July 21, 1950 (8 pages)

ae ee ee ee a 42 ey Se ieee 2 eS ee ee ad Poe ) G “my body ached. Nevada County Recreation Unsurpassed in California i Be a Hardy Californian Plan to Accompany the ‘Nevada County Historical NUEGET Society Tour July 23, 1950 Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c Twenty-Third Year, No. 29 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, July 21, 1950 U; yy /; Ve 4 G Y KATA? Ag gaZ Monday morning every bone-in It took Ruth three determined tries to get me awake for breakfast at a reasonable hour. And the state of disinclination to meet the brave new day was not caused by over-indulgence of the night before. it was, to put it frankly, simply a case of over-enthusiasm for mountain scenery. I have no right to play the role of bitter complainer because I could at least hang on to the jeep’s steering wheel. But the two kids in the back end must have taken 4 terrific buffeting. Frequent squeals from the rear told me that I took the last curve or. the last bump too fast. But I tell my family when you -optimistically undertake a 173 mile ‘trip ona Sunday afternoon and set your route on bare Sierra dirt and rock you’ve got to expect a ten-round aftermath. Actually, the trip over Henness Pass by way of Webber Lake has its compensations in scenery and memorable vistas. We took the old pioneer road from Camptonville, stopped at numerous historical spots and points of interest. There were times when I wondered whether the dust-covered gal ridmg beside me was really the sweet thing I married, but she expertly countered my remarks by insisting that I consult the rear-view mirror. We passed many places with historic connotations: Sleighville House, Nigger Tent, Mountain House, and Cornish House, indicating that at one time wayside inns catered to an endless stream of pioneer travelers. And the numerous’forest service signs pointing to side roads and trails indicated that we were passing over a rich district of gold mines. There are two outstanding vantage points where the views of Sierran peaks are breath-taking: at Mountain House and at Keystone Cap. The first is at 4,604 elevation, the second at 6,552, near the summit of Henness Pass. The Middle Yuba, for most of its length the boundary line between Nevada and Sierra counties, tumbles down some picturesque rapids before it pauses briefly in: Milton Reservoir. In the deep clear pools there was the temptation to swim. On the banks we enjoyed a midafternoon picnic dinner. Twelve miles east of Milton we came upon Webber Lake, an‘ almost-round gem set in snowcapped mountains and fringed by a healthy forest of pine and spruce. Flat areas around the north side of the lake make it _ particularly attractive to campers and fishermen. Privately owned Webber Club uses ages-old wooden buildings for rentals, buildings which look as though they had served weekenders during the gold rush. In. rather extensive travels up and down the state I’ve never seen a resort of more authentic antiquity. There’s a restful charm about the ancient buildings at the water’s edge, a mellow well-worn look of hospitality and old-fashioned grace., \ From Webber Lake we traveled through pastures and level valleys. nine miles east to the junction with Highway 89, about midway between, Truckee and Sierraville. From Camptonville to this point we had traveled about 57 miles on one-way unimproved dirt roads, reaching an elevation near 7,000 feet. For many “ miles the road rides high on the backbone between the North and Middle Yubas, yet there are no sharp grades at any point. The views are magnificent, éspecially to the north, where rugged Sierra Buttes dominate the skyline. It seems to me early planners made a serious mistake in ignor(Continued: on page 8) DEATH STILLS POETRY OF MRS. ADELINECONNER The hand of: death has stilled the voice of the poet laureate of the San Juan ridge. Mrs. Adeline Merriam Conner, . 79, died Saturday morning at the county hospital, following a prolonged illness. Funeral services’! were held Tuesday morning at' the Hooper-Weaver mortuary in. Grass Valley with Rev. Walter) RubkKe, pastor of the Lutheran . church, officiating. Cremation followed at East Lawn, Sacramento. Mrs. Margaret Bosworth. sang “Lead Kindly Light” accompanied by Mrs. Camille Cornish at the services. Mrs. Conner was born Sept. 27, 1870, and came to California with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P, D. Merriam, at the age of eight. They resided in Grass Valley a year and then moved to. Sweetland where she lived until she was 17. After moving to Santa Ana she established a _ music teaching practice. There she met and married Fred Conner, who survives. Mr. and Mrs. Conner moved to . Nevada City in 1932, and to the . . . . . THOMPSON REPLACES THOMPSON IN OFFICE Joseph R. Thompson, Grass Valley, but. recently assigned as liquor control officer of the state board of equalization at Alturas, has replaced Frank Thompson in the same assignment in the Nevada City, effective July 1. The new liquor control officer makes his home in Grass Valley with his wife and two children. Frank Thompson resigned effective June 30, but did not announce plans. FALLING TIMBER TO BE FEATURE OF COUNTY FAIR For nearly a century the shout of “T-I-M-B-E-R” has been heard through the forests of Nevada. county as a giant pine or fir falls . victim to the loggers’ axes and/ saws. The spectacular sight is usually reserved for fallers, buckers, high climbers, riggers, or cat skinners and a handful of visitors who are usually friends of the woods boss or general superintendent. : But at the Nevada county disridge in 1937 and established a trict fair this year on the evehome which became known aS’ nings of Saturday and Sunday, the Twelve Cedars or Twelve . Aug. 26 and 27, the general pubApostles. The trees were planted Jic will have an opportunity to in 1863 and remain a landmark ' see two towering ponderosa pines today. felled as part of an entertainment Mrs. Conner first contributed and educational program led by TRUCKEE TRIO WIN $192,252.71 IN DAMAGE ACTION Nevada: county superior court jury Friday awarded $107,252.71 to Harry and Vivian Smith: of Truckee for injuries they received in an. automobile-truck collision Thursday, Jan. 19, west of the Truckee city limits. R. McCormick, Merced attorney, an-. nounced the following day that a suit by Charles Cross, Truckee, who asked $250,000 damages, was settled out of court for $85,000. . The suit was scheduled to open . A Ske in court Monday. ! The suits were filed against the Silvey Livestock Transportation company. According io testimony presented in court a_livestoc< truck belonging to the company, and driven by Manual J. Abreau, was hauling a trailer Gown the Donmer grade into Truckee and on curve the trailer slid into the Smith car in which Cross was a passenger. Mr. and Mrs. Smith each asked . $175,000 in the suit and after deliberating two hours and. 40 min-} utes the. jury awarded Smitn $46,590.55 and Mrs. Smith the . sum of $60,662.16. Dr. Kenneth McLean, Truckee physician, who treated the injuries shortly after the collision testified one of Mrs. Smith’s injuries virtually constituted a deformity 'Lucille Judd, J. Vance Huckins, Camille Vance to The Nugget in 1927 and down . the years her column “Just Wonderin’” has been a faithful and welcome article. Some of her writings were collected and published in a book entitled. “Old Trails and New,” with “its locale Nevada county. Conner will leave today to visit several days with his sister, Mrs. R. M. Price, 36 North 11th street, San Jose. CITY WILL RECLAIM ARMORY SITE IF NOT USED BY STATE GUARD An amendment to a resolution deeding a lot at Cashin field to the state to be used as the site of a $105,000 national guard armory was adopted at a called meeting of the city council Tuesday afternoon. The amendment will permit reversion of the site to the city if construction of the armory does not start within three years. . The resolution was adopted by . the city council May 10. . Mayor Thomas H. Taylor requested City Attorney John L. Larue to study the ctiy ordinance which authorizes a tax on coin operated amusement machines for revisions necessary to comply with the state law outlawing slot machines: which became effective Saturday. Amusement machines now located in Nevada City include one ball machines, bowling lanes and shuffleboards. RACCOON BITES CHIEF OF POLICE AND DIES A‘taccoon cornered in the William Tamblyn home, 453 Sacramento street, was found dead Saturday morning by Ernest Young, and the only cause of the beastie’s death could be attributed to Nevada City’s popular chief of police—Max Solaro—after the ’coon had bit the chief Friday. Young had collared the animal in the Tamblyn garage after a terrific battle and Chief Solaro attempted to put a leash on the collar. The raccoon clawed the collar off and sank his fangs into the chief’s right forefinger. Finally the beast was subdued and Young took him home—only to find him dead the next morning. MINOR INJURIES Thomas Wasley Jr., 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wasley received. minor injuries Monday evening when he was struck by a slow-moving automobile just south of the city limits. -yard of the Flats, still carrying a few stones. The trip to the graveand that she would probably never walk again unaided. , Doctor’s testimony at the trial described Smith’s injuries constituted 50 percent disability. Archibald McDougall, Sacramento, and’ Crofford W. Bridges, : Grass Valley, represented the Silvey Transportation company. the soil conservation service. Details of the program are not complete but Loyle Freeman, fair manager, said yesterday the two trees had’ been selected for falling and cutting into lumber to-be used on the fairgrounds. The trees destined for falling (Continued on page eight) SUNDAY’S EXCURSION OF COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO INCLUDE TERRITORY RICH WITH TRADITION . The annual excursion of the Nevada County Historical Society Sunday will include an area of Nevada county that is not only rich in history and tradition but territory that is still amazingly rich in gold deposits. Geologists estimate that at least $200,000,000 worth of the precious metal is still in the tertiary gravel deposits of the ancient Juba river, the prehistoric river that used to drain the approximate -area of the present Yuba river. The only catch is how to extract it at a profit without violating the debris regulations. Robert Paine, whose grandfather operated a hotel at Lake City in the gold rush days, and whose father drove stage coaches and freighters over the Edwards Crossing road -to Lake City, North Bloomfield and Eureka, and continued the hotel in Lake City until <utomobiles obsoleted the horse-drawn -traffic, is director of the excursion for the society. Paine announced the following itinerary for Sunday’s tour: Leave the society’s museum in Nevada City at 10:30 a.m., and procéed via the route of his father’s stage line to Graniteville, the modern narne for Eureka, where a picnic lunch will be held. Paine asks all persons making the trip to bring their own lunches, as the sdciety will be unable to furnish any coffee or food. Following lunch at Graniteville and a tour of the town and cemetery, the excursion will backtrack to the Snow Point turnoff. There Paine has announced he will advise the tourists that the road to Snow Point, Orleans Flat and Moore’s Flat is not a recommended road for the weak of heart, and those not caring to-chance: the 10ad will be urged to return to Nevada City via the out-going route. All trace of Orleans Flat has disappeared, although Victor and Ethel Buck say there were 3,000 persons in the area during the gold rush days. Waldewar Lindgren, in his 1911 report, states the auriferous gravels: of Snow Point and Orleans Flat are exhausted, and that no hydraulicking has occurred there since 1886. Lindgren reported. 15,000,000 cubic yards of tertiary gravel remain in the Moore’s Flat area, and a little workable gravel still exists in Woolsey’s Flat. Today there is no trace remaining of Woolsey’s Flat, and Moore’s Flat is marked only by the ruins of Hegarty’s’ store, several flattened wooden structures and Vizzard’s ranch house, the only occupied dwelling in the townsite. Moore’s Flat is mentioned in ‘the 1895 mining edition of the Grass Valley Union as containing a church, schoolhouse, a few stores, but obviously dying. A mile beyond the townsite, across a grotesque valley: -of boulders worked by the Chinese in the early days, and in an area that possibly may have been the site of Woolsey’s Flat, is the graveyard is not recommended for conventional types of cars, although anyone having the courage to drive to Moore’s Flat would undoubtedly hazard the extra mile. The road, after it leaves the Chinese diggings, passes for a short while along the narrow peak of a ridge where a traveler can look far downwards: on-the one hand and a little less uncomfortable embankment on the other. Of the three flats, Moore’s Flat .was the hardiest survivor. Founded in 1851, as were the other two, the town got its name from H. M. Moore, who came across the plains, settled in the area, and built a house and store. Moore’s Flat, for a while; was called Clinton by the postoffice department, but at the insistence of the residents the original name, was returned. Moore’s Flat is credited with being the birthplace ‘and childhood residence of Isaac Zellerbach, founder of the paper supply empire of the west coast. Charles Hegarty, an ancestor by marriage of Paine, was also one to purchase the hotel for $115,000. . (Continued on page six) ” 4 GRAND JURY COMMITTEE ADVISES NID DIRECTORS Four directors of the Nevada Irrigation District appeared before a committee of the -grand jury Tuesday and were. advised of the nature of the committee’s investigation of the NID, according to Charles Kitts, chairman of the committee. . Kitts stated the directors were. not involved in the investigation . but declined to comment further . on the inquiry. { . LOCAL HOTEL IS: ORDERED INTO RECEIVERSHIP The .National hotel »was ordered into receivership Friday in a superior court order signed by Judge James Snell. E. M. Rector, retired banker, was appointed receiver to take immediate possession of the property and operats the business. The petition for appointment of . a receiver was filed by Richard S. Worth, Letitia Worth Haiey, Mervin Worth and Lovina Worth. Defendants named in the petition were George’ Murphy, Curus Vinum, William J. Greentree, Rose Margaret Murphy, the National Hotel Co., Huckins, J. R. Ryan, John Doe Johnson, Vladimir Vucinich, Milton Mizell, Leo Weintraub, three John Does and three John Doe companies. In addition to the petition for appointment of a receiver a complaint to foreclose a contract, of sale was filed by the Worths. The plaintiffs ask judgment of unpaid balance of $73,153.54 and five per cent interest after July 1, 1950, $600 advanced for ‘payment of fire insurance premiums, and attorneys’ fees. According to the complaint, George Murphy signed an instru. ment on Oct. 30, 1946, agreeing The plaintiff states $41,846.46 of! the contract has been paid including a $12,500 down payment. Plaintiff charges the contract, was violated by failure to pay the $600 fire insurance premiums, $1,504 in 1949-50 county taxes, and $605.64 of Nevada City taxes, plus penalties and interest. LOCAL ATTORNEY SAYS PRISONER IS HELD 70 DAYS WITHOUT HEARING This afternoon in Grass Valley justice court Attorney Michel M. Lipman, Nevada City will ask for dismissal of charges against William P. Scully, Grass Valley, and quashing of complaint of assault on the grounds that Scully was not brought to trial within thirty days of his arrest. Scully was arrested’May 12 by the Grass Valley police department on a complaint signed by Lorraine Fisher, Grass Valley, and lodged in the county jail. Lipman stated that regardless of the character of any individual the constitution guarantees an individual the right of early trial and Scully had been: lodged in the county jail for 70 days before today’s action was taken. Lipman added that failure to bring Scully to trial was not occasioned by Scully’s neglect or application for postponement. LEEDY ASKS $40,000 DAMAGES FROM PURITY Robert Burns Leedy has filed suit in Nevada county superior court against Purity Stores, Limited, asking $40,000 damages. Leedy, in his complaint, says the company negligently maintained a broken window in -the Hills Flat store, on which the plaintiff states he cut his arm rendering him sick, sore, lame, disabled and disordered,, and suffering from shock. : Wells and McCarthy, Sacramento law firm, is counsel for the plaintiff. SALARY SURVEY CALLED BIGGEST JOKE ON COUNTY Carl J. Tobiassen, supervisor of the first district of Nevada county, Monday called the recent personnel survey of county employes “the biggest joke ever pulled on’ the county,” at a session of the board of supervisors. Supervisor J. C. Coughlan agreed with Tobiassen. : Tobiassen, who with Supervisors Frank Rowe and Henry G. Loehr, cast the affirmative votes on April 4 authorizing the survey and expenditure of $1,200 of county funds, replied in answer to a query, “I don’t like the survey in its entirety,” although he .added he was willing to discuss it step by step with the board. The survey was rejected by a three to one “vote at a regular meeting of the board July 5, and Monday’s discussion was precipitated by Deputy Assessor William Tamblyn who appeared before the supervisors and asked “How can you as a board of supervisors sit there and refuse to consider the salary survey when you know Nevada county salaries are far below the salaries of neighboring counties?” Rowe who cast the only approving vote for the survey on July 5, said he didn’t agree with all the figures in the survey but he believed the board should consider the survey as a ‘basis for adopting a scale of increases. His daughter, Mrs. Jean Keeny, received the highest salary increase recommerdation of county employes in the survey. Loehr declared the survey is a solution to a problem which will come up annually if the survey is not adopted. Loehr added he believed the survey was basically sound ‘and that the board should study it and adopt a scale that would be within the financiat means of the county. Tamblyn presented his 1950-51 budget request for the: assessor’s office, asking $720 in salary increases. Tamblyn also asked for $10,000 to be set aside to continue reappraising of the county. The reappraisal program has already cost the county $35,000 and Tamblyn estimates it will require an additional $25,000 to complete. The re-appraisal is expected to result in substantial increase in the county’s assessed valuation. Representatives of civic and fraternal organizations appeared. before the board Monday and requested $2,000 aid in financing a centennial celebration commemorating the discovery of gold in quartz at Gold Hill scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27, 28 and 29. The program tentatively cludes a: parade, football game, contests, exhibits, festival and a inpageant, the latter to be written , by Elmer Stevens, and produced by the Grass Valley high school dramatics class under direction of Theodore Mathieson. Members of the Nevada. Cityand Grass Valley chambers of commerce, and the Nevada County Real Estate Board also appeared before the supervisors and requested a four-cent tax levy to raise $8,500 annually for county promotion. The supervisors will meet next Monday to further consider budget requests. SON SUES FATHER Kenneth Thomas filed suit in superior court Monday against his father, Wallace W. Thomas, asking $12,515.56 damages as result of a truck accident July 25, 1949, on Long street, Nevada City. Weather _ Fred Bush, observer Max. Min. Friday, July 14 .. 94 52 Saturday, July 15 . 96 53 Sunday, July 16 ©.:. 96 58 Monday, July 17 .. 95 ~~ 50. Tuesday, July 18 .. 89 49 Wednesday, July 19 87 47. 87 47 Thursday, July 20 .

ae ee ee ee a 42 ey Se ieee 2 eS ee ee ad Poe ) G “my body ached. Nevada County Recreation Unsurpassed in California i Be a Hardy Californian Plan to Accompany the ‘Nevada County Historical NUEGET Society Tour July 23, 1950 Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c Twenty-Third Year, No. 29 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, July 21, 1950 U; yy /; Ve 4 G Y KATA? Ag gaZ Monday morning every bone-in It took Ruth three determined tries to get me awake for breakfast at a reasonable hour. And the state of disinclination to meet the brave new day was not caused by over-indulgence of the night before.. it was, to put it frankly, simply a case of over-enthusiasm for mountain scenery. I have no right to play the role of bitter complainer because I could at least hang on to the jeep’s steering wheel. But the two kids in the back end must have taken 4 terrific buffeting. Frequent squeals from the rear told me that I took the last curve or. the last bump too fast. But I tell my family when you -optimistically undertake a 173 mile ‘trip ona Sunday afternoon and set your route on bare Sierra dirt and rock you’ve got to expect a ten-round aftermath. Actually, the trip over Henness Pass by way of Webber Lake has its compensations in scenery and memorable vistas. We took the old pioneer road from Camptonville, stopped at numerous historical spots and points of interest. There were times when I wondered whether the dust-covered gal ridmg beside me was really the sweet thing I married, but she expertly countered my remarks by insisting that I consult the rear-view mirror. We passed many places with historic connotations: Sleighville House, Nigger Tent, Mountain House, and Cornish House, indicating that at one time wayside inns catered to an endless stream of pioneer travelers. And the numerous’forest service signs pointing to side roads and trails indicated that we were passing over a rich district of gold mines. There are two outstanding vantage points where the views of Sierran peaks are breath-taking: at Mountain House and at Keystone Cap. The first is at 4,604 elevation, the second at 6,552, near the summit of Henness Pass. The Middle Yuba, for most of its length the boundary line between Nevada and Sierra counties, tumbles down some picturesque rapids before it pauses briefly in: Milton Reservoir. In the deep clear pools there was the temptation to swim. On the banks we enjoyed a midafternoon picnic dinner. Twelve miles east of Milton we came upon Webber Lake, an‘ almost-round gem set in snowcapped mountains and fringed by a healthy forest of pine and spruce. Flat areas around the north side of the lake make it _ particularly attractive to campers and fishermen. Privately owned Webber Club uses ages-old wooden buildings for rentals, buildings which look as though they had served weekenders during the gold rush. In. rather extensive travels up and down the state I’ve never seen a resort of more authentic antiquity. There’s a restful charm about the ancient buildings at the water’s edge, a mellow well-worn look of hospitality and old-fashioned grace., \ From Webber Lake we traveled through pastures and level valleys. nine miles east to the junction with Highway 89, about midway between, Truckee and Sierraville. From Camptonville to this point we had traveled about 57 miles on one-way unimproved dirt roads, reaching an elevation near 7,000 feet. For many “ miles the road rides high on the backbone between the North and Middle Yubas, yet there are no sharp grades at any point. The views are magnificent, éspecially to the north, where rugged Sierra Buttes dominate the skyline. It seems to me early planners made a serious mistake in ignor(Continued: on page 8) DEATH STILLS POETRY OF MRS. ADELINECONNER The hand of: death has stilled the voice of the poet laureate of the San Juan ridge. Mrs. Adeline Merriam Conner, . 79, died Saturday morning at the county hospital, following a prolonged illness. Funeral services’! were held Tuesday morning at' the Hooper-Weaver mortuary in. Grass Valley with Rev. Walter) RubkKe, pastor of the Lutheran . church, officiating. Cremation followed at East Lawn, Sacramento. Mrs. Margaret Bosworth. sang “Lead Kindly Light” accompanied by Mrs. Camille Cornish at the services. Mrs. Conner was born Sept. 27, 1870, and came to California with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P, D. Merriam, at the age of eight. They resided in Grass Valley a year and then moved to. Sweetland where she lived until she was 17. After moving to Santa Ana she established a _ music teaching practice. There she met and married Fred Conner, who survives. Mr. and Mrs. Conner moved to . Nevada City in 1932, and to the . . . . . THOMPSON REPLACES THOMPSON IN OFFICE Joseph R. Thompson, Grass Valley, but. recently assigned as liquor control officer of the state board of equalization at Alturas, has replaced Frank Thompson in the same assignment in the Nevada City, effective July 1. The new liquor control officer makes his home in Grass Valley with his wife and two children. Frank Thompson resigned effective June 30, but did not announce plans. FALLING TIMBER TO BE FEATURE OF COUNTY FAIR For nearly a century the shout of “T-I-M-B-E-R” has been heard through the forests of Nevada. county as a giant pine or fir falls . victim to the loggers’ axes and/ saws. The spectacular sight is usually reserved for fallers, buckers, high climbers, riggers, or cat skinners and a handful of visitors who are usually friends of the woods boss or general superintendent. : But at the Nevada county disridge in 1937 and established a trict fair this year on the evehome which became known aS’ nings of Saturday and Sunday, the Twelve Cedars or Twelve . Aug. 26 and 27, the general pubApostles. The trees were planted Jic will have an opportunity to in 1863 and remain a landmark ' see two towering ponderosa pines today. felled as part of an entertainment Mrs. Conner first contributed and educational program led by TRUCKEE TRIO WIN $192,252.71 IN DAMAGE ACTION Nevada: county superior court jury Friday awarded $107,252.71 to Harry and Vivian Smith: of Truckee for injuries they received in an. automobile-truck collision Thursday, Jan. 19, west of the Truckee city limits. R. McCormick, Merced attorney, an-. nounced the following day that a suit by Charles Cross, Truckee, who asked $250,000 damages, was settled out of court for $85,000. . The suit was scheduled to open . A Ske in court Monday. ! The suits were filed against the Silvey Livestock Transportation company. According io testimony presented in court a_livestoc< truck belonging to the company, and driven by Manual J. Abreau, was hauling a trailer Gown the Donmer grade into Truckee and on curve the trailer slid into the Smith car in which Cross was a passenger. Mr. and Mrs. Smith each asked . $175,000 in the suit and after deliberating two hours and. 40 min-} utes the. jury awarded Smitn $46,590.55 and Mrs. Smith the . sum of $60,662.16. Dr. Kenneth McLean, Truckee physician, who treated the injuries shortly after the collision testified one of Mrs. Smith’s injuries virtually constituted a deformity 'Lucille Judd, J. Vance Huckins, Camille Vance to The Nugget in 1927 and down . the years her column “Just Wonderin’” has been a faithful and welcome article. Some of her writings were collected and published in a book entitled. “Old Trails and New,” with “its locale Nevada county. Conner will leave today to visit several days with his sister, Mrs. R. M. Price, 36 North 11th street, San Jose. CITY WILL RECLAIM ARMORY SITE IF NOT USED BY STATE GUARD An amendment to a resolution deeding a lot at Cashin field to the state to be used as the site of a $105,000 national guard armory was adopted at a called meeting of the city council Tuesday afternoon. The amendment will permit reversion of the site to the city if construction of the armory does not start within three years. . The resolution was adopted by . the city council May 10. . Mayor Thomas H. Taylor requested City Attorney John L. Larue to study the ctiy ordinance which authorizes a tax on coin operated amusement machines for revisions necessary to comply with the state law outlawing slot machines: which became effective Saturday. Amusement machines now located in Nevada City include one ball machines, bowling lanes and shuffleboards. RACCOON BITES CHIEF OF POLICE AND DIES A‘taccoon cornered in the William Tamblyn home, 453 Sacramento street, was found dead Saturday morning by Ernest Young, and the only cause of the beastie’s death could be attributed to Nevada City’s popular chief of police—Max Solaro—after the ’coon had bit the chief Friday. Young had collared the animal in the Tamblyn garage after a terrific battle and Chief Solaro attempted to put a leash on the collar. The raccoon clawed the collar off and sank his fangs into the chief’s right forefinger. Finally the beast was subdued and Young took him home—only to find him dead the next morning. MINOR INJURIES Thomas Wasley Jr., 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wasley received. minor injuries Monday evening when he was struck by a slow-moving automobile just

south of the city limits. -yard of the Flats, still carrying a few stones. The trip to the graveand that she would probably never walk again unaided. , Doctor’s testimony at the trial described Smith’s injuries constituted 50 percent disability. Archibald McDougall, Sacramento, and’ Crofford W. Bridges, : Grass Valley, represented the Silvey Transportation company. the soil conservation service. Details of the program are not complete but Loyle Freeman, fair manager, said yesterday the two trees had’ been selected for falling and cutting into lumber to-be used on the fairgrounds. The trees destined for falling (Continued on page eight) SUNDAY’S EXCURSION OF COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO INCLUDE TERRITORY RICH WITH TRADITION . The annual excursion of the Nevada County Historical Society Sunday will include an area of Nevada county that is not only rich in history and tradition but territory that is still amazingly rich in gold deposits. Geologists estimate that at least $200,000,000 worth of the precious metal is still in the tertiary gravel deposits of the ancient Juba river, the prehistoric river that used to drain the approximate -area of the present Yuba river. The only catch is how to extract it at a profit without violating the debris regulations. Robert Paine, whose grandfather operated a hotel at Lake City in the gold rush days, and whose father drove stage coaches and freighters over the Edwards Crossing road -to Lake City, North Bloomfield and Eureka, and continued the hotel in Lake City until <utomobiles obsoleted the horse-drawn -traffic, is director of the excursion for the society. Paine announced the following itinerary for Sunday’s tour: Leave the society’s museum in Nevada City at 10:30 a.m., and procéed via the route of his father’s stage line to Graniteville, the modern narne for Eureka, where a picnic lunch will be held. Paine asks all persons making the trip to bring their own lunches, as the sdciety will be unable to furnish any coffee or food. Following lunch at Graniteville and a tour of the town and cemetery, the excursion will backtrack to the Snow Point turnoff. There Paine has announced he will advise the tourists that the road to Snow Point, Orleans Flat and Moore’s Flat is not a recommended road for the weak of heart, and those not caring to-chance: the 10ad will be urged to return to Nevada City via the out-going route. All trace of Orleans Flat has disappeared, although Victor and Ethel Buck say there were 3,000 persons in the area during the gold rush days. Waldewar Lindgren, in his 1911 report, states the auriferous gravels: of Snow Point and Orleans Flat are exhausted, and that no hydraulicking has occurred there since 1886. Lindgren reported. 15,000,000 cubic yards of tertiary gravel remain in the Moore’s Flat area, and a little workable gravel still exists in Woolsey’s Flat. Today there is no trace remaining of Woolsey’s Flat, and Moore’s Flat is marked only by the ruins of Hegarty’s’ store, several flattened wooden structures and Vizzard’s ranch house, the only occupied dwelling in the townsite. Moore’s Flat is mentioned in ‘the 1895 mining edition of the Grass Valley Union as containing a church, schoolhouse, a few stores, but obviously dying. A mile beyond the townsite, across a grotesque valley: -of boulders worked by the Chinese in the early days, and in an area that possibly may have been the site of Woolsey’s Flat, is the graveyard is not recommended for conventional types of cars, although anyone having the courage to drive to Moore’s Flat would undoubtedly hazard the extra mile. The road, after it leaves the Chinese diggings, passes for a short while along the narrow peak of a ridge where a traveler can look far downwards: on-the one hand and a little less uncomfortable embankment on the other. Of the three flats, Moore’s Flat .was the hardiest survivor. Founded in 1851, as were the other two, the town got its name from H. M. Moore, who came across the plains, settled in the area, and built a house and store. Moore’s Flat, for a while; was called Clinton by the postoffice department, but at the insistence of the residents the original name, was returned. Moore’s Flat is credited with being the birthplace ‘and childhood residence of Isaac Zellerbach, founder of the paper supply empire of the west coast. Charles Hegarty, an ancestor by marriage of Paine, was also one to purchase the hotel for $115,000. . (Continued on page six) ” 4 GRAND JURY COMMITTEE ADVISES NID DIRECTORS Four directors of the Nevada Irrigation District appeared before a committee of the -grand jury Tuesday and were. advised of the nature of the committee’s investigation of the NID, according to Charles Kitts, chairman of the committee. . Kitts stated the directors were. not involved in the investigation . but declined to comment further . on the inquiry. { . LOCAL HOTEL IS: ORDERED INTO RECEIVERSHIP The .National hotel »was ordered into receivership Friday in a superior court order signed by Judge James Snell. E. M. Rector, retired banker, was appointed receiver to take immediate possession of the property and operats the business. The petition for appointment of . a receiver was filed by Richard S. Worth, Letitia Worth Haiey, Mervin Worth and Lovina Worth. Defendants named in the petition were George’ Murphy, Curus Vinum, William J. Greentree, Rose Margaret Murphy, the National Hotel Co., Huckins, J. R. Ryan, John Doe Johnson, Vladimir Vucinich, Milton Mizell, Leo Weintraub, three John Does and three John Doe companies. In addition to the petition for appointment of a receiver a complaint to foreclose a contract, of sale was filed by the Worths. The plaintiffs ask judgment of unpaid balance of $73,153.54 and five per cent interest after July 1, 1950, $600 advanced for ‘payment of fire insurance premiums, and attorneys’ fees. According to the complaint, George Murphy signed an instru. ment on Oct. 30, 1946, agreeing The plaintiff states $41,846.46 of! the contract has been paid including a $12,500 down payment. Plaintiff charges the contract, was violated by failure to pay the $600 fire insurance premiums, $1,504 in 1949-50 county taxes, and $605.64 of Nevada City taxes, plus penalties and interest. LOCAL ATTORNEY SAYS PRISONER IS HELD 70 DAYS WITHOUT HEARING This afternoon in Grass Valley justice court Attorney Michel M. Lipman, Nevada City will ask for dismissal of charges against William P. Scully, Grass Valley, and quashing of complaint of assault on the grounds that Scully was not brought to trial within thirty days of his arrest. Scully was arrested’May 12 by the Grass Valley police department on a complaint signed by Lorraine Fisher, Grass Valley, and lodged in the county jail. Lipman stated that regardless of the character of any individual the constitution guarantees an individual the right of early trial and Scully had been: lodged in the county jail for 70 days before today’s action was taken. Lipman added that failure to bring Scully to trial was not occasioned by Scully’s neglect or application for postponement. LEEDY ASKS $40,000 DAMAGES FROM PURITY Robert Burns Leedy has filed suit in Nevada county superior court against Purity Stores, Limited, asking $40,000 damages. Leedy, in his complaint, says the company negligently maintained a broken window in -the Hills Flat store, on which the plaintiff states he cut his arm rendering him sick, sore, lame, disabled and disordered,, and suffering from shock. : Wells and McCarthy, Sacramento law firm, is counsel for the plaintiff. SALARY SURVEY CALLED BIGGEST JOKE ON COUNTY Carl J. Tobiassen, supervisor of the first district of Nevada county, Monday called the recent personnel survey of county employes “the biggest joke ever pulled on’ the county,” at a session of the board of supervisors. Supervisor J. C. Coughlan agreed with Tobiassen. : Tobiassen, who with Supervisors Frank Rowe and Henry G. Loehr, cast the affirmative votes on April 4 authorizing the survey and expenditure of $1,200 of county funds, replied in answer to a query, “I don’t like the survey in its entirety,” although he .added he was willing to discuss it step by step with the board. The survey was rejected by a three to one “vote at a regular meeting of the board July 5, and Monday’s discussion was precipitated by Deputy Assessor William Tamblyn who appeared before the supervisors and asked “How can you as a board of supervisors sit there and refuse to consider the salary survey when you know Nevada county salaries are far below the salaries of neighboring counties?” Rowe who cast the only approving vote for the survey on July 5, said he didn’t agree with all the figures in the survey but he believed the board should consider the survey as a ‘basis for adopting a scale of increases. His daughter, Mrs. Jean Keeny, received the highest salary increase recommerdation of county employes in the survey. Loehr declared the survey is a solution to a problem which will come up annually if the survey is not adopted. Loehr added he believed the survey was basically sound ‘and that the board should study it and adopt a scale that would be within the financiat means of the county. Tamblyn presented his 1950-51 budget request for the: assessor’s office, asking $720 in salary increases. Tamblyn also asked for $10,000 to be set aside to continue reappraising of the county. The reappraisal program has already cost the county $35,000 and Tamblyn estimates it will require an additional $25,000 to complete. The re-appraisal is expected to result in substantial increase in the county’s assessed valuation. Representatives of civic and fraternal organizations appeared. before the board Monday and requested $2,000 aid in financing a centennial celebration commemorating the discovery of gold in quartz at Gold Hill scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27, 28 and 29. The program tentatively cludes a: parade, football game, contests, exhibits, festival and a inpageant, the latter to be written , by Elmer Stevens, and produced by the Grass Valley high school dramatics class under direction of Theodore Mathieson. Members of the Nevada. Cityand Grass Valley chambers of commerce, and the Nevada County Real Estate Board also appeared before the supervisors and requested a four-cent tax levy to raise $8,500 annually for county promotion. The supervisors will meet next Monday to further consider budget requests. SON SUES FATHER Kenneth Thomas filed suit in superior court Monday against his father, Wallace W. Thomas, asking $12,515.56 damages as result of a truck accident July 25, 1949, on Long street, Nevada City. Weather _ Fred Bush, observer Max. Min. Friday, July 14 .... 94 52 Saturday, July 15 .. 96 53 Sunday, July 16 ©..:. 96 58 Monday, July 17 ... 95 ~~ 50. Tuesday, July 18 ... 89 49 Wednesday, July 19 87 47. 87 47 Thursday, July 20 .