June 19, 1941 (6 pages)

, % 7 ——} . wa 9rmesernencsomnarnd The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week evada City Nu C= _ Thi cov ocet S paper gives you complete erage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your es oe ne friends, your neighbors, read t ~y COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nugget. q Wel. 15, No. 46. ____._© The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, ‘The Goll Gn THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941. es ae ; 7 : —~— Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Turning from wars, and strikes, from nazis and communists, from fascists and blatherskites, let us consider something that is ancient, elemental, something that calls up the golden years of Nevada County. We refer to Montez, whose former home still the late Lola stands in Grass Valley, and whose ways with men are still emulated by adventurous women here and elsewhere. That the beautiful Lola is recalled is due to a “‘find’’ made by H, P. Davis, mining engineer, whose hobby consists of acquiring things old and rare. He has found a copy of the Nevada Journal, published in fornia,’ March 26,.1858. In this “Autobioshe journal graphy of Lola Montez,’’ as appears’ the “Nevada, Calikherseld revealed it in a legal examination in New York, where she had ‘been summoned to prove the bad character of one Jobson. cidentally the newspaper is a beautiful specimen of printing of that faraway handset era’. headlines to jar the reader awake er to scare him to death, No flaring Inbut a beautiful harmony of type, disclosing to the world the last word from Washington and New York as it came by clipper to San Francisco. As we have often suspected, Lola Montez, as revealed in this “legal examination’’, lacked something in cogentcy. she was inclined to be ‘‘scrattery.”’ For her there was no sequence, no In other words cause and effect. So she gave surprising answers to her inquisitors, answers that may tended to conceal her have been innaughty past, to put her questioners on the spot, or, perhaps, to lay the foundation for a new adventure. here is her story, or at least one of her stories, as she told it nearly a hundred years ago in the City of New York. “My name is Lola Montez; my family name was Marie Rosanna Gilbert. Q. Where were you: born? A, In the beautiful town of Limerick. Q. How old are you? A. Thirty three. Q. When were you born. A. Count; I cannot tell. I was not present when I was born; I have had two husbands and I am on the point of having a third; my first husband was Capt. James. Q. Were you maried to Capt. James? A, The ring was put on my finger by a clergyman, but my spirit was never united to him. Q. What other husband have you had? A. Now wait a moment; I'd never have you to be sure; I was married to James near Dublin; I was a child of fifteen; he ran away with another lady about a year after I was married; I was living in Mugeer, India, then; I lived there about seven years; from there I came to England, I think, in 1842; I married about the year 1840; , I don’t know how long I _ remained in London after I returned; a few months; I was on the stage, and practicing under the instruction of a Spaniard named Espa; I was lodging with an old Scotchman and his wife; my father was Adjutant General in the Bengal army. Q. Were you living with any man at that time? A. I never lived with any man since my husband left me; my husband charged me with an intrigue with a man named Capt. Lennox, on shipboard, but it was a false accusation made by him, because he was then living with Mrs. ’Capt. Lomar, of the 21st regiment; I went from London to Spain, and all over that country; I remained in Spain a few months, learning to. dance! I was traveling perBut (Continued on Page Two) Local Men Are Theft . Suspects Trio Held For Federal Grand Jury By Government Authorities Three Nevada City men are held in the county jail in Sacramento under $2,500 bonds each for the federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and forgery in connection with the theft of five United States postal savings bonds. The trio, Carlton Orzalli, 20; Arthur Yarborough, 24, and George Jones, 46, were ordered held at a hearing before United States Commissioner Adellia McCabe. They were arrested and taken to Sacramento by Chief of Police Max Solaro of this city and Undersheriff William D. Woods. Orzalli, on probation in this county on a burglary charge was apprehended in Reno. The bonds, each of $50 denomination, were ‘stolen from Florence H Gold Is Where You Find It LESS MEN THAN BEFORE LAST MONTH’S STRIKE 150. The number employed is mining properties. Other contributory factors ials, making it imossible for Miner Shortage AtLavaCap . , SUIT . General Manager Otto Schiffner. of the Lava Ca pMines reports considerable development work has been. discontinued to allow men employed formerly on that work to stope ore for the mill. Schiffner reports a i shortage of experienced miners, although the rustling lines at the propDodge of this. city. Orzalli is charged with forging the name of the owner on the certificates. The others are charged with conspiracy in an atfempt to dispose of the bonds, Nevada County officers yesterday In all about. five ounces of the Pine Streets, Clayre Szemanski and Hal Draper, specting the gold found in sluicing underneath the er’s old assay office on Commercial and Main precious metal was obtained, enough to pay the costs of the. moving: of ‘Draper's assay office to ‘Commercial and erty have been long, A diamond drilling campaign is being carried on at the Lava Cap properties. Schiffner says 335 men are employed at the Banner and Central Mines of the Lava Cap Comlocal assayer, are shown here infloorboards at DrapStreets, released Ernest Kistle, 19. and Thad Baker, 21, who were taken into cuse tody for questioning in the case. Death Comes To Sister Of Rev. . David Ralston Rev. and Mrs, David Ralston left here today for San Diego, where they will attend the funeral of Mrs. Annie Jone S'waffer, 82, Rev. Ralston’s sister, who died at the Ralston home here Tuesday afternoon. The body was sent to San Diego by the Holmes Funeral Home of this Hal Draper The drudgery of moving to Hal Draper, local assayer, became more or less of a game after he discovered the dirt on the floor and the dirt underneath the floor of the building he is vacating was virtually rich in pay dirt. Nearly four ounces of the metal’ was panned from the floor of the assay shop. Draper lost no time in setting up a gluice box, tearing up the sees 8 and Start sluicing the dirt beneath the floor. His activities produced anakes Moving Pay--Discoves Gold While Moving Assay Office Here pany, John Chandler is superintendent of the two mines. Hoist Equipment Being Installed . At Stockton Hill The installation of a double drum hoist at the Stockton Hill Mine, nine miles south of Grass Valley, is proceeding. When the installation of the hoist is completed the present one ton ore cars will be replaced with two and one half ton cars. The new machinery unit is expected to speed production and enOther ounce with the likelihood of more, The building being vacated . by Draper is one of the oldest brick buildings «in Nevada City. It was constructed about 1852. The building is to be torn down to make way for a large parking lot. It.is believed the gold found by Draper escaped from the melting pot when the metal wag being bricked. An assay shop has been located in the building for many years. . city. Mrs. Swaffer’s death followed several years illness. During the past nine months she had been bedridden. The deceased was a nattive of Ireland. She was the wife of the late Charles Swaffer, who died four years ago in San Diego. Since that time until her death Mrs. .Swaffer had made her home with Rey. and Mrs. Ralston. Besides her brother here, the deceased leaves two other brothers, Frank Ralston of Ireland and James Ralston of Canada. SLOT MACHINES ORDERED OUT Slot machine owners who have devices operating within the city limGroup Accused en Damages totaling $510,500 are asked by John Hampton Lashbaugh of Nevada City, a mining operator, against W B. Brinker, Willis De Walt, U. S. N. Johnson, George Wil: liams and four John Does in a suit filed in the superior court charging the defendants with conspiracy to defraud him of his interests in the Seven Aces Mine near Alleghany. A year ago Lashbaugh and_. his wife, Mrs. Margaret Luthena Lashbaugh, were involved in a sensational divorce suit in San Francisco. In Action Filed By Nevada City Man In Sierra Superior Court Kstrangement Is Charged The present suit, filed yesterday, ' contains charges that DeWalt culti-. its have been given until 6 o’clock tonight to remove them. Chief of Police Max Solaro said 4 : ae any machine found within the cicy. Vated the friendship of the plain-. limits after the deadline tonight} tiff’s wife, obtained her ‘confidence . will be confiscated. and subjected her to his will aad) control to the end that she become . : estranged from her husband and anFiremen Stop Ammonia tagonistic to his business interests. . Using New Gas Masks fits that would accrue to plaintiff by’ a Fire Chief Luther Marsh and{ reason of the continued operation of Firemen James Penrose and Maxfthe mine from the date of the un-. Solaro used the local department’s] covering of a rich gold ledge to the date of the filing of the camplaint.” Exemplary damages of $25,000 also are asked. Rich Ore Was Found The complaint sets forth that on August 12, 1939, the plaintiff a partner with W. B. Brinker in the operation of the Seven Aces, uncovered a rich deposit at the mine. He took a small sackful of the ore to Brinker, {t is stated, and Brinker had the essayed and reported to the defendant {t ran $150,000 per ton. The complaint sets forth that from that time on Brinker began a conspiracy to, new gas masks to penetrate the ammonia filled Cardinal, Store Tuesday’ night to stop a leak in an ammonia tank in the meat market. The Native Sons of the Golden West, who were meeting in the lodge room above the market, first became aware of°’the escaping ammonia fumes and notified the local fire department. Completes Assessment Work— Clarence Martz has completed assessment work on his property in tthe Round ‘Mountain district. able the milling of 130 tons of ore per day. Plans are also being made to sink the shaft to the 650 foot level. The Stockton Hill now employs 50 men. W. R. Woock of Auburn is in charge of operations. 4 Nevada City School Trustees Select Two New Teachers At Meeting Monday Night The Nevada City Board of Education, at its meeting Monday night, named successors to ‘Miss. Mildred . Severtson, former home economics instructor at the local high schoo) and Miss Ivey Adele Ruitter, who reOf Conspiracy; keep Lashbaugh from holding an interest in the property. It is charged that.while under. the influence of the defendants, Mrs. Lashbaugh endeavored to prosecute the plaintiff upon an unfounded criminal charge, which was dismissed by the municipal court in San Francisco! on July 3, 1940. Diverco Suit Was Engin cently’ resigned as arts and crafts Lashbaugh also charges the deteacher at the local school. ; Miss\ Elizabeth Minnes, a Mills fendant Brinker subsidized the wife ] . or sucof the plaintiff by financial assistance Golegs hes anuate; Nihane named wre i ata ceed Miss\ Ruitter and Miss Alicia in aiding her to move to San Fran‘ cisco and establish residence to file! Bnclene Alle, A Ban Jose State. Col: a suit for divorce against the plaintiff, ; The ‘plaintiff quotes Mrs. baugh as telling her husband: “You can’t fight Brinker’s money, , and it would be better to sell out andi igh school faculty, nam a_success1 ‘s sucset some money and get out of the pr to Aire Me ee erren i pris ; ¢ ; cessor to Cecil Klee, vice principal mine because he (Brinker) is going to-take it away from you.” of the elementary school. The complaint also charges through the acts of the defendants, the mine has been damaged extensively by accumulation of water in the shaft and tunnels caused by the fact Defendent Brinker prevented the plaintiffs use of the copartnership fund in his capacity as manager. ‘Brinker and DeWalt are residents of San Francisco, JohnSon is a Nevada City man and holds an interest in the Seven Aces property: ceed Miss Severtson. Tosh. . Mrs. Margaret’ Melton, You Bet . teacher resigned. The local schoo} ' trustees must fill one vacancy in tha Morris Roberts Selects : Ukiah Girl As Bride Morris Roberts, a graduate of the local high school of 1936 and until recently a resident of this city, was married to Miss Merle Wright of Ukiah at a ceremony performed in Santa Rosa Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Roberts, parenits of the ‘bridegroom, and the bridegroom’s sister, Dorothea Roberts, . were in attendance from this city. Morris Roberts recently moved to Walnut Creek to accept a position with the Union Oil Company. The YELLOWJACKET 'WORKING Charles Ayres is superintending work at the Yellowjacket Mine in the Alleghany district. A. small crew is employed at the property. newly married couple will make It was reported here profitable ore . their home in Walnut Creek. The is being milled. . bride attended Ukiah schools, oe A survey shows there ne Nevada County gold mining industry with a payroll of $333,lege graduate, was elected to suc-. High Cost Of Materials, Men Shortage Causes Mines Employment Loss IDAHO-MARYLAND CORPORATION HAS 250 4 2,221 men employed in the a decrease from the’ total4 at work, prior to the May strike at several of the Grass Valley to the decrease were rising cost of materthe mining operators to work_ore handled and the call of experienced miners to defense industry jobs, + A large number of the miners of . the Nevada City-Grass Valley dis. . trict are employed on the Pearl Har© formerly bor underground air base project. The number of men employed at the Idaho-Maryland Corporation’s properties is now 709, approximately ; 250 less than the number at work prior to the strike in May, The Golden Center Mine in Grass Valley is at present employing less men _ than were working at the time of the strike at that property. At the Idaho-Maryland 213 are employed underground’ while the New Brunswick employs 246 underground. On the surface at those two’ properties 189 are employed and the private operating payroll is 47. Only 14 men are at work at the Bullion Mine, which employed 45 prior to the strike. Employment at the Empire-Star Mines Company properties both here and in Grass Valley remained practically the same as last month except that a heavy decrease is note ed in the number of men at the Zetbright. The Lava Cap’Mines are employing more men than last month. General Manager Otto Schiffner of. the . Lava Cap properties reports a short; age of experienced miners. The Omega and Relief Hill Hydraulic Mines are continuing to op. erate but the season is expected to be over soon. Outside of the hydrau. lic mines there is very little activity in this county in the placer mining . field. . The operating mines in the county . .ehe number of men employed and ; the payroll are as follows: Empire-Star Mines— Men Payroll POM PUe cc. cae 420 $63,000 North Star: icj.00 hs 310 46,500 Pennsylvania .... 115 17,250 MO 60 9,000 Murchie 3) 30 4,500 Idaho-Maryland Mines— Idaho-Maryland ... 3138 46,950 New Brunswick .. 382 57,300 MBUMon secs 14 2,™0 Lava Cap Mines— PCOntpal ski a 207 31,050 Banton ce 128 19,206 Others— Spring Hill oe 12 1,800 Golden Center ...-:: 70 10,500 Stockton Hill 2.3 So. 50 7,500 Anchoe Erie .... 12 1,800 CAs So lo oe 10 1,500 . Bt Molen as: 8 1,200 Big Pine 6 900 POOR ee 2 300 Oiiniae coc 10 1,500 . Placer Mines— POMeSe 2 oe eo a 28 4,200 . Relief Bly sc. 20 3,000 Eloro Planet. 3.0.00. 8 1,200 Gipson: (22 12 1,800 French Corral’ .i5.3.; 4) 600 Totals gi 2,221.333,150 Local Native Daughters Attend Grand Convention Edith Casci, Elsie Flynn, Beth Wilson, Ida Norton and Nellie Clark of this city are expected home tomor row or Saturday from the Native Daughters of the Golden West con‘in Los Angeles. ; Native Daughters Casci, Flynn, Wilson and Norton attended the convention as delegates and Mrs. Clark, © secretary of the local parlor, attend_ ed as a visitor, ae vention, which was held this week —_—

, % 7 ——} . wa 9rmesernencsomnarnd The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week evada City Nu C= _ Thi cov ocet S paper gives you complete erage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your es oe ne friends, your neighbors, read t ~y COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nugget. q Wel. 15, No. 46. ____._© The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, ‘The Goll Gn THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941. es ae ; 7 : —~— Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Turning from wars, and strikes, from nazis and communists, from fascists and blatherskites, let us consider something that is ancient, elemental, something that calls up the golden years of Nevada County. We refer to Montez, whose former home still the late Lola stands in Grass Valley, and whose ways with men are still emulated by adventurous women here and elsewhere. That the beautiful Lola is recalled is due to a “‘find’’ made by H, P. Davis, mining engineer, whose hobby consists of acquiring things old and rare. He has found a copy of the Nevada Journal, published in fornia,’ March 26,.1858. In this “Autobioshe journal graphy of Lola Montez,’’ as appears’ the “Nevada, Calikherseld revealed it in a legal examination in New York, where she had ‘been summoned to prove the bad character of one Jobson. cidentally the newspaper is a beautiful specimen of printing of that faraway handset era’. headlines to jar the reader awake er to scare him to death, No flaring Inbut a beautiful harmony of type, disclosing to the world the last word from Washington and New York as it came by clipper to San Francisco. As we have often suspected, Lola Montez, as revealed in this “legal examination’’, lacked something in cogentcy. she was inclined to be ‘‘scrattery.”’ For her there was no sequence, no In other words cause and effect. So she gave surprising answers to her inquisitors, answers that may tended to conceal her have been innaughty past, to put her questioners on the spot, or, perhaps, to lay the foundation for a new adventure. here is her story, or at least one of her stories, as she told it nearly a hundred years ago in the City of New York. “My name is Lola Montez; my family name was Marie Rosanna Gilbert. Q. Where were you: born? A, In the beautiful town of Limerick. Q. How old are you? A. Thirty three. Q. When were you born. A. Count; I cannot tell. I was not present when I was born; I have had two husbands and I am on the point of having a third; my first husband was Capt. James. Q. Were you maried to Capt. James? A, The ring was put on my finger by a clergyman, but my spirit was never united to him. Q. What other husband have you had? A. Now wait a moment; I'd never have you to be sure; I was married to James near Dublin; I was a child of fifteen; he ran away with another lady about a year after I was married; I was living in Mugeer, India, then; I lived there about seven years; from there I came to England, I think, in 1842; I married about the year 1840; , I don’t know how long I _ remained in London after I returned; a few months; I was on the stage, and practicing under the instruction of a Spaniard named Espa; I was lodging with an old Scotchman and his wife; my father was Adjutant General in the Bengal army. Q. Were you living with any man at that time? A. I never lived with any man since my husband left me; my husband charged me with an intrigue with a man named Capt. Lennox, on shipboard, but it was a false accusation made by him, because he was then living with Mrs. ’Capt. Lomar, of the 21st regiment; I went from London to Spain, and all over that country; I remained in Spain a few months, learning to. dance! I was traveling perBut (Continued on Page Two) Local Men Are Theft . Suspects Trio Held For Federal Grand Jury By Government Authorities Three Nevada City men are held in the county jail in Sacramento under $2,500 bonds each for the federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and forgery in connection with the theft of five United States postal savings bonds. The trio, Carlton Orzalli, 20; Arthur Yarborough, 24, and George Jones, 46, were ordered held at a hearing before United States Commissioner Adellia McCabe. They were arrested and taken to Sacramento by Chief of Police Max Solaro of this city and Undersheriff William D. Woods. Orzalli, on probation in this county on a burglary charge was apprehended in Reno. The bonds, each of $50 denomination, were ‘stolen from Florence H Gold Is Where You Find It LESS MEN THAN BEFORE LAST MONTH’S STRIKE 150. The number employed is mining properties. Other contributory factors ials, making it imossible for Miner Shortage AtLavaCap . , SUIT . General Manager Otto Schiffner. of the Lava Ca pMines reports considerable development work has been. discontinued to allow men employed formerly on that work to stope ore for the mill. Schiffner reports a i shortage of experienced miners, although the rustling lines at the propDodge of this. city. Orzalli is charged with forging the name of the owner on the certificates. The others are charged with conspiracy in an atfempt to dispose of the bonds, Nevada County officers yesterday In all about. five ounces of the Pine Streets, Clayre Szemanski and Hal Draper, specting the gold found in sluicing underneath the er’s old assay office on Commercial and Main precious metal was obtained, enough to pay the costs of the. moving: of ‘Draper's assay office to ‘Commercial and erty have been long, A diamond drilling campaign is being carried on at the Lava Cap properties. Schiffner says 335 men are employed at the Banner and Central Mines of the Lava Cap Comlocal assayer, are shown here infloorboards at DrapStreets, released Ernest Kistle, 19. and Thad Baker, 21, who were taken into cuse tody for questioning in the case. Death Comes To Sister Of Rev. . David Ralston Rev. and Mrs, David Ralston left here today for San Diego, where they will attend the funeral of Mrs. Annie Jone S'waffer, 82, Rev. Ralston’s sister, who died at the Ralston home here Tuesday afternoon. The body was sent to San Diego by the Holmes Funeral Home of this Hal Draper The drudgery of moving to Hal Draper, local assayer, became more or less of a game after he discovered the dirt on the floor and the dirt underneath the floor of the building he is vacating was virtually rich in pay dirt. Nearly four ounces of the metal’ was panned from the floor of the assay shop. Draper lost no time in setting up a gluice box, tearing up the sees 8 and Start sluicing the dirt beneath the floor. His activities produced anakes Moving Pay--Discoves Gold While Moving Assay Office Here pany, John Chandler is superintendent of the two mines. Hoist Equipment Being Installed . At Stockton Hill The installation of a double drum hoist at the Stockton Hill Mine, nine miles south of Grass Valley, is proceeding. When the installation of the hoist is completed the present one ton ore cars will be replaced with two and one half ton cars. The new machinery unit is expected to speed production and enOther ounce with the likelihood of more, The building being vacated . by Draper is one of the oldest brick buildings «in Nevada City. It was constructed about 1852. The building is to be torn down to make way for a large parking lot. It.is believed the gold found by Draper escaped from the melting pot when the metal wag being bricked. An assay shop has been located in the building for many years. . city. Mrs. Swaffer’s death followed several years illness. During the past nine months she had been bedridden. The deceased was a nattive of Ireland. She was the wife of the late Charles Swaffer, who died four years ago in San Diego. Since that time

until her death Mrs. ..Swaffer had made her home with Rey. and Mrs. Ralston. Besides her brother here, the deceased leaves two other brothers, Frank Ralston of Ireland and James Ralston of Canada. SLOT MACHINES ORDERED OUT Slot machine owners who have devices operating within the city limGroup Accused en Damages totaling $510,500 are asked by John Hampton Lashbaugh of Nevada City, a mining operator, against W B. Brinker, Willis De Walt, U. S. N. Johnson, George Wil: liams and four John Does in a suit filed in the superior court charging the defendants with conspiracy to defraud him of his interests in the Seven Aces Mine near Alleghany. A year ago Lashbaugh and_. his wife, Mrs. Margaret Luthena Lashbaugh, were involved in a sensational divorce suit in San Francisco. In Action Filed By Nevada City Man In Sierra Superior Court Kstrangement Is Charged The present suit, filed yesterday, ' contains charges that DeWalt culti-. its have been given until 6 o’clock tonight to remove them. Chief of Police Max Solaro said 4 : ae any machine found within the cicy. Vated the friendship of the plain-. limits after the deadline tonight} tiff’s wife, obtained her ‘confidence . will be confiscated. and subjected her to his will aad) control to the end that she become . : estranged from her husband and anFiremen Stop Ammonia tagonistic to his business interests. . Using New Gas Masks fits that would accrue to plaintiff by’ a Fire Chief Luther Marsh and{ reason of the continued operation of Firemen James Penrose and Maxfthe mine from the date of the un-. Solaro used the local department’s] covering of a rich gold ledge to the date of the filing of the camplaint.” Exemplary damages of $25,000 also are asked. Rich Ore Was Found The complaint sets forth that on August 12, 1939, the plaintiff a partner with W. B. Brinker in the operation of the Seven Aces, uncovered a rich deposit at the mine. He took a small sackful of the ore to Brinker, {t is stated, and Brinker had the essayed and reported to the defendant {t ran $150,000 per ton. The complaint sets forth that from that time on Brinker began a conspiracy to, new gas masks to penetrate the ammonia filled Cardinal, Store Tuesday’ night to stop a leak in an ammonia tank in the meat market. The Native Sons of the Golden West, who were meeting in the lodge room above the market, first became aware of°’the escaping ammonia fumes and notified the local fire department. Completes Assessment Work— Clarence Martz has completed assessment work on his property in tthe Round ‘Mountain district. able the milling of 130 tons of ore per day. Plans are also being made to sink the shaft to the 650 foot level. The Stockton Hill now employs 50 men. W. R. Woock of Auburn is in charge of operations. 4 Nevada City School Trustees Select Two New Teachers At Meeting Monday Night The Nevada City Board of Education, at its meeting Monday night, named successors to ‘Miss. Mildred . Severtson, former home economics instructor at the local high schoo) and Miss Ivey Adele Ruitter, who reOf Conspiracy; keep Lashbaugh from holding an interest in the property. It is charged that.while under. the influence of the defendants, Mrs. Lashbaugh endeavored to prosecute the plaintiff upon an unfounded criminal charge, which was dismissed by the municipal court in San Francisco! on July 3, 1940. Diverco Suit Was Engin cently’ resigned as arts and crafts Lashbaugh also charges the deteacher at the local school. ; Miss\ Elizabeth Minnes, a Mills fendant Brinker subsidized the wife ] . or sucof the plaintiff by financial assistance Golegs hes anuate; Nihane named wre i ata ceed Miss\ Ruitter and Miss Alicia in aiding her to move to San Fran‘ cisco and establish residence to file! Bnclene Alle, A Ban Jose State. Col: a suit for divorce against the plaintiff, ; The ‘plaintiff quotes Mrs. baugh as telling her husband: “You can’t fight Brinker’s money, , and it would be better to sell out andi igh school faculty, nam a_success1 ‘s sucset some money and get out of the pr to Aire Me ee erren i pris ; ¢ ; cessor to Cecil Klee, vice principal mine because he (Brinker) is going to-take it away from you.” of the elementary school. The complaint also charges through the acts of the defendants, the mine has been damaged extensively by accumulation of water in the shaft and tunnels caused by the fact Defendent Brinker prevented the plaintiffs use of the copartnership fund in his capacity as manager. ‘Brinker and DeWalt are residents of San Francisco, JohnSon is a Nevada City man and holds an interest in the Seven Aces property: ceed Miss Severtson. Tosh. . Mrs. Margaret’ Melton, You Bet . teacher resigned. The local schoo} ' trustees must fill one vacancy in tha Morris Roberts Selects : Ukiah Girl As Bride Morris Roberts, a graduate of the local high school of 1936 and until recently a resident of this city, was married to Miss Merle Wright of Ukiah at a ceremony performed in Santa Rosa Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Roberts, parenits of the ‘bridegroom, and the bridegroom’s sister, Dorothea Roberts, . were in attendance from this city. Morris Roberts recently moved to Walnut Creek to accept a position with the Union Oil Company. The YELLOWJACKET 'WORKING Charles Ayres is superintending work at the Yellowjacket Mine in the Alleghany district. A. small crew is employed at the property. newly married couple will make It was reported here profitable ore . their home in Walnut Creek. The is being milled. . bride attended Ukiah schools, oe A survey shows there ne Nevada County gold mining industry with a payroll of $333,lege graduate, was elected to suc-. High Cost Of Materials, Men Shortage Causes Mines Employment Loss IDAHO-MARYLAND CORPORATION HAS 250 4 2,221 men employed in the a decrease from the’ total4 at work, prior to the May strike at several of the Grass Valley to the decrease were rising cost of materthe mining operators to work_ore handled and the call of experienced miners to defense industry jobs, + A large number of the miners of . the Nevada City-Grass Valley dis. . trict are employed on the Pearl Har© formerly bor underground air base project. The number of men employed at the Idaho-Maryland Corporation’s properties is now 709, approximately ; 250 less than the number at work prior to the strike in May, The Golden Center Mine in Grass Valley is at present employing less men _ than were working at the time of the strike at that property. At the Idaho-Maryland 213 are employed underground’ while the New Brunswick employs 246 underground. On the surface at those two’ properties 189 are employed and the private operating payroll is 47. Only 14 men are at work at the Bullion Mine, which employed 45 prior to the strike. Employment at the Empire-Star Mines Company properties both here and in Grass Valley remained practically the same as last month except that a heavy decrease is note ed in the number of men at the Zetbright. The Lava Cap’Mines are employing more men than last month. General Manager Otto Schiffner of. the . Lava Cap properties reports a short; age of experienced miners. The Omega and Relief Hill Hydraulic Mines are continuing to op. erate but the season is expected to be over soon. Outside of the hydrau. lic mines there is very little activity in this county in the placer mining . field. . The operating mines in the county . .ehe number of men employed and ; the payroll are as follows: Empire-Star Mines— Men Payroll POM PUe cc. cae 420 $63,000 North Star: icj.00 hs 310 46,500 Pennsylvania ....... 115 17,250 MO 60 9,000 Murchie 3) 30 4,500 Idaho-Maryland Mines— Idaho-Maryland ..... 3138 46,950 New Brunswick .... 382 57,300 MBUMon secs 14 2,™0 Lava Cap Mines— PCOntpal ski a 207 31,050 Banton ce 128 19,206 Others— Spring Hill oe 12 1,800 Golden Center .....-:: 70 10,500 Stockton Hill 2.3 So. 50 7,500 Anchoe Erie ........ 12 1,800 CAs So lo oe 10 1,500 . Bt Molen as: 8 1,200 Big Pine 6 900 POOR ee 2 300 Oiiniae coc 10 1,500 . Placer Mines— POMeSe 2 oe eo a 28 4,200 . Relief Bly sc. 20 3,000 Eloro Planet. 3.0.00.. 8 1,200 Gipson: (22 12 1,800 French Corral’ .i5.3.; 4) 600 Totals gi 2,221..333,150 Local Native Daughters Attend Grand Convention Edith Casci, Elsie Flynn, Beth Wilson, Ida Norton and Nellie Clark of this city are expected home tomor row or Saturday from the Native Daughters of the Golden West con‘in Los Angeles. ; Native Daughters Casci, Flynn, Wilson and Norton attended the convention as delegates and Mrs. Clark, © secretary of the local parlor, attend_ ed as a visitor, ae vention, which was held this week —_—