June 26, 1936 (10 pages)

\\ Thinking Out Loud . COVERS RICHEST GOLD Nevada City Nugget AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nevada City Nugget helps your city and county to grow in population and prosperity. By subscribing to, andadvertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ———J G. W. L. With the arrest of the two NewMan brothers, an exceptionally brutal murder is probably on its way to. solution. The sheriff.and his deputies deserve credit for the termination of the nation-wide, man-hunt. me nctive and thorough dissemination of their pictures and_ descriptions Plus continued effort on the _ sheriff’s part resulted in the capture of ere men. ‘Merely because it has been discovered that an American has been selling United States naval secrets to a Japanese officer, is no reason for this country to become excited, and utter threats of war. Espionage ‘thas been going on since the origin of nations, and no doubt will continue. Let not the jingoist seize on this incident to mutter threats of the “Yellow Peril,’’ etc. Those concerned in the affair will be properly punished, and the affair will be closed. The Democrats are considering the abrogation of the hundred-year-old convention rulé, requiring a twothirds majority to nominate Democratic candidates for President and Vice-President. However this will not be accomplished without sharp opposition from many good Demoecrats. With the. fight to kill the old rule, comes. remembrance of the Democratic Convention of 1912, when Woodrow Wilson was nominrated for the presidency, after days of balloting. If the two-thirds rule had not been in effect, Champ Clark would have been nominated and the whole course of our history would perhaps have taken a different turning. If Congress, assertedly,. represents the will of the people, the question can reasonably he asked: ‘‘What does the Supreme Court represent?” For the past three years, the Supreme Court has called a halt to many projects of the present Administration. Whether the enactments of Congress, which the Supreme Court has seen fit to declare’ unconstitutional ,areWise or unwise is not the yestion. If ‘these acts are the will the people, as expressed through Congress, the Supreme Court should submit to that will. ‘The Constitution of the United ‘ates is over a-century old, ana ‘ttimes and circumstances have changed during that period. Isn’t it reasonable to suppose that perhaps the Constitution might be modified to some extent with benefit? Nearly everyone realizes that the rurpose and spirit of the Constitution must remain’ unchanged, but’ today it leaves something to be desired for this modern day and age. not the present Administration made this country “class conscious’ purposely, the fact remains that it has done just that. For over a hundred and fifty years the pioneer spirit and native ambition of the American citizen, kept all thought of class difference from his mind. Then came. the campaign of 1931. To win that election the Democrats under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt, resorted to a campaign of the. most vicious sort —-the undermining, of American morale, already shaken by a hard eco_Whether or 8? nomic depression. It is to that man, and some of his associates, oat American ‘‘class consciousness’ can be attributed. OLD MINE RELICS SHOWN Among the pioneer relics on exhibit in the windows of the Nugget office are several hand made mine tools, property of the late John Richards of Nevada state, who first mined in Virginia City and’ came to Grass Vafley when quartz gold was first found and the shaft was being started on the old North Star mine. The Miners candle, also owned by Mr. Richards,.is -now obsolete, the long tine extending beyond the candle .ring was--used.to stick into the rock in order to see in underground workings. John Pianezzi, who has been em‘ployed with the 16-to-1 Mine at Alleghany a year, stopped over in Nevada City his*home town, for a few hours yesterday to visit friends. He left on the afternoon bus enroute to old Mexico where is going to be superintendent of a big plant for the Portiand Cement Company. Mr. Pianezzi spent several years in South America in the ‘silver and gold mines, returning home about two years ago. i ie ; more than a thousand . Vol. 10, No. 65. The Capit Seat Pande NEVADA MEDS CALIF ORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936. STATE CREWS Fire of undetermined origin sprang up in Deer Creek about six miles west of Nevada City at 2:17 yesterday afternoon and dense clouds of smoke indicated it was making rapid progress in heavy grass and brush north of Deer Creek. Latest reports it was burning toward Kohler Hill. Another state fire started-at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon, two miles east of Osborne Hill, which is located between five and six miles southeast of Grass Valley, and was still burning as the paper goes to press. Both are state fires and State Ranger William F. Sharp went out with his crew to direct operations on both fires. ROAD CLEARED TO OPEN PARK IN MENDOCINO Thirty more men have been requested of WPA authorities to rein-’ force the crew of 70 now clearing the right of way for the road over which the publie will reach Mendocino Woodlands, California’s new 5,000 acre recreation area in Mendocino County, Lawrence C. Merriam, ‘of the National Park Service, today informed officials of the Resettlement Administration. Resettlement on: more _ favorable agricultural _lecations off the park area, of the 11 families who have been residing there, is now in its final stages, according to officials of the Resettlement Administration. Most of the families to be resettled have made their selections of new homes in areas approved by the Administration’s soil experts in accordance with scientific land usage, and financial arrangements are now being concluded. : Road construction to the vacation area has reached the most difficult stage on the four and a half mile section through rugged country. The road will proceed over ground now covered with sturdy second growth redwood. dense underbrush and many great. stumps. These stumps of trees, some of which were years. old, were left by the loggers of the last century and clear them out of the road workers. Despite difficulties however, William H. Gibbs of the National Park Service, project manager for Mendocino Woodlands, who is a forestry graduate of the University of California, states the new road will be constructed within five path of the encountered, months. Redwood culverts are being installed for drainage. It is not contemplated for the that on the total’ number of workmen the entire Mendocino Woodlands Project—-almost 409-— shall be considerably increased, according to Mr. Merriam, but automatic depletion of the working crew through the payment of the soldiers bonus has made it necessary to obtain men to fill their places, and to augment the forces constructing the new road. The completed project of Mendocino. Woodlands, 159 miles north of San Francisco and near the coast city of Mendocino, will be ready for present, FIGHT FIRES require great effort to . OLYMPIC SKI CHAMPION TALKS BEFORE ROTARY The Nevada City Re ‘ious Club had the pleasure of listening to © Roy Mickelson former American ski jumping champion at their noon j meeting on Thursday at the National hotel. Mr. Mickelson gave an tnteréstins account.of.thé trip. .of-the. Olympic athletes from the United States to Germany and of his own experiences in his native Norway after the games in Germany. “ He also spoke on the economic conditions in Europe and expressed the opinion that the United States has much the better of ‘Europe in every way. The meeting was thé last one for Oscar Odegaard-as_ president of the club, Frank Finnegan the newly elected president taking charge next week. RESETTLEMENT PROJECT AIDS UTAH FAMILIES BERKELEY, June 25.—Primitive living conditions in drought stricken areas of Utah will be corrected by a Resettlement Administration project which calls for the relocation of9100-stranded families on individual farms where they will be able to earn their livelihood. : Jonathan Garst, Resettlement Administration director for Utah, Arizona, California and Nevada, announced today $915,000 has-been allocated for this purpose and for the purchase of an additional 4900 acres of submarginal land in Utah. A land use adjustment study of one problem area disclosed that $320 is the average annual income of the farm ‘families and that many of them are reduced to the use of tallow. candles for household lighting. Children are obliged to go barefoo: until cold weather sets in. Telephones and other modern necessities are practically unknown, the report declared. Once a lively -agricultural trading center serving 1200 families,. the town of Widtsoe in John’s Valley, one of the problem areas, has been abandoned. Only 50 families remain . in the valley, which is 18 miles! north of Bryce Canyon, National . Park. A majority of the families . were forced to go on relief. Failure of the water supply, combined with the short frost fres} _Srowing season, is blamed for the . failure of agriculture in this region, . the altitude of which is more than. 7000: feet. One farmer reported he) was able to obtain but one Potato . crop out of 12 plantings, due to the} frost. and lack of water. . Project plans call for the purchase of 100 farm units totalling about 6400 acres, These will be selected in various parts of the state good land is available. Families resettled on the units will be supplied with the necessary farming equipment. They will purchase the land from the government on long term contracts. ~~ Submarginal land purchased from the settlers by the government will be returned to grazing, the use to which it was put before the coming of the settlers. where public use next summer. Sanctuary for the free and unhindered growth of.the historic redwoods, fully ‘protected by modern forestry methods, and hunting, hikINEED VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT CAMP PAHATSI Volunteer workers will be needed next Saturday afternoon and on Sunday at Boy Scout Camp Pahatsi according to information brought back by Leland Smith who put in some time there last week end. Any Nevada City person who is interested in the betterment of the camp is urged to make an effort to go Saturday or Sunday. It hasbeen-suggested that transportation costs might be saved if full carloads were taken rather than each person taking his own -automobile. It is requested that any one able and willing to make the trip, either with or without an automobile, contact H. A. Curnow, chairman of the Nevada City District Committee, so that arrangements for the trip may be made. : Many have signified their intention of going from other cities and it is hoped that a good representation will be able to go from Nevada City. The main~ work will be the start of construction of concrete piers in the lake. No technical knowledge of concrete work will be necessery, the main things needed will be willing hands. The camp is now open, the read=is-in good shape and this provides a chance for a picnic SES combined with an opportun, to do a good turn. WHISKERETTES INV ITE ALL TO BOX SOCIAL The Nevada City Whiskerettes are now working hard for their box social which takes place tonight at Armory Hall. A prize is being offered of $2 to the lady bringing the best box of lunch, and a prize of $1 to the gorl who composes the most delicious lunch. Mrs. Ruby Miller of the Lace House requests that al! who are planning to bring lunches t6 the affair, phone her so that she can lay plans accordingly. The merchants of Névada, City have been very generous in their cooperation in this affair. The Smith Package Grocery, Penrose and Son, Purity, C. M. Hing, Jackson’s Grocery, Safeway, Plaza Grocery and Superior Grocery have made it possible for the committee to serve free lemonade to the youngsters by donations of sugar, lemons, ete. The three drug stores, Nevada City. Dickerman’s and Harris, have donated the paper cups for serving it. The following. merchants have donated orders for goods, ett., which will be given away as door prizes. Keystone Market, Nevada Gril], The Bargain Spot, Vogue Cleaners, Bolton’s Five and Ten, Twin City Clothing Company, Shamrock Cafe, Young’s Barber Shop, Colley‘s, The Lace House, Nevada City Bottling Works, Bret Harte Cigar Store, Boston Mercantile, Bottle Shop, Forest B. Risley and the Universal Dollar Store, Gene’s Cafe, The Alpha, Jack Woods, Club Pool Hall, Nevada City Tavern. Betty. Jean Shep, Kopps Bakery, Preston’s News Stand, Larsen’s Barber Shop, Bowman‘s Beauty Shop, R. J. Berggren, Rose Fashion Shop. ing, riding, swimming, camping recreation for provided. fishing and man will be Planning Hollywood Convention Festivities . August 8 to 12. Adjutant James K. Fisk. HULLYWOOD POST NO. 43 ire State officers approve uieka of film capital executives for California State je Legion Convention, Left to right, General Chairman George Zabach; General Executive Chairman Louis J. Canepa; Grand Chef de Gare Tom Estabrook of the 40 et 8; State Commander Dan W. Emmett; State { C.N.P.A. “Sivsioe MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF DELINQUENCY TO MINOR On information from the sheriff’s office S. J. Trimbell of Grass Valley was arrested by Highway Patrol at Truckee and returned here on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Trimbell also used the alias of Mike Johnson. The complaint charging Trimbell, was sworn to by Mrs. Mildred Ratcliffe, of Chicago Park, who alleged that Trimbell had engaged to employ her 14-year-old daughter, to take care of his baby using the name of Mike Johnson, Mrs. Ratcliffe allowed her daughter to -go} with Trimbell, but became suspicious, and on investigation found the address he gave was non-existent. She then called Sheriff Tobiassen and swore to a complaint for his arrest. Trimbell is now held at the county jail, in lieu of $500 bail. BUREAU OF MINES DEDICATES NEW ALABAMA BLDG. The new building of the Southern S: BuDepartment of the Interior, on the grounds of the UniExueriment Station of the U. reau of Mines, HONOR MURDER SUSPECTS T0 BE EXTRADITED With the word that Monte and Merritt Newman had_ been arrested in a , Leadville, Colorado, mining camp, Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen and under sheriff W. D. Woods left last night from Colfax to return the two men suspected of the brutal slaying of Christian Meyer, on the TahoeUkiah highway January 12 of this year. The advices from Sheriff Charles Calvert at Leadville are that the fugitives offered no resistance when arrested. The arrest followed a tip forwarded to the Colorado officer by the local sheriff’s office, which had traced the two men through southern California and Arizona to Leadville. They were using assumed names. The shooting took place when Meyers had attempted to save his finance, Miss Gwendolyn Coats from an attack, which climaxed a hold up, while the couple wére sitting in a stalled car on the highway two miles above Nevada City. Miss Coats stated that the two masked men did not want money, but dragged her from ‘Meyer’s car at the point of a gun Meyers attempted to grasp the gun, and was shot in the struggle. versity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. . was dedicated on May 26, the ceremonies being held in connection with . the.May -meéting of the.Southeast Section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. H. E. Salmon, President of the Alabama Coals,-Inc., and Chairman of the Southeast Section, American Institute of ‘Mining and Metallurgica} Engineers, presided. Addresses were given by Dr. George H. Denny, Président, University of Alabama; Dr. John W. Finch, Director, U. S. Bureau of Mines; and Milton H. Fies, Vice President, DeBardeleben Coa} Corp. The new. building was constructed and equipped as the result of an allotment of $200,000 made on September 26, 1934, by the Public Works Administration. The University of Alabama donated to the Federal government a site of approximately 2 1-2 acres for the building. The new building is 50 feet widé and 159 feet long, 2 stories_in height, with 20,854 square feet of floor space. Since its establishment in 1921 the Southern Experiment Station has occupied space in the buildings of the University. IMPROVING ORE PROCESSES The work of the Southern Experiment Station, which functions under a cooperative agreement with the University of Alabama, has been devoted mainly to studies of methods and means for improving the processes whereby ores and mineral products are prepared for commerecial utilization and to investigations of.ore mining methods. The coal and ore \preparation studies have dealt with coal and metallic and non-metallic ores of the Southeastern States, including \iron. ore, clay for mineral fillers, bauxite, phosphate, rock, graphite, Southern gold ores, barite, and kyanite. Reports have been published giving the significant results of these investigations, There is, a large variety of metallic and nonmetallic ores in the \Southeastern ‘States served by the Southern Experiment Station and the\ majority of these ores are of the low-grade type, presenting difficult problems in their preparation for successful and profitable commercial use. The new building makes available physical facilities which should aid greatly in solving some of thdse problems. 2 The ground floor of the new building is equipped with modern oredressing and coal-washing laboratories. Equipment in the ore-dressing laboratory includes a small concentrating table, a small constriction plate classifier, a rod mill, a pebble mill for wet grinding, a high intensity magnetic separator, and a small ore jig. In the grinding room are dry crushers and pulverizers for use on ores. ; The coal washing ‘laboratory is equipped with float-and-sing tanks for making washability studies Son large samples of run-of-mine coal, a semi-commercial size wet-washing table and an experimental jig of the Baum type in which the jigging action *is obtained by use of compressed air instead of a mechanical plung6 er, Meyers died shortly after he was . Shot. Word received by Sheriff Tobiassen from Charles Calvert, L adville sheriff, indicates that the two men admitted their identity. They were working at the Molybdenum Mine under the assumed names of Frank Walden and Art Crocker. Merritt Newman had dyed his hair. District Attorney Vernon Sioll went to Sacramento to get extradition papers for the men, although they had indicated that they would waive extradition proceedings. REV. WASHBURN 10 LEAVE ON TRIP TO CANADA Rev. Charles F. Washburn and Mrs. Washburn will leave by motor on the morning of Wednesday, June 29, to drive to London, Ontario, Canada, to visit Mrs. Washburn’s mother and brother. They will visit other relatives in Ontario. On the return journey they intend to bring Mrs. Washburn’s mother with them and visit in a former parish, St. John's, Michigan. Rev. Washburn will preach in Trinit] church in Nevada City at the usual 11 a. m. service on Sunday and during July his place will be filled by Carl Tamblyn. Mirs. Russell B. Farley of this city had as recent guests her son, Jack Cooper, and chums, Jack Harris and Jack Renatti all of Sacramento. Mr. George R. Carter received a@ letter Wednesday from\his brother, Will Carter and family;. who left Nevada City several days ago for the Philippine Islands, had arrived in Honolulu and were having a \fine trip. He stated they would be in Manila on July Fourth. » The furnace and mill room of this > floor is adapted to milling experiments on a pilot plant scale as well as metallurgical experiments of the leaching and smelting’ type. On the second floor is the main chemical laboratory in which general analytical work. is done. RECOVERY OF GOLD The assay room is fully equipped for assaying precious metal ores. Although precious ' metal ores of the Southeasten States haye . been thought of as relatively unimportant in the\past, the recent increased value of gold in relation to surrency and to commodities has revived interest in some of the gold ores of the Southern States. The recovery of gold from these’ ores presents many : problems that might be solved at least partially by further investigat— ive work. : The float-and-sink: laboratory. is used for fractionating ores and nine14-mesh coal by means of heavy solutions. This fractionation process the first step in stpdying the application of beneficiation. of conce tion processes to the preparat commercially acceptable mine: ducts. ali. Over 150 representatives of § ern mining an metallurgical ests attended the , edination: monies,

\\ Thinking Out Loud . COVERS RICHEST GOLD Nevada City Nugget AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nevada City Nugget helps your city and county to grow in population and prosperity. By subscribing to, andadvertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ———J G. W. L. With the arrest of the two NewMan brothers, an exceptionally brutal murder is probably on its way to. solution. The sheriff.and his deputies deserve credit for the termination of the nation-wide, man-hunt. me nctive and thorough dissemination of their pictures and_ descriptions Plus continued effort on the _ sheriff’s part resulted in the capture of ere men. ‘Merely because it has been discovered that an American has been selling United States naval secrets to a Japanese officer, is no reason for this country to become excited, and utter threats of war. Espionage ‘thas been going on since the origin of nations, and no doubt will continue. Let not the jingoist seize on this incident to mutter threats of the “Yellow Peril,’’ etc. Those concerned in the affair will be properly punished, and the affair will be closed. The Democrats are considering the abrogation of the hundred-year-old convention rulé, requiring a twothirds majority to nominate Democratic candidates for President and Vice-President. However this will not be accomplished without sharp opposition from many good Demoecrats. With the. fight to kill the old rule, comes. remembrance of the Democratic Convention of 1912, when Woodrow Wilson was nominrated for the presidency, after days of balloting. If the two-thirds rule had not been in effect, Champ Clark would have been nominated and the whole course of our history would perhaps have taken a different turning. If Congress, assertedly,. represents the will of the people, the question can reasonably he asked: ‘‘What does the Supreme Court represent?” For the past three years, the Supreme Court has called a halt to many projects of the present Administration. Whether the enactments of Congress, which the Supreme Court has seen fit to declare’ unconstitutional ,areWise or unwise is not the yestion. If ‘these acts are the will the people, as expressed through Congress, the Supreme Court should submit to that will. ‘The Constitution of the United ‘ates is over a-century old, ana ‘ttimes and circumstances have changed during that period. Isn’t it reasonable to suppose that perhaps the Constitution might be modified to some extent with benefit? Nearly everyone realizes that the rurpose and spirit of the Constitution must remain’ unchanged, but’ today it leaves something to be desired for this modern day and age. not the present Administration made this country “class conscious’ purposely, the fact remains that it has done just that. For over a hundred and fifty years the pioneer spirit and native ambition of the American citizen, kept all thought of class difference from his mind. Then came. the campaign of 1931. To win that election the Democrats under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt, resorted to a campaign of the. most vicious sort —-the undermining, of American morale, already shaken by a hard eco_Whether or 8? nomic depression. It is to that man, and some of his associates, oat American ‘‘class consciousness’ can be attributed. OLD MINE RELICS SHOWN Among the pioneer relics on exhibit in the windows of the Nugget office are several hand made mine tools, property of the late John Richards of Nevada state, who first mined in Virginia City and’ came to Grass Vafley when quartz gold was first found and the shaft was being started on the old North Star mine. The Miners candle, also owned by Mr. Richards,.is -now obsolete, the long tine extending beyond the candle .ring was--used.to stick into the rock in order to see in underground workings. John Pianezzi, who has been em‘ployed with the 16-to-1 Mine at Alleghany a year, stopped over in Nevada City his*home town, for a few hours yesterday to visit friends. He left on the afternoon bus enroute to old Mexico where is going to be superintendent of a big plant for the Portiand Cement Company. Mr. Pianezzi spent several years in South America in the ‘silver and gold mines, returning home about two years ago. i ie ; more than a thousand . Vol. 10, No. 65. The Capit Seat Pande NEVADA MEDS CALIF ORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936. STATE CREWS Fire of undetermined origin sprang up in Deer Creek about six miles west of Nevada City at 2:17 yesterday afternoon and dense clouds of smoke indicated it was making rapid progress in heavy grass and brush north of Deer Creek. Latest reports it was burning toward Kohler Hill. Another state fire started-at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon, two miles east of Osborne Hill, which is located between five and six miles southeast of Grass Valley, and was still burning as the paper goes to press. Both are state fires and State Ranger William F. Sharp went out with his crew to direct operations on both fires. ROAD CLEARED TO OPEN PARK IN MENDOCINO Thirty more men have been requested of WPA authorities to rein-’ force the crew of 70 now clearing the right of way for the road over which the publie will reach Mendocino Woodlands, California’s new 5,000 acre recreation area in Mendocino County, Lawrence C. Merriam, ‘of the National Park Service, today informed officials of the Resettlement Administration. Resettlement on: more _ favorable agricultural _lecations off the park area, of the 11 families who have been residing there, is now in its final stages, according to officials of the Resettlement Administration. Most of the families to be resettled have made their selections of new homes in areas approved by the Administration’s soil experts in accordance with scientific land usage, and financial arrangements are now being concluded. : Road construction to the vacation area has reached the most difficult stage on the four and a half mile section through rugged country. The road will proceed over ground now covered with sturdy second growth redwood. dense underbrush and many great. stumps. These stumps of trees, some of which were years. old, were left by the loggers of the last century and clear them out of the road workers. Despite difficulties however, William H. Gibbs of the National Park Service, project manager for Mendocino Woodlands, who is a forestry graduate of the University of California, states the new road will be constructed within five path of the encountered, months. Redwood culverts are being installed for drainage. It is not contemplated for the that on the total’ number of workmen the entire Mendocino Woodlands Project—-almost 409-— shall be considerably increased, according to Mr. Merriam, but automatic depletion of the working crew through the payment of the soldiers bonus has made it necessary to obtain men to fill their places, and to augment the forces constructing the new road. The completed project of Mendocino. Woodlands, 159 miles north of San Francisco and near the coast city of Mendocino, will be ready for present, FIGHT FIRES require great effort to . OLYMPIC SKI CHAMPION TALKS BEFORE ROTARY The Nevada City Re ‘ious Club had the pleasure of listening to © Roy Mickelson former American ski jumping champion at their noon j meeting on Thursday at the National hotel. Mr. Mickelson gave an tnteréstins account.of.thé trip. .of-the. Olympic athletes from the United States to Germany and of his own experiences in his native Norway after the games in Germany. “ He also spoke on the economic conditions in Europe and expressed the opinion that the United States has much the better of ‘Europe in every way. The meeting was thé last one for Oscar Odegaard-as_ president of the club, Frank Finnegan the newly elected president taking charge next week. RESETTLEMENT PROJECT AIDS UTAH FAMILIES BERKELEY, June 25.—Primitive living conditions in drought stricken areas of Utah will be corrected by a Resettlement Administration project which calls for the relocation of9100-stranded families on individual farms where they will be able to earn their livelihood. : Jonathan Garst, Resettlement Administration director for Utah, Arizona, California and Nevada, announced today $915,000 has-been allocated for this purpose and for the purchase of an additional 4900 acres of submarginal land in Utah. A land use adjustment study of one problem area disclosed that $320 is the average annual income of the farm ‘families and that many of them are reduced to the use of tallow. candles for household lighting. Children are obliged to go barefoo: until cold weather sets in. Telephones and other modern necessities are practically unknown, the report declared. Once a lively -agricultural trading center serving 1200 families,. the town of Widtsoe in John’s Valley, one of the problem areas, has been abandoned. Only 50 families remain . in the valley, which is 18 miles! north of Bryce Canyon, National . Park. A majority of the families . were forced to go on relief. Failure of the water supply, combined with the short frost fres} _Srowing season, is blamed for the . failure of agriculture in this region, . the altitude of which is more than. 7000: feet. One farmer reported he) was able to obtain but one Potato . crop out of 12 plantings, due to the} frost. and lack of water. . Project plans call for the purchase of 100 farm units totalling about 6400 acres, These will be selected in various parts of the state good land is available. Families resettled on the units will be supplied with the necessary farming equipment. They will purchase the land from the government on long term contracts. ~~ Submarginal land purchased from the settlers by the government will be returned to grazing, the use to which it was put before the coming of the settlers. where public use next summer. Sanctuary for the free and unhindered growth of.the historic redwoods, fully ‘protected by modern forestry methods, and hunting, hikINEED VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT CAMP PAHATSI Volunteer workers will be needed next Saturday afternoon and on Sunday at Boy Scout Camp Pahatsi according to information brought back by Leland Smith who put in some time there last week end. Any Nevada City person who is interested in the betterment of the camp is urged to make an effort to go Saturday or Sunday. It hasbeen-suggested that transportation costs might

be saved if full carloads were taken rather than each person taking his own -automobile. It is requested that any one able and willing to make the trip, either with or without an automobile, contact H. A. Curnow, chairman of the Nevada City District Committee, so that arrangements for the trip may be made. : Many have signified their intention of going from other cities and it is hoped that a good representation will be able to go from Nevada City. The main~ work will be the start of construction of concrete piers in the lake. No technical knowledge of concrete work will be necessery, the main things needed will be willing hands. The camp is now open, the read=is-in good shape and this provides a chance for a picnic SES combined with an opportun, to do a good turn. WHISKERETTES INV ITE ALL TO BOX SOCIAL The Nevada City Whiskerettes are now working hard for their box social which takes place tonight at Armory Hall. A prize is being offered of $2 to the lady bringing the best box of lunch, and a prize of $1 to the gorl who composes the most delicious lunch. Mrs. Ruby Miller of the Lace House requests that al! who are planning to bring lunches t6 the affair, phone her so that she can lay plans accordingly. The merchants of Névada, City have been very generous in their cooperation in this affair. The Smith Package Grocery, Penrose and Son, Purity, C. M. Hing, Jackson’s Grocery, Safeway, Plaza Grocery and Superior Grocery have made it possible for the committee to serve free lemonade to the youngsters by donations of sugar, lemons, ete. The three drug stores, Nevada City. Dickerman’s and Harris, have donated the paper cups for serving it. The following. merchants have donated orders for goods, ett., which will be given away as door prizes. Keystone Market, Nevada Gril], The Bargain Spot, Vogue Cleaners, Bolton’s Five and Ten, Twin City Clothing Company, Shamrock Cafe, Young’s Barber Shop, Colley‘s, The Lace House, Nevada City Bottling Works, Bret Harte Cigar Store, Boston Mercantile, Bottle Shop, Forest B. Risley and the Universal Dollar Store, Gene’s Cafe, The Alpha, Jack Woods, Club Pool Hall, Nevada City Tavern. Betty. Jean Shep, Kopps Bakery, Preston’s News Stand, Larsen’s Barber Shop, Bowman‘s Beauty Shop, R. J. Berggren, Rose Fashion Shop. ing, riding, swimming, camping recreation for provided. fishing and man will be Planning Hollywood Convention Festivities . August 8 to 12. Adjutant James K. Fisk. HULLYWOOD POST NO. 43 ire State officers approve uieka of film capital executives for California State je Legion Convention, Left to right, General Chairman George Zabach; General Executive Chairman Louis J. Canepa; Grand Chef de Gare Tom Estabrook of the 40 et 8; State Commander Dan W. Emmett; State { C.N.P.A. “Sivsioe MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF DELINQUENCY TO MINOR On information from the sheriff’s office S. J. Trimbell of Grass Valley was arrested by Highway Patrol at Truckee and returned here on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Trimbell also used the alias of Mike Johnson. The complaint charging Trimbell, was sworn to by Mrs. Mildred Ratcliffe, of Chicago Park, who alleged that Trimbell had engaged to employ her 14-year-old daughter, to take care of his baby using the name of Mike Johnson, Mrs. Ratcliffe allowed her daughter to -go} with Trimbell, but became suspicious, and on investigation found the address he gave was non-existent. She then called Sheriff Tobiassen and swore to a complaint for his arrest. Trimbell is now held at the county jail, in lieu of $500 bail. BUREAU OF MINES DEDICATES NEW ALABAMA BLDG. The new building of the Southern S: BuDepartment of the Interior, on the grounds of the UniExueriment Station of the U. reau of Mines, HONOR MURDER SUSPECTS T0 BE EXTRADITED With the word that Monte and Merritt Newman had_ been arrested in a , Leadville, Colorado, mining camp, Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen and under sheriff W. D. Woods left last night from Colfax to return the two men suspected of the brutal slaying of Christian Meyer, on the TahoeUkiah highway January 12 of this year. The advices from Sheriff Charles Calvert at Leadville are that the fugitives offered no resistance when arrested. The arrest followed a tip forwarded to the Colorado officer by the local sheriff’s office, which had traced the two men through southern California and Arizona to Leadville. They were using assumed names. The shooting took place when Meyers had attempted to save his finance, Miss Gwendolyn Coats from an attack, which climaxed a hold up, while the couple wére sitting in a stalled car on the highway two miles above Nevada City. Miss Coats stated that the two masked men did not want money, but dragged her from ‘Meyer’s car at the point of a gun Meyers attempted to grasp the gun, and was shot in the struggle. versity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. . was dedicated on May 26, the ceremonies being held in connection with . the.May -meéting of the.Southeast Section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. H. E. Salmon, President of the Alabama Coals,-Inc., and Chairman of the Southeast Section, American Institute of ‘Mining and Metallurgica} Engineers, presided. Addresses were given by Dr. George H. Denny, Président, University of Alabama; Dr. John W. Finch, Director, U. S. Bureau of Mines; and Milton H. Fies, Vice President, DeBardeleben Coa} Corp. The new. building was constructed and equipped as the result of an allotment of $200,000 made on September 26, 1934, by the Public Works Administration. The University of Alabama donated to the Federal government a site of approximately 2 1-2 acres for the building. The new building is 50 feet widé and 159 feet long, 2 stories_in height, with 20,854 square feet of floor space. Since its establishment in 1921 the Southern Experiment Station has occupied space in the buildings of the University. IMPROVING ORE PROCESSES The work of the Southern Experiment Station, which functions under a cooperative agreement with the University of Alabama, has been devoted mainly to studies of methods and means for improving the processes whereby ores and mineral products are prepared for commerecial utilization and to investigations of.ore mining methods. The coal and ore \preparation studies have dealt with coal and metallic and non-metallic ores of the Southeastern States, including \iron. ore, clay for mineral fillers, bauxite, phosphate, rock, graphite, Southern gold ores, barite, and kyanite. Reports have been published giving the significant results of these investigations, There is, a large variety of metallic and nonmetallic ores in the \Southeastern ‘States served by the Southern Experiment Station and the\ majority of these ores are of the low-grade type, presenting difficult problems in their preparation for successful and profitable commercial use. The new building makes available physical facilities which should aid greatly in solving some of thdse problems. 2 The ground floor of the new building is equipped with modern oredressing and coal-washing laboratories. Equipment in the ore-dressing laboratory includes a small concentrating table, a small constriction plate classifier, a rod mill, a pebble mill for wet grinding, a high intensity magnetic separator, and a small ore jig. In the grinding room are dry crushers and pulverizers for use on ores. ; The coal washing ‘laboratory is equipped with float-and-sing tanks for making washability studies Son large samples of run-of-mine coal, a semi-commercial size wet-washing table and an experimental jig of the Baum type in which the jigging action *is obtained by use of compressed air instead of a mechanical plung6 er, Meyers died shortly after he was . Shot. Word received by Sheriff Tobiassen from Charles Calvert, L adville sheriff, indicates that the two men admitted their identity. They were working at the Molybdenum Mine under the assumed names of Frank Walden and Art Crocker. Merritt Newman had dyed his hair. District Attorney Vernon Sioll went to Sacramento to get extradition papers for the men, although they had indicated that they would waive extradition proceedings. REV. WASHBURN 10 LEAVE ON TRIP TO CANADA Rev. Charles F. Washburn and Mrs. Washburn will leave by motor on the morning of Wednesday, June 29, to drive to London, Ontario, Canada, to visit Mrs. Washburn’s mother and brother. They will visit other relatives in Ontario. On the return journey they intend to bring Mrs. Washburn’s mother with them and visit in a former parish, St. John's, Michigan. Rev. Washburn will preach in Trinit] church in Nevada City at the usual 11 a. m. service on Sunday and during July his place will be filled by Carl Tamblyn. Mirs. Russell B. Farley of this city had as recent guests her son, Jack Cooper, and chums, Jack Harris and Jack Renatti all of Sacramento. Mr. George R. Carter received a@ letter Wednesday from\his brother, Will Carter and family;. who left Nevada City several days ago for the Philippine Islands, had arrived in Honolulu and were having a \fine trip. He stated they would be in Manila on July Fourth. » The furnace and mill room of this > floor is adapted to milling experiments on a pilot plant scale as well as metallurgical experiments of the leaching and smelting’ type. On the second floor is the main chemical laboratory in which general analytical work. is done. RECOVERY OF GOLD The assay room is fully equipped for assaying precious metal ores. Although precious ' metal ores of the Southeasten States haye . been thought of as relatively unimportant in the\past, the recent increased value of gold in relation to surrency and to commodities has revived interest in some of the gold ores of the Southern States. The recovery of gold from these’ ores presents many : problems that might be solved at least partially by further investigat— ive work. : The float-and-sink: laboratory. is used for fractionating ores and nine14-mesh coal by means of heavy solutions. This fractionation process the first step in stpdying the application of beneficiation. of conce tion processes to the preparat commercially acceptable mine: ducts. ali. Over 150 representatives of § ern mining an metallurgical ests attended the , edination: monies,