May 19, 1933 (8 pages)

* iRidiwas tndelomaetoiedsteatans ¢ NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Ne Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press May Pay Day Special --2000C ada City Nugget by ‘Nevada City Nugget LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. Vol. VII, No. 58 aye The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933 MINE PAY ROLL HITS $190,000 MONTHLY Mine Development Production Of Gold Each report on mining development, compiled once a month, reveals more men employed in the Nevada City-Grass Valley mines, and more. mines being Operated. Last montii, April 21, the Nugget reported 1303 men employed, in the report given below, the total, a month laEmploys 1494 Workers ter 1494 men. The payroll on April 21 aggregated $176,000, while today it is $190,000. Many of the producing mines have increased their working forces while other properties are proceeding with increased forces engaged in development work. As compared with the Nugget’s March report there has been an increase in men employed and payroll of approximately 15 percent. It is to be doubted .whether any -.other county, or any other -ndustry, in California, can show this increase in alctivity. QUARTZ : i NUMBER MINE OR GRAVEL LOCATION .EMPLOYED PAYROLL Nor. Star-Empire _ Pennsylvania quartz Grass Valley 685 $87,166 Brunswick and Rox. Idaho-Maryland quartz Nor.: East of. Grass Valley 211 : 26,892 Murchie ° quartz East of Nevada City 215 27,259 Hoge Dev. Co. . quartz Harmony Ridge 73 9,544 Golden Center quartz Grass Valley 100 12,725 Empress quartz : Newtown 40 5,400 ‘ Spring Hill quartz Nor. East of Grass Valley 20 2,545 Lava Cap quartz Banner Mt. 25 3,183 Relief /Hilk gravel Relief Hill 15 1,912 Ancho-Erie quartz Graniteville : 10 1,27 Stockton Hill quartz South of Grass Valley ~ 6 765 : Bullion quartz East of Grass Valley 15 1,912 Goforth quartz West of Grass Valley 510 Belle Union quartz Sou. of Grass Valley 2 255 Canada Hill quartz Banner Mt. 16 2,036 California Cons quartz East of Nevada City 1,145 = Kennebec €ons. quartz North of Nevada City 2 255 Omega gravel Washington 2 255 You Bet Mining C © ae gravel You Bet 8 1,018 Scotts Flat gravel Kast of Nev. City 3 paneer’ 636 “= Phoenix quartz So. of Grass Valley 10 1,272 Spanish quartz Washington 19 2,417 TOTAL 1494 $190,377 Nevada City and Grass Valley have. grade ore. With modern methods. to the Bigelow property for milling. made more rapid strides toward re-. and machinery this mine can be PHOENIX SINKING covery from the depression than any two cities in the entire state. The reason for this condition is observed —gold. The precious metal is great‘ty in demand. On account of this demand, capital for new development, has become interested. The result is that old mines being re-opened, new mines are being created and However, there are plenty of availuble men for every job, but these {wo cities do not have the acute are men, are working here. suffering that has been experienced by other communities on account of the inemployment situation’ of thé counWith the summer season and settled/ weather conditions approaching, many new properties are to be opened up. There is a demand for houses here by new people coming in. Several new houses and cabins are being built, now that the snow and cold weather seems to be a thing of the past. $3,000,000 PRODUCED Two mines in the Nevada CityGrass Valley area produced $3,000,000 in gold during 1932. This indicates that last year this county did not suffer acutely from the depression. The Empire-Star mine produced $2,005,000 and the Idaho-Maryland $979,420. The road out to Washington is now open andthe Spanish mine which is soon to put on a large crew of men ,has been busy getting their lumber in so that construction of the tramway from the mine, can be fininshed. MURCHIE EMPLOYING MANY The Murchie mine, three miles from Nevada City, employs the larsest number of men of any mine, near the city. Their payroll contains the names of'more than 215 men, all of whom make good wages. The Murchie is improving with depth. . Arthur W. Hoge, president of the Lava Cap,-is enthusiastic with the showings made from samples. Assays show ore that runs better than $10 a ton. The original owners of this property were mainly interested in high worked at a profit. The work of sink: ing and straightening the shaft from the 400-foot level to the 800-f<c level is being rapidly pushed. During the past few weeks, many small properties have put crews of men to work. Some of these properties give work to but two or men, three but there are many of them in this section and every time a man is put to work, it is cause for rejoicing, as it adds impetus to the trend now in progress. Fred Joubert, operating at Depot Hill gravel property, often nien working. upward has had a crew Water has been a problem at this property, but that is now heing overcome, as the snow is*fa:t melting and filling the ditches. SIX AT RELIEF HILL O. S. Clark, operating Relief Hill mine, has been using a of six men, getting ready for hydraulic operations. Lou Paine, of Nevada City, is in charge of one of the monitors, that is tearing down high banks of gravel, some of which are 80 feet in height. The operation at this mine was held up on account of the very heavy snows and later on on account of lack of water. The melting snow filled the ditches and solved the water problem. Herbert Paine is working a crew of 12 men at Howland Flat, washing gravel. The operations at this place were delayed on account of heavy snow, as there was a depth of six feet of ice incrusted snow,a few weeks ago. At that time men had to resort to snow shoes in order to get in to the mine. ACTIVITY EXPECTED Some activity is shortly expected by the Verdi Nevada Mining Company, who took over the Olympus crew ‘group of claims near Gold Mound. E. Meecham is the president of the company. McBride & Co. of Los Angeles are the owners of this property. Carrol A. Spicer, who has been operateing the Colombo mine, where he has employed a crew of about 5 men, has leased the Bigelow 10stamp mill. The mill has a capacity of 30 tons' a day. Ore will be hauled he Phoenix mine, southwest of Grass Valley, which ‘gives ment to several Nevada City has _a force of ten The employminers, men at present. mine is electrically equipped and work of sinking the shaft 100 deeper, is progressing rapidly A.C. Brockington, superintendent of the Builion mine, reports the ter from this mine is being pumped at the rate of 90 feet a day. Two 500 gallons per, minute pumps have been installed. Timber which been submerged under the water for some time and which is now. exposed, seems to be in good condition. The shaft at the Bullion 1500 feet deep. feet wahas mine is After many weeks of delay on account of snow and ice, the Scotts Flat gravel mine, now has‘a crew of five men employed at ground sluicing. Porter Bros., of San Francisco, are the owners of this mine and J. W. Scott is the manager. CANADA HILL OPERATIONS West Mines Corporation, who are re-conditioning the Canada Hill mine two miles from Nevada City, are making rapid progress. This property is located a short distance south of the Murechie mine and the vein is similar to that of the Murchie. Clearing. and timbering of the shaft -will shortly reach the drain tunnel at a depth of 250 feet. Electric power has been brought. to the property for pumping operations. A large pump will be installed and dewatering of the shaft will be at a rapid pace. As soon as the property is unwatered the mine will be developed. SHAMROCK GOLD MINE TUNNELS FOR BACKS The Shamrock Gold Mining Company, of which Whitman Symmes is president, has acquired a group of mining claims, three miles north of the little town of Forrest, in Sierra county. A tunnel is to Me! driven to cut the vein at sufficient depth to provide 260 feet of backs. DRIVER. ALLEGED RECKLESS, TRIED Conflicting evidence caused Justice of the Peace W. L. Mobley yesterday to take the case of the people versus Irving Sowden, charged with reckless driving, under advisement. Robert Tharp, appeared for the people’ and Sowden was his own’ attorney. Sowden was arrested on complaint of Mrs. Frank Peters, who charged that he had collided with her April 21 about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon on the Nevada City Grass Valley highway. Dan Treanor, who was riding in the rear—of--a -truek, testified that Mrs. Peters had attempted to pass the truck in which he was riding, on the curve, and that after she had done this, and was nearly abreast the truck she met Sowden in his ¢ar, traveling about 40 miles an hour with the resultant collision. The right side of Mrs. Peters car was badly damaged, she was injured and her young son was cut with fying glass. Some testimony was introduced to show that Sowden had been drinking but none that he was drunk. One -witness, Mrs. Buffington, stated that he passed her at a high rate of speed since she was traveling at 45 miles an hour herself. Walter Butz, in general confirmed the testimony of Treanor, and another corroborative witness was Mr. Edminster, who witnessed the dent from an adjacent field. The fact that Mrs. Peters car received the impact of Sowdens car on the right side, seemed to indicate that after pulling over to the left to pass the truck, on ‘discovering Sowden’s car approaching’ directly in front of her she had turned still more to the left in an effort to avoid the collision by driving into the ditch on her left. CITY BUYS SPRAYER _ T0 FIGHT TREE PESTS At a special meeting of the council last evening, the purchase of a Bean & Co., sprayer for spraying trees infested with pests was ordered. accicity The sprayer is one which the pest control division of the state department of agriculture is selling in order to get a larger and motorized machine for heavier duty. Dick Goyne, of the Miner’s Foundary; made.a special report or this sprayer, and declared it in excellent condition. The cost of the machine is $450 and. the city will charge a rate per tree for spraying. The worst tree pest in this vicinity is the elm beetle. This insect after killing off the elms moves into other varieties of trees and destroys them. The spray machine will be managed by Byron Janes, graduate of the University of California, who made a speciality of this branch of entomolgy while there. Several applications for licenses to sell beer were received and discussed by the council. PINT OF LIQUOR AND HEAD-ON COLLISION In a headon automobile collision at the Hills Flat corner, between cars operated by E. R. Hauck of Live Oak, commercial traveler for a shoe firm, and Robert Atkinson of Grass Valley, who had as a passenger, George Ryan, of Nevada City, sent Hauck to the Jones Memorial hospital for treatment. Ryan received a severe bump on his. head a cut on his nose and a leg injury and Atkinson,’a cut on the head. . Inspector Frank Quinn took charge of the accident. The Grass Valley man was cited to appear in the California Patrol office Thursday morning. mee, Pedestrians declared Atkinson was traveling at a high rate of speed. A Pint of liquor was found in the Atkinson car, by Inspector Quinn. . Chester Judge Seawell Chosen Head Of Native Sons The Grand Parlor of the Sons, convened in Memorial Hall in Grass Valley, yesterday, elected the grand officers for the ensuing year, selected Ukiah as the site for the 19384 Grand Parlor ,and adjourned. Emmett Seawell ,Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was elected grand president. Othere officers that were chosen were: Seth Millington of Colusa, junior grand past president; Charles A. Koenig of San Francisco, first grand vice president; Harmon D. Skillin, San Francisco, second grand vice president;. Hartley Russell, San Francisco’ third grand vice president; John T. Regan,. San Francisco, grand secretary; J. A. Corrotto; San Jose, grand -treasurer; G. A. M. Hurst, Berkeley, grand marshall; L. D. Reuter, San Pedro, grand inside sentinel; Walter P. Rothenbush, San Francisco, grand outside sentinel; Eldred Meyer, Santa Monica, Harry S. Lyon, Placerville, Thomas M. Foley, San Francisco,: Jesse H. Miller, San Francisco, John W. Burnett, San Jose, and Edwin Sehnarr, Oakland, grand trustees. Following his election to be grand president, Justice Seawell appointed Cannon of Sacramento, grand historian, and Leslie Maloche of San Bernardino, grand organist. City and Grass Valley were visited thif week by one of the most notable assemblages of the state of California, when the Grand Parlor of Native Sons of the Golden West, opend their 56th convention in Grass Valley Monday and remained in session until yesterday afternoon. There were three hundred and fifty delegates and officers present, many of Whom were accompanied by their wives and other members of their families. The delegates avere from every section of the state. The sessions were opened Monday at Veterans Memorial Hall in Grass Valley. Grand President Seth Millington opened the ceremonies and -presided over Nevada all of the sessions. The high point of entertainment was reached Wednesday, when the delegates and visitors were taken on a tour to Downieville. yovernor Rolph was a visitor to the Grand Parlor Wednesday ,when 169 mobiles carried the delegates honored guests over the autoand old trail of the Forty-Niners .to the. histerie_eity of Downieville. Here they received a rousing old fashioned western welcome. Luncheon was served in Downieville and the annual grand banquet was served at Memorial Hall in Grass Valley in the evening. Justice Emmett Seawell, Schenk, Langdon, Preston, Thompson and Curtis, of the Supreme Court of California, were honored guests at the banquet Wednesday evening. Governor Rolph returned to Sacramento WEST POINT HONORS DOWNIEVILLE STUDENT Mr. and Mrs. Will Carter of Downieville, recently received -.a letter from, their son, Clark Carter. who is attending Annapolis Military Academy. He ‘stated that Congressman Englebright was appointed inspector of the academy by the government and had spent a week there. Young Carter’ who ranked high as a’ student, was selected by Congressman Englebright to go to Annapolis and he was given the honor of being his aide while at the academy. He leaves the first of June on a two months voyage With other students and will visit one or two foreign countries before returning. Clark Carter has been attending the military academy for three years and has only one more year to go until he graduates. Clark Carter is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Carter and a nephew of Sheriff George R. Carter of Nevada City. Native before the evening festivities began. Addresses were made by Justice Ira Thompson, Justice Curtis, Mayor Brock, of Grass: Valley; George L. Jones, Lewis F.Byington, Grand President Millington and Grand Vice President Emmett Seawell. The visitors made a stop at the Lone Grave, which had been freshly decorated for the occasion. The trip seemed to be a great joy to the ladies as the cars traversed the ‘beautiful winding highway through the pines. After the tour Laurel Parlor No. 6, served a delightful luncheon to 100 of the ladies. Following the luncheon the ladies adjourned to the lodge room, where the Nevada City high school band, under the dire ’tion of Mr. Sweeney rendered a -program of great merit. Nevada City’s high school band was the recipeint of many compliments from the visiting ladies. Other delightful numbers were a piano solo by Mrs. Wales, of Grass Valley and vocal selections by Mrs. Henry Dolagnes,.of San Francisco. Community singing with piano accompanienment by Mrs. Wales and Mr. Sweeney, added greatly to the program. ner’’ was the closing number, ren=dered by the band. TO START WORK ON SECOND CAMP Forest Supervisors R. L. P. Bigelow yesterday announced that another Civilians Conservative Camp will be started tomorrow, this time in Bear Valley, on the Tahoe-Ukiah highway. Like the North Bloomfield camp, it will be built to accommodate 200 men. Twenty five C. C. C. recruits from San Francisco’s concentration camp at the Presidio are expected to arrive today. To these will be added 25 men experienced in carpentry forestry work to assist in the camp building. The latter group rolled from ‘the cities throughout the Tahoe National Forest area. They will receive the same wages as the other, $30 per month and found. The lumber contract has been awarded the Nevada County Lumber Company, and calls for approximately. 100,000 feet. for. immediate delivery. ~~ NEV. LUMBER CO. RECEIVES TRAIN LOAD OF LUMBER Last Tucéday a. ap a special train load of lumber rolled into Nevada City over the Narrow Gauge and it beThe train was a-freight train load of lumber, about 70,000 feet in all. It was the first time in sixteen years that a special train-has been run over the Narow Gauge and it. begins to look as though the corner has at last been passed—at least in this section of the country. This orYer of 70,000 feet of lumber was consigned to the.Nevada Lumber Company of Nevada City. It forms part of the 100,000 feet to be used for buildings of the C. C. C. Camp at North Bloomfield. Manager Fred Conner had received instructions from the government concerning the shipment and he began speedy deliveries of the lumber as soon as he was aware that the shipment was headed for Colfax. The shipment was loaded at the mills at Hobart City Monday er noon and rushed to Colfax. A sp erew of the Narrow Gauge met ‘the shipment at Colfax and made’ . transfer, for its journey on: into, vada City. The shipment 5 ed from this city to Bloomfi day and delivered to the sit ¢ ne camp before midnight — SRLS RIA PRN oS my The “Star Spangled Ban-°and. is en-—

* iRidiwas tndelomaetoiedsteatans ¢ NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Ne Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press May Pay Day Special --2000C ada City Nugget by ‘Nevada City Nugget LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. Vol. VII, No. 58 aye The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933 MINE PAY ROLL HITS $190,000 MONTHLY Mine Development Production Of Gold Each report on mining development, compiled once a month, reveals more men employed in the Nevada City-Grass Valley mines, and more. mines being Operated. Last montii, April 21, the Nugget reported 1303 men employed, in the report given below, the total, a month laEmploys 1494 Workers ter 1494 men. The payroll on April 21 aggregated $176,000, while today it is $190,000. Many of the producing mines have increased their working forces while other properties are proceeding with increased forces engaged in development work. As compared with the Nugget’s March report there has been an increase in men employed and payroll of approximately 15 percent. It is to be doubted .whether any -.other county, or any other -ndustry, in California, can show this increase in alctivity. QUARTZ : i NUMBER MINE OR GRAVEL LOCATION .EMPLOYED PAYROLL Nor. Star-Empire _ Pennsylvania quartz Grass Valley 685 $87,166 Brunswick and Rox. Idaho-Maryland quartz Nor.: East of. Grass Valley 211 : 26,892 Murchie ° quartz East of Nevada City 215 27,259 Hoge Dev. Co. . quartz Harmony Ridge 73 9,544 Golden Center quartz Grass Valley 100 12,725 Empress quartz : Newtown 40 5,400 ‘ Spring Hill quartz Nor. East of Grass Valley 20 2,545 Lava Cap quartz Banner Mt. 25 3,183 Relief /Hilk gravel Relief Hill 15 1,912 Ancho-Erie quartz Graniteville : 10 1,27 Stockton Hill quartz South of Grass Valley ~ 6 765 : Bullion quartz East of Grass Valley 15 1,912 Goforth quartz West of Grass Valley 510 Belle Union quartz Sou. of Grass Valley 2 255 Canada Hill quartz Banner Mt. 16 2,036 California Cons quartz East of Nevada City 1,145 = Kennebec €ons. quartz North of Nevada City 2 255 Omega gravel Washington 2 255 You Bet Mining C © ae gravel You Bet 8 1,018 Scotts Flat gravel Kast of Nev. City 3 paneer’ 636 “= Phoenix quartz So. of Grass Valley 10 1,272 Spanish quartz Washington 19 2,417 TOTAL 1494 $190,377 Nevada City and Grass Valley have. grade ore. With modern methods. to the Bigelow property for milling. made more rapid strides toward re-. and machinery this mine can be PHOENIX SINKING covery from the depression than any two cities in the entire state. The reason for this condition is observed —gold. The precious metal is great‘ty in demand. On account of this demand, capital for new development, has become interested. The result is that old mines being re-opened, new mines are being created and However, there are plenty of availuble men for every job, but these {wo cities do not have the acute are men, are working here. suffering that has been experienced by other communities on account of the inemployment situation’ of thé counWith the summer season and settled/ weather conditions approaching, many new properties are to be opened up. There is a demand for houses here by new people coming in. Several new houses and cabins are being built, now that the snow and cold weather seems to be a thing of the past. $3,000,000 PRODUCED Two mines in the Nevada CityGrass Valley area produced $3,000,000 in gold during 1932. This indicates that last year this county did not suffer acutely from the depression. The Empire-Star mine produced $2,005,000 and the Idaho-Maryland $979,420. The road out to Washington is now open andthe Spanish mine which is soon to put on a large crew of men ,has been busy getting their lumber in so that construction of the tramway from the mine, can be fininshed. MURCHIE EMPLOYING MANY The Murchie mine, three miles from Nevada City, employs the larsest number of men of any mine, near the city. Their payroll contains the names of'more than 215 men, all of whom make good wages. The Murchie is improving with depth. . Arthur W. Hoge, president of the Lava Cap,-is enthusiastic with the showings made from samples. Assays show ore that runs better than $10 a ton. The original owners of this property were mainly interested in high worked at a profit. The work of sink: ing and straightening the shaft from the 400-foot level to the 800-f<c level is being rapidly pushed. During the past few weeks, many small properties have put crews of men to work. Some of these properties give work to but two or men, three but there are many of them in this section and every time a man is put to work, it is cause for rejoicing, as it adds impetus to the trend now in progress. Fred Joubert, operating at Depot Hill gravel property, often nien working. upward has had a crew Water has been a problem at this property, but that is now heing overcome, as the snow is*fa:t melting and filling the ditches. SIX AT RELIEF HILL O. S. Clark, operating Relief Hill mine, has been using a of six men, getting ready for hydraulic operations. Lou Paine, of Nevada City, is in charge of one of the monitors, that is tearing down high banks of gravel, some of which are 80 feet in height. The operation at this mine was held up on account of the very heavy snows and later on on account of lack of water. The melting snow filled the ditches and solved the water problem. Herbert Paine is working a crew of 12 men at Howland Flat, washing gravel. The operations at this place were delayed on account of heavy snow, as there was a depth of six feet of ice incrusted snow,a few weeks ago. At that time men had to resort to snow shoes in order to get in to the mine. ACTIVITY EXPECTED Some activity is shortly expected by the Verdi Nevada Mining Company, who took over the Olympus crew ‘group of claims near Gold Mound. E. Meecham is the president of the company. McBride & Co. of Los Angeles are the owners of this property. Carrol A. Spicer, who has been operateing the Colombo mine, where he has employed a crew of about 5 men, has leased the Bigelow 10stamp mill. The mill has a capacity of 30 tons' a day. Ore will be hauled he Phoenix mine, southwest of Grass Valley, which ‘gives ment to several Nevada City has _a force of ten The employminers, men at present. mine is electrically equipped and work of sinking the shaft 100 deeper, is progressing rapidly A.C. Brockington, superintendent of the Builion mine, reports the ter from this mine is being pumped at the rate of 90 feet a day. Two 500 gallons per, minute pumps have been installed. Timber which been submerged under the water for some time and which is now. exposed, seems to be in good condition. The shaft at the Bullion 1500 feet deep. feet wahas mine is After many weeks of delay on account of snow and ice, the Scotts Flat gravel mine, now has‘a crew of five men employed at ground sluicing. Porter Bros., of San Francisco, are the owners of this mine and J. W. Scott is the manager. CANADA HILL OPERATIONS West Mines Corporation, who are re-conditioning the Canada Hill mine two miles from Nevada City, are making rapid progress. This property is located a short distance south of the Murechie mine and the vein is similar to that of the Murchie. Clearing. and timbering of the shaft -will shortly reach the drain tunnel at a depth of 250 feet. Electric power has been brought. to the property for pumping operations. A large pump will be installed and dewatering of the shaft will be at a rapid pace. As soon as the property is unwatered the mine will be developed. SHAMROCK GOLD MINE TUNNELS FOR BACKS The Shamrock Gold Mining Company, of which Whitman Symmes is president, has acquired a group of mining claims, three miles north of the little town of Forrest, in Sierra county. A tunnel is to Me! driven to cut the vein at sufficient depth to provide 260 feet of backs. DRIVER. ALLEGED RECKLESS, TRIED Conflicting evidence caused Justice of the Peace W. L. Mobley yesterday to take the case of the people versus Irving Sowden, charged with reckless driving, under advisement. Robert Tharp, appeared for the people’ and Sowden was his own’ attorney. Sowden was arrested on complaint of Mrs. Frank Peters, who charged that he had collided with her April 21 about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon on the Nevada City Grass Valley highway. Dan Treanor, who was riding in the rear—of--a -truek, testified that Mrs. Peters had attempted to pass the truck in which he was riding, on the curve, and that after she had done this, and was nearly abreast the truck she met Sowden in his ¢ar, traveling about 40 miles an hour with the resultant collision. The

right side of Mrs. Peters car was badly damaged, she was injured and her young son was cut with fying glass. Some testimony was introduced to show that Sowden had been drinking but none that he was drunk. One -witness, Mrs. Buffington, stated that he passed her at a high rate of speed since she was traveling at 45 miles an hour herself. Walter Butz, in general confirmed the testimony of Treanor, and another corroborative witness was Mr. Edminster, who witnessed the dent from an adjacent field. The fact that Mrs. Peters car received the impact of Sowdens car on the right side, seemed to indicate that after pulling over to the left to pass the truck, on ‘discovering Sowden’s car approaching’ directly in front of her she had turned still more to the left in an effort to avoid the collision by driving into the ditch on her left. CITY BUYS SPRAYER _ T0 FIGHT TREE PESTS At a special meeting of the council last evening, the purchase of a Bean & Co., sprayer for spraying trees infested with pests was ordered. accicity The sprayer is one which the pest control division of the state department of agriculture is selling in order to get a larger and motorized machine for heavier duty. Dick Goyne, of the Miner’s Foundary; made.a special report or this sprayer, and declared it in excellent condition. The cost of the machine is $450 and. the city will charge a rate per tree for spraying. The worst tree pest in this vicinity is the elm beetle. This insect after killing off the elms moves into other varieties of trees and destroys them. The spray machine will be managed by Byron Janes, graduate of the University of California, who made a speciality of this branch of entomolgy while there. Several applications for licenses to sell beer were received and discussed by the council. PINT OF LIQUOR AND HEAD-ON COLLISION In a headon automobile collision at the Hills Flat corner, between cars operated by E. R. Hauck of Live Oak, commercial traveler for a shoe firm, and Robert Atkinson of Grass Valley, who had as a passenger, George Ryan, of Nevada City, sent Hauck to the Jones Memorial hospital for treatment. Ryan received a severe bump on his. head a cut on his nose and a leg injury and Atkinson,’a cut on the head. . Inspector Frank Quinn took charge of the accident. The Grass Valley man was cited to appear in the California Patrol office Thursday morning. mee, Pedestrians declared Atkinson was traveling at a high rate of speed. A Pint of liquor was found in the Atkinson car, by Inspector Quinn. . Chester Judge Seawell Chosen Head Of Native Sons The Grand Parlor of the Sons, convened in Memorial Hall in Grass Valley, yesterday, elected the grand officers for the ensuing year, selected Ukiah as the site for the 19384 Grand Parlor ,and adjourned. Emmett Seawell ,Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was elected grand president. Othere officers that were chosen were: Seth Millington of Colusa, junior grand past president; Charles A. Koenig of San Francisco, first grand vice president; Harmon D. Skillin, San Francisco, second grand vice president;. Hartley Russell, San Francisco’ third grand vice president; John T. Regan,. San Francisco, grand secretary; J. A. Corrotto; San Jose, grand -treasurer; G. A. M. Hurst, Berkeley, grand marshall; L. D. Reuter, San Pedro, grand inside sentinel; Walter P. Rothenbush, San Francisco, grand outside sentinel; Eldred Meyer, Santa Monica, Harry S. Lyon, Placerville, Thomas M. Foley, San Francisco,: Jesse H. Miller, San Francisco, John W. Burnett, San Jose, and Edwin Sehnarr, Oakland, grand trustees. Following his election to be grand president, Justice Seawell appointed Cannon of Sacramento, grand historian, and Leslie Maloche of San Bernardino, grand organist. City and Grass Valley were visited thif week by one of the most notable assemblages of the state of California, when the Grand Parlor of Native Sons of the Golden West, opend their 56th convention in Grass Valley Monday and remained in session until yesterday afternoon. There were three hundred and fifty delegates and officers present, many of Whom were accompanied by their wives and other members of their families. The delegates avere from every section of the state. The sessions were opened Monday at Veterans Memorial Hall in Grass Valley. Grand President Seth Millington opened the ceremonies and -presided over Nevada all of the sessions. The high point of entertainment was reached Wednesday, when the delegates and visitors were taken on a tour to Downieville. yovernor Rolph was a visitor to the Grand Parlor Wednesday ,when 169 mobiles carried the delegates honored guests over the autoand old trail of the Forty-Niners .to the. histerie_eity of Downieville. Here they received a rousing old fashioned western welcome. Luncheon was served in Downieville and the annual grand banquet was served at Memorial Hall in Grass Valley in the evening. Justice Emmett Seawell, Schenk, Langdon, Preston, Thompson and Curtis, of the Supreme Court of California, were honored guests at the banquet Wednesday evening. Governor Rolph returned to Sacramento WEST POINT HONORS DOWNIEVILLE STUDENT Mr. and Mrs. Will Carter of Downieville, recently received -.a letter from, their son, Clark Carter. who is attending Annapolis Military Academy. He ‘stated that Congressman Englebright was appointed inspector of the academy by the government and had spent a week there. Young Carter’ who ranked high as a’ student, was selected by Congressman Englebright to go to Annapolis and he was given the honor of being his aide while at the academy. He leaves the first of June on a two months voyage With other students and will visit one or two foreign countries before returning. Clark Carter has been attending the military academy for three years and has only one more year to go until he graduates. Clark Carter is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Carter and a nephew of Sheriff George R. Carter of Nevada City. Native before the evening festivities began. Addresses were made by Justice Ira Thompson, Justice Curtis, Mayor Brock, of Grass: Valley; George L. Jones, Lewis F.Byington, Grand President Millington and Grand Vice President Emmett Seawell. The visitors made a stop at the Lone Grave, which had been freshly decorated for the occasion. The trip seemed to be a great joy to the ladies as the cars traversed the ‘beautiful winding highway through the pines. After the tour Laurel Parlor No. 6, served a delightful luncheon to 100 of the ladies. Following the luncheon the ladies adjourned to the lodge room, where the Nevada City high school band, under the dire ’tion of Mr. Sweeney rendered a -program of great merit. Nevada City’s high school band was the recipeint of many compliments from the visiting ladies. Other delightful numbers were a piano solo by Mrs. Wales, of Grass Valley and vocal selections by Mrs. Henry Dolagnes,.of San Francisco. Community singing with piano accompanienment by Mrs. Wales and Mr. Sweeney, added greatly to the program. ner’’ was the closing number, ren=dered by the band. TO START WORK ON SECOND CAMP Forest Supervisors R. L. P. Bigelow yesterday announced that another Civilians Conservative Camp will be started tomorrow, this time in Bear Valley, on the Tahoe-Ukiah highway. Like the North Bloomfield camp, it will be built to accommodate 200 men. Twenty five C. C. C. recruits from San Francisco’s concentration camp at the Presidio are expected to arrive today. To these will be added 25 men experienced in carpentry forestry work to assist in the camp building. The latter group rolled from ‘the cities throughout the Tahoe National Forest area. They will receive the same wages as the other, $30 per month and found. The lumber contract has been awarded the Nevada County Lumber Company, and calls for approximately. 100,000 feet. for. immediate delivery. ~~ NEV. LUMBER CO. RECEIVES TRAIN LOAD OF LUMBER Last Tucéday a. ap a special train load of lumber rolled into Nevada City over the Narrow Gauge and it beThe train was a-freight train load of lumber, about 70,000 feet in all. It was the first time in sixteen years that a special train-has been run over the Narow Gauge and it. begins to look as though the corner has at last been passed—at least in this section of the country. This orYer of 70,000 feet of lumber was consigned to the.Nevada Lumber Company of Nevada City. It forms part of the 100,000 feet to be used for buildings of the C. C. C. Camp at North Bloomfield. Manager Fred Conner had received instructions from the government concerning the shipment and he began speedy deliveries of the lumber as soon as he was aware that the shipment was headed for Colfax. The shipment was loaded at the mills at Hobart City Monday er noon and rushed to Colfax. A sp erew of the Narrow Gauge met ‘the shipment at Colfax and made’ . transfer, for its journey on: into, vada City. The shipment 5 ed from this city to Bloomfi day and delivered to the sit ¢ ne camp before midnight — SRLS RIA PRN oS my The “Star Spangled Ban-°and. is en-—