June 1, 1944 (4 pages)

espAY, JUNE 1, 1944 \ pee EE y.uG STORE yet PET? ie pental Needs TOOTH PASTES AND POWDERS qooth Brushes, Denture Adpesives and Cleaners, Mouth Washes p. E. HARRIS . ‘. . Over a period of 40 years and one In this final article of a series by Barrow Lyons, staff correspondent of Western Newspaper Union, he gives the graphic results of his swing through the nation to gather an: impression of political and economic thinking in rural America. All of these pictures were taken by Mr. Lyons, and opinions expressed or quoted are either those of persons pictured or the writer’s. They are not necessarily those of this newspaper. Shown at left is E. C. Biggins, wheat farmer of Gregory, S. D., an early settler who “saw the land come up from nothing.” Biggins, who is 67 years old, doesn’t like to be told how much wheat to raise and what to do. He believes that many of the farmers around Gregory are spreading themselves too far, buying too many steers, sheep and hogs at prices that are too high. They are putting themselves on the spot for the coming deflation, Biggins believes— counting their chips too soon. . Sentiment in Benton, Arkansas, is ST. CHARLES HOTEL SOLD IN DOWNEVILLE . Effective June 1, Antone Lavez-. . z0la is selling the historic St. Charles. Hotel in Downieville to M. F. Lusk former well known Downieville business man who has been ranching in the Penryn section for the past year and a half. Lavezzola is completing ownership of the St. ‘Charles which extended month, having purchased it May 1, 1904, from John Costa, who had {income , sonal debts canceled. \ For that. amount individual taxpayer’s share in the national debt, according to an an2lysis recently made public by the U. S. Senate Committee on Non-Essential Federal Expenditures, headed by Senator Byrd. “While it is true that our nation2i . inérsasing,’’ reports Sencps Syed Games ie EO ES is , ator Byrd’s committee, ‘‘vet our per capita debt has been quadrupled in 4 years. In 1938, the per capita debt , was $285; today it is $1204. . “In more realistic terms, the pre-} sent debt of each taxpayer in the . country is $3500.” i At the time the Byrd committee . report went to press, tee federal debt which stood at ‘61 billions dol . lars at the start of, the war, had: risbeen proprietor for eight years. The hotel was rebuilt in 1865, after th¢ ezzola conducted a dining room connection with the St. Charles and the place has housed many notables who well remebber visits to the hostelry which has been the center of much of the business and social life of this section. The St. Charles formerly had 28 rooms, In October. of 1941 a wing ; and barber shop at the west end was removed, reducing the rooms to 11, and bMid05 a new barber shop at the east} end of the property. The sale includes the hotel property and the former Maguire lot and barn, the former Meroux house and lot andthe Lavezzola barn and corral, all to the north and northwest. Lavezzola operated the St. Charles for two years with his cousin) J. TLavezzola, who died in 1906, continuing ownership with the widow . until her death, 18 years later, when jhe bought out the interest of the estate. . Antone Lavezzola and his brother, , Peter, are the only living children ; Of six sons and one daughter born : Michael and Marie Lavezzola who came to Downieville in 1869 and settled on the Lavezzola ranch, six . miles east of Downieville, which they . cncdatnadii and wher he was ! born. . Wor 64 ears there was no road inf )*o the Lavezzola ranch, everything : . being packed in by mules until 12 , Strongly divided. Business men and : farmers deeply resent the many con‘trols and restrictions imposed by the , New Deal, and assert Washington has ‘bungled badly. The bauxite miners ‘support the administration. Section , of Benton’s business district is shown ‘at right. ‘in Ava, Mo., are changing hands, as indicated by these sale ele aiipliad in an Ava restaurant. These reflect the nation’s current land turnover. George Mullins, Douglas county FSA supervisor (inset), has helped many farmers around Ava to rehabilitate themselves. general foree M. H. Bourne, editor emeritus rougdhouse Owenton (Ky.) News-Herald, says this laborKentuckians don’t like too much place to government control, but tobacco growers approve AAA program. J. -G. Saurenman, man of the Rock Island in Eldon, lowa, ape ‘“eirs ago when a road was built by CC labor which was greatly improved by the forest service this spring. On June 14, 1922, Tony as he is “ . known to hundreds of friends both locally and in other sections among bthose who have visited there, was ‘married to Miss Teresa Tomola of Goodyear Creek, whose family had resided: on ‘the former Moran ranch for 10 years. Mrs. Lavezzola joined with Tony in operation of the St. (Charles, there being very few days in the past 22 years when they have not been on hand to greet patrojis with genial hospitality and provide gracious service to the full extent of facilities. They have one daughter; Betty, who was 20 in December, now working in Sacramento and a son, Peter, 18 last August, who is serving@with the Navy Seabees in England. f While operating the hotel, Lavezzola maintained close touch with his varied other interests, which, include ranching\and mining. He is regarded an expert with a mule pack train and convoyed much of the timber into many otherwise inaccessible mines in this section. ‘ Lavezzola has what is regarded us probably the most valuable private collection of gold specimens in the state, valued at $5000. It includes nuggets from the Lavezzola ranch and quartz and leaf gold from various Sierra and Placer counties 1locations. Thousands saw the collection when it was on display at Treasure Island during the 1939 exposition. He is a licensed gold buyer and gathered the collection over @ period of 35 years. . He has also been active in ‘Native Sons of the Golden West affairs. (Each year he hag taken a different specimen from his gold collection to exhibit to the Grand Parlor delegates. after turning the St} Charles over to fire of 1864. For over 37 years, Lav-. in } Mr. and Mrs. Lavezzola plan a rest . ; ;en to the stupendous sum of 170 . billions. And the committee monnet. ed: “The interest load on this public ; debt is in itself staggering, it being . estimated that the interest on ernment borrowings alone is 700,000,000 per year.’’ . So rapid is the pace of the nations’ mounting indebtedness, however, . that the debt totals. in the Byrd re. port were obsolete before the report had reached the public. The national debt today stands at 185 billions and will reach 235. billions, it is estimated, by the end of the year, And by July of next year, according to government calculations it will have mounted to: the colossal total of 258 billions. Senator Byrd’s commfttee, ‘which has been ferreting out governmental extravagance and Wemanding she elimination of’ all non essential expeditures, sharply warns the people against indulging in wishful thinking that the public ‘debt is different from other debts and need not be paid. : “There can be no illusions as io this debt,” says the committee. “For goy-! $2-3 Page Three While the Byrd committee hag thus far succeeded in. chopping off moré than two billion dollars worth ofthe needless expenditures, -it , believes ‘that only a beginning has been made in rooting out unnecessary governmental agencies and in paring down budgets to more reasonable levels. The .committée concludes: “The committee believes it imperative that every effort be made to streamline the federal government, to reduce to a minimum all expenditures not implicitly furtheriing tha successful prosecution of the war, It is not enough that expenditures are curtailed in a few instances, nor is it sufficient that.a hardful of ,employes are transferred from one non essential] function. Nor is it enough to combine one group of offices with another, merely to erect a new superstructure at their head. “Rather, the value of each employee, each office, and each dollar expended must be consciously weighed in its relation. to the welfare of the peorlé o* the nation. Aganeiswhich have been built on years of depression must be abolished. The non war activities of those establishments not devoted entirely to war — work must be curtailed. Bureaucrai— ic policies which sap the nation of both financial solidity and a surplus of manpower must be eliminated. Onl in so doing may the federal government do its part in preparing for an economically sound post war nation.” j Every taxpayer, if he thinks seriously about his $3500 share; in the ~— present national debt, certainly will approve of the Byrd committee’s conclusions. For every dollar wasted in’ Washington must. be earned and paid by American taxpayers. the welfare. of the country it must be paid and shall be paid:” . .’ “There are. those economists who, advancing the new philosophy of public debt, are brash enough state that the debt need not be paid: that a gradually expanding public, debt is healthful to a country with a mature economy, that continual. pump primng is an. economic neces. sity -to.the United States in the future. — “The committee sharply takes issue with such a philosophy, believing, as it does, that public confidence in the financial integrity of a ‘country—the acknowledgment of its * obligations—is necessary to the economic ‘stability of ‘that country. “No nation may safely repudiate debt and retain the confidence of its ‘¢itizens.”No antion which has lost , the confidence of its citizens may AT PENNEY’S Segue MEN’S COOL SPORT . 2.98 Long sleeve models in coo.} rayons.and gabardines!. ‘Solid colors. Sport ee gambler styles.All sizes. ;Temain a democracy.” —“ 115 Mill Street, Grass Valley . ~ é WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF ' METAL BURIAL VAULTS IN NORTHERN . 4 oly . AQAEIPORMIA 3k. ae » 246 Sacramento Street ote tpi. at hp thy le tg te IT’S FAMOUS Qusk. Tony is alteady visualizing getting his feet into stirrups over +his saddle horse and followed by his shepherd dog ““Wooly”, riding over the country taking care of other interests. NATIONAL DEBT MUST BE PAID . RALPH H. TAYLOR How much do you owe? If you are very fortunate, or very provident, perhaps you will angwer that question proudly by saying thai you don’t owe a dollar. . Literally, however, every farmer in pa Pon ase every other taxpayer—is in debt to the extent of at, least $3500, even if the mortgage on an thad Howe _ a N 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE. 150 South Auburn Street Telephone 56 ; BAR ism <~ Editorials Are Timely and Weekly “ Grass Valley 3 Pict ttn hy BAO ng th, hornets te t. Ae So dla ln ibd. ty i fms a. TOY AND JACOBS. JACK BRUNO, Manager = = sod “Introdue: sry Offer, Name. Price $12.00 Yearly,. $1.00 Price OF a See

espAY, JUNE 1, 1944 \ pee EE y.uG STORE yet PET? ie pental Needs TOOTH PASTES AND POWDERS qooth Brushes, Denture Adpesives and Cleaners, Mouth Washes p. E. HARRIS . ‘. . Over a period of 40 years and one In this final article of a series by Barrow Lyons, staff correspondent of Western Newspaper Union, he gives the graphic results of his swing through the nation to gather an: impression of political and economic thinking in rural America. All of these pictures were taken by Mr. Lyons, and opinions expressed or quoted are either those of persons pictured or the writer’s. They are not necessarily those of this newspaper. Shown at left is E. C. Biggins, wheat farmer of Gregory, S. D., an early settler who “saw the land come up from nothing.” Biggins, who is 67 years old, doesn’t like to be told how much wheat to raise and what to do. He believes that many of the farmers around Gregory are spreading themselves too far, buying too many steers, sheep and hogs at prices that are too high. They are putting themselves on the spot for the coming deflation, Biggins believes— counting their chips too soon. . Sentiment in Benton, Arkansas, is ST. CHARLES HOTEL SOLD IN DOWNEVILLE . Effective June 1, Antone Lavez-. . z0la is selling the historic St. Charles. Hotel in Downieville to M. F. Lusk former well known Downieville business man who has been ranching in the Penryn section for the past year and a half. Lavezzola is completing ownership of the St. ‘Charles which extended month, having purchased it May 1, 1904, from John Costa, who had {income , sonal debts canceled. \ For that. amount individual taxpayer’s share in the national debt, according to an an2lysis recently made public by the U. S. Senate Committee on Non-Essential Federal Expenditures, headed by Senator Byrd. “While it is true that our nation2i . inérsasing,’’ reports Sencps Syed Games ie EO ES is , ator Byrd’s committee, ‘‘vet our per capita debt has been quadrupled in 4 years. In 1938, the per capita debt , was $285; today it is $1204. . “In more realistic terms, the pre-} sent debt of each taxpayer in the . country is $3500.” i At the time the Byrd committee . report went to press, tee federal debt which stood at ‘61 billions dol . lars at the start of, the war, had: risbeen proprietor for eight years. The hotel was rebuilt in 1865, after th¢ ezzola conducted a dining room connection with the St. Charles and the place has housed many notables who well remebber visits to the hostelry which has been the center of much of the business and social life of this section. The St. Charles formerly had 28 rooms, In October. of 1941 a wing ; and barber shop at the west end was removed, reducing the rooms to 11, and bMid05 a new barber shop at the east} end of the property. The sale includes the hotel property and the former Maguire lot and barn, the former Meroux house and lot andthe Lavezzola barn and corral, all to the north and northwest. Lavezzola operated the St. Charles for two years with his cousin) J. TLavezzola, who died in 1906, continuing ownership with the widow . until her death, 18 years later, when jhe bought out the interest of the estate. . Antone Lavezzola and his brother, , Peter, are the only living children ; Of six sons and one daughter born : Michael and Marie Lavezzola who came to Downieville in 1869 and settled on the Lavezzola ranch, six . miles east of Downieville, which they . cncdatnadii and wher he was ! born. . Wor 64 ears there was no road inf )*o the Lavezzola ranch, everything : . being packed in by mules until 12 , Strongly divided. Business men and : farmers deeply resent the many con‘trols and restrictions imposed by the , New Deal, and assert Washington has ‘bungled badly. The bauxite miners ‘support the administration. Section , of Benton’s business district is shown ‘at right. ‘in Ava, Mo., are changing hands, as indicated by these sale ele aiipliad in an Ava restaurant. These reflect the nation’s current land turnover. George Mullins, Douglas county FSA supervisor (inset), has helped many farmers around Ava to rehabilitate themselves. general foree M. H. Bourne, editor emeritus rougdhouse Owenton (Ky.) News-Herald, says this laborKentuckians don’t like too much place to government control, but tobacco growers approve AAA program. J. -G. Saurenman, man of the Rock Island in Eldon, lowa, ape ‘“eirs ago when a road was built by CC labor which was greatly improved by the forest service this spring. On June 14, 1922, Tony as he is “ . known to hundreds of friends both locally and in other sections among bthose who have visited there, was ‘married to Miss Teresa Tomola of Goodyear Creek, whose family had resided: on ‘the former Moran ranch for 10 years. Mrs. Lavezzola joined with Tony in operation of the St. (Charles, there being very few days in the past 22 years when they have not been on hand to greet patrojis with genial hospitality and provide gracious service to the full extent of facilities. They have one daughter; Betty, who was 20 in December, now working in Sacramento and a son, Peter, 18 last August, who is serving@with the Navy Seabees in England. f While operating the hotel, Lavezzola maintained close touch with his varied other interests, which, include ranching\and mining. He is regarded an expert with a mule pack train and convoyed much of the timber into many otherwise inaccessible mines in this section. ‘ Lavezzola has what is regarded us probably the most valuable private collection of gold specimens in the

state, valued at $5000. It includes nuggets from the Lavezzola ranch and quartz and leaf gold from various Sierra and Placer counties 1locations. Thousands saw the collection when it was on display at Treasure Island during the 1939 exposition. He is a licensed gold buyer and gathered the collection over @ period of 35 years. . He has also been active in ‘Native Sons of the Golden West affairs. (Each year he hag taken a different specimen from his gold collection to exhibit to the Grand Parlor delegates. after turning the St} Charles over to fire of 1864. For over 37 years, Lav-. in } Mr. and Mrs. Lavezzola plan a rest . ; ;en to the stupendous sum of 170 . billions. And the committee monnet. ed: “The interest load on this public ; debt is in itself staggering, it being . estimated that the interest on ernment borrowings alone is 700,000,000 per year.’’ . So rapid is the pace of the nations’ mounting indebtedness, however, . that the debt totals. in the Byrd re. port were obsolete before the report had reached the public. The national debt today stands at 185 billions and will reach 235. billions, it is estimated, by the end of the year, And by July of next year, according to government calculations it will have mounted to: the colossal total of 258 billions. Senator Byrd’s commfttee, ‘which has been ferreting out governmental extravagance and Wemanding she elimination of’ all non essential expeditures, sharply warns the people against indulging in wishful thinking that the public ‘debt is different from other debts and need not be paid. : “There can be no illusions as io this debt,” says the committee. “For goy-! $2-3 Page Three While the Byrd committee hag thus far succeeded in. chopping off moré than two billion dollars worth ofthe needless expenditures, -it , believes ‘that only a beginning has been made in rooting out unnecessary governmental agencies and in paring down budgets to more reasonable levels. The .committée concludes: “The committee believes it imperative that every effort be made to streamline the federal government, to reduce to a minimum all expenditures not implicitly furtheriing tha successful prosecution of the war, It is not enough that expenditures are curtailed in a few instances, nor is it sufficient that.a hardful of ,employes are transferred from one non essential] function. Nor is it enough to combine one group of offices with another, merely to erect a new superstructure at their head. “Rather, the value of each employee, each office, and each dollar expended must be consciously weighed in its relation. to the welfare of the peorlé o* the nation. Aganeiswhich have been built on years of depression must be abolished. The non war activities of those establishments not devoted entirely to war — work must be curtailed. Bureaucrai— ic policies which sap the nation of both financial solidity and a surplus of manpower must be eliminated. Onl in so doing may the federal government do its part in preparing for an economically sound post war nation.” j Every taxpayer, if he thinks seriously about his $3500 share; in the ~— present national debt, certainly will approve of the Byrd committee’s conclusions. For every dollar wasted in’ Washington must. be earned and paid by American taxpayers. the welfare. of the country it must be paid and shall be paid:” . .’ “There are. those economists who, advancing the new philosophy of public debt, are brash enough state that the debt need not be paid: that a gradually expanding public, debt is healthful to a country with a mature economy, that continual. pump primng is an. economic neces. sity -to.the United States in the future. — “The committee sharply takes issue with such a philosophy, believing, as it does, that public confidence in the financial integrity of a ‘country—the acknowledgment of its * obligations—is necessary to the economic ‘stability of ‘that country. “No nation may safely repudiate debt and retain the confidence of its ‘¢itizens.”No antion which has lost , the confidence of its citizens may AT PENNEY’S Segue MEN’S COOL SPORT . 2.98 Long sleeve models in coo.} rayons.and gabardines!. ‘Solid colors. Sport ee gambler styles.All sizes. ;Temain a democracy.” —“ 115 Mill Street, Grass Valley . ~ é WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF ' METAL BURIAL VAULTS IN NORTHERN . 4 oly . AQAEIPORMIA 3k. ae » 246 Sacramento Street ote tpi. at hp thy le tg te IT’S FAMOUS Qusk. Tony is alteady visualizing getting his feet into stirrups over +his saddle horse and followed by his shepherd dog ““Wooly”, riding over the country taking care of other interests. NATIONAL DEBT MUST BE PAID . RALPH H. TAYLOR How much do you owe? If you are very fortunate, or very provident, perhaps you will angwer that question proudly by saying thai you don’t owe a dollar. . Literally, however, every farmer in pa Pon ase every other taxpayer—is in debt to the extent of at, least $3500, even if the mortgage on an thad Howe _ a N 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE. 150 South Auburn Street Telephone 56 ; BAR ism <~ Editorials Are Timely and Weekly “ Grass Valley 3 Pict ttn hy BAO ng th, hornets te t. Ae So dla ln ibd. ty i fms a. TOY AND JACOBS. JACK BRUNO, Manager = = sod “Introdue: sry Offer, Name. Price $12.00 Yearly,. $1.00 Price OF a See