March 29, 1940 (6 pages)

Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA. in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. From the Californian, March 15, 1848: ‘ The Liberty of the Press consists —Alexander Hamil_ way, ‘and’ sometimes we We mentioned ‘yard sticks’ in our last column,. particularly the New Deal’s yard stick created in the Tennessee Valley Authority, wherewith to measure public utilities. In the meantime we fave a report of General Motors showing that the price per pound of automobiles, since 1925, has been reduced by half and that wages of workers in automobile manufacturing plants have been nearly doubled. What a grand and glorious sensation it would be to wake up some fine morning and find the Federal government using the yard sticks established in. private business to ‘measure such government enterprises, for instance, as the-postoffice. , Supposing the TVA board for instance were required to contribute to the government the same ratio of taxes as does, the Pacific Gas & Electric company, and then, Since all of us, willy nilly, are stock holders in the TViA, be compelled to do business at such a profit that it returned dividends, not to us personally, but each year to the United States treasury. Our individual dividend would be in reduced taxes. But of course; no politician in government business dreams of paying dividends. His objective is something very dif-, ferent. Whereas a business man engaged in any enterprise must pay taxes, and if he continues in business, for any length of time, ‘must pay dividends, your politician’s goal, if at the head of a gov-" ernment enterprise such as the TVA, is not to make the business pay, but to make votes for the administration, and to find jobs for ‘more politicians in order to make more votes. But while this is only fond dreaming of what an_ efficient Federal government . might = accomplish, by using the yard sticks of private business, we do find that in some municipalities business efficiency is practiced, and that nearly all municipalities especially the smaller ones, approach their problem from a business rather than a political standpoint. We know of one California town of 10,000 population which -purchased the distribution plant of an eléctric utility. company ‘that served it many years ago, and since has built a beautiful city hall, and reduced by 33 per cent taxes on real and personal property, all from the profits in water and electrie current distribution. The rates for both water and current are considerably lower than in ‘Nevada City. A number of municipalities in eastern states have no_ taxes whatever, ‘but are supported entirely from water, gas and electric services municipally operated. It can be doné whenever a majority of tax payers.make up their minds to do it, and stick to it year after. year. The other night we heard one of the more important CIO leaders participating in a Town Meeting discussion. Among other things he said, that if business would’ not _ employ the ten million which are chronically unemployed under the New Deal then the Government must employ them. In other words he put it up to business to take up the slack in employment, but of“fered nary a suggestion regarding how business can do it, when the Government by engaging in such hitherto private enterprise as the TVA, makes business so hazardous that no one wants to gamble their money. The truth is that any one who possesses idle dollars is anxious to put them to work at the highest possible wages. This just as true of idle money, as it is of the idle upstanding citizen who needs and wants a job. Taxes now take such a large proportion of earnings, however, that a great many so-called capitalists, rather than launch new enterprises, or even expand old ones, prefer placing their money in savings accounts or in low income government bonds, though the yields on these are at an all-time low. The more that the New Deal spends, the more it must tax: those who have property, and the higher the taxes the less able is private enterprises able to assure itself a iprofit. It is another one of those very vicious circles. The way to recovery is the hard suspect that the New Deal engineers who have driven the nation into a condition of spendomania, are quite willing for either the Conservative Democrats or Progressive Re(Continued on Page Two) vr Dba 14, Ae 26. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, — Gold Center FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1940. THREE SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED APR. 27 The annual election of school trus_ tees’ for the High and Elementary schools of Nevada school district will be held on April 27, 1940 at the Elementary school ‘building. The trustees whose terms expire are E. M. Rector and P. G. Scadden. The vacancy caused by the death of the late Wade Armstrong, whose term would also have expired, is to be filled. Mr. Scadden states that he has served for more than twenty years on the school board and that he will not be a candidate for reelection. — Frank Finnegan, attorney, and Hal Draper, assayer and chemist, have announced their candidacy for positions on the board. HORSE SHOE TO TRUCK ORE TO CUSTOM MILL Edd Addington of Nevada City and partner. are preparing to truck five tons of ore from their Horse Shoe property near ‘Feather Falls to the Buffington custom mill west of this city as soon as the weather settles. The ore was mined last year and is on the dump ready to haul for the} test run. Heavy storms last winter broke down the flumes and broke the ditches so that they will have to be: repaired to bring water to the. mine. Some time this past winter thieves stole the two ton prospector mill and mine tools from the property. Mr. Addington and associates purchased the mill two years ago and the theft is working a hardship on the group who are trying to get the property on a production basis. NEVADA CITY WILL RECEIVE $1,597.50 IN LICENSE FEES Allocation -of $1,425,045.24 ‘to eities and counties as their share of alcoholic beverage license fees for the last six month period of 1939. was announced today ‘by Richard ‘E. Collins, chairman of the State Board of Equalization. The distribution of this fund represents 50 per cent of the total liquor license fees earned during the last half of the year amounting to $2,850,090.48. The state’s half of these collections goes into the general fund, On the basis of actual licenses isused, Nevada county will receive a total of $6,951.25, of which $3,086.25-wil-go-to-the-unincorporated.area and $1,597.50 to Nevada City. The current allocation of liquor license fees brings the total of such funds distributed to cities and the counties by the Board of Equalization ‘up to $14,912,351.38, the report revealed. The net fee distribution for the last half of 1939 was slightly higher than the $1,222,192.85 allocated to local governments for the final six-month period of the previous year. Notice of the new allocation has been given the state controller and the money thereby provided will be sent to the cities and counties in the, near future. Of the distribution announced today, the largest single amount will ‘go to Los Angeles county and _ its cities with a total of $438,489.59. The city and county of San Francisco was second with $211,331.19. DR. J. H. SUSS GIVEN MASONIC FUNERAL RITES Funeral services for the late Dr. J. H. Suss were . held 'Wednesday morning at the Holmes Funeral Home with officers of Nevada Lodge No. 13 F. and A. M. in charge. Immediately following the ceremonies the body was taken to East Lawn at Sacramento for cremation. The following Masons acted as the pallbearers: Raymond C. Worthley, Benj. Hall, Walter Carlson, John H. Richards, Joseph F. Stenger and J. W. Darke. Red Blutf Guests— Rev. and Mrs. Dudley Boyd and ‘Mrs. Munn: of Red Bluff are spending three days in Nevada City as the guests of Mrs. W. Brounfield. o FIRE DEPARTMENT URGED TO ATTEND FIRST AID CLASSES All members of the Nevada City department are urged to take the first aid instructions which are to start tonight at the elementary school auditorium by Chief Herbert S. Hallett. Standard American Red Cross instruction is to be given with Dr. John+R. Topic as instructor under the auspices of the Nevada City Chapter of the Red Cross. There are to be 20 hours of instruction in the entire course. ; The books which are required will be furnished the firemen ‘by the fire department and there will be no charge for the instruction. SOCIAL WELFARE COSTS STATE 75 MILLIONS YEARLY Two members of the staff of the State Department of Social Welfare were guests of the Nevada City Rotary club at luncheon yesterday. They were Mrs. E. B. McClatchy and William ‘McDougal, who was born in Nevada City but left with his parents when but four years of age: William Home was chairman of the program and introduced the guests. H. E. Kjorlie, in charge of programs for the club, stated thdt on the evening of May 23, there will be a “ladies night’ and that arrangements are being made for leasing for the evening the Mills. College lodge at Lake Vera for that event. It is proposed to. obtain an orchestra and to spend a large part of the evening in dancing in the beautiful big pavilion of the lodge. Mr. Kjorlie also announced that at the next meeting of the club Elmer E. Stevens, of the Grass Valley high school staff, will speak upon the subject of the third term controversy, from an historical standpoint. of ey It was announeed that the new board of directors had elected Walter Carlson to be president, and Fred secretary of the ¢élub. Garrison, These officers, and the new direct-: orate, will take office on July 1. It now costs California $75,000,000 a year to care for 135,000 aged persons, 7,000 blind persons, and 58,000 dependent children, Mr. McDougad stated. The aged persons receive an average $37.50 per month, the blind $49, and children about $16.50. The amount expended on the three classifications is between 8 and 9 times the amount it was ten years ago. As regards pensions paid the aged and the blind, California leads the nation, but several states make a more generaus provision for dependent children, McDougal stated. The function of the State Department of Social Welfare, Mr. McDougal said is, Jargely supervisory. Incidentally the law provides that the adoption of all children, must have the approval of this department. Children in boarding homes also receive the close supervision of the department. But its principal duty is to see that the counties which administer aid to the aged, to the blind and to dependent children, conform to state and federal laws which fix certain standards and conditions that must be maintained. GRASS VALLEY HIGH JOURNALISM CLASS PAYS NUGGET VISIT The Grass Valley High School Journalism class and instructor Elmer E. Stevens, visited the Nevada City Nugget shop yesterday just after one o’clock and spent a study period viewing the linotype, its operation; casting machine, make-up forms, type cases, metal saw, mailer and two presses. In the class were Steve Pelayo, Ruth Underwood, Sam Martini, Gerd Tobias, Jack Shamberger, Bill Noland, Al Moffet, Dick Rodda, Burel Write, Leonard ‘Gilbert, Douglas Popst. J. Hilliard on Crutches— J. Hilliard, who broke his right leg in a skiing accident at. Soda Springs recently, is able to be about on crutches. : Arrives From Durbec— : W. Luther came down from Durbec above North Bloomfield yesterday, forenoon on a business trip. He stated there was four inches of new snow at his home and it was still snowing. ENGINEER TELLS OF U.S. SURVEY IN NICARAGUA Eugene Marshell, engineer who has many friends in Nevada City where he lived until three years ago, has recently been appointed to a supervisory post among the U. S:! engineers who are making a resurvey of the proposed Nicaraguan sealevel canal. The proposed route follows the San Juan river from’ the Caribbean up to and through Lake Nicaragua which will leave a comparatively narrow’ mountain range to be cut through into the Pacific. Marshell left here for Costa Rica where he has been mining with a brother in law until the latter part of December when he was sent by the U. S. government to Nicaragua. Marshell sent his wife a copy of the ““Novedades”’ of San Carlos, Nicaragua. The interview of the North American engineers was quite interesting. Marshell did most of the talking as he was the only one who could speak Spanish. He told the reporters they had come to study and map the proposed route of canal in which the U. S. government was keenly interested, but he could not give out any further information. A letter written by his wife on January 27 was received the night of February 7 on the weekly boat. The engineers are camped out in the. ' jungles and as they moved camp further inland mail service became still slower. Marshell is chief. of the work from San Carlos to Castillo, or 50 miles, with transit and plane table party working under his direction in addition to twelve mozos and “as many more as I can use efficiently.”’ The U.S. government has speed boats on the river and may send planes up from Panama to do aerial mapping. Marshell rises at five o’clock and goes with his men out on the route. At night office work occupies him until eight o'clock. Marshall’s party has a small speed boat to travel up and down the river while the lieutenant has a larger one that travels from one end of the project to the other. To his daughter, Betty, he writes: “T have taken some pictures and planned to take more of a fiesta that is to be held in San Carlos soon. San Carlos is a small pueblo with church, fort and five or six hundred people about like Amatiltan in Guatamala where we lived several years ago.”’ The engineers had-headquarters in the supply bodega ,at the head of the San Juan river. All supplies were shipped from the Panama commissary, except eggs, butter, turkeys, and chickens, fish. The lieutenant brought up a live turkey for a fiesta and it kept the men awake with its gobbling at night. A couple of guards are stationed about the camp to prevent thievery. One attempted to steal a Coleman lamp left out the first night and claimed, when captured with it by the guard he was only going to Nght a cigarette with it. He was taken to the calaboose. Marshell writes that the codoba, dollar in Nicaraguan money is worth about 17 cents in American money. To his son, Eugene, he wrote that he had to carry arms into the jungles to protect himself against wild animals and snakes. One night he killed two native cobras five and seven feet long. He is having the skin of the seven foot snake tanned and plans to send his son a belt from it. Later on he saw an alligator on the river bank and expects to shoot one soon and have his hide tanned. He asked his son what he wanted made from the alligator hide. He wrote this letter at five in the morning and it was still dark. The congo monkeys were barking and roaring in the trees down along the river, making a noise like lions in a circus. The monkeys are harmless and only two or three feet tall, but if he did not know them ,he would have sworn that a whole drove of African lions were out prowling, waiting to attack the camp. He is planning a trip for his son and expects to take him hunting when he arrives as there are all sorts of animals and birds to hunt including deer, wild pig,, alligators, lots of sriakes, ducks, doves, pigeons, wild turkeys, quail and several different kinds of native grouse and ‘‘mountain — hens’ all good to eat. 2 To a friend in the United States Marshell wrote about mining in Costa Rica with a brother in law. He got (Continued on Page Six) To Spend $80,000 On 4 Miles Crossing APPLICANTS FOR RECREATION POST ARE CONSIDERED Two applicants, Edward Frantz and Cecil H. Klee, will be voted on by members of the Nevada City Coordina'tting Council for the position of director of the 1940 summer recreation program, it was announced by the council at its regular meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the city hall. Mr. Frantz is the director of physical education att the high school and Mr. Klee is vice-principal of the elementary school. W. B. McClard and Dave Baun, members of the Grass Valley Community Service Council, appeared before the local council asking them to co-operate in having a WPA recreational project survey made of Nevada City and Grass Valley. The Grass Valley representatives also advised the local group ‘that a Nevada City-Grass Valley project could be secured through the WPA with a government supervisor to take charge. Those present at the men**ng were: H. E. Kjorlie, Mrs. Arnold Jackson, Mrs. Oscar Odegaard, Miss Gertrude Goyne, H. F. Sofge, Rev. David Ralston, R. L. Tamblyn, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. E. T. Bonner and Fred Garrison. : RAINFALL TOTAL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 50 IN. Rainfall for Nevada City according to the rain gauge at the home of Mrs, Jennie Preston totals 49.58 inches and for the storm which started Sunday the amount is 4.90 -up to time of measurement yesterday morning. With the continuous drizzie and showers yesterday and last night the amount will be fully 50 inches. Reports are for continued storm throughout today and tomorrow. The measurements for the last storm in the up country towns are as follows: Camptonville, 6.97 inches; Downieville, 6.7 inches; Forest Hill, 3.42: North Bloomfield, 4.42 inches. These figures were given out by the Tahoe National Forest yester. day morning. A report from Cisco stated the river was nearly as high as it was in 1938 when it reached an all time high. Water ran over the Auburn ski club bridge. at Cisco during the past storm and finally washed it away. Cc. M. Gwin, Tahoe National Forest staff officer, stated yesterday forenoon that it was snowing hard in Downieville and there was a light fall in Camptonville. From the local state division. of highways headquarters it was learned that there was three inches: of new snow at [Bassetts above Downieville, ‘Snow covered the ground and was still falling at the Nevada City ski course. There was two inches of new snow at Washington Junction, and three inches at Steep Hollow. Two snow plows were sent out this morning to clear the highways for motorists. PARENT-TEACHERS . WILL MEET TODAY Installation of officers and a short business meeting will feature the regular meeting of the local PTA today at three o’clock. The program will be in charge of (Mrs. Kensinger. Mrs. George Legg, an authority on constructive reading will speak on ‘Books for Children.’’ Mrs. Doris Foley will present a rhythm band composed of first ana second graders. Miss Ruth Tamblyn will give a report on new books purchased by the PTA contribution to ‘the school library. Tea will-be served by Mrs. Jones, Mrs, Buffington, Mrs. Lystrup and Mrs. Berger. ‘School will prepare and Of Highway South Yuba eS mE CAMPTONVILLE,March Miss Elsie Price, chairman of the Camptonville Women’s Club Petition Committee for the improvement of Highway No. 49; between Camptonville and Freemans Crossing Tetently received a letter from Byron Seott Secretary of the California Highway Commission, in reply to a_recent petition jrging improvement of the highway ee here to Freemans Crossing. ¢ Mr. Scott replies that the state highway budget for the 89th-90th fiscal year includes an unexpended balance of $94,445.00, for construction between Nevada City and Downieville. The selection of the particular section or sections to be improved with the funds was left within the jurisdiction of Frank Clark, Director of Public Works and C. H. Purcell, State Highway Engineer. These men have decided to improve a four mile section in Nevada County, between 2.8 miles south of the South Fork Yuba River Bridge and 1.5 miles north of said bridge, estimated to cost $80,000, and in Seerra county, to improve 700 _~ foot sections of the grade from the North Fork Yuba River Bridge to the Joubert mine, estimated to cost $15,000, as representing points of greatest hazard and inconvenience to traffic. The district engineer has been advis_ ed of this decision and is now assembling equipment to be moved into the projects above mentioned. Scott further assures the Wonten’s Club that the commission hopes that means will be found in the near. future to continue appropriations which will eventually bring the road up to standard, adequate for serving traffic. When a future appropriation is made, Scott says consideration will be given that section between Camptonvide-and—Freemans Crossing in which the residents of ‘Camptonville and vicinity are so much interested. COUNTY TEACHERS . WILL HEAR CHILD WELFARE. OFFICIAL The March meeting of the Nevada County Rural Teachers’ Club will be held at the Grass Valley High School tomorrow morning, with Dr. H. E. Chamberlain, Chief, Division of Child Welfare Service, State Department of Social Welfare, as the guest speaker. : Club members will gather at 10:30 a. m.-for.a ‘‘What Have You?” session, whereby. the teachers may exhibit work done in the classroom, and exchange ideas. The business meeting of the club will follow at 11:15 a. m. when the current business will be discussed and reports of the various committee chairmen received. Miss Reynolds and her Homemak. ing class of the Grass Valley High serve a luncheon at 12:30 p. m. for the teachers and their guests. At 1:45 Dr. Chamberlain will discuss “The Emotional Development of the Child.” An invitation to hear Dr. Chamberlain has been extended to all members of the local P. T. A’s as well as any otherswho are interested in child development. SCOTTS FLAT SRA _ WORKER SUCCUMBS TO HEART AILMENT William Fred Deck Decker, aged 64 years died at the SRA camp at Scotts Flat last night He had been sent up from SRA headquarters in Sacramento recently and little is known of. his life. Decker was, born in Germany. Coroner A. M.° Holmes investigated the case yesterday afternodn and found the man died from a heaft ailment. The remains are’ at Holmes Funeral Home in this city. An attempt is being made to locate relatives and funeral arrangements are pending. Attena Wedding— Mrs. ‘George Keller oe William Statley of San Francisco, Charles McCarty of San Jose and Ted O'Neill of Oakland were in Nevada GC: Easter Sunday for the wedding of Miss Catherine Glennon and Robert Henry Keeler. 27.— + y

Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA. in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. From the Californian, March 15, 1848: ‘ The Liberty of the Press consists —Alexander Hamil_ way, ‘and’ sometimes we We mentioned ‘yard sticks’ in our last column,. particularly the New Deal’s yard stick created in the Tennessee Valley Authority, wherewith to measure public utilities. In the meantime we fave a report of General Motors showing that the price per pound of automobiles, since 1925, has been reduced by half and that wages of workers in automobile manufacturing plants have been nearly doubled. What a grand and glorious sensation it would be to wake up some fine morning and find the Federal government using the yard sticks established in. private business to ‘measure such government enterprises, for instance, as the-postoffice. , Supposing the TVA board for instance were required to contribute to the government the same ratio of taxes as does, the Pacific Gas & Electric company, and then, Since all of us, willy nilly, are stock holders in the TViA, be compelled to do business at such a profit that it returned dividends, not to us personally, but each year to the United States treasury. Our individual dividend would be in reduced taxes. But of course; no politician in government business dreams of paying dividends. His objective is something very dif-, ferent. Whereas a business man engaged in any enterprise must pay taxes, and if he continues in business, for any length of time, ‘must pay dividends, your politician’s goal, if at the head of a gov-" ernment enterprise such as the TVA, is not to make the business pay, but to make votes for the administration, and to find jobs for ‘more politicians in order to make more votes. But while this is only fond dreaming of what an_ efficient Federal government . might = accomplish, by using the yard sticks of private business, we do find that in some municipalities business efficiency is practiced, and that nearly all municipalities especially the smaller ones, approach their problem from a business rather than a political standpoint. We know of one California town of 10,000 population which -purchased the distribution plant of an eléctric utility. company ‘that served it many years ago, and since has built a beautiful city hall, and reduced by 33 per cent taxes on real and personal property, all from the profits in water and electrie current distribution. The rates for both water and current are considerably lower than in ‘Nevada City. A number of municipalities in eastern states have no_ taxes whatever, ‘but are supported entirely from water, gas and electric services municipally operated. It can be doné whenever a majority of tax payers.make up their minds to do it, and stick to it year after. year. The other night we heard one of the more important CIO leaders participating in a Town Meeting discussion. Among other things he said, that if business would’ not _ employ the ten million which are chronically unemployed under the New Deal then the Government must employ them. In other words he put it up to business to take up the slack in employment, but of“fered nary a suggestion regarding how business can do it, when the Government by engaging in such hitherto private enterprise as the TVA, makes business so hazardous that no one wants to gamble their money. The truth is that any one who possesses idle dollars is anxious to put them to work at the highest possible wages. This just as true of idle money, as it is of the idle upstanding citizen who needs and wants a job. Taxes now take such a large proportion of earnings, however, that a great many so-called capitalists, rather than launch new enterprises, or even expand old ones, prefer placing their money in savings accounts or in low income government bonds, though the yields on these are at an all-time low. The more that the New Deal spends, the more it must tax: those who have property, and the higher the taxes the less able is private enterprises able to assure itself a iprofit. It is another one of those very vicious circles. The way to recovery is the hard suspect that the New Deal engineers who have driven the nation into a condition of spendomania, are quite willing for either the Conservative Democrats or Progressive Re(Continued on Page Two) vr Dba 14, Ae 26. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, — Gold Center FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1940. THREE SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED APR. 27 The annual election of school trus_ tees’ for the High and Elementary schools of Nevada school district will be held on April 27, 1940 at the Elementary school ‘building. The trustees whose terms expire are E. M. Rector and P. G. Scadden. The vacancy caused by the death of the late Wade Armstrong, whose term would also have expired, is to be filled. Mr. Scadden states that he has served for more than twenty years on the school board and that he will not be a candidate for reelection. — Frank Finnegan, attorney, and Hal Draper, assayer and chemist, have announced their candidacy for positions on the board. HORSE SHOE TO TRUCK ORE TO CUSTOM MILL Edd Addington of Nevada City and partner. are preparing to truck five tons of ore from their Horse Shoe property near ‘Feather Falls to the Buffington custom mill west of this city as soon as the weather settles. The ore was mined last year and is on the dump ready to haul for the} test run. Heavy storms last winter broke down the flumes and broke the ditches so that they will have to be: repaired to bring water to the. mine. Some time this past winter thieves stole the two ton prospector mill and mine tools from the property. Mr. Addington and associates purchased the mill two years ago and the theft is working a hardship on the group who are trying to get the property on a production basis. NEVADA CITY WILL RECEIVE $1,597.50 IN LICENSE FEES Allocation -of $1,425,045.24 ‘to eities and counties as their share of alcoholic beverage license fees for the last six month period of 1939. was announced today ‘by Richard ‘E. Collins, chairman of the State Board of Equalization. The distribution of this fund represents 50 per cent of the total liquor license fees earned during the last half of the year amounting to $2,850,090.48. The state’s half of these collections goes into the general fund, On the basis of actual licenses isused, Nevada county will receive a total of $6,951.25, of which $3,086.25-wil-go-to-the-unincorporated.area and $1,597.50 to Nevada City. The current allocation of liquor license fees brings the total of such funds distributed to cities and the counties by the Board of Equalization ‘up to $14,912,351.38, the report revealed. The net fee distribution for the last half of 1939 was slightly higher than the $1,222,192.85 allocated to local governments for the final six-month period of the previous year. Notice of the new allocation has been given the state controller and the money thereby provided will be sent to the cities and counties in the, near future. Of the distribution announced today, the largest single amount will ‘go to Los Angeles county and _ its cities with a total of $438,489.59. The city and county of San Francisco was second with $211,331.19. DR. J. H. SUSS GIVEN MASONIC FUNERAL RITES Funeral services for the late Dr. J. H. Suss were . held 'Wednesday morning at the Holmes Funeral Home with officers of Nevada Lodge No. 13 F. and A. M. in charge. Immediately following the ceremonies the body was taken to East Lawn at Sacramento for cremation. The following Masons acted as the pallbearers: Raymond C. Worthley, Benj. Hall, Walter Carlson, John H. Richards, Joseph F. Stenger and J. W. Darke. Red Blutf Guests— Rev. and Mrs. Dudley Boyd and ‘Mrs. Munn: of Red Bluff are spending three days in Nevada City as the guests of Mrs. W. Brounfield. o FIRE DEPARTMENT URGED TO ATTEND FIRST AID CLASSES All members of the Nevada City department are urged to take the first aid instructions which are to start tonight at the elementary school auditorium by Chief Herbert S. Hallett. Standard American Red Cross instruction is to be given with Dr. John+R. Topic as instructor under the auspices of the Nevada City Chapter of the Red Cross. There are to be 20 hours of instruction in the entire course. ; The books which are required will be furnished the firemen ‘by the fire department and there will be no charge for the instruction. SOCIAL WELFARE COSTS STATE 75 MILLIONS YEARLY Two members of the staff of the State Department of Social Welfare were guests of the Nevada City Rotary club at luncheon yesterday. They were Mrs. E. B. McClatchy and William ‘McDougal, who was born in Nevada City but left with his parents when but four years of age: William Home was chairman of the program and introduced the guests. H. E. Kjorlie, in charge of programs for the club, stated thdt on the evening of May 23, there will be a “ladies night’ and that arrangements are being made for leasing for the evening the Mills. College lodge at Lake Vera for that event. It is proposed to. obtain an orchestra and to spend a large part of the evening in dancing in the beautiful big pavilion of the lodge. Mr. Kjorlie also announced that at the next meeting of the club Elmer E. Stevens, of the Grass Valley high school staff, will speak upon the subject of the third term controversy, from an historical standpoint. of ey It was announeed that the new board of directors had elected Walter Carlson to be president, and Fred secretary of the ¢élub. Garrison, These officers, and the new direct-: orate, will take office on July 1. It now costs California $75,000,000 a year to care for 135,000 aged persons, 7,000 blind persons, and 58,000 dependent children, Mr. McDougad stated. The aged persons receive an average $37.50 per month, the blind $49, and children about $16.50. The amount expended on the three classifications is between 8 and 9 times the amount it was ten years ago. As regards pensions paid the aged and the blind, California leads the nation, but several states make a more generaus provision for dependent children, McDougal stated. The function of the State Department of Social Welfare, Mr. McDougal said is, Jargely supervisory. Incidentally the law provides that the adoption of all children, must have the approval of this department. Children in boarding homes also receive the close supervision of the department. But its principal duty is to see that the counties which administer aid to the aged, to the blind and to dependent children, conform to state and federal laws which fix certain standards and conditions that must be maintained. GRASS VALLEY HIGH JOURNALISM CLASS PAYS NUGGET VISIT The Grass Valley High School Journalism class and instructor Elmer E. Stevens, visited the Nevada City Nugget shop yesterday just after one o’clock and spent a study period viewing the linotype, its operation; casting machine, make-up forms, type cases, metal saw, mailer and two presses. In the class were Steve Pelayo, Ruth Underwood, Sam Martini, Gerd Tobias, Jack Shamberger, Bill Noland, Al Moffet, Dick Rodda, Burel

Write, Leonard ‘Gilbert, Douglas Popst. J. Hilliard on Crutches— J. Hilliard, who broke his right leg in a skiing accident at. Soda Springs recently, is able to be about on crutches. : Arrives From Durbec— : W. Luther came down from Durbec above North Bloomfield yesterday, forenoon on a business trip. He stated there was four inches of new snow at his home and it was still snowing. ENGINEER TELLS OF U.S. SURVEY IN NICARAGUA Eugene Marshell, engineer who has many friends in Nevada City where he lived until three years ago, has recently been appointed to a supervisory post among the U. S:! engineers who are making a resurvey of the proposed Nicaraguan sealevel canal. The proposed route follows the San Juan river from’ the Caribbean up to and through Lake Nicaragua which will leave a comparatively narrow’ mountain range to be cut through into the Pacific. Marshell left here for Costa Rica where he has been mining with a brother in law until the latter part of December when he was sent by the U. S. government to Nicaragua. Marshell sent his wife a copy of the ““Novedades”’ of San Carlos, Nicaragua. The interview of the North American engineers was quite interesting. Marshell did most of the talking as he was the only one who could speak Spanish. He told the reporters they had come to study and map the proposed route of canal in which the U. S. government was keenly interested, but he could not give out any further information. A letter written by his wife on January 27 was received the night of February 7 on the weekly boat. The engineers are camped out in the. ' jungles and as they moved camp further inland mail service became still slower. Marshell is chief. of the work from San Carlos to Castillo, or 50 miles, with transit and plane table party working under his direction in addition to twelve mozos and “as many more as I can use efficiently.”’ The U.S. government has speed boats on the river and may send planes up from Panama to do aerial mapping. Marshell rises at five o’clock and goes with his men out on the route. At night office work occupies him until eight o'clock. Marshall’s party has a small speed boat to travel up and down the river while the lieutenant has a larger one that travels from one end of the project to the other. To his daughter, Betty, he writes: “T have taken some pictures and planned to take more of a fiesta that is to be held in San Carlos soon. San Carlos is a small pueblo with church, fort and five or six hundred people about like Amatiltan in Guatamala where we lived several years ago.”’ The engineers had-headquarters in the supply bodega ,at the head of the San Juan river. All supplies were shipped from the Panama commissary, except eggs, butter, turkeys, and chickens, fish. The lieutenant brought up a live turkey for a fiesta and it kept the men awake with its gobbling at night. A couple of guards are stationed about the camp to prevent thievery. One attempted to steal a Coleman lamp left out the first night and claimed, when captured with it by the guard he was only going to Nght a cigarette with it. He was taken to the calaboose. Marshell writes that the codoba, dollar in Nicaraguan money is worth about 17 cents in American money. To his son, Eugene, he wrote that he had to carry arms into the jungles to protect himself against wild animals and snakes. One night he killed two native cobras five and seven feet long. He is having the skin of the seven foot snake tanned and plans to send his son a belt from it. Later on he saw an alligator on the river bank and expects to shoot one soon and have his hide tanned. He asked his son what he wanted made from the alligator hide. He wrote this letter at five in the morning and it was still dark. The congo monkeys were barking and roaring in the trees down along the river, making a noise like lions in a circus. The monkeys are harmless and only two or three feet tall, but if he did not know them ,he would have sworn that a whole drove of African lions were out prowling, waiting to attack the camp. He is planning a trip for his son and expects to take him hunting when he arrives as there are all sorts of animals and birds to hunt including deer, wild pig,, alligators, lots of sriakes, ducks, doves, pigeons, wild turkeys, quail and several different kinds of native grouse and ‘‘mountain — hens’ all good to eat. 2 To a friend in the United States Marshell wrote about mining in Costa Rica with a brother in law. He got (Continued on Page Six) To Spend $80,000 On 4 Miles Crossing APPLICANTS FOR RECREATION POST ARE CONSIDERED Two applicants, Edward Frantz and Cecil H. Klee, will be voted on by members of the Nevada City Coordina'tting Council for the position of director of the 1940 summer recreation program, it was announced by the council at its regular meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the city hall. Mr. Frantz is the director of physical education att the high school and Mr. Klee is vice-principal of the elementary school. W. B. McClard and Dave Baun, members of the Grass Valley Community Service Council, appeared before the local council asking them to co-operate in having a WPA recreational project survey made of Nevada City and Grass Valley. The Grass Valley representatives also advised the local group ‘that a Nevada City-Grass Valley project could be secured through the WPA with a government supervisor to take charge. Those present at the men**ng were: H. E. Kjorlie, Mrs. Arnold Jackson, Mrs. Oscar Odegaard, Miss Gertrude Goyne, H. F. Sofge, Rev. David Ralston, R. L. Tamblyn, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. E. T. Bonner and Fred Garrison. : RAINFALL TOTAL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 50 IN. Rainfall for Nevada City according to the rain gauge at the home of Mrs, Jennie Preston totals 49.58 inches and for the storm which started Sunday the amount is 4.90 -up to time of measurement yesterday morning. With the continuous drizzie and showers yesterday and last night the amount will be fully 50 inches. Reports are for continued storm throughout today and tomorrow. The measurements for the last storm in the up country towns are as follows: Camptonville, 6.97 inches; Downieville, 6.7 inches; Forest Hill, 3.42: North Bloomfield, 4.42 inches. These figures were given out by the Tahoe National Forest yester. day morning. A report from Cisco stated the river was nearly as high as it was in 1938 when it reached an all time high. Water ran over the Auburn ski club bridge. at Cisco during the past storm and finally washed it away. Cc. M. Gwin, Tahoe National Forest staff officer, stated yesterday forenoon that it was snowing hard in Downieville and there was a light fall in Camptonville. From the local state division. of highways headquarters it was learned that there was three inches: of new snow at [Bassetts above Downieville, ‘Snow covered the ground and was still falling at the Nevada City ski course. There was two inches of new snow at Washington Junction, and three inches at Steep Hollow. Two snow plows were sent out this morning to clear the highways for motorists. PARENT-TEACHERS . WILL MEET TODAY Installation of officers and a short business meeting will feature the regular meeting of the local PTA today at three o’clock. The program will be in charge of (Mrs. Kensinger. Mrs. George Legg, an authority on constructive reading will speak on ‘Books for Children.’’ Mrs. Doris Foley will present a rhythm band composed of first ana second graders. Miss Ruth Tamblyn will give a report on new books purchased by the PTA contribution to ‘the school library. Tea will-be served by Mrs. Jones, Mrs, Buffington, Mrs. Lystrup and Mrs. Berger. ‘School will prepare and Of Highway South Yuba eS mE CAMPTONVILLE,March Miss Elsie Price, chairman of the Camptonville Women’s Club Petition Committee for the improvement of Highway No. 49; between Camptonville and Freemans Crossing Tetently received a letter from Byron Seott Secretary of the California Highway Commission, in reply to a_recent petition jrging improvement of the highway ee here to Freemans Crossing. ¢ Mr. Scott replies that the state highway budget for the 89th-90th fiscal year includes an unexpended balance of $94,445.00, for construction between Nevada City and Downieville. The selection of the particular section or sections to be improved with the funds was left within the jurisdiction of Frank Clark, Director of Public Works and C. H. Purcell, State Highway Engineer. These men have decided to improve a four mile section in Nevada County, between 2.8 miles south of the South Fork Yuba River Bridge and 1.5 miles north of said bridge, estimated to cost $80,000, and in Seerra county, to improve 700 _~ foot sections of the grade from the North Fork Yuba River Bridge to the Joubert mine, estimated to cost $15,000, as representing points of greatest hazard and inconvenience to traffic. The district engineer has been advis_ ed of this decision and is now assembling equipment to be moved into the projects above mentioned. Scott further assures the Wonten’s Club that the commission hopes that means will be found in the near. future to continue appropriations which will eventually bring the road up to standard, adequate for serving traffic. When a future appropriation is made, Scott says consideration will be given that section between Camptonvide-and—Freemans Crossing in which the residents of ‘Camptonville and vicinity are so much interested. COUNTY TEACHERS . WILL HEAR CHILD WELFARE. OFFICIAL The March meeting of the Nevada County Rural Teachers’ Club will be held at the Grass Valley High School tomorrow morning, with Dr. H. E. Chamberlain, Chief, Division of Child Welfare Service, State Department of Social Welfare, as the guest speaker. : Club members will gather at 10:30 a. m.-for.a ‘‘What Have You?” session, whereby. the teachers may exhibit work done in the classroom, and exchange ideas. The business meeting of the club will follow at 11:15 a. m. when the current business will be discussed and reports of the various committee chairmen received. Miss Reynolds and her Homemak. ing class of the Grass Valley High serve a luncheon at 12:30 p. m. for the teachers and their guests. At 1:45 Dr. Chamberlain will discuss “The Emotional Development of the Child.” An invitation to hear Dr. Chamberlain has been extended to all members of the local P. T. A’s as well as any otherswho are interested in child development. SCOTTS FLAT SRA _ WORKER SUCCUMBS TO HEART AILMENT William Fred Deck Decker, aged 64 years died at the SRA camp at Scotts Flat last night He had been sent up from SRA headquarters in Sacramento recently and little is known of. his life. Decker was, born in Germany. Coroner A. M.° Holmes investigated the case yesterday afternodn and found the man died from a heaft ailment. The remains are’ at Holmes Funeral Home in this city. An attempt is being made to locate relatives and funeral arrangements are pending. Attena Wedding— Mrs. ‘George Keller oe William Statley of San Francisco, Charles McCarty of San Jose and Ted O'Neill of Oakland were in Nevada GC: Easter Sunday for the wedding of Miss Catherine Glennon and Robert Henry Keeler. 27.— + y