June 17, 1929 (6 pages)

H ' ee ee ia eels So VOLUME HI, . NUMBER 31 THE GOLD CENTER a NEVABA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER ey ee Nevada City Nugget a JUNE 17, 1929 PROMOTIONS IN GRADE SCHOOL ARE HERE GIVEN The work of the Washington grammar school was completed Friday and the complete report of the promotions as prepared by the various teachers under the direction of Principal G.-J. Davis is as follows: First to Second Jean Martz,Alice May Norton, Irma Hurst, Georgia Day, Harvey Miesee, Bill Harvey Davies, Betty Smith, Danny Avery, Muriel Chatfield, Dennis Coughlin, Bill Gracey, . Jim White, Frankie Angelini, Blanche Leong, Norman Kopp, Roland Garwood, Bill Kilroy, Solon Chatfield, Violét Soga, Herbert Lewis, Leslie Santinelli, Ivan Bennett, Fred. Ostrom, Florence Winney, Bob James, Charles Thomas, Eugene Rickard. : Second to.Third Grade Ainsley Fouyer, Ellard Gates, Marjorie Duffy, Finley Ehlers, Rosella Biggs, Elton Tobiassen, Lawrie Crabbe, Bill Dent, Alberta Bolton, Ray Davis, Shirley Davis, Dan Morgan, Edwin Curtis, Jennie Kistle, Virginia Taylor, Donald Worthley, .liichard Keene, John Museardini, Henry Lewis* Frank Rokerts, Agathat Gates, Everet Davis, Claire Randall, Edgar Phillips, Victoria Soga, Marguerite Hammond. Promoted to the 4th Grade Dick Tuttle, Catherine Stephens, Mary Martz, Rosemary’ Richards, Ruthie Godfrey, Alice Jean Graham, Melvin Clark, Alec Ostrom, Robert Vanberg, Edna Richerson, Bobbie Sharp, Max Santinelli,-Helen Winney, Ernest Dickinson, Leon Duceschi, Billy Elkus, Bennie Tamblyn, Jack Provolt, Willie Lewis, Donald Thomas, Clarence Rickard, Billy Sharp, Carl Kopp, Virgil Roseborough, Phil Angove, Rosie Solaro. Fourth to Fifth Walter Warnecke, Arthur Isensee, Adele Jversche, Betsy Bennett, Margaret Smittcamp, Ruth Curnow, Eleanor Jost, Carl Tobiassen, Elizabeth Brisebill, Nadine Brown, Ida Norton, Mamie Fradelizio, Ida Pratti, Reno Macari, Gordon Leary, Max Dunlap, Vernie Deschwanden, Dorothy Thomas, Henrietta Jacobs, Veronica Davies, Dorothy Winney, Sylvia Moody, Violet Garwood, Lacy Jones, Hazel Thomas, . Robert Graham, Earl Chatfield, Walter Hallett. Promotions from Fifth to Sixth Dick Bennetts, Maraget Boe,. Gertrude Schreiber, Jim Stephens, Alf Netz, Harold Lopez, Marian German, Pauline Rozynski, Lorene Smith, Robert Schiffner, Martin Boe, Peter Orzalli, Betty Tisserand, Raymond Crabbe, Aldo Santinelli, June Provolt, Flossie Angove, Morris Roberta, Donald Morgan, Henry Hallett, Everett Crabbe, Irving Childs, Dick James, Amelio Angelini, Stanley Bernard, Eldren Trevethick, Everett Brown, Enid Penbernathy, Millard Hurst. Promotions from 6th to 7th Grade Isabel Dunlap, Ruth Levee, Claris Holland, Marie Ostrom, Audrey Davis, Annabel Lopez, Franklin Tuttle, Mary Jane Warnecke, Richard Marriott, Irma Santinelli, Betty Foote, Cecil Schiffner, Helen Rickard, Elsa Winney, Eunice Stokes, Albert Pratti, William Gribben, Lloyd Haddy, Ray Wilde, Nathaniel Robins, Una Coughlan, Madelyn Thompson, George Stokes. Promoted from 7th to 8th Grade Charles Alford, Helen Arbogast, Fred Browning, Gove Celio, Joe Cicogni, Florence Curtis, Dorothy Feagans, Dorothy .Foote, Beryl Godfrey, John Graham, Violet Greenaway, Billy Kirkham, Louis Netz, Marie Paine, Antionette Pellegrini, Rosie Peilegrini, Ralph Pierce; Roman Rozynski, Gertrude Sawyer, Carl Steger Eileen Stokes, Bob Tamblyn, Gertrude Wilde. Piomotion from 8th Grade to High School De Bernardi, Aldo Casci, Warren Chapman,. Harry Davey, John Sbaffi, Delbert Schiffner, Henry Toccalini, Bob Tucker, Bill Sharp, Angiolini Alaria, Neta Botting, Katherine Celio, Florence Cerro, Beth Curnow, Audrey Davidson, Alice Peard, Ruth Rector, Jessi¢ Robins, Alberta Robinson, Louise Schreiber, Beth Steger, Earline Sutton, Dorothy Worthley, Gertrude Young. John ~ eee form the ‘drift on the 170 level. GRAMMAR STUDENTS IN SOME PERFECT RECORDS Elton Tobiassen —of the second grade was neither absent nor tardy for the year. Willie Lewis was not absent all year. = Max Dunlap and Carl Tobiassen of the fourth grade, Claris Holland and William Gribben of the sixth grade and Helen Arbogast and Gertrude Wilde of the seventh grade had perfect attendance records for the year. Warren Chapman and John Sbaffi were on the fifth grade honor roll. NEOCENE MILLL WILL BE STARTED IN 30 DAYS With the aay of C. a Ackerman, well know San Francisco metallurgist, to take charge of milling operations at the Neocene mine north of town, it is expected that the mill will be working within the next 30 days on a large tonnage of gravel that has already been blocked out on the property and which has demonstrated excellent values. eer REWARD MINE TO BE MARKED BY COUNCIL Immediate marking of the Reward Mine, where President Herbert Hoover worked when a young man. was proposed last week by Lesiie Davies, secretary of the Sacramento Region Citizens Council. present time there is nothing to intourists that they are in the vicinity of a mine from which Hoover started on his road to fame. “The Trails of Forty-Nine Committee will seek to have this spot marked at the earliest possible moment and advertised in literature and maps which it will publish for distribution in the east’”’, ‘stated Davies. “Our highway markers will direct people to the mine and we also will endeavor to have a placed there’’. WINZE SINKING AT GRACEY PROGRESSING Sinking of the new winze at the Gracey mine is making good progress and results so far are encouraging in the matter of following the shoot of ore picked up, in the E. L.Herrington of Oakland has retired from the scene of operations. R. N. MeCormack is superintendent. ROAD OILING UNDER WAY TWO HIGHWAYS The Tahoe Ukiah state highway between Rough and Ready and Browns Valley is being given a coating of oil by the maintenance department, which will give a paved highway between Marysville and Nevada City. The link in Lake county is expected to be completed this season with the surfaeiig under way which will cut over a hundred miles of travel between Ukaih and Nevada City when completed. The work of oiling the state highway between Nevada City and Downieville is scheduled to get under Way as soon as the weather clears up. RAILROAD HEARING IS POSTPONED NEXT WEEK A discussion as to Se merits of the application of the Great North -. ern and Western Pacific railroads to build 200 miles in Plumas, Lassen and Modoe counties was held at the meeting of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at its meeting last week and the matter was finally carried over to an adjourned meeting tomorrow night at the chamber headquarters. Representatives of both sides to the railroad controversy will be invited to be present on that occasion. The Alpha Hardware and Supply Company landed one of the supply contracts for the Grass Valley schools, At the vata wampae™ of new line} COMPRESSOR AT BRUSH CREEK TO SPEED THE WORK A compressor is being installed at the Brush Creek mine above Goodyears Bar and will make for much better time in the’ underground operations at this property. President and Mrs. Ben F. Ballard of Santa Rosa were at the property several, days the past week on a visit of inspection, returning home Thursday. They expressed themselves as well pleased with the showing being made at the property. The ore. blocked out is holding up well in values and extent and the company is not yet confronted with the necessity of sinking deeper. The Brush Creek is one of the most promising of the’ properties of the district, the present shoot of ore being mined being one of the leading strikes made in the past few years. The property is equipped with a ten stamp mill which is operating steadily. TWIN SISTER WORK PROGRESSING NICELY Development work at the Twin Sister property is progressing in nice shape with’ two shifts at work. in tunnel No. 3. Rapid headway is being made with the machine drills. The promised . coming of electric power will speed _ up operations greatly at this property as the water supply is not a dependabie source for year around use. SCHOLARS WILL PAY TUITION OUT DISTRICT Among the numerous laws enacted by the last legislature which has been. signed by Governor Young and which is of interest locally provides that pupils attending school outside the district in which they live will have the state funds for their education credited to the district of their residence and not where they attend school. This will affect Indian Flat, Blue Tent and Oakland schoolé where pupils. have been attending from. Nevada City. ENGLEBRIGHT HIGHLY COMPLIMENTED WORK Congressman Harry L. Englebright has been’ receiving many newspaper compliments on the way he saw the congressional reapportionment bill through the House of Representatives the past week. The bill had been floundering in a legislative tangle until he took hold of the problem and engineered a’ successful course. The bill when enacted into a law will give California several extra members of Congress, mostly in the southern portion of the state. The boundaries of the second district presided over by Harry will remain unchanged. MANY JOB ORDERS ARE POURING IN TO OFFICE The Nugget job department is receiving a large number of voluntary orders for printing which is ample proof of the class ‘ef service and prices afforded by this plant. Many compliments have been heard on the excellent quality of work henge on The Quill, the high school annual, which has been turned out from this office the past two years. Delivery both years has been well ahead of schedule. New fonts of type are being rezgularly added to the equipment to keep the plant thoroughly modern. Among one @f the popular new lines just added is a hand tooled italic open face type which is _ proving much in demand by diseriminating purchasers of printing. “It is not necessary to send printing orders cut of Nevada City to be done. 'EKight hour service on emergency l work is affaorded. Frank Holbrooke, Jr., has been appointed foreman of the Rising Sun mine at Colfax. DAVIES VISITING HISTORIC SPOTS REGION COUNCIL Leslie Davies, secretary of the Sacramento Region Citizens Council, was visiting in this city last week, obtaining -material for a page writeup inthe Sacramento Union on Nevada County. This page will ap pear on June 23rd. The material also. will. be used in broadcasts over KFRC of San Francisco, for easern and middle western people. Davies was also making prelimin ary surveys for~the marking of historic roads and landmarks which is being furthered by the ‘Trails of Forty-nine Committee of the Sacramento Region, an organization fostered by the Council. All of the historic roads will be marked for the Purpose of interesting tourists in visiting this section and remaining here for excursion trips. The proposal of historical museum in Nevada City, one of the projects of the FortyNine Committee, was discussed with O. D. Woodman, secretary of the the Chamber of.Commerce. The Council is seeking the establishment of museums in all of the twenty-one counties that comprise the Council. The museum will contain historical articles and relics of gold rush days. In commenting upon the plan to mark the trails and establish museums, Davies said: establishing a “There is no reason why Northern California should not enjoy the that are now so valuable to Southern California. The visitors from the east are seeking romance in California and no other place can vie with Northern California in this respect. But in order to bring them here we must have the landmarks designated and have things to show them and advertise. The Trails of ‘Forty Nine Committee is going to bring this about, the result being that thousands’ of tourists will be coming into this section. The south values the tourist trade above any of its other industries. It will be of equal in importance to us’”’. ———— WYOMING DRIFT SHOWS ENCOURAGING VALUES Opening of the old Wyoming drift on the Champion property is cutting into some promising rock in new ground and this will be followed. A stringer showing good values is in the face of the drift. A number of leasers are now at work under direction of William A. Sharp and William Rockefeller, who are erecting a five stamp mill on the Wyoming claim. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO BOOST NEVADA COUNTY “A party of Southern Pacifié. officials was in this section Friday and Saturday viewing the various historic and scenic spots’ which they propose to publicize in their literature. In the party were, F. Q. Tredway, assistant advertising manager; E. S. White, traveling passenger agent of Sacramento; Nels Kinell, assistant passenger agent; H. M. Fish, staff photographer, and H. C. Petersen, curator for the Fort sSutter Museum at Sacramento. The party was takento Rough and Ready, North Columbia, North Bloomfield and were to make a trip into Sierra county io Downieville and Sierra City. The members of the party were enthusiastic over the possibilities of this section in providing thrills for . tourists in the form of scenery and historic attractions. The rainy weather of Saturday was rather disconcerting to say the least. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bennett of Big Tunnel were among those from a distance attending to business affairs here Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Alleghany and Mrs. C. Stevens of . Nevada City attended the graduation exercises at San Jose State Teachers college. where the latter’s granddaughter, Miss Doras Smith completed her course. . MINING LOCATIONS ARE PLACED COUNTY RECORD, The following mining have been filed for record: The Blue Bird placer by Gus and M. B. Sweeney, Archie H. Miller, Mrs. Augusta Miller, Ira A. Lynen ‘and Mrs. Ira C. Lynch ‘in Relief Hill Mining District, NE% Sec. 10 T1I7N R10E. Cumtux quartz by J. W. Thomason in Sec. 20 T16N R8E in Rough and Ready Mining District. White Goose Extension . David J. Becker Mining District. Samatri placer by David J. Becker in Washington Mining District. PLACER NUGGETS TO BE MADE JEWELRY Thirty pieces oh ae placer gold weigh. ing 3: ounces 3% pennweights were on display at the St. Charles Hoiel Thursday. Antone Lavezzola bought the collection of nuggets to be made into rings, stickpins and other pieces of jewelry. One nugget that had bits of crystallized quartz embedded in it ' was uncommonly pretty and would make a beautiful setting for a pin or ring. All are rough virgin gold, the sight of which is enough to make one want to gather up pick, shovel and pan and start up the nearest ravine quartz by in Washington The specimens came from the Jack Tafft and son diggings at Poker Flat, in this county, sixteen miles from Downieville, where they have been ground sluicing They are nuggets picked up on bedrock ahead of the sluice boxes, which have not yet been cleaned up When the cleanup is made a showing is expected that will prove the richness and uphold the reputation of that district. —The Messenger. DEVELOPMENT WORK MOVES AT RISING SUN Development work at the Rising Sun property is progressing rapidly. A new drift has been started to develop the western porticn of the property which has never been developed hitherto .The new work is near the junction of the Rising Sun and Big Oak veins and ‘should prove a rich shoot from _ present indications. The work is being done on the Big Oak vein. Charles E. Basso senting the New York interests behind the project is building a handsome new log bungalow at the property. E. C. Klinker operations. GOLD TUNNEL BEING EXPERTED AT PRESENT There is a possibility that operations may be undertaken at the old California and Gold Tunnel property lying within the west wy limits. The property has been ex#€rted the past few weeks by mining engineers in behalf of unnamed interests. The property has a past production record of around a million dollars in the early days but has lain idle for a number of years. It was worked to the 700 level. Both shafts on the property. have long since caved and it would be necessary to run new workings to open it.up. The property is owned by the Allen estate of Marysville. who is” repreis in charge of REUNION WELL The reunion of former countians .held at the state fair grounds at Sacramento last week drew a large attendance. Tom Monk acted as chairman of the day and the principal address was made by Judge George L. Jones whose remarks were warmly welcomed by the throng. . ATTENDED Nevada Mr. and Mrs. Loren Sherwood of Albion, Michigan, motored out to California and stopped over here tc visit old time friends before completing their tour of the state and vitisting other relatives. W. E.:Trood of San Francisco has been at North Bloomfield visiting at his old home, passing thru here Friday enroute home. locations ! At is unfortunate that . been indefinitely postponed on acYUBA COMPANY SELISRICHTSTO. THE PACIFIC GAS With the pending sale of the Bullards Bar dam and the numerous and valuable water rights on the. North and Middle Yuba rivers, the_ Pacific Gas and Electri Company in. its proposed purchase of the holdings of the Yuba River Power — Company will have the entire watershed of the three Yubas in its . control, .which probably sounds the death knell of the proposed dam at the Narrows near Smartsville in the near future, and which would mean the resumption. of hydraulic mining in this county. The Yuba company in building the Bullards Bar dam some years ago made it possible to resume hydaaulicking in Sierra county and it had been ardently hoped that thecompany would proceed in the near future with’ the construction of the Narrows dam as it had taken more than a passing interest in the min-ing industry. It is reported that the Yuba company had been unable to interest sufficient capital to carry out its ambitious project on the North Yuba _ including five power houses. By the terms of its water right licenses it had to commence etive work before July tst next and it is presumed that the present transaction is in contemplation of that date. : In the proposed sale which is before the state railroad commission for ratification, the Yuba companywill receive $150,000 in eash and the Pacific Gas will take over. the indebtedness which amounts to over a million dollars. The properties included in the transfer . are the Bullads Bar dam, the Bullards power plant, the Narrows damsite, the transmission line between Colgate and Bullards, stock in the Marysville hotel, and the various water permits from the state. It would accomplish a great deal of the mining industry of this county if the Narrows dam were built as that is the keynote for the future of placer mining and until hat is done there is but little chance of relief. The coordinated water plan’ may: bring this about in the course of time. GAS TAX MONEYS TO BE INCREASSD SOON One oi the forward locking pieces of legislation enacted by the last legislature and signed the past week by Governor Young w.s the alleting of -$20,000 in gas lixzx funds to each county of the ‘state prior to the division on the basis or auto registration. Formerly there were fifteen counties of the state thut had received but small amouuts. By this law Sierra county will benefit nearly $16,000 annually. over what she has been getting. This mioney goes into highway maintenance. Nevada county will benefit several thousand dollars. FOURTH OF JULY IS PASSED GRASS VALLEY Apparently there is going to be: no Fourth of July’ celebration at Grass Valley this year as the Legion members who were proposing to stage the entertainment found the finances lacking on the part of the merchants to put the idea over. was not determined earlier as Nevada City could. have gone ahead and put one over again this year as she did last. — CAFETERIA~LUNCH DELAYED The. cafeteria lunch which was to have been held at the auto park on Thursday by St. Agnes Guild’ has count of the weather. The Giuld will however, on that day hold a = food and fancy goods sale in the Odd Fellw building on TAae z this week. { Mrs. W. H. Martin who gusta: a broken hip in April is now able be up and ground aguin. She ha been under the care of Dr. R. Werner.

H ' ee ee ia eels So VOLUME HI, . NUMBER 31 THE GOLD CENTER a NEVABA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER ey ee Nevada City Nugget a JUNE 17, 1929 PROMOTIONS IN GRADE SCHOOL ARE HERE GIVEN The work of the Washington grammar school was completed Friday and the complete report of the promotions as prepared by the various teachers under the direction of Principal G.-J. Davis is as follows: First to Second Jean Martz,Alice May Norton, Irma Hurst, Georgia Day, Harvey Miesee, Bill Harvey Davies, Betty Smith, Danny Avery, Muriel Chatfield, Dennis Coughlin, Bill Gracey, . Jim White, Frankie Angelini, Blanche Leong, Norman Kopp, Roland Garwood, Bill Kilroy, Solon Chatfield, Violét Soga, Herbert Lewis, Leslie Santinelli, Ivan Bennett, Fred. Ostrom, Florence Winney, Bob James, Charles Thomas, Eugene Rickard. : Second to.Third Grade Ainsley Fouyer, Ellard Gates, Marjorie Duffy, Finley Ehlers, Rosella Biggs, Elton Tobiassen, Lawrie Crabbe, Bill Dent, Alberta Bolton, Ray Davis, Shirley Davis, Dan Morgan, Edwin Curtis, Jennie Kistle, Virginia Taylor, Donald Worthley, .liichard Keene, John Museardini, Henry Lewis* Frank Rokerts, Agathat Gates, Everet Davis, Claire Randall, Edgar Phillips, Victoria Soga, Marguerite Hammond. Promoted to the 4th Grade Dick Tuttle, Catherine Stephens, Mary Martz, Rosemary’ Richards, Ruthie Godfrey, Alice Jean Graham, Melvin Clark, Alec Ostrom, Robert Vanberg, Edna Richerson, Bobbie Sharp, Max Santinelli,-Helen Winney, Ernest Dickinson, Leon Duceschi, Billy Elkus, Bennie Tamblyn, Jack Provolt, Willie Lewis, Donald Thomas, Clarence Rickard, Billy Sharp, Carl Kopp, Virgil Roseborough, Phil Angove, Rosie Solaro. Fourth to Fifth Walter Warnecke, Arthur Isensee, Adele Jversche, Betsy Bennett, Margaret Smittcamp, Ruth Curnow, Eleanor Jost, Carl Tobiassen, Elizabeth Brisebill, Nadine Brown, Ida Norton, Mamie Fradelizio, Ida Pratti, Reno Macari, Gordon Leary, Max Dunlap, Vernie Deschwanden, Dorothy Thomas, Henrietta Jacobs, Veronica Davies, Dorothy Winney, Sylvia Moody, Violet Garwood, Lacy Jones, Hazel Thomas, . Robert Graham, Earl Chatfield, Walter Hallett. Promotions from Fifth to Sixth Dick Bennetts, Maraget Boe,. Gertrude Schreiber, Jim Stephens, Alf Netz, Harold Lopez, Marian German, Pauline Rozynski, Lorene Smith, Robert Schiffner, Martin Boe, Peter Orzalli, Betty Tisserand, Raymond Crabbe, Aldo Santinelli, June Provolt, Flossie Angove, Morris Roberta, Donald Morgan, Henry Hallett, Everett Crabbe, Irving Childs, Dick James, Amelio Angelini, Stanley Bernard, Eldren Trevethick, Everett Brown, Enid Penbernathy, Millard Hurst. Promotions from 6th to 7th Grade Isabel Dunlap, Ruth Levee, Claris Holland, Marie Ostrom, Audrey Davis, Annabel Lopez, Franklin Tuttle, Mary Jane Warnecke, Richard Marriott, Irma Santinelli, Betty Foote, Cecil Schiffner, Helen Rickard, Elsa Winney, Eunice Stokes, Albert Pratti, William Gribben, Lloyd Haddy, Ray Wilde, Nathaniel Robins, Una Coughlan, Madelyn Thompson, George Stokes. Promoted from 7th to 8th Grade Charles Alford, Helen Arbogast, Fred Browning, Gove Celio, Joe Cicogni, Florence Curtis, Dorothy Feagans, Dorothy .Foote, Beryl Godfrey, John Graham, Violet Greenaway, Billy Kirkham, Louis Netz, Marie Paine, Antionette Pellegrini, Rosie Peilegrini, Ralph Pierce; Roman Rozynski, Gertrude Sawyer, Carl Steger Eileen Stokes, Bob Tamblyn, Gertrude Wilde. Piomotion from 8th Grade to High School De Bernardi, Aldo Casci, Warren Chapman,. Harry Davey, John Sbaffi, Delbert Schiffner, Henry Toccalini, Bob Tucker, Bill Sharp, Angiolini Alaria, Neta Botting, Katherine Celio, Florence Cerro, Beth Curnow, Audrey Davidson, Alice Peard, Ruth Rector, Jessi¢ Robins, Alberta Robinson, Louise Schreiber, Beth Steger, Earline Sutton, Dorothy Worthley, Gertrude Young. John ~ eee form the ‘drift on the 170 level. GRAMMAR STUDENTS IN SOME PERFECT RECORDS Elton Tobiassen —of the second grade was neither absent nor tardy for the year. Willie Lewis was not absent all year. = Max Dunlap and Carl Tobiassen of the fourth grade, Claris Holland and William Gribben of the sixth grade and Helen Arbogast and Gertrude Wilde of the seventh grade had perfect attendance records for the year. Warren Chapman and John Sbaffi were on the fifth grade honor roll. NEOCENE MILLL WILL BE STARTED IN 30 DAYS With the aay of C. a Ackerman, well know San Francisco metallurgist, to take charge of milling operations at the Neocene mine north of town, it is expected that the mill will be working within the next 30 days on a large tonnage of gravel that has already been blocked out on the property and which has demonstrated excellent values. eer REWARD MINE TO BE MARKED BY COUNCIL Immediate marking of the Reward Mine, where President Herbert Hoover worked when a young man. was proposed last week by Lesiie Davies, secretary of the Sacramento Region Citizens Council. present time there is nothing to intourists that they are in the vicinity of a mine from which Hoover started on his road to fame. “The Trails of Forty-Nine Committee will seek to have this spot marked at the earliest possible moment and advertised in literature and maps which it will publish for distribution in the east’”’, ‘stated Davies. “Our highway markers will direct people to the mine and we also will endeavor to have a placed there’’. WINZE SINKING AT GRACEY PROGRESSING Sinking of the new winze at the Gracey mine is making good progress and results so far are encouraging in the matter of following the shoot of ore picked up, in the E. L.Herrington of Oakland has retired from the scene of operations. R. N. MeCormack is superintendent. ROAD OILING UNDER WAY TWO HIGHWAYS The Tahoe Ukiah state highway between Rough and Ready and Browns Valley is being given a coating of oil by the maintenance department, which will give a paved highway between Marysville and Nevada City. The link in Lake county is expected to be completed this season with the surfaeiig under way which will cut over a hundred miles of travel between Ukaih and Nevada City when completed. The work of oiling the state highway between Nevada City and Downieville is scheduled to get under Way as soon as the weather clears up. RAILROAD HEARING IS POSTPONED NEXT WEEK A discussion as to Se merits of the application of the Great North -. ern and Western Pacific railroads to build 200 miles in Plumas, Lassen and Modoe counties was held at the meeting of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at its meeting last week and the matter was finally carried over to an adjourned meeting tomorrow night at the chamber headquarters. Representatives of both sides to the railroad controversy will be invited to be present on that occasion. The Alpha Hardware and Supply Company landed one of the supply contracts for the Grass Valley schools, At the vata wampae™ of new line} COMPRESSOR AT BRUSH CREEK TO SPEED THE WORK A compressor is being installed at the Brush Creek mine above Goodyears Bar and will make for much better time in the’ underground operations at this property. President and Mrs. Ben F. Ballard of Santa Rosa were at the property several, days the past week on a visit of inspection, returning home Thursday. They expressed themselves as well pleased with the showing being made at the property. The ore. blocked out is holding up well in values and extent and the company is not yet confronted with the necessity of sinking deeper. The Brush Creek is one of the most promising of the’ properties of the district, the present shoot of ore being mined being one of the leading strikes made in the past few years. The property is equipped with a ten stamp mill which is operating steadily. TWIN SISTER WORK PROGRESSING NICELY Development work at the Twin Sister property is progressing in nice shape with’ two shifts at work. in tunnel No. 3. Rapid headway is being made with the machine drills. The promised . coming of electric power will speed _ up operations greatly at this property as the water supply is not a dependabie source for year around use. SCHOLARS WILL PAY TUITION OUT DISTRICT Among the numerous laws enacted by the last legislature which has been. signed by Governor Young and which is of interest locally provides that pupils attending school outside the district in which they live will have the state funds for their education credited to the district of their residence and not where they attend school. This will affect Indian Flat, Blue Tent and Oakland schoolé where pupils. have been attending from. Nevada City. ENGLEBRIGHT HIGHLY COMPLIMENTED WORK Congressman Harry L. Englebright has been’ receiving many newspaper compliments on the way he saw the congressional reapportionment bill through the House of Representatives the past week. The bill had been floundering in a legislative tangle until he took hold of the problem and engineered a’ successful course. The bill when enacted into a law will give California several extra members of Congress, mostly in the southern portion of the state. The boundaries of the second district presided over by Harry will remain unchanged. MANY JOB ORDERS ARE POURING IN TO OFFICE The Nugget job department is receiving a large number of voluntary orders for printing which is ample proof of the class ‘ef service and prices afforded by this plant. Many compliments have been heard on the excellent quality of work henge on The Quill, the high school annual, which has been turned out from this office the past two years. Delivery both years has been well ahead of schedule. New fonts of type are being rezgularly added to the equipment to keep the plant thoroughly modern. Among one @f the popular new lines just added is a hand tooled italic open face type which is _ proving much in demand by diseriminating purchasers of printing. “It is not necessary to send printing orders cut of Nevada City to be done. 'EKight hour service on emergency l work is affaorded. Frank Holbrooke, Jr., has been appointed foreman of the Rising

Sun mine at Colfax. DAVIES VISITING HISTORIC SPOTS REGION COUNCIL Leslie Davies, secretary of the Sacramento Region Citizens Council, was visiting in this city last week, obtaining -material for a page writeup inthe Sacramento Union on Nevada County. This page will ap pear on June 23rd. The material also. will. be used in broadcasts over KFRC of San Francisco, for easern and middle western people. Davies was also making prelimin ary surveys for~the marking of historic roads and landmarks which is being furthered by the ‘Trails of Forty-nine Committee of the Sacramento Region, an organization fostered by the Council. All of the historic roads will be marked for the Purpose of interesting tourists in visiting this section and remaining here for excursion trips. The proposal of historical museum in Nevada City, one of the projects of the FortyNine Committee, was discussed with O. D. Woodman, secretary of the the Chamber of.Commerce. The Council is seeking the establishment of museums in all of the twenty-one counties that comprise the Council. The museum will contain historical articles and relics of gold rush days. In commenting upon the plan to mark the trails and establish museums, Davies said: establishing a “There is no reason why Northern California should not enjoy the that are now so valuable to Southern California. The visitors from the east are seeking romance in California and no other place can vie with Northern California in this respect. But in order to bring them here we must have the landmarks designated and have things to show them and advertise. The Trails of ‘Forty Nine Committee is going to bring this about, the result being that thousands’ of tourists will be coming into this section. The south values the tourist trade above any of its other industries. It will be of equal in importance to us’”’. ———— WYOMING DRIFT SHOWS ENCOURAGING VALUES Opening of the old Wyoming drift on the Champion property is cutting into some promising rock in new ground and this will be followed. A stringer showing good values is in the face of the drift. A number of leasers are now at work under direction of William A. Sharp and William Rockefeller, who are erecting a five stamp mill on the Wyoming claim. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO BOOST NEVADA COUNTY “A party of Southern Pacifié. officials was in this section Friday and Saturday viewing the various historic and scenic spots’ which they propose to publicize in their literature. In the party were, F. Q. Tredway, assistant advertising manager; E. S. White, traveling passenger agent of Sacramento; Nels Kinell, assistant passenger agent; H. M. Fish, staff photographer, and H. C. Petersen, curator for the Fort sSutter Museum at Sacramento. The party was takento Rough and Ready, North Columbia, North Bloomfield and were to make a trip into Sierra county io Downieville and Sierra City. The members of the party were enthusiastic over the possibilities of this section in providing thrills for . tourists in the form of scenery and historic attractions. The rainy weather of Saturday was rather disconcerting to say the least. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bennett of Big Tunnel were among those from a distance attending to business affairs here Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Alleghany and Mrs. C. Stevens of . Nevada City attended the graduation exercises at San Jose State Teachers college. where the latter’s granddaughter, Miss Doras Smith completed her course. . MINING LOCATIONS ARE PLACED COUNTY RECORD, The following mining have been filed for record: The Blue Bird placer by Gus and M. B. Sweeney, Archie H. Miller, Mrs. Augusta Miller, Ira A. Lynen ‘and Mrs. Ira C. Lynch ‘in Relief Hill Mining District, NE% Sec. 10 T1I7N R10E. Cumtux quartz by J. W. Thomason in Sec. 20 T16N R8E in Rough and Ready Mining District. White Goose Extension . David J. Becker Mining District. Samatri placer by David J. Becker in Washington Mining District. PLACER NUGGETS TO BE MADE JEWELRY Thirty pieces oh ae placer gold weigh. ing 3: ounces 3% pennweights were on display at the St. Charles Hoiel Thursday. Antone Lavezzola bought the collection of nuggets to be made into rings, stickpins and other pieces of jewelry. One nugget that had bits of crystallized quartz embedded in it ' was uncommonly pretty and would make a beautiful setting for a pin or ring. All are rough virgin gold, the sight of which is enough to make one want to gather up pick, shovel and pan and start up the nearest ravine quartz by in Washington The specimens came from the Jack Tafft and son diggings at Poker Flat, in this county, sixteen miles from Downieville, where they have been ground sluicing They are nuggets picked up on bedrock ahead of the sluice boxes, which have not yet been cleaned up When the cleanup is made a showing is expected that will prove the richness and uphold the reputation of that district. —The Messenger. DEVELOPMENT WORK MOVES AT RISING SUN Development work at the Rising Sun property is progressing rapidly. A new drift has been started to develop the western porticn of the property which has never been developed hitherto .The new work is near the junction of the Rising Sun and Big Oak veins and ‘should prove a rich shoot from _ present indications. The work is being done on the Big Oak vein. Charles E. Basso senting the New York interests behind the project is building a handsome new log bungalow at the property. E. C. Klinker operations. GOLD TUNNEL BEING EXPERTED AT PRESENT There is a possibility that operations may be undertaken at the old California and Gold Tunnel property lying within the west wy limits. The property has been ex#€rted the past few weeks by mining engineers in behalf of unnamed interests. The property has a past production record of around a million dollars in the early days but has lain idle for a number of years. It was worked to the 700 level. Both shafts on the property. have long since caved and it would be necessary to run new workings to open it.up. The property is owned by the Allen estate of Marysville. who is” repreis in charge of REUNION WELL The reunion of former countians .held at the state fair grounds at Sacramento last week drew a large attendance. Tom Monk acted as chairman of the day and the principal address was made by Judge George L. Jones whose remarks were warmly welcomed by the throng. . ATTENDED Nevada Mr. and Mrs. Loren Sherwood of Albion, Michigan, motored out to California and stopped over here tc visit old time friends before completing their tour of the state and vitisting other relatives. W. E.:Trood of San Francisco has been at North Bloomfield visiting at his old home, passing thru here Friday enroute home. locations ! At is unfortunate that . been indefinitely postponed on acYUBA COMPANY SELISRICHTSTO. THE PACIFIC GAS With the pending sale of the Bullards Bar dam and the numerous and valuable water rights on the. North and Middle Yuba rivers, the_ Pacific Gas and Electri Company in. its proposed purchase of the holdings of the Yuba River Power — Company will have the entire watershed of the three Yubas in its . control, .which probably sounds the death knell of the proposed dam at the Narrows near Smartsville in the near future, and which would mean the resumption. of hydraulic mining in this county. The Yuba company in building the Bullards Bar dam some years ago made it possible to resume hydaaulicking in Sierra county and it had been ardently hoped that thecompany would proceed in the near future with’ the construction of the Narrows dam as it had taken more than a passing interest in the min-ing industry. It is reported that the Yuba company had been unable to interest sufficient capital to carry out its ambitious project on the North Yuba _ including five power houses. By the terms of its water right licenses it had to commence etive work before July tst next and it is presumed that the present transaction is in contemplation of that date. : In the proposed sale which is before the state railroad commission for ratification, the Yuba companywill receive $150,000 in eash and the Pacific Gas will take over. the indebtedness which amounts to over a million dollars. The properties included in the transfer . are the Bullads Bar dam, the Bullards power plant, the Narrows damsite, the transmission line between Colgate and Bullards, stock in the Marysville hotel, and the various water permits from the state. It would accomplish a great deal of the mining industry of this county if the Narrows dam were built as that is the keynote for the future of placer mining and until hat is done there is but little chance of relief. The coordinated water plan’ may: bring this about in the course of time. GAS TAX MONEYS TO BE INCREASSD SOON One oi the forward locking pieces of legislation enacted by the last legislature and signed the past week by Governor Young w.s the alleting of -$20,000 in gas lixzx funds to each county of the ‘state prior to the division on the basis or auto registration. Formerly there were fifteen counties of the state thut had received but small amouuts. By this law Sierra county will benefit nearly $16,000 annually. over what she has been getting. This mioney goes into highway maintenance.. Nevada county will benefit several thousand dollars. FOURTH OF JULY IS PASSED GRASS VALLEY Apparently there is going to be: no Fourth of July’ celebration at Grass Valley this year as the Legion members who were proposing to stage the entertainment found the finances lacking on the part of the merchants to put the idea over. was not determined earlier as Nevada City could. have gone ahead and put one over again this year as she did last. — CAFETERIA~LUNCH DELAYED The. cafeteria lunch which was to have been held at the auto park on Thursday by St. Agnes Guild’ has count of the weather. The Giuld will however, on that day hold a = food and fancy goods sale in the Odd Fellw building on TAae z this week. { Mrs. W. H. Martin who gusta: a broken hip in April is now able be up and ground aguin. She ha been under the care of Dr. R. Werner.