June 9, 1939 (6 pages)

~ iesamnmnaaa ———$————— ' Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. 2 evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA. IN CALIFORNIA in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists ——Alexander HamilThe United States today is host to the King and Queen of England. While we think King George is a ehap doing his mighty best to fulfill his duties in a hard job, per‘sonally we rather preferred his brother the ex-king Edward. We did: not approve his marriage to a woman twice divorced, even though a ‘beautiful American. At fortythree we ‘believe a man should have better sense. But we surely did approve of his independence. A man who has the courage to reréunce the greatest throne on earth, does appeal to us even when fhe does so for a foolsh reason. The whole conduct of his courting and wedding was a bit on the Hollywood side, but still we would rather he would be unwisely honest than hypocritically . discreet. As a matter.of fact, while the world has moved into the sunlight of glaring frankness in all matters pertaining to the marriage relationship, the Victorian tradition, it seems, still governs the conduct of English royalty. The monarch is hedged about by _ conventions, which, as the exemplary first citizen of the British people, he dare not break. But despite all his faults, we still believe Edward has Pole, more wit and zest for living than \ George, the brother who succeed-ed to the throne. The Victorian view prevailed in England when it came to the test. Edward, the venturesome, was exiled, Undoubtedly thegentle folk of the tight little island still remember Edward the grandfather, who conformed outwardly to be sure, but whose sub rosa affairs de amour constantly threatened the social structure with cataclysum. They would not tolerate another like him, Thus it is George who carries on and makes the first visit to the land which his ancestor George the Third sacrificed on the altar of his colossal stupidity And obstinacy. It is interesting -to speculate regarding how far reaching would have been the changes in history, had George III been a little smarter ‘than he was. If today we were another British dominion instead of the U. S. A. history would probably have been changed in the following respects: There would have been no Revolution. There might have been a Mexican war, very brief indeed, when England would probably have backed her colony ‘in Texas against Mexico, and in so doing swallowed the rest of -Mexico, instead of merely buying a large piece of it. There would probably have been no Civil War, because in her colonies England Managed to stamp out slavery without resort to arms. The English navy policed the seas for. several years, however, to break up the traffic. There would probably have been no world war for the reason that England ‘backed by. the huge wealth of her Amercan colonies ‘would have been too formidable an opponent even for Kaiser Wilhelm to challenge. The War of 1812 would not have occurred for it really was an outgrowth of the Revolutionary war and there would, of course have been no occasion for it. The Spanish American ‘war would not have occured in all probability, be‘cause before the close of the nine‘teenth century, Cuba, like Mexico, would have a part of the SBritsh colony that is now the United States. The fact that England predominates in the Carribean today would, indicate 'that Cuba too would have been absorbed in England’s empiré. On the other hand, whether George the Third had alienated the American colonies or not, the Napoleonic wars probably would have taken place. At. the time, the United States was not strong enough or sufficiently developed to have added much force to England’s might. The Franco-German war of 1871 in which France was humbed was undoubtely due to the fact that to all practical purposes she had to fight alone and under a corrupt government. England in maintaining the ‘“balance of powers’’ was not unwilling to see France beaten. One hundred and fifty years separate the two, George Third and George the Sixth. In that time the power that George III held has ‘been stripped from his successors. Perhaps the loss of the American colonies was one of the contributing reasons for depriving the monarch of all political power. Vol. 13. No. 46. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center— FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939.0 Commencement At High School Tonight With commencement exercises for the Elementary school’s eighth graders last night, and the program this evening for high school graduates at the schools auditorium-gymnasium, the school year ends in Nevada City. The programs for the two events appeared in these columns in Monday’s issue. Graduates of, the high school numbering 51 are as follows: CLASS OF 1939 Joseph Beverly Barry Marguerita Jean Bettles Laurel Susie Biggs Alberta Mae Bolton Guy William Brooks Virginia Gold Carney Hetty June Clarke Richard Franklin, Clarke Leona Raye Davenport William Harvey Davis Shirley Margaret Davies Edward Bernard Doolittle Erma Lorene Ennis Evelyn Louise Elliott Doreen Graham Foreman Olive Esther Fox Ellard Norman Gates Georgia Mae Glennon Mary Evelyn Hackley Martha Lorraine Harry Virginia June Hawke James Wesley Hunter Irma Marie Hurst Wilfred Nials Joyal Margie Jacqueline Keckler M. Karl Kopp Doris Ruby Kelley Bertha Kelly “Richard Leslie Keene Byron Wesley King Andrew William Lewis Hershal Ray Lotz Mary Evelyn Lotz David Landsborough McCraney Bernice Lewellen McQuay Caroline Jean Martz Russell Dave Moyle John Joseph Muscardini Alice Mae Norton Elgin Leroy Pingree Laura Joyce Price Kathryn Louise Saban Hubert Lee Smith Victoria Soga Ben John Tamblyn Elton Andrew Tobiassen Robert Doller Vanberg Edgar Monroe Wasley Abra LaVerne Willard Delbert Eugene Williams . Maxine DeLores Younkin ‘Miss Nell B. Baggley, visor. Mrs. cipal, Mr. H. E. Kjorlie, Principal. Life Members California Scholarship Federation: Jean Martz. Bausch and Lomb Science Award: James Hunter. Scholarships and School Awards. To be announced. All families and friends of graduates with reserved seats will be seated in the order their arrival. First come first served. Children will not be admitted unless accompanied by their parents. Parking space has been provided in front of the playfield and there will be an attendant on duty to direct parking. Class AdE. G. Flewellen, Vice-PhinLetter SWIM POOL TO OPEN TOMORROW The Nevada City Muni¢ipal Swimming pool will open tomorrow, Saturday, June 10 according to an an nouncement made by the Park Com. } mission, The pool has been painted with a coat of aluminum and the bath house and concession booth also have been given a coat of paint. Life guard Les Hubbard will fill the pool with water today in readiness for tomorrow’s activities. i DIRECTORS OF RED CROSS MEET JUNE 12 (Mrs. Belle Douglas, secretary of the Nevada City Chapter of the Rea Cross, announces that there. will be a meeting of the board of directors of the local chapter at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening, June 12, at 7:30 p. m. All members of the board are requested to be present to arrange the chapter’s summer program and complete the selec. tion of committee chairmen. P. T. A. PICNIC FOR EIGHTH GRADERS TODAY The Nevada City Elementary School Parent Teachers Association is holding the annual picnic for. the eighth grade pupils at Lake Olympia today. Mrs. John Milanovich has been the class mother this year and has worked faithfully to make the picnic a success, She also assisted in decorating the auditorium for the graduatiag class in the elementary school. The mothers of the eighth grade pupils are preparing the lunches but the P. T. A. is providing the ice cream. The newly organized Antler Lodge will enjoy a picnic and party above Washington Sunday, June 18 or Father’s Day. functions usefully. What ambassador could arouse the interest of, ‘and appeal to, an English speaking people, the descendants of ‘nglish people, as does the King George today in his visit to the United States? ‘Not one on the whole earth. Even the Mikado would be regarded mostly as a curiosity, were he to break tradition and visit us. But the King of England is somehow related to us and we as a nation view him with mixed sentiments. We still remember with bitirness, it may be, the Revolution and Valley Forge, but wefeel a glow of kinship through it all. For after all we in the Uni: ted States are of English blood. CIO AFFILIATE — WRITES THREAT TO SEN. SEAWELL Two resolutions, one from the local CIO affiliate and the other , from WPA and allied reliefers, sent to Senator Jerrold Seawell and his reply thereto, were published in last Friday’s Nugget. Yesterday the local CLO affiliate sent a letter to Senator Seawell, conveying an implied threat. The letter follows: TWIN CITIES MINERS UNION Nevada City, California. June 8, 1939. Mr. Jerrold L. Seawell, President Pro Tempore, State Senate, Sacramento, California. Dear Mr. Seawell: We are in receipt of your letter under date of May 27th, 1939 acknowledging receipt of our resolution under, date of March 25th, 1939 in regard to the passage of the Relief Appropriation of Seventy three million dollars ($73,000,000.) You stated in your letter that the legislators of the State of California are not in the high salary class. You further state that your ‘“‘relief’’ consists only of Two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) for the biennium and the total paid to the one hundred and twenty (120) legislators or sum of two hundred and eighty thousand dollars ($288,000) cannot be compared with the seventy three): million dollars ($73,000,000) asked for-by Governor Olson as the latter figure covers many thousands of unfortunate citizens who are forced to get on the relief rolls or face starvation because of the existing lack of employment. Labor throughout California will not forget your “NO” vote. on all progressive measures that have been sponsored in this session of the State Legislature. We deem your actions are entirely partisan in promoting selfish interest of your party platform and not for the general welfare of the people of the State of California. : Sincerely yours, (Signed) EDWARD F. BOPP, Secretary. VAGRANCY ALLEGED Donald lL. Carson.is n the county jail charged with vagrancy sworn to by Chief of Police Garfield Robson. Carson had a_ hearing yesterday, plead guilty and will come up in Judge Miles Coughlins court on Monday when judgement will be pronouced. . opened yesterday morning WILLIAM EBAUGH FACES JURY ON RAPE CHARGE The trial of William Ebaugh, of Willow Valley, charged with rape, in the Superior Court, Judge George L. Jones, presiding. The jury was selected during the forenoon. Ebaugh was represented by William Slade, Sacramento attorney, while District At‘torney Vernon Stoll prosecuted the ‘charges. As he did in a former trial, when charged with holding a woman prisoner in his cabin, Ebaugh shaved off his flowing mane and long whiskers just before the trial, On the former trial he was acquitted. The first witness yesterday afternoon was Mrs. Paul Myers, wife of a miner, who is the complaining witnéss. She testified that she first met Ebaugh on February 24 when a mutual friend introduced them. A few days later she met him again. Along in March he began coming to her house, she testified, whenever her husband was away at the mine. She stated that Ebaugh constantly threatened her with death in the event she ever told any one of his visits; that he stole her revolver; that he declared a Negro was preparing to rape -her little daughter, eight years old, and later said that the Negro had raped her. She gave a circumstantial account of Ebaugh’s attack upon her on the night of March 25. She stated that he arrived at her house a few minutes after her husband had left for his night shift in a mine, about 5:15 p. m, According to her testimony he sat brooding in the sitting room until about 11:3 when the attack took, place. On cross examination she stated that though she screamed and struggled, her children were not aroused, but declared she was afraid of rous-, ing them believing Ebaugh would hurt them. She stated that Ebaugh left her home on the night of the attack a little before midngiht, that her husband arrived home from his work about 3 o’clock in the morning, which was Sunday, and that she told him about the assault on Sunday. During her recital on the witness stand Ebaugh frequently grinned and at one time his merriment was audible. Judge Jones declared that the court room was not a place of amusement and that if anyone in court failed in proper conduct he would order the court room cleared. The jury consists of the following persons: Clarence H. Munger, Elwell D. Goering, Chas. A. Harris, Charlotte VanWagner, Irene Kemp, David Kyler, Hazel Kitts, Myrtle Dallman, Mary A. Doolittle, Edward L. Baldwin, William E. Graham, Ross W. Ross. Following Mrs. Myers on the witness stand was Deputy Sheriff Ronald Fraser, who testified that Bbaugh had fled from arrest. But Attorney Slade had the testimony stricken ont on the grounds that there was nothing in evidence to show that Bbaugh knew that a complaint had been filed against him. Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen testi. ’ fied that the revolver found in BEbaugh’s mine mill when finally arrested was the one Mrs. Myers olan: ed as her own. On the witness stand Ebaugh testified that the revolver, which Mrs. Myers claimed as her own, had been given her by him at her request to protect her from the Negro referred to in her testimony. He also stated that he had had intimate relations with her, both in his own house and in the Myers home. He admitted the intimacy alleged on the night of March 25. He stated that he was often at her house when her husband Was away, at night when Myers was on night shift and in the daytime when Myers was away on day shirt. Bbaugh stated tha his acquaintance began when she came to his house sometime in February and said that she heard strange noises in her cellar. He investigated and found nothing. The next occasion of meeting her, Ebaugh testified, was when she came to his house to borrow some kerosene for her lamps. He had none, he said, but did give her a carbide lamp, which she returned a day or so later. * Several witnesses regarding Ebaugh’s character will be heard today and the case will probably be submitted to the jury sometime today. The hundreds North San Juan Electric Fiesta, when E Clamipus Vitus turned out to put on a great show, dedicate a plaque, and initiate three-score poor blind brothers, are again looking forward to another big two day holiday in the old placer town of San Juan Ridge. This time it is the annual Cherry Festival which opens tomorrow and runs over until Sunday’s wee sma’ hours. ‘ . Miles Tilden is again chairman of all arrangements and, as everyone who has been a San Juan guest knows, he knows how to arrange programs that all enjoy. Swelling the crowd tomorrow afternoon will be scores of members of the California Hydraulic Miners association, for whom the ladies.of San Juan are preparing one of their famous turkey dinners to be served in the new dining room built adjoining Twamley hall. The Melvill interests are now working a crew of sixty men on the ridge gravel deposits and ‘North San Juan is their headquarters. The old town, under the _ stimulus of the debris dam now building at the Yuba Narrows, is rapidly waking up. The San Juan Ridge Improvement league’ is doing a splendid work in drawing thousands during the season to the gay celebrations which are sponsored by the league with the _ entire Ridge backing up these festive enterprises. Tomorrow and Sunday cherries will} be given to all visitors. very one . Cherry Festival Opens At Nor. San Juan Sat. who enjoyed the] will have cherries enough for once. For despite a poor crop in, many localities, the cherry harvest in North San Juan rarely fails. On Saturday afternoon Fred Butz will. present a very fine and interesting sports program new features, comedy competition and to the winners some mighty fine and valuable prizes. Free shows, concessions, music, good food» -tadtily served with speed and in comfortable surroundings in the new dining hall at popular prie es. Saturday night dancing to the music of Mid Russells Club orchestra door prizes. Sunday afternoon a fine ball game at the new park which has been built through the sponsorship of Mr. Melvill and incidentally this is one of the games of the season and should be worth seeing Manager Tilden says his boys are in ace high shape and ready to give the battle of their lives. This event begins at two o’cleck. After the ball game there will be time for the turkey dinner then at 6 o’clock the vaudeville show begins at the hall and this event is really extraordinary with many fine singers, dancers musicians, one of the features will be a tap dance on regular roller skates by the star of the younger generation of tap dancers the already famous Beverly Mathis. This tiny trouper will also present ;another of her wonderful tap dance ‘routines, HYDRAULIC ASSN. MEETSSATURDAY IN NOR. SAN JUAN The next two meetings of the California Hydraulic Miners association will be held in North San Juan and Auburn. The first of these will be next Saturday at North San Juan. A chicken dinner will be served by the ladies. The meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. This is also the day of the big annual Cherry festival when all visitors receive all the cherries they can eat and a souvenor of the, occasion. On June 24 the meeting will take place at the Hotel Auburn in Auburn. Auburn is' celebrating the completion of the American river North Fork dam. This meeting also takes place iz the evening at 7:30. All meetings, which will be held-twice monthly, ‘will be in the evening until further notice. CHAMBER WILL SEND DELEGATION TO HIGHWAY COM. he Nevada ee Chamber of ee at its» regular Tuesday evening decided to send a large dele_ gation from Nevada and Sierra counties to meet with the State Highway commission on June 80, which falls} on Friday. The chamber members also discussed methods of participating in the. annual Fourth of July celebration which this year takes place in Grass Valley. The celebration was held’ last year in this city. Secretary H. F. Sofge introduced the subjest of a map and folder of Nevada City, which the chamber proposes to publish: H. F. Davis, well known mining engineer, has recently drawn a map, far superior to anything hitherto produced, of this city. It is proposed to issue a folder which will contain a few pages of deseriptive text and include this map. Mr. Davis will have charge of the work of issuing the folder. The map, beside little sketches illustrating historic spots and giving the street plan of the city in detail, also includes an insert showing Nevada City’s relation-to the sectional road system and surrounding communities. DONATION The Ladies auxiliary of the Nevada City Fire Department has donated $5 toward the Co-Ordinating Council recreational fund. This will bring the fund to $155.50. OFFICIAL TELLS HOW TO HOLD MINE CLAIMS George. D. Nordenholt, state director of natural resources, has announced that holders*of unpatented mining: claims in California will be able to hold their properties for the coming fiscal year starting July 1 provided they have started the required annual assessment work of $100 in improvements or labor before that date. The director said he is making the announcement to eliminate confusion which has deyeloped ‘through . contradictory information issued. by governmental bureaus. NNordenholt added: The courts have held that if the required work is started before the end of the fiscal year ending at noon, July ist, and continued thereafter with “due diligence’’. until completed, the requiréments of the stautte will be fulfilled. It is ¢ommonly believed that the locator of an unpatented mining claim loses title to his claim. if he: fails to do the required annual assessment work. This is not true. Failure to do assessment work for any year merely throws the claim open to location (or jumping) by another. But as long as ‘no relocation of the claim is made by another, the title rests with the original locator. At the meeting of the city council last evening John Zunino, local garbage collector was given. authority — to control the city dump ground west of Nevada City. Several parties out— side the city limits and even one or two from Hills Flat have been tak-. ing garbage to the city dump which is the property of the city. The ravine is filling until it won’t be long until another site will have to be~ purchased for city garbage. Roy Zimmerman who has purchased west of the Neaves property on Piety Hill appeared before # city council in regard to sewer facilities. He plans to build a new home Mr. Dodson has purchased pro; and built two houses in the section and more ground was bo recently on which he is prepar puild another house. Several tanks have been built. in the borhood and, they are no satisfactory. After som City Engineer ba Cc. be (Continued On

~ iesamnmnaaa ———$————— ' Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. 2 evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA. IN CALIFORNIA in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists ——Alexander HamilThe United States today is host to the King and Queen of England. While we think King George is a ehap doing his mighty best to fulfill his duties in a hard job, per‘sonally we rather preferred his brother the ex-king Edward. We did: not approve his marriage to a woman twice divorced, even though a ‘beautiful American. At fortythree we ‘believe a man should have better sense. But we surely did approve of his independence. A man who has the courage to reréunce the greatest throne on earth, does appeal to us even when fhe does so for a foolsh reason. The whole conduct of his courting and wedding was a bit on the Hollywood side, but still we would rather he would be unwisely honest than hypocritically . discreet. As a matter.of fact, while the world has moved into the sunlight of glaring frankness in all matters pertaining to the marriage relationship, the Victorian tradition, it seems, still governs the conduct of English royalty. The monarch is hedged about by _ conventions, which, as the exemplary first citizen of the British people, he dare not break. But despite all his faults, we still believe Edward has Pole, more wit and zest for living than \ George, the brother who succeed-ed to the throne. The Victorian view prevailed in England when it came to the test. Edward, the venturesome, was exiled, Undoubtedly thegentle folk of the tight little island still remember Edward the grandfather, who conformed outwardly to be sure, but whose sub rosa affairs de amour constantly threatened the social structure with cataclysum. They would not tolerate another like him, Thus it is George who carries on and makes the first visit to the land which his ancestor George the Third sacrificed on the altar of his colossal stupidity And obstinacy. It is interesting -to speculate regarding how far reaching would have been the changes in history, had George III been a little smarter ‘than he was. If today we were another British dominion instead of the U. S. A. history would probably have been changed in the following respects: There would have been no Revolution. There might have been a Mexican war, very brief indeed, when England would probably have backed her colony ‘in Texas against Mexico, and in so doing swallowed the rest of -Mexico, instead of merely buying a large piece of it. There would probably have been no Civil War, because in her colonies England Managed to stamp out slavery without resort to arms. The English navy policed the seas for. several years, however, to break up the traffic. There would probably have been no world war for the reason that England ‘backed by. the huge wealth of her Amercan colonies ‘would have been too formidable an opponent even for Kaiser Wilhelm to challenge. The War of 1812 would not have occurred for it really was an outgrowth of the Revolutionary war and there would, of course have been no occasion for it. The Spanish American ‘war would not have occured in all probability, be‘cause before the close of the nine‘teenth century, Cuba, like Mexico, would have a part of the SBritsh colony that is now the United States. The fact that England predominates in the Carribean today would, indicate 'that Cuba too would have been absorbed in England’s empiré. On the other hand, whether George the Third had alienated the American colonies or not, the Napoleonic wars probably would have taken place. At. the time, the United States was not strong enough or sufficiently developed to have added much force to England’s might. The Franco-German war of 1871 in which France was humbed was undoubtely due to the fact that to all practical purposes she had to fight alone and under a corrupt government. England in maintaining the ‘“balance of powers’’ was not unwilling to see France beaten. One hundred and fifty years separate the two, George Third and George the Sixth. In that time the power that George III held has ‘been stripped from his successors. Perhaps the loss of the American colonies was one of the contributing reasons for depriving the monarch of all political power. Vol. 13. No. 46. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center— FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939.0 Commencement At High School Tonight With commencement exercises for the Elementary school’s eighth graders last night, and the program this evening for high school graduates at the schools auditorium-gymnasium, the school year ends in Nevada City. The programs for the two events appeared in these columns in Monday’s issue. Graduates of, the high school numbering 51 are as follows: CLASS OF 1939 Joseph Beverly Barry Marguerita Jean Bettles Laurel Susie Biggs Alberta Mae Bolton Guy William Brooks Virginia Gold Carney Hetty June Clarke Richard Franklin, Clarke Leona Raye Davenport William Harvey Davis Shirley Margaret Davies Edward Bernard Doolittle Erma Lorene Ennis Evelyn Louise Elliott Doreen Graham Foreman Olive Esther Fox Ellard Norman Gates Georgia Mae Glennon Mary Evelyn Hackley Martha Lorraine Harry Virginia June Hawke James Wesley Hunter Irma Marie Hurst Wilfred Nials Joyal Margie Jacqueline Keckler M. Karl Kopp Doris Ruby Kelley Bertha Kelly “Richard Leslie Keene Byron Wesley King Andrew William Lewis Hershal Ray Lotz Mary Evelyn Lotz David Landsborough McCraney Bernice Lewellen McQuay Caroline Jean Martz Russell Dave Moyle John Joseph Muscardini Alice Mae Norton Elgin Leroy Pingree Laura Joyce Price Kathryn Louise Saban Hubert Lee Smith Victoria Soga Ben John Tamblyn Elton Andrew Tobiassen Robert Doller Vanberg Edgar Monroe Wasley Abra LaVerne Willard Delbert Eugene Williams . Maxine DeLores Younkin ‘Miss Nell B. Baggley, visor. Mrs. cipal, Mr. H. E. Kjorlie, Principal. Life Members California Scholarship Federation: Jean Martz. Bausch and Lomb Science Award: James Hunter. Scholarships and School Awards. To be announced. All families and friends of graduates with reserved seats will be seated in the order their arrival. First come first served. Children will not be admitted unless accompanied by their parents. Parking space has been provided in front of the playfield and there will be an attendant on duty to direct parking. Class AdE. G. Flewellen, Vice-PhinLetter SWIM POOL TO OPEN TOMORROW The Nevada City Muni¢ipal Swimming pool will open tomorrow, Saturday, June 10 according to an an nouncement made by the Park Com. } mission, The pool has been painted with a coat of aluminum and the bath house and concession booth also have been given a coat of paint. Life guard Les Hubbard will fill the pool with water today in readiness for tomorrow’s activities. i DIRECTORS OF RED CROSS MEET JUNE 12 (Mrs. Belle Douglas, secretary of the Nevada City Chapter of the Rea Cross, announces that there. will be a meeting of the board of directors of the local chapter at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening, June 12, at 7:30 p. m. All members of the board are requested to be present to arrange the chapter’s summer program and complete the selec. tion of committee chairmen. P. T. A. PICNIC FOR EIGHTH GRADERS TODAY The Nevada City Elementary School Parent Teachers Association is holding the annual picnic for. the eighth grade pupils at Lake Olympia today. Mrs. John Milanovich has been the class mother this year and has worked faithfully to make the picnic a success, She also assisted in decorating the auditorium for the graduatiag class in the elementary school. The mothers of the eighth grade pupils are preparing the lunches but the P. T. A. is providing the ice cream. The newly organized Antler Lodge will enjoy a picnic and party above Washington Sunday, June 18 or Father’s Day. functions usefully. What ambassador could arouse the interest of, ‘and appeal to, an English speaking people, the descendants of ‘nglish people, as does the King George today in his visit to the United States? ‘Not one on the whole earth. Even the Mikado would be regarded mostly as a curiosity, were he to break tradition and visit us. But the King of England is somehow related to us and we as a nation view him with mixed sentiments. We still remember with bitirness, it may be, the Revolution and Valley Forge, but wefeel a glow of kinship through it all. For after all we in the Uni: ted States are of English blood. CIO AFFILIATE — WRITES THREAT TO SEN. SEAWELL Two resolutions, one from the local CIO affiliate and the other , from WPA and allied reliefers, sent to Senator Jerrold Seawell and his reply thereto, were published in last Friday’s Nugget. Yesterday the local CLO affiliate sent a letter to Senator Seawell, conveying an implied threat. The letter follows: TWIN CITIES MINERS UNION Nevada City, California. June 8, 1939. Mr. Jerrold L. Seawell, President Pro Tempore, State Senate, Sacramento, California. Dear Mr. Seawell: We are in receipt of your letter under date of May 27th, 1939 acknowledging receipt of our resolution under, date of March 25th, 1939 in regard to the passage of the Relief Appropriation of Seventy three million dollars ($73,000,000.) You stated in your letter that the legislators of the State of California are not in the high salary class. You further state that your ‘“‘relief’’ consists only of Two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) for the biennium and the total paid to the one hundred and twenty (120) legislators or sum of two hundred and eighty thousand dollars ($288,000) cannot be compared with the seventy three): million dollars ($73,000,000) asked for-by Governor Olson as the latter figure covers many thousands of unfortunate citizens who are forced to get on the relief rolls or face starvation because of the existing lack of employment. Labor throughout California will not forget your “NO” vote. on all progressive measures that have been sponsored in this session of the State Legislature. We deem your actions are entirely partisan in promoting selfish interest of your party platform and not for the general welfare

of the people of the State of California. : Sincerely yours, (Signed) EDWARD F. BOPP, Secretary. VAGRANCY ALLEGED Donald lL. Carson.is n the county jail charged with vagrancy sworn to by Chief of Police Garfield Robson. Carson had a_ hearing yesterday, plead guilty and will come up in Judge Miles Coughlins court on Monday when judgement will be pronouced. . opened yesterday morning WILLIAM EBAUGH FACES JURY ON RAPE CHARGE The trial of William Ebaugh, of Willow Valley, charged with rape, in the Superior Court, Judge George L. Jones, presiding. The jury was selected during the forenoon. Ebaugh was represented by William Slade, Sacramento attorney, while District At‘torney Vernon Stoll prosecuted the ‘charges. As he did in a former trial, when charged with holding a woman prisoner in his cabin, Ebaugh shaved off his flowing mane and long whiskers just before the trial, On the former trial he was acquitted. The first witness yesterday afternoon was Mrs. Paul Myers, wife of a miner, who is the complaining witnéss. She testified that she first met Ebaugh on February 24 when a mutual friend introduced them. A few days later she met him again. Along in March he began coming to her house, she testified, whenever her husband was away at the mine. She stated that Ebaugh constantly threatened her with death in the event she ever told any one of his visits; that he stole her revolver; that he declared a Negro was preparing to rape -her little daughter, eight years old, and later said that the Negro had raped her. She gave a circumstantial account of Ebaugh’s attack upon her on the night of March 25. She stated that he arrived at her house a few minutes after her husband had left for his night shift in a mine, about 5:15 p. m, According to her testimony he sat brooding in the sitting room until about 11:3 when the attack took, place. On cross examination she stated that though she screamed and struggled, her children were not aroused, but declared she was afraid of rous-, ing them believing Ebaugh would hurt them. She stated that Ebaugh left her home on the night of the attack a little before midngiht, that her husband arrived home from his work about 3 o’clock in the morning, which was Sunday, and that she told him about the assault on Sunday. During her recital on the witness stand Ebaugh frequently grinned and at one time his merriment was audible. Judge Jones declared that the court room was not a place of amusement and that if anyone in court failed in proper conduct he would order the court room cleared. The jury consists of the following persons: Clarence H. Munger, Elwell D. Goering, Chas. A. Harris, Charlotte VanWagner, Irene Kemp, David Kyler, Hazel Kitts, Myrtle Dallman, Mary A. Doolittle, Edward L. Baldwin, William E. Graham, Ross W. Ross. Following Mrs. Myers on the witness stand was Deputy Sheriff Ronald Fraser, who testified that Bbaugh had fled from arrest. But Attorney Slade had the testimony stricken ont on the grounds that there was nothing in evidence to show that Bbaugh knew that a complaint had been filed against him. Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen testi. ’ fied that the revolver found in BEbaugh’s mine mill when finally arrested was the one Mrs. Myers olan: ed as her own. On the witness stand Ebaugh testified that the revolver, which Mrs. Myers claimed as her own, had been given her by him at her request to protect her from the Negro referred to in her testimony. He also stated that he had had intimate relations with her, both in his own house and in the Myers home. He admitted the intimacy alleged on the night of March 25. He stated that he was often at her house when her husband Was away, at night when Myers was on night shift and in the daytime when Myers was away on day shirt. Bbaugh stated tha his acquaintance began when she came to his house sometime in February and said that she heard strange noises in her cellar. He investigated and found nothing. The next occasion of meeting her, Ebaugh testified, was when she came to his house to borrow some kerosene for her lamps. He had none, he said, but did give her a carbide lamp, which she returned a day or so later. * Several witnesses regarding Ebaugh’s character will be heard today and the case will probably be submitted to the jury sometime today. The hundreds North San Juan Electric Fiesta, when E Clamipus Vitus turned out to put on a great show, dedicate a plaque, and initiate three-score poor blind brothers, are again looking forward to another big two day holiday in the old placer town of San Juan Ridge. This time it is the annual Cherry Festival which opens tomorrow and runs over until Sunday’s wee sma’ hours. ‘ . Miles Tilden is again chairman of all arrangements and, as everyone who has been a San Juan guest knows, he knows how to arrange programs that all enjoy. Swelling the crowd tomorrow afternoon will be scores of members of the California Hydraulic Miners association, for whom the ladies.of San Juan are preparing one of their famous turkey dinners to be served in the new dining room built adjoining Twamley hall. The Melvill interests are now working a crew of sixty men on the ridge gravel deposits and ‘North San Juan is their headquarters. The old town, under the _ stimulus of the debris dam now building at the Yuba Narrows, is rapidly waking up. The San Juan Ridge Improvement league’ is doing a splendid work in drawing thousands during the season to the gay celebrations which are sponsored by the league with the _ entire Ridge backing up these festive enterprises. Tomorrow and Sunday cherries will} be given to all visitors. very one . Cherry Festival Opens At Nor. San Juan Sat. who enjoyed the] will have cherries enough for once. For despite a poor crop in, many localities, the cherry harvest in North San Juan rarely fails. On Saturday afternoon Fred Butz will. present a very fine and interesting sports program new features, comedy competition and to the winners some mighty fine and valuable prizes. Free shows, concessions, music, good food» -tadtily served with speed and in comfortable surroundings in the new dining hall at popular prie es. Saturday night dancing to the music of Mid Russells Club orchestra door prizes. Sunday afternoon a fine ball game at the new park which has been built through the sponsorship of Mr. Melvill and incidentally this is one of the games of the season and should be worth seeing Manager Tilden says his boys are in ace high shape and ready to give the battle of their lives. This event begins at two o’cleck. After the ball game there will be time for the turkey dinner then at 6 o’clock the vaudeville show begins at the hall and this event is really extraordinary with many fine singers, dancers musicians, one of the features will be a tap dance on regular roller skates by the star of the younger generation of tap dancers the already famous Beverly Mathis. This tiny trouper will also present ;another of her wonderful tap dance ‘routines, HYDRAULIC ASSN. MEETSSATURDAY IN NOR. SAN JUAN The next two meetings of the California Hydraulic Miners association will be held in North San Juan and Auburn. The first of these will be next Saturday at North San Juan. A chicken dinner will be served by the ladies. The meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. This is also the day of the big annual Cherry festival when all visitors receive all the cherries they can eat and a souvenor of the, occasion. On June 24 the meeting will take place at the Hotel Auburn in Auburn. Auburn is' celebrating the completion of the American river North Fork dam. This meeting also takes place iz the evening at 7:30. All meetings, which will be held-twice monthly, ‘will be in the evening until further notice. CHAMBER WILL SEND DELEGATION TO HIGHWAY COM. he Nevada ee Chamber of ee at its» regular Tuesday evening decided to send a large dele_ gation from Nevada and Sierra counties to meet with the State Highway commission on June 80, which falls} on Friday. The chamber members also discussed methods of participating in the. annual Fourth of July celebration which this year takes place in Grass Valley. The celebration was held’ last year in this city. Secretary H. F. Sofge introduced the subjest of a map and folder of Nevada City, which the chamber proposes to publish: H. F. Davis, well known mining engineer, has recently drawn a map, far superior to anything hitherto produced, of this city. It is proposed to issue a folder which will contain a few pages of deseriptive text and include this map. Mr. Davis will have charge of the work of issuing the folder. The map, beside little sketches illustrating historic spots and giving the street plan of the city in detail, also includes an insert showing Nevada City’s relation-to the sectional road system and surrounding communities. DONATION The Ladies auxiliary of the Nevada City Fire Department has donated $5 toward the Co-Ordinating Council recreational fund. This will bring the fund to $155.50. OFFICIAL TELLS HOW TO HOLD MINE CLAIMS George. D. Nordenholt, state director of natural resources, has announced that holders*of unpatented mining: claims in California will be able to hold their properties for the coming fiscal year starting July 1 provided they have started the required annual assessment work of $100 in improvements or labor before that date. The director said he is making the announcement to eliminate confusion which has deyeloped ‘through . contradictory information issued. by governmental bureaus. NNordenholt added: The courts have held that if the required work is started before the end of the fiscal year ending at noon, July ist, and continued thereafter with “due diligence’’. until completed, the requiréments of the stautte will be fulfilled. It is ¢ommonly believed that the locator of an unpatented mining claim loses title to his claim. if he: fails to do the required annual assessment work. This is not true. Failure to do assessment work for any year merely throws the claim open to location (or jumping) by another. But as long as ‘no relocation of the claim is made by another, the title rests with the original locator. At the meeting of the city council last evening John Zunino, local garbage collector was given. authority — to control the city dump ground west of Nevada City. Several parties out— side the city limits and even one or two from Hills Flat have been tak-. ing garbage to the city dump which is the property of the city. The ravine is filling until it won’t be long until another site will have to be~ purchased for city garbage. Roy Zimmerman who has purchased west of the Neaves property on Piety Hill appeared before # city council in regard to sewer facilities. He plans to build a new home Mr. Dodson has purchased pro; and built two houses in the section and more ground was bo recently on which he is prepar puild another house. Several tanks have been built. in the borhood and, they are no satisfactory. After som City Engineer ba Cc. be (Continued On