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This is Nevada
ONLY Hometown
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Newsthings
Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press one California Newspaper Publishers. Association
Your Hometown Newspaper helps build your
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. good builder.
Vol. IX, No. 35.
The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
The GOLD Center MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1935.
Modernizat
For Business Firms
&
WASHINGTON, March 4.—Bank-. It was not only patriotion that iners from the states and the District spired us, but a selfish
‘of Columbia were in conference ti
trator James A. Moffett.
mary
The pr
ities and operations of the Moderrin order that coimindustrial plants,
apartment houses
and other large. structures may ob-.
loans
for improvement of: these. properties.
At the present time these loans are
ization Program,
” mercial buildings,
tiotels, hospitals,
thin the benefits of insured
Himited to $2,000.
George J. Panario, Vice Presiden
im charge of real estate loans of the.
Bank of America, National Trust &
Savings Asso {ation of San Fran
ion Loans
» you will see from the restl
i-, California alone,
for
we have been a strong
of modernization -and reconditionin
control. Our experience has show
“us that small expenditures for th
' modernization of
‘and enhance the value
homes, and has made
Ss
of “thos
t
. The same situation holds true of ou
own properties, and we
nterest, as ' Jamboree
ts obtain.
day with Federal Housing Adminised. We have, through our banks aes
made more than,
consideration at this confer6,800 modernization loans
ence was the enlargement of activtotal of $2,720,000. In addition ta
the. granting of loans to individuals, .
‘advocate }
of properties over which we have no’
homes ‘maintain
it possiblexto .
,find a market for them, where pre»
‘viously there had béen no market.
therefore .
BOY SCOUTS OF
NEVADA CITY AT
. troop attending the big
of the most i
taining gatherings of this
of W. E.
’ischool bus,
g
n
e
,of parents and other friends
e
GREAT JAMBOREE
Boy saseis of the Nevada City
Roseville
Saturday night report one
nstructive and enterkind.
aceon to the generous cooperation
Moulton of French Corral
iin loaning the boys the big new
and the donation of his
{service as’ driver by Frank Miller,
jthe boys. mads the trip comfortably
and arrived on time. Horace Curnow,
,President of the Nevada City Scout
Council reports that quite a number
of
scouting attended the jamboree. The
LARGEST SHARE
“OF TAXES GOES .
TO PAY BONDS
State Issues Report
On Highway Traffic
LOS ANGELES, March fii .
twenty-two California cities over: é ee cr
half the tax rate for 1932-33 was! see inei sis 4.—A eee phones as Ste tensem renee saeneewsensesssensnn se 3.0046
levied to pay interest and redemp-j © *""YeY on the roads of Califorounties Sp cues gee oun ae 0126
tion on bonds, according to a study . ia—the greatest aggregation ates a etraresreeetceaweesenens 0040
“Paying for Dead Horses,” recently ; correlated traffic statistics ever! Average 0052
completed by California Taxpayers ‘eompiled by any state — has ea The total road and street mileage
association. The study showed that: iin California is 95,957 miles, of .completed b the Californi te:
in 1932-33 in more than 100 cities
_ :which 13,605 miles are state highof the state the taxpayers paid-more of Highways through the. ways, 65,130 miles are county roads
than 40 cents of each dollar for the . fimancial -aid. of the Federal Civil;and 17,222 miles are city streete
bond interest and redemption, the,Works’ Administration and the . other than those in the state highhighest being in Ukiah, where 79. 7. state Emergency Relief Administra-. ~~
per cent of the .total rate was for tion. Municipalities, Chambers of . The state highway systeny has 8,bonds, followdd closely by Biggs, ‘Commerce, and industry will find’ '984 miles of high and intermediate
where: 76.9 per cent of the total tax the report a. gold mine of informa-!'¥Pe Of surfacing. The city system
. Division
Scouts who participated in the event . Tate went for bonds. tion for guidance in locating com-. 2@8 11,427 miles, and the counties,
jeonsisted of the following: Scout; Only 45 California cities did not mercial establishments, factories, ot 11,116 miles.
. Master, Frank Wright, Warren. levy a bond tax for 1932-33, the ascetera, where the flow of traffic is} Approximately one-third of all the
Chapman, Asst. Scout Master, Albert sociation found.
‘a factor. road mileage in California is of the
hc “awd Ghee, GA hone. ti ve. laqiett SFO G40 1k soe cen eo tay Wilde, Dick Marriott, an hts neo A io ay ge The report, comprising three vol-! ‘high type or intermediate tpye surdponise to an“fivitation from Admtinling “and” sécdndiloniig Sidperdee! . e. S ee tor eR 3 2; v™,umes, was Drenented to Governor, Lege Ww hich classification embraces
istvatar Motfett, 1k wee the consensus . which io Mad daRen Guay. After . , ae atrol: Warren Mooers, P. papers oa . Frank F, Merriam and the Legisla-. Portland cement, concrete, asphaltic
ey Oplmibn, volneG “by Me Banaric. much Woderntcwion work was dons. i fen Bob Vanberg, ArEk we kas OO ma iene by State Director of Public;concrete, oil mix and oil maéadam
and others, that the expansion of the . tha sales fon ‘these properties incae is aii rege pe sale OF Nese Fuh. Govaraiiant, Works Earl aie Kelly, under whose} Pavements.
Wan for wioderniaation of such prop‘creased: over 100 per cent. In our jy.” se ere rown, A. P. L., Sie ickta,” gal Fawues Mussatit. ox jurisdiction it . was compiled by} California passenger vehicles numerties mentioned would aid tremend. opinion the spencehooerstes eas Roaring Lions: Robert Small, p {ecutive secretary of the taxpayers Ale Highway Engineer C. H. Bee tea ae and freight vehicles,
ously in reviving the durable goods ance and repair program of the Fed; Ba: : ; 288,409.
industries and other allied lines of'eral Housing \Administration’ is aed mee . a Sonera’ ee gen a a ees * ee Vehicles in California from other
oa ‘asucd a biminand: peapesttion an. ine ee Bap Brant, Fhe cuopls of Galifurnla ‘totale $4.51 . Wor k and employed 14,000 checkers states in 1934 total 326,000.
Mr. Panario said: ‘Our bank with . ever came out of Washington.” ‘Elkus. ex : eS 300,000,000, or about one-half Nea Ae, isa as ae While registratioo of passenger
its 500 or more branches on the Pa-; Commenting on Mr. Panario’s . Beaver Patrol: Dick Tuttle. P. 1 assessed value of all the real and Seine At oa Side Wiehe . pi. Cats was decreased by the depresscitic coast, realized early what the statement Administrator Moffett! Bub Tobiasson, Ellard Gaica kes fangible personal property in the Sen vn Sue veh = dion, teagk aha eater registration is
National Housing Act meant to this said that reports which have COMO . pouyer, Hoeshay Leis, iene Soe state. ere et eae first nereasine.
nation’s recovery and eet to him reeently show that many oth. AK L., John Muscardini, Ray ka Warning against further unwar-. 6 Bie co ete ae nave The average motor ‘vehicle in Calithrough the rejuvenation of the lool ba institutions are _ following the . i. Hverett Davis: if é ranted increases in our bonded debt. bea ELT ae LON fornia in 1934 consumed 601 gal-able goods industries. We got whole-. same fundamentally sound BEOgTAM . es Mr. Mussatti heartily condemned; ; paar SNe 5 oa ae ie : ‘lons of gasoline.
heartedly behind the purposes and. of modernization of properties and) proposals now before the legislature road end street system. Doss maps ac :
plans of the Federal Housing Ad-. plants. SPINACH CRO Yy to allow governmental subdivisions companying the report will be the Passenger cars : everuecd 15.2
ministration with all of our great) Indications from -all over the! i} ieetidine eeniaes: ncuwehes dities tre OnnniEte and up to date road one per Ballon "4 gasoline; trucks
resources, pe ‘country point to a tremendously ini LC: distitcta: Oe BOKER . AizeMioke maps in California and the survey averaged 10.64 miles.
“We have devoted our entire ad-. creased activity in home betterment EATEN BY QUAT Live to be created, to issue so-called . aa =) eee ee oo One fourth of the passenger cars
vertising to’ the subject of homes. /with the advent of spring. BMtine hands withouk ralarenns tol® ize, PRES. cost, And costs is terms;and trucks on the roads. are more
—-2 SAN FRAN( CIsco. March 4 ; ithe neonle. (of traffic in connection with the{than seven years of age.
T sert quail that just wes Ke Ser “Rather than permitting inane Pe te counts wer cone nih oe cuperainires for a
LIVESTOCK ME N FAN THEUL DOG spinach are causing no end of gri ¢. freedom in the issuance of bonds,’’. ee eee ae ; units combined and for various purA 43 th 5 : £ grie typical days. at 560 stations
FACE GOOD YE AR
WASHINGTON, March
tock operators in
4.— See
California,
ada, Utah and Arizona ‘face the
most favorable conditions that the
industry has known since 1929,” R.
T. Evans, executive vice-president of
ihe intermediate credit bank in OakJand, California, said here’ today.
Evans his , institution in
ithe’ eleventh district of the Farm
Credit Administration at a conference of executives of the twelve intermediate credit banks progress
nere.
“cc
represents
in
all
district
been
conditions in four
the eleventh
they have
said Mr.
particularly
the winter
in
Range
of
than
years,”’
states
bétter
eral
» is true
are
in_sevEvans. ‘‘This
California,
has been
normal. The
outlook for sheep and cattle is improving weekly. There has been a
great influx into California pastures
cf feeder cattle from adjacent states
und prices both on range and feeder
stock have advanced markedly.”
The Oakland executive added that
with the ravages of drought—particularly in the inter-mountain couniry—and the government's purchase
program, the depletion of range
stock has been so great that the next
year or so must see a building up
of foundation herds. He stated it as
iis belief that sheep and cattle men
n the far West will find themselves
n a sounder financial footing than
hey have experienced since before
ihe depression.
Livestock men bardhekout the far
West, Mr.
awaiting with keen interest plans of
‘he Department of the Interior to
implement the Taylor Grazing Act,
which will govern the use of government range lands. There was
every disposition on the part of the
livestock operators, he said, to co-!
operate with the Department in the .
establishment of grazing districts. .
in
rainfall
excess of
where
vreatly
SCHOOL TEACHER HURT
IN CAR ACCIDENT
PELE EE RO Snis
Mrs. Edna Farrell who teaches the
jower grades at San Juan _ was
thrown from a car Sunday in an au. }
tomobile accident while she was en-.
route from Auburn to Colfax an}
was badly bruised and shaken up so
that she was unable to resume her .
teaching duties today. No bones were ‘taken a lease on the room vacated . passioned plea to the
~ proke} and Mrs. Farrell oxpeets to
be able tOmgesume hgr duties at the
‘school the lata: part of the week,
Evans commented, are .
solidated Mines Inc.,
FINDS MISSING.
~~ SHE RMIAN . HECKER
The news of the
man Hecker
well,
finding of Sherand the and
munity yesterday causing thankssivjug among his many friends.
spread over city
Com
of Willow Valley, safe!
have’ bills just like seisso
!as smooth as the hide
natitens pooch,
his spinach
When they
lawn they take
petizer among his ‘alfalfa crop,
that also with a decidedly
mowed
1
Bi Bz
. leaving
moth-eaten appearance. }
Mr. Hecker, who. is about 70; When Warden Jolley of the State
feais of age, and nwho~ has_ bee! pjivyision of Fish and Game _ tried
worrying left ho:xe—atabout five! :o drive the hundreds of cuail away
o'clock Saturday uorning stating he! he said that th:y simpl: dived fata
was going ‘to town to collectt wars! the heavy jbrus!: surrounding the
due him from tio county.When he]ranch and cortl. 1 qua’! laughter at
did not return 3 o'clock his nep-i him. Dogs had no effect on them,
hew, William ibaugh, spread. the} for canines wi of all their hair
alarm. Posses vere formed quickly] and got their j»ads ‘ull of thorns
from. the she*iff’s office and they. when they tri 1 te rout them out.
searched alon’ Deer Creek in vain, Only a few we ea: ght in traps,’ for
searchers hur ‘ng all night for him.}. they much pofevred their spinach
Sunday m:rning jwhen Hecker’si wild and unt: :m::oled. In the meanfaithful old watch dog got on his. time the rancher is planting more
trail, his néphew noted it and fol-i spinach and alfalfa and it has delowed. Hecker was found in a short} veloped into an endurance contest.
time, north of his home seemingly Two years ago some enterpsining
none the worse for his stay in the! sportsmen found a way to get at
cold night air. Friends took him to} these crafty birds. Not being able
his home. He told Deputy Sheriff} to drive them out of the thorns and
Carl Larsen he had seen him pass
in a few feet of him at 9:30 the
night before and’ had kept quiet.
Sheriff Carl Tobiassen called
Legion men, CCC boys and citizens
in the hunt for Mr. Hecker. :
IDAHO MARYLAND CONS.
CO. DECLARES DIVIDEND
Directors of fdaho Maryland Conhave declared
an extra dividend of 2 cents a share
and the regular quarterly dividend
of 3 cents both payable March 20 on
stock of record March 5.
An extra dividend of 3 cents a
share was paid on. January 20.
BANNER MT. POST V. F. W.
The Banner Mountain Post, V. PF.
W., members, of Nevada City are
brush with dogs, they loaded their
pockets wit, giant firecrackers. While
. two of the hurled the crackers into
on the brush, the other pair shot the
limit as the birds flew out. Their
numbers still increase, however.
for the proprietor of the Hughes .
Ranch, three-quarters of a mile}
south o& Coachella, Riverside county.’ Hughes insists that the quail}
rs and they . 1 dctost 43 Sout
nese revenue bond
noeP his: acres of spinach cut dc own . set cnee a
of a aoe
have . .
{
. Both cars were damaged,
'
i
Mr. Mussatti declared, .‘‘we should for
;jmake it more and more difficult for lo
. ou r governments to borrow money.
We should in fact, protect our home .
\oWtervs by demanding thatthe leg. poses the 20 year period, exipressed as a percentage of the total
;expenditures, are as follows:
throughout Chlifornia upon all classes of roads, 1,334 of which stations
'y located outside of cities and . regulation: and . highways
on ie 326 stations within 51 cities Wels 3 sine od t \ ait
ironrenental 84 per cent of the urban! ”° POE REBECA EPO REUT CR:
.Education 27.9 per. tent of total
Pye expenditures.
Vehicle
‘population of the state.
6,000,000 license
‘recorded and the residence of own-.
ers traced to chart the origin of the/35
' bills
ALLEGED RECKLESS
numbers
‘Protection and Benefit
per cent of tttal expenditures.
Public
8
DRIVER IS ARRESTED traffic. More than 100,000 automo. General government 8/8 per cent
bils were checked on the make of!of total expenditures.
the car, its age, and its gasoline, Debt service 11.6 per cent of the
Chief of Police Garfield Robson consumption. total expenditures.
was called to the corner of Adams: Trucking on highways was thor-; Total-—100 per.cent.
and Nile streets in Nevada City on oughly investigated. as were expend:; The source of revenue for all the
Sunday to investigate an auto ac: litures and revenues of state, county, three branches of government—
cideht involving the machines’ of}and municipal governments for the/State, county, and municipal=<for
Ivar Repo of the Kendall Ranch period of 1914 to 1933, especially the last 20 years are as follows:
near Grass Valley and Mr. Leland in relation to highways. ‘Per cent
ijSmith of this city. Mr. Robson; Revelations brought to light by Source of total
found Repo was on the wrong side'the report included the following: . General Taxes .........-. 58.1
of the street traveling east at a high! ' The total annual vehicle miles on. Miscellaneous revenue 17.4
rate of speed striking the car of. the streets and highways of Califor, Vehicle operation taxes 5.2
Mr. Smith, who was driving west-j nia is 16,600,000,000 including the . Federal Ald: oi. 360 7 oe eee 0.8
30th cars turned to avoid a headon:;county and state highways and city ,. Other subventions and
collision (Repostriking Jhe Smith ‘streets (a vehicle mile is a unit of. grants (from general tax 5.8
car on the side and shoving it over;traffic measurement and consists of Sale of: Bonds ............. 12.7
about five feet against the Hartman ’one automobile traveling one Title). ie ROtaL sk eas ee ee 100.0
fence. Mr. Smith received an injured Of the vehicle mileage of Califor-; California’s annual agricultural
knee and his children were thrown nia, 47 per cent occurs on state high-. production approximates 17,000,000
‘ways, 41.5 per cent on city streets tons, all of which moves over high‘(exclusive of state highways within ways to a greater or less extent. Ap‘cities) and 11.5 per cent is on the; proximately 5,000,000 tons during
Mrs.
Smith received a severe shaking up.
the Smith
about in the car, and with
car receiving the most serious in-. county roads. Except in the more the year were delivered from farm
jury. jisolated counties, urban owned vehic. oa railroad in the county of producMr. Robson cited Repo on a reckles constitute 60 per cent of those tion and 12,000,000 tons moved by
less driving charge. The arraignment will be Tuesday afternoon.
‘observed on state highways. jtruck to canneries,: packers, market
tate highways outside of cities centers, or to remote rail shipping
‘EVELYN PRENTICE’ AND
‘COLLEGE RYTHM’ ARE
NEVADA THEATRE HITS
William
sensational hits in
Powell and Myrna Loy,
“The. Thin
and “Manhattan Melo-drama”’ could
Man”’
not but be reunited by popular demand. This has been done, in a particularly entertaining and gripping
manner, in—‘‘Evelyn Prentice,’’ new
mystery romance playing at the Nemaking preparations to. initiate a}
large class of candidates from Ne-;
vada City and Grass Valley on
. Thursday,: March 14th. '
program is being prepared and it is}
to be.one of the big affairs of the .
season for the post.
NEW BARBER SHOP .
William’ R. Young who has been!
‘with A. Larson in. the barber busi-.
ness for the past several vears pas
. by the liquor store in the Schrieber .
‘building and will open a barber .
‘shop.
; ney and Miss Loy as his wife,
A spiendid).
the
fare
vada Theatre tonight and Tuesday.
With Powell as a criminal attorthe
play deals with a murder ease in
which the fate of a defendant.
life
and
happiness of the attorney,
woven’ together in a mystery
until the
spectacular
that holds its suspense
final denouement
court sequence.
in a
Powell igs masterful in his imjury and in
his investigation of a baffling
crime, and Miss Loy runs the gamut.
of emotions, her work in-the court
.
‘carry three-fourths of all traffic out points.
‘side of cities. . sequence being \ particularly grip‘ se
. ping. + ( State highways inside ,cities carry .
;one-fourth of all city traffic. ‘EDITORS GUESTS
State highways ‘within cities of
What with gorgeous medley of California have one-eighteenth of
the mileage within the cities and
carry one-fourth of the traffic.
Of the total annual vehicle mileage in .California 55.6 per cent occurs within cities.
The remaining 44.4 per cent of
California’straffic flows outside of
cities and as previously stated, threefourths of this rural traffic. moves
on, roads of. the state highway sys-. ;
girls, music, comedy and_ stirring
football scenes await you when you
“College Rythm!” The film
plays Wednesday and Thursday at
the Nevada Theatre with Joe Penner, America’s favorite radio star,
heading the cast in his first feature length picture.
OF U. C. ALUMNI
Editors and publishers of California on Saturday were guests of
the California Alumni Association on
the Berkeley campus.
pee
The occasion was ‘primarily one
for editors of the northern part of
Supported by a magnificent cast,. tem, e cfthe, state; thorn editors a a been
which includes Lanny Ross, Jack. The aggregate expenditures for bie Ge rity editors at Los kai
Oakie,“ Helen Mack, Lyda Roberti;vehicle regulation and highways. 8@!eS last fa .
and Mary Brian, “College Rythm”’
introduces Penner to the film public
H. M. Leete of the Nevada City
Nugget was among those accepting
since 1914 and since 2929 are given
for comparison as follows:
in a hilarious story of deadly col-!1914-1933 -Per cent. the Alumni Association hospitality. :
lege rivals, the football star and the . State $384,000,000 . 30.4. “The program prepared for the vis-—
piccolo player, who finally agree by . Counties 467,000,000 36.9} itors began with lunch at noon, at
disagreeing and falling in love with . Cities 414,000,000 32.7. the Men’s Faculty Club. After lunch,
different girls. $1,265,000,000. +100.0! the newspapermen were taken on a
The story isn’t entirely set in col-!1929-1933 Per cent . tour of the campus and were shown
fege however. The boys graduate, go'. State 185,000,000 35.1. some of the research work under
into the department store business} Counties 147,000,000 7.9. way at Berkeley. This included agriand transforms it into a collegiate . Cities 195,00,000 37.0 culture, life sciences, engineering,
annex, even installing their football $527,000,000 100.0 and public administration, Di
team in the. store. : Vehicle regulation and highway! was served at the Faculty Club ;
The fun begins when their rivals . expenditures per vehicle mile in 1933 §o’clock, and those who could
follow suit and they have to con-. by the three governmental units main were guests at the peasonier:
quer them in the field of honor. . were ‘as follows: Stantord basketball game.
——t.