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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

March 10, 1950 (8 pages)

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GIy se “C2 ve pt eten tte tnta nen NEVADA CITY MERCHANTS OF 1856 BELIEVED BRICK BUILDINGS WERE FIREPROOFUNTIL FLAMES STRUCK 6—The Nevada City Nugget, Eriday, March 10, 1950 HYDRAULICKERS MEET . ——=— STRICTLY FRESH . SUNDAY IN COLFAX UTO “bootleggers” are becomCalifornia —Hydraulic_-Mining. ing all too common, the inassociation will meet Sunday at . dustry complains. And_ they’re ,»-Hotel Colfax, in Colfax, accord‘ really only in it for the jack. ing to.President George W. Hal~ a e e lock, Grass Valley. The ionosphere, explain the Luncheon at 1 o'clock will pre= . scientists, is a layer of electrically cede the meeting. Hallock said,. charged atmosphere high above motion pictures of mining will be presented as part of program. (Continued from page one) Exchange at No. 34 Broad street withstood the fire and advertised They also mentioned the bar was on such in the Democrat. 24 hours a day. : With all records of the courthouse gone, petitioners for actions in the district court were requested to file new papers, and all persons with papers recorded at ‘the courthouse at the time. of the LEGAL NOTICE fire were asked to bring their copies to the court aoadas for copying NOTICE OF INTENDED MORTGAGE . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ANDREW C. EVELER, Jr. rand DORIS M. EVELER, whose caddress is North San Juan, California, as intended Mortgagor, intends to mortgage to the Bank of America, N. T’ & S. A., a national banking association, " whose . } and rerecording. The first issue of the Democrat after the disastrous fire carried the announcements of relocations and reopenings of many of the business houses which had been destroyed. Abbott and Edwards, ‘at the corner of Pine and Commercial, had received a $10,000 (the ad said) stock of new furniture. Next door A. Block & Co. had a new stock of clothing. They advertised “one price to all—no de the earth that reflects radio waves and. . . Well, let’s just. say it’s over our heads. address is Nevada City, gee, all 6 s e all} agee, nia, as intended mortg materials, atomic ble Exploda the fixtures, furniture and equip . and uranium ores, isotopes as such . ors, gerat refri ding inclu ment shipped by mail stoves, ranges, dishes, beer. coolmay now be viation.” Before the embers had cooled the citizens of Grass Valley had started a movement to remove the county seat to that place. By the time the Democrat had acquired type and, equipment ° four weeks after the fire, considerable rebuilding had been accomplished. Wooden buildings compe numbered 255, and 25 brick buildings had been started. With the business district destroyed, the city trustees relocated ge er, malt mixer, hot plate grill,. This certainly should encoura water »boiler and any and all! the parcel post boys to speed up equipment located in the said . deliveries. es e e restaurant being known as the, and , A method of piercing holes in urant Resta and Cafe Ridge used in the operation of the said. steel has recently been devised. restaurant .in North San Juan, You wouldn’t think a little squirt ; could be so powerful. California. The said-~mortgage— will ad ——s made and executed and delive GOLD UNIT SHRINERS . TO REACTIVATE CLUB & S. A., Nevada City, California, place the con. ed on the 20th day of March at . the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. at! the said Bank.of America, N. T. at which time and Carl O. Arnberg, secretary of sideration will be paid by the . the Gold Unit Shrine club, has agee to the said intended mortg and _ the; called a meeting to reactivate the mortgagor, intended mortgage on said personal propunit,scheduled tomorrow night in Seaman’s lodge, Pioneer park. erty fully consummated. DATED: March 7, 1950. ANDREW C. EVELER JR. DORIS M. EVELER Intended Mortgagors STATE OF CALIFORNIA Arnberg has notified all former club members and those eligible to join and announces a dinner will precede the meeting. : ss ‘County of Nevada ) ‘On this 7th day of March A. D., Gustave E. Dimmen is Potentate Representative of Nevada City. and regraded many of the downtown thoroughfares. The severe losses sustained by property owners was reflected in the 1856 delinquent tax list which.was published Dec. 17. Those dapper European gentlemen who know how to kiss hands —and Hollywood is full of them—are the first to appreciate the pretty, scented hands of Betty Underwood, popular starlet, whose good looks and smart. grooming are plus values any career girl might like to emulate. Betty pours a few drops of eau de cologne in the palms and About half of the taxes were delinquent. The county tax rate was $1.60 and many large sums were owing to the county tax collector. To
add to the confusion of the loss of county records, Sheriff Wright was slain by an escaping prisoner and the official had collected sev+ eral thousands of dollars in taxes of which records could not be ; found. Biggest tax debt to the county was.a $640 bill owing from the rubs the fragrance into the skin. Zut! Who wouldn’t like to kiss such hands? ea a makes cologne a potent partner of each of her . Grizzly and Humbug Ditch Co. Other large bills were owed by Paris perfumes. A few drops on the hands during the day accents the after-bath rub-down each morning. It supplements the precious Chalk Bluff Water Co., Little York; Loafers’ Retreat,.Eureka; Green drops of perfume most women use too sparingly for real effectiveness. Horn Ditch, Little York; Peter Hendrickson, who had died in the By reviving the old continental custom of perfuming the palms, glamfire; Helvetia and Lafayette Gold Mining Co., Grass Valley; Nevada orous Betty adds another asset to her chic, another clue to her jag ater Co., Nevada; Nevada Lumbering Co., four miles from Nevada charming tpersonality. —— m the Red Dog road; Alpha Steam Saw Mill, Alpha; Rosenheim . of Foreign Wars, at regular meetsé Co.,. Nevada. Many of the business houses destroyed by the fire were on the delinquent tax list. . ing of the unit Monday. Belatedly locking the barn, the City of Nevada passed an ordOther nominees are John T. AS VFW COMMANDER Trauner, senior vice commander; inance to protect the En. from fire, specificially prohibiting black: : Lou Graff, junior vice‘commandsmithing and foundry) businesses within described areas: of the Olaf Bjornstal was nominated. . er; Mosco Smart, chaplain; H. L. downtown section. Ahother ordinance passed at the same time, provided that all business houses keep within their premises a as a candidate for commander of , Childers, quartermaster. barrel filled with water and two buckets for use in case of fire. Banner Mountain Post, Veterans! Refreshments followed. 'BJORNSTAL NOMINATED 1950, before me, Letha Twitchell, a Notary Public in and for the said County and State, residing therein, duly commissioned and ‘sworn, personally appeared Andrew C. Eveler, Jr. and Doris M. iEveler, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, cand acknowledged to me _ that they executed the same. IN ‘WITNESS WHEREOF,. I se have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above wiritien. LETHA TWITCHELL Notary Public in and for said County and State. (SEAL) Publ. March 10, 1950. NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that .a regular and consolidated special municipal bond election will be heldin the City of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, on TUESDAY, the llth day of APRIL, 1950, for the following officers, to wit: Two (2) Councilmen for the full term of four (4) years each. City Clerk for the full term of four (4) years each. City ‘Ireasurer for the full! term of jour (4) years each. The following measures will be . submited at the election: MEASURE (A): (Sewage System) Shall ihe City of Nevada incur a bonded indebtedness in the principai amount of $130,000 for the acquisition, construction and completion of the following municipal improvement, to wit: Sewage system improvement, in ‘cluding treatment plant, sludge ‘collectors and sludge beds, inter ‘cepting, collecting and outfall sewers, pipes, manholes, connec‘tions, lands, easements, rights of . way, and other works, property ‘2 and 3, and the polling place shall be at E. J. N. Ott’s Office von Main Street, in said City of i Nevada. CONSOLIDATED . ELECTION ‘PRECINCT B,comprising state sand county precincts numbers: 4 . ’ -and 5 and the polling place shall, -be at the City Hall, on Broad ‘Street, in said City of Nevada. The polls will be open between the hours of seven o’cleck A. M. -and seven o’clock P. M. DATED: February 16, 1950. GEORGE H. CALANAN, “City Clerk of the City of Nevada, ‘ California. Pub!. March .10, 1950. } from the necessary or con * a NUGGET bk venient for the ifffprovement of the sewage system of the City of . Nevada? MEASURE (B): (Fire Protection System) shall the City of Nevada incur ‘a@‘ bonded indebtedness in the ‘principal! amount of $25,000 for the acquisition, construction and completion of the following municipal .mprovement, to wit: Improvement of the fire protection system, including additional ‘automotive fire-fighting apparat‘us and mechanical’ equipment, fire alarm signal system, new fire alarm boxes and hydrants, lands, easements, rights. of way and other works, property or structures necessary or convenient for the fire protection of the City of Nevada? There will be two (2) voting precincis for the purpose of ‘holding the election, consisting «ef a consolidation of the regular ‘ election precincts established for holding state or county elections, as follows: _ CONSOLIDATED ELECTION ‘PRECINCT A, comprising state .and county precincts numbers 1, as ‘or structures Order Y our PRIN TI