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5 as ‘defined by statute. Printed and Published
E at Nevada City. .
. Editor and Fi ers
Published biasWeew) Monday ana firu:sdsy
at Nevada City, California, and entertd a: ma
matter of the second class in t!» postoffice a‘
“Nevada. City under Act of Cor,'ess, March 3,
NEVADA CITY NUGGET
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1944 i
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—_—— 7
WHEN THE HIRED
RAIN CAME TO.
SAN DIEGO
Once upon a time, the city of San
Diego, hired a rain maker. That was
jonce. Chan@es are ‘that, after that
time, the business of rain making in
. San Diego is hardly what one would
eall floruishing. thanks to the efforts of one Charles _Mallory Hat1879.
: SUBSCRIPTION RA‘LES
One year (Im Advance) .22200-.000020200 eck $3.00
9 ons heatened _. 80 cents
a —
== —J
out of the efforts of Washington officethis state's attitude toward future federal-aid prowe a inly beginning to learn that Secretary
Ickes, and other of his ilk in the Big Governare determined to use every such’ project as a
brse to get their mercenaries into positions where
mtrol and regiment the lives of our people.
latest move is to seck to have himself made boss
0 and San Joaquin. valleys, with control over
two million acres of the state's richest farm lands,
‘pogery ; to Laat ug farms of 160 acres
Ha
use the Central. Valley Project asa vehicle for buent, are likely to have a very pronouncfield. The story of San Diego’s rainmaker is told in “The Rains Came
gue of Coronet magazine. :
‘Never were five men more in a!
torture of desperate
eouncil of San Diego in January,
1916, the story begins. The city was!
on the edge ofga veritable catastrophe for lack of water. Less than two
inches of rain had fallen in over two
years and the reservoirs were al-/
most ‘exhausted. In addition, the city
Was crowded with visitors to the
‘widely! heralded Panama-California
ed by the arrival of the S. S. Yale
with food and supplies from Los Anzelés, and a party of U. S. Marines,
landed by the destroyer Hull, went
ashore to comb the area for survivors and bodies. When 18 billion gallons of water had collected behind
(Morena Dam, the last and strongest
of the three, and Hatfield’s contract .
was fulfilled he ceased operations.
day.
time. But he sent his bill. The San
Diego council, busy scaring up 50!
thousand dollars to pay the claims
of ruined ranchers,
j ly. And, although Hatfield reduced
tribulations i in the nation-. ©-: °D.” an article in the June is-. his pill from $10.000 to $1,800 in. items. No more red stamps will de
. ensuing years, he never was paid. /
. His story gained him international .
uneertainty . tame, however, and San Diego re-. in point values for rationed cheeses
than were the members of the city . ceived many inquiries as to where. results from larger allocations for
;civilian use. he could be reached.
. care—and still don’t.
RATION POINTS
CUT ON SOMEThey didn’t
Exposition. *
The council was in session continlly, but there was' absolutely noth“ling they could do about it. In their
FOODS IN JUNE
The sun shone for the first: time that .
The rain maker had gone, by that .
laughed bitter-'
The point value is being halved, CPA
said, because 30 new red points now
are being validated only every four)
weeks, instead of every two weeks.
Evaporated milk is an important}
item in infant feeding, and halving;
the point value .will permit purchase .
of the same amount of this wilk for .
\infant feeding with 30 red points as .
. scevtousiy could be bought with 60.
Creamery butter continues at 12
. points per pound for the June ee
‘dod, and margarine at two points per
pound.
OPA also announced that red ration stamps US V8 and W8 will become good “June 4 for use indéefinitpoly in buying rationed meat-fat
. validated before July 2.
‘Cheese—The two point reduction
A total of 48,000,000
pounds of American (cheddar) has
been allocated for civilian use during June, compared with 40,000,000
pounds in May. The allocations for
civilian use of types of cheese other
than cheddar is 19,000,000 pounds
for June, compared with 15,000,000
pounds for May.
The OPA today announced further relaxation of rationing by re.
Se
a
IS NEEDED
even when
limited
cay srk as its overlord:
5 $
ae
‘be wiser and cheaper in the
ms ar Ss the la nd 5
. surrounding country
“Thouses. began floating down the val. World except by steamship.
3 Phone and telegraph lines were down
and ‘Hatfield couldn’t be reached.
. three that hela water in the reserr voirs, gave way and a 50 foot wall of
1 . Water
that] Tying t
. human beings with. it. The left wing
of Sw
jmext a
[valleys and into San Diego bay,
jamming the harbor with wreckage,
in uncontrolled panic.
}On January 16, rain was
despair, now beyond caring if they.
made themselves ridiculous in the
eyes of the world, they did something that they themselves declared
was an admission that they Mad lost
their minds to panic. They decided
to employ a professiona] rain maker.
The agent of Charles Mallory Hatfield the rain maker, had been petitioning them to use his client’ for
many months. *But even after they
had decided to call him in, council
members couldn’t adjust themselves
to the idea. They hemmed and hawed, says Coronet, and when they
j finally agreed to let him go to work
‘at his price of $10,000 for 50 inches
of water, they let him know that
their opinion of him was still low.
Hatfield worked fast. Without
waiting for a written contract, he
rushed to Lake Morena, principal .
source of water supply for San Diego, and ‘set up his 35 foot towers.
People were tense with excitement.
falling.
The residents of San Diego and the
rejoiced and
cheered Hatfield in the streets.
The only trouble was, the rain
kept falling. On the third, day, the
Tijuana Race Track was ruined and,
the chamber of commerce called Hatfield to. see if something could be
done. “It’s only sprinking,” was his
reply as ranchers in the country
were evacuated by row boat and hen
Meats except
roasts will be
points
(choice
leys. Then two railroad ‘bridges and
‘several sections of highway went out
‘and San Diego was cht off from the
TeleOn January 27, Otay dam, one of
‘down to the sea carbarns, cattle and
Nias hod i)
iter, a second dam, caved
towering floods swept both . offered for sale.
relates. A 50 mile gale roaroverhead and the population was
_Bistration and a were avertducing the point values on cheese,
vegetables and fruit juces, and setting zero point-values on more types
of meat as the result of increased
allowances for civilian use made by
the WIA. Changes in point values
will be effective June 4 and will run
through July 1.
The point value of all
cheese and ¢heese products, will be
reduced to 10 red points per pound
from 12 points effective June 4. A
larger allocation of rationed cheese
for civilian use in June, compared
with May, makes the point reduction possible, OPA said.OPA also announced that — All
the
steaks and roasts will continye at
zero point value.
Presentt point values ranging from
7 to 13. points per pound for beef
steaks and roasts will be unchang-ed, except that chuck steaks and
reduced
points. per pound.
Flank steak, made point free May
4, continues at zero point value.
There is, however; this change in
regard to joints. Beginning June 4,
4 be charged only for AA
a good, B, ‘commercial,
and C utility, grades of beef steaks
This means that steaks and roasts
cut from. all grades of bulls ; and
stags, and.from cutters and. canners
grades of cows, heifers’ and steers,
known in the trade as D grade, may
be sold point free. Meat from these
latter animals, however, usually is
made in hamburger and sausage, or
sold for canning, and normally the
amount of D gmade meat made into
steaks and foasts and sold over the
retail counters is relatively small.
OPA price regulations require.retailers to post the grades of meats
MILK POINTS REDUCED
OPA further announced that beginning June 4, the ration value of
evaporated and condensed. milk will
be one half point per pound, compared with one red point previously.
James F. Colley has returned
home from San Francisco where he
undérwent an operation.
(Mrs. Minnie Young had as guests
‘Memorial Day Mr. and Mrs. Baker of
Sacramento. Both are employed at
McClellan Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted: Charronat of
San Francisco are visiting here and
staying at the National Hotel.
Mrs. Joe Cereseto of Oakland is]
spending a few days here visiting
her brother and sister in law, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Kopp.
Cpl. Robert Farmer of Camp Ab-!
bott and bride are visiting in Nevada
City with his mother, Mrs. Douglass
Farmer, and other relatives.
DAVE RICHARDS, Prop.
213 Commercial Street
Phone 67
.
rationed
your neighbors about us.
They will tell you.
choicest beef
Nevada City .
We supply our patrons .
with the meat from the .
best cattle, sheep and hogs .
that money can buy. We
have built eur reputation‘
on service and quality .
and reasonable prices. Ask
7:
el
as
L. Davidson” former Park avehue resident, came up from his home
in the bay region and spent the past
.week end and Memorial holiday \with
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
his brother, Bert Davidson, and wife
near Alleghany.
“Mrs R. Pratt and daughter, Jacquelyn of Menlo Park are spending
a two weeks vacation here. They are
staying with John Tognarelli and
daughter; Catherine.
(M. Pearce, wife and child of the
bay district spent the past week end
in Nevada City. visiting his father,
iw. Pearce. Pearce is employed in
DOCTORS
° W. 9 M.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
400 Broad Street
Office Hours: 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p.
Evenings 7-8.
two red
ATTORNEYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW as ; war work. Onion Building Broad Street ‘
d roasts in‘retail stores—these are deaed Th Marit. cianias Nevada City a 38°
cuts from better quality steers, heif: af, . chaplain end SE .
ete ahd ose: captain now stationed at Camp Beale i
has moved to this city with his wife
to make his home here while on
duty in the local camp. He ‘is with
the 322 Infantry. vice is pi@ed within the means
Phone 208
MARRIAGE LICENSE 246 Sacramento St.
a
DUFF-4McCormick — In Nevada
City, May 31, 1944, Lieut. William,
Robert Duff, 27,. of Camp Beale, and
Margaret Mary Eve McCormick, 24,
of Ventura, Ventura County.
J. F. O°CONNOR
and Civis
ed Girveyor
203 West nae alia
Phone 395 X-RA’
.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Phe, Hojmes Funeral Home ser —
all. Ambtlanice service at all hours.
Mining
United b poco Mineral Surveying
Grass Valley
°
of
DOCTOR
ernon . ‘
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
. Office Hours: 1 fo 3.
Sundays 11: 30 to 12:30.
‘dcoacteaimanaa!
—
, M. °
7.to 8p. Mm ]
bak
: : 129 South Auburn St,, G Valley
For years the citizenry of ar pee thas viewed with Phewe Grass Valley 360
mounting horror the deplorable toll of dead: and injured. in If No Answer—Graas Valley, 17-W.
. lens on the batt nationwide, far. exceeds American [CARL POWER JONES. MD
on the battlefield for any comparable period. Ouban ate PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
auses for highway accidents are ni H 5: remciehte Gane ee 7 to 8*p. @
is umerous. Owever,; organ if reasonable. Call Grass 11:30 to 12:30 .
are'in accord that faulty driving habits account. Valley 2603. 4-172%e . 129 Seth Rubure’ St cicess Valle
per cent of all motor deaths Phone Grass Valley 17-W .
— and _ injuries. hor SaLa—Pinw WOOD — Two
’ oe bern is amon;
tier or more delivered in Nevada
City or Grass Valley. Jakes Wood
t is even formed Yard, Cartoscelli Place, Grass. .
ill be the adult drivers of tomorrow. VY#ley-Nevada City. Highway. 1 _ GLUB DIRECTORY
ndamen of safe driving. Most i 4-13-1moe =
Shion ape i WwW
WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB
Sp en are the correct attitudes . WANTED — Coin collections. L. E. Regular meetings the 2ndresponsibility involved in driv-. Sherow, Box 2, Nevada City. ys of the month, at the
3mo-8-13p Schoo] Auditorium. 2:30
separate >. m.
course or as an integrated. Looai, AND LONG DISTANCE. . . MRS. BERYL ROBINSON, Pret.
of expensive} moving in standard furniture. van, . . ).M@@5MARGARET WELLS, Set.
First class staroge facilities, Furee few would do it
niture bought and sold. Hills Fiat
Reliable Transfer, Grass Valley,
Phone 471-W or 39. 3-itt
EXPERT RADIO
REPAIRING —
Loud Speaker Systems for Rent. . /
. Complete stock of portable and
Thursday evening at 8 p. m.
Blks Home, Pine St. Rhone 108.
Visitinw Elks welcome.
W. L. TAMBLYN,
f a hundred ways in large type radio batteries
© money for the time expendRADIO HOSPITAL — paste ote
They regard the family. in Radio ills._112 South Church . {} aN. &. G. W. ats
do not know how much Street, Grass Valley. Phone 984. . . . , Moots every Tuesday ayers
2-19¢¢. . . EY? 2tan Castle, 232 Broad.
the week's bg clothing, . Visiting Native Sons, welcom,
an efficient laundry. But . DR. ©. W. CHAPMAN, Rec. 82¢7
us do the job for you. I —==
-Meets ‘every ‘Tuesday evening at
. -7:30 at Odd Fellows, Hall.
. CARL J. SWENDSEN, N. G.
-WM. H. RICHARDS, Ree. Set'y. JOHN W. DARKE, Fis. Sec'y4
‘OUSTOMAH LODGE No. 70 100F . 7