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: COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA . The Nugget.
; Vol 16, No. 48. oo ne County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA The Gold C a MONDAY, JUNE. 15, 1942
. Thinking
Out Loud
By H. M. L.
AFL May
Take Case
MUNICIPAL POOL
OPENED TODAY
The Nevada City municipal swimLava Cap Announces
Pay Boost Of 8c Hour
Caught
in the
" ‘ Ne ming pool opened at noon today and
wo any there were a good numlber of chilThe management of the Lava Cap Gold Mining CorRiftles
PRs _ "The amount of publicity materO our S dren ready to take their first dip °f) poration on Friday, June 12, met with its employees and adial that comes to the editors of the year desipite the rather cool wea-. ,,; d th hat beoinn: : d ieee : vised them that beginning with the second half of June wages
small country newspapers from Th C Vall Gold Mi «. ther. will be raised Bc per h f ll 1 ; Thi blish Dan Ungaro went to Sylvan: Corgovernment agencies is colossal: e rass alley (e) : inLocal children were especially Pp our for all employees. is establishes a ners today to resign his goeiiion on
(No other word will do. Added to . ers Union of the American. anxious for the pool to open Saturbase rate for miners of $6.48 and muckers at $6.00 with time principal of that eaten Ungato
? this is a huge weight of sami Feéderation of Labor announce ae yésterday because the weather . and a half for all hours worked over 40. hours per week. soon expects to leave for military
from professional organizations, l ill babl be . really was warm but preparations for nears : ; ; an appeal wi roba e . : ‘ : ele service,, . . Charles Parsons and Ed
‘ whose ethics forbids them to adPP ws. P y its opening could not be completed The Lava Cap Gild Mining pie local Hick
, : oe made to the state courts to}; ,, C Bg raltz, local High echee! eae
x vertise, from great corporations, 1 h Idaho-M lund in time. Corporation 1s in a different are working for the forest service
: who, for a minimum of—advertiscompe t e ano-lViaryian category from the other fold mines this. summer. Several Grass Valley
ing seek a maximum of free pubCorporation to recognize the Sat in this district insofar as it is classii male teaches are working at the
licity in the press, and, in election . AFT, union as bargaining agent CAPT BLAKE T0 fied by the War Production Board as NAMED HEAD OF eantonment. Art Hooper G. V. high
, years, from candidates. It is dif. for the employees of the min° a a Getenek SHGMSITY, (he semieas Obie school coach, is working this sum. ficult even in these times to save ing corporation. J : Te) i strategic mineral producers, which mer for Hooper and Weaver Mort‘all this waste paper and make an a aommites of the APL which ' is due to the fact that the concenuary—digging graves!
i honest penny by bailing it and . conferred with Idaho-Maryland Min: Cee er ecuise oo one COMuwny SFC :
% shipping it. As matters. stand it . e, Corporation officials Saturday afa ee shipped to the Selby Lead Smelter,. The California Hydraulic Mining} District Attorney Vernon Stoll and
, constitutes a vast river of waste. . iternoon informed the mining com10 SAVE TIRES where they are absolutely necessary. Association, at its meeting held yes-. H. Ward Sheldon, Nevada City at4 Soin pany officers that William Green, , as a diluent and flux in the lead. terday afternoon in Grass Valley,. tormey, have both announced their —
This material sent to editors in
. the hope that they will publish it,
for nothing, is a three+way waste.
Tt wastes first of all the material,
which multiplied by the number of
newspapers throughout the country runs into thousands of tons of
paper worth approximately $100
wastes the time and’ energies of
private enterprises, plus ‘wasted
time of editors who peruse
stuff throw it alway.
This three-way waste of these
‘seekers of something for nothing
the ~,
president of the American Federation of Labor, has authorized the appropriation of funds. to carry the
case of the Gold Miners Union to the
courts.
The committee which conferred
with the Idaho4Maryland officials included Homer Owens, president, Jess
The Gold Miners Union offered to
ho-Maryland Conporation ‘but the
company officials decided to stand
with the Protective League, which
holds a bargaining agency contract
until June 30, 1943.
The statement that the case may
ihe taken to the state courts was made
.The State Highway Traffic Advisory Committee of the War Department announced today that the Hastman program designed to conserve
tires on automobiles and secure. the
maximum use of mass transportation facilities will be administered
in Nevada County by Inspector H. E.
which the local .officials received indetermine whether hours of work in
‘offices, industrial plants, and schools
can tbe staggered effectively to provide greater use of rail and bus facilities and whether it will be possible
to put into effect neighborhood riding on the ‘‘share your car’’ basis.
smelting process. In addition to this,
about 30 tons of arsenic are shipped
monthly in these concentrates, which
now is a very important requirement
in the war effort.
The increase in pay ‘was made
necessary to comipete with other
strategic mineral’ producers in their
bid for miners and has for-its pursecure additional miners so that production can be ‘brought to a maxiand. vice president, has just returned from the east where he has been
in eonference with the board of directors of his corporation and it is
the attitude of these gentlemen that
since the success of our arms is inelected George Hallock of Alleghany
and Nevada City to the position of
president, an office he occupied for
two previous years. Hallock succeeds
C. W. Haffey of Colfax, who had succeeded Hallock for one year term.
Fred Harvey of Galt was reelected
vice president, W. W. Esterly of
Grass Valley secretary and Mrs. Edna
per ton, Second it wastes an enor . Johnson, secretary, Elisha Curtis,. Blackwell and Captain J. E. Blake. Sis) £6 SALGAH CLLSe. SAHIOM ALAE co Baie GO arabe has that Nevada City really has bakery
mous sum in postage, many times . Otville Karr and A. H. Peterson, or-}. This decision is the result of a 3sense ie hae a ck roa Paes ie nt ee ks stores. It took strikes in three bakthe worth of the paper. And last it ganizer. day conference in Los Angeles at. P 2 hat iad MaKe ; i : Be elected include! eries in Sacramento, where most of
George McAuley of Auburn, Haffey,
George Duffey of Forest Hill, Super: : : f i at. s i i ; r . Inspector of ; Stes :
thousands of press agents, public. (Prove with membership cards that. structions in the program : : nae : : “. to bring that to their attention.
ity hounds, and public relations dethe AFL union represented a major-. Blackwell states that an immediate. ™um in ne interest of our successbd Judge George L. Jones of Nevada
artments in government and in . ity of the men employed by the Ida-. survey will be made in this area to ful prosecution of the war. ‘City, I. EB. Rose of Iowa Hill, Frank; The local bakeries were swamped
1D
Mr. Schiffner, general manager. Bonner of Piedmont, L. R. Brundige. ‘with bread customers and Saturday
of Sacramento, Robert. Dahlberg of
Auburn, W. H. Taylor of San Francisco.
The officers will be seated at the
next meeting, which will be held in
candidacies for the D. A. post but
Jim Snell will not run. Not that
Snell wouldn’t like to get into the
race but his wife strenuously objects
to it. “And after all,” Snell says,
“T have to live with her.”’
A great many local residents actually learned during the ‘weekend
the bread consumed here comes from,
at noon, every loaf in town was sold.
Louis Kopp had anticipated a rush
for bread and had baked 1200 loaves, using all the flour he had in his
Auburn in July.
war. Highway Engineer C. H. Purcell
store. Pease’s Bakery continued their
bread baking all day Saturday and
; mounts into millions of dollars an. when the mining company officers The district highway engineer who. Volved, this corporation should do = . many SUSLOM SEs were sold loaves
fs nually, that had much better be . informed the committee from the. has jurisdiction over this county will. eVverything possible to supply the STATE ENGINEERS . steaming hot out of the ovens.
* directed into war ‘work. Nine. AL that neither the NURB or. the. act as the coordinating officer to as-. Necessary concentrates. to re Selby 1 Waa A heavy Sunday rush for bread
us tenths of the matter submitted to . war Labor Board had jurisdiction in. sist Inspector Blackwell and Captain) Plant to the full capacity of its abil: wasn’t expected but Kopp baked 600
4 editors is advertising, some of it . the gold mining industry. Bleké in carrying out the program. . ity to, produce them. TEAVE HIGHWAYS loaves anyway. Yesterday by noon
‘a cleverly disguised to be sure, but . It will ‘be of interest to note that. 0,879 every loaf was sold!
firmly embedded in’ the verbiage. . 2 the employees of this corporation are ; An observing voter remarked that
; The other tenth is ‘usually songs of in exactly the same status as if they TN . . ) Nevada Countyans cannot go wrong
! praise for whatever corporation or OQ Ou ant ourt were employed in any other defense] (U9 .9q in the coming election; that every
k government = agency. puts.it out. pire industry and are contributing ‘in pa as ae candidate ‘so far to announce for ofAll corporations are Utopian. All 4 . e every way to our success in the war. iin sence bons le June 15.—(UP) . fice is well qualified for the position
\ candidates are pure. All profess. eX he ? Tie: mare ekbarsdue of highways is/she or he seeks . . There is some
] jonal groups who cannot sully e e fa 10n ere: having its troubles because of the! talk that a 50 cent per day wage intheir fair escutcheons with paid
advertising, are nobly disposed toward humanity, ‘with never a
thought of fees.’ The government
ministering angels
hard put to it to find readable material for their newspapers.
At a meeting held in the
evening it was decided to call
realize there will be no time to wait
for a meeting of your organization,
therefore ‘we must urgently request
city council chambers — Friday
a meeting of representatives
from’ all organizations in NevadaCity to decide whether or not
dications our citizens desire a cele\bration— but it must be inexpensive
and. patriotic.”
ALLEN CHAPMAN
AGAIN PROMOTED
was a captain in the army.
Major Chapman is working under
General Arnold, in the newly creatrevealed that 205. engineers had
gone into federal services since the
start of the war and more than 400
highway workers have been laid off
gencies are ; ; ;
eased whose services the planet . there should be a Fourth of July celebration this year. Allen Chapman, son of Dr. andj. from minor repair work for which! Bob"Tamblyn this week will go to
would soar off into the cold winds “This is a‘ very important meet-' Mrs. C. W. Chapman, has been prothere were neither funds nor prior-. work at Bethlehem Steel plant as a
‘ that ‘blow between the stars. All . ing,”’ Secretary H. F, Sofge of the. solicitation of money from the mer-. moted to the rank of major by the HAG : ; : welder’s helper. Eddie Powell plans
: of them have a mistaken notion . 'Chamber of Commerce said, ‘‘and. chants. The program calls for a par-. United States Army. : : see be ae when gasoline ration-)to work at Mare Island until he rethat néwspaper publishers . are . Your organization should begrepres-. ade; possibly a picnic at Pioneer. This happy news was received ;ing is introduced in Caltfornia, ex-/ceives his call into military service.
ented by one of your officers. Wel. Park, and a speaker. From all in-. here this week. Chapman formerly perts predict that the revenue from) Life long residents are leaving right
the gasoline tax would drop 40 per
cent immediately. It was expected
such a curtailment in gas _ taxes
crease is forthcoming to employees
of Nevada County mines, other than
the Lava Cap, where a 64 cent per
day boost has already been announced. Time will tell..
and left but its surprising how many
new people come into town to ‘re(place them.
Nobody does anything about . iyo) you or your representative, at-. “If for any reason the. various. ed branch of the army air corps, Dirwould bring. a resulting 50 per cent ——
drying wp this river of waste, DUt . +o4q this meeting, for iipon the de-. civic and fraternal bodies do not. ectorate of Flyin Safety. slagh \in highway” activities, singe; ‘The romance ead sasiiy of (te
occasionally someone in a Hig) . cision to be made at this time will. send a representative to this meet-. In the letter to his parents, Major} Costs of materials are going up and . days of '49 are evidenced by the
place of authority with some . 4.jend on whether or not the cele-. ing it will mean they do not wish a. Chapman said he is working hard to becoming scarcer. names the forty niners bestowed on
knowledge of the newspaper business does speak out to executives
whose exchequers are the source
of. this river. Yandell C. Cline,
writing in a publication that many
corporations receive, offers advice
for company officials who want
news of their plant activities reéported truthfully and not interpret
ed nor colored to the comipany’s
disadvantage. But it is excellent
advice as well for anybody with apublicity problem-——whether busi“Unless you've had training in
newspaper work,’’ says Mr. Cline,
“don’t submit an article to the papers and get mad when it doesn't /. ,
appear as you wrote it.74
, ‘ ’ attempt to write a few Ce
' ay hosdiinas for your story. Those receiving their citizenship Nevada City, will have charge of the Home.
ers at 5c a pound, or, of couxse,. Wild Goose Flat, Whiskey Bar, Griz¢ ste
papers are:
. farewell for the men.
may be donated if patriotism dictat-. zley Flat,’Groundhog Glory.
“Wr ds is an art, and the : :
h cality and queniity of news on a . . Axel Alfred Jolnson native of/ ‘ose leaving are: NEVADA COUNTY a '. Valtey. Helté Delight. (eumae particu ie: . OTe? ic ree eons Bweet. Jamos Annie ton ble Albert Vur-. SHARE IN GAS
. Slide, Henroost Camp, Hog’s Digs,
particular day determines
kind of display your item will get.”
“Don’t” Mr. Cline pleads, ‘‘presume to instruct the editor where
bration will be held.
“Will you kindly phone Sam Hooper at the city hall—Phone 27-W-‘whether your group will be represented at this meéting. A tentative
program was discussed at the Friday
meeting. This program involves no
ject will. be abandoned.”’
“This is how important you should
attend.
mediately to Mr. Hooper, Fourth of
EIGHT IN COUNTY
NATURALIZED
granted citizenship following naturalization hearing conducted in the
superior court here Friday. Judge
George L. Jones presided and _ reminded the new citizens of their responsilbilities.
native of Russia, Victor Gustafson
native of Finland, Madeline Veronica
Jackson native of Canada, Elli Ollik\kala native of Finland, Magnus MaINNEXT CALL
ness, personal, political—or socpeep : Sega Si conservation, announced a nation-. er, Brandy Gulch, Koyote Hill, Cenial. ¢ Hight Nevada ‘Countyans were ARE ANNOUNCED . uy bedi tag ae nan 4 hae wide campaign to save grease for. tipede Hollow, Chickenthief Fiat,
Harris Drug Store here. vital ele-. Christian Flat, Deadman’s Bar, Dead
Clerk Merle Morrison has
nounced the names of the next group
of men to leave Nevada County for
military service.
‘Laurel ‘Parlor No.
Daughters of the Golden
6, Native
West of
gara, Carleton BHugene Wilson, Donald T. Tuxford, Jacob Isador Fox,
Carl Whiting, James Eleon Pruett,
Edward Jezeski, Arleigh Alderman
celebration of any kind, and the pro“Please iphohe your aeéeptance im-] .
July committee of the city council.” . "
puild up the organization.
a 2
. Bdward C. Lamb, 69, father of
iMrs. Clem Whitaker, died at the
Whitaker home on Washington
Street yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamb came to Nevada City from Orland two weeks}
ago to visit with the Whitaker famThe deceased, a plasterer by trade,
was a native of Indiana. The body
was taken yesterday to Orland,
where funeral rites and burial will
take place. Local arrangements were
handled by the Holmes. Funeral
TAX IS $16,919
State Controller Harry B. Riley today apportioned $16,919.59 of gasoline tax money to Nevada County for
. For Explosive Manfacture
Highway activity for the duration
of war will ibe restricted to defense
road construction and maintenance,
regardless of rationing.
Ham, Bacon Fat Valuable
‘Nevada Countyans will be told by
the war productinn ‘board to. eat
Plenty of ham and bacon—but save
the fat.
Joseph F. iscoarentey, salvage
chief for WPB’s bureau of industrial
conversion into glycerin
ment in manufacture of ‘explosives.
He said a camipaign will be\ conduct‘ed to acquaint housewives, ‘restaurant owners with the necessity for
saving kitchen fat. x
The fats may ‘be sold to meat dealSAM BEDWELL
locallties in which they resided.
Mrs. Belle Douglass, local historpian, uncovered interesting information from an early day Sacramento
Union on the names of various
towns and districts, many of them in
this area.
Picturesque names of towns, well
known to old timers, but many no
longer in éxistence, include:
American Hollow, Barefoot Diggins, Bloomer Hill, Blue Belly Ravine, Bob Ridley Flat, Bogus ThundMule Canyon, Deadwood, Devil's
Basin, Devil's Elbow, Gas Hill, Gitup-and-git, Gopher Flat, Gospel
Gulch, Gouge-eye, Graveyard Canyon, Sulky Flat, Greaser’s Camp,
Gheenhorn Canyon, Gridiron Bar,
ins, Horsetown, Humbug Canyon,
ngry Camp, Jackass Gulch, Jim
Craw Canyon, Last Chance, Lazy
Man‘s Canyon, Liberty Hill, Loafer
} ee ve oma tor thison native of ONN AY, Raymond} y,aird, Lester Richard Merrifield, the quarter ended March 31. The alMAIL CONTRAC . Hill, afer’s Retreat, Rattlesnake
it or not. And after all, it’s his COR Drugrt, mative of France atin George Goudge, Floyd Tremaine. jotment was made on the basis of a ‘ Bar, Long Town, Lousy Ravine, Love
newspaper.” Nh Oat eeee WAY Eo rne Stenger, Clifford Merrifield, Clarence. motor vehicle registration of 6,158}: VITA. Letter Camp, Mad Canyon, Miller's
The following were granted repat-/Tane, John Rushing, Clyde Joseph. for this county. q Defeat, Mount Zion, Murderer’s Bar,
Don’t expect the editor to print jriation. Annie Hooper, Delina Joseph-. Fisk, Lea Edward Tucker, Samuel Ruley.aaid’ the apportionment waala. Hea aN felts The nail Way Red), Nigger Hill, Na
“puff” material in your behalf. . ine Paoppera, Julia Festi, Laura An-. Riley Shuler and Dale Russell Meeds. part of a total dfstribution of $14.-. oniract Re ou AG asa Cainp, One Eye, Palotane a
That's advertising and advertising {na Anargus, Ruth Bernice Lindvall, 283,707 of gasoline tax revenue. Of. morest and ice te nan {eake Ravine) P ip hea
revenue is what keeps papers alive. . Carrie May Alexander. she total he apportioned $4,761,236 mcd thet Gk or ehsho wai wade Flat, Piety H free Pugh rhox Go
\Confine yourself to facts. When “GETTING ALONG FINE” to California's fifty eight gounties: for the. service, has’ been accepted. Gulch, Poker Fla Poodletown,
a reporter calls to induire about ak ead cleoe Mrs. E. J. Ott, who underwent an. the balance of $9,522,471 he depositThe other bidder was Frank Davies, Man’s Creek, Fo! Wine, iy 7
‘the fire at your house or the acciemergency operation at the Jones}ed in the state highway fund for whose bid was about $1200 less than Hill, Puppytown, Push Coach ©
dent at our.plage of business, don’t . Superior Judge George L. Jones. Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley. highway construction and mainten-. po qwelt’s, Quack Hil, Ragtow
try to influence him to “keep it
out of the paper.” His job is to get .
the news. If he thinks you’’re ‘‘covering up;’—-he’ll start digging.
left here Saturday for San Francisco on a business trip. Last Thursday
Judge Jones. presided in the superior“court’in Placer County.
Friday, is
was reported today. Mrs.
“getting along fine’’, it
Beatrice
Hoge, a daughter, is here from the
bay area until Mrs. Ott récovers.
ance.
Of the latter amount $2,380,618
will be apportioned later to cities for
highway work to be done either by
Ay
the cities_ themselves ‘or by the Division of Highways on thoroughfares
within cities.
dine, Seventy-six, Shaz
bone Peak, Shirttail
flint, Skunk Gulch,