July 9, 1937 (6 pages)

eae ‘ three ° Thadana Out Loud Nevada City COVERS‘RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget city and you The Nevada City Nugget helps your advertising in the Nugget, therefore, help yourself. and county to grow in population — prosperity. By, subsribing to, and ° Vol. 11. No. Red “H. M. EL. ee County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937. The Old Timer clings tenaciously to certain principles and-never gets tired of making his confession of _faith as pertaining to them. The departments created by the founders of this government and, as he thought, permanently embedded Capi tal“4 Business@ Compiled by : Sacramento Chamberof in the Constitution. the Old Timer regards as holy. Any attempt on the part of two of the trio to gang up on a third, he resents with a good old, fashioned indignation that shames the indifference of the younger generation that is so optimistic SACRAMENTO, July 8. hundred and thirty three new laws were on the statut® books State of California this week as the result of Governor Frank F. Mer— Nine the that it doesn’t bother its head about principles of government of much of anything else. “I think it is tive crooners that have ‘spoiled the young folks of to” declared the Old Timer, settling himself for a protracted stay in the guest chair. ing to crodners, and when the President comes along and tries to talk to them seriously over the NBC network they listen for: awhile-to that melliflous voice, just a super-crooner, that he is right and the worm’s on the all well with the world. When I. try to tell the youngsters that they are caught inthe NBC riam’s action on measures which the 1937 legislature passed. The 30day period for signing of bills ended at midnight Friday. Governor Merriam threw into the discard 416 measures passed by th legislature, 360 of these proposals going the way of the pocket veto and 56 by outright. veto. As a result of the many bills signed by the governor, the state financial picture for the 1937-39 biennium looks like this; budget, $438,000,000; additional special appropriations, $34,000,000. Following ,are some of the major bills signed by the governor: AB 353, Clark and Peek, provides for retirement of judges on half pay at age of 70, with enforced retiredowny “They get to listenand decide he is thorn and network line $1,500,000 tow b bovine tuberculosis eradication; cut from $2,500,000. AB 2215, Gannon, authorizes the state finance department to purchase property in Sacramento and make it available for state departments building uses. AB 2860, Johnson, appropriates $1,000,000 for the University of. California; cut from $1,455,888. _ AB 2796, Hugh Burns, provides for eradication campaign against venereal diseases; appropriation of $150,000. SB 356, Nielsen, provides for a new distribution of funds collected under the California horse racing act. SB 657, Nielsen, appropriates $47,000 for a state printing building annex. A SB 672, 673, 674, 675 and 676, Nielsen, a series of bills appropriating $194,000 from special funds for a new state building in Sacramento. AB 2124, Dannenbrink and others, authorizes acquisition of the Carquinez toll bridge by condemnation. AB 955, Welsh, authorizes supervisors to buy insurance against all AB 1898, Thorp, provides the agricultural commissioner shall be in hazards. others of the staff. SUMMER CAMP FOR SCOUTS TO OPEN JULY 18 Summer Camp for local Scouts at Kilborn Lake will start Sunday July 18, following a. week’s camp for the Campfire Girls. Preparations for the opening of camp have been going on for about ten days under the direction of Scout Executive Harris Ricksecker. Dr, L. W. Empey of Roseville will be the resident camp physician during both scout and cub camps. A number of new features will be ineluded in the handicraft section which will be ‘prepared to do a variety of leathercraft, brass and chrome sheet metal work, basketry, coping Saw work, plaster of paris work, block printing, and pack frame construction, Fred M. Stephen will be in charge of handicrafts three different iperiods of the day assisted by Campers are being asked to bring costumes for campfire programs, ‘a firm, ‘strong hand at. the tiller, to like so many poor suckers, they just yawn politely, or, put up an argument. ment for disability. AB 1836, O’Donnell, appropriates charge of agriculture, county departments of stunts and playlets. Dauglas Conway will help Scouts and patrols prepare “Thegargument usually is that this country that my grand, great grand, and great great grand, and greatgreat, great grandfather helped to build, is on the rocks and it needs A WPA crew paving in Nevada City ina and get it off. Some of these kids, way, have a lot-of character good principles of their own. They wouldn’t lie, and they scorn the bums and slackers. They deliver an honest day’s work. They have learned as much as anybody in the depression and some of them even save their money. But when it comes to} thinking a thing through, somehow, the universities do not teach them that. Mental laziness, I eall it. Broad stveet theatre upper Broad street. walks are with a foreman. The WPA supplies. certain’ amount “T try to make them listen to me. There are, I say, no two standards of life. Your government should reflect throughout all its activities, the same principles that guide the private lives.of upright, honest citizens. Until every thinking man and woman holds up that standard, and applies that yard stick to measure the deeds of our public servants we shall have grait and skullduggery in government. The test is as simple as adding 2 and 2,. and the sum is never 4Y,, A fraction less or a fraction more means just one thing, dishonesty in public office. of the properties. once, trict on Banner vada City. “T try to tell these young fellows just out of college of the good old days when farmers in the caurse of buying or selling did a lot of trading, cattle, horses, bushels of potatoes or bales of hay for this or that over two months. WPA STARTS ON NEW SIDEWALKS started The eight feet wide. men are employed nine to labor animal or commodity they wanted. and this or that thing the other fellow wanted. Well, in those days the rascals were mighty soon sifted out, and once they were sifted they might as well leave the neighborhood because no honest man would have any dealing with a horse trader, for instance, who had a horse lame in one leg, and crippled the other three legs so that the horse was not able to PIONEER WOMAN Elizabeth favor one leg as against the others. native of Cornwall, England. She He could make just one trade like,. .came to.Forest 60 years and that and then he was though. He had made her home _ there her to leave. and start over again some-. death. Surviving her are, a daughter, where else. Ella Blackmore, three Will, sidewalk Tuesday morning tearing out 65 feet in front of Dr. W. W. Reed’s office and business ‘building and 50 feet of the adjoining pavement new sideEighteen shift Street Superintendent Herbert Hallett and six city employes ore assisting in the work also. and a of material and a charge of approximately 10 per square foot is made to the owner William Mitchell, in charge of WPA work, stated this ‘S one third of what a would charge and anyone wishing to get their work done should apply at on cents contractor Fifty WPA men, 25 to a shift are digging two reservoirs and a pipe line for the Nevada Irrigation DisRidge south of NeAbout two miles of pipe line has been built with about 500 feet more to be laid in the next few days to complete the job. One reservoir will bring water down to the big D. S. canal at Town Talk and the district will do away with a-canal that iblocks with snow and ice each winter. These men have been employed LAID TO REST Funeral services for the late Mrs. Ellen Blackmore of Forest who passed away at Forest Sunday ngiht were held at the home in Forest yesterday under the auspices of Holmes Funeral Home. Deceased was 86 years of age and a family SUPERVISORS The board of supervisors ‘as board of equalization. T former fees were 15 cents on paved roads and 20 cents on dirt roads. Sheriff Angus McDonald MILEAGE FEE, 10¢ monthly session yesterday organized he board appointed Mrs. Charles Guenther, . widow of the late janitor to be as: front will be under the supervision sistant janitor at $75 per month. oF Robert Keeney and Howard Clary Mileage fees for all county officials will be camp quartermaster. vamp troop scoutmasters, senior patrol were fixed at 10 cents per mile. The MONTANA SHERIFF OLD FRIEND OF W. C. JEFFREY for this campfire amusement. He also will assist in handicraft. For the ‘sixth year M. S. “Klondike Ike’’ Beecher will conduct the five day “back pack’’ hike trips the first and third weeks. One of these trips will include some Donner trail research and the other will include some Indian rock writing. Mess officers will be William Brocks and Jim Merrifield. WaterFIX in their leaders and patrol leaders will be appointed at camp by Assistant Camp Director Jeff Mooers and Camp Director Harris Ricksecker. PINS FOR PAST per mile per mile of GranChester aod Edward of Forest and a ite County, Montana, returned to Montana Wednesday with Leonard Calhoun, who was arrested last week by Deputy Sheriff W. D. Woods on a telegraphic warrant from Butte, Montana. Calhoun who was being held in the county jail, through his attorney Harry M. McKee, fileda petition for'a writ of habeas corpus: A hearing was heard before Judge Mobley Wednesday morning. After hearing the evidence presented by District Attorney Stoll, Judge Mob$2,000 and gave the Montana authorities ten days in which to present the extradition papers. for Calhoun’s extradition. Wednesday Calhoun left for Montana with Sheriff McDonald and a deputy in an automobile. Sheriff McDonald is the son of an old friend of Constable W. C. Jeffrey, who mined in Granite County, Montana in 1890. Constable Jeffrey 3 was greatly interested in hearing. ! about the changes that had taken place in Granite County. CLEANING BUSINESS TO GET STATE. LICENSE! ' James Vassion, cleaner on Commercial street, who has been operating without a state license was areee club were yesterday presented with pins in token of their service. The two were Oscar Odegaard and Frank Finnegan. given a ragging for their omission and commission and finally complimented on the progress made by the club under their respective administrations. ley ordered Calhoun held to answer The new president, Bill Cain, aoa , : a nounced the committees’ that will on the charge of being a_ fugitive auri hie ¢ f office. They from justice, and fixed a°-hond “atic ooo he TS Pet Of Ollice. _ follow: Dr. Walter Hawkins; vocational service, Andrew Larsen and A. M. Holmes; Leete and Ted Janiss; service, Frank Finnegan Witt Nelson; classification and membership: Howard Ross Coughlin; fellowship and attendance: 'y , . Odegaard; Evans and Harley M. work; Horace Curnow and Walter Carlson; W. Hummelt and Dr. Walter Hawkins; rural-urban acquaintance, Louyouth service: Chester Scheemer. _ ROTARY HEADS he two ange presidents of the They were sins of Club service: Oscar Odegaard and community service: Harley M. international and’ De and Carol Clyde: Gwin; Rotary nformation: Hal Draper and Oscar public information: Lee Leete; boys program, erippled children: Dr. B. e Kopp and Chester Scheemer; The chairman of three of the com“That is the way it ought to be, and ain’t, with our governments. I have no special objection to Demoeratic government, if it is honest, lister and Mrs. of Seales, California. though I do believe that by and large, we have prospered more and longer under the Republicans. But when the President finds the Surreme Court lame in one leg, as it undoubtedly was, and then deliberately undertakes to cripple the other three legs, in order to trade that grand old horse off the Amercan people for a government of, by and iff of Granite McDonald’s father was joyable visit. county, daughter, Mrs. Alice McCune of HolBeatrice Livermore Constable William Jeffery enjoy‘ed a visit with Gus McDonald, sherMontana, Tuesday. Mr. Jeffrey was employed in the mines in Granite county when of that county. Many old time frienas were recalled both having a moet: enrested yesterday by Chief of Police Garfield Robson on a complaint filed mittees were called upon for short addresses. Odegaard, Leete and Finnegan gave a discussion of the funcfor Mr. Roosevelt, by all the rules of private lives and ppriciples, he ought to be through. And I am not so sure he ain’t. “The reason I think his sun is} gift, now about down to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, is the worrying he is doing. He ain’t worrying about the Republicans. He may later, but right now its the conservative Democrats in Congress and elsewhere, and John L. Lewis and his communist partners, who are worrying the President. When I was a kid in school I studied Greek myths. One of them was about a box that Jupiter presented to Pandora. When that box was opened’ countless ills and disfiring squads. ant, refuse to goosestep, purges, Mussolini iterranean where he safe, the 'box.’”’ eases flew out to afflict mankind. When power over his fellow men is conferred on one man, it is Pandora’s box. The man that gets it as a invariably opens it. Stalin has his Trotskyists and traitors, and his Hitler has his ProtestCatholic and Jewish folk whe and his blood has .his_ political antagonists, and his isles in the Medkeeps when they are not murdered. The President has his sit down strikers and thirteen men killed dustrial warfare to date. And, this, he. has only just peeked inside them in inmark . by Assistant State Fire Marshal W. L. Hicks. Vassion was told when He opened up for ‘business, to secure a state license by the chief of police and at that time secured a city’ :icense. The chief of police saw ten gallons of naptha delivered to Vassion’s home on Sacramento street a few days ago which is against state and city law, only one gallon can be kept in a house at one time. When officers went to the home yesterday morning there was als@ an open can with about seven gallons of gasoline two or three feet from a burning gas jet and the wife was cleaning clothes nearby. Vassion procured a temporary state license when brought into city court yesterday and, stated he will take out a regular state license and take an examination. for registered cleaner. The officers expect, if he complies with the law to dismiss the complaint. Miss Barbara Moore of Sacramento is visiting Miss Alice Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graham of this city and will stay for a few: weeks. tions of their committees. two teams to stimulate would be appointed, the losing team at the end of six months to pay for the luncheon of the winning team. bay district with his sister during the past week end and upon his return was accompanied by his daughter and sons who has spent the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kopp. announced that attendance President Cain Joe Sereseto came up from. the MINUTE MELODIES Songs of Northern California SUNSET (Lake Tahoe) A lustrous pearl of rosy-gray Serenly smooth and frail as dawn, A gem, some careless god one day Had flung between the mountain breasts. Then laughing, sped upon his way. -. morning and brought before Judge NARROW GAUGE BUYS 35 PASSENGER BUS Delivery was made Saturday of the new 30 passenger bus for the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, it being taken to the home of Tarquenio Angiolini, driver on Boulder street. This bus is much larger than the other one, weighing six and a half tons. It carries passengers between Nevada City and Auburn. The new bus has the same blue coiyy with black trimmings. SPANISH AND SAN JUAN MINES ARE SHIPPING The San Juan Mine north of San Juan owned and operated by the Bradley interests, started trucking ore to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge railroad depot at Nevada City for shipment to Seattle yesterday. Due to quite a lot of development at the property ore shipments were discontinued for several weeks. The Spanish mine at Washington is trucking concnerates to’ the Narrow Gauge railroad depot at Nevada City. Ed Phillips of Gold Flat has the hauling contract. Paint ore is being shipped from the Spanish mine to the bay district via Narrow Gauge railroad. Trucks are running three shifts moving the ore at the rate of 21 ‘tons per day. This property is also owned and operated by the Bradley interests. CCCBOYS TO DANCE TONIGHT 3711 The CCC Camp company No. will give a dance tonight at their camp twelve miles out of Nevada City on the Tahoe-Ukiah highway. The dance will be open to the public and will begin at eight o’clock. A five piece orchestra will provide the music and the company are hoping that the public will drive out and join them in this dance. CHIMNEY FIRE Both fire trucks of the Nevada City fire department and firemen rtesponded to an alarm from the home cf Mrs. Betty Martin Wesst on Sacramento street yesterday at about noon when an overheated chimney burned out. No damage was reported. BENEFIT DANCE AT CAMPTONVILLE, JULY 24 CAMPTONVILLE, July 8.—A big, benefit dance has been scheduled to be held at this place on Saturday evening, July 24, proceeds from which go towards the new roof on the town hall. This will be the first dance of the season and a big crowd is expected to attend. Eddie Meltz and his band from Auburn has been engaged to furnish the music. The usual good supper will ‘be served at midnight. Camptonvile dances are _ usually very popular, and this being the first one of the season, along with the cause for which it is, being staged, gives every reason to believe that it will ‘be a big success. CAMPTONVILLE, July 8.—James Kirkpatrick who spent the’ past three weeks here visiting friends. returned a few days ago to Southern California. Supervisor Andrew Modglin of Scales was in town a few days ago on business. Miss Elsie Ann Price, députy superintendent of schools of Plumas County of Quincy, was in this seetion over the holiday week end visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F., Price. : : Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dornberger of San Jose arrived Monday and will spend quite some time vtsiting Miss Lesta H. Joubert and. Miss Susette Dornberger, their daughter. William Groves and mother, Mrs. Olive Groves and Postmaster Lydia O. Groves motored to Grass Valley Monday to attend the 4th of July celebration. PEACE DISTURBER. FINED George Warren who was arrested, in Grass Valley Wednesday, for disturbing the peace by Sheriff C. J. Tobaissen, was taken from the county jail at Nevada City yesterday Morehouse in Grass Valley. He was ROY GRIFFITH DEETER. ‘ourney, $117.00; H. S. Hurst, $34.‘1 $120.00; S. C. Whitlock, STANDARD OIL ASKS SHAREIN — SALES TO CITY L. L. Larabie, Standard Oil repreSentative in Nevada County, last evening appeared ,beforethe, city council and complained that the council was not giving the various gas and oil companies an even break in purchasing supplies for the city. He offered figures to show that the Shell company in 1936 sold the city $925.06 worth of gas and lubricant, the Texas company $354, General Petroleum $407, whileStandard Oil, which he declared pays over $400 in taxes got only $26.46 worth of business during the entire year. This he declared was more taxes than any other oil company in Nevada City Daid to the city. Larabie also stated that if the city: would install a storage tank and pump, at a‘cost of about $138, it could save $240 annually in buying oil and gas. He stated that’ the city was entitled to buy its gas, and the Standard Oil would supply it at 16% cents per gallon as against the 20% cents that the city now pays. Mayor Hall stated that that was a saving that would be well worth looking into. The proprietor of a new. meat market in town complained of the $25: per month license tax that he is obliged to pay. It was stated that the reason this ordinance was passed 2 good many years ago was at the reauestion of the butchers who desired at that time to keep out uninspected meat sold by farmers who peddled it in town. A quit claim deed was signed by the councilmen to a lot belonging to Richard, Irvin and Norman Gilbert. The property is located on. Spring street adjacent to the bond property. . The following bills were ordered paid: GENERAL FUND R .L. P. Bigelow, $100.00; Garfield Robson, $135.00; George H. Calanan, $20.00; H. S. Hallett, $150.00; Mrs.-Emma Foley, $12.50; Miles P. Coughlan, $1250; Dr. E. M. Roesner, $40.00; Jas. Allen, $90.00; Nevada Irrigation — District, $252.67; Nevada County Lumber Company, $45.07; Pacific Gas and Electric Cobpany, $261.30; Ted Sig00; Cc. F. Hurst, $34.00; Floyd — White $120.00; Arthur Pratti, $104.00; Nick Sandow, $117.00; Ed Christensen, $6.10; Gerald Davis, $28.00; Sam Gould, $20.50; Bert Moody $19.70; Bill James, $8.00; Carl Trevethick, $5.00; Union Pub. Co., $5.60; Calif. Auto Assn., $15.00; R. E. Harris, $27.87; Mueller Co., $27.45; R. L. P. Bigelow, $22.49; Schreiber Cafe, $16.93; General Petroleum, $48.26; J. W. Shebley, $6.38; Miners Foundry and SSupply Co., $20.22; Marysville Caterpillar and Equipment Co.,” $154.25; S. M. Lobdell, $42.87; Pac. Coast Aggregates, $2323.42; Crane. Co., $18.49; Geo. W. Gildersleeve, $6.50; George Bros., $6.18; Helbach Motor Co., $1.82. FIRE FUND Pac. Tel, & Tel. Co., $3.30; Capi~ tal Fire Equipmet Co., $41.20; Mak Solari,.$57.50; Plaza Super Service, : Station, “$1.23; Alpha Stores, Ltd}; $14.05; Pac. Gas and Electric Co), $3.96. VISITING GHOST TOWNS Mrs. H. N. Stevens of Nevada City grandson, Lloyd Smith, and . Smith of Alleghany, enjoyed a holiday trip through several ghost towns of Nevada state. Some time was spent at Rawhide where Smith . first attended school as'a_ child. While there about 1500 people in boom times only one old couple reside there now. A fire destroyed nearly all the buildings years ago. . There is a big mine nearby and it fs shipping ore. Pz Harry Hilliard visited with relatives in Los Angeles over the past week end. He was’ accompanied iby Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan of Park avenue who visited /Mr. Ryan’s sis-_ ter, niece and several friends he had — not seen in 50 years, While in southern California they visited Holly_ wood, Alhambra, Pasadena, Glendale. They returned to a ale city Tuess ‘day moray. Miss Mary Marta is visiting 4 sin in Oakland. She ‘Plans found guilty and fined $15,

eae ‘ three ° Thadana Out Loud Nevada City COVERS‘RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget city and you The Nevada City Nugget helps your advertising in the Nugget, therefore, help yourself. and county to grow in population — prosperity. By, subsribing to, and ° Vol. 11. No. Red “H. M. EL. ee County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937. The Old Timer clings tenaciously to certain principles and-never gets tired of making his confession of _faith as pertaining to them. The departments created by the founders of this government and, as he thought, permanently embedded Capi tal“4 Business@ Compiled by : Sacramento Chamberof in the Constitution. the Old Timer regards as holy. Any attempt on the part of two of the trio to gang up on a third, he resents with a good old, fashioned indignation that shames the indifference of the younger generation that is so optimistic SACRAMENTO, July 8. hundred and thirty three new laws were on the statut® books State of California this week as the result of Governor Frank F. Mer— Nine the that it doesn’t bother its head about principles of government of much of anything else. “I think it is tive crooners that have ‘spoiled the young folks of to” declared the Old Timer, settling himself for a protracted stay in the guest chair. ing to crodners, and when the President comes along and tries to talk to them seriously over the NBC network they listen for: awhile-to that melliflous voice, just a super-crooner, that he is right and the worm’s on the all well with the world. When I. try to tell the youngsters that they are caught inthe NBC riam’s action on measures which the 1937 legislature passed. The 30day period for signing of bills ended at midnight Friday. Governor Merriam threw into the discard 416 measures passed by th legislature, 360 of these proposals going the way of the pocket veto and 56 by outright. veto. As a result of the many bills signed by the governor, the state financial picture for the 1937-39 biennium looks like this; budget, $438,000,000; additional special appropriations, $34,000,000. Following ,are some of the major bills signed by the governor: AB 353, Clark and Peek, provides for retirement of judges on half pay at age of 70, with enforced retiredowny “They get to listenand decide he is thorn and network line $1,500,000 tow b bovine tuberculosis eradication; cut from $2,500,000. AB 2215, Gannon, authorizes the state finance department to purchase property in Sacramento and make it available for state departments building uses. AB 2860, Johnson, appropriates $1,000,000 for the University of. California; cut from $1,455,888. _ AB 2796, Hugh Burns, provides for eradication campaign against venereal diseases; appropriation of $150,000. SB 356, Nielsen, provides for a new distribution of funds collected under the California horse racing act. SB 657, Nielsen, appropriates $47,000 for a state printing building annex. A SB 672, 673, 674, 675 and 676, Nielsen, a series of bills appropriating $194,000 from special funds for a new state building in Sacramento. AB 2124, Dannenbrink and others, authorizes acquisition of the Carquinez toll bridge by condemnation. AB 955, Welsh, authorizes supervisors to buy insurance against all AB 1898, Thorp, provides the agricultural commissioner shall be in hazards. others of the staff. SUMMER CAMP FOR SCOUTS TO OPEN JULY 18 Summer Camp for local Scouts at Kilborn Lake will start Sunday July 18, following a. week’s camp for the Campfire Girls. Preparations for the opening of camp have been going on for about ten days under the direction of Scout Executive Harris Ricksecker. Dr, L. W. Empey of Roseville will be the resident camp physician during both scout and cub camps. A number of new features will be ineluded in the handicraft section which will be ‘prepared to do a variety of leathercraft, brass and chrome sheet metal work, basketry, coping Saw work, plaster of paris work, block printing, and pack frame construction, Fred M. Stephen will be in charge of handicrafts three different iperiods of the day assisted by Campers are being asked to bring costumes for campfire programs, ‘a firm, ‘strong hand at. the tiller, to like so many poor suckers, they just yawn politely, or, put up an argument. ment for disability. AB 1836, O’Donnell, appropriates charge of agriculture, county departments of stunts and playlets. Dauglas Conway will help Scouts and patrols prepare “Thegargument usually is that this country that my grand, great grand, and great great grand, and greatgreat, great grandfather helped to build, is on the rocks and it needs A WPA crew paving in Nevada City ina and get it off. Some of these kids, way, have a lot-of character good principles of their own. They wouldn’t lie, and they scorn the bums and slackers. They deliver an honest day’s work. They have learned as much as anybody in the depression and some of them even save their money. But when it comes to} thinking a thing through, somehow, the universities do not teach them that. Mental laziness, I eall it. Broad stveet theatre upper Broad street. walks are with a foreman. The WPA supplies. certain’ amount “T try to make them listen to me. There are, I say, no two standards of life. Your government should reflect throughout all its activities, the same principles that guide the private lives.of upright, honest citizens. Until every thinking man and woman holds up that standard, and applies that yard stick to measure the deeds of our public servants we shall have grait and skullduggery in government. The test is as simple as adding 2 and 2,. and the sum is never 4Y,, A fraction less or a fraction more means just one thing, dishonesty in public office. of the properties. once, trict on Banner vada City. “T try to tell these young fellows just out of college of the good old days when farmers in the caurse of buying or selling did a lot of trading, cattle, horses, bushels of potatoes or bales of hay for this or that over two months. WPA STARTS ON NEW SIDEWALKS started The eight feet wide. men are employed nine to labor animal or commodity they wanted. and this or that thing the other fellow wanted. Well, in those days the rascals were mighty soon sifted out, and once they were sifted they might as well leave the neighborhood because no honest man would have any dealing with a horse trader, for instance, who had a horse lame in one leg, and crippled the other three legs so that the horse was not able to PIONEER WOMAN Elizabeth favor one leg as against the others. native of Cornwall, England. She He could make just one trade like,. .came to.Forest 60 years and that and then he was though. He had made her home _ there her to leave. and start over again some-. death. Surviving her are, a daughter, where else. Ella Blackmore, three Will, sidewalk Tuesday morning tearing out 65 feet in front of Dr. W. W. Reed’s office and business ‘building and 50 feet of the adjoining pavement new sideEighteen shift Street Superintendent Herbert Hallett and six city employes ore assisting in the work also. and a of material and a charge of approximately 10 per square foot is made to the owner William Mitchell, in charge of WPA work, stated this ‘S one third of what a would charge and anyone wishing to get their work done should apply at on cents contractor Fifty WPA men, 25 to a shift are digging two reservoirs and a pipe line for the Nevada Irrigation DisRidge south of NeAbout two miles of pipe line has been built with about 500 feet more to be laid in the next few days to complete the job. One reservoir will bring water down to the big D. S. canal at Town Talk and the district will do away with a-canal that iblocks with snow and ice each winter. These men have been employed LAID TO REST Funeral services for the late Mrs. Ellen Blackmore of Forest who passed away at Forest Sunday ngiht were held at the home in Forest yesterday under the auspices of Holmes Funeral Home. Deceased was 86 years of age and a family SUPERVISORS The board of supervisors ‘as board of equalization. T former fees were 15 cents on paved roads and 20 cents on dirt roads. Sheriff Angus McDonald MILEAGE FEE, 10¢ monthly session yesterday organized he board appointed Mrs. Charles Guenther, . widow of the late janitor to be as: front will be under the supervision sistant janitor at $75 per month. oF Robert Keeney and Howard Clary Mileage fees for all county officials will be camp quartermaster. vamp troop scoutmasters, senior patrol were fixed at 10 cents per mile. The MONTANA SHERIFF OLD FRIEND OF W. C. JEFFREY for this campfire amusement. He also will assist in handicraft. For the ‘sixth year M. S. “Klondike Ike’’ Beecher will conduct the five day “back pack’’ hike trips the first and third weeks. One of these trips will include some Donner trail research and the other will include some Indian rock writing. Mess officers will be William Brocks and Jim Merrifield. WaterFIX in their leaders and patrol leaders will be appointed at camp by Assistant Camp Director Jeff Mooers and Camp Director Harris Ricksecker. PINS FOR PAST per mile per mile of GranChester aod Edward of Forest and a ite County, Montana, returned to Montana Wednesday with Leonard Calhoun, who was arrested last week by Deputy Sheriff W. D. Woods on a telegraphic warrant from Butte, Montana. Calhoun who was being held in the county jail, through his attorney Harry M. McKee, fileda petition for'a writ of habeas corpus: A hearing was heard before Judge Mobley Wednesday morning. After hearing the evidence presented by District Attorney Stoll, Judge Mob$2,000 and gave the Montana authorities ten days in which to present the extradition papers. for Calhoun’s extradition. Wednesday Calhoun left for Montana with Sheriff McDonald and a deputy in an automobile. Sheriff McDonald is the son of an old friend of Constable W. C. Jeffrey, who mined in Granite County, Montana in 1890. Constable Jeffrey 3 was greatly interested in hearing. ! about the changes that had taken place in Granite County. CLEANING BUSINESS TO GET STATE. LICENSE! ' James Vassion, cleaner on Commercial street, who has been operating without a state license was areee club were yesterday presented with pins in token of their service. The two were Oscar Odegaard and Frank Finnegan. given a ragging for their omission and commission and finally complimented on the progress made by the club under their respective administrations. ley ordered Calhoun held to answer The new president, Bill Cain, aoa , : a nounced the committees’ that will on the charge of being a_ fugitive auri hie ¢ f office. They from justice, and fixed a°-hond “atic ooo he TS Pet Of Ollice. _ follow: Dr. Walter Hawkins; vocational service, Andrew Larsen and A. M. Holmes; Leete and Ted Janiss; service, Frank Finnegan Witt Nelson; classification and membership: Howard Ross Coughlin; fellowship and attendance: 'y , . Odegaard; Evans and Harley M. work; Horace Curnow and Walter Carlson; W. Hummelt and Dr. Walter Hawkins; rural-urban acquaintance, Louyouth service: Chester Scheemer. _ ROTARY HEADS he two ange presidents of the They were sins of Club service: Oscar Odegaard and community service: Harley M.

international and’ De and Carol Clyde: Gwin; Rotary nformation: Hal Draper and Oscar public information: Lee Leete; boys program, erippled children: Dr. B. e Kopp and Chester Scheemer; The chairman of three of the com“That is the way it ought to be, and ain’t, with our governments. I have no special objection to Demoeratic government, if it is honest, lister and Mrs. of Seales, California. though I do believe that by and large, we have prospered more and longer under the Republicans. But when the President finds the Surreme Court lame in one leg, as it undoubtedly was, and then deliberately undertakes to cripple the other three legs, in order to trade that grand old horse off the Amercan people for a government of, by and iff of Granite McDonald’s father was joyable visit. county, daughter, Mrs. Alice McCune of HolBeatrice Livermore Constable William Jeffery enjoy‘ed a visit with Gus McDonald, sherMontana, Tuesday. Mr. Jeffrey was employed in the mines in Granite county when of that county. Many old time frienas were recalled both having a moet: enrested yesterday by Chief of Police Garfield Robson on a complaint filed mittees were called upon for short addresses. Odegaard, Leete and Finnegan gave a discussion of the funcfor Mr. Roosevelt, by all the rules of private lives and ppriciples, he ought to be through. And I am not so sure he ain’t. “The reason I think his sun is} gift, now about down to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, is the worrying he is doing. He ain’t worrying about the Republicans. He may later, but right now its the conservative Democrats in Congress and elsewhere, and John L. Lewis and his communist partners, who are worrying the President. When I was a kid in school I studied Greek myths. One of them was about a box that Jupiter presented to Pandora. When that box was opened’ countless ills and disfiring squads. ant, refuse to goosestep, purges, Mussolini iterranean where he safe, the 'box.’”’ eases flew out to afflict mankind. When power over his fellow men is conferred on one man, it is Pandora’s box. The man that gets it as a invariably opens it. Stalin has his Trotskyists and traitors, and his Hitler has his ProtestCatholic and Jewish folk whe and his blood has .his_ political antagonists, and his isles in the Medkeeps when they are not murdered. The President has his sit down strikers and thirteen men killed dustrial warfare to date. And, this, he. has only just peeked inside them in inmark . by Assistant State Fire Marshal W. L. Hicks. Vassion was told when He opened up for ‘business, to secure a state license by the chief of police and at that time secured a city’ :icense. The chief of police saw ten gallons of naptha delivered to Vassion’s home on Sacramento street a few days ago which is against state and city law, only one gallon can be kept in a house at one time. When officers went to the home yesterday morning there was als@ an open can with about seven gallons of gasoline two or three feet from a burning gas jet and the wife was cleaning clothes nearby. Vassion procured a temporary state license when brought into city court yesterday and, stated he will take out a regular state license and take an examination. for registered cleaner. The officers expect, if he complies with the law to dismiss the complaint. Miss Barbara Moore of Sacramento is visiting Miss Alice Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graham of this city and will stay for a few: weeks. tions of their committees. two teams to stimulate would be appointed, the losing team at the end of six months to pay for the luncheon of the winning team. bay district with his sister during the past week end and upon his return was accompanied by his daughter and sons who has spent the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kopp. announced that attendance President Cain Joe Sereseto came up from. the MINUTE MELODIES Songs of Northern California SUNSET (Lake Tahoe) A lustrous pearl of rosy-gray Serenly smooth and frail as dawn, A gem, some careless god one day Had flung between the mountain breasts. Then laughing, sped upon his way. -. morning and brought before Judge NARROW GAUGE BUYS 35 PASSENGER BUS Delivery was made Saturday of the new 30 passenger bus for the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, it being taken to the home of Tarquenio Angiolini, driver on Boulder street. This bus is much larger than the other one, weighing six and a half tons. It carries passengers between Nevada City and Auburn. The new bus has the same blue coiyy with black trimmings. SPANISH AND SAN JUAN MINES ARE SHIPPING The San Juan Mine north of San Juan owned and operated by the Bradley interests, started trucking ore to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge railroad depot at Nevada City for shipment to Seattle yesterday. Due to quite a lot of development at the property ore shipments were discontinued for several weeks. The Spanish mine at Washington is trucking concnerates to’ the Narrow Gauge railroad depot at Nevada City. Ed Phillips of Gold Flat has the hauling contract. Paint ore is being shipped from the Spanish mine to the bay district via Narrow Gauge railroad. Trucks are running three shifts moving the ore at the rate of 21 ‘tons per day. This property is also owned and operated by the Bradley interests. CCCBOYS TO DANCE TONIGHT 3711 The CCC Camp company No. will give a dance tonight at their camp twelve miles out of Nevada City on the Tahoe-Ukiah highway. The dance will be open to the public and will begin at eight o’clock. A five piece orchestra will provide the music and the company are hoping that the public will drive out and join them in this dance. CHIMNEY FIRE Both fire trucks of the Nevada City fire department and firemen rtesponded to an alarm from the home cf Mrs. Betty Martin Wesst on Sacramento street yesterday at about noon when an overheated chimney burned out. No damage was reported. BENEFIT DANCE AT CAMPTONVILLE, JULY 24 CAMPTONVILLE, July 8.—A big, benefit dance has been scheduled to be held at this place on Saturday evening, July 24, proceeds from which go towards the new roof on the town hall. This will be the first dance of the season and a big crowd is expected to attend. Eddie Meltz and his band from Auburn has been engaged to furnish the music. The usual good supper will ‘be served at midnight. Camptonvile dances are _ usually very popular, and this being the first one of the season, along with the cause for which it is, being staged, gives every reason to believe that it will ‘be a big success. CAMPTONVILLE, July 8.—James Kirkpatrick who spent the’ past three weeks here visiting friends. returned a few days ago to Southern California. Supervisor Andrew Modglin of Scales was in town a few days ago on business. Miss Elsie Ann Price, députy superintendent of schools of Plumas County of Quincy, was in this seetion over the holiday week end visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F., Price. : : Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dornberger of San Jose arrived Monday and will spend quite some time vtsiting Miss Lesta H. Joubert and. Miss Susette Dornberger, their daughter. William Groves and mother, Mrs. Olive Groves and Postmaster Lydia O. Groves motored to Grass Valley Monday to attend the 4th of July celebration. PEACE DISTURBER. FINED George Warren who was arrested, in Grass Valley Wednesday, for disturbing the peace by Sheriff C. J. Tobaissen, was taken from the county jail at Nevada City yesterday Morehouse in Grass Valley. He was ROY GRIFFITH DEETER. ‘ourney, $117.00; H. S. Hurst, $34.‘1 $120.00; S. C. Whitlock, STANDARD OIL ASKS SHAREIN — SALES TO CITY L. L. Larabie, Standard Oil repreSentative in Nevada County, last evening appeared ,beforethe, city council and complained that the council was not giving the various gas and oil companies an even break in purchasing supplies for the city. He offered figures to show that the Shell company in 1936 sold the city $925.06 worth of gas and lubricant, the Texas company $354, General Petroleum $407, whileStandard Oil, which he declared pays over $400 in taxes got only $26.46 worth of business during the entire year. This he declared was more taxes than any other oil company in Nevada City Daid to the city. Larabie also stated that if the city: would install a storage tank and pump, at a‘cost of about $138, it could save $240 annually in buying oil and gas. He stated that’ the city was entitled to buy its gas, and the Standard Oil would supply it at 16% cents per gallon as against the 20% cents that the city now pays. Mayor Hall stated that that was a saving that would be well worth looking into. The proprietor of a new. meat market in town complained of the $25: per month license tax that he is obliged to pay. It was stated that the reason this ordinance was passed 2 good many years ago was at the reauestion of the butchers who desired at that time to keep out uninspected meat sold by farmers who peddled it in town. A quit claim deed was signed by the councilmen to a lot belonging to Richard, Irvin and Norman Gilbert. The property is located on. Spring street adjacent to the bond property. . The following bills were ordered paid: GENERAL FUND R .L. P. Bigelow, $100.00; Garfield Robson, $135.00; George H. Calanan, $20.00; H. S. Hallett, $150.00; Mrs.-Emma Foley, $12.50; Miles P. Coughlan, $1250; Dr. E. M. Roesner, $40.00; Jas. Allen, $90.00; Nevada Irrigation — District, $252.67; Nevada County Lumber Company, $45.07; Pacific Gas and Electric Cobpany, $261.30; Ted Sig00; Cc. F. Hurst, $34.00; Floyd — White $120.00; Arthur Pratti, $104.00; Nick Sandow, $117.00; Ed Christensen, $6.10; Gerald Davis, $28.00; Sam Gould, $20.50; Bert Moody $19.70; Bill James, $8.00; Carl Trevethick, $5.00; Union Pub. Co., $5.60; Calif. Auto Assn., $15.00; R. E. Harris, $27.87; Mueller Co., $27.45; R. L. P. Bigelow, $22.49; Schreiber Cafe, $16.93; General Petroleum, $48.26; J. W. Shebley, $6.38; Miners Foundry and SSupply Co., $20.22; Marysville Caterpillar and Equipment Co.,” $154.25; S. M. Lobdell, $42.87; Pac. Coast Aggregates, $2323.42; Crane. Co., $18.49; Geo. W. Gildersleeve, $6.50; George Bros., $6.18; Helbach Motor Co., $1.82. FIRE FUND Pac. Tel, & Tel. Co., $3.30; Capi~ tal Fire Equipmet Co., $41.20; Mak Solari,.$57.50; Plaza Super Service, : Station, “$1.23; Alpha Stores, Ltd}; $14.05; Pac. Gas and Electric Co), $3.96. VISITING GHOST TOWNS Mrs. H. N. Stevens of Nevada City grandson, Lloyd Smith, and . Smith of Alleghany, enjoyed a holiday trip through several ghost towns of Nevada state. Some time was spent at Rawhide where Smith . first attended school as'a_ child. While there about 1500 people in boom times only one old couple reside there now. A fire destroyed nearly all the buildings years ago. . There is a big mine nearby and it fs shipping ore. Pz Harry Hilliard visited with relatives in Los Angeles over the past week end. He was’ accompanied iby Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan of Park avenue who visited /Mr. Ryan’s sis-_ ter, niece and several friends he had — not seen in 50 years, While in southern California they visited Holly_ wood, Alhambra, Pasadena, Glendale. They returned to a ale city Tuess ‘day moray. Miss Mary Marta is visiting 4 sin in Oakland. She ‘Plans found guilty and fined $15,