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ity
Thinking
*! Out Loud .
Among
other
things
said
by
the
former president, Herbert, Hoover,
in his address before the Republican
convention
Wednesday
night
Reunion Next Sunday
At State Fair Grounds
this: ‘For the first. time in history
preached from the White House.’’
<dtt was Theodore Roosevelt who coined the phrase: ‘‘Malefactors of great
wealth.’”’ As a matten,of fact we have
suspected
“q@Roosevelt
that.
the
present
is attpmpting in
many
He lacks of course: the
Mr. George Radcliffe will be the
chairman-of the day at the tenth an
warm hearted sympathy and the un
nual former residents
derstamding of the American people
County
that Theodore Roosevelt had. The
President gathers about him, as did
President Wilson, the lesser, men of
held Sunday, June 14th in the Edu
Association’s
cation
of
Nevada
reunion
to
building at the
state
be
fair
grounds.
Mr:
_ the country,-who in civil life never
did and never could amount to much
Nugget,
therefore,
2
Radcliff states
a
wonderful
program has been arranged, the out
of
his
popular
SILVER JUBILEE North San Juan Blooms
CHAMBER DINNER
to
Delig
ht
Visitors
IS JOLLY EVENT)
The
dalsberrian
'G
of.
the
At Cherry Carnival
Silver
of Commerce at the National Hotel
selections.
Tuesday evening was one of the most
There will be sports and dancing
enjoyable affairs
held
in
many
after the program.
months and great
credit
due
is
The Native Daughters of the GoldPresident Fred E. Conner and his
en West, Sacramento
lodge
drill
able assistants for its success.
team will put on’ an exhibition of
The Nevada City high-school band
‘drill work. Also a large selection of
played
several well rendered selecmusical and vocal numbers will be
tions just before the banquet and
rendered.
standing number will be Mr. Richard
There
will be
FRIDAY, JUNE 12,1936:
The GOLD Center
Jubilee of the Nevada City Chamber
ways to copy in pale outline the great
Theodore.
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
_ The County Seat Busser
NevadaCownty Assn.
was
we have heard the gospel of hatred
often
advertising in the
help yourself.
you
COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA
Vol. 10. No. 61.
(By H. M. L.)
ugget .
The Nevada-€ity Nugget helps your
city” ‘and county to grow in population >
and prosperity, By subscribing to, and
(By KATHERINE BRAITHW pig
NORTH SAN JUAN,
Tomorrow
the
entire
June
sd in velvet green be-spangled with
12.
attention
. wild
of
Northern California will be centered
here on North San Juan and its colorful Cherry
Saturday
Carnival.
Sunday
George L. Jones termed an extraor
early fifties.
When the
evening
the
of
every ,hue.
Golden
every field and meadow.
Beginning
The cool damp gorges and gulches
morning and-ending late
the interesting program was carried
flowers
California poppies and purple lupines
make colorful
patchwork of
are
merry. makers
gorgeous
with
wild
honeysuck
And
on throughout the good chicken dinwill be guests of this little old his
Roosevelt hobnobbed with
rofes. Jose that celebrated tenor singing from Nevada county as well as a
grecefully bowing and bending to
ner.
torical town that nestles at the feet
of Nevada large delegation from Oaklan
sors and theorists but, if memory and a former resident
everyone who will but look is the
d and
Tribute was paid the .first presiof San Juan Hill which was discovcounty
who
will
favor
us
with
one
San Francisco.
serves he rarely acted saadicee advice
Ridge’s crowning glory——her coronet
dent, Samuel Butler, whom Judge ered by the gold
miners
in
the of evergreens. Pine trees, straight as
from the cloisters.
in the way of leadership. Theodore
”
5.
ij
The difference between Theodore
Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt
is not surprising. Theodore Roose
He did not pit poverty
under
Park
the
yesterday
direction
afternoon
of. Verle
who will serve as life guard and poo!
manager
this
season.
Arrangements
“poses. He realized that to arraign all
and
rich men and to tax away their rich
prove the nuisance it did last year.
“es, was to institute a condition: un
The. park commission has decided
words
by
taking
away
the
whole are robbed
hope of reward;
oppor
things,
it
completed
believed
is
year.
will
not
tesardingsad
Minors under 2k. years® OE: age
Will be admi tted” free™ of charge an
Tess’ they .wish “tom
towel,.in
this
it
county,
rules
ail
made
that
mission to the pook aval! prevail this”bipices” “in"Nevada
fhe same
all
has
use copper
WPA
of
which
to
.Enrolled in. the
all initiative,
that proud determination to accomplish
been
could ever “that
tunity to amass a fortune, the. people as a
have
a
$6.
@ locker: and
which event: ‘thera will be
charge of ten. cents. Adults will
be charged 25 cents,
which will in
the greatest nation on earth, is ruth
clude the use of locker and towel.
‘lessly extinguished under a tremendous burden of taxes. Under this sys
On the Fourth of July, owing to
the big crowds anticipated, all those
tem
using the pool will be obliged to pay
the rich
would be
reduced to
poverty but none would share riches. an
because there would
be
none
to
share.
4
—_— ~~
Graft has always been the bloom
admission
order
present
opportunity
running
in
the
The
charge
ers and towels. The commission took
this action for two reasons. One, in
and fruit of the liquor business. The
revelations
charge.
will be ten cents for minors and 25
cents for adults. This includes lock
that
visitors
might
to
the -pool,
use
have
an
and
‘press of California, is only history
second, the commission is under the
repeating itself. So long as the liq
necessity of raising as much money
uor interests are permitted to have is it reasonably can to make imany
part
in
making
the
rules
for
ther own control, it will be tarred
“with
corruption,
bribery,
graft
and
criminal associations of many kinds.
The only sensible method of keeping the liquor business in bounds is
to restore control
to cities
and
the
provements
pool
throughout
as’
of course.
holiday.
it
gives
every com
liquor
merchants
cit&zens.
to
who
be
have
proved
pool and
in
the
the
season
would
many visitors as possible on the
munity the right to license only those
themselves
the
not object for the one day. to paying the small admission fee, and the
commission wished. to «accomodate
counties. This involves local option
But
at
park.
It was considered that the
children who have free use of tho
Ed
ed
Phillips,
in
contractor
is
engag
leveling the park sports field
good
upstanding
getting
In the, past it
resulted in
games,
it
into
shape
for
baseball
cutting down the number of saloons,
races, and other sports of
which Dr. Walter Hawkins, chairman
and those permitted to exist usually
of
paid
the
city
or county
a
high
li
the
Fourth
mittee,
is
of
July
preparing a
sports
big
com
program
cense. The result was that those in
for Nevada City’s three day celebra
the business made money, were not
tion, July 3, 4 and
obliged to engage in cut-throat com
petition, and could be held respon
sible for the conduct of their places
of business.
5.
INEBRIATE OUT OF
“CIRCULATION 30 DAYS
The pool in Pioneers Park is open.
There is a great splashing sounding
The following judgment was rend
through the afternoon and long af
ered yesterday by Police Judge Miles
ter sunset. One thing the park com
Coughlin
mission would be grateful for. That
versus Tom Treverrow:
in
the case of the People
This is the second time within a
is that acts of vandalism at the pool
cease. The pool was' built mainly for
week
that this defendant has been
the youngsters. The youngsters can
before this court on a charge grow
help a lot, by ceasing to bore holes
ing out of plain drunkenness. Last
through
time he paid his fine after serving
three days in jail. Now, he again
pleads guilty and asks for leniency.
the
walls,
from
breaking
loining articles used in keeping the
pool clean. The commission believes
parents
could
be
very
helpful
into’ ane
in suppressing this nuisance if they
would. But in event vandalism is
not checked this.season, Verle Gray,
life guard at the pool, is'a deputized
drunken
stupor
after
an
other there comes a time when leniency can
no longer
be
invoked.
If
we cannot
stop
the
practice of
drunken men lying on the sidewalks
member of the city police ‘force, and
-will--be -empowered-tomake “arrests”
of the city we-will put them. out. of
of those who damage or steal the
city property.
with reference to this.defendant it
circulation for a time at least and
\appears that it will be for the best
interests
of
-everybody
<to
restrain
“SLABS TO
T GIVE CAFE
tion. It is ordered that the defendt
A 49°ER APPEARANCE ant be imprisoned for thirty days
him until after the coming celebra
and pay a fine of fifty dollars.
Spruce mill sinhe 6are being nailed on the front of the J. P. Muscardini pool hall. This is the first busi
These,
are
according
171
to
Fred
Mr:
and Mrs.
Charles
Guenther,
who have spent the last two months
ness house’to decorate in 49’er style in Berkeley with
their
daughter;
for July 4th. Many others will soon ; Mrs. Clay Epperson. and family rebe o
menting their buildings in . turning home yesterday evening. Mr.
prep Da.
for the big three day, Guenther
is
much
improved in
event of July 3-4-5.
. health.
He
was
a
Cornish
distributed
as
follows,
the several’ projects.
Columbus
6,
roads
among
—Truckee~12,
in
Joe
Frank’s
supervisorial district a5, Wolf Creek
8, rural sanitation (privy squad) 12;
A chorus of the high sthool glee
club, under direction of Mrs. Marian
Libby
a pencil and willowly as an Indian
Sat
sang
several
jolly
numbers,
that
black satin of the heavens that canJones
paid
tribute
to -the
staunchly
supporting
the
Chamber
of Commerce from the beginning and
the late William Martin, also took
an
active
interest
in
its
function
ings. Mr. Jones listed a number of
improvements
Nevada
for
county
Nevada
City and
particularly
road
twinkle
opies
other presidents of the organization
stressing the fact that Mr. S. Lee
Leiter had assisted in forming and
the
bewitchingly
hills.
The
in
it should be the duty of the’organ
on next for a. few remarks ‘on road
improvements. He has been chairman of the highway division. of the
Nevada
including a caretakers
cottage
to
cost approximately
$5,000,
street
work of several thousand dollars on
then the Newada City-Downieville
highway ‘‘of a thousand curves.”’ He
said very few people realize that
which
the state has spent $629,800 in Ne
only
a
beginning
was
made
and the sidewalk project which has
vada county since July 1933.
or
lapsed after the construction of three
four
blocks
Mrs.
Katherine
Celio,
accompan:
in
sections
where
most needed.
Discussing the
day City
Clerk
ied by her daughter, Miss Catherine
Celio, Mrs. C. E. Bosworth, ‘Dr. Dav
situation
yester
night
air
id
ed and approved by WPA sa escaial
ies.
ghee
tegardless of the number of men,
available, however, the WPA, it is
reliably reported, are running short
of funds and must await the replen
ishment that Congress has voted
of
some one and half billions that will
be
on tap
This
some time after July 1.
shortage accounts in part for
crippling some of the WPA projects
in this city. The city was scheduled
to receive on all projects some
16,
in Nevada City to start pouring
the
walls of the new city hall which it
is expected to begin next Monday.
MEN’S DORMITORY AT
LABOR CAMP SOON DONE!
State
haneac
William
WO
F.
Sharp
states the new dwelling and men’s
bountiful
supply
gigantic valley oaks.
and
of
shade
making
The trip up to North San Juan is
a
will
complete
failure
if
one
doesn’t
feave the automobile and walk a
be cool and sweet and the fragrance
of the pine and cedar
trees
will
few blocks up to the rim of the “old
diggins’’, with all the awe _ inspir
drift down
from the hills on. every
breeze. Now and then a yellow light
will glow from the cozy window of
ing splendor of a grand canyon. Sixty and in some places seventy feet
is the depth
a mountain home and somewhere in
the flowering manzanita shrubs a
mockingbird sleepily calls “a musical
of this mysterious an
cient channel. Its walls a bright red
and
note to‘its mate. “High, high, up
over the hilltops,” your happy party;
with the
dance. Let joy be unconfined.”
And no one will fail to attend the
Carnival festivities here on
Sunday. There will be a parade. The
Cherry
old time vehicles and the new will
g0.on
girls
review.
on
Cowboys
.prancing.
and
rimmed
with
green
pines
and
cedars and its bed a mass of bouldand
rocks
polished
by ‘swirling
rapids of a river centuries old and
restless
Reeder,
Mr.
Marshall
Giselman,
Mrs. A. Merriam Conner wife of
trees and to this thrill may be added
the fact that the very ground upon
which
our
feet
is
resting
is
rich
with “channel gold.”
In the very near future North San
Juan will again be a roaring mining
cow
town as it: was-in.the early fifties,
horses. Water will be brought down from
in happy song as they march along.
Whiskerinos? Could any parade be
complete
the high mountains and huge mon
itors will tear down the walls of the
‘“diggins’’ and miners will sift the
without the Bearded Fac:
I ask you? And there will be a
crimson mud for yellow gold Huge
restraining dams. will be built across:
Mid-Way with plenty of attractions
the Yuba rivers and collect the debris that brought about the hydraulic
es,
for every fancy, Games of all sorts
and races of all kinds at which one
may try his skill and a _ greased
injunction more than fifty years ago.
When mud mining on the Ridge be-pole for those who feel like climbgins again the red-shirted, bearded
ing. Anda greased pig for those who miners of the Sierrasa will be worklike.toe"run.
And
cherries—just
ing with
perfect
harmony with
the
worlds of cherries.
.straw-hatted, blue jeaned
farmers
The North San Juan Ridge is all and ranchers of the lowlands and
decked out in-her prettiest garb for valleys—-working for the peace and
this gala event. Her hills are carpet
prosperity of one and all.
ARRESTED FOR BURNT DISTRICT’
.;
THROWING GLASS. IMPROVEMENT
BOTTLE IN ROAD
IS§ STARTED
Calanan Mrs. Marian Libbey and two daughpoints out that Nevada City enter
ed ters. Mr. Carl Libbey, all rendered
more projects.
than
should.
have songs and instrumental ibe acid ©
been entered, since the number
of that were well received and encor:
men who need relief work in Need,
”
George
vada county are far too few to carry
on to completicn the projects adopt
up-turned
has ‘quite
years and with local citizens attends
City hall 28.
the meetings of this organization
Mr. Marsh States that he believes each month in Sacramento. He statmany of the projects -which have ed the state has taken over all roads
been suspended will be resumed afin Nevada county except 440 miles
ter the first of July. Just when, afand now the work consists
of better the first remains indefinite for terment of the main state highways
the time being,
Among projects in the county. A strong effort. is.bewhich have.suspended, are the $17,ing made go secure an appropriation:
000 airport project on
—_which .no from the state-in its allotments this
work was done, projects in Pioneers fall to improveand stranghten, first
Park amounting to over $6,000 not the Auburn-Grass Valley routé and
18,
tiny
will sing as the car slips around the.,
now centuries: dry.
:
materially ascurves and pulls up the -Brades” and}.
Here as nowhere else in ne world
sisted in putting through. Heée* stated “at. ast" palisés before
the spacious one,.may..look . directly into bird’s ~~”
many people areveotiing to this city floor. of Twamley. Memorial
Hall. nests built in the limbs of fifty foot
and county to make their homes and Here the slogan is,
“on
Commerce
Judge Raglan Tuttle was called
county court house
and
elms
the
City high school 6, county hogpital State Chamber. of Commerce for five School. children. lifting
their, voices
30,
ing branches
candle cones. Lombardi poplars, dis
wheels seem to lift one nearer and
nearer the glittering
silver stars
received.
Judge
maiden. Cedar trees with low sweep
tinguished visitors’ from Italy. Old,
old chestnut trees brought in by the
so climbs. Up, up, every turn of the
home makers long, long ago and the
and old fashioned songs, being well
a total of 89.
projects in Nevada City or adjacent
to Nevada City as follows: Nevada
up
up from the South Fork of the Yuba
river. And as this road winds it al
clerical 8, administrative 4, and Ne-' ization and citizens
to encourage
vada Irrigation district 14. This ‘is them that they may be kept here.
The other 82 are enroNed in WPA
drive
city, county and state, and later became a national figure.
le and crimson — columbine.
;
visitors
urday evening for the opening dance
they will motor along a winding road
MAPS WPA director of this district construction, that the Chamber of
“are
000 sacks of cement, whereas the
actual amount delivered has been
No matter how sorry we may feel for less than 3,000 sacks. Enough
cean individual who lets himself get “ment, however, has recently arrived
fences and electric lights, from pur
that
Ie,
working
citizen.
man from England, who took an
active part in mining, as well. as
Gravy,
sulphate’in the battle against alzae
hope to attain-a competence. In other
dinary
The swimming pool was opened in
Pioneers
against.riches as his less able cousin
is now doing. solely for. political pur
der which no poor. man.
gathering
Opens For The Season
WPA EMPLOYS
§? MEN IN AND
ABOUTNEV. CITY
appreciation of the independence of
country.
large
Pool In Pioneer Park
velt passed much of his life in the
West upon the plains. He had a rare
the American character. He hated
bureaucracy and red tape. When he
arraigned greedy and unscrupulous
-«. Captains of industry, he was careful
to distinguish them from the great
mass. of business interests in this
a
ogre
«a.
Chief
of
Police. Garfield’ Robsofi
Mr. fendae ‘Chelan of Marwari
men to work in the
filed a complaint against Helen Fos-. started, two
the president who was not able to be
present; composed’ a song in honor ter of Grass Valley: at the.Nevada “burnt district’? in Nevada City on
of the founders of the Chamber of City hall yesterday afternoon, chargThursday morning cleaning out and
Commerce, and it was sung to the ing her with being responsible for straightening the storm gutter that
tune of “John Browns Body”. by the putting glass in the street atthe runs through the lot. A large pipe°
assembled group, and chorus of the Plaza a few minutes before being is to be laid which will take care of
high school glee club.
arrested and her ‘bail was fixed at this drain that starts in Oregon RaMr. DeWitt Nelson, new supervis$100. She will appear in City Judge vine and runs under a number. of
or of the Tahoe National Porest, was Miles Coughlin’s
court
at
nine business houses in the center of this
introduced by R. L. P. Bigelow, and o’clock this morning for a hearing. city.
A lot of shrubs and brush have.
Save a short talk. He stated he felt
Mr. and Mrs. Georgge Foster in
it was sort of a homecoming to himcompany with Bill Ferguson and a been cut away. Within a short time.
self and wife as they had spent their young wotman companion, as_ they the uneven banks of earth on the
honeymoon here several years ago, drove through Nevada City, allegedlot are to be removed by scraper and
when he was employed under Mr. ly threw, or the bottle fell from their actual work started on a service staBigelow. President Conner introduc: rear. They claim they drove out Saction for a large oil company.
Mr. Cheim purchased the property
ed Mr. and Mrs. Louie Best and Mr. ramento. street till they could turn
and Mrs. Ellis Pullee of Sacramento. around and returned and picked -up from the Empire-Star Mines, Ltd.,
Mr, Purllee, receiver of the U. S; a part of the bottle lying on ‘the early in May. About 15 years ago a
Land office in Sacramento, spoke street, bystanders having picked up fire burned several business houses ~
to the ground in one of the hottest
with wit and wisdom, stressing parthe rest.
ticularly the need of smiling in our
In the meantime Officer Charles and most stubborn fires ever experjourney ‘through life.
Ninnis who was unable to appreh-' ienced in Nevada City.
a
Praise was given Mrs. Ruby Miller end the car phoned Chief of Police!
and her-able assistants for beautiful Robson who in turn called Captain
decorations on the tables and the Joe Blake at the highway patrol ofwalls, of silver tapers, bright flowers, evergreen boughs, ‘and myrtle.
HYDRAULIC MINING
fice at His Flat. Captain Blake and
MEN MEET TOMORROW
Officer George Hammill responded
and arrested them
at
Glenbrook
bringing them back to Nevada City.
The Hydraulic Mine
Miners Association
will hold a meeting in Bret Harte
After considerable argument back Inn, Grass Valley, Saturday after
MICKLEVICH ARRESTED
unemployment
camp,
at
Nevada
and
forth Mrs, Foster took the alnoon at 2 o’elock. The meeting
City’s southern limits, under camp
Mrs, A. Bertino of North Bloom-:
leged blame for the glass being in expected to be one of the most imlabor are about 80 per cent done. field filed a complaint against
John the street. portant since it wasformed eark
The camp will accomodate fifty men Micklevich Saturday charging
him
this spring. Committees are ‘ti
when the buildings are completed in with threatening her
Mrs. John Fortier is homeward port on pledges obtained
life. Chief of
0
about two weeks. Mr., Sharp will Police Garfield
Robson
arrested bound after a happy vacation spent yardage. If a sufficient y
have a fire crew of ten men stationMickelvich in Nevada City
Monday in Los Angeles, with friends, in Paguaranteed the dams will
ed at the camp also. The camp at and he will come up for
a hearing cific Grove with her son, Drs G. Forstructed with federal . money
Shady Creek is practically completat 10 o’clock’this morning
in Judge tier and family, and friends in Sac-. appropriated and .t
‘
ed.
WwW. Lk. Mobley’s court.
Tamento.
dormitory
being
constructed
at
the
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