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Vol. VIII, No. V2
The County Seat Paper
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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1934
ADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _
“Black Rock To Vote
On Dam Bonds--And Say
~ Talk About
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“Hey! Hey! Look what you're . bonds for the purpose of conrstructthrowing away,’ said one miner to}ing a debris dam on the South Yuba!
nother, working along the sluice} river.
boxes on the Omega gravel mine. The date for the bond election is
With that he picked up a nugget;set for July 5 and voting will take
weighing 2 ounces: which his com-. place in the house of Claude Clark.
panion had just thrown out of the Election officials consist of 'W. re.
sluice box’along with a fork full of . Taylor, inspector, and Arthur iW.
coarse gravel. a4
An examination of the sluice boxes followed and a nice handful of
nuggets were recovered, one weighing three ounces, which is a beauty,
and another weighing one and a half
ounces, along with smaller gobs of
Sold that ranged from $5 in value
upward. Arthur Hoge was showiny
to friends yesterday some of these
high powered nuggets.
The Omega property, owned by the
Hoge interests, is of the largest gravel property in the Black Rock Placer Mining district. This district is
now preparing to issue $200,000 in
Hoge and Frank Hoge, judges.
The Black Rock is the first mining
district in California to avail itself
of the new law legalizing the formaalong the line
other
for some
tion of such districts
of lighting, highway and
brovement districts, which
years have been successfully organized and operated in California.
Fourteen men are now em ployed
in the Omega sawmill which is preparing timbers. for mine operations
and will be ready to Provide the
necessary lumber for the construction of the debris dam in the South
Yuba, if and when authorized.
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PERSONAL MENTION
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Mr.
A. Tobiassen, who has been seriously
ill, is somewhat better today.
Mr. and Mrs. William Eden ana
son, Robert, of Death Valley, are .
visiting Mr. Eden’s parents,.Mr. and:
Mrs. Charles Eden, in Idian Flat.
F. F. Breese is Painting the front .
of his home and plumbing shop oni
Commercial street, adding much tu
the appearance of. his property.
Fred Searls, who hasbeen in the .
Nevada City district for several days, .
spent a short time in San Francisco ,
and returned to Nevada City Thurs,
day morning.
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A nine pound son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Dunn Thursday morning,,at the home of Mrs. Ww. G. .
Perry. Son and mother are doing .
nicely.
A baby girl, Sheron Lee, arrived
Tuesday, June 12, at noon to: bless
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth .
Bannock. Dr. B. W. Hummelt was
the attending physician.
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Albert Pratti, while working ati
Parson's Nursery Wednesday mor-}
ning, run a pitch fork tine into his .
hand. Dr. B. W. Hummelt disin=.
fected ang dressed the injury.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando McCraney '
N. A. Tobiassen, father of C.
will today attend the graduation of .
their son, Thomas, in the chapel of .
Ithe wound,
jat the county
} is survived by one
lof Sacramento.
suicide by setting off a charge of dynimite recently, near Forest Hill, was
known in the Nevada City — district.
A little over a year ago he was investigating properties here.
Robert Grant, Jr., son. of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Grant, of Nevada City,
cut his thumb on a butcher knife
Wednesday morning. De-B8 WwW.
Hummelt took five stitches to close
In a letter written to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry, in the
last few days, Wesley Perry told
them of attending a three day convention at the Home of the Blind at
Ogden. He had a fine time and stated there were some present from the
state of Pennsylvania and many
other states. Wesleywill spend the
summer in Salt Lake City.
FUNERAL SERVICES —
_ FOR GIACOMS SAVORA
Funeral services were held Thursday for Giacomo Savora, a native of
Italy, aged 53 years, who had died
hospital on Monday
morning after a prolonged illness. He
sister, Mrs. Albert
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WHEN LIGHTNING HITS”
Chester Scheemer, of the Plaza
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men,
lightits
bolt of
power
thunder storm. <A
ning Hit the tall pole
flash. His
acquaintances
quit in
i) middle of a sentence, ran for their
ll cars and it Sacramento
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I street. They were only a
than the lightning itself.
. . . Apparently
they did not believe .
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adage that
il never strikes. twice in the
1. . place.”
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SCOUTS HUSTLE
CAMP PAHATSI
INTO READINESS
This week preparations for Scouts
and Cubs summer camp at Kilborn
Lake near Soda Swrings, assumes
greater activity. Nine worked on
the camp road -and miscellaneous
projects last week end. Wednesday,
W. H. Holmes, of Roseville, H. Campbell, of Penryn and R. Ebbert, of
Auburn, starteq work on kitchen fixtures in the lodge, road work and. oil
house. June 17th is the Eagle Scout
picnic with friends and parents: at
Camp Pahatsi. The Eagles have
made this a work day. for camp and
the project they have undertaken is
to clear the ground and start the
foundation for the future handicraft
and museum lodge. They expect at
least 30 workers. Other friends of
Scouting and Scout parents also have
indicated their intengion of putting
in a few “licks’’ for camp-thesame.
day. ~
attendance at Summer Point to the
largest Scout camp of three
yet for Tahoe Area Council. Reg
trations have
and 9 more Planning to.
Last Sunday
looked over Kilborn Lake.
of these were Camp
Roseville,
Placer and Nevada county
two weeks starting after Scout camp
July. 29. :
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TWO HUNDRED CAMP
FIRE GIRLS COMING
CITY POOL ATOP
GOLD IN WALLS,
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the . j
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same . .
Estimates by the seoutmasters in .
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; Vating for the bigs plunge,
about 40° visitors . nes W.
Twenty. S¢hools
of Yuba county, Mr,
Fire Girls of; Osuna, 5
who plan to attend the } Union high school and Yuba county
Camp;{JuUnior College, and Miss Lesta H. Fire Girls camp at Camp Pahatsi, for! Joubert, student at the University of
. California.
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Out
Swimming
really
upon
gold.
Cipal
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ago while excapool, Contractor
©. Soda, a‘few days
to a_ gold ledge. Councilman Ben
Hall made some Panning tests that!
show, in his own language, a “sood
prospect.”’ Another. mining expert,
who owns property in the vicinity of
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the municipal park, assayed the
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honey-comb quartz, a specimen of
Which is in the window of the Neé-.
vada City Nugget, and this assay re.
vealed a “fine Prospect.’’ Neither of
them, it seems,
tive assay of the rock.
Not only is the swimming pool located right on top of a gold ledge,
but the very walls are being fillea
with gold bearing quartz. For the
rock mixture that foes into the cement is from the North Star dump
and much of it Carries gold values.
Thus it is that Nevada City’s. swimming pool will be unique among the
thousands of pools in California, for
its literally floored and walled with
Sold bearing rock, and is built over
a gold vein.
Just by way of encouragement to
the boys and girls, the young and
old, who look forward to a plunge in
the pool on the Fourth, the Nugget
Was again assured today that the
Pool would be completed by that
date.
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Throng Attends Wedding
Commencement Ceremony
CAMPTONVILLE, June 10.—The
auditorium of the local Masonic hall
was filled to Capacity Saturday evening when 500. people coming from
miles around gathered to participate
{in the commencement exercises of
the Camptonville Union grammar
school and the Camptonville branch
weeks; Of the Marysville Union high school, .
is-; and the wedding ceremony of James
increased materially; L. Jeffrey and Miss Mabel Geraldine
this week, with Troop No. 19, of Au. Beach.
burn, having a total of 10 registered . Brief addresses were made on the
commencement program by Mrs. Ag-!
Meade, superintendent jot
Pedro
director of /the Marysville
Miss Silver of Marysville,
played a flute solo.
As soon as the exercises were over,
the strains of Lohongrin’s wedding
march beckoned the bridal procession, and James Lowe Jeffrey and
Miss Mabel Geraldine Beach were
obtained a quantita.
amember of Cort
County Foresters.
Mr. Savora was Stanford University; where: the an-. ‘ =
Cristofer; Nevada
nual graduation exercises are held. T! ; ; a ted
: te nals te funeral services were conducter
Walter Carlson, Principal of the
; ~. by the Foresters at Holmes Funeral
Washington grammar school, has! pices
oe : . Parlors yesterday at 3:30 p. m. ‘Mr.
left this city for Arcata, Humboldt Ps 5
Savora has resided inthis county for
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Railroad has procured two coaches to}
fire
united in Marriage by Justice of the
Peace Acton M. Cleveland. Following
the ceremony the bride and groom
led the grand march around the hall
and an all night benefit dance for
the high school was enjoyed, dancThe Nevada County Narrow Gauge
ke the place of those destroyed by ;
last year. They were used to
ing -in130 Camp Fire girls that
in
" Darke
county, where'he will spend his yva-}
au . 29 years and was highly esteemed
Saree ee had many friends in the Italian
Fish are still biting well, BOOT lane: :
ing to Donald Budi, who: eaught 22) x
in Deer Creek and on the stream .
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near the Gold Run bridge, last Tues-!
day:
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Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Searls, of the .
bay region, are spending a few d
Nevada City visitine
Fred
ays .
with his .
old .
Mrs. Searls, who
the
mother,
spending Summer in her
home
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Apperson and .
SOm and her mother, Mrs. Charles .
Guenther; spent Wednesday in Sac-!
ramento and Vacaville. At Vaca:.
ville Mr. Apperson visited an aunt .
who is ill. \
R. CC. Hisenhauer, engineer in
charge of the Alaska mine, passed
throuzh Nevada City Tuesday en-;
route to the mine from his home in
Berkeiey.
Mesiames Nellie Clarke, Annie
: William Davey, and Ida
Sweeney, ‘as delegates from Laurel:
Patlor, N. D. G. W., are leaving Sunday to attend Grand Parlor at Santa
Cruz Mr. John Darke will motor
to Santa Cruz with the ladies. i
Harry E. Bolton, of Nevada City,
and brother-in-law, Ted Sinnock, of
Colfax, motored to Gustine Sunday
and returned with Mr. Bolton’s ;
mother who will visit. here. for a}
time Bs
Mis» Kitty Kimball returned Tues. .
day evening from as-visit with oS)
and Mrs. Corley and Major Hoepner near Brownsville, Butte county.
The Corieys and Major Hoepner own .
a fine zold bearing gravel property. .
John P. ‘Sallee,’ who committed
:Of the vein with a stronger showing
MRS. FARMER TO PREACH
SUNDAY AT M. E. CHURCH
and Mrs. H. H. Buekner
attending the Methodist
at the College of the Pacifie in Stockton and will return about the middle
of next week.
Mrs. Farmey, sister oF Ww
Tamblyn, of this city, will fill the
Methodist church pulpit next Sunday.
She is a native of Nevada City and
her many friends will enjoy hearing
her sermon,
Rey. are
conference
HUSSEY DEVELOPMENT
INDICATES STRONG VEIN
Operations are proceeding steadily
at. the Hussey mine of West Mines
Corporation with interesting condi.
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Indications point to a consolidation
Sinking to
Planned.
below the present level.
determine this feature is
raising fre
Drifting and proceeding
Steadily with the production being .
treated at the company’s mill west .
of town, j
aUemaeeenaenceriee eas ef
FAHOE CIPY. June 14-— a4 new .
vein is being worked this week at/.
the Tahoe mine’ above Quail Lake.
Hight men have been added to the .
crew and a cyanide plant is being inStalled. :
came Wednesday and 76 are coming
Saturday from the broad gauge depot-at Colfax.
The girls Wednesday were from
Piedmont, California and
eoming Saturday will be from
land. Miss Rupert has
here several days preparing the
those
OakRhea
been
on Lake Vera for thenr.
Snyder and group of councilors have
been .at Camp Celio for several days
and the camp is almost ready.
-/RENO MAN PURCHASES —
. SMITH’S CABINET SHOP.
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camp
Miss Gladys .
‘ing to the strains of the Marysville
i Union h igh school orchestra.
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. Wyoming Tribe
Assists Initiation
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Monday eveWyoming Tribe of
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»€YS were present from Nevada Cty
neluding the drill team in full
Grand Sachem George Smith
of San Jose, was present for the most
njoyable evening.
memre~A delegation of the Wyoming
R. C. Rodgers. of Reno, has purTribe.-is going to Lincoln next Monchased the cabinet shop of J. L,(@ay to attend the meeting of the CenSmith, 220 Commercial street. Mr. tral California Red Men's AssociaRodgers has had long experience in . t1onIn the election of officers last carpentry and contracting, and will
bring his family here as soon as
property interests in Nevada can be
adjusted. Mr. Smith expects to devote himself at present to his mining
interests.
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SCOUT FINDS GOOD JOB.
Thursday, the following were chosen
for the coming term:
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Charles Eiiott, Prophet; Ernest Briesbil, Sachem; Fred Deal, Senior Sagamore;
Darrell Moody, Junior Sagamore;
George Gildersleeve, Chief of Records; Will James, Collector of Wampve pum; George Falmbigl, Keeper. of
Albert Pratti, Junior Assistant Wampum,
Scout Master, of the Boy Scouts, seInstallation will take place at a
happy over it.
Miller
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cured work at Parson's Nursery meeting in July. They are to be inabout two hours after a story appear-. stalled by District Deputy Great Saced-in the Nugget Monday evening, hem Steven Trathen, of Grass Valasking that work be given boys in ley.
. order that they could earn enough SH
!money to attend summer camp at Mrs. Henry Schroeder, who after a
'Lake Kilborne. The work wil} last . Serious illness early in the year, has
for’ several days and he is quite} been living with her sister, Mrs. F.
in Grass Valley, has opened
1er home on Prospect Hill and will
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Mrs. Emina Foley has returned reside there until she further regains
from a visit with her sister, Mrs. her stréngth, when she plans to take
Joseph Ryan; in Reno, Nevada.
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Republican Candidate for Governor, who will visit Nevada City
and Grass Valley next Wednesday
afternoon.
Next Thursday he will call at Dow
ville, Truckee, Tahoe City and return to Sacramento.
FORMER GOV. CG. ©.
Former Gov. Young .
_ Te Visit Nevada City
Southern California, where all his former admirers and Supporters are. rallying to his banner,
the sbduth, tours
‘and Calaveras counties.
Stockton
calling at
and at noon will lunch‘at Auburn. He
He will visit Colfax in the afternoon, be
Nevada City’s Zuest
mentioned above, and drive
Valley for dinner where he will meet
the
County.
Young wilt
next Wednesday af’ Governor C. .
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sit Nevada
ternoon between 3:40and 4:15." He
desires to meet as many Nevada City
voters as possible in the brief time al. lotted him: by his field representative,
. Robert Ge, Alderman, who was in Ne{ vada City yesterday making arrange: ments.
Young is now campaigning in
he returns from
Tuolumne, Amador
He will leave
early Wednesday morning,
rious towns along the route,
Early next week
during the hours
to Grass
tepublican leadership of Nevada
nieville, Sierra City, Satlee, SierraWhat Would The Fourth —
Be Without Columbia?
ee eccemnes
This is a story for girls, pretty
girls, plain girls, ambitious girls,
thin girls and stout girls, girls
blonde as Elaine, girls brunette as
Carmen, girls tall and girls short,
solemn girls or giggling girls:
Now. do_listen girls, for it is-really
Fred Conner, chairman of Nevada
City’s’ Fourth of July Parade Committee, who is addressing . you
through the medium of this Nugget. .
No parade since the days of
“Forty Nine,’ has been a real parade
unless Columbia has sat enthronea
and moved with regal splendor down
Broad street or up Commercial, as
the case might be.
Now (Fred Coner js speaking
again) with the full commendation
of the Fourth of July Committee ot
which Frank Finnegan is chairman,
a plan has been evolved for choosing
Columbia this year among Nevada
City’s host of attractive girls: “In
years agone elections were held as a
money raising stunt.
Sentiments. were all smeared
with commercialism.
the most votes got the office of Columbia. Other methods,’ mostly
Our patriotic :
over }
The girl with .
office of Columbia on July ‘Fourth
either at the Grass Valley Union office or the Nevada City Nugget of' fice.
And that will be all she has to do,
until one day during the last of June
all the candidates registered will be
called together and under the expert
eye of three judges, will hold a grand
coin matching contest.
They will sit around a table and
match coins, heads or tales, until all
l pa one is eliminated, and that girl
‘will be Columbia: on July Fourth.
. She will. have provided for her a
. beautiful fSown, a beautiful crown, 2
beautiful throne and a beautiful ve-°
hecle‘or float, and as many beautiful
i Princesses in Waiting as there are
/among the candidates who lost out
in the coin matching.
For when all is said and done,
, every girl will agree with Fred Con‘ner, that matching coins is the grand
'old Forty Niner and American way
of settling all matters concerning
which there may be doubts of any
kind. .
Now, all that the girls need to remember in this contest, is their own
tainted with the same mmercial.
: S a 60 Crete) :@ges’and these are very important
ism, were used, and all but one of: “ :
: i dates, June 16 to June 26, Me’ whichthe dear youg things were disap; oe :
: all candidates must register.
pointed.
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But this is the year of sweetness :
and light and the New Deal.
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. Night in June” (serenade) ;
and, mark the parallel ere, ‘between the dates. June 16 and June
26, may enter her candidacy for the
THRONGS ENJOY HIGH
SCHOOL BAND CONCERT
From the National Hotel baleony
at eight o’clock Wednesday night,
the high school band delivered a fine
rethe
They were
pleasure by
numbers.
much
listeners assembled below:
sroup. of
The musicians played the fellowing pieces: ‘Parade of the Guards,’’
{march), ‘‘Ocean Waves’’ (waltz);
“Dawn in the Forest” (overture) ;
“Dull Razor .Blades”’ (fantasy); “A
“Great
Northwest” (overture); “Trombone
Troubles” ang “Pride of the Land”
(march).
The concert was conducted by Mr.
L. E. Sweeney with his usual verve
and vigor.
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WwW INS FISHING BETS
Dick Lane, who conducts the mechanical part of the Plaza Garage,
holds the record for the best fisherman in the district so far ag ascertainable, with 325 trout caught. so
far this season, in limits.
He has won two wagers totaling
$6 from envious and skeptical
friends.
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A mezzine floor was completed ‘in
the Racket Store Saturday. The pro-prietors, Mr. and Mrs. H. RB. Bolton,
have moved their office upstairs,
Any .
sirl between the ages of 16 and 26,1 BELOVED WOMAN
. BORNETO REST
Funeral services were conducted —
Wednesday afternoon at the Trinity
Episcopal church for the late Mrs. A.
Hartung, The church was filled
with sorrowine relatives and friends,
. who paid tribute to one of Nevada
. City’s best loved ‘women, Members
of Trinity Guild, Native Daughters
;and Eastern Star, of which she was
a member, were present.
Masses of beautiful flowers gave
i; mute testimony of the sincere love
jand esteem in Which Mrs, Hartung
. was held in this community.
Rev. Charles E, Washburn delivered a simple, touching eulogy. The
. Holmes Funeral Home conducted the
‘funeral arrangements. :
Interment was made in . Pine
Grove cemetery with the following
acting as pall bearers: R. L. P. Bigelow, P. G. Scadden, James F. Colley,
John O'Neill; James Penrose and A.
&
W. Hoge.
NO LIQUOR, OR JAIL,
FOR THIS WIFE BEATER
Tuesday morning Judge, W. L.
Mobley, sentenced Walter Shepher,
Who lives near the Pine Products
plant, to 90. days in jail for wife
beating. Deputy Sheriff Jack Net‘tle arrested him on. complaint of hiswife. ‘Sentence was suspended on —
condition that he would refrain ‘from.
the use of liquor and conduct. him.
self as a law abiding citizen,