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MiNING DEVELOPMENT ISSUE
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COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA iNyee:Seta
(By H. M. L.)
TA
. Vol. 10. No. 37.
.
NEV.ADA CITY, CALIF Soe ae
The Couee Stat Paper
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, Babee
The seed Center
sre eS
eN
tonville, is an instance of this kind
BAD COLD NEARLY “. PRINCIPAL OF SEVEN MEN IN
Five Mines Reopen
COST THIS MAN $15 _SACTO.HIGIVES
RACE FOR THREE
Under
New
Auspices
TALK ON SAFETY COUNCIL SEATS
of endeavor. Their club is making a
. costed by two Gypsy worten early
Every community which has a live
wide-awake women’s club is fortun
\ me These clubs look to the things
vhich make their villages and towns
more livable, better places for boys
and
girls
to
grow
up
in,
with
im
proved social conditions and advantages. The organized women of Camp-,
determined effort
to
establish
.
Al eee who
oopenides
on
chad?
Downieville highway west of this . ,
city, told friends here he was ac
a
George.
Jensen,
principal.
of
Three vacancies are to be filled
the
this week who asked“for a drink
of water. They took food from his
Sacramento high school yesterday ad
in
ject of obtaining a branch for Camp
dressed the Rotary club on ‘‘safety’’.
the.
table and as he“handed the drink
tonville. If the supervisors are wise,
He was introduced by Bill Cain, for
Ray Murchie, James
of water toy Ane woman she said:
politically
and
otherwise,
merly
“Oh mister you have a cold!”’ and
Robert Nye.
heed
plea
of
high
county library with the ultimate ob
the
will
school,
of
who
the
was
Red
Bluff
chairman’
of
ment. In time the company will con
Mayor
perance at French Corral, the Sneath
-and
and Clay of Nevada City, the Clerk
nect, by tunnel, the Scotia and Golden Center properties
through
the
“Penrose and
in gravel property at French Corral,
Alta
Hill
Nye are entering the: race for rethe Valley Gold Mines east of Neelection,._.1while.Mr. Murchie— states. vada—City-and the Gold Star south
will
be
positions
of
being
Nevada
held
by
Penrose
Messrs.
stroked his collar. He carried his
women. They might as wéll have the
the
money in his vest pocket and in a
Lynn, a member of the Sacramento
he will not bea candidate. As it now
of Grass Valley. Actotal of forty men
few seconds realized he had been
board of school directors.
stands seven citizens have announc
have -been
ed their candidacy for the three vac
properties in the last month. On the
nitude of this subject of safety,’’ deancies in the council. These men are
other hand the Empress has closed,
tion
of
as
establishing
some
mately
the
later
institu-}
this
for-« ulti-)
board,
women
will
win.
Their
cause is just.
Every community,
matter
its
what
robbed of $15. He asked for his
-money and she refused.
As he
no
glanced
about
population; shoula
noticed
a
_ have a library.
7
ae
him
for
other
this
community
organization
contributed
of
its
to
generously
Boy Scout movement,
to
cipal
to the
swimming
library,
and
to
mas “festival
children,
pool,
making
a
time
especially
of
.
the
the munipublic
the
C OF C COMMITTEES TO
BE APPOINTED TUESDAY
all
committee of Chamber of Commerce
lect
year.
chamber for theensuing year. This
other
forces to al}
which seek to
organizations
improve Nevada\ City’s
home
life.
permanent
ber at its
The record of the\club is one of un
selfish,
Conner
raising the standards of
for
living
i
committees
list will be submitted
night,
“Constant \endeavor
Jensen.
“We
have
130,
and
ert
we could
put
them all
in
pas
next
April 14.
taxes about
money
all
he
present to help formulate plans for
per cent of all
on
gasoline
to
the
build
best
roads
do
not:
begin
to
compare with the roads built through
out this country. In one California
county
there
are
more
and
better
roads than all those built by ancient
Rome.
“We
are
time
still
system
suffering
of
from
building
an
roads,
the kind that were built of earth and
a ng
Dillon
and
election»
Charles
takes
been
is
who
has
been
acquainted
with
all
fraternities,
civic
bodies
and
other
in city or county elections, the memMrs. Pansy Misner of Grass Valbers are all vitally interested in the)! ley has been committed to the Stock
are a
driving hazard. Trucks cause
about
27
per
cent
of
all
accidents
and there have been several propos
community
interest
undertakings.
Robert Nye, mining engineer, and
property
owner and.
was appointed
to
business
fill
an
unexpired
off the roads on Sunday, and anoth
own life by drinking iodine.
er to build special roads for trucks
in this.
There
is a movement
foot in Nevada City to
on
make
the
Using a piece of iron for a weapon
ing for liquor resorts. This hour is
Misner. struck
the state closing hour, but municip
old son probably prevented the chila
alities are permitted
stand
from being injured fatally.
to make their
own closing, ‘which is now 1 o’clock
in the morning, in this city.
rank
It is the view of this writer that
we are cursed with too many liquor
resorts,
‘too «much
liquor
sérved
at
all hours, (all except five out of the
twenty four)
on
too much drunkenness
the street,
too many in jail
for
offenses due to drunkenness.
rom a business point of view a
disproportionate expenditure of the
workers
money
While he
for liquor
is
bad
business. Drunkards notoriously neglect to pay their food and clothing
bills, permit their auto payments to
lapse, and in other ways shirk their
officers
her child.
held
Misner,
his
the
them
“The second factor, that of equipment,
hospital
Down in Sacramento we have estab
here
and
the
iodine
was
pumped from her stomach. Late Wed
nesday she was removed to the county jail.
lished
a
as
carefully
safety
equipment
Cars,
Misner said his wife told him she
being
is
This
lane.
specially built
regards
their
studied.
bit
‘to
wheel
of
test
align
ment, their brakes and other mechan
wanted to take: the young child with
isms
her in death.
cars which
affecting
safe
use.
Of
2441
voluntarily accepted the
The near tragedy took place Wed-} challenge of this safety lane, 1503
nesday. That night Misner-was the cars were found to be defective. ‘It
operator of a car that struck and in
jured
two
Civilian
Conservation
Corps youths west of Grass Valley.
was found that from canstant parking the righ wheel of a large percentage of cars had gradually been
forced out of alignment, which. causpermits all kinds of roadhouses ana
and.one
of
the
this
has
property
leading
owner
grocers
of
city,
served
one
term
as
fairs.
,
ested in city activities.
Frank Davies, large property owner, who with
his sons
operates the
is always interested in the city affairs.
the right to drive a car, for the reason
that
he
cannot
be
brought
to
this
point
the city limits and continue ‘‘sopping
view however is wrong,
In
fact
reputable
liquor
dealers
would do well to seek,a curtailment
of the hours for selling, rather than
to lengthen them. They also should
welcome
a
high
municipal
license
which: would freeze out the keepers
dealers. in
The
liquor
the city should organize
of earlier hours, and higher licenses
each car owner, they will be self sus
nobody
in
the
liquor
business
to make any money.
find that it iscontrolling
> us—our
A company has. taken a lease on
hind the wheel, and it varies with
practically. every driver.
the
indifferent
to assume
the
driver,
We have
who
refuses
responsibility that
Gold Star mine which adjoins driving a car entails. He shirks his
the Norambague ‘property south of duty of respecting the rights of his
«,,@ifference of opinion here, but this Grass Valley. A small hoist has been fellow citizens and road. users the
his
_much is certain, no drunkards paracompleted and the 175 foot shaft is minute he sits down behind
wheel.
ready
to
be
unwatered
and
cleaned
dise was ever good place
to
rear
“Again there is the driver who just
out for examination.
children and build homes.
Seeceetenite
doesn’t care He knows he is respon\
Mr. Fred Elierman, city SPE
Be sible but he doesn’t care. There is
Liquor dealers in.
Nevada
City
sonable
ness.
control
There
is
of
the liquor
room
for
an
busi
the
honest
sirong arm of the law. .
have
have
shallow
produced
well
in
past.
mine
ZEIBRIGHT MINE ®
The 500 daily capacity mill at
the Zeibright mine east of Nevada
temporarily until the P. G. & E. Co.
company for the
at
the
Golden
Center
mine
making 110 men employed. Work at
the Scotia property has been halted
in
the
power.
As soon
as
the
mine
employees.
Scotia shaft is cleared Mr. L. S. Win
The Newmont company is operating
capaw,
the property.
superintendent
stated
plans.
QUARTZ
OR GRAVEL
N. Star Empire
Pennsylvania
LOCATION
NUMBER
EMPLOYED
PAYROLL
740
$103,600
84,000
Murchie
Quartz
E of Nevada City
300
42,000
Great Northern
Quartz
Harmony Ridge
15
2,100
Golden Center
Quartz . Grass Valley
110
15,400
Esperance
Quartz
French Corral
10
1,400
Spring Hill
Quartz
NE Grass Valley
20
2,800 _
Lava Cap
. Quartz
Banner Mt.
190
26,600
Bullion
Quartz
E
85
11,900
Spanish
Quartz
Washington
55
7,700
Zeibright
Quartz
E. of Nevada City
125
: 13,500
German Bar
Quartz
N. Bloomfield
8
1,120
Prescott Hill
Quartz
E. of Grass Valley
25
3,500
French Corral
Gravel
French Corral
8
1,120
Gravel
N. Washington
5
Quartz
Nevada City
10
1,400
Quartz
Browns Valley
50
7,000 7
Salmon
Quartz
Tyler
Deer Creek Union
Quartz
SE Nevada City
Clerkin
Gravel
French Corral
10
1,400
~ Quartz
Nor, San Juan
16
2,240
Quartz
W. Nevada City
24°
3,360
Quartz
So. Grass Valley
5
2,100
Quartz
KE. Nevada City
6
Quartz.
Washington
6
Quartz
N. Columbia
4
6
Quartz
N. Bloomfield
8
1,120
Quartz
N. Bloomfield
6
Quartz
_S. Nevada City
7
Quartz
So. Grass Valley
30
Quartz
S. Grass Valley
4
iably cannot distinguish between red New Colorado —
‘Quartz
E. Nevada City
ee
and green, and one in every twenty
is color blind. Then there is a third
Allison Ranch
Gravel
5S. Grass Valley ee ree
Militia
Gravel — Grass Valley *
Ses
,Gravel
North Bloomfield.
+ ss
Quartz
E, ‘Nevada City ~
4
upon
individual
responsibil
ities.
:
“In this connection we must strive
for
adequate
enforcement of the
laws, traffic laws, all laws. The fellow that tears up his ticket with. impunity is a threat to
the
rights of
police. A Sacramento captain of police is now going to school to learn
his
business
in
a
northern
college
where a course is given to train police officers.
For the highly intelli
“Other drivers are color blind, or
exceedingly
precarious
action.
If
a
and séeks to pass another car drivat
the same
rate,
the
and
leave
a
to
Ragon
Arctic
pass the car or nearly two city
blocks.
The law requires that he Lucky Jane
must be on his own side of the road Bunker Hill
100 feet before he meets
the ap
proaching car.
Cheney
“Wor people who are color blind "Stockton Hill . our stop and go lights are very bad
ly chosen, for the color blind invar
class of drivers whose reaetions are
Gold Star _
very slow. It takes too long often for Relief Hill
_ (Continued on*Page Eight)
Valley
Brunswick and
road _ before’ San Juan Mine
is confined to his home with flu. Mr.
while just.outside
the city the county until he is able to return.
the
properties
that
euts
payroll
only one way to.reach a driver of a brain signal to reach the braking
stands they must close at 1 a. m.,’ Ernest Towle is filling his Position this, kind, and that is with the foot. With these drivers whose reNevada Cons.
x complain that as the ordinance now
these
shafts:
600
dicated
in front must have 800 feet in which
:
Ragon
in Grass Vally in the last few weeks,
being
“A third factor is the person be
ing men of southern California. Some
This group of.
day and the company is preparing to
increase its tonnage. Plans are going
forward to build two bunk houses
and several cabins there being a
shortage of living quarters for the
men required in mine operations. A
baseball field is to.be cleared and
laid out in nearby Bear Valley for the
own Old and dangerously defective 45 miles rate, how far away must
Phoenix
cars, the rights of other road users: the approaching ‘car be, to make the
passing
of
the
car
ahead,
safe?
That
are not being jeopardized. Ways of
VaHey Gold Mines
eliminating treacherous’
cars..
that is a«<mere matter-of mathematics.
The car which seeks to-pass the car Mt. View
studied.
operations
for
GOLDEN CENTER MINE
Ten men have been added to the
ther in preserving rights of those who, meeting another car, also driving at
spirit!’’ and put the liquor business
properties were taken over by min-.
NE Grass Valley
is driving 45 miles an hour,
We hear person
menace are’ now
Plenty
City, is treating 300 tons of ore per
piness, and it is questionable whe-. gain his side of
constitute a
reports.
under superintendent, O. E. MeCran
it, that they have, and see to it that
it did
gold
City. Twenty four men are employed
margin of 100 feet in which to re
the day may come again, as
A small crew is building roads at
on Cement Hill northwest of Nevada
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
Otherwise
op
good
‘been completed in the
right to be in business and profit by
ed other business men.
of the
Quartz
for
constitutionality these
un
RAGON MINE
Sinking to the 400 foot level has
ing
the
a mere
fice, and it might be well for the vot“out’’ for keeps instead of
ers to find out the sentiment of the thirteen years:
candidates for the office
of
city
GOLD STAR PROPERTY
councilmen whether or not they favor the ‘‘wide-open’”’ town, or a rea
:
days, the right of each individual to
has
charge
the Mt. View mine near Washington.
of
same
publisher,
once, when. the people will say with
Macbeth:
“Out!
Damned
A new city government is Lady
soon to be elected and placed in of
much about
to
assured
and outworn automobiles should be
municipal, county and state governments.
is
the
we
presently
water
the
newspaper
is in
MOUNTAIN VIEW MINE
for some time.
barber,
liquor’
shall
according
dealer,
iliges and advantages that are deni
business,
values,
clothing’ merchant, the
permitted on the roads,
property
recovering
sider thatthe lumber
of
way
gravel,
con
business.
is.imposed on the
the
gravel
should
of
adequate control
in
Corral
They
out
they don’t ask or obtain special priy
Unless’ something
French
see. objects in only two dimensions. Omega
The latter cannot tell the distance
taining.
Sneath & Clay
“It is a question which may seriof -automobiles: ahead of them and},
ously be debated whether
ancient for such people to pass a car is an Pennsylvania
that would put a lot of fly-by+nights
of small dives and dens which habit. beauty shop lady, the
grocer, the
ually evade the laf-and-engage—in
theatre owner, and yes, by heck, the
cut throat competition which permits
-annum
Butterfield
erations for the Bradley interests.
[daho-Maryland
democracy individual rights are pre
compulsory use and that for a charge
of about 71 cents per
properties
nee
Grass
In a
gent criminals of today we need a
specially trained
and _ intelligent
safety lanes will be placed in gereral
force of peace officers.
and seek a county closing ordinance
various
Quartz
respect the rights of others.
one third of the cars have seriously
From
few
Browns Valley
:
MINE
workers’
earnings.
the
time be denied the use of the roads,
es tire wearing and that in turn beall of us: Little by little we are gocomes a serious road hazard.
This
ing to improve the personnel of our
them up.’’ This may be true. In any defective brakes. One car which meof view évery business man, even
event the sober hard working folks chanics declared had no brake fault,
including the reputable liquor dealin the city are permitted to sleep was found with a brake which did
er, should
oppose
increasing
the
undisturbed by the early morning not act, did not even touch the drum
time and opportunity for spending
whooper, or whoopee. The point of of one wheel. In time we think these
more money on liquor.
next
of
James Penrose,
duties. In other words every other
resorts to flourish until 2 a. m. When
merchant suffers when the liquor
they close the ‘‘soaks’’ move outside
merchant gets the larger part of the
safety lane also proved that about
the
for councilman.
in
ested in mining near Washington and
awakened. He rushed his wife to the
in
cording to reports.
interested
vada City many years. He is inter
was
mill
ssarted on the property last fall ac
is
heavier and are a constantly greater
‘husband,
the
the
who
ested in this city’s betterment.
Frank Dillon has resided in Ne
hazard.
start
chine with full quipment is handling
men
and
mother’s arm,
to
days.
civic affairs. He was among the first
to announce his entrance in the race
Plaza Garage, has always been inter
larger
east of Nevada City. Mr. L. W. Cheney, superintendent,. stated plans are
business
done about it soon for as matters
getting
op
As soon as the weather settles active
development will start. A shaft was
ways altogether. Something must be
are
and
drifting
der Hector Declue. The trommel ma
10 year
they
forces
continue
Dr. W. P. Hawkins, local dentist,
is one of the city‘s prominent young
Mrs.
say,
A
keep
and take them off the present high
closing hour 2 o’clock in,the morn
investigating
to.
in
Eight men are employed at the
sion many years. He is much inter
Another
working
have
shifts
erations at the Gracey mine south
FRENCH CORRAL GRAVEL
;
PROPERTY
ters pertaining to city government.
night
time.
ports from
follow:
ly and is well informed on all mat
He has followed mining as a profes
to kill her small child and end her
interested
reorganization.
GRACEY MINE
Two
less than reported in February. Re
ago. He has served the city faithful
is to limit their use of the roads to
ernment. They should be
hospital, after an attempt
their
Pennsylvania
resumes operations.
these
Zeibright
men
Scotia
term on the council several months
Alfred Haddy, canditate two years
ago, has announced his candidacy.
ton state
a_
and
the
SAN JUAN MINE
Two shifts of 16 men are mining
and developing at the San Juan mine
ed at work in mines in-the county is
north of San Juan. A new shaft is
2,500 with a pay roll of $350,900,
being
sunk within a short distance
the number of men being about 25
of the present workings. Mr. Ray
man,
als for eliminating this hazard. One
policies of the city and county goy
for
Twenty
when
The total number of men report
councilman and is up for re-election.
sue a warning. While the Civic Club,
on_
property.
employed
has practically doubled its crew.
in
the _ city’s
affairs. He takes an active
the
DERANGED WOMAN TRIES you still find these roads, and they
He takes a keen interest in city afTO KILL HER OWN CHILD
organizations take no part, 48 such,
rounded in the middle. Occasionally
In this connection we want to is
work
Center
increased
garageman,
well
made
Golden
place
business in Nevada City many years
in
25
spent
Their
old
aa te
be
good roads. You. have heard-of the
Tuesday
members
person
‘ splendid military highways of Rome.
President Fred
that
the
The
Charles Leiter, property owner and
local
“As regards roads we are paying
the
Frank
The condition is without parallel in
hind the wheel,
to the cham
meeting,
March 28.
urges
of
Nye,
senger cars, at one time, and move,
and
to
saidto be due to the ore pinching
Davies, Alfred Haddy, Robout, and its reported that plans have
Leiter.
equipment,
put.
Dr. W. P. Hawkins; James Penrose,
Frank
the
the year.
Nevada City.
Mr.
‘(000,000 people in the United States
“There are thrée factors to be con
scanty
their
people appreciates the mag
sidered in traffic safety. The roads,
go on, in Season and out, year after
join
was. John
part of the earth.
ly in her palm.
Fred E. Conner, president, and a
for
of
Jensen,
history and to@ay is true’ of no other
Christ
joy
those
$10 and when he demanded .
living. The good works of this -clup -members met Tuesday evenin to seThey
clared
the
into tiny rolls-‘and was held tighti
ze we know, here or elsewhere. It
“Nas
on
The paper money had been made
men can do,“The Civie Club in Ne
vada City-fas accomplished more in
any
cleaver
both
the rest she handed him the $5.
see what a detefmined body of wo
improyéments
large
With
“Few
Shelf near him, The woman gave
We do not need“go far afield to
thaw
the kitchen
day.
are to sink and raise in its develop
March reveals the reopening of Es
city council
Camptonville
“honor
the
they
principal
This review of mining activity for
City
the
:
of Grass Valley
nk
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,
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