June 30, 1930 (8 pages)

* s The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekly ec: Va Y, evada City Nugget @ VOLUME IV, NUMBER 31 _THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PA a a PER JUNE 30, 1930 HOGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY — ENCOUNTERS FINE BODY RICH ORE During the past week the Hoge Development Company have ; made one of the most important strikes that has occurred in this camp for a long time, and one that will undoubtedly be of great benefit to this community, as well as Mr. Hoge and his associates, who have already expended a very large sum of money in the development of th own and control. The ore shoot that they have opened up, which looks so promising for ° big rich ore body on their 300 foot -vel, is the downward extension of the pilot or prospect shaft vein, which they openéd up to a depth of 54 feet prior to the sinking of their big compartment shaft to a depth of 326 feet. ce The values on tige upper level; inj} their pilot shaft, by actual mill tests, showed an average value of approxt-. mately $45.00 per ton and a width of from two to four feet. : On the 300 foot level, on the same . vein, the average width is about four feet, and a careful sampling of the: entire vein from wall to wall, showed values of $68.00 per ton.Picked samples ranged all the way from $200 pes toon on the surface, to over $200 per ton on the 300-foot level. The quartz as exhibited at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, is of the heavy sulphide variety and . shows but very little free gold. It is, . in fact, similar to the Murchie, and a] great many mine operators and en-! e vast territory which they now YUBA PASS HIGHWAY ON DAYTIME SCHEDULE been Notice has received from Ralph W. Brown, the contractor who is erading the Yuba Highway beJowntevitteand-Sterra™ City; tween . that the highway. will be open to traf<. Highway, to the right of La fic between 9 a: m. and 5 p. m. after July Ist. This is in accordance with his entract. The. highway. is -in~ excellent con. . jroad.”” As the money. becomes avail-. came up under the raft and was uni t dition from Nevada City to about five miles beyond Downieville, where the . constructin work is .in progress fr the nekt three miles. ard as all work is now being done at night this stret¢éh should usually be in good con-! dition. From beyond the constriction wrk t Sattley the highway is in excellent shape. The Grass Valley Chamber of Commerece has passed the information:on to all automobile associations, travel agencies and chambers of commerce in“ northern California and it is @x=. BERT MEEK PLEDGES UKIAH TAHOE ROAD In his talk before the members of the Rotary Club of Grass Valley and invited friends B. B. Meek -assurel his listeners that the present state administration considered the Tatoe ‘Ukiah road as one of-the most -important of the secondary roads in the state. But the fact that there are 1770 miles of secondary roads in the state with only $2,500,000 to spend ‘on them,.makes it necessary to postpone the completion to the highway i ' ? t { 1 j to the east until a later date. There. ‘are still twenty miles to complete -the-.road -and-join-it—te the-Vielory Sapuld(ing. This twenty miles will cost ap{ proximately $1,200,009 -as it is-the / desire to-make this a first class road in every detail-and not a “coyote able the contracts will be Teét. the Purcell, With Mr. Meek at were C. H. hotarv, state} ! highway engineer and Charles Whit-. . . luneheon third—distriet—engineer,and James K. O’Brien. S. LeeLeiter was , chairman of the day. President Jack . Wolff presided. The guest list ineluded Arthur Fiege, F. F. Cassidy, (R. J. Bennetts, William Griffith, Ceo. + Calanan~ Thomas Fred ; Worth, C R. Adams and Phil Seadden more, Richards, gineers have eemmented opon the j 5 : i ‘ x : : : pected this rute will soon be as men of the county ineluded Schwartz, ore of both properties, being so near f ; en . ae yee : popular as ever again as it is the Tom Muleahy, Paul Ulrich, William alike that they could scarcely tell Soe et o whith wae euicn ‘ shortest and best route over the . Ulrich, William Teagarden, E. kK. 2 a8 whicn, . rt es eee : . . Mountains to Tahoe and thé F eather} Smart, Ed Hunt, Harry Goudge, H. The company, under -the superviBro co: ‘tT @ B.C. Ki a Banort é Be = 3 treiv country. é jl. Grasser; E. C. Kinyon an Lobert Slon of Messrs. Hoge and Schiffner, : ne in : : : ; : cee —— +0—_______ . Ingram. > are steadily carrying on adlitional ; 4 : : . Ree ri Ps es exploration work, upon a day and MEMeRiaAl PARK DEFDED R. R. Meek and J. K. O’Brién, who 3 ai orm tr ERE AS Pe. : RABARS Be as . & — night schedule, and are expecting ae . is affectionately called: the Father of other important developments within the near future, to the east. of their present developmen ts. They are also contemplating some additional prospecting developments, under the advice of some expert geologists, who have kindly given to "Mr. Hoge their private opinions as to where they believe the old Harmony channel might be located, on account of their having already proven where it was not located, in their previous . optrations. : Messrs. Uren, Archibald and SchifAner have all three freely . _ their good opinion of these properties and all are predicting that this company will eventually have one of the largest producers in the-famous °49 camp. JAMES ROLPH SPEAKS AT GRASS VALLEY JULY 8 A-dinner will be held at the Bret Harte in Grass Valley at 6:30 o’cloeék on the evening of July 8th to honor. Mayor James Rolph of San Fran, cisco, candidate for the Republican nomination for govenor. Mayor Rolph willl make an address to the public! at the corner of Church and Main! streets at 8 o’clock. Reservations for the dinner may be made with Ralph Deeble, secretary of the local Rolph organization. Following the ‘meeting in Grass Valley, Mayor Rolph and ~his supporters will go on to Downieville to hold a meeting. N. LD. DEFICIT IS DISCUSSED AT MEETING. At a meeting of land owners and business men held in Grass Valley Friday, Manager William Durbrow of . the Nevada Irrigation District, laid . before the meeting plans .for the temporary financing necessary to! meet the bond interest obligations of . the district. This deficit: is largely . due to the inability of the Irrigation . District to collect the 1927 water bill . from the P, G. & E. It is hoped this matter will soon be settled and the funds available for bond interest. The plan for raising the money needed at this time, about $140,000, was agreed upon. The bond syndicaté will furnish one-half and the balance . which the district must raise will be secured by notes of Nevada and Placer county people. A small land tax will be maintained for the pres“ent. It is expected the district will be in good financial conditionby the end of 1933. _ TO GRASS VALLEY At. last Tuesday’s session of the Grass Valley city council a resolution was passed expressing the willingness of the Ctiy of Grass Valley to accept three parcels of land which ;§0 to make up Memorial Park from the Newrhont Mining Corporation, successors to the Empire-Star Mines Company. : The Newmont: Company is now drawing up the deeds and the transfer will-be made at an early date. The mineral rights are the only exception made in the deed, which conveys a clear a clear title to the park -property. : During the past nine year the park has shown wonderful improvement due to the cooperation of the city council, the chamber of commerce, various civic bodies and the many public spirited citizens who have assistance but also of their time to the many problems arising. The financing of the park require. ments has been by personal eontributions and_this System will be continued for the present at least. p MOTOR TRANSPORT DISCONTIVES SERVICE Railroad Commission The has . granted the United Motor Transport} Lines Inc. permission t discontinue! service to Higgins Corner near Grass . Valley effective July 4th. A. L. Sch. neider, secretary f the motor freight . line, testified his company had been i a : losing money since the inception of the service and could see no better . . outlook for the future. ZA When the United Motor Transport . Lines. made application for a permit. to truck freight from Auburn to Fig-. gins Corner a bitter fight ensued be-. fore the Railroad Commission be-! tween the Narrow Gauge and its loyal . supporters in Nevada City and Grass . Valley and the motor freight line. . Two actions in-this case were still pending when the discontinuance or} der was issued and were promptly dismissed. 0 FUNERAL-SERVICES ithe Tahoe Ukiah road were members of the Commission of:1921 who started. the road: During the Richardson administration the road was allowed to languish 1 Mt.-Meek { but ithe road again with took renewed up interest in the present administration and . $288,000 has been spent on the first : 11 miles. (ee A. P. RIDGE ON VISIT A. P. Ridge of Salt Lake City, for; merly connected with the Jefford i of Nevada City and other prominent _ AEINING PROPERTIES , companied by H. C. Meyers of Boise, . . Idaho and H. A. Thompson also of Salt Lake City. They were joined in : Nevada City by John (C. Stanton, Maanger of Bradstteet;San” Fran. ciseo and drove Saturday to the Ome. contributed not only much financial . gamine. . Messrs. Ridge, Meyers and Thomp. the mining properties . brokerage offices that . their are leaving here will Northwest. “Mr. visit Ridge’s old friends were all very glad to see him. Incidently he’ found valuable. . keeps intouch . through the columns of The Nugget. with Nevada— City . . YOUNG GIRL DROWNS AT LAKE _VERASATURDAY Little 13-year-old Lois McShane of Sacramento was drowned late Saturday afternoon while swimming: at Lake Vera. The girl was a member of the Sacramento Camp Fire Girls who are spending two weeks at their camp at Lake Vera. The young lady went in swimming with the rest of the group and was thought to have gone out of the water before the other members. Members of the under the direction of Wm. Gracey and others, went out this to aid the search. When found that her bathing suit was the only of clothing ‘missing a search was made of the lake and the body was recovered from under the diving raft.It is thought that the morning article . Miss McShane dove off the raft and able to extract herself. Her parents, Mr.” and Mrs. J. W. of 3013 42nd street; Sacramento, were informed of her disapMeShane pearanee-and arrived heré yesterday morning. The body was taken to Sacramento. by the Holmes undertaking estabForest Reserve, it was . NEVADA CITY IN “49 ATTIRE FOR GRAND CELEBRATION ON FOURTH. The display windows of the merchants are filled with interesting old relics reminders of :bygone days. In answer to the appeal sent outby the Fourth of July. Committee the peoble of Nevada City and surrounding territory have. diligently ‘searched their old trunks and safety boxes and these have yielded a hetrogenous collection. from old: dangerous fire‘arms toxprecious jewelry. The mer,chantshave heen most kind in doi nating their windows for the dis‘plays. { { FF raiicis Hogan of Hogan's Shoe whole town has become enthused. The old buildings on Commercial street have been cleaned out and the fronts of thé buildings are rapidly ~ receiving their slab fronts to give the frontier appearance. Gambling: _ games are being resurrected from the: dust of bygone ages and set up. A number of. ladies have. already~ appeared.in their full sweeping cos— tumes and daily another costume ap— pears, It is indeed gratifying to the: commitiee to see the interest being: taken. Chairman Frank. Davies of the gen— ; Store was the first. to display the relics of early days and “his win{dow quickiy became. filled with an. . Miles Couglin, eral’ committee and — his secretary worked—-tire—~ H3-¥efor the success of ithe entér— ; interesting collection consisting most. prise fiving unstintingly of their time i w ea Pian y 2 > thar . Alin: yy e = 1 : . jly-of firearms and other impliments and effort. even to négelecting. their of ‘the gold rush Numerous photographs add to the collection. Heean's days. . H shoe store was also the ite decorate the store front with the jess that have been donated by the i Arbogast Bros. Lumber ‘Company ,and hauled in free by various truck ' owners It is hopel that other owners will follow suit. store On Commercial street Georze Gil dersiceve was the ront cavered. { i t first to his {store f “. serve the thanks of the townspeople. own affairs: They are surely to be commendéd for theiz efforts and demy Ihe following is the list of floats that have been promised so far: Float old. timers from County Hospital, Fire Department of Nevada—City;-Native—Sons;— Native Daughters, Alpha Hard ware, P. G. & f:, Standard Oil: Co., Fischer Blectric Shop, Plaa Grecery, Marsh Lum-= bearing enetr. ee ae ber Company, wean gees Mra. ¢; The accident cast a pall over the. seid aes ane a oo ness aetna Siileae oS ears: eAtire community as well as the . z eg oS ee aie fe hi ‘ ed .p of Commere} Tom Coan, Forest Servarious camps at Lake Vera as this is sa Nee Ry ss : . — 2 at vice Nevala City. Nugget, Frank the first fatality at-thetake-Im-spite!) gos vce ee ee eeeret} Davies, Plaa’ Service Station, Ray of the hundreds of girls who have! ce cigs ke eos Tunk. Teale, Foster Buffington, Chas. Hos— camped there for the past three. ‘“1'''* 38 2/80 shown. . kin & Bu-Calanan, Ed. Granholm, years. . The msin feature of S$. Loe Leiter’s Granohlm Dai ents Leia) Seer ee To be sure, there are very few socalled relies left in this town. Albert Dressler got a_cmparatively small portion of the missing ones. There have been collectors here who have been insolent, demanding sale of old furniture regardless of its associations, paying a mere pittance and selling it for fabulous prices. al we: The chief difficulty is our ignorance of what comprises relics. How many know that the old express envelopes bring good prices? That a pony express envelope sells for $25?) . ,How many readers have Undertaking firm here, was in town! several days last week. He was -ac-* consigned Godey’s Magazines to the trash pile? How many have destroyed family let. ’ ters written or received here in the . 50’s. Do you know that old liquor licenses are valuable? What has become, of the numerous copies. of Bean’s Directory? Please don’t blame others for the scarcity of relics. Those who sold put commercialism before . patriotism. And what has become of . son are on a tour of inspection of: sponsoring. . j They made the trip by auto and upon . the Pacific} ( out the value of your ‘tash” an it be . the relics that were turned over to! the Half Century Club? Are they in a fire proof building or in a private home unprotected and forgotten? Go through your attics nw and find is qurdite possible that much will (Signed) BELLE DOUGLAS. vvvvvvv BY vvvvvvv JOE ARCHIBALD -” Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Sh Brann was held Saturday afternon from the Little Church Home under the direction of Wm. C. Perry. Rev. Wallace Cuttér fficiating in the absence of Rev. H. H. Buckner, The remainswere laid at rest in. the Greenwood cemetery at Grass Valley. 5 0. UIgnition Parts and Accessories at Miner’s Foundry. 24tt eS . S ——=> ra) AFRAID apeya¢ Nou MARCH Down To THE 7 PASTURE AND HUNT For ; , AUAT Cow!! There's : NOTHING THRE To GITE A Aw pa! . DonT WANTA Go THERE ALone! Gee wie!!. Rig =_ Ww \VYa! QRS 4 —, ; AW. << —~ Oh eercerconed “oT Sr eo) # Pes COS ME aa . display isa quilt which is 150 years . lold belogine to ! . materal of whie« . L Hattie Legg, the th -was-hand woven ' and hand-dyed. The remarkable features was the brightness of the colors. Jewelry, old photesraphs ‘clocks are, featured in A. old Hartune’s and . window. Gne old cloek is a revroduc. tion of the clock ‘used in Columbus’ ‘ time and is in running order. . The displays are too ‘humerous to j mention but everyone is worth while i and every merchant is cooperating. . After having languished in interest . for some weeks the °49 Celebration ; has gained momentum until — the ry, Grass Valley Cham— ber of Commerce, Grass Valley Fire. Department, al Miners ‘Protective, gue of-Grass Valley, Union Publishing -Oo.,° Grass .V ulley Garage, Grass Valley Cleaners, Sens of St. George, 8 PBN es § Lea -garty-Thomas Post American Legion, Spanish War Veterans , of Roseville, Covered Wagon Club of Sacramento, Placer County Indians: . of Auburn, State Mining Association, . American Legign of Awburn, Mrs. Jackson & Elloit, Women’s Civie Improvement Club, Misses Genevieve . Paine and Party, Mrs. F. c. Worth, . . Eastern Star Mrs. Preston, Alfrea P. Cosia, George Flambigle, ‘NEVADA CO. LOAN ASSN. HAS CHANGED HANDS . Acquisition of the Nevada County Building and Loan of . Grass Valley by the Italian Investment Corporation, which owns the j Italian National Building Association and Loan . Assoriation, is announced by Henry Girola, president of the Italian Investment Corporation. This is the i fourth building and loan association to be acquired by this corporation ‘since March 31st of this year, ac{cording to Girola. The associations which have been taken over are Contra Costy County Building and Loan Association of Oakland and San Jose. ‘In addition to these acquisitione a branch has been established in Sacramento. “H. W. Rbinson, former president of the Nevada County Building and Loan Association will serve as chairman of the executive commitiee of the new Nevada County branch of the Italian National Building and Lan Association,” said Girola. “Other members of the board of directors of the Grass Valley institution will be elected members of board of directors of the Italian National Building and Loan Association and_ will also be appointed on.-the executive committee to administer affairs of the new Grass Valley Branch of Italian National.’ P. L. Shobe, executive vice president of the Italian Investment Corporation, who just ‘returned from Grass Valley, announeed that arrangements had been made for -a new and larger offices in the main business settion of that city for this newly acquired association. MRS. DOMENICA SOGA PASSES AWAY SATURDAY Mrs. Domenica Soga, wife of Johr Sga and mother of five children, -° passed away Saturday evening. She Was a native of Italy, 44 years of age. For the past 18 months the family have resided on the Ukiah-Tahoe roa@ about a mile an a half from town. The funeral services will be hel@ from the St. Canice’s Church Tues— day morning at 10 o’clock under the direction of Father O’Reilly. Inter— ment will be in the Catholic ceme~ tery. Im the meantime the body is at Holmes Undertaking Home where friends may view thé body. 0 ELSIE MARIE HIERONIMUS WEDS ATTILLIO L. DEMATTEE Miss Elsie Marie Hieronimus,, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hie= ronimus Jr., became the bride-of At= tillio L. DeMattei of San Francisco, _ Sunday at high noon at a beautifull ceremony which was performed im St. Canice Church. The bride was given in marriage by her father, and Father O’Reilly _ read the service. eee Miss Adele Hieronimus was her sister’s maid of honor and Miss Em-ma Muscardini, a cousin was brides-maid. D. Brozzoni of San Francisca _ acted as best man. Mrs. Paul R. Gibson, a cousin of the bride sang “Ave Maria,” an@ Freda Hieronimus, aunt of the bride,. played Lohengrin’s Wedding March. The church was beautifully decom rated by gladiolas-and Cecile Breu= ““We-aremodernizing our branches in order to better serve our clients,” said Shobe. “Grass Valley is one of the richest centers in the state of California and we are looking forward to big business ix this territory. “This is just a beginning of our building and loan expansion program fr Northern California. We hope within the very near future to* announce further acquisitions inthis section of the state,” : ser roses, Lloyd Penrose doing the decorating. a. . The bride wore a lovely gown of egg shell satin and a tulle vell whiele was caught to the head by orange bloss6ms. She wore a bouaqtiet of Lillies of the Valley and Gardinias. 1 Following the service a w iding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents. _ Re ~The couple, after their hone will reside in San ‘Francisco, —

* s The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekly ec: Va Y, evada City Nugget @ VOLUME IV, NUMBER 31 _THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PA a a PER JUNE 30, 1930 HOGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY — ENCOUNTERS FINE BODY RICH ORE During the past week the Hoge Development Company have ; made one of the most important strikes that has occurred in this camp for a long time, and one that will undoubtedly be of great benefit to this community, as well as Mr. Hoge and his associates, who have already expended a very large sum of money in the development of th own and control. The ore shoot that they have opened up, which looks so promising for ° big rich ore body on their 300 foot -vel, is the downward extension of the pilot or prospect shaft vein, which they openéd up to a depth of 54 feet prior to the sinking of their big compartment shaft to a depth of 326 feet. ce The values on tige upper level; inj} their pilot shaft, by actual mill tests, showed an average value of approxt-. mately $45.00 per ton and a width of from two to four feet. : On the 300 foot level, on the same . vein, the average width is about four feet, and a careful sampling of the: entire vein from wall to wall, showed values of $68.00 per ton.Picked samples ranged all the way from $200 pes toon on the surface, to over $200 per ton on the 300-foot level. The quartz as exhibited at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, is of the heavy sulphide variety and . shows but very little free gold. It is, . in fact, similar to the Murchie, and a] great many mine operators and en-! e vast territory which they now YUBA PASS HIGHWAY ON DAYTIME SCHEDULE been Notice has received from Ralph W. Brown, the contractor who is erading the Yuba Highway beJowntevitteand-Sterra™ City; tween . that the highway. will be open to traf<. Highway, to the right of La fic between 9 a: m. and 5 p. m. after July Ist. This is in accordance with his entract. The. highway. is -in~ excellent con. . jroad.”” As the money. becomes avail-. came up under the raft and was uni t dition from Nevada City to about five miles beyond Downieville, where the . constructin work is .in progress fr the nekt three miles. ard as all work is now being done at night this stret¢éh should usually be in good con-! dition. From beyond the constriction wrk t Sattley the highway is in excellent shape. The Grass Valley Chamber of Commerece has passed the information:on to all automobile associations, travel agencies and chambers of commerce in“ northern California and it is @x=. BERT MEEK PLEDGES UKIAH TAHOE ROAD In his talk before the members of the Rotary Club of Grass Valley and invited friends B. B. Meek -assurel his listeners that the present state administration considered the Tatoe ‘Ukiah road as one of-the most -important of the secondary roads in the state. But the fact that there are 1770 miles of secondary roads in the state with only $2,500,000 to spend ‘on them,.makes it necessary to postpone the completion to the highway i ' ? t { 1 j to the east until a later date. There. ‘are still twenty miles to complete -the-.road -and-join-it—te the-Vielory Sapuld(ing. This twenty miles will cost ap{ proximately $1,200,009 -as it is-the / desire to-make this a first class road in every detail-and not a “coyote able the contracts will be Teét. the Purcell, With Mr. Meek at were C. H. hotarv, state} ! highway engineer and Charles Whit-. . . luneheon third—distriet—engineer,and James K. O’Brien. S. LeeLeiter was , chairman of the day. President Jack . Wolff presided. The guest list ineluded Arthur Fiege, F. F. Cassidy, (R. J. Bennetts, William Griffith, Ceo. + Calanan~ Thomas Fred ; Worth, C R. Adams and Phil Seadden more, Richards, gineers have eemmented opon the j 5 : i ‘ x : : : pected this rute will soon be as men of the county ineluded Schwartz, ore of both properties, being so near f ; en . ae yee : popular as ever again as it is the Tom Muleahy, Paul Ulrich, William alike that they could scarcely tell Soe et o whith wae euicn ‘ shortest and best route over the . Ulrich, William Teagarden, E. kK. 2 a8 whicn, . rt es eee : . . Mountains to Tahoe and thé F eather} Smart, Ed Hunt, Harry Goudge, H. The company, under -the superviBro co: ‘tT @ B.C. Ki a Banort é Be = 3 treiv country. é jl. Grasser; E. C. Kinyon an Lobert Slon of Messrs. Hoge and Schiffner, : ne in : : : ; : cee —— +0—_______ . Ingram. > are steadily carrying on adlitional ; 4 : : . Ree ri Ps es exploration work, upon a day and MEMeRiaAl PARK DEFDED R. R. Meek and J. K. O’Brién, who 3 ai orm tr ERE AS Pe. : RABARS Be as . & — night schedule, and are expecting ae . is affectionately called: the Father of other important developments within the near future, to the east. of their present developmen ts. They are also contemplating some additional prospecting developments, under the advice of some expert geologists, who have kindly given to "Mr. Hoge their private opinions as to where they believe the old Harmony channel might be located, on account of their having already proven where it was not located, in their previous . optrations. : Messrs. Uren, Archibald and SchifAner have all three freely . _ their good opinion of these properties and all are predicting that this company will eventually have one of the largest producers in the-famous °49 camp. JAMES ROLPH SPEAKS AT GRASS VALLEY JULY 8 A-dinner will be held at the Bret Harte in Grass Valley at 6:30 o’cloeék on the evening of July 8th to honor. Mayor James Rolph of San Fran, cisco, candidate for the Republican nomination for govenor. Mayor Rolph willl make an address to the public! at the corner of Church and Main! streets at 8 o’clock. Reservations for the dinner may be made with Ralph Deeble, secretary of the local Rolph organization. Following the ‘meeting in Grass Valley, Mayor Rolph and ~his supporters will go on to Downieville to hold a meeting. N. LD. DEFICIT IS DISCUSSED AT MEETING. At a meeting of land owners and business men held in Grass Valley Friday, Manager William Durbrow of . the Nevada Irrigation District, laid . before the meeting plans .for the temporary financing necessary to! meet the bond interest obligations of . the district. This deficit: is largely . due to the inability of the Irrigation . District to collect the 1927 water bill . from the P, G. & E. It is hoped this matter will soon be settled and the funds available for bond interest. The plan for raising the money needed at this time, about $140,000, was agreed upon. The bond syndicaté will furnish one-half and the balance . which the district must raise will be secured by notes of Nevada and Placer county people. A small land tax will be maintained for the pres“ent. It is expected the district will be in good financial conditionby the end of 1933. _ TO GRASS VALLEY At. last Tuesday’s session of the Grass Valley city council a resolution was passed expressing the willingness of the Ctiy of Grass Valley to accept three parcels of land which ;§0 to make up Memorial Park from the Newrhont Mining Corporation, successors to the Empire-Star Mines Company. : The Newmont: Company is now drawing up the deeds and the transfer will-be made at an early date. The mineral rights are the only exception made in the deed, which conveys a clear a clear title to the park -property. : During the past nine year the park has shown wonderful improvement due to the cooperation of the city council, the chamber of commerce, various civic bodies and the many public spirited citizens who have assistance but also of their time to the many problems arising. The financing of the park require. ments has been by personal eontributions and_this System will be continued for the present at least. p MOTOR TRANSPORT DISCONTIVES SERVICE Railroad Commission The has . granted the United Motor Transport} Lines Inc. permission t discontinue! service to Higgins Corner near Grass . Valley effective July 4th. A. L. Sch. neider, secretary f the motor freight . line, testified his company had been i a : losing money since the inception of the service and could see no better . . outlook for the future. ZA When the United Motor Transport . Lines. made application for a permit. to truck freight from Auburn to Fig-. gins Corner a bitter fight ensued be-. fore the Railroad Commission be-! tween the Narrow Gauge and its loyal . supporters in Nevada City and Grass . Valley and the motor freight line. . Two actions in-this case were still pending when the discontinuance or} der was issued and were promptly dismissed. 0 FUNERAL-SERVICES ithe Tahoe Ukiah road were members of the Commission of:1921 who started. the road: During the Richardson administration the road was allowed to languish 1 Mt.-Meek { but ithe road again with took renewed up interest in the present administration and . $288,000 has been spent on the first : 11 miles. (ee A. P. RIDGE ON VISIT A. P. Ridge of Salt Lake City, for; merly connected with the Jefford i of Nevada City and other prominent _ AEINING PROPERTIES , companied by H. C. Meyers of Boise, . . Idaho and H. A. Thompson also of Salt Lake City. They were joined in : Nevada City by John (C. Stanton, Maanger of Bradstteet;San” Fran. ciseo and drove Saturday to the Ome. contributed not only much financial . gamine. . Messrs. Ridge, Meyers and Thomp. the mining properties . brokerage offices that . their are leaving here will Northwest. “Mr. visit Ridge’s old friends were all very glad to see him. Incidently he’ found valuable. . keeps intouch . through the columns of The Nugget. with Nevada— City . . YOUNG GIRL DROWNS AT LAKE _VERASATURDAY Little 13-year-old Lois McShane of Sacramento was drowned late Saturday afternoon while swimming: at Lake Vera. The girl was a member of the Sacramento Camp Fire Girls who are spending two weeks at their camp at Lake Vera. The young lady went in swimming with the rest of the group and was thought to have gone out of the water before the other members. Members of the under the direction of Wm. Gracey and others, went out this to aid the search. When found that her bathing suit was the only of clothing ‘missing a search was made of the lake and the body was recovered from under the

diving raft.It is thought that the morning article . Miss McShane dove off the raft and able to extract herself. Her parents, Mr.” and Mrs. J. W. of 3013 42nd street; Sacramento, were informed of her disapMeShane pearanee-and arrived heré yesterday morning. The body was taken to Sacramento. by the Holmes undertaking estabForest Reserve, it was . NEVADA CITY IN “49 ATTIRE FOR GRAND CELEBRATION ON FOURTH. The display windows of the merchants are filled with interesting old relics reminders of :bygone days. In answer to the appeal sent outby the Fourth of July. Committee the peoble of Nevada City and surrounding territory have. diligently ‘searched their old trunks and safety boxes and these have yielded a hetrogenous collection. from old: dangerous fire‘arms toxprecious jewelry. The mer,chantshave heen most kind in doi nating their windows for the dis‘plays. { { FF raiicis Hogan of Hogan's Shoe whole town has become enthused. The old buildings on Commercial street have been cleaned out and the fronts of thé buildings are rapidly ~ receiving their slab fronts to give the frontier appearance. Gambling: _ games are being resurrected from the: dust of bygone ages and set up. A number of. ladies have. already~ appeared.in their full sweeping cos— tumes and daily another costume ap— pears, It is indeed gratifying to the: commitiee to see the interest being: taken. Chairman Frank. Davies of the gen— ; Store was the first. to display the relics of early days and “his win{dow quickiy became. filled with an. . Miles Couglin, eral’ committee and — his secretary worked—-tire—~ H3-¥efor the success of ithe entér— ; interesting collection consisting most. prise fiving unstintingly of their time i w ea Pian y 2 > thar . Alin: yy e = 1 : . jly-of firearms and other impliments and effort. even to négelecting. their of ‘the gold rush Numerous photographs add to the collection. Heean's days. . H shoe store was also the ite decorate the store front with the jess that have been donated by the i Arbogast Bros. Lumber ‘Company ,and hauled in free by various truck ' owners It is hopel that other owners will follow suit. store On Commercial street Georze Gil dersiceve was the ront cavered. { i t first to his {store f “. serve the thanks of the townspeople. own affairs: They are surely to be commendéd for theiz efforts and demy Ihe following is the list of floats that have been promised so far: Float old. timers from County Hospital, Fire Department of Nevada—City;-Native—Sons;— Native Daughters, Alpha Hard ware, P. G. & f:, Standard Oil: Co., Fischer Blectric Shop, Plaa Grecery, Marsh Lum-= bearing enetr. ee ae ber Company, wean gees Mra. ¢; The accident cast a pall over the. seid aes ane a oo ness aetna Siileae oS ears: eAtire community as well as the . z eg oS ee aie fe hi ‘ ed .p of Commere} Tom Coan, Forest Servarious camps at Lake Vera as this is sa Nee Ry ss : . — 2 at vice Nevala City. Nugget, Frank the first fatality at-thetake-Im-spite!) gos vce ee ee eeeret} Davies, Plaa’ Service Station, Ray of the hundreds of girls who have! ce cigs ke eos Tunk. Teale, Foster Buffington, Chas. Hos— camped there for the past three. ‘“1'''* 38 2/80 shown. . kin & Bu-Calanan, Ed. Granholm, years. . The msin feature of S$. Loe Leiter’s Granohlm Dai ents Leia) Seer ee To be sure, there are very few socalled relies left in this town. Albert Dressler got a_cmparatively small portion of the missing ones. There have been collectors here who have been insolent, demanding sale of old furniture regardless of its associations, paying a mere pittance and selling it for fabulous prices. al we: The chief difficulty is our ignorance of what comprises relics. How many know that the old express envelopes bring good prices? That a pony express envelope sells for $25?) . ,How many readers have Undertaking firm here, was in town! several days last week. He was -ac-* consigned Godey’s Magazines to the trash pile? How many have destroyed family let. ’ ters written or received here in the . 50’s. Do you know that old liquor licenses are valuable? What has become, of the numerous copies. of Bean’s Directory? Please don’t blame others for the scarcity of relics. Those who sold put commercialism before . patriotism. And what has become of . son are on a tour of inspection of: sponsoring. . j They made the trip by auto and upon . the Pacific} ( out the value of your ‘tash” an it be . the relics that were turned over to! the Half Century Club? Are they in a fire proof building or in a private home unprotected and forgotten? Go through your attics nw and find is qurdite possible that much will (Signed) BELLE DOUGLAS. vvvvvvv BY vvvvvvv JOE ARCHIBALD -” Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Sh Brann was held Saturday afternon from the Little Church Home under the direction of Wm. C. Perry. Rev. Wallace Cuttér fficiating in the absence of Rev. H. H. Buckner, The remainswere laid at rest in. the Greenwood cemetery at Grass Valley. 5 0. UIgnition Parts and Accessories at Miner’s Foundry. 24tt eS . S ——=> ra) AFRAID apeya¢ Nou MARCH Down To THE 7 PASTURE AND HUNT For ; , AUAT Cow!! There's : NOTHING THRE To GITE A Aw pa! . DonT WANTA Go THERE ALone! Gee wie!!. Rig =_ Ww \VYa! QRS 4 —, ; AW. << —~ Oh eercerconed “oT Sr eo) # Pes COS ME aa . display isa quilt which is 150 years . lold belogine to ! . materal of whie« . L Hattie Legg, the th -was-hand woven ' and hand-dyed. The remarkable features was the brightness of the colors. Jewelry, old photesraphs ‘clocks are, featured in A. old Hartune’s and . window. Gne old cloek is a revroduc. tion of the clock ‘used in Columbus’ ‘ time and is in running order. . The displays are too ‘humerous to j mention but everyone is worth while i and every merchant is cooperating. . After having languished in interest . for some weeks the °49 Celebration ; has gained momentum until — the ry, Grass Valley Cham— ber of Commerce, Grass Valley Fire. Department, al Miners ‘Protective, gue of-Grass Valley, Union Publishing -Oo.,° Grass .V ulley Garage, Grass Valley Cleaners, Sens of St. George, 8 PBN es § Lea -garty-Thomas Post American Legion, Spanish War Veterans , of Roseville, Covered Wagon Club of Sacramento, Placer County Indians: . of Auburn, State Mining Association, . American Legign of Awburn, Mrs. Jackson & Elloit, Women’s Civie Improvement Club, Misses Genevieve . Paine and Party, Mrs. F. c. Worth, . . Eastern Star Mrs. Preston, Alfrea P. Cosia, George Flambigle, ‘NEVADA CO. LOAN ASSN. HAS CHANGED HANDS . Acquisition of the Nevada County Building and Loan of . Grass Valley by the Italian Investment Corporation, which owns the j Italian National Building Association and Loan . Assoriation, is announced by Henry Girola, president of the Italian Investment Corporation. This is the i fourth building and loan association to be acquired by this corporation ‘since March 31st of this year, ac{cording to Girola. The associations which have been taken over are Contra Costy County Building and Loan Association of Oakland and San Jose. ‘In addition to these acquisitione a branch has been established in Sacramento. “H. W. Rbinson, former president of the Nevada County Building and Loan Association will serve as chairman of the executive commitiee of the new Nevada County branch of the Italian National Building and Lan Association,” said Girola. “Other members of the board of directors of the Grass Valley institution will be elected members of board of directors of the Italian National Building and Loan Association and_ will also be appointed on.-the executive committee to administer affairs of the new Grass Valley Branch of Italian National.’ P. L. Shobe, executive vice president of the Italian Investment Corporation, who just ‘returned from Grass Valley, announeed that arrangements had been made for -a new and larger offices in the main business settion of that city for this newly acquired association. MRS. DOMENICA SOGA PASSES AWAY SATURDAY Mrs. Domenica Soga, wife of Johr Sga and mother of five children, -° passed away Saturday evening. She Was a native of Italy, 44 years of age. For the past 18 months the family have resided on the Ukiah-Tahoe roa@ about a mile an a half from town. The funeral services will be hel@ from the St. Canice’s Church Tues— day morning at 10 o’clock under the direction of Father O’Reilly. Inter— ment will be in the Catholic ceme~ tery. Im the meantime the body is at Holmes Undertaking Home where friends may view thé body. 0 ELSIE MARIE HIERONIMUS WEDS ATTILLIO L. DEMATTEE Miss Elsie Marie Hieronimus,, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hie= ronimus Jr., became the bride-of At= tillio L. DeMattei of San Francisco, _ Sunday at high noon at a beautifull ceremony which was performed im St. Canice Church. The bride was given in marriage by her father, and Father O’Reilly _ read the service.. eee Miss Adele Hieronimus was her sister’s maid of honor and Miss Em-ma Muscardini, a cousin was brides-maid. D. Brozzoni of San Francisca _ acted as best man. Mrs. Paul R. Gibson, a cousin of the bride sang “Ave Maria,” an@ Freda Hieronimus, aunt of the bride,. played Lohengrin’s Wedding March.. The church was beautifully decom rated by gladiolas-and Cecile Breu= ““We-aremodernizing our branches in order to better serve our clients,” said Shobe. “Grass Valley is one of the richest centers in the state of California and we are looking forward to big business ix this territory. “This is just a beginning of our building and loan expansion program fr Northern California. We hope within the very near future to* announce further acquisitions inthis section of the state,” : ser roses, Lloyd Penrose doing the decorating. a. . The bride wore a lovely gown of egg shell satin and a tulle vell whiele was caught to the head by orange bloss6ms. She wore a bouaqtiet of Lillies of the Valley and Gardinias. 1 Following the service a w iding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents. _ Re ~The couple, after their hone will reside in San ‘Francisco, —