March 24, 1939 (6 pages)

a q ras Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. ity COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget with good motives and for justifiable ends. a sac gh ton. Fireside chatting is being overVol. 13, No. 24. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, MARCH. 24, 19: done. We have had six years of — —— — _ this kind of ®oloney from Washington, say about thirty chats, and we are nationally thirty billion in the hole. These billion dollar chats that have cozened the majority of the American people running, are beginning to lose their charm, as was witnessed in the November election. Now, just when President Roosevelt began to fish more and chat less, comes Governor. Olson with a weak Sacramento imitation “ of the Washington chat. Governor Olson is trying to sell ms on a pro‘duction-for-use program. This is a little baby Bolshevik, hot out of Russia, but he puts no price on the baby, which anyone with the wits of a wren khows will grow up into another of those New Deal‘ monsters that breathe devastation and ‘trample on the tax payers. Our own opinion is that Olson is too late with his fireside chatter and production-for-use dreams. Roosevelt thas almeady cleaned ‘up on the people who could pay. Roosevelt may have overlooked, in his great good nature and generous chatting, a few white chips, but it is extremely doubtful if Olson can coax these out of the legislature, which thas the first Say regarding new taxation. The hundred million guinea pigs are so ‘full of experimental virus that there is really no room for more. Production-for-use is nothing more or less than state collectivism. In Russia this delicate plant was watered by the blood of millions of people, who died under whip and boot of Communist party officers in forced labor, or were starved to death waiting for, this noxious weed to hear fruit. It would not ‘be necessary, of course, to sacrifice human lives, immediately at any rate, to set up-a proiduction-for-use plant in California. But it would be necessary to manure it richly with the tax payers money. People who receive anything for nothing do not value it. People who receive government aid do not thank the government and value it exactly the same ais they value water or the air they breathe, Af+ ter the first shame of these charity donations is over, they quickly adjust themselves and find that a rich government should have pro-vided for them much more handsomely than it has. They not only bite the hand that feeds them but seek literally to consume the hand. We have the srectacle cf Congressmen being threatened with another march on Washington by the Southern: States ralidals. One quick tempered member from Georgia, when impudently told that if he did not vote for tthe President’s 150 million addition to the relief bill, they would remember his dereliction when the next election came, heartily slapped his insolent interrogator and remarkeded: “Remember that also.’ In this state ‘the radicals are ‘being slapped: down in Westwood and Redding. Wherever a minority of this pestilential ‘brotherhood ‘gather they immediately begin throwing the majority out of ‘work, by hook or crook, They stopped ‘the work in ‘Westwood and it has not yet been resumed. They stopped work on the Central Valleys project at Redding put after some delay it is now going forward. They stopped the work in the Murchie mine in Nevada County, but only for a few days. They differ from the I. W. W. of a generation ago, only in the fact that in some departments of Federal and state government they now ‘have support. It would ‘be interesting to know just how much relief expenditure on the part of Federal, state and county governments, the communists have been responsible for. T pickets that quit their jobs ‘to pace Red Dog road, were mostly on direct relief. Everywhere John L. Lewis’ following has laid its ‘blighting ‘hand, men have quit employment and gone on relief. The cost to taxpayers undoubteldy has run into hundreds of millions of dollars. No wonder, Congress is cutting down on the huge sums that have been squandered on men who much prefer to \jpioket and riot than to work. It is strongly suspected, that had it not been for the relief provided by a prodigal government, the Communist movement would have lbeen very short lived. Als Governor Olson comes with his mulk ‘bucket for another experiment to, cost umpty umph two-times. Mountaineer ‘for the club at other times and has ‘school chorus under the leadership IDAHO MARYLAND COST ESTIMATED FOR RESUMING CHAMPION WORK In the opinion of some mining engineers, the estimate of a million dollars cost to resume work in the Champion-Mountaineer group of mines, ‘is ‘the bunk. One engineer estimates that by using ‘the Fortuna shaft for a center of operations. the cost oF exploring the great area between the Fortuna and the old workings the cost could be held down to around $100,000. 2 This engineer, well. known in the district, states that by sinking the Fortuna shaft 1500 feet to a total depth of 1900 feet, and then running a crosscut 3,000 feet to intercept the Providence shaft at a depth of approximately 3,300 feet, ‘the high yielding New Years, Merfifield, and California veins would be cut. If it were desired to unwater the old workings, accurate maps of which are available, it could ‘bbe done through diamond drilling, and the water thus released pumped oult in the ordinary course of the new development. A large area could thus be explored from the Fortuna, adjacent to which are ample grounds for a mill and other buildings and for waste dumps, if exploration warranted the outlay. Dr. Carl P. Jones, Errol McBoyle and Bert Craze yesterday descended the Fortuna shaft to examine old and new developments. The shaft is now free of water due to past few days pumping operations. MRS. MOREHEAD WILL BE CIVIC CLUB SPEAKER At the regular pase of the Civic Club to be held at the Brand Studio Monday evening, March 27, Mrs. J. B. Morehead of Marysville will speak on the laté books of fiction. Mrs. Morehead has been agspeaker always been ‘thoroughly enjoyed. The program will also include the high of Mrs. Carl Libby. FOREST SERVICE HONORS RANGER KING AT DINNER Ranger and Mrs George King will be given a dinner at Bret Harte Inn this evening honoring the retirement of Mr. King from the Tahoe National forest service after 30 years of faithful service. Mr. King has spent this entire 30 years in the local forests and was stationed in the Goodyears Bar-Downieville district. ‘Besides many local associates and friends who will attend the dinner there will be guests from the bay region and other points. Among the visiting group will be Assistant Regional Foresters P. P. Pitchlynn, and A. P. Dean; Will Gracey, all of the regional office in San Francisco; Forest “Supervisor Edwin Smith and Mrs. Smith of Placerville; and John McIntosh, Sacramento Valley. McIntosh was retired from the local forest service about four years ago. NETL 193446 The report of the Idaho Maryland Mines ‘Corporation for 1938 shows a net profit of $1,198,446 after deduction of all ‘charges including depreciation and depletion aggregating $428,135. Net profit is equal to 67 cents a share on 1,778,573 shares of capital stock and compares with the 1937 net profit of $1,124,805 or 64 cents a share on 1,765,779 shares then outstanding. ‘The company abandoned its mining operations at Forbestown late in 1938 and relinquished its leases, a resulting loss of $213,046 on this project being charged against the earned surplus in 1938. millions for putting mien to work, when on'a national scale thirty billions expenditure has failed to re-_ duce the number of umemployed, it is no wonder he finds the tax payer cow, so jolly well milked already, is an extremely fractious and ‘wary critter. ‘bers of the State Highway Patrol inARREST OF FORMER N. C. BOY IN SACRAMENTO Robert Bohs, 1h. lived in Nevada City was arrested Tuesday night in Sacramento after a fight with a liquor store owner in Sacramento, His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bobst of Vallejo arrived in Sacramento Tuesday evening and stated that their son is 16 years and not 18 as he had stated. Young Bobst was apprehended in the Mission Theatre in Sacramento Tuesday afternoon after a city wide police thunt. It is alleged that he robbed W. E. Sullivan, proprietor of a liquor store at 1720 L street of $8. Sullivan walked up to Bobst afterwards and he started running. Sullivan fired for times at him, Bobst stopped and fired back four times. He said Sullivan fired a fifth shot which struck him in the right foot. While living in Nevada City with his parents young Bobst attended the Nevada City schools. OLSON RAPPED BY AFL COUNCIL NOTE: The following resolution was adopted by the Executive Council of the California State Federation of Labor, meeting in regular quarterly session, at the Empire Hotel, San Francisco: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Organized Labor has long been opposed to and has made many protests against the use of the California State Highway Patrol in industrial disputes, and WHEREAS, The California State Highway Patrol has no specific authority ‘by law in the policing of industrial disputes, but was created to patrol the highways of the State in connection with the enforcement .of the Motor Vehicle Act and for the protection of the motoring public, and WHEREAS, The _ indiscriminate use of the Highway Patrol in industrial disputes increases the antagonism and tension in such situations, and virtually amounts to the setting up of a Staite Police force, which Organized Labor has also steadfastly opposed, and WHEREAS, Governor Culbert L. Olson of the State of California has caused the State Highway Patrol to ‘be used extensively in current industrial controversies within the State, particularly at Westwood, Lassen County, and in the vicinity of Redding, Shasta County, and : WHEREAS, Governor Olson has dispatched large numbers of memto ‘the Westwood and Redding areas’ at the request of radical minority labor groups who seek to destroy the conditions of members of organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor ,now theréfore be it RESOLVED, That the Executive Council of the California State Federation of Labor, in regular-session assemibled.in San Francisco the 19th day of March, 1939, does hereby: Publicly condemn Governor Cutbert L. Olson for his maladminis tration in the illegal and excessive use of the State Highway Patral in the disputes referred to, and for his failure to fairly use his _power of office to bring about settlement of. said disputes through diplomatic, instead of antagonistic, means, and be it further RESOLVED, That Governor Olson shee be condemned for his repeated threats to send the State Militia, or National Guard, into the troubled areas a,nd be it further, RESOLVED, That the policy of the Governor ‘be construed by this body as misconduct in office, and ‘be it further RESOLVED, That this resolution be printed in the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation and copies’ sent to every“affiliated Labor Council and Union within the State, and to the press. ELEMENTARY P. T. A. The Blementary School P. T. A. will meet at 2:30 in the auditorium this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Meggers of Camptonville will. address the parent teachers association on ‘‘Your Child ‘and Recreation.’’ Music and singing will be rendered by the grammar school choruses under supervision of Mrs. C, A. Libbey. An election of officers will take place after the IROTARY HEARS _ 18, who formerly. JOHN FORTIER TALK ON BANK Ninety per cent of all the business in the country is done on credit, John Fortier, Assistant Manager of the Nevada City Branch of the Bank of America, ‘told Nevada City Rotarians in his address yesterday, and ninety per cent of all automobiles are sold on the installment basis. Fortier explained to the Rotarians the part the bank plays in the community in the orderly conduct of ibusiness. Merchants, even though in good financial condition, frequently need assistance of the banks in tiding over peak periods of buying in anticipation of peak demand. He cited the case of construction of a house, too, where the bank ‘finances the investment where the actual cash investment may'be only three or four thousand dollars yet the complete turn over will amount to $15,000 or $20,000 and furnish employment for one hundred or so men. The three “C’s’”” must be satisfied in considering all applications for loans, according to Fortier. They are Character, Capacity (for earning), Capital (or collateral). The applicant might be strong in two and weak in one of them and be considered not a good bank risk. The bank, Fortier said, not only looked at desirability of a loan from the bank’s standpoint, but from the standpoint of the individual himself and of the community. Oftentimes the applicant for a loan is overestimating his capacities, possible market, etc., and if the loan were granted would result in ultimate loss to him. This would mean‘a reflection on the business life of the community: ‘also, since each business failure in a community is that much against its commercial standing. Banks are anxious to make good loans, Fortier said, and the banker who has made four or five such loans by the end of the day figures he has accomplished something just the same as the merchant who has made some. good sales during the day. RAINBOW GIRLS. INSTALLED HERE SAT. MARCH 25 A chapter of Rainbow Girls will be installed in Nevada City on Saturday afternoon, March 25 at two o’clock, At the meeting of Evangeline Chapter, O. E. S. on Tuesday evening all plans for the installation were completed. Mrs. Esther Joyal has been chosen as Mother Advisor. A board of seven members of Eastern Star, Masons were selected also to form an advisory board for the new assembly Order for Rainbow Girls. This group is composed of Mrs, Betty Leiter, Miss Ruth Tamblyn, Mrs. Doris Foley, Mrs. C. M. Gwin, Mrs. Bill Cain, Mrs. Leland Smith, Walter Carlson, Cameron Larsen and Mrs. Joyal, chairman. The initiation of new members will take place Saturday afternaan beginning at two o’clock with Rainbow Girls. selected from the assemblies of Auburn, Placerville and Marysville. Mrs. Schadt of Marysville district deputy, will act as installing officer. A pot luck supper will be served’in the lodge rooms and later in the evening installation of the new officers for thé local allesmbly will take place. (Members of the Eastern Star and Masons are invited to attend the initiation service Saturday afternoon. The evening session will be open to parents and invited guests of the new members of the assembly. ter will go to Grass Valley Monday evening to practice for the official visit of the Worthy Grand Matron at a later date. The two chapters will entertain the grand offivers at a joint meeting. ESTES SENTENCED F. William Estes, convicted last week by a jury, of having been guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct with his eight year old daughter was yesterday sentenced by Superior Judge George I, Jones to an indeterminate sentence in San Quentin: Probation was denied on recommendation of Probation Officer A. Ww. MeGazin. > Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leiter spent . program. ‘San Francisco club program was Uda The officers of Evangeline Chap-}. ‘Blackwood Life imprisonment in Folsom was the sentence meted out by Superior Judge George L. Jones yesterday afternoon to Irl Blackwood, convicted of having murdered James Roots on New Years day in a dispute over a rusty tin outhouse. He was also sentenced to an indeterminate term on his conviction of second degree murder for the killing of Arthur LaValley at the same time. The conviction of murder in the second degree of Irene Blackwood, wife of Irl, on plea of defense attorneys, George E. Foote and William ‘Cassettari, was reduced by Judge Jones to manslaughter. She was sentenced to. an indeterminate term in the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi. Attorney Cassettari pleaded that the evidence did not show that Mrs. Blackwood had been accessory to the New Year day killings. He stated that aside from the fact. that she walked down to the scene of the killings with a gun in her hand there was no evidence to show that she had any part in the Wife To qT ehachapi To Folsom; shooting, or had assisted her hus-. band in any way. Judge Jones remarked that a study of the evidence failed to show intent on the part of Mrs. Blackwood to do murder and toe prove that Mrs. Blackwood was guilty of second degree murder it would be necessary to show intent, Accordingly he reduced the judgment from second degree murder on both counts to manslaughter. : The motion ifor a-new trial for either Irl or Irene Blackwood was denied. An appeal will He taken to the Appellate court. ~ It was ‘due to the plea of Attorney Foote, that Irl Blackwood suffered from a lung complaint that Blackwood was sentenced to Folsom rather than San Quentin, which is at sea level There were but few spectators in court. The late Arthur LaValley leaves a i widow and five young children, the oldest ‘fourteen. The late James Roots leaves a widow andthree young children. The oldest is eight. Both families are receiving state aid. HAILSTONES OF HUGE SIZE FALL IN BLOOMFIELD One of the most spectacular lightning storms ever to be witnessed by local residents is reported by officials of the Tahoe National Forest at Nevada City, with the statement that fortunately no forest fires were started as a result of it. According to the report, huge displays of sheet, ball and forked lightning were witnessed, at times huge forked holts streaked horizontally over half the horizon. Hailstones one and one-half inches in diameter were reported by Forest Ranger Frank McCaslin at North Bloomfield station. : (McCaslin stated that ,accompanied ‘by his wife; he had gone to a point above North Bloomfield to witness the unusual electric display when the hailstorm hit them. Hailstones were deposited to a depth of four inches on the ground, the average size being the size of a large marble, and, McCaslin states, some extra large specimens were one and one half inches in diameter by actual measurement. On the morning after ‘he observed manzanita leaves to be beaten off and pine needles scattered all over the ground, and a box of hailstones he had collected and left in the car all night were still a very large size. In places where the snow lay on the ground, the hail had penetrated five or six inches into it, giving the snow slopes a decided “pecked marked’ appearance, ROTARY DELEGATION GOES TO MARYSVILLE Carol Coughlan on Wednesday evening drove a delegation of Nevada City Rotarians to Marysville where a large contingent of San Francisco Rotary gave a splendid program. In the party were Oscar Odegaard, Andy Larsen, Lonny Noyes, H. M. Leete and Dick Lane. Among those who participated in the Waldrop, @rganist for the Palace of the Legion of Honor. He played upon the piano a beautiful intermezzo of his own composition. A. talented group of Bohemian club singers in costume sang several popular Italian songs, among others, “O Sole Mio,” and Upidee, Upidi.’’ More than 200 Rotarians, including those of Marysville and from clubs throughout Northern California, and the San Francisco delegation of approximately 30 members sat down to dinner in the Marysville Elks Club’s great banquet room. SNOW-GO TO CLEAR YUBA PASS FOR TRAFFIC Crews and equipment were sent}, out yesterday, from the ‘local state division of highways ‘headquarters to start opening the Yuba Pass. Work . feet of snow. A huge ‘snow-go [LAUGHTER ENDS started at midnight Thursday. It will] take about three days of continuous . ; work to clear the pass of about ‘six . st FOR MERRY ALIEN ONSRA ROLLS. One alien; whose name the SRA officials have refused to divulge, has been cut off the free money list, because SRA Investigator Jerry Delaney, found that he had sources of income that had not been revealed and that his wife was earning enough to support the two. This man was one of the five aliens who were dropped from the county WPA rolls because he ‘was not a cit-~ izen of the U. S. A. Following his separation from the WPA he was wont to foregather with his former ~ WPA companions while they were — laboring diligently (?) and lying on his back in the shade, taunt them — with the fact that he was receiving more money under SRA without even going through the motions of working, than they were receiving on their WPA jobs. This alien now must somehow worry along with the wages of his wife receives, augmented by whatever other income it is that the investigator ‘found. REPUBLICANS TO. GATHER MAR. 25, BRET HARTE INN Nevada County Republicans will gather at the Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley on Saturday evening, March 25 at eight o’clock when '& representative from the state legis~_ lature will be present to discuss with them some of the problems confront ing the people of the state. There also will be discussion and information on the republican activities in the state. All republicans in the county are invited to attend, \ meeting is for both men and womenIt is hoped to make a prelim: organization of Nevada County republicans to form a Nevada County unit of the California Republican Assembly. mill to the Philippine Derooranae in ee Ph Wednesday in seanremmen ie: Dorsal dn =

a q ras Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. ity COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget with good motives and for justifiable ends. a sac gh ton. Fireside chatting is being overVol. 13, No. 24. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, MARCH. 24, 19: done. We have had six years of — —— — _ this kind of ®oloney from Washington, say about thirty chats, and we are nationally thirty billion in the hole. These billion dollar chats that have cozened the majority of the American people running, are beginning to lose their charm, as was witnessed in the November election. Now, just when President Roosevelt began to fish more and chat less, comes Governor. Olson with a weak Sacramento imitation “ of the Washington chat. Governor Olson is trying to sell ms on a pro‘duction-for-use program. This is a little baby Bolshevik, hot out of Russia, but he puts no price on the baby, which anyone with the wits of a wren khows will grow up into another of those New Deal‘ monsters that breathe devastation and ‘trample on the tax payers. Our own opinion is that Olson is too late with his fireside chatter and production-for-use dreams. Roosevelt thas almeady cleaned ‘up on the people who could pay. Roosevelt may have overlooked, in his great good nature and generous chatting, a few white chips, but it is extremely doubtful if Olson can coax these out of the legislature, which thas the first Say regarding new taxation. The hundred million guinea pigs are so ‘full of experimental virus that there is really no room for more. Production-for-use is nothing more or less than state collectivism. In Russia this delicate plant was watered by the blood of millions of people, who died under whip and boot of Communist party officers in forced labor, or were starved to death waiting for, this noxious weed to hear fruit. It would not ‘be necessary, of course, to sacrifice human lives, immediately at any rate, to set up-a proiduction-for-use plant in California. But it would be necessary to manure it richly with the tax payers money. People who receive anything for nothing do not value it. People who receive government aid do not thank the government and value it exactly the same ais they value water or the air they breathe, Af+ ter the first shame of these charity donations is over, they quickly adjust themselves and find that a rich government should have pro-vided for them much more handsomely than it has. They not only bite the hand that feeds them but seek literally to consume the hand. We have the srectacle cf Congressmen being threatened with another march on Washington by the Southern: States ralidals. One quick tempered member from Georgia, when impudently told that if he did not vote for tthe President’s 150 million addition to the relief bill, they would remember his dereliction when the next election came, heartily slapped his insolent interrogator and remarkeded: “Remember that also.’ In this state ‘the radicals are ‘being slapped: down in Westwood and Redding. Wherever a minority of this pestilential ‘brotherhood ‘gather they immediately begin throwing the majority out of ‘work, by hook or crook, They stopped ‘the work in ‘Westwood and it has not yet been resumed. They stopped work on the Central Valleys project at Redding put after some delay it is now going forward. They stopped the work in the Murchie mine in Nevada County, but only for a few days. They differ from the I. W. W. of a generation ago, only in the fact that in some departments of Federal and state government they now ‘have support. It would ‘be interesting to know just how much relief expenditure on the part of Federal, state and county governments, the communists have been responsible for. T pickets that quit their jobs ‘to pace Red Dog road, were mostly on direct relief. Everywhere John L. Lewis’ following has laid its ‘blighting ‘hand, men have quit employment and gone on relief. The cost to taxpayers undoubteldy has run into hundreds of millions of dollars. No wonder, Congress is cutting down on the huge sums that have been squandered on men who much prefer to \jpioket and riot than to work. It is strongly suspected, that had it not been for the relief provided by a prodigal government, the Communist movement would have lbeen very short lived. Als Governor Olson comes with his mulk ‘bucket for another experiment to, cost umpty umph two-times. Mountaineer ‘for the club at other times and has ‘school chorus under the leadership IDAHO MARYLAND COST ESTIMATED FOR RESUMING CHAMPION WORK In the opinion of some mining engineers, the estimate of a million dollars cost to resume work in the Champion-Mountaineer group of mines, ‘is ‘the bunk. One engineer estimates that by using ‘the Fortuna shaft for a center of operations. the cost oF exploring the great area between the Fortuna and the old workings the cost could be held down to around $100,000. 2 This engineer, well. known in the district, states that by sinking the Fortuna shaft 1500 feet to a total depth of 1900 feet, and then running a crosscut 3,000 feet to intercept the Providence shaft at a depth of approximately 3,300 feet, ‘the high yielding New Years, Merfifield, and California veins would be cut. If it were desired to unwater the old workings, accurate maps of which are available, it could ‘bbe done through diamond drilling, and the water thus released pumped oult in the ordinary course of the new development. A large area could thus be explored from the Fortuna, adjacent to which are ample grounds for a mill and other buildings and for waste dumps, if exploration warranted the outlay. Dr. Carl P. Jones, Errol McBoyle and Bert Craze yesterday descended the Fortuna shaft to examine old and new developments. The shaft is now free of water due to past few days pumping operations. MRS. MOREHEAD WILL BE CIVIC CLUB SPEAKER At the regular pase of the Civic Club to be held at the Brand Studio Monday evening, March 27, Mrs. J. B. Morehead of Marysville will speak on the laté books of fiction. Mrs. Morehead has been agspeaker always been ‘thoroughly enjoyed. The program will also include the high of Mrs. Carl Libby. FOREST SERVICE HONORS RANGER KING AT DINNER Ranger and Mrs George King will be given a dinner at Bret Harte Inn this evening honoring the retirement of Mr. King from the Tahoe National forest service after 30 years of faithful service. Mr. King has spent this entire 30 years in the local forests and was stationed in the Goodyears Bar-Downieville district. ‘Besides many local associates and friends who will attend the dinner there will be guests from the bay region and other points. Among the visiting group will be Assistant Regional Foresters P. P. Pitchlynn, and A. P. Dean; Will Gracey, all of the regional office in San Francisco; Forest “Supervisor Edwin Smith and Mrs. Smith of Placerville; and John McIntosh, Sacramento Valley. McIntosh was retired from the local forest service about four years ago. NETL 193446 The report of the Idaho Maryland Mines ‘Corporation for 1938 shows a net profit of $1,198,446 after deduction of all ‘charges including depreciation and depletion aggregating $428,135. Net profit is equal to 67 cents a share on 1,778,573 shares of capital stock and compares with the 1937 net profit of $1,124,805 or 64 cents a share on 1,765,779 shares then outstanding. ‘The company abandoned its mining operations at Forbestown late in 1938 and relinquished its leases, a resulting loss of $213,046 on this project being charged against the earned surplus in 1938. millions for putting mien to work, when on'a national scale thirty billions expenditure has failed to re-_ duce the number of umemployed, it is no wonder he finds the tax payer cow, so jolly well milked already, is an extremely fractious and ‘wary critter. ‘bers of the State Highway Patrol inARREST OF FORMER N. C. BOY IN SACRAMENTO Robert Bohs, 1h. lived in Nevada City was arrested Tuesday night in Sacramento after a fight with a liquor store owner in Sacramento, His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bobst of Vallejo arrived in Sacramento Tuesday evening and stated that their son is 16 years and not 18 as he had stated. Young Bobst was apprehended in the Mission Theatre in Sacramento Tuesday afternoon after a city wide police thunt. It is alleged that he robbed W. E. Sullivan, proprietor of a liquor store at 1720 L street of $8. Sullivan walked up to Bobst afterwards and he started running. Sullivan fired for times at him, Bobst stopped and fired back four times. He said Sullivan fired a fifth shot which struck him in the right foot. While living in Nevada City with his parents young Bobst attended the Nevada City schools. OLSON RAPPED BY AFL COUNCIL NOTE: The following resolution was adopted by the Executive Council of the California State Federation of Labor, meeting in regular quarterly session, at the Empire Hotel, San Francisco: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Organized Labor has long been opposed to and has made many protests against the use of the California State Highway Patrol in industrial disputes, and WHEREAS, The California State Highway Patrol has no specific authority ‘by law in the policing of industrial disputes, but was created to patrol the highways of the State in connection with the enforcement .of the Motor Vehicle Act and for the protection of the motoring public, and WHEREAS, The _ indiscriminate use of the Highway Patrol in industrial disputes increases the antagonism and tension in such situations, and virtually amounts to the setting up of a Staite Police force, which Organized Labor has also steadfastly opposed, and WHEREAS, Governor Culbert L. Olson of the State of California has caused the State Highway Patrol to ‘be used extensively in current industrial controversies within the State, particularly at Westwood, Lassen County, and in the vicinity of Redding, Shasta County, and : WHEREAS, Governor Olson has dispatched large numbers of memto ‘the Westwood and Redding areas’ at the request of radical minority labor groups who seek to destroy the conditions of members of organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor ,now theréfore be it RESOLVED, That the Executive Council of the California State Federation of Labor, in regular-session assemibled.in San Francisco the 19th day of March, 1939, does hereby: Publicly condemn Governor Cutbert L. Olson for his maladminis tration in the illegal and excessive use of the State Highway Patral in the disputes referred to, and for his failure to fairly use his _power of office to bring about settlement of. said disputes through diplomatic, instead of antagonistic, means, and be it further RESOLVED, That Governor Olson shee be condemned for his repeated threats to send the State Militia, or

National Guard, into the troubled areas a,nd be it further, RESOLVED, That the policy of the Governor ‘be construed by this body as misconduct in office, and ‘be it further RESOLVED, That this resolution be printed in the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation and copies’ sent to every“affiliated Labor Council and Union within the State, and to the press. ELEMENTARY P. T. A. The Blementary School P. T. A. will meet at 2:30 in the auditorium this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Meggers of Camptonville will. address the parent teachers association on ‘‘Your Child ‘and Recreation.’’ Music and singing will be rendered by the grammar school choruses under supervision of Mrs. C, A. Libbey. An election of officers will take place after the IROTARY HEARS _ 18, who formerly. JOHN FORTIER TALK ON BANK Ninety per cent of all the business in the country is done on credit, John Fortier, Assistant Manager of the Nevada City Branch of the Bank of America, ‘told Nevada City Rotarians in his address yesterday, and ninety per cent of all automobiles are sold on the installment basis. Fortier explained to the Rotarians the part the bank plays in the community in the orderly conduct of ibusiness. Merchants, even though in good financial condition, frequently need assistance of the banks in tiding over peak periods of buying in anticipation of peak demand. He cited the case of construction of a house, too, where the bank ‘finances the investment where the actual cash investment may'be only three or four thousand dollars yet the complete turn over will amount to $15,000 or $20,000 and furnish employment for one hundred or so men. The three “C’s’”” must be satisfied in considering all applications for loans, according to Fortier. They are Character, Capacity (for earning), Capital (or collateral). The applicant might be strong in two and weak in one of them and be considered not a good bank risk. The bank, Fortier said, not only looked at desirability of a loan from the bank’s standpoint, but from the standpoint of the individual himself and of the community. Oftentimes the applicant for a loan is overestimating his capacities, possible market, etc., and if the loan were granted would result in ultimate loss to him. This would mean‘a reflection on the business life of the community: ‘also, since each business failure in a community is that much against its commercial standing. Banks are anxious to make good loans, Fortier said, and the banker who has made four or five such loans by the end of the day figures he has accomplished something just the same as the merchant who has made some. good sales during the day. RAINBOW GIRLS. INSTALLED HERE SAT. MARCH 25 A chapter of Rainbow Girls will be installed in Nevada City on Saturday afternoon, March 25 at two o’clock, At the meeting of Evangeline Chapter, O. E. S. on Tuesday evening all plans for the installation were completed. Mrs. Esther Joyal has been chosen as Mother Advisor. A board of seven members of Eastern Star, Masons were selected also to form an advisory board for the new assembly Order for Rainbow Girls. This group is composed of Mrs, Betty Leiter, Miss Ruth Tamblyn, Mrs. Doris Foley, Mrs. C. M. Gwin, Mrs. Bill Cain, Mrs. Leland Smith, Walter Carlson, Cameron Larsen and Mrs. Joyal, chairman. The initiation of new members will take place Saturday afternaan beginning at two o’clock with Rainbow Girls. selected from the assemblies of Auburn, Placerville and Marysville. Mrs. Schadt of Marysville district deputy, will act as installing officer. A pot luck supper will be served’in the lodge rooms and later in the evening installation of the new officers for thé local allesmbly will take place. (Members of the Eastern Star and Masons are invited to attend the initiation service Saturday afternoon. The evening session will be open to parents and invited guests of the new members of the assembly. ter will go to Grass Valley Monday evening to practice for the official visit of the Worthy Grand Matron at a later date. The two chapters will entertain the grand offivers at a joint meeting. ESTES SENTENCED F. William Estes, convicted last week by a jury, of having been guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct with his eight year old daughter was yesterday sentenced by Superior Judge George I, Jones to an indeterminate sentence in San Quentin: Probation was denied on recommendation of Probation Officer A. Ww. MeGazin. > Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leiter spent . program. ‘San Francisco club program was Uda The officers of Evangeline Chap-}. ‘Blackwood Life imprisonment in Folsom was the sentence meted out by Superior Judge George L. Jones yesterday afternoon to Irl Blackwood, convicted of having murdered James Roots on New Years day in a dispute over a rusty tin outhouse. He was also sentenced to an indeterminate term on his conviction of second degree murder for the killing of Arthur LaValley at the same time. The conviction of murder in the second degree of Irene Blackwood, wife of Irl, on plea of defense attorneys, George E. Foote and William ‘Cassettari, was reduced by Judge Jones to manslaughter. She was sentenced to. an indeterminate term in the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi. Attorney Cassettari pleaded that the evidence did not show that Mrs. Blackwood had been accessory to the New Year day killings. He stated that aside from the fact. that she walked down to the scene of the killings with a gun in her hand there was no evidence to show that she had any part in the Wife To qT ehachapi To Folsom; shooting, or had assisted her hus-. band in any way. Judge Jones remarked that a study of the evidence failed to show intent on the part of Mrs. Blackwood to do murder and toe prove that Mrs. Blackwood was guilty of second degree murder it would be necessary to show intent, Accordingly he reduced the judgment from second degree murder on both counts to manslaughter. : The motion ifor a-new trial for either Irl or Irene Blackwood was denied. An appeal will He taken to the Appellate court. ~ It was ‘due to the plea of Attorney Foote, that Irl Blackwood suffered from a lung complaint that Blackwood was sentenced to Folsom rather than San Quentin, which is at sea level There were but few spectators in court. The late Arthur LaValley leaves a i widow and five young children, the oldest ‘fourteen. The late James Roots leaves a widow andthree young children. The oldest is eight. Both families are receiving state aid. HAILSTONES OF HUGE SIZE FALL IN BLOOMFIELD One of the most spectacular lightning storms ever to be witnessed by local residents is reported by officials of the Tahoe National Forest at Nevada City, with the statement that fortunately no forest fires were started as a result of it. According to the report, huge displays of sheet, ball and forked lightning were witnessed, at times huge forked holts streaked horizontally over half the horizon. Hailstones one and one-half inches in diameter were reported by Forest Ranger Frank McCaslin at North Bloomfield station. : (McCaslin stated that ,accompanied ‘by his wife; he had gone to a point above North Bloomfield to witness the unusual electric display when the hailstorm hit them. Hailstones were deposited to a depth of four inches on the ground, the average size being the size of a large marble, and, McCaslin states, some extra large specimens were one and one half inches in diameter by actual measurement. On the morning after ‘he observed manzanita leaves to be beaten off and pine needles scattered all over the ground, and a box of hailstones he had collected and left in the car all night were still a very large size. In places where the snow lay on the ground, the hail had penetrated five or six inches into it, giving the snow slopes a decided “pecked marked’ appearance, ROTARY DELEGATION GOES TO MARYSVILLE Carol Coughlan on Wednesday evening drove a delegation of Nevada City Rotarians to Marysville where a large contingent of San Francisco Rotary gave a splendid program. In the party were Oscar Odegaard, Andy Larsen, Lonny Noyes, H. M. Leete and Dick Lane. Among those who participated in the Waldrop, @rganist for the Palace of the Legion of Honor. He played upon the piano a beautiful intermezzo of his own composition. A. talented group of Bohemian club singers in costume sang several popular Italian songs, among others, “O Sole Mio,” and Upidee, Upidi.’’ More than 200 Rotarians, including those of Marysville and from clubs throughout Northern California, and the San Francisco delegation of approximately 30 members sat down to dinner in the Marysville Elks Club’s great banquet room. SNOW-GO TO CLEAR YUBA PASS FOR TRAFFIC Crews and equipment were sent}, out yesterday, from the ‘local state division of highways ‘headquarters to start opening the Yuba Pass. Work . feet of snow. A huge ‘snow-go [LAUGHTER ENDS started at midnight Thursday. It will] take about three days of continuous . ; work to clear the pass of about ‘six . st FOR MERRY ALIEN ONSRA ROLLS. One alien; whose name the SRA officials have refused to divulge, has been cut off the free money list, because SRA Investigator Jerry Delaney, found that he had sources of income that had not been revealed and that his wife was earning enough to support the two. This man was one of the five aliens who were dropped from the county WPA rolls because he ‘was not a cit-~ izen of the U. S. A. Following his separation from the WPA he was wont to foregather with his former ~ WPA companions while they were — laboring diligently (?) and lying on his back in the shade, taunt them — with the fact that he was receiving more money under SRA without even going through the motions of working, than they were receiving on their WPA jobs. This alien now must somehow worry along with the wages of his wife receives, augmented by whatever other income it is that the investigator ‘found. REPUBLICANS TO. GATHER MAR. 25, BRET HARTE INN Nevada County Republicans will gather at the Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley on Saturday evening, March 25 at eight o’clock when '& representative from the state legis~_ lature will be present to discuss with them some of the problems confront ing the people of the state. There also will be discussion and information on the republican activities in the state. All republicans in the county are invited to attend, \ meeting is for both men and womenIt is hoped to make a prelim: organization of Nevada County republicans to form a Nevada County unit of the California Republican Assembly. mill to the Philippine Derooranae in ee Ph Wednesday in seanremmen ie: Dorsal dn =