March 10, 1939 (6 pages)

Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. vada Ci y COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget ‘inthe right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiafle ends. ton. From . March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the aod consists — —Alexander_ HamilUnder the title: “This Was Early San Franciseo,’’ one Christopher Stull gives a very interestfing sketch in ‘last °Sunday’s Chronicle. of the recent Clamper celebration in’ San Francisco, during which a plaque was dedicated to (thiat historical oddity, Emperor Norton I, whose mental vagaries pioneer San Franciscans humored and obeyed. It is a happy and kindly account of a Clamper holi. day in San Francisco «and on Treasure Island, except for one unfortunate paragraph, ‘where for soime reason the honey turns to poison and makes Nevada County’s chapter of E. Clamps Vitus the black sheep of all the twelve or ‘thirteen chapters of California. This is the paragraph that sticks out like a boil on ‘the neck: New Clampers ran into an-unexpected ‘and most unwelcome dif. ficnlty. The organization, being so loosely defined, . centrally uncontrolled, non-dues collecting, and absolutely without the usual protections which safeguard other fraternal organizations, became the . butt<of an incident in the modern manner that threw further sus') Picion upon its name and did not seem particularly funny. In Grass VaRey a chapter’ was which, independent of the other chaptgrs, suddenly burst forth into vigilante activities that desecrated the time honored traditions of EK Clampus Vitus. This it is’ which is responsible for jthe Ku Klux Klan and Fascist accusations. The incident has distressed considerably the other members of E Clampus Vitus, for, being unincorporated, they are without weapons to curb upstart organizations which take their name in vain. In the first place the Nevada County . chiapter of E Clampus Vitus was not formed in Grass Valley. It was organized as the William Bull Meek chapter of Deer Creek Diggin’s on April 2, 1938, in Nevada City’s Armory hall. It was sponsored by the Rotary club and its 100 members were initiated by the Lord Sholto Douglas chapter of Auburn, It received its chazrter from tthe hands of Adam Lee Moore, Grand. Clampatriarch of “California, who came wp from San Francisco to sign it. Present for the initiation and sulbsequent revels: were Edgar Jessup, then Noble Grand Humibug of Yerba Buena Chapter, Leon Whitsell, Carl Wheat, and many other San Francisco Clampers and visitors. Several of ‘the latter chose to be initiated into this chapter. It was a great and glorious occasion but never a word was said about labor troubles, nor was there the slightest hint that anyFascist, Ku Klux Kian or so-called vigflante alctivity: was contemplated. Tt was organized to revive the old horse play and pranks. of a_by-. gone time, and for its serious goal, to gather and preserve histonical da'tta and objects on the oniginal scene of one of ithe early chapters of the order. William Bull Meek chapter of tthe E Clampus Viltus met but twice. Onlee at its imitiation and oncé last July when it assisted in putting on the Fourth celebration im Nevada City. At neither meeting was there even> a mention miade of eurrent labor troubles. While Mr. Stuill’s article, in view olf these facts, in so far as it pertains to the local chapter, sounds extremely like the pipe dream of a drunken reporter, we do not dismiss it so lightly. Some year ago reporters in New York formed the delicately pinko organization known as tthe Guild under the famatic leadership of Heywood Broun. It immediately became affiliated wilth the CIO and began the ‘insidious process of tinting the news wherever oplportunity offered, such as Mr. Stull found in ‘his ‘Chronicle article. The whole hanidilinig in 'the metropolitan press of Nevada County’s collision with the CIO brethren of these news reporters, reflects the power they wield despite all protestations to ‘the contrary. The CIO in Westwoed and ‘Redding, it will be noted, are always alble ‘to get the favorable press spot light in practically every account of events now trangpiring, pubilished in San Francisco newspapers. The worst fears of those who opposed the Newspaper Guild are being realized. The deliberdte libel upon tthe local chapter of E Clampus Vitus uttered by Mr. Stull in his Sunday ‘Chronicle article is formed. . property will be closed tle, Dick Gregory, lof niature study of ‘the a fair instance of the ahactanes ito. fals-— Vol. 13, No. 20. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA: The Gold Center FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1939. FIRERAVAGES . 1600 LEVEL OF SPANISH MINE Miners appearing at ‘the Spanish mine north of Washington at six o’clock Monday evening tio go on shift noted the electricity off. and wpon investigation found a raginig fire ‘im the shaft. The fire had started on the 1600 foot level or bottom level in ithe mine, in a mile long tunnel. It happened between shifts and the miners fought the lblaze steadily with water for five ‘hours many of them remaining at the mine all night. How the fire started is a mystery to everyone as ‘it occurred between shifts from 3 a. m. to 6 p. m. “(Miners ‘went to the 1,000 soot level and attempted ‘to work but were driven out by the smoke. Damages are quite extensive as it is} known that two 500 horsepower motors and three sets or 15 feet of timbering in ithe shaft were burned. Forty men are employed alt the property under Superintendent Douglass Ripple. Luckily men were not working in the mine when the fire started, as it would undoubtedly have iproduced another ‘big ‘disaster. All ore is being mined at the lower property where it is. reported good grade milling rock has been opened up in a recent development. It ‘is likely the shaft at the lower indefinitely or until the company can -get the shaft and machinery reconditioned. The company mined at an upper property ifor several years bringing all ore down over a tramway which was about three miles long, the ore going directly to the 80 ton mill. HI SCHOOL SKI CLUB TO ENTER CISCO MEET The Nevada “Clty 4 thigh sehool ski elub met yesterday afternoon and selected students who will practice next Saturday for the big inter-ski meet on the Cisco ski course Saturday, March 18. The group consists of Miss Betty Smith, Walter St. John, Dave MeCraney, Eddie DoolitDonald Odgers and Warren Smith. Mr. Hobbie, on the local high, school staff, acts ais advisor to the club. They will go to the Omega miine district next Saturday to praictice skiing in preparation for the inter ski meet to ‘be held at Cisco Saturday, March 18. NATURE STUDY STATE CHAIRMAN AT CIVIC CLUB Mrs. J. A. Silver, state chairman Federated Women’s Clulbs of California, will be the guest speakier of the Nevada City Women’s City Club at its regular meeting Monday night, March 13, Mirs. Silva, a great student anid lover of nature is a most interesting speaker ‘and in an informal way will discuss several aspects of thie beauty and wonders about us. Because of the interesting topic and the message Mrs, Silver brings club members are priviliged to bring guests to this meeting which will ‘be held in’ the parlors of the Methodist church at eight o’clock. Following tthe talk and discussion tea ‘will be served with (Mrs. Hal Draper chairman of the refreshment committee. Assisting Mrs. Draper on the committee are Mrs. A. W. Hoge, Mrs. Robert Nye, Mrs. Otto Schiffner, Mrs. Leland Smith and Mrs. W. P. Lee, Mrs. C. E. Parsons. ify or to icolor the naws exercised by 'the Guild when it establishes a closed shop in city news rooms, It would indeed require a hard boiled, Argus-eyed editor to pick out all the bias that these mews writers inject into every‘thing they write. We have 100 witnesses in Nevada Counity and many in San Francisco that Mr. Stull’s calumny on Nevada County’s Clampers has not the slightest relation to the truth. These witnesses include, merchants, mine owners, miners, mine engineers, bankers, newspaper owners, ranchers and men from every walk of life. But not one of them will be able jto overtake ithe, falsehoods published ‘by Mr. Stull aes his ecuauecen ain ins, d TWO BOYSHELDTO ANSWER FOR BURGLARY Everett Cowles, 19 and Charlés Spring, 17, of Grass Valley, charged With burglarizing Maftin’s Bakery in Grass Valley last week, this morning appeared before Justice of the Peace Miles Coughlin for, their prelimonary hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing they were bound over to answer in the superior court. .M. V. Crow, who was convicted of stealing ‘tires, and sentenced to a suspended term iin jail, on condition that the pay for the tires, failed to do so, and was re-sentenced Wednesday to serve 25 days in the county jail. WEATHER RECORD IN NEVADA CITY KEPT 74 YEARS Considerable interest has been shown lately in regard to wet and dry years in Nevada. City. On Wednesday the weather charts now kept by Mrs. Jennie Preston, it was found constitute a record for 74 years. The South Yuba Water company being the first to record rainfall, Then it was taken over by M.’ L. Marsh and after his passing his son, S. W. Marsh, took charge. The late Ben Preston ‘took over the work and now Mrs. Jennie Preston, daughter of M. L. Marsh, carries on the work. The rainfall charts were ‘taken over by M. L. Marsh in 1890. A small vessel similar to a teapot was first used to measure moisture and ‘ater the modern method wads installed. It was found this district has always had a heavy rainfall, with one exception in 1898-99 only 25 inches of rain fell. Last years rain was 76.28 inches while the average is 52 inches, The heaviest rainfall was in the season of 1867-68 when there were 102.85 inches. In 1884-85 the highest precipitation occurred when there were 85.47 inches. BLACKWOOD PAIR ASKS NEW TRIAL A continuance for pronouncing judgment on Irl and Irene Blackwood, found guilty of murder in the first and second degree, respectively by a jury last Friday, was granted Wednesday morning ‘by Superior Judge George L. Jones. George E. Foote, ‘Sacramento attorney, appeared as associate of Attorney William Cassettari, who defended the couple in the trial concluded last week. A motion ‘for a new trial was submitted by the defendant’s attorneys, based on the statutory ground that new evidence has {been discovered which could not, with reasonable diligence, be produced at the first trial. ANTLERS LODGE TO BE INSTALLED MONDAY NIGHT The big moment ffor the newly organized Antlers of the Nevada City Lodge, No, 518, Benevolent, Protective Order of the Elks will be next Monday night when a group, headed iy Antlers’ Counsel, ‘Fenton Nichols of Ookland will come up here and install the officers and initiate the new Antlers lodge. The young mens’ group hopes to have a dance after the installation for the Elks, ladies, and girl-friends of the Antlers. Fred Garrison will be installed as Exalted Antler and the term will immediately begin with meeting nights every other Monday at the Elks home. : Other officers to be installed are: Phil Angove, Leading Antler; Elton Tobiassen, Loyal Antler; Robert E. Carr, Lecturing Antler, James Odegaard, Recorder and Donald Thomas, Treasurer. Exalted Antler Fred Garrison has appointed the following officers who will also be installed: Allen ‘Widauf, -. Guide; Melvin Clark, Guard; Todd Bonner, Sentinel and Phil Joyal, Chaplain. Bruce Wallace, owner of the Mack mine, was a week end guest of Mr. . and Mrs. Harold Deeter. ' ENGINEER TELLS ROTARY CLUB OF BR. COLUMBIA Frank &. Ford, engineer and a Rotarian of Southern California, gave the local Rotary club at luncheon yesterday an entertaining aiccount of a recent trip into British Columbia. Emmeet Gallagher was chairman of the day. H. E, Kjorlie suggested that each member of the club act in an advisory capacity, for a short time before graduation to boys in e high school graduating class. this year, giving them whatever assistance they were able to, in choosing a vogation. The boys, themselves would state their inclination, and each choose among the members the one whom he considered would be the most helpful. Mr. Kjorlie stated that other clubs had adopted this plan and that it in several instances it had proved of value. DeWitt Nelson, forest ‘supervisor, advised that this rain and snow storm was one of the most needed that had ever fallen. Grain fields at the edge of the valley below’ he said were already beginning ‘to turn yellow for lack .of moisture. In the mountains, where last year there was 19 feet of snow or nearly nine feet of water piled upin the form of the snow, this year, until the present storm there ‘was only snow enough to equal a few inches of water. “A new species of wolf’? Engineer Ford said, ‘*has come across into Alaska from Russian Siberia and has straggled down into British Columbia. The wolf is large and ‘black in color.” Mr. Ford recounted adventures and incidents of a trip he took this summer, which carried from: Vancouver to Prince George and 260} miles beyond into the Northwest Rockies. Over an extremely rough road and in a truck they penetr: into a mineralized area, and made examinations of a large placer property. On the way there, he noted a large black animal that looked like a dog, crossing a mountain meadow. He got the driver to stop for a minute and taking his movie camero made pictures of 'the wolf, as it proved to be. The wolf sat down like a dog and waited until ‘he approached within 300 feet and then ran away in the same manner as a dog. While he was taking the picture a grizzly bear ambled on the scene, but whether he got a picture of bruin also he does not know, ifor he has not yet developed his film. Another animal of unusuail interest is the mountain carabou, much larger and handsomer than the usual variety of carabou that inhabits the tundra plains to the north. Lakes and streams abound with beautiful fish and are so abundant that natives do not regard fishing a: a sport. Owing to the extreme cold all those who live in the open in Northern British Columbia ‘carry eiderdown sleeping bags. These bags are made for 10, 20 and 40 degrees below zero, and when buying one, the salesman always asks for what temperature the bag is intended. DINNER AT 5:30 AT ELKS LODGE SUNDAY A baked pickled ham dinner with Carter and Reed as chefs will be served the Nevada City Lodge of Elks and their ladies on Sunday at 5:30 in the Elks dining room. The bowling committee is sponsoring this ‘full course dinner and all members are expected to turn out. HIGH SCHOOL P.T.A HOST _ TO FATHERS AT DINNER “Fathers Night” cht” sponsored by the High School P. T. A. will be held on Wednesday, March 15. A pot luck dinner will be served at 6:30 and will be followed by a program and social time. Fathers will come, enjoy being guests of honor, enjoy the. program and good “eats”, It,-is a fine occasion for teachers, mothers and fathers to get together, its an occasion where appreciation’ of earnest efforts in behalf of the children is shown. ‘County Clerk and Mrs, R. N. MecCormack and granddaughter, Jean Steger, and Deputy County Clerk Ralph E. Deeble left yesterday for San Francisco where McCormack and . Deeble will attend a snes clerks meee: SHERIFF AND AIDES SEARCH FOR LOST MAN Chief of Police Garfield Robson was called at an early hour Wednesday morning in regard to. disappearance of W. G. Roberts, aged about 73 years, ‘who resided with his son, W. G. Roberts, Jr., and family in the Nivens hhouse. The aged man was last seen during Wednesday afternoon walking toward the Oustomah mine. Chief Robson called H. H. Hallett and they went out at about four o’clock and = started searching for the elderly man out toward the old Oustomah mine, city reserviors and also questioned many residents of the -district. After a search that lasted luntil nearly noon Chief Robson returned and_ called Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen who took a posse composed of Lester Hubbard, Charles and Percy Hoskins and they searched until noon. Returning to Nevada City the sheriff decided to get his horse and with thé three men’ continued searching until late afternoon, Snow lis about a foot deep and brush is. matted down. It is feared the man, if he is in the district, either crawled under the brush or else fell and snow has covered his ‘body. While a close watch will be maintained it is thought snow will have to melt before he is found: The elderly man had been picked up along a trail that leads to the Oustomah. mine last Saturday by H. H. Hallett and returned but left his home again Wednesday afternoon. The family is from Oklahoma and came to Nevada City between six and eight months ago, HI STUDENTS AT U. C. RANK TOPS IN SCHOLARSHIP A report received yesterday morning from the office of Relations With Schools University. of California, covering work of university freshmen from Nevada City ‘high school shows that ‘during 1937-38 freshmen from Nevada City earned a grade-point average of 2.33 which is approximately twice as high ais the average for all schools with enrollment ‘between 200 and 500 ‘pupils. The report shows that there only three schools in the entire group with a higher average ithan Nevada City’s. The five year average covering the work. of twenty three students graduating from the Nevada City high school is considerably higher than the average of all the schools in the comparison. CHAMBER WILL TACKLE ROAD PROBLEM AGAIN The Chamber of Commerce met last evening with President Emmett Gallagher in the chair. Secretary H. F. Sofge reported that the chamber bills, some of them past due, amounted ito $140, and there were approximately 65 members. Their dues paid at once would amount to appromixately $65. It was moved and carried that the chamber ‘borrow the $73 realized from its last Fourth celebration and saved as a fund toward the next Fourth celebrated here, for the purpose of making immediate payment of debts. The road situaltion between . Nevada City and Downieville was discussed, Efforts will again be directed to obtaining allocations from the state highway board to straighten out some of the kinks in the ‘‘Road of a Thousand (Curves.’”’ Members of ithe committee are Frank Finnegar R. J. Bennetts and F. F. Cassidy. An auditing committee composed of Jos. Wilhoit, H. M. ‘Leete and Louis Kopp 'was named to go over the chamber finances. A ‘finance committee consisting of Hal Draper, Robert Nye, and Louis Kopp ‘was named to pass on monthly bills. A new member, A. C. Presley, Jr.,. was introduced. Secretary Sofge). stated that he proposed to do his own letter writing and would collect dues from the members, thereby . N saving the chamber small expense}: sums that were formerly spent for ithese duties, It was voted to discon-} tinue the rental of the ‘Western Union clock installed some bhriclad au in the postoffice. The chamber voted to establish aly community calendar of events, 60. to avoid. eopetlictes thelt ‘0 take sik bet HALLETT’S QUICK WORK SAVES. WATER SUPPLY When City Superintendent H. H. Hallett and assistant Ted Sigourney started clearing Nevada City streets of snow yesterday Hallett noted the muddy water in litthe Deer Creek and decided something was wrong with the reservoir southeast of town. They went out to the reservoir and found only about one hours supply of water left. Continuing on up the ditch fit was found snow had blocked the Cascade ditch and flowed over into the lower ditch leaving some debris and much snow which had completely blocked the water. The two men worked almost all day clearing the ditch working back and forth in about 38 inches of snow, until they were almost exhausted, but upon their return a full head of water was again coming from the springs that supply ‘the reservoir. The reservoir was filled again by late evening and danger of water shortage averted. The Cascade ditch that carries water to the Sugar Loaf res-. ; ervoirs is still blocked but it is ex-— pected it will clear in a few days as the cakes of snow melt. Many trees were uprooted and broken off by the heavy snow which is unusually soft and also had a high water content. Herbert Nile, superintendent of the Nevada Irrigation ditch system found the ditch system up on Deer Creek ‘blocked with ‘snow early yesterday morning and took out @ crew clearing it in a short time, PLACER UNION HI RANKS HIGH IN SCHOLARSHIP Placer Union High School of Aubuen has alttained first rank honors in scholarship at the University of California ‘at Berkeley over a fiveyear period ending in 1937, according to information received this week by Wyman E, Olson, vice principal, from the state university. The report states Placer and another school from Southern California are tied \for first place among the 164 California secondary schools, having’ an average daily attendance of 500 or more. : The report also shows that Placer is one of five schools jin the large group that sent no students to the university, over a five year period, who: obtained less than a C average. The Placer students obtained am average of 1.84 during the five years — ending in 1937, it stated in the re— port. This means that slightly better than four-fifths of the grades received by Placer students at the university were above average against less than one-fifth of average grades. In the last previous report olf the University, Placer stood third among the large schools of California. The showing of Placer students alt » the State University is gratifying alccording to Olson, who states, Placer — graduates have also shown high scholastic ability at Placer Junior College and that many other institutions in which they are enrolled. The campaign to rescue a fp of the Lake Tahoe shore land the use of the general public have a good chance of meeting success if a bill just introduced Senator McCarren is enalted law, according to DeWitt Ne forest supervisor at Nevada — The bill calling for an a of ciniw. 000 to on used by. Lm? DD

Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. vada Ci y COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget ‘inthe right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiafle ends. ton. From . March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the aod consists — —Alexander_ HamilUnder the title: “This Was Early San Franciseo,’’ one Christopher Stull gives a very interestfing sketch in ‘last °Sunday’s Chronicle. of the recent Clamper celebration in’ San Francisco, during which a plaque was dedicated to (thiat historical oddity, Emperor Norton I, whose mental vagaries pioneer San Franciscans humored and obeyed. It is a happy and kindly account of a Clamper holi. day in San Francisco «and on Treasure Island, except for one unfortunate paragraph, ‘where for soime reason the honey turns to poison and makes Nevada County’s chapter of E. Clamps Vitus the black sheep of all the twelve or ‘thirteen chapters of California. This is the paragraph that sticks out like a boil on ‘the neck: New Clampers ran into an-unexpected ‘and most unwelcome dif. ficnlty. The organization, being so loosely defined, . centrally uncontrolled, non-dues collecting, and absolutely without the usual protections which safeguard other fraternal organizations, became the . butt<of an incident in the modern manner that threw further sus') Picion upon its name and did not seem particularly funny. In Grass VaRey a chapter’ was which, independent of the other chaptgrs, suddenly burst forth into vigilante activities that desecrated the time honored traditions of EK Clampus Vitus. This it is’ which is responsible for jthe Ku Klux Klan and Fascist accusations. The incident has distressed considerably the other members of E Clampus Vitus, for, being unincorporated, they are without weapons to curb upstart organizations which take their name in vain. In the first place the Nevada County . chiapter of E Clampus Vitus was not formed in Grass Valley. It was organized as the William Bull Meek chapter of Deer Creek Diggin’s on April 2, 1938, in Nevada City’s Armory hall. It was sponsored by the Rotary club and its 100 members were initiated by the Lord Sholto Douglas chapter of Auburn, It received its chazrter from tthe hands of Adam Lee Moore, Grand. Clampatriarch of “California, who came wp from San Francisco to sign it. Present for the initiation and sulbsequent revels: were Edgar Jessup, then Noble Grand Humibug of Yerba Buena Chapter, Leon Whitsell, Carl Wheat, and many other San Francisco Clampers and visitors. Several of ‘the latter chose to be initiated into this chapter. It was a great and glorious occasion but never a word was said about labor troubles, nor was there the slightest hint that anyFascist, Ku Klux Kian or so-called vigflante alctivity: was contemplated. Tt was organized to revive the old horse play and pranks. of a_by-. gone time, and for its serious goal, to gather and preserve histonical da'tta and objects on the oniginal scene of one of ithe early chapters of the order. William Bull Meek chapter of tthe E Clampus Viltus met but twice. Onlee at its imitiation and oncé last July when it assisted in putting on the Fourth celebration im Nevada City. At neither meeting was there even> a mention miade of eurrent labor troubles. While Mr. Stuill’s article, in view olf these facts, in so far as it pertains to the local chapter, sounds extremely like the pipe dream of a drunken reporter, we do not dismiss it so lightly. Some year ago reporters in New York formed the delicately pinko organization known as tthe Guild under the famatic leadership of Heywood Broun. It immediately became affiliated wilth the CIO and began the ‘insidious process of tinting the news wherever oplportunity offered, such as Mr. Stull found in ‘his ‘Chronicle article. The whole hanidilinig in 'the metropolitan press of Nevada County’s collision with the CIO brethren of these news reporters, reflects the power they wield despite all protestations to ‘the contrary. The CIO in Westwoed and ‘Redding, it will be noted, are always alble ‘to get the favorable press spot light in practically every account of events now trangpiring, pubilished in San Francisco newspapers. The worst fears of those who opposed the Newspaper Guild are being realized. The deliberdte libel upon tthe local chapter of E Clampus Vitus uttered by Mr. Stull in his Sunday ‘Chronicle article is formed. . property will be closed tle, Dick Gregory, lof niature study of ‘the a fair instance of the ahactanes ito. fals-— Vol. 13, No. 20. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA: The Gold Center FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1939. FIRERAVAGES . 1600 LEVEL OF SPANISH MINE Miners appearing at ‘the Spanish mine north of Washington at six o’clock Monday evening tio go on shift noted the electricity off. and wpon investigation found a raginig fire ‘im the shaft. The fire had started on the 1600 foot level or bottom level in ithe mine, in a mile long tunnel. It happened between shifts and the miners fought the lblaze steadily with water for five ‘hours many of them remaining at the mine all night. How the fire started is a mystery to everyone as ‘it occurred between shifts from 3 a. m. to 6 p. m. “(Miners ‘went to the 1,000 soot level and attempted ‘to work but were driven out by the smoke. Damages are quite extensive as it is} known that two 500 horsepower motors and three sets or 15 feet of timbering in ithe shaft were burned. Forty men are employed alt the property under Superintendent Douglass Ripple. Luckily men were not working in the mine when the fire started, as it would undoubtedly have iproduced another ‘big ‘disaster. All ore is being mined at the lower property where it is. reported good grade milling rock has been opened up in a recent development. It ‘is likely the shaft at the lower indefinitely or until the company can -get the shaft and machinery reconditioned. The company mined at an upper property ifor several years bringing all ore down over a tramway which was about three miles long, the ore going directly to the 80 ton mill. HI SCHOOL SKI CLUB TO ENTER CISCO MEET The Nevada “Clty 4 thigh sehool ski elub met yesterday afternoon and selected students who will practice next Saturday for the big inter-ski meet on the Cisco ski course Saturday, March 18. The group consists of Miss Betty Smith, Walter St. John, Dave MeCraney, Eddie DoolitDonald Odgers and Warren Smith. Mr. Hobbie, on the local high, school staff, acts ais advisor to the club. They will go to the Omega miine district next Saturday to praictice skiing in preparation for the inter ski meet to ‘be held at Cisco Saturday, March 18. NATURE STUDY STATE CHAIRMAN AT CIVIC CLUB Mrs. J. A. Silver, state chairman Federated Women’s Clulbs of California, will be the guest speakier of the Nevada City Women’s City Club at its regular meeting Monday night, March 13, Mirs. Silva, a great student anid lover of nature is a most interesting speaker ‘and in an informal way will discuss several aspects of thie beauty and wonders about us. Because of the interesting topic and the message Mrs, Silver brings club members are priviliged to bring guests to this meeting which will ‘be held in’ the parlors of the Methodist church at eight o’clock. Following tthe talk and discussion tea ‘will be served with (Mrs. Hal Draper chairman of the refreshment committee. Assisting Mrs. Draper on the committee are Mrs. A. W. Hoge, Mrs. Robert Nye, Mrs. Otto Schiffner, Mrs. Leland Smith and Mrs. W. P. Lee, Mrs. C. E. Parsons. ify or to icolor the naws exercised by 'the Guild when it establishes a closed shop in city news rooms, It would indeed require a hard boiled, Argus-eyed editor to pick out all the bias that these mews writers inject into every‘thing they write. We have 100 witnesses in Nevada Counity and many in San Francisco that Mr. Stull’s calumny on Nevada County’s Clampers has not the slightest relation to the truth. These witnesses include, merchants, mine owners, miners, mine engineers, bankers, newspaper owners, ranchers and men from every walk of life. But not one of them will be able jto overtake ithe, falsehoods published ‘by Mr. Stull aes his ecuauecen ain ins, d TWO BOYSHELDTO ANSWER FOR BURGLARY Everett Cowles, 19 and Charlés Spring, 17, of Grass Valley, charged With burglarizing Maftin’s Bakery in Grass Valley last week, this morning appeared before Justice of the Peace Miles Coughlin for, their prelimonary hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing they were bound over to answer in the superior court. .M. V. Crow, who was convicted of stealing ‘tires, and sentenced to a suspended term iin jail, on condition that the pay for the tires, failed to do so, and was re-sentenced Wednesday to serve 25 days in the county jail. WEATHER RECORD IN NEVADA CITY KEPT 74 YEARS Considerable interest has been shown lately in regard to wet and dry years in Nevada. City. On Wednesday the weather charts now kept by Mrs. Jennie Preston, it was found constitute a record for 74 years. The South Yuba Water company being the first to record rainfall, Then it was taken over by M.’ L. Marsh and after his passing his son, S. W. Marsh, took charge. The late Ben Preston ‘took over the work and now Mrs. Jennie Preston, daughter of M. L. Marsh, carries on the work. The rainfall charts were ‘taken over by M. L. Marsh in 1890. A small vessel similar to a teapot was first used to measure moisture and ‘ater the modern method wads installed. It was found this district has always had a heavy rainfall, with one exception in 1898-99 only 25 inches of rain fell. Last years rain was 76.28 inches while the average is 52 inches, The heaviest rainfall was in the season of 1867-68 when there were 102.85 inches. In 1884-85 the highest precipitation occurred when there were 85.47 inches. BLACKWOOD PAIR ASKS NEW TRIAL A continuance for pronouncing judgment on Irl and Irene Blackwood, found guilty of murder in the first and second degree, respectively by a jury last Friday, was granted Wednesday morning ‘by Superior Judge George L. Jones. George E. Foote, ‘Sacramento attorney, appeared as associate of Attorney William Cassettari, who defended the couple in the trial concluded last week. A motion ‘for a new trial was submitted by the defendant’s attorneys, based on the statutory ground that new evidence has {been discovered which could not, with reasonable diligence, be produced at the first trial. ANTLERS LODGE TO BE INSTALLED MONDAY NIGHT The big moment ffor the newly organized Antlers of the Nevada City Lodge, No, 518, Benevolent, Protective Order of the Elks will be next Monday night when a group, headed iy Antlers’ Counsel, ‘Fenton Nichols of Ookland will come up here and install the officers and initiate the new Antlers lodge. The young mens’ group hopes to have a dance after the installation for the Elks, ladies, and girl-friends of the Antlers. Fred Garrison will be installed as Exalted Antler and the term will immediately begin with meeting nights every other Monday at the Elks home. : Other officers to be installed are: Phil Angove, Leading Antler; Elton Tobiassen, Loyal Antler; Robert E. Carr, Lecturing Antler, James Odegaard, Recorder and Donald Thomas, Treasurer.

Exalted Antler Fred Garrison has appointed the following officers who will also be installed: Allen ‘Widauf, -. Guide; Melvin Clark, Guard; Todd Bonner, Sentinel and Phil Joyal, Chaplain. Bruce Wallace, owner of the Mack mine, was a week end guest of Mr. . and Mrs. Harold Deeter. ' ENGINEER TELLS ROTARY CLUB OF BR. COLUMBIA Frank &. Ford, engineer and a Rotarian of Southern California, gave the local Rotary club at luncheon yesterday an entertaining aiccount of a recent trip into British Columbia. Emmeet Gallagher was chairman of the day. H. E, Kjorlie suggested that each member of the club act in an advisory capacity, for a short time before graduation to boys in e high school graduating class. this year, giving them whatever assistance they were able to, in choosing a vogation. The boys, themselves would state their inclination, and each choose among the members the one whom he considered would be the most helpful. Mr. Kjorlie stated that other clubs had adopted this plan and that it in several instances it had proved of value. DeWitt Nelson, forest ‘supervisor, advised that this rain and snow storm was one of the most needed that had ever fallen. Grain fields at the edge of the valley below’ he said were already beginning ‘to turn yellow for lack .of moisture. In the mountains, where last year there was 19 feet of snow or nearly nine feet of water piled upin the form of the snow, this year, until the present storm there ‘was only snow enough to equal a few inches of water. “A new species of wolf’? Engineer Ford said, ‘*has come across into Alaska from Russian Siberia and has straggled down into British Columbia. The wolf is large and ‘black in color.” Mr. Ford recounted adventures and incidents of a trip he took this summer, which carried from: Vancouver to Prince George and 260} miles beyond into the Northwest Rockies. Over an extremely rough road and in a truck they penetr: into a mineralized area, and made examinations of a large placer property. On the way there, he noted a large black animal that looked like a dog, crossing a mountain meadow. He got the driver to stop for a minute and taking his movie camero made pictures of 'the wolf, as it proved to be. The wolf sat down like a dog and waited until ‘he approached within 300 feet and then ran away in the same manner as a dog. While he was taking the picture a grizzly bear ambled on the scene, but whether he got a picture of bruin also he does not know, ifor he has not yet developed his film. Another animal of unusuail interest is the mountain carabou, much larger and handsomer than the usual variety of carabou that inhabits the tundra plains to the north. Lakes and streams abound with beautiful fish and are so abundant that natives do not regard fishing a: a sport. Owing to the extreme cold all those who live in the open in Northern British Columbia ‘carry eiderdown sleeping bags. These bags are made for 10, 20 and 40 degrees below zero, and when buying one, the salesman always asks for what temperature the bag is intended. DINNER AT 5:30 AT ELKS LODGE SUNDAY A baked pickled ham dinner with Carter and Reed as chefs will be served the Nevada City Lodge of Elks and their ladies on Sunday at 5:30 in the Elks dining room. The bowling committee is sponsoring this ‘full course dinner and all members are expected to turn out. HIGH SCHOOL P.T.A HOST _ TO FATHERS AT DINNER “Fathers Night” cht” sponsored by the High School P. T. A. will be held on Wednesday, March 15. A pot luck dinner will be served at 6:30 and will be followed by a program and social time. Fathers will come, enjoy being guests of honor, enjoy the. program and good “eats”, It,-is a fine occasion for teachers, mothers and fathers to get together, its an occasion where appreciation’ of earnest efforts in behalf of the children is shown. ‘County Clerk and Mrs, R. N. MecCormack and granddaughter, Jean Steger, and Deputy County Clerk Ralph E. Deeble left yesterday for San Francisco where McCormack and . Deeble will attend a snes clerks meee: SHERIFF AND AIDES SEARCH FOR LOST MAN Chief of Police Garfield Robson was called at an early hour Wednesday morning in regard to. disappearance of W. G. Roberts, aged about 73 years, ‘who resided with his son, W. G. Roberts, Jr., and family in the Nivens hhouse. The aged man was last seen during Wednesday afternoon walking toward the Oustomah mine. Chief Robson called H. H. Hallett and they went out at about four o’clock and = started searching for the elderly man out toward the old Oustomah mine, city reserviors and also questioned many residents of the -district. After a search that lasted luntil nearly noon Chief Robson returned and_ called Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen who took a posse composed of Lester Hubbard, Charles and Percy Hoskins and they searched until noon. Returning to Nevada City the sheriff decided to get his horse and with thé three men’ continued searching until late afternoon, Snow lis about a foot deep and brush is. matted down. It is feared the man, if he is in the district, either crawled under the brush or else fell and snow has covered his ‘body. While a close watch will be maintained it is thought snow will have to melt before he is found: The elderly man had been picked up along a trail that leads to the Oustomah. mine last Saturday by H. H. Hallett and returned but left his home again Wednesday afternoon. The family is from Oklahoma and came to Nevada City between six and eight months ago, HI STUDENTS AT U. C. RANK TOPS IN SCHOLARSHIP A report received yesterday morning from the office of Relations With Schools University. of California, covering work of university freshmen from Nevada City ‘high school shows that ‘during 1937-38 freshmen from Nevada City earned a grade-point average of 2.33 which is approximately twice as high ais the average for all schools with enrollment ‘between 200 and 500 ‘pupils. The report shows that there only three schools in the entire group with a higher average ithan Nevada City’s. The five year average covering the work. of twenty three students graduating from the Nevada City high school is considerably higher than the average of all the schools in the comparison. CHAMBER WILL TACKLE ROAD PROBLEM AGAIN The Chamber of Commerce met last evening with President Emmett Gallagher in the chair. Secretary H. F. Sofge reported that the chamber bills, some of them past due, amounted ito $140, and there were approximately 65 members. Their dues paid at once would amount to appromixately $65. It was moved and carried that the chamber ‘borrow the $73 realized from its last Fourth celebration and saved as a fund toward the next Fourth celebrated here, for the purpose of making immediate payment of debts. The road situaltion between . Nevada City and Downieville was discussed, Efforts will again be directed to obtaining allocations from the state highway board to straighten out some of the kinks in the ‘‘Road of a Thousand (Curves.’”’ Members of ithe committee are Frank Finnegar R. J. Bennetts and F. F. Cassidy. An auditing committee composed of Jos. Wilhoit, H. M. ‘Leete and Louis Kopp 'was named to go over the chamber finances. A ‘finance committee consisting of Hal Draper, Robert Nye, and Louis Kopp ‘was named to pass on monthly bills. A new member, A. C. Presley, Jr.,. was introduced. Secretary Sofge). stated that he proposed to do his own letter writing and would collect dues from the members, thereby . N saving the chamber small expense}: sums that were formerly spent for ithese duties, It was voted to discon-} tinue the rental of the ‘Western Union clock installed some bhriclad au in the postoffice. The chamber voted to establish aly community calendar of events, 60. to avoid. eopetlictes thelt ‘0 take sik bet HALLETT’S QUICK WORK SAVES. WATER SUPPLY When City Superintendent H. H. Hallett and assistant Ted Sigourney started clearing Nevada City streets of snow yesterday Hallett noted the muddy water in litthe Deer Creek and decided something was wrong with the reservoir southeast of town. They went out to the reservoir and found only about one hours supply of water left. Continuing on up the ditch fit was found snow had blocked the Cascade ditch and flowed over into the lower ditch leaving some debris and much snow which had completely blocked the water. The two men worked almost all day clearing the ditch working back and forth in about 38 inches of snow, until they were almost exhausted, but upon their return a full head of water was again coming from the springs that supply ‘the reservoir. The reservoir was filled again by late evening and danger of water shortage averted. The Cascade ditch that carries water to the Sugar Loaf res-. ; ervoirs is still blocked but it is ex-— pected it will clear in a few days as the cakes of snow melt. Many trees were uprooted and broken off by the heavy snow which is unusually soft and also had a high water content. Herbert Nile, superintendent of the Nevada Irrigation ditch system found the ditch system up on Deer Creek ‘blocked with ‘snow early yesterday morning and took out @ crew clearing it in a short time, PLACER UNION HI RANKS HIGH IN SCHOLARSHIP Placer Union High School of Aubuen has alttained first rank honors in scholarship at the University of California ‘at Berkeley over a fiveyear period ending in 1937, according to information received this week by Wyman E, Olson, vice principal, from the state university. The report states Placer and another school from Southern California are tied \for first place among the 164 California secondary schools, having’ an average daily attendance of 500 or more. : The report also shows that Placer is one of five schools jin the large group that sent no students to the university, over a five year period, who: obtained less than a C average. The Placer students obtained am average of 1.84 during the five years — ending in 1937, it stated in the re— port. This means that slightly better than four-fifths of the grades received by Placer students at the university were above average against less than one-fifth of average grades. In the last previous report olf the University, Placer stood third among the large schools of California. The showing of Placer students alt » the State University is gratifying alccording to Olson, who states, Placer — graduates have also shown high scholastic ability at Placer Junior College and that many other institutions in which they are enrolled. The campaign to rescue a fp of the Lake Tahoe shore land the use of the general public have a good chance of meeting success if a bill just introduced Senator McCarren is enalted law, according to DeWitt Ne forest supervisor at Nevada — The bill calling for an a of ciniw. 000 to on used by. Lm? DD