March 25, 1940 (4 pages)

ig x ==, Spine ——— 4 aenetsenesnite = Thinking . Out Loud By H. M. L. Nevada COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ity Nugget it From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justiable ends. —-Alexander Hamilton, We have a feeling in our bones, a hunch if you _ like, that the Prodigal Son of América next January will return to his father’s home in Hyde Park. We do not know whether he will ‘be chastened in spirit. Any man in public life today must have a cuticle so thick no X*+ray machine can _ penetrate to the inner man and his meditations. But we do believe that between now and the November election he will have fed upon some of the husks, that, not the swine as in the Bible narrative, but the American people have been obliged to eat, while he was in office. In the campaign to come the Republicans will remind him: (1) That in 1932 he bitterly assailed President Hoover for the extravagance of the Republican administration, caustically criticised him for an unbalanced budget, and promised to curtail government expenditures and balance the budget. For six succeeding years in his administration Mr. Roosevelt promised to balance the budget. He forgot to make the promise this year. And with his first year in office ‘he spent double the amount of Hoover’s four-year deficit. (2) That a great proportion of the 10,000,000 or: ‘‘forgotten’’ people, under the Roosevelt regime have become forgotten paupers. While theirs bodies have been fed and clothed, the spirit of American enterprise, of determination to earn a living and to maintain a sturdy independence has been starved in too many of them. Relief has become a career for a large proportion of the forgotten. Secretary Hopkins once said that relief had attained a permanent government status under Perhaps the fact that 65 per-cent of all children born in California in 1939 were progeny of people on relief indicates that Hopkins is right. “The reliefers of today will leave to the state their heirs. a That under the New Deal our government has become one of men, rather than laws. Under Roosevelt’s. direction a rubber stamp ‘Congress enacted the Wagner law that created a body of men, whose functions combined those of prosecutor, jury, judge and sheriff. Power was given the three men on Tennessee Valley authority to deprive the stockholders, (some hundreds of thousands of them) in a private utility of their stock values and distribute these values to other men _ and women within the region of TVA operations. This: “yard: stick * which never could be a yard stick, since .government enterprise pays no taxes, is in redlity a measuse of devastating inroad made upon free by the United States Government. And for this gigantic experiment in ‘‘wealth sharing” in a comparatively small area all the enterprise people of the. entire country are taxed. (4) That, in addition to a com‘pliant Congress, which gave to Mr. Roosevelt both executive and legislative functions, he made a determined effort to secure control of the United States Supreme Court so all authority of three ‘Constitutional divisions could be vested in him, His venomous resentment of his defeat in this endeavor ‘best attests the wisdom of Congress in thworting him. His appointment of Senator Hugo Black, a man who, at least in part, owed his political advancement to membership in the Ku Klux Klan. This appointment marked the peak of Roosevelt’s resentment. His later appointments, as death or retirement of justices’ gave him an opportunity, were in marked and better contrast to his first. Only history may reveal how wise the last four appointments have been. Commenting upon ‘Roosevelt’s (assumed) third term aspirations, Robert H. Jackson, now Attorney General, said: “The third term talk is bunk. If Mr. Roosevelt runs again, it will be for his second term. ‘The courts cancelled Mr. Roosevelt’s first term, so the first four years don’t count.” These, in the main, are the four chief sins of the most _ prodigal ruler of recorded time, i. e. that he made great promises and though possessed of more power than any other President in ‘history, has broken them; that the 10,000,000, more or less, of unemployed, for whom he bled the nation white, for seven years, are still unemployed; that he has put the United States Government into the utility business and thereby ‘robbed. all theNew Deal. . week Jack Williams suffered an injury to the finger some little time ago, ‘and had to: be taken out the last The County Seat Paper Nok 14: Nosds. NEVADA. CITY, CALIF CRNA. The Gald Contes MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940. DEATH SUMMONS JOHN H. SUSS John H. Suss, aged 74 years, passed away in the pay ward of the county hospital at one o’clock last night. He*was a native:of Germany and came to Nevada City with his late ‘wife twenty years ago., He conducted a barber shop at the foot of Broad street until he went to the hospital recently. He was a great lover of flowers and with his wife created one of the most beautiful flower gardens in this city. It is not known whether he has any relatives in the United States or not. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Helling of San Francisco, friends of many years, have been notified of his passing. Funeral arrangements are. pending. The remains are at the Holmes Funeral Home. GAS SALES SHOW ANOTHER INCREASE DURING FEBRUARY The sale of gasoline to California motorists continued to increase during February, R E. Collins, chairman of the State Board of Equalization, reported today. On the basis of motor vehicle fuel tax assessments, a total of 129,099,3884 gallons of gasoline was distributed last month. The tax on this gallonage amounted to $3,872,981.52, an increase of $165,46746 or 4.46 per cent over the same month of the previous year. The February sales /representet the eleventh consecutive month during which sales had increased over a comparable period of the previous year. The distribution for February was slightly lower than that for January 1940, however, when the tax amounted to $4,222,057.11. PROSPECTOR GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION BY FRANK MEGGERS . will start tearing down CAMPTONVILLE, Mar. 25.—he . Camptonville xed Cross First Aid . Station came into play Tuesday when Arthur Frupp of 3ridgeport, who} was prospecting on Willow’ Creek, badly cut his arm with a hatchet. He was given first aid at the station by Ranger Frank Meggers. George Butz cut his leg with an axe Tuesday while working in the timber. and had to be taken to Downieville for medical attention. end for surgical attention. COLGATE FLUME IS SCENE OF INJURIES CAMPTONVILLE, Mar, 25 eral local boys were injured the past . few days on the Colgate flume. Con-. stable John Jaynes ran a large nail in his foot which caused blood poisoning necessitating him to be taken to the Miners hospital at Nevada City. George Rose ran a nail in his hand, and was goven medical attention at Marysville. Edgar Cunningham cut his hand on the same job. STUDENTS BACK TO WV. C. Arter the Easter vacation at their homes at Nevada City many students left last evening or this morning for the bay district to resume their stu-[ dies. Among those noted were Robert Schiffner, John Muscardini, Lacy} Jones, Bob Tucker, Misses Margaret Wyant, Amy McCraney, all of University of California; David McCran.ey, Stanford, Elton Tobiassen and Warren Goldsmith, Agricultural Col. lege, Davis. LEAVE FOR CITY Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of the Tahoe national forest, and B, C; Goldsmith, on the forest service staff left for San Francisco this morning and will visit the regional office on land acquisition matters. They stopped off at the Sacramento District CCC office headquarters to discuss matters in connection with the discontinuance of the Grass Valley CCC camp. business of confidence in the immediate future; and last, that he usurped the legislative powers of Congress and attempted to usurp those of the judiciary. We believe patriotic and thoughtfwl voters of this country will realize the peril to the Republic of continuing such an administration, or one like it, and will use their utmost endeavors to-call a halt to it, in the elec;end and his wife and child who had} “) spent 1-ents, tions of1940. '. ARMORY HALL WILL BE RAZED AT ONCE that work the Armory Hall as soon as the title is cleared and the construction of a°modern store by the Purity Stores company will begin at once. All, formalities have been cleared except the clearing of title. A. C. Presley; local real estate dealer, made the sale. UNEMPLOYED IN COUNTY GET $26,039 IN FEB. Unemployment insurance payments to California workers during February showed a 206% increase over February 1939 with 454,468 checks being written during the past month for a total of $5,684,801.31 as compared with last year’s benefit total of 293,917 checks which aggregated $2,765,679.08. This was announced today by Edward BE. Steele, manager of the Grass Valley office of the State Department of Employment. Claims for partial benefits totaled $68,447.53, representing a 232% in. crease over 1939 distribution of $29448.60. Out-of-State Claims accounted for $236,742.09, or 4.2% of the benefit total, manager ‘Steele indicated. Benefit claimants in the Nevada County area received 1,807 checks amounting to $26,093.35, Steele stated. This means approxminately 452 persons are recieving unemployment It was learned today insurance. Benefit payments since inception of,unentployment insurance payments in 1938 total $73,030,006.97 with an average of over 100,000 checks being written weekly. Total collections to the Unemployment Insurance Fund amount to ve sda 607,420.72 with a $158,577,413.75 reserve balance on hand at ithe close of February, 1940. CROWN OF THORNS . eo oe . Mrs, Will Davis of Willow Valley has placed a ‘Crown of Thorns” plant on exhibit in the Nugget office Tradition has it that a/ of this and placed . window. wreath was made on the head of Jesus when he was! crucified on the cross. The plant is} creating much interest with ad ! showy coral red blossoms. . ARRIVES FROM CITY . . Milton Schiffner came up_ from} San Francisco for the Easter week} Be come up the week before accompani-'} ed home~-today. Milton’s brother, Robert Schiffner, who had Easter vaéation with his Dar-. in Nevada City, returned with} him to resume his studies at University of California. him VANDENBERG ON AIR Announcement has been made of a talk to be made on Monday evening March 25 by Arthur H. Vandenberg, United States Senator from Michigan, who will speak over the Washington Star Forum hour, his ‘topic being “What will be the controlling issues in the 1940 election.’’ ‘ ness men of Nevada City lof players, . with Captain Davis, Marvin Hart and! CONSERVATION TOPIC FOR CIVIC CLUB TUESDAY The Women’s Civic Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Smith at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. After the regular business meeting, E. L. Baxter, of the headquarters—staff_of the Tahoe national forest, will speak on CURE Van Oe: JOSHUA CONOVER RITES HELD THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services were held today at 2 o’clock for the late Joshua Conover, 69, at the ~Holmes' Funeral Home with interment at Greenwood cemetery. Elder Homstead of the Seventh Day Adventist church of Grass Valley officiated. He was found dead in his home on Sacramento street Friday evening by his wife upon her return from a visit to Los Angeles. He had suffered a heart attack as he went upstairs to bed after his wife’s departure last Sunday. He was born in Morrisburg, Dundas County, Canada, on June 1, 1871. He had been in Nevada City for 17 years and during that time had gained the friendship of many people in this city. Bill Clark to Manage Lava Cap Ball Team 3i1l Clark, boss and manager ball team for the 1935 Gold League, will manage the Lava Cap Nevada City team for the coming season. It was he who brought Paul Pi-. schecich from Ely, Nevada as a pitcher for the Lava Cap team, former Lava Cap shift of the Lava Cap . . . ———= . RISLEY MOVES INTO NEW PLACE TODAY The Forrest Risley dyeing establishment will be moved into the new location formerly occupied by Bolton’s Variety Store today. Mrs. Risley is assisting her husband in the store. New lines of dress. es for children and adults have been added to the shop. RURAL PHONE USERS WILL SEE DEMONSTRATION A special demonstration “unit, designed to show rural telephone users who own and maintain their own telephone lines how best to construct and maintain their lines and equipment, will be brought to Grass Valley this week, according to E. RE. Hoss, local manager for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. According to Hoss, the purpose of this unit is to provide a rural telephone check service to farm line telephone users, who are invited to bring in their telephone instruments for free inspection and minor re‘pairs, Competent telephone advisors accompany the demonstration unit. From them helpful information may be obtained regarding the proper maintenance of rural telephone lines and instruments without obligation on the part of the telephone user. The rural telephone check service will be available to all farm’ line users in this community for three days starting Thursday, March 28, at the Telephone Central Office, 114 W. . Main Street. Visiting hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. each day and all rural telephone users will be welcomed, Hoss said. “If you -are experiencing unsatis. cleaning and DINNER SUNDAY TO HONOR TWO LEGISLATORS G. (Scoop) Thurman, assemblyman and Senator Jerrold Seawell, representatives of this district in the state legislature, next Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The event will take place at the Colfax Hotel and is given under the ‘auspices* of citizens and especially tax payers who use this means of expressing their gratitude for the splendid record both men made during the recent special , \session of the ‘state legislature. JOHN GRAVES FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW The funeral of John. A. Grayes pioneer resident of Nevada County, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Holmes Funeral Home with Rev. David Ralston of the Methodist church’ officiating. Interment will ‘be made in Pine Grove cemetery. His death in the pay ward of the County Hospital Saturday morning culminated a long illness. It was due to the infirmities of age. years ago. He came to California in his early twenties and about ten years later came to Nevada County to make his home. He had been engaged in mining up until a few years ago when he was compelled to cease work —due-to-failing health. He lived in the Washington seetion for many years where he was well Known and respected. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Graves of Redding. Paul is now playing with Salt Lake . factory service because of poor lire . THREE DAY DESERT City and has had a contract offered him by Seattle in the Coast Léague. With the cooperation of the busiand a good diamond ‘at Pioneer Park, Nevada City should\have a team second to none the Foothill League. While too early to have signed up the entire list Clark states a good team Arnold Sullivan for positions on the infield are promised and others who played last year are expected back this season. The diamond at Pioneer Park is in bad condition, according to Manager DAN HENRY RETURNS Mr. and .Mrs. Dan Henry returned Sunday evening from a splendid vacation into their old home in Kentucky. It was their first trip home in eight years and they enjoyed meeting his brothers and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Henry were glad to get back to California and after a few day’s visit here will return to San Francisco where he is employed. Henry was manager of the Safeway Stores in this city several years ago. Mr. and iMrs. R. J. Ronchi of Folsom spent Easter Sunday at the home of Mrs. Ronqhi’s sister, Mrs. J. P. Muscardini and family. “Free Delivery Daily Transcript In 1911 Soon” Says Everyone is familiar with the story of Rip Van Winkle, who collects all prizes for sleeping with his forty year snooze; and the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce tells the one about the world traveler who got off the boat to have his laundry done and stayed forty years—but Nevada City can boast of one of the longest waits for free mail delivery on record. The (Nevada City Daily Transcript carried the following story on Monday May 11, 1911 (29 years ago.) NEVADA CITY MAY YET HAVE FREE DELIVERY It is possible in the near future Nevada City may apply for free delivery of mails. The business done at the postoffice, according to Postmaster Colley, entitles the town to that privilege. Business has increased with great rapidity in the last three years despite the evident dullness in the mining industry. Last year there was an increase of $625 in the receipts, making the total receipts of the office $10,150. It is the rule of the postoffice department to give to cities doing a business through the postoffice in excess of $10,000 a year the privilege of free delivery, providing all the other requirements are met. Postmaster Colley is busy this month weighing the mails so that the government can fix the mail contracts. He has also received many inquiries from the . stoffice department relative to the foreign population of the city, the business transacted in the foreign order department and other things of interest that indicate the attention the loeal,” postoffice is attracting in the main department in Washington, A comparison of records shows that the local postoffice did a business of $24,510.73 for the fiscal year 1939, according to Betty Martin ,. West, postmaster. The postoffice’ officials in ashington apparently were not in. favor of hasty detisions. Clark and should have} immediate attention by the city. . street crew. construction faulty equipment, our experts during this free demonstration,’ ’Hoss said, “These men will be glad to test instruments. brought in for examination, make necessary minor adjustments without charge, and advise if any major tepairs or replacements needed. This service is free and we hope that farm line users will take advantage of this opportunity while our. demonstration unit is in this vicinity.” or are Cull Prunes Make Excellet Dog Food BERKELEY, Mar. es may prove a cheap and desirable ingredient for commercial dog foods according to the results obtained in studies at the University of Paiitor nia College of Agriculture. Dr. Agnes Fay Morgan, head of the home economies division, states that two lots of young dogs were placed on diets of mixed ry andemixed canned dog foods. Some out of each lot also received cull. prunes. At the end of the trial those dogs which were fed on the dry dog food and also received prunes were in better condition and weighed more than those in the same lot who received only the dry food, This effect is believed to have been due to the added supplies of vitamin A provided in the prunes. The quantity of vitamin B they contained may also have been a factor. Only the prune flesh was fed to the animals. WYANDOTTE GRAVEL MINE The Wyandotte. dredging company, who have leased three miles of the channel on Greenhorn creek east of Nevada City, are handling 4000 yards of gravel per 24 hour day. The company has thirteen men employed. The recent heavy storm stopped operations for a time but work is now proceeding at a normal rate. Messrs. England, Warren and Morrison are in charge of this property. ORIGINAL SIXTEEN-TO-ONE One hundred men are employed at the Original Sixteen-to-One mine south of the Alleghany city limits. The mill is treating 130 tons of ore per day. Installation of a new intermal gear hoist is expected to eliminate considerable handling of ore. W. Van Doren is new mine superintendent succeeding the late Chas. Godfrey. C. A. Bennett of Nevada City ts general manager. . Guests over Easter Sunday at the Simon Hieronimus home were T. De Matei of the bay district. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dunning of Loomis; Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCluskey ene son of Alleghany. telephone . . come in and consult with . 25.—Cull’ prun-, AUTO TOUR TAKEN BY LOCAL WOMEN composed of Mrs. Otto E. Schiffner, Mrs. Etta Los Kamp, Mrs. Milton Schiffner and child, Mrs. Ernie Towle, Miss Grace Kimsey, returned Friday evening from a trip through the desert.» .They first went to Virginia City and thence to Lone Pine the first day. From there they went down into Death Valley. The auto camps were thronged with visitors and at Lone Pine the motorists were turned away to nearby places as great numbers of pelople from all over the desert ~country had come into the town to attend Rosary for Rev, FathA motor party accident a few days before. The second day was spent ‘in visiting many interesting and beautiful spots in Death Valley and the second night was at Death Valley Junction. . The trip was continued on to Las Vegas. Boulder Dam, Tonopah, Fallon and home. A stop over was made at Tonopah to visit friends as it was from this city that the Schiffner family came to Nevada-City to reside several years ago. : a WEDDED. George Dahling, head waiter at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and Mrs. Elizabeth Mervy were marin the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James of Grass Valley. The bride is a sister of James and a former Grass Valley resident. Miss Roberta James, niece of the bride, was bridesmaid and Thomas James best man. After a honeymoon they will reside in the bay district. The couple secured a marriage license two weeks ago, ENJOYS VACATION Leland S. Smith, Tahoe national forest service official, enjoyed a week’s vacation in the Norden district. While there he spent four hours to become an instructor in caring for persons injured in skiing. A warm rain fell as high as Donner Summit a good portion of yesterday but aid not seem to melt the snow. COUNCIL TO MEET There will be a meeting of the Nevada City Co-Ordinating Council at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon to map plans for the summer work at Pioneers Park. Mrs. BE. T. Bonner is president of the council, — Will Zanocco was given a surprise guests gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tucker and went in a group to the Zanocco home. He was born in Massachusetts 80° ried at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoonA dinner will be tendered Allen” er Crowley, desert priest.killed in an . each day attending first aid classes — birthday dinner and party by His wife yesterday evening. The group of — i}

ig x ==, Spine ——— 4 aenetsenesnite = Thinking . Out Loud By H. M. L. Nevada COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ity Nugget it From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justiable ends. —-Alexander Hamilton, We have a feeling in our bones, a hunch if you _ like, that the Prodigal Son of América next January will return to his father’s home in Hyde Park. We do not know whether he will ‘be chastened in spirit. Any man in public life today must have a cuticle so thick no X*+ray machine can _ penetrate to the inner man and his meditations. But we do believe that between now and the November election he will have fed upon some of the husks, that, not the swine as in the Bible narrative, but the American people have been obliged to eat, while he was in office. In the campaign to come the Republicans will remind him: (1) That in 1932 he bitterly assailed President Hoover for the extravagance of the Republican administration, caustically criticised him for an unbalanced budget, and promised to curtail government expenditures and balance the budget. For six succeeding years in his administration Mr. Roosevelt promised to balance the budget. He forgot to make the promise this year. And with his first year in office ‘he spent double the amount of Hoover’s four-year deficit. (2) That a great proportion of the 10,000,000 or: ‘‘forgotten’’ people, under the Roosevelt regime have become forgotten paupers. While theirs bodies have been fed and clothed, the spirit of American enterprise, of determination to earn a living and to maintain a sturdy independence has been starved in too many of them. Relief has become a career for a large proportion of the forgotten. Secretary Hopkins once said that relief had attained a permanent government status under Perhaps the fact that 65 per-cent of all children born in California in 1939 were progeny of people on relief indicates that Hopkins is right. “The reliefers of today will leave to the state their heirs. a That under the New Deal our government has become one of men, rather than laws. Under Roosevelt’s. direction a rubber stamp ‘Congress enacted the Wagner law that created a body of men, whose functions combined those of prosecutor, jury, judge and sheriff. Power was given the three men on Tennessee Valley authority to deprive the stockholders, (some hundreds of thousands of them) in a private utility of their stock values and distribute these values to other men _ and women within the region of TVA operations. This: “yard: stick * which never could be a yard stick, since .government enterprise pays no taxes, is in redlity a measuse of devastating inroad made upon free by the United States Government. And for this gigantic experiment in ‘‘wealth sharing” in a comparatively small area all the enterprise people of the. entire country are taxed. (4) That, in addition to a com‘pliant Congress, which gave to Mr. Roosevelt both executive and legislative functions, he made a determined effort to secure control of the United States Supreme Court so all authority of three ‘Constitutional divisions could be vested in him, His venomous resentment of his defeat in this endeavor ‘best attests the wisdom of Congress in thworting him. His appointment of Senator Hugo Black, a man who, at least in part, owed his political advancement to membership in the Ku Klux Klan. This appointment marked the peak of Roosevelt’s resentment. His later appointments, as death or retirement of justices’ gave him an opportunity, were in marked and better contrast to his first. Only history may reveal how wise the last four appointments have been. Commenting upon ‘Roosevelt’s (assumed) third term aspirations, Robert H. Jackson, now Attorney General, said: “The third term talk is bunk. If Mr. Roosevelt runs again, it will be for his second term. ‘The courts cancelled Mr. Roosevelt’s first term, so the first four years don’t count.” These, in the main, are the four chief sins of the most _ prodigal ruler of recorded time, i. e. that he made great promises and though possessed of more power than any other President in ‘history, has broken them; that the 10,000,000, more or less, of unemployed, for whom he bled the nation white, for seven years, are still unemployed; that he has put the United States Government into the utility business and thereby ‘robbed. all theNew Deal. . week Jack Williams suffered an injury to the finger some little time ago, ‘and had to: be taken out the last The County Seat Paper Nok 14: Nosds. NEVADA. CITY, CALIF CRNA. The Gald Contes MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940. DEATH SUMMONS JOHN H. SUSS John H. Suss, aged 74 years, passed away in the pay ward of the county hospital at one o’clock last night. He*was a native:of Germany and came to Nevada City with his late ‘wife twenty years ago., He conducted a barber shop at the foot of Broad street until he went to the hospital recently. He was a great lover of flowers and with his wife created one of the most beautiful flower gardens in this city. It is not known whether he has any relatives in the United States or not. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Helling of San Francisco, friends of many years, have been notified of his passing. Funeral arrangements are. pending. The remains are at the Holmes Funeral Home. GAS SALES SHOW ANOTHER INCREASE DURING FEBRUARY The sale of gasoline to California motorists continued to increase during February, R E. Collins, chairman of the State Board of Equalization, reported today. On the basis of motor vehicle fuel tax assessments, a total of 129,099,3884 gallons of gasoline was distributed last month. The tax on this gallonage amounted to $3,872,981.52, an increase of $165,46746 or 4.46 per cent over the same month of the previous year. The February sales /representet the eleventh consecutive month during which sales had increased over a comparable period of the previous year. The distribution for February was slightly lower than that for January 1940, however, when the tax amounted to $4,222,057.11. PROSPECTOR GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION BY FRANK MEGGERS . will start tearing down CAMPTONVILLE, Mar. 25.—he . Camptonville xed Cross First Aid . Station came into play Tuesday when Arthur Frupp of 3ridgeport, who} was prospecting on Willow’ Creek, badly cut his arm with a hatchet. He was given first aid at the station by Ranger Frank Meggers. George Butz cut his leg with an axe Tuesday while working in the timber. and had to be taken to Downieville for medical attention. end for surgical attention. COLGATE FLUME IS SCENE OF INJURIES CAMPTONVILLE, Mar, 25 eral local boys were injured the past . few days on the Colgate flume. Con-. stable John Jaynes ran a large nail in his foot which caused blood poisoning necessitating him to be taken to the Miners hospital at Nevada City. George Rose ran a nail in his hand, and was goven medical attention at Marysville. Edgar Cunningham cut his hand on the same job. STUDENTS BACK TO WV. C. Arter the Easter vacation at their homes at Nevada City many students left last evening or this morning for the bay district to resume their stu-[ dies. Among those noted were Robert Schiffner, John Muscardini, Lacy} Jones, Bob Tucker, Misses Margaret Wyant, Amy McCraney, all of University of California; David McCran.ey, Stanford, Elton Tobiassen and Warren Goldsmith, Agricultural Col. lege, Davis. LEAVE FOR CITY Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of the Tahoe national forest, and B, C; Goldsmith, on the forest service staff left for San Francisco this morning and will visit the regional office on land acquisition matters. They stopped off at the Sacramento District CCC office headquarters to discuss matters in connection with the discontinuance of the Grass Valley CCC camp. business of confidence in the immediate future; and last, that he usurped the legislative powers of Congress and attempted to usurp those of the judiciary. We believe patriotic and thoughtfwl voters of this country will realize the peril to the Republic of continuing such an administration, or one like it, and will use their utmost endeavors to-call a halt to it, in the elec;end and his wife and child who had} “) spent 1-ents, tions of1940. '. ARMORY HALL WILL BE RAZED AT ONCE that work the Armory Hall as soon as the title is cleared and the construction of a°modern store by the Purity Stores company will begin at once. All, formalities have been cleared except the clearing of title. A. C. Presley; local real estate dealer, made the sale. UNEMPLOYED IN COUNTY GET $26,039 IN FEB. Unemployment insurance payments to California workers during February showed a 206% increase over February 1939 with 454,468 checks being written during the past month for a total of $5,684,801.31 as compared with last year’s benefit total of 293,917 checks which aggregated $2,765,679.08. This was announced today by Edward BE. Steele, manager of the Grass Valley office of the State Department of Employment. Claims for partial benefits totaled $68,447.53, representing a 232% in. crease over 1939 distribution of $29448.60. Out-of-State Claims accounted for $236,742.09, or 4.2% of the benefit total, manager ‘Steele indicated. Benefit claimants in the Nevada County area received 1,807 checks amounting to $26,093.35, Steele stated. This means approxminately 452 persons are recieving unemployment It was learned today insurance. Benefit payments since inception of,unentployment insurance payments in 1938 total $73,030,006.97 with an average of over 100,000 checks being written weekly. Total collections to the Unemployment Insurance Fund amount to ve sda 607,420.72 with a $158,577,413.75 reserve balance on hand at ithe close of February, 1940. CROWN OF THORNS . eo oe . Mrs, Will Davis of Willow Valley has placed a ‘Crown of Thorns” plant on exhibit in the Nugget office Tradition has it that a/ of this and placed . window. wreath was made on the head of Jesus when he was! crucified on the cross. The plant is} creating much interest with ad ! showy coral red blossoms. . ARRIVES FROM CITY . . Milton Schiffner came up_ from} San Francisco for the Easter week} Be come up the week before accompani-'} ed home~-today. Milton’s brother, Robert Schiffner, who had Easter vaéation with his Dar-. in Nevada City, returned with} him to resume his studies at University of California. him VANDENBERG ON AIR Announcement has been made of a talk to be made on Monday evening March 25 by Arthur H. Vandenberg, United States Senator from Michigan, who will speak over the Washington Star Forum hour, his ‘topic being “What will be the controlling issues in the 1940 election.’’ ‘ ness men of Nevada City lof players, . with Captain Davis, Marvin Hart and! CONSERVATION TOPIC FOR CIVIC CLUB TUESDAY The Women’s Civic Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Smith at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. After

the regular business meeting, E. L. Baxter, of the headquarters—staff_of the Tahoe national forest, will speak on CURE Van Oe: JOSHUA CONOVER RITES HELD THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services were held today at 2 o’clock for the late Joshua Conover, 69, at the ~Holmes' Funeral Home with interment at Greenwood cemetery. Elder Homstead of the Seventh Day Adventist church of Grass Valley officiated. He was found dead in his home on Sacramento street Friday evening by his wife upon her return from a visit to Los Angeles. He had suffered a heart attack as he went upstairs to bed after his wife’s departure last Sunday. He was born in Morrisburg, Dundas County, Canada, on June 1, 1871. He had been in Nevada City for 17 years and during that time had gained the friendship of many people in this city. Bill Clark to Manage Lava Cap Ball Team 3i1l Clark, boss and manager ball team for the 1935 Gold League, will manage the Lava Cap Nevada City team for the coming season. It was he who brought Paul Pi-. schecich from Ely, Nevada as a pitcher for the Lava Cap team, former Lava Cap shift of the Lava Cap . . . ———= . RISLEY MOVES INTO NEW PLACE TODAY The Forrest Risley dyeing establishment will be moved into the new location formerly occupied by Bolton’s Variety Store today. Mrs. Risley is assisting her husband in the store. New lines of dress. es for children and adults have been added to the shop. RURAL PHONE USERS WILL SEE DEMONSTRATION A special demonstration “unit, designed to show rural telephone users who own and maintain their own telephone lines how best to construct and maintain their lines and equipment, will be brought to Grass Valley this week, according to E. RE. Hoss, local manager for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. According to Hoss, the purpose of this unit is to provide a rural telephone check service to farm line telephone users, who are invited to bring in their telephone instruments for free inspection and minor re‘pairs, Competent telephone advisors accompany the demonstration unit. From them helpful information may be obtained regarding the proper maintenance of rural telephone lines and instruments without obligation on the part of the telephone user. The rural telephone check service will be available to all farm’ line users in this community for three days starting Thursday, March 28, at the Telephone Central Office, 114 W. . Main Street. Visiting hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. each day and all rural telephone users will be welcomed, Hoss said. “If you -are experiencing unsatis. cleaning and DINNER SUNDAY TO HONOR TWO LEGISLATORS G. (Scoop) Thurman, assemblyman and Senator Jerrold Seawell, representatives of this district in the state legislature, next Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The event will take place at the Colfax Hotel and is given under the ‘auspices* of citizens and especially tax payers who use this means of expressing their gratitude for the splendid record both men made during the recent special , \session of the ‘state legislature. JOHN GRAVES FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW The funeral of John. A. Grayes pioneer resident of Nevada County, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Holmes Funeral Home with Rev. David Ralston of the Methodist church’ officiating. Interment will ‘be made in Pine Grove cemetery. His death in the pay ward of the County Hospital Saturday morning culminated a long illness. It was due to the infirmities of age. years ago. He came to California in his early twenties and about ten years later came to Nevada County to make his home. He had been engaged in mining up until a few years ago when he was compelled to cease work —due-to-failing health. He lived in the Washington seetion for many years where he was well Known and respected. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Graves of Redding. Paul is now playing with Salt Lake . factory service because of poor lire . THREE DAY DESERT City and has had a contract offered him by Seattle in the Coast Léague. With the cooperation of the busiand a good diamond ‘at Pioneer Park, Nevada City should\have a team second to none the Foothill League. While too early to have signed up the entire list Clark states a good team Arnold Sullivan for positions on the infield are promised and others who played last year are expected back this season. The diamond at Pioneer Park is in bad condition, according to Manager DAN HENRY RETURNS Mr. and .Mrs. Dan Henry returned Sunday evening from a splendid vacation into their old home in Kentucky. It was their first trip home in eight years and they enjoyed meeting his brothers and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Henry were glad to get back to California and after a few day’s visit here will return to San Francisco where he is employed. Henry was manager of the Safeway Stores in this city several years ago. Mr. and iMrs. R. J. Ronchi of Folsom spent Easter Sunday at the home of Mrs. Ronqhi’s sister, Mrs. J. P. Muscardini and family. “Free Delivery Daily Transcript In 1911 Soon” Says Everyone is familiar with the story of Rip Van Winkle, who collects all prizes for sleeping with his forty year snooze; and the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce tells the one about the world traveler who got off the boat to have his laundry done and stayed forty years—but Nevada City can boast of one of the longest waits for free mail delivery on record. The (Nevada City Daily Transcript carried the following story on Monday May 11, 1911 (29 years ago.) NEVADA CITY MAY YET HAVE FREE DELIVERY It is possible in the near future Nevada City may apply for free delivery of mails. The business done at the postoffice, according to Postmaster Colley, entitles the town to that privilege. Business has increased with great rapidity in the last three years despite the evident dullness in the mining industry. Last year there was an increase of $625 in the receipts, making the total receipts of the office $10,150. It is the rule of the postoffice department to give to cities doing a business through the postoffice in excess of $10,000 a year the privilege of free delivery, providing all the other requirements are met. Postmaster Colley is busy this month weighing the mails so that the government can fix the mail contracts. He has also received many inquiries from the . stoffice department relative to the foreign population of the city, the business transacted in the foreign order department and other things of interest that indicate the attention the loeal,” postoffice is attracting in the main department in Washington, A comparison of records shows that the local postoffice did a business of $24,510.73 for the fiscal year 1939, according to Betty Martin ,. West, postmaster. The postoffice’ officials in ashington apparently were not in. favor of hasty detisions. Clark and should have} immediate attention by the city. . street crew. construction faulty equipment, our experts during this free demonstration,’ ’Hoss said, “These men will be glad to test instruments. brought in for examination, make necessary minor adjustments without charge, and advise if any major tepairs or replacements needed. This service is free and we hope that farm line users will take advantage of this opportunity while our. demonstration unit is in this vicinity.” or are Cull Prunes Make Excellet Dog Food BERKELEY, Mar. es may prove a cheap and desirable ingredient for commercial dog foods according to the results obtained in studies at the University of Paiitor nia College of Agriculture. Dr. Agnes Fay Morgan, head of the home economies division, states that two lots of young dogs were placed on diets of mixed ry andemixed canned dog foods. Some out of each lot also received cull. prunes. At the end of the trial those dogs which were fed on the dry dog food and also received prunes were in better condition and weighed more than those in the same lot who received only the dry food, This effect is believed to have been due to the added supplies of vitamin A provided in the prunes. The quantity of vitamin B they contained may also have been a factor. Only the prune flesh was fed to the animals. WYANDOTTE GRAVEL MINE The Wyandotte. dredging company, who have leased three miles of the channel on Greenhorn creek east of Nevada City, are handling 4000 yards of gravel per 24 hour day. The company has thirteen men employed. The recent heavy storm stopped operations for a time but work is now proceeding at a normal rate. Messrs. England, Warren and Morrison are in charge of this property. ORIGINAL SIXTEEN-TO-ONE One hundred men are employed at the Original Sixteen-to-One mine south of the Alleghany city limits. The mill is treating 130 tons of ore per day. Installation of a new intermal gear hoist is expected to eliminate considerable handling of ore. W. Van Doren is new mine superintendent succeeding the late Chas. Godfrey. C. A. Bennett of Nevada City ts general manager. . Guests over Easter Sunday at the Simon Hieronimus home were T. De Matei of the bay district. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dunning of Loomis; Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCluskey ene son of Alleghany. telephone . . come in and consult with . 25.—Cull’ prun-, AUTO TOUR TAKEN BY LOCAL WOMEN composed of Mrs. Otto E. Schiffner, Mrs. Etta Los Kamp, Mrs. Milton Schiffner and child, Mrs. Ernie Towle, Miss Grace Kimsey, returned Friday evening from a trip through the desert.» .They first went to Virginia City and thence to Lone Pine the first day. From there they went down into Death Valley. The auto camps were thronged with visitors and at Lone Pine the motorists were turned away to nearby places as great numbers of pelople from all over the desert ~country had come into the town to attend Rosary for Rev, FathA motor party accident a few days before. The second day was spent ‘in visiting many interesting and beautiful spots in Death Valley and the second night was at Death Valley Junction. . The trip was continued on to Las Vegas. Boulder Dam, Tonopah, Fallon and home. A stop over was made at Tonopah to visit friends as it was from this city that the Schiffner family came to Nevada-City to reside several years ago. : a WEDDED. George Dahling, head waiter at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and Mrs. Elizabeth Mervy were marin the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James of Grass Valley. The bride is a sister of James and a former Grass Valley resident. Miss Roberta James, niece of the bride, was bridesmaid and Thomas James best man. After a honeymoon they will reside in the bay district. The couple secured a marriage license two weeks ago, ENJOYS VACATION Leland S. Smith, Tahoe national forest service official, enjoyed a week’s vacation in the Norden district. While there he spent four hours to become an instructor in caring for persons injured in skiing. A warm rain fell as high as Donner Summit a good portion of yesterday but aid not seem to melt the snow. COUNCIL TO MEET There will be a meeting of the Nevada City Co-Ordinating Council at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon to map plans for the summer work at Pioneers Park. Mrs. BE. T. Bonner is president of the council, — Will Zanocco was given a surprise guests gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tucker and went in a group to the Zanocco home. He was born in Massachusetts 80° ried at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoonA dinner will be tendered Allen” er Crowley, desert priest.killed in an . each day attending first aid classes — birthday dinner and party by His wife yesterday evening. The group of — i}