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Vol. VII. No. 40 The County Seat Paper NEVADA City. CALIFORNIA
The GOLD Center FRIDAY. MARCH 30, 1934
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NOR. CALIF. FED.
CLUBS CONCLAVE
COMING APRIL 19
Woman’s Civic Clubs Prenar. that crosses Bear River, to witness a
ing Plans to Receive and
Entertain 200 Delegates
At This Event
The visit of Mrs. W. B.
the Women’s Civie Club, last Monday ; minister, standing
evening, was unusually interesting
dealing with Federation News and
visits to other sections showing the
activities of
world.
Mrs. Rider told of the, good being 1 Ww
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women all over ne Mr. and Mrs.
done in London and Paris by the .
American Women's Clubs, especially
in. Paris,
paid to our American girls and women, and to students from this country who need aid and protection.
During the course of
meeting, plans for the approaching
Women’s Convention
members were assured of an enthusiastic response to the call of the
district. A large gathering is expect.
ed.
hall during the day and will be opened on Thursday morning with
greetings from Mayor R. J. Bennetts.
The adult public is invited to any of
the meetings, and for the entertainnent of the convention, members and
suest, a fine program of music
oratory has been arranged.
On Thursday, the 19th, a
and
contest
of the choral sections of the Federalion will be held followed by
at the Empire Country Club
the local club as hosiess.
a Tea
with
Friday, the 20th, will probably be
the big day as Miss Josephine Sea.
State
Clubs, will speak.
van, President of
Miss Seaman has .
a reputation for inspirational oratory .
and much pleasure will be
from her. effort, ,
A drive up the Ukiah Tahoe high.
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EE PT SMAL SERVICES IN
While Mr. and Mrs. oni pe Cala-. os =,
nan, were out on a motor trip Sun-] i ey zday, March. 18, they stopped near . 5
the large bridge, north of Auburn, °
religious order baptising newly vconverted. members, who
nearly all women.
There was a large crowd present
Causes Vice President Downing to Take Drastic
Action
seemed to be
v{and. their voices were clearly heard All placer mining compamies alonz . to use a certain amount of watér in
tider, to, as they sang many old hymns. The! the Bear river, above the P. G. & E./ their mining operations there.
about half im-) dam, just north of the Colfax road, ;
nersed in the icy cold water, never! have been notified by the Pacific Gas .
left the stream until all were bap-. & Hlectric company, to cease opera .
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The operators of these properties
affected are aghast at the sweeping
order. They will hold a meeting in
tised. ;tiens at once, or legal proceedimss . the mear future and formulate some
Calanan could not . Will be instituted to stop! them. plam to, deal with this crisis.
help noticing a ‘group’ of little bere . The formal notification to cenrse i Already they have discovered that
ho had gone a short distance from jand desist is signed by Vice President . im 19132, the P. G:. & E., in obtaining .
the congregation and were completeDowning of the P. G. & E. the rizsht to carry water down stream
ly absorbed in the sport. of Skipping . The objection to the continued uac in the Bear River, signed an agreesmooth pebbles over the surface of . of water for mining purposes raised } ment, in securing rights of way at
the river. He stated they evidently! py the P:.G. & E., is that is muddies the rate_of a dollar a foot, instead
were city children. Theri shrill} the water and spoils it for domestic of $2.50 afoot; which reads as follittle voices earried up from . ses.
lows:
oe ee ee An. Vines: of ° abortame. eewort Pritush ee oes enh cet Nereis a
were told and. flock of chirping little birds. It SES LT Jl menager-ot the Drumm diviaes oe seals geen = a t sae
jan amusing and interesting specta-. 0” of the P. G. & E., explained ain a at ay Oasmrere sas ne =
he . yesterday, the company is obliged to . imterfere with the. right of any of
ne . Suppliment the water carried by the . said <rantors to carry on mining op. Boardman ditch with water fron® tle . @rstions upon, or to dispose of the
. Bear River. When that happens, . @utfall from amy mines or mines~in
the same general manner as heretofore practiced by said grantors.”’
Injunction Threatened;
Complaints of Water W=sers im Towns Below Newcastle .
ining on Bear River:
Here is a chance to get black
,walnut seeds from Valley Forge,
Mt. Vernon, Arlington Cemetery,
. Gettysburg or the grave of ‘Theolore Roosevelt, for planting right
here in Nevada City.
Black walnut isthe most valuable hardwood grown in America.
To be sure there are a large number of black walnuts already
growing in Nevada City and vicinity, but none of them, probably
would have such a historic interest as_a tree grown from a nut
from any~of these historic shrines
of American patriots.
Now is the time to plant. April
may do, if March goes out like a
lion leaving a trail of rain behind.
The way to get these nuts is to
write to the Experimental Farm of
.
. the Dnited States Department. of
Agriculture, at Arlington, Virgina. There the nuts from historic
spots are sent for hulling, clean-:
ing and sorting. They are then
mailed out to the various scout orZanizations for planting. Next
year will be too late, for this was
a five year Scout planting campaign, started in 1930 and this is
the last year, «Several millions of
these huts have already. been
planted. Now. is--the-timeto
write. It is an opportunity for 1-24 INCHES OF RAINS ions’ ana complaints tyom wees
users, both domestic and irrigatine. This contract is' recorded in citeg
The last storm brought Nevada! These complaints come from New-}. 120 of Deeds at page 436 in the NeCity, 1.24 inches. The rainfail for the . castle, Pennryn, Loomis, Rocklin, . ! vada Coun ty records. .
month of March, so far, ig .89 . Roseville, and Lincoln. The matter Under this agreement the placer}
inches. jis one of long standing controversy~. miners feel that they are now ces .
While snowfall hag been very . But on the mining side of this comn. tected in their right to use the wa-.
light. this “winter, the rainfall for . troversy, if P.G. & E., is able to emter as they have done for scores of .
. the season of. 1933-34 to March 29! force it's order in the courts, approx. } years, or are entitled to heavy dam.
is.32.77. The rainfall for the whole . imately one hundred men working fra ages in case the contract fs fesany .
of last season was 31.46 inches ac-. placer mines, will be thrown out of j; abrozated. = .
cording to the records kept by Mrs,! @mployment. The principal pe raeee ee SS en = !
Helen Berger. . mines affected are Remington Hill, . PROGRESS IN BULLION MINE .
Mrs. Berger stated an average is . Stor Flat, You Bet and Liberty HHL One shift a day by a small crew is
Women's . hard to estimate but it is generally . Preperties, . working in the Grass Valley Bullion !
considered this district has an eet In-Sailor Flat it was only recentiy . mine, south of Grass Valley. .
erage of between 50 and 54 inches . th tthe P. G. & B., in response to a At the 1500 foot level a station of rain and snow. [ Petition signed by Nevada City merhas ‘been completed and sinking cara ans i eal shane ea em Ichants, business men, and the mem-— ried om for an additional thirty feet.
Mrs. Will Hatch and children were . bers of the City Council, granted HiaSiperintendent C. A. Brockington re.
Sacramento visitors Monday. ) ward Bickel and associates, the rifht i Ports Geveiopment work
satisfactory.
Nevada City’s wide-awake scouts
link Nevada City with the famous
erties. of this country were cra.
bo ops
HARRIS DRUG STORE ~
“ALL CWA WORK IN
COUNTY HALTED
IS LATEST ORDER
. . Airport and The High School
. Grounds Must .Now Await
Direction to Continue
Under SERA
rector, on Wednesday, sent out the
following notification to Nevada
county supervisors and foremen of
CWA: :
Under date of March 26th
Mr. F. M. Young, Assistant En. gineer of Captain Edward Macauley, Director of Work Division SERA, at this office ar proved for transfer to SERA Program beginning April 1, 1934,
our former project NE-9-x. Supplementary, City of Grass Valley Sewers, NE-10-x, Sup., Nevada City High School Grounds,
NE-14-x, Sup., Nevada City Airport, and NE-1004-x, Truckee.
Sanitary, District, together with
Places in America, where the. libHt
. deled, preserved or baptized in the . . '
. blood of patriots. .
ATTRACTIVELY PAINTED
R. E. Harris, Nevada City druggist
has had
the front given
coat of apple green.
whole an attractiv:
With the pretty Easter lilies and .
neat display in the show
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In-commemoration of Resur-. and Me the
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his store sign repainted and
windows,
the store elicits much favorable com“ment.
. the transfer of Administrative
Office. All other projects covering our county road work projects and street improvements
. i at Truckee, were stopped as of
to avail themselves of a chance to . . .
March 29, 1934.
All CWS Projects were terminated as of March 29, 1934/
Under this ‘authorization, T
released publicity to the Nevada City and Grass Valley papers and also began arrangements with executives of these
local projects for transfer of
men from ‘the road projects, to
» terminated, into the projects
taat were transferred to SERA
Program beginning April 1,
19:34.
After
sion of
action ‘towards extenthesé\ projects and employment of laber, as released
from other projects, there was
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rection, the good people of Nevada . Solo, “Trosa nus’”’by Lyvda M. Offeratory Solo, by Mrs. Arthur
City are. going to arise early next . Talbot. : Foote. ‘‘Sursutm Cordo’”’ and ‘‘SaneSunday morning to. greet the first . “All WHraiithe Powe1 ofr. Jesus . tu Gower.
rays of tho. morning sun as it rises . Choi *‘Agznus Dei’’ by Mrs. . Talbot.
over Banner ridge. i. J. Bennett, Address. *‘Gloria_ in Excelsis,’’ Gower. “Nunc
They are going to gather for their . Rev. Buckner, Sermon. Demittus,’’ Gower. Mrs. Johns, of
first Baster sunrise service on the . High School Band, thirty-two Grass Vatley, will be the organist,
resnlendent setting of the new air. viec S accompanied by Organist Burton Shewes, of Grass Valley,
port On the rounding edge of ‘Kel -Mirs. Moody. violinist.
plateau, high above the city, a ag, Allegro fear, —*"The Creation’’-— j Methodist Church
Silvered cross marks the spot. where . Hayden Coronation BMfiarch from ‘Le . Special music and services will
the services will be held. There is . Prophets’’ Meyerbeer : . } mark Easter Day in the Methodist
something grand, something sublime . Choral Awaken My Heart and Sing ehurch. The Sunday school mecting
end imposing in the view from this . ——Bach. at 10 o’clock under the superintendspot, and this. first Easter serviee. Benediction. se ; eney of C. R. Murchie, will render %
will be long remembered by those . Boy Scouts are to direct traffic . an Easter program. At 11 o'clock S : V4 MS
who attend. . through NevaG=a City streets ‘to. tte the Rey. Buckner will preach on, the iy \ A
As a fitting ending of the cere-. N¢W airport for the Easter Sunrise signifance of Easter and the choir WA:
monies, Mr. Jack Wolff, who holds . Services. . . will sing Easter anthems. Miss ThelWes
the honor of being the first to land Scout fires will be piaced at the mia’ Test will sing the solo. A re‘on the new field, in company with] Plaza, corner of Pine and Broad a nd . ception to all members and a baptisMr, L. A. Perette, will again land. Hast and West Broad. Boyv Scouts Laon service will follow.
their plane at thf airport at 6:40 A. will be distributed alongs the road to The Epworth teague wiii meet at
M.; peceeg ee) Sie the services. Cement Hill tG @irect traffic. . 6:30 and at 7:30 Ben Sweeney will
It is possible a second plane will also Good Friday . have charge of the evening servic
land. Good Friday services will be held French Corral Sun@&y School
The landing of the planes will of . this afternoon from 2 oeZeclock unti?! Under the leadership of 1. EK. Bean
course depend upon the condition of 3, at the Methodist church. The de-. ! the French Corral Sunday school
the newly made field, which it is votions will be directed by the Rev. convenes at 10 o’clock every Sunday
hoped will dry out sufficiently heH. H. Buckner. It is customary for} Morning at the French Corral school
fore Sunday. . all stores in Nevada City o close house. Junior, senior and adult
The sun is scheduled to riso ot this hour, im order to give! classes have heen formed. Parents
just three minutes to six next Sun-. their staffs an opportunity to-aticnd. . and friends of the children are cor
day morning, so don’t forg: to . Trials Episcopzl dially invited ‘to attend.
“Call me early,-mother of mine, The Easter services at the Trinity Catholic Church
Rouse me, so I'll be in time. Episcopal church will comsist of the Hfoly week: ser ices began at-9 a.
I would not miss this scene divine followine: mi Phursday, with a-High Mass,
This*Easter morn’s most <orgeAt 10 o’elock,” Sunday school. followed by the procession to the‘
Ous shrine.”’ At 11 o’cloek, Processional, Res-. Altar of Repose. This’ procession is ¥
The followirg is the order of the ponsive reading, Knizsnhts Templar} headed by cross bearers,’ who art as
program outlined by Rev. H. H. participating. Solo, by Watliter Meu-. followed by a‘number of children SO
Buckner at whose j Suggestion the . ron, of Grass Valley. ‘‘Gloria Tibe.’”’ carrying small flower baskets. Next
services are being arranged: . Solo, by Mrs. Lyda M. Talbot. comes six boys earrying lightea LE
“Christ is Risen’’—by Episcopal Sermon by the rector, the _ Rev.
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