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Thinking
Out Loud .
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(By H. M. L.)
In many parts of the country there
are mansions, or structures, of one
kind or another designated as somebody’s “‘folly’’. Dce:vn in Florida they
fave started a ship canal across the
peninsula. It has the determined opposition of agriculturists, who fear
4a canal will cut ‘through the limestone mountain, now the source of
water supply for a large area, and
act all the water stored, there into
“4 canal, other cities, ports of call
under the present ship system
around the peninsula, which will be
Jeft out on a limb when. and if the
canal is finished, are vociferously
denouncing the scheme, and apparently several large steamship companies also refuse to see any benefit in it. At the present writing $5,000,000 has been expended on the
‘project, the President is asking for
$12,000,000 this year from Congress
and the total cost, if and when completed is estinfated at $147,000,000.
Congress is balking and it looks as
if the money would be refused. If
abandoned, whose name should this
“Folly’’ bear?
Again on the rugged coast of
Maine, is Passamaquoddy bay, where
$7,000,000 has . been . expended to
harness the rampant tides and create
electrical energy. There is only 4
small market for electricity there,
but the President is now asking for
$9,000,000 more to continue construction of this huge tidal machine.
Whether completed or not this project, which even the majority of
hard-headed Maine citizens deride as
a crackpot method of spending
money, (‘pounding sand into a rat
hole’) will probably come in time
_to be called a ‘‘Folly.”” Whose name
should it bear?
President Roosevelt refused to
refer to the ‘‘Hoover’’ dam, when he
visited that structure, even though
Congress had named the great dam
in the Colorado river after the presirent under whose administration the
work was started. But we rather
think a generation. from now there
will be scattered over the country
partly completed projects, a big hole
in Florida, a bit of bay in,)Maine with
much masonry and rusty machinery,
and no doubt miles of dead trees
planted in the Middle West. intended to halt wind storms, which will
be known popularly among the forgotten people who live in those vicinities as ‘‘Roosevelt’s Folly.”
Uncle Cy Hopper ses: “I see by the
papers Yurup is gettin reddy to fite
agin. I conclewds they ain’t gonto
dew more’n git reddy, becuz yur
Uncle Samuel has put a jinkus on
lendin em monny. The’ll be a lot of
hollerin back an forth across fences,
an a shakin dig sticks an a callin bad
but as they caint
borry they caint fite, Then
agin, they’s atawkin a_ lot abaout
honer, which means nary one uv em
I luvs to heer
It’s valubul.
names, so long
monny,
is hurt much as yet.
em tawk uv thur honer.
It cost us 12 billions.
How much is.a_ billion dollars?
Here is*oneway to compute it: If
a man born in the time of Christ,
had managed by frugal living to save
>on dollar a minute, and had been
regularly rejuvenated so that he lived to the ripe age of 2,000 years,
his total saving when he died sometime in the future would be approximately a billion dollars. Or again:
An industrious bank teller counting
and stacking 90 dollars a minute,
working ten hours a day and 300
days a year, could count one billion
dollars in 62 years. Yet a lot of
people refer to a billion as if it were
cigaret money.
The tally of those now unemployed in this country varies considerably. The American Federation of
Labor estimates the number at 11,401,000. More optim{stic statisticians count but 9,000,000. We have,
never had a very accurate count of
the unemployed even at the bottom
of the depression. But it is very ap
parent that despite all the frantic
efforts and the frantic preaching that
has been done since March 4, 19338,
the number of unemployed: has not
been appreciably diminished. In the
meantime for
that the money has been spent
it not been ‘spent,
fast. current. Putting
every million of unM
employed a billion, roughly, has been
spent, It would be impossible to: say
altogether without result, because had
unemployment
might now have mounted to twice the
number. There is no way of telling.
But in so far as curing the condition, every disinterested person must
agree, that it has not been done. We
have proved. that spending billions
is “like rowing upstream against a
every . energy i
Vol. 10, No. 36. The sr ci — NEVADA CEEY, CALIFORNIA
Boob GOLD Center “MONDAY, ical 16, Bio:
CONTRACTS FOR
NEW GRAMMAR
SCHOOL AWARDED
rs
The Nevada City board of education meeting in Washington school
Friday awarded the contracts for
the construction of a new grammar
school building.to.cost.a total of
$97,265, exclusive of furnishing and.
equipment.
The contract was awarded to thres
San Francisco firms as follows:
general contract for construction was
awarded to Rollin Myer for $76,229.
This sum includes the work of tearing down the old school building
which: will be done following the
completion of the new structure.
Blectrical work was awarded to
the United Electrical Company for
$5,247, and plumbing and heating
to Scott & Co., for $15,789.
The plans for the new school building call for a twelve-room school,
one story, of frame construction and
stueco finish. The <chool board has a
total of $117,000 available, for construction, furnishing and equipment.
Charles Lindley, associated with
William Mooser and William Mooser, Jr., architects, was present with
the school board to advise them regarding the bids. Lindley was born
and reared in Nevada City.
SKEET SHOOTERS ENJOY
DAY OF-GOOD SCORES
Sunday proved to be another gooa
day for the local Skeet Shooters. A
fine crowd of enthusiastic members
motored out to the range.
The following scores were made:
Dr. W. W. Reed, 66 out of 100
points; William Moulton, 117-175;
Jack Woods, 40-75; Elmer Durbin,
40-50;. Wright, 39-50; V. Sandow,
19-50; John Tognarelli, 42-50; William Tamblyn, 14-25; Eugene Berberi, 18-25; W. E. Wright 35-50;
and Howard Penrose made a fine record of 73-100, with a 410 gauge gun,
The schedule was re-arranged and
the next meeting is to be held in
Sacramento Sunday, March 22.
DAILY AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE AT
Mrs. Iva Williamson, Nevada City
librarian submits the following
port of conditions in the free library
relibrary 26.
ES2Os
447;
borrowed from the state
Visitors to the readii7g rooms,
men 531; women 174;
girls 168; number of borrowers
269% total attendance 2589,
daily average of 108.
boys
ile cards were
rendered. Our
1584.
present
carded, present accession 10134.
Following
purchased:
Richard Hull;
“Sush!
ness,’’ Irving Cacheller;
Moon Under,”
“Woman of the Family,”
gington;
Roy Norton;
“Sunset Range,’ Lawrence A. Keat
ing;
Arnold Kummer;
Nancy Hoyt;
Margaret Widdner; “The °Hurri
“Waster!
“The Exile,”’
Norman Hall;
. Delafield;
Buck;
Alice: Campbell; . ‘‘Fog’’,
Grown Straight.”” Percy Marks.
The }\
LIBRARY 108;
1,or a
Twenty one adult and nine juvenissued and six surregistration
Twenty six books were purchased, six donated and sixteen disis a list of the books
Keep It Quiet,”
“13 Steps,’ Whitman
Chambers; ‘“‘A Candle in the Wilder“The Murder Invincible,’ Philip Wylie; “South
Marjorie Rawlings;
May Ed“Below the Rio Grande,”
“The House of the
“The Golden Pipes,’’ Frederick
“Cupboard. Love,’’
“Marriage is Possible’
cane,’’ Charles Woodhoff and James
Faster!” -E.
Pearl S.
“Outlaw Sheriff,’’ Leigh CarValentine
Williams and Dorothy Rice Eims;
“The Son of Marietta,’ John FabriAmong our gifts are four books
‘MARCH 26, DEAD LINE
_ FOR REGISTRATION TO.
. VOTE IN PRIMARY
{. The 1396 residential election
is one of the most important elections of many generations. The .
future welfare of every American
family depends upon the results
of November 38. All registrations
in California prior to January 1,
1985, have been cancelled. Citizens cannot vote in the Presidential Primary election, May 5, unless they register before March
26. Do your duty as a-citizen and
register now.
SHERIF FHEADS —
OFFICERS ASSN.
Sheriff Carl “Pobiassen was elect
ed president of the newly segeniben
Nevada-Sierra Peace Officers Association meeting held Friday night at
the California Patrol Headquarters
in ‘Hills Flat. Twenty six officers
were in attendance. Vive presidents
chosen were Garfield Robson, Nevada City chief of police and former
Nevada county sheriff, Russell B.
Farley, state board of equalization
inspector, Rnd John Fontz, ‘Grass
Valley chief of police. Capt. J. E.
Blake of the state highway patrol
was chosen secretary treasurer of the
organization. William Frazer was
named sergeant at arms. The next
meeting will take place on March
27, foHowed by regular ~-monthly
meetings.
FOREST SERVICE
Mr. F. E. Dunham and Mr. Wallace Hutchinson accompanied by Mr.
Leland Smith, of the Tahoe National Forest from Nevada City, went to
Lake Tahoe Sunday. :
Mr. Hutchinson is an assistant regional forester while Mr. Dunham is a
moving picture operator sent out by
the regional forest service to take)
pictures of this national forest showing its advantages for snow sports.
He is an experienced movie camera .
operator from Hollywood hired by}
the forest service.
Mr. Smith, with a ranger has been .
imarking skiways through the high}
Sierra. They have marked-12 miles.
‘They. have 27 miles more of these
ski ways to mark, before the spring
months are overs The three men went
fer the month-of February: ? i
The library was open-to. the’ pubon skis over the 12 mile trail to Lake
fic twenty. four days. Fahoe taking pietures and completNumber of books. -borrowed for ee saa reels of film, which will
home use 2167; fiction, 1644; juvshow winter sports in the Sierras.
enile 329; miscellaneous, 189. Books
MURDER GUNTS
FOUND BY SON OF
The young son of Monte Newman
unwittingly made a discovery Saturday that may aid in the conviction
of his father on the charge of murder, if and when the father is captured and tried.
The boy, with a companion, found
a 12 gauge shotgun in a blackberry
patch in the rear of his home that
Sheriff Carl Tobiassen believes is
the one used by the elder Newman
and his brother, Merritt, when, Chris
Meyer, 23, a miner, fatally was shot
. Day,’’ Florence Riddell; ‘The Doll’s. near here last January.
Trunk . Murder,’’ Hellen’ Reilly; Both Monte and Merritt Newman,
“Gaudy. Night,’’ Dorothy Sayers; . are fugitives from justice. Both are
-. charged with murder.
Monte Newman’s son and his boy
friend offered to sell the weapon to
a junk dealer, who informed the
-. sheriff.
Meyer was shot when he sought to
from New York for
ional Mind-Alvoce
our ‘Internat,’ and their titles
are ‘‘The Real Abyssinia,’ by Col. C.
der; “The Cholla Kid,’ Jackson] ,, Rov~ UPA T Wy ” Bar
Cole; ‘Texas Sheriff’, Eugene Cun-. ° ea ace 7 ues : ae oe
nighmam; ‘The Click of the Gate,”. °°°°* = idyue Ishmimoto; OFM:
guese Sommersaults,”’ by Jan and
Cora Gordon; ‘fA Tender of Peace”,
by John Bates Clark.
’
cus; ‘The Last Puritan,’ George :
Santyanana; “Swords of Mars,” Edgress 1935 was received from the
cat Ries Bubeouen: ana rae Tree United States government printing
They Grew. Margaret Sidney
Elizabeth Pearce.
ipso the job we. keep from drifting
down but landmarks on the. banks . upstream.
indicate we are making no headway
rentals, $28.55, total, $33.90.
‘Nevada City,
AIDS SNOW SPORT’
SUSPECTED MAN
A report of the librarian of con-.
office. Five Little Peppers and How
from
Money collected; fines, $5.85;, the
ENGLEBRIGHT IS.
CANDIDATE FOR
~ REELECTION
H. M. Leete,
Calif.
My dear Leete:
Permit me to take this occasion to
advise you that in the coming Primary in August, 1936, I will be a
candidate for re-election to Congress, from the Second Congressional
District of California.
It will be my purpose to‘ continue
my fight in the House of Representatives for the great mining, agricultural, lumber, stock and all other
~ . interests of the district.
After the adjournment of-the-present session of Congress, I will visit
all sections of the Congressional
District and make an energetic canvass, in order to further familiarize
myself with the individual problems
of the various ‘localities.
With the best of wishes, and
thanking you for the many past
courtesies extended to me by your
paper, I am
Sincerely yours,
HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT.
ROBBERY CHARGE
TS DISMISSED
Following . the he preliminary hearing of A. G. Hooper and Cecil Kaedle, brought back from Idaho to face
charges of assaulting an officer and
of robbery, Justice of the Peace
Walter Mobley this afternoon, ruled
that evidence to hold the two men
was insufficient and ordered the
charges dismissed. Theodore Tobiassen, returned a week ago from that
state with them.
The two were accused of having
struck Theodore Tobiassen, a deputy
sheriff engaged in inspecting roadside reSorts, some months -ago,
knocking him unconscious, and of
having robbed him of his wallet containing his. deputy sheriff's commission and $30 in cash. W. E. Wright,
was their attorney. District Attorney
Stoll represented the people.
GUILD TO HOLD
RUMMAGE SALE
Thursday
Mr.
afternoon Ss Agnes
Guild* members were -the guests of
Mrs. Ed. C. Uren at her home on
Broad. street. Mrs. Uren, as_president, presided and served tea. The
ladies enjoyed a social afternoon.
The. Guild decided to hold a rummage sale Saturday, March 21. The
ladies are doing this to raise needed
funds for the church and as there
has not been a rummage sale in Nevada City in some years, they anticipate good -results.
All members of the Guild are urged to bring in all articles they can
spare, such as.clothes, ‘including under clothes, dresses, coats, hats,
shoes, stockings, also bric-brac, furniture, even if in need of repair;
dishes, cooking utensils, garden tools
any anything anyone can use.
The Guild would appreciate rummage donations from friends or anyone: interested: Any one having don&tions to offer please call Mrs.
Uren and she will arrange for sonteone to call: for them.
prevent two men from criminally attacking Miss’ Gwendolyn Coats, his
fiancee .
INJURED MINE
WORKER DIES
John H. Williams, 24, died today
in the Jones Memorial hospital in
trass Valley from injuries received
on February 17th at the Frederic
Mine near Nevada City.
Williams and his miner partner,
working in a raise, contacted a water
filled winze and were swept along
the drift about 100 feet by the onrushing water. “His skull was fractured. His partner received only
minor cuts and bruises,
Delbert Schiffner, son of Mr. and
Mrs.
hospital Saturday by Dr. Carl__P.
~J way birds have a very wicked tem“per. They fight on si
-net--have them on that night.
O. E. Schiffner of this city, was
operated upon at Jones Memorial
Jones for appendicitis. He is repor tGame Cock Farm Is .
Novel Industry Here
Ag
om
When anybody says he is ‘“‘feeling as fine as a fighting cock’’, he
must feel especially fine, according
to R. Greenway, whose hobby is
breeding and rearing game cocks
that fight., His 22-acre ranch in the
Nevada City limits has more cocks to
the acre than any other similar area
in California.
Now a fighting cock is a very different matter from the usual gaine
cocks shown at fairs, These Green.
ght. No. provotation is necessary. Their ‘victories
over. low land and coastal birds teli
the story of superior beak and Claw.
And wild, thése game cocks spying
a stranger among their coops, behave
very much like the cock pheasants
at the Napa game farm. They fly up
to the roof and try to get out. Undisturbed, they strut and preen their
beautiful plumage, Beau Brummels,
every one. Their clarion challenge
rings out through the clearing, feathered. knights, who fight to the
death.,
Mr. Greenway has several strains
of fighting games that run back to
Revolutionary days, for cock fighting is an ancient sport. Prohibited
though it is, it survives. Many «a
cock on the Greenway farm is worth
$6 a pound. The birds are shipped
all over the country.
The Ranger strain, which is crow
black with long ‘tail feathers and a
greenish iridescence, is one ‘of the
more noted bred in ‘this chicken
that resembles a
gone wild, and hawks, all species, ap‘said that the birds, when a match is
aviary, Then there is the Shuffler” a
with gorgeous shining red bay hack4
les, and black background feathers,
glorified brown
Leghorn rooster’s plumage. There
are a number of pied birds, with
black, red and white colors that are
like no other birds in the chicken
world. These are the Little Giant
Spanglers and—will they. fight?
A half dozen pests attack these ,
birds: Foxes, skunks, owls, tame cats
parently. It is a battle to raise these . mM
fighting cocks. Of the horrible mura
derous glare in the eyes of the owls
when they attack these game birds
roosting out on a limb at night, it is
lighted in their pens at night, are
reminded of the owl’s glaring eyes
and instantly fly in the face of the.
man lighting the match. A setting
hen once so terrorized will throw ee,
her entire clutch’ of eggs from her .
nest, if a match ‘is lighted in her a
pen. The memory of the owl’s murderous eyes persists to this extent in
whatever brains the fowls have.
Among the Greenway birds are
several that were pets of the late
N. A. Ramsey, who was once in part7g
nership with Mr. Greenway in this
novel enterprise. These are designated as ‘‘souvenirs’ and money cannot
buy them. Their battles are over willy nlly. They are fed ad cared for as
only fine, old horses are that have
served well and faithfully their masters. a
EDDIE POWELL
GIVEN PROBATION
AND FINED $400
A fine of $400 and a year’s probation was the sentence imposed by
Judge Landis of Placer county upon Eddie! Powell today who pleaded
guilty to'running into and killing a
man near Rocklin some weeks ago.
While it was shown his license re. quired he should wear. glasses, he did
Also
though it was shown there was liquor
in the car there was no evidence to
indicate that young Powell was undey the influence of liquor. He had
just met a car and was. blinded by
the lights, according to statement, felt an impact of having struck
something, and slowing. up a}
quarter of a mile further on, he returned and found a man dead in the
road;: He. reported. the. matter to the
peace officers atRocklin. He has
been in a highly nervous and hysterical condition since. Probation was .
recommended, accompanied by many
testimonials to the young man’s
good character, and the judge ‘decided accardingly. Jones and Finnegan were attorneys for Powell.
his”
after
MORE HYDRAULIC
ASSN. UNITS ARE
ORGANIZED
A meeting of the Hydraulic Mining association in Auburn Saturday ~
evening” resulted in the adoption of
the regional system which was inaugurated at North San Juan last
week. C. E. Clark was elected vice
president and he will be in charge
of the meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce in this city next Saturday
night which all owners of gravel on
the Yuba river watershews are urged to attend. Se
Major W. E. Harris of the California Debris commission was present
at the Auburn meeting and explainpe
ed details of the plan under which i
the U. S. Army engineers are to be
assured of sufficient gravel to warrant construction of debris dams in
Bear, American. .and “Yuba rivers,
Each gravel owner will sign “applications for yardage space in the
debris dams, in which he will give
full data regarding his gravel
claims, possible yardage and values.
Major Harris stressed the peed of _
signing up all small claim owners as
well as the large corporations, since
the Federal government wishes the
dams, if and when built, to benefit MRS. CELIA NEAGLE IS
SUMMONED BY DEATH
Mrs, Celia Neagle, who has resided at her home on lower Boulder
street in Nevada City for many
years, passed away at the county hospital last Saturday at about noon,
She came of pioneer stock and’ grew
to womanhood in Grass Valley: She
was of a kindly disposition and has
many friends here who will mourn
her passing.
Mrs. Neagle leaves a son, George
Neagle, of the bay district, two
grandchildren, George Neagle, Jr.
of Roseville, and Miss Nadine Neagle of the bay district, who attended
her funeral this morning.
Holmes* Funeral Home had charge
of funeral arrangements. Services
were held in the Catholie church this
morning at 10 o’clock with the Rev.
‘Father O’Reilly officiating. Interment was made in the family plot
beside her: late husband, James G.
Neagle, in the Catholic cemetery.
Pall bearers were: James Penrose,
Cc. S. Arbogast, Will Coughlin, P. H.
Flynn, Dr. C:.W. Chapman and Alec
. Sauvee, :
Messrs. Ray Ketels and Earl Fitzpatrick of this city enjoyed snow
sports in the high Sierras Sunday.
While walking on skii-Ray had. the
. misfortune to fall and wrench the
as many as possible.
New units of the Hydraulic Mine #
Association instituted, leaders, were:
Colfax, Ralph Morse; Iowa Hill, f.
E. Rose; Blue Canyon, Andrew Jackson; Auburn, Henry Warner; Forest
Hill, George Duffy; Michigan Bluff,
S. G. Cables; Last Chance, C. S. MeCarthy; Georgetown, George Swift;
Volcanoville, Elmer Ogle; Dunca
Canyon, Harvey Davidson; Downievile, Ross Taylor; Alleghany, George
Hallock; Smartsville, W. P. Allen;
Washington, Henry Kohler; North
Bloomfield, E. B. Dudley. ;
GRIM REAPER CALLS
MRS. SUSAN F. HOWARD
Mrs. Susan F. Fr. Howarth, 84, atreet
descendant of Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United Sta
died at her home here Saturday:
Mrs. Howard was the wife 6
George Howard, former Colusa res}
dent. he leaves two sons, J. W
Howard, Folsom Prison guard
Charles B. Howard, Grass Ve
business man. The burial servic
place at 1:30 this afternoon in
Valley under direction of
Funeral Home.
Mr. Fred Joubert, operator
Depot Hill gravel mine
ville, was a business
ed getting along nicely.
muscles of his shoulder and neck. ‘. vada City Friday.