June 16, 1950 (8 pages)

Cg We Lead! Others: Follow! Nevada ugget * . ieee to the Finest . Fishing i in 1 California Twenty-Third Year — No. 2 Nevada City (Nevada oak) California, June 16, 1950 YY Arount G Kin Y P A friend whom I’ve known intimately for 20 years writes, commenting on the candidate recommendations which appeared in this column two weeks ago. He recalls a time when “the very thought of supporting a Republican reactionary -was practically grounds for separation from the body politic.’ And he taunts’ me with his memory of a “McKenney who wouldn’t be caught looking at a-circus elephant” but he is duly thankful that things are different now. It had’ not occurred to me in recent years that I had éver been anything but an anti-New Dealer. The change must have taken place gradually over many years. I voted for Hoover on my first ballot, did not swing to FDR until 1936, then regretted my adventures in practical liberalism. Truman to .ne has always been a small-time politician burdened by mediocrity but gifted with political good fortune. Actually, my political thinking has not changed a great deal. But what. was ultra-liberal 20 years ago is hard-shell conservatism today. No great pressure has been exerted on me to cause resentment against the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. But I think my attitude is reflected by. millions of small businessmen who see the so-called Fair Deal ‘as a long step toward Socialism and a real menaée to the institutions which make. their livelihood possible. The Democratic: party under ‘Truman has enjoyed an unprecedented period of prosperity. No matter ‘what party had secured dominance, that post-war economic upswing could not have been stopped. In the face of that unearned record is it any wonder that the Democrats have remained solidly in power? Is it inconsistent for a_businessman to enjoy prosperity on one hand but at the same time to resent the growing power of the political party which claims the credit for that prosperity? I don’t think so and here’s why: 1. The prosperity we talk about is a fictitious thing. When I started in business 20 years ago I charged $7 for the same printing job I must get $15.50 for now in order to make the same ratio of profit. And now my profits are taxed at least 20 percent higher than they were. Which leaves me with less than I had. We handle more money now and the infla-) tion has probably “stimulated greater volume, which creates a false impression of economic improvement. 2. There was no fair trade practices act, no social security, virtually no income tax, no wage and hour law, and darned few government’ regulations which touched my small business when I started out.-Now it takes a lawyer. to interpret the rules Which govern an employer. And the man who creates jobs by his ingenuity, aggressiveness, and industry is lucky if he escapes fines, penalties,. reprimand, ‘or confiscation in ee normal conduct of his busmhess. 3. It has long been axiomatic in America that.a man was free to enter business if he chose, that he could learn to take his chances in the hard school of competition. In the old days it made strong men but today if an enterpriser showns. signs of business leadership, government steps in to slap him back into place. Government directs the course of business by controlling the interest rates of capital, imposing tax burdens which stifle investment. opportunities, and imposing operational regulations. Not just in the field of “big business’ but in very small. business, too. I sound like a sour old man, as though I have .lost all perspective andoptimism. That’s unfair because 'm a registered Republican and that requires hope if nothing }-on April 21, else. MASONS START NEW CENTURY IN GRAND MANNER Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. & A. M.° has. passed. the hardest stretch —the first hundred years. The lodge celebrated the centennial Saturday and Sunday in the grand manner with three Past Grand Masters participating in the ceremonies. Joseph F. Stenger, for the second time. the Worshipful Master of the local lodge, presided at the closed program. Stenger was Worshipful Master of Nevada Lodge in 1906. Past Grand Masters on the program were William H. Taylor, Burlingame, PGM of the Philippine Islands; George L. Jones, Nevada City, PGM of California; and Leslie E. Wood, Sacramento, PGM of California, and principal speaker of the evening. Also in attendance was Grand Senior Warden Louis C. Drapeau of Los Angeles. James Snell, judge of Nevada county superior court, briefly described formation of Lafayette Lodge 29 on charter from Wisconsin Grand Lodge of California 1850, and some of the principal personalities of Nevada Lodge 13, successor of the Lafayette lodge. More than 150 Masons attended the Saturday night program and partook of the baked ham dinner served by Evangeline Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. . The tables were decorated with . a centennial theme of gold pans with nuggets lying on table pieces of red roses, while each table received its light from an -old time kerosene lamp. Historical artifacts of the lodge were on exhibit in one of the outer halls. Five 50-year members of Nevada lodge, four of whom were present Saturday night, were the guests of honor and to whom the evening was formally dedicated. They are Benjamin.Hall with 60 years of service and dean of the local lodgé; Stenger, 54; George Legg, 52; Thomas Coan, 51; and/. Alfred Martin, 59. Martin was unable to attend. More than 1,000 persons attended a two-hour concert Sunday afternoon at the high school auditorium by the Ben Ali Shrine band and Chanters of Sacramento, to climax the centennial celebration. FOUR COLLEGE DEGREES OWNED BY MEMBERS OF JACKSON FAMILY Three sons of Mrs. Mary Jackson, Camptonville, won academic degrees at the University of California last week. Mrs. Jackson, a short gray-haired widow, won her own degree at Chico State college in 1948, which now makes the Jackson family a quartet of college graduates. Hugh M. Jackson, 27, received his. master degree in_ political science, William R. Jackson, 25, got his master degree in history, and Dan Jackson, 23, won his bachelor of arts degree in economics. All took part in the commencement exercises at the Berkeley campus last week, then left to take summer jobs with the forest service. None of the three brothers are married. Mrs. Jackson, whose husband died 12 years ago, has been a teacher in the county’s -rural schools but expects to give up teaching to go into business. She said she hopes to open a “Southern Style Dinner’ ’establishment at her home place on the Downieville highway near Camptonville, serving dinners in true Alabama style. ROCK FIND MAY HAVE PREHISTORIC ORIGIN A stone, which may be of prehistoric origin, containing aboriginal lines and circles, and a definite relief outline of a large lizard, was found by Art Hansen, of the Peardale district, recently in the You Bet country. Hansen said the rock is entirely different from the rock of the region where he found it and it shows erosion. a ACTION IS EXPECTED SOON ON ARMORY John L. Larue, city attorney for Nevada. City; received ‘word yesterday afternoon from Senator Harold Johnson, that Governor Earl Warren has placed the Nevada City armory on top priority and that action can soon be expected on the project. WAYNE BROWN WINS SHERIFF'S RUN BY 47 VOTES Wayne Brown, Grass Valley oil distributor, was elected sheriff of Nevada county by a margin of 47 votes over incumbent Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins, with the counting of absentee balolts last Tuesday. Of the 252 absentee ballots Hoskins received 146 ana Brown 104 to bring the final count to 3,660 for Brown and 3,613 for Hoskins. The absentee ballots changed the race for constable of Nevada township with Joe Tredennick Roseville, . Miles D. Coughlin, port about the council last night. edging out Bert E. Johnson by six votes, after Johnson had a lead of two after the June 6 primary. Tredennick will run "off with W. O. Shipley in the November. general election. Shipley retained his lead with 821 votes, Tredennick polled 689 and Johnson had 683. Ed J. Kohler, North San Juan, remained in second place, to be the opponents to Guy Robinson, Indian Springs, in the November run-off for supervisor from the fourth district. Robinson had a total of 217 with seven absentee ballots, and Kohler picked up six for a total of 126. C. L. “Mitch” Painter replaced . Henry Magonigal for third place . picking up 13 votes for a total of . 115. Magonigal had 113 votes. GOLD CROWN MINE STARTS OPERATIONS IN ALLEGHANY AREA . The Gold Crown mine in Alleghany .,began operations last week with Foreman Howard Martin throwing the switch that shot the first round to symbolize the start of work. The drift round was shot on the 100 foot level which will drift onto a gold bearing quartz vein 100to 150 feet north where it will pick up an ore chute in that vicinity. Serpentine was encountered at the bottom of a 100 foot shaft. Other formations such as schist, relief quartsite, etc, which are peculiar to the Alleghany district, are also in evidence. The Gold Crown is a Nevada} corporation with headquarters at . the Nevada Agency and Trust! company in Reno and is domes-. ticated to do-business in the state of California with business headquarters.at the Gold Crown Mining Corp. in Alleghany. Excerpts from a report by J. D. Hubbard regarding the Gold Crown mine are as follows: “To me the Alleghany district of California has always been a standout of gold mining. Politics, depressions, etc., have. not touched it at all: Adverse conditions such as high costs, low market for gold, still do not stop it. Since 1848, over 100 years, it has’ not! stopped producing gold for a single day. It has a remarkable even fabulous history. Today its\mines are still great and far from being worked out. It has a great future. ~“In the case of the Gold Crown mine, all the favorable factors of the district apply. Moreover, it is a new mine, in a way more favorable outlook than many of the extensively worked mines. In my more than 50 years experience in mining I have not run onto-a more likely property. In my opinion it will become a great . mine under’ proper management and diligent. development.” Lauis Delamothe is president and Harriette Duke is secretarytreasurer. Due to lack of attendance the regularly scheduled meeting of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening was week it granted $250 -to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce to be used toward financing the Fourth of July celebration and authorized necessary police aid in closing off Pine between Commercial and Broad during the celebration. the chamber and chairman of the Fourth of July celebration committee, presented the request. ment with the Nevada Irrigation District under which the NID ,is to supply 400 feet of four-inch pipe for a fire protection line in the Brock tract along the southj}ern line of the city. The pipe will be peteeeines: will permit the city to place fire hydrants on the line at a cost of $5 per hydrant per year. FULL CAMPING SEASON in by Boy Scouts of the Tahoe Area Council for the first week at Camp Pahatsi, ing season and reservations for two-thirds of the second twoweek session received Scout Executive Raymond J. Ewan statea that a full camping season ‘is indicated this year. June 25 to July 30 comprising three weeks of regular Boy Scout camp program and two weeks of the Explorer gram. be a smali crew work project week from July 30 to at the camp in addition to Ewan, who will be camp director, “will include Del Raby, tive, who will serve as. assistant director and director of the Explorer program; J. M. ner, ham, of Auburn; Willard Rose, Phil Crenshaw and Al Neep of Grass Valley; Jack Shuman and Hutting, Ron Brill, Phil Leak, Dr. Mitchell Lewis and R. R. Schneider, of Roseville. John Knapp, an Valley truck driver, and former sentenced today in Yuba county . Superior court following submisdismissed without action. SOFGE, CULLEN) RESIGN FROM CITY COUNCIL The council of the City of Nevada now has onky three members—Mayor Thomas H. Taylor, and Councilmen William E. Mullis and Marvin E. Haddy. =. The council was decreased last night by the resignation of H. F. “Si” Sofge, whose retirement was . accepted with regrets. Sofge gave ill health as his reason for retirement from office, saying ‘the doctor ordered me to.” Leo Cullen created the other vacancy’ when he resigned. last week. The council took no action on appointments to the vacancies. The airport commission consisting of H. J. Ray, retired admiral; city judge, and William Swain, airport _OPerator, submitted a_ long “reairport to the Cullen resigned from the council at the régular session THursday evening of last week. Culleh said he is leaving Nevada City to accept a position with a hardware firm as district salesman. In actions of the council last Ray Spickelmier, president of The council signed an agreeinstalled by the city. The EXPECTED AT PAHATSI With capacity reservations ‘sent summer campThe camp will operate from or older boy proFollowing this there will retained for a Aug. 6. Scout leaders who will serve. field execu“Red” WarFred Knudsen and Don GraRalph Baker, of Penryn, Sayre experience Scout camp cook, of Loomis, will be camp cook. Dow Alexander, of Gold Flat, will be archery instructor during part of the camp. WILLIAMS SENTENCE IS EXPECTED TODAY Edward ‘L. Williams, 26, Grass employee of a local hotel, will be sion last Friday. *of, a guilty plea to the. murder of Theodore O. Case, 45, fruit belt worker, at the Timbuctoo area-of the Yuba river valley. Williams shot Case: four times in the back and head when he thought Case had discovered that Williams: had looted the mur‘loting will continue until midao Subscription, Year $2.50;, Single Copy 5c The Weather Fred Bush, observer Max. Min. ONS Ones aces 71 37 June 10 2.0. we “20 41 June 1 2 Sad, 69 45 dune: 12 ion ike 58 36 JuMe 13 -oeecccccccscdeevnses 71 41 June? 14. 22 75 4 Jone 1G: tn. 75 47 Precipitation: June 11, .05; June 12, .03. : ‘ALL ROADS LEAD: TO NSJ FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND MCCLOUD COACH ACCEPTS POST AT HIGH SCHOOL Thomas Nelson, graduate of the University of North Dakota, and for the past few years coach . at McCloud high school in Siskiyou county, has accepted the ath-letic coaching post of Nevada City high school, according toEd A. Frantz, principal of the school. Nelson was chosen from a list of-applicants at a meeting of the ~ board of trustees of Nevada City pees school district Monday. Nelson played varsity football All roads in Nevada county go. for three years at North Dakota, to North Sa for the a Juan this. weekend. serving as captain one year. He al Cherry Carnival} also participated’ in track and and Festiva! tomorrow and Sun-} basketball. day. ; . Dancing Saturday night will . start the festival off for its two days. of carnival fun and frolic, according to Ed J. Kohler, chairman of the carnival. Kohler is president of the North San Juan, Camptonville and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the festival. The queen of the carnival will be crowned at 1 a.m. Sunday at the dance in Twamley hall. Balnight tomorrow. Candidates for queen of the 1950 carnival include: Miss Gertrude Rhodes, Miss Phyllis Porter, Miss Donna Lee Jones, Miss Diela Church, North San Juan; Miss Eleanor Boozel, Rough and Ready; Miss Fern Mae Bartsch, Camptonville; and Miss Margie Duggan, Sweetland. Wes Wyllie and his Night Owls will furnish music for: the Saturday dancing which is scheduled do last from 9 p.m. until such time as when the crowd will let the orchestra go home. The big Sunday parade is set for 1 p.m. A dozen beautiful show horses from the famous Sunny Lane Farms on Highway 20 will enter the parade Sunday, Kohler said last night. Mr. Lane, owner of the blue-bloods, promised to bring a group of fine horses for the day in special trailers. Three prizes will be offered for floats. Many county organizations will be represented in riding and marching groups. HARRY TRUMAN, BUT NOT THE PRESIDENT, IS MUSEUM VISITOR The name of Harry Truman on the register of the Nevada County Historical Museum last weekend caused momentary excitement among the custodians, but conversation with the man, who hails. from Hollywood, regretfully admitted he was not even related to the president of the U. S. Truman was one of 81 persons who visited the museum over the weekend. Out-of-state visitors to gegister were Mrs. Alice and -Mary Bradwell, Vancouver, B. C.; . Emil Szugsalies, Seattle, Wash.; Cc. J. Custin, Fort Wayne, Ind., and C. W. Lohr, Philadelphia, Pa. Visitors to the museum, which is located at 214 Main street, in Nevada City, have expressed an interest in a bulletin board display devoted to the activities of the Nevada County Historical Society. Organized in November, 1944, this very active group has erected many historical markers, maintains the museum, enters a float in the Fourth of July parades, conducts an annual excursion, and sponsors a yearly historical pageant or cavalcade. Newspaper clippings of outstanding speakers and pictures of some. ‘of the officers.are included in the display. The organization’s motto; “Nevada county’s greatest priate as a year’s membership at this reasonable, sum enables the society to carry on its many activities. The museum custodians who are in charge: of signing persons. for membership say that former Nevada county. residents . compose one-half of the total membership. The historical museum will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m, to 4 p.m. Mrs. Harriet. Farmer and Mrs. Fannie dered man’s truck. one dollar value,” is most appro. ~ Eden aré"the custodians. In addition to coaching athletics Nelson will teach social science and mathematics. Frantz. and Lloyd Geist, prin. cipal of the elementary school, were awarded three-year contracts at the board meeting. John D. Conway, whose resignation was effected last month, was rehired to fill a vacancy left by Mrs. Katheryn Carlson, who was granted a year’s leave of absence. Conway was employed last year as a substitute for Mrs. Luvia Kilroy, who had a year’s léave of absence. Formal resignation of Mrs. Mabel Flindt was accepted. The board tabled a plan submitted by Mayor Thomas H. Taylor toe finance installation of lights at Pioneer park, although agreeing on the principle of the plan. It will be further discussed at Monday’s budget meeting. According to Taylor’s plan the expense of installation of. the lights, estimated at about $7,500, would be. shared by the city and the two schools. District Attorney Vernon Stoll gave an opinion the two political units could legally enter into a cooperative financing agreement. The board accepted a $285 bid from Trinity Episcopal church to purchase a school bus. The board :granted use of the high school gymnasium for another year to Company E, 184th Infantry, California National Guard. FATHER GABRIELLE HONORED BEFORE HE DEPARTS FOR ROME Rev. Father Virgil Gabriells, pastor of the Catholic parish that serves the ridge communities, is enroute to Rome, Italy, to participate in Holy Year ceremonies in the Catholic capital. Before he departed last week he was honored at a pot-luck dinner at the — Downieville church* with about 80 parish and _nonsparen ‘friends attending. Following a toast by Tony Lavazzola and response by the priest, Father Gabrielle was presented a generous purse to aid him on his journey. The people of North San Juan 'also Honored him with a pot-luck supper at the mission house in North San Juan on the eve of his departure. A. W. Atchinson served as master of ceremonies for the event. Father Gabrielle serves the communities of North San Juan, Camptonville, Downieville, Alleghany, Birchville, Challenge, Sierra City, Goodyear’s Bar and Cherokee. Rev. Father Grossi of Sacramento will serve the communities while Father Gabrielle is in Europe. WORK PARTY TONIGHTON BALL DIAMOND Volunteer work party will be at Pioneer park tonight at 6 p.m. to prepare the diamond for Sunday’s game between the Lincoln Potters and the Nevada City Athletics to open the. second f race of the Placer-Nevada . base-~ ball league. The Nevada City Athletic club invites all persons interested in the national game to participate in the project. Garden rakes are an important tool for the job and volunteers are urged to bring rea tonight. —

Cg We Lead! Others: Follow! Nevada ugget * . ieee to the Finest . Fishing i in 1 California Twenty-Third Year — No. 2 Nevada City (Nevada oak) California, June 16, 1950 YY Arount G Kin Y P A friend whom I’ve known intimately for 20 years writes, commenting on the candidate recommendations which appeared in this column two weeks ago. He recalls a time when “the very thought of supporting a Republican reactionary -was practically grounds for separation from the body politic.’ And he taunts’ me with his memory of a “McKenney who wouldn’t be caught looking at a-circus elephant” but he is duly thankful that things are different now. It had’ not occurred to me in recent years that I had éver been anything but an anti-New Dealer. The change must have taken place gradually over many years. I voted for Hoover on my first ballot, did not swing to FDR until 1936, then regretted my adventures in practical liberalism. Truman to .ne has always been a small-time politician burdened by mediocrity but gifted with political good fortune. Actually, my political thinking has not changed a great deal. But what. was ultra-liberal 20 years ago is hard-shell conservatism today. No great pressure has been exerted on me to cause resentment against the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. But I think my attitude is reflected by. millions of small businessmen who see the so-called Fair Deal ‘as a long step toward Socialism and a real menaée to the institutions which make. their livelihood possible. The Democratic: party under ‘Truman has enjoyed an unprecedented period of prosperity. No matter ‘what party had secured dominance, that post-war economic upswing could not have been stopped. In the face of that unearned record is it any wonder that the Democrats have remained solidly in power? Is it inconsistent for a_businessman to enjoy prosperity on one hand but at the same time to resent the growing power of the political party which claims the credit for that prosperity? I don’t think so and here’s why: 1. The prosperity we talk about is a fictitious thing. When I started in business 20 years ago I charged $7 for the same printing job I must get $15.50 for now in order to make the same ratio of profit. And now my profits are taxed at least 20 percent higher than they were. Which leaves me with less than I had. We handle more money now and the infla-) tion has probably “stimulated greater volume, which creates a false impression of economic improvement. 2. There was no fair trade practices act, no social security, virtually no income tax, no wage and hour law, and darned few government’ regulations which touched my small business when I started out.-Now it takes a lawyer. to interpret the rules Which govern an employer. And the man who creates jobs by his ingenuity, aggressiveness, and industry is lucky if he escapes fines, penalties,. reprimand, ‘or confiscation in ee normal conduct of his busmhess. 3. It has long been axiomatic in America that.a man was free to enter business if he chose, that he could learn to take his chances in the hard school of competition. In the old days it made strong men but today if an enterpriser showns. signs of business leadership, government steps in to slap him back into place. Government directs the course of business by controlling the interest rates of capital, imposing tax burdens which stifle investment. opportunities, and imposing operational regulations. Not just in the field of “big business’ but in very small. business, too. I sound like a sour old man, as though I have .lost all perspective andoptimism. That’s unfair because 'm a registered Republican and that requires hope if nothing }-on April 21, else. MASONS START NEW CENTURY IN GRAND MANNER Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. & A. M.° has. passed. the hardest stretch —the first hundred years. The lodge celebrated the centennial Saturday and Sunday in the grand manner with three Past Grand Masters participating in the ceremonies. Joseph F. Stenger, for the second time. the Worshipful Master of the local lodge, presided at the closed program. Stenger was Worshipful Master of Nevada Lodge in 1906. Past Grand Masters on the program were William H. Taylor, Burlingame, PGM of the Philippine Islands; George L. Jones, Nevada City, PGM of California; and Leslie E. Wood, Sacramento, PGM of California, and principal speaker of the evening. Also in attendance was Grand Senior Warden Louis C. Drapeau of Los Angeles. James Snell, judge of Nevada county superior court, briefly described formation of Lafayette Lodge 29 on charter from Wisconsin Grand Lodge of California 1850, and some of the principal personalities of Nevada Lodge 13, successor of the Lafayette lodge. More than 150 Masons attended the Saturday night program and partook of the baked ham dinner served by Evangeline Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. . The tables were decorated with . a centennial theme of gold pans with nuggets lying on table pieces of red roses, while each table received its light from an -old time kerosene lamp. Historical artifacts of the lodge were on exhibit in one of the outer halls. Five 50-year members of Nevada lodge, four of whom were present Saturday night, were the guests of honor and to whom the evening was formally dedicated. They are Benjamin.Hall with 60 years of service and dean of the local lodgé; Stenger, 54; George Legg, 52; Thomas Coan, 51; and/. Alfred Martin, 59. Martin was unable to attend. More than 1,000 persons attended a two-hour concert Sunday afternoon at the high school auditorium by the Ben Ali Shrine band and Chanters of Sacramento, to climax the centennial celebration. FOUR COLLEGE DEGREES OWNED BY MEMBERS OF JACKSON FAMILY Three sons of Mrs. Mary Jackson, Camptonville, won academic degrees at the University of California last week. Mrs. Jackson, a short gray-haired widow, won her own degree at Chico State college in 1948, which now makes the Jackson family a quartet of college graduates. Hugh M. Jackson, 27, received his. master degree in_ political science, William R. Jackson, 25, got his master degree in history, and Dan Jackson, 23, won his bachelor of arts degree in economics. All took part in the commencement exercises at the Berkeley campus last week, then left to take summer jobs with the forest service. None of the three brothers are married. Mrs. Jackson, whose husband died 12 years ago, has been a teacher in the county’s -rural schools but expects to give up teaching to go into business. She said she hopes to open a “Southern Style Dinner’ ’establishment at her home place on the Downieville highway near Camptonville, serving dinners in true Alabama style. ROCK FIND MAY HAVE PREHISTORIC ORIGIN A stone, which may be of prehistoric origin, containing aboriginal lines and circles, and a definite relief outline of a large lizard, was found by Art Hansen, of the Peardale district, recently in the You Bet country. Hansen said the rock is entirely different from the rock of the region where he found it and it shows erosion. a ACTION IS EXPECTED SOON ON ARMORY John L. Larue, city attorney for Nevada. City; received ‘word yesterday afternoon from Senator Harold Johnson, that Governor Earl Warren has placed the Nevada City armory on top priority and that action can soon be expected on the project. WAYNE BROWN WINS SHERIFF'S RUN BY 47 VOTES Wayne Brown, Grass Valley oil distributor, was elected sheriff of Nevada county by a margin of 47 votes over incumbent Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins, with the counting of absentee balolts last Tuesday. Of the 252 absentee ballots Hoskins received 146 ana Brown 104 to bring the final count to 3,660 for Brown and 3,613 for Hoskins. The absentee ballots changed the race for constable of Nevada township with Joe Tredennick Roseville, . Miles D. Coughlin, port about the council last night. edging out Bert E. Johnson by six votes, after Johnson had a lead of two after the June 6 primary. Tredennick will run "off with W. O. Shipley in the November. general election. Shipley retained his lead with 821 votes, Tredennick polled 689 and Johnson had 683. Ed J. Kohler, North San Juan, remained in second place, to be the opponents to Guy Robinson, Indian Springs, in the November run-off for supervisor from the fourth district. Robinson had a total of 217 with seven absentee ballots, and Kohler picked up six for a total of 126. C. L. “Mitch” Painter replaced . Henry Magonigal for third place . picking up 13 votes for a total of . 115. Magonigal had 113 votes. GOLD CROWN MINE STARTS OPERATIONS IN ALLEGHANY AREA . The Gold Crown mine in Alleghany .,began operations last week with Foreman Howard Martin throwing the switch that shot the first round to symbolize the start of work. The drift round was shot on the 100 foot level which will drift onto a gold bearing quartz vein 100to 150 feet north where it will pick up an ore chute in that vicinity. Serpentine was encountered at the bottom of a 100 foot shaft. Other formations such as schist, relief quartsite, etc, which are peculiar to the Alleghany district, are also in evidence. The Gold Crown is a Nevada} corporation with headquarters at . the Nevada Agency and Trust! company in Reno and is domes-. ticated to do-business in the state of California with business headquarters.at the Gold Crown Mining Corp. in Alleghany. Excerpts from a report by J. D. Hubbard regarding the Gold Crown mine are as follows: “To me the Alleghany district of California has always been a standout of gold mining. Politics, depressions, etc., have. not touched it at all: Adverse conditions such as high costs, low market for gold, still do not stop it. Since 1848, over 100 years, it has’ not! stopped producing gold for a single day. It has a remarkable even fabulous history. Today its\mines are still great and far from being worked out. It has a great future. ~“In the case of the Gold Crown mine, all the favorable factors of the district apply. Moreover, it is a new mine, in a way more favorable outlook than many of the extensively worked mines. In my more than 50 years experience in mining I have not run onto-a more likely property. In my opinion it will become a great . mine under’ proper management and diligent. development.” Lauis Delamothe is president and Harriette Duke is secretarytreasurer. Due to lack of attendance the regularly scheduled meeting of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening was week it granted $250 -to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce to be used toward financing the Fourth of July celebration and

authorized necessary police aid in closing off Pine between Commercial and Broad during the celebration. the chamber and chairman of the Fourth of July celebration committee, presented the request. ment with the Nevada Irrigation District under which the NID ,is to supply 400 feet of four-inch pipe for a fire protection line in the Brock tract along the southj}ern line of the city. The pipe will be peteeeines: will permit the city to place fire hydrants on the line at a cost of $5 per hydrant per year. FULL CAMPING SEASON in by Boy Scouts of the Tahoe Area Council for the first week at Camp Pahatsi, ing season and reservations for two-thirds of the second twoweek session received Scout Executive Raymond J. Ewan statea that a full camping season ‘is indicated this year. June 25 to July 30 comprising three weeks of regular Boy Scout camp program and two weeks of the Explorer gram. be a smali crew work project week from July 30 to at the camp in addition to Ewan, who will be camp director, “will include Del Raby, tive, who will serve as. assistant director and director of the Explorer program; J. M. ner, ham, of Auburn; Willard Rose, Phil Crenshaw and Al Neep of Grass Valley; Jack Shuman and Hutting, Ron Brill, Phil Leak, Dr. Mitchell Lewis and R. R. Schneider, of Roseville. John Knapp, an Valley truck driver, and former sentenced today in Yuba county . Superior court following submisdismissed without action. SOFGE, CULLEN) RESIGN FROM CITY COUNCIL The council of the City of Nevada now has onky three members—Mayor Thomas H. Taylor, and Councilmen William E. Mullis and Marvin E. Haddy. =. The council was decreased last night by the resignation of H. F. “Si” Sofge, whose retirement was . accepted with regrets. Sofge gave ill health as his reason for retirement from office, saying ‘the doctor ordered me to.” Leo Cullen created the other vacancy’ when he resigned. last week. The council took no action on appointments to the vacancies. The airport commission consisting of H. J. Ray, retired admiral; city judge, and William Swain, airport _OPerator, submitted a_ long “reairport to the Cullen resigned from the council at the régular session THursday evening of last week. Culleh said he is leaving Nevada City to accept a position with a hardware firm as district salesman. In actions of the council last Ray Spickelmier, president of The council signed an agreeinstalled by the city. The EXPECTED AT PAHATSI With capacity reservations ‘sent summer campThe camp will operate from or older boy proFollowing this there will retained for a Aug. 6. Scout leaders who will serve. field execu“Red” WarFred Knudsen and Don GraRalph Baker, of Penryn, Sayre experience Scout camp cook, of Loomis, will be camp cook. Dow Alexander, of Gold Flat, will be archery instructor during part of the camp. WILLIAMS SENTENCE IS EXPECTED TODAY Edward ‘L. Williams, 26, Grass employee of a local hotel, will be sion last Friday. *of, a guilty plea to the. murder of Theodore O. Case, 45, fruit belt worker, at the Timbuctoo area-of the Yuba river valley. Williams shot Case: four times in the back and head when he thought Case had discovered that Williams: had looted the mur‘loting will continue until midao Subscription, Year $2.50;, Single Copy 5c The Weather Fred Bush, observer Max. Min. ONS Ones aces 71 37 June 10 2.0.. we “20 41 June 1 2 Sad, 69 45 dune: 12 ion ike 58 36 JuMe 13 -oeecccccccscdeevnses 71 41 June? 14. 22 75 4 Jone 1G: tn. 75 47 Precipitation: June 11, .05; June 12, .03. : ‘ALL ROADS LEAD: TO NSJ FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND MCCLOUD COACH ACCEPTS POST AT HIGH SCHOOL Thomas Nelson, graduate of the University of North Dakota, and for the past few years coach . at McCloud high school in Siskiyou county, has accepted the ath-letic coaching post of Nevada City high school, according toEd A. Frantz, principal of the school. Nelson was chosen from a list of-applicants at a meeting of the ~ board of trustees of Nevada City pees school district Monday. Nelson played varsity football All roads in Nevada county go. for three years at North Dakota, to North Sa for the a Juan this. weekend. serving as captain one year. He al Cherry Carnival} also participated’ in track and and Festiva! tomorrow and Sun-} basketball. day. ; . Dancing Saturday night will . start the festival off for its two days. of carnival fun and frolic, according to Ed J. Kohler, chairman of the carnival. Kohler is president of the North San Juan, Camptonville and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the festival. The queen of the carnival will be crowned at 1 a.m. Sunday at the dance in Twamley hall. Balnight tomorrow. Candidates for queen of the 1950 carnival include: Miss Gertrude Rhodes, Miss Phyllis Porter, Miss Donna Lee Jones, Miss Diela Church, North San Juan; Miss Eleanor Boozel, Rough and Ready; Miss Fern Mae Bartsch, Camptonville; and Miss Margie Duggan, Sweetland. Wes Wyllie and his Night Owls will furnish music for: the Saturday dancing which is scheduled do last from 9 p.m. until such time as when the crowd will let the orchestra go home. The big Sunday parade is set for 1 p.m. A dozen beautiful show horses from the famous Sunny Lane Farms on Highway 20 will enter the parade Sunday, Kohler said last night. Mr. Lane, owner of the blue-bloods, promised to bring a group of fine horses for the day in special trailers. Three prizes will be offered for floats. Many county organizations will be represented in riding and marching groups. HARRY TRUMAN, BUT NOT THE PRESIDENT, IS MUSEUM VISITOR The name of Harry Truman on the register of the Nevada County Historical Museum last weekend caused momentary excitement among the custodians, but conversation with the man, who hails. from Hollywood, regretfully admitted he was not even related to the president of the U. S. Truman was one of 81 persons who visited the museum over the weekend. Out-of-state visitors to gegister were Mrs. Alice and -Mary Bradwell, Vancouver, B. C.; . Emil Szugsalies, Seattle, Wash.; Cc. J. Custin, Fort Wayne, Ind., and C. W. Lohr, Philadelphia, Pa. Visitors to the museum, which is located at 214 Main street, in Nevada City, have expressed an interest in a bulletin board display devoted to the activities of the Nevada County Historical Society. Organized in November, 1944, this very active group has erected many historical markers, maintains the museum, enters a float in the Fourth of July parades, conducts an annual excursion, and sponsors a yearly historical pageant or cavalcade. Newspaper clippings of outstanding speakers and pictures of some. ‘of the officers.are included in the display. The organization’s motto; “Nevada county’s greatest priate as a year’s membership at this reasonable, sum enables the society to carry on its many activities. The museum custodians who are in charge: of signing persons. for membership say that former Nevada county. residents . compose one-half of the total membership. The historical museum will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m, to 4 p.m. Mrs. Harriet. Farmer and Mrs. Fannie dered man’s truck. one dollar value,” is most appro. ~ Eden aré"the custodians. In addition to coaching athletics Nelson will teach social science and mathematics. Frantz. and Lloyd Geist, prin. cipal of the elementary school, were awarded three-year contracts at the board meeting. John D. Conway, whose resignation was effected last month, was rehired to fill a vacancy left by Mrs. Katheryn Carlson, who was granted a year’s leave of absence. Conway was employed last year as a substitute for Mrs. Luvia Kilroy, who had a year’s léave of absence. Formal resignation of Mrs. Mabel Flindt was accepted. The board tabled a plan submitted by Mayor Thomas H. Taylor toe finance installation of lights at Pioneer park, although agreeing on the principle of the plan. It will be further discussed at Monday’s budget meeting. According to Taylor’s plan the expense of installation of. the lights, estimated at about $7,500, would be. shared by the city and the two schools. District Attorney Vernon Stoll gave an opinion the two political units could legally enter into a cooperative financing agreement. The board accepted a $285 bid from Trinity Episcopal church to purchase a school bus. The board :granted use of the high school gymnasium for another year to Company E, 184th Infantry, California National Guard. FATHER GABRIELLE HONORED BEFORE HE DEPARTS FOR ROME Rev. Father Virgil Gabriells, pastor of the Catholic parish that serves the ridge communities, is enroute to Rome, Italy, to participate in Holy Year ceremonies in the Catholic capital. Before he departed last week he was honored at a pot-luck dinner at the — Downieville church* with about 80 parish and _nonsparen ‘friends attending. Following a toast by Tony Lavazzola and response by the priest, Father Gabrielle was presented a generous purse to aid him on his journey. The people of North San Juan 'also Honored him with a pot-luck supper at the mission house in North San Juan on the eve of his departure. A. W. Atchinson served as master of ceremonies for the event. Father Gabrielle serves the communities of North San Juan, Camptonville, Downieville, Alleghany, Birchville, Challenge, Sierra City, Goodyear’s Bar and Cherokee. Rev. Father Grossi of Sacramento will serve the communities while Father Gabrielle is in Europe. WORK PARTY TONIGHTON BALL DIAMOND Volunteer work party will be at Pioneer park tonight at 6 p.m. to prepare the diamond for Sunday’s game between the Lincoln Potters and the Nevada City Athletics to open the. second f race of the Placer-Nevada . base-~ ball league. The Nevada City Athletic club invites all persons interested in the national game to participate in the project. Garden rakes are an important tool for the job and volunteers are urged to bring rea tonight. —