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PAGE FOUR THE NEVADA CITY ‘NUGGET
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1933
The Yuba River Country
in the mountains painted her cheeks
and the excitement put a sparkle in
By J. L. WOLFF ge
her eyes.
A beautiful April day in the Sierra But young Jim McCormack was
Nevadas as a young girl of 17 or. too busy stoking to admire the picthere-abouts held tightly to the arm-. ture presented by Mary Coleman as
rest of the fireman’s seat—while the] she shared “his fireman's seat with
lurching cab of the N Gausgelher father, John C. Coleman, Presilocomotive swayed from side to side; . dent of the Nevada County Narrow
the crispy air of fauge Railroad. The road was still
arrow
an 1876 spring day
GENERAL ELECTRIC
and
MAJESTIC
RAI
Radios ..
Refrigerators
Washing
Machines . . $52.50 to 102.50
Simplex Ironers .... $69.50
Electrical Appliances
10S
$19.50 to 149.50
$114.50 to 429.50
General Electric Wiring Systems
We Rent Public Address
Amplifier
W. H. HAHN
Radio Technician
L. R. PAINTER
Power & Light Engineer
Painters Electric
206 MILL ST. GRASS VALLEY PHONE 71
millions
A ot dollars
which was railend.
Y circulating
throughout
California
These dollars—-building and sustaining industry
—come from a vast reservoir of capital which
represents the accumulated savings and
financial reserves of over 1,500,000 depositors.
Your savings account is helping
BANK of AMERICA
NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
FEDERAL RESERVE 2
= 0 ho 0 0 0 0 010
NEVADA CITY ASSAY & REFINING OFFICE
Practical mining tests from 25 to 1000 pounds, giving the free
geld percentage of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings.
Assays made for gold, silver, lead and copper.
Mail order check work promptly sttended to.
Agent for New York-California Underwriters, Westchester
and Capital of California Fire Insurance Companies.
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
ie
¢OLUZ
andthis
but the second time that a passenger had been carried on the line. Mr.
Coleman had gone to San Francisco
to bring his daughter for an Haster
vacation ,a welcome respite from her
under construction was
studies at a female seminary. But
afew days before, James Burns -a
Grass Valley lawyer, had been the
road’s first passenger.
RAILROADING BEGAN AS BOY
James McCormack was_ born at
Cushing, Quebec, November 16, 1853
—the son of John McCormack and
Jane McCallum. As a boy he used
to ride on the engine of America’s
oldest train on the nearby Carillon
and Granville Railway, which ran
between the upper and lower rapids
of the Ottawa River. On that engine there was no fireman so the
engineer had to leave the throttle
open while he stepped down to stoke
4 foot hemlock wood.
In 1872, at 19, Jim was firing and
braking .on the (Central Pacific—
mostly between Colfax and Truckee.
lor a short time he also ran on the
Oregon Division as far as Redding,
If a brakeman
Was needed——he was brakeman; and
if a fireman was needed—he was the
fireman. It was less than three
years after the completion of the
Transcontinental line and hand
brakes and Lincoln ‘Pin Couplings
were still in use.
Toward the end of 1875, Mr. Kidder, then Superintendent of construction on the Narrow Gauge saw lanky
young McCormack in the Colfax
yards and asked him if he wanted a
job as regular fireman on the Narrow Gauge. Jim’s casual acceptance
was the start of a career with the
short line that lasted through the
last quarter of the 19th Century—
and nearly a third of the 20th. When
he retired in June 1931 for a trip
back to the scenes of his boyhood he
had rounded out 59 years of railroading of which nearly 56 had been
with the Nevada County Narrow
Gauge Railroad.
PICNIC EXCURSIONS
In the early days of the railroad
picnic excursions played an important
part. They meant an extra train or
two—and many. aditional cars. At
such times extra help had to be put
on. Most of these young men lived
in Colfax where they get more or
less used to railroading by hanging
2round the CGeniral
The boys of Grass
Pacific trains.
Valley were at,a
this" —revard bez
ild not permit them
depot. McCormack redisadvantage~-in
cause Kidder wo
around the
of Dyer, who used to get frequent
extra jobs on. the Narrow Gauge.
Finally his Narrow Gauge experience helped him to get a regular job
with the Central Pacific. Today, as
Vice-President of the great Southern Pacific Company, J. H. Dyer has
perhaps forgotten the thrill he used
to feel when he wore the extra brakeman’s cap on the tortuous line between Colfax, Grass Valley and Nevada City. :
The locomotives were wood burners—and the wood supply used to be
washed down the old V flume to
Town Talk, from which a short
flume carried it alongside the railroad. Each trip, the engine stopped at the wood pile and the fireman, helped by the brakeman and
conductor, had to fill the tender
with this wet wood. The capacity
was four tier and that much was
used each round trip. They also had
supplies of dry wood at several
points along the railroad so. they
would not run out. And ‘sometimes
the wet wood was also green and
then McCormack had to. throw in
some dry to get a fire hot enough
to,,.keep up the steam. The smokestacks were the old drum type with
screens to catch the sparks. Every
trip large quantities of cinders had
to be removed. During the run, he
had very little chance to sit on the
fireman’s seat as throwing in the
wood was a continuous sort of job.
SIDELIGHTS ON
LEGISLATURE
By United Press
SACRAMENTO, Mar. 23—(UP)—
The millenium has arrived! It’s advent was marked by:a ‘‘peace pact,’’
formally consummated in the assembly by Assemblyman William Hornblower, ardent wet leader, and. Dr.
Clarence Briggs, long a champion of
prohibition. During discussion of
California's attitude on repeal of the
18th amendment, Hornblower asked
the privilege of the floor for the
Doctor. The assembly applauded, as
permission was granted and the erstwhile antagonists engaged in private
discussion. ‘
A moment later the incident took
a serious turn. Frank Wright, Whittier, questioned Hornblower’s sincerity. The aggressive San Francisco legislator became angered.
“I've Known Dr. Briggs for years,’’
he-shouted,-‘‘and--although~ we-may
differ in our beliéfs I hold the greatest respect for the gentleman. I
think Mr. Wright's yemueks are out
of order.’’
An economy lobby has descended
onthe legislature. It is the Common Property Taxpayers” associa‘tion and, led by Lewis Foulke, Gazelle, is an aggressive organization.
Contrasting with protests against
drastic retrenchments, consolidations
and salary cuts are such remarks as
this from the plain spoken farmer
of Northern California: ‘‘The only
kick® we have against the Senate fact finding committe’s economies is they haven’t gone far enough.
As for reduction of state employes’
salaries, remember two things; first,
the dollar of today is worth 70 cents
more than the dollar of 1929; second, the breaking point in taxation
has been reached and the _ people
won’t stand it much longer unless
government costs are cut.”
Senator W. P. Rich, Marysville,
bears the label of “‘doctor.’’ During
a debate over the so-called ‘humane
pound” bill in committee, a speaker
was soundly berating doctors for
using dogs for experimental purposes. During a brief pause, a senator
near Rich at the committee table remarked: ‘‘Pardon me, but have you
met Dr: Rich?’’ Th espeaker blanched and thereafter tempered his remarks about the medical profession.
(P. S. Rich is an attorney).
This remark, or something in the
same vein, has been made by scores
of legislators since the second session convened: ‘It is peculiar how
this economy and retrenchment program has reacted on the state.
Everybody, without exception, wants
to save.*. They have flooded us with
wires and_ resolutions preaching
economies. But let one logical economy strike their own community,
and they’re down here in a minute
with vigorous protests.”’
An assemblyman on the fish’ and
game committee had been quietly
listening to officials and attaches of
the state fish and game commission
protest .against -a bill providing the
state should pay for construction of
fish sereens. Almost without exception each speaker prefaced his
talk with ‘‘Now, I was
farm.” Suddenly this
lawmaker interrupted:
farmer—and
born on a
particular
“J, too, am a
incidentally, a
and I
bona
fide one merely~ observe we
haye a surplus of farm-born officials
-and
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE MATTER OF THE KESTATE OF HOKAN NELSON, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY “GIVEN bj by
the undersigned, Roy WN. Nelson, as
administrator of the estate of, Hokan
Nelson, deceased, to the creditors of,
and all persons having claims
against, the said deceased, to file
them with the. necessary vouchers
within six months after the first publication of this notice in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of’the state of California, in and for
the county of Nevada, or to exhibit
them, with proper vouchers, within
six months after the first publication of this notice to said administrator at the office of Harry M. McKee, 205 Pine Street, Nevada City,
California, the same being his place
of business in all matters connected
with said estate.
Dated February 17, 1933.
Roy N. Nelson, Administrator of
the estate of Hokan Nelson, Decd.
Harry M. McKee, Attorney for Administrator.
First Publication, Feb. 24, 1933.
HARRY M. MCKEE Attorney for
Administrator. 6t
APPLICATION NOTICE
In compliance With Sec. 1, Chapter 183, Statutes; of 1929, the undersigned, whose principal place of
business is at No. 115 Broad Street,
Nevada City, California, hereby gives
notice that application has_ been
made to the State Mineralogist for
a license to carry on _ within tlie
State of California for the year ending December 31, 1933, the business
of milling, sampling, concentrating,
reducing, refining, purchasing, and
receiving for sale ores, concentrates,
amalgams bearing gold or silver, gold dust, gold and silver bullion, nuggets and specimens.
Protest may be made by any person:to the issuing of such license -at
the office of the State Mineralogist,
Ferry Building, San Francisco.
B. ®@. BARBIERI
First publication, Mar. 17th.
Last publication, April 7th.
CERTIFICATE OF CO-PARTNERSHIP TRANSACTING BUSINESS
UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME.
We, the undersigned, do
certify that we are conducting
taurant business under the _ firm
name and. title of “M CAFE,” and
that our place of business is on
Broad Street, in the town of Nevada
City, next to the Valley Meat Market, in the county .of Nevada, state
of California; that the names of the
owners and proprietors are:
hereby
G. E. Dimmen, Nevada City, California, and Marie .Dimmen, Nevada
City, California.
WITNESS our hands
of March, 193.3.
this 20th day
G. E. DIMMEN,
in this government.’’
menibers one young fellow by
BILL PENDING
TO TAX TRUCKS
TO AID CITIES
SACRAMENTO, Mar. 22—Nevada
City would receive $3,577 annually
for street as its share of the
proceeds of a “ton mile’’ tax proposed for trucks and trailers using California streets and highways, Jaceording to estimates made here today by the State Board of Equalization.
Introduced= as-Senate
Senator Bert B.
jthis
name
work
Bill
Snyder of
measure would displace
present flat fees on heavy vehicles,
based on their unladen weight, with
license “taxes computed on gross
weight and mileage actually travelled.
‘Californians
acute road
426-—by¥
Santa
are faced with an
problem,’’ said Senator
Snyder, ‘‘and unless. something is
speedily done to require all commercial users of our streets and highWays to pay their fair share of the
expense of upkeep and construction,
great hardship will result to the entire public.
To afford some relief for city property owners who are now taxed for
the upkeep or streets worn in large
part, through truck use, Senator
Snyder proposes in his bill that, after interest and redemption charges
for state highway bonds have been
met from the proceeds, the balance
will be apportioned to the cities to
pay for street work.
By paying for highway bonds out
of this source, Senator. Snyder believes that it should be possible to
avert similar demands on gasoline
tax funds, thereby enabling the state
to take into the highway system
enough more county roads to permit entire abolition of county property taxes for that purpose. Thus,
the measure is aimed to help both
the farmer and city residents, who
are overburdened by taxes on their
property. ,
“Each municipality would receive
a minimum of $2,000 a year from
this license tax,’’ explained Sénator
Snyder. “The balance of the fund
would then be distributed between
the cities on the basis of ‘their population. This should assure every
E. J. N. OTT, Proprietor
= rs
city in the state an ample fund’ for
street work, as approximately $4,600,000 would be available.”’
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Lower food cotls..cul wasteful Shits lige
OOKING WITH LITTLE OR NO WATER, most suc(. cessfully accomplished with the electric range,
is more than a new kitchen practice. It saves time and
money in food preparation.
When a large amount of water is used in cooking
meats, much of the juicy meat flavor is drawn into the
excess water. The meat becomes tough and tasteless.
When vegetables are boiled vigorously in similar use
of water, the most valuable and body-building nourishment goes into the water and is usually thrown away.
Cooking with little or no water is important then because foods so cooked are more healthful and taste
The steady, even heat from the glowing coils in an
electric range preserves the flavorand increases the tenderness of the least expensive meats and cheaper vegetables. Electric range cookery _means finer-meals-at
lower cost every day of the week. And what is most
mportant of all, actual food shrinkage is 20 to 33 per
cent less, a cash saving in the household food bill.
The best way to know why the electric range does
these things is to look at the new 1933 models on display in our local office. Your electric dealer has them
too. This year these new electric ranges of finer quality are lower than ever in price. Ask about the easy
purchase terms on the new 1933 electric ranges.
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‘IN WITNESS WHEREOF, .
MARIE DIMMEN,
State of California,
County of Nevada,
On this 20th day of March; 1933,
before me Harry M. Me Kee, a Notary
. Public, in and for the eounty aforesaid, personally appeared G. E. Dimmen, and Marie Dimiwmen., husband
j and wite, known to me to be the persons whose
the within
edged that
names are subscribed to
instrument 9nd acknowlthey executed the same.
have
hereunto set-myhand and affixed nry
offieial soal the day nad year in this
certificate first above written.
(Seal)
HARRY. ve.
Notary
MCKEE
Public
__ LEGAL NOTICE
SU MMONS
In The Superior Court Of The ¢ ‘ounty
Of Nevada, State Of California
brotieht-in Action the Superior
Court of the County of Nevada, State
of . California, and.the Complaint
filed in said County ef Nevada, in
the office of the Clerk of said Superior Court. :
ELLIOTT, ATKINSON & SITTON
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
EUGENE BENJAMIN and JAY
RACKERBY, carrying on __ business
under the firm name and style of
BENJAMIN & RACKERBY, :
Plaintiffs
ROBERT F. WERNER
Defendant
THE PEOPLE OF THE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND
INGS TO:
ROBERT F.
ant.
YOU ARE
STATE
GREETWERNER, DefendHEREBY NOTIFIED,
that an action was brought against
you by the above named Plaintiffs
in the. Superior Court of the County
of Nevada, State of California, by
filing a complaint in the office, of
the Clerk of said Court on the 6th
day of December, 19232, in which
action EUGENE BENJAMIN and
JAY RACKERBY, carrying on busihess under the firm name and style
of Benpamin & Rackerby are Plaintiffs, and you are Defendant.
YOU ARE ‘HEREBY DIRECTED
TO' APPEAR and answer said complaint Within ten days from the service of this summons, exelusive of the
day of service, if served on you in
said County of Nevada, and within
thirty days, exclusive
service, if served elsejwhere; and
you are further notified that unless
you SO appear and answer within the
time above specified, the Plaintiff
will take Judgment for any. money,
or damage demanded in the Complaint. as arising upon contract, or
will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the ComPlaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Nevada, State of Califoreo 6th day of December, A. D.
R. N. MecCORMACK, Clerk.
By R: E. DEEBLE, Deputy Clerk.
’ First Publication, Mar. :24th.
ast Publication, April 21st.
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of the. day of,
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