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March 2, 1934 (6 pages)

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This is Nevada City’s ONLY Hometown News-. ]: ; 9” paper. It supports things ‘ hs worth while. Do you subj advertisers miake scribe for it? Les builder. 2 Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers “Association . —— x VOL. VII. No. 32 , The County Seat Paper ___NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA oT GOLD Cone FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934 Breezy Commentary bc _ . ie Yi = oc =. ete Bootleggers which does not contain some T a Sates: scurvy innuendo concerning his z : Fifty tons of ore per day is being neighbors, some attempt to as‘ ; F ; i On New Gold Ru sh treated at. the Spanish mine, above. Sassinate the character of a pub» Oe ere a ere nnd Seen, Ong eee ‘ Washington. The ore is coming] lic official, or a scandal reflectCalas. ee oe oe Board. “But here and there sheriffs and . from a strong vein in a new section ing upon iis tallow townsinen, of sates ripaek™ Be a representative of district attorneys are doing a good @ The Literary Digest of March 3,; bonanza. The Empire-Star Mines . o¢ the property. A mile and a quar-. has recently printed a rumor . ‘%e Nevada City Nugget, learned at) job. Up in Siskyou county for inhas a lively sketch by Kenneth Ste-. subsidiary of the Newmont Cor{ter tramway erected last fall is bewhich would blanket Nevada . fi'St hand some of the difficulties . stance. There.the district attorney wart, of Stanford University’s faculty, poration of New York, this year ling used to transfer ore from the; county’s officials and business whigh the board encoan in deal-. got busy. At the same hour not long entitled: ‘‘California’s New Gold presented a $50. bonus to each mine to the mill : community under suspicion of ingwith vie shat th liquor problem. ago twelve bootleggers were picked Rush.” The article is a breezy comof 1,000 miners. Last year, at Mr. Collins said: up in the county. Not one after the mentary on the new conditions, para$20.67 an ounce, an average of ae sie our capper to hang er other. No sense in letting the bad lelling in some repects, the excite$10,000 in gold was produced 2 tthe liquor laws. ttorney ZORerS news spread among them. They were ment of 1849, and Nevada county daily inthe Grass Valley district. ae aia ae & noted proSavy es ae ae Webb has made that very ean Our. all nabbed at one time. They had residents will find it well worth their This year, and at the now price . 444, in the early days of Nevada like a nervous polecat o the Sgt i pa at — op can . 'the £0008 on them. They all pleadtime to read: Excerpts from it relatof gold, the average daily proSounty. << fike Braliorinten oot a ; ‘ a spe a n a produce she hca a lees i bootleggers . ed guilty and paid fines to the county ing to Nevada City and Grass Valley, duction is approximately $17,ened and develoved tha enparrane Seg one a : Steg a — operate withowt licenses, pA aggregating over $1600. The.sherfollow: 500. Last year the EmpireShOt own i. oe : hi ; ne arrest and prosecution of boot egsers . iff and district attorney ‘in ‘that The sign on Janies Stewart’s Star, in constant production since aie ei fe nc sae county sheriffs and district . county are not afraid of losing votes. door in-Auburn, California reads 1850, produced more than st i wh ‘oebiey Sided Ae trust ad pee A Se ee aed “s atter the bootlegger and “No smoking.’’ Inside this min800,000, and the Idaho-MaryARR A pci TS : : ring m in. ing consultant’s office are samland, abandoned by Haryy Payne ; y: ence. 1. dropped inte:-a.-drug.store The hardest thing we have to conples of quartz and nuggets from Whitney after he had sunk Occasionally of course this the other day for. a little medicine. . tend with is this condition. Honest the surrounding country.. It is several thousand dollars, paid j; ON ROCKY ROAD, happens. The bane of the legal I sae the druggist very welks an eM reputable liquor dealers, paying their the welcoome to a region where more than $1,000,000. profession is its shysters, the friend. He ae a retail riepathl 1good money into the state treasury things are booming today as they Now there is the added hope i pest of the medical fraternity is nea ih —— be haar? desoleg sll tor Heenees, . ae jOntee er wee ols did in the roaring fifties. that the hydraulic mines, that the quack, and the horror of . ing? ‘Are-you selling much liquor?’ . everyday because the bootlegget is ~~ At Grass Valley, cupped in the were stopped fifty years ago by God fearing and. Christ serving Then he told me. am perme by county and city offiwestern foothills of the Sierra Féderal court anti-debris decisclergymen is the Elmer Gantrys “He declared that the bootleggers cials to do business without paying. Nevadas, where they have never ions and injunctions, will again of the peace in Grasa’ Valley ‘Town! in one pulpit. Similarly in jourdis pe gist ei ae gee a ee yon known depression, J. L. Wolff, be in full sway, this time beship. alism occasionally there appears he ha _ Bot so ie o young unofficial historian, tells hind restraining dams that will : { the street corner moron type liquor since the first of the year. In } county bra city officials to put @ the visitor that not long ago protect the vallely farmers. . According to Judge Winburn, one who puts into cold print the short, he couldn’t compete with the . stop to it. while waste rock from the Em6 petition is being circulated by Luke “rumors,” odorous. tidbits pickbootlegger, who paid no license and Williams, who avers that Judge Winpire mine Was being spread over ed up in the gutter, odds and sold rotgut whiskey. He wanted to : “the highway, men with canvas DEATH SUMMONS burn owes him $200 back rent on ends of decay, and offers the know why something was not done bags over their shoulders folquarters recently vacated by the i about it, and I had to tell him that it dish to his subscribers in lieu of lowed the sprinklers and picked Judge in West Main street. Judge news, facts and constructive was up to the county peace officers. up gold-bearing quartz. He reGEO MAC BOYLE Winburn states he holds a neeeret be thought. : I told him we turned them in, and Mt B calls the recent day when super. , bd full for the rental of the Williams beyond that our hands were tied. aS : * It is business of any reputable seen i : room up till March first, 1934. ; : “T walked down the street and met intenuent VEGiee Bereneria nts George Mac Boyle, 83 father of The other petition is being circunewspaper publisher to sift ru. k 1 ‘i running the roller, noticed the Rs : = tain the facts: and if a policeman I have known a long shee ner 1 topned:. (aon ee Bovis, mandger of Che . lated by Joke Gray of Hille Flat, one) STS Geers eee _ ety = saat = ee Idaho-Maryland Mines, died at 6:10 . successful ‘candidate for justice of mipoT lant to the public intercést . ina SE eee ane cd cee. Tr . 2 Clock Wednesday morning at Union. the peace at the last election. Judge to print the facts thus clipping ee Sree se ‘ Cottage, the home of his son, near; wWinburn states he recently gave a the wings of the harpy, “Dame Monday sphere « ‘by the Scout Counaoniarane hwo” GOMaty Wart GO Union Hill, on the upper Colfax road. . judgment against Gray for a sum of . Rumor,” who screamed her false : el at which Aes. Se Mr. Mac Boyle was born in New . less than $5.00 tidings from the housetops and “* Get me-tell you something . chairman, of the building committee “SBE : ; 3 ~ ick,’ sai ) i an: ‘You are} reported that, much to the disapJersey and came to Grass Valley Aceotal : ; ; walls of .Carthage. Dick,’ said the policeman ; scording. to reports, signatures ; se : os es 5 x eight years ago. A brother, Joseph! .. coming in slowly. One early reBo far as this’ partisular not going to get much neuer law en-. pointment of the committee, -the yon offers the caller a picture . vac Boyle of Banning, Cattfornta;t d h ot sty i ee tuk" pointeae forcement this year. This is election. members of the employment camp ef the tovrn’s famed Lola Monez also survives. oe gre sc i on : sknanadiiads F te ee we een a ficat t year. Sheriffs and district attorneys junder W. F. Sharp, would not be able and agrees ‘that conditions to‘ ae , aad A more optimistic report: later 0 our own county officers, of . are layine off.’ to get out the jogs for dha mee The body was taken to the Oak-'in the day was that there were two course newspaper men _ have “mhen 1 told: hita something. 1. Scouts. aa hed bee proclaim ; : : . : : land crematorium. by the W. R. Jef-. sieners. More than 500 qualified voheard.the story in its hundred’ e. igor Top sabes d e described in his yellow files of pes i 3 : : % i aes eres, called his attention to-four bootleg-. to some ruling against such action . ‘ for and Sons Funeral Parlors. Burial! ters must sign before the petition . : fold variations. : : more-than tall ae centiry. 620: will be made in the bay district I i ted th is ger Servers ede ts LaCre eae seer ey CWA officials. “Our town for weeks past has : can be presented to e supervisors. The fact is there is not one, . Three of them were Greeks who ; presented the appearance of acrere Judge Winburn declares he will : y Carl Tobiasson, however, agreed but three stills, at the county had no vote, the fourth was, another F ’ : S49 oS ; , , ‘ ‘ ich are to be ; oes institute suits for damages against : : to survey the trees whie tive trade. The business men FAST PROGRESS MADE ON anit courthouse, all out, of commisforeigner ho had become naturalfaa? ; k anyone who attempts to discredit his ate dane, 58: We oe felled on the city’s land adjacent to seem to be on the alert.: At : Je pies ; sion. They were dumped in the ized and normally would have a vote . the airport. evening the sidewalks are a livAIRPORT RUNWAY NO. 2 eS ee Of his. office. jail yard by Sheriff Carter at but moves so much and so rapidly, te torees Durute, creat aa ing panorama of ne bone and sige ia prea Se 8 Francis. Hogan, who underwent a the time he ee tHiat he never has a chance to vote. council, that throush ihe engl ames meneciecss ne: 18n8: port has been nore op 2 re at delicate, four hour operation for the baie Make—the Oe aad nant paca Wh eae bem aden oeinseenieie ces of Edw. C. Uren, city engineer, — by Liehie’ HHT oh hate md at work . Temoval of two blood clots on his Shere tandacts ne Bre. IRTGe ments or sages attorney being . the trees will be felled and set aside , t brain? hint Viesdy tak Sdn: Fran: stills at the county court house, afraid of losing votes because of ar-. fo, the scout lodge. He suggested eee re hie oh tame Pe that able bodied members of the ‘ ‘ ofc progress on the second runway. : i ; pane ae the shoulder. And this is what i e o down by silver dollars, reports WEOe Ew GY sheriff who has been enforcing fob aid: let ktect: scout council and some of the older: k . The forcé was cut eight men last : that 600 miners have gore to & ae" message Wednesday evening Me Uaw “Vac Hi Care ae boy scouts hold a rally and etre the. i tliera in Necada Clie atice week and seven this week leaving a! : Yes, Bob Carr was suspendwer ete ‘ Moacente total of 38 men at work. {stated that he was resting easily and Fact No. 2. .Wednesday the Si tor day Or two wills we logs. X April, and that householders do feani h F : cA in Sane : : i : LODGE OF CEDAR LOGS not even use the “For Rent’’ colNearly all the brush has been cut] eer: ee Bee Cee eearoe OF FRG Nugeet Was ti Pee investigated some complaints é nS: opiates. ramento on business and while ETERS ES rahave Had 1 It has been decided to build the ‘ fe GET, s t aley clear out to Selby Flat bluff. The . ; ; against him. We have had to do 4 umns of his NUGGET, so quickly A : : ) there called on Dick Collins, hie citeciin don sshatalecni nla eee lodge of cedar logs and these are are the available houses filled work now remains to cut the timber : Gas ; ‘ . ance se Md a Nec dy iid : ; dusts nd IW one thdl stubs. So. fet Frank Clarke, mining . engineer, member of the State Board of came-in against our sales tax susaid to be comparatively easy to. These “twin:cities of the Sie1 Chain Gcgubiedinw Raulea 16K tone! has just returned from a few days Equalization. Collins shoots Hormence.« inl on Anolon mix peel. Later on when dry they will
. ” ” ; . riage snarles abe as naule e ) ¢ . : Sey Soha See 5 ps ors : svat © be i a ras” revel inthe common heriag * ; spent in Oakland on ‘business. square and talks straight from De una aan an comNa we be hauled to’the site on the P. G. &, f 600 charted gold bearing of rock out on his contract, but oat x : sus : + ‘ ‘ ; fe) 5 c , zg iring : a inveatinatedca La tad Ato &. let* below: High street, which the © veins within. a six-mile radius. In storms have hampered his’ work also. apd oh cence Ritesh sa wages Ok company ° generously leases to. the both towns weathered swinging In a conversation: with City Enhave done-this in-several instanBUR SIE MAUS RSI se t : stout council for $1.00 per year. -° : : : 7, Ty nes She Pcige Hay ay ces.. In. the case of..Carr, we ¢ wane ates doors testify that--the miners gineer Ed. C. Uren last evening it was , i : Z have never known prohibition . le arned that if the crew is not cut! suspended him, I think, for e2 — ihe invitee on and that Tom-and-Jerrys have . below 15 or 20 men and with a little . yapaie OF: Gays. Savesnaeee »ssistant Jooittnnaibbe wa entea been available through the cold ‘more money the airport will be comproved the charges against him leader. of the Nevada City troop. of inter nights of the arid years pleted by the first of May ‘the time were groundless and he was at . winter nights o e ari ars ele ) ' May t . ; Oe scouts gave a noteworthy account of rami tables y d the alloted to CWA projects / once re-instated. The board has biel aceon) hte taro aaa : 1 Ete: i 8 : eee nae é the great Tahoe Area rally held lagt pot-bellied stoves have never a . not yet increased his salary, as a 3 2U bs Day a eve *. ’1 H heen moved: MR. AND MRS. KJORLE has been reported, but has. the Saturday * night it” Roser. ‘ . : é ‘. lights of the meeting follow: ; : BY AN OLD-TIMER ard was ~raceful skater and held matter under consideration. ; : In the river beds and in the ee Le shasdgieatates vce aselal Mate geese Bee LOOMIS TROOP WINS TA BUILD NEW HOME! Answering the request of the’ Fire . the rollers for many years, opening HOdr> 16 salen tax superviede yellow-searred sites of the old oD = : : hin abe ree = : : Boy Scout troop No, 12 of Loomis © ; : ies Department.. for a__history of the . .a rink whenever the craze struck the and-he-has-nothing -whatever to diggin’s all through the mining PARE ; building just purchased by them re-. town, which was periodical as in the 1 ith li li ;. That is Was! Awarded aie Landis cup and country adventurous unemployed Acontract was let this week cg ee es memories feat may interest . case a all co aig ; a va nage cane ‘ a # first place. banner. The Loomis Ss =} IS ol ° x ‘Aare bivouacked, scratching for H. E. Kjcrlie, high school principal, es cae Ahad ubecais Ganene Ik famiar deals. lone ae yactinn.0 poner ie rane troop came back strong -to win this “bean money”. Lured to the . and. wife for the construction of 4! p17 to 1870, there were some . lease on the bAsement ofthe batld eae lied up b Yoar,, after Sangin 600 fields by the Administration's six room modern home. : 5 ave been called up by Sate : ‘ : pee succession and then losing out ty 7" : 1old shacks on the site which was. ing for a pipe shop and maintained Tamento papers asking about ear ? gold buying program, most of The lot is located on Cross street,{owned by Mr. James Monroe, who. a tar vat in the open space in the this story and I’ve had to laugh. Grass Valley troop: No. 4 lah & vat ean ai nak aa Piety Hill, in the southwestern part . had a butcher shop across the street . rear, which was the bane of the! You have the fact, the rest is iit Ron beac —— maces ag e€ bette an —“four-pits of Nevada City and is an ideal spot. just above the New York Hotel. neighborhood, fearing that children fantany.”” points, nearly double the num-— day. Last year relief agencies for a new home. The plan is of a ; : : . ber of second place, which id cap : . A skating rink, known as the Au; r z went in with tractors to dig out genital Wai testo: & 4 8 would fall into the hot tar, At times On these two facts then, the . rora, was in full swing .at Temper-. the black product was boiling and dismantled stills and the inci of the snow the. luckless tenBe af a total of 89 points.” ig : i sie crac OE ance Hall, which was located near. often required the attention of the dent of Carr’s suspension, has x : tore know /(H. E. age ala TRIP . the junction of Broad and Sacra-. fire department to quell the flames. been built up this monstrous Third place banner wentThe biosac City Nugget cau: mento streets, adjacent to the flight . When it was partly cooled: children story, a‘malodorous fabrication 83. points. Troop No.. ; : of wooden stairs that lead to Pros-. enjoyed walking in it and it also of malicious gossips, who if they : aye tions, “While. approximately H. E. Bolton and Ted Sinnock re-/ pect Hill. Part of the hall was ovér . served as chewing gum for many of! had a little more immagination ag Repl r Ub 2,044 men are steadily employed. . turned from a trip to Portland early. the ditch which was then called the. the youths. Mrs. Brand often told! a little more seuse, would have een eee é in the Nevada County mines {Monday morning. They left the! Rough and Ready Ditch. of the antics of her. little boy Herbeen half witted. This story liftwh Se eee there are hundreds of workers =. “city of roses” at 7:00 in the morn-. WHEN ROLLER SKATES WERE IN. man, who dressed in his white Sun-! ed from the sewers and trandaily applying for employment ing and arrived in Nevada City at This hall could not accommodate . day clothes had a wonderful time/ slated into type by an editor with who have absolutely no chance 1:30 Monday. morning, making a}the skating public and a group of. in thé tar vat, and in his trek home, the olefactory organs of a buzin the world. This is. a warning ‘ . drive of 670 miles. Mr. Bolton-was. citizens either~ to provide amuse-. accumulated so much dirt on his zard, has been used to put disto those who have no means of . very much impressed with Oregon’s. ment for the young folks or to amass . shoes that the weight of his feet precredit and suspicion upon Neva= subsistence not to come to Nevanatural beauties. . a fortune from the craze, botight the} vented: him from getting into house da county officials and used in alten sige and begs da Gounty looking for employ0 . Broad strect site and erected thereon . Unseen and it was necessary to punsuch a way that none of them, MAN ORE. ment. A marriage license was issued in} rink. The group gonsisted of Dr. ish him for the offense while the en-! ‘without becoming further a tarVOURTHEN Bp: ‘. Where there is capital for . Reno February,28 to Miss Valencia] R. M. Hunt, Attorney A. C. Niles, M. tire family were called into action get for wagging tongues, could shafts, hoists, compressors, cars, Whitley. and Justin R. Hurst, of . L. and D. Marsh Company and G. M. to remove the evidence of the day's come to the front and deny the and trucks; new mines are beNevada City.. _ . ») Hughes. J. Ey Sayers, who owned . pleasure from his clothes. {. Silly story. . ‘ ing opened and inthe old drifts 0 the’ Aurora, sold his. interest in the CELIBRATES IN SOCIAL I If this plain statement of two abandoned when the operators , Mr. and Mrs. George Branch, of. sport to these gentlemen. George SPLENDOR : ‘unrelated fac , on which the had spent their wealth taken . Los Angeles, ‘attended the funeral or. F. Jacobs. furnished the money for. _ ‘The building was dedicated by the . as b from the high grade shoots men their late relative, Mrs. J. C. Hoski: 1,1 the skates and Birdseye Bullard,. Young Men’s Social Club May 4, are digging threugh to another ‘. early this week . _ . managed the. enterprise. Mr. Bull(Continued on Page Five ) J UMecaty Digest Has . SPANISH MINE . FACT +s. RUMOR) Fon egt Liquor Trade The company has practically opcorruption. panes a new mine more than a mile Naming no names, no dates, Two petitions are circulating in Grass Valley asking the county supervisors to call an election for the recall of Oscar E. Winburn, justice ; time and talked with him. I wanted to know what the sheriff and the chief of police were doing about the bootleggers. An intaxesing see Casting’ was held. free gold. In the editorial offices of the Grass Valley Union, Edmund Kin day are much liké those that are Four miles away, Harley M. Leete;, just in from a day of col, : ‘ lecting, his pockets weighed in earnest this week making fine cisco hospital, is doing as well as can be expected.