May 17, 1940 (6 pages)

MAY MINING DEVELOPMENT ISSUE . P ¥ ; J ad : F = From the Californian, : ° ° March 1 : Thinking e V a a . U e . ik pees of he ene consists : ] in the ri His e ; Out Loud ; : : with eoee otwa 4k oe a ifiable ends. —-Alexander HamilBy H. M. L. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Se ies SSE == ARGS: a SS Aas Friends informed this writer after reading Monday’s column that it was a bit blood-thirsty. quite true, there is something revolting in the proposal to Messrs. Hitler, Goebels, Himmler, et al, including in “‘et al’’ all the atrocious against the human race. But that was the way we felt Monday and now confess we still feel International law, obunderlings guilty of, crimes that way. served nowadays in the should be immediately re-constituted at the end of peaceful neighboring should be dealt with just as murderers are dealt with in civil life in most countries. We have ventured to predict that your Uncle Sam would probably not be drawn into the European war. He can play a more useful role as a benevolent neutral in supplying food and war materials This tis precisely and time he is very likely to advance to the allies. what he is doing now, credit for these things expectation of being cash. But we have never felt so sure about Uncle Sam’s future course in the Pacific. It rather looks as if, before the European war is over, Uncle Sam will have to navy to teach the aggressive Japanese a lesson. At the end of the World War No. 1, Japan was given a mandate over certain rather useless Pacific islands. It was not much of an award, but plenty for all that Japan did in ’ the way of aiding the ‘Allies. The only use these islands could have ‘would be as naval supply bases in event Japan wished to extend its empire toward the south and the Dutch East Indies. Japan itches to be at this business, while all the South .__possessions.are deeply. involved in the war with Germany. The U. S. Navy that lingers in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands is a strong European owners of deterrent. A bulletin from the Institute of Pacific \Relations just received contains an interesting discussion of Anglo-American policies, which for some years havé\\been parallel, but are now, under stress of the war in Europe, beginning to diverge. We quote from this bulletin: “Great Britain States are generally to have parallel policies Far (Eastern problems. Throughout the 19th Century, meant opening and keeping open the doors to Far Eastern markets. In the 20th Century it has involved resisting Japan’s drive toward economic and the Bast at the expense of the western political domination of powers. “Parallel is probably a misnomer. Great Britain and the United interests in Confronted by the same problem, they have reacted in But their policies have been moulded and pursued in widely differing circumstances. At the bottom, the peoples of and Great States have similar the Far East. similar ways. the United States Britain have the same standing of human values----the attainment of the ultimate objectives of foreign policy., But the ways in which they have gone about securing objectives— livelihood and same criteria of their ultimate peace, security, political liberty — have varied with the circumstances in which they were required to employ the means at their disposal. “Tt was during the Great War mushroom growth Japan, became a threat to Britain’s interests in the Far East. At the same time it was elear that Great Brtiain’s Europinterests were of paramount concern in terms of ‘empire security. Great Britain did not hesitate to discard the proximate objectives _ of (Chinese integrity and the Far Eastern balance of power in favor of the existence of the British nation as threatened by the German war machine. Of this period, a report from the Royal Institute of International Affairs says, “British diplomacy in the Far East— became, for the time being, merely that the Britain’s ally, ean World War No. 2, and leaders of nations which pounce on and murder citizens in repaid in and the United: understood Continued. en Page Five Vol. 14, No. 40. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA, The Cold Center STATE CHAMBER MOVES TO EASE MIGRANT BURDEN By LLOYD LAPHAM United Press Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, May 16.—(UP) — The California state chamber of commerce today recommended an 8point program to alleviate the migratory labor problem. The chamber’s recommendations were contained in a study by a statewide committee on the migrant problem, which the chamber endorsed. Points in the proposed program are: 1. Equalization of relief and rehabilitation programs in other states with those in California in order to lessen the inducement to migrate to this state. 2. Federal grants in aid for relief to states from which migrants come. 3. Consultations with Arizona officials in an attempt to induce the Arizona growers to stop advertising in other states for laborers. 4. Support for any move to provide an unbiased Congressional study of the problem. 5. Reorganization of the California state employment service. 6. ‘Developments of more _ adequate information on current crop developments and farm labor requirements. 7. Continuation of vigorous state inspection of labor camps. 8. Continuation and enlargement of the farm security program. The study emphasized that the disparity between (California relief, old age pension and unemployment payments has had a great effect in inducing farm laborers to come’ to California. It also pointed out that the, farm security administration appar-. ently has not made sufficient effort to control the migrations at their source, since expenditures by that agency in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkan-. sas and Missouri have been far below the national average. To increase relief and allied payments in states of origin, if the state itself is not able to do so, the study recommended jthat Congress undertake some sort of grant-in-aid program in cooperation with the governments concerned. The committee declared that the labor policy of Arizona growers, and to a certain extent state agencies, has indirectly increased the flow of migrants to California. Since the inception of the cotton growing industry in that state, the committee found, Arizona growers have advertised in other states for workers. Once started on the move, these workers in perhaps a majority of the cases have kept on until they reached California, the study said. In the fall of 1937 alone 30,000 out-of-state workers were attracted to Arizona while the California border stations were counted more than 10,000 entrants who had lived in Arizona long enough to acquire automobile license plates from that state. The committee urged support of the Tolan resolution in ‘Congress calling for a joint congressional committee to investigate and recommend action on emergency phases of the problem of interstate migration. In addition, the committee recommended that the national resources planning board study the migrant problem, and that the facts of the problem be placed before any other federal board or legislative committee dealing with any of its phases. ’ The committee declared flatly that the farm employment section of the state departments of employment has not been doing an adequate job. The study contrasted the 47,000 farm labor placements made by the California department with more than 500,000 made last year by the Texas service, Complementing the placement service, the committee urged that pube lic and private agencies develop a system for gathering adequate information on current crop developments and farm labor requirements. This is needed, the committee said, both for the better guidance of seasonal workers to available jobs, and for the proper location of camps-and housing. : In addition to a strict inspection system of farm labor camps, _ the committee recommended that a plan FRANK GHIDOTTI HAS . A WAY WITH TROUT, Frank Ghidotti, local sportsman, . brings in the limit of trout each time he goes out. Wednesday he went out! with Bud Kyle and they brought back eleven trout apiece and a} weight limit. All the fish were toot . 13 to 14 inches long. They were Rainbow, German and Loch Leven ‘ish and weighed three quarters of a pound each. These trout were caught in Blue Lake and it was a hard trip. They mired down once, had to cut a tree out of the way and finally knocked off a plug which drained the gas tank. They had to take a part of a gallon of gas out of their outboard motor boat and put in ae small amount each time until they made Bear Valley grade and then managed to get to Nevada City. W. C. Bufgington was one of the lucky fishermen this week as he brought in a fine limit of trout Tuesday. Will E, Wright also caught a limit of trout in a nearby stream. TABLET TO MARK FAMED FRENCH CORRAL BLDG. Columbia Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West are sponsoring a marker to be placed on the old Wells Fargo building at French Corral next Sunday, May 19, at 2 o’clock in the arternoon. ~The building is now used as a store by W. E Moulton. ‘ The marker will commemorate the first long distance telephone in the world. It extended from French Corral to French ‘Lake, 60 miles distant. Columbia Parlor is also in. charge of the program, features of which will be the dedication ceremony, the short historical sketches of the old mining town of French Corral and an original poem. Refreshments will be served. The public is cordially in-+vited by Columbia Parlor to attend. SON OF ARTHUR MEYER VISITS HIS HOME TOWN E, G. Meyer, of Seattle, son of Arthur Meyer, the stage driver who was murdered by a bandit in Blue Tent in 1894 was a visitor in Nevada City early this week. Mr. Meyer left Nevada City in 1900 and this was his first return here in forty years. He looked up many old friends of his late father. Arthur Meyer formerly drove the stage between North Bloomfield and Nevada City. He was killed by a bandit in Blue Tent, who attempted to rob the stage of bullion it was carrying. In recent years the Natice Sons and Daughters thave erected tablets to his memory on the scene of the crime, and also one for Sheriff Douglass, who was killed, presumably by the same bandit a short time later on Cement Hill. GRAND PARLOR DELEGATES Dr. C. W. ‘Chapman and Clarence Martz have been chosen as delegates from Hydraulic Parlor, N. S G. W., to attend a meeting of the grand parlor from May 20 to 23 in Bakersfield. It is the 63rd grand parlor session and about 3,000 delegates are expected to attend. College Students— Oscar Odegaard, Jr. and guest, Harry Zell, who are attending Santa Clara college, spent the past week end and Mothers D’ay in Nevada City visiting Odegaard’s mother, brother and sisters. for lowering interest rates for farm construction loans suggested that relief labor be used ‘to construct camp facilities on farms, with material furnished by the owners. ‘ The continuation of the SRA camp program was recommended, but s# was recommended that the agency concentrate on quantity rather than quality of dwellings and that local governments. and associations be consulted concerning the location of new construction. SENIOR BALL IS TONIGHT’S GREAT EVENT By BARBARA PHARISS The Class of 1940 invites the public to their annual senior ball Friday night at the gymnasium. The seniors are working hard to make it a successful event and have _ decorated the hall in*an unusual manner. The theme is “Graduation” and the theme song will be ‘“‘Moonlight Serenade.’”’ Captain Carter’s popular 10piece orchestra will supply the music and will wear their mortar boards, to carry out the theme. The colors are midnight blue and silver. The seniors will have some favors to distinguish them. There will be a punch bowl and the girls who serve punch will wear unique costumes. Bill Wagner, class president, will lead the grand march. Other class officers are Hal Draper, vice-president; Jane Bennett, secretary; and Luburn Williams, treasurer. The committees for the ball deserve special credit for their hara work. The chairmen:for the various committees are decoration, Jane Bennett; advertising, Bill Wagner; refreshments, Bob Schmidt; music, Margaret Odegaard. Mrs. Flewellen, the class advisor has been especially helpful to the seniors. There are other surprises in store for_those who attend and an enjoyable evening anticipated The prices are spectators, 25 cents, couples $1. The faculty and class presidents met Thursday noon to discuss the applications for school letters recently turned in. A letter is earned by earning ten points in three fields such as athletics, music, cultural administrative, and school service. It is an honor to obtain one of these letters, and not many students have the qualifications. PLAY DAY Fifteen girls have been invited to attend the play-day in Grass Valley Friday. Miss Ruiter has selected the girls and they will compete in such games as tennis, baseball, basketball, volleyball and track throughout the day. ONLY ONE DISSENTER VOTES NO ON GARLAND SACRAMENTO, May 16.—(UP)— Becausé the governor added a supplementary call to the special session, the houses are playing leapfrog from one session to another. And a new set of officers was required for the new session, the election being a mere formality. But there was some speculation as to whether Assembly Speaker Garland would receive any blackballs, in view of the fight over his election last February. Only one ‘red light” against Garland’s selection. It came from George Collins; San Francisco democrat. The rest ofthe voting board was a solid green blanket of approval. was cast WILL BE MARRIED Hugo Albert Helbach, 29;-ef Nevada City, and Adele Hancock, 18, Grass Valley applied for a marriage license in the Nevada county seat Wednesday, May 15. SKCOND HAND STORE Gene Melton of Grass Valley has leased the antique shop on Coyote street from Mrs H. Shaw and plans to move here in two months to reside, His brother, Frank, who is visiting with him, is now at the store. Mr. Melton plans to conduct’ a second hand store and has made several changes in rearranging interior furnishings, From Reno— : Mr. and Mrs. Russell Haddy of Reno, Nev., spent last Sunday visiting Haddy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, H. Haddy of Park Avenue. Killed Kattler— A group of workmen coming out from the Lake Bowman country Wednesday morning, consisting of Sam Frye, Ted Swartz, Bill Little, Harold Flynn killed a large rattlesnake. They went into the Bowman district on April 4 and have been employed there. by the Nevada Irrigation District on flume work. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940. Mine Employment — Now Totals 2476 Men MILL AT GIANT KINGS BURNED Fire of undetermined origin burned the big mill at the Giant King mine south of Washington some time near midnight Wednesday. The new interests had just installed several new parts to the mill and were in shape for active operations. E. L. Baxter, fire enforcement officer for the Tahoe National Forest, and J. D, Rafferty, law enforcement officer of the local national forest, made a trip to the Giant King mine ‘yesterday morning to make an investigation. The fire spread about the mine building but did not do any damage to nearby forest areas. The burning of the mill. will be quite a great loss to the company. KENTUCKY RIDGE MINE Ore is being mined and milled at the Kentucky Ridge mine in the Spenceville district. A. Adams of Grass Valley owns the Kentncky Ridge property and has leased it to J. D. Calhoun. REWARD PLACER Henry and Herbert Paine are still operating their gravel property, the Reward placer,: near North Bloomfield. Three men are employed. The ground was shaped up for. spring season during last fall and winter and the wet season is giving them a longer run than usual. CALEKONIA PROPERTY Charles Jasper of Los Angeles is installing a gravel washing plant at the old Caledonia gravel mine near Downieville. A one and a quarter yard shovel will handle the gravel. Electricity has been brought to the property and work will be on a three shift basis. It was estimated there are five million yards of gravel to work and it ranges from 35 to 75 feet in depth. R. Jones of Downieville is president of the company. OXFORD PROPERTY Tom Reeves, engineer in charge of the Sierra Oxford Mines, Inc., near Downieville is going forward with plans to reopen the property. The road is too be improved and some new buildings erected. MURCHIE MINE The cross cut being driven at the Murchie mine is in close to 4,000 feet and reports are that the additional 2,000 feet will be completed the first of September. The tunnel is timbered where necessary. The men driving the tunnel have hit several water courses since the last heavy flow that caused them to close down for a day or two. The cross cut is on an incline that drains into the Murchie mine shaft and water’ then pumped into Deer Creek. GRAVEL OPHKKATIONS Reports are that there will be extensive operations in the North Bloomfield district in a short time when tests are completed and a drag line is moved into the district. Continued on Page Five REDWOOD FILM DELIGHTSROTARY At a meeting of Rotary yesterday deep interest was shown in a redwood movie film shown by Carl Libbey, program chairman. H. Kjorlie provided the projector. The film gave the Redwood Empire story t,he redwoods in trees, as groves and logged over in the right way. Some trees shown in this film were growing when the Crusades took place. The modern method of transporting logs by huge trucks, air’ tramways, to the mills and the different uses for this timber, such as rail road ties, piles, etc. Old Fort Ross, built in early days by the Russians was constructed of redwood and is still in good condition. & The monthly survey of mining employment throughout the county reveals a considerable increase in employment. The total number as reported by mines in operation is 2,=' 476 with a monthly payroll of agproximately $371,400 among the 38 mines covered in the survey. The Lava Cap has added 30 men to its payroll since the last report. Idaho Maryland has also increased its working forces at the New Brunswick. Ocean Star, an old property near the Gaston in the Washington district, is resuming work’ with 12 men employed. On Greenhorn placers 12 men are now employed. Scotts Flat operations have shut down until the water situation for Grass Valley has been cleared up. Mary Jane and Muscardini gravel claims are being worked. There is an unverified report that work on gravel deposits in the vicinity of North Bloomfield wilt soon begin. The following reports have been received from various properties: NEW DREDGING ‘OUTFIT H. Pascoe and partner have a lease on gravel property near the old Anthony: House in the Spenceville district and work has ‘been in progress a month. Two men are operating the small dredger which is making a good recovery of gold. BIG JIM PROPERTY The C. C. Colombo interests, of Southern California who have operated the Big Jim mine near Graniteville for several years, have leased the property to Los Angeles motien picture people. ‘Within the past ten days several persons have gone to: the mine with a view to re-conditioning-it and resuming operations. There is one wide vein of good grade milling ore that has had some work done on it. There is a small mill and several buildings on the property. Heavy snow crushed and damaged the buildings three years ago but these were reconditioned last season. OCEAN STAR PROPERTY Last Friday crews started pumping out the shaft at the Ocean Star mine in the Washington district near the old -Gaston property. Clark Waite of Washington is in charge of the work. There are twelve men employed. This property has been idle since 1920. Mr. Baker of ‘Nevada has an option on the property. No. ; LODE MINES Men Payroll Employed Newmont SOE p eee 410 $61,500 Empire North Star 266 39,900 Pennsylvania ... 111 16,650 Zohbmient sc. a 90 13,500 Murchie'’ . 4:22. 4bass 30 4,500 Idaho-Maryland New Brunswick .. 353 52,950 SEND ED EDS 1 ee mip Capen al 43 6,450 TOANO A. oor 512 76,800 Lava Cap , Banner---Central 6s 330 49,500 Bradley PAVIA ois eta 15 2,250 Others Golden Center .. 115 17,250 Spring’ Hill ...:.-. 14 . 2,100 Great Northern .. 22 . 3,300. Stockton Hill .2. 15 2,250 Walitams . 2c. csiens 4 6e ROUNRGALY:. «s:.-oSessces 7 1,050 Giant King .22.:).0:5 10 1,500 Greystone 4 600° Liberty 4 3 450 Hot-—Water 0.2. “—— 900 Cony: ot es 4.8 450 Midnight <.-.-c.0:.-.: 2 300 Kentucky Ridge .. Be 450 Mabon ice 5 750 Ancho-Brie .-.:..-. 12 1,800 Aratie 25 faa 17 2,550 Mary Jane .--.:.---.Pee 300 Ocean Star ...-.:.-12 1,800 PLACERS — a Greenhorn. ...-.2.-. 10 1,800. Dawson . 5 7150 : Optimo 4. 600 Lucky Strike ... 4 450 England Bros. .. 12 1,800. . Weandette: co, . 13. 1,960 Shovel Placers .. 3 : Golden Princess .. 5 Muscardini -.:.-.-.-see TOT ADS © io cccseeececeeee B46 “ i

MAY MINING DEVELOPMENT ISSUE . P ¥ ; J ad : F = From the Californian, : ° ° March 1 : Thinking e V a a . U e . ik pees of he ene consists : ] in the ri His e ; Out Loud ; : : with eoee otwa 4k oe a ifiable ends. —-Alexander HamilBy H. M. L. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Se ies SSE == ARGS: a SS Aas Friends informed this writer after reading Monday’s column that it was a bit blood-thirsty. quite true, there is something revolting in the proposal to Messrs. Hitler, Goebels, Himmler, et al, including in “‘et al’’ all the atrocious against the human race. But that was the way we felt Monday and now confess we still feel International law, obunderlings guilty of, crimes that way. served nowadays in the should be immediately re-constituted at the end of peaceful neighboring should be dealt with just as murderers are dealt with in civil life in most countries. We have ventured to predict that your Uncle Sam would probably not be drawn into the European war. He can play a more useful role as a benevolent neutral in supplying food and war materials This tis precisely and time he is very likely to advance to the allies. what he is doing now, credit for these things expectation of being cash. But we have never felt so sure about Uncle Sam’s future course in the Pacific. It rather looks as if, before the European war is over, Uncle Sam will have to navy to teach the aggressive Japanese a lesson. At the end of the World War No. 1, Japan was given a mandate over certain rather useless Pacific islands. It was not much of an award, but plenty for all that Japan did in ’ the way of aiding the ‘Allies. The only use these islands could have ‘would be as naval supply bases in event Japan wished to extend its empire toward the south and the Dutch East Indies. Japan itches to be at this business, while all the South .__possessions.are deeply. involved in the war with Germany. The U. S. Navy that lingers in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands is a strong European owners of deterrent. A bulletin from the Institute of Pacific \Relations just received contains an interesting discussion of Anglo-American policies, which for some years havé\\been parallel, but are now, under stress of the war in Europe, beginning to diverge. We quote from this bulletin: “Great Britain States are generally to have parallel policies Far (Eastern problems. Throughout the 19th Century, meant opening and keeping open the doors to Far Eastern markets. In the 20th Century it has involved resisting Japan’s drive toward economic and the Bast at the expense of the western political domination of powers. “Parallel is probably a misnomer. Great Britain and the United interests in Confronted by the same problem, they have reacted in But their policies have been moulded and pursued in widely differing circumstances. At the bottom, the peoples of and Great States have similar the Far East. similar ways. the United States Britain have the same standing of human values----the attainment of the ultimate objectives of foreign policy., But the ways in which they have gone about securing objectives— livelihood and same criteria of their ultimate peace, security, political liberty — have varied with the circumstances in which they were required to employ the means at their disposal. “Tt was during the Great War mushroom growth Japan, became a threat to Britain’s interests in the Far East. At the same time it was elear that Great Brtiain’s Europinterests were of paramount concern in terms of ‘empire security. Great Britain did not hesitate to discard the proximate objectives _ of (Chinese integrity and the Far Eastern balance of power in favor of the existence of the British nation as threatened by the German war machine. Of this period, a report from the Royal Institute of International Affairs says, “British diplomacy in the Far East— became, for the time being, merely that the Britain’s ally, ean World War No. 2, and leaders of nations which pounce on and murder citizens in repaid in and the United: understood Continued. en Page Five Vol. 14, No. 40. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA, The Cold Center STATE CHAMBER MOVES TO EASE MIGRANT BURDEN By LLOYD LAPHAM United Press Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, May 16.—(UP) — The California state chamber of commerce today recommended an 8point program to alleviate the migratory labor problem. The chamber’s recommendations were contained in a study by a statewide committee on the migrant problem, which the chamber endorsed. Points in the proposed program are: 1. Equalization of relief and rehabilitation programs in other states with those in California in order to lessen the inducement to migrate to this state. 2. Federal grants in aid for relief to states from which migrants come. 3. Consultations with Arizona officials in an attempt to induce the Arizona growers to stop advertising in other states for laborers. 4. Support for any move to provide an unbiased Congressional study of the problem. 5. Reorganization of the California state employment service. 6. ‘Developments of more _ adequate information on current crop developments and farm labor requirements. 7. Continuation of vigorous state inspection of labor camps. 8. Continuation and enlargement of the farm security program. The study emphasized that the disparity between (California relief, old age pension and unemployment payments has had a great effect in inducing farm laborers to come’ to California. It also pointed out that the, farm security administration appar-. ently has not made sufficient effort to control the migrations at their source, since expenditures by that agency in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkan-. sas and Missouri have been far below the national average. To increase relief and allied payments in states of origin, if the state itself is not able to do so, the study recommended jthat Congress undertake some sort of grant-in-aid program in cooperation with the governments concerned. The committee declared that the labor policy of Arizona growers, and to a certain extent state agencies, has indirectly increased the flow of migrants to California. Since the inception of the cotton growing industry in that state, the committee found, Arizona growers have advertised in other states for workers. Once started on the move, these workers in perhaps a majority of the cases have kept on until they reached California, the study said. In the fall of 1937 alone 30,000 out-of-state workers were attracted to Arizona while the California border stations were counted more than 10,000 entrants who had lived in Arizona long enough to acquire automobile license plates from that state. The committee urged support of the Tolan resolution in ‘Congress calling for a joint congressional committee to investigate and recommend action on emergency phases of the problem of interstate migration. In addition, the committee recommended that the national resources planning board study the migrant problem, and that the facts of the problem be placed before any other federal board or legislative committee dealing with any of its phases. ’ The committee declared flatly that the farm employment section of the state departments of employment has not been doing an adequate job. The study contrasted the 47,000 farm labor placements made by the California department with more than 500,000 made last year by the Texas service, Complementing the placement service, the committee urged that pube lic and private agencies develop a system for gathering adequate information on current crop developments and farm labor requirements. This is needed, the committee said, both for the better guidance of seasonal workers to available jobs, and for the proper location of camps-and housing. : In addition to a strict inspection system of farm labor camps, _ the committee recommended that a plan FRANK GHIDOTTI HAS . A WAY WITH TROUT, Frank Ghidotti, local sportsman, . brings in the limit of trout each time he goes out. Wednesday he went out! with Bud Kyle and they brought back eleven trout apiece and a} weight limit. All the fish were toot . 13 to 14 inches long. They were Rainbow, German and Loch Leven ‘ish and weighed three quarters of a pound each. These trout were caught in Blue Lake and it was a hard trip. They mired down once, had to cut a tree out of the way and finally knocked off a plug which drained the gas tank. They had to take a part of a gallon of gas out of their outboard motor boat and put in ae small amount each time until they made Bear Valley grade and then managed to get to Nevada City. W. C. Bufgington was one of the lucky fishermen this week as he brought in a fine limit of trout Tuesday. Will E, Wright also caught a limit of trout in a nearby stream. TABLET TO MARK FAMED FRENCH CORRAL BLDG. Columbia Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West are sponsoring a marker to be placed on the old Wells Fargo building at French Corral next Sunday, May 19, at 2 o’clock in the arternoon. ~The building is now used as a store by W. E Moulton. ‘ The marker will commemorate the first long distance telephone in the world. It extended from French Corral to French ‘Lake, 60 miles distant. Columbia Parlor is also in. charge of the program, features of which will be the dedication ceremony, the short historical sketches of the old mining town of French Corral and an original poem. Refreshments will be served. The public is cordially in-+vited by Columbia Parlor to attend. SON OF ARTHUR MEYER VISITS HIS HOME TOWN E, G. Meyer, of Seattle, son of Arthur Meyer, the stage driver who was murdered by a bandit in Blue Tent in 1894 was a visitor in Nevada City early this week. Mr. Meyer left Nevada City in 1900 and this was his first return here in forty years. He looked up many old friends of his late father. Arthur Meyer formerly drove the stage between North Bloomfield and Nevada City. He was killed by a bandit in Blue Tent, who attempted to rob the stage of bullion it was carrying. In recent years the Natice Sons and Daughters thave erected tablets to his memory on the scene of the crime, and also one for Sheriff Douglass, who was killed, presumably by the same bandit a short time later on Cement Hill. GRAND PARLOR DELEGATES Dr. C. W. ‘Chapman and Clarence Martz have been chosen as delegates from Hydraulic Parlor, N. S G. W., to attend a meeting of the grand parlor from May 20 to 23 in Bakersfield. It is the 63rd grand parlor session and

about 3,000 delegates are expected to attend. College Students— Oscar Odegaard, Jr. and guest, Harry Zell, who are attending Santa Clara college, spent the past week end and Mothers D’ay in Nevada City visiting Odegaard’s mother, brother and sisters. for lowering interest rates for farm construction loans suggested that relief labor be used ‘to construct camp facilities on farms, with material furnished by the owners. ‘ The continuation of the SRA camp program was recommended, but s# was recommended that the agency concentrate on quantity rather than quality of dwellings and that local governments. and associations be consulted concerning the location of new construction. SENIOR BALL IS TONIGHT’S GREAT EVENT By BARBARA PHARISS The Class of 1940 invites the public to their annual senior ball Friday night at the gymnasium. The seniors are working hard to make it a successful event and have _ decorated the hall in*an unusual manner. The theme is “Graduation” and the theme song will be ‘“‘Moonlight Serenade.’”’ Captain Carter’s popular 10piece orchestra will supply the music and will wear their mortar boards, to carry out the theme. The colors are midnight blue and silver. The seniors will have some favors to distinguish them. There will be a punch bowl and the girls who serve punch will wear unique costumes. Bill Wagner, class president, will lead the grand march. Other class officers are Hal Draper, vice-president; Jane Bennett, secretary; and Luburn Williams, treasurer. The committees for the ball deserve special credit for their hara work. The chairmen:for the various committees are decoration, Jane Bennett; advertising, Bill Wagner; refreshments, Bob Schmidt; music, Margaret Odegaard. Mrs. Flewellen, the class advisor has been especially helpful to the seniors. There are other surprises in store for_those who attend and an enjoyable evening anticipated The prices are spectators, 25 cents, couples $1. The faculty and class presidents met Thursday noon to discuss the applications for school letters recently turned in. A letter is earned by earning ten points in three fields such as athletics, music, cultural administrative, and school service. It is an honor to obtain one of these letters, and not many students have the qualifications. PLAY DAY Fifteen girls have been invited to attend the play-day in Grass Valley Friday. Miss Ruiter has selected the girls and they will compete in such games as tennis, baseball, basketball, volleyball and track throughout the day. ONLY ONE DISSENTER VOTES NO ON GARLAND SACRAMENTO, May 16.—(UP)— Becausé the governor added a supplementary call to the special session, the houses are playing leapfrog from one session to another. And a new set of officers was required for the new session, the election being a mere formality. But there was some speculation as to whether Assembly Speaker Garland would receive any blackballs, in view of the fight over his election last February. Only one ‘red light” against Garland’s selection. It came from George Collins; San Francisco democrat. The rest ofthe voting board was a solid green blanket of approval. was cast WILL BE MARRIED Hugo Albert Helbach, 29;-ef Nevada City, and Adele Hancock, 18, Grass Valley applied for a marriage license in the Nevada county seat Wednesday, May 15. SKCOND HAND STORE Gene Melton of Grass Valley has leased the antique shop on Coyote street from Mrs H. Shaw and plans to move here in two months to reside, His brother, Frank, who is visiting with him, is now at the store. Mr. Melton plans to conduct’ a second hand store and has made several changes in rearranging interior furnishings, From Reno— : Mr. and Mrs. Russell Haddy of Reno, Nev., spent last Sunday visiting Haddy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, H. Haddy of Park Avenue. Killed Kattler— A group of workmen coming out from the Lake Bowman country Wednesday morning, consisting of Sam Frye, Ted Swartz, Bill Little, Harold Flynn killed a large rattlesnake. They went into the Bowman district on April 4 and have been employed there. by the Nevada Irrigation District on flume work. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940. Mine Employment — Now Totals 2476 Men MILL AT GIANT KINGS BURNED Fire of undetermined origin burned the big mill at the Giant King mine south of Washington some time near midnight Wednesday. The new interests had just installed several new parts to the mill and were in shape for active operations. E. L. Baxter, fire enforcement officer for the Tahoe National Forest, and J. D, Rafferty, law enforcement officer of the local national forest, made a trip to the Giant King mine ‘yesterday morning to make an investigation. The fire spread about the mine building but did not do any damage to nearby forest areas. The burning of the mill. will be quite a great loss to the company. KENTUCKY RIDGE MINE Ore is being mined and milled at the Kentucky Ridge mine in the Spenceville district. A. Adams of Grass Valley owns the Kentncky Ridge property and has leased it to J. D. Calhoun. REWARD PLACER Henry and Herbert Paine are still operating their gravel property, the Reward placer,: near North Bloomfield. Three men are employed. The ground was shaped up for. spring season during last fall and winter and the wet season is giving them a longer run than usual. CALEKONIA PROPERTY Charles Jasper of Los Angeles is installing a gravel washing plant at the old Caledonia gravel mine near Downieville. A one and a quarter yard shovel will handle the gravel. Electricity has been brought to the property and work will be on a three shift basis. It was estimated there are five million yards of gravel to work and it ranges from 35 to 75 feet in depth. R. Jones of Downieville is president of the company. OXFORD PROPERTY Tom Reeves, engineer in charge of the Sierra Oxford Mines, Inc., near Downieville is going forward with plans to reopen the property. The road is too be improved and some new buildings erected. MURCHIE MINE The cross cut being driven at the Murchie mine is in close to 4,000 feet and reports are that the additional 2,000 feet will be completed the first of September. The tunnel is timbered where necessary. The men driving the tunnel have hit several water courses since the last heavy flow that caused them to close down for a day or two. The cross cut is on an incline that drains into the Murchie mine shaft and water’ then pumped into Deer Creek. GRAVEL OPHKKATIONS Reports are that there will be extensive operations in the North Bloomfield district in a short time when tests are completed and a drag line is moved into the district. Continued on Page Five REDWOOD FILM DELIGHTSROTARY At a meeting of Rotary yesterday deep interest was shown in a redwood movie film shown by Carl Libbey, program chairman. H. Kjorlie provided the projector. The film gave the Redwood Empire story t,he redwoods in trees, as groves and logged over in the right way. Some trees shown in this film were growing when the Crusades took place. The modern method of transporting logs by huge trucks, air’ tramways, to the mills and the different uses for this timber, such as rail road ties, piles, etc. Old Fort Ross, built in early days by the Russians was constructed of redwood and is still in good condition. & The monthly survey of mining employment throughout the county reveals a considerable increase in employment. The total number as reported by mines in operation is 2,=' 476 with a monthly payroll of agproximately $371,400 among the 38 mines covered in the survey. The Lava Cap has added 30 men to its payroll since the last report. Idaho Maryland has also increased its working forces at the New Brunswick. Ocean Star, an old property near the Gaston in the Washington district, is resuming work’ with 12 men employed. On Greenhorn placers 12 men are now employed. Scotts Flat operations have shut down until the water situation for Grass Valley has been cleared up. Mary Jane and Muscardini gravel claims are being worked. There is an unverified report that work on gravel deposits in the vicinity of North Bloomfield wilt soon begin. The following reports have been received from various properties: NEW DREDGING ‘OUTFIT H. Pascoe and partner have a lease on gravel property near the old Anthony: House in the Spenceville district and work has ‘been in progress a month. Two men are operating the small dredger which is making a good recovery of gold. BIG JIM PROPERTY The C. C. Colombo interests, of Southern California who have operated the Big Jim mine near Graniteville for several years, have leased the property to Los Angeles motien picture people. ‘Within the past ten days several persons have gone to: the mine with a view to re-conditioning-it and resuming operations. There is one wide vein of good grade milling ore that has had some work done on it. There is a small mill and several buildings on the property. Heavy snow crushed and damaged the buildings three years ago but these were reconditioned last season. OCEAN STAR PROPERTY Last Friday crews started pumping out the shaft at the Ocean Star mine in the Washington district near the old -Gaston property. Clark Waite of Washington is in charge of the work. There are twelve men employed. This property has been idle since 1920. Mr. Baker of ‘Nevada has an option on the property. No. ; LODE MINES Men Payroll Employed Newmont SOE p eee 410 $61,500 Empire North Star 266 39,900 Pennsylvania ...... 111 16,650 Zohbmient sc. a 90 13,500 Murchie'’ . 4:22. 4bass 30 4,500 Idaho-Maryland New Brunswick .... 353 52,950 SEND ED EDS 1 ee mip Capen al 43 6,450 TOANO A. oor 512 76,800 Lava Cap , Banner---Central 6s 330 49,500 Bradley PAVIA ois eta 15 2,250 Others Golden Center .... 115 17,250 Spring’ Hill .....:.-. 14 . 2,100 Great Northern .... 22 . 3,300. Stockton Hill ..2.. 15 2,250 Walitams . 2c.. csiens 4 6e ROUNRGALY:. «s:.-oSessces 7 1,050 Giant King .22.:).0:5 10 1,500 Greystone 4 600° Liberty 4 3 450 Hot-—Water 0.2. “—— 900 Cony: ot es 4.8 450 Midnight <..-.-c.0:.-.: 2 300 Kentucky Ridge ... Be 450 Mabon ice 5 750 Ancho-Brie .-..:...-. 12 1,800 Aratie 25 faa 17 2,550 Mary Jane .--.:..---.Pee 300 Ocean Star .....-.:.-12 1,800 PLACERS — a Greenhorn. .....-.2.-. 10 1,800.. Dawson . 5 7150 : Optimo 4. 600 Lucky Strike ...... 4 450 England Bros. .... 12 1,800. . 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