March 19, 1942 (4 pages)

F. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice-a week for only 30 cents per month ARCH MINING Nevada City Nug COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA \ et This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read —$——_ The Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 23. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Centér acai THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942. Thinking More. Men Out Loud !'Called Into By H. M. L. We do not believe that the ownGold Mines Of County Have 2,161 Employed ers of any war industry plant should be able to profit from our national struggle more than five or six per cent on invested capital. We do not believe that any labor unton or individual worker should be able to profit above the ordinary costs of living. That is to say he should still have his normal margin for savings, but not money to buy $20 silk shirts as was done during the world war. The proposal to compel both worke and plant owners to invest in” war ponds, we believe, is fundamentally sound. If wages and profits can be curbed, inflation and the attendant soaring cost of living, can be halted. Commodity prices are built primarily upon labor costs. Our boondoggling eongress should know that, We note here and there an attempt to excuse radical wage inereases on the plea. that «the costs of living having advanced, wages should be increased. Leon Henderson, price regulator, has pleaded with the president to establish a wage ceiling. Unless this is done price fixing for the things labor creates is just a futile business of holding a bear. by. the tail. In ‘war time our government must and does assume dictatorial authority. But the government, after all, still is chosen by the people, and too many of those in authority fear what the people may decide to do with them after ‘they have made decisions. Yet this is no tme for timid.temporizing with ‘the stern realities of war. We must have decisions and those elected representatives. must make them. The craven attitude. of the senate, for instance, toward the farm bloc, is a case in point. The government holds vast quantities of wheat and cotton. The. farm bloc does not want this unloaded now. That would give’ the federal treasury a big profit, if these stocks were sold under parity. Of course it would prevent exorbitant and inflated prices for crops now growing. But the farm leaders remembering $2.00 wheat.in the last war, are bound and determined that they will repeat that disastrous experience, hoping of course to escape the sad effects of deflation. They wish to get roaring drunk but hope to escape the dreadful hangover that follows. : The truth is the farm bloc leaders hav®é demonstrated an extremely selfish viewpoint. The labor union leaders are doing exactly the same thing. The owners of many war manufacturing plants are also grabbing greedily. Congress bows, and scrapes and fiddles, trying to please them all, The president when confronted with a situation that calls for action, hesitates and allows matters to drift, or temporizes as he did in appointing Knudson-Hillman the OPM head, and finally at long last when much precious time has been lost, comes to the bitter draught, drinks it down, and names a man. with power to do needed things, as he did when he named Donald Nelson, head of the War Production oard, superceding Knudson-Hillman, We shall win the war, but a fuddy-duddy Congress, and a hesitant, © indecisive administration, fond of make-shifts and experiments, can make it cost in taxes and blood twice what it should cost. Every gain the Axis makes anywhere in the world, makes it just that much harder ‘to beat. A hesitant, vacilating administration policy is costing this country thousands of lives of our’ young men, not to mention billions in taxes for this and succeeding generations. — If this: condition continues in Washington, it is the fault of all -the people. We can turn out office the entire House of Representatives this fall if we will. We . U.S. Service The Nevada County Selective Board, through Clerk Merle Morrison, today released the names of those who will leave here in the next draft call. They are: Carl Alonzo Brooks, Leonard James Ejickhoff, Arthur Pinter, Gordon Lewis Smith, Knute Kjorvestad, Oro Ray Whitaker, Sidney Carl Norman Carlson, Kermit Wylie Metaker, Luther Holbrook Petty, William Loring Meservey, Richard Atkinson, Robert William Kohler, Sargent Atwell Huson, Raymond G. Coulton, Rolfe Thomas Wilson, Buford Bell Speed, Omar George Alexander and Earl Darling. © Morrison said today the! third draft registrants, whose numbers were. drawn in the national lottery, will be classified as rapidly as possible. The master lists will be received. from national selective service headquarters in about a week. BATAAN BATTLE TORE FORUM TOPIC TONIGHT The second of the series of lectures of the Nevada City Public Forum’ on current events and international relations will find Major J. B. Brown speaking on the subject: ‘“‘The Battle of the Bataan Peninsula.’’ . Following Major Brown’s address, ij there will be an hour’s discussion. The speaker, who has been retired by the army but expects. to be called back into service, is an authority on the strategy of the Philippines. He, lived and trained soldiers on the Island of Luzon for many years. The lecture will be held at the Nevada City Elementary School and will start at 7:30 o’clock. 10,600 FT. DEEP The Central shaft of the North Star Mine is now past the 10,600 foot level. on the incline. It is exected ‘before the present development program at the North Star is completed the Central shaft will be 12,000 feet in depth. The installation of a huge hoist on the 8,600 foot level to facilitate hoisting operations in the lower levels of the mine has been completed. Change Of Address Five Days Before They Move The Nevada City Postoffice today received notification that all German and Italian aliens, Japanese aliens or any person of Japanese ancestry must file a change of address at their nearest postoffice five days before they move. x The instructions are effective immediately. Blanks can be obtained at the postoffice. The requirement includes all members of families including those nder 14 years of age. Returns From Reno— Fern Bickhoff has returned to Nevada City after spending the past ten days with friends in Reno, Nev. can dismiss a third of the senate membership this fall, if we will. And tha't will be notice that the people of -this country are thoroughly dissatisfied with the conduct of our part in the world war. Two or three hundred new faces in (Congress~-will-constitute~a__ bill ‘board all Washington officialdom INABILITY TO. EMPLOY QUALIFIED MEN BELIEVED. REASON FOR DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT PAST MONTH }are not worrying much ; @r essential . the county but so far no steps have Nevada County gold’ mines, The Nugget’s latest survey shows, employ 2,161 men. The monthly payroll approximates $324,150. In February there were 2, 214 men employed. This month, a slight decline-in employment was noted at almost all the larger mines, probably due to the inability to hire qualified men. e The Empire-Star Mines, Ltd. at its five properties, corftinues to lead as the largest employer of men. The Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation payroll dropped to 839 this month. There was a slight décrease in employment at the Lava Cap properities and operations at the Midnight Mine here’ were suspended entirely. Employment in the hydraulic mining field remained stable. The Omega employs approximately 40 men and the -Relief Hill Mine has 12 men working. Outside of water, the principal hydraulic mining aid is blasting powder. It appears there will not be much danger of a powder shortage so the hydraulic operators about the priority situation: The mining of scheelite is continuing at the Idaho4dMaryland Mine but the metal does not appear in large quantities. The ore‘is treated in the stamp mill at the IdahodMaryland. There are known chrome and oth. war metal -deposits ia been taken to develop these mlaeraied Mining men believe, however, that . the neglect of government to boost . the price so that a good profit can be assured investors “is retarding activity in the essential war, mineral feild. Operating mines in the county, the number of men employed and the approximate payroll, follow. Empire-Star Mines— Men —sCwPPayroll MOM DING 6s. sss Rae 400 $60,000 NOTE EON se 215 41,250 Pennsylvania .... 115 17,250 MOLDEUS DA ee 3055. i 3 4,500 1") eC: peep aia ese oie! 15 2,250 Idaho-Maryland Mines— Idaho-Maryland ... 324 63,450 New Brtinswick ... 407 61,050 Syndicate 2. gs 1,050 Lava Cap Mines— CONN Ae re Ce ee a 187 28,050 Banner 3 coco 137 20,550 Others— DIGOLI As arrestee 60 9,000 MDring SEA oc eet. 18 2,700 Anchoe: Brie. 2:22. 12 1,800 Diss Pine cer 6 900 OORN Sree ee Rs 2 300 Placer Mines— 12 5c aes EA GP Neo re 17 2,550 OOS a ae 38 5,700 Revert Pill: oes sk 12 1,800 <3 WO AU. 0 8 ~ la era nes 2,161 $324,150 EMPLOYMENT DROPPED DURING PAST MONTH AT IDAHO-MARYLAND MINES CORPORATION PROPERTIES Employment at the Idaho-Maryland Mines Cororation properties. declined during the past month. Figures released by the corporation reveal there are a total of 839 at work at the »Idaho-+Maryland, New Brunswick and Syndicate Mines. The IdahodMaryland has 273 underground, the Brunswick 341 underground. On the surface and in the mills at the two proerties there are 168 men and 50 men on the private operating payroll. The Snydicate has seven ‘men employed. OPERATIONS AT JOUBERT MINE . Fred Joubert, owner of the Joubert Hydraulic Mine near Camptonville, said here Tuesday one monitor is in operation at the property. Tailings are stored behind the Bullards DAVIDSONS. HIT BY ILLNESS Just after Bert Davidson, Orleans Flat mining man, returned from San HMrancisco following treatment by specialists, his wife was stricken ill and was taken to the Nevada City Bar Dam. Joubert personally supervises operations at the mine. Sanitarium. Mrs. a heart attack, Davidson. suffered By ED. C. UREN : popular sports. So, let’s be happy, for its Hep! Hep! Hep! We’re the New Deal’s latest pet Coordinators all, we'll help inflate the debt, We’ll teach you how to play and pass the time away While Hitler and the Japs are on their way. Kelly’s got just scads of dough and sixty odd pinch hitters So if a plane drones overhead, be nonchalant and fearless, He’ll teach you all the sports a’going—even Ellen’s glide Right down the alphabet from billiards through to slide Post Office, Crack the Whip, and How to pick a Posey. There’s a prize and special mention for either you or me If we conjure up a sport that begins with X or Z For Kelly has coordinators, as many as he likes, He’s even got Macfadden to bolster up the hikes. And ‘basket ball, and tennis too, protects you even more, Excuse me while I chalk my cue and put in number four, I wonder if McArthur’s men, who’re picking off the Japs For whait’s the use of hurrying—much less a’worrying We’re sure a most complacent bunch of saps. I wonder how much longer this damphool stuff will run In spite of all the fireside chats, we’re daily being licked . We'll either quit this playboy stuff or have some lousy Jap So it’s up to you and me what our fate is going to be can read without specs, LET’S LAUGH OFF THE WAR NEWS ITEM: John P, Kelly has been appointed Ohief Coordinator of the Office of Civilian Defense. He will have under him some sixty selected coordinators who will instruct’ civilians. in such games as billiards, pool, badminton, hockey, bowling, and many other He figures that we’ll win this war by laughing off the jitters, --. Even though a stick of bombs floors you by its nearness. There’s Tiddley Winks, leap frog and Ring around the Rosey, The game of golf is great defense, no matter what your score, This is the game that should have saved the port of Singapore. Know about the wonders of the:game called ‘shooting craps?” ‘Before we'll get our: dander up and cease to be so dumb? So it’s time to’settle down to work and pull our bag of tricks. Stand around and say to us “Sorry please, You can’t do that” ‘We can’t depend on Washington; they’re drunk as drunk can be. {PLAY “GOOD BAD MAN” 4 big part in the play, “The Good Bad +} Man,” MAYOR HALL HAS LONG RECORD OF SERVICE TO CITY Mayor Ben Hall is a candidate for re-election to the city council at the municipal election of April 14. He j has been city councilman and mayor for nine years, years that have been notable for city street improvement and the replacement of two bridges, and the rebuilding of the third, to accommodate the growing traffic of Nevada City: In this period also the city has acquired a new city hall. It was largely due to the business ability. of Mayor Hall that these improvements have been made from current funds of the city without adding a penny of debt to the burden of the tax payers. The only indebtedness against the city are street and sewer bonds that were issued many years age and will probalbly be liquidated within another two or three years. Regarding his candidacy Mayor Hall says: “With a full realization that we are fighting for our life and liberty, for the ideals which have made our Caught in the Riffles . The story of a parachuter jumping from a plane near Camptonville reminds us of another tale ‘we heard: It was windy. A little whirlwind. sucked bits of a California-printed Japanese language newspaper into the air and dropped them in _ the yard of a resident in ‘South Oxnard: The man ran to police headquarters, The army air corps was notified, [Whjile they:.were investightinj the rumor mongers got busy. In a short time the incident had been blown up to the point where Japanese pilots had dropped: leaflets on Oxnard. Every time a plane flew over residents craned their necks, expect-' ing leaflets that didn‘t fall. Well, there weren’t any Jap planes and there weren’t an leaflets. It is just an example of the way war rumr ‘country the very best in which io live to find peace, happiness and conjtentment, my efforts will be directed . to aiding with all our resources, to . win victory over our foes. Our gov;ernment has aided us very materially, through the WPA, to improve our water system, to build and repair our bridges, and to erect a city hall. . Now we have an opportunity to repay in a small mseasure the debt we} owe small though it may be. It by our united efforts that we shai win. I would look to the safety, . health and welfare of our people and . be guided by.the experience gained . in years past.” . Mayor Hall has been a resident of Nevada City for 62 He has} been a member of the Masonic Order) for 52 years, enrolled ‘with the Ne-} vada Lodge No. 13, F, and A. M. For! a long term of years he has been as-. . sociated in the business of the Min-} rs Foundry and Supply Company. He! was an owner of the Pioneer Reduc. tion Works from 1893 to 1935 and for 13 years was an officer of the . Citizens bank in this city. He senior warden of the Trinity Episco. pal church. i When Mayor Al Seaman passed . away Ray Murchie was chosen mayor for a few months, to be succeeded by Ben Hall, who for the past five years has held that post. Many citizens feel that this long record of successful business in both private and civic life should be continued by reelecting the mayor to the city council on Alpril 14. Ba e. S. HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR TOMORROW NIGHT HERE ‘Gunfire and mystery will play a which will be presented tomorrow night by the senior class of the Nevada City High School. ‘ The play will be given at the Nevada City High School Auditorium. Admission for adults will. be. 40 cents, for students, 25 cents and for children 11 cents. = “The.Good Bad Man’’ is the story of a girl, Brenda Mason, who goes to rheet her father in Mexico. There she becomes involved in murder and mystery, How the mystery is solved and Brenda united with her father will be, answered when the play is presented. The part of Brenda is played by ‘Miss, Madeline Bettles. Dick Evans has the leading male role, Miss Elizabeth Minness is the director of the play. : Dick Bennett Leaves To Enter Naval School Dick Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bennett of. this~‘city, visited his. parents this week. He received his commission a§ an ensign in the Navy last May. He has now been assigned to a training school for Naval Supply. This is three months course given exclusively by the ~ Harvard School of Business. Administration. Following his completidn of this course he will be assigned to active duty. He left Tuesday. for Boston, Mass. 2 z . Secretary, Nevada County Democratic iman. — ‘. , considered a luxury and therefore jof the Spring Hi, ors drift with ‘the wind, ee Our husky sheriff, Carl ie Tobiaégsen, is confined to his home, by illness. HE HAS THE MEASLES! The California Democratic Central Committee always sends literature to ‘Central Committee, % Loyle FreeAnd Freeman is one of the staunchest Republicans in the. country! Dutifully, however, Freeman turns over the literature to Jack Frank, who is the, secretary of the Democratic Central Committee in ‘this county. Nevada City and Grass Valley may expect a large amount of business from the army cantonment in, Nevada and Yuba Counties, if.a_soldier who has been in the rmy a year knows anything of his fellow comrades in uniform. ‘ This soldier said very few men desire to spend their leisure time in large cities, preferring the smaller towns because not only are the residents more hospitable but because their chance for feminine companionship is much greater. And we learn the soldiers, 30,000. , or more of them, willbe stationed at the cantonment sooner than expected. The army, a soldier tells us, is not going to wait until the barracks are completed to move in. The soldiers. will live in ‘pup tents until the barracks are ready. The huge barn and property used for years by Ed Baker as a storage warehouse when he was in the truckjng and wood business has been purchased by the Miners Foundry. and Supply Company. Dick Goyne, manager of the foundry, said no immediate plans are contemplated for the property but enlarging of the foundry facillties May. take place in the future. FROM: A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK-——Patriotic Nevada City residents are buying defense stamps with the money saved in the reduction of the local water rate. And, incidentally, Mrs .Edna Martine seems to have the most diver. sified private stamp collection in this city. 8,000 different stamps in all. State Senator Jerrold WL. ' Seawell being groomed to contest : Congressman Harry L. Englebright. Lonnie ‘Noyes is seeking to enlist in the armed forces as a radio: technician. Local taxi rates boosted because riding a cab ts a luxury tax must be paid, Occas. ional sight in one of the,classier drinking emporiums of the city is the bellying up to the bar of high school kids, But they order cokes, — It’s not the drinks they want. It's. . the companionship they secure in the establishment, CROSS CUTTING PROCEEDS _ Cross cutting is proceeding at the — Spring Hill Mine since the sinking of the main shaft to the 2,300 fo level has been completed. A 1 station will be cut on the 2,1

F. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice-a week for only 30 cents per month ARCH MINING Nevada City Nug COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA \ et This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read —$——_ The Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 23. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Centér acai THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942. Thinking More. Men Out Loud !'Called Into By H. M. L. We do not believe that the ownGold Mines Of County Have 2,161 Employed ers of any war industry plant should be able to profit from our national struggle more than five or six per cent on invested capital. We do not believe that any labor unton or individual worker should be able to profit above the ordinary costs of living. That is to say he should still have his normal margin for savings, but not money to buy $20 silk shirts as was done during the world war. The proposal to compel both worke and plant owners to invest in” war ponds, we believe, is fundamentally sound. If wages and profits can be curbed, inflation and the attendant soaring cost of living, can be halted. Commodity prices are built primarily upon labor costs. Our boondoggling eongress should know that, We note here and there an attempt to excuse radical wage inereases on the plea. that «the costs of living having advanced, wages should be increased. Leon Henderson, price regulator, has pleaded with the president to establish a wage ceiling. Unless this is done price fixing for the things labor creates is just a futile business of holding a bear. by. the tail. In ‘war time our government must and does assume dictatorial authority. But the government, after all, still is chosen by the people, and too many of those in authority fear what the people may decide to do with them after ‘they have made decisions. Yet this is no tme for timid.temporizing with ‘the stern realities of war. We must have decisions and those elected representatives. must make them. The craven attitude. of the senate, for instance, toward the farm bloc, is a case in point. The government holds vast quantities of wheat and cotton. The. farm bloc does not want this unloaded now. That would give’ the federal treasury a big profit, if these stocks were sold under parity. Of course it would prevent exorbitant and inflated prices for crops now growing. But the farm leaders remembering $2.00 wheat.in the last war, are bound and determined that they will repeat that disastrous experience, hoping of course to escape the sad effects of deflation. They wish to get roaring drunk but hope to escape the dreadful hangover that follows. : The truth is the farm bloc leaders hav®é demonstrated an extremely selfish viewpoint. The labor union leaders are doing exactly the same thing. The owners of many war manufacturing plants are also grabbing greedily. Congress bows, and scrapes and fiddles, trying to please them all, The president when confronted with a situation that calls for action, hesitates and allows matters to drift, or temporizes as he did in appointing Knudson-Hillman the OPM head, and finally at long last when much precious time has been lost, comes to the bitter draught, drinks it down, and names a man. with power to do needed things, as he did when he named Donald Nelson, head of the War Production oard, superceding Knudson-Hillman, We shall win the war, but a fuddy-duddy Congress, and a hesitant, © indecisive administration, fond of make-shifts and experiments, can make it cost in taxes and blood twice what it should cost. Every gain the Axis makes anywhere in the world, makes it just that much harder ‘to beat. A hesitant, vacilating administration policy is costing this country thousands of lives of our’ young men, not to mention billions in taxes for this and succeeding generations. — If this: condition continues in Washington, it is the fault of all -the people. We can turn out office the entire House of Representatives this fall if we will. We . U.S. Service The Nevada County Selective Board, through Clerk Merle Morrison, today released the names of those who will leave here in the next draft call. They are: Carl Alonzo Brooks, Leonard James Ejickhoff, Arthur Pinter, Gordon Lewis Smith, Knute Kjorvestad, Oro Ray Whitaker, Sidney Carl Norman Carlson, Kermit Wylie Metaker, Luther Holbrook Petty, William Loring Meservey, Richard Atkinson, Robert William Kohler, Sargent Atwell Huson, Raymond G. Coulton, Rolfe Thomas Wilson, Buford Bell Speed, Omar George Alexander and Earl Darling. © Morrison said today the! third draft registrants, whose numbers were. drawn in the national lottery, will be classified as rapidly as possible. The master lists will be received. from national selective service headquarters in about a week. BATAAN BATTLE TORE FORUM TOPIC TONIGHT The second of the series of lectures of the Nevada City Public Forum’ on current events and international relations will find Major J. B. Brown speaking on the subject: ‘“‘The Battle of the Bataan Peninsula.’’ . Following Major Brown’s address, ij there will be an hour’s discussion. The speaker, who has been retired by the army but expects. to be called back into service, is an authority on the strategy of the Philippines. He, lived and trained soldiers on the Island of Luzon for many years. The lecture will be held at the Nevada City Elementary School and will start at 7:30 o’clock. 10,600 FT. DEEP The Central shaft of the North Star Mine is now past the 10,600 foot level. on the incline. It is exected ‘before the present development program at the North Star is completed the Central shaft will be 12,000 feet in depth. The installation of a huge hoist on the 8,600 foot level to facilitate hoisting operations in the lower levels of the mine has been completed. Change Of Address Five Days Before They Move The Nevada City Postoffice today received notification that all German and Italian aliens, Japanese aliens or any person of Japanese ancestry must file a change of address at their nearest postoffice five days before they move. x The instructions are effective immediately. Blanks can be obtained at the postoffice. The requirement includes all members of families including those nder 14 years of age. Returns From Reno— Fern Bickhoff has returned to Nevada City after spending the past ten days with friends in Reno, Nev. can dismiss a third of the senate membership this fall, if we will. And tha't will be notice that the people of -this country are thoroughly dissatisfied with the conduct of our part in the world war. Two or three hundred new faces in (Congress~-will-constitute~a__ bill ‘board all Washington officialdom INABILITY TO. EMPLOY QUALIFIED MEN BELIEVED. REASON FOR DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT PAST MONTH }are not worrying much ; @r essential . the county but so far no steps have Nevada County gold’ mines, The Nugget’s latest survey shows, employ 2,161 men. The monthly payroll approximates $324,150. In February there were 2, 214 men employed. This month, a slight decline-in employment was noted at almost all the larger mines, probably due to the inability to hire qualified men. e The Empire-Star Mines, Ltd. at its five properties, corftinues to lead as the largest employer of men. The Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation payroll dropped to 839 this month. There was a slight décrease in employment at the Lava Cap properities and operations at the Midnight Mine here’ were suspended entirely. Employment in the hydraulic mining field remained stable. The Omega employs approximately 40 men and the -Relief Hill Mine has 12 men working. Outside of water, the principal hydraulic mining aid is blasting powder. It appears there will not be much danger of a powder shortage so the hydraulic operators about the priority situation: The mining of scheelite is continuing at the Idaho4dMaryland Mine but the metal does not appear in large quantities. The ore‘is treated in the stamp mill at the IdahodMaryland. There are known chrome and oth. war metal -deposits ia been taken to develop these mlaeraied Mining men believe, however, that . the neglect of government to boost . the price so that a good profit can be assured investors “is retarding activity in the essential war, mineral feild. Operating mines in the county, the number of men employed and the approximate payroll, follow. Empire-Star Mines— Men —sCwPPayroll MOM DING 6s. sss Rae 400 $60,000 NOTE EON se 215 41,250 Pennsylvania ....... 115 17,250 MOLDEUS DA ee 3055. i 3 4,500 1") eC: peep aia ese oie! 15 2,250 Idaho-Maryland Mines— Idaho-Maryland ..... 324 63,450 New Brtinswick ..... 407 61,050 Syndicate 2. gs 1,050 Lava Cap Mines— CONN Ae re Ce ee a 187 28,050 Banner 3 coco 137 20,550 Others— DIGOLI As arrestee 60 9,000 MDring SEA oc eet. 18 2,700 Anchoe: Brie. 2:22.. 12 1,800 Diss Pine cer 6 900 OORN Sree ee Rs 2 300 Placer Mines— 12 5c aes EA GP Neo re 17 2,550 OOS a ae 38 5,700 Revert Pill: oes sk 12 1,800 <3 WO AU. 0 8 ~ la era nes 2,161 $324,150 EMPLOYMENT DROPPED DURING PAST MONTH AT IDAHO-MARYLAND MINES CORPORATION PROPERTIES Employment at the Idaho-Maryland Mines Cororation properties. declined during the past month. Figures released by the corporation

reveal there are a total of 839 at work at the »Idaho-+Maryland, New Brunswick and Syndicate Mines. The IdahodMaryland has 273 underground, the Brunswick 341 underground. On the surface and in the mills at the two proerties there are 168 men and 50 men on the private operating payroll. The Snydicate has seven ‘men employed. OPERATIONS AT JOUBERT MINE . Fred Joubert, owner of the Joubert Hydraulic Mine near Camptonville, said here Tuesday one monitor is in operation at the property. Tailings are stored behind the Bullards DAVIDSONS. HIT BY ILLNESS Just after Bert Davidson, Orleans Flat mining man, returned from San HMrancisco following treatment by specialists, his wife was stricken ill and was taken to the Nevada City Bar Dam. Joubert personally supervises operations at the mine. Sanitarium. Mrs. a heart attack, Davidson. suffered By ED. C. UREN : popular sports. So, let’s be happy, for its Hep! Hep! Hep! We’re the New Deal’s latest pet Coordinators all, we'll help inflate the debt, We’ll teach you how to play and pass the time away While Hitler and the Japs are on their way. Kelly’s got just scads of dough and sixty odd pinch hitters So if a plane drones overhead, be nonchalant and fearless, He’ll teach you all the sports a’going—even Ellen’s glide Right down the alphabet from billiards through to slide Post Office, Crack the Whip, and How to pick a Posey. There’s a prize and special mention for either you or me If we conjure up a sport that begins with X or Z For Kelly has coordinators, as many as he likes, He’s even got Macfadden to bolster up the hikes. And ‘basket ball, and tennis too, protects you even more, Excuse me while I chalk my cue and put in number four, I wonder if McArthur’s men, who’re picking off the Japs For whait’s the use of hurrying—much less a’worrying We’re sure a most complacent bunch of saps. I wonder how much longer this damphool stuff will run In spite of all the fireside chats, we’re daily being licked . We'll either quit this playboy stuff or have some lousy Jap So it’s up to you and me what our fate is going to be can read without specs, LET’S LAUGH OFF THE WAR NEWS ITEM: John P, Kelly has been appointed Ohief Coordinator of the Office of Civilian Defense. He will have under him some sixty selected coordinators who will instruct’ civilians. in such games as billiards, pool, badminton, hockey, bowling, and many other He figures that we’ll win this war by laughing off the jitters, --. Even though a stick of bombs floors you by its nearness. There’s Tiddley Winks, leap frog and Ring around the Rosey, The game of golf is great defense, no matter what your score, This is the game that should have saved the port of Singapore. Know about the wonders of the:game called ‘shooting craps?” ‘Before we'll get our: dander up and cease to be so dumb? So it’s time to’settle down to work and pull our bag of tricks. Stand around and say to us “Sorry please, You can’t do that” ‘We can’t depend on Washington; they’re drunk as drunk can be. {PLAY “GOOD BAD MAN” 4 big part in the play, “The Good Bad +} Man,” MAYOR HALL HAS LONG RECORD OF SERVICE TO CITY Mayor Ben Hall is a candidate for re-election to the city council at the municipal election of April 14. He j has been city councilman and mayor for nine years, years that have been notable for city street improvement and the replacement of two bridges, and the rebuilding of the third, to accommodate the growing traffic of Nevada City: In this period also the city has acquired a new city hall. It was largely due to the business ability. of Mayor Hall that these improvements have been made from current funds of the city without adding a penny of debt to the burden of the tax payers. The only indebtedness against the city are street and sewer bonds that were issued many years age and will probalbly be liquidated within another two or three years. Regarding his candidacy Mayor Hall says: “With a full realization that we are fighting for our life and liberty, for the ideals which have made our Caught in the Riffles . The story of a parachuter jumping from a plane near Camptonville reminds us of another tale ‘we heard: It was windy. A little whirlwind. sucked bits of a California-printed Japanese language newspaper into the air and dropped them in _ the yard of a resident in ‘South Oxnard: The man ran to police headquarters, The army air corps was notified, [Whjile they:.were investightinj the rumor mongers got busy. In a short time the incident had been blown up to the point where Japanese pilots had dropped: leaflets on Oxnard. Every time a plane flew over residents craned their necks, expect-' ing leaflets that didn‘t fall. Well, there weren’t any Jap planes and there weren’t an leaflets. It is just an example of the way war rumr ‘country the very best in which io live to find peace, happiness and conjtentment, my efforts will be directed . to aiding with all our resources, to . win victory over our foes. Our gov;ernment has aided us very materially, through the WPA, to improve our water system, to build and repair our bridges, and to erect a city hall. . Now we have an opportunity to repay in a small mseasure the debt we} owe small though it may be. It by our united efforts that we shai win. I would look to the safety, . health and welfare of our people and . be guided by.the experience gained . in years past.” . Mayor Hall has been a resident of Nevada City for 62 He has} been a member of the Masonic Order) for 52 years, enrolled ‘with the Ne-} vada Lodge No. 13, F, and A. M. For! a long term of years he has been as-. . sociated in the business of the Min-} rs Foundry and Supply Company. He! was an owner of the Pioneer Reduc. tion Works from 1893 to 1935 and for 13 years was an officer of the . Citizens bank in this city. He senior warden of the Trinity Episco. pal church. i When Mayor Al Seaman passed . away Ray Murchie was chosen mayor for a few months, to be succeeded by Ben Hall, who for the past five years has held that post. Many citizens feel that this long record of successful business in both private and civic life should be continued by reelecting the mayor to the city council on Alpril 14. Ba e. S. HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR TOMORROW NIGHT HERE ‘Gunfire and mystery will play a which will be presented tomorrow night by the senior class of the Nevada City High School. ‘ The play will be given at the Nevada City High School Auditorium. Admission for adults will. be. 40 cents, for students, 25 cents and for children 11 cents. = “The.Good Bad Man’’ is the story of a girl, Brenda Mason, who goes to rheet her father in Mexico. There she becomes involved in murder and mystery, How the mystery is solved and Brenda united with her father will be, answered when the play is presented. The part of Brenda is played by ‘Miss, Madeline Bettles. Dick Evans has the leading male role, Miss Elizabeth Minness is the director of the play. : Dick Bennett Leaves To Enter Naval School Dick Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bennett of. this~‘city, visited his. parents this week. He received his commission a§ an ensign in the Navy last May. He has now been assigned to a training school for Naval Supply. This is three months course given exclusively by the ~ Harvard School of Business. Administration. Following his completidn of this course he will be assigned to active duty. He left Tuesday. for Boston, Mass. 2 z . Secretary, Nevada County Democratic iman. — ‘. , considered a luxury and therefore jof the Spring Hi, ors drift with ‘the wind, ee Our husky sheriff, Carl ie Tobiaégsen, is confined to his home, by illness. HE HAS THE MEASLES! The California Democratic Central Committee always sends literature to ‘Central Committee, % Loyle FreeAnd Freeman is one of the staunchest Republicans in the. country! Dutifully, however, Freeman turns over the literature to Jack Frank, who is the, secretary of the Democratic Central Committee in ‘this county. Nevada City and Grass Valley may expect a large amount of business from the army cantonment in, Nevada and Yuba Counties, if.a_soldier who has been in the rmy a year knows anything of his fellow comrades in uniform. ‘ This soldier said very few men desire to spend their leisure time in large cities, preferring the smaller towns because not only are the residents more hospitable but because their chance for feminine companionship is much greater. And we learn the soldiers, 30,000. , or more of them, willbe stationed at the cantonment sooner than expected. The army, a soldier tells us, is not going to wait until the barracks are completed to move in. The soldiers. will live in ‘pup tents until the barracks are ready. The huge barn and property used for years by Ed Baker as a storage warehouse when he was in the truckjng and wood business has been purchased by the Miners Foundry. and Supply Company. Dick Goyne, manager of the foundry, said no immediate plans are contemplated for the property but enlarging of the foundry facillties May. take place in the future. FROM: A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK-——Patriotic Nevada City residents are buying defense stamps with the money saved in the reduction of the local water rate. And, incidentally, Mrs .Edna Martine seems to have the most diver. sified private stamp collection in this city. 8,000 different stamps in all. State Senator Jerrold WL. ' Seawell being groomed to contest : Congressman Harry L. Englebright. Lonnie ‘Noyes is seeking to enlist in the armed forces as a radio: technician. Local taxi rates boosted because riding a cab ts a luxury tax must be paid, Occas. ional sight in one of the,classier drinking emporiums of the city is the bellying up to the bar of high school kids, But they order cokes, — It’s not the drinks they want. It's. . the companionship they secure in the establishment, CROSS CUTTING PROCEEDS _ Cross cutting is proceeding at the — Spring Hill Mine since the sinking of the main shaft to the 2,300 fo level has been completed. A 1 station will be cut on the 2,1