervisors, has be his office to accept a state appointment as welfare officer for Nev county. Mr, Dudley will continue 61 the board of supervisors until successor: is ‘appointed. : ‘Cecil Schiffner, ‘who ‘is atte